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A picture is worth a thousand laughs

One of the most original South Dakota blogs is South DaCola. It’s description as South Dakota’s snarkiest political blog is oh so appropriate, but there’s some really good stuff here.

The great thing about the Scott Ehrisman’s images is that they are direct and even when simple, such as this comment on the news that the legislature is questioning Lawrence & Schiller’s no-bid contracts, they certainly get the point across effectively.

Of course, my favorite graphic of Ehrisman’s on no-bid contracts is this one featuring Smiling Mike and a hypothetical budget analysis.

Just pull stuff out of your butt. This is one of the most ridiculous moments for Todd (and Joe Scarhog doesn’t help much); Todd claims that Franken doesn’t deserve to be a Senator because he is part of the Hollywood elite. Last I checked Todd, Franken lives in Minnesota and is a brilliant political author and political talk show host who just happens to be a former SNL comedian. Yes, he is a genuine liberal, but we need more of them in Washington.

Give it up Chuck.

Impeach Bush Ornament censored from the White House Christmas tree, funny stuff;

It hung on the tree along with ornaments featuring lovingly painted state seals and state scenery till the Washington Post pointed out that it differed substantially from its fellows.

AP followed, and Lawrence’s ornment was plucked from its branch, on orders from Laura Bush.

David Gregory to host Meet the Press (like if this wasn’t totally freaking obvious);

Gregory has been a leading contender for the permanent spot since Tom Brokaw stepped in as interim moderator following Tim Russert’s death in June.

Sexy Saxby wins in Georgia, vows to be a one man army against Obama’s polices. Good luck with that.

The worst aspect of this is that Sarah Palin gets to claim some credit for the win. Sigh.

When all she ever asked for was an occassional Dr. Pepper.

H/T - Crooks and Liars

I hope he takes away there white house press pass to.

They want to believe that somehow the long arm of America will pull them back. I tried but I didn’t have the heart to tell them just how much trouble their rich Uncle Sam is in.

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.

It seems now that the racist, bigoted, neo-cons couldn’t elect McCain (who is none of those things, BTW). They will do anything in their power to try to discredit Obama, including continuing to bring up crap that has been re-hashed 9 million times already.

It seems Obama tried to cover the fact that he never signed up for the Selective Service when he turned 18.

They continue to believe those BS emails they get about Obama, you know the ones followed with ‘You must send this email to 10 people or you will die - don’t break the chain.’ or ‘You have money from a crown prince in the country of Mawayopabblego.’

You should go visit the website this assclown mentions in his letter. It’s a really joy. It’s a crappy blog (like my site). I don’t think I would believe a blogger who refers to the next first lady as ‘Blackie O’ and gets her panties all gooey over Mickey Mouse.

Now all of sudden they are also concerned that the MSM isn’t doing their job, yet they never said a peep when Cheney and Bush were lying through their f’ing teeth about WMD’s.

I leave you to do some reading, and I implore you to do your duty to your community and forgo the mainstream media, which needs to start reporting the facts and the real truths about this man to area residents and their customers.

Please people, the election is over, Obama won. Go buy some tissues, its going to be a very long 16 years for you otherwise.

“The darkness of liberal sickness is rising. One cannot ignore, however, that it is precisely this sickness that inevitably will strengthen the conservative delegation.”

BahahahahahahBawha! Boy those neocons will say anything for a good f’ing laugh. Well, if liberalism is a sickness, conservatism under GW Bush has been a terminal cancer. The conservatives don’t get it. Obama won this election because he campaigned to EVERYONE. This country does have a large percentage of conservative bible-bumping witch doctors, but it is hardly the majority. Most Americans are moderate couch potatoes. Period.

Apparently this jackass has a crystal ball;

Barack Obama has won the White House with nothing more than one promise after another, hollow as they might be, unattainable without question and irresponsible. Obama has made many promises to many people that a person with any common sense concludes that his promises cannot be obtained.

Though I will partially agree with Lance that a lot of campaign promises can never be kept I do think Obama wants to put as much on the table as possible and see what happens. It’s called trying different things to see what works, unlike idiot boy wonder - stay the course - GW Bush.

Liberals are only tolerant to those with like minds.

Really? Moderates and independents who voted for Obama didn’t seem to think so. I think you are talking about neo-con bigotry. Liberals believe in unity not predjudice.

I cannot compromise my intellectual integrity.

Oh, but you already have by continuing to believe the neo-conservative myth that most voting Americans are just like you. Keep the dream alive man, we could use Obama for 8 years.

This letter writer makes a good point;

A recent poll was conducted in which 86 percent of South Dakotans responded that they were Christian. Either the vast majority of Christians in this state failed to vote on Initiated Measure 11, or they did not vote according to the guiding light of the Christian faith: the Bible.

I would also like to add that they voted to keep video lottery, a great burden on the taxpayers of this state, not a benefit. They also voted to keep the food tax in our state, another burden on low income families. I often find that though South Dakotans may call themselves ‘Christians’ by a majority, they are something entirely different in the voting booth.

I would also like to point out that many pastors and churches came out against Measure 11 because they knew if it passed it wouldn’t prevent one single abortion.

And now the Catholic Church wants to control policy in an Obama White House. Good Luck.

I have alsways liked Keith’s stuff. He finally said what every other editorial cartoonist was scared to.

The cartoon features a canvasser asking a Pennsylvania woman who she intended to vote for. The woman asks her husband, who responds from inside the home, “We’re votin’ for the n—–!” The woman then tells the baffled canvasser, “We’re votin’ for the n—–.”

It seems the RCJ is a bit confused by the cartoonist’s race. Keith IS black and married to a white woman.