Palin is the new VP of a Chinese Democracy
l3wis 
2008
South DaCola DVD club; Henry Miller
If you are a fan of his writing, I highly suggest your pickup the above DVD, Henry and June. The movie is about the time he spent in Paris with wife June and his affair with Anis Nin. Another great DVD is one I picked up at his library in Big Sur, originally released in 1996 by PBS called, Henry Miller is Not Dead. It is a documentary of several interviews with him, in which he basically rants about life. It has a Grey Gardens feeling about it. He reminds me of Picasso in some of things he says and does and his feelings about art. Henry was actually an amazing painter to.
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Thank You Axl Rose
Johnny Roastbeef 
It’s free Dr Pepper Day! Who knew Chinese Democracy could be so good?
Sit down and be quiet; NOT!
I would like to thank the Argus Leader for printing this letter:
I’m asking all registered voters in Sioux Falls to join me in signing an initiated petition to decrease the city sales tax in 2010. The timing couldn’t be better. There will be a new mayor taking office in 2010 and the possibility of up to four new councilors. This will be the perfect opportunity for citizens to hand them a policy of fiscal restraint and responsibility.
The past six years our city has spent beyond its means. Our city debt is approaching $300 million, we are $80 million behind on road maintenance, and 2009’s budget is a record $412 million. This whopper includes a multitude of capital improvement plan expenditures that are merely handouts to special interest campaign contributors and consultants and unnecessary park and building beautification projects, not road maintenance and infrastructure improvements as city officials would like you to believe.
Our sales tax revenue has doubled during the past decade, so why are we in such a hole? I’ve asked this question several times at council meetings and only have received the runaround from our leaders.
A responsible and representational city government would have granted its citizens with either a tax cut or maintained our current infrastructure while paying down our debt. Instead, four of the councilors and the mayor handed us a maximum tax increase while continuing to borrow more. They claim the extra revenue will be spent on new roads, but there is nothing legally binding them to that promise. Just look at the spending habits of the past six years.
The current City Hall is going to try to dissuade you from voting for this tax decrease. But don’t let their myths about choking growth and progress fool you. With all the consultants and surveys our city has paid for during the past six years, there hasn’t been a single one that has shown lower taxes stunt growth or higher taxes spur growth.
City officials say local business drives our economy. With this I agree. But this only happens when citizens are spending more of their own money on goods and services instead of on higher taxes.
The taxpayers are unknowingly paying for a lame-duck mayor’s legacy. Sign the petition and let the citizens – not a lame-duck mayor and council – decide how our tax dollars should be spent.
Incident at Oglala: The Leonard Peltier Story
South Dakota ANSWER Film Showing
(If you have not seen this – GO! It is an incredible DOC)
“Incident at Oglala”
Tuesday, November 25 – 6PM
Black Sheep Coffee House
1007 W. 11th St.
Join us for the discussion afterward.
In 1975, armed FBI agents illegally entered the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Gunfire erupted – a Native American and two FBI agents fell dead.
After the largest manhunt in FBI history, three men were apprehended – only one, Leonard Peltier, was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. This is his story.
From the very beginning, Peltier’s case has been dogged with controversy. Were the charges trumped up? Was the evidence falsified? Were witnesses pressured to change their testimony? Many people, including some of today’s greatest legal minds, believe that Peltier is an innocent man.
Twelve years ago, Robert Redford visited Leonard Peltier in prison. Today, after years of struggle with the FBI and the prison system, he and director Michael Apted are able to present Incident at Oglala – a riveting examination of the case and the real story of what may be one of the most outrageous abuses of justice in American history.
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