Author: Gordon Howie

Right To Privacy Eliminated

If supporters of ObamaCare have their way, you have “no reasonable expectation of privacy”. When Nancy Pelosi made the now-infamous statement “We have to pass the bill so we can find out what is in it”, she was in strong…

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Rounds Leaving Senate Race?

Is it a Mike Rounds secret… or just a rumor? From sources high in the South Dakota Republican leadership camp, the message is a real political bombshell. We have been told that Mike Rounds will withdraw from the US Senate…

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Lora Hubbel Explains ObamaCare

This might be more than you want to know about ObamaCare in South Dakota.  Unless you happen to be one of those Americans who don’t want the government managing your health care decisions for you. Lora Hubbel is a candidate…

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Taxes By Any Other Name

Brace yourself for more tax increases! Politicians in both parties have learned some new words. Words like “fee”, “user fee”, “tariff”, or my personal favorite, originated by former South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds… “revenue enhancements”. In South Dakota, hunters, campers…

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Are Hunters Funding ObamaCare?

They might be, in South Dakota! Hunters, campers and fishermen will be paying more next year… maybe as much as $2 million dollars more. The South Dakota Game Fish and Parks just raised fees, beginning next year. Officials said they…

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Pastors Must Be Political

Some people believe that politics and the pulpit should never be mixed. I couldn’t disagree more. Pastors MUST BE political.  If there is any hope for America, Pastors must speak about the politics of morality.  The battle cry of the…

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South Dakota’s Solyndra

Mike Rounds and Barack Obama; what do they have in common?   They may share more than just a nice smile. Each of these political leaders seem to have the opinion that government should help pick winners and losers.  They both…

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$43,000 More Debt For Your Household

In the past four years, that is the amount our political leaders have added to YOUR debt. In South Dakota, both US Senators, John Thune (Republican) and Tim Johnson (Democrat) just voted to increase the debt ceiling… again! Congresswoman Kristi…

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Conservatives Reject Common Core

The South Dakota Republican party specifically rejects Common Core. That isn’t true of all “conservative” office holders.  In spite of the conservative position held by the Republican party platform, some South Dakota politicians who claim to be conservative Republicans are…

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