Dakota Beacon

When those in power mutilate truth, the welfare of the people is at risk. Think of what all the illiberal movements—whether fascist, socialist, communist, environmentalist, or progressive—have in common. All exalt state power at the expense of the individual rights of liberty, property, and ultimately life itself. In the effort to attain that power, they also commit depredations on truth, as George Orwell warned in “1984.”

I believe that it may simply be the result of taking liberalism — or, to be precise, the relativism central to it — to its logical conclusion. After all, if what we call right and wrong is simply man’s preferences and thus doesn’t really exist, it makes no sense to have a conscience.

The problems in higher ed will not go away, and spending $600,000 to chase another Chancellor out of the state will not solve the problem.

There is no need for Caucasians to fall victim to what author Shelby Steele calls “white guilt.” White guilt refers to a sense of individual or collective guilt felt by some Whites for America’s racial history. In its sickest version, ”white guilt” is often used by liberals to politically induce Caucasian-Americans to support affirmative action and redistribution of wealth (reparations).

The caterwauling from the supporters of pre-birth infanticide/eugenics is amazingly comical. Characteristically they will never, never, never ever go near the reality of human embryology. So if they know so little about science, how else might they be factually impaired? In the case of pending North Dakota law they do not know their geography. If they seemingly have mastered so little basic knowledge, is there any basis to believe anything they claim…..NO. The Red River Women’s Clinic is 1,660 feet west of sister city Moorehead Minnesota where office rent is lower and abortion control laws are much more accommodating to destroying the unborn. All they have to do is move east and carry on. It is just like relocating across town except that there is a river to cross. Always…..FOLLOW THE MONEY!

. . . “The Luckiest Place on Earth”; crass social aspects of the oil boom; Beautifully written piece; no comments to air quality regulators; discovering oil makes you smarter; this cold could kill you; Sunday in Oil Country; His conviction will almost certainly be appealed; “a  good Samaritan”; penalties handed out to ten NDSU football players; ND border cities are rubbing their hands; the high number of January deaths; much needed reforms in the university system; one of the great intellectual minds; protest against wolf hunting; DAKTOIDS. . . .

. . . ideas, incentives, leadership, and providence or luck.

 A recent book by Daniel Stedman Jones, “Masters of the Universe: Hayek, Friedman, and the Birth of Neoliberal Politics” (Princeton University Press, 2012), touches on all of these factors.

When new institutions and corporations emerge, it is always difficult to find the proper measurement to appraise them. In the early years of the information technology revolution, it was a hard task to estimate the value of a company—and as the Facebook IPO showed, it is still a challenge. At almost the same time of the emergence of this revolution, another more modest “industry” was about to take off: public policy think tanks.

Chairman Menendez recognized the looming threat: intensive questioning of Mrs. Clinton might expose the administration's lies on Benghazi, or induce her to lie again. So Menendez arbitrarily cut each senator's questioning time in half, reducing the usual ten minutes to five. This overt rescue mission facilitated Madame Secretary's filibusters and turned the hearing into a high-handed farce

In 2010, North Dakota voters approved the establishment of the Legacy Fund, a constitutionally mandated state savings account that would collect 30% of all oil tax revenues.  The fund, however, did not have a defined purpose.

As written, HCR 3018 is a very good start to defining what the Legacy Fund should be used to fund.  It would place $10 million each biennium from the interest and earnings of the Legacy Fund into a college scholarship fund for North Dakota high school graduates.

Representative Carlson and the others are correct about where the earnings (tuition reduction) and where the interest of the fund should be directed, the only questions are how to achieve a safe level of return on investment, and the scale to which the fund will be directed

Amash’s problem isn’t McCain’s joke — it’s his own dirty mind.

Richard Gamble shows in his recent book, “In Search of the City on a Hill: The Making and Unmaking of an American Myth” (Continuum, August 2012), that the common assumption of this phrase being employed continuously and frequently from Winthrop to Reagan is false.

There is no requirement in our Constitution or anywhere else for a Republican National Committee.  This was a creature of the party members.  It is, rather, a monster we created.  It is time to put a stake in its wicked heart and start over.

On “60 Minutes” December 11, 2011, Obama openly stated, “What I am not going to do is wait for congress.” He is consolidating his power by ignoring the inherent system of checks and balances between the three branches of government. His aggressiveness is less veiled today.

How can it be a large career to tell other people's children about the Rule of Three, and a small career t

And we put a little human in a human box not because we’ve been brainwashed with some arbitrary social construct but because he was born in a human body, and it’s better for everyone if is he is socialized as a human than trained as a ferret.

Jamestown is a rural community that depends on the rural people coming to Jamestown to do business and spend their money here.  It also strives to be a hub of importance for the people in the smaller communities that surround us and reaches beyond the borders of Stutsman County.  Why is the city and the county commission bent on antagonizing them?  How about the city playing nice with the rural people and try not to control them through extraterritorial zoning authority and usurping territory. 

Ambulance Evidence No. 3:  2012

 “Having an abortion is safer than receiving a penicillin shot,” Tammi Kromenaker, Director of The Red River Women's Clinic told the Senate Judiciary Committee on January 29, 2013 in her testimony in opposition to SB2305 the bill designed to improve the level of medical care for clinic patients. She also made the claim that, “Abortion care is one of the safest medical procedures in the United States,”

Less than 1 percent of surgical abortion patients experience a “major complication,” said

Ambulance Evidence No. 2:  2010 - 2011

 “Having an abortion is safer than receiving a penicillin shot,” Tammi Kromenaker, Director of The Red River Women's Clinic told the Senate Judiciary Committee on January 29, 2013 in her testimony in opposition to SB2305the bill designed to improve the level of medical care for clinic patients. She also made the claim that, “Abortion care is one of the safest medical procedures in the United States,”

Less than 1 percent of surgical abortion patients experience a “major complication,” said

Ambulance Evidence No. 1:  1996 -2009

 “Having an abortion is safer than receiving a penicillin shot,” Tammi Kromenaker, Director of The Red River Women's Clinic told the Senate Judiciary Committee on January 29, 2013 in her testimony in opposition to SB2305 the bill designed to improve the care proided to women at the clinic. She also made the claim that, “Abortion care is one of the safest medical procedures in the United States,”

Less than 1 percent of surgical abortion patients experience a “major complication,” said

. . . property owners are not feeling the love; U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp; the late Dr. Ben Clayburgh; no one was inspired to play the game; a swarm of flaky bills; an oil refinery near Williston; “We think we’re a world leader in this area”; Minot murder trial of Omar Kalmio; This is real life, real victims, real murders; Omar Kalmio looks terribly guilty; What do oil workers do on their days off? men who live to blow snow; plenty of Norwegian sweaters; A Sykeston man stole Minnesota’s motto; Minot has a pulse . . . .

Text of SB 2305

This proposed legislation should be supported by all who put the health and wellbeing of women who are patients seeking elective termination of a pregnancy above all else.

The safety of abortion is touted by it’s advocates using statistics and terms indicating infrequency of problems. The number of procedures does, though, result in significant incidents of harm to actual human beings as a result of procedures executed by itinerate physicians.

This is a preemptive measure intended to avoid as much as is practicable unintended consequences of itinerate surgery.

Medical Privileges is a BIG DEAL for both physicians and the hospitals extending such privileges. The process has significant correlation with risk management and legal exposure. It is undertaken very, very thoroughly. For a REASON.

A more rigorous vetting of itinerant physicians by hospitals done by their professional peers WILL improve the care of women patients and thus the outcomes of their surgery or medically induced termination.

The constitutionality of a state’s duty to protect it’s citizens by establishing pre-emptive measures in general, and in this manner itinerate physician scrutiny specifically, is well established in case law.

Abortion practitioners and academics concur that establishment of medical privileges will result in improved outcomes following elective pregnancy termination.

You have heard of Colin Powell, yes? Have you heard of Bishop Holley? No? Do you wonder why?

When the mind stops and its endless chatter subsides a new realm opens up. It is the realm of silence. In that silence we can begin to see things in the way we have not seen them before.

The founders disagreed on many things, but they understood and agreed on the meaning of liberty. It meant to live as an individual without central government planning. It meant respect for property rights, economic opportunity and religious freedom. The founders certainly did not understand liberty to be some form of “communitarianism” as outlined by Obama.

Perceptive observers see that the Founders’ view conflicts with Obama’s. Recent political gridlock in Congress and in the states is evidence of this fundamental division. This division has not yet reached crisis proportions, but it may not be far away.

. . . plight of women in the oil patch; Personal Protection Parties; How good is the ND job market? lack of workers and housing; child welfare problems at the Spirit Lake Reservation; Accusations against the Yankton clan; Little Owl was hired to rescue the failed social services program; His trial began this week; the state lost two eminent public figures; “It’s almost entirely reactive.” convicted of running over a tenant with a Hummer; ND’s annual traffic fatality rate; DAKTOIDS . . . .

Next week will be a very, very busy week at the legislature with 7 important bills being heard in committee.  Remember the legislative hearing process is very open--so you are not only invited to attend but testify if you wish.

HB 1456, the Heartbeat bill, a bill that will prohibit abortions when the heartbeat of the unborn can be detected--will be heard on Wednesday at 11am.
In addition, SCR 4009, SB 2302, SB 2303, and SB 2305--all will be heard on Tuesday.  These are all very important life bills including a constitutional measure to protect human life (SCR 4009).
Below see the complete hearing schedule.