Category: Politics

Dump Starbucks

Dump Starbucks off your morning drive java list.     If Starbucks is a part of your daily grind, the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) is giving customers a reason to reconsider. A portion of every cup of coffee helps…

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Obama Economy Improving?

Obama says the economy is improving. In fact he said: “the economy is getting stronger, and the recovery is speeding up.”     But in the Super Tuesday primaries, the economy was the number one issue on voters’ minds, be…

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Tea Party Focus for the Future

There is no denying the enormous impact the Tea Party movement has had on American politics since 2009. No grassroots movement has risen so quickly, so spontaneously, and changed the national political narrative so rapidly. Despite that success, the question…

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Support Your Conservative Legislators

Your conservative legislators have endured a grueling legislative session in Pierre representing you. They don’t make much money and often only hear from their constituents when they are not pleased. Here’s your chance to say thanks and spend some time…

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Civility in Politics

Lately we hear some say that we should have more civility in politics. Well, maybe………it depends on the definition of “civility.” Merriam-Webster defines civility as: “a polite act or expression.”   Let’s all agree that name-calling, personal ridicule or the use of…

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JFK Understood the Tea Party

More than fifty years later, Americans are heeding his call to citizenship   “In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger.”  These words…

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SD Legislature Veto Day

A dear friend, Tonchi Weaver, has a great idea (wish it were my idea, but it wasn’t) and I will share it here with you. On second thought, I will not just share it, I will promote it unabashedly.   Monday,…

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Obama Administration Shouldn’t Mess With Texas

The Obama Administration is learning that it shouldn’t mess with Texas.   Late last year, the state dropped Planned Parenthood from its lucrative contract under Texas’s Women’s Health Program. Attorney General Greg Abbott and state legislators were adamant that health providers who offered…

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