Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Making Out In Robbinsdale




There's a lovely sculpture in Robbinsdale across the street that is just sweet. (Click on the picture for a really nice close-up provided the ineffable S.G.W.)

For one thing, it's really a very cool foam sculpture of a couple in an, uh warm embrace -- not wearing anything -- that is just really great.

What's even better is that it's across the street from what we call "The Republican Graveyard" -- Gordon Howie's lot at 5th and St Patrick that is often peppered with signs promoting Republican candidates that are against all forms of choice and self-expression -- when they don't agree with their "South Dakota values" anyway.

We at the Radical's homestead suspect it is really disturbing both Howie's prurient and puritan sensibilities, so that's all to the good.

I really like it when South Dakota citizens do something fun and surprising that doesn't fit Howie's belief that our State is a heartland filled with people that think like he does. (The voters have proved him wrong TWICE now.)

Hats off to the Prop And Handyman Shop!

For the Prop Shop, and health, a wonderful spouse, and a roof over my head I am indeed thankful this year!

Happy Thanksgiving all!

Matt Taibbi brilliantly analyzes Sarah Palin

This is fantastic writing *and* analysis:

Sarah Palin, WWE Star

At the end of this decade what we call “politics” has devolved into a kind of ongoing, brainless soap opera about dueling cultural resentments and the really cool thing about it, if you’re a TV news producer or a talk radio host, is that you can build the next day’s news cycle meme around pretty much anything at all, no matter how irrelevant ...

Monday, November 23, 2009

Reagan fails loyalty oath

Take the proposed Republican purity test!

Keith Olbermann pointed out that Reagan would have failed the test via those in italics! (6/10 isn't good enough.)



(1) We support smaller government, smaller national debt, lower deficits and lower taxes by opposing bills like Obama’s “stimulus” bill;

(2) We support market-based health care reform and oppose Obama-style government run healthcare;

(3) We support market-based energy reforms by opposing cap and trade legislation;

(4) We support workers’ right to secret ballot by opposing card check;

(5) We support legal immigration and assimilation into American society by opposing amnesty for illegal immigrants;

(6) We support victory in Iraq and Afghanistan by supporting military-recommended troop surges;

(7) We support containment of Iran and North Korea, particularly effective action to eliminate their nuclear weapons threat;


(8) We support retention of the Defense of Marriage Act;

(9) We support protecting the lives of vulnerable persons by opposing health care rationing and denial of health care and government funding of abortion; and

(10) We support the right to keep and bear arms by opposing government restrictions on gun ownership;
and be further

RESOLVED, that a candidate who disagrees with three or more of the above stated public policy position of the Republican National Committee, as identified by the voting record, public statements and/or signed questionnaire of the candidate, shall not be eligible for financial support and endorsement by the Republican National Committee.

Monday, November 16, 2009

SD4HCS FREE Health Clinic, Nov 21, in Rapid City

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Seniors, families and kids - all ages are welcome!

Saturday, November 21st

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

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Pennington County H1N1 flu vaccination clinic at Central High 10 AM-2PM. FREE for children!

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