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January 2025

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State Dems need to introduce a counter bill to the 10 Commandments bill

l3wis 5Comments

Besides a violation of separation of church and state they seem to think that our government was based on Judeo Christian beliefs. That is completely false. Besides many of the lawmakers at the time were agnostics or just simply ‘believers’ (deists) but did not follow a certain religion. Also ‘GOD’ is not mentioned in the Constitution;

In the United States, the federal constitution does not make a reference to God as such, although it uses the formula “the year of our Lord” in Article VII.

I was told that was used because we used the Christian calendar, which is way different then Christian Doctrine. Also the Declaration of Independence is pretty scarce on that GOD word;

Nature’s God: The source of power in the first sentence of the Declaration

Creator: God endows humans with unalienable rights

Supreme Judge of the world: God judges the actions of all people and ensures that justice prevails

Divine Providence: The founders entrusted themselves to God, who they believed had protected them and would continue to do so (The last two references were added during congressional debates over the document.)

Notice no mention of Christianity or ANY religion, and they did that on purpose. Just because you believe in a religious doctrine doesn’t mean it is always referring to the Christian God. They used the word GOD in a way that recognizes all faiths and beliefs and is a universal word for our creator. I will tell people while I am NOT religious I did attend Catholic and Lutheran services growing up and I do have faith in God, but not a religious God. So don’t call me an Atheist like Huether did on the mic at Democratic Forum once right to my face.

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I am suggesting to legislative Dems to introduce a bill that would require all classrooms to display a ‘Be Kind’ poster or better yet amend the current bill. Obviously many legislators are too ignorant to understand the separation of church and state (which actually protects Christians more then any other group). Be careful what you ask for. If this passes I look forward to the ACLU lawsuit.

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Sioux Falls Mayor TenHaken needs to learn from the Mayor of Omaha on how to handle the Slumlord Tzadik

l3wis 2Comments

So look how Omaha is handling this A-Hole;

Officials emphasized that law prevents the city from acting on behalf of tenants until there is a fully written and filed complaint. They can’t act on a YouTube video or a social media post.

City code enforcement can’t come in and inspect anything until a formal complaint is filed with the name of the resident, their contact information, and details about the specific issue the resident is complaining about.

“We cannot file a complaint or take a complaint from a social media post or a video posted on YouTube,” Stothert said.

Notice how this mayor is handling the situation compared to Poops. She is asking the residents to file complaints with her office. SHE IS TAKING OWNERSHIP OF THE SITUATION. Something Poops could never do because he is too busy trying to buy the properties. This is how code enforcement works. If the landlord is a Piece of Sh!t you should have a backup plan, that’s local government. I think the owner of these properties not only needs heavy fines but belongs in a f’ing jail cell. Anyone who treats humans like this is not even equivalent to the dried dog turd on the soles of my shoes. Leaders have courage and are not ‘wimps’ when faced with a challenge, they tackle it and hold the ones at fault accountable, while Poops is worried that a millionaire Floridian doesn’t get a return on his investment(?). I sometimes wonder what Paul does with his day, because he certainly isn’t working . . . or thinking.

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Sioux Falls Mayor TenHaken continues his closed government idiocy

l3wis 0Comments

Boy the hits keep a coming;

While I totally support this forum, I am not sure what Dean Karsky and Poops are going to contribute? That they have virtually done nothing about the issue? But what is even more intriguing is how they rolled this out. I asked two journalists today about when this was originally announced. Both said today, but one said he did know on Monday because he knew someone involved in its production. So you were organizing an event and didn’t bother to tell the public until the day before? Seriously? Don’t think this was an after thought or done by mistake, when you tell people about an event 24 hours before that event it is pretty clear to me you don’t want the public to show up. While I get many orgs were notified, why not notify the people who are affected? THE PUBLIC! Would love to go to this, but it is at an awful time, and since I just learned about it I could not plan for it. Poops, you keep crying about public engagement but at every corner you kick us in the face. Prime example here. I tell folks in the community that you best get used to the panhandlers and homeless because the current administration(s) don’t have the solution or care.

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