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Clean up our act, or more inflation? Inflation wins!

Bank of England and Fed act to ease crisis The Bank of England this afternoon announced it is clubbing together with its fellow central banks to conduct a major rescue operation for the world’s stricken money markets. In an unprecedented move, the Bank said it and the Federal Reserve, the Bank of Canada, the European [...]

Obnoxious South Dakota

Right Wing News' list of 40 Obnoxious Quotes of 2007 has a couple South Dakota references. Coming in at #29: "Well, because the Arabs who were involved in 9/11 cooperated with the Zionists, actually. It was a cooperation. They gave...

Change is coming....

Denver Post Advocates Regional Primaries

The Denver Post joins Ken Blanchard, USA Today, and South Dakota party officials in advocating regional primaries. Excerpt: Former Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis, the Democratic Party presidential nominee in 1988, describes the current system as "nuts." Few Americans living outside...

SD Delegation Had A Good Year

Argus Leader excerpt: Work by South Dakota's congressional delegation in 2007 means the state's ethanol producers will sell a lot more biofuel next year, military veterans will get better medical care and an important regional water purveyor will get a...

SDP Jazz Note: The Bible of Jazz

I have frequently mentioned my friend Ken Laster, DJ at WHUS in Storrs, Connecticut, and host of my favorite radio show/podcast, In The Groove: Jazz & Beyond. I listened to Ken's holiday post yesterday, on the way back from Arkansas....

Bill Kristol Joins the Gray Lady

Ed Morrissey: Are They That Afraid Of Bill Kristol?

Pander Bear

I also wrote yesterday that the American people say they want a candidate that won't pander to them like Santa Claus, yet that is often whom we end up supporting. Little did I know that there was a Hillary Clinton...

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Plutocracy, the Farm and Energy bills

Selling Real Estate over at www.patpowers.com

What's Next For Blogs For Bush?

Political Gross-Out of the Year So Far

Huckabee channels Nixon

Relative of murdered Dallas girls: ?This was an honor killing;? father abused daughters

South Dakota Blogs

The Case For Thompson

Santayana And History

New Blog Added

Huckabysmal Ignorance 2

Iowa Interpreted 2

DMR Poll Puts Huckabee, Obama At Top

TAR Camp is almost here.... Are you signed up?

Waterboarding: The Adult Speaks

Reforming The Reform

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

Fox News bars Ron Paul

Current politics has gone astray

What the MSM doesn?t want you to know

Statistical Dead Head in Iowa

Graves not decided

Things are going well.....

Property Taxes Lead Issue For South Dakota Legislature

Building A Better Election Part II

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