December 2012 Archive

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I only get to read wanding minds about once a week. I work 50-60 hours a week and when I have free time I like to read Edgefield Daily. It really shocks me that all I read is "I don't have this", or "I don't have that", or "We need this and that". "I don't like this or that" and so on. One question? Do any of you ever say " I'm so thankful for what I have?" "I feel so blessed that I have a great family and great friends." I have never read where anyone has had one positive thing to say. Well I can. I'm so lucky to have the family I have. I so lucky to have the friends I have, and I'm so greatful to live in a community where a few people feel the same and me. Come on people get greatful for what you have and stop complaining about what you don't have. So Sad!!!!!!
web posted December 31, 2012

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Now that the election is over, it is safe to say Adell Dobey feels comfortable in maintaining his very unprofessional tactics.  I was shocked to learn of Sgt. Michael Raffield's recent demotion.  Sgt Raffield is an outstanding officer who goes out of his way to help people.  He is fair and just, not playing sides or hidden agendas.  The story that resulted in Raffield's demotion is as follows: a student recorded an assault at school of another student.  He also posted this video on facebook.  He knew before the assault took place and did nothing to prevent the attack, instead bragged about it on his facebook page.  Raffield was not the SRO or school officer, but this officer did ask Raffield for advice.  A warrant was issued by a judge to arrest the student for simple assault and disturbing schools.  The student plead guilty to these charges but was released by Dobey early.   Can someone please explain this to me? No doubt in my mind that Dobey has some "connection" to the family of this boy. Furthermore, I would like for Dobey to explain to the taxpayers of Edgefield County why the Sheriff Dept's canines live in such poor conditions.  These poor animals would be better off living in a shelter.  Is it true that one dog froze to death while another died from heat stroke?  These animals are an important part of fighting crime! Not to mention Dobey's refusal to pay former employee Jason Rushton for housing these dogs for months, resulting in a lawsuit which will only cost the taxpayers even more money! Something has to be done! Dobey owes this county and his employees answers!
web posted December 31, 2012

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I don't know if you follow facebook but Mike Raffield says there should be changes at the Sheriff's Office and the dogs are kept in unsanitary conditions. I hope [Edgefield Daily] is going to investigate this.

Editor's note: We have been in contact with Mr. Raffield, the Sheriff's Office, and the County Council. Our report can be found here.
web posted December 31, 2012

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An interesting analogy.  Does this sound a little familiar??
 
If your neighbor's mentally ill son broke into their garage and took the Corvette that his mother owned, the same car that she'd even used to teach him how to drive, a type of car which the media had previously dubbed the "Devil's Spawn Car" because there've been numerous crashes involving Corvettes mostly involving young male drivers, and he ran down his mom and killed her as he left the driveway, then proceeded to speed at 150 mph in a school zone that was clearly posted with a "No Speeding" sign and crashed into a school bus carrying 20 children and 6 teachers leaving on a field trip, and the bus blew up killing all inside.
 
Would you blame the "Corvette Owners of America" car club even though the driver of the car wasn't a member of the COA, and would you call the COA a terrorist organization because the COA obviously must know that mentally ill people will obtain and drive Corvettes and demand that the COA do something to prevent it from ever happening again, and would you cast blame on all of the members of the COA who've never even sped in their Corvettes and have never even gotten a ticket or have never been in a crash and who always drive and care for their Corvettes in a safe manner, and would you treat them as if they were the ones who slammed the Corvette into the school bus full of children and demand that their rights to own a car be taken away, and would you tell them that they couldn't shop at your business because they drove up in a Corvette, and would you demand that no one ever be able to buy a Corvette again?
web posted December 31, 2012

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"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him; better take a closer look at the American Indian." Henry Ford
web posted December 31, 2012

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Australian gun law update

Before you get too excited about banning all firearms, take a look at this.

Australian Gun Law Update? Here's a thought to warm some of your hearts....

From: Ed Chenel, a police officer in Australia;

Hi Yanks, I thought you all would like to see the real figures from Down Under. It has now been 12 months since gun owners in Australia were forced by a new law, created by liberal politicians to surrender 640,381 personal firearms to be destroyed by our own government, a program costing Australian taxpayers more than $500 million dollars.

The first year results are now in:
Australia-wide, homicides are up 6.2 percent,
Australia-wide, assaults are up 96 percent;
Australia-wide, armed robberies are up 44 percent (yes, 44 percent)!
In the state of Victoria alone, homicides with firearms are now up 300 percent.
(Note that while the law-abiding citizens turned them in, the criminals did not and criminals still possess their guns!)

While figures over the previous 25 years showed a steady decrease in armed robbery with firearms, this has changed drastically upward in the past 12 months, since the criminals now are guaranteed that their prey is unarmed.

There has also been a dramatic increase in break-ins and assaults of the elderly, while the resident is at home.

Australian politicians are at a loss to explain how public safety has decreased, after such monumental effort and expense was expended in 'successfully ridding Australian society of guns....

' You won't see this on the American evening news or hear your governor or members of the State Assembly disseminating this information.

The Australian experience speaks for itself. Guns in the hands of honest citizens save lives and
property and, yes,gun-control laws affect only the law-abiding citizens.

Take note Americans, before it's too late! Will you be one of the sheep to turn yours in? WHY? You will need it.
web posted December 31, 2012

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“One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.” ~Carl Sagan
web posted December 31, 2012

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Another Holiday Groaner......

Christmas was over, so Rudolph had a chance to do something he had wanted to do for a long time. He made an appointment with a plastic surgeon because he was so sensitive about his looks.

However, it wasn't his glowing proboscis that he wanted changed. He was proud of his nose and the help he had given Santa because of it. No, he was sensitive about his long ears which were much more prominent than the ears of the average reindeer.

So one week after Christmas, he underwent reconstructive surgery, and since that time, January 1st has been celebrated as ... New Ears Day.

Happy New Year to all!!!
web posted December 31, 2012

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Conspiracy or Reality?

"The one aim of these financiers is world control by the creation of inextinguishable debts." - Henry Ford, Industry Giant - (increase our debt limit,anyone?)

"We are not going to achieve a new world order without paying for it in blood as well as words and money." - Arthur Schlesinger, U.S. Historian 1995

"To achieve world government, it is necessary to remove from the minds of men, their individualism, loyalty to family traditions, national patriotism and religious dogmas." - G. Brock Chisholm, co-founder of the World Federation for Mental Health, former director of UN World Health Organization

"We are on the verge of a global transformation. All we need is the right major crisis and the nations will accept the New World Order." - David Rockefeller
 
 In his historic address to the United Nations on December 7, 1988, the Soviet Prime Minister made this dogmatic and even prophetic statement: "Further global progress is now possible only through a quest for universal consensus in the movement towards a new world order." - Mikhail Gorbachev
web posted December 31, 2012

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Wal-Mart vs. The Morons - The Truth
http://thetruthwins.com/archives/wal-mart-vs-the-morons-
web posted December 31, 2012

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Ref: December 28th - "Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children....."

http://www.snopes.com/medical/doctor/drspock.asp
web posted December 31, 2012

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Editor's post: What a slow news day Friday. Not that I am complaining. Getting pumped for the Outback Bowl New Year's Day. Go Gamecocks!

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web posted December 29, 2012

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What is it about Edgefield County that we have so many child molesters running around? The sex offender list keeps growing and it seems every time I turn around somebody else is being arrested for messing with little kids.
It makes me sick!
web posted December 29, 2012

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Re:  Coach Rouse

So, let me guess:  your child didn't make the team or doesn't play much.  Its no wonder that you get on this site to smear someone who can't defend himself.  That's what most people do who can't use the truth to justify how they feel.  You really wouldn't say any of those things to the person themselves because most of what is said here isn't true when it comes to personal attacks.  People who write on here to attack our local people just didn't get their way and can't do anything other than lie.  Please go back to reading Fifty Shades of Gray and leave the good people of Edgefield County who work with children for a living alone!
web posted December 29, 2012

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Another day another child molester. Forget about grabbing guns. Maybe we should be doing something about the sex perverts "grabbing" our kids. That's a crime that lasts a lifetime.  These mosters ruin their lives forever. They should be executed if convicted. You can't cure that kind of pervert.
web posted December 29, 2012

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My husband and I want to express our thanks to SCE&G on the way they restored our power within 20 minutes of our call to them on McQueen Street during the storm on Friday night of last week.  I was told to always call if I have a problem as they may not know about it.  Neighbors had power but a few of us did not.  Thanks boys!
web posted December 29, 2012

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You have no right to splash somebody's name across the web as a child molester until they are convicted of being a child molester. Mr. Loehr is a good man. You should be ashamed and I hope when he is proven guilty he sues your [rear end] for all you have!

Editor's note: Our report did not say Mr. Loehr was a child molester, it simply stated the fact that he has been charged with that crime. That is public information, just like any arrest. I personally attend trials of major crimes committed in Edgefield County. If he is found not guilty it will be reported. The Edgefield County Sheriff's Office over the last nine years has close to a 99% conviction rate on sex crimes. That is also a fact. They do not arrest people just for the sake of arresting them.
web posted December 29, 2012

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With the Strongest Gun Laws in the Country 446 School Age Children Shot in Chicago So Far this Year!
 
The Media Says Nothing!  Where are the tears?
 
The cesspool known as Chicago probably has the toughest gun laws in the country, yet despite all the shootings, murders, and bloodshed, you never hear a peep about this from the corrupt state run media.
 
In Chicago, there have been 446 school age children shot in this leftist utopia run by Rahm Emanuel; the same city that produced Obama, Jesse Jackson, Louis Farrakhan, etc.  62 school aged children have actually been killed by crazed nuts in Chicago so far this year with almost two weeks to go. So why isn’t this news worthy?
 
Is it because it would embarrass those anti second amendment nuts who brag about Chicago’s tough gun laws?  Is it because most of the kids who were shot and killed were minorities?  Or is it because the corrupt media doesn’t want to show Chicago in a bad light?  Amazingly, no Obama crocodile tears either.
 
For those of you too dense to get the point of this, it’s to make the point about gun laws.  No matter how tough the gun laws are, the crazed, nut jobs will find a way to get them and if they so chose, use them.  No draconian law can stop this, no matter how well intentioned the law is. 
 
This is really just about leftists grabbing power from citizens and taking away their constitutional rights self defense.
 
The killing is caused by the moral decay of the citizens of our country.  Guns don’t kill people, people kill people!

THE LIST OF 62 SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN MURDERED IN 2012

18 YEARS OLD- 15
17 YEARS OLD- 16
16 YEARS OLD- 16
15 YEARS OLD- 6
14 YEARS OLD- 4
13 YEARS OLD- 2
12 YEARS OLD- 1
7 YEARS OLD- 1
6 YEARS OLD- 1

THE LIST OF 446 SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN SHOT IN 2012
 
18 year old- 110
17 year old- 99
16 year old- 89
15 year old- 62
14 year old- 39
13 year old- 21
12 year old- 10
11 year old- 2
10 year old- 3
9 year old- 1
7 year old- 3
6 year old- 2
5 year old- 1
4 year old- 1
3 year old- 1
1 year old- 2
 
All this in a city where guns are banned and you are not allowed to own a gun!

Editor's note: Chicago reported its 500th murder on Friday.
web posted December 29, 2012

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Editor's post: It seems that Obama's Class Warfare is even affecting college football and the NCAA National Championship game between Notre Dame and Alabama on January 7, 2013. A photo of a t-shirt was received with the following message emblazoned on the front: "Golden Domers vs Mobile Homers".

I don't think this is a school sponsored shirt, but I do know this; the last thing that a bunch of snobby, elitist Yankees want to do before the game is to rile the South and the SEC. That's just stupid.

But, then again, most snobby elitist are stupid. Just look at Washington DC and the White House.

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web posted December 28, 2012

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Forget about [removed] riding his scooter. The Edgefield cops should do something about the menace old man riding his bike around town darting in and out of traffic like he owns the town. He rides around like he's trying to get somebody to hit him. One day he might get his wish and then the driver will feel guilty and have to live with that for the rest of their life. 
web posted December 28, 2012

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“Laws that forbid the carrying of arms … disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes… Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.” ~Cesare Beccaria, quoted by Thomas Jefferson
web posted December 28, 2012

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I didn't see [county council vice-chair] Blackwell's letter until I read when it was linked here [Wandering Minds]. I don't read every day so sometimes I miss things. I was glad she thanked "everyone" but she didn't mention others that helped that put their lives at risk. My husband works for the Co-op and restoring power after a storm is not a risk free job. What about people who work for [SC]DOT? I'm not fussing, but if you name some you should name all. JMHO

Editor's note: I believe that her letter was intended for all who helped out to restore power and transportation routes. I believe that is the reason elected officials do not make such comments publicly because if you name some and not all, someone ends up offended.    
 
As she stated, "I want to sincerely thank everyone involved and tell you how much you are appreciated." I think that should have covered all the bases. But, as you said, it's "Just my humble opinion (JMHO)".
web posted December 28, 2012

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The gays, DEMONcrats, and the media all preach hate against God. Somebody sent this link to me yesterday and it pretty much sums up how far the hate God media and DEMONcrats will go to put out hate speech about Christians and claim any Christian who just claims being gay is a sin is demonic. "Come all Ye 'Sinful'" was was a weekend marathon on the gay LOGO channel. Telling the queers to commit one of the deadly 7 sins each day leading up to Christmas. What's next? Defying the Ten Commandments?
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/lauren-thompson/2012/12/21/gay-channel-logo-celebrates-7-days-holiday-sin
web posted December 28, 2012

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I don't like getting pushed around for being a Jew, and I don't think Christians like getting pushed around for  being Christians. I think people who believe in God are  sick and tired of getting pushed around, period.  I have no  idea where the concept came from, that America is an explicitly  atheist country.  I can't find it in the Constitution and I  don't like it being shoved down my throat...
 
Or maybe I  can put it another way: where did the idea come from that we  should worship celebrities and we aren't allowed to worship God  as we understand Him? I guess that's a sign that I'm getting old, too.  But there are a lot of us who are  wondering where these celebrities came from and where the   America we knew went to.
   
In  light of recent events... terrorists attack, school shootings,  etc..  I think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered, her body found a few years ago) complained she didn't want prayer in our schools, and we said OK. Then  someone said you better not read the Bible in school...  The Bible says thou shalt not kill; thou shalt not steal, and  love your neighbor as yourself.  And we said  OK.

Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children when they misbehave, because their little personalities  would be warped and we might damage their self-esteem (Dr. Spock's son committed suicide). We said an expert should  know what he's talking about..  And we said  okay..

Now we're asking ourselves why our children have  no conscience, why they don't know right from wrong, and why it  doesn't bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and  themselves.

Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out. I think it has a great deal to do with 'WE REAP WHAT WE SOW.'

Funny how simple it is  for people to trash God and then wonder why the world's going to  hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but question what the Bible says.  Funny how you can send  'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like wildfire, but when  you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people think  twice about sharing.  Funny how lewd, crude, vulgar and  obscene articles pass freely through cyberspace, but public  discussion of God is suppressed in the school and workplace. 

Are you laughing yet?
web posted December 28, 2012

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I agree with the post about [removed] driving that moped intoxicated all the time. Time for it to stop!!
web posted December 27, 2012

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I read the letter to the editor by Mrs. Blackwell today [Weds] and wanted to add my thanks for a job well done! It's nice to see at least one of our county officials appreciates the "little people" that are all too often overlooked.
web posted December 27, 2012

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CALIFORNIA :
The Governor of California is jogging with his dog along a nature trail.  A coyote jumps out and attacks and kills the Governor's dog, then bites the Governor.

1. The Governor starts to intervene, but reflects upon the movie "Bambi" and then realizes he should stop because the coyote is only doing what is natural.
2. He calls animal control . Animal Control captures the coyote and bills the State $200 testing it for diseases and $500 for relocating it.
3. He calls a veterinarian. The vet collects the dead dog and bills the State $200 testing it for diseases.
4. The Governor goes to hospital and spends $3,500 getting checked for diseases from the coyote and on getting his bite wound bandaged.
5. The running trail gets shut down for 6 months while Fish & Game conducts a $100,000 survey to make sure the area is now free of dangerous animals.
6. The Governor spends $50,000 in state funds implementing a "coyote awareness program" for residents of the area.
7. The State Legislature spends $2 million to study how to better treat rabies and how to permanently eradicate the disease throughout the world.
8. The Governor's security agent is fired for not stopping the attack. The State spends $150,000 to hire and train a new agent with additional special training re: the nature of coyotes.
9. PETA protests the coyote's relocation and files a $5 million suit against the State.

ARIZONA :
The Governor of Arizona is jogging with her dog along a nature trail. A Coyote jumps out and attacks her dog.

1. The Governor shoots the coyote with her State-issued pistol and keeps jogging. The Governor has spent $0.50 on a .45 ACP hollow point cartridge.
2. The Buzzards eat the dead coyote.

And that, my friends, is why California is broke and Arizona is not.
web posted December 27, 2012

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I'm impressed to your quick response to someone saying all guns should be banned. That person has missed much. Criminals and those choosing to harm others with guns will always be able to get guns! People hunt for food.  Prices today are making that a necessity for feeding families.
Self protection and protecting family and property are a growing priority in today's time. Our right to bear arms is just that our right! Someone who does not see the " big picture" of it all should not have a voice in our rights!

Editor's note: I have a black/white (not racial) thinking process, it's right or wrong. Good or bad. I live in realville, not the liberal world of shades of grey. We are a nation of laws, not "feelings". People who want to make an argument based of emotions do not have a case when it comes to the Constitution.
web posted December 26, 2012

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[Name removed] needs to stop driving his scooter all around town drunk. We almost had a head on collusion with him the other day. Something needs to be done about people driving scooters.
web posted December 26, 2012

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Ben " Peanut" Riley
R I P my friend. You will be missed in Edgefield
web posted December 26, 2012

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“Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect.” -Oren Arnold
web posted December 26, 2012

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Thurmond high basketball will never change the way they play.If it's not buddy buddy, it's football players.Why knock the boys that were practicing when the others were on the field.It's not right that they can just come and talked charge that's what the coaches are for.The terrible thing is the football players need to stick to football don't try to tasked charge of a game you can't play.I forgot the players parents be crying enough to pit them on the floor.You play the game to win but if you listen at too many people why do they need a coach?
web posted December 26, 2012

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This Brazilian ten-year-old has amazed the entire world.
 
http://www.youtube.com/user/strongtower27

Editor's note: Watching this gave me chill bumps.
web posted December 26, 2012

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I was wondering if you can give update on the new animal shelter that is supposed to be built here in Edgefield county?

Editor's note:The most recent information I have is the proposed location next to the County Shop is not enough land to fit the building and two septic systems required for the shelter. The county owns other property that is also being considered as well as purchasing a tract that is for sale at a much reduced price. The funds for construction have already been allocated and the plans have already been drawn. It is hoped the shelter location can be identified and construction to follow in the spring, about 9 months behind schedule.
web posted December 24, 2012

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Nobody should have a gun in a house with small kids. Guns are used only to kill. They should all be banned. There are stores so there is no need to hunt. You can buy food. Everytime there is a news report about a kid with a gun it is about them shooting another kid. This madness needs to end NOW!

Editor's note: That is a lie. There are countless local news reports of children using a gun to defend themselves and their home. Here is a case where an 11-year-old girl home alone defended herself and the family home from three would be armed burglars. I could list thousands more. It is the national media that will not promote the use of guns by armed citizens. It does not fit the media story line they promote, being that all guns are bad. Guns are not bad, some people are.
web posted December 24, 2012

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Does anyone out there know where I can purchase some of the produce bags "net type" Needed for pecans .................and a very MERRY CHRISTMAS to all.
web posted December 24, 2012

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A LITTLE GUN HISTORY

In 1929, the Soviet Union established gun control. From 1929 to 1953, about 20 million dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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In 1911, Turkey established gun control. From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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Germany established gun control in 1938 and from 1939 to 1945, a total of 13 million Jews and others who were unable to defend themselves were rounded up and exterminated.
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China established gun control in 1935. From 1948 to 1952, 20 million political dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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Guatemala established gun control in 1964. From 1964 to 1981, 100,000 Mayan Indians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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Uganda established gun control in 1970. From 1971 to 1979, 300,000 Christians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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Cambodia established gun control in 1956. From 1975 to 1977, one million educated people, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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Defenseless people rounded up and exterminated in the 20th Century because of gun control: 56 million.
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You won't see this data on the US evening news, or hear politicians disseminating this information.

Guns in the hands of honest citizens save lives and property and, yes, gun-control laws adversely affect only the law-abiding citizens. Take note my fellow Americans, before it's too late! The next time someone talks in favor of gun control, please remind them of this history lesson.

Editor's note: Do not confuse liberals with facts. History, to them, begins at the time they speak and everything is based on "feelings" and their desire to impose thier beliefs on everyone else. Otherwise known as a dictatorship. The very thing the 2nd Amendment was put in the Bill of Rights to prevent.
web posted December 24, 2012

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RE: Keep pushing God out of our schools. I don't want to ever hear anyone say "where was God" during the murder of the kids in school in Conn. He was just where you wanted, out of the schools.

How do you explain the shootings in Churches, Temples and Synagogues? God gave us free will and a mentally ill you man made the decision to kill those children. They may not pray out load in public schools today but God is still there. He was in every one of the adults guiding them to protect the children in their care. Giving them the strength to keep the children  calm and quite. He gave teacher Miss Soto and the other adults the courage to face to the shooter with their lives.
You need to think a little harder about the God you are worshiping, God is not petty and mean because oral prayers are not said in school.
web posted December 24, 2012

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It's always good to keep your promises:

It was the day after Christmas at St Peter and St Paul's church in Borden, Kent, England. Father John, the vicar, was looking at the nativity scene outside when he noticed the baby Jesus was missing from the figures.

Immediately, Father John's thoughts turned to calling in the local policeman but as he was about to do so, he saw little Nathan with a red wagon, and in the wagon was the figure of the little infant, Jesus.

Father John approached Nathan and asked him, 'Well, Nathan, where did you get the little infant?'

Nathan looked up, smiled and replied, 'I took him from the church.'
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And why did you take him?' He asked.

With a sheepish grin, Nathan said, 'Well, Father John, about a week before Christmas I prayed to Lord Jesus. I told him if he would bring me a red wagon for Christmas, I would give him a ride around the block in it.'
web posted December 24, 2012

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People are talking about Coach Rouse and how he play his team and I must agree it's rediculous,it  makes you wonder about his coaching background and ability. Does anyone really know anything about him besides he use to push a broom at the rec. center in North Augusta before coming to Thurmond.It's time for some changes and determination especially from the parents with children on the team.
web posted December 24, 2012

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“Society is in every state a blessing, but Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.” ~Thomas Paine
web posted December 24, 2012

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An alternative proposal on school safety.

Subtitle: Political correctness will get you killed.

http://backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/2012/12/15/against-monsters/

Editor's note: I could not agree more.
web posted December 24, 2012

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Chuck Woolery answers the questions about assault weapons.    Can Hollywood really understand?  Sure.
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evEg1VNfX3o
web posted December 24, 2012

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Merry Christmas to all. If you are well and your family is together and well with a warm place to live and food to eat you are blessed. Please join together in peaceful wishes for others this Christmas Season and leave the bitter complaints for another time. Let's make our part of the world a joyous place as we remember the true reason for our celebrations of Christmas!
web posted December 22, 2012

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I pass 3 schools every day on my way to work and ALL of them have "winter holiday" or "winter break" on the signs. Really? It's a shame our schools can't say Merry Christmas. I saw "Holiday break" at Thankgiving. Easter is "spring break". Keep pushing God out of our schools. I don't want to ever hear anyone say "where was God" during the murder of the kids in school in Conn. He was just where you wanted, out of the schools.
web posted December 22, 2012

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I just finished reading the transcript of the National Rifle Association’s news conference (12-21-12). At its core is a no-brainer if there ever was one: Good guys with guns protect politicians, airports, industrial installations, etc., so why in the world have we neglected to provide armed protection for our children at school? This is not a new idea. The NRA proposed putting armed guards in very school following the Virginia Tech tragedy five years ago, but it didn’t fly. According to the NRA, “this President zeroed out school emergency planning grants in last year’s budget, and scrapped ‘Secure Our Schools’ policing grants in next year’s budget.” Yet he’s kicked off another effort that will most assuredly propose more restrictions on us law-abiding citizens and will most assuredly not figure a way to register all the mentally ill and, in many cases, outright deranged people walking among us. I applaud the NRA’s offer to develop and help implement “a model National School Shield Emergency Response Program for every school that wants it.” At least, they’re striking at the root of the problem while the politicians flail away at the branches. Think, people! Think!
web posted December 22, 2012

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I am very sadden about the accident that took Mr Ben Riley's life he was a truly nice man always trying to hustle and make a living. He will be truly missed. Always smiling and wide open trying to make a living, more people need to take him as a example and get out there making a living instead of sitting back and whining about what they don't have and what the government don't do and do for yourself because you can make a living if you want to Mr Ben did.
web posted December 22, 2012

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RE: "Former Rebel standout and Shrine Bowl nosegaurd Octavius “Tater” Brown signed his letter of intent to play his final two years of college football at Youngstown State (Youngstown Ohio) on Wednesday December 19 with his former Rebel coaches and mother by his side."

Great job, and the hard work does pay off!  Keep your nose clean and choose your friends wisely, and you will have a good career.

But, notice the operative word - "mother" by his side.  Obviously this woman has raised her child right and didn't listen to the likes of Bibbs and Dorn.  She has taught her son to work hard instead of waiting for the thug race baiters like Bibbs and Dorn to promise a handout, of which never materializes because those race baiters are too busy grabbing what they can get for themselves.  Those two knuckle heads are losers so they want everyone else to be like them.  That's why they spend all their time playing the race card - because they have no talent, they have no brains, they're losers, failures, and they surely don't want anyone in their community to get something they could never have - a successful career.

Keep your eye on these two race baiters and their buds in the NAACP.  If someone employed in this county isn't doing their job or is incompetent and may lose their job based on that incompetence, out come the justice brothers of Edgefield - Bibbs and Dorn.  And that's funny - they can't even be as successful as the real justice brothers - Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton.  Those two bumbling idiots (Bibbs and Dorn) are even failures at race baiting.  That's funny!
web posted December 22, 2012

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An armed man is a Citizen. An unarmed man is a subject.
web posted December 22, 2012

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Twas' 11 days before Christmas, around 9:38
when 20 beautiful children stormed through heaven's gate.
their smiles were contagious, their laughter filled the air.
they could hardly believe all the beauty they saw there.
They were filled with such joy, they didn't know what to say.
they remembered nothing of what had happened earlier that day.
"where are we?" asked a little girl, as quiet as a mouse.
"this is heaven." declared a small boy. "we're spending Christmas at God's house."
when what to their wondering eyes did appear, but Jesus, their savior, the children gathered near.
He looked at them and smiled, and they smiled just the same.
then He opened His arms and He called them by name.
and in that moment was joy, that only heaven can bring
those children all flew into the arms of their King
and as they lingered in the warmth of His embrace, one small girl turned and looked at Jesus' face.
and as if He could read all the questions she had He gently whispered to her, "I'll take care of mom and dad."
then He looked down on earth, the world far below He saw all of the hurt, the sorrow, and woe
then He closed His eyes and He outstretched His hand,
"Let My power and presence re-enter this land!"
"may this country be delivered from the hands of fools"
"I'm taking back my nation. I'm taking back my schools!"
Then He and the children stood up without a sound.
"come now my children, let me show you around."
excitement filled the space, some skipped and some ran.
all displaying enthusiasm that only a small child can.
and i heard Him proclaim as He walked out of sight,
"in the midst of this darkness, I AM STILL THE LIGHT."

Written by Cameo Smith, Mt. Wolf, PA
web posted December 22, 2012

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1) Check your bank statements for fraudulent transactions due to the data breach at the SCDOR
2) Check you email everyday if you placed Security Alerts on your bank account (s)
3) Check your email everyday for Security Alerts from Credit agencies if you enrolled in Identity Theft protection
4) Hope you are able to receive a federal tax refund if you are owed one unless someone uses your breached information to file taxes in your name (50/50 chance that you will not receive your earned refund)
5) This is a life long task that you must do for the rest of your life.
 
According to internal numbers at the SC Consumer Affairs Dept, 438,771 identities in SC have been hit with fradulent lines of credit created. 5,897 bank accounts have been drained of funds. 4,573 have been restored for a charge of $50 each. So far, approx $6,921,880 in goods have been charged to these fraudulent lines of credit, i.e. fraudulent credit card accounts created from the breached data. This information is being kept from the public to protect Nikki.
web posted December 21, 2012

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I have a queistion for our police chief of Johnston. Why is nothing done about the eysore of the 3 houses on the right after the railroad tracks? Every morning the finest of losers are out in the yards burning barrels and all congregrating aroung it drinking and selling drugs at 7 in the morning no less. If those thugs and drunks are so poor and unemployed then why is a brand spanking new lincoln continental parked there full of thugs dealing out the windows. This town has become an embarassment and needs to be cleaned up of all the thugs and unemployed lazy slobs. We need a sherrif who will actually work and not hang out in his wifes beauty parlor all day shooting the [bull].
web posted December 21, 2012

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There is an Alltel tent set up at Fairprice foods today and a line of people standing in the rain. Just wondering are they giving away Obama phones or what???? I don't see these same people get up out of bed and stand in the rain for a job!!
web posted December 21, 2012

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Can someone please tell me why MES have their own set of rules when it come to early dismissal???  Never heard of signing out your kids 15 minutes before school 3 times and they count it a Day of absent!!  Also I guess if your a female you get special favors as i see many women getting out their children early but if a father goes and get their kids out early they are questioned like a criminal investigation.  Also why was [removed] fired??? Who's the assistance principal  now??? Parents are never notified of nothing anymore!!!  That school has went down hill since Mr.Huiet left!!!
 
I like the car line idea but if you can't get it right by now maybe you should try something else. You have 7 women out thier running around screaming names and none of them know what they are doing! They look like chickens running around with thier heads cut off.

Editor's note: Correction - William Smith is the VP at MMS, not MES.I placed him at MES in my first post.
web posted December 21, 2012

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I would hope most the whiny parents at MES have come to realize the changes in school policy implemented this year were for the safety of your child. And after the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary that a child’s safety trumps all your self-centered whiney complaints. I would hope some of you parents would have the backbone to go up and thank Dr. Tucker in person for all her hard work.  It only takes a few minutes to send an email or shake the hand of the people who spend their day’s caring and teaching your child. Remember they are your child’s first line of defense at the school.
web posted December 21, 2012

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After many years of not doing so, today I re-enrolled in the NRA. I encourage anyone who owns firearms to do the same. It may not be a perfect organization, but it does have a voice for those of us who believe in the second amendment and its protection. I fear things are going to go bad starting in January.
web posted December 21, 2012

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This year 446 school age children have been shot in Chicago, and 62 have died.  There has been NO push from the left for gun control resulting from the carnage in Chicago.  Odd, don’t you think?  By the way, Chicago has some of the most stringent gun control laws in the country.  I’m sure you’ve seen these statistics on your favorite network television newscast, haven’t you?  Wait!  What?

Editor's note: This quote was found to be by Neil Bortz here.
web posted December 21, 2012

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This was 47 years ago. April 3, 1965. An amazing prediction. Do you remember the famous ABC radio commentator Paul Harvey?
Millions of Americans listened to his programs which were broadcast over 1,200 radio stations nationwide.
When you listen to this, remember the commentary was broadcast 47 years ago on April 3, 1965.
It's short... three minutes 22 seconds

http://stg.do/9LDc

Editor's note: Very telling. Thinking Americans saw this coming. "Low information voters" could care less. They vote as told to vote like robots.
web posted December 21, 2012

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The link below provides a thought provoking article that may be of interest to you and possibly the Wandering Minds readers.  It also includes a thoughtful treatise on gun ownership/control.

Merry Christmas to you and your family.

http://www.standfirminfaith.com/?/sf/page/29890

Editor'sd note: Merry Christmas to you and yours. I could not agree more.
web posted December 21, 2012

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The 8 day lie
Even if Obama got everything he wanted in tax increases, the revenue would fund the federal govt for a mere 8 days. He wants more debt in order to bring an end of the US $ being the reserve currency of the world and the end of American supremacy in the world.
web posted December 20, 2012

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Who really believes that Hillary Clinton is "too sick" to testify on Benghazi? Just one more deception that they get by with. I guess if it works once, it works again. The American people just seem to swallow it.

The Republicans are caving in on their principles in this economic deal. Again , the American people will just seem to swallow it. Meanwhile, we are already over the fiscal cliff. Those getting all the perks (those on assistance etc.) will not be affected until there is no money left to give them. They aren't upset. Those of us who actually work and pay taxes are going to get hit hard. We don't have to be in the upper 2% folks, we are all going to see our taxes go up and we are going to be paying a lot for healthcare. Just wait till it hits the fan. Will our hero President ride in to save the day? Hmmmmm.

I hope our SC Representatives stand firm on conservative principles. That is what we elected them to do. If they don't, there is an election in two years and they will be held accountable. The voters in this state expect the representation they voted for.

I think all we can do is pray for this country. It is so far away from God right now. We really need a revival in all sectors of this country. I pray every day. What happened last Friday should wake everyone up.
web posted December 20, 2012

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Finally, Johnstons' resident sex offender gets caught for passing counterfiet $50 bills. This is the same sex offender seen most days walking Johnston, bothering white people for money, going to the Johnston Food bank wanting food and money, bothering store owners and hanging out at the [removed] chicken and liquor stores. This sex offender has free roam of Johnston and is seen more than the Mare, whoever that is. Time for Johnston's police chief to put some pressure on this sex offender.
Should we expect one of our local Judges, Brother Bill Keesley or those Magistrate judges to keep this Sex Offender off our streets? This sex offender has been arrested more times than Brother Bill Keesley has given soft sentences.  And most Johnston residents wonder why they can't sell their homes, give away their homes or get out of Edgefield county. Who wants to live in a town where sex offenders roam freely... and there are other sex offenders I see most days walking the main street of town. Time for law enforcement toget the garbage off to Prison and Brother Keesley to Man UP and get these people off our streets when they screw up...and they do screw up... as The 50 Dollar Sex Offender has done multiple times.
web posted December 20, 2012

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"The time is now near at hand which must probably determine, whether Americans are to be, Freemen, or Slaves; whether they are to have any property they can call their own; whether their Houses, and Farms, are to be pillaged and destroyed, and they consigned to a State of Wretchedness from which no human efforts will probably deliver them. The fate of unborn Millions will now depend, under God, on the Courage and Conduct of this army-Our cruel and unrelenting Enemy leaves us no choice but a brave resistance, or the most abject submission; that is all we can expect-We have therefore to resolve to conquer or die." ~George Washington
web posted December 20, 2012

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I love this. The liberals are going nuts led by the tv news. RG3 is not "black" because he is getting married to a white woman and.. OH MY GOD!!!!! - he MIGHT be a Republican. [SC Gov] Nikki Haley is a racist because she named Rep. Tim Scott, a BLACK man, to replace Sen. DeMint. After all, he is the ONLY BLACK in the Senate now. What a racist she is because she is a REPUBLICAN minority member being a woman and Indian-American. The Tea Party is racist for electing Scott over Strom Thurmond's son and former Gov. Carroll Campbell's son. Those racist idiots…

The racists are the DEMONcrats. If you're a minority you have to be a liberal DEMONcrat. If not, you are a racist sell out.
web posted December 20, 2012

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You must be kidding!!!!!!! [Obama named Time's Person of the Year link provided]

Editor's note: I am shocked you are shocked.
web posted December 20, 2012

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Finding a solution to a problem that doesn't exist.
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=UP4Nnar6NoE
web posted December 20, 2012

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A certain candidate for Sheriff needs to drive around and remove his campaign litter from the power poles throughout the county.
web posted December 19, 2012

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What a terrible tragedy that has one again struck the people of our Nation.  My heart aches and I cry for the lose of the families and the pain they are having to endure at the hand of one man. I can only pray that God will comfort them and see them through this time in their life. This man is one of 308,745,538 (2010 census) people.  Our Nation is a free nation (so to speak) and it is our legal right to bare arms for protection, food, and sport.  The evil that possessed this man will again present itself, as in the past in one way or another.  Our Nation has become a godless Nation and has voted in godless leaders.  Our schools, churches and communities can take all the precautions needed, but if someone plots an evil plan they will find a way. Just like Jim Jones, a so called religious leader, who lead a mass suicide in 1978 that left 914 people dead. This man was known at Sandy Hook Elem. Had he not shot his way in, they would likely have let him in because he was a familiar face.  The same with Columbine and Virginia. Guns are not the issue here, it is the people of this Nation. Because of gun laws, hijacker's took down planes with box cutters, and murdered 3,000 people. Approximately 18,000 people die every year in alcohol related car accidents. Yet the government still allows the sale of alcohol that has proven to cause fatal accidents by drunken citizens that do not obey the  law.  Appx. 50,000 children die each year. 1,300+ children, most under the age of 5, die at the hands of, often times, their parent. But most commonly, their deaths are vehicle related.  Yet we still drive cars.  And the list goes on, intentional killings or not. Guns didn't walk on their own into Sandy Hook Elem and shoot 20 innocent children and adults.  Aside from mass killings, why do we not hear of daily tragedies in our nation? Are they not just as heart breaking, sad and deserving of national coverage?  When there are children and guns involved it might be publicized but not nationally unless it is a mass killing.  How often does that happen?   We are the people of this Nation, great or failing, it is OUR duty to protect ourselves and others if need be. If I choose to purchase a gun, that is my choice, not yours or the government! It won't shoot me or others unless the trigger is pulled. A knife, box cutter, vehicle, 2 x 4, or someones hands can just as easily take someones life, only if a person uses it for that purpose.  It happens everyday.  God bless those children, they will be dearly missed. As will all the other children that loose their life on a daily basis. They will never endure the face of evil again.
web posted December 19, 2012

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Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. ~Doug MacArthur
web posted December 19, 2012

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NAACP Shows True Colors Against Only Black US Senator Because He’s Conservative

http://freedomoutpost.com/2012/12/naacp-shows-true-colors-against-only-black-us-senator-because-hes-conservative/
web posted December 19, 2012

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Sure makes you think.  Grandpa has a solution.  Let him handle it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ndVg7e8PCSU
web posted December 19, 2012

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Police captured two fleeing suspects at the Sandy Hook Elementary School, at least one suspect was seen by witnesses wearing camo gear while Adam Lanza was inside the school already dead. The police are not talking about these events, nor are the media following up on it. The video evidence does not lie.

One seen running from building, chased by police. Seen on this aerial video    --       More  Confirmation from news report.

Another apprehended outside school, "proned out." (Can be heard on Police radio, heard on above video)

More eyewitness evidence man in camouflage pants dark jacket arrested and sitting in cruiser.

Editor's note: The news reports stated the kids were killed with the AR-15, yet it was found left in the car and Lanza only had two pistols. I watched the events unfold and the end result does not match the "on the ground" police reporting. It is interesting. Who were the other two arrested and why were they, also dressed in similar garb, released?
web posted December 19, 2012

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Listen to the police radios the day of the shooting at Sandy Hook. The reports of two others running from the building that are captured after being run down. Where is the media? I keep thinking Fast and Furious, Begazie, and now this. This don't make sense.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETkrxfYoQtc

Editor's note: Recording is 2 hours long. High speed internet suggested.
web posted December 19, 2012

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The truth is out there if you look for it. Click the link and read about it.
http://mychal-massie.com/premium/an-unchecked-presidency-given-to-tyranny/
web posted December 19, 2012

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I fear many of our soldiers are coming home to no jobs. They deserve more than we could ever give them for what they have given up for us and what they have given to us....
 
Some say it's "their job".  "Nobody asked them" .. "They knew what they were getting into"... Well, this is all true.  However, if it weren't for them protecting us... where would we be?
 
I believe taking away guns from decent people is wrong.  I think it will open the doors wide open to us not being able to protect ourselves.  I think when our troops come home they should be given new jobs.  Half a dozen of them at each school.  Protecting our children on OUR land.  I think our schools would be safer.  Our children would be safer.  Our soldiers would be employed and taken care of.
 
Of course, the Democrats would make remarks about how we were making our schools into prisons.  Better to be made into prisons.... than morgues.
web posted December 18, 2012

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Mr. Marchant has his hand in the cookie jar again.  This man cannot play by the rules.
web posted December 18, 2012

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All I hear about is how usc plays in the “mighty sec”!! Give me a freaking break quit using your conference as a crutch and run on your own merit!! Quit talking about who you have played and tell us all who you have beaten!! Ok so you beat Georgia, so what at the beginning of the season all the cock fans complained about Georgia’s weak schedule…but don’t they also play in the “mighty sec”?!?!?  How can anyone have a weak schedule in that power house of a conference?!?  I just wish the cock fans would just one time admit that the sec is top heavy and the ONLY reason for that is because of ALABAMA and besides this year LSU!!  Do you really think that Alabama and LSU look at their schedule and circle usc as a big game?!?!  I mean did ya’ll hang an Alabama banner in your stadium because they won the national championship last year? NO you didn’t!! So stop riding their coattails and making excuses for your football team! Quit fooling yourselves people!! And stop saying if other teams played the teams that usc played they wouldn’t stand a chance, that is really getting old!! If you don’t like the teams you play then get out of your conference!! I mean usc was tied with Wofford 7-7 at halftime…..Really?!?!? And you can sit there and seriously ask why you dropped in the poles?!?  I hate to curse ya’ll like this but you are starting to sound like a bunch of democrats!! 

Sincerely, A Concerned Football Fan! 
web posted December 18, 2012

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How convenient.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/12/15/exclusive-clinton-will-not-testify-before-congress-on-libya-concussion-cited/
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This is exactly why Mitt Romney said that 40 something % of the people are too dependent on the government. They have learned to work the system.
 
A Ford Dealer's Report - From Tom Selkis' (Latham Ford) Facebook - True story yesterday at the dealership.
 
"I'll try to make this as short and to the point as I can.
One of my salesmen here had a woman in his office yesterday wanting to lease a brand new Focus.
As he was reviewing her credit application with her he noticed she was on social security disability.
 
He said to her you don't look like you're disabled and unable to work.
 
She said, “ Well, I'm really not. I could work if I wanted to, but I make more now than I did when I was working and got hurt (non-disabling injury).”
 
She said the gov't sends her $1500.00 a month in 1 check. And she gets $700.00 a month on an EBT card (food stamps), and $800.00 a month for rent. Oh yeah, and 250 minutes free on her phone. That is just south of $3500.00 a month.
 
When she was working, she was taking home about $330.00 per week.
 
Do the math and then ask yourself why the hell should she go back to work. If you multiply that by millions of people, you start to realize the scope of the problem we face as a country.
 
Once the socialists have 51% of the population in that same scenario, we are finished. Democrats, Republicans, Independents,Muslims and Mexicans. Regardless of political preference, race or religion.
 
The question is “When do we cross that threshold,if we haven't
already, and there are not enough people working to pay enough taxes to support the non-working people? Riots??”
Be prepared to protect your homes.
 
She didn't lease the Focus here because the dealer down the road beat our deal by $10.00/month.
web posted December 18, 2012

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End of test listings: Edgefield Daily
12.18.12

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Editor's post: I was saddened by the news of the passing of Dr. Ned, my personal doctor during my childhood and for the past 9 years as an adult. I liked having a Doctor that cut to the chase and spoke to me bluntly, all the while making me smile while he was stomping on my toes for not doing what he told me. He always called me "hard-headed". Yeah, there's a new flash for everyone.

My dear bride recently had a medical malady that caused her to miss over a month of work. After being misdiagnosed by several doctors around the Augusta area, it was not until she went to see Dr. Ned that it was properly diagnosed and treated allowing her to return to work within a week.

A short time later his illness was discovered. Neither she nor I ever had the chance to see him again to thank him for what he did for my bride. That is a regret I will always carry. 

Dr. Ned will be missed and his absence will be felt for years to come.

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web posted December 17, 2012

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RE: "Government Creates the Formula for Mass Shootings"

Truly a tragedy.  As I watched the news trickle in, my blood began to boil.  What a coward.  What did those children ever do to him?  What did the adults ever do to him?  And worse, what he got in the end just doesn't seem to be enough.  It's a shame you couldn't revive the piece of crap 28 times and shoot him.

And now the liberal gun ban nuts will come out of the woodwork, seizing on this as another opportunity to diminish or trash our Constitution.  Remember, in the words of Rahm Emanuel, Obama's first Chief of Staff - never let a [crisis] go to waste.  Problem is, we have thousands of gun laws on the books, but the only one's abiding by those laws are law abiding citizens.  Regardless of the gun laws on the books, criminals don't obey the laws, that's why they are criminals.  And as always, when government that's developed by liberals, there are ALWAYS unintended consequences.

Your editorial is absolutely correct - by virtue of their stupid laws and policies, they have in fact created soft targets.  And in their own warped manner of thinking, we need more gun laws?  Guess the guy that ran his car up on the sidewalk to kill as many walking bystanders as possible, hmmmmmm, where are the car control laws?
web posted December 17, 2012

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As I sit here and watch the tragedy at the school [shooting in Conn]...it makes me thankful for the wonderful teachers and staff we have at MES! Thank you!
web posted December 17, 2012

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I agree with the editor. Teachers who want to carry a gun should be allowed to and the principals should be mandated to carry or have a gun in the office and be trained on how to use them. End the liberal pipe dream world of gun free zones. The only way to stop a bad man with a gun is a good man or woman with a gun. The shooting at the Clackamas Mall ended with only 2 people being killed because a man shopping had a gun and was seen by the shooter. The shooter shot himself before the CITIZEN with a glock could close in.
http://www.kgw.com/news/Clackamas-man-armed-confronts-mall-shooter-183593571.html
web posted December 17, 2012

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Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance. We know Your Word says, 'Woe to those who call evil good,' but that is exactly what we have done. We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values.
web posted December 17, 2012

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Obama wipes tears (fake tears) from outside part of eye. Tear ducts are near the nose. He is happy this shooting took place, not sad. Now he can push his wanted gun bans. He gave Mexican drug dealers 1,000's of guns to kill Mexicans and US Border Patrol agents to push his gun controls that blew up in his face. He's not going to stop now.
web posted December 17, 2012

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Two magazines, Country  Living (95.99% white readership)  and Ebony  /Jet (99.99%  black readership) did surveys on "WHAT DO PEOPLE FEAR  MOST?" 

The results were interesting, to say the  least...

Country Living magazine's  top three answers were:
1. Nuclear war/terrorist attack in U.S
2.  Child/spouse dying
3. Terminal illness

Ebony /  Jet magazine's top three answers  were:
1. Ghosts
2. Dogs
3. Registered  mail

No Kidding. And these are the people who  put Obama over the  top.

AND TO GO ALONG WITH ALL OF THIS, I'LL SHARE TWO  QUOTES, ONE PITIFUL AND ONE GREAT!

"My  friends, we live in the greatest nation in the history of the world. I hope  you'll join with me, as we change  it."-- Barack Obama

''Life's tough, pilgrim, and it's  even tougher if you're stupid.''-- John  Wayne

Editor's note: John Wayne was a great American.
web posted December 17, 2012

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This is beautiful - A special pre-Christmas gift to you.
Best wishes to all!

Editor's note: Awsome. YouTube video linked above. High speed internet suggested, and well worth the few minutes that it will take to lift your hearts.
web posted December 17, 2012

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Stop Obama's ban on firearms!!
 
http://www.nagr.org/M1_RP_Survey1.aspx?roi=echo3-14018833409-10618530-bd986e5ea0aeb1bd393e5a852032bdb6&pid=ws7
web posted December 17, 2012

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I want to thank WKSX 92.7 in Johnston for adding the daily devotions during the week. I listen every morning at 6, while I'm getting ready for work but i think its played other times during the day too. Pastor Williams does a great job. It's refreshing to hear something positive on the radio. Please keep it going.
web posted December 15, 2012

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RE: A Rock Creek Drive man called the Edgefield County Sheriff's Office to report two family pets being shot by a neighbor on Tuesday.

There is a very simple solution to keeping your dog from getting shot, keep it in your own yard. You are responsible for your pet’s safety.
I would like to hear the other side to this story. Why has this person resorted to shooting the dogs? Has he called the sheriff? Are his neighbors frequently letting their dogs roam? Have the roaming dogs caused him any problems? Many stories have been posted regarding the damage done by roaming dogs and nothing seems to be done about them. Have any of the stray dog owners ever been prosecuted?

Editor's note: If it is a "stray", no one knows who the owner is. When an owner is identified they are charged, just as those who shoot a dog for no reason are charged.
web posted December 15, 2012

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I have to laugh at the article about the Johnston Town meeting. "Mare" Livingston approved that the pick-up of tree limbs should be done in a ten minute time frame. Are you kidding??? I watch as the town trucks go around the block two or three times. How much of a time frame is allowed for that?? Talk about wasting time and money. There are limbs and piles of leaves in my area that have not been picked up for the last two weeks. What's the excuse for that, the trucks are down again? We used to live in a nice section of town, and the town used to keep up with leaves and branches, but not any more. And another thing. You can print notices up about the recycle truck not coming on a certain day, but you can't print notices about garbage pick ups? Last month the town was off on a Friday, but the public did not know
that, so a lot of us did not put our pails out that Monday because it was a holiday, (Vets Day), yet here comes the truck and I'm sure people were mad not having their pails out figuring that our pick up would be Tuesday or Wed. like it normally happens when a holiday falls on a Monday. With all this so called "excess" money in the budget, print up some notices to keep us informed. Don't tell us to go on line, not everyone has a computer!!
web posted December 15, 2012

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Thurmond has a great basketball team they practice hard to improve on their skills and I feel like the coaches should do the same [removed] Rouse is a good coach.
web posted December 15, 2012

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The Montana Department of Employment, Division of Labor Standards claimed a small rancher was not paying proper wages to his help and sent an agent out to investigate him.

GOVT AGENT: I need a list of your employees and how much you pay them.

RANCHER: Well, there's my hired hand who's been with me for 3 years. I pay him $200 a week plus free room and board. Then there's the mentally challenged guy. He works about 18 hours every day and does about 90% of all the work around here. He makes about $10 per week, pays his own room and board, and I buy him a bottle of bourbon every Saturday night so he can cope with life. He also sleeps with my wife occasionally.

GOVT AGENT: That's the guy I want to talk to - the mentally challenged one.

RANCHER: That would be me.
web posted December 15, 2012

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Stop whining, Republican running dogs...You lost by FOUR MILLION VOTES...enough already...This stuff about not shopping at any business that hires Blacks is ludicrous...That leaves out about 90% of the stores and restaurants around here.
 
Does that include electric, gas, and water...Thought not...No wonder you dummies lost by FOUR MILLION VOTES...Thought you were gonna beat Norman Dorn too...What was that margin...1500 to 1100 ???
 
You ran out of people to make war on...let's see...Blacks, Hispanics, Women of child-bearing age, Gays...Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, Food Stamp, and Welfare recipients...I'm sure I left out some groups...Oh yeah, the Liberals and the Moderates...Oops almost forgot the THREE MILLION FEWER VOTES that Romney got than McCain...Maybe some religious intolerance working there...
 
See you in four years, dummies...Looking forward to it!!!
web posted December 15, 2012

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This is why black people don’t come to Republican meetings. They will be labeled as Washington’s Quarterback RGIII was.

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/335623/espn-analyst-calls-rgiii-cornball-brother-because-he-may-be-republican-andrew-johnson#
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I favor the policy of economy, not because I wish to save money, but because I wish to save people. The men and women of this country who toil are the ones who bear the cost of the Government. Every dollar that we carelessly waste means that their life will be so much the more meager. Every dollar that we save means that their life will be so much the more abundant. Economy is idealism in its most practical form. ~Calvin Coolidge
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Editor's post: You may have noticed some economic difficulties across the country in recent years among family, friends, neighbors, colleagues. One sector is doing quite nicely, however, under Barack Hussein Obama. In the 1,420 days since he took the oath of office, the federal government has daily hired on average 101 new employees. Every day. Seven days a week. All 202 weeks. That makes 143,000 more federal workers than when Obama talked forever on that cold day in January of 2009.

Obamanomics: Grow government - kill the private sector unless it is in favor of unions bailed out by taxpayer dollars. Spread the weath around, as Obama was quoted as saying to "Joe the Plumber".
Investors.com
web posted December 14, 2012

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I attended the Merriwether Elementary School Chorus performance of Santa's Holiday Playlist tonight [Thursday]. Those kids put on a show that was better than some professional shows.  The whole show was upbeat and done without a flaw.  The school and parents should be very proud of those young people.
web posted December 14, 2012

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Re: JET Middle School Holiday Concert

It is a Christmas concert.  It is okay to say Christmas. 

During this season, please continue to pray for our school.  We are still struggling with lack of leadership.  There is so much potential but there is no vision or work ethic from our principal.   We are fighting through each day with no help. 

Pray for our children.
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RE: would love to know why is it that the basketball  teams at S.T.H.S. can never get money unlike a lot of other sports there. The teams gym need a makeover just like a lot of other areas of the school.

None of the “other sports” get money. That tree was chopped down long ago. In most of the sports programs ,  the coach’s involved do some type of fundraising or other creative “ efforts to raise needed funds. Coach rouse does an excellent job of his own fundraising, in fact better than most, and he raises most of his own money needed for his program and very seldom asks for additional funding. It is true that the basketball program plays in an older , outdated , smaller facility but that is changing as well. I believe the 5 year plan includes upgrades to the gym and a few other needed renovations. Most of the money generated, is generated by football, yet football gets the least benefit from money raised. The bulk of funds raised goes to the "other sports”. You and others can help simply by getting involved in the booster club and helping whatever your particular sport or interest is. As stated before, the booster club is nothing more than a group of parents of student atheletes and is striving to make a difference for their particular sport by coming together and working as a unit. The names change every year. Some of the boosters havn’t had a child involved in years but want to strom thurmond achieve excellance. Their efforts are invaluable.  Thank you for supporting rebel basketball !
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When I'm back home in Edgefield I stop by Eastview Cemetery. I'll bet that many people with Edgefield connections have relatives buried there. Eastview Rd from Columbia Rd to the cemetery is the trashiest stretch of road in South Carolina. The trees that use to line the road have been cut, grass grows high on the side, and trash is littered everywhere. The people who own property bordering the road should take a little more pride in their property and their community. Also, it would be a great community service project for a local organization to adopt this road and keep it clean.
web posted December 14, 2012

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Why don't you report the stats where we call [can?] all see what you CLAIM to be your stats to prove [Edgefield Daily] is the top in news. I don't believe anything [Edgefield Daily] says.

Editor's note: Okay, so publishing our statistics gathered by an independent company is, I suppose, biased. You don't believe "anything" published on Edgefield Daily. So even if the information was detrimental to Edgefield Daily you would be commenting to challenge the statistics? I doubt that. 

If you don't "believe anything" published by Edgefield Daily, why are you reading?
web posted December 14, 2012

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“The time is now near at hand which must probably determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves, whether they are to have any property they can call their own, whether their houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and they consigned to a state of wretchedness from which no human efforts will probably deliver them. The fate of unborn millions will now depend, under God, on the exercises: the blessing and protection of Heaven are at all times necessary, but especially so in times of public distress and danger—The General hopes and trusts that every officer and man will endeavor so to live and act as becomes a Christian soldier defending the dearest rights and liberties of his country.” ~George Washington
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I read the letter by Hannah Mosley and the interview. I've read the comments from blacks who support her and claim to be closet Republicans. Granted I have only been to 2 of the county Republican party meetings in about 15 years, but I have never seen an african american there. Why doesn't the local gop reach out to these people?

Editor's note: According to the comments I have read, black's who proclaim their conservative beliefs are ostracized by the black community. The last thing they would do is make that public. I find it odd that whites, Democrat and Republican, can get along despite party affiliation. However, if a black is a Republican they are racist, an Uncle Tom, a sell-out, or "acting white".

I thought we got over this racial thing in the 1960's. I know I did. It makes me wonder which side is actually basing their views based on race.
web posted December 14, 2012

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Editor's post: Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) - "Entitlements Are 'Earned'". Only a Democrat could come up with such a stupid argument. It reminds me of Norman Dorn and another Democrat, Hank Johnson, who worried that Guam, an island, might "capsize" because of additional troops. And the main stream media calls Republicans stupid? Really?

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web posted December 13, 2012

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Congratulations Keeley Marchant on the National PP&K competition.  I’m sure your family, friends and school are very proud of you.  It is always so refreshing to hear the great accomplishments of our young people in the community.  Keep up the great work and I look forward to reading more amazing things from you in the future.

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The STHS gym is not only used for sports events but for many other activities as well. Yes, we need a bigger gym and have so for many years. maybe the new stadium we are getting will be a start to upgrading the facilities at STHS.
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I admire the person that wrote in and is a Black woman and a Republican. Isn't it sad that she cannot be open about her thinking? Look at the Republican history-Colin Powell was named by a Republican, Condalezza Rice was named by a Republican, many Republicans are hoping Tim Scott (a wonderful choice in my opinion) will fill Jim De Mint's seat. Wouldn't that be something, to have the first Black Senator come from SC and be a Republican, named by a Republican governor? Look at the many Blacks and Hispanics that are in leadership in the Republican party. They are articulate, smart, great leaders. What lies does the Black community believe about the Republicans? You know, facts are facts and it is a shame people believe the lies and not the facts. If you are a Republican and a person of color, than your leadership doesn't seem to count. What a slap in the face to the wonderful people who serve this country but have "Republican" attached to their name. I pray for each and every one of them to continue to lead and stand strong.
web posted December 13, 2012

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I read the article about Hannah Mosley and it gave me a new perspective about many of my friends and coworkers. We don't talk about politics because all it does is start an argument. But reading about her it made me take the argument to being about religion where we all agree. We all have common ground on abortion, the government stopping religious displays and the ten commandments ect.

Why vote based on the color of someone's skin or because they are a Democrat is stupid. Vote your religious beliefs no matter what color your skin is!
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“To take from one, because it is thought his own industry and that of his fathers has acquired too much, in order to spare to others, who, or whose fathers, have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association, the guarantee to everyone the free exercise of his industry and the fruits acquired by it.”~Thomas Jefferson
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people who have land on eastview road let other people put trash on my land  But I have some pictures of the trash before & after So next time I will have it in the bag

Editor's note: If you have evidence of littering you should call the Edgefield County Sheriff's Office at 637-5337 and give them that information.
web posted December 13, 2012

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You might think this is far-fetched, but Obama and his puppets are capable of this insanity.
 
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2012/12/08/insane_treasury_considers_1_trillion_platinum_coin_to_solve_debt_limit_issue
web posted December 13, 2012

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Editor's post: This has been a brutal week so far and some comments have been withheld tonight in order for me to get to bed and get some much needed sleep. I am drained physically, mentally and emotionally. I am hoping something good happens today with the date being 12/12/12. I was born on 6/2/62 (a good thing to me), I got my drivers license on 7/7/77 and on 8/3/83 my beautiful bride agreed to set our wedding date (the weeding was held on October 28). Maybe I will buy a lottery ticket
web posted December 12, 2012

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Sorry about that guy killed on the highway, but I have said it for years, mopeds do not belong on major roads!!!! They are just bikes with a motor. When will people learn this, when more of them are killed. Go down Hwy 23 towards Ridge Springs and you will see up to 3 or 4 riding on the road. It is hard to believe that these things are street legal. If they are, they need to be licensed. They are a menace to drivers!!!
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I hope he (Obama) stays in Hawaii.  He's done enough damage here.
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I wanted to comment on the article about Hannah Mosley. She is obviously a very intelligent young lady and bold to not only be a Republican but speak out about it. I am a black woman and a Republican and no one other than my husband (who is a Democrat) knows it. In the black community Republican is a 4-letter word and I made the mistake once of speaking up for the Republican Party. I'm proud that Hannah has such courage and conviction. I'm sure she will go far in whatever career path she chooses.
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I would love to know why is it that the basketball  teams at S.T.H.S. can never get money unlike a lot of other sports there. The teams gym need a makeover just like a lot of other areas of the school.
web posted December 12, 2012

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I 'm cutting back and you may want to also.... I 'm going to bite the bullet, too!!!!

President Obama ordered the cabinet to cut $100,000,000.00 ($100 million) from the $3,500,000,000,000.00 ($3.5 trillion) federal budget.

I 'm so impressed by this sacrifice that I have decided to do the same thing with my personal budget. I spend about $2,000 a month on groceries, household expenses, medicine, utilities, etc., but it 's
time to get out the budget cutting axe, go through my expenses, and cut back.

I 'm going to cut my spending at exactly the same ratio (1/35,000) of my total budget. After doing the math, it looks like instead of spending $2,000 a month, I 'm going to have to cut that number by six cents. Yes, I 'm going to have to get by with $1999.94, but that 's what sacrifice is all about.

I 'll just have to do without some things, that are, frankly, luxuries – six cents worth.

Did this President actually think no one would do the math? a $100 million cut in a $3.5 trillion budget – ludicrous!!!!!!! 

"There are two ways to conquer and enslave a nation... One is by    sword... The other is by debt."
John Adams    1826
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You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot help small men by tearing down big men. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot lift the wage-earner by pulling down the wage-payer. You cannot help the poor man by destroying the rich. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred. You cannot establish security on borrowed money. You cannot build character and courage by taking away men's initiative and independence. You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.~William Boetcker
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Are we going to be told what we can and cannot read?? Are we in America?  It's hard to tell.
 
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/12/globalist_in_education_reform_censoring_literary_classics.html#ixzz2EZ3CNLTA
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Let's see....we're supposedly going to go off the fiscal cliff the first of the year; Obama refuses to do any negotiating with the Republicans over spending or tax increases, not to mention he wants the right to raise the debt ceiling WITHOUT going to Congress (which is against the constitution).  But not to worry...he's leaving for a 21 day vacation on the 17th to Hawaii on our dime.  Must be nice to be the "Dictator in Chief".
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Thanks for the interview you did with Hannah.  I so enjoyed her refreshing attitude towards her values, religious beliefs and her personal desire to do something more with her life than to be a leech.  Hopefully, she will able to reach out and inspire other youth and adults alike.  Many of Dorn's supporters need to hear from this young lady.  She is one of those leaders that we need to support and promote.
 
Pray that one day we can all become color blind and look into each others hearts.  This nation needs to come together, support each other and raise each other up, encouraging each to be the best we can be. 
 
Keep it up Hannah.  We look forward to hearing from you in the future.  Maybe she can start a blog.  I posted the interview on Facebook just like the article you did last time.  Hope this goes viral as well.  Let's keep spreading the word and maybe the good old USA will unite and rise up together.
web posted December 11, 2012

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I want to thank Edgefield Daily for NOT telling us about the [attempted] rape on Penn St at the church. Thank for NOT warning us their was a rapist on the loose.  How many other women were put in danger because YOU DID NOT TELL US this happened?

Editor's note: The original incident report, though we have a standing FOIA request for all criminal reports at all local law enforcement agencies, was never provided to Edgefield Daily. We cannot report what we do not have.
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It is nice to see and upcoming voter making such a difference.  The article o Hannah [Mosley] shows there is hope for America.
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it is very discouraging when citizens of our county don"t want to go to county council  meeting  because they are are a waste of time and a farce.mr dorn is simply an ignorant man.everyone who has come in contact with him or read about his antics know that.  what could possibly be worse than that. worst, is an educated man, a so called leader, the chairman of the county council not having the courage to do what should be done. stop the tirades.you wanted the job. you got it now man up and do it. if you can"t, if you don"t  you are indeed a coward. step aside.move out of the way and give the vice chair the gavel.she has the courage,wisdom and "backbone" to do it right.then just maybe more citizens will attend the meeting. if we want to witness a circus we can watch jerry springer or go to a meeting with dean campbell in charge.at least  jerry springer is a competent "ringmaster"
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Hostess Bakery....
 
You may have heard that Hostess Bakery plants shut down due to a workers' strike.
 
But you may not have heard how It was split up.
 
The State Department hired all the Twinkies
 
The Secret Service hired all the HoHos.
 
The generals are sleeping with the Cupcakes and.......
 
The voters sent all the Ding Dongs to Congress........
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people who have land on eastview road who let people put trash on your land
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Why are there so many sex offenders in Edgefield County and especially in Johnston?

The answer is simple. First we have liberal Obama  judges who are kind to the sex offenders and this is why one of our citizens was recently attacked by a repeat sex offender who in all likelyhood voted Obama. What does voting Obama have to do with anything? Plenty. Obama is an outlaw president who illegally holds the White House hostage and is imposing his law upon free loving people. His 'skin' supporters and illegals are mostly entitlement suckers who expect working people to support them.

Get used to it folks...Obama people feel free to get away with anything, and liberal judges like Bill Keesley help with soft sentences. On any given day in Johnston, in the vicinity of  that ghetto chicken place and ghetto liquor store, you can see a known sex offender walking about as if he owns the town and you will see him approaching white people and asking for money. This sex offender needs to be run out of town. [Removed] Why should the tax payers and residents of Johnston have to put up with this slimeball and his antics? No doubt another Obama supporter. Get your act together Edgefield Law enforcement and get these slime bags out of our county. If you can't do this, maybe others can.
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This country should finally wake up and say to the blacks wake up and see your future.  The naacp is just a fluke demanding
More and more money from the blacks and rick white people.  The group that jesse Jackson runs is in the same boat. 

Every day even commercials show blacks and whites acting as a couple portrating a certain item for sale.  Even watching football games, the blacks act like “monkeys” when they make a good play. Dancing like apes and moping around the field like an animal
That needs feeding.

So I guess Dorn is just like the other monkeys that roam this earth.  Wow, woulding it be nice to have a large Dinosaurus that really loved eating the monkeys.  Then maybe we could watch a real football game without watching the “zoo”.

I’m fed up with the way the news media keeps pushing the need to supply money to these so called need people.

We also have many whites, Mexicans, japan and Chinese people that also need money. 

Hell I could need some extra cash also. 

p/s look at all the blacks obama has placed in administrative position ??????
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They are not only after our guns, now our free speech also.
http://teapartyorg.ning.com/forum/topic/show?id=4301673:Topic:1161056&xgs=1&xg_source=msg_share_topic
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The Edgefield Christmas parade did not charge an entry fee for any floats or entrants. We know that.  But, was the T.W. Josey band paid anything from parade sponsorship money to be a part of the parade?  Did they receive money to participate?

Editor's note: As far as I know, they were not. I will defer to Parade Chairman Calvin Henderson for a final answer.
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Can anyone explain why students at MES cannot talk at all during the school day?  They can't talk when they enter the building, they can't talk in the halls, they can't talk in class, they can't talk in the cafeteria during lunch or breakfast.  I assume they can talk at recess, (the entire 15 minutes) and even teachers and staff aren't allowed to talk in the halls as well.  I know all of this because I walk my children in the mornings, even though that has been restricted, and watch what is going on.  My children used to love school, now they don't even want to go.  Is this an elementary school or a prison?
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Why Romney Lost

Romney said, " When I'm elected, I will put Americans back to work. "  
And 51% of Americans said, "Not me!"
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RE:  Norman Dorn is nothing but a loud mouthed bigot with the IQ of a rusty nail. He is an embarrassment to this county year after year.

Yes, Norman Dorn is all that and more. But don’t forget the 1544 moronic people who voted for him. They also need to be acknowledged for their part in this sideshow. Now is the time for the County Counsel to start videoing every meeting and broadcasting over the Internet and/or local TV. If these morons see the embarrassment and lack of progress for their part of the county they might think twice before they vote for him again. Of course the only reason they vote for him is because he is black, they had a hard working, and intelligent choice in Mr. Smith but the voters did not have the mental power to think beyond the color of their own skin. Lets hold theses people accountable for their poor choice.
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I just read a comment to an article from the Huffington , Puffington Post that talked about the Obama's Christmas card. It is apparently a picture of Bo (looks like the dog is as arrogant as his owner) strutting through the snow, but there is no Christmas tree. I think it is silly to go ballistic because of no tree, but people that commented on it and were concerned about no tree, were called racists. Give me a break...racist because you are concerned about the lack of a Christmas greeting on a Christmas card? Where is Norman Dorn, the king of racism, when we need him?  He really does need to be quieted in the council meetings. He is a disgrace to his office. Come on chairman, do your job! Are you afraid you will offend someone if you do? You are offending the rest of us by not doing something.
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A Christmas groaner:

A chess club threw a party at a hotel. Afterward, several members were standing in the lobby discussing their recent tournament victories. After an hour, the manager came out of the office and asked them to leave. After they left, the manager's assistant asked, "Why did you make them leave?"

"Because," the manager replied, "I can't stand chess nuts boasting in an open foyer."
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Quote of the Day: “The best lightning rod for your protection is your own spine.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson ...
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This one is special -- think you will be touched...

http://www.wimp.com/santadad/

Editor's note: That was touching. Great story. (high speed internet suggested to view)
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This man doesn’t leave any thing out.

http://www.youtube.com/v/F0sk4yGaEk8%26hl=en_US%26fs=1%26
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Big Labor's right to work panic is an admission of worthlessness.
Thanks to Michigan’s approval of right-to-work legislation, the head honchos of the labor movement are positively freaking out.  It took less than four hours for pro-union demonstrations to turn violent, and since then they’ve been running around calling people “Hitler,” screaming about fascism, and telling everyone who will listen that their 1st Amendment rights have been eliminated. Of course, this is all false.
http://www.caintv.com/big-labors-right-to-work-panic
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This is your tax dollars at work folks. For you???  NO!!  For Muslims. Where are the Republican House members on this? Why are they funding this garbage?  Don't they know we are broke. Where is the lame stream media on this?  Is this what that dirty, rotten, no good lying SOB Obama is raising our taxes for?????? 
 
http://teapartyorg.ning.com/forum/topic/show?id=4301673:Topic:1160975&xgs=1&xg_source=msg_share_topic
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In regards to the antics of Mr. Dorn:  If the Chairman of the Council is not taking appropriate action, it may be time for the people in the gallery to silence Dorn.  May I suggest that the next time "Stormin Norman" starts a rant, the entire gallery stand and tell him to "Shut the hell up!"  Perhaps if even one person had the moxy to do act an impression would be made on him.  Maybe that will get his and the rest of the Council's attention that they work for the people, and the people will prevail.

Editor's note: I've thought about having people show up and do just that. But my guess would be that if they did so, that would be the only time Chairman Dean Campbell would use the gavel, to silence the people - not Dorn.
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Seriously... Michelle Obama, Bill Clinton, Rachel Maddow etc are nominees for Grammys this year? Seriously????? Well, that is just one more thing I have taken off my list to follow. If the Grammy's are that mixed up, I don't trust any award that they would give. What a slam to people who really are talented artists. Good grief!!!

Editor's note: A Hollywood President, don't you love the left stream media? Anyone that points out his lies is a racist because they don't want to admit he's a liar.
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RE: I wonder if the cultural force that drives some people to name their children Tulisa, Shantoya, Latraz, Quarvis
I too have wondered why someone would saddle a child with such a name.  I thought maybe they wanted their child to feel unique. As the mother of a middle school student I have seen how cruel other children can be over minor differences this just adds fuel to the fire. But then again maybe it is just a simple issue of not knowing how to spell?
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What makes Norman Dorn so special that he can't be kicked out of a meeting for being the same bully he was when he was a teacher? All he did was bully students, tell them (us) how stupid we were and brag about how much money he had.
I agree with the editor, [Chairman] Dean Campbell needs to kick his butt out of the meetings if he can't behave like a human.

Editor's note: If Chairman Campbell is to afraid to take on his role as chair, a majority of council can vote to have Dorn removed for disrupting the meetings. They cannot remove him from office, but they sure can shut him up.
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sir I wrote a wandering minds about the subject of people in our community that wrote about children performing in the parade a high school band mentioning porn , hooch and dollar bill payments and that our community needs to be very concerned regarding these people that connect high school kids with these words   The children were performing the choreographed routines and to look at a child and think such things is very inappropriate, and shows how there is a growing sickness to blame children for what  adults with filth in their minds think. Our community need to wake up and be more aware of this problem and watch these people that think smut when looking at a child.

Editor's note: You sent two comments fo rhte same day and your first was used. Since you resent this one it has been placed. Those are the rules.
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RE: "What am I missing?  Why would this idiot keep being placed back in and those that are fully capable of doing the job overlooked?"

You're missing one simple little fact - they are exactly what they accuse others of being - RACISTS!  They vote for Dorn because he is black, and because of the Editor's explanation.  Just like the LIV4O crowd that again, voted for Obama.  The color of his skin, and the mere promise of getting even with those dastardly rich people - we're going to take from them and give to you, it's only fair.  Never mind you sit at home on your @$$, smoke crack or weed, play video games, become a stud for a broodmare, or be the broodmare and crank out children so you can get a bigger check, or become a thug standing on the street corner, you want to get even, get revenge.

So, if you are one of the "rich" people that has the temerity, perseverance, and an affinity to take a risk to better your life and the lives of your children by working hard, remember this - If you have to lay off (Better yet, instead of laying them off, find a way to fire them, then they can't collect another check at your expense.) people because of the looming tax increases levied against you to get even against you for having the audacity to take a risk and create jobs, IDENTIFY the LIV4O people in your business and lay them off first.  This is a good opportunity to purge your workforce of dead wood.  After all, if they are part of the LIV4O crowd, they aren't very productive in the first place.  Obviously, by their vote, they're not akin to conducting any additional research about anything, they just do the bare minimum, and follow others like sheep.  Give them their handout, eventually that handout will run out.  And when it does, they can go ask their racist bro's Bibbs and Dorn for a job.
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Dick Morris Still Blaming Hurricane Sandy For His Own Terrible Predictions: via HuffPost http://huff.to/11S5P3q
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I agree with the Editor's comments about Mr. Dorn and his behavior in the council meetings. I have wondered for some time now why the chairman allows this behavior to continue. There is nothing to fear if you are just enforcing the standards that are set up. If there are not enough controls in place to keep someone respectful and polite, than maybe the rules need to be changed. Simply following Parliamentary procedure be enough.  Anyone in leadership should know better than to behave like Mr. Dorn does, but then he is on his own planet. It is embarrassing for all of the residents of this county. I say, if he cannot behave in a respectful and proper manner, than he should not be allowed to attend the meetings. There should be some controls in place to encourage good behavior. Isn't it a sad state to have to try to figure out how to make a "leader" act like a responsible adult? The people that voted him in should be more embarrassed than any of us, but they just keep voting him in. What in the world?
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Please someone get Dean Campbell to grow a set and kick Norm out and off council.

Even though he was elected to serve, there should be some way to reprimand him and get him off of the council.

Editor's note: Unless Dorn does something illegal, he cannot be kicked off the county council. That is what elections are for. However, Robert's Rules of Order govern the way county council meetings are conducted. Under those rules, Dorn can be removed from the meeting after being warned twice for disrupting the meeting on the third offense. Chairman Dean Campbell will never do it because, in my opinion, he is afraid of Dorn.

Maybe Dean needs to miss a meeting and let his Vice Chair take the gavel, she can show him how it can be handled.
web posted December 7, 2012

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RE: "Norman Dorn - Stop Embarrassing Edgefield County"

Don't forget that racist thug Bibbs.  He's no different, he just doesn't make as big a fool of himself at the School Board meetings as Dorn.  But Bibbs is an idiot as well and has a mind like a steel trap.  Rusted shut! Funny, both of these yo yo's would sell their own mother back into slavery if it meant getting something for themselves.  So, black community, you want these race baiters, you elected them, go ask them for a job!  Go ask them to hire you.  Yeah, that's right, they've never accomplished anything, they don't even know how to spell business, let alone start one so they can hire their brothers and sisters.  Black community - you voted for it, eat it.  What are you going to do when the tax money runs out?  Is Dorn and Bibbs going to give you your check? Dumb masses.  They'll be dead and gone , not even a memory in anyone's mind, and you and your children will still be looking for what they said they were going to do for you.  Duh.  Nothing. Yup, LIV4Oand TROT.  (Low Information Voters for Obama and They Raised Our Taxes.)

Remember, if you're a business owner and you have to lay people off to pay the higher taxes, identify the LIV4O, and hand them the pink slip!
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Re: Norman Dorn - Stop Embarrassing Edgefield County

Why on earth do the people of district 1 continue to elect him?  William Smith ran one of the best campaigns I have ever seen on a local level.
Watching his leadership in our school system and then how hard he worked on the campaign, this was a NO BRAINER!

What am I missing?  Why would this idiot keep being placed back in and those that are fully capable of doing the job overlooked?
What say you, Mr. Editor?

Editor's note: It is simple. Dist. 1 has a basic 60-40 split of black over white population. The only time an overwhelming majority of black voters will make a choice is in a primary vote. When the general election comes around they are going to punch a straight Democrat ticket and walk out of the voting booth not knowing who they voted for. A Republican or Independent cannot win in Dist. 1, period.

When Dorn is opposed in a primary, he wins with less than 15 votes.
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This is an invitation to everyone : The Philippi Baptist Church Choir will present the Cantata “Silent Night, Holy Night” from the Living Christmas Tree on Sunday, Dec. 9th @ 6:00 p.m. and Monday, Dec. 10th @ 7:00 p.m.  A nursery will be provided.  Everyone is invited. The address is 125 Steeple Dr., Johnston SC (off Hwy. 191).  Hope to see you there.
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Someone please teach Terrance Culbreth what a budget is and how local government works.
The brotha needs some help on Johnston's Town Council.
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As we used to say in high school, [fuss fuss fuss]! Sundays Christmas parade was the biggest and best ever. Record breaking crowds and just a great day to be in Edgefield. Some people would fuss about a job in a pie factory. (Just be sure they aren't Obama voters!) LOL
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The last principal at MES was not compatible with small children anymore. The new principal is not compatible with a small, parent/teacher involved school. Sometimes it takes a few changes to get the right leader in place. I would be happy to send my child to a private school but then, that does nothing to help the school that my taxes go to pay for. Parents and teachers shouldn't run away and just let things happen, they should speak up and fight for the rights of the students and their future. Or our local schools will end up in the same direction as our country.
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I just want to say that the bands routines are choreographed like any dance or marching routine is and the children were performing to the routine they were taught so please don't continue to bash the children and down grading them they were performing and it is art and freedom of expression and downing grading a child is shameful our youth need our praise.
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There seem[s] to be different opinions as to the propriety of the performance of the T.W. Josey band at the Edgefield Christmas Parade.  I believe I have an explanation.  What you saw depends on where you viewed the parade.  The extremely vulgar, sex act simulating performance by the cheerleaders occurred at the first part of the parade route near the car wash.  I witnessed it.  I am told by people who were near the square that they cleaned up their act when performing there.  It is truly sad that there are high school girls who think that such behavior in public is appropriate anywhere.
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RE: Why does the new principal at MES thinks she needs to come in and fix what isn't broke? 

If the last principle was doing such a great job why did they get rid of him? The school was in all probability “broke”. MES has the biggest bunch of whiny parents, if you are not happy take you child to a private school. O right that might cost you money and if you were this whiny at private school they would kick your child out. Grow up and get over your selves. How many of the local schools let you choose a teacher, none that I know of. You are just creating more work for the over worked staff.
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Like others I thought the TW Josey Band was in bad bad bad taste. Were they paid to come to Edgefield and be a participant in our parade?  I heard someone say that on the sidelines Sunday. Is it true? And how much? Where did these funds come from?

Editor's note: There is no charge to enter for the parade. The town does not pay anyone to be a part of the parade.
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To anyone complaining about the sound guys. All I saw was men working their “rear ends” off trying to satisfy everybody.  Good job
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To all the complaints about the TW Josey Band does any of these people watch primetime tv and are there children watching with them or do they only watch PBS because even the Disney Channel has "hoochng" ? I think that limiting the enjoyment of only having one band is rediculous and the more bands push each to be better and perform at there best therefore the more entries in a parade the more enjoyment for the community and the more revenue for our communitys' local businesses.  Also to all the complaints about the sound company have you emailed the complaints I'm sure they would be glad to know what you think they could do to improve.  I'm impressed that they provided a email address in their response that's more than the complaining people do.  My opinion is its easy to say what you think is wrong when its anonymous but who of you stand up and participate in trying to improve our community!!
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I agree with the post on requesting teachers. I am also very surprised to find out that the Vice Principal was let go at the school in such a quick, quiet way. Most parents probably do not know that Mr. Britt is gone!!! Change is sometimes necessary but the way the changes are coming at MES, no one will want their children there much longer! Especially when all you receive from Dr. Tucker is lie after lie after lie!
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I read the crime blotter and the jail report every week because you never know when somebody you know gets arrested. I notice that most of the people that get arrested have names I can't pronounce. I have a Masters Degree in English and I believe I have a fairly comprehensive grasp of our language. I wonder if the cultural force that drives some people to name their children Tulisa, Shantoya, Latraz, Quarvis and the like are doing their children any favors to prove a political point.

Editor's note: In a review of the past few weeks of booking reports, strange names did not consist of a majority of those arrested.
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"Our own Country's Honor, all call upon us for a vigorous and manly exertion, and if we now shamefully fail, we shall become infamous to the whole world. Let us therefore rely upon the goodness of the Cause, and the aid of the supreme Being, in whose hands Victory is, to animate and encourage us to great and noble Actions -- The Eyes of all our Countrymen are now upon us, and we shall have their blessings, and praises, if happily we are the instruments of saving them from the Tyranny mediated against them. Let us therefore animate and encourage each other, and show the whole world, that a free man contending for Liberty on his own ground is superior to any slavish mercenary on earth." -- George Washington
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Editor's post: County Councilman Norman Dorn is an idiot. He could not even show enough respect for Willie Bright to withhold his ignorant rants for one meeting to let Mr. Bright be honored without such a display of pure stupidity. I hope Dist. 1 is proud.

Most comments for November have been archived and listed above to allow this page to load faster for readers on dial-up internet providers.
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A huge Thank You to Calvin Henderson and everyone else who did all the planning and organizing to give Edgefield County the BEST Christmas Parade EVER !!  In addition, all the activities offered on the Town Square prior to the parade were great for encouraging participation by not only our county citizens, our visitors as well. 
To have our very own So. Carolina Army National Guard Unit as the Grand Marshalls was superb!!  A most special touch was the Veterans float.  Active Duty military and Veterans are not thanked enough for what they currently do and for what they have done in the past. 
Every entry in our parade was great!!  To watch the small children who attended, with wide-open eyes and large smiles, brought joy to my heart. 
What an awesome Sunday, Dec 2nd Edgefield County was given, THANK YOU to ALL who made it happen.  May your Christmas be Merry and Blessed.
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Okay People enough already about the TW Josey Band!!! If that's all you can find wrong with Sunday's parade then it something wrong with you. When was the last time that anyone has seen that many people or participants in Edgefield Christmas Parade? The parade on Sunday was one of the best ever! I know that the chairman and the other parade committee members worked tirelessly many months to put on this parade. Downtown Edgefield was filled with people of all races and ages from 1:00 until at least 6:00 pm. The comments should be why wasn't some of the stores open for shopping after the parade? Some of the merchants could have decided to open from 6 to 8 for late evening Christmas shopping. There was money to be spent Sunday afternoon with the overflow crowd. We hear all the talk about "shop local" but when there is an opportunity to capitalize on potential business we fail to act!!! There should be some complaints about that (stores not open) not TW Josey's band!!!
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Why does the new principal at MES thinks she needs to come in and fix what isn't broke?  As many of the parents may or may not know, we have been able to request our child's teacher for the past several years... and now all of a sudden we are not allowed too (they want us to tell them about our child's personality so they can better place them with the teacher of their choice).  Well if the guidance counselor was doing her job she would know the personality of our children.  If you don't want to let us choose our child's teacher, why not ask their current teacher who would be better for them?  They are with them 180 days of the year and know our child's personality just as much as we do.   So, Dr. Tucker, how about PLEASE fixin' what is broke and leave what isn't alone!!!  Sure it might be an extra step that someone has to do to make the parents feel comfortable with the teacher their child gets, but it so hard to go out of your way for the people that "YOU" want to support you and your school?
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No one is disputing whether they had a right to be in the parade or not. Although, I feel that the only band that should have been showcased in this parade was our very own State Champion Strom Thurmond Rebel Regiment!!!!! What is being disputed is the distastefulness of their style of dance! It is not appropriate for children or adults and especially was not appropriate for a CHRISTmas parade!!!
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My family and I thoroughly enjoyed the performance by the T W Josey band.  It was one of the highlights of the parade.
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Okay people...it's evident that you can't satisfy everybody.  It's now Tuesday (when I'm sending this email) and people are still complaining about Sunday O_o!!The parade is getting better every year.  It was a success overall, and I hope that next year it's even more entertaining.  I personally didn't see anything wrong with the band (TW Josey), but to each is own. There's always a select few that'll complain and say the sky isn't blue enough.  Oh, and keep up the good job editor. I have my employees @ GHSU tuned into the website daily!  Good Day!

Editor's note: Thank you for reading and encouraging additional readers.
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Really?  Really Editor???  I've read Edgefield Daily for years and seems to me you have the same tree episode every year.  tsk tsk tsk.  When are you going to learn???  You shouldn't even waste time voting.  Your wife picks out a lovely tree...........every year!  Load up the car, tell her to pick out the tree she wants, load it up and take it home!  You should know by now (we all knew already), what was going to happen and fess up..... it's a happy tree and I bet it smells wonderful!
 
Merry Christmas Editor.

Editor's note: Actually, in the past it was the kids and I that wanted the big trees not her (our first tree was a 15 footer). This year she and I were on the same page, or so I thought. But, yes, you know her as well as I, it just wasn't going to happen. Merry Christmas to you and yours.
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Just out of curiosity, I decided to see if anyone would have written a rant to the Edgefield Daily after bonus checks were distributed for TAP before Thanksgiving and I was not disappointed. I have moved on and am now working in a different school district and I am much happier. I miss certain aspects of the school I was in, but do not miss some people in administration. Can we say ball-busting ego, determined to rule by a hard fist? Not my style and not for me. I had to start over somewhere else. Well anyway....this is what I have to say about TAP. Being in a different school district has shown me how much being in cluster meetings and regular classroom observations really helped me become a better teacher. So, my advice is reflect on your teaching and how much better it is now. Also, Common Core is not such a stressing thing if you use the TAP strategies to supplement new materials. Just saying.....
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While the TW Josey girls were distasteful, I am sure that our Mayor nor the Program Chairman knew that they would be so skimpily dressed.  In the past, the Josey band has been the highlight of any parade I have attended.  All in all, it was a terrific parade, if only the band boys had danced instead.  They have always been exceptional to the rule.Don't blame the Mayor nor the Program Chairman - they worked hard to pull this thing together and I appreciate all their hard work.
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RE:I hope that passes the censorship of the editor since he wouldn't print my other comment!
 
Why are you so special that you don't have to follow the rules? Believe it or not it is possible to speak and/or write without using profanity. Foul language comes across as ignorance not eloquence.  If you want to be taken seriously in life not only act like an adult but sound and write like one too.
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I personally thought the TW Josey Band did great, and had every right to be there just like all of the other entries. I moved away from Edgefield years ago, and just happened to be there this weekend and decided to go check it out, and was proud of Edgefield for expanding to more than the usual 5 or so floats. My three year old loved every minute of it! Great parade guys!
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To the owner of super pro, now I know why the sound system was bad. You can't type, spell or speak decent English!!!!

Editor's note: It takes a big man to admit to responsibility, regardless of a poorly worded email.  I would not want many of my quickly written emails published. I was also informed that the stage was properly wired, however; the number of performers grew between the time they were scheduled and that is why the stage could not be used. That was not the fault of the vendor running the sound.
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New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Dept: No hackers have infiltrated its mainframe system Mississippi Department of Revenue: No hackers have infiltrated its mainframe system Alabama Department of Revenue: No hackers have infiltrated its mainframe system West Virginia Department of Revenue: No hackers have infiltrated its mainframe system Louisiana Department of Revenue: No hackers have infiltrated its mainframe system.

Why these states? They rank at the bottom with SC in most categories such as median income, wages, general intelligence of its population, educational outcomes, and having the problem of not having enough smart people to run a government. However, the people that live and file taxes in these states do not have to worry about the statements below.

1) Check your bank statements for fraudulent transactions due to the data breach at the SCDOR
2) Check you email everyday if you placed Security Alerts on your bank account (s)
3) Check your email everyday for Security Alerts from Credit agencies if you enrolled in Identity Theft protection
4) Hope you are able to receive a federal tax refund if you are owed one unless someone uses your breached information to file taxes in your name (50/50 chance that you will not receive your earned refund)
5) This is a life long task that you must do for the rest of your life.
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Editor's post: Psst! Wanna Hear What a Real Republican Sounds Like?
http://ricochet.com/main-feed/Psst!-Wanna-Hear-What-a-Real-Republican-Sounds-Like 

I could vote for Bill Whittle for President. Yes, I know this link was provided earlier, but it is worth repeating.
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I thoroughly enjoyed the parade and both of the bands, and i do not see where there was any problem with the TW Josey band.
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Can someone please inform the powers to be at MES what the early dismissal policy is in Edgefield County? And post the "official" response? We are confused at the daily changes.
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This post is to the person or persons who wrote,about the Mim's brothers, the most ignorant, classless, and the most utterly idiotic thing I've ever read..Before you Judge someone I hope you have made sure that you are Perfect, because Karma bites hard!!
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I own super pro sound in Trenton S.C. I agree with the post about the singing groups at the parade pre show Sunday. I would like to apology to the good people of edgefield. We were told that there were small groups that would be on the stage only. Our sound system  set up for that not for the large groups that showed up, they were to large for the stage and had to get in front where there were no mics. We did try  to accommodate this last minute change. We don't make a living at this, just help out at  local town events. We did this out of the love of our children and the town of edgefield. Your feedback is appreciated at superprosound@yahoo.com
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Count me in on those who found the Josey "dancers" revolting!
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In reference to the TW Josey Band. I did not see the girls “bumping and grinding”. I love marching bands. It is my favorite part of the parade. I found the TW Josey  Band very entertaining.

However, the girls outfits were not “tasteful”. Not only for a parade...but for any public entertainment. I guess we could find something to criticize about all of the entries if we choose to look for it.

I choose to enjoy each entry as entertainment and unique.  Without the entries, we would not have a parade.

Merry Christmas Ya’ll!
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The Edgefield Parade was incredible.  I don't think that I have seen that many people for any event in downtown.  For the most part, the parade was very touching and reassures everyone that we are a part of a small community that supports each other and generally works towards common goals.  It was good times with friends, family, and great memories past and present. However the group that came through at the end was repulsive. First, for someone to invite a school from across the river is one thing, then at that to have them dress and dance in the nearly naked fashion that they displayed was a disgrace to what we value in our small town. The festivities were memorable but I hope that something will be done to avoid this from reoccurring again. My 3 year old son was in the parade and many of his friends were watching from the sides. They get enough from the media and society at large, so why not try and protect the great things we take for granted in a small town.  I deal with alot of our community at large and have all intentions of seeing that something like this never happens again.  We, the younger generation need to take charge and have the courage to stand up for what we believe in and cherish in order to protect the future of our children.  The parade chairman should be ashamed for allowing such a thing to take place.
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Seriously people! You have nothing better to do than complain, complain, complain about the TW Josey band. They had every right to be in the parade as the two guys with the pit-bulls, the one guy carrying the rebel flag, the float with the coon dogs, or the bike club(s). Edgefield has no reason to be ashamed that TW Josey was there.
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What a great show by the TW Josey dancers. The last time I saw a show like that I had to pay a cover charge and a two drink minmum on the lower end of Broad St. I hope that passes the censorship of the editor since he wouldn't print my other comment!

Editor's note: Your comment contained profane language, as you know, and were you advised of why your comment was not placed.
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This is what happens when communism takes hold of a country.  This was actually shown on mainstream media 60 minutes last night.  This is how a country and its citizens are put under control.  This is more than sad and is something we americans cannot understand.
 
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50136263n
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I was shocked at the dancers for the TW Josey band. The band was great but the girls dancing looked like they belonged in a porn movie. What a shame. I hope next year they invite the band and NOT the porn girls.
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What a great parade…. until the [TW Josey] girls came along and acted like they were [having sex] with the football players. Nice touch Mayor Durham. We brought out two young kids to see Santa and when those future hookers started grinding we took our kids and left because it was so disgusting and we didn't know what would be coming next! If they come back next year, we won't!
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I hope Edgefield never lets the band from Josey come back. What an embarrassment. They were so vulgar I complained to one of the police officers but they said there was nothing they could do unless I wanted to complain to the mayor and I plan to! That had no place in a Christmas parade. Shame on Edgefield!
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I wish there was a like button to the comments on here. I would like and agree with the comment about why we should let Obama voters get what they voted for. I would love to see a like count of just how many other people agree.
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RE Editors Post:  The artificial tree got voted down big time. So, it's off to the tree farm. Wish me luck.

We had never, EVER had an artificial tree until the first year we moved from Michigan to SC.  That year, we bought one, put it up, stored it in the attic after Christmas, and there it sits.  Never put that artificial tree up again!  No matter how tall or short a tree is, if it's real, it's Christmas!!
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I'm not sure who booked the sound company [Removed] for the choruses on the square yesterday but it was awful. How can a company like that stay in business? Did they not know they were supposed to be there or something. You would think they would setup BEFORE the groups started singing. Oh well what do I know!
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Great turn out at the Paul Knox Vs Merriwether Middle School basketball game Monday night,lets continue to supports our young boys and girls.Make some noise Mustang Nation!
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Re: Katrina
Correct, the directive did come from Blanco, the Democratic Gov. However, my point was to show that it can happen regardless of who the POTUS is.

Editor's note: Yes, but it was not a directive of the Federal Government. However, that is very possible from Obama on a national scale as they are working to confirm a UN Treaty on Arms Sales that would hinder gun sales in America.
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Re: Editor's note: The security measures already in place were not put in place by Gov. Haley. In fact, the IRS had given SC a green light on security prior to the breach.
 
Facts:
1) The IRS only gives green light on security for data transmission protocol. Any data transmitted to the IRS must be encrypted. Data transmission and data storage are two mutually exclusive events/procedures.
2) IRS does not approve or give green light on data storage protocol. IRS does not do audits of data storage procedures or approve/disapprove of data storage procedures. The IRS does not authenicate data storage procedures for any agency of any state.
3) If any agency wants to have security approved for data storage procedures they will have an independent private company test these data storage procedures, i.e., put out an RFP to private companies (Deloitte & Touche, Ernst &Young,Price Waterhouse) that audit these procedures and produce an Audit Report.
4) When Nikki Haley says IRS approved of any process, she only refers to data transmitted from the SCDOR to IRS. Any attempt to say that IRS approved data storage protocol is blatantly false.
5) Any attempt for the editor to spin what Nikki says is an untruth and misinformation.
6) Monitoring is not the same as Fraud Resolution protection. After one year if you do not buy Credit Monitoring, you will not be notified when someone opens up any line of credit using your identity. If you do not check your credit report or attempt to open up any line fo credit, you will not know what someone is doing with your identity/SSN. Once you find out, then you will have to take many hours/days/months to unwind and clear up your credit. The Fraud Resolution is insurance that will pay for debt incurred while someone has used a line of credit with your stolen identity.It does not monitor your credit history and generate alerts.
7) Check your bank statements for fraudulent transactions due to the data breach at the SCDOR
8) Check you email everyday if you placed Security Alerts on your bank account (s)
9) Check your email everyday for Security Alerts from Credit agencies if you enrolled in Identity Theft protection
10) Hope you are able to receive a federal tax refund if you are owed one unless someone uses your breached information to file taxes in your name (50/50 chance that you will not receive your earned refund)
11) The elderly and poor are most vulnerable since most do not have access to a computer to receive alerts and set up the free credit monitoring for one year.
12) This is a life long task that you must do for the rest of your life.
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He says what should have been said!    I listened to EVERY word.
http://blip.tv/davidhorowitztv/bill-whittle-6444929

Editor's note: He'd have my vote!
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Those of you who voted for Obama need to see this.  This is what you voted to continue to increase in numbers while increasing taxes on the "wealthy and us middle and lower class".  Yes we are all going to get hit with Obummer agenda.  You will not escape simply because you voted for him.

Throw away the text books, forget the lectures, and every argument you have ever heard "Progressive" Socialist, Democrats have ever made about the "Compassion" ... of the Social Welfare construct they have so cynically used to create an electorate beholden to them.
 
JUDGE JUDY, totally obliterates the "Progressive" arguments.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=DL-a-r7iJIU
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Quote of the Day:

What is Christmas? It is tenderness for the past, courage for the present, hope for the future. It is a fervent wish that every cup may overflow with blessings rich and eternal, and that every path may lead to peace.~- Agnes M. Pahro

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. ~Romans 15:13
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Congress' Night Before Christmas
"Twas the week before Christmas and those sly little elves,
Our congressmen, labored to better themselves.
They cared not a whit what the public might think
"Let them eat cake," some said with a wink.

And putting their thumbs to the tip of their nose,
they waved as they shouted "Anything goes!"

They scoffed at the thought that we might object,
to a tax cut for the wealthy of a posh percent.
They've got prerequisites-franking, per diem, and more --
bargain-priced haircuts and gyms (three or four!)

Paid speaking engagements and meals on the cuff,
celebrity status -- (they've sure got it tough!),

Yet they claim they're in touch with the man on the street,
as John Q. Public struggles to make both ends meet.
If all workers decided what they were due,
they'd be getting those fat paychecks too!

But while we take cutbacks or raises quite small,
and one out of 20 has no job at all,
our millionaire Congress decides on the budget
land trimming Medicare and Medicaid will do it, they say.

In this season for giving, our Congress is taking.
We've had it with them and our backs are breaking.
With hard times, disasters, and layoffs on our dockets,
we bit the bullet and they fill their pockets!

Oh jobless, oh homeless, oh desperate and needy -
dare anyone say our Congress is greedy?

If in this feeling I'm not alone,
take up your pen or pick up your phone.
As dry leaves before the wild hurricane fly,
let the road of your anger mount to the sky.

Indignant, outraged, appalled and beset
let your congressman know that you won't forget!
When election times comes -- and certain it will --
you're voting him out for passing that bill.

More rapid than eagles, their elections assured
they toasted each other and laughed at the herd.
And I heard them exclaim with adjournment at hand,

"Merry Christmas to us, and the public be damned!
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Editor's post: Today is the first Saturday in December which means the whole family gets to go pick out our Christmas tree. And the size debate is already taking place. 10 foot plus, 6 foot to 7 foot, and one vote to go artificial with lights already installed. By the time most of your read this, we're already on the way. The artificial tree got voted down big time. So, it's off to the tree farm. Wish me luck.
web posted December 1, 2012

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Congratulations to the ST Rebels football team for a fantastic year. It is a shame the last game was stolen from them by some of the worst referees I have ever witnesses.  I realize Hartsville was playing
in memory of a team member, but that did not justify the horrendous plays called against our guys.  The coaching staff, players, and fans certainly deserved better from the SCHSL.  Too bad there are no instant replays!!!

Editor's note: Instant reply cannot be used to overturn a penalty. They can challange a call (catch, fumble, interception) but not a flag so even if it was possible, all it would do is make the fans even more furious with a bad call standing.
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Re: Katrina, New Orleans and the confiscating of guns from law-abiding citizens..........

Remind me again who the President was during Katrina?  I'm a Republican but facts are facts.

Editor's note: I believe that was a directive by Mayor Nagan or the Governor (both Democrats) not the President.
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Re: Typical Obama voter.  Blames Haley for this and she's only been in office for how long?, but OBAMA gets away with blaming BUSH for things still four years later.

Please remember the following:
 
1) Check your bank statements for fraudulent transactions due to the data breach at the SCDOR
2) Check you email everyday if you placed Security Alerts on your bank account (s)
3) Check your email everyday for Security Alerts from Credit agencies if you enrolled in Identity Theft protection
4) Hope you are able to receive a federal tax refund if you are owed one unless someone uses your breached information to file taxes in your name (50/50 chance that you will not receive your earned refund)

Remember this is for the rest of your life. So far, news reports show that there have been 5,617 attempts to steal the identites of residents of SC since breach. 4,962 were successful in setting up credit card accounts fraudulently, etc. Also, if your bank account is drained, the bank can charge you a surcharge for restoring your funds, since the data security breach was not their fault.
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Quote of the Day:
“But you must remember, my fellow-citizens, that eternal vigilance by the people is the price of liberty, and that you must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing. It behooves you, therefore, to be watchful in your States as well as in the Federal Government.” Andrew Jackson
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This is a must see:  Best discription of the Pledge of Allegiance    I especially like his ending.
 
http://flytheamericanflag.org/?p=82
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RE:" Editor's post: I've noticed several comments posted saying the person is not going to do business with a company owned by blacks. I personally have a problem with that. You are basing your choice on the color of someone's skin....."

You say we're basing our decision on skin color.  Wrong!  It's based on Obama voter.  Remember the old adage, be careful in what you ask for, you just might get it.  There are many people in our community and across this great nation that have pursued equality in opportunity for all, only to be continually regarded/labeled as a racist because they did not conform to the race baiter agenda.  And worse yet, if you dare disagree with the failed policies or incompetence of a minority, you automatically wear the “scarlet letter” even if you opposed similar incompetence of white people, ala Jimmy Carter. They have played the race card to enrich themselves while leading their own people to the slaughter house, so let them lie in the bed they made.

It can hardly be believed now, when we fight back after years of being accused of something we’re not, now we’re labeled as non-christians, as intolerant, or falling prey to the media traps.  So, we should be the whipping post for everyone? We should turn the other cheek, again, and again, and again?  Damn, now we know what it’s like to be an Israeli. You know, that door of respect swings both ways.  Quite honestly, a lot of us are tired of being that whipping post.  So instead of us fighting for equal opportunity for all, let them continue to play the racist game they chose.  Let them bear the consequences of their selfishness, greed, and hatred.  If they do not want to bear the brunt of their own actions, then let them police their own. 
It’s also hard for you to argue your point when 97% vote democrat, so who else do you think they voted for?  That’s not even racial profiling, that’s just fact!  So if we choose not to do business with blacks, 97% of the time we will be correct in that we are not doing business with someone who voted for Obama. It’s not hard to pick out the one’s that do have dignity and intelligence, and those are the ones that will garner business.

Let’s not forget there’s only one race, the human race, as you put it.  And they voted for what race?  They sure as hell didn’t vote for the human race, especially since we are all going down together because political party members of both sides have sold this country down the river.  Instead, they were selfish and wanted for themselves, their race.  They voted skin color! They voted race!  They voted revenge!  Most of us voted against Obama, not because we are the “racists” we’re labeled to be, but because we want our country back!

And last, don't you dare try to use Hannah Mosley as a weapon to play on people's emotions.  If she opened a lemonade stand, she'd be wealthy and successful because we would support her business - WE KNOW EXACTLY WHERE HER HEART LIES!  IT'S GOD AND COUNTRY, NOT RACE!  Before anyone starts lecturing on skin color, they better have a chat with the idiots that voted for Obama BASED ON SKIN COLOR!  It's going to come full circle.  Those idiots just don't realize that "BLACK" man they voted for is going to betray them too, all for the good of the true cause - the destruction of America!  He doesn't give a rats @$$ about them.

It’s been said before, and now again, Obama has been worse for race relations than any white ever was, but his sheep haven’t realized it yet.
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