As the only South Dakota blogger out with 5 daughters, I feel I need to weigh in on the whole discussion that's occurring with regards to the HPV vaccine, and Governor Rounds' proposal to make it available. My family (including my three oldest girls) watched my mom, their grandmother, succumb slowly and painfully to cancer which spread throughout her body. If a similar fate from a different type of cancer was preventable through a simple shot, why wouldn't anyone advocate for it? At the age most of my kids are going to be getting it, they're still playing with barbies, and negative influences such as most of the programming on MTV, and other assorted trashy television is verboten in my house. All they're going to know about this vaccination is that it's a shot, just like for teatnus or measles. They'll go "Ow, I don't want a shot," and that will be it. Just another mark on their vaccination record. One check box for DPT, one for HPV, and so on...
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He gave a pretty good rundown of all the success we are having in Iraq that the media fails to cover.
NTM
He had a tough race against the house minority leader in Sioux City and did well for being inexperienced.
He's a good guy with a good service record.
good seeing you last night.
Supporters and detractors...flattering. The blogosphere can remain calm, however, I am not running for anything.
I only ran once in one state, Iowa, and yes I did get creamed. My opponent was a gulf war vet and fellow member of the National Guard at the time. He was a great guy and if I was going to lose to somebody he would be the one. Didn't agree with him on the issues but an honorable gentleman.
Keep up the good work Pat and look forward to reading your convention posts as the day goes on.
Joel Arends
You are absolutely correct and I beg your forgiveness. It's been so long I forgot that one, or maybe I wanted to forget that one! You must be from USD or Vermillion.
That's a good one and thanks for brining it up. Now that you bring it up that was when the 700k went missing from the school board bugdet and auditors couldn't find it, I think. As I remember it didn't the popular businessman come in and take that race handily? Was that 96?
Anyway, anon 10:43 you are correct, I did get creamed in two races! Enough drama for me.
Joel Arends
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So media do your work and report on the GOP platform. Republicans who haven't checked your brain at the door, head back through that door and over to the Democratic Party.
as opposed to the Democrats who can't get anyone to run for office.
You can no more slow or stop evolution than you can push the Earth out of its orbit around the Sun.
You can be against evolution all you want but it is still there and doesn't give a damn about what you think. The only thing evolution cares about is what organisms successfully pass their genes on to the next generation.
Good post Scimitar. At one time it was considered heresy to claim that the Earth revolved around the Sun. Of course the Earth and Sun didn't give a damn what anyone thought. The Earth just kept circling the Sun