This ad by Dusty Johnson is pretty cool. The only thing that is missing is a buffalo in the ad.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwuVIIOfSa4&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]

24 Thoughts on “Best political ad in SD?

  1. put him in a orange polo shirt and he’s one of the alltell phone nerds

  2. HellbillyIII on September 20, 2010 at 8:10 pm said:

    Lol!! I saw that ad earlier today, I enjoyed it.

  3. It’s really clever.

  4. anominous on September 20, 2010 at 9:08 pm said:

    I’ll take the stairs.

  5. I chuckled.

  6. I like Dusty…. he is a down to earth guy who just does his job and does it well. Look for a long career ahead of this guy – he will eventually move on to something bigger than the PUC.

    That said, his ad is informative and entertaining, and he just tells us what he has done. What else do we need?

  7. The sticker at the end is a nice touch.

  8. Ghost of Dude on September 21, 2010 at 9:52 am said:

    This is probably the most innovative political ad I’ve ever seen. Kudos to whoever had the idea.

  9. it would be nice if he told us how he stood up to the utility companies.

  10. Yeah, that certainly did not happen in RC, they kinda walked all over him.

  11. Just because the power company was allowed to raise rates doesn’t mean they walked all over the PUC. They presented their facts, the PUC examined then, and they made the determination.

    However the PUC can’t just tell a company they can’t raise their rates without justification behind it just as the utility can’t ask for a rate increase without justification. Had the utility companies simply asked to raise rates every year (like every other business on the planet operates) this would be a moot point.

  12. Dusty stood up to Boxer in the US Senate. They thought they could invite some midwestern yokel and walk all over him, but he demonstrated that he knew the subject better than they did.

  13. Though I bust his balls a lot, Dusty is one of my favorite Republicans.

  14. I too will take the stairs. Dusty and the PUC caved to Black Hills power, big time. After BHP built a new plant and got to jack up their rates they then moth-balled another plant and laid off dozens . . . not enough demand.

  15. Rough Rider on September 21, 2010 at 7:16 pm said:

    l3wis and John2 — BH Power asked for almost 30%. They got 12-something %. It sounds like Dusty and the PUC fought a pretty decent fight.

  16. Bullshit. When wages are in the toilet and cost of living is thru the roof, what justification does ANY company have to raise rates? Except for greed. If we would use wind power instead of coal energy, we could be saving customers a lot of dough. And if we had a wind power state run energy company, we could actually reduce our taxes while receiving dividends. But of course the few rich pricks that run our state wouldn’t make as much money, so that isn’t an option.

  17. “what justification does ANY company have to raise rates…”

    I don’t know, staying in business maybe? Paying their employees?

    That’s what you get with regulated rates. The companies put off rate increases until they can’ survive without them. Instead of a yearly 5% raise, you get a 25% raise every five years.

    That’s nothing compared to what we’d see under cap & trade, though.

    No, wind power is not a viable option. It costs us more to make than it saves us, kind of like ethanol.

    The Broin family loves “Renewable” fuels. Let’s throw some more subsidies at their multi-million dollar houses!

    While we’re at it, let’s start up a state run energy company that operates in a sector that only survives because it gets state subsidies! That’ll make us rich!!! Just like using E-85 made the state rich!

  18. Even if we broke even on wind energy at least our energy dollars wouldn’t be funding terrorists.

  19. DL: what justification does ANY company have to raise rates? Except for greed.

    You can’t be serious with this comment.

    Let’s look at the facts shall we? The vast majority of our power does in fact come from coal fired plants, but most utilities in our area merely purchase that power from the plants themselves, and then re-sell it to the customer.

    Thus, when the wholesale cost of power increases, they have to raise rates to compensate. The cost of transmission lines and equipment continually rises. Employee salaries and benefits costs continue to rise as well. Costs for everything from the fuel burning in the maintenance trucks to the paper used to print monthly statements to the postage used to mail them go up each and every year.

    So when a company doesn’t ask for a rate increase for a decade while all of these costs have been on the rise that entire time – you somehow feel it all boils down to greed?

    Nice logic.

    As to wind power, it actually costs more to buy power from a wind farm than it does from a coal burning plant. Perhaps with time that will change as costs come down (or coal prices go up), but as of now that is the fact. Thus if you support wind energy, then you need to be prepared for utilities to raise their prices to compensate for the higher cost.

    So greed doesn’t exactly tell the whole story now does it? If you are going to bitch about something, at least base your complaints upon fact rather than wild accusations that have no basis in reality.

  20. Build nukes!

    Seriously, fourth generation Swedish nuclear power plants are safe and efficient. Japanese mini-nukes would be great for remote areas like military bases and small Alaska villages. Its pretty sad that the nation that invented nuclear energy is behind the tech curve.

  21. I agree Dave – I’m all for nuclear and feel it is the best option available. Funny how even one of the founders (or at least one of the founders) of Greepeace agrees. Nuclear is one of the least environmentally impactful sources of energy we have.

  22. Dusty would be way ahead I think buy the bhp might have changed some votes mr rate hike.

  23. He does walk a fine line. Sometimes he leans right sometimes he leans left.

  24. Mike M. on October 11, 2010 at 2:28 pm said:

    A superb political ad. States nothing with great splendor! When I first saw it I thought it was great. After seeing it again, I was ashamed that I was so shallow as to not look to the real meaning.

    Listen very carefully to his promises. What specifically were they? Did he accomplish them or simply take credit. A career politician. Is that what we need?

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