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There were two events yesterday by Democrats that promoted more taxpayer funding of education. Senator Tim Johnson was in Mitchell covering the federal government?s role: U.S. Sen. Tim Johnson said during an education roundtable Wednesday in Mitchell that money being...

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Bad News In Aberdeen

The Aberdeen American News rings in a new legislative session with a rotten idea: subject not-for-profits to property tax or a "fee for service" for the fire and police protection they receive. Here is an idea that we have suggested...

Rounds sides with big oil and plutocracy

Governor Rounds made his plutocracy clear yesterday: Gov. Mike Rounds enthusiastically outlined South Dakota energy opportunities in a State of the State message Tuesday and hammered again at growing reserves in public school budgets. The proposed TransCanada crude-oil pipeline from...

ELECTION NOTE

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 [...]

SDP Jazz Note: (Mostly) Contemporary Jazz

First let me do my best Jon Schaff imitation: headphones are no good for the young and the legislature should scrap all plans to distribute them to innocent school children. Gee, that did feel good! Anyway, I decided I wanted...

Romney Takes Wyoming

Mitt Romney won the first state race in the 2008 primaries, an achievement nobody outside political junkies are paying attention to since the Granite State dominates headlines: Mitt Romney captured his first win of the Republican presidential race, gaining most...

Does South Dakota Tax And Spend Too Much?

Mr. Powers and Mr. Sibson both seem to agree that South Dakotans are taxed too much and our government is too big. Is this true? Let's look at the numbers. When one looks at state taxation, as I have reported...

What's New with the Blogs

One brave woman

Selling Real Estate over at www.patpowers.com

What's Next For Blogs For Bush?

Another Canadian Mindcrime Video

The case against John McCain

Operation Phantom Phoenix, Operation Marne Thunderbolt, Operation Iron Harvest

South Dakota Blogs

B. Hussein Obama Update

What if the internet and blogs had been around earlier?

Plutocracy, the Farm and Energy bills

McGovern on Impeachment

Headlines Worth Noting

Much ado... Much ado...

Who? Dems might have another possible gubernatorial hopeful

Change is coming....

Clinton, Obama, 08

Juno: Worth Seeing, And Seeing Again

Ron Paul: A Bigot?

Say one thing and vote another

Property Taxes versus Sales Taxes

Populism versus globalism

Whither The GOP

Why should we be surprised?

Rounds: For Economic Growth

Regents against gun rights and freedom

American Blogs