A South Dakota Moderate

Ben Stein’s ode to the dark ages, Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, was panned most everywhere except by those that are already in the creationism or else camp but an interview with TBN may provide the rest of us with the reason why he is so anti-science.
Stein: When we just saw that man, I think it [...]

John McCain will be making at least one appearance in South Dakota before November when he appears at the Buffalo Chip on the first day of the Sturgis Rally August 4th. The former POW will be participating in the Tribute to American Veterans and Active Duty Servicemen.
McCain, who never fails to remind us of his [...]

How’s this for an Easter message?
Family Research Council’s Peter Sprigg’s response when asked about the Uniting American Families Act which would give same sex couples the same access to green cards and visas as is currently afforded to traditional partners.

(emphasis below mine)
We oppose this bill because it is, although it may be at the margins, [...]

I just finished up a long day behind the wheel so I don’t have much time but I did come across a few interesting tidbits besides the Shell Oil poverty post below.
It’s been a good week for Conservative Republican scourge John McCain who not only picked up the endorsements of Rudy Giuliani earlier this week [...]

Even after 7 years of lies, “1984” type breaches of our civil liberties, and outright mismanagement of our country, a totally bogus State of the Union still gets the few remaining Bushie’s hearts a fluttering.
America is blessed - very blessed. We have had an amazing leader who believes in the wisdom of ‘we the people’. [...]

I sometimes go overboard with labels when discussing politics as do many other bloggers. Terms like nutroots, secular humanists, and in my case wingnuts get used all too often. But then something I read re-affirms my willingness to use labels because they just fit and to be honest allow me to not say the word [...]

Updates below
The “religious” group that runs runs the website “God Hates Fags” and specializes in picketing at the funerals of fallen soldiers, including some here in South Dakota, is in the news again. This time luckily it isn’t for another funeral disruption though it is related to that act as yesterday the Fred Phelps led [...]

Thats the message being touted by the conservative front group Family Security Matters. According to their recently released list of the 10 Most Dangerous Organizations in America, our colleges and universities are the 2nd most dangerous organizations in our country only beat out by that horrific group working for media standards and fairness, Media Matters [...]

Even some of the more popular conservative blogs have had enough of the Ron Paul wingnut supporters trolling through their comments sections and stuffing their online polls.
Effective immediately, new users may *not* shill for Ron Paul in any way shape, form or fashion. Not in comments, not in diaries, nada. If your account is less [...]

h/t - Tech.Blorge.com (screenshot of hacked page available there)
That was the headline from a recent article on Ann Coulter’s web site after it was apparently hacked by an enterprising hacker that could possibly have been someone of the Jewish persuasion that Coulter thinks should be perfected by converting to Christianity. Or maybe they were just [...]

My new KELO blogging colleague Cory Heidelberger over at the Madville Times kind of stole my thunder on a post I was working on in regards to KELO reporter Perry Groten’s request for Atheists to email him for a story he is considering. So for more information and Cory’s take on it I would recommend [...]

The video revolution has hit KELO TV with the ability now for bloggers to place clips from their newscasts on our site. I’m not sure how long this feature has been available but KELO Political Blog handler Jeremy Moser gave us the heads up about it yesterday.
So to christen KELO video here I thought [...]