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U.S. Senator Jim DeMint (R- South Carolina) made the following statement on Obama's healthcare plan: "The last time the President made grand promises and demanded passage of a bill before it could be reviewed, we ended up with the colossal stimulus failure and unemployment near 10 percent," said Senator DeMint. More ... The South Carolina Student Loan Corporation, South Carolina's only nonprofit student loan provider, released the following concerning the introduction by House Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller (D- CA) of H.R. 3221, the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act. The Committee is scheduled to mark up the legislation on Tuesday, July 21. More ... Last week's multi- state dog fighting bust highlights the need for uniform legislation to protect the innocent animals caught in the web of an illegal, gruesome activity, according to a national expert from Best Friends Animal Society. More ... I read with interest Warner Montgomery's article on the Middle East in the July 10, 2009, issue as I traveled to Saudi Arabia last November for the annual pilgrimage to Mecca. I must comment on your statement, "The first question asked by the judge of any accused person is, 'Do you believe in Allah and accept Mohammed as his only prophet? More ... The planners of a proposed year- round K- 5 charter school in Richland 2 praised the Richland 2 school board for its decision to approve Richland 2 Charter High School. Richland 2 Charter High will serve 80 nontraditional students beginning in summer 2010. More ... It doesn't take a scientist to see good reason to question the global warming theory. Science has taught us that, thousands of years ago, there was an ice age. If that is correct, then this old world has been warming up for a long time. More ... During a magazine interview in 1966, John Lennon said that The Beatles were "more popular than Jesus." No one paid much attention in England. Lennon was brash, young, and intentionally outspoken. When an American magazine republished the five page article, the quote became the centerpiece of the story. More ... My wife doesn't understand how I could possibly consider movies like Dumb and Dumber and Happy Gilmore to be classics. She can't comprehend my need to giggle when she is trying to teach my kids some manners. I could explain it to her, but she wouldn't believe the honest answer, which is that I am a man. Simply put…I don't know any better. More ... Most of us have read about the gorilla escape at Riverbanks Zoo but few know why the gorilla returned to his compound so soon after his escape. Here's what really happened: It's Friday afternoon in mid- June at Riverbanks Zoo. Mike, a 400- pound gorilla, is lounging in his compound contemplating something he hasn't seen before. More ... |
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