Carry the flag to battle.

The sign of a great society is how well it treats its wounded military personnel. A recent program of brain damaged veterans was presented by public television. It showed parents and spouses left with the financial obligation of providing the needed medical care for their injured loved ones.

Our country should provide all the monetary resources needed to alleviate this burden.

Go ahead and lump'em all together.

There has been a disturbing trend these past months. NATO has assumed broadcasting American military deaths in Afghanistan. This is not a NATO led mission in Afghanistan, this is an American mission with NATO support. To have NATO place a generic announcement about military deaths is very insulting. The least the Obama administration could do is have the fallen service members names, hometown and branch of service recognized for their ultimate sacrifice.

The way to beat Congresswoman Herseth-Sandlin. Step 2.

Offer to take this elected position to the next level. The next level is to appear before the public and to stand tall before your citizens. Promise to choose a town that will host you monthly. Whether it is Rapid City, Brookings, Madison or Pine Ridge bring congress home to South Dakota. This will be the platform to explain bills and take questions. Compliments and praise is nice but you grow faster by accepting constructive criticism. You get that by not being afraid of the people that elect you.