Archive for November, 2009
Happy Birthday from the SDWC
House Assistant Majority Leader Kristi Noem celebrates her 38th Birthday birthday today. Happy birthday to Kristi from the SDWC.
On December 8th, birthday wishes are due Middle Border Sun’s author and Democratic Activist Todd Epp. He’s much older than Kristi. Much, much older. (Instead of wishing him a happy birthday, we might have to start searching [...]
No increases for education this year?
My wife was at an education conference a couple weeks ago where she heard one proposal being floated around out there for this next year’s budget by the Rounds’ administration is a rewrite of the educational formula so that education would get no increase under this next year’s budget.
Do you think that one is going [...]
Are gun votes going to play in 2010?
I was doing a little research on the last post I did on Scott Heidepriem, and came across this little tidbit. Apparently in 2008, the NRA “assigned Senator Heidepriem a grade of F (with grades ranging from a high of A+ to a low of F).” Heidepreim was one of only 6 legislators ranked (Republican [...]
Heidepriem says regarding the $100-300 million budget deficit – “we really aren’t in too bad a shape”
A short time ago, State Senator Scott Heidepriem was howling about the state budget in the Yankton newspaper:
“What we need in South Dakota is a government that’s smaller, smarter, more transparent and accountable, and we believe we’ve got the solutions to do that,” Heidepriem told reporters at the Press & Dakotan.
and…
Heidepriem cited Gov. Mike Rounds’ [...]
Let the Democrat and Media howling begin…. Now.
From my e-mail box:
cheney
For Immediate Release
November 27, 2009
Contact: CapSouth Consulting
info@draftcheney2012.com
Launch of Draft Dick Cheney 2012
Grassroots Movement Launched to Urge Former VP Dick Cheney to Seek the GOP Nomination for President in 2012
( Washington , DC ) – Today, Draft Dick Cheney 2012, a 527 organization formed to convince former Vice President Dick Cheney to [...]
Ahhh…. feeling refreshed from Thanksgiving.
Sorry about the light posting this past week, but I took a couple of days off to work on “stuff.”
Attempting to fix the Wii my 2 year old broke, fixing my stove that decided to go down during the preparations of the thanksgiving meal, an early AM Black Friday run, and a quick trip to [...]
Rapid City Journal: Don’t force consumers to pay for the junk science of global warming
Randy Rassmussen in the Rapid City Journal is opining today on the mistake of forcing consumers to pay for junk science:
A Black Hills Power official told a public hearing last week that a requested 26.6 percent rate increase was needed to pay for additional power capacity to meet growing residential and industrial energy needs.
When asked [...]
Happy Thanksgiving
What on earth are you doing reading a blog today? It’s thanksgiving!
(I’m quickly jotting this down during a commercial break in parade coverage.)
Enjoy your family, friends, fellowship and bounty. Give thanks, and remember those overseas who can’t be with their families this holiday.
“Happiness and misery depend not on how high up or low down you are- They depend not on these, but on the direction in which you are tending.” (Samuel Butler, 19th century writer)
I know misery loves company but pardon me for just letting our liberal friends wallow in it all by theirself. They made this bed all by their lonesome.
Economy: When promoting the stimulus package, the President said if we pass the stimulus bill unemployment wouldn’t exceed 8%. Without it, unemployment would go up to 9%. Hello!! [...]
Tick…. Tick…. Tick….. I think the Democrats are closer to conceding every minute.
From the editorial board at the Mitchell Daily Republic:
Thune, for his part, continues to look toward a challenge. He told The Associated Press last week that he is “expecting a competitive race and a stiff challenge.”
As for the Democrats, state party chairwoman Cheryl Chapman said it’s not too late for the state’s minority party to [...]
An unprecedented use of unprecedented
From politico, an unprecedented story on the preced….. er, president:
Perhaps it was a sign when President Barack Obama sat down in January to record his first weekly address and announced: “We begin this year and this administration in the midst of an unprecedented crisis that calls for unprecedented action.”
What has followed is declaration after declaration [...]
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Quote of the Day: Heide-spin as Nixon
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From the Watertown Public Opinion, 11/20/09
Enviro-nuts blaming the market for BSII’s demise is as if Jeffrey Dahmer would have blamed society….
One of the resident enviro-nuts over at Badlands Bleu seems to be playing with terminology.
In a recent post, they keep talking about “Dirty” Coal in a perjorative manner, and referring to it as if it’s the devil coming to earth. This comes after trying to shift blame from enviro-nuts like themselves over the demise of [...]
SDSU Rolling out proposal on mega-campus expansion to include retail and hotel space?
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As Brookings sits on the cusp over a fight over whether or not the city of Brookings should dump millions into the local convention center (the Swiftel Center), up pops SDSU rolling out their proposal to make a massive increase in housing at SDSU. Which in addition to dormitory space and rental homes might include [...]
Volesky to tap his child to run his campaign.
Well, I have to say that this is probably a first.
Ron Volesky, a Democratic candidate for governor, will have his son serve as campaign manager.
Tucker Volesky is a sophomore in high school. He has participated in debate and varsity basketball and track.
Read it here.
No New Taxes. Maybe new taxes later. No new taxes. What was the question?
From the Rapid City Journal, a brand new set of flip flops from the Democratic candidate for Governor:
In response to an audience question, Knuppe, Heidepriem and Munsterman pledged not to raise taxes if elected governor. Knudson, a Sioux Falls lawyer and Republican leader in the state Senate, wouldn’t take the pledge.
and….
Knuppe, a Buffalo Gap rancher, [...]
Argus: Herseth Sandlin getting pounded by both sides
From today’s argus leader, comes a tale of Congresswoman Herseth Sandlin besieged by her critics in the Republican party, and those in her own party:
The political world for South Dakota Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin might be a lonely place these days.
For years, liberals have guarded her left flank while she carved out a position as [...]
Mercer post on Abourezk Staff Spy
Bob Mercer has a post on the staff member from former Democratic US Senator Jim Abourezk who ended up spying on the United States and passing the information to the communist regime of Fidel Castro:
The Washington Post reports this morning that Walter Myers and Gwendolyn Steingraber Myers pleaded guilty in federal court Friday “that they [...]
KELO profiles Gov. race
KELO did an “Eye on Keloland” bit Thursday night about the Governor’s race and their thoughts on trying to cut/contain the state budget. They profiled each candidate and gave them the opportunity to say why they would be best, a fairly typical news piece. So, I thought I’d comment and give my opinion on how [...]
