Posts Tagged ‘South Dakota’

South Dakota Moves To Legalize Killing Abortion Providers?

February 17th, 2011 | No Comments

That’s the headline.  It’s all over the place.  According to whoever wrote this, it could “in theory”, legalize killing abortion doctors.  Pretty harsh huh?  The part they cite that provides that logic is: The bill, sponsored by state Rep. Phil Jensen, a committed foe of abortion rights, alters the state’s legal definition of justifiable homicide by [...]

That underwhelming sense of bipartisanship

July 8th, 2009 | 1 Comment

Barack Obama made a huge deal out of ending partisanship in DC. He then pretty much slammed the door shut once he was elected. Democrats got all the positions of power. When Nancy Pelosi moved to squelch any chance of open, public debate on any issue, Obama was dutifully silent. Yesterday we got a perfect [...]

Bipartisanship and Medicaid

February 23rd, 2009 | 1 Comment

Just got the numbers for the Medicaid add-on from the stimulus package.  I don’t deal with Medicaid directly, but it indirectly affects what I do in a large way.  As such, I was interested in the numbers.  However, the bigger picture bugged me more than the dollars I was assigned to look at.  In essence, [...]