Rant & Rave from Free Times in Columbia SC (2024)

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"Cola's new logo - bland but OK, I reckon. But, "Together, we are Columbia". You paid $93,000 that catchphrase and logo. Ugh. How 'bout "Colatown, hot as 3 hells in July"? What you got, citizens? Send it in."

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"Cola's new logo - bland but OK, I reckon. But, "Together, we are Columbia". You paid $93,000 that catchphrase and logo. Ugh. How 'bout "Colatown, hot as 3 hells in July"? What you got, citizens? Send it in."

"The University of South Carolina football team had a scrimmage. I wonder who won."

"Ok, I get it, Lexington County, you want to curb growth so services and infrastructure can catch up. Legitimate. But, you say you want to maintain your "character and rural feel". I call BS on that."

"Congrats to Dawn Staley. She's the queen of the South. Her team and herself should do something with Megan Thee Stallion. For themselves. I think it's a perfect fit."

"Stop using USC as an excuse for harassing the homeless. I promise you the USC students have a life. They don't give a rip about homeless people."

"I think it's great when teams come up short for a bowl invitation or a tournament spot. It means that the players can focus on physics and calculus and do well on their exams."

"Contact the Columbia Fireflies today and let them know you want to see the Savannah Bananas right here in Columbia! Check out the Bananas on YouTube and see for yourselves."

"That moment when Free Times writes a story about meme lords in Columbia, SC, and doesn't even mention the best one going right now (colacopingsociety). Buncha squares at FT, I swear."

"LA. NY. Columbia, SC? Rivals in Red. A friendly match. Man U and Liverpool? Owoogah!!! August 4. Williams Brice. Already bought me tickets, fellow hooligans!"

"America needs quality, affordable to function. As a former Mr. Mom, I get it. But Richland I's $30 million subterfuge for an early learning center (6-month to 5-year old day-care) in closed session is borderline criminal."

"The Battle of Aiken: We’ll keep doing it until we get it right!"

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Home delivery of alcohol, as proposed, could help keep drunks off roads. Add strict enforcement and conviction of over-imbibing drivers. A deposit statute on drink cans and bottles would benefit all of us. Dial a ride or drink at home, okay?

"Nikki Haley says that the US "has never been a racist country." Really? Well then, what was the cause of the Civil War and ... oh right, never mind."

"Don't agree with project & by the time it would've been done, would pickleball be relevant?"

"Look around, my brothers and sisters. We made it another year. Hug yo peeps. Be nice nice to others. Tip well. We won the lottery of life."

"Why can't our Governor and Legislature join NC, KY and LA and expand Medicaid in this state? So many people need it and yet we sit. Taxes can be cut but Medicaid can't be expanded in SC. Simply tragic."

"China and Russia remove historical facts from their students' history studies they don't like. Let's add SC to that list. Glad I'm an adult so I can reread 1984 and Fahrenheit 451. I love Big Brother."

"RIP Carlton Thompson, aka “Gameco*ck Jesus.” Forever in our hearts, forever to thee."

"What do you mean you're going to send investigators to the Richland County Jail, Sheriff Leon Lott? Send deputies. Station them there. Run it. Show us how it's done."

"How disappointing of Congressman Clyburn to play the race card when referring to Richland One schools? I suppose he's forgetting, of course, that most of the children who are being cheated out of their education are also Black. But that doesn't matter, I guess."

"This is the Columbia Yeah Guy. I saw where the Free Times removed Rant & Rave. Was it me? Yeah."

"A word to the drivers of all those supersized pickup trucks downtown and around USC: a Southern gentleman does not forget his manners when he gets behind the wheel."

On Oct. 21, Free Times spent the day at the Famously Hot SC Pride Festival soliciting Rant & Raves. Here's what we heard ...

Why does the rocket at the South Carolina State Fair look like a crayon? Yeah.

"Stay positive and keep on keeping on," one Free Times reader offered.

When you buy swiss cheese, you should get a discount.

"I've just about had it with you people. If you don't restore Rant & Rave to it's grownup status I'm going to stop giving my wife the monthly $20 to renew our subscription!"

South Carolina lost to North Carolina in football. The chicken curse lives on.

One reader raves about the work done on Dreher Island Road. "Shout out for doing a great job repairing about 1/5 of the needed repairs."

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This is a rant about the Rant and Rave. It's way too small. Yeah.

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Raves for the Warmouth's Yesterday's tribute dinner, a rant about The Nickelodeon's programming.

What's the difference between sushi and sashimi? One Free Times reader wants to know.

"Today I'm identifying as someone whogets something publishedin a local newspaper."

I recently saw a bumper sticker:"How are politicians and diapers the same?" They both need changing for the same reason.

Does anyone else think reducing Devine Street from four lanes to two is going to be an expensive mistake?

The Fine Points parking nazis deserve to die a slow painful death and spend eternity suffering in hell. --

I see Herr Rickenmann now wants to label all the poor bloody homeless as criminals - what a nice type of person he is!

Hey Lindsey Graham Cracker, I hope you go to a Russian jail. You'd probably love it.

Your paper folding machinery has been out of adjustment by about 6 mm for many weeks. I can't handle the eccentricity! PLEASE adjust your apparatus.

Some A-Hole started his late model Camaro right next to me while I was getting into my automobile. It was so LOUD I thought it was an explosion. Scared the poop out of me. There is no reason for that. Loud exhausts don’t add one horsepower. It is just a public annoyance and should be outlawed.

Why do so many women that work as cashiers... never mind actually.

Richland Mall. Why in the world would our government subsidize replacement of a place that is economically viable now? And. And. The new structure, at least by the rendering, is butt ugly. No tax money for Richland Mall demolition and renovation!

If Mrs. Haley wants us to take her seriously, perhaps she should spend less time talking smack about others and more time laying out her agenda,if she has one.

Kudos and many thanks to Saluda Shoals Park for its April 21 concert featuring the amazing Flat Out Strangers in a beautiful setting. Music for grown-ups never sounded so good.

Beyonce Knowles is the most overrated singer in the history of recorded music. How does someone so mediocre become so celebrated?