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

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...

The New Masterpiece

A revamped Masterpiece Theater (now simply Masterpiece) debuted last night with a production of Jane Austen's Persuasion. This film represents the first installment of Masterpiece's promised "complete Jane Austen." Unfortunately, I was disappointed in the production. First, they shoved the...

Yet Another Call For Entitlement Reform

In the past few days we have seen the Financial Times and Robert Samuelson in the Washington Post arguing that unless the United States makes significant reforms to entitlement programs it faces economically devastating deficits. The amount of money spent...

United Way, Planned Parenthood and Preschool

From Keloland: The Sioux Empire United Way set the bar high with an $8.6 million goal for 2008. The organization did better than that, surpassing $9 million. Campaign Chair Ray Trankle says it can only mean good things for the...

Romney Takes Michigan Gold

Gov. Romney dominates collecting vote of REPUBLICAN party conservative core. Donks & Independents prefer McCain as their fave candidate for GOP. Hello!? It IS the Republican party! ’nuff said.

Look Out Barack

Peggy Noonan: Between sobs she is going to try to destroy Mr. Obama. She is going to try to end him. She will pay a price for it--no one likes to see the end of a dream, no one likes...

What's New with the Blogs

Hyperion to turn SD into a dump site?

Selling Real Estate over at www.patpowers.com

What's Next For Blogs For Bush?

Wednesday Morning Link-o-rama

Remembrance of embarrassments past

Huckabee toys with a tinfoil hat?

South Dakota Blogs

Are dirty deeds really done dirt cheap? And how did they let out the bid for that one?

One brave woman

New Efforts In Energy

Did I mention I liked Fred Thompson?

Soros Funded Lancet "Study"

More News We Don't Want To Hear

Graves candidacy on hold

Social Services and Education are being hogs

Ron Paul and New Hampshire

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

Regents against gun rights and freedom

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

Populism versus globalism

Jewett Drug closing

SDP Jazz Note: (Mostly) Contemporary Jazz

Sorry for the light posting today... In the meantime, more on the immigration issue.

The why's and wheretofores of the upcoming changes at the SDWC.

Property Taxes versus Sales Taxes

American Blogs