October 30, 2006 – 9:30 pm
Work travel kept me from commenting on today’s column by Dave Kranz until now. All in all it was accurate but let me note that you read it here first. I also would point out that South Dakota J.A.I.L.er-in-chief Bill Stegmeier and his friend who sees taxes and secular schools as part of [...]
October 28, 2006 – 4:58 pm
Backers of Amendment E love to invoke the founders of this nation in attacking the judiciary and government as a whole. In an insightful op-ed column in today’s Rapid City Journal, Connie Pich takes a look at the true impact of J.A.I.L. on the basic structure of government. She writes:
No matter how sincere [...]
October 28, 2006 – 4:55 pm
Not surprisingly, as the election approaches there’s more national coverage of Amendment E. J.A.I.L. isn’t faring too well.
In an editorial today headlined “Trial by ordeal“, the Dallas-Fort Worth (Tex.) Star-Telegram called the J.A.I.L. movement “lunacy” and an “undemocratic assault on judicial independence.” It also said:
Why should anyone cheer for the good voters of [...]
October 28, 2006 – 4:40 pm
Even those who think there’s too much litigation in society recognize that Amendment E isn’t the solution. Overlawyered.com is a widely respected web site that, in its own words, “explores an American legal system that too often turns litigation into a weapon against guilty and innocent alike, erodes individual responsibility, rewards sharp practice, enriches [...]
October 26, 2006 – 8:15 pm
Can you smell the desperation?
South Dakota J.A.I.L.er-in-chief Bill Stegmeier has taken his part of the campaign to commenting on blogs. There is plenty of top-notch political discourse, such as calling people “ass” and “coward.” He also posts comments like “I really don’t care” if Amendment E passes. Maybe the poll he commissioned [...]
October 25, 2006 – 12:17 pm
The lies continue. But, surprisingly, a bit of truth escaped from Amendment E proponents Tuesday. It must have been a mistake.
In a debate in Mitchell Tuesday night, Jake Hanes repeated the lie that pops out almost every time an Amendment E supporter speaks. According to the article in the Mitchell Daily Republic:
It [...]
October 23, 2006 – 4:56 pm
For years (if not decades), the Watertown Public Opinion has run a “Straw Ballot” on election issues and candidates. The ballot is printed in the paper and “voters” have to mail or bring in an original, not a photocopy. It has been highly accurate over that time. While the Straw Ballot may [...]
October 23, 2006 – 12:49 pm
Seems like the Amendment E campaign has a problem figuring out which script they’re reading from — or maybe its just that the script varies from place to place.
On Sunday, KELO TV’s “Inside KELOLAND” took a look at Amendment C (the so-called “gay marriage” amendment) and Amendment E. Good ol’ Jake Hanes was the [...]
October 22, 2006 – 11:48 am
It’s easy to summarize a couple items I posted to the No on E blog but didn’t get posted here. The editorial pages are fairly explicit in their condemnation of Amendment E. According to the Watertown Public Opinion and the Yankton Press & Dakotan, J.A.I.L. is “the worst of all the ballot issues” [...]
October 19, 2006 – 12:59 pm
PP has pointed out that Amendment E’s California “publicist” Bonnie Russell now claims Nina Totenberg never interviewed Bill Stegmeier for the NPR story on Amendment E that aired Wednesday morning.
Last night, Russell left a comment here (even though she has claimed several times she never reads it) that Totenberg “cut and spliced and didn’t speak [...]
October 18, 2006 – 12:55 pm
For those of you checking in as a result of Nina Totenberg’s story about Amendment E on today’s Morning Edition, welcome. It also led to hearing from long lost college friends (Hi, Paul) and former newsroom compatriots (Hi, Gordon.)
For those who did not hear the story, here is a synopsis and the audio. [...]
October 12, 2006 – 8:57 pm
If you occasionally glance at the web site run by Amendment E’s California “publicist,” you’ll see the disjointed stream of consciousness rantings and ravings are directed more and more at the media. Could it have anything to do with the fact condemnation of Amendment E keeps coming in from around the nation? Here’s [...]
October 9, 2006 – 9:45 am
As I have distanced myself from politics over the years, I likewise am probably years if not decades behind on polling. That said, it looks like there’s some interesting developments in polling on Amendment E (J.A.I.L.).
I heard over the weekend that within the last 10-14 days, three separate polls — one by the No [...]
October 7, 2006 – 12:28 pm
As the election nears, Amendment E (J.A.I.L.) is starting to pop up a bit more frequently on the editorial pages. Here’s a look a few recent mentions.
First, as local residents know, the Argus Leader began running its election positions and endorsements. It didn’t use many column inches on Amendment E but it was [...]
October 2, 2006 – 7:48 am
Many of my posts on J.A.I.L. (Amendment E) over the last year have focused on what I have no problem calling lies and misrepresentations. Yet I like it more when the backers, such as South Dakota J.A.I.L.er-in-Chief Bill Stegmeier, tell the truth. Why? Because it reveals the heart, purpose and intent of [...]
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