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Want to know why Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee are doing so well? Peter Schramm thinks he has an answer. Fred Thompson?s comment "We just got our ticket to the next dance," reminds to say a brief word on the...

Washington Post Blasts Democrats over Iraq

When Fred Barnes writes that the Democratic candidates "can't handle the truth about the surge", well, that's Fred Barnes. THERE'S A TRUTH THE Democratic presidential candidates can't handle: the success of the "surge" in Iraq. The addition of American troops...

Who? Dems might have another possible gubernatorial hopeful

Government accounting fraud

From WolrdNetDaily: The real 2007 federal budget deficit was $4 trillion, not a previously reported $163 billion, an economist contends, based on data from the Treasury Department's annual financial report. "The federal government's fiscal woes continue to careen wildly out...

Property Taxes versus Sales Taxes

Pat Powers has a post on a Gordon Howie proposal that would replace 35% of Property Taxes with an additional 2% Sales Tax. Excerpt: That seems to not be much more than a shift. So would his bill also shift...

Clinton, Obama, 08

While my colleague is right that both he and I were skeptical about Ms. Clinton's early demise, I won't pretend that I saw this one coming. Nor, I think, did anyone else, including the Clinton, Obama, and Edwards campaign staffs....

Education is breaking the bank

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...

Possible ChiCom Olympic Spectacle?

Animals torn to pieces by lions in front of baying crowds: the spectator sport China DOESN’T want you to see You’ve got to read this to believe it. Great shades of the Roman Circus! The smiling children giggled as they patted the young goat on its head and tickled it behind the ears. Some of the more [...]

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Social Services and Education are being hogs

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About Lionheart's 'Apology'

Suspending disbelief...to take credit

Poll positions

South Dakota Blogs

Snow in Baghdad

Say one thing and vote another

The Argus goes after State Government. Again.And the evil part of me hopes they succeed.

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My Messiah Is A Suit From Massachusetts

Turnaround is fair play?

I wonder why we haven't seen that yet....

Things are going well.....

McGovern, Impeachment, and The Constitution

San Fransicko Gun Ban Shot Down

Populism versus globalism

Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead

Dave Barry Does the Campaign

No politics in this post...

B. Hussein Obama Update

Fraudulent Numbers on Iraqi Deaths

More News We Don't Want To Hear

Look Out Barack

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