Thirty- something speaks
Start training now
Mike Maddock
      I think I'm going to have to start training now for the next Olympic games. Maybe if Michael Phelps decides to get out of the pool and start swimming in all his endorsement money, then Bob Bowman could be available to coach me.
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Baghead Bandit knocks himself out
      It's said that ignorance can be cured by education, but there's no cure for stupidity. The case of the baghead bandit will illustrate the latter. Furman is an eighth grade dropout with few prospects for anything productive in the immediate future. Needing money for things like cigarettes and beer, Furman plans to rob a local bank.
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It's not a criticism, it's an observation.
Is there a third choice?
Mike Cox
      So who you gonna vote against? The ultra- liberal, inexperienced, non- patriotic, closet Muslim with the Angela Davis look alike wife who hates America, or the senile, out of touch, non- computer literate, hanging on to Dubya's policies, flip flopper, whose trophy wife has to be kept hidden? I know. Me neither.
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Business editor wows traveler
      Dear Mr. Ligon, I was just traveling through your state on my way home from a wonderful vacation at HH Island, when I found the business page of The Columbia Star on a table at a McDonalds. I read your article about city subcontracting outreach, and it is pure genius!
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