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web posted August 24, 2010

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In response to the Wandering Minds (August 23) comment relative to Medicare  taxing the sale of real estate at 3.8%.  This is true except it is on the capital gains above $250K (single filer) or $500K (joint filer).  The example that was cited was the sale of a $400K home with the 3.8% assessed against the entire value.  That is absolutely incorrect.  The only possibility for Medicare tax to apply to this home is the house must have a zero cost basis and it is owned by a single filer.  Even then, only $150K would be taxed ($400K-$250K).  I think both of these assumptions are very unlikely.  However, why let facts get in the way of a good story.  There may be real issues in Healthcare Reform but this is not one of them.  I, for one, would love to pay the 3.8% since it means that we made more than $500K capital gains (profit) on our house.  That means that if our house cost $400K, we would need to sell it for $900K before any tax would be incurred.  How many resident of Edgefield County will be close to this situation?

Please read the attached Q/A from NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS website.

Q-9: Will the $250,000/$500,000 exclusion on the sale of a principal residence continue to apply?

A: Yes. Any gain from the sale of a principal residence that is less than $250,000 (individual) or $500,000 (joint return) will continue to be excluded from the income tax. The new 3.8% tax will NOT apply to this excluded amount of the gain.
web posted August 24, 2010

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No wonder no new industries or business want to move to Edgefield.  They probably Google "Edgefield, SC news" and run across this garbage website.

Editor's note: Would that be because we report the facts and statements of county leaders during meetings of the county council? According to you, Edgefield Daily is to blame for their actions, votes, and statements and those making them and holding them blameless and casting their results on our reporting of their actions.
web posted August 24, 2010

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RE: Dear Editor, I am writing to implore the voters of Edgefield County to please get to know the candidates for school board before deciding on who to vote for.  There are well-meaning people who lack the experience needed, running for some of the positions against people who have PROVEN, honest, long-standing records in serving the children of our county in an educational capacity."

This is a perplexing statement.  Are you saying the current Board Members have proven experience, are honest, and serve the children?

What do you consider "proven experience" - Viola Jackson a board member making policy for our schools and children, but could not pass the SC teacher certification test?  Viola Jackson who believed and supported Sallie Cooks suggestion that the Board members shouldn't have a budget?  Viola Jackson at almost every vote-votes down party racial lines?  Viola Jackson and her honesty stated she paid out of her own pocket expenses to attend a school seminar, but withdrew the comment when two citizens called her on it and found that she submitted a reimbursement request and was reimbursed?  Viola Jackson exercising honesty and voting approval to "shake down" teachers for money so they wouldn't lose their jobs?  Viola Jackson who did not want to approve a peer Board Member's (Hoffman) request to renounce his monthly stipend for being a Board Member, showing that he truly was doing it for the children and not himself?

What do you consider "proven experience" - Mary Alice Jackson, or Ms. Second as she is so famously known.  Never utters a word of common sense or one conveying she is even remotely cognizant of policy, procedure and school law, but surely seconds every motion put forth down the party line (racial lines).  Ms. Second who believed and supported Sallie Cooks suggestion that the Board members shouldn't have a budget? Ms. Second, seconding the motion and then voting approval to "shake down" teachers for money so they wouldn't lose their jobs?

And let's not forget James Bibbs.  What do you consider "proven experience".  Yup, he's experienced in school matters alright-he is a government employee with DSS.  So his grasp of policy and procedure is a little more refined, but James, as with the others, votes the party line racial line.  And talk about honesty-James Bibbs was using the school travel money as his own personal slush fund to upgrade his hotel rooms to suites, and essentially take his family on "Paid" vacations during attendance at school seminars.  Oh and lets not forget his unexplained $10,000 listed on his financial disclosure form, of which he received from the school district-for what?

Sallie Cooks - well if you think her tenure on the Board as Chairperson is "proven experience", maybe you should attend some of the meetings and listen.  Talk about clueless....  Cooks suggested that the School Board Members should not have a budget.  That was actually to provide cover for Bibbs when he was raping the travel fund jar.  And the list is just too overwhelming for her.  Needless to say, even members of her own ethnicity laugh and hold their head in shame, walking away from the meetings in disgust and embarrassment.

Andy Livingston-well he's gone.  But he ultimately fell in to your category of just voting with the rest because he gave up, and he didn't want to hurt his mayoral bid.

Covar and Hoffman-well their considered racists, trouble makers, and malcontents because they oppose the shenanigans of the current board and district administration.

Experience in policy, procedure, and school law, surely is a plus, but as it is so clearly becoming apparent to all Americans, just plain common sense can carry the day.  It's obvious to any reasonable and common sense oriented person that you change your spending habits when funds get tight, instead of wishing and hoping to receive "stimulus money" to assist you in kicking the can down the road, like the current majority of the school board did.  What do they do when the stimulus money out? And, let's see, common sense or proven experience, to see that remodeling the office at Strom Thurmond is more important than saving a teachers position?  In a time when a family's budget is tight, you vote to require students to pay $35 and take a class for driving just to be allowed to park in the school parking lot.  Didn't they take a driver's ed course prior to getting their license?  Wasn't this a part of the driver's ed course?  Who are these funds a (removed) pay back for?

I strongly urge as well, a change in the school board.  But not only should you implore voters to research their candidates first, you should also educate the voter on how to vote for a school board member.
web posted August 24, 2010

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Pride Academy is the new name for Edgefield County Alternative School. It is in Johnston. It is the school where students who have excessive minor school rule violations (or Major ones, if not put out of school) go when they are put out of the regular school setting. A new change for this year for the school is that if you are assigned to Pride Academy, you do not get school bus transportation (unless you are a Special Education student). Some parents are apparently upset that if their child is assigned
there, transportation is not provided.  If you live in a rural area, this can cause time and money for a parent to get their child to school. An incentive to get their child to act correctly at regular school.
web posted August 24, 2010

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Once again (the Editor) proves he is a racist because he puts out a vote on people who thingk pres Obama is a muslim. Thats why I dont read this sorry website.

Editor's note: The poll did not state Pres. Obama was a Muslim, it asked if readers thought he was due to national reports on the same question. Furthermore, how would you know what was being polled if you do not read Edgefield Daily - and why would you send a comment to us if you refuse to read our news?
web posted August 24, 2010

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In our small town (Ridge Spring) Saturday, August 28th there will be food, fun and fellowship beginning at 4:00 with a Cruise-In, everyone bring out your cars, trucks, tractors, motorcycles. Bingo at 5:00, Music by Steele Justice Band at 7:00, FIREWORKS at 10:00 and Karoake. Hope to see you there.
web posted August 24, 2010

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Re:  In defense of Newt Gingrich: Newt didn't commit a felony and he is after all a natural born citizen and a patriot, unlike the scum bag that is currently occupying the Oval office.  But the main defense for Newt is, he's the smartest man in Washington, DC, by far.   web posted August 21, 2010

When you resort to misdemeanor name calling, I realize you have used up the sum of your vocabulary.  Since I am an American I can truly say that I have not considered any of our President scum bag.  Some like have behaved as scumbag, but I never called them that.  But then I am certainly not surprised at your thinking.  For anyone to assume that Newt is the smartest man in Washington tells me that your IQ is on the lowest end of the scale.  So I can only say to you, “you have my prayers”. 
web posted August 24, 2010

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yes i think he (Obama) is a muslim
web posted August 24, 2010

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Illegal immigration: Speakers required.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgOHOHKBEqE&NR=1&feature=fvwp

Editor's note: Ray Stevens has a real gift of putting political matters into song.
web posted August 24, 2010

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Well, I  guess you told me.  I apologize to scum bags everywhere.  Obama is in a class of his own.
web posted August 24, 2010

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Providence Baptist Church Youth will be sponsoring FIFTH QUARTER  after each home Strom Thurmond Rebels football game. All ages are invited! We will have free food and fun entertainment. It will begin at 10:00 pm. For more information or if you would like to help with this outreach, please contact Janice Cleveland @ 275-3241.
web posted August 23, 2010

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REAL ESTATE SALES TAX

So, this is "change you can believe in"?

Under the new health care bill - did you know that all real estate transactions will be subject to a 3.8% Sales Tax?  The bulk of these new taxes don't kick in until 2013 (presumably after Obama's re-election).  You can thank Nancy, Harry and Barack and your local Democrat Congressman for this one.  If you sell your $400,000 home, there will be a $15,200 tax.  This bill is set to screw the retiring generation who often downsize their homes.  Is this Hope & Change great or what?  Does this stuff make your November and 2012 votes more important?

Oh, you weren't aware this was in the obamacare bill?  Guess what, you aren't alone. There are more than a few members of Congress that aren't aware of it either (result of clandestine midnight voting for huge bills they've never read). AND, there are a few other surprises lurking.
web posted August 23, 2010

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I have often wondered why it is that the conservatives are called the "right,"and the liberals are called the "left."

By chance I stumbled upon this verse in the Bible:

Ecclesiastes 10:2 (NIV):

"The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left."
web posted August 23, 2010

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I read the (Editor’s Column on Friday) calling for (Suzanne Derrick) to resign from The Edgefield Advertiser and I have to base my following comments on the information (the Editor of Edgefield Daily) provided. I don’t know what was actually printed because I don’t get the paper and I have been living several states removed from the county for over 20 years. I found Edgefield Daily a few years ago and read periodically to stay informed on things taking place in my homeland. With that in mind… anyone who would stoop so low as to falsely use the death of anyone to advance a political, personal, or business agenda against another is unquestionably irresponsible and unforgivingly insensitive and should result in far more than a pubic editorial rebuke by (Edgefield Daily) and the family involved. If the editor (of Edgefield Daily) is erroneous in the editorial, he too should suffer similar admonishment. 

Editor’s note: The facts presented in the Editor’s column are true and verifiable.
web posted August 23, 2010

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On several occasions over the years I have heard the call for the removal or shut down of the Wandering Minds.  Being a rational thinker, I considered the sources of those requests or suggestions, and always concluded the requests came from individuals who had something to lose, who felt threatened (politically), or didn't like the general public being empowered.  Yes, there are occassions when malicious rumor mongering occurs, but you'll always have that no matter what the forum.  However, the value of forums like Wandering Minds proves to be more valuable to the general population, and less to the politicos-for obvious reasons.

Generally, when entering the Wandering Minds forum, one reads the daily threads posted for that particular day.  However, I suggest, taking some time, maybe on a Saturday or Sunday morning during a relaxing cup of coffee or tea, and read through a months worth of Wandering Minds post.  Reading the daily threads is good, but one must apprise themselves of the whole picture.  Reading the daily threads gives the reader a glimpse into that day's issue, but does not particularly provide or solidify the underlying, unintentional, intent.

Reading a month's worth of posts give you the greater picture, the overall feeling of the country.  Read them.  Read them now.  What is the common thread? What is the greater picture?

The answer-AMERICANs are fed up AT ALL LEVELS!  AMERICANs are tired of the current political environment at ALL LEVELS!   AMERICANs are not forgetting!  AMERICANs will take their country back in NOVEMBER!  Regardless of stripe Republican or Democrat, AMERICANs are going to send a message-DO THE PEOPLES WORK-NOT YOURS!  The politicians beleivd three months ago after the signing of the National healthcare bill that the anger would subside and by November, the AMERICAN movement would lose steam.  NOT SO!  By reading a month's worth of posting on Wandering Minds, one can conclude - we are not forgetting, the anger has not subsided, it actually is percolating, and getting stronger.

And with this, please remember, these changes need to occur at the LOCAL LEVEL!  School Boards included!
web posted August 23, 2010

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So much negative things are printed about our young people.  The majority of our kids in the high school are really good kids.  It's so sad that the few lawless ones get press.  My classes this year are filled with wonderful kids.  Please, when someone tells you they teach in a high school, do not respond with a comment expressing how sorry you feel for me, or how you would never work in a school because all teenagers are criminals.  I work in the high school setting because I choose to.  I love my students.
web posted August 23, 2010

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Dear Editor,
I am writing to implore the voters of Edgefield County to please get to know the candidates for school board before deciding on who to vote for.  There are well-meaning people who lack the experience needed, running for some of the positions against people who have PROVEN, honest, long-standing records in serving the children of our county in an educational capacity.  I am not saying the other candidates are not capable of serving adequately, but I am saying if what you desire is TRUE change, then you as voters, must put people in the positions that know school policies, law, and who are not afraid to stand up for the children and employees of the county.  Our current school board operates for the good of some children and for what is often convienent or easy for them.  Serving children is not always about making easy choices.  We must have people in these positions who will make these decisions, and stand up for the children and employees of the county even if that makes other board members uncomfortable.  People who do not know about school laws, policies, and education, will lack the knowledge that will give them a voice, and instead will simply offer their opinions and fall in-line with the majority-in other words, they will continue to do as the board does now, resulting in no positive change.  Even though I do think anyone who wants to run for the school board has the interest of our county and its children in their heart, this is simply not enough.  These people must also have the knowledge and know-how to get in there and be catalysts for change. If you look at the candidates, their histories, their knowledge of educational laws, policies, and children; then it is clear who should get your vote.  I hope the voters of our county are taking this election as seriously as I am.  You have no right to complain of anything the current school board does if you do not vote for the best people for the positions.  
 
Sincerely,
A voter who is ready to see change in the school board.
web posted August 23, 2010

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Re:  In defense of Newt Gingrich: Newt didn't commit a felony and he is after all a natural born citizen and a patriot, unlike the scum bag that is currently occupying the Oval office.  But the main defense for Newt is, he's the smartest man in Washington, DC, by far.   web posted August 21, 2010

When you resort to misdemeanor name calling, I realize you have used up the sum of your vocabulary.  Since I am an American I can truly say that I have not considered any of our President scum bag.  Some like have behaved as scumbag, but I never called them that.  But then I am certainly not surprised at your thinking.  For anyone to assume that Newt is the smartest man in Washington tells me that your IQ is on the lowest end of the scale.  So I can only say to you, “you have my prayers”. 
web posted August 23, 2010

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Unlike most other states, Tennessee appears to be generating significant revenue from a law that requires drug users and dealers to pay a tax on their illegal transactions, the Associated Press reported July 6. Since the tax went into effect on Jan. 1, the state has collected $600,000 and has assessed $15 million more in taxes. The taxes include $3.50 per gram of marijuana, $50 per gram of cocaine, and $200 per gram of methamphetamine or crack cocaine. Those who do not pay the tax face having their assets seized and sold off to settle their state tax bill.
The tax is charged regardless of whether a criminal drug conviction is obtained.

Editor's note: As crazy as it may sound, the tax stamp is real. The government cannot seize property unless they provide a way for a person to pay taxes on the purchase of the drug in order to enforce seizure laws for unpaid taxes. I do not know if it includes other drugs, but a search of tax stamps for marijuana shows countless links to state sites offering a way to pay the tax to avoid seizure of personal property unrelated to ones drug activity.
web posted August 23, 2010

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What and where is Pride Academy?
web posted August 23, 2010

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From the home of Extra Innings, our national pastime, the greatest legacy of America, has the final word.....TURN UP THE VOLUME A LITTLE AND HAVE A GOOD CHUCKLE!!! 

REMEMBER THAT TUNE??  WHISTLE  IT NOW,  "TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME! ..... BUY ME SOME PEANUTS AND CRACKER JACKS......"
Click here: Obama at the Bat
web posted August 23, 2010

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Editor's post: The Rebels shut out Williston Elko, who averaged 50 points a game last year, to start the season off with a 7-0 win. Way to go Big Rebs!
web posted August 21, 2010

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There will be a benefit softball tournament for Robert Enlow in Saluda on August 20th and 21st.  All proceeds are going to help fund Robert’s cancer treatment. Please come out and enjoy a fun day watching softball. There will be hotdogs for sale and t-shirts. There is also a raffle for a grill donated by Heritage Hardware. The tournament will start Friday night and run all day Saturday at the Jaycee field by the National Guard in Saluda, SC.
web posted August 21, 2010

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I had to go out and buy a copy of the advertiser just to read the article that the editor ripped on Friday. I found it to be despicable to make up a story about the dead boys mother to dis the editor. That woman (Suzanne Derrick) has to be crazy to think she could get away with something that outrageous. Resign? Heck no! She should be fired yesterday!

Editor's note: I received a large number of comments on this topic, mostly direct emails and not Wandering Minds comments that stated basically the same thing. Two comments for the Wandering Minds could not be printed due to the vulgarities used commenting on Ms. Derrick.
web posted August 21, 2010

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I was looking for the link to the STHS game on your site but couldn't find it like last year.  Is the game being broadcast online?

Editor's note: I recieved several emails and calls about not being able to listen online. The link used to webcast the games does not work and a new link was not availbale from the School's web site.
web posted August 21, 2010

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18% of Americans think President Obama is a Muslim. 25% don't believe he is a natural born citizen. I wonder how many think the earth is flat? Oh yeah, and the lunar landings were staged in the desert in Arizona!
web posted August 21, 2010

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In defense of Newt Gingrich:

Newt admitted his infidelity and expressed regret.  Clinton was reelected in spite of the scandal.  Clinton finally admitted his affair only after he could no longer lie about it. Then Clinton, as President of the United States was charged with committing a felony in front of a sitting federal judge, which was the reason for the 1998 House impeachment on perjury and obstruction of justice charges..  Newt was after him for those charges, not for his affair with the intern.   So what is the difference if Newt decides to run?   Newt didn't commit a felony and he is after all a natural born citizen and a patriot, unlike the scum bag that is currently occupying the Oval office.  You will say Obama IS a natural born citizen, so why doesn't he just prove it?  Because he can't?

But the main defense for Newt is, he's the smartest man in Washington, DC, by far. And he is supremely qualified to be President of the United States. If he decides to run for election, the Demorats will quake in their boots.
web posted August 21, 2010

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The President's finance team is recommending a transaction tax. His plan is  to sneak it in after the November election to keep it under the radar. This is a 1% tax on all transactions at any financial institution i. e. Banks, Credit Unions, etc.. Any deposit you make, or move around within your account, i. e. transfer to, will have a 1% tax charged. If your pay check or your social Security or whatever is direct deposit, 1% tax charged. If you hand carry a check in to deposit, 1% tax charged, If you take cash in to deposit, 1% tax charged.This is from the man who promised that if you make under $250,000 per year, you will not see one penny of new tax. Keep your eyes and ears open, you will be amazed at what you learn.
 
Some will say aw it's just 1%... remember once the tax is there they can raise it at will. Get your calculator out and see what 1% is on all your deposits, checks to pay bills, withdrawals for pocket money, etc. Then remember what Joe Wilson said?  "You lie Obama".
web posted August 21, 2010

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I pass by this fellow everyday around lunch time who is sitting outside right off Main Street.  It appears that he is a shoe shiner of some sort.  I was just curious if you or anybody knew the history on the guy or could enlighten me about him.  Thanks.

Editor's note: I do not know his real name, however he goes by "Popcorn" and is very well informed on local politics and is far more reasonable than Willie Bright and Norman Dorn combined. I would support him replacing either one on the County Council. I know very little about his past.
web posted August 21, 2010

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Re:  Listen to this man.(Newt Gingrich)  It's time, A  LETTER FROM A PROCTER  AND GAMBLE EXECUTIVE, and TO THE  PRESIDENT, We tend to get in trouble when we do not ask the right questions and accept lies that are intended to delude us. 

Is this the same Newt Gingrich who led the charge on President Bill Clinton and Monica while he was having a heated affair with his girlfriend whom he finally married after divorcing two wives?  He begin procedures to divorce his first wife while she was in the hospital recovering from cancer.  And you are still quoting him as if he was your great crusader.  Don’t take my word, Check out Fox news for March 2007.  This is the title and link:  Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich Acknowledges Having Affair During Clinton Impeachment http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,258001,00.html.  

Do you really believe we are using sound doctrines when we highlight comments from one who has not shown common sense or moral decency?  Therefore we are not asking the right questions and are accepting lies.  We are too eager to accept doctrines that promote our views and the reject common sense doctrines.  Common sense doctrines will have you looking at a situation from all sides and meditating on it.  Questions would go something like this, “How did we get in this situation?  Have we ever faced a situation like this before?  How was it handled?  Can we incorporate some of the ideas of old in this problem?  Has our President made a different in immigration?  Which President has sent more illegal immigrants back to their country?  During the Great Depression we had food lines and jobs created by the Government because the private sectors wouldn’t?  Is our government feeding the people and creating jobs because the private sectors are not.  Could anyone else handle the situations better than what is being done?  What can I do to help? Can it be handled swiftly or will it take time.  Are our people in the military being treated fairly?  Is the government doing all it can to get our troops home?  It took almost 8 years for us to be here and it will probably take a few years to get out of these wars, this recession, and build up our economy.  Are we heading there?

And when big businesses executives begin writing letters to the papers about our President, and I see big corporation individually handing out millions to one party, I wonder exactly what does big business expect to receive?  Are they looking out for the Middle class?  Even when it comes to housing and such, who receives the funds?  What organizations are reaping from other people's misfortunes?  Where’s the money?  And then when I think about the deficit, I wonder exactly where’s the money going dollar per dollar?  Not ratios but actually dollars.  These are some of the questions I would begin with and then move forward.  And if I discover a better way of handling our problems, I would send it to my Representatives in the House and Senate.  But most of all, I will continue to pray for my country and our President.
web posted August 21, 2010

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For goodness sakes, if you have naked pictures of your wife on your cell phone, removed them before you send the phone out for repair or reprogrammig.

A cell phone repairman in Mauldin was arrested Thursday for looking at and then forwarding a picture from a phone he repaired to his own e-mail address. He was arrested for voyuerism. I am not so sure who made the bigger mistake here. I expect he may be exonerated and set a new precedence. To me this would be no different than sending a digital camera out for repair with pictures left on it and not expecting them to be seen.

Editor's note: The repairman got off light if that is all he was charged with.
web posted August 21, 2010

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pride  academy   fact ........
 
 was bus last year .......... that is a fact.... this year they have to get there by parents  or ?

students got on the bus just like all the rest once they got to the school they was put on another bus...........

so please check out the facts  before commenting on someone statement ..... i did the research and yes they was bus on an
activity bus to pride academy .......... that is  f.... a...c....t.....!!!!!!!!!

if everyone will do research before making a statement you would not have negative comments............fact......
web posted August 21, 2010

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Editor's post: It is a shame that Suzanne Derrick of the Edgefield Advertiser has stooped to such a new low as to print false information to further her standing with those who tried so hard to discredit her father in an attempt to discredit me. She should be removed as publisher. I wonder how long the Mims family will stand for such blatant distortions of the truth when Walt Mims made truth the backbone of the once great weekly newspaper.
web posted August 20, 2010

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RE:  ????????? what is the state going to do about this .i really think all  young mother really  need to be educated on how to  care for kids ,learn how to be a mother , and  really need  caseworker to guide their steps ...
 
EXCUSE ME ??!!
1.  "the state" --that, sir or madam, consists of those of who work for a living and pay taxes into the system!
 
2.  "all young mother[s] need to be educated on how to care for kids".  Yes, they do--BUT NOT by the state.  It is NOT, --repeat, N-O-T the government's job to do what Mom & Dad should have done before the daughter starting having babies!!
 
3. "really need  caseworker to guide their steps" ... Not!!  This unfortunate mother needed a stable family life, consisting of a mother and a father, both teaching & guiding her through cradle to adulthood to become a responsible, contributing member of society.
 
In the schools I see the sorry, rotten results of this welfare mentality/ the government-will-take-care-of-me mindset.  These adorable little kids come in, and through no fault of their own, halfway through the first grade, they are already behind the 8 ball.  They tell me that "mama" --if she's home at all,  watches TV all day, has a revolving door of new boyfriends, spends no time reading to her children or helping them with their homework. The result is some of these kids will be wearing orange jump suits by the time they're in their teens; few will know anything about a normal stable family life and will be repeating these same destructive patterns into yet another generation.
 
Welfare abuse is a form of modern-day slavery:  it entraps generation after generation, with few being able--or willing, to break the cycle. 
web posted August 20, 2010

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Re: the fiscal services posts re: the spending - I also heard mention that all employees were frozen and not getting pay raises. I heard an employee talking about a pay raise that they got.  Makes ya wonder doesn;t it.  I would like to find out who uses all the credit cards also at school district. i look forward to next report.
web posted August 20, 2010

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RE: i hear that pride academy  is making the kids get their own way to and from school  i hope they told the parents that before  the first day of school .

Maybe if you had attended a decent school, you would know how to correctly use English grammar! And this school ever since I can remember has always had the policy of getting yourself, or your children,  to school. They have not had a bus for quite a long time. Therefore, try getting your facts straight before you begin criticizing others; it makes you sound juvenile.
web posted August 20, 2010

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I was glad to see that the woman in Johnston was not 12 when her kid was (getting obscene text messages) from her boyfriend but it didn’t have anything to do with my original complaint about the 24 YO woman that had six kids and another on the way when her baby was (allegedly) dunked in hot water to burn the kid by a sex offender with a “violent” past. What was this woman thinking to have a sex offender in her home with so many kids and why is another family also living at the home? To me it looks like they are scamming the government to get as many government check(s) rolling in so nobody has to work. I saw the interview on TV and it was obvious to me. Obama voters blaming the people who pay for their existence for their own shortcomings. Somehow it is my fault that they are incapable of raises their own kids or pay(ing) for them and I should pony up more money so they can sit on their fat (rears) and get my money. The woman on TV didn't look like she'd missed any meals in a long time.
web posted August 20, 2010   

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Re:  Listen to this man.(Newt Gingrich)  It's time, A  LETTER FROM A PROCTER  AND GAMBLE EXECUTIVE, and TO THE  PRESIDENT, We tend to get in trouble when we do not ask the right questions and accept lies that are intended to delude us. 

Is this the same Newt Gingrich who led the charge on President Bill Clinton and Monica while he was having a heated affair with his girlfriend whom he finally married after divorcing two wives?  He begin procedures to divorce his first wife while she was in the hospital recovering from cancer.  And you are still quoting him as if he was your great crusader.  Don’t take my word, Check out Fox news for March 2007.  This is the title and link:  Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich Acknowledges Having Affair During Clinton Impeachment http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,258001,00.html.  

Do you really believe we are using sound doctrines when we highlight comments from one who has not shown common sense or moral decency?  Therefore we are not asking the right questions and are accepting lies.  We are too eager to accept doctrines that promote our views and the reject common sense doctrines.  Common sense doctrines will have you looking at a situation from all sides and meditating on it.  Questions would go something like this, “How did we get in this situation?  Have we ever faced a situation like this before?  How was it handled?  Can we incorporate some of the ideas of old in this problem?  Has our President made a different in immigration?  Which President has sent more illegal immigrants back to their country?  During the Great Depression we had food lines and jobs created by the Government because the private sectors wouldn’t?  Is our government feeding the people and creating jobs because the private sectors are not.  Could anyone else handle the situations better than what is being done?  What can I do to help? Can it be handled swiftly or will it take time.  Are our people in the military being treated fairly?  Is the government doing all it can to get our troops home?  It took almost 8 years for us to be here and it will probably take a few years to get out of these wars, this recession, and build up our economy.  Are we heading there?

And when big businesses executives begin writing letters to the papers about our President, and I see big corporation individually handing out millions to one party, I wonder exactly what does big business expect to receive?  Are they looking out for the Middle class?  Even when it comes to housing and such, who receives the funds?  What organizations are reaping from other people's misfortunes?  Where’s the money?  And then when I think about the deficit, I wonder exactly where’s the money going dollar per dollar?  Not ratios but actually dollars.  These are some of the questions I would begin with and then move forward.  And if I discover a better way of handling our problems, I would send it to my Representatives in the House and Senate.  But most of all, I will continue to pray for my country and our President.
web posted August 20, 2010

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RE:stop worrying about someone else and look in the mirror check that person looking back at you
web posted August 19, 2010

I Have A Job You Idiot. I Do Not Get Assistance. I Am Responsible For My Kids Not Everyone Elses.
web posted August 20, 2010

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I want a piece of this action. Smells to hi-heaven.
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssl5yb7FewA&feature=email

Editor's note: And Obama was going to end "politics as usual" in his administration. My question is, where is the Obamna media in reporting these facts?
web posted August 20, 2010

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Who's Hotel room was (allegedly) charged on a school credit card when we are told we have to pay for stuff up front and get reimbursed later. How can this informaton be found out?  Editor, will you check into this for me.  Why is it Mr. Blackwell that you don't start doing a lot of research into what is going on in this school district as much as you research the County Council?

Editor's note: The School Board and the current administration makes it very difficult to garner the information that was made available when Dr. Sharon Keesley was the Superintendent. Granted the current adminstration at the county level is similar, however, I have far more experience in dealing with the issues there as I have followed them and attended their meetings for 12 years. There is a standing job opening for someone to cover the meetings of the school board.
web posted August 20, 2010

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I am so sick and tired what Obama does and doesn't do. He lied to us to get elected (by the way I didn't vote for him) and everything that has come out of his mouth from the first day until today, tomorrow and so on will be a lie. So either deal with it or do something about it. I vote do something about it like impeachment (removed) if necessary.
web posted August 20, 2010

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When your friends can’t explain why they voted for Democrats, give them this list.  They can then pick a reason.

1. I voted Democrat because I believe oil companies’ profits of 4% on a gallon of gas are obscene but the government taxing the same gallon of gas at 15% isn’t.
2. I voted Democrat because I believe the government will do a better job of spending the money I earn than I would.
3. I voted Democrat because Freedom of speech is fine as long as nobody is offended by it.
4. I voted Democrat because I’m way too irresponsible to own a gun, and I know that my local police are all I need to protect me from murderers and thieves.
5. I voted Democrat because I believe that people who can’t tell us if it will rain on Friday can tell us that the polar ice caps will melt away in ten years if I don't start driving a Prius.
6. I voted Democrat because I’m not concerned about the slaughter of millions of babies through       abortion so long as we keep all death row inmates alive.
7. I voted Democrat because I think illegal aliens have a right to free health care, education and Social Security benefits.
8. I voted Democrat because I believe that business should not be allowed to make profits for           themselves.  They need to break even and give the rest away to the government for redistribution as the democrats see fit.
9. I voted Democrat because I believe liberal judges need to rewrite the Constitution every few days to  suit some fringe kooks who would never get their agendas past the voters.
10. I voted Democrat because my head is so firmly planted up my rear it’s unlikely that I’ll ever have    another point of view.
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Next, he will buy them computers.  All at the expense of taxpayers.  Socialism at it's worst.  Vote out his lackeys in Nov. and then get rid of him in 2012 and "hope" it's not too late to save the country.

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/71327
web posted August 20, 2010

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To the person defending everyone on welfare. Excuse me but everything you claim is saying the government is supposed to be mama and daddy to these losers. Why isn’t the state or DSS doing this or that. Why isn’t the state providing training and taking care of tee(n) mothers. The “state” is me and all the other taxpayers you moron! It’s not my job to raise your illegitimate kids and pay for them!!!!!!!

Welfare breeds more welfare. Have kids, get paid. The TAXPAYERS will pay for your food, housing, education, and on and on. I say it’s time to end the cycle. Make welfare like unemployment, after so long, you’re out of luck. You are responsible for your kids not the taxpayer.

If you can’t afford to have 6 or 10 kids, DON’T HAVE THEM!  The moochers are having more kids that the producers and it won’t be long before they out number us at the voting booth. When that happens America will become a third world country. We already have a third world (removed) leading this (darn) country.
web posted August 19, 2010

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comment to
wow i see our hard earn  tax  money has really helped you .

please don't get  me wrong ........ i am not on dss .......... so please don't get it twisted at all ......
i suggest  you just stick with the facts of the comment to your statement . please don't worry about my typing
just the facts ............ i think you maybe on it and feeling bad about  what you are receiving from the state........

only the facts..... and  do research  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

stop worrying about someone else and  look in the mirror check that person looking back at you
web posted August 19, 2010

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I read the "Nidiffer Report on County Council" in the Advertiser (Wednesday). (removed) Anyway, she said that the county admin (Alton) Brown was "glassy-eyed" at the meeting and said it was probably because he was recovering from surgery. If he is recovering and drugged from surgery what the (heck) is he doing attending the meeting?  And if he is under the influence of medications from the surgery why the (heck) was he allowed to run the first part of the meeting?

Didn't he get arrested for a DUI that got him fired from wherever he came from before we got him? Maybe that is why (County Council Chairman Monroe) Kneece voted for him to be hired. Maybe he was just looking for another customer at his liquor store where all the lowlifes hang out.
web posted August 19, 2010

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The mother is 28 and the daughter is 16. Well it a misprint. I did some investigation and the mother is 34. Some people need to keep their mouth shut or keep their thoughts to themselves until you have all the facts right!!!!!!

Editor's note: The Johnston Police Department released a statement on Wednesday saying the age of the mother was incorrectly listed in their report. A correction to the report has been made in light of the new information. The report was based on official documents provided by law enforcement.
web posted August 19, 2010

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What is so special about Abbeville County?

Editor's note: It just seems like a nice place to visit at this time of year.
web posted August 19, 2010

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This guy changes his rhetoric more often than I change my underwear.  Remember when he was telling us that Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae were in such wonderful shape and he and Dodd were saying everyone should be able to own a home.  Forcing banks to give loans to those who did not qualify and could not afford to own a home?  Then the roof fell in and all the bad stuff followed, so now he is changing his tune. 

When I look at him I see a very ugly picture of a fat pig of a United States Congressman on his hands and knees with a guy behind him and a guy in front of him, and I think this is what we have running our lives now?   Disgusting and very, very scary.  

http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/4313485?test=latestnews

GOD BLESS AMERICA
web posted August 19, 2010

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i hear that pride academy  is making the kids get their own way to and from school  i hope they told the parents that before  the first day of school .
i am all for it if it will last . we all know that soon as the parents say they can not  take they kids to and from school . they will be on the bus ... if that happen they need their on bus and driver. they should not be with the good students and their friends ... where is the punishment  for acting out in the class  room ?
what are the plans this year for the  subject they will be learning  this year while they are at pride academy ?please don't let them play  and smoke .......
please let the teacher be very hard on them .......... i am just wandering  what is the plans for the   p-r-i-d-e academy.be serious about the school you trying to get in play.....seriously
web posted August 19, 2010

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Wake Up America!!! Did you know there at 70 avowed SOCIALISTS in the Congress? Here is a list THEY released! OMG! Where is the media?
web posted August 19, 2010

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i was  in edgefield  shopping and i over heard a conversation  that i think i should not have heard .
how can you ask these bus driver to pay half   on state property  when damages occur . ? does the  state have insurance???  i did some research and they are not contracted  out  they get paid by the hour. do other states make their drives pay for the bus when it is broken down.to pay for the  tech that has to come out  work on it by the hour and mileage if they are in fault . ? how much is bus driver pay because if they can offered that i need to put in for this job.they also was talking that they don't have money for the things they need at the bus transportation  they was asking for help  but the district just remodel the front office of sths(look at the list below). i think one of them mention  they on a raise freeze still .. what is going on with edgefield county  again ...... i just was listening to the conversation  someone really need to search and see is this fact .i tried and no answer ..... maybe  they got something to hide ........

i went on fiscal service and look at what they spent in  july. this has got to be check out this is a lot of money. that really need to research and see who they really is paying ...it is a lot of vendor pay out.  what vendor ? why is we paying for airline tickets ?

i got this info off wandering minds to go and look at fiscal service ... thanks it is amazing i would not have known to check out this info.

somebody need to check the bus shop of area district and see if this is a nation wide thing if so raise freeze need to be lifted .you can not help if the bus break down . seriously  you can't make them pay for this  what is the  state doing with that money ?

???? they need donations on tissue , paper towel , coffee , cups,sugar,pens   .... the bus drivers  not include in the budget for these things ???? seriously
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I checked this on snopes.com  says its prichett says he wrote it
A  LETTER FROM A PROCTER  AND GAMBLE EXECUTIVE TO THE  PRESIDENT

THE LAST SENTENCE IS THE  MOST CHILLING

Lou  Pritchett is one of  corporate America 's true living legends- an Acclaimed author, dynamic teacher and one of the  world's  highest rated speakers. Successful corporate executives   everywhere recognize him as the foremost leader in change  management..  Lou changed the way America does business by  creating an audacious  concept that came to be known as  "partnering." Pritchett rose from soap  salesman  to Vice-President, Sales and Customer Development for  Procter and  Gamble
and over the course of 36 years, made  corporate  history.

AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA

Dear  President Obama:

You are the thirteenth President under whom I  have  lived and unlike Any of the others, you truly scare  me.

You scare me because after months of exposure, I  know  nothing about you.

You scare me because I do not know how you  paid for  your expensive Ivy League education and your upscale  lifestyle and  housing with no Visible signs of  support.

You scare me because you did not spend the formative years of youth Growing up in America and culturally you are not  an  American.

You scare me because you have never run a  company or  met a payroll.

You scare me because you have never  had military  experience, thus Don't understand it at its  core.

You scare me because you lack humility and 'class',   always blaming others.

You scare me because for over half your life  you  have aligned Yourself with radical extremists who hate  America   and you refuse to Publicly denounce these radicals  who wish to see  America fail..

You scare me because you are a  cheerleader for the  'blame America ' Crowd and deliver this  message abroad.

You scare me because you want to change America to  a  European style Country where the government sector  dominates  instead of the private sector.

You scare me  because you want to replace our health  care system With a  government controlled one.

You scare me because you prefer 'wind  mills' to  responsibly Capitalizing on our own vast oil, coal and  shale  reserves.

You scare me because you want to kill the  American  capitalist goose That lays the golden egg which provides  the highest  standard of Living in the world.

You scare me  because you have begun to use  'extortion' tactics Against certain  banks and corporations.

You scare me because your own political party shrinks from Challenging you on your wild and  irresponsible  spending proposals.

You scare me because you  will not openly listen to  or even consider Opposing points of  view from intelligent  people.

You scare me because you  falsely believe that you  are both Omnipotent and  omniscient.

You scare me because the media gives you a free  pass  on everything You do.

You scare me because you  demonize and want to  silence the Limbaugh's, Hannitys, O'Reillys  and Becks who offer  opposing, Conservative points of  view.

You scare me because you prefer controlling over governing.

Finally, you scare me because if you serve a  second  term I will Probably not feel safe in writing a similar  letter in 8 years.

Lou Pritchett
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Editor's post: I think I will take one afternoon off and head up to Abbeville County. I hear it is a nice place to visit this time of year.
web posted August 18, 2010

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A few thoughts:

1)      First I do not know for sure how Mr. Reed handled the bidding process for the AC work on the Calliham building. After reading the article in Edgefield Daily on the subject I would have ultimately chosen the same contractor the Council did based solely on the information presented in the article. However, before any tax dollars are paid out to contractors performing work for the county common sense would dictate that at a minimum any potential contractor be checked out with the BBB, provide references, be licensed and have insurance. I would think there are many other legalities whether it is chosen that they be adhered to or not. In addition, the liaison for the County, in this case Mr. Reed, should at least do some minimal research on the subject work, which in this case is AC work. Not knowing anything is unacceptable. This may be something Mr. Reeds superiors should be held accountable for. As a matter of fact shame on any County employee for attempting to make decisions or judgments on matters in which they have little understanding, especially when they are spending tax dollars. Solicit help, ask questions, etc… Some of the major AC/ Heat Pump manufacturers have technical representatives that can help with technical questions. I think an important big picture consideration here would be energy efficiency. I would also consider programmable thermostats. I have met Mr. Reed in the past, he seems like a decent guy and this is not a personal attack. Just a call for the Council, the Administrator and the remainder of the County employees to keep the ship in shape.

2)      Surely Obama must have a chapped butt by now from trying to ride the fence for so long. This mosque fiasco in New York is the latest example. As one pundit has said any High School kid knows that it is legal to build the mosque. No one needs to be preached to by Obama to realize this. And obviously it is very offensive to many affected by the 9/11 terrorist attack to have the mosque built near the site of the attacks. Have we come to the point in America where we only do what we are legally obligated to do? So where do you stand on the issue Mr. Obama? Since you brought it up.

3)      When is Jimmy Carter going to pull off that Obama mask he is wearing?

4)      I continue to take offense at the suggestion by many that some lives are more valuable than others. A recent article suggested that the Secret Service may be called because some guy may have made some statements about Obama while leaving phone messages at a local church. Do you think this guy is a real threat? Really. I am amazed at times by our societies idea of equality and “…liberty and justice for all”. Thousands of threats are actually carried out on regular citizens everyday across America and nothing is done. By regular citizens I mean the average everyday people that just work hard, do more than they are legally obligated, try to live life as we believe God wants us to and take care of our families. The regular citizens that do not have one of the special titles I will not get into here because it seems at times we do live in the “United States of the Offended”.
web posted August 18, 2010

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Re: “news does not come to you, you have to go out and get it - it is called doing your job”

All I can say is amen! That’s why I read EdgefieldDaily! That’s where the NEWS is every day. By the time the papers come out it’s all old news. The last time I bought a local paper was when I was house training our dog three years ago.
web posted August 18, 2010

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The MOTHER is 28 and the DAUGHTER is 16???  She got pregnant when she was 11 or 12 and has a live in boyfriend?'
 
The world is going to hell in a handbasket.
web posted August 18, 2010

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RE:  now on the dss office where they are coming in left and right with new clothes ,hair done ,nails and cell phone . ooo don't let me forget the cars with the rims that you can't afford . what are you think about  ? who are you talking about ..... i have always  wonder about  is we as bad as back in the days  is edgefield county really what people have said they still stick in 30"s---50"s .that we look at the next person and wonder how they can offered this and that .....

Wow I see our hard earned tax money has really helped you. I suggest you take some of your hard earned dss cash and purchase hooked on phonics not ebonics.
web posted August 18, 2010

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I read the story on the texting perv and did a little math. If mama is 28 and daughter is 16 that means mama was 11 when she was impregnated. Isn't that against the law? I got nothing against her if this child rapist is in jail serving time but I got a feeling this was no big deal and I am paying to raise his kid while he frolics about with other young girls. Why wasn't he arrested when she had the baby? First it's a woman at 24 with 6 kids and #7 on the way and now this? I can see where the DEMONcrats are trying to build their base. Welfare kids and illegal aliens. We have an invasion of anchor babies and breeder babies trying to take all the money from those who actually work for a living.
web posted August 18, 2010

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You nailed it perfectly, you can’t pay for everything you want in life from welfare, you can only pay for the necessities and with the rising inflation rate, even that is getting difficult. The problem with your statements is that you appear to want sympathy instead of empathy. Don’t hate the working middle and upper class. We owe you nothing. I have never turned anyone away that truly NEEDED something that I could accommodate, but I have what I have because of what I am willing to do to get to where I am. And trust me, if you knew what I did for a living you would understand that I know better than most what true sacrifices have to be made to support a family with a life style. That is what you were getting at. It is not the tax payer’s job to give people a life style, but to assist in living.

With that all said, may I digress? To the senior citizens, I hold none of them accountable to these statements. For those who have worked their entire lives and paid their dues into the system, they should be afforded a quality of life. But to sit in subsidized housing with multiple children, usually (not always) by different men and collect “their due” is just plain wrong.

We need not say more, for these are just rants, but I promise you that they will turn into votes. Those votes hopefully will turn into the change we were promised and not this socialistic attitude being spoon fed into the ignorant. 
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RE:  let's stop moving in slow motion  and stop worrying about how people are paying for what they have as long as they have not ask you personal to pay for their homes,cars  and living expense .......... mind your business and stop assuming on somebody else  pockets
 
Boy o boy,  NO, you don't ask personally because you don't have to, the government TAKES it from us people that work and GIVES it to you.  It's called income taxes.  It should be called Penalty taxes for having a JOB.
web posted August 18, 2010

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i am wandering about the comments that was made about the "burn baby ".i really think that we got away from the baby what is the update on the baby .know that i got that out the way .someone stated the mother is making money off the system that is why she is having  babies ... how much money do they get ? from the looks of the house the state has fell short on their jobs . i don't know how someone can really leave off the state of south carolina please do the research edgefield county pays least than aiken county .richmond county pays more than both of them but dss  over there do home visit .1. our ? should be to the state of south carolina why  home visit was not done .2.how was these children going to school no teacher saw that it was problem at home 3.we so concern about how old she was when she had the first .4.what about the mother / the father of this young girl that don't know the meaning of  family at the age of 14.the last time i checked and i did the research again  you can not buy beer and lottery tickets  with ebt .what we need to do is educate this young ladies and teach them life .

????????? what is the state going to do about this .i really think all  young mother really  need to be educated on how to  care for kids ,learn how to be a mother , and  really need  caseworker to guide their steps ...

????????? this young mother need some help seriously ......... something is wrong  that she thought it was ok for her and children to live like this ..
not only that let that baby suffer with them burns  over / around 24 hours

seriously  dss need to do home visit to the young mothers that keep pop out kids ..... if they got one kid do home visit every  two month  (surprise )
if they have more than that  every month  (surprise ) until you see that they are really taken care of these kids.
web posted August 18, 2010

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hey what happen to the town square web cam its not there when i click to view it?

Editor's note: It seems to have been disconected. I searched the Edgefield Town site and could not find another link so it has been removed after serveral similar letters.
web posted August 18, 2010

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A confused reader here, who has difficulty putting words together for a coherent sentence, babbled about Obama inheriting a huge deficit from Bush.  Amazingly enough,...... A  lot of people swallow this nonsense.   So once more, a short civics  lesson.

Budgets do not come from the White House. They come from Congress, and the party that controlled Congress since January 2007 is the Democratic Party. They controlled the budget process for FY 2008 and FY 2009, as well as Fiscal Year 2010 and FY 2011. In that first year, they had to contend with George Bush, which caused them to compromise on spending, when Bush somewhat belatedly got tough on spending increases.

For FY 2009 though, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid bypassed George Bush entirely, passing continuing resolutions to keep government running until Barack Obama could take office. At that time, they passed a massive omnibus spending bill to complete the FY 2009 budgets.

And where was Barack Obama during this time? He was a member of that very Congress that passed all of these massive spending bills, and he signed the omnibus bill as President to complete FY 2009.

If the Democrats inherited any deficit, it was the FY 2007 deficit, the last of the Republican budgets.  That deficit was the lowest in five years, and the fourth straight decline in deficit spending. After that, Democrats in Congress took control of spending, and that includes Barack Obama, who voted for the budgets. If Obama inherited anything, he inherited it from himself.

In a nutshell, what  Obama is saying is, I inherited a deficit that I voted for and then I voted to expand that deficit four-fold since January 20th.

There is no way on earth that this will be widely publicized, unless each of us sends it on!  This is your chance to make a difference.

                                     WAKE  UP  AMERICA!
web posted August 18, 2010

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obama pledged to support the US Constitution when he was sworn in.  he is breaking the First Amendment by promoting the establishment of islam.    he has had muslim celebrations and promoted islam at official White House functions twice.  he is sending radical imam rauf to the Middle East on tax dollars to raise money for the building of the Ground Zero mosque.  rauf has refused to agree that hamas is a terror group - therefore obama is supporting terror by his courting of this terror surrogate.

islam is a creed that refuses to recognize any other religion.  islam aims to convert all or kill those who refuse to submit.  islam considers women to be possessions.  it is a belief of hate and intolerance and is totally un-American.  obama is a sleeper cell for this illegitimate "religion".  We are at war with islamists who want to kill us.  Why does obama coddle them?  he's one of them.  his goal is to divide our people to make it easier for the jihad of his people against us.  he is succeeding.  he is destroying the USA.

in obama's own words: " I WILL STAND WITH THE MUSLIMS SHOULD THE POLITICAL WINDS OF WAR SHIFT IN AN UGLY DIRECTION".  he's proving it.  History will show him to be the most sinister figure in American history.

he must be taken out of office.

Editor's note: The actual quote from the book "The Audacity of Hope" [pg. 261]:

"Of course, not all my conversations in immigrant communities follow this easy pattern. In the wake of 9/11, my meetings with Arab and Pakistani Americans, for example, have a more urgent quality, for the stories of detentions and FBI questioning and hard stares from neighbors have shaken their sense of security and belonging. They have been reminded that the history of immigration in this country has a dark underbelly; they need specific assurances that their citizenship really means something, that America has learned the right lessons from the Japanese internments during World War II, and that I will stand with them should the political winds shift in an ugly direction."
web posted August 18, 2010

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Reid Breaks With Obama Over Proposed Ground Zero Mosque.  But only after Obama backtracks himself. Do you think Reid is worried about being re-elected in Nov?   Uhhhhhh... yeah.  This showboating won't save him though.  He has already done too much damage.

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Where did the summer go? It seems just like the other day the kids were being picked-up for the last half day of school. I hope that all the children in the county have a great and SAFE year. Education is one of the things that no one can take from you. Good Luck!

Editor's note: Thank you for your service to our country.
web posted August 17, 2010

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This so called president obama, is a joke.   I hope and pray that the ones who voted for this joke of a president sees the light.
Ground Zero is Hollowed Ground, not for Muslims, they killed our people.  He has broken so many laws he does not know what the law is.  He has taken Christian out of everything, JESUS CHRIST Rules, NOT obama, yes small letters for him, his name is not worthy of being capitalized. 
America needs to stand up, do not vote for this JOKE obama. 
Those who voted against him knew what would happen, those of you who voted for him should be ashamed of what YOU voted into the white house.  This is not about black/white because he is both.  He does not even realize this himself.  He is a JOKE!!!!!
web posted August 17, 2010

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I don't get to read everyday so when I do I have to read back for a few weeks and I noticed that (Edgefield Daily) mention that gangs were involved in the (shooting death of 26-year-old Theodore Campbell). I get (one local paper) in the mail each week and I never see anything about gangs being mentioned. I have to ask, where did you get that information and if it is true why aren't the police talking about it?

Editor's note: Edgefield Daily has never made the claim the shooting was "gang related". We did an interview with family members who made the claim of gang connections. The Edgefield County Sheriff's Office has never stated there is any gang connection to the shooting death and armed burglary of the Hayes Drive home. The existence of gangs in the county, however; is well documented.
web posted August 17, 2010

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this is to the comment made by "shame to be laughing stock of the entire world".

it seem like you have a lot of time on your hand if you sitting at the dss office ,running thru the  low income housing  and watching the  president .
let me start by saying everyone talking about the president   how soon we forget who put us in this mess to start . what about the previous 8 years  before he got in office. so soon we forget so soon .the news cast  has been all over him every step he make ...he is in the news.......never heard this much news on a president ever......
now on the dss office where they are coming in left and right with new clothes ,hair done ,nails and cell phone . ooo don't let me forget the cars with the rims that you can't afford . what are you think about  ? who are you talking about ..... i have always  wonder about  is we as bad as back in the days  is edgefield county really what people have said they still stick in 30"s---50"s .that we look at the next person and wonder how they can offered this and that .....
 just because i wear nice clothes ,get my hair done , get my nails done, drive a nice car with rims on it and have a cell phone then go to the dss office and get benefits  from the state . it could be i am  there getting something for an  old person . that is where you assume  and make  a  (blank)  out of yourself .you never know how people is paying for what they got .....
????? the last time i check  you can't pay light bill , rent , insurance, car note and all of the things above  with what you get from the state .........
why you riding thru the low income housing and dss office do the research on how much a family of 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 &10 get by the month
 everything that isn't like you and some of the people that think like you  want it to be ..... it is time to do something about it ........... lets get real........
let's stop moving in slow motion  and stop worrying about how people are paying for what they have as long as they have not ask you personal to pay for their homes,cars  and living expense .......... mind your business and stop assuming on somebody else  pockets................. that is what wrong with edgefield county now.......... you complain about that also......
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[Fox Creek Principal Tim] Murph (removed) did not protect a majority on the [Fox Creek School] board and could not preserve his esteemed chair Sherolyn [Bishop], in fact, she did not get an office at all.  Here's the slate:

Chair - they're calling it President now - Kevin Baker
Cochair, um, Vice President - Phillip Napier
Treasurer - Becky Alexander
Secretary Terri Mayson
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Thank you for making the wondering minds load faster.
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I wonder how muslims rationalize the stoning to death for those accursed of adultery and then turn around and justify killing thousands with the promise to suicide bombers of being rewarded with 65 virgins for doing so. I'm so confused.    

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/08/16/taliban-stone-couple-adultery-afghanistan/?test=latestnews

Editor's note: I believe the promise is 72 virgins. However, some language historians claim the term used by Mohammad refers to 72 "white grapes" which was very similar in the text spelling at the time and the grapes were regarded as more prized than gold.

To me, and this is just a personal observation, since Mohammad took a child as one of his wives (and concludes that women are property) he is nothing but a pedophile that is no different than any of the pedophiles we have in prison today trying to lead a church. But we are expected to "respect" his political quasi-religious doctrine that lays a plan for world domination through terrorist acts.
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I see the billion dollar man is out of jail and back in the library irritating the staff with stupid questions.
Most likely writing another  absurd complaint about his arrest.
I think drug dealers should be kept away from our children in places like the library just like the drug free school zones.
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Obama will destroy our country unless he is stopped soon.  November is coming.  Vote them out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsH8xvjTAlo
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Editor's post: It seems that one local media outlet (basically a weekly community gossip paper) is complaining that they are not "notified" of breaking news by local law enforcement agencies. Here is a tip for them, news does not come to you, you have to go out and get it - it is called doing your job. But, like the liberal running the little paper, she thinks everything is supposed to be handed to them and is trying to effect rules put in place to limit what real journalists do to "gather" the news. Typical liberal. She can't compete in the real world so wants to force others to make them equal. 
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I agree about the baby that got burned.(Most recent story linked) The whole kids need to be taken and not returned to them. If DSS would go out and vistit more people homes who get welfare,food stamps they might prevent such things happening. I agree with the saying people that get food stamps, wellfare and what should be pull in for drug testing. I have been in a store where people ask the casheir do they take ebt cards. but yet thet turn around and buy beer and lottery cards. That is what the goverment does though.It teaches them to be lazy and wait on the first of the month. Dss needs to make surprise vists and do surprise drug screening on their clients. It would stop alot of this mess.
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We tend to get in trouble when we do not ask the right questions and accept lies that are intended to delude us.  The diet of lies during the campaign lulled many to sleep to their detriment with some false sense of hope. I admire the master of Wandering Minds who consistently questions those who would have us digest bitter and dishonest propositions that would only sicken us.  America should be asking more penetrating questions.  Has my state of poverty improved?  Has the government come to my rescue?   Am I better off now that two years ago?  Am I facing higher taxes?  Am I facing higher prices as a result of higher taxes imposed on those who pay the taxes?  Am I subject to a higher level of violence and theft?  Are my children save in their neighborhoods?  Have I enslaved my life and future to government rather than the proven benefits of hard work?  Has the false promise of a criminal life proven to be a substitute for true and honest gain?  If government has failed to raise me out of poverty and ignorance, will I ever take responsibility and prove what I am capable of?   Will I let my culture influence me to a degree that bars me from joining the highway of success.  Will I shield my children from corrupt culture and lead them to the true front of knowledge?  Why is it that those who distrust government are so successful and those who depend on government are so defeated and deprived?  Should I be questioning or blindly loyal to a failed political promises?  Am I seeking Biblical wisdom or am I immersed in the fallacious lyrics of captivating music?  Socrates said “The unexamined life is not worth living.” 

Editor's note: Accurately covering our local government is also something the pols attack, case in point - Edgefield Daily and myself.
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What is going on around here? People getting shot and killed, homes broken into, cars stolen, crooks and thugs stealing anything they can get their hands on, drugs, gangs, and a dysfunctional government that makes Augusta and Congress look like Choir Boys. You’d think we lived in south Augusta. Thank you EdgefieldDaily for being brave enough to tell it like it is and not backing down. I know you get attacked alot but stand strong and keep up the good work! We depend on you!!!

Editor’s note: Thank you for your kind comments. I think I am going to suggest to the Edgefield County Council that they add a special agenda item at the end of their meetings for “attack the Editor” comments. They have them from the Edgefield inner circle every month, and the Administrator recently, so they might as well codify it as their standard meeting schedule.
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I have a comment on the “puppy mill” story published on Saturday. Just because I have two registered dogs that have puppies and we sell them doesn’t make us a “puppy mill”. I’m not sure it this was a story by (Edgefield Daily) or the Greenwood ASPCA but I take great offense to the insinuations they make to assertions that normal people selling puppies is something that should be avoided. In my 57 years on this earth I have gotten some of the best dogs I ever had from individuals not some high priced turned up nosed breeders who want 20 fold what a (darn) dog is worth because some org said they were special.

Editor’s note: The story you refer to was written and submitted by the Greenwood ASPCA. I am not sure if it refered to "mom and pop" breeders as suspected puppy mills.
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pResident Obam(a) who said in his book he'd side with muslims if "the politics turned ugly" has done just that by supporting the mosque at Ground Zero! He said it at a celebration he held at the WHITE HOUSE supporting the muslim ramadan holiday. Gee whizz, he disses the boy scouts, won't hold easter, and can't find a radical church to go to, but he can support this? IMPEACH TIHS IMPOSTER FOR TREASON!!!!!!!!!

He claims they are a religion and should be allowed to (build the mosque) because they are "peaceful" and it has nothing to do with 9/11. My (rear end). They want to start the building on 9/11 next year. If that's not a SLAP IN OUR FACE I don't know what is!!!!!!!!!!!! I am sick of this (jerk). Does he even know who the (heck) we are at war with? He's a (removed) idiot!!!!!!!!!!
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Just wanted to let everyone know that the STHS Athletic Booster Club has a website now. http://www.rebelboosters.com
check it out...download membership forms, banner ad forms, and keep up to date with the sports seasons. Schedules and standings will be posted as the site is completed.
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Listen to this man.(Newt Gingrich)  It's time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=qtjfMjjce2Y

Editor's note: So few care about history and facts. Those who refuse to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
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To the individual concerned about "allowing" students who have been arrested back into school. Let me assure you that we teachers do not want these people in school anymore than you do. Legally however, there is absolutely nothing we can do about it. If these crimes did not occur at school, they have to be permitted to attend classes if they meet the attendance requirements.
 
Instead of calling the schools and bothering school personnel about something they can do nothing about, call your legislators, the people who actually make the laws that the schools have to follow.
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The Savannah trip and the Republican sticker : I never said Republican was better , just simply ask what Obama had done for those in question . All they were concerned with was COLOR . I  don't care about color , but I do think Obama was a poor choice to represent ANY race . Too many secrets to his life . Although to the rest of the original post , You nor I can stop the future, yours and mine are destined to end life as we know it , and only the Believers will survive . NO man or party will fix our problems , prayer will help you as an individual , but this country and this world is in the hands of The Living God Almighty! Are YOU ready?
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Do you know who is officially running for the Edgefield County school board? I heard of some people who were thinking about running but I haven't heard anything definitely. Thanks for all you do to keep us informed!

Editor's note: A list should be available by Monday. I received an email on Friday naming candidates but want to double check before releasing them.
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I was reading the story on the baby burned and I was shocked that someone would do such a thing. Then I read it again ad started doing a little math. If the mother of 6 with one on the way is 24, she had to be 14 when she got pregnant with her first kid and 15 when she had it. Isn’t it against the law to have sex with a 14 year old? Aren’t hospitals and doctors supposed to report known cases of children who have babies? This (woman) is a baby factory and I bet I know who is paying for all of her and who knows whose babies….. WE ARE!!!!!!! And to have a SEX OFFENDER as a boyfriend (I wonder who the baby daddy of the kid she is carrying is) living in the house should be reason enough to lock her dumb welfare scum (butt) up. People like this should be in jail and not out making babies to get “mo money”. But these people keep pumping out DEMONcrat babies to put more DEMONcrats in office to steal our money. Enough is enough!!!!!
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Do the citizens of Edgefield County consider the Edgefield Family Court fair?
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I just don't understand anyone that would hurt a baby. Stories like this make me sick.
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Granny Says:
I am tired of hearing about breaking and enterings and kicked in doors and killings and all the pain and misery that goes with it., Then look at the news and see who did it. I am mad!
I am tired of our so called leaders proving to be crooks and con artists, even our president too
I am tired of war and seeing our youth die  for people that hate us.
I am tired of foreigners crossing our borders  and expecting free child delivery, food and housing.
I am tired of seeing people in headdresses and long garments and calling it religious rights.  you can't tell if they have bombs strapped on or carry an ak47, male or female.I'm sick of it!!
I am tired of some races playing the race card in order to push the rest of us around.  Sick and tired!!
I just wonder how many years it will take to bring this once great nation to a dust bowl like Kenya and it's hand to mouth standard of living.  Yes, I am old.  I remember when doors didn't have to be locked.and the moral standards were good.  People cared for their neighbors.Now it is a whole Godless , money loving ,greedy bunch of low lifes that never studied history and are expecting the Govt. to keep them up. There are not enough taxpayers to do that because they all lost their jobs.  Like it or not this nation was founded on Christianity  and it will fall if people don't change.! We are a broke people.and we are on a destructive path  my consolation is God is  still alive !!
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With school about to start back up, concerned parents need to be aware that some area schools are possibly going to allow students back to school who have been arrested for some serious violent crimes. The safety of our students is more important than the "Rights" of these students and with our court system backlogged, there is a possibility that these student will walk the halls with our students and possibly graduate alongside your child. This is not safe. Please contact your principals and board members and let them know how you feel.
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Berea Baptist Church will hold Homecoming, August 22. Sunday School at 10am and worship service at 11am. with the Homecoming meal after the service. Revival August 23-25 with Dr. Robert Williamson Jr.bringing the message at 7pm each evening. Please come join us for worship and fellowship.
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Oh my gosh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   Edgefield county sheriff office  did it they found one of two trucks stolen you go my hero's.  Now don't you think, they need a pat on the back.  With what small office they have they found one of your citizens vehicle.  Betch can't get that out of another department.   So, there your proof,  the sheriff office is working hard to protect and serve you.  Now, what are you going to do edgefield county.  I think its long over due, to start supporting them .  They have proved and will still prove, they work hard for us.  And you know what i bet they are still trying hard to find the other vehicle, but it takes time with what little help they have.  So, edgefield county you got the information help them look.  Be a team player not a watcher. This is what you call "united we stand" not " divided we fall"
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RE:  I was in Savannah GA , over the weekend , some young Black students commented on my Republican sticker ,…

Not one lie, but two.  Did you really believe people wouldn’t read the link?  Nowhere does it show where our President did anything except ask for the prisoner to remain where he was being held.  Did you know that in the UK, BP was known as Blair Petroleum in honor of one of its famous owner, Tony Blair?  And you wonder how we got in the mess we are in now in America.  We were sold out long before Obama came on the scene.  When did America become a country of liars?  Shouldn’t the truth be told at all cost?  In 2000 election, BP gave 1.1 million dollars with 2/3 going to the GOP in donations.  See: http://news.mongabay.com/2010/0504-kozloff_bp.html.  Also the Energy Task Force was created by President Bush.  This was done during Bush second week in office (we know what was important to him).  The only problem with it was that the Task Force was never open to official public comment and it kept all its deliberations secret from the public.”  British Petroleum enjoyed an enormous degree of economic and political power in Washington during the GOP reign.  Obama received only $77,000 from BP employees.  See: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0510/36783.html.  Republicans are collecting fat checks from BP, the company.  Remember, there's no cap on how much a company can give a candidate.  So the question should be, "What did 2 terms of Republican leadership do for our country?   (Built sandcastles on the back of the middle class and then, broke our back.)
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What did what John Gerrard said and Trish Glenn agreed with at the council meeting have to do with the council meeting anyway?  That losers club of two should find someplace to hold their own meetings or start their own website (possibly called the Edgefield Blog) and post their own Daffy duck despicable comments there!
 
Mr. Gerrard, do you suppose if I wanted to speak at a council meeting about, oh say, someone who misrepresented themself and their business and sold stock in this business to trusting people and then closed the business rendering the stock worthless and sticking these trusting people.....do you suppose they'd let me talk?  (removed) ...do you suppose the chairman would let me have the floor?  If you're gonna make council meetings a real "bash" then lets make it a "real" bash!
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An Idea For Innovista
 Probably the biggest issue on the national security front is cybersecurity.
 It is my personal belief that the next world war will be waged (if it is not already) digitally.
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IDIOT CONGRESS LADY FROM TUCSON AZ AREA

Poster-child for what is wrong in Washington, DC

You will simply not believe this.  Our 8th District US Congressional representative, the Hon. Gabrielle Giffords, in a meeting of the House Armed Services Committee, asked General David Petraeus the following question: "General Petraeus what are you doing to reduce carbon emmissions in the war on terror"?

Wow.  I had to read, and re-read this several times to believe it. Folks, there are American sons and daughters dying every week on the foreign battlefields of southwest  Asia . The nation is completely bankrupt and ... quite literally, borrowing 43 cents for every dollar in federal spending.  We have the largest environmental disaster in the nation's history in the  Gulf of Mexico, and we have Mexican drug armies invading our nation.  And yet ....A member of Congress from Arizona's  8th congressional district took the time to ask our battlefield commander what he is doing to curb  carbon emissions in the was.  Gabrielle Giffords is the poster-child for what is wrong wit the US Congress.  We are being led by imbeciles.

To the rest of  America reading this blog, and to Gen. Petraeus if this e-mail makes it to your inbox ... my sincerest apologies for the stupid question asked of you by our  US congressional representative. General ... I am sure you have better things to worry about than carbon emissions on the battlefield.  I assure you, as a registered voter in Arizona 's 8th congressional district, I will do everything I can to ensure Rep. Giffords is voted out of office in November, and I pray you'll get back to business of fighting the war on terror without worrying about such petty and nonsensical matters as your carbon footprint in the war.
Mark Beres, Maj. USAF (ret.)
Tucson,  Arizona

FYI:  The 8th District surrounds Tucson to the north, south and east ( Tucson is in the 7th District) and covers the south-east corner of AZ.

What Google says about Rep. Giffords:
     Representative Gabrielle Giffords (D-Az) took Afghan Commander, General David Petraeus, to task for what she characterized as  willful disregard of the environmental impact of our war effort.  There is no policy, no plan to minimize carbon emissions in our military activities, Giffords charged. ???Bombs are dropped and bullets are fired without considering the environmental impact.  Giffords insisted that she was  not demanding an immediate halt to current military operations in the  Middle East . I'm just saying that battle plans should include an environmental impact assessment as a regular part of the process before attacks are launched.???

She also suggested that the Army put more emphasis on less environmentally damaging methods, like stabbing or clubbing enemy forces in order to minimize the carbon output.
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Everyone needs to go the school district website, http://www.edgefield.k12.sc.us, under District, Fiscal Services, and look at the transparency files.  These are going to be posted every month.  Looks like some interesting spending happening.  Maybe now those that have questions can start asking the Finance Department.  Finally the public can see where the spending is taking place.
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Mike Casey did not give the location on star road where the new tower will be located. Would it be located by the EMS station?

Editor's note: The location was given as being at the property surrounding the EMS base on Star Road.
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I am familiar with RRO (Roberts Rules of Order) and I have to take the editor’s side on this argument concerning an ordinance being reconsidered after failing to pass. Having served as a committeeman for eight years, a position similar to the county council, any ordinance that died for a lack of a motion was dead regardless on which reading was involved.

The ordinance in question could be brought back, usually in an altered form for reconsideration; however it would have to begin the voting process from the first reading status as a new ordinance and would require at least one public hearing to be held.

If the vote is challenged I believe it would be overturned forcing the process to begin anew.

Having followed the stories on the meetings it appears the ordinance was given two readings with unanimous support and then suddenly was allowed to die with no support on its final reading if my memory serves. I would like to know why something that had full support suddenly had none and then reappears with full support again.

Perhaps the editor can provide any insight he may have on why this took place.

That brings me to my next point. When we retired we looked far and wide in choosing a location to build our retirement home and settled on Edgefield County because of its charm and friendly people.

We should have attended a county council meeting prior to making the move because the shenanigans that we sought to escape seem to permeate relentlessly from our local governing board.

I am astounded at the abysmal quality of the elected officials repeatedly charged with governing this county. I do believe Mrs. Blackwell and Mr. Ashcraft are undoubtedly the preeminently qualified members of the board and the fact they are overruled by the incompetence of the ruling majority is embarrassing to the good people of Edgefield County. 

In better economic times we would have already placed our home up for sale to relocate to another area. If the fall elections do not bring a tangible change to the make up of our county leaders we will take the loss and leave. At that point it will be a hopeless situation that shows uneducated voters are enamored with placing unqualified people in positions to control the direction of this county.

I refuse to be a part of such foolishness.
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RE: A Speech Every American High School Principal Should Give. If every school principal gave this speech at the beginning of the next school year,  America would be a better place.
 
To the students and faculty of our high schools.
 
AMEN!!!!! You hit the nail on the head. Now if only our school system takes this into consideration.
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I never saw an answer to my question about if there was anything more on the death of the Johnston woman. Maybe you responded but I just can’t find it.

Editor’s note: At this time the toxicology reports have not been received and the cause of death has not been released.
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I thought (County Administrator Alton) Brown was supposed to be out for “4 to 6 weeks” for surgery but in the story (Wednesday) said he was at the meeting. That’s a pretty fast recovery or you were way off on your claim.

Editor’s note: The information I had came from information provided by the County Administration Office. No surprise it was obviously inaccurate. However, Mr. Brown spends more time out of the office than our Tax Assessor so it’s hard to determine when they are missing for legitimate reasons or just “missing”.
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Re; County Cunci meeting.
McCary & Sons..not licensed for commercial work.
Allstar Services..not promoted.
Since we are always being told "Shop/Spend Local"..how about this?
SUPPORT YOUR LOCALS. Where do you think they spend thier money?
By the way, that had to have have been a painful surgery on Mr. Brown!!
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Houston, we have a problem and it is here with Public Education Partners in regard of Diane Mangiate's compensation.  In 2006, her annual salary was $39,900 but was increased to $50,000 in 2007.  I would hope this organization would be better stewards of money designated for educating our children.  It seems as if PEP is a political organization with their last efforts in the bond referendum and their behavior could be considered reckless. 

I don't know about you, but I would love to receive a 25.3% increase in my salary.  I don't know why she left that job as it sounds pretty good to me.  This can all be verified by going online to Guidestar.
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Pleasant Lane Baptist Church, Edgefield SC will be having a "Back To School Bash" Sat. Aug.14 @ 10:00am for the youth. There will be games, food, wagon/horse rides, and JOY the puppet of Augusta GA. Pastor Rev. Melvin Searles, Sr.
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Jose and Carlos are both beggars. They beg in different areas of town.

Carlos begs for the same amount of time as Jose, but only collects about eight or nine dollars a day.

Every day, Jose brings home a suitcase full of ten dollar bills. He drives a Mercedes, lives in a mortgage-free house, and has lots of cash to spend.

"Hey, amigo," Carlos says to Jose, "I work just as long and hard as you do, so how come you bring home a suitcase full of ten dollar bills every day?"

Jose says, "Look at your sign, what does it say?"

Carlos' sign reads; I have no work, a wife and six kids to support. 

"What's wrong with that?" Carlos asks him.

"No wonder you only get eight or nine dollars a day!"

Carlos says, "Alright, so what does your sign say?"

Jose's sign reads: I only need ten dollars to get back to Mexico
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"I have this theory about Barack Obama. I think he's led a kind of make-believe life in which money was provided and doors were opened because at some point early on somebody or some group took a look at this tall, good looking, half-white, half-black, young man with an exotic African/Muslim name and concluded he could be guided toward a life in politics where his facile speaking skills could even put him in the White House. 
 
In a very real way, he has been a young man in a very big hurry. Who else do you know has written two memoirs before the age of 45? "Dreams of My Father" was published in 1995 when he was only 34 years old. The "Audacity of Hope" followed in 2006. If, indeed, he did write them himself. There are some who think that his mentor and friend, Bill Ayers, a man who calls himself a "communist with a small 'c'" was the real author. 
  
His political skills consisted of rarely voting on anything that might be deemed controversial. He went from a legislator in the Illinois legislature to the Senator from that state because he had the good fortune of having Mayor Daley's formidable political machine at his disposal. 
  
He was in the U.S. Senate so briefly that his bid for the presidency was either an act of astonishing self-confidence or part of some greater game plan that had been determined before he first stepped foot in the Capital. How, many must wonder, was he selected to be a 2004 keynote speaker at the Democrat convention that nominated John Kerry when virtually no one had ever even heard of him before? 
  
He outmaneuvered Hillary Clinton in primaries. He took Iowa by storm. A charming young man, an anomaly in the state with a very small black population, he oozed "cool" in a place where agriculture was the antithesis of cool. He dazzled the locals. And he had an army of volunteers drawn to a charisma that hid any real substance. 
 
And then he had the great good fortune of having the Republicans select one of the most inept candidates for the presidency since Bob Dole. And then John McCain did something crazy. He picked Sarah Palin, an unknown female governor from the very distant state of Alaska . It was a ticket that was reminiscent of 1984's Walter Mondale and Geraldine Ferraro and they went down to defeat.
 
The mainstream political media fell in love with him. It was a schoolgirl crush with febrile commentators like Chris Mathews swooning then and now over the man. The venom directed against McCain and, in particular, Palin, was extraordinary. 
 
Now, nearly a full year into his first term, all of those gilded years leading up to the White House have left him unprepared to be President. Left to his own instincts, he has a talent for saying the wrong thing at the wrong time. It swiftly became a joke that he could not deliver even the briefest of statements without the ever-present Tele-Prompters. 
 
Far worse, however, is his capacity to want to "wish away" some terrible realities, not the least of which is the Islamist intention to destroy America and enslave the West. Any student of history knows how swiftly Islam initially spread. It knocked on the doors of Europe, having gained a foothold in Spain .
 
The great crowds that greeted him at home or on his campaign "world tour" were no substitute for having even the slightest grasp of history and the reality of a world filled with really bad people with really bad intentions.
  
Oddly and perhaps even inevitably, his political experience, a cakewalk, has positioned him to destroy the Democrat Party's hold on power in Congress because in the end it was never about the Party. It was always about his communist ideology, learned at an early age from family, mentors, college professors, and extreme leftist friends and colleagues. 
  
Obama is a man who could deliver a snap judgment about a Boston police officer who arrested an "obstreperous" Harvard professor-friend, but would warn Americans against "jumping to conclusions" about a mass murderer at Fort Hood who shouted "Allahu Akbar." The absurdity of that was lost on no one. He has since compounded this by calling the Christmas bomber "an isolated extremist" only to have to admit a day or two later that he was part of an al Qaeda plot. 
 
He is a man who could strive to close down our detention facility at Guantanamo even though those released were known to have returned to the battlefield against America . He could even instruct his Attorney General to afford the perpetrator of 9/11 a civil trial when no one else would ever even consider such an obscenity. And he is a man who could wait three days before having anything to say about the perpetrator of yet another terrorist attack on Americans and then have to elaborate on his remarks the following day because his first statement was so lame. 
 
The pattern repeats itself. He either blames any problem on the Bush administration or he naively seeks to wish away the truth. 
  
Knock, knock. Anyone home? Anyone there? Barack Obama exists only as the sock puppet of his handlers, of the people who have maneuvered and manufactured this pathetic individual's life. 
 
When anyone else would quickly and easily produce a birth certificate, this man has spent over a million dollars to deny access to his. Most other documents, the paper trail we all leave in our wake, have been sequestered from review. He has lived a make-believe life whose true facts remain hidden. 
  
We laugh at the ventriloquist's dummy, but what do you do when the dummy is President of the United States of America?"
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Editor's post: It is nice to know that the Edgefield County Council will continue a meeting without a majority present. Ethics don't matter, rules don't matter, and laws don't matter. Where is our county administrator advising the council they do not have a quorum at a meeting? I wonder if anyone in this administration has ever read Robert's Rules of Order which was codified twice by the county council for the rules governing public meetings.

This would include having, as County Administrator Alton Brown stated, the Planning Commission bringing up a dead ordinance for reconsideration at Tuesday night's meeting.

According to Robert's Rules of Order, a final reading that dies for a lack of a motion is "dead" and cannot be brought back for reconsideration by a non-elected body that is not involved in the final vote. Reconsideration has to come from the governing body (county council) from someone on the prevailing vote that defeated the measure.

Since the ordinance "died due to a lack of a motion" as Chairman Kneece proclaimed at the July 6 meeting, there is no "prevailing side" of a vote not taken. The measure would have to appear as a first reading, not a final third reading.

This matter will be challenged and a ruling will be sought on the ordinance. This has nothing to do with whether or not I personally agree with the ordinance, it is based on the process on which the ordinance was implemented. There is a right way and a wrong way to do anything.

When this was expressed to Vice-chairman of the Planning Commission Roger Timspon prior to the vote he asked that the vote note be challenged, although he did admit that it was not it was not necessarily proper. He suggested it was the best thing for Edgefield County and the Merriwether community and nothing should be said about it.

I guess we will see what is "proper" and what is not.
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Question for the town of Edgefield.  Why do you expect pet owners to clean up after their pets on the Rail Trail, when you don't clean up after your own pets.  The geese are becoming a BIG problem.  You can't find an open spot to step anywhere near the lake coming off the trestle. Do as your signs say - Clean it up!

And while we are on the subject of Geese, you better start controlling them now because before you know it, there will be hundreds of them making their little messes.
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I hear all these things about Obama that you do not like. I agree with all of you. He is a communist p-g. But I haven't heard anyone say that they are going to vote in November 2010 to try to do something about it. Get out there and vote, maybe then we can make a difference
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Your "Editor's Post"regarding Alton Browns surgery is a new low even for you.Hope you are doing well Alton.

Editor's note: As long as your buddy Mickey Mouse can post vitriol comments against myself and council members Blackwell and Ashcraft on his blog, don't even dare to talk to me about my mild analogies I refer to on rare occasions while you are singing his praises. Hypocrite does not even come close to describing your comments here and in public.
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It is a shame to be the laughing stock of the entire world. For those of you who voted for the idiot in office, I hope you are enjoying the destruction of our great country. Is it really hard to figure out just what his true agenda is? The chances of him gaining a second term at this point SHOULD be absolutely no chance at all, but then again, look who voted for him to start with. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to look at the political events happening in Washington and in South Carolina these days. People are not voting on issues, they are voting on color. South Carolina is becoming a laughing stock with Greene potentially being elected, and let’s face it, he is in no way capable or qualified to be in office, but you just can’t educate idiots. In the words of Ron White, you can fix almost anything wrong with the human body, but can’t fix stupid.

People, wake up and educate yourself on the issues and not the color. Obama is not the first BLACK president. The black society may want to think of him that way and they voted that way, but in reality, he is the first NON-American to be voted into office. It would surprise me if he actually knew who is real father was. November is the chance to make a change, you wanted change, you were promised change, no vote for the change that we should have had in the beginning. If people want to treated equally, then act equally. Ask for a hand up if you need it, not a hand out. The first three letters in CAN’T is can, and you can if you want to. I’ m tired of working my butt off so others can sit around and drive new vehicles and wear new clothes and live in houses that my tax dollars are paying for. I find it amusing that if you go to the DSS office and just watch as the people file in and out of the door, most are driving very nice cares, talking on cell phone, dressed in designer clothing, hair done, nails done and I have even seen rims on cars that I couldn’t begin to afford, yet they need food stamps and welfare. Drive through the subsidized housing and see the automobiles, the stereos blaring, the flat screen tv’s, kids on cell phones. Do you see a pattern here? If you work for nothing, you care for nothing.

Edgefield government, get your head out of your (rearend) and stop acting like a bunch of backward.ssed ignorant idiots who think that because they can get away with these closed door, back room dealings that it’s okay. Just because you get away with it doesn’t make it right. Our once great town, filled with such great heritage has been turned into a reeking pit dirty dealings that are so transparent and yet who is going to be man enough to stand up and say enough is enough. There has to be someone in the county that has the intestinal fortitude to do the right thing and be accountable to the people he/she represents. I would be ashamed to tell anyone at this time I had anything to do with the county government of Edgefield County. Who will stand with me and demand accountability? Will you?
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A Speech Every American High School Principal Should Give. If every school principal gave this speech at the beginning of the next school year,  America would be a better place.
 
To the students and faculty of our high schools:
 
I am your new principal, and honored to be so. There is no greater calling than to teach young people.
 
I would like to apprise you of some important changes coming to our school.  I am making these changes because I am convinced that most of the ideas that have dominated public education in  America have worked against you, against your teachers and against our country.
 
First, this school will no longer honor race or ethnicity.  I could not care less if your racial makeup is black, brown, red, yellow or white.  I could not care less if your origins are African, Latin American, Asian or European, or if your ancestors arrived here on the Mayflower or on slave ships.
 
The only identity I care about, the only one this school will recognize, is your individual identity -- your character, your scholarship, your humanity.  And the only national identity this school will care about is American.  This is an American public school, and American public schools were created to make better Americans.
 
If you wish to affirm an ethnic, racial or religious identity through school, you will have to go elsewhere.  We will end all ethnicity-, race- and non-American nationality-based celebrations. They undermine the motto of America, one of its three central values -- e pluribus unum, "from many, one."  And this school will be guided by America's values.
 
This includes all after-school clubs.  I will not authorize clubs that divide students based on any identities.  This includes race, language, religion, sexual orientation or whatever else may become in vogue in a society divided by political correctness.
 
Your clubs will be based on interests and passions, not blood, ethnic, racial or other physically defined ties.  Those clubs just cultivate narcissism -- an unhealthy preoccupation with the self -- while the purpose of education is to get you to think beyond yourself.  So we will have clubs that transport you to the wonders and glories of art, music, astronomy, languages you do not already speak, carpentry and more.  If the only extracurricular activities you can imagine being interesting in are those based on ethnic, racial or sexual identity, that means that little outside of yourself really interests you.
 
Second, I am uninterested in whether English is your native language.  My only interest in terms of language is that you leave this school speaking and writing English as fluently as possible.  The English language has united America's citizens for over 200 years, and it will unite us at this school.  It is one of the indispensable reasons this country of immigrants has always come to be one country.  And if you leave this school without excellent English language skills, I would be remiss in my duty to ensure that you will be prepared to successfully compete in the American job market.  We will learn other languages here -- it is deplorable that most Americans only speak English -- but if you want classes taught in your native language rather than in English, this is not your school.
 
Third, because I regard learning as a sacred endeavor, everything in this school will reflect learning's elevated status.  This means, among other things, that you and your teachers will dress accordingly.  Many people in our society dress more formally for Hollywood events than for church or school.  These people have their priorities backward.  Therefore, there will be a formal dress code at this school.
 
Fourth, no obscene language will be tolerated anywhere on this school's property -- whether in class, in the hallways or at athletic events.  If you can't speak without using the f-word, you can't speak.  By obscene language I mean the words banned by the Federal Communications Commission, plus epithets such as "Nigger," even when used by one black student to address another black, or "bitch," even when addressed by a girl to a girlfriend.  It is my intent that by the time you leave this school, you will be among the few your age to instinctively distinguish between the elevated and the degraded, the holy and the obscene.
 
Fifth, we will end all self-esteem programs.  In this school, self-esteem will be attained in only one way -- the way people attained it until decided otherwise a generation ago -- by earning it . One immediate consequence is that there will be one valedictorian, not eight.
 
Sixth, and last, I am reorienting the school toward academics and away from politics and propaganda.  No more time will devoted to scaring you about smoking and caffeine, or terrifying you about sexual harassment or global warming.  No more semesters will be devoted to condom wearing and teaching you to regard sexual relations as only or primarily a health issue.  There will be no more attempts to convince you that you are a victim because you are not white, or not male, or not heterosexual or not Christian.  We will have failed if any one of you graduates this school and does not consider him or herself inordinately lucky -- to be alive and to be an American.
 
Now, please stand and join me in the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of our country.  As many of you do not know the words, your teachers will hand them out to you.
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Editor's post: I hear that Edgefield County Administrator Alton Brown had to have surgery this week and he will be out of commission for 4 to 6 weeks. I hope it had nothing to do with County Attorney Micheal Medlock's head having to be removed from his rear end.
web posted August 10, 2010

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New TV Ad fm Arizona's Governor (She tells it like it is)!!!
 
We need more like her!!!!!!!
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DIVORCE AGREEMENT

Dear American liberals, leftists, social progressives, socialists, Marxists and Obama supporters, et al:

We have stuck together since the late 1950s for the sake of the kids, but the whole of this latest election process has made me realize that I want a divorce. I know we tolerated each other for many years for the sake of future generations, but sadly, this relationship has clearly run its course.?

Our two ideological sides of America cannot and will not ever agree on what is right for us all, so let's just end it on friendly terms. We can smile and chalk it up to irreconcilable differences and go our own ways.

Here is a model separation agreement:

Our two groups can equitably divide up the country by landmass, each taking a similar portion. That will be the difficult part, but I am sure our two sides can come to a friendly agreement. After that, it should be relatively easy! Our respective representatives can effortlessly divide other assets since both sides have such distinct and disparate tastes.

We don't like redistributive taxes, so you can keep them. You are welcome to the liberal judges and the ACLU. Since you hate guns and war, we'll take our firearms, the cops, the NRA and the military. We'll take the nasty, smelly oil industry and you can go with wind, solar and biodiesel. You can keep Oprah, Michael Moore and Rosie O'Donnell. You are, however, responsible for finding a bio-diesel vehicle big enough to move all three of them.

We'll keep capitalism, greedy corporations, pharmaceutical companies, Wal-Mart and Wall Street. You can have your beloved lifelong welfare dwellers, food stamps, homeless, homeboys, hippies, druggies and illegal aliens. We'll keep the hot Alaskan hockey moms, greedy CEOs and rednecks. We'll keep the Bibles and give you NBC and Hollywood.

You can make nice with Iran and Palestine and we'll retain the right to invade and hammer places that threaten us. You can have the peaceniks and war protesters. When our allies or our way of life are under assault, we'll help provide them security.

We'll keep our Judeo-Christian values. You are welcome to Islam, Scientology, Humanism, political correctness and Shirley McClain. You can also have the U.N., but we will no longer be paying the bill.


We'll keep the SUV's, pickup trucks and oversized luxury cars. You can take every Subaru station wagon you can find.

You can give everyone healthcare if you can find any practicing doctors. We'll continue to believe healthcare is a luxury and not a right.  We'll keep "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" and "The National Anthem." I'm sure you'll be happy to substitute "Imagine", "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing", "Kum Ba Ya" or "We Are the World".

We'll practice trickle down economics and you can continue to give trickle up poverty your best shot. 

 Since it often so offends you, we'll keep our history, our name and our flag.

Would you agree to this?  If so, please pass it along to other like-minded liberal and conservative patriots and if you do not agree, just hit delete. In the spirit of friendly parting, I'll bet you answer which one of us will need whose help in 15 years.
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Hello,  If you think Monroe Kneece, Willie Bright, and Norman Dorn is the problem, then lets show proof of what they are doing, you provide proof to the county, the people will then change their vote.  the people of this county, need to reunite, (come together as one (1) not two )  to show someone the problem and prove it, is one thing. but with no proof, they stay in office.  If they are the ones that are stopping The Sheriff, then they need to go, get them out of office.  We need people in the office to support (OUR) Sheriff, If you look at Columbia County-they support their sheriff, you dont see alot of problems there, Aiken County- they support their Sheriff, and Richmond county - They totally support their Sheriff, and last but not least little old North Augusta-the community and people Support thier Chief (who is appointed)  everybody says they got money,  Yes, they do-lets see traffic in enforcement,  bet you dont speed in North Augusta, Drive drunk in North Augusta, disobey traffic laws in North Augusta, they have more police officers than Edgefield, why because the old potatoes do not want Edgefield County to move forward with everyone else, they want to live in the past. Can't do THAT!!!!  GET MORE DEPUTIES ON THE ROAD, will help and stop crime,  the criminal has to travel from one place to get to your place! so, more enforcement leads to more deputies patrolling checking  residences and businesses (twenty-four-seven)   SO UNITE AS ONE, get the trash out of the council and fresh people in to do what WE need not what THEY want to do.  Start having meetings with different people in different areas of the county to unite and become one (1).  the wandering minds is a good start,  and the bugs that come to see what is going on for the old potatoes, to report back to the old potatoes will then realize THE PEOPLE ARE NO JOKE DO AS WE ASK ARE BE (GONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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Why does the American President support terrorism?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQG8PIqLp7k
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Once upon a time the government had a vast scrap yard in the middle of a desert.  Congress said, "Someone may steal from it at night." So they created a night watchman position and hired a person for the job.  Then Congress said, "How does the watchman do his job without instruction?" So they created a planning department and hired two people, one person to write the instructions, and one person to do time studies.

Then Congress said, "How will we know the night watchman is doing the tasks correctly?" So they created a Quality Control department and hired two people.  One to do the studies and one to write the reports.   Then Congress said, "How are these people going to get paid?" So They created the following positions, a time keeper, and a payroll officer, then hired two people.   Then Congress said, "Who will be accountable for all of these people?" So they created an administrative section and hired three people, an Administrative Officer, Assistant Administrative Officer, and a Legal Secretary.   Then Congress said, "We have had this command in operation for one Year and we are $18,000 over budget, we must cutback overall cost." So they laid off the night watchman.  NOW slowly, let it sink in.  Quietly, we go like sheep to slaughter.

Does anybody remember the reason given for the establishment of the DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY..... during the Carter Administration?   Anybody?   Anything?   No?   Didn't think so!   Bottom line. We've spent several hundred billion dollars in support of an agency...the reason for which not one person who reads this can remember!
Ready??   It was very simple...and at the time, everybody thought it very appropriate.

The Department of Energy was instituted on 8-04-1977, TO LESSEN OUR DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN OIL.
Hey, pretty efficient, huh???   AND NOW IT'S 2010 -- 33 YEARS LATER -- AND THE BUDGET FOR THIS "NECESSARY" DEPARTMENT IS AT $24.2 BILLION A YEAR. THEY HAVE 16,000 FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AND APPROXIMATELY 100,000 CONTRACT EMPLOYEES; AND LOOK AT THE JOB THEY HAVE DONE! THIS IS WHERE YOU SLAP YOUR FOREHEAD  AND SAY, "WHAT WAS I THINKING?"

33 years ago 30% of our oil consumption was foreign imports. Today 70% of our oil consumption is foreign imports.
Ah, yes -- good ole bureaucracy.   AND NOW, WE ARE TURNING THE BANKING SYSTEM, HEALTH CARE, AND THE AUTO INDUSTRY OVER TO THE SAME GOVERNMENT?         HELLOOO!    Anybody Home? "God Bless America"
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Editor's post: If only one's life in Edgefield County was like that of an ordinance with the county council. Even when it dies it will be resurrected over and over until it takes on a life of its own.

Then again, we have a Democrat controlled county council led by Monroe Kneece supported by Willie Bright and Norman Dorn and they are intent on shoving as much down the throats of county residents as they can against your wishes. Typical Democrats who believe they rule, not serve, the people of this county.
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I saw a story on ch6 (WJBF News 6) where another 13 y-o was babysitting a 9 y-o and somebody broke into the house. What is it with these irresponsible parents who think having latch-key kids is part of “PARENTING”? A 13 y-o is not of the age of consent for anything so how can they be responsible enough to care for themselves much less someone else?
I am appalled that the parents aren’t being looked into for child abuse or neglect! It’s the same people that have the attitude of “my child is better than most” that hold the same attitude of “my child never makes a mistake”. It’s the same line they give when the kids end up in trouble. “It’s not his fault, it was those others he was hanging around with…”
No, it is your fault parents. With the people breaking into houses every day it is irresponsible to allow your young kids to be alone without an adult.
The news report said that by not answering the door the crooks will kick in the door and place your entire family at risk. Something that wouldn’t’ happen if an ADULT was there and answered the door making the crook move on.
The story said the little girl called her dad, not 911 when the person was breaking in the house. This also shows that the child is not responsible enough to call 911 not daddy when something like this happens.
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It's like a black hole of political correctness is sucking us down into an abyss with crushing speed.  The following from the past week or so compel me to vent.

-A beer distributor is caught on film stealing from his employer.  He is asked to resign and blows away 8 people, crying "racism".  The liberal media immediately takes up his call and now he's a "victim."  The slain innocents are perpetrators.  Why are black people such as this thieving murderer and the DC sniper John Mohammad never accused of "hate crimes" - only white people?

-Democracy is overturned in Arizona by a liberal judge who disagrees with the state's immigration law.  Obama refuses to enforce immigration laws and scratches his little Kenyan head over unemployment.  Did it ever occur to him that the number of unemployed is roughly equal to the number of employed illegal immigrants?

-The will of the people is thwarted in California when an openly gay judge overturns that state's Constitutional Amendment enacted with overwhelming support banning gay marriage.  One flamer has created an unfunded mandate that will have to be paid for by CA citizens and businesses in the form of benefits for gay partners.  Gay is now "better" than straight. Two straight friends or family members who want to live together in order to survive the recession cannot claim benefits for the other - only gays who claim union to one another.

But by far, the biggest rankler is the approval of a mosque 600 feet from Ground Zero in NY:

The mayor and the mosque supporters say this is a First Amendment issue.  Let's see how they feel when patriotic New Yorkers and visitors institute the following exercises of the First Amendment once the mosque is opened:

-Eternal vigils by protesters at all entrances to the mosque with constant slide shows depicting the horrors of 9-11, the Holocaust and muslim atrocities (stoning of raped women, beheadings, etc.)

-Vendors selling various pork products, mohomad cartoons, Jewish and Christian artifacts, and other of the very many things offensive to muslims http://amboytimes.typepad.com/the_amboy_times/2007/02/the_list_of_thi.html .

-24-7 dog-walking services that pick up pooches, water them well and deliver them for a walk around the mosque.

-Constant surveillance of all comers and goers at the mosque by cadres of concerned citizens using software that catalogs their faces.

-Trailers who follow mosque attendees to their homes to establish whereabouts.

-Travel agencies promoting the above.

It's a no brainer; this mosque is not going to be accepted.  It's offensive and it's not necessary.    A wound has been ripped open by people who want us to bleed.

God help us if there is not a tsunami of discontent against this politically correct garbage next Election Day that washes away the scum and clears the way for common sense to rise like a tide to refloat our nation again.
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I haven’t seen anything about the young woman (found dead) in Johnston (on July 26). Has it been ruled a murder or accidental, or what? Wondering mind wants to know.

Editor’s note: At this time I do not have a final ruling on the cause of death. I did send an email to the Coroner asking if the toxicology reports have been received and if there is any final ruling.
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We're "broke" & can't help our own Seniors, Homeless, Veterans, Orphans, etc. ?????

This is so pathetically true...in the last month we have provided aid to Haiti , Chile , and Turkey .  Our retired seniors living on a fixed income receive no aid while our government and religious organizations pour hundreds of millions of dollars and tons of food to foreign countries.  We have hundreds of adoptable children who are shoved aside to make room for the adoption of foreign orphans.  Why are so many American citizens, and the American government, so star struck they won't provide for our own?

America: a country where we have homeless without shelter, children going to bed without eating, elderly going without needed meds, and mentally ill without treatment - yet we have a benefit for the people of Haiti on 12 TV stations, ships and planes lining up with food, water, tents, clothes, bedding, doctors and medical supplies. Imagine if we gave ourselves the same support that we gave all other countries.

I feel bad for them but I also care about  America and our Seniors who developed this great country only to be forgotten.
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OBAMA wants us to cut the amount of gasoline we use The best way to stop using so much gasoline is to deport 15 million illegal immigrants That would be 15 million less people using our gas.  The price of gas would come down. Bring our troops home from Afghanistan to guard the borders When they catch an illegal immigrant crossing the Border, hand him a canteen, rifle and some ammo and ship him to Afghanistan. Tell him if he wants to come to AMERICA then he must serve a tour in OUR military.    Give him a soldier's pay while he's there and tax him on it. After his tour, he will be allowed to become a citizen since he defended this country. He will also be registered to be taxed and be a legal resident.
This option will probably deter illegal immigration and provide a solution for the troops in Afghanistan    and the aliens trying to make a better life for themselves. If they refuse to serve, ship them to Afghanistan anyway, without the canteen, rifle or ammo.
PROBLEM SOLVED!!!!!! I love this country, it's the government I'm afraid of.
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Isn't it just the most exciting thing in the world to see Michelle Obama, her daughters and forty of her closest friends, having a wonderful vacation in Spain? I am just so happy that can get away from all the pressures of Washington D. C. and go, once again, on a nice vacation. She is so much of an example for the rest of us. She is really in touch with the American people, don't you think?  She can dictate what we eat, how much we weigh etc. etc. and she can spend our hard earned money for the security it takes for trips like this. I remember that she and the girls made a little shopping trip to France one weekend. That is right there on the list of things I always do, how about you?

I resent this administration and their total lack of concern about this country and the people. They are living high on the hog and many people don't know where their next meal is coming from. They feel our pain, don't they? Maybe that is why they have to take so many lavish trips-so they can deal with the sad feelings they have for the rest of us.

To those who thought Obama was going to give you everything, how is that going? What have you gotten so far?  Be careful because it looks like you are losing what you had already been given. Wake up people!!!
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Heard on the evening news, China has a worker shortage.  They have plenty of jobs not enough workers.  Now those workers are being more selective in the jobs they take and are wanting higher wages.  Hummm, maybe Obama will use stimulus money to send unemployed American workers overseas to China.  They can work for less wages and send the money back to the US to pay off the debt we owe to China.  Nah, that would be like.........Hispanics and Mexico except they earn more money to send to their home country.   Oh well no solution there folks.
 
Oh the changes we have seen in the past two years.  Some of you voted for change...not me.  I engaged my brain before I voted.  Since Nov 2008 this country is no longer Christian, upholds homosexual life styles, abortions, and in general gone to hell in a handbasket.  We are allowing a Muslim mosque to be built on property which symbolizes the loss of our innocence and the  terroristic killing of over 3,000 Americans.  That act united us as a nation.  What will it take for us to unite and take back our beloved country?
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A friend sent me this story and I wanted to pass it on to other readers. Obama is killing our country with debt! "The mushrooming U.S. government debt burden may cause a new financial crisis by spurring a sharp rise in interest rates, warns Doug Elmendorf, director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). Countries such as Greece already have seen such crises, as their debt buildups sent interest rates soaring and drove away international bond investors."
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re "Family members rally behind man charged in shooting incident"

What a surprise!!! I guess it is good they are doing that.

But where were these family members  when their relative was meeting up with "possible" gang members, apparently using his car and going to buy "a small amount of marijuana".

Even the family said they KNEW  the man killed was a "gang member". If Campbell was, why would their family member even associate with this person.

OH YEAH, five guys going to buying a "Small amount of Marijuana". Armed with guns.

LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT:  Pick up two guys in Edgefield, drive to Johnston to pick up two more guys, then drive all the way to North Augusta (the part in Edgefield County) to "buy a small amount of
marijuana".

I guess there is no marijuana in Johnston and Edgefield, so they have to go out to the southside of Edgefield County to buy it.

I can't feel sorry for him.  Lay down with dogs, get up with fleas (if you are not shot first).

Go to court, tell the story to a jury, maybe they will believe you.
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if you are annoyed by the comments then don't read them.  lets start the right way. By, putting people in office for our protection, get rid on old potatoes, that just sit there. move forward with the ones that care and support law enforcement. united we stand, divided we fall.  OH ! MY gosh! We are falling, so, if you are anti-law enforcement go overseas they need you.  any government group (true), but lets start at home first, then work our way up. DUH! crime is not going to stop, but increase.  do the math, more crime, less deputies, more insurance comes up, fear, then people move, then empty homes and business, no work and no schools.  o.k. so lets do it your way.  in a year can i buy your home for five dollars because lack of.  moving solves nothing, standing up for does! this is not south richmond county, so you telling me, you are from south richmond county, what are you running from. Fear, (no)    insurance increase  (no)   OH! i got it no business.  this is EDGEFIELD COUNTY not richmond county.  folks in these parts stay together, help each other and you no what color is not a issue,   because we all are americans in EDGEFIELD COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA so get use to the AMERICAN WAY.  My family loves the county, the people, the businesses and each other. BETCH richmond county ain't got that!!!   yes, I said AIN'T  ( have you notice arm robberies, burglaries, thefts in progress and oh yes Sheriff Dobey is doing his job, along with his deputies and staff, that whole department works hard to protect and serve.  hell, if I was not to old I would love to help them.  they make me a PROUD American because they work long hard hours, and they love what they do, if not then this would be like where you are from!  THANK YOU EDGEFIELD COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE TO ALL FOR A FINE OUTSTANDING, SUPPORTING, DEDICATING AND DEVOTED JOB AND THANK YOUR FAMILYS FOR SUPPORTING YOU,  I WISH  YOU ALL WELL. MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILYS 
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Shame on the person for saying that a 13 yr old shouldn't be home alone with his brother.  This boy is a HERO and his parents have done something right for him to show the calmness and skill that he did to defend himself and his brother!  When I was 10, we started staying home alone, with my other siblings during the summer.  Everyone doesn't have the option of leaving their kids with relatives so the rest of the folks have to make do...but 13 is old enough! 
 
On another note, thanks for the info on ROG thefts...this is the first we have heard about it and we're already on pins and needles in Edgefield County these days....We had  no idea that it was hitting this close to home...but, maybe they need to check these people going around here that are saying they are census workers still...we have had 3 different ones in the past 2 months out this way!
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The owner of the Phoenix Suns basketball team, Robert Sarver, opposes AZ's new immigration laws.   Arizona 's Governor, Jan Brewer, released the following statement in response to Sarver's criticism of the new law:   "What if the owners of the Suns discovered that hordes of people were sneaking into games without paying? What if they had a good idea who the gate-crashers are, but the ushers and security personnel were not allowed to ask these folks to produce their ticket stubs, thus non-paying attendees couldn't be ejected. Furthermore, what if Suns' ownership was expected to provide those who sneaked in with complimentary eats and drink? And what if, on those days when a gate-crasher became ill or injured, the Suns had to provide free medical care and shelter?"   - Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer
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Re:I read the story on the (attempted) burglary on Columbia Rd. That is TOO close to my house. My question is who in their right mind leaves their 13 YO kid at home alone to babysit?!? 
 
Obviously this 13 yo. is much more mature than you ever thought about being. He did all of the right things, which I am sure his parents prepared him for. He was very brave and did what he was supposed too. So how about instead of being judgemental and blaming the parents for doing their best, you should thank God he and his brother are ok and knew exactly what to do! I myself was a latch-key kid and have been staying alone as well as babysitting since I was 12 years old. Your kids must be very immature if they can not handle themselves alone.
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RE: 13 YO at home ie: how "brave" ect...
I will give the the "how brave he was" if that is a question. He wasn't "brave" he was scared (removed). I know grown people who are scared to death when somebody breaks in their house. Somehow this little tike is an example to follow? I beg to differ. I agree that a 13 YO is too young to be home alone much less babysitting a younger sibling. If he's 13 he's in the 6th or 7th grade in Elementary School and certainly not "mature" enough to be responsible for himself much less someone else. I will say I was shocked when I read the editor's comment that this was Scott Mims kids at home alone. I supported Scott and voted for him even though some of my friends said he was too immature to run for office. Sadly I now have to say they were right. (commets removed)
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RE:  My question is who in their right mind leaves their 13 YO kid at home alone?
 
Maybe it is because daycares do not take children over 12 years old.  Which does suck because I don't want to leave my child at home alone when he reaches 13.  Only difference is, I HAVE DOGS (plural) who have free run of the yard, and they do and have bitten (in my yard).
 
also RE:  (defeated County Council candidate)
 
Mr. Editor, that comment was a stab at him.  You inserting that statement did nothing for the comment except make me cringe.

Editor's note: Mr. Mims is a defeated candidate for the county council and was to focus of the comment directed at me. Pointing our he lost his bid for office is a "stab"? If anyone did the "stabbing" it was the voters.
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Great Orators of the Democrat Party Past
 
 "One man with courage makes a majority." - Andrew Jackson
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." - Franklin D. Roosevelt
"The buck stops here." - Harry S. Truman
"Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country." - John F. Kennedy
 
 And, from today's genius Democrats...
 
"It depends what your definition of 'Sex' is?'' - Bill Clinton
"That Obama ... I would like to cut his (privates) off." - Jesse Jackson
"Those rumors are false ... I believe in the sanctity of marriage." - John Edwards
"I invented the Internet." - Al Gore
"The next Person that tells me I'm not religious, I'm going to shove my rosary beads up their (rear)." - Joe Biden
"I have campaigned in all 57 states." - Barack Obama (Quoted 2008)
"You don't need God anymore, you have us Democrats." - Nancy Pelosi (Quoted 2006)
"Paying taxes is voluntary." - Sen. Harry Reid
"Bill is the greatest husband and father I know. No one is more faithful, true, and honest than he." - Hillary Clinton (Quoted 1998)
 And the most recent gem of wisdom from the "Mother Moron":
"We just have to pass the Healthcare Bill to see what's in it." - Nancy Pelosi (Quoted March, 2010)
 
 HOW LUCKY CAN WE BE - TO HAVE SUCH BRILLIANT MINDS IN CHARGE OF OUR ONCE GREAT COUNTRY?
 
''Life's tough... it's even tougher if you're stupid.'' - John Wayne
 
Go green - recycle Congress in 2010!

Edito'rs note: I believe the quote with Bill Clinton was "It depends on what your definition of "is" is.
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It just gets more and more ridiculous.
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Not sure what ECSO pays a dog catcher for. I have called numerous times about dogs running stray in our neighborhood. They don't have shots or anything and the owner doesn't even take care of them. They get in trash if you set it on the porch for ten minutes before taking it to the dumpster, they take shoes off your porch, they SH** all over your yard where your kids play, and they harass your dog which is in a kennel like the laws states they should be.  I guess just because the person whose dogs are running around has family in (law enforcement) its ok for them to break the law and nothing get done about it.  But I get told if I shoot them I am going to go to jail. Just another fine example of how poorly this county is being run.
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The Blue Pigeon.

The mayor of Phoenix was very worried about a plague of pigeons in Phoenix. He could not remove the pigeons from the city. All of Phoenix was full of pigeon poop, the people of Phoenix could not walk on the sidewalks, or drive on the roads.

It was costing a fortune to keep the streets and sidewalks clean.

One day a man came to City Hall and offered the Mayor a proposition. 'I can rid your beautiful city of its plague of pigeons without any cost to the city. But, you must promise not to ask me any questions.
Or, you can pay me one million dollars to ask one question.'

The mayor considered the offer briefly and accepted the free proposition.

The next day the man climbed to the top of City Hall, opened his coat, and released a blue pigeon. The blue pigeon circled in the air and flew up into the bright blue Arizona sky. All the pigeons in Phoenix saw the blue pigeon and gathered up in the air behind the blue pigeon. The Phoenix pigeons followed the blue pigeon as she flew southward out of the city.

The next day the blue pigeon returned completely alone to the man atop City Hall.

The Mayor was very impressed. He felt the man and the blue pigeon had performed a wonderful miraculous feat to rid Phoenix of the plague of pigeons. Even though the man with the pigeon had charged nothing, the mayor presented him with a check for 1 million dollars and told the man that, indeed, he did have a question to ask and even though they had agreed to no fee and the man had rid the city of pigeons, he decided to pay the 1 million just to get to ask ONE question.

The man accepted the money and told the mayor to ask his ONE question. Do you think the Mayor is going to ask how the blue pigeon led all the pigeons away? Do you think the Mayor is going to ask where all the pigeons went? Do you think he is going to ask where the man got the blue pigeon?

Nooooooo!

The mayor asked: 'Do you have a blue Mexican?'
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I enjoy the Wandering Minds section but at times get annoyed by some of the comments. The recent comment about the council not giving funds to the ECSO for more deputies is a good example. However you could insert any number of entities or causes in place of the ECSO, and actually insert any number of government organizations (Fed., State, City, County, etc…) in place of the council. Everyone seems to be missing the point and by doing so continue to add to the problem.

The issue has nothing to do with a lack of funding for the safety, security and infrastructure we should be provided with as citizens and, mostly importantly, taxpayers. The problem lies with those managing our tax dollars. Federal, State and local governments are taking in more than enough tax dollars to provide needed services. Our tax dollars are being wasted so it has become immoral.

Those so called “patriots”, who refuse to recognize the slow death of what was once the great potential of this nation, only add fuel to the fire. Our government is not perfect, nor is our country. The system that the founding fathers put in place for us was the greatest in the world, but it has morphed into a monster. Despite the perceived quality of our lives, we as a country, are failing fiscally and morally. Our great wealth of resources will soon be squandered. Those who refuse to recognize this countries problem aren’t patriots, they are blind idiots contributing to the failure of a once strong and prosperous republic. We must hold our leaders and ourselves accountable. Faith, morality, hard work and common sense must be a part of our foundation if we are to persevere and prosper.

It is a very scary thought, but I believe eventually it must come to revolution. I sincerely hope it does not come to that. I believe our advanced state of decay and the effectiveness of our current system do not allow for the reform necessary to save our nation in the long run. I hope someone proves me wrong. 
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I read the story on the (attempted) burglary on Columbia Rd. That is TOO close to my house. My question is who in their right mind leaves their 13 YO kid at home alone to babysit?!? Maybe the parents should be looked at for endangering the kids!!! We raised our kids in much better times in the 70's and even then we didn't leave them at home until the oldest was 15. I'm glad they are ok, but it makes me think the parents are irresponsible. How long have they let their kids stay at home without supervision? I doubt this is the first time.
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I just heard from a neighbor about large item thefts taking place in my area.. (Red Oak Grove Rd.)
Heard they tried to steal a 4-wheeler and ran into a hornets nest. They got stung and left the 4-wheeler.

Editor's note: I am unaware of the attempted theft of the 4-wheeler, however a 24' camper was stolen from the 200 block area of Red Oak Grove Rd. on Wednesday and was valued at over $11,000.
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Is anything being done about the Little Stevens Creek arson???
Also, is there a possiblity of the house jacked up on Simpkins St. ever being mover??? It is definately an eyesore.

Editor's note: The arson case in ongoing. The house you refer too is not going anywhere soon nor is it going to be repaired anytime soon in my opinion. It's all a matter of who you are and who you know.
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I read on (WRDW News 12's) website that they interviewed the Mims family about the person coming in their house while their boys were there. I saw (Edgefield Daily's) story, but you didn't even bother to call them. I guess (News 12) knows how to run a "news" business.

Editor's note: 1) WRDW learned of the report from Edgefield Daily. 2) I called (defeated County Council candidate) Scott Mims about the report before it was published and asked for comment and the call was never returned. 3) The incident report does not mention anything about the 13-year-old obtaining a gun to protect his younger brother who was at the home with him at the time. 4) Investigators were unable to process the scene because family members "contaminated the scene" before investigators could arrive.
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I am so glad to hear about snopes. I have always felt they were liberal but just never checked it out. People trust them so much and I always felt it was dangerous to assume they were the truth tellers. Who exactly are they anyway???? What better way to color the truth than to dismiss stories as false that you don't agree with. Interesting thought.

Editor's note: Snopes is run by Barbara and David Mikkelson of California. They have been accused of being left and right wing fanatics. Although with no official long form birth certificate, they maintain that Obama's claim to have been born in Hawaii is "true", for what that is worth.
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Small Arms Treaty.  Snopes vs. Assoc for Gun Rights.  So the NRA agrees with Snopes on this one? 

Who would have thought the NRA has joined Snopes in the liberal media.  Just WOW! 

http://www.nraila.org/legislation/read.aspx?id=5855
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Your tax dollars at work. Careful how you vote next time. Send this around the world if you can.
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SHORT & SWEET... BUT, IT IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF Obama's SKILL...(what skill?)
 
It seems like a miracle that our beloved leader was able to convince BP to establish a $20 billion slush (oops, escrow) fund to compensate those hurt by the ongoing oil plume in the Gulf of Mexico . After all, he had no
constitutional power to force them to do so; so had to resort to Chicago-style negotiating. 

But, let us take a closer look at the effect on BP's finances: 

1. BP will establish a $20 billion fund, but will pay only $7 billion into it during 2010. 

2. BP is a British corporation, but has a very large operating entity in the   US but only about 30% of it's income is derived  from the US.

3. By Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAP), BP must book the entire $20 billion expense in the year accrued. Therefore, they will book a $20 billion expense in 2010, reducing their US tax liability by $7 billion. 

4. Our dear leader also convinced this massive corporation to show their concern for the small people by withholding dividends to their shareholders for the last 3 quarters of 2010.  This reduces their outward cash flow by about $7.5 billion, including approximately 40% of that amount to US citizens.  Assuming that the Bush tax cuts will survive through 2010, the US Treasury will lose another $450 million in taxes on that amount.  We won't even discuss the effect on the US economy. 

Let us put the results into a table easily understood by the small people (including me): 

BP Cash Flow: 

o Escrow funding ($7 billion) 

o Dividend saving $7.5 billion 

o Tax savings $7 billion 

o Net favorable cash flow : $7.5 billion 


US Treasury Tax Receipts: 

o BP Corporate income tax ($7.5 billion) 

o BP Shareholders ($0.45 billion) 

o Net unfavorable tax receipts ($7.95 billion) 

I guess we really should expect this.  After all, our dear leader is the most inexperienced man in ANY room he enters.

Now tell me. Did the enlightened one Kick (rearend), or did he get Sucker Punched?
 
Bottom line: The $20 Billion BP is putting up will create a $7.5 Billion positive cash for BP flow this year.  But, Obama actually thinks he really did something special and kicked (rearends) (in his own words).

In reality, BP executives are laughing at him and kicked his (rear).  Oh well. what's new with this President anyway???   He is in over his head when he starts dealing with business people.
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PSALM 2010

Obama is the shepherd I did not want.
He leadeth me beside the still factories.
He restoreth my faith in the Republican party.
He guideth me in the path of unemployment for his party's sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the bread line,
I shall fear no hunger, for his bailouts are with me.
He has anointed my income with taxes,
My expenses runneth over.
Surely, poverty and hard living will follow me all the days of my life,
And I will live in a mortgaged home forever.
I am glad I am American, I am glad that I am free.
But I wish I was a dog ..... And Obama was a tree.
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Editor's post: I am sitting in a chair that I have never been asked to sit in. It is uncomfortable and troublesome. You may want to check back often today. There will be breaking reports during the day.
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If anyone really cares , Edgefield Co. Water Dept. might want to start checking employees , the ones who stop by Greg's Gas today 8/4/10 around 2:40 pm , BUYING BEER , while in a county truck and probably still own MY money's time!
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Question?  the person stating comments about their on law enforcement agency. Do you think, they need to be question.  Sounds like they know something. Do they know (HOW) large edgefield county is?  The fact Sheriff Dobey has asked for more deputies to put on the street, but the council says "NO" and the voters are not pushing the issue. they need more deputies to help protect and serve the (COUNTY).  How many times have they been locked up?  Sounds like they dont have a job,  but plenty of time to write false statements.  If you think you can do the job, apply.  If not, then let them do their job.  they put their own lives on the line for citizens, and they probably have a family but does that matter to you.  Sheriff Dobey and his deputies are fine professional, and try hard to resolve issues.  If you notice or not they do make arrest, and need more deputies.  So, If you want results, start backing the Sheriff, make the County give Sheriff Dobey what he needs to protect the businesses and citizens of their County.  But, I bet the person running their mouth want do ########## (blank) except complain. You need to be thankful, someone is willing to protect them.  I dont see them doing anything good for the County. NOTE: Be positive and show positive, give negative, you GET negative duh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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There seems to be a staggering amount of outstanding warrants in the county. Just wondering if these “alleged” persons will ever be apprehended or do they just have to unlucky enough to be pulled over by an officer to be found.  I was unfortunate enough to have a vehicle stolen roughly two years ago and it was recovered on a dirt road in Aiken County, I was told by law enforcement that they knew who took the vehicle and they knew where he was (Ridge Spring), but they could not obtain a warrant for his arrest. I had to pay for the damages to my vehicle and the swallow the anger that I felt towards the police because what else can you do. They can do whatever they want to whomever they want and if you challenge them, then you too can have receive a disorderly conduct charge, pay $ 285.00 and spend the night in jail. Don’t believe me, check the records.
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Heard about the burglary attempt that was halted by the 13 yr old. Very impressive that he was composed to take care of his brother and grab a gun (Editor's note: This claim is not supported by incident reports). Being face to face with a masked burgler, gun in position, had to be scary... but this brave boy stood up and was ready to protect him and his brother. Its a shame that THIS is what its coming to in Edgefield!!!! Proud of the two boys for being BRAVE!

Editor's note: There were two other comments almost identical to this one sent in on Wednesday.
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NWTF.......... And where was your sense of frustration and outrage when the former administration was doing the same thing?  Do you really think that the NWTF ever had 550,000 members as we all heard Carl Brown claim in 2004?  Do you not think that Rosenlieb was using these membership figures to sell advertising at the time?  I would say that the REAL number is the 235,000 figure with the larger figure simply being oversite by the organizations webmaster.  That figure should be changed but let's get one thing straight. If you're digging that deep, to find one example of where the membership numbers don't add up, you're obviously on a witch hunt.  If you really care about the organization, my advice to you would be to contact Mr. Thorton and make him aware of the fact that the NWTF website has a membership numbers discrepency.  Not continue to bitch and moan about it in a public forum that will never afford you the chance to make a REAL difference.
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I think with all the talk about the NWTF (it) is about right.....(removed due to obscene reference).
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JUST LOCATED:  THE YOUNGEST WAR VETERAN IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD!!!
HE MAKES UP THIS STUFF AS HE GOES ALONG. AS JOE WILSON SAID, "YOU LIE".

Now Barack's father served in WW ll???  He said so in a speech.  Is he a compulsive liar?  Were there no reporters who double checked these statements and called the party on this?  They did for everyone else.  Why not him?  Watch the video....

       http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv4jnlkxOaw

Barack Hussein Obama Sr. (Obama's father)
Born 4/4/36
Died 11/24/82 at the age of 46
He was 5 years old when WW 2 started, and less than 9.5 years old when it ended.

Lolo Soetoro (Obama's step father)
Born 1935
Died 3/2/87 at the age of 52
He was 6 years old when WW 2 started, and 10 years old when it ended.

One of these guys must have been the youngest Veteran in the war.
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This was sent to me and I would like to share it with you the title is:

Chilling Letter to Obama form Procter and Gamble

Just go to http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/youscareme/asp

Please read
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For all of you who blindly follow like sheep, and believe everything in print, or at least whatever “SNOPES” verifies or dispels, you need to quickly realize that “SNOPES” is part of the liberal political machine.  Just compare these two websites, one from SNOPES and the other from the National Association for Gun Rights and Georgia Congressman Paul Broun.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/guns/untreaty.asp

http://www.nagr.org/UN_lp_survey2.aspx?pid=GB4
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11 reasons to vote for Democrats in November.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYfGCMORVoY&feature=player_embedded
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Editor's post: I got an email from a friend in Edgefield, who is still in Edgefield, asking me to send money to him in England where he was stranded without a passport. Of course it was an obvious scam, but I wonder how many people would send money in spite of the constant warnings and reports of such scams we have published.

Never respond to an email asking for money or asking you to send money to receive a "prize".

Yet, almost every month I read police reports of people who have been scammed out of their hard earned money by criminals in other countries taking advantage of others.

I guess just as the lottery is a tax on stupid people, those who respond to emails to pay for prizes or lotteries they never entered or sending money to people they know are not out of the country is an additional tax on the super stupid.

I have reached the point that if someone is dumb enough to respond to such a request by email, they should lose their money instead of it being added to the cost of me doing business with my financial institution to cover their ignorance. 

Quit charging me extra fees to recoup the cost of protecting the stupid people. There is such a thing as "personal responsibility" in spite of what the government wants you to believe.  
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Edgefield Town Councilman Bill Jackson seems to be the only one who recognizes the importance of the road to the Town.  Durham stated the state didn't need the town's approval but wanted to be sure they were on board.  Is anyone buying into Durham's act?  Oh yeah and the Sheriff has been wanting to close it for many years. 
 
Town council voted to support  county council's request that the state take the road off the state road system.  Here we go again transfering the cost to the county taxpayers while benefiting the town of Edgefield.  According to Mike Reed there are no plans to close the road however if additional parking is needed for the Calliham Project closing the road will be an option.  How much county money has been spent in past years to benefit the town? How much county money has been spent in recent years to benefit any other area of the county?  And the citizens of Edgefield feel  they don't have representation.  Looks to me like they get everything while the rest of the county pays for it.
 
Just wait til the council passes the business license tax (fee).  Wish I had the deep pockets this council thinks I have.
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In response to the person defending the current situation at the NWTF and calling the people who are questioning it "ignorant"...Let's see...These statements came off of their website, some on the same page....Now, who is the "ignorant" ranter for defending a group that cannot even get their own #'s correct and since the old management left a while ago, they have had ample time to fix their website, if that is going to be the way you defend this error...(By the way, these are the #'s that they use for the advertisers...Charles Walker anyone?)....
 
http://www.nwtf.org/tv_magazines/advertising.html

The NWTF has more than 350,000 members in all 50 states, Canada, Mexico and 14 foreign countries. It supports scientific wildlife management on public, private and corporate lands as well as wild turkey hunting as a traditional American sport.

Demographics

Nearly a half million members in all 50 states, Canada, Mexico and 14 foreign countries

http://www.nwtf.org/tv_magazines/advertising_membership_profile.html

National membership 200,000 as of October 2001. 2005 Projection of 245,000
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RIP Clayton Moates, God's angels are getting younger and younger, may your family and friends have peace in the coming days.
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I was shocked to read about Clayton Moates getting killed (Tuesday morning). I spoke to him yesterday and it's hard to believe he is gone. I'm so sorry for his family. (His family) is in my prayers. He was such a nice boy.
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Re: "I'm scared"
Don't be scared, get a (removed) gun and learn how to use it!
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Don't pack your bags yet. Two murders, probably gang related or some similar scenario, can happen any place you live. I see people all around me these days making some unsound decisions based on fear and emotion. Just be sure that a decision you make doesn't end up really hurting you in the end.
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There is one thing that I am surprised that has not been reported.  If there is a shoot out with a
high powered gun in a trailer park at 12 midnight your neighbors ARE GOING TO HEAR.  AND
IF YOU ARE A TRAINED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR MY FAMILY WAS MY EARS
WOULD BE TUNED IN !  OF COURSE MAYBE BOTH NEIGHBOR'S ACROSS THE STREET
WAS HOME THE NIGHT OF THE SHOOTING ????
 
PLEASE answer one question,  there are two (2) police officers that LIVE ON EAGLE RD.
DIRECTLY across the street from this CRIME SCENE.  One is a local officer and I believe the
other an officer in Georgia, maybe a detective ??  I am sure, you know it and I know it without
stating names.  If they are alleging that drugs were being sold there.  What were the police officers
living there doing ????  None of this makes sence.  Was there an ongoing narcotics investigation ?
 
MAYBE SLED needs to talk to them.  My husband and I were looking into possibly buying some
rental property at the end of Eagle Rd and when I turned on that road that faithful day and AUCTUALLY
SAW A CITY OF EDGEFIELD PATROL CAR on that Rd.  We knew the property was NOT FOR US !!..
I DO NOT PERSONALY KNOW THE GA OFFICER. If you are the one with all the young
people in the yard, well ???  Maybe you were too busy to notice.  My hats off to you for keeping the young
people at home insteade of the streets.
 
HOWEVER, we keep hearing of proplr coming and going on Eagle Rd. alot of activity leading people to
believe the thier ws drug activity going on.
 
Moral of that story, if our "Local OFFICER" would worry about what is REALLY going on around him and leave
innocent PEOPLE ALONE STOP "TEASING & CHECKING THEM OUT"  and Watch your own back
door.  And you could have DEFINIITLY :
 
(If the drug seller allegations are true)
 
A.) Put A Stop To Drugs Being Sold Within A Proximity of a SCHOOL
 
B.) BUT MORE SO possibly CAUGHT A KILLER. !!!!
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Your Social Security

Franklin Roosevelt, a Democrat, introduced the Social Security (FICA) Program. He promised:
1.) That participation in the Program would be Completely voluntary,
Now no longer Voluntary.
 2.) That the participants would only have to pay 1% of the first $1,400 of their annual Incomes into the Program,
In 2010, the Social Security Wage Base is $106,800 and the Social Security tax rate is 6.20% paid by the employee and 6.20% paid by the employer.
3.) That the money the participants elected to put into the Program would be deductible from their
income for tax purposes each year,
No longer tax deductible
4.) That the money the participants put into the independent 'Trust Fund' rather than into the general
operating fund, and therefore, would only be used to fund the Social Security Retirement Program, and no other Government program.
Under Johnson the money was moved to The General Fund and Spent.
5.) That the annuity payments to the retirees would never be taxed as income.
Under Clinton & Gore Up to 85% of your Social Security can be Taxed
Since many of us have paid into FICA for years and are now receiving a Social Security check every month -- and then finding that we are getting taxed on 85% of the money we paid to the Federal government to 'put away' -- you may be interested in the following:

Q: Which Political Party took Social Security from the independent 'Trust Fund' and put it into the
general fund so that Congress could spend it?
A: It was Lyndon Johnson and the democratically controlled House and Senate.

Q: Which Political Party eliminated the income tax deduction for Social Security (FICA) withholding?
A: The Democratic Party.

Q: Which Political Party started taxing Social Security annuities?
A: The Democratic Party, with Al Gore casting the 'tie-breaking' deciding vote as President of the Senate, while he was Vice President of the  US

Q: Which Political Party decided to start giving annuity payments to immigrants?
A: That's right!  Jimmy Carter and the Democratic Party.   Immigrants moved into this country, and
at age 65, began to receive Social Security payments! The Democratic Party gave these payments to them, even though they never paid a dime into it! Then, after violating the original contract (FICA),  the Democrats turn around and tell you that the Republicans want to take your Social Security away!
And the worst part about it is uninformed citizens believe it!  If enough people receive this, maybe a seed of awareness will be planted and maybe changes will evolve. Maybe not, some Democrats are awfully sure of what isn't so.
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This is getting scary. We live right between where the murders have taken place and I don't feel safe anymore. I told my husband we need to move NOW!!! I haven't slept a night since all this got started. He said we don't have to worry because they are going after drug dealers and we should be glad. I just want out of this area.Sometimes it's just me and the kids here at night and I am petrified every time I hear a sound outside. I HATE being scared!
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re: The "witness" to the murder

A shooting occurs and somehow the police, not the shooter, are demonized.

Police are not required to render medical assistance to Gunshot Victims.  Officers at the scene of an Emergency incident are required to make the scene safe, request the response of EMS, preserve evidence and maintain crowd control,.

Believe it or not, it is unlawful to render medical assistance to a injured party if not qualified to do so. Had the police started CPR, and the victim died, then the family would sue because the police was
not certified.

It is too bad that he died.  Very sad for his family.  But since you know so much, tell us, were drugs involved?.  From what I have heard, they were. Why would someone just come in and shoot an innocent person.  Why did they not shoot her?  Alot of unanswered questions.

The witness should be cooperative. She was there, the only one there, unless you know something different.   First it is said that Edgefield County does not want to solve but you acknowledge that she has been questioned alot.

Also, was the threat of a shooter(s) still being in the residence or around the home.an issue?  Police are going to protect themselves, and everyone else first to make sure there are no threats.  I feel pretty
sure they were clearing the home to protect all those still alive. And I am also pretty sure that EMT's were on the way, which I am sure the officer's knew.  Also EMT's will not come into a scene until they
know the scene is safe, so Law Enforcement has to make sure the area is cleared.

To the CPR issue: questions to be asked: Does Sheriff's Office train and certify Deputies to do CPR?  (The writer asserts they have certified CPR Deputies, but do they know for sure). Does the Sheriff's
Office provide protective barriers (Mask) to the deputies?  If the answer is no to these, then Deputies are taking a risk in doing CPR. They dont know if they will get a disease.  For that reason they do
not want to take the risk of infections, that can be taken home to loved ones. They could pass TB on to your family. They could contract Hep C and die from it. Then their family is left alone. All for a
stranger?  And you can yell and scream that the victim diid not have any disease, but officers do not know that and are not going to take chances.

If an officer on the scene offered to tell the girlfriend how to do CPR, then the officer did make an effort to help.  Also, gun shot wounds, escpecially to the chest area, are a scary thing. CPR could
cause more blood loss.  Also, if the bullet is near the heart, it could cause more damage.

But most important is Personal responsibility and accountability...the writers of all the criticism of police sound like a case of someone trying to pass the buck because they suffered a loss due to certain controls within their ability not taking place. They wish to shift the hurt(responsibility)onto someone else. If they can blame someone else they can deal with their grief.

Since when did it become a police officer's duty to show up and do this...yes it happens, but it is not typically their role.

I say again, take some personal responsibility for your own actions or inactions.

Editor's note: If Mr. Sanders was shot in the same place while on the operating table at the MCG Trauma Center he would have still been dead. He was killed instantly and nothing was going to bring him back.
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Do you know if the recent shootings are gang related? I remembered reading something about one having a bandana and I heard they use them as gang colors. Didn't (Edgefield Daily) run stories on gangs around the county a while back?

Editor's note: Yes, we have run several stories on gang activity in the county. However, I have not heard any mention of there being any gang affiliation involved in either of the deaths. There are rapid developements in the investigations and we will know more in the coming days. I look at it in this light, when the bloodhounds are hot on the trail you do not try to outrun the bloodhounds. Let them do their job and lead you to the suspects. I have full faith all of those responsible will be arrested and charged in both cases.
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Soccer will start in edgefield in a few weeks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I know all the reports say that the two men killed are not related but I just have to wonder. When I am trying to make up my mind on something I make a list of pros and cons and that helps me make up my mind. So here’s my little list on the dead guys.

Home invasion, check
(Removed)
Guns fired, check
Person killed, check
Drugs, check
Lots of traffic to the homes, check
Crimes just before midnight, check

I don’t see any connection to the two crimes what so ever.

Editor's note: At this time Sheriff's Investigators do not have anything linking the two shootings and are following the leads in the cases independently of each other. If the time comes when the leads begin to cross over between the cases I am sure they will let it be known. You could apply the same list to several recent murders in Augusta and come to the same conclusion.
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Re: south augusta comment... Oh boy! Laney Walker and MLK Blvd in Augusta has moved to lower Edgefield County.  We got a regular Sunset Homes mentality moving in and taking over. Arm yourself folks. The cops come AFTER the crime has been committed. It is UP TO YOU to DEFEND YOURSELF!
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Breitbart.tv » Congressman at Town Hall: ‘The Federal Government Can Do Most Anything in This Country’
 
Read some of the comments included below the video.

Editor's note: I notice how Congressman Pete Stark ignored the Constitutional parts of the question.
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OBAMA!!!!!!!!! From the White House to the Big House: 25 Impeachable Crimes and Counting
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This message is in response to the post regarding billing practices at Edgefield County Hospital. 
As of January 2010, the Business Office has new leadership, I now manage the Business Office staff and operations.  I am interested in researching and resolving the concerns/issues referenced in the post dated July 31, 2010.  My office is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, my office number is 637-1155.  I encourage anyone with issues/concerns to drop by anytime or give me a call; I want to hear from you so I can bring resolution to the issues.
Our community is very fortunate to have Edgefield County Hospital; I would like for all our citizens to be comfortable using our local hospital for their healthcare needs.  Our Business Office goal is to provide quality and accurate financial services to our patients.  It is my pleasure to help anyone, anytime.  Thank you.
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I was in Savannah GA , over the weekend , some young Black students commented on my Republican sticker , they ask me how long did I think John McCain wad have lived if elected last term ? I then returned a question , What has Obama done specifically for the Black race , all they could say then is, He's the first Black President . I then ask again, BUT what has he done for YOU? Can you believe they still could not answer that . It is sad that people can NOT see the TRUTH for Color . Color really does cause Blindness. I often wonder what this Country would be like if M.L.King were to have lived. Though many claim it , there will NEVER be another. If this Country don't get past color , it will divide , the ONLY leader we all should follow after is JESUS CHRIST , his life was witnessed , his words were written , his promises are coming to pass every day . What will be your future ? We All Bleed Red !!
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Is there a war zone in Edgefield county?  I did a google search on shootings and edgefield county and came up with 43 stories on (Edgefield Daily) alone!

I guess I can’t blame (Edgefield Daily) for not reporting them but I sure don’t see it anywhere else and I sure as (heck) don’t see anything being done about it!!!! I never see anything about the gangs that are in the schools and streets sucking in the poor black kids. Why isn’t that mentioned? I was reading the Augusta Chronicle on the (shooting death) Friday night and the comments there said Edgefield County was the new south Augusta. There’s something we can be proud of from across the river.  We better wake up and get in front of this (stuff) before it gets out of hand if it ain’t already out of hand!

Editor's note: The reported shootings have crossed racial barriers with white on white and black on black violence.
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To whom it may concern,

The “witness” to the murder of Larry J. Sanders is indeed a “victim” of the crime according to the SC Victims Bill of Rights.  She has been very cooperative with the sheriffs department.  She was questioned for hours immediately after the crime was committed.  They’ve also been to her home to question her and she’s met with SLED to assist with finding the killer. On the night of the crime she begged arriving officers to help save his life but they all refused.  Several officers certified in CPR stood there and watched him die while she was witness to this horrific crime. She had to wait for EMS to arrive but it was too late. Yes, she was also a “victim” to such a gross act of inhumanity. 

THE CONSTITUTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA
"VICTIM'S BILL OF RIGHTS"

2) `Victim' means a person who suffers direct or threatened physical, psychological, or financial harm as the result of the commission or attempted commission of a crime against him. The term `victim' also includes the person's spouse, parent, child, or lawful representative of a crime victim who is deceased, who is a minor or who is incompetent or who was a homicide victim or who is physically or psychologically incapacitated.

Editor's note: As stated, for reporting purposes his girlfriend is not identified as a "victim" but rather a "witness". We do not discount her emtional distress caused by witnessing the murder. However, in reporting, to refer to her as a "victim" would lead the reader to believe more than one person was shot or injured.

Mr. Sanders was killed instantly from the gunshot.
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I must say I have to agree with whom ever posted the comment about the Sheriff's department working on Mr. Sander's murder. This person is absolutely right. Law enforcement will not investigate a "true" crime. They will make you believe they are. This happens all over the state of SC, not only in Edgefield County. Law enforcement agents have become so corrupt throughout SC to the point they are the one's who should be in jail's and prison's. It's a sad situation when you fear the persons who are there to protect you. I read an article in the State Newspaper that the majority of Law enforcement agents and Correctional officers cant read above a 10th grade level and cant test above a 6th grade level. The article also said that most law enforcement cant get to your home in adequate time because they don't know how to read road signs and street numbers. This is very disturbing! The Academy is letting these men and women slip through the cracks. I believe to become a law enforcement agent or correctional officer, this should be a four year College major. Maybe this will allow them to be able to at least read and write on a higher level. Mr. Sander's will never get justice. This might be a horrible thing to say, but its true. If someone is charged with this horrible crime stats show that 90% of people charged are the wrong one's. My prayers go out to his family and friends. I truly hope they do get some closure. Also, I hope that one day these jack leg agents will focus on real crime instead of a small drug/alcohol crime. They get a feather in their cap for this mess? WOW! the people really need to united and get these corrupt officers, officials, and judges OUT! This is what our tax dollars pay for. SAD, SAD, SAD!

Editor's note: I work with these investigators on a daily basis and can tell you they are the most committed, well trained, and diligent in the CSRA. I don't care what "The State" report reported, I happen to know that several Sheriff's Deputies hold degrees and one is about to recieve his Masters. Call it a wild guess, but I think they can read above a 10th grade level.
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To the person who was curious about the football practice schedule....  Each sport has a time period where they can condition their athletes, and a specific time period for full practice the sport.    They are also allowed to work with "x " amount of athletes per given day to work on skills.   The "x "is a percentage of the total players on a field or court that a coach can work with on skill per given day.  It seems confusing but conditioning has been going on for the spring/summers.   Practice is happening
now.
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Regarding the NWTF.........  What is it that you feel is so corrupt or unjust about the present management at the NWTF?  So, you don't believe the CEO makes $60,000 per year?  Furthermore you're "hacked off" because you feel that they're not being honest about the membership numbers.  In your mind, how many members does the NWTF have?  550,0000 as Carl Brown was so fond of claiming or is it 250,000 as Turkey Country Magazine states.  Again all you have to do is look at the magazines, Turkey Country, Wheelin Sportsman, Women in the Outdoors, Get in the Game, and JAKES,  look at the number printed and you should know.  If every member receives a copy of the magazine associated with the group they belong to, then you should be able to figure that out on your own.  

In addition, not being honest about how much the CEO is making would be the quickest way for the organization to lose their 501, tax free status.  If this were to happen, the NWTF would go under.  No doubt you're either a family member or friend of Mr. Brown, his son CJ, or Dick Rosenlieb.  Or, you're a member of that wonderful organization "Take Back Your NWTF."  That turned out to be a real winner.  You want answers?  I'd dare to say you're about to get all you want when and if these suits go to trail.  I PROMISE, you'll hear things from former employees, under oath that will make your skin crawl. 

Actually, I'm kinda looking forward to it.  All of your ignorant ranting and raving isn't going to stop this train......... it's already left the station.
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We could all learn from this Texas man. God Bless him and I wish there were more of him in the US of A
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If the last line of the attached obit was anywhere close to this man's personality, he sounds like a fun guy to be around, or someone in his family has one (heck) of a sense of humor.  Just be sure to read the last line of the obit.

http://www.olpinhoopes.com/web/index.php?option=com_facileforms&Itemid=39&id=300

Editor's note: Another such obit was sent in this weekend and can be found here.

It is bad enough that Democrats are facing overwhelming distrust by the living, but when the dead (who are a core voting block of the Democrats) is against them, things are really looking bad for them in November.
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This had to be said and now is the time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R9UoZ440dQ
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