Just a final post to remind you all that we haven't left the landscape of politics in SD, but we've moved to a new location. You can still get to our new site by going to [badlandsblue.net] and [badlandsblue.org] but if you wanted, you can also go to [...]
In case you haven't already moved your blogroll, feed, etc for badlands blue I wanted to send another reminder that we have moved. Go to:
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' [...]Just a reminder to all of you that we have moved to a new location, so you need to update whichever feed you use for your blogrolls if you have a blog, your google reader or webpage updates, etc to keep up.
Just go to [badlandsblue.blogspot.com]
or if you just want [...]
Just an fyi for those following, we are moving to a new site for a variety of reasons including:
shorter url and feed
being able to have a running feed instead of just links to blogs
ease of blogger
If you could update your feeds to that address (or just add it to it) [...]
One of the reasons I was a little hesitant to getting into the blogging world came to light over the past few days: Name-calling, anonymous posters and the mud-pile that stems from it all seems to appear quickly and without regard to decency.
This is [...]
I've got the flu. Not the swine flu, just the regular one. However, I finally have health insurance for the first time in three years, so I decided to go to the doctor today.
As he was explaining the H1-N1 vaccine and treatments today, I was told that because I was' [...]
I didn't realize that 4-time REPUBLICAN governor and Representative Bill Janklow, REPUBLICAN Attorney General Larry Long, REPUBLICAN Mayor Dave Munson and Sheriff Mike Milstead ALL supported Brendan Johnson to be the next U.S. Attorney position.
Wow - that is quite the list - but wait, I thought it' [...]
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This one I don't really get. I like Obama. I voted for him, was one of the millions who gave to his campaign in small amounts (I think 25 or 50 bucks, can't remember) and went to the historic event that was the inauguration. However, this is [...]
I thought that the hatred towards a member of a political party could only go so far. Then I watched as PP at the SDWC and the comments section went berserk on Senator Johnson today. I know there is no love lost between a lot of bloggers and the party they are opposed [...]
Courtesy of the GOP 12 website -
Taking a high profile role on this issue is an interesting way for him to win over some conservatives, get him some important face time on conservative media outlets and most importantly, allow him to expand his issue Rolodex.
So even conservative sites know [...]
Republicans like Rudy Giuliani like to tout how much they love our country. They measure their patriotism by the size of their American flag lapel pin. However, for somebody who loves America so much, you'd think he'd know a little about it.
CNN reports that Giuliani has endorsed former eBay [...]
This is hot off of the Mitchell Daily Republic’s website by Seth Tupper. The Environmental Working Group, out of Washington, D.C., just called out Thune on his wildly exaggerated claims against the Clean Energy Jobs bill in front [...]
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Here is something I think ALL of us could agree on - Republicans or Democrats. Let's charge more to people who smoke and are obese. Preventative care is something I strongly believe in. I have absolutely no qualms about telling smokers or someone who is obese that [...]
There was a quick Associated Press story that caught my eye
with the headline, “Midwestern governors group to hold Detroit forum.” I remembered that our own
Governor Mike Rounds was Chairman of the Midwestern Governors Association. The
first three sentences were of special interest [...]
Living in Rapid City as a liberal can be hard, sometimes downright dangerous.
I have enough faith in humanity to believe only 10% of the populace or so is straight up loony bin crazy. All depending on which side of the fence you stand on we can all point fingers [...]
On this blog I have pointed out the numerous times in which someone of the republican persuasion has been hypocritical towards something - usually in the realms of money. So, I've decided to start a new feature called "Hypocrite Watch" for those times. Even' [...]
Please
don’t get the wrong idea. I am not promoting John Thune. But I had an “aha” moment
while reading the story on CBS News’
Political Hotsheet titled “Steve Schmidt: Palin 2012 would be a ‘catastrophic’
pick.” That flash was about South Dakota’s Senator John Thune’s positions standing
strong against [...]
Courtesy of http://legis.state.sd.us
For some reason, I'm having trouble sleeping tonight. I thought that mindlessly browsing through pieces of legislation from the 2009 State House might induce a comatose state. Conversely, I found something rather fascinating.
It would appear that the latest challenger vying for South' [...]
Courtesy of PP at the SDWC - Chris Nelson has thrown his hat into the ring to become our next congressman. In his statement he says:
It is time South Dakota elected a congressman who is willing to vote against legislation which deepens the [...]
The above graph is again proof positive that it is not Republicans who are fiscally responsible - but it is Democrats (and that darn South DaCola beat me to the punch, posting it already). In 2001, the United States had a [...]
Courtesy of the SDWC - Doctor Blake Curd is entering the race.
I could have seen this coming a long time ago. Dr. Curd has been giving speeches upon speeches regarding the health care issue and then spent a lot of time in D.C. and other [...]
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Everyone who thinks we don't need health care reform needs to read this article. There are millions and millions of people with no insurance and millions and millions more that go under-insured and leave them broke.
It is unconscionable that the richest nation in the world is letting' [...]
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I'm sorry, but politics is a mess. As much as I get frustrated with the GOP and some of their stances, sometimes the dems make me just as angry. In 2004 when Mitt Romney (a Republican) was the governor, the state legislature of Mass. decided to remove' [...]
Yesterday, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing to discuss the reauthorization of the USA Patriot Act. Committee member Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) used his question-and-answer period to investigate the provision that authorizes “roving wiretaps,” expressing concern that the law does not require federal authorities to identify the target [...]
Pretty much everyone agrees that we need to do something about health care. Senators from ALL political spectrums have stated the need to fix the current system. This program from MPR highlights yet another reason why we need to do something NOW!
According to recent surveys, more and [...]
It seems that South Dakota native, Tom Daschle, is going to head up the Department of Health and Human Services in the new Obama Administration. From Reuters:
Barack Obama has chosen former U.S. Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle as his top official to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system, [...]
Gallup says:
Presidential transitions are always fascinating spectacles, but Monday's White House encounter between Bush and Obama promises to be especially so because of the historic aspect of the nation's first black president-elect taking a step closer to assuming the highest office. It will also be fascinating because [...]
h/t to Boing Boing, copyright Zina Saunders 2008 from The Party's Over, "A hilariously scathing visual chronicle of the McCain/Palin presidential campaign."
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I've been checking around, and what I'm hearing from reliable sources is that this report is true.
A rumor at this point (or rather, someone unwilling to go on record) but what I'm hearing is that the DNC organizers who implement the 50 state strategy are about to be [...]
The soap opera continues, and in a way I hope it continues. Sarah Palin the know-nothing wingnut as the face of the Republican party? Yeah, see how that works out for you, Republicans! :)
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On Monday a group of citizens met in front of the Rapid City Journal to protest the horrible non-endorsement/endorsement from the Journal. We already covered the editorial so I'm not gonna go into it.
The protest was definitely something to behold. My guess put the peak at [...]
Thanks to Colin Powell for his powerful endorsement, which was crucial in helping to elect Barack Obama and create this great moment in American history.
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From Tim Johnson:
Yesterday, the good people of South Dakota turned out to the polls like never before, to cast ballots in one of the most monumental elections in American history. I was humbled and honored to learn late last night that South Dakota voters have asked me to continue [...]
What an amazing election night for America!
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Make sure that you vote too - for Barack Obama, Tim Johnson, Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, and your Democratic legislative candidate(s)! :)
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Today is it. This is what we have been working on for nearly 2 years. The election is here. What have you been doing to help secure a victory for Democrats? Have you done everything you can? If you look back and say that you haven't, its not too [...] 
