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The document that started it all; the Declaration of Independence
7/3/2009 12:10 AM
When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature a ...
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7/3/2009 12:09 AM
Sometimes it's hard to be a woman
Giving all your love to just one man
You'll have bad times
And he'll have good times
Doing things that you don't understand
But if you love him, you'll forgive him
-- Tammy Wynette ...
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7/3/2009 12:06 AM
As a consumer of locally grown foods and raw milk and also a small producer of meat and vegetables sold at our local farmer's market, I oppose this bill, HR-2749. Some of the people at our farmer's market have been selling produce for 40 years. This ...
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7/2/2009 12:46 AM
One week ago, we called for Gov. Mark Sanford to resign. The bizarre, unfolding tale of his wandering ways and crumbling personal life only reiterates that point. It is time for Mark Sanford to resign as governor, allowing the state of South Carolina ...
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7/2/2009 12:45 AM
In answer to M.A. Lynes letter to the editor concerning the Aiken Standard's huge headline June 25, 2009, concerning Gov. Sanford's admitting extramarital affair with the 2-inch headlines, "Unfaithful."First of all, you will have to understand that t ...
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7/2/2009 12:44 AM
By PAUL KROHNE
Guest columnist
Sometimes, the best that can be said of a bad situation is that it could have been a whole lot worse.
Budget realities being what they are, it's disappointing but not surprising that the General Assembly has concl ...
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7/2/2009 12:43 AM
Gov. Sanford knew in advance that cheating on his marriage, using taxpayer-funded trips to see his mistress and lying to his associates was wrong. Very wrong! He also knew in advance that if he were caught the consequences would be severe. Unfortunat ...
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6/30/2009 1:45 PM
Earmarks. Pork. Wasteful spending.
There are many names used by critics of federal government spending to support projects seen as benefitting one region or enterprise rather than the purely national interest. Some times it is clear that Congress c ...
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7/1/2009 12:16 AM
In the spring of 2006, the Iraq war was not going well at all. Harry Reid - ever the patriot - gloated "the war is lost." President Bush's approval ratings were dipping below the horizon. Politicians on both sides of the aisle, none louder than Obama ...
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6/30/2009 12:45 AM
It takes the death of a king to overshadow the fall of a governor.
So it appeared last week, when Gov. Mark Sanford's Argentinian escapades -- the focal point of the national media when it broke -- took a back seat to the coverage of the passing ...
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6/30/2009 12:42 AM
I stopped by Wal-Mart at 12:30 a.m. Sunday to purchase a patch kit to repair a leak in my wife's wheel chair cushion. As usual, I spent about $80 stopping in for one $2-$3 item. At the checkout the clerk rung up all of the items except the patch kit ...
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6/30/2009 12:42 AM
While the attacks on Christianity goes on unabated, for the most part, those who sit in the pew are oblivious to how the real world operates. The recent attack on our Blue Laws is just one example among many. Blue Laws were enacted to encourage peo ...
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6/29/2009 11:22 AM
SRR takes over liquid wast project beginning tomorrow
6/30/2009 12:41 AM
Savannah River Remediation, LLC, the URS-led company officially becomes the liquid waste contractor at the Savannah River Site on July 1. We are honored to be able to continue serving as the U.S. Department of Energy's contractor in solving the Site' ...
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6/28/2009 4:16 PM
Sanford should switch parties and then the indiscretion would be OK. There seems to be a big difference between what is acceptable between Democrats and Republicans. It is obvious that the editor of the Aiken Standard is as far left as a person can g ...
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6/28/2009 4:16 PM
You, the editor of the Aiken Standard, have asked your readers their thoughts on whether or not our governor should resign. If a person proves to be dishonest by their actions, then they are already convicted; they are dishonest. So then the question ...
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6/28/2009 4:12 PM
I am disappointed in the Aiken Standard's "huge" headline June 25, 2009. It appears greed in "selling" papers dictates what is published. This is the second time within a month I have been very, very disappointed in our hometown newspaper. I am aware ...
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6/28/2009 4:11 PM
In response to Jessica Carter's letter, please read your Bible thoroughly. There's nothing worse than seeing someone use the Bible to justify their hatred of others. That's not what God intended.
Being "heterosexual" is not a commandment. In fa ...
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6/28/2009 4:11 PM
The house just passed the climate control bill. It was passed in the name of "climate change." They stopped calling it "global warming" because they lack the evidence.
This is the biggest con game ever perpetrated in the US. This bill is not about ...
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6/28/2009 12:32 AM
Last summer Aiken was overrun with campaigns and candidates. This summer the Aiken Standard has been printing many articles relating to political policies of the state, the biased actions of candidates we did elect and the opinions of several s ...
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6/28/2009 12:32 AM
Kudos! Kudos! Kudos to the Silver Bluff Animal Hospital staff. We found a quite emaciated, elderly Chihuahua wandering around our neighborhood on Monday ... At 6 p.m. we ventured out hoping to find a veterinarian still open and willing to help us wit ...
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6/28/2009 12:48 AM
On July 1, a new era begins at the Savannah River Site.
This new beginning - the challenge of safely and aggressively dispositioning radioactive liquid waste at SRS - is built upon the solid rock of the past two decades.
As we look forwar ...
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