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Confirmed: Barack Obama Practiced Islam This is the latest in a tit-for-tat argument between Daniel Pipes, and Media Matters for America. Based on the prima facie evidence, Pipes has the point, which raises an interesting point that he passes on: All this matters, for if Obama once was a Muslim, he is now what Islamic law calls a [...]

What if the internet and blogs had been around earlier?

Heidepreim: Republicans are the party of hate

The Democrats, Race, & Honest Talk

Up until now, Senator Obama's race, like Senator Clinton's gender, has played only a marginal role in the campaign. There is no doubt that race was always part of Obama's resume, but as Black Americans originally seemed incline to stick...

Stimulating Thoughts

South Dakota lawmakers are in agreement that some sort of "stimulus package" is desirable to help the economy avoid recession. There seems to be consensus that the government should inject money into the system through some combination of tax rebates,...

Defending The Nanny (Sort Of)

Pat Powers goes on a rant against Sen. Sandy Jerstad for a bill to require those who "sell, distribute, or use obscene material or provide obscene material" to be licensed by the state. I have not considered the full implications...

Obama's Minister Of Hate

As I wrote here, Barack Obama's Chicago church has some beliefs that are not, how shall we put it, mainstream. It is not clear precisely what the "Disavowal of the Pursuit of Middleclassness" means, but in the context of the...

What's New with the Blogs

What is a Nanny State?

Selling Real Estate over at www.patpowers.com

What's Next For Blogs For Bush?

McCain Wins South Carolina

"Dishonor"??

The end of Mike Huckabee

South Dakota Blogs

Sigh

Argus Leader: Gorilla Revealed

Graves candidacy on hold

Change is coming....

California: Big Brother Alive and Well!

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

Militants Overrun Pakistan Fort

Jewett Drug closing

Yet Another Call For Entitlement Reform

Clinton and centralized control

New Blog Added

No politics in this post...

Who? Dems might have another possible gubernatorial hopeful

SB 67 UPDATE

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

Bills Before The Legislature

NYT: Returning Troops are Murderers

Property Taxes versus Sales Taxes

American Blogs