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A survey conducted by the physician research group Medicus Firm has found that if Democrats pass the government health care bill, nearly 1/3 of all practicing physicians say they may quit practicing medicine. If a public option were included, the number jumps to 45.7%. Democrats are obviously trying to push us out of the frying pan and into the fire with this socialized medicine plan. Read more »

The use and abuse of the Antiquities Act, legislation which dates back to the time of Teddy Roosevelt, is nothing new. Little consideration seems to be given to how these federal land grabs will affect property rights, loss of state revenue, job creation and local economies.

Especially interesting in these challenging economic times, a new report finds federal workers are receiving higher salaries than their private sector counterparts, and are really costing employers (i.e. the taxpayers) a lot more in benefit costs–more than four times the cost. Read more »

There are a few points about the Tea Party Movement that people should know. First, this is not a top-down movement, fueled by charismatic personality and silky baritone oration. Second, tea partiers do not send leaders to Washington to achieve bipartisanship. Finally, tea partiers do not do nuance. Read more »

Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN) and Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) have introduced a constitutional amendment to limit the spending of the federal government. The legislation would limit spending to 1/5 of GDP, something that would knock 23% off President Obama’s proposed budget for 2010. Read more »

The American Community Survey, a part of the census process, is a 28-page intrusive questionnaire that demands to know about a person’s job, income, physical and emotional health, family status, place of residence and intimate personal and private habits. Americans who value their freedom and oppose intrusive government are already beginning to take a stand against this offensive probe in this census year. Read more »

A bill that declares “exempt from federal regulation any firearm, firearm accessory, or ammunition manufactured and retained in South Dakota” passed in the South Dakota House of Representatives today. SB 89 was approved by a 49-19 vote. The bill had already passed the state Senate on Feb. 18 with a 29-4 vote. Read more »

Recalcitrant labor unions figure prominently into the equation of the U.S. Postal Service’s problems as unreasonable demands intersect with economic realities. The agency’s business model is so irredeemably bad to the point where it cannot be salvaged. Read more »

Andy Stern, an Obama appointee to the Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, is an unabashed socialist and promoter of global government over U.S. sovereignty. As you’ll hear in this video below, Stern believes there has simply been too much freedom going on our there. Government needs to meddle more in the affairs of private companies–spoken like a true bureaucrat. He (like his boss) is also an open supporter of Marxist wealth redistribution. Read more »

The Sam Adams Alliance has done a study of the Tea Party movement. The study is called “The Early Adopters” and it examines why people got involved with the Tea Party movement, what they seek to accomplish, and some interesting dynamics about the people and politics of the phenomenon. Read more »

Washington socialists want the American people to trust the federal government with their health care…the same federal government that can’t even make something as simple as the postal system work efficiently. We’re supposed to believe that while the government will cut postal services, they won’t cut health care services? Read more »

You’ve probably heard about the Oath Keepers by now. They are a group of active military, veterans, law enforcement and firefighters who fulfill the oath they swore to support and defend the U.S. Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. Bill Whittle of PJTV talks to Oak Keepers spokesman Stewert Rhodes at CPAC. Read more »

The best of the best from Dakota Voice last week, including: Global Warming & Healthcare Coverage Linked by Playground Activities; Rapid City Government Spiraling Out of Control; Keith Olbermann: Surrounded by Faces Like His Own; Textbook in India Features Beer-Drinking, Smoking Jesus; Global Warming Myth Buried Under Snowstorm of Hubris; World Trade Center Government Incompetence; Rep. Ryan Cuts Through Health Care Summit Fog; and more! Read more »

On February 22, 2010, nine months after President Obama signed the legislation, new credit card rules designed to protect consumers from the unscrupulous and manipulative tactics of credit card companies went into effect. It didn’t take long, however, for consumer advocacy groups and others to point out that, in addition to making it more difficult for card companies to gouge their customers, the Credit CARD Act will make it a lot more difficult and a lot more expensive for everyday Americans to get, and keep, a credit card. Read more »

An open letter to Sen. Tim Johnson (D-SD) and Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-SD) on the fiscal insanity in Washington D.C….and their complicity in it. Read more »

Both a husband and wife who are clients of this insurance agency visited our office and each seemed so excited and upset that either of them could have had a heart attack or stroke right in our office. Read more »

Here we are, going on nine years after the 911 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, and the effort to rebuild (and shake a defiant fist in the face of the evil dirtbags who destroyed them) has been stymied by the usual government bumbling. Read more »

The slow-motion circus that has become the Rapid City Council has been going on for several years. The censure of Alderman Sam Kooiker last week, and revelations of inaction over fraud at the city landfill, are only the latest installments of a government that is imploding. Read more »

While we can and should disagree with the method of Joe Stack’s madness, Americans shouldn’t be too quick to discount the source of his frustrations. Clearly, Stack is neither a hero nor a martyr. Nor is he technically a terrorist. Rather, he is the end product of a system that pays little heed to the disaffected, discontent and voiceless. And while Stack may have been alone in the cockpit of that Piper Cherokee plane, he is not alone in his discontent and frustration. Read more »

This is something we need every time President Barack Obama speaks: a truth squad to correct what he says and to put it in the proper perspective. Read more »

I’m on a bus just pulling into Ft. Pierre right now with nearly 60 pastors from the Rapid City area.  We are going to be in the state capital of Pierre today talking with many of the South Dakota legislators today and praying for them and the legislation now before our state.  The trip is [...] Read more »