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My daughter Paige treated me to an evening seeing the new Transformers movie. I think it was originally promised around Father’s day, which tells you how long we’ve put it off.
I’d been avoiding it due to showing houses and other work, or just being exhausted in the evenings. Tonight, she [...]
Bye-Bye stinky.
Consolidation has been going on for awhile and in a recent Gargoyle Leader article, Sioux City is gearing up for a bigger plant.
But the biggest piece of news that has been circulating in news circles is that Smithfield foods who owns JM’s has filed Federal [...]
I just sent out this message to my South Dakotans for Mike Huether Facebook fanpage:Image of [...]
The breaking news today revolves around Alaska Governor and religious right darling Sarah Palin resigning from office effective later this month.
At an 11:00 a.m. press conference today, Governor Sarah Palin announced that she would not seek a second term as governor. The governor continued, saying that by the end [...]
So why is Gov. Sarah Palin really stepping down?This is a surprise - Governor Palin is stepping down from the Governorship.
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said Friday she is resigning from office at the end of the month, raising speculation that she would focus on a run for the White House in the 2012 race.
The former Republican vice presidential [...]
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Why should the special interest groups that made up Obama’s coalition not feel the buyer’s remorse that the rest of the country is feeling over President Obama? In a recent letter to the Huffington post website, Obama’s campaign manager Steve Hildebrand tries to let down the GLBT community gently over [...]
As I prepare to ignore the website for a couple of days, as I spend my time with my family, it’s time for the semi-regular reminder that you shouldn’t forget to feed the kitty. He’s looking a little skinny lately. In reference to the ongoing request to drop a few [...]
Our office is closed today, and there's no newspaper tomorrow. Have a happy Fourth of July weekend.
IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776.
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political [...]
The Argus is reporting this AM that the attendance of yesterday’s anti-socialized medicine rally was a bit less than the 10,000 they’d hoped for:
A head count showed 325 people in the grandstand for the midafternoon speeches, though organizer Dr. Allen Unruh later estimated 500 to 700 people attended at least [...]
South Dakota’s US Senator, John Thune, is taking the EPA to task over their scientists apparently telling one of their own to “shut up” about the fact he disagrees with the Democratic party line on Global warming:
Thune said in a Tuesday news release that he sent a letter calling for [...]
Just when you think that television can't get any worse than "Rock of Love"...' [...] From tragedy, some want regulation. And it’s just making a tragedy worse.
Susan Randall, one of the state’s oldest activists for over reaching state regulation is using the tragic opportunity of a child’s severe injuries (for which an accused was found innocent) to advocate for… what else… Government intervention and regulation!
From [...]
A letter to the editor of mine ran in today’s Mitchell paper today that explains what inspired to go public with the truth behind the Declaration:
In your July 3, 2008, editorial titled "Founders’ work remembered," your final sentence said, "We celebrate with picnics, fireworks and [...]
It wasn't one of the better voted polls I've had, but the results are in for your reader posting preferences.Maybe it’s the fact I grew up during the Vietnam War but I’m a fan of many of the movies about it. Apocalypse Now, Francis Ford Coppola’s adaptation of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness in the setting of that war, is a classic. I’m not alone in that opinion.
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Ilana Mercer understands that the Progressives are anti-Jeferson:
The Declaration of Independence – whose proclamation, on July 4, 1776, we celebrate tomorrow – has been mocked out of meaning.
To be fair to the liberal establishment, ordinary Americans are not entirely blameless. For most, Independence Day means firecrackers and cookouts. [...]
All right already. I won't call Obama a Marxist in this column. Instead, I'll point to some signs that indicate that Barack and Karl might well be soul mates. At least, they have similar attitudes about capital, labor and profits, er, surplus value.
Liberals, even those of [...]
Yesterday I attended the health care forum in Mitchell put on by Senator Tim Johnson and Representative Stephanie Herseth Sandlin. Seth Tupper’s report blows the cover off and exposes the partisan agenda:
It’s possible that Herseth Sandlin and Johnson already knew Gregg’s story, because as Herseth Sandlin said to representatives [...]
Bounty increased for Brookings burrowers.
Workers uncover ancient animal/vegetable burial site in cemetery in Wyoming.
Signatures for ballot initiative to be reviewed. Supporters wonder if opposition is smoking something.
Johnson and Herseth Sandlin talking health, but say system needs “reform.”
[...]Since school let out, more than 15,200 free meals have been served to children in Sioux Falls, and the demand is rising.
The meals are designed to be a safety net for families needing help with nutrition, school officials have said. A greater need for the service has [...]
I wonder if Cory Heidelberger read this in the Madison paper:
Two words used in the national discussion over health care reform need to be clarified: "affordable" and "access."
They are both good political words, implying that our elected officials will do something to lower prices, perhaps even to zero, [...]
Yesterday’s rally against socialized health care included these remarks:
Dr. Blake Curd, a Sioux Falls surgeon and state legislator, congratulated the audience for enduring the afternoon of speeches, comparing the event to a 12-inning baseball game.
"I think it must mean this is an incredibly important topic to you all," he [...]
Though I’m not a big fan of Darrin Smith, I will say he is a very shrewd politico, and he would not be challenging the smoking petition unless he knew he had a good fight;
A coalition of health advocates on Thursday claimed that almost 10,000 signatures collected by opponents [...]
I had to laugh, but was not surprised that event that was supposed to draw 10,000 people brought in 325. I hope Allen wokeup this morning and said to himself, “Maybe I am wrong, maybe Americans really do want socialized medicine.” - Yeah Right!
A head count showed 325 people [...]
Well it looks like another one in the newspaper industry is trying to stop the bleeding;
Gannett Company is reportedly poised to cut more than 1,000 jobs (7/1/09) as it tries to overcome the financial woes of the current recession.
It’s not yet known how these massive cuts will impact the [...]
Not much detail in the 
