A South Dakota Moderate

UPDATE BELOW
Just like April 15th when adults learn about taxation and come to realize how much of their income has been taken away to pay the tax man, October 31st has it’s own tax based significance.
Halloween is the day many parents use to teach their children about paying taxes with the well known candy tax. [...]

From the Email bag.
Planned Parenthood has just launched a text messaging campaign that will allow you to keep up on the results on Referred Law 6 next Tuesday.

On November 7, South Dakota voters have the chance to overturn their state’s abortion ban. You can be one of the first to know the results! Join our [...]

I have just gone live with a new project for those wanting to get into blogging. The site called BlogShifter is a free blog hosting platform that allows anyone to start their own blog without having to go through the hassle of hosting and setting up their own.
It is based on Wordpress and includes all [...]

With only 8 days remaining before the election, a Mason-Dixon poll sponsored by the Argus Leader of 800 likely South Dakota voters shows Governor Mike Rounds with a 22 point lead over challenger Jack Billion.
The incumbent Republican would win 57-35 with 8 percent undecided if the results of the Nov. 7 election mirror the outcome [...]

For those in South Dakota that collect state quarters the 8 year wait to add the South Dakota quarter to your collection is just about over. At 10 am on November 13th the quarter will be officially released during a ceremony at Mt. Rushmore.
The quarter that was engraved by John Mercanti, which depicts our [...]

A little humor to start your week.
A husband wakes up with a huge hangover the night after a business function.
He forces himself to open his eyes and the first thing he sees is a couple of aspirins next to a glass of water on the side table. And, next to them, a single red rose!
The [...]

According to a new poll conducted by the Argus Leader, a 10 point majority would vote against passage of the abortion ban.
According to the statewide poll conducted for the Argus Leader, 52 percent of voters polled would vote to reject the ban; 42 percent would vote to keep it.
Another 6 percent were undecided.
What is really [...]

Crooks and Liars has the video from Bill O’Reilly’s appearance on “Late Night with David Letterman” where Letterman rips O’Reilly on his ratings in which he jokes that he can never find O’Reilly’s show because everytime he tunes into Fox all he can find is “The Simpsons” and numerous other items including the following quotes [...]

Well my week long trip to the east coast is over and it is good to be back. It will take me a few days to catch up on what has been happened here over the past 6 days but even with all the issue ads on local TV I must say it is still [...]

Just a real quick drive by tonight from Boston but I found it quite interesting to read the post over at the War College regarding the “esteemed” Republican Senator Stan Adelstein’s letter sent out asking Republicans from his home district to vote for the Democrat running in District 32 ,Tom Katus.
Adelstein is going through the [...]

This weekend marks several events here in South Dakota and at this blog. At noon today thousands of visiting hunters begin their annual ritual when the out of state pheasant season opens. This annual event brings in tens of thousands of hunters into our state and generates well over $100 million in revenue. Welcome hunters [...]

In a pledge that I would almost be willing to bet my own salary that Governor Rounds doesn’t match, Jack Billion has vowed that he would cut his salary to 51st among the other governors in the country until the teachers salaries in South Dakota rise above 51st in the nation.
“Real leadership starts at the [...]