By now you’ve probably heard that Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, who seemed to be such a promising Republican just a few years ago, wimped out in the face of pressure from homosexual activists and their “useful idiots,” vetoing a bill to protect religious freedom in Arizona. What you probably HAVEN’T heard is how utterly hypocritical many opponents of this bill are.

Former Rapid City Councilman, financial advisor and Republican Jeff Partridge formally announced his campaign for South Dakota district 34 House today at the Hotel Alex Johnson. Currently Rep. David Lust and Rep. Dan Dryden serve Dist. 34 in the state House, but Lust is term limited and will not be running again this year.

At 680 words, Arizona’s SB 1062 didn’t take a yeoman’s effort to read. But it was an effort, unfortunately, that few people bothered to make. If they had, the debate over the state’s religious liberty measure would have been met by more yawns than pitchforks.

I cannot fathom that Gov. Brewer sold out a moral society for a football game!! ONE lousy football game? I know the NFL is influential, and the NFL did threaten to withdraw the game next year from AZ. So let them. I would have called their bluff. Let them waste their money rescheduling it elsewhere. The Super Bowl has become the equivalent of the Roman sport of throwing Christians to the lions anyway.

A recent Wall Street Journal oped by Ajit Pai, the sole Republican commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), called attention to an alarming study commissioned by the agency that would have “ascertain[ed] the process by which stories are selected, station priorities (for content, production quality, and populations served), perceived station bias, perceived percent of news dedicated to each of the eight [critical information needs], and perceived responsiveness to underserved populations.”

Tea party and other 501(c)(4) organizations were targeted by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Applications for tax exempt status were delayed even as groups indicated they intended to engage in political activities that were allowed by law and regulation for (c)(4)s. In the meantime, agency officials considering the applications feigned ignorance over what was allowable while thousands of existing (c)(4)s were unaffected by the new standard.

First, allow me to offer this warning: Do not, for one moment, believe the FCC has backed off it’s CIN (Critical Information Needs) initiative. It WILL be back, in another guise, most likely as a study to determine if minority ownership of broadcast stations is at a satisfactory level.

Some of the bills being considered by the South Dakota Legislature today include the prohibition of certain photo and speed ticketing devices, the pledge of allegiance, state aid to education, domestic protection laws, regulation of tobacco and more.

According to a February 11th New York Times article by Mark Mazzetti and Eric Schmitt, the Obama administration is debating whether to authorize a lethal strike against an American citizen living in Pakistan. The crime committed by this person? Well, we really don’t know.

The united States were founded in the singular, decisive act of asserting their freedom in the Declaration of Independence. This document explains why Christian men could go against their earthly rulers, something admonished by Romans 13. We have arrived at a world where resistance to civil government is being advocated in the form of “nullification,” or having the “lesser magistrate” interpose between the government and the people when it comes to enforcing unjust laws.