Archive for June, 2006
It’s a good thing when study commissions keep in mind what the voters want.
The Rapid City Journal is reporting tonight that the Constitutional Revision Commission is smartly saying NO to putting forth a proposal to monkey around with the number of signatures required to place a measure on the ballot.
A proposal that would have required sponsors of proposed state laws to get more signatures in order to put [...]
9 to 5 isn’t just a movie. It was the vote to throw Cecelia Fire Thunder out of office.
She survived a huge monetary loan from another tribe. But that abortion clinic thing was just a little too much according to the Rapid City Journal:
Cecelia Fire Thunder survived two earlier attempts to remove her from office since she was elected in November 2004 as the tribe’s first female president.
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Prelude to the 4th
As we’re approaching America’s birthday, I’ll be posting various essays and information on the topic with the hope that it will inform and inspire the readers on the occasion of celebrating the creation of one of the single greatest civilizations in human history.
This first one is just a simple account of the birth announcement (the [...]
Dems are now trying to say that they are the big tent party. (If that’s so, why can’t they get any of the clowns out in the ring?)
SDDP issued their response to the GOP’s press release on the South Dakota Convention. And here’s a snippet of what the ringmaster, Judy Olson, had to say:
The South Dakota Democratic Party truly is the big tent party, a fact reaffirmed at our successful state convention. I encourage all South Dakotans uneasy with the status quo [...]
District 3 House candidate and Blogger David Newquist gives a lesson: What to say in SD when you don’t want to be elected.
Hat tip to CCK and SDP:
Northern Valley Beacon blog author Dave Newquist is no stranger to saying controversial things on his blog. But as SDP points out, this comment from him on CCK’s blog is particularly worthy of notice since he’s a candidate for the legislature:
David Newquist, Democratic candidate for the state legislature, questions [...]
In district 32, Constitutional Candidate Dan Lautenschlager has bailed on the race
Elli Schwiesow is one step closer to being the new Senator for District 32 with Constitutional Party candidate Dan Lautenschlager bailing out of the race. From the Rapid City Journal:
Lautenschlager said in a prepared statement that he entered the race to make sure voters had a conservative option in the general election. He said that [...]
SDGOP on DEM’s failure to field candidates
From a release dated today from the South Dakota GOP:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE [...]
Sam Kephart in RC Weekly news on his amendment and it’s disposition at last week’s GOP Convention
Sam Kephart who offered up a resolution at the GOP convention to moderate the party’s stance on HB 1215, which was defeated, has a column in this week’s Rapid City Weekly news regarding the process. Sam asked me to print it for your edification. So, here’s a good portion of it, and I’d encourage you [...]
2 days left in the month, and I broke 15,000 monthly visitors
That’s nearly 40,000 hits this month from those 15,000 visitors as well.
Read it all at http://dakotawarcollege.blogspot.com - South Dakota’s Best Political Website.
CCK and why is Chad grumbling about Catholics tonight?
Chad over at Clean Cut Kid is having issues with Catholic voters tonight. Apparently, we’re part of a coalition with evangelical christians who want to take over SD. I had started to post this as a reply to his comments, but it got way too wordy, so I’m doing it here.
So what does [...]
So you heard about Clarence Kooistra’s comments as the tent flap hit him in the rear on the way out of the GOP?
I had lunch with a couple of legislators in town for Interim Appropriations, and wished I had heard this ahead of time so I could have allotted some of my time to blog on it. But, better late than never. From Argusleader.com in an article entitled Kooistra becomes a Democrat:
Republican Sen. Clarence Kooistra [...]
Like, gag me with an order. Aberdeen School District says access to board attorney is limited to only those with permission from Board President
In Aberdeen, there’s at least one school board member who is feeling a little shut out after the board took the unusual step of blocking access to the School Board’s attorney without permission. From the Aberdeen American News:
Members of the Aberdeen school board must now get an OK from the board president or the superintendent [...]
Sounds like several SD Republican Bloggers went to Superman tonight
Sounds like Schaff and Blanchard over at SDP went to Superman tonight as well.
I enjoyed it. Kevin Spacey was MUCH better than I thought he’d be as Lex Luthor. In fact, he may have played it better than Gene Hackman, who had a tendency to be campy. And Parker Posey was also a better henchman [...]
Gotta love flash animation
While I don’t agree with the message, the flash animation by NARAL juxtaposes images of elected officials and politicians including Governor Mike Rounds on top of Godzilla and King Kong bodies. It’s kind of funny.
Go watch it here. (ht to coat hangers at dawn.)
I’ve contemplated doing some Flash animation on political stuff myself. [...]
Taking the evening off to go to the movies. (Ever think of advertising there yourself?)
I’m taking the evening off to go to a sneak preview at 10pm of Superman Returns, so I was ecstatic that DianeM posted. Now I can get away with phoning it in tonight. I’m going to go down to the State 123 in Pierre about a half an hour early so I can get [...]
Restart at Blogging
DianeM, contributor
My name is DianeM and I am a Republican Political Consultant. I began by political career at the age of five handing out campaign buttons for Dwight D. Eisenhower. I absolutely love the art and science of politics and I have meet and work with incredibility wonderful brilliant people. Lee Atwater was the first [...]
There’s changes in the air.
I’ve got to get back to work, but I wanted to mention that there will be a few changes in store for the SDWC.
I’m contemplating a re-design, along with a few other amenities. The rotating banner and everything else will remain, I’m just thinking a few stylistic changes are in order.
If there are any web [...]
And Democrats wonder why they can’t win a majority. Hargens jabs a sharp stick at a man bearing gifts
The only thing that came to mind as I read this was “What an @$$****”
If you’re not familiar, noted philantropist and very rich guy T. Denny Sanford made the news for a recent donation of money. He just committed $70 Million Dollars to help make the Homestake Underground Research facility a reality. As written in [...]
Grumble. Grumble. Why can’t everyone be in the electronic age.
I quick came back to my computer tonight to help my wife schedule some meetings with our congressional delegation when she’s in Washington DC within the next two weeks. She wants to try to get a few moments to introduce herself, as she’s going there representing a statewide education association (no, not THAT one). She’s [...]
When the going gets tough, the losers PAC their bags.
Dennis Wiese decided he wanted to do something with all his spare time. Now that he doesn’t have the burden of running for Governor, he’s decided to form a PAC. From the Rapid City Journal:
Three weeks after he lost his bid for the Democratic nomination for governor to Jack Billion, Dennis Wiese wants to [...]
