Get ready for the spin cycle
l3wis This oughta be interesting to see how they explain the non-union department heads getting the biggest, fattest raises while the union employees only got thrown scraps.
2009
Damn nanny-staters are trying to save us healthcare costs!
In Colorado they saw significant drops in heart attacks after the smoking ban took affect;
Hewett says South Dakota could see a drop as many as 400 fewer heart attacks within the first year of a smoking ban. He cites a study conducted in Pueblo, Colorado, which found the number of people admitted for heart attacks dropped 27 percent in 18 months, and 41 percent in 3 years after a smoking ban was implemented.
How dare government is concerned about the health of the public! They should be smoking, drinking and gambling instead of taking care of themselves!
The Republicans just don’t get it
And they wonder why their popularity is in the toilet, Bill Maher explains;
Of course it’s easy to tear government down. Ronald Reagan used to say the nine most terrifying words in the English language were “I’m from the government and I’m here to help”. But that was before “I’m Sarah Palin, now show me the launch codes”.
‘Plaintiff’ has his day in the media
As you may or may not know, South DaCola helped break this story. A regular commenter on this site ‘Plaintiff’ had a story about his lawsuit in the Argus Leader today. It’s an amazing story about property rights and the US Constitution. Though I think it will go over most people’s heads, I do think it is worth reading. I also think that it gives the regular Joe the excuse to read and learn more about the freedoms our country provides in that very document (Constitution). We have freedom in this country not only because of our brave men and women who put their lives on the line everyday across the globe, but we have these freedoms because of people like Mr. Daily (who ironically not only fought for those freedoms in a courtroom but also on a battlefield). America’s freedoms are not in a piece of cloth, but they are embedded in us and that is what makes America the greatest country in the world.
I commend Dan for fighting for those freedoms and I also want to extend a big thank you to Mr. Ellis for doing the story – a great journalist that will go far. The AL should consider themselves very F’ing lucky to have him.
I’ll let the article speak for itself, but I did enjoy this comment;
Linde said he thinks the city’s administrative process is “ripe for ad-hoc decision making.”
“I don’t think it’s as fair as a magistrate or circuit court in the state of South Dakota,” he said. “I don’t think you have as much protection. I also think that some people acting as the prosecutors are the ones making up the rules.”
Dr. (?) Allen Unruh inconsistent? GET OUT!!
A letter to editor writer points out the obvious hypocrisy of Allen;
In a recent My Voice column in the Argus Leader, one of the reasons that Dr. Allen Unruh argues against the recently passed stimulus package is that “health care decisions will not be made by doctors or patients.” This is the same Dr. Unruh who wants the state to ban all abortions in South Dakota, in which case health care decisions will not be made by doctors or patients, either. Is there inconsistency or hypocrisy here? Of course there is.
I was disappointed that the letter writer did not also point out that Allen is also jagoff.