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What if the internet and blogs had been around earlier?

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

From WorldNetDaily: Was Hillary Rodham Clinton's health-care plan really a proposal for broad, unprecedented, sweeping, centralized control over a sector of the economy as critics called it back in the 1990s? Yes, according to a June 18, 1993, internal memo...

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...

The Villany You Teach Me, I Will Execute

In Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, Shylock the Jew, in his famous "If you prick us do we not bleed" speech, asserts that the Jew is the same as the Christian: when wronged he will seek his revenge. With this in...

Taxpayer funded baby-sitting

Senate Bill 154 was started yesterday and it adds 3 and 4 years to the state aid formula for schools. As Senator Ed Olson has stated, it is time for taxpayers to "Pony Up". And also time for private Daycares...

The South Dakota Constitution & Redistricting

I write in support of my colleague, Professor Schaff's recent post on this topic. A bill has apparently been introduced that would create an independent commission to redraw South Dakota's election districts after every census. I agree with Professors Newquist...

Cyberattacks Hitting Powergrids

This seems like a big story (via Slashdot): "The CIA on Friday admitted that cyberattacks have caused at least one power outage affecting multiple cities outside the United States."

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?

The 10 Most-Commented Links

We Can't Wait

Sunday night inspiration: The new Marines commercial

South Dakota Blogs

Mike Huckabee Is the Campbell's Sea Salt Chef. Not.

Jewett Drug closing

United Way, Planned Parenthood and Preschool

B. Hussein Obama Update

Militants Overrun Pakistan Fort

Things are going well.....

Dems Battle It Out Over Race

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

Elections without issues

We're All Keynesians Now

Change is coming....

Obama's Minister Of Hate

Minneapolis Bridge Collapse Caused by Design Flaw

What's the talk in DC today? I hear it's this article...

SDP Jazz Note: Brad Mehldau & The Art of the Trio

Sen. Johnson In Aberdeen

Heil MicroSSoft!

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

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