A South Dakota Moderate

Governor Mike Rounds’ gag order against the Argus Leader seems to be picking up steam with more shots being fired almost daily. PP over at South Dakota War College writes today:
So nobody wants to talk to the Argus because they’re tired of getting punched in the nose. Why should they be surprised? There are many [...]

When out to sea, “mail call” was one of the highlights of the day. This picture of an S-3 Viking was taken from “Vulture’s Row” on the Kitty Hawk in 1985. S-3’s were often used to transport supplies and personnel to ships at sea including the all important mail. Their main mission though was actually [...]

With all the talk in South Dakota recently about Amendment E- The Judical Accountability Act up for public vote this November, A larger more disturbing trend is surfacing nationwide with judges across the country squarely in the sights of the ultra-conservative religious right.
Mother Jones has an article in their May/June issue appropriately titled “The Bible [...]

The AP is reporting that conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh was arrested today on prescription drug charges. The warrant issued for his arrest stems from charges that he committed fraud to conceal information to obtain prescription drugs. Limbaugh posted the $3,000 bail and was released.
UPDATE - CBS is reporting that this warrant is part [...]

Seems that some in the GOP, the party of our moral conscious, have found a new benefit that can be recieved from lobbyists on the hill that I don’t think the Lobbying Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 has got around to addressing yet.
The Daily KOS has more on a developing scandal involving “hospitality suites” [...]

I am sure Dennis Hastert (R-Ill) wasn’t planning on this getting out. Seems he was photographed getting out of a hydrogen powered vehicle and into his gas guzzling SUV a couple of blocks away from a local gas station where he held a press conference to discuss the recent rise in gas prices.
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Even as big oil continues to say they are not gouging US consumers, Exxon Mobil reported $8.4 billion in first quarter profits, the fifth highest quarterly profits ever recorded.
Record profits, $400 million golden parachutes for company executives and these people expect us to believe that $3 a gallon gas is being exclusively dictated by supply [...]

From the AP
According to a GAO report, the military is going after almost 900 soldiers wounded in war for $1.2 million in debt racked up due to what is being called the military’s “complex, cumbersome” pay system and get this, equipment left on the battlefield.
We found that hundreds of separated battle-injured soldiers were pursued [...]

From AMERICAblog
Seems President Bush and his advisers must have missed that old Saturday morning cartoon where the “bill” was singing “I am just a bill and only a bill on Capitol Hill”, if they had they would have realized that before signing a bill into law it must be passed first by both the House [...]

As I mentioned earlier 46 districts are considering filing a lawsuit over the percieved unfairness in funding for the smaller school districts around the state. It seems these districts think the lawsuit is necessary because Governor Rounds’ solution for smaller districts involve forced consolidation instead of increased funding.
The Argus has a story this morning about [...]

Tom Raum from the AP has a story about what might be in President Bush’s future if the mid-term elections go as predicted, against the GOP.
Democratic control of either chamber could rearrange priorities. Bush’s programs and spending requests would come under increased scrutiny. Congress could even take tentative steps toward bringing troops home from Iraq [...]

Though recently retired, the F14 was one of the most awesome planes in US Naval aviation history. This picture was taken during an airshow put on for dependants of crewmembers of the USS Kitty Hawk off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia in 1987.
Part of this airshow was to demonstrate the capabilities of different aircraft and [...]