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Religion Becomes Bigger ?Non-issue? in GOP Race

A couple of items out on this today, firstly concerning Huckabee performing a good demonstration of Orwellian double-speak. Huckabee Questions Mormons’ Belief One has got to assign credit where credit is due. In this case, Huckabee Finn floats a statement that, “Shucks, gee-whiz, I don’t know nuttin’ about Romney’s religion…but ain’t they the ones that say…?” [...]

Who? Dems might have another possible gubernatorial hopeful

Abortion and Cultural Marxism

Pat Powers put up an interesting post has he pointed out the Dakota Women web site going after Shantel Krebs. Here is an excerpt from Dakota Women: The Krebs MO: promoting an agenda of women?s equality in business?not to be...

WSJ: The importance of a strong Navy

Why T.R. Claimed the Sea This relates to our current and future circumstances, as well as to an earlier posting concerning the sad decline of the Royal Navy. On Dec. 16, 1907, the 16 battleships of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet sailed from Hampton Roads, Va., on a 43,000-mile journey around the world. The occasion was immediately understood [...]

Rendezvous at the Rendezvous Rib Joint

If Jazz if America's great contribution to music, and the Europeans certainly think it is, Barbecue is America's great contribution to the global kitchen. The best pork ribs I have ever tasted in a restaurant were served to me Thursday...

What if the internet and blogs had been around earlier?

No politics in this post...

DMR Poll Puts Huckabee, Obama At Top

With two days to go before the Iowa caucuses, the Des Moines Register has published a survey showing Mike Huckabee outpolling Mitt Romney among Republicans and Barack Obama leading over Hillary Clinton among Democrats. Although John Edwards has tried to...

What's New with the Blogs

Vehle running for Senate

Selling Real Estate over at www.patpowers.com

What's Next For Blogs For Bush?

Pentagon Islam Expert Fired

Don't Miss Michael Barone...

Silky Pony: I am Seabiscuit!

South Dakota Blogs

Did I mention I liked Fred Thompson?

Teacher Pay In South Dakota

Iowa Interpreted 2

A Few Other Notes on the Primaries

Prince of the Ozarks

America's Challenge

Ron Paul On The Civil War

SDP Jazz Note: The Bible of Jazz

I Admit That Ioway I Owe A Lot To You

Reflections on Iowa

What's the talk in DC today? I hear it's this article...

SanFran Nan: ?I?ll be good?later.?

Slouching Toward Second Rate

SDP Jazz Note: 2007 Obituaries

Cultural Marxism in Malaysia

Bloomberg For President?

One vote on deck for South Dakotans' view on immigration, Herseth Sandlin votes NO.

Cultural Marxists and hate crimes

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