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Yada yada yada. Choose your own talking head, and you can hear all you want (and more) about the Hawkeye Cauci, and the NH primary. What to say? Nothing CAN be said that hasn’t already been said. The Chief favors Gov. Romney, but ANY of the GOP is preferable to B. Hussein Obama, or another [...]

Blognote

Blogging has been off lately - yeah, of course, the holidays, right? That hasn’t been too bad…but the touch of pneumonia has been another story. Things are on the upswing…and hopefully will continue to be so.

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...

Should this bother us? RC Council votes to give Cabela's a carrot. A really, really expensive carrot.

Another Good Night for Public Opinion Polls?

So much for Obama's supposed astounding victory over Clinton backed by an overwhelming amount of polling showing her trailing Obama. UPDATE: Some questions to ponder. Did McCain hurt Obama? Will Hillary's win overshadow McCain's win? Will a Romney victory in...

Property Taxes Lead Issue For South Dakota Legislature

What the South Dakota media will cover in the upcoming legislative session is anyone's guess. If the media cover the most contentious issue that draws the most attention from the legislators then property taxes will lead the coverage. Faithful legislature...

Impeachment: Last Word

The difference between Prof. Blanchard and me is that he sees "high crimes and misdemeanors" as defining actual crimes as the basis of impeachment while I see it as a common law term of art. As this short article explains,...

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 [...]

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Education is breading the bank

Selling Real Estate over at www.patpowers.com

What's Next For Blogs For Bush?

A Prize Fit for a King

The diplomacy of as if

We interrupt the campaign season for a border reality check

South Dakota Blogs

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My Messiah Is A Suit From Massachusetts

Political Poetry

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

McGovern on Impeachment

Bankers: Recession in the Offing

Huge Turnout in New Hampshire

Tax Reform Coming To The Legislature

Think You Know Barack Obama? Think Again

WSJ: The importance of a strong Navy

New Hampshire GOP withdraws support

Intel Report Status

Push-Polling in Iowa

Property Taxes versus Sales Taxes

A challenge from Stan's employee

Bad News In Aberdeen

SD Regents go anti-gun

More RC Mayor Stuff - On the net, and in the paper.

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