Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Mike Rounds is telling the press that federal stimulus dollars made South Dakota highways better. Rounds is emphasizing that South Dakota needs big government because it depends on nearly $300 million dollars every year to…
Posts tagged as “Barack Obama”
RNC Robocalling SD Dems to Tie Weiland to Obama and Reid?
By caheidelberger on 2014.07.22
A friend of the blog calls to express her annoyance and puzzlement at being pestered by the Republican National Committee at home today. My correspondent reports receiving a 35-second robocall this morning from some outfit with the words American, research,…
America Tells Kids in Danger, “Get Off My Yard!”
By caheidelberger on 2014.07.16
The United States kicked 17 women and 21 children out of the country on Monday. It flew these illegal Central American immigrants to San Pedro Sula, Honduras. In the first five months of this year, over 2,000 unaccompanied child immigrants…
Impeachment Target Rejects South Dakota’s Request for FEMA Money
By caheidelberger on 2014.07.11
In our discussion of the various Obama outhouses, one of my commenters suggested that the next time Governor Dennis Daugaard and impeach-happy South Dakota Republicans came asking for disaster assistance, the President should respond, "'And how many outhouses would you…
Obama and the Outhouse: Racism? Political Expression? Crude Humor?
By caheidelberger on 2014.07.08
Golly, that July 4 parade float of President Barack Obama's someday library as an outhouse sure got some attention. Dan Peters and Todd Epp discussed it on KSOO this afternoon. The Nebraska Democratic Party says the float was among the…
Hobby Lobby Bolsters Case for Returning Black Hills to Tribes for Religious Purposes
By caheidelberger on 2014.07.01
What do you get when you combine the Hobby Lobby ruling, executive orders, and Indians? A formula for one of South Dakota Republicans' worst nightmares: the Alito-Roberts Court opening the door for Barack Obama to give the Black Hills back…
GOP on Sidelines While Judges, President, Pressler, Weiland Promote Marriage Equality
By caheidelberger on 2014.06.20
My Republican neighbors like to complain about "activist judges" and President Obama's executive orders. But when it comes to gay rights, these conservative complainers should take a chill pill. By overturning gay-marriage bans and extending benefits to same-sex couples, judges…
Cold Pizza? Blame Obama, Says Dell Rapids School Food Service
By caheidelberger on 2014.05.26
Lunchtime Solutions Inc., the North Sioux City company that profits from the privatization of 42 school lunch programs, is catching heck from its Dell Rapids customers. The Dell Rapids school board renewed LSI's contract this month, but not without expressing…