Polls show that Gov. Mitt Romney could be competitive against President Obama in Pennsylvania, a must win state for Democrats. So, it should come as no surprise to learn that a coalition of left-wing attorneys have filed a “motor voter” suit against state officials aimed at accelerating highly questionable registration practices.

Many in America (especially in our government) seem to have forgotten some basic economic realities. Here’s a simple but very educational illustration of what “we the people” need to “remind” our leaders of on Election Day this year.

While the “mainstream” media is busy hyping their story about Mitt Romney being booed by the NAACP, they conveniently “miss” how out of touch that organization and President Obama are with the values of average black Americans. Many black pastors are pointing out the damage to marriage and family that the NAACP is cheering-at a time when the black family needs stability the most. Of Obama’s and the NAACP’s support for the counterfeiting of marriage, and the faux claim that the homosexual agenda involves civil rights, Rev. Ken Hutcherson says, “Don’t compare your sin to my skin!” he demands.

Some people believe in the Six Degrees of Separation Theory. Even if we are all connected in ways we cannot know I believe the world is filled with strangers. Day by day the bean counting pencil pushers who make up the nameless faceless bureaucracy grind out rule after rule and regulation after regulation. Class warfare, penalizing success, dividing Americainto interest groups and voter blocks this is the strategy Mr. Obama thinks will win as he works to build a coalition of leftist intellectuals and those convinced they are disenfranchised. Those who see America as a vending machine do not appreciate our unique place in history.

Apollo 11 blasted off from Cape Kennedy JULY 16, 1969, being the first mission to walk on the moon. In Proclamation 3919, President Richard Nixon stated: “Apollo 11 is on its way to the moon. It carries three brave astronauts; it also carries the hopes and prayers of hundreds of millions of people…That moment when man first sets foot on a body other than earth will stand through the centuries as one supreme in human experience…I call upon all of our people…to join in prayer for the successful conclusion of Apollo 11’s mission.”

When South Dakota’s voters go to the polls Nov. 6 we not only will be casting our ballots for President and legislators, we are being asked to mark our ballots on seven issues. Two of them are contentious as they relate to money, lots of money, in this case more money for education, but the others are also important. So it is best to read up on them as well.

In 1985, Franco Modigliani, an economics professor at MIT, won the Nobel Prize for a simple technique that squirrels know intuitively from birth. You have to squirrel away some nuts during times of plenty so you can survive during times of scarcity. Modigliani looked at the income and expenses of typical people over the life span. He found that household income was sometimes more than sufficient to meet expenses and that at other times money was tight. Preparation during these times of surplus help families avoid going into debt when they must increase their spending.