South DaCola

Editorial Cartoonist from South Dakota

February 2009

Art obama

“Abraham Obama” Film to Debut in San Francisco this Weekend

l3wis 3Comments

In the spirit of Hunter S. Thompson and the Merry Pranksters, English and crew take us on an unforgettable trip through America’s underground in a new film, Abraham Obama, from JetSet Graffiti. Along the way they meet up with counterculture heroes like Shepard Fairey, Morgan Spurlock, and David Choe to spread their subversive propaganda to America’s heartland on a grassroots campaign to get Obama elected.

Hopefully the Associated Press won’t be trying to F’ck this up too . .

Sandy Jerstad

Sandy Jerstad attends the Bill Janklow driving school

l3wis 6Comments

I taught Sandy everything I know about driving, yah know, like ignoring laws and such

And gets in a fender bender on the way out . . .

Late Tuesday, Jerstad said she is “furious” about the situation.

“There is no investigation going on,” Jerstad said, adding that no one has examined her car.

She said she suspects that someone is trying to get her in trouble by “making up a big story.”

Yeah, Sandy, because if it ain’t the dildo peddlers out to get yah, it’s the Republicans and the media. A suggestion; Next time you hit a car in a parking lot, actually get out of your car and examine it.

Casino State Funding State Legislature

The Gargoyle Leader ED Board gets it right for once

l3wis 0Comments

And they actually make some good points along the way;

Trying to use a rather obscure, defensive posture is an unusual attempt to remedy a perceived threat to the state’s gambling revenues. But no matter how good the intention, this particular strategy isn’t something to encode in the South Dakota Constitution.

That last part got my gander up to, talk about opening a big f’ing can of worms.

Supporters of the bill say the Lyons County casino could siphon potential gambling revenues from South Dakota while leaving the state to deal with the casino’s social costs.

No it won’t. It will provide good jobs, more retail revenue to the eastside of Sioux Falls and on a positive note possibly close down some of those telephone booth casinos on the eastside.

This is bad legislation all around.

babies Lame Roger Hunt State Legislature

MORE BAYBEEZ! But only at a hospital

Ghost of Dude 9Comments

The state house has rejected a bill that would have allowed home births to be conducted by certified midwives. Despite a good record from the 24 states that allow the practice, it seems it just won’t cut it here.

The first comment on the Argus Leader article about the bill says it best.  In a state where a large percentage of the population lives in the middle of nowhere, it makes sense to have certified midwives who can deliver babies at home. It’s perfectly reasonable to do so, and the hundred or so baby books I’ve read lately all sing the praises of midwives and home birth – just have lots of towels.

One wonders about how the two largest health care systems in the state may have influenced this vote as well…

campaign finance Sandford Hospital South Dakotans

One more reason why we need publicly funded campaigns

l3wis 20Comments

The monument to hypocrisy?

Not only does Denny want to control science and medical care in our state, he also wants to pick the next governor;

Sioux Falls banking mogul T. Denny Sanford has given Lt. Gov. Dennis Daugaard and state Sen. Dave Knudson $20,000 each in their young campaigns for the Republican nomination for governor.

And that could be just the start of campaign gift-giving for the billionaire donor, who dropped $200,000 into his own political action committee just days before a state law made such large contributions illegal.

No wonder Dennis and Dave never try to make waves in Pierre, they can’t upset their sugar daddy Denny too much.

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