The South Dakota Game Fish and Parks Commission has finalized two popular waterfowl hunting seasons. The biggest change for the 2012 Duck Hunting Season will allow hunters to also harvest four scaup, also known as bluebills. Hunters will be allowed to harvest six ducks daily, comprised of no more than: five mallards (may include no more than two hens), three wood ducks, two redheads, four scaup, two pintails and one canvasback.

The South Dakota Game Fish and Parks Commission has proposed several changes in the coming Mountain Lion Hunting Season. As proposed, the season would run from Dec. 26, 2012, through Mar. 31, 2013. The season would end earlier, however, if the harvest limit of 100 total lions or 70 female lions is reached. Similar to last year, lions harvested in Custer State Park would be included in the harvest limits.

The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Commission has decided to allow the use of smokeless powder, peep sights and other optics not employing magnification during hunting seasons restricted to muzzleloading rifles. The changes will allow muzzleloader enthusiasts to use optics such as red dot and aim points to improve their sight picture without magnification.

Lie after lie after lie is being thrown at the American people and, unbelievably, the attitude of those lying seems to be that we should simply accept it as acceptable and get over our shock, disapproval and demand for accuracy and accountability. How dare we be upset or feel it is inappropriate to lie? It’s their right, isn’t it? Apparently that is how some feel as they talk down to us as though we are the ignorant and irresponsible parties, rather than they.

Meet Julia. She doesn’t have a last name, but just like you—under “Big O” of course—she has Daddy Government to lean on. When she can’t pay her student loans, eh… payment schmayment. When she gets old, Mr. G. will provide new wheels from The Scooter Store. Grand Canyon, here she comes! But come on, that’s not love. Daddy G can do better. He can meet Julia step-for-step with all the love, care and poisonous affection of big, sloppy kisses from government programs. And by step-for-step, I mean from birth till death do us part.

Corporate welfare to favored businesses and industries has swelled in this country. Both sides of the political aisle like it and are equally responsible for it. No matter the consequences or cost to taxpayers, corporate welfare is scattered throughout our nation’s spending record. A report by the Cato Institute found that corporate welfare costs taxpayers almost $100 billion a year. While policy makers think they are doing businesses a favor, often the consequences and repercussions aren’t worth the cost. Remember Solyndra?

Business owners didn’t build their own businesses? Well, somebody who’s taking credit for killing Osama Bin Laden definitely didn’t kill Osama Bin Laden, and didn’t even formulate the policies that led to the death of Osama Bin Laden.

Ginni Thomas at the Daily Caller has a chat with Media Research Center president Brent Bozell about the Republican establishment. With all the talk about out-of-control spending under Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats, spending is higher under John Boehner and the Republicans. Bozell says that while Democrats know exactly what they want (which is to turn our great nation into a socialist “utopia”), somewhere along the way, Republicans got the word from someone to head for the tall grass…and even when they’re in charge, they’re refusing to come out and lead.

Herbert Hoover was born AUGUST 10, 1874. The son of a Quaker blacksmith, he studied at Stanford and became a world renowned engineer. Serving as Secretary of Commerce for Presidents Harding and Coolidge, Herbert Hoover became the 31st U.S. President in 1929. Seven months later the Stock Market crashed. At Madison Square Garden, NY, October 31, 1932, President Hoover warned of the collectivist New Deal: “No man who has not occupied my position in Washington can fully realize the constant battle which must be carried on against incompetence, corruption, tyranny of government expanded into business activities…”