We Can Do Better?

By: Kathy Gerber
Published On: 5/19/2007 10:03:02 PM

  He is surrounded by the sound, sound ....
  Cattle in the marketplace.
  Scatterlings and orphanages.
  He looks around, around ..... 
  He sees angels in the architecture,
  Spinning in infinity,
  He says, Amen! and Hallelujah!
  -- Paul Simon


Fact: The state of South Dakota ranks 1 or 2 in corruption.
Fact: The state of South Dakota ranks 4 in rapes per capita.

More generally, a woman is more likely to be raped in a red state than in a blue state(p=0.0388).
Go by the letters not the color - the unweighted state mean rates for rape for blue (B) and red (R) states.


This is not news.  These are well-known problems that are being ignored.

So what is the SD leglislature doing about it?

This - and if you have an iron stomach, here's the affidavit (pdf).

Alice Marshall is absolutely correct.  More generally, regardless of party, those in office and those in positions of public trust need to clean house.  Now.

This is outrageous, avoidable and unforgivable.  Will it take targeted poll boycotts for our "leaders" to get the message?

A man walks down the street,  
He says, Why am I soft in the middle now?
 
Why am I soft in the middle?
 
The rest of my life is so hard!
 
I need a photo-opportunity,
 
I want a shot at redemption!
 
Don't want to end up a cartoon,
 
In a cartoon graveyard
.....  -- Paul Simon

Klaudt photo courtesy http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/


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