On the manicured lawn of Georgetown University, President Obama recently unveiled his new and improved climate change policy in a speech hailed by Al Gore as the “best speech on climate by any president.” Meanwhile, outside the Beltway, gas prices were on the rise, unemployment was still way too high, and the country was continuing its painfully slow crawl out of the recession.

In another effort to stop sexual assault in the military, the House of Representatives has passed H.R. 1864, the Military Whistleblower Protection Act, by a vote of 423-0. This bill would strengthen military whistleblower protection laws to clarify that victims of sexual crimes are protected from punishment for reporting sexual assaults. Rep. Kristi Noem cosponsored this legislation and continues to lead efforts in the House to bring an end to sexual assault in the Armed Forces.

Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) made the following statement today after the Senate passed the immigration reform bill (S. 744): “While we are a nation of immigrants, we are also a nation of laws. I am disappointed that the Senate missed this important opportunity to secure the border and fix our broken immigration system.”

The choice is clear to those who have eyes to see and ears to hear. But much of the world’s population remains woefully ignorant of the global jihad and sadly fixated on the vox populi of the mainstream media, which still pushes so-called man-made global warming for all its worth. Is the world ready to finally dismiss the siren song of the global warming acolytes and finally stand up and defeat the global jihadist onslaught?

Shad Olson at KNBN in Rapid City did a piece last night on the U.S. Senate race coming up next year, and South Dakota Rep. Stace Nelson. Examined was some of Nelson’s history, his service in the South Dakota Legislature, and his thoughts on RINO Mike Rounds’ candidacy.

In its June 25 in Shelby County v. Holder landmark ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated Section 4 of the longstanding Voting Rights Act of 1965. In the nine states affected, this is a major change in the law. The Voting Rights Act was created to deal with the racial discrimination in the 1950s and 1960s that kept many African Americans from voting.

The story of Paula Deen remembered ought not be “only” that she did use the “n” word once upon a time, but rather, that she admitted to it and took responsibility, unlike Hillary - Holder - IRS - the Government et al. It’s not something that we often see. I guess now we know why.

Days from now, our country will be celebrating an America that its founders would barely recognize. Freedom, Alexis de Tocqueville once said, requires virtue. Today, the U.S. Supreme Court made it clear that the pillars of both are under attack. By a single vote, five unelected justices determined that they know better than God and struck at the heart of marriage in America.