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

What if the internet and blogs had been around earlier?

In the Washington Post today, David Broder discovers what the rest of us have already been talking about: none of the leading Democratic candidates for President have executive experience, putting them at a serious disadvantage to their Republican counterparts: It...

Change is coming....

Progress in Iraq

The Iraqi National Assembly passed one of the two most critical benchmarks that the American government had pressed for Baghdad to adopt, the de-Baathification reform that will allow Sunnis to enter government jobs and take Iraq forward in national reconciliation:...

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...

New Efforts In Energy

This report from Scientific American touts the potential of switch grass as an energy source. Farmers in Nebraska and the Dakotas brought the U.S. closer to becoming a biofuel economy, planting huge tracts of land for the first time with...

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...

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?

Thursday Evening Linkaganza

The Congress we pay for

Democrat attacks Treasury Secretary?except he?s the Fed chairman

South Dakota Blogs

Property Taxes versus Sales Taxes

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

The Democrats, Race, & Honest Talk

Regents against gun rights and freedom

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

The Sacred Fire Of Liberty

B. Hussein Obama Update

Things are going well.....

A challenge from Stan's employee

Sigh

Why should we be surprised?

Dems Battle It Out Over Race

Minneapolis Bridge Collapse Caused by Design Flaw

The Ides of Michigan

Snow in Baghdad

Yet Another Call For Entitlement Reform

Say one thing and vote another

Look Out Barack

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