A pox on Steve Hickey for getting me to listen to a 48-minute sermon. But when a conservative Republican pastor-legislator (hyphenate with caution!) reverses his position on capital punishment and declares his intent to float a bill in the 2014…
Posts published in June 2013
We like to throw around all sorts of indicators here on the blog to argue about which states offer the best quality of life. Personal income growth, GDP, education funding, health care costs, strip clubs per capita... can any one…
Texas State Representative Jodie Laubenberg is promoting legislation that would ban all abortions after 20 weeks and shut down all but five of her state's abortion clinics. In floor debate Sunday night, this Republican legislator faced hard questions about whether…
Yesterday I noted that Annette Bosworth is soliciting checks made out to the "Bosworth for US Senate Exploratory Committee." Bosworth can do this and take all the money she wants without filing papers with the Federal Election Commission, as long…
Remember Crow Creek Sioux tribal chairman Brandon Sazue's call to boycott Chamberlain in response to that school district's continuing refusal to allow a Lakota honor song at its high school graduation? It's on... at least for Sazue: Crow Creek Sioux…
While Republican M. Michael Rounds rides shotgun and kinda-Republican Annette Bosworth sprinkles confused policy notions atop her narcissistic references to herself as a Gen X David against Goliath (or is she the next Stace Nelson, or the next Che?), Democrat…
I don't think Rep. Stace Nelson (R-19/Fulton) has formed an official Congressional exploratory committee yet (first he might need a legal defense fund!), but he's pounding on M. Michael Rounds harder than this liberal blog. Kevin Woster gives the Fulton…
On Facebook, Senate pretender Annette Bosworth says she's taking campaign contributions: Checks= Bosworth for US Senate Exploratory Committee. Amount allowed: $2600.00 for the primary election + $2600.00 for the general election ...The maximum an individual can give is $5200.00The maximum…