Eye Contact with Meaning

Mary Fast Horse died Monday night. How do I know this? I made eye contact with one of her relatives today on the job. His eyes carried a heavy burden which prompted me to ask if he was okay. His reply was, "No a family member died." His family member was Mary Fast Horse. She was drinking at Romeo's bar in Rapid City, the liquor gave her a false sense of warmth. She left the bar without her shoes or coat, curled up next to a dumpster and froze to death.


What causes a person to die this way and a city that seems to have indifference? Is this a reflection of Rapid City or a one time occurrence?

May God have peace on her soul and give her family comfort.

China vs. U.S.

China gets referenced a lot on my blog. They are currently positioned better than the U.S. is economically and until our nation addresses this, we will continue to lose jobs.

Our nation has three bills that China does not. Bill 1. A military that we spend half of our budget on. Bill 2. $800 billion dollar bank redemption plan. Bill 3. Two wars.

Their is a loud cry of our desire to wean ourselves from foreign oil, and the capital that flows outside our borders to other lands. A concern that is valid, but what of imported electronics, textiles, clothes, food, and vehicles?

Get ready for the next Cuban missle crisis.

Keep your eye on what is going on in Taiwan. An American company, McDonnell Douglas, sold $37 million dollars worth of missiles to Taiwan. China claims Taiwan as their property and the U.S. state department favors a one China policy. Having Taiwan with the ability to defend herself is unacceptable to the mainland and they are pushing back hard on America.

This is where we see who has the power at the start of the new decade.

Worst idea of the session.

First reported by Pat Powers of Dakotawarcollege followed by CAH of Madvilletimes a bill only a Bolshevik could love and one only a communist dictator would draft. A law requiring all bloggers to provide information on comments posted on their blogs. Id's must be kept for purposes of government tracking.

Senator Nancy Turback Berry and Rep. Noel Hamiel are the authors of this gross violation of the first amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The shine on the presumed crown that both these elected officials wear must be affecting the function of all common sense in the halls of Pierre.

When war is your trade.

A resolution was presented to our state investment council from our elected reps seeking to divest our state retirement funds from companies that do business with Iran. Iran has been providing training for terrorists that have fought and killed American and British military personal in Iraq and Afghanistan.

It looks like the Chinese government likes what it sees over here in the South Dakota legislature and is going for their own version of that resolution. BBC news has reported that China has warned an American company, Boeing, that they will be suspended from doing business with the Chinese government unless they cease military trade with Taiwan. China claims sovereignty over Taiwan and having a Boeing subsidiary McDonnell Douglas provide missiles to Taiwan has gotten the attention of the Chinese leaders.