Editorial Be informed and then vote
The piece urges South Carolina voters to participate in the November 2 election and to inform themselves about candidates Nikki Haley and Vincent Sheheen. It highlights proposed debates focusing on economy education reform tax policy and tourism and infrastructure and calls for both campaigns to agree on a debate series. It stresses voter registration and turnout to sustain government.
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Nikki Haley
Vincent Sheheen
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Letter to the Editor on U S S Cole Prosecution Hold
The writer criticizes President and Justice Department for delaying the al Nashiri prosecution ten years after the U S S Cole attack. He accuses political motives, cites 17 sailors dead and 17 bereaved families, and urges immediate justice and closure. He names Obama and calls for ending political delay.
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James Nixon Aiken
Local Aiken Standard Staff Contact List
The Aiken Standard announces staff contacts for key departments. Names and emails are listed for publisher editor advertising director news director production director circulation director business manager and managing editor. The notice provides internal communication channels.
Aiken Republican Club hears Eckstrom on state budget and retirements
At the Aiken Republican Club luncheon Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom warned of an $11 billion unfunded liability in South Carolina’s retirement plan. The speaker and local writer critique legislators for voting on benefits in unrecorded votes and call for on the record voting and transparency. The writer is a policy council board member and small business owner.
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Richard Eckstrom
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Rick Brundrett
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TalkBack reader argues for tolerance and links faith to historical wrongs
A TalkBack reader from Vaucluse urges Americans to respect all beliefs, arguing intolerance from atheists in Aiken, and recalling historical Christian abuses to emphasize tolerance for those with different faiths or no deity. The letter cites Salem, removal of Native Americans, slavery, Japanese American internment, segregation, and the Ku Klux Klan.
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Africa
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Lisa Hall Vaucluse
Aiken Standard Contact Details
The note provides an email address etters aikenstandard.com and a fax line 648 6052 for the Aiken South Carolina publication.
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Etters
Aikenstandard
Is It Really George Bush's Fault Letter Cited Out Of Context
Reader critiques Charles Cushman for misrepresenting a 2004 UCLA study by Cole and Ohanian. The letter argues the paper discussed 1930s price and wage controls, not Obama style stimulus, and calls out distorted sourcing in public debate. It cites Glenn Beck on context.
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George Bush
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Bring God Back Into Our Country
An impassioned letter from Karen Beighey Granitevill urging a return to Judeo Christian foundations in the United States. She argues the nation should reembrace God and Jesus in law and culture and warns against removing faith from public life.
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South America
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Iran
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