My family and took a stroll along Rapid Creek in Rapid City today and took a look at how the work on Founders Park is progressing. Founders Park is the location where the founders of Rapid City first camped before creating Rapid City. There was little if anything to mark the spot until a year or two ago, and this year the area is really getting some development with a $1.4 million upgrade.

Have you ever wondered why I and many other conservatives call Barack Obama a Marxist? Maybe it has something to do with the fact that he admits to hanging out with Marxists during his college days, and to attending socialist conferences? Of course, anyone can change (there are a lot of things I’ve done that I’m ashamed of…but I’ve since rejected and repudiated them), but when Obama’s rhetoric and policies continue to reflect a Marxist and socialist flavor, it isn’t hard to figure out.

Bill O’Reilly highlights a study by the Media Research Center which points out the abject hypocrisy of the Marxists in the Obama Administration’s Ministry of Public Enlightenment (aka the “mainstream” media). John Kerry is much wealthier than Mitt Romney, yet the “mainstream” media yammers far more about what a “rich guy” Romney is than they ever did about John F. Kerry (who served in Vietnam, by the way).

I like Will Smith. He’s one of my favorite actors. I’ve never had any use for rap, but from what I understand, his rap was pretty clean when he was doing that prior to becoming an actor. I’ve enjoyed him in such movies as Independence Day, Men in Black, Enemy of the State, I, Robot, Hitch, and I Am Legend. But probably the biggest laugh he’s ever given me came yesterday when Smith was in Moscow and a male Ukranian reporter kissed him on the lips.

South Dakota Right to Life has released their 2012 primary voter guide. It examines the voting records (or, in the case of candidates who have not served in public office before, their statements and responses to surveys) of the candidates with regard to pro-life issues. For the Christian or anyone else who recognizes that human life is sacred, created in the image of God, and that innocent human life exists inside the womb, this is an issue of paramount importance.

Perhaps history will show that the first black president’s biggest contribution to black America was forcing this community to come to terms with its own identity and priorities. By formalizing his support of same-sex marriage, President Barack Obama has pushed blacks to decide what is most important to them: The Biblical message they hear in church every Sunday, or the big government liberalism that they regularly vote for on Tuesday of Election Day.