Heritage Foundation Senior Communications Fellow and producer of the film 33 Minutes, introduced the documentary. The documentary gets it’s name because an intercontinental ballistic missile launched from anywhere in the world could hit us in 33 minutes or less. I wrote about this film back in June, and you can watch a trailer for it [...]

Author Joel Rosenberg spoke tonight at the Family Research Council’s Values Voter Summit in Washington D.C. Rosenberg is the author of several best-selling fiction novels about intrigue in the Middle East (I’ve read all but the last one) and several non-fiction books about the Middle East.  Rush Limbaugh highly recommends Rosenberg’s works, and his first [...]

By now you may have heard that there was some excitement this afternoon at the FRC Values Voter Summit–some unplanned excitement, that is. The first bit occurred during the speech by Rep. Roy Blunt (R-MO), if I remember correctly. Many of us began to overhear some rather loud talking at the back of the room [...]

Star Parker, one of my favorite writers and one of the most dynamic speakers at the Values Voter Summit, spoke this afternoon. Star said she got some hope for the conservative movement last year when Sarah Palin was chosen as the Republican vice presidential pick, but her heart sank after the election and she spent [...]

Dr. David Prentice, Senior Fellow for Life Sciences at the Family Research Center, led a panel examining the issue of stem cell research at the Values Voter Summit this afternoon. Dr. Prentice pointed out that there are several types of stem cells including embryonic, umbilical cord and adult stem cells. Dr. Prentice pointed out that [...]

This is a video clip from this morning’s town hall health care forum at the Values Voter Summit in Washington D.C. In it, Rep. Michelle Bachman (R-SD) talks about what can be done to truly reform health care. Instead of massive government expenditures, huge taxes, loss of freedom and attacks on our Constitution, there are [...]

Carrie Prejean was introduced by Maggie Gallagher, President of the National Organization for Marriage. Gallagher said that it is difficult for Prejean to watch the video of herself being asked the question about marriage at the Miss USA pageant.  It was a time when she had high hopes to win the contest, but knowing how [...]

Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA), the U.S. House Republican Whip, spoke at the Values Voter Summit in Washington D.C. Cantor said many Americans are waking up to realize that they don’t seem to live in the America we knew anymore. He said our nation was built on the idea of the sanctity of life, but the [...]

In the recent and great tradition going on around the country lately, the Values Voter Summit held a town hall meeting on health care. A panel including Congresswoman Michelle Bachman (R-MN), Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ), Congressman Tom Price (R-GA) and more was set up to speak on the subject, and microphones were placed around the [...]

by Victor Morawski We critics of ObamaCare may have been doing ourselves a bit of a disservice over the past few months by focusing on health care “rationing.” Yes, “rationing” best describes some of the most disconcerting effects of government run health care, and it strikes a chord with the general public. But it is [...]

From today’s mailbox… FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, September 18, 2009 CONTACT: Lucas Lentsch 605-224-7347 PIERRE – Chairman Bob Gray of the South Dakota Republican Party announced today that Governor Tim Pawlenty (R-MN) will deliver the keynote address at the upcoming Republican State Dinner on Friday, October 2nd in Rapid City, SD. Governor Pawlenty is currently [...]

Congressman Mike Pence (R-IN) was the first speaker at the FRC Values Voter Summit in Washington D.C. this morning. Pence said that the most important moment in his life came when he gave his life to Jesus Christ. Pence said the American people have made it clear they don’t want a government health care plan [...]

The morning opened with the posting of the colors and the pledge of allegiance. Then Family Research Council President Tony Perkins came up to welcome those attending and open the event. Perkins said that in these uncertain days for our country, the “values voter” was ready to rise to the challenge. ‘ His statement was [...]

The Family Research Council’s Values Voter Summit in Washington D.C. is about to get under way. We had a great flight in yesterday, even though it was cloudy and rainy in D.C. and got settled in last night. Pastor Dale Bartscher of the South Dakota Family Policy Council and I went to some of the [...]

From The Patriot Post (www.PatriotPost.US)

Written constitutionalism implies that those who make, interpret, and enforce the law ought to be guided by the meaning of the United States Constitution–the supreme law of the land–as it was originally written. This view came to be seriously eroded over the course of the last century with the rise of the theory of the Constitution as a “living document” with no fixed meaning, subject to changing interpretations according to the spirit of the times.

Part of the reason for the Constitution’s enduring strength is that it is the complement of the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration provided the philosophical basis for a government that exercises legitimate power by “the consent of the governed,” and it defined the conditions of a free people, whose rights and liberty are derived from their Creator. The Constitution delineated the structure of government and the rules for its operation, consistent with the creed of human liberty proclaimed in the Declaration.

This little piggy scares the markets, This little piggy steals homes, This little piggy has roast pork, This little piggy gets none (the taxpayer), And this little piggy (government) cries “Me, me, me!” And eats us out of house and home! From The Patriot Post (www.PatriotPost.US)

The first-ever polls comparing conservative and progressive activists are revealing interesting differences in the religious community. For instance, while the majority of both groups say religion is important in their lives, nearly half of conservatives (48%) believe Scripture to be the literal word of God, while only three percent of progressives shared the same view.

When the Constitution was being considered for ratification, there was strong opposition from famous American figures that included George Mason and Patrick Henry. One major reason for this was a fear of too much power. The founding generation spent their lives toiling under a tyranny – a government without limits. But, when the Constitution was written, it was done to codify in law that the powers of government would be limited to those which had been delegated to it. The entire system was created under the principle of popular sovereignty – that ‘We the People of the Several States’ created the government, and all powers not delegated to it, were retained.

Dakota Voice will be covering the Family Research Council’s Values Voter Summit in Washington D.C. beginning tomorrow and running through the weekend. There will be tons of speakers including Rep. Michelle Bachman (R-MN), House Minority Leader Rep. John Boehner (R-OH), Dr. Ergun Caner, Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA), Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, author Joel Rosenberg and more!

Introducing Newspeak–the must-have magazine for living life in the liberal Utopia! Find out how you can accept good as bad and bad as good, and guard your speech to protect others from offense.

Simone Davis is a British teen seeking U.S. citizenship. She is committed to abstinence but U.S. immigration requires her to receive the HPV vaccine Gardasil before she can become a citizen.

Democrats have introduced an Orwellian-named bill attacking marriage called the “Respect for Marriage Act” in the U.S. House to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act–the only thing standing between the preservation of marriage and forcing legal recognition of homosexual unions on some states.