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Rounds: Advocate for the religious right

More details regarding the teen page on the South Dakota State Library web site raises more questions about the propriety of Gov. Mike Rounds’ decision to yank the page. Contrary to Rounds’ initial assertions, it turns out this wasn’t a page developed by just two people at the State Library. Instead, the page was previewed […]

The Catholic Church, Gov. Rounds and “balance”

The South Dakota State Library has now totally pulled down a teen section on its web site. The dispute started following complaints it contained a link to a Planned Parenthood site. The complaint that seems to have brought the most attention is when Robert Carlson, bishop of the Sioux Falls diocese of the Roman Catholic […]

Thune and the gay marriage bogeyman

John Thune is following standard GOP tricks. He is using the federal marriage amendment as a bogeyman to try and bash Tom Daschle, using statements that are disingenuous at best. According to a local TV outlet, Thune says Daschle should vote for the amendment to “protect South Dakotans from being forced to accept gay marriage. […]

Cheney “pleased” when caught in a lie

Been gone and busy so little blogging. Will resume with the unsurprising news that the 9-11 commission says Cheney had no more information than commission investigators to support his claim of Saddam-al Qaeda ties. Despite Cheney’s claims to the contrary, the commission says “it has access to the same information the vice president has seen.” […]

Blistering Bush and crew

Manuel Valenzuela, a contributing editor at Axis of Logic, has never been shy in putting it to the Bushies and their policies. His latest piece, The War of Error, is blistering. An edited summary of his explanation of the beginnings of that war:

The so-called “war on terror” was lost the moment George W. […]