President Obama’s Executive Order “Stewardship of the Ocean, Our Coasts, and the Great Lakes,” which he put into order on July 19, 2010,  is nothing more than an absurd power grab by the Obama administration.  To control the country’s lakes, oceans and coastlands by issuing strict usage regulations and restrictions will only hurt such livelihoods as farming, fishing and logging.

The fact is, Obama is out of touch when he is more concerned with what Warren Buffett’s secretary pays in taxes than with what it would take to turn the economy around.  Raising Buffett’s taxes will not do that. And playing class warfare will not create the millions of jobs Americans need to sustain their families.  But it might help Obama get reelected if Republicans are not prepared to counter it with the supply side of the equation.

In my Jan. 10 State of the State address, I proposed $3,500 bonuses to middle and high school math and science teachers, beginning in the 2013-2014 school year. The proposal attempts to address challenges faced in South Dakota. Jobs available today and projected jobs of tomorrow in our state demand higher knowledge and achievement in the fields of math and science.

ObamaCare isn’t just about health coverage.  It is a challenge to the American way of life.  It is a challenge to liberty and justice.  It is a challenge to every religion (and person) that doesn’t believe in birth control as designed by Obama & Pals in their crafty little mess that got passed apparently without too many readers.  It is a challenge to every religion (and person) that doesn’t believe in abortion or abortion upon demand and as a form of birth control.

What if pregnancy centers were shut down? That’s exactly what South Dakota House Bill 1150 is intended to do! That’s right! The battle lines are now drawn with a frontal attack by the radical left, Planned Parenthood, and the ACLU to deny women the opportunity to seek the important services that Care Net Pregnancy Resource Center provides.

There are two bills that have been submitted to the state legislature “to establish sanctions relating to the hiring of illegal aliens.”, HB 1238 sponsored by Representative Stace Nelson and “prohibit the employment of unauthorized aliens and to provide penalties therefor.” SB 155 sponsored by Senator Craig Tiesen. The first, HB 1238, will be heard by the House Commerce and Energy Committee Wednesday.

There are at least THREE bills that could affect “choice in child care” during the current South Dakota Legislative Session. Please pray and act on these bills and pass this alert on to others.

Five dollars was all she was paid by the Atlantic Monthly Magazine for her poem, The Battle Hymn of the Republic, published FEBRUARY 1, 1862. The Union’s theme song during the Civil War, Julia Ward Howe wrote it while visiting Washington, D.C., and seeing the teeming military, galloping horses and countless campfires.