On Tuesday my fellow GOPers all jumped on the cliff together opposing cap and trade. At first glance I would toss it away also, but South Dakota might be able to use this to our advantage. We have 1.3 billion Chinese that need to eat quality South Dakota ag products, lets get them to open their market to us. Cap and trade might be the way to get that done.

Monday 14 kia in Afghanistan, Tuesday 8 kia in Afghanistan. Our President calls the terrorists "opponents." He needs to clarify the mission and send more troops to back up the ones we have serving there now.

If he does not have the courage to do that, bring the warriors home.

Today is the first blog post of Thad Wasson.