Rep. Lance Russell was able to get HB 1169 “smoked out of committee”, and the bill will be voted on tomorrow Feb. 14th.  This bill needs 36 votes on the House Floor to pass it and send it on to the Senate.  This bill is a simple way the SD Legislature can stand up to the Federal Government for usurping its authority regarding the process of issuing state drivers licenses.

This is a clip from a video of the South Dakota Legislative Crackerbarrel in Rapid City, Feb. 11, 2012. A member of the audience asked why the legislature seemed willing to harass citizens with intrusive driver’s license requirements on one hand, and on the other go soft on illegal aliens. Though the drivers license requirements were discussed at some length, no answer was forthcoming from from any of the “Republican” legislators as to why legislation to control the illegal alien problem has been killed by “Republicans.”

This is a clip from a video of the South Dakota Legislative Crackerbarrel in Rapid City, Feb. 11, 2012.  A member of the audience objected to “smear attack” against a legislator who was not present to defend himself. The lady said two bills repealing ObamaCare will be heard in committee Monday morning. Legislators frequently make statements against ObamaCare, yet vote against measures to block it. She asked Rep. Gosch’s position on the repeal of ObamaCare.

This is a clip from a video of the South Dakota Legislative Crackerbarrel in Rapid City, Feb. 11, 2012. Pastor Dale Bartscher, Executive Director of the Family Heritage Alliance, asked about legislation which would increase the number of video lottery machines allowed at a given gambling establishment.

It’s interesting how the mind can turn liabilities into assets and find the silver lining in any bad product. So it is with this testimonial about the Chevy Volt, manufactured by Government Motors (GM).

According to Public Policy Polling, Rick Santorum has opened up a healthy lead over liberal-with-an-“R”-after-his-name Mitt “RomneyCare” Romney. By continuing to divide conservative support between several candidates, we run the great risk of allowing an Obama-esque liberal to seize the GOP nomination-a sure receipe for four more years of Obama Marxism.

This is a clip from a video of the South Dakota Legislative Crackerbarrel meeting  in Rapid City, Feb. 11, 2012. Ed Randazzo asked Rep. Brian Gosch why he voted against a bill that would make it easier for the taxpayers to find the voting record of their elected representatives on the state website.

This government’s recent volley across the bow of religious freedom—in the form of the birth control mandate placed upon religious institutions—is nothing less than a direct assault on individual freedom of conscience and religion. For the Christian, this is not a partisan issue involving rival political parties nor is it a matter of women’s reproductive rights.

At the South Dakota Legislative Crackerbarrel meetingon Saturday, Rep. Don Kopp (R-Dist. 35) remarked that in our Republican-supermajority legislature, it seems that if a conservative bill is offered, it is pretty much guaranteed to be killed. The “bureaucrats” to which he referred are what most Republicans would call “RINOs.”

Though I’m not a big fan of the crude and vulgarly-connotated term “suck,” this latest Firewall video from Bill Whittle carries such an insightful and needs-to-be-heard message that I decided to feature this video here anyway. It stinks to have to be the grownup in the room and inform people that there is no such thing as a free lunch.