Barn fun.

Off to the wild blue yonder.

Its good to have a local economist.

Our janitor also moonlights as an economist. Case in point, today he came in the crew room and said he can tell our company has gotten rid of a lot of employees because he rarely has to replace the toilet paper.

Raise your hand if you are a hawk.

Since President Obama signed the new treaty with Russia limiting and reducing the stockpiles of nuclear weapons, and the outrage by candidates and elected officials over his decision, its time to compare and contrast with our hero, Ronald Reagan.

Let's look at the reaction by Reagan when the Marine barracks were blown up by Islamic terrorists in Beirut, Lebanon 1983. Nothing. No ground troops stationed in the Middle East. No special forces involvement. No sustained air bombardment.

How about dealing with the Russians and their nuclear ambitions? Quote 'I call upon the scientific community in our country, those who gave us nuclear weapons, to turn their great talents now to the cause of mankind and world peace: to give us the means of rendering these nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete'. Ronald Reagan.

President Obama has increased troops in Afghanistan and plans to maintain a troop level of over 50,000 American military personal in Iraq indefinitely.

Mr. Obama to this point is more of a hawk than Mr. Reagan ever was.

Golf Tournament Fundraiser has been set.

The 21st of June is the date for the Bethany Christian Services golf tournament. This is a best ball four man scramble held at Hart Ranch in Rapid City. Last year I put down an 18 for a handicap, on hole 6 my partner mentioned that next time I say my handicap is 26.

Under the age of 27?

The new 'law of the land' health care bill needs to be discussed on this blog. Allowing your children up to the age of 27 to be on your current health insurance plan is counterproductive. The goal is to get the young and healthy to pay into the insurance pool. Why extend the umbrella of their parent's policy? Obama said everyone in, no one out. Get a job! Drop the Xbox headset and show some desire to earn some cash.

Border war

A crowd of over 300 gathered Thursday evening at the convention center off of exit 48.

The quickly announced special zoning for Meade county residents near the border with the city of Summerset took place Thursday evening. It began with confusion and ended with a question. What happens next?

Meade county officials are proposing a new special zoning committee that would hold the title of number 5 in layers of government bureaucracy. Government chain of command currently is the state of SD, the city of Summerset, the county of Meade, and current covenants of homeowners associations that would be grandfathered in.

Why create something that will have no taxing authority or legal recourse to enforce codes that are on the books? Why get the people excited over a committee that has been hyped with a false sense of bravado?

Is this being created to provide a blueprint for Summerset to annex the area and for the Meade county commission to wash their hands of us?

All in a day's work.

My work routine takes me to a variety of homes, apartments and businesses throughout the day. These pictures were taken at a rental unit in Rapid City. The image to the left is the entrance to the rental. Notice the punched-out sheet rock. At the upper right hand corner is trash piled at the main door. Cost monthly for this tenant is $600 dollars.