South DaCola

Tue 9 Feb 2010

What? A letter to the editor that makes sense? Is this the Argus Leader?

We should be amazed at the wisdom some of our people have acquired in just the last year or so.

Our Republican members of Congress, along with some of their followers, and the so-called conservative talk-show people now seem to know just what our nation needs and doesn’t need. If only this wisdom had been applied a few years ago when we had a Republican president and Republicans held a majority in congress, we should have a perfect or near-perfect nation.

Recently, after hearing some of the remarks made by these conservatives commentators, I decided to tune in to segments of the programs on Fox News and am appalled to hear such vanity, truth-twisting, lack of civility and petty, childish nitpicking. These people are seemingly devoid of conscience.

I have to question the patriotism of those who seek only to criticize and seem oblivious to the needs of our people. They seem to have one thing in mind, to direct anyone vulnerable to their way of thinking. These people of doom would like for us to believe that President Obama, after only one year in office, is responsible for all of our nation’s woes.

The poor economic condition of our nation is due, in large part, to greedy corporations outsourcing jobs to other countries to enhance their bottom lines and to the recklessness of the last administration that squandered a healthy budget surplus left by the Clinton administration and billions more by allowing and even encouraging the misuse of capitalism. This misuse is otherwise known as greed.

I would rather pay taxes to improve the infrastructure of our nation and needs of our people than donate to further enrich purveyors of greed.

Tue 9 Feb 2010

“If they really want to be apologetic, they can give our historical lands back, and we can start from there.” – Joseph Brings Plenty

Posted by l3wis under Sioux Tribe, South Dakotans
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Joseph made this comment at the end of this interview about the little-publicized humanitarian crisis in South Dakota following the worst winter weather in decades after the radio host, Tavis Smiley, says the US government has apologized for what they did to Native Americans, and that was Joseph’s response. I couldn’t agree more. It’s kinda like a burglar stealing your car and apologizing for stealing it, but still continues to drive it.

Mon 8 Feb 2010

South Dacola’s big frickin’ art auction

Posted by l3wis under Art
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For the next couple of weeks I will be featuring paintings I have FOR SALE. I will be selling them for BEST OFFER unless otherwise noted You can leave your bid in the comments section, and if your bid wins, you can email me.

BEST OFFER: ‘PLEASE CALL ME BABY’ – FROM THE TOM WAIT’S SERIES (Aprox: 20 x 20″ – MIXED MEDIA (SILICON & ACRYLICS ON PLYWOOD)

Mon 8 Feb 2010

Infrastructure
Streets/sewer/water – the essentials of any good city government. These basics are too often taken for granted, yet are one of the main functions of city government. Currently, portions of the second penny sales tax, originally instituted many years ago to keep our streets maintained, have been used for other capital improvements. While I am not opposed to using a small portion of this money, the majority of the dollars from this source must be used to make sure our streets are improved first. Then and only then can we use any portion of this fund for other projects.

This is a tough choice, because I also believe Bob Christensen would make a good councilor. But, I will say this, the city council needs more women, and Sue isn’t a slacker;

Sue began her professional career in New York, where she held positions as a Government Bond Trader, Human Resource Executive, and Social Services Administrator.

This is a tough one.

Mon 8 Feb 2010