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Doors closed on changes
11/6/2009 12:31 AM
A major downtown construction project has had the door slammed in its face by the City of Aiken Design Review Board. Condominiums being constructed on Park Avenue by Stevens Builders, well on their way to completion, have been put on hold because of ...
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11/6/2009 12:33 AM
Start over with a new Congress
Government figures showed an increase in gross domestic product in the latest fiscal quarter. The White House wasted no time in claiming the recession is over and taking credit for it. What are we to think of a cl ...
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11/6/2009 12:30 AM
GOP dismissing global warming
On Tuesday morning, German Chancellor Angela Merkel addressed a joint session of Congress. She gave an inspiring speech that was focused on global issues such as joint responsibility for seeking peaceful solutions t ...
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11/6/2009 12:30 AM
Anthony McKinney got a life sentence for running down the street.
The suburban Chicago street down which he ran, on Sept. 15, 1978, took him near the spot where security guard Donald Lundahl had earlier been shot to death. Police, still on the s ...
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11/5/2009 12:33 AM
Go Aikenite!
Could there be another Summer Squall on the track for Dogwood Stable? Perhaps the racing world will find out on Saturday when Aikenite, a horse named for the hometown of Dogwood Stable, runs in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Race.
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11/5/2009 12:33 AM
Government is doing too much
Read the former New Jersey Supreme Court Judge Andrews P. Napolitan's recent book, "A Nation of Sheep." In our government schools we are taught what to think and not how to think. He goes on to prove how our mainstre ...
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11/5/2009 12:31 AM
On Thursday, Oct. 22, the PTO at Schofield Middle School held our annual Tracks for Stacks fundraiser at the school. Thanks to the efforts of many people, we were able to raise money for many projects PTO supports at the school.
We send out spec ...
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11/5/2009 12:31 AM
Does the U.S. Constitution stand for anything in an era of government excess? Can that founding document, which is supposed to restrain the power and reach of a centralized federal government, slow down the juggernaut of czars, health insurance overh ...
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11/4/2009 12:37 AM
Stimulus funds are coming to Aiken County to help some of our youngest residents get better prepared for entry into their educational world.
Funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act are coming to the local Head Start office to allow ...
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11/4/2009 12:39 AM
Health care is a life and death issue
I wasn't going to tell my story, but in light of all the fiction out there, perhaps a little truth will clear the air.
My husband was in the Marines. I was pregnant with our second child. I knew it, b ...
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11/4/2009 12:31 AM
My heartfelt thanks to all S.C. state legislators for your continuous support of the two Governor's Schools, one Arts and Humanities, the other Math and Science. By maintaining funding for these public boarding schools you demonstrated your faith in ...
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11/4/2009 12:31 AM
Health care reform indeed! This entire debate is being misstated and distorted. It's not about health care reform; it's not even about health care financing reform. It's all about power - and we should be very, very afraid.
This thing is being ...
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11/4/2009 12:30 AM
According to the South Carolina Ethics Commission there are currently 382 lobbyists that work at the South Carolina State House; 90 of those are paid by the taxpayer.
What exactly does this mean? This means that taxpayer dollars are spent in t ...
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11/3/2009 12:35 AM
Cooperation can exist in a politically charged arena if something important is perceived to be on the line.
Such was the case last week when the Legislature met in special session and approved of concessions that allowed airplane giant Boeing to ...
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11/3/2009 12:36 AM
On Friday, Oct. 30, you printed a letter from Sandra Savell regarding the proposed cuts in reimbursement to doctors from Medicare. This is a serious issue, so I think a few things need to be clarified.
First of all, she is right about the propos ...
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11/3/2009 12:35 AM
President Obama promised to unite the country and the world and to provide the most transparent administration in history. Americans were deceived because since his election, he has scorned our allies, broken promises to Eastern Europe and negotiatio ...
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11/3/2009 12:31 AM
Does anyone in Washington tell the truth? Why should Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid be believed when he promises states can "opt-out" of a public option on health care? This isn't like opting-out of sex education class. Individuals won't be able t ...
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11/2/2009 12:31 AM
News that a teacher in Area 3 has been charged with having sexual relations with a student is unsettling. The female middle school teacher, according to the sheriff's office, had sex with a 14-year-old male student at school, at her home, in her vehi ...
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11/2/2009 12:31 AM
What is my pot of gold under the rainbow when it comes to health care? First it would include national tort reform which would significantly reduce medical costs. I would have the option to purchase low premium, catastrophic medical insurance that in ...
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11/2/2009 12:30 AM
Each time another report surfaces about the decline of newspapers, I feel like a death row inmate counting the warden's footsteps.
The latest echo of doom arrived a few days ago: U.S. newspaper circulation dropped 10 percent from April through S ...
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11/2/2009 12:30 AM
In the beginning, there was the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, a fire-breathing Chicago preacher who believes America is a bad place. The reverend and Barack Obama were friends for 20 years.
Radical Catholic priest Michael Pfleger, another Chicago cleric ...
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11/1/2009 12:34 AM
You did it. The Aiken County community came through in a remarkable way again this year in support of the United Way campaign.
Donations large and small added up not only to meet the $2.45 million goal that was announced in August but to exceed ...
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11/1/2009 12:34 AM
Most approve of public option
If the Aiken Standard is going to feature him as a regular columnist, please at least require that he back up his "facts" with data.
In his most recent opinion piece about health care reform, he begins with th ...
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11/1/2009 12:31 AM
Prior to World War II, the typical enrollment at Southern colleges and universities were 3,000 to 4,000. Mostly only the well-to-do were able to send their sons and daughters off to school. Typically, you finished high school and took a 35- to 50-cen ...
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11/1/2009 12:31 AM
I must respond to Mr. Welch's letter about racism. Mr. Welch used an example of a white justice of the peace in Tangipahoa Parish in Louisiana who refused to issue licenses to interracial couples to confirm racism against President Obama. How does so ...
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11/1/2009 12:31 AM
Anthony DiStefano responded to my letter of Oct. 20. He writes, "Where our country is going depends largely on where we, the people, want it to go and the choices we make. My choice would be for hope over fear, a compassionate community over selfish ...
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11/1/2009 12:30 AM
Despite what you read in the editorial pages of the Aiken Standard, most of the people I know, and I suspect most of the people in Aiken, are apprehensive and angry at the direction the federal government is headed. They see people they know who have ...
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