Around 500 or more pro-family patriots stood for faith, family and freedom tonight in Rapid City for the Family Heritage Alliance’s annual STAND banquet. The event was held the evening of Oct. 23 at LaCroix Hall in the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center. Several public officials were on hand this evening, including many legislators from across the state, Rapid City Mayor Sam Kooiker, and Congresswoman Kristi Noem (R-SD). The keynote speaker was Tony Perkins, President of the Family Research Council.

What Governor Romney needed to do was show that he understands the world and will not be a risky choice so voters can focus upon their number one concern – the economy. There were no Poland is not under Soviet domination moments for Romney. There were no major gaffes, and he avoided going for red meat answers instead opting for safe, measured approaches. What President Obama needed to do was show a mastery of the subject, and that Romney would be a dangerous and reckless choice – he failed on the last account.

Ever wonder how an adult human being could vote for an incompetent, anti-American excuse for a president like Barack Obama? Your answer is here: sheer, breathtaking, mind-boggling ignorance and stupidity. The liberal worldview looks pretty good…when you’re utterly clueless and oblivious to reality.

In theory, rationing health care might appear the necessary and logical course for a nation facing a looming entitlement crisis. Ideas have consequences, however, and the consequences of calculating the value of human lives according to a utilitarian construct would be dire. What would it profit a nation to save a few bucks at the cost of its soul? This is a question we must ask ourselves before we plunge headlong down a very dangerous path.

Last Wednesday, the ACLU decided to go after a small, pre-kindergarten through 12th grade public school in Brookhaven, Mississippi, which is south-southwest of Jackson. The school’s sin? Daring to “officially” pray to the Lord. This war on Christianity was really getting old many years ago, and it has reached the point of absurdity today.

President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed a Day of Thanksgiving on October 23, 1913, stating:”The season is at hand in which it has been our long respected custom as a people to turn in praise and thanksgiving to Almighty God for His manifold mercies and blessings to us as a nation…In the year that has just passed…we have seen the practical completion of a great work at the Isthmus of Panama.”