Director’s Report...Jim Hanks, Jr.

Events, meetings, parties and parades - we have had them all.

Last Friday evening, after something of a wild goose chase, I arrived during the last half of a very well run Greenville county meeting. Dr. Richard LeBuffe was holding a fascinating meeting with a remarkable group of League members. Mr. Iacomacci told those assembled about the Vermont Secession Convention. Dr. Stephen Yates emphasised the importance of the movie, “From Freedom to Fascism”, and Dr. Cobin and Mr. Robert Hayes discussed organisational strategy. Dr. LeBuffe has been appointed county chairman and this group has the energy, will, intelligence and leadership skill to make the Upcountry stand up and take notice.

The Lexington County meeting is thriving, as well. Last week biologist, Jeff Wolf, introduced us to his findings concerning environmental as well as social destruction caused in the state of South Carolina by the swarm of criminal invaders now taxing our infrastructure. He has just written a book on the subject and it is an eye opener! The book is entitled, “The Alienation of America” and should be read by every South Carolinian who cares about his children�s future. Lexington County continues to enjoy excellent speakers as well as loyal attendance. The Kershaw county boys, who do double duty, not only by making their own county meeting a huge success, but also by driving all the way to Lexington for another monthly get together are especially to be commended. That's dedication and leadership.

The Ten, aka the Orangeburg Reading Circle, is growing. If present trends continue we really will be the ten. Anyone from Orangeburg or thereabouts is welcome to attend our biweekly confabs!

Also, The Red Shirt Reading Circle is meeting regularly in Columbia. All the chairs were occupied when I arrived at the last meeting, and all the spaces around the conference table were taken, though I squeezed in on the corner. We didn't solve any problems, but we sure know what they are.

The annual South Carolina League of the South Conference was well attended. We had much to celebrate and so many accomplishments to recall and reflect upon. Each year we grow in numbers and in confidence. This year's speakers included Dr. Cook who spoke about some of the problems we face now that so much of our health care is controlled by third parties. Government promises a "free lunch" and predictably has limited choice, interfered in the doctor/patient relationships and caused bottlenecks, crises and dysfunction.

Dr. John Cobin shared with us the tactics and trials of a well fought political campaign. Thanks to his efforts many thousands of South Carolinians now know that there is an alternative to the corrupt politicians who represent us. As these men share their hard won insights with us, we grow more effective. Each time they speak we learn and become more able to defend our positions and articulate our grievances .

The National League of the South Conference was held this year in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Michael Peroutka, the 2004 Constitution Party Presidential Candidate, reminded everyone that the failure of the Washington politicians and bureaucrats is in their total ignorance and neglect of the Constitution upon which the republic was founded.

Donnie Kennedy, coauthor of the best selling, “The South was Right”, gave a sterling call to action. Thomas Naylor, head of the Vermont secession project also spoke at the conference. It seems that secession is the once and future desideratum of freedom loving people everywhere.

That brings up the first trans-regional secession conference ever held. On November 4th and 5th in Middlebury, Vermont, representatives of secession movements from far and wide came together in common cause.

Franklin Sanders from Tennessee represented the National LoS. A number of other prominent League members attended, among them, Donnie Kennedy who, when quizzed about the race question responded, "How can you believe in liberty and discriminate against your neighbor? Equality before the law is something we want and we're on the record for that." South Carolina was ably represented at the conference by League and Christian Exodus member Robert Iacomacci who surprised the attendees by initiating and leading the a most appropriate chorus of "The Bonnie Blue Flag." Kirkpatrick Sale, organiser of the convention, spoke for many millions of freedom loving subjects of the Empire when he stated, "Reform is useless. Rebellion and revolution are useless. What is left? Secession!"

The Red Shirts were active recently for they are never idle for long. When it came time to show our support for protecting the borders they did their duty. There are one or two principled individuals in Washington. One of them is Colorado representative Tom Tancredo. Mr. Tancredo is steadfastly opposed to open borders and when on September 11, 2006, in Columbia, South Carolina, he spoke to a gathering of the "Americans Have Had Enough Coalition", which he had helped found and the South Carolina Red Shirts were there in force. At the close of the event the audience stood up and sang "Dixie." The inter-net was abuzz for weeks!

Those were the meetings and serious events. Here is the lighter side.

Once again Abbeville came alive as "Olde South Christmas" proclaimed our cultural memory, pride and delight in family fun. Old time music and dress were the order of the day. The weather was perfect and the shoppers were enjoying it all. Last year's event earned a lengthy photo spread in "Upstate (sic) Lake Living” magazine proving that the event has drawn widespread attention. Director of the Southern Cultural Centre, Robert Hayes, always at his best when under pressure, brought together a remarkable assortment of scholars, intellectuals and activists for an afternoon of stimulating talks on a variety of brainy subjects. Then there was the Olde South Christmas Ball. No Southern celebration is complete without a dance and ours was bigger and better than ever. Each year more Southrons put on their period finest for this event and I predict that, as spacious as the Abbeville Civic Center is, it is destined to get just a bit crowded in years to come. Indeed, nothing could be finer than Olde South Christmas in Abbeville, South Carolina

Finally, on a serious note, the South Carolina Minutemen are active and are having positive results. Beaufort County Council voted 7 to 1 (abstention) on a new measure to require businesses to sign affidavits stating that they have no illegal immigrants (criminal invaders) on their payrolls. This law was fashioned by Minutemen lawyers and is being adopted county by county as the Empire shrinks from defending its borders.

The ordinance has faced well-funded and well-organised opposition. Home builders, the hospitality industry and chambers of commerce have banded together. A coalition of seven private businesses hired Melissa Azallion, an immigration and employment lawyer with Nexsen Pruet on Hilton Head Island, to investigate the constitutionality of the ordinance. But we will win this one, one county at a time. The League of the South is fighting for our right to determine our own future. We are not the property of business. We will regain our right to protect our own borders and Big Business will no longer dictate its will to the sovereign citizens of South Carolina. Dorchester County is now debating an ordinance that mirrors the one originally filed in Beaufort County.

Mike Bedenbaugh of Newberry County called Robert Hayes and asked that he attend a tax protest meeting he was organising. Property taxes had doubled in a single year and the citizens were up in arms. It is services to criminal invaders that drives taxes up and they know it. Two thousand citizens turned out. (See a report on this meeting elsewhere in this issue.) This is the beginning of the end of the invasion into South Carolina. The South Carolina League of the South is naming names and putting them on notice that the citizens of South Carolina come first, not well connected wealthy businesses.

Get on the Southern Bandwagon. It is time to roll!

You can get a copy of “The Alienation of America” for $8.00 post paid from the Cayce Southern Patriot Shop by calling 1-803-926-3410.