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Looks like NA (North Augusta) is planning to expand in Merriwether. Saw this on the news. Maybe this should be looked into!!

Editor's note: We have followed this for seven years (actually eleven). This plan was fostered by the Edgefield County Council of 1999-2000 as the "Martintown Road Corridor Plan". Part of that plan was to zone Merriwether. Since then it has provided the cover North Augusta needed to push its expansion into our county.

Though officials denied this Editor's column, they could not, and cannot, refute the facts. To date, North Augusta owns over 500 acres in Merriwether inside Edgefield County and are seeking to aquire more.
web posted May 31, 2011

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Note the Difference

George W. Bush: Speech after capture of Saddam:
The success of yesterday's mission is a tribute to our men and women now serving in Iraq . The operation was based on the superb work of intelligence analysts who found the dictator's footprints in a vast country. The operation was carried out with skill and precision by a brave fighting force. Our service men and women and our coalition allies have faced many dangers in the hunt for members of the fallen regime, and in their effort to bring hope  and freedom to the Iraqi people. Their work continues, and so do the risks. Today, on behalf of the nation, I thank the members of our Armed Forces and I congratulate 'em.

Barack Obama: speech after killing of bin Laden:

And so shortly after taking office, I directed Leon Panetta, the director of the CIA, to make the killing or capture of bin Laden the top priority of our war against al Qaeda, even as we continued our broader efforts to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat his network. Then, last August, after years of painstaking work by my intelligence community, I was briefed on a possible lead to bin Laden. It was far from certain, and it took many months to run this thread to ground. I met repeatedly with my national security team as we developed more information about the possibility that we had located bin Laden hiding within a compound deep inside of Pakistan. And finally, last week, I determined that I had enough intelligence to take action, and I authorized an operation to get Osama bin Laden and bring him to justice. Today, at my direction, the United States launched a targeted operation against that compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

And there you have it!!!

Editor's note: You are surprised that our Narcissist in Chief uses the work "I" every time he speaks when he should be talking about others? When he thanked the CIA he said "I" 37 times.

Obama, Obama, Obama
web posted May 31, 2011

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is this the same manager at Aiken.  if it is hire him now.  he is good.

Editor's note: He (County Administrator Roger LeDuc) is one in the same.
web posted May 31, 2011

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Saw on the news late last night (can't remember which station 6 or 12 which did story on Johnston and credited edgefield daily at end of story) late breaking news - said they got an e-mail from Aston saying he had received so many positive comments that he was reconsidering and may stay.  Interesting since he said he was resigning because he wanted to spend more time with his family.

Editor's note: I did not contact Chief Aston over the weekend, he needs his time off as do I. Will he reconsider? That is up to him. I have my doubts.
web posted May 31, 2011

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MEMORIAL DAY
MAY 30, 2011

IN FLANDERS FIELDS the poppies blow
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky 
The larks, still bravely singing, fly 
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
 
We are the Dead. Short days ago 
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields. 

Take up our quarrel with the foe: 
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

Lt. Col. John McCrae (1872-1918)

Editor's note: Thank you for sharing.
web posted May 30, 2011

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I've seen the new administrator's name printed and wanted to know how to pronounce it.

Editor's note: Administrator Roger LeDuc last name is pronounced La-Duke. Maybe a French adaptation of "The Duke"? I know things have never run so smoothly in this county until he arrived. He has set a new standard for the Administrator's position and I have asked him personally to consider staying onboard. He's done more in the first week he was here than Alton Brown did in a year.
web posted May 30, 2011

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I'll add my 2 cents on Chief Aston resigning. I agree with Mr. Burton. The whole town council should discuss it and if they don't want to accept the resignation THEN the mayor can try to talk him out of it or try to strike a deal. Leaving the council out of the deal is wrong. Andy (Livingston) may be mayor but he ain't the king.
web posted May 30, 2011

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When will the Thurmond graduates be published? Thanks!

Editor's note: The list of the STH Class of 2011 is set for our Tuesday edition.
web posted May 30, 2011

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Isn't it amazing that, within only one week of Tiger Woods crashing his Escalade, the press found every woman with whom Tiger has had an affair during the last few years? And, they even uncovered photos, text messages, recorded phone calls, etc.! Furthermore, they not only know the cause of the family fight, but they even know it was a wedge from his golf bag that his wife used to break out the windows in the Escalade. Not only that, they know which wedge!  And, each & every day, they were able to continue to provide America with updates on Tiger's sex rehab stay, his wife's plans for divorce, as well as the dates & tournaments in which he will play.


Now, Barack Hussein Obama has been in office for two years, yet this very same press:
Cannot find any of his childhood friends or neighbors;
Or find any of Obama's high school or college classmates;
Or locate any of his college papers or grades;
Or determine how he paid for both a Columbia & a Harvard education;
Or discover which country issued his visa to travel to Pakistan in the 1980's;
Or even find Michelle Obama's  Princeton thesis on racism.
They just can't seem to uncover any of this.  Yet, the public still trusts that same press to give them the whole truth!
Simply amazing, isn't it?
web posted May 30, 2011

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I have to agree with Burton, and by the way, I am white. The “mare” said that after getting the chief’s resignation in writing, there was no need to try and convince him to stay. It was final. This town will never advance beyond the “yahoos” who are running it. The communication between the town and residents is nil. The “mare “ stated he would be putting info on this website, when?? Not everyone can go to the meeting.
web posted May 28, 2011

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Re: the question that an increase in the number of churches would have increased the crime rate.

This is absurd. Seems like an increase in churches just means the population has increased in an area. More people means more need for churches.  With an increase in population, seems like the crime rate would go up. More people means more chance of crime.

Editor's note: That was the basis of my original comment (which has been distorted by others) showing how the findings of studies can be skewed to fit any agenda...as was displayed yesterday by one of our liberal readers blaming the crime on Catholic Priests. The same study also showed that the number of fire stations built during the study period also increased with the crime rate.

These type stuidies done for crime rates show no cause / effect relationships. It is just numbers.
web posted May 28, 2011

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I don't like (Johnston Town Councilman) Tommy Burton but I agree that putting off discussing the chief leaving at the meeting is wrong if the date the chief is leaving is before the next meeting. I still think he's a jackass but I agree with him this time.
web posted May 28, 2011

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I read the story about Singletary getting arrested AGAIN! Here's my question. How many times to you have to get arrested until you stay in jail?? If I read the story right he got SEVEN FELONY DRUGS CHARGES and he's walking around on the streets? I bet if I got arrested for drugs just once my butt would be in jail. Maybe I should start suing every police department so I get the get out of jail free card too! What a load of (manure).
web posted May 28, 2011

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So I take it that the (strong) armed robbery at the post office was faked? Are they going to charge the (man) for causing such a panic? I've had to pick up my mom's mail at her po box because she was too scared to go there alone. Why don't you name who it is?

Editor's note: At this time the person reporting the crime has not been proven to be misleading police. He is just being uncooperative. With no other leads to follow in the case, the Edgefield Police have closed the case until new information or leads come in. If they are able to prove the victim is not telling the truth, he will be charged with a felony for the false report. If the information leads to two suspected robbers, they will be charged.

Without a victim, there is no crime.
web posted May 28, 2011

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Instead of blaming the Catholics how about blaming the real criminals? You want to see high crime rates? Look at areas with public housing and sec. 8 apartments. Why support these bottom feeders?
web posted May 28, 2011

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It is distressing to learn that another dubiously competent one in the district is being promoted to a position of higher authority.  It is a newly created position, but we can't afford to hire teachers.  Also, how about them adding a third principal down at Merriwether?  This district could have hired two or three new teachers for what they are spending on these "upper" level positions.  Parents, do you have any thoughts about where you would rather see your money go?
web posted May 27, 2011

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Bye edgefield county school district..... Will someone please look into why so many teachers are leaving.   Many teachers have not told the district yet but it is coming.   I am a good teacher.  I care about the students.   But I do not have to endure day after day the rudeness and antagonism from students for the minor salary Edgefield offers.  I feel there is not leadership.  You can have people in leadership position but not truly get the job done.  I have invested time and money in the pursuit of giving my all to the job.   I  personally have children ranging from elementary to high school.   If they behave even remotely like some of the kids at my school ...I would take away many privileges.( including having all he flesh on their backside if you get the jest)

I know that all school districts have their problems but I am glad that mine are somewhere else.   It wasn't that I initially kept them from Edgefield but now I would never let them enter.   There are many fine students in the county but I would guess that those who complete graduation and go to higher academia are below 20% of the total leaving high school. 

The district has many fine teachers but we are all getting tired of students not being held accountable.   Good luck Edgefield.   I have found a job that pays more and offers less disrespect.    

I pray for the children.... many times they are the product of their parents decisions.
web posted May 27, 2011

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Re: A study years ago on area growth rates showed that the addition of new churches to suburban areas is followed by an increase in crime. Do the churches increase crime rate?

If the churches were Catholic churches and the increase in crimes was due to Sexual Molestation/Assault charges, I would say the churches were the cause of the increased crime rate.
web posted May 27, 2011

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I noted Senator Massey posted a response about roads that need paving.  It would be very interesting to know when the project to widen US Hwy. 25 to 4 lanes will begin.  Those of us seventy and over would like to see some progress on it while we are still able to drive.

Editor's note: As we reported in May of 2010, phase 1 of the project is expected to get underway next year.Though SCDOT is involved, US25 is a Federal Highway not a State Highway.
web posted May 26, 2011 

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Now we hear that Obama thinks it is 2008. Actually, that makes sense to me because he is still campaigning. Maybe he doesn't realize the year changed because his activities have not changed. He has been campaigning, not ruling, since he was elected. Either that or he has no clue. How can anyone support this man? What if President Bush had done something like this? It would be all over the drive-by news. It is nice to hear about his Irish roots. Is there any country he does not have roots in? Good grief! Maybe he had a few too many beers in his homeland of Ireland.
web posted May 26, 2011 

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Touching popular entitlement programs doesn’t make good politics. And last night, Republicans received a wake-up call about Medicare's potency with a Democratic victory in the NY-26 special congressional election.
A wake-up call for the GOP

Editor's note: A "wake up call for the GOP? In your own linked story it shows 52% of the vote went to a Republican and a fake Democrat operative posing as a TEA Party candidate (took 9% of the vote). And how did your liberal media buddies respond? Well on MSNBC (one of your favorites to quote) Time's Joe Klein said it was "A victory for socialism". (Video and transcript available here) But the Republicans are the radicals and the Democrats are not pushing socialism on America? Oh, it was a wake up call alright, because the liberal media showed their true intentions... their love of socialism. Wonder how that's going to work out for you in Nov. of 2012?

And the left wonders why more people watch Fox News than all the other cable and state run media (CBS, NBC, ABC) combined? Your side sounds like Charlie Sheen screaming "WINNING" during one of his drug and alcohol induced rages.
web posted May 26, 2011 

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I would really love to see the statistics on welfare between blacks and whites.  I just cant believe that there more whites on welfare than blacks.  I mean I know for a fact that a white person in the same situation as a black was denied cause the white person made to much money and the black person was accepted. They made the same thing with the same number of kids; now you tell me.

Editor's note: The overall numbers are about right. However, when considered with the population distributions (blacks making up around 12-15% of the population), they are over represented in the figures much the same way they are around 40% +/- of the prison population.I do not think this is as much a "race" problem as I do a cultural problem for the black community. The majority of crimes against blacks are committed by blacks, not whites.

You can skew any statistic to fit your agena. A study years ago on area growth rates showed that the addition of new churches to suburban areas is followed by an increase in crime.

Do the churches increase crime or is it the fact there is a population growth that increases the crime?
web posted May 26, 2011 

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100 Deadly Days of Summer - "Flash Forward 2011"
Link to latest PSA from SC DPS and SC DNR to combat impaired driving
web posted May 26, 2011 

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Re: Wow what is this world coming to when a man would get robbed in broad daylight at a post office in a sleepy little country town? I'll tell you, THUGS! This county is going down the tubes with all these black and white wannabee thugs taking over.
 
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I would say that there is a certain section of our population that indeed fits into this category. From my viewpoint, these are people who have been in the cycle of generational poverty for generations. They are taught to live off the government, look for a free handout, not be appreciative of what other do for them, and that it's cooler to dress nice than live in a nice house. I see that there is a segment of the overall American population that you are referring to, so this is in fact a truth.

On the other hand, I have to say that you cannot lump all people into one category. I think you need to learn to judge people not by how they look, but by "what they bring to the table." You keep talking about "sorry black people," but did you know that the majority of people on welfare in SC are white? I suggest you rethink your stance and consider developing an issue with a thought pattern that has been perpetuated by our government, instead of blaming a person's color. Just a thought...........
web posted May 25, 2011

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Edgefield County School System -  WHAT A JOKE!
 
Please explain why very inexperienced and very undertrained people are Mentor and Master Teachers???  Ask the principals - but maybe these principals claimed that their school voted for TAP... - have any old or new board members investigated this JOKE????   Once again Merriwether elementary and middle schools have stood up to the Edgefield County School System  and made their own choice.  Their own choice!  
 
Please explain why teachers with years of experience and dedication to this fine district are made to think that they can transfer to another school if it best suits their families needs - but...... No, interviews are being held in schools for UNADVERTISED Teaching positions.  What's up with that Ms. Clinkscales??? 
 
And don't even think about the uncertified - yep, uncertified - administrators being offered employment each year. - - Look around - Inquire....
 
The Good Old Boy System is right back where it wanted to be - Looking out for THEIR family..... We see it.
web posted May 25, 2011

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Why do you let people say things that are such backwoods redneck racist crap. That's what I detest about the "wandering minds" section or column or whatever it is supposed to be. You should not let those people spew such idiocy at the respectable members of our county. Shame on you!

Editor's note: Should we inhibit your ability to have your views listed? I am sure some of those who hold a differing view would want your voice to be muzzled, not theirs. The rules for comments to be posted (all comments are reviewed before publication - something very few media sites do) are clear and listed above.

If the comment does not break the rules, it is allowed. It is called the First Amendment. We do not agree with the content of many of the opinions expressed, but we will defend their right to say it none the less.

It is only through the free exchange of ideas that our problems get solved.
web posted May 25, 2011

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Re: "Explain that one "MR EDITOR!" Proof you are making things up!

I read the article on (Johnston Police) Chief Aston resigning Friday night after I got home from work. I work from 4 am to  4 pm so I read after a nap getting home each day. I knew about this before Saturday much less Monday. When I read the comment I thought "STUPID!" Thanks to the Daily we got the news first. Here it is Tuesday and the only one reporting it is the Daily.

Editor's note: Our news partners WJBF New 6 picked the story up Friday evening as well as WGAC 580 AM radio.
web posted May 25, 2011

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If we forget and fail to keep the memory of this horrific event alive, history can repeat itself.  There are rumors, among certain peoples, that this never took place.  If that were true, there would be a whole lot more people living in their homelands.   Pass this along to your children so we may all be watchful.  May this memory never die.
The Auschwitz Album
web posted May 25, 2011

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I'd like to know how people were writing comments about (Johnston Police) Chief Aston resigning and the story wasn't even (published) until Monday? Explain that one "MR EDITOR!" Proof you are making things up!

Editor's note: Obviously you missed the date on our report of Chief Aston's resignation. It was posted within hours of our interview with him on Friday. It was picked up by other local media hours later and credited to our report. Just because you may have not read our daily reports does not mean the thousands that do everyday didn't. Furthermore, what would be made up in the report? The quotes from Chief Aston or the quotes from Mayor Andy Livingston? Maybe it was comments from those who read the report before you did?
web posted May 24, 2011

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We need Cain because Obama is not Able.
web posted May 24, 2011

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In Ref. to MMS football fields being used by FCCHS. Yes MMS was told when they could use the fields because FC had  requested the fields for 2 weeks for spring practice. The administration at MMS granted their wish!!!!
web posted May 24, 2011

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You have to admit one thing about Obama-he can sure talk his way out of a paper bag! Listening to his talk to the "pro Israel" group yesterday, one would think he actually supported Israel. His move last week to go back to the pre 1967 borders shows where his support is. Anyone who has watched how the Palestinians etc. have acted with Israel,  knows that Israel is not going to get one thing out of that deal. The Arabs do not want Israel to be a sovereign state. Their goal is to eliminate Israel. Obama's suggestion makes that more of a possibility. Going back to the old borders leaves Israel totally vulnerable to her enemies. No wonder other administrations have not come out with this great suggestion.  They knew better. Obama says that everyone has thought it but he is finally the one to say it. Ya think?  No. Other administrations know that what happened in 1967 is key to Israel's survival. That is why it is such a point of contention between the Israelis and the Palestinians.

The "pro Israel" group he was speaking to yesterday is a liberal group and, as he acknowledged in his speech, many (probably most) were students. No wonder he had rounds of applause. Did he look and sound good? Yes, to anyone who really doesn't care or understand Israel's situation. Was he doing damage control? Absolutely.  Did he maintain some of his Jewish financial support? Probably. Is he a supporter of Israel? No way!  Any Jew that sends him money or supports him in any way should be ashamed of themselves. He threw Israel under the bus and a lot of Jews in this country have and are helping him do that. How they cannot see what he is doing to their people is beyond me!

Thankfully the leadership in Israel knows what is going on and is speaking out about it. We do not want to turn our backs on Israel. They are our only ally in the middle east. Also, biblically, we definitely do not want to turn our back on Israel. Maybe this is all playing to what will happen in the end times. Who knows. For the present, we want to be a real friend to Israel.
web posted May 24, 2011

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Tax cheats get stimulus money.... Payoff for votes!
WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of companies that cashed in on President Barack Obama's economic stimulus package owed the government millions in unpaid taxes, congressional investigators have found. HELLO!
web posted May 24, 2011

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OLD POLICY:
            We capture you. Fly you to Guantanamo Bay Detention Center. You get new clothes, three meals a day and your Quran.

NEW POLICY:
            We come to your house in the middle of the night, kill you and dump your body into the ocean.

Change is Good!
web posted May 24, 2011

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The Sandy Oaks Pro Rodeo has a new website: www.sandyoaksprorodeo.org copy and paste it to your browser and add it to your bookmarks!

The 2011 dates are set for October 28-29; Gates open at 6pm and events start at 7:30pm
web posted May 24, 2011

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Looks like the post office parking lot might be a place that needs a camera or some type of surveillance. It is troubling that something like this happened in broad daylight and in such a public place. Isn't the police department just a couple of buildings away from the post office? It shows you have to be really alert at all times. These crooks were very bold in their attack. Very scary.
web posted May 23, 2011

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I couldn't believe that (Johnston Police Chief) Chris Aston resigned. I was shocked. Is it getting that bad in Johnston? I thought he did a good job and was always easy to talk to and he and (his wife) were so involved in things around the town. I hope they aren't moving.

Editor's note: I have had professional and personal conversations with Chief Aston before and after his resignation. They are not moving and will continue to be active members in the Town of Johnston. He stated he just wanted a change, and I take him at his word.
web posted May 23, 2011

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I guess we know who the secret Republican candidate for sheriff is now.. Chris Aston. Why else would he resign just when everybody is announcing their campaigns for office? Did they mean to let the cat out of the bag or was Edgefield Daily just on top of what was going on that they couldn't hide it anymore?

Editor's note: In private conversations prior to Aston's resignation he was emphatic he has no ambitions of running for elected office, including Sheriff. He also stated that on the record. There will be challengers in the 2012 Sheriff's race. His name will not be among them. Some names are pretty well known in certain circles.
web posted May 23, 2011

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The beat down robbery in the parking plot of the (Edgefield) Post Office says a lot about how dangerous the thugs in the town are getting. This is in the back yard of the Edgefield Police Department with police cars sitting in the parking lot. If they'll rob someone there they'll rob you anywhere!!!! Buy a gun and protect yourself! The cops can't and won't be everywhere!!
web posted May 23, 2011

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Now we're getting robbed at the post office. Isn't that ironic? The folks getting the money paid by hard working taxpayers is now being taken before it is given to the government to give to the crooks who get it in the first place. Guess that's one way to cut out the middle man!
web posted May 23, 2011

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Wow what is this world coming to when a man would get robbed in broad daylight at a post office in a sleepy little country town? I'll tell you, THUGS! This county is going down the tubes with all these black and white wannabee thugs taking over. I am glad to say that me and my family are looking to move to another state because of the bully blacks and we cant leave soon enough. We moved to SC with the impression that people were very friendly but were we wrong the blacks have a nasty attitude like the world owes them EVERYTHING because their ancestors were slaves, well get over it it was way in the past and you were not one. If you want to be treated like an equal than act like one by talking correctly not this ebonic crap where you sound uneducated, and get a job and get off government assistance. Now I will admit that not all are like this we do know some black families that are very well educated and are a pleasure to be friends with, but the rest of you get off your (rear-ends) and get a job. Oh and take out the gold grills you loook llike a freak of nature.
web posted May 23, 2011

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Bloogers take down Obama just like Dan Rather. Proof BHO's birth certificate is fake! Typing on the certificate couldn't be done with 1960's typewriter! If that ain't enuf, check this out!
web posted May 23, 2011

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Don'tcha just love hypocrites?

https://www.pjtv.com/
web posted May 23, 2011

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This man can only be stopped if the public is educated and know who they are voting for.

http://itmakessenseblog.com/2011/04/28/one-evil-man-soros-by-steve-kroft-60-minute-4-years-of-research/
web posted May 23, 2011

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Dear Editor,
As the poster who defended the Rural Residential Zone, I must clarify that I am not in favor of imposing limits on landowners outside of the zone.  My post was based the erroneous and/or conflicting news blurb in Edgefield Daily that stated:

Notice: Public Hearing Date Changed to June 2
web posted May 17, 2011
COUNTY – A Public Hearing scheduled by the Planning Commission to take place on May 31 has been changed to June 2, Edgefield County Administrator Roger LeDuc stated Monday. The public hearing is to receive comments on a possible zoning change to a tract of land on Courtney Road, Trenton. The hearing will be held at the County Council Chambers on Jeter Street at 6:30 pm. There will also be a called meeting of the Planning Commission immediately following. The public is invited to attend.

That post clearly indicated the contested property was on Courtney Road, thus my diatribe.

You forgive my mistake, I'll forgive yours.

Editor's note: There is no mistake on my part. The parcel under question is zoned under the R/Rd zone created for your area to fend off a "chicken farm" that even the zoning would not prevent when it was passed. That aside, every contiguous property (and that of the possible industry) in unzoned.The property in question is simply an access point. It is stated as being "opposite Courtney Road".
web posted May 21, 2011  

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Remember how Bill O'Reilly asked viewers to log in and vote on who won the debate he had just had with Jon Stewart over Fox's lame "Common controversy" the other night? Well, it didn't turn out so well for BillO.

O'Reilly sorta kinda halfway copped to it at the end of his show last night, responding to one the usual fawning letter writers he reads at the end of each night. It seems the outcome was the fault of us dirty f--ing hippies:

O'REILLY: Randy DeFord, Monticello, Indiana: "Bill, the debate with Stewart was great. Too bad he lost." Well, you know, lots of folks think he won, Randy. But it's impossible to get an accurate tally, because some far-left Websites have intruded on our poll. I thought that might happen. It is entirely my fault. But the results are skewed. You know, they tell their Night of the Living Dead people -- uuggghhh, go -- you know, all of that.

Notice that Bill didn't bother to tell you the actual numbers. Of course, if you go to his website, here's what you see:
Stewart 79%
O'Riellly  21%
Yep, that's pretty much what we thought, too. And no, it wasn't anything we said or did. There might have been other sites organizing a GOTV operation on O'Reilly's website, but those results probably came pretty much naturally.

Editor's note: Wow, O'Reilly actually said "F--ing hippies"? No, he didn't. I ran the video and that was never said. Why not come back with the lie that Obama is trying to do Israel a favor by giving away their land to support the Muslim Brotherhood whose stated purpose is to wipe out Israel.
web posted May 21, 2011

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Is there any one teaching swimming lessons around Johnston or Edgefield this summer?
web posted May 21, 2011

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Hoo-Ra for the Animal Control officer concerning the incident in Johnston. I sincerely hope he/ she gets some support from our Magistrates. I have had good experiences with the animal control officers over the years, the weak link has been the court house. In reality, and if we have gotten the whole story, the clown that owns the dog needs to get cracked on the head with a baton. Instead, the “pest” owner will likely get a string of useless warnings from a judge while his innocent neighbors continue to put up with his problem “pest”. Hope I’m wrong and a judge does the right thing.
web posted May 20, 2011

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Everyone is bubbling about the prospects of the new, "clean" industry that wants to move into the sole area of the county zoned Rural Residential.  Newcomers to Edgefield and to the County Council would 
be wise to familiarize themselves with the facts surrounding the zone before they commit.

Back in 2004 it was announced that a "clean chicken farm" was coming to Courtney Road.  Concerned citizens started researching and discovered a flock of lies and omissions on the DHEC permit.  A stay 
was granted by the state Administrative Law Court to examine the charges.  During that stay, an intensive grass roots efforts gathered near unanimous support of the citizens in the area.  Every Planning and Zoning and County Council meeting was packed with opponents of the planned business.  Deputies had to be called to many of the meetings as the Big Chicken Industry brought in their shills and lobbyists to try to break the spirit of the people.  The people's persistence persevered despite all the well orchestrated roadblocks.

The Planning and Zoning Commission, with input from the citizens, created the zone that once and for all ruled out such fowl industries in the area.  County Council three times unanimously approved the 
zone that went into effect five years ago.

Now we're being told to trust the wisdom of our politicians - we're sure to like the secret, clean industry that will create jobs.

There are clearly better suited business locations in unzoned areas of the county.  This looks like a chance for politicians in other areas of the county to crush zoning for all time by putting a ruled-
out industry smack in the heart of the zone.

Politicians Beware!  The people in this area will not get fooled again.  Consider moving the business to a location away from the heart of the hard fought for zone.  Granting a variance on Courtney Road will be a dart to that heart and break the zone wide open.

Councilmen Dorn and Bright never wavered in their support for the people in the area.  Their votes were for the people every time. Former Chariman Kneece - same.  If Mr. Campbell votes against the 
will of his people in the zone he can kiss his job goodbye in the next election.  The other two Council persons should think twice before going on record against the overwhelming will of the people.

The wisest course for the Council would be to announce the name of the business and schedule public meetings before granting a first reading to blow a hole in the center of the zone.  Any other option 
is a shot across the bow of hundreds of well prepared, motivated voters.

One thing for sure, Council meetings are about to get exciting again!

Editor's note: Let me understand this on the facts. The industry is looking at locating on unzoned property and you want to deter then from coming to the county - even though you know nothing about them?

Let me know when you get tired of the near 10% unemployment rate in Edgefield County and the lack of an industrial tax base which all counties need to survive.
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First teachable moment in this situation is that honesty will always prevail.  The dog owners (both husband and wife) were honest that their big white dog did walk on land that was not owned by her owners any longer.  She had no understanding of where property lines fell, and this was acknowledged by the Judge on this matter.   Let it be known the complainers in this issue did not know where property lines were either because they were trespassing with their body and equipment on numerous occasions.  The truth about this dog was she was very shy when it came to people.  She would not have come near a party of any kind.  And yes, for 6 years of her life she had not been confined.  But she had never in any manner been a threat or nuisance.  And anyone interested in knowing the dog owners plead guilty and paid a $75.00 fine.  It seems though that some had no patience to wait on this court session on the 18th because the big white dog was poisoned with anti-freeze on the 13th and had to be put down on the 15th.  But more truth to this matter is one of the owners other dogs was poisoned with anti-freeze on the 15th and due to she was so small died within five hours. She went out for just a few minutes while the owners were trying to help the big white dog that was seisuring in their home due to the poison. This was made known to animal control first thing Monday morning.  Response was it was still owners fought because someone could have anti-freeze anywhere on their property.  This is not true, anti-freeze is a hazardous material and DHEC does have regulations that it be in a closed container.  Truth; malicious, cruel, no-heart people living in our area.
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RE: Johnston Man Provides Teachable Moment on Dealing with Animal Control

And the rest of the story is that that dog and another pet belonging to this family were KILLED WITH ANTI-FREEZE, and it is documented at the Vets.   Coincident, I would bet the farm not.

The pet owner and the upstanding citizens/complainers live on Riegel Rd.  So it is easy for the public to know who they are.  They own businesses in two towns.  I as an animal lover will NEVER enter their NASTY, eye sore stores.

I love all animals more that I like most people and this is why.
web posted May 20, 2011

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Mr. Editor,

Thank you for publishing the question from the Johnston resident asking why certain roads in an area of Johnston were paved and others were not.   If the person will contact me with the names of the roads that were paved and need paving, I will be happy to contact SCDOT and ask about that area.  My email is shanemassey@scsenate.gov and my cell phone is 803-480-0419.

Thank you.
Shane Massey
web posted May 20, 2011

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RE;According to the reports, the man told the deputy that his white dog goes off at night and brings back trash from "somewhere". When advised that he was admitting that he was breaking the law the man, according to the report, stated, "no, because I don't see her do it."

Someone needs to explain to this man it is "His Letting the dog roam" that illegal Then give him a ticket for being stupid.
web posted May 20, 2011

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By DICK MORRIS & EILEEN MCGANN

Published on DickMorris.com on May 19, 2011

In the 1980s, the pre-Blair leftist Labor Party issued its campaign manifesto to oppose Thatcher's Conservatives in the coming national election.  Its loony, leftist proposals were so extreme that the Tory media promptly dubbed it "the longest suicide note in history."
 
The Republican proposal to shift Medicare from the current system to a voucher-based program of private insurance - in TEN years - falls into the same category.  Don't blame Newt Gingrich for saying so.  In fact, we have to hope that Romney, Bachmann, Daniels and the other candidates join him in distancing himself from the plan if we have a hope of electing any of them president!
 
Worse, the Ryan budget continues the $500 billion in Medicare cuts which formed the basis of the Republican critique of Pelosi and Obama in the 2010 election.  It keeps the money in the Medicare system rather than spending it on other entitlements as Obama did, but that is scant compensation for someone seeking care now to stay alive!
 
(When I first endorsed Ryan's plan in a column and video, I was under the impression - as he had told me - that he would eliminate the $500 billion cut.  I must have misunderstood him because his plan keeps that very cut on which we based our entire 2012 campaign.  When I found that out, I switched to opposing his plan).
 
Gingrich was entirely correct in denouncing this part of the Ryan Budget.  The rest of the document is fine.  But Obama has, as we predicted he would, focused all his fire on the Medicare portion and that is what the campaign of 2012 will be about - unless the GOP candidate for president disavows the plan.
 
And the height of lunacy is that the Medicare voucher-based conversion is slated to take effect in a decade!  Who can predict how medicine will evolve next week let along a decade hence?  To hold the Republican Party's political fortunes hostage to a program that might or might not take effect in a decade is pure insanity.
 
So Gingrich called it what it is - "right wing social engineering."  Granted, Paul Ryan has the best of intentions.  He wants to keep the Medicare system solvent in the face of escalating costs, but even he concedes that changing Medicare is not necessary over the next nine years to reduce the budget deficit.  It is only in 2021, when those who are now 55 turn to Medicare that he would effect his changes.  The House should drop the Medicare part of the program, repeal the $500 billion cut that the Republicans vilified in the campaign, and go ahead and implement the rest of the Ryan budget.
 
Newt has acted responsibly and in the best interests of the Party by describing accurately what the stakes are.  Don't blame him.  Honor him for saying and doing the right thing.
web posted May 20, 2011

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Be afraid, be VERY afraid!

http://www.youtube.com/user/GovtGoneWildSeminars
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The other side of the coin and story the DemocRATS don't tell you.

http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2010/news/1004/gallery.top_5_tax_bills/2.html
web posted May 20, 2011

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Due to a large number of questions and comments being sent in over the past two days on the new industry looking to locate in Edgefield County, simmilar comments have been combined into this single response. If any question is left unanswered, please feel free to submit if for publication. This was easier than responding to numerous repetitive questions. Those listed with similar questions have been reworded for clarification.

Q: What type of industry is going to be locating in Edgefield County?
A: That is unknown. County Administrator Roger LeDuc said that it was a "clean" industry and would be a "good neighbor" to the surrounding area.

Q: Where will the site be located?
A: Off Highway 19 east of Trenton.

Q: How many jobs will it bring to the county?
A: That has not yet been released. However, Administrator LeDuc stated at the Planning Commission meeting last week that it would be jobs that could be filled by local residents. 
 
Q: When will the name and location be released?
A: When the County Council holds a first reading of an ordinance to grant the incentives to bring the industry here, the name and location will be provided as well as detailed information on the company.

Until then - we all remain in the dark.
web posted May 19, 2011 

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Re: ranting about national issues over which they have zero control.

The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
- Plato
web posted May 19, 2011 

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I want to know if the kids at mms are being stopped from using their football field because of fox creek? Our kids should come first!!!!!! Please look into this.

Editor's note: An email to that effect has been sent to ECBOE Chairman Brad Covar.
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This is an open letter to Sen. Massey since he reads this site everyday. Senator, I and a few of my neighbors want to know why two streets in our area in Johnston have been paved and  the others have not. About 15 years ago all five streets were paved after almost thirty years. A few months ago, they came back and just did two. Why?  No one has the answer. The other three streets are in worse shape than the two that were paved. I am hoping maybe you could find out and convey your answer to the editor of Edgefield Daily. All I get are numerous run a rounds, including the “mares” office in Johnston. We hope you will get back to us with good news.
web posted May 19, 2011

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A DemocRAT that is crooked as a snake.

While Democrats rip into oil and gas companies for failing to pay their "fair share" because of tax breaks Congress gave them, another special interest break they're not talking about is the billions of dollars worth of gold, silver, uranium and other minerals that mining companies take off federal lands for which they pay nothing.
"They don't pay a dime, not a penny for the gold and uranium they remove from public lands," says Steve Ellis of Taxpayers for Common Sense. "Virtually every other country in world charges a royalty on hard rock minerals. It is absurd that we don't do this."

Both mining and oil companies pay corporate taxes, and both get generous write-offs in the tax code.

But mining companies get two huge subsidies oil companies do not: leases and royalties.

Mining entities pay no more than $5 an acre for land from which they extract billions of dollars worth of minerals. By contrast, multinational oil and gas firms are required to competitively bid against one another just for the right to drill on specific leases. Those bids typically pay taxpayers from tens to hundreds of millions of dollars.

A royalty or fee represents an annual percentage the federal government charges based on the value of the resource extracted from public lands. For oil and other fuel sources, the numbers are in the double-digits.

The government receives 12.5 percent in royalties for onshore oil and gas while the royalties for offshore drilling amount to 18.75 percent. For coal, that number is 8 percent for underground mining and 12.5 percent for surface mining.

For gold, silver, uranium and copper mining: 0 percent

Reformers in Congress tried to raise the last figure but failed.

In 1993, the House passed a bill imposing an 8 percent royalty, but Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., helped kill an agreement in the Senate. In 2007, West Virginia Rep. Nick Rahall helped pass a bill in the House that imposed a 4 percent royalty on gross revenue on existing operations and 8 percent on new operations. Again REID stepped in, saying the House bill "won't stand over here."

"When you talk about collecting a royalty off the top, irrespective of production costs, that is an unsustainable situation," said Carol Raulston of the National Mining Association.

In 2008, according to the National Mining Association, about $20 billion worth of metals were sold in the U.S. from mines here covered by existing law. With a 4 percent royalty, that translates into at least a $4 billion in payments for minerals owned by U.S. taxpayers.

"This is a pirate story with the public lands profiteers robbing the American people blind," Rahall said in November 2007. "The robbery of American gold and silver must stop."

But it hasn't.

Since taking office, REID has received $750,000 in campaign contributions from the mining industry, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. That number includes $127,000 from Nevada's two largest gold producers in the 2010 election. Together, those two companies had profits of $5 billion last year yet they paid taxpayers nothing for minerals taken off public lands.

"Senator Reid through the years has aligned himself with those interests to thwart mining law reforms time and time again," Ellis said.

While Ellis and others blame REID, the mining association is happy to have him in their corner.
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What are your so called "unforeseen circumstances"? Do your job!

Edior's note: There were complicating "circumstances" involving the publication for the day that were "unforeseen" prior to publication. 
web posted May 19, 2011 

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Hey does anybody know if FCCHS is paying to use the MMS football field for spring football practice? Going on for the second week now. I would like to see a copy of the checks they are supposed to be giving MMS.Somebody needs to  keep an eye on this ........

Editor's note: It is my understanding that Fox Creek pays to use the field. I will see if that is being honored.
web posted May 18, 2011

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What do you mean the Planning Commission did us no favors? The adults voted to have the hearing to move forward this much needed industry. Lets hope the newest members of the commission - I'm being nice - get an education before June, 2.

Editor's note: It is one of those, "you had to be there," situations.
web posted May 18, 2011

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I enjoy the Edgefield Daily and think it is a very good source for intormation on Edgefield County government, the school system, and happenings in the county.  I am just baffled, though, how people can spend so much of their intellect and time in Wandering Minds just ranting about national issues over which they have zero control.  If that much energy and time were spent on trying to improve our county schools and county economic development, just imagine what could be accomplished in Edgefield County.  I nearly always vote Republican and don't agree with what is happening in our country.  But with what time and energy God has given me, I try to use it for what is happening right here at home;  just babbling on about what is happening in Washington only raises one's blood pressure.
web posted May 18, 2011

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I read this today and thought it was too true not to share... Liberals seem to be completely averse to facts and logic. Apparently, reality has a conservative bias.
web posted May 18, 2011

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Better wake up before it's too late.

http://www.alphapub.com/concerned-persons.html
web posted May 18, 2011

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A man in Topeka , Kansas decided to write a book  about churches around the country. He started by flying to San Francisco and started working east from there. Going  to a very large church, he began taking photographs and making notes. He spotted a golden telephone on the vestibule wall and was intrigued with a sign, which read "Calls:  $10,000 a minute." 
 
Seeking out the pastor, he asked about the phone and the sign. The pastor answered that this golden phone is, in fact, a direct line to heaven and if he pays the price he can talk directly to GOD,

The man thanked the pastor and continued on his way.  As he continued to visit churches in Seattle, Houston (Mississippi of course), St. Louis, Chicago, Milwaukee, and many cities and towns all around the United States, he found more phones, with the same sign, and the same answer from each pastor.

Finally, he arrived in Lexington. Upon entering a church in the beautiful State of South Carolina behold… he saw the usual golden telephone. But THIS time, the sign read "Calls: 35 cents."

Fascinated, he asked to talk to the pastor. "Reverend, I have been in cities all across the country and in each church I have found this golden telephone and have been told it is a direct line to Heaven and that I could talk to GOD, but in the other churches the cost was $10,000 a  minute.
Your sign reads only 35 cents a call. Why?”

I love this part…
 
The pastor, smiling broadly replied: "Son, you're in South Carolina now - you're in God's Country. It's a local call." American by Birth - South Carolinian by the Grace of  God. And why do South Carolinians go barefoot? When you're in South Carolina you're on Holy ground!!!!

Editor's note: For the first time ever, you and I will agree on something. Now if only those who love God will support God by refusing to vote for Democrats who support killing babies, promoting gays, removing God from our public life, and kicking Him out of school we might find more common ground.
web posted May 17, 2011

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Do you know what the new (industry) that is coming to Edgefield (County) is or how many jobs it has?

Editor's note: No. All I know is that we are being considered for a possible location. That does not mean we will get the industry or the jobs, just that we are being considered. The Planning Commission did us no favors last week, but fortunately they have no power to affect the outcome. They are purely an advisory board. The County Council is the ruling body.
web posted May 17, 2011

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Clemson aint the only one raising tuition, its across the state. We have two in college and in different schools and we've already been told next year is going up! I always thought the lottery money was supposed to make it (college) cheaper but it goes up every time you turn around!

Editor's note: The best way to insure the cost of something will go up is to throw more government supported funds at it.
web posted May 17, 2011

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  I heard this on the radio today and had to google it to find out if it was true. Sure nuff, an Indiana court [Editor's note: the State Supreme Court] has said that people don't have the right to stop police from entering their homes illegally. No warrants, no reason, if the cops want to come in you have to let them in. Who's running this court? Hitler? Mussolini? Obama? Has any of these judges read the 4th amendment? What is this world coming to? Wake up people!!!!!

Editor's note: This was a 3-2 split decision that will no doubt be overturned by the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS). Liberal activist judges are going for broke while they have their Social Justice President, Obama, in office to try to tear down the constitution. It's not going to work.
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First the DemocRATS devastated the Social Security fund by moving the money into the general fund and spending it, now they are going to start spending other retirement funds. This administration has to go.  How much more will we take before we say enough is enough?  

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/05/16/government-hits-debt-ceiling-treasury-urges-lawmakers-reach-budget-deal/
web posted May 17, 2011

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The latest battle between the citizenry and the South Carolina General Assembly is being fought over tort reform. So, what is a “tort” and why is there a need to reform it?      By Katrina Shealy

Read more…
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Re: What they see is a bunch of vile, repulsive, racist hicks - and they want nothing to do with you.

They just don't get it, Editor. You give the poster his say and he/she should discern something from that. WM serves to reveal truth and that comes from a plethora of sources originating from the erudite to the barely literate. The amount of local corruption, disregard and dishonesty WM has neutralized is phenomenal and there are few publications that can legitimately have that boast. Darkness exposed include Ivy League graduates, inept public servants, illegal dumping, neglected property, destructive school policies, improper uses of town and county resources, contraventions of handicap parking rules to favored people and felons in political life.

You can move from humble beginnings to cosmopolitan cities but most likely you will find news outlets that are more concerned with covering up the deeds of darkness and accusing those of dare to object to be vile, repulsive, racist hicks. More likely tourist would flock to visit a Wandering Minds Museum, if there were such a thing, just to see the man who had the intestinal fortitude to stand up against demagogues, local princes and politically corrupt machines with no fear of reprisal. It is hard to find such men among the corrupt Democrats and wish-washy Republicans of urban centers.

Mr. Editor you continue to be the lone voice for truth and justice. Believe me you have more admirers, far and near, than those who would assail you. No one can accuse you of prejudice you allow equal opportunity allegations from the likes of the poster and from those whom he finds unworthy of a voice. Admittedly some posts are hilarious, and incredulous but all are creating a mosaic that hopefully will make Edgefield a place of freedom and light. You may have done more for Edgefield, than the self-acclaimed princes and all the collective governments. One civil rights advocate when accused of being an agitator responded that an agitator is the part of the washing machine that gets the clothes clean. You are leading the fight that the churches, both white and black, have been timid to engage. So called “Men of God” are cowered by political and racial concerns and leave you to stand alone. When the Roman Governor asked what is truth, Jesus answered, “I am the truth...”

Mr. Editor, you stand for the truth, Light is not to be hidden under a basket. What would Edgefield be like if each resident came together at the Town Square and sacrificed their prejudices?

Editor's note: Thank you for your kind comments. We just report the news. What readers do with that information is up to them.
web posted May 16, 2011

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I read that Clemson has raised tuition 3.8% this year and room and board 4%. This on top of the 7% tuition increase last year.  My favorite statement is from Board Chairman David Wilkins who says the decision shows the board is sensitive to economic conditions facing South Carolina families. so a 10.8 percent tuition increase in 2 years and 4 percent room and board increase is sensitive to families needs? isn't it  ironic that they managed to get the larger tuition  increase they wanted last year, but was denied. I believe we call it  creative bookkeeping. while not illegal, the state had to see this coming.their idea to keep tuition  from larger increases just allows them to raise it  up to 7 percent every year with no one to answer to. again, I am so grateful that our state colleges are so concerned about the financial conditions facing families in South Carolina because they have priced the poor and lower middle class right out of a major college experience..apparently the poor or lower middle class  are only worthy of attending local colleges or technical schools.  a student after receiving life scholarship , pell and state grants you would still need 2 loans to cover the cost of a major university in SC. my son attended the University of Kansas last year for $7,500 with room and board as a INSTATE student (his dad is a Kansas resident).can someone please explain to me  why SC  cant educate for less than $30,000 per student ?  will our state ever put education as a top priority or will we continue to price our kids out of a future?
web posted May 16, 2011

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Were you aware that the DREAM Act requires the Department of Homeland Security to award amnesty to every illegal alien claiming to meet minimal criteria:

  1.. Present in the U.S. for the last five years;
  2.. A U.S. high school diploma or GED, or admitted to a U.S.institution of higher learning; and
  3.. Of "good moral character" with no more than 2 misdemeanor convictions?
Once an illegal alien files an amnesty application, he or she cannot be removed from the United States for any reason pending a decision from the courts? And we know how long they take.

All amnesty applications go to the front of the line for processing, by passing millions of people who have applied legally to come to the United States?

And here is the biggest outrage proposed with this bill. I'm sure you've seen on the liberal propaganda machine lately all the talking heads saying that this bill will allow illegal aliens to become citizens if they just attend college or join the military for two years. You do realize who is going to be paying for them right? YOU! That's right. The sons and daughters of criminals, rapist, drug dealers, and the like will be bank rolled to go to college, for free, BY YOU! Meanwhile with the astronomical costs of college reaching sky high you will struggle to get your OWN children into college, if you even can!

But you didn't think they would actually require illegal aliens to live up to any part of this did you? The truth is there are provisions in the bill that allow illegal aliens to OPT OUT OF THE COLLEGE AND MILITARY REQUIREMENTS! That's right, they get amnesty, for free, no requirements at all. All they have to do is opt out! Now that is the slimy, unjust, treatment that we are used to from the snakes in Washington.

The DREAM Act is the last ditch effort of a defeated and humiliated Liberal political machine. They were destroyed in the November elections. Their time has come and gone, and they know it. But instead of having dignity and honor they are using this as their last chance to shove some more of THEIR agenda down your throats. They know their policies aren't wanted, that's why they've been voted out. But they still continue to undermine the democratic process with what should be considered a criminal offense, the lame duck session.

The American people have spoken but the lawmakers in Washington are once again ignoring the will of the American people. The landslide elections that put the house in control of the conservatives is reminiscent of the previous presidential election. And they called that one a "mandate". The coming lame duck session will be used to blatantly undermine the democratic process. These corrupted politicians know their time is up. They have been voted out, they should have no say. But instead they are taking advantage of a loophole to once again force you to listen to them!

Take a stand against this blatant abuse of power! The democracy has fallen if they pass this bill. We must take it back! Hold the new representatives feet to the fire! Force them to live up to their promises, this is their last chance before we lose everything that makes America great!

Enough is enough! The line has to be drawn! The invasion of America has to end! Justice has to be done for all the good, honest, Americans who have been killed, raped, kidnapped, stolen from, and abused by criminal illegal immigrants! American sovereign territory must be DEFENDED and HELD SECURE!!

It is a dark time in America; it seems as if our voices aren't being heard. WE MUST NOT BACK DOWN! The most powerful things you have as a citizen is your voice and your ballot, even if so far in Washington, they REFUSE to listen. THE HOUR IS LATE, MAKE THEM HEAR US – it is the right thing to do!

Help us mobilize common sense, patriotic Americans against this travesty!! The Obama Administration's plan for Executive Order or USCIS Action mass Amnesty MUST BE STOPPED!

Remember what is at stake – the security, the safety, the sovereignty – very possibly the survival of not just Americans, but America herself.
web posted May 16, 2011

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Obama bin Lying doesn't support muslim terroists huh?
"Three people convicted of crimes as a result of a terrorism-related investigation by the Department of Justice (DOJ) were later naturalized as U.S. citizens by the Obama administration, according to federal auditors."
web posted May 16, 2011

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Amid contrived claims that South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley is looking to higher office, the governor has dismissed the idea. Nikki Haley: "Don't think about me for 2012 veep"

Read more of this post
The Garnet Spy
web posted May 16, 2011

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McCain says torture did not lead to bin Laden
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43007276/ns/politics-more_politics/

Editor's note: Sen. McCain (liberal) and MSNBC (super liberal). Any questions?
web posted May 16, 2011

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RE: "Just keep drinking the kool-aid and repeat - Obama, Obama, Obama, mmm-mmmm-mmmm. You are the poster child of what is wrong with "affirmative action" hiring........"

A) They probably don't know who Herman Cain is; B) once they find out how articulate, educated, experienced an qualified he is, AND that he's a black man, they will pillary him and call him an Uncle Tom, yadda, yadda, yadda.

And if that Dream Ticket became a reality-do you know where America would be.  An educated business man running the country, and a foreign policy expert kicking @$$ around the world.  Both have my vote.  Oh, but I forgot, I'm a racist according to Bibbs, Cook, Crenshaw, Jackson and the like, so I can't possibly vote for the Cain/Condi ticket.

And if Senator Massey is a reader of Wandering Minds - Put forth legislation to apply standards for hiring and retention of our teachers.  We need to get rid of the dead wood and those just riding the tide at the expense of taxpayer money, and our children's education.  There are at least a 1/2 dozen I know of that shouldn't be teaching kindergarten let alone H.S.  But they're there.

Time to clean it up Senator Massey, or we can show you the door as well.  We want people that get things done!  We are tired of the same ole.  If legislation is drafted and passed, watch what teachers squeal.  Hey, our children are held to pass a test to get past 4th and 12th to graduate-teachers need to be held to the same standard, PERIOD!  Time to crank up the machine again and start cleaning house.

Personally, I'd rather have 30-35 kids to a classroom where a good qualified teacher teaches, then have 20-25 kids to a classroom and have someone sitting there and babysitting because they do not know their job.
web posted May 14, 2011

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It seems the repubs have two serious challengers to Norman Dorn's title of biggest moron in Edgefield County Gov. Dennis Brite and Dan Bergtholdt showed  their  qualifications at this weeks Planning Commission meeting. ( See article in Friday's Daily ) Nice work Editor.
web posted May 14, 2011

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Let me see if I got this right. Edgefield County needs new businesses and industry and jobs. One comes along and the planning commission wants to be a roadblock? Mr. editor, can you give me the head banging the wall for this post?  

Editor's note: In the grand scheme of things, the Planning Commission has no real authority. Even if they voted unanimously to oppose the idea, the County Council has the only vote that matters. I can assure you, the industry will get the zoning lifted. We have a majorioty of council with brains. 
web posted May 14, 2011

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Concerned Citizen,

Tuesday President Obama traveled to Texas where he continued his campaign for 2012 by bringing the DREAM Act back into the spotlight. The DREAM Act was last year's lame-duck attempt at "comprehensive immigration reform" which is better known to Democrats as CREATING A VOTING BLOCK. It is a bill heralded by Harry Reid that will allow the illegal children of illegal aliens to become citizens of the U.S. Yes, once again Obama is mugging real American citizens, the U.S. taxpayer, to bankroll illegals and provide a path to AMNESTY.

Obama appealed to his base referring to the young illegals as the "best and brightest" going on to say that over 200,000 jobs were created in recent years by immigrant founded companies. Mr. President, every company in the United States was founded by an immigrant or child of an immigrant. Stop insulting legal immigrants and our intelligence. Nobody has a problem with legal immigrants. The real problems are the ILLEGAL aliens whose first act on American soil was criminal and the American people do not want to reward criminal acts with money, benefits or AMNESTY.

If illegals truly are the "best and brightest" of us then why can't they fill out the immigration forms to enter the county legally? Abide by the laws of America – get in line – wait your turn and do not under any circumstance justify the illegal act of sneaking across the border. That's really all we ask.

The people of America still believe in the American dream, we want others to share in it. In fact, we want everyone to share in it! But cheating the system isn't the American dream and that is exactly what the DREAM Act does to American citizens and legal immigrants. Make no mistakes the Democrats want nothing short of instant amnesty for a large college age, far left leaning, demographic. The big lie about the DREAM Act is that it grants citizenship instantly THEN those enrolled in it attend college or join the military for 2 years. It is straight up amnesty. Dems don't want people to have to fill out the citizenship forms, they don't want people to have to do something for themselves or qualify for anything. They want to hand out freebies in order to CREATE A BASE OF VOTES FOR THEIR UPCOMING ELECTIONS.

Don't allow this farce to continue! Stand up and fight for what makes America great, LEGAL immigrants! Every immigrant that had the honor of becoming an American lawfully is disgraced by the DREAM Act nightmare legislation!

Put an end to the DREAM Act now! Contact your representatives, send faxes and make the phones ring off the hook and the email inboxes be jam packed with the message that we honor the law in this country and that it must be enforced!
web posted May 14, 2011

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Re:  Tourism & Edgefield County

Considering if you Google "Edgefield County News" - this website is one of the first to come up.  Then, those would-be tourists look over the website, to find all of the good that exists in Edgefield County.

What they see is a bunch of vile, repulsive, racist hicks - and they want nothing to do with you.

Simply put, Edgefield County needs a better Public Relations team (The Wandering Minds ain't cutting it).

I barely even come to this website any more.  And I'm deeply involved in South Carolina/national politics.  There gets to be a point where you throw your hands up and say "There's no hope for these people."

Having been born there, I sincerely wish you the best, Edgefield County.  You need all the luck you can get.

Editor's note: We have the most comprehensive news in Edgefield County and cover more of the news affecting citizens in and around Edgefield County. The Wandering Minds is a reader comment section, which all online news media providers have. Inteligent people understand that, other do not.

Edgefield Daily is listed at the top of all search pages because we are the most widely read media outlet on Edgefield County. With a new majority in control of the County Council, the county is moving in the right direction and industry leaders are taking notice, hense the industry that is seeking to come to Edgefield County. If it becomes a reality, others may follow suit.

Not bad for "a bunch of vile, repulsive, racist hicks".
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Regarding the whole water boarding debate. Some of our own troops go through water boarding as part of their training. That tells me that they are going to potentially face that treatment or worse. If people would listen to the real experts on this issue AND look at the results of enhanced interrogation, the real results of it, they might understand that it has contributed to protecting this country from another attack. Maybe some of these bleeding hearts were not old enough to see what happened to us on 9/11 and they do not remember the innocent lives lost. Maybe they did not lose a loved one or are suffering from the health affects that many of the survivors are suffering from today. Maybe they didn't visit ground zero and see the devastation these terrorists caused. Maybe they don't understand the real threat there is to this nation. Remember, this was an unprovoked attack on our country. We cannot afford to play nicely.  We are at war, folks. We have not had another attack since then but if we slack off and play into the hands of these monsters, none of us will be safe. We won't even be safe in our small little southern town where we are basically sheltered from the realities of what happened on 9/11.  Wake up!! They hate us and their goal is to destroy us.
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Tor·ture –noun:  1.  the act of inflicting excruciating pain, as punishment or revenge, as a means of getting a confession or information, or for sheer cruelty.
I could go on and on about waterboarding and how we as a country executed Japanese interviewers for using waterboarding on our troops.   I can talk about how radio talk show hosts Mancow Mueller and Vanity Fair writer Christopher Hitchens (conservatives) agreed to be waterboard and after their respective experiments, they realized that waterboarding is definitely torture.   This is what Mueller had to say about waterboarding:  "It is way worse than I thought it would be, and that's no joke."   "I wanted to prove it wasn't torture," Mancow said.  "They cut off our heads, we put water on their face...I got voted to do this but I really thought 'I'm going to laugh this off.' "  “It was instantaneous...and I don't want to say this: absolutely torture."  Christopher Hitchens endured the same experiment -- and came to a similar conclusion. The conservative writer said he found the treatment terrifying, and was haunted by it for months afterward.  When you have time read the story of Alyssa Peterson.  She was one of the first female soldiers killed (suicide) in Iraq.  Upon further investigation it was proven that she had committed suicide because she couldn’t participate in the torture being committed by our people in what they called the cage.  One of the most moving parts of the report is this: "She said that she did not know how to be two people; she ... could not be one person in the cage and another outside the wire."  She was reprimand for showing empathy to the prisoners. [Editor's note: unsubstantiated claim]
“Sen. John McCain, the Arizona Republican and former prisoner of war, said Thursday he doesn’t believe the harsh interrogation techniques used by the Bush administration played a role in hunting down Osama bin Laden.”  Information from waterboarding did not play any part in demise of bin Laden.  “Sen. McCain said Leon Panetta, director of the Central Intelligence Agency, told him that the initial disclosure that lead to the discovery of bin Laden’s courier did not come as a result of the enhanced techniques.”   Here’s the link, please read it.  Methods promoted by Bush and his cohorts had nothing to do with the capture of bin Laden.  (OUCH) http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2011/05/12/mccain-harsh-interrogations-didnt-help-track-down-bin-laden/.  Panetta had some unique observations about the information that was collected from waterboarding – useless, misleading.

Editor's note: The only thing I'd like to hear from John McCain is, "I'm retiring". He is a RINO, and a very liberal one at that. As far as your definition, water-boarding does not inflict any pain, only fear. Again, keep sending in your comments, it is always encouraging to know how ill-informed you, and your fellow Democrats, are on the reality of the world.

By the way, having to read your drivel each day is real "torture". Maybe we should investigate you.
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Self explanatory.
 
http://vimeo.com/23674530

Editor's note: Obvously you have a problem with Jews?
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I agree with the poster questioning government money going to NGO's. The problem with giving our public funds to these things is that not all of the public agrees with the positions or projects these groups support. With the pinch on funds every government is facing, we need to concentrate on government needs not pet projects. There are a lot of good things out there to support, but those groups should raise money from the folks that support their ideas. I am tired of supporting projects I don't agree with, people who should be working and aren't and things I never signed up to support. We work hard to balance our personal budget and some frivolous things need to be cut. Too bad, but too necessary.

I am disturbed that the state spending seems to be more than it should be. We cannot expect the federal government to cut spending if our state is out of control. We need this progression in budget control- personal control, city control, county control, state control and federal control. It needs to start with us and work all the way up. No one wants to cut a "good thing" but maybe we really need to look at the necessary things.

One question-Does anyone really think a video is going to increase tourism? There needs to be more than a history lesson to get people to want to come here.  The push for tourism seems to be a common theme in Edgefield. Is that a realistic goal? Just asking.
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What a poor example of education -  isn't there someone at jes who can keep the website current?  Maybe someone who's not a classroom teacher - they have too much to do already!!!
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RE: Editor’s views on torture:
But remember, this conservation started because you insisted waterboarding was good and legal by the Geneva Convention when fighting terrorists. 
My position has and always will be, torturing does more harm than good and is not supported by any 'Convention'.  But then again, I guess wandering minds are wandering. But at least you know it is not legal.

Editors note: Everything the Bush Administration did was approved by the Justice Department. Water boarding is not "torture", regardless of what the liberal state controlled media says.Obama would not have located Osama without the enhanced techniques used by the US. We never cut off anyone's head, as the terrorists did, or kill others or drag their dead bodies out in public to be burned in celebration of their capture and killing. And these are the ones you want to proclaim as being justified.
 
Your argument is based on race, not facts. Please take a seat next to County Councilman Norman Dorn. You, and him, are irrelevant.
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I can believe this.

 http://socyberty.com/issues/white-house-insider-obama-hesitated-panetta-issued-order-to-kill-osama-bin-laden/
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I can’t get over this asinine school calendar for next year. A whole week off in February?!? Didn’t they just get back from Christmas break?  Why don’t they just put that week at the end of the year so they can finish before Memorial Day?
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Attention all Edgefield Scouts! Saturday, May 14, we will be having a work day at the Scout building on Penn St. We need everyone to lend a hand in sprucing up the building so that we may once again a home for our scouts! We will start at 9:30 AM and will work through out the day. So please come what ever time you can, and be ready to work. The scouts will be expected to help, too. Thank you in advance for helping our boys!!  If you need any other information, please contact Greg Pittman or your Den Leader.
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Re Sen. Massey's Town Hall...I was at Thurmond at 6:00 pm and again at 6:30 pm...I could not find the meeting...I checked the gym and the cafeteria next to the gym by the front entrance...no luck...Also asked several students if there was a meeting or any congregation of adults...no luck...Perhaps some signs or something for us who are not familiar with the interior of the high school...No signs, no directions...NADA...By the way, the students I asked were very courteous and helpful...Very nice young men and women.
 
Sorry I missed the meeting...By the way, I didn't see any other adults wandering around lost either and there was no grouping of cars, so I guess our dear editor's comments are justified despite my inability to find the meeting...
 
I will pose one question here to Sen. Massey...What can we do to restrict Non Government Organizations (NGOs) from receiving government money ?
 
As a philisophical argument...Why are we using tax money to fund NGOs on Federal, State, and Local levels...The most egregious example is Planned Parenthood...whixh is nothing but a murder mill...I know, I used to work with people who used to work there...But...
 
But, on the local level, the examples are not as bloody, but unjustified as well...Our County and City councils deal with monetary demands from Geneology library people, Women in Unity, and other groups I can't even figure out what the money is for...
 
Our most recent example of this madness is the Edgefield City Council passing a hospitality tax of 2% on restaurant meals and 3% on accomodations...Supposedly the tax was first floated to "Balance the Budget", then it was revealed that it was to "Promote Tourism"...Oh, Gee, Wow...Now who exactly is going to get all this largesse from the public trough...NGOs...
 
Remember the $12,000.00 seven (7) minute CD that was recently proposed to Edgefield City Council...I bet that little turkey rears it's ugly little head again...
 
To paraphrase Gov. Haley, "Just because you got an "R" behind your name, doesn't mean you're necessarily a conservative"...Edgefield City Council, and it's MASSA, could compete with Nancy Pelosi, President Obama, and Norman Dorn on spending money...
 
If this hooey keeps, I'm gonna propose that we have a street festival with FREE BEER...Now THAT would help tourism...

Editor's note: I will admit that there were no signs posted on the doors. However, if you had entered the building and entered the cafeteria (to the left) you would have found the meeting. I know that Sen. Massey reads the Wandering Minds and your message will be read by him. I have also forwarded your email to him.
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Now, I am not usually one to complain about businesses and customer service, but I could not let this go. There is a doctor's office here in Edgefield with an adjoining branch in Ridge Spring. They had a really wonderful doctor I saw regularly for two years, then she moved. I went back to the Ridge Spring office yesterday, and the newest hire is rude, sarcastic, and needs to learn people skills. (removed)
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First you say torture is legal.  Then you say we have never engaged in torturing.  Which is it?  I read your excerpts, so now you read.  Whether you try to justify yourself with the Geneva Convention minus Article #3 which was not included in your excerpts.  Here's the Convention against torture in its entirety.  Please read.   Enjoy.

Editor's note: Once again, learn to read. I have never said "torture" was accepted, that isanother of your false claims and has been rebuffed with every false post you have sent in. Second, I will not publish the entire compact since you have shown you have no desire to read it yourself. You have made false claim after false claim and I have shown each to be a lie. Perhaps you should send your comments to the DailyKos or MSNBC (or even CNN) or other biased blogs. I have listed every pertinent section of the compact to disprove your claims. (Below) It is a shame that someone with such a distorted view of fact can be employed by our school system. Then again, Norman Dorn retired from the school system and he is the most ignorant, racist, moron I know. Next to you.

Just keep drinking the kool-aid and repeat - Obama, Obama, Obama, mmm-mmmm-mmmm. You are the poster child of what is wrong with "affirmative action" hiring. And before you call me a racist, if I had to vote today for President, I would vote for Herman Cain, who happens to be a black man (he doesn't use the term "African-American", but rather claims to be an "American"). In fact, my dream ticket would be him and Condoleezza Rice (who also happens to be black) as Vice President. I don't see race, I see people and what they have accomplished and their intellect. Something you obviously know nothing about.
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I wanted to thank you for the article on Shane's town hall. It was well written and very informitive. I didn't get off work till 7 or I would have been there. Thank you for being there for those of us who can't. Kudos too for being the only media there. I guess that looks as bad on them as it does on the people who don't show up?
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Just in case you believe that Article 3 in the Geneva Convention Article 3 does not ban torture of terrorists (which it has been noted to include terrorist if they hail from a signing state),  I will direct you to the following law passed by the United States.  CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.  http://www.hrweb.org/legal/cat.html.   It was ratified by our country on October 21, 1994.  Even though we want to torture terrorists, this Charter along with the Geneva Convention require all of its signing parties to ban torture of any kind.  It is strongly believed that torturing will only bring more torture to Americans. 
Now back to torturing being beneficial to us:  If America got this information before it was told to stop torturing their detainees, why did Bush nor any of his cabinet know what was in them?    Are you telling me that only President Obama’s people could recognize the ticking bomb?  Bin Laden was in Pakistan for over 4 years.  After all of their torturing, they didn’t know what information was being gathered from these prisoners.  Torturing is bad business for a country.  It leaves their citizens vulnerable and it promotes compassion for those being tortured.  In short it makes us look bad.

Editor's note: Once again, you should read the things you claim to know about. First off, Bush nor anyone else "tortured" anyone.

Now, for your so called claims. I will do this only once. If you want to ignore facts (which you obviously do, as do most liberal Democrats) so be it. Repeating a lie will not make it true.

To be a prisoner of war:
Article 4:2 of the Conventions:

    (b) That of having a fixed distinctive sign recognizable at a distance...

    (d) That of conducting their operations in accordance with the laws and customs of war.

And for taking hostages (gee, terrorist don't do that do they?)


Are you getting the message yet?

The Additional Protocal is even more specific about who is and who is not a combatent, protected by the Conventions. Article 43: 1:


    (a) During each military engagement, and

    (b) During such time as he is visible to the adversary while he is engaged in a military deployment preceding the launching of an attack in which he is to participate.

Terrorist do not do that, they do everything they can to "blend in" with the civilian population. And being that those who committ terrorist acts and live are substantially rewarded for their efforts. That they are mercinaries. And mercinaries, according to Article 47:

    shall not have the right to be a combatant or a prisoner of war.

Now, read the blasted document before you prove your ignorance any further.
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What do you think?

The problem with this 'new' birth certificate is that it's, well....new. It lists his birthday as August 4, 1961, then lists his father's native country as Kenya . The problem with that is Kenya didn't exist until 1963; it was British East Africa or East Africa Protectorate until then. It also lists the hospital of his birth as Kapi'olani Maternity and Gynecological Hospital , which didn't exist until 1978. Prior to that time it was Kauaikeolani Children's Hospital. It is also dated April 25, 2011, with Dr. Alvin T. Onaka signing to the stamp of "I certify this is a true copy or abstract of the record on file in the Hawaii Department of State Health". Being an abstract does not mean it is real or official; it means it matches what is in the electronic system, which would have been put in some time after 1978 because of the hospital name, and as recently as April 25, 2011, because of the date, or any time in between.
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The following video is very interesting, if only from a technology point of view. It appears that this document has been altered; and by an amateur. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s9StxsFllY
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Ever wandered who are the real enemies of America and who is really dividing the races, promoting homosexuality and generally are up to no good? Ever wandered who really "owns" our money and controls the interest rates? Ever wandered who is pushing for a one world government (controlled by them of course), control the American government through bribery and blackmail, the control of all religions and the control of all people of the world (eventually)? Well, look no further.
 
http://www.realzionistnews.com/?p=634

Editor's note: Wow, now that's a reach.
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Editor's post: For those who did not attend the Town Hall meeting held by Sen. Shane Massey on Monday, you did yourself a disservice. When your area elected officials make themselves available for questions and answers you should take full advantage of that opportunity. I was personally ashamed at the low turnout.
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Re editors note: I will agree with one thing, Obama has done more in two years than Bush did in eight. He tripled our debt, ran the economy in the ground, unemployment is 9% (18% or higher using the U6 or 8 figures, and we are bankrupt. How's that for "change"? Are you better off than you were two years ago? Thank Obama. He makes Carter look good.
 
good comeback mr editor.that really had to hurt them democrats...but then again they cant tell fact from fiction and the truth from a lie.i believe the dems would rather climb a tree and tell a lie than stand on the ground and tell the truth.
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Fox Creek High School will be holding a special election tomorrow, May 10, 2011 from 7am till 7pm. This election is to fill one vacant seat on their BOD due to a resignation. There are on only two candidates running. I encourage all parents to come to the school and vote. This will be to fill the one seat for May and June until the new Board is elected. Candidates are: Michael V. Charlton and Greg Lepard. 

The election for the 2011-2012 BOD is being held May, 12, 2011 7am-7pm. The candidates for that election are posted on Fox Creek's  Website.

Editor's note: Would Michael V. Charlton be the father of Michael Charlton Jr. who was arrested for assault and battery with the intent to kill, possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime, and discharging a weapon into a vehicle and remains at the school in spite of the charges?

That would have to be some platform if it is. And people wonder why the parents of students there raise cain over who gets elected to the school board? As I have stated over the years, I have no problem with the school, it is the people running it.
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This is to the absurd person claiming Bush was a criminal for "torturing" terrorists. First off, did you know that everybody that goes into special forces is subjected to waterboarding?  I know, our son is in the Marines Special Forces and he had to go through it. I have no problem with that. It is a lot better than having your head sawed off on video for the world to see! Do we "torture" our own soldiers? I don't think so. Second, If Bush was so bad, how bad is Obama for killing an unarmed man? Isn't that against your beloved Geneva convention? Funny how one set of rules apply to a Republican President and your Messiah Obama is perfect in all things? When you spout off on things you know nothing about you really do prove how ignorant you are about the world we live in. Crawl back into your hole under a rock and let the people who have a clue run things. And yes, your welfare check will still arrive at the end of the month.
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I'm done buying the paper. If it doesn't happen between Weds and Mon the week prior it just isn't there. By the time I buy (a local paper) it's all old news. Not to mention they all charge .75 to read (stuff) that is old. They need to get with the times. Most of the crap in the paper ain't worth reading anyway. I'm tired of wasting my money. Maybe (Edgefield Daily) should charge .50 a week to read. I'd pay it for news every day….not a week or more LATE!

Editor's note: Edgefield Daily will never charge a fee to read our coverage nor will we require readers to register to access our content.
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I agree that Obama should be brought up on murder charges. He ordered an assasination and that is illegal anywhere in the world. I support him getting a second termn...... in PRISON!!!!!!!!!!!
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RE: "I want a leader who is a good family man and a loving husband.  I want a leader with strong moral values.  I am so proud we have President Obama, a man who leads by action."

OH PA-LEESE! Obama has "morals"? He voted to kill babies that survived an abortion!! He supported letting a mother to let her baby be killed 30 days AFTER BIRTH!! That's MORALS? Are you kidding me? What kind of a sick mind does that? The only abortion I would support would be if his slut momma aborted him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (removed)
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Muchelle Big hipped Obama who is only proud of america when Obama was elected is showing her class by inviting a person who called for Pres. Bush and cops to be killed to the White House.It just goes to show how low we have sunk. God help us if this maniac ever get reelected!
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How to read Bar Codes .......interesting! This may be useful to know when grocery shopping, if it's a concern to you.
GREAT WAY TO "BUY USA   &  CANADA " AND NOT FROM   CHINA!!
         
The whole world is afraid of China-made"black hearted goods". Can you differentiate which one is made in Taiwan or  China ? If the first 3 digits of the barcode are 690, 691 or 692, the product is MADE IN  CHINA.  471 is Made in  Taiwan .
  
This is our right to know, but the government and related departments never educate the public, therefore we have to RESCUE ourselves. Nowadays, Chinese businessmen know that consumers do not prefer products "MADE IN CHINA ", so they don't show from which country it is made. However, you may now refer to the barcode -remember if the first 3 digits are:

690-692 ... then it is MADE IN  CHINA
00 - 09 ...   USA    &  CANADA
30 - 37 ...   FRANCE
40 - 44 ...   GERMANY
471  ...  Taiwan
49 ... JAPAN
50 ...   UK

BUY USA & CANADIAN MADE by watching for "0" at the beginning of the number.
We need every boost we can get!

Editor's note: The information is based in part on fact, according to Snopes (of course they have scrubbed their site of information they presented as fact on Obama's birth certificate which has now been proven false, so take that for what it's worth).
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Obama has done a disservice to blacks because of his ineptness and inexperience. He was the great hope but totally unprepared to be president. It is hoped that the black culture can see this for what it is and not conjure up some feelings of racial inferiority or persecution. He has been his own worst enemy because he was not prepared for the enormous responsibilities he chose. He has been surrounded by Marxists all of his life and his learned method of operation has been agitation, which does not bode well for the leadership position he holds. Historically, citizens who chose Marxist hope and change, lived to become destitute slaves of the state.

No group should be judged by the foibles of one person unless they all agree and defend that person. The white culture should, likewise, not be in a funk because they elected an incapable president like Carter but they should question on what basis they elected him. Was it because he was Southern, Baptist, white, Democrat or what? When we are imprisoned by our prejudices and preferences, black or white?   We, predictably, suffer consequences when selecting and electing fluff over substance. Where do we lay the blame? Is it laid at the indolent, non-productive side of the spectrum or at the greedy, dominant ruling class side? Without a transforming moral and ethical change beginning with each individual, we will continue to be dominated by sleaze, trickery and dishonesty across the whole spectrum.

Black and white need to seriously consider our future selections and cast our vote for capable candidates who can tackle our country's problems regardless of his or her skin tone. With the perilous condition of this country, the time for triteness is gone. Black and white both feel the pinch of the economic failures brought on by both parties. As we have seen the country deteriorate in its economic soundness and international standing, we have nothing to brag about. We are given the choice of writing more bad checks or taking the necessary hits to work ourselves out of this debacle. If we continue to chose to let the country deteriorate, the road ahead will certainly lead to violent anarchy followed by tyranny. In reality, black and white are in the same boat and decisions to row in the same direction will get us to a proper destination. The analogy of choosing a sports team does not work here – we are all on the same team in terms of the success of this country and the American way of life. We know that a house divided cannot stand but what will the house look like without each other.

Maybe it has to start locally with representatives of faith willing to clear their minds and meet together to forge ahead with sound solutions that are founded in morality and love, made with out prejudice and preference.   I hope you men of faith will offer up your sacrifice of preference and urgently exhibit the law of love to save your community and this nation. All of the words from the pulpit without action avail little.

What is your choice? Hold to your dogged demagoguery or break free from your imprisoned mind?
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A few responses to previous (comments):
1. The comment about black hair was so not right. Have you heard the phrase, "If you don't have something nice to say, don't say it at all."
2. Fellow teachers TAP is here and we just have to deal with it the best we can.
3. I am so glad summer is near; I need a break.
4. Some people need to stop whining, grow up!
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Everytime something happens there edgefield city has to come bail them out.better yet why dont the sheriff"s office take back over to make the citizens feel safe again.

Editor's note: Each department performs their duties professionally and we are lucky to have the mutual aid they provide for each other. The last thing we need is a consolidation of governments in the county. How well has that worked out for Augusta/Richmond County?
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This is to the Obamabot who knows less about the Geneva convention than Obama does on how to run a country. Your tv must have one channel, LIBERAL! All you do is repeat the same (BS) that the lamestream media pumps out to keep the uneducated slaves on the DEMONcrat plantation. Get a flipping education and quit sucking up the air needed by productive people in this world. If I had to guess you are black and Obama can do no wrong because hes got black skin. People like you are the problem! Get over the race card! If you want to support someone because they're black, support a real man…. Herman Cain. He's doesn't want to kill black babies like your DEMONcrat heroes.
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Obama kills Osama unarmed and he's a hero. If Bush had killed an unarmed Osama he'd be a murderer. ARREST OBAMA!!!!!!!! He's a MURDERER!!!!
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Obama Executive Branch Openly Denigrates the Constitution, Defies We the People, Judicial and Congressional Branches, Refuses to Halt March To Marxism!

  a.. Obama attacks Libya without consulting Congress – Obama Administration surrenders sovereign U.S. war-making to foreign powers and international authorities 
  a1.. ObamaCare ruled unconstitutional and ordered to halt by Federal Court –Obama Administration states it will implement regardless of Federal Courts

  b.. Accepted foreign title and office while acting as U.S. President and without consulting Congress  – In 2009, Obama assumed the Chairmanship of the UN Security Council, the international body responsible for declaring war on behalf of UN

  c.. Bribery attempts in word and in deed – Obama Administration offers bribes to at least 3 politicians: Joe Sestak, Andrew Romanoff and Jim Matheson
   
  d.. Congress determines Cap & Trade unconstitutional and refuses to pass –Obama Administration orders EPA to enact provisions regardless of Congress
   
  e.. Oil Drilling Moratorium declared unconstitutional, ban lifted by Federal Court – Obama Administration continues to prevent drilling regardless of Federal Courts
   
  f.. Defense of Marriage Act overwhelmingly passed by the 104th Congress and signed into law by former President Bill Clinton – Obama Administration announces unilaterally its Department of Justice it will no longer enforce the law
   
  g.. Arizona SB 1070 Immigration Enforcement Act overwhelmingly passed by AZ Legislature – Obama Justice Department brings unconstitutional lawsuit against Arizona state
   
  h.. LTC Terrance Lakin, US Army seeks confirmation of lawful orders from CinC, is court martialed, sentenced to Leavenworth Prison – Obama and DOJ stonewall all proof of presidential eligibility under U.S. Constitution
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re: Geneva convention   I agree with the editor on this one. Go back and see who the Geneva Convention refers to. Again, you and the liberals apparently do not understand this enemy or what they are capable of. I would like to see one case where they have followed the terms of the Geneva Convention. I doubt they even know it exists.  Also, the enhanced interrogation that the US used , and should use, was used to protect innocent American lives-yours and mine.  You try to sound like such a humane person that you give these terrorists some kind of credit that they will treat us better. From their past actions, what in the world have they done to show you that they would treat us any fairer than they have? We cannot reason with these people. The Geneva Convention does not apply to them.

Getting beheaded is torture. Being innocently killed is torture. Losing loved ones at the hands of these monsters is torture. Maybe you ought to have a conversation with Daniel Pearle's family. Hopefully you will not personally have the grief of losing a loved one due to these terrorists. This war is real.  American lives need to be protected.
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RE: Rebel’s Season End With Double Header Loss to Palmetto

Yeah, it's a shame!  I've been hearing a lot of people complaining that the political hacks and alleged "big money" have influenced the coaching staff on who is selected to play.  It's also amazing at who the "players" (those that think they have big money) think they are and how much influence they wield.  Could name names, but they know who they are.

Just goes to show, if you get selected because of who you know and not on your merit, sooner or later it will cost everyone.  And the bad thing about it is, they are actually hurting the kids they are politic'ing for to get the position.

When the real scouts come out to make selections, they will see those that are playing, aren't worth their time or effort and move on.  If you're the hunter, the fisherman friend, the walking fish, the business owner, the old redneck buddy-you're hurting your community, and most of all, you're hurting the kid.  If they can't play, they can't play.  Guess that's what ya get when the political hacks start influencing others to hire, to select, to appoint.  Look what it did for our President-and now we're all paying the price.  Glad our SEALS aren't selected that way.

Time for new coaches if they bow to the hacks.
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Re: Editor's note: There is no use arguing with you on this matter, cite what you willl. the Geneva Convention does not apply to non-uniformed combatants (ie: terrorists) and they can be shot on sight or after capture.

One thing I will give you credit for:  Shoot on sight.  That’s exactly what happened to bin Laden.  If he had been captured he would have fallen under the Geneva guidelines.  But you have to understand, terrorists make up a small group of people that our armed forces are facing overseas.  Our problems come from rebels, bad leaders, and disenfranchised citizen.  It would have been nice if the war in Iraq had been about terrorists attacking us.  But it wasn’t.  The war in Afghanistan is supposed to be about terrorists but we know it is mostly rebels.  The terrorist have a safe hold in Pakistan.  That’s the country we have paid billions to stamp out terrorists regime.  Now if you noticed, these two wars were started under George Bush.  Neither one has done much about terrorists being removed.  So yes, when you start preaching abuse of power, you are putting our loved ones in jeopardy.  When the terrorists capture our people, they do what they are planning on doing immediately and in the worse possible way.  But what about rebels, and bad leaders, they hold them captive.  That is when we have a problem.  Will they mistreat them because of how we mistreat our prisoners?  Obama has done more for this country in two years than Bush did in eight.  He doesn’t brag and boast about what he is doing, he just does it.  And in all the cases that he have had to decide on, his decisions have been beneficial to the ones involved.  The handling of the pirates in the open seas and the elimination of bin Laden were not made known before hand and when the world realized what was happening the operations were already done.  I want a leader who knows when to talk and when to act. I want a leader who is a good family man and a loving husband.  I want a leader with strong moral values.  I am so proud we have President Obama, a man who leads by action.  The fault is not in him.

Editor's note: I will agree with one thing, Obama has done more in two years than Bush did in eight. He tripled our debt, ran the economy in the ground, unemployment is 9% (18% or higher using the U6 or 8 figures, and we are bankrupt. How's that for "change"? Are you better off than you were two years ago? Thank Obama. He makes Carter look good.
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Long-shot presidential candidates seek one thing in the early stages of a campaign: Traction. Herman Cain may have just won that.

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The Garnet Spy
web posted May 9, 2011

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Here is an old video of Cain versus Clinton that proves what Cain can do in a debate one on one.  Watch Clinton about half way thru the video.  He looks like he wants Cain to "go away quick".  I hope he gets the chance to do the same to Nobama.
 
YouTube - Herman Cain debates Bill Clinton
web posted May 9, 2011

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Herman Cain, the little known Republican Presidential hopeful,  is about to become a household name.  Pay close attention and consider giving him your support.  He is NOT business as usual.

Editor's note: You can vote in the Fox News poll for the winner in the debate held Thursday night. Mr. Cain led for the days following, though has dropped to second place on Friday. You can watch portions of the debate by clicking here. There was a link to the entire debate, but it must have been removed from their website. Personally, Mr. Cain is one of my favorites in the race. He's a businessman, not a politician.
web posted May 7, 2011

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"So bin Laden is standing before God waiting to hear his punishment, when God gets a tap on the shoulder. There behind him stand 343 firemen, 72 police officers, 1 k9 officer, 3,000 American citizens & over 5,000 soldiers. 'Don't worry God, we got this!!!"
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Re:"I have too many loved ones fighting overseas..."

You are hoping that if they are captured they will be treated fairly? Have you not seen what these monsters do to our people? They behead them and we get to watch. They drag their bodies through the streets. They burn their bodies and display them? Yes, I guess that is a more humane treatment than enhanced interrogation. I think not! How can you give these enemies any credit to do the right thing?  You are fooling yourself if you think they will treat our soldiers humanely.They will kill 3,000 innocent civilians and cheer about it. What is it you don't get in that?

Do you realize that we are at war? Do you realize that we are not dealing with humane people? If you really do have loved ones overseas then you better wake up to what they are dealing with. We need to do what we need to do in a war to protect this country. All this bleeding heart "humanity" is nauseating. The liberals say this stuff and then support killing innocent babies in the womb. How does those ideas fit together?

George Bush had the guts and love for this country to go after our enemies. If he could have gotten Osama he would have. Our current administration does not love this country. What they are allowing in the financial world is destroying us. Our enemies won't need to attack us. Obama is giving this country away. He is so busy campaigning and taking photo opps he doesn't have time to do anything to really protect this country and that is his main job.  The military got Osama. They are the heroes. Maybe some of your family serving overseas helped in that. If so, thank them.
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Re: Here's how Obuma treats 9/11 family

Only one lady asking stupid questions. not the time, not the place,If that all you seen please go to msnbc Look at fact.

Editor's note: Going to MSNBC to get "facts" is like asking Norman Dorn to explain the county's budget... it just isn't going to happen.
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Re:  And, most of all, according to the Geneva Convention, terrorist have no rights and are allowed to be shot on sight, period. Maybe you should read that as well before you spout off. There is an old saying, it is better to be thought to be ignorant than to open your mouth and remove all doubt

You probably thought, oh yeah, I am speaking with a sound mind.  Hate to disappoint you.  For some reasons you should follow your own words.  Nowhere in the Geneva Convention does it give anyone to torture another person.  I have listed some quotes that may help you.   Common Article 3 provide a core ‘bill of rights’ safety-net for detainees even if addtitional Geneva Convention provisions were not applied.  And  you still haven’t addressed the fact that if the information about bin Laden safe house was in the mistreatment of prisoners and yet Bush and his cohorts couldn’t see it – hmmmmm!  Now for the quotes.  In the case of Mohammed al-Qahtani, information gotten by torture was thrown out.   Article 3 says no torture for anyone who is not taking an active part in ….  Guess what!  Once arrested, they are not taking an active part. In the 2010 New York trial of Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani who was accused of complicity in the bombing of US embassies in Tanzania and Kenya, Judge Lewis Kaplan ruled evidence obtained under coercion inadmissible.[67] The ruling excluded an important witness, whose name had been extracted from the defendant under duress.[68] The jury acquitted him of 280 charges and convicted on only one charge of conspiracy.[67][68]   After the ruling was passed our government came out with new directives for detainees.   http://www.defense.gov/pubs/pdfs/Detainee_Prgm_Dir_2310_9-5-06.pdf.  And guess what, nowhere in this directive are the words terrorist nor torture used.  In May 2008 Susan Crawford, the official overseeing prosecutions before Military Tribunals at Guantanamo, declined to refer for trial the case of Mohammed al-Qahtani because she said, "we tortured [him]".[65][66] Crawford said that a combination of techniques with clear medical consequences amounted to the legal definition of torture, and that torture "tainted everything going forward."[65]And to top it off, after the United Nations called unsuccessfully for the Guantanamo Bay detention camp to be closed, one judge observed 'America's idea of what is torture ... does not appear to coincide with that of most civilized nations'.[18]  
The sad part about your thinking is that it will cause harm to befall on our people in the military.  You are doing more harm than good.

Editor's note: There is no use arguing with you on this matter, cite what you willl. the Geneva Convention does not apply to non-uniformed combatants (ie: terrorists) and they can be shot on sight or after capture. The US is not run by the UN (unless you are Obama). We did not get any oil out of Iraq nor was that the intention. You are obviously blind to facts and rely on your liberal websites to get your tainted and biased information. The blind leading the blind.
web posted May 7, 2011

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The blacks in this country are just plain plain nasty.

I was told that the blacks with the hair woven do not wash their head  ??

Some of them go months or years before taking the woven down .

Now if these people work  

In a germ free environment (hospital)then they should be given a 24 hour notice to clean their act up !

University hosp. would probably cut down on the infections by making this happen.

This is simply nasty. Have you ever seen a black person scratch that mess. Even if they have on rubber gloves.

This needs to have the state look into this CONTAMINATION !!

Editor's note: Casting all blacks in one group is the same as casting all whites as members of the KKK. There is but one race, the human race. There are good and bad in all groups.
web posted May 7, 2011

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This morning while traveling to work on Hwy 25 I saw 4 Good Samaritans assist in CPR and aid to the pedestrian hit by the 18-wheeler.  One of the men works at Strom Thurmond High School, a nurse from MCG, a nurse from University Hospital, and another truck driver holding his head and assuring this man, clinging to life, that he would be okay.  The sheriff's deputy stated these people did a great job in rendering care and may have saved a life.  I thought with all the negative things going on in the country this was such a blessing to witness as we waited.  They worked really great together thank you for what you did.
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Shouldn't we be a thankful nation for getting public enemy #1?  No matter who is acting President the end result is the mission accomplished people.
web posted May 6, 2011

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Well he was............. The best things about ole bin laden's last moments.  You might say his " Oh CRAP" moment. The last person he saw was an AMERICAN military man that was there for his ugly butt and he KNEW it.  The last thing he saw? A MUZZLE flash. The last thing that went thru his mind?
An AMERICAN bullet fired from an American rifle.
 
I hear there is a new laxative in the terrorist world.  Two simple words.
 
NAVY SEALS
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Re:  Editor's note: Bush acted at once.

Yes he did.  When he decided to go after the oil wells in Iraq, no one could stop him.  But when it came to getting the mastermind of 9/11, we had no shock and awe or anything else.  You say you are a conservative.  Normally it’s the Democrats who promote war to help another country.  But Bush changed all of that.  He stated after he fooled us into a war, that he was doing it for humanitarian reasons.  Conservatives do not believe in America fighting other people problems.  This is normally the mindset of Democrats.  But y’all bought into his reasoning.  You have a more conservative President now in the White House, one who exemplifies the principle and beliefs of the Christian, Democrat or Republican party as far as moral values are preached, one who is trying to do what is right and just, and you can’t stand it.  You cannot find a better husband, father, family man, or moral leader anywhere and you condemn him every step of the way.  But the good thing is, “His rewards will not come from you”.    You spend all of your time fighting the good in him.  Wonder why?  Intelligence? Black?  Democrat?  Which one irks you the most?   As far as water boarding prisoners, mistreating prisoners should never be the norm.  We have to hold onto the rules that are laid down by the Geneva Convention.  We have to use common sense because our young men and women in the military need us to stay sane.  I have to many love ones oversea fighting and maintaining in mitiltary bases around the world.  And the idea of someone destroying or mistreating their bodies for information scares me.  I don't want it to happen to them.  They have to face too much already.  They have to believed that they will be treated fairly if captured.

Editor's note: Where to begin? It is Democrats who are against the war.. or are you that blind? Next, so the war in Iraq was for oil.. then where is all this oil we got? Obama is a Marxist, even he admitted that (have you even read his books written by Bill Ayers?) Water boarding is what got the intel that brought about the location of Osama. And, most of all, according to the Geneva Convention, terrorist have no rights and are allowed to be shot on sight, period. Maybe you should read that as well before you spout off. There is an old saying, it is better to be thought to be ignorant than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

web posted May 6, 2011

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Did (county councilman Norman) Dorn actually say Osama was killed 2 yrs ago? What a moron!

Editor's note: That is what he said.
web posted May 6, 2011

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Here's how Obuma treats 9/11 family members. What a CLASSLESS guy!
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/05/05/burlingame_after_meeting_with_obama_he_turned_his_back_on_me.html
web posted May 6, 2011

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This is a sympathy card for the people of  Northside District.  Only when you get a quality representative will you get respect.  It is up to you.  You get what you vote for and you continually vote for this representative.  Want a quality life? Then vote for one.
Until then you will only hear whining, complaining and the race baiting.
web posted May 5, 2011

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Wonder what was going through Obama's mind as he sat there watching the killing of Osama.  Do you think he thought, Gee, here I am, President of a country I absolutely detest and hope will no longer be the guiding light to the rest of the world, that has the technological know-how to reach out and touch someone a half a world away. Or was it, Gee, I'm lucky to be President of a country that I hate, that has the technological know how to protect me from such attacks.

And do you think he finally realized at that moment, if America was as bad and racist as he has been led to believe by Bill Ayers, Rev Wright, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, etc., that he could have just as easily been dispatched by this hate filled country instead of being elected to the Presidency?

Naaaaaa.  It's never crossed his mind.  He's still an arrogant ass that hates the very country that elected him.
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When will somebody tell Norman Dorn to shut the (removed) up? I get to the meeting about every other month and every time he opens his mouth everybody rolls their eyes and wonder why he's allowed to go on his rampages. Hey Dean, you got the gavel now. USE IT!!!!!!!! Everybody around me laughed when he said Osama was killed 2 yrs ago. What an idiot. He makes the whole county look bad every day he's a part of the (county) council. I'm tired of being ashamed. God people, run his (rear end) off!!!!!!!
web posted May 5, 2011

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Re:  Yes, Obama will get the credit because he is sitting in the seat when it happened-USAMA DEAD!

And rightly so!!!  Bush said at a White House press conference on March 13, 2002, "I truly am not that concerned about him" .   And of course the following March, he shifted America’s focus to Iraq, which proved to be a gigantic diversion.
So why should Bush get any credit.  Bush went after the oil wells in Iraq.   From 2002, until his departure from the White house, searching for bin Laden became secondary to the oil wells in Iraq.  Every time a lead would come up, somehow bin Laden would escape.    President Obama was determined to bring bin Laden to justice.  It was President Obama’s promise to the relatives of 9/11 that bin Laden would be brought to justice.  It was under his watch and he gave the command to kill or arrest Osama bin Laden.  Even though bin Laden had been living in Pakistan for 3 years before President Obama came to office, no one could find him.  Wonder why?  Now it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to realize that if Bush was still President, bin Laden would be happily living in his mansion in Pakistan.  For three years under President Bush’s watch, bin Laden lived in peace.  Now why do you think it never dawn on Bush that something was up with a mansion being built so close to Pakistan capital.  And plus you had all of those reinforced walls for protection.    Maybe it was a family and oil well situation since that consumed most of our leaders’ attention at that time.  Do you think the bin Laden's family will continue to do business with the Bush's family?  Bin Laden death may not be good for that relationship.

Editor's note: You are taking the comment out of context. Pres. Bush stated that he did not spend a lot of time thinking about Osama, he did not say that he, or the military, were not actively seeking his location. Typical of the left. Bush acted at once, Obama took 16 hours to make up his mind whether or not to even go in once they knew for sure where he was. Who hesitated? Bush or Obama?

By the way, seems waterboarding paid off. Put that in Obama's pipe and let him smoke that. Everything that Obama railed against gave him the info needed to find and kill Osama.
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Here is why I sleep well at night.  Because they don't.  They never give up and are always ready to defend  the red, white and blue.  In WWI and WWII they didn't have these magnificent machines but what they have always had was the heart and soul of a grateful nation.
 
LET FREEDOM RING FOREVER
web posted May 5, 2011

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Danger: Tax trigger ahead: A diabolical plot is being hatched between Senate Democrats, the White House and three Republican accomplices — Tom Coburn (Okla.), Mike Crapo (Idaho) and Saxby Chambliss (Ga.). The concept is to enact an amendment to the debt-limit extension specifying certain targets for deficit reduction and then mandating automatic spending cuts AND tax increases to take effect if the goals are not met.
web posted May 5, 2011

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Don’t you just love the Democraps!!
 
http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2011/05/03/intellectual-dishonesty-of-na
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Gas Price Hypocrisy

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

Editor's note: This has been posted before, but due to the number of those requesting it be posted again the post has been allowed.
web posted May 5, 2011

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Up to now, comparisons with Jimmy Carter were a tool of Barack Obama's critics. From now on, they're likely to be a tool of his defenders. Because as bad as Carter was, Obama is shaping up to be worse.

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web posted May 5, 2011

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Gee, isn't it funny.....Usama bin Ladin USED TO BE Osama bin Ladin....now the White House is changing the spelling of the name (as we've at least seen it spelled since 9-11).  Wonder if it has anything to do with being able to switch the "s" in Osama to a "b".  Food for thought
web posted May 4, 2011

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RE: Editor's note: In case you did not read, or listen to Rush, he was mocking Obama, not giving him credit other than to mock him as the "only one" who had the brains to come up with the plan. Obama did what he was told to do by commanders put in place by Pres. Bush and the same doctrine Obama reluctantly accepted. Does Obama need to be congratulated? Yes, for doing what Bush started. Even Obama stated that, even though the liberal hack Huffington Post website left thatg little fact out.

Tax cuts always increase total revenue...even though we collected less income taxes from 2001-2004 than in 2000
Recession of 2001 and 2002 during W's time....Clinton's fault.
Mortgage crisis....Jimmy Carter's fault!  For a law passed in the  1970's that took 30 years to cause a crisis. 
Recession of 2008 and 2009....Obama's fault.
Killing of OBL...happened because of W and in spite of Obama.
Read all about it on Edgefield Daily.com.  Just facts, no opinion. 

And you and your children should wear a helmet when you ride a bicycle....it may save your life.  I've cracked 5 helmets in my life and two of those time I may have died had I not had a helmet on. 

Editor's note: News reports are facts only, comments in the Wandering Minds are pure opinion. Learn to separate the two.
web posted May 4, 2011

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RE: Obama is faking killing his fellow muslim brother
That’s right it goes along with the government faking the moon landing, the government cover up of UFO’s, the JFK assassination cover up, not to mention our own government blowing up the World Trade Center. Then there are the cover ups involving the death of Elvis, Marilyn, and Michael. Who really killed Martin Luther, was Uncle Sam involved somehow? While you’re at it, why don’t you look into the death of Jesus Christ? I’m sure the US government probably had something to do with his death as well. Get a life, and while you’re at it a brain.
web posted May 4, 2011

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The editor had a good point on the Osama assassination.

(President) Obama has kept everything GW Bush put in place. Gitmo is still there, the info gathered is being used to kill (Osama) bin Laden, military engagement in Iraq and Afghanistan continues, can we add Libya? and tax cuts. Seems like Obama is Bush 3. That's scary as hell! 
web posted May 4, 2011

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Ref..What you loud mouth people going to do....

We loud mouth people are actually concerned citizens who were worried people.....or should I be more explicit...morons, idiots, ignoramuses like you would help put Cocaine Jackson into the school board position where he had no business ever occupying. All concerned parents in District 1 did not want this former felon anywhere near their school age children or teachers. However, Professor Bibbs (PHd in Idiocy), Sister Reverend Sallie, Sister Headmistress Crenshaw, Madam Clankshaw, and others were anxiously waiting for Cocaine Jackson to take his place at the school board table. Not the case in this life time for Cocaine Man. Even if Cocaine Jackson were elected, he would never have been allowed through legal actions, to get anywhere close to students or teachers. It is evident, Cocaine Jackson supporters are driven by race and nothing else matters. Therefore, his supporters are racist. I doubt Cocaine Jackson was supported by his mental minions based on intellect, competency or national loyalty. He was the right color as supported by our lovable Judge Mcmahon. I have a special message for the Judge....Pick a finger.
web posted May 3, 2011

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Good Luck to the STROM THURMOND VARSITY BASEBALL team on  Wednesday. Come
out and support the  Rebels HOME TEAM ADVANTAGE!!!!!!!!!!!! GO REBS!
web posted May 3, 2011

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Re man flown from moped crash.

When are people going to start wearing helmets when they are on bikes and mopeds?  How many have to die to get it through their thin skulls that the road is harder than their heads?! Is there any update on the moped guy?

Editor's note: There was no update on his condition on Monday. A rider of a dirt bike was struck by a car on Lanier Road at Highway 121 Monday afternoon. Though details are not available, the rider suffered a head injury and was considered to be air-lifted to MCG, but was taken by ambulance. Early reports state the rider was not wearing a helmet. According to information available, the motorcycle was not tagged to be on the roadways (though that it not official at this time).
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Yes, Obama will get the credit because he is sitting in the seat when it happened-USAMA DEAD!  But the arrogance of such a little man.  Did you hear him say that "I" determined that we had enough intel to approve the action...."  What a pompous ass!

All about taking the credit when in fact he and his colleagues berated Bush for enactment of the Patriot Act; when he and his colleges excoriated Bush for Gitmo; when he and his colleagues wanted to pursue war crimes against Bush, Rove, and Rumsfeld, for water boarding.   What an absolute arrogant, pathetic piece of fecal matter this President is - ready to take credit for the death of UBL - but now that he's been in office for almost three years, he still won't take credit for the unemployment, the national debt, the economy, etc.

Well, he was going down as a worse President than Jimmy Carter, but even the man-child's administration was able to get credit for a successful mission. He's one up on Carter.

What's even more shameful from this arrogant S.O.B-if the mission would have failed-we would have never heard a word, but the families would have lost their treasures.

Thank you America for giving us those that were ready, willing, and able to make this happen.  Thank you to our soldiers.
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I am as excited as anyone else about the supposed killing of Osama Bin Laden.  However, something started smelling a bit fishy when it was announced that he was buried at sea, as per Islamic law.  I've been to Muslim funerals.  They don't bury them at Sea.  So, to make sure it wasn't something  (burying them in the ground) done just here in the U.S.... I looked it up.
 
They aren't buried at sea.  They are buried in the ground, facing Mecca.
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Re: to the woman drawing only 44.00 in food stamps- plant a garden!
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Obama is faking killing his fellow muslim brother Osama to distract people from his muslim agenda to control America. No pictures, just his lying claims he killed Osama. He's probably just named him as as advisor or a czar on terrorism. I'll believe it when I see it. Once a muslim always a muslim. Obama is a muslim! I don't trust him. He's full of (manure).
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Maybe someone should tell the mistress of the Archives to park her car in the employee parking lot not out in front of the county admin bld taking up valuable parking space on the town sq. Or is she that special?
web posted May 3, 2011

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Rush Limbaugh thanks President Obama for using SEAL Team 6, Special Forces instead of bombing Pakistan, and acknowledges that it was Obama's idea to use Special Forces instead of the "Shock and Awe" technique.

"Thank God for President Obama" - Rush Limbaugh, May 5th, 2011.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/02/limbaugh-thank-god-obama-bin-laden_n_856425.html?ref=fb&src=sp

Editor's note: In case you did not read, or listen to Rush, he was mocking Obama, not giving him credit other than to mock him as the "only one" who had the brains to come up with the plan. Obama did what he was told to do by commanders put in place by Pres. Bush and the same doctrine Obama reluctantly accepted. Does Obama need to be congratulated? Yes, for doing what Bush started. Even Obama stated that, even though the liberal hack Huffington Post website left thatg little fact out.
web posted May 3, 2011

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How The FED conceals inflation and prevents Seniors from receiving a COLA for the last two years. Of course that does not prevent Congress from getting an automatic raise.  Fire Them!

http://www.vote.com/mmp_printerfriendly.php?id=2731
web posted May 3, 2011

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Editor's post: This has been a brutal weekend with crashes and fatalities. Apologies for no updates on Saturday. It was a compilation of internet access, computer problems, and an illness. It was unavoidable.Thankfully all issues have been resolved.

To send your coments click here, or refer to our contact page for additional email addresses or contact information.
web posted May 2, 2011

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It has been weeks since young Carley Peace was struck and days since he was laid to rest. Where is the final report in the accident investigation. One must assume at this point there is a serious issue with the driver and his capability. We are the public and most definitely his family deserve a final answer and closure. While it won't relinquish the grief , if the driver was speeding , left the road,struck the child and then.backed up onto the road again I feel (charges?) against him is demanded please follow up on this story.

Editor's note: The last report we received was there have been no charges filed at this time. We will continue to follow the story until the official report is released.
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Re : Mr Nathaniel Jackson
 
I would like to know ,  What is everyone going to do  now since Mr. Jackson was found guilty and sentenced to 90 days in jail? Tell me loud-mouth people what?
 
Answer: Good News , Mr. Jackson is out and I am glad. Now run and tell this.
 
To the Editor? Why is it that you keep B----- in the news all the time for petty stuff?
 
Why you do not report on all the druggies that go to a particular school, and the W----- principal cover it up.
 
Get real OR  get a life.

Editor's note: Nathaniel Jackson is not "out", he is still in jail and is not going anywhere until he serves his time. Obviously you are wrong on more than one point you try to raise in your post with nothing but false information. Jackson made himself a news target by running for political office after multiple convictions, including a federal conviction for cocaine trafficking (and now his current conviction).

Every single person arrested each week in Edgefield County is published every Tuesday. So, I'm not sure how you claim we report some arrests and not others. You must be a Norman Dorn fan and have an IQ of 4, which is a point or two above his.
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John Leno- President Obama’s approval rating is so low, Kenyans are thrilled to find out he was actually born in Hawaii.
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to the person who said "I don't know where you got your information but Iknow health insurance is not required" for public colleges in South Carolina., you are incorrect. IF you have insurance through a parent, then you are fine, IF however you do not have any type of medical coverage you are DENIED admission unless you purchase a personal health plan. so if you are poor, good luck, Medicaid is not for the poor, and once you are over 18 you are dropped, no matter your income or if you are a full time student. Don't believe me? ask Sen Massey. They passed this legislation because kids were running up big bills at the student health services so instead they dont offer ANY help for low income students, you are just out of luck if you want to go to a 4 yr college in this state. read your entrance requirements,. its in there. here is ONE example from MUSC a direct cut and paste "

"MUSC students are subject to the University's mandatory health insurance coverage requirement. All students must have health insurance coverage as a condition of enrollment, and must either enroll in the MUSC plan, or obtain a waiver based on other acceptable health insurance plan coverage."
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Hmmmm.  Have you been watching Glenn Beck lately where he has parents from all across the country who have been getting involved in schools because of their children.  All of them have been absolutely astonished at what they have been learinng about their schools and school boards - misappropriated funds, lavish retreats, conflicts of interest, problematic textbooks and teachings......  And now they are standing up and taking them to task. People are starting to get involved because they don't like what they see.  They are vowing to take back their schools.

Didn't we have that going on here in Edgefield a couple of years ago?  Was sleepy, little ole Edgefield, that far ahead of its time?  Maybe y'all need to reawaken and take back your schools.
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I was on my way home from work yesterday (Friday) afternoon heading towards North Augusta from Edgefield on Hwy 25 and noticed an Edgefield County police car come flying up behind me.  Once we got out of Edgefield County and into Aiken County the officer would turn his lights on for a few seconds and then turn them back off to get around traffic.  He did this a few times then turned down a side street in North Augusta.  I was just curious what may have been going on for an officer to be out of his jurisdiction to be doing something like that, does anyone have any insight to this?

Editor's note: A suspect that was wanted by Edgefield County was apprehended in that area about that time. A deputy was responding to pick the suspect up and transport him back to the county jail. I do not have his name at this time.
web posted May 2, 2011

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Rep Bill Hixon voted against the tax breaks offered (by former Gov Sanford) to the Amazon Distribution Center that would have created 1,249 jobs.  The Amazon project has cancelled and will locate elsewhere (with those $15/hr taxpaying jobs), as well as other Aiken Cty reps J. Smith, B. Taylor and T. Young.

http://www.thestate.com/2011/04/28/1795776/amazon-packing-after-house-vote.html
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Regardless of what you think about TRUMP he's onto something.  He is actually showing the linguini-spined Republicans how to deal with their adversaries.  How can you tell?  Listen to the media-they are squealing like stuck pigs. 

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The Garnet Spy
web posted May 2, 2011

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WW II Veterans Documentary--Please View
They are trying to get 50000 views before Memorial Day.  It is pretty Poignant and is one of Seth's projects.  Kindly forward so more can view It.  You need to view the whole thing to be counted.
 
Seth has been working on a full-length feature documentary about a Program to honor WWII vets and has now released a trailer, and it would really help out if you watched it in full, and spread it around to other Folks who would enjoy it.  Working on this has been a very emotional Experience, because the story is so, so powerful. I think you'll agree.
http://media.causes.com/1060527?p_id=175378540
web posted May 2, 2011

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What a shocker, not. The Republican Sen. John Ensign (R-NV), the subject of an ongoing ethics investigation, announced his resignation Thursday, effective May 3. And Billy never said a word about it.

Leaders of the Senate Ethics Committee released a statement hinting that their probe had found evidence of wrongdoing, and Ensign acknowledged that his resignation came in part to avoid formal charges.

Now think about this, when the Democratic Congressman Charlie Rangel was accused of wrongdoing, and before he was proven guilty, O'Reilly reported the hell out of that story, and even called for Rangel to resign his chairmanship.

But when a Republican Senator is involved in something like that, O'Reilly not only does not call for him to resign, he ignores the entire story and never even reports it.

I guess that is some of that so-called fair and balanced non-partisan journalism O'Reilly claims to do, that is really partisan bias. If Ensign were a Democrat, O'Reilly would be all over the story, but since he is a Republican he totally ignores it.

Editor's note: If Ensign was a Democrat it wouldn't be news, nor would it affect him being re-elected. Just ask the many Democrats (Rangle, Jefferson, ect) who are found guilty and stay in office. Republicans usually quit because they would never get re-elected.
web posted May 2, 2011

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Obama birth certificate:
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/265767/pdf-layers-obamas-birth-certificate-nathan-goulding
web posted May 2, 2011

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Quiet for a while, Palin's voice is back
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42834211/ns/politics-decision_2012/

Editor's note: Ah, the wonderful reporting of the far left "media" MSNBC. However, who was it that "turned heads" at the big star at Tammy Haddad's eighteenth annual garden brunch? It was not, say, Chace Crawford, Morgan Fairchild or Shaun White. The biggest head-turner was... Sarah Palin.
Politico
web posted May 2, 2011

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