KELOLAND-TV: The Frat Party That Was the Bush Administration

I sort of let President George W. Bush have it tonight on KELOLAND-TV.

I called the last eight years under Bush a frat party.

Here’s the link to the story that ran at 10 p.m. tonight:

The Good, Bad & Ugly: Bush’s Legacy
KELOLAND TV – Sioux Falls,SD,USA
Todd Epp says Bush handled the days after 9/11 the right way and brought America together, but he says that won’t be Bush’s legacy. …

Don’t forget about the Big Show–Inside KELOLAND–Sunday at 10:30 a.m. and p.m. CT. 

Kansas Watch Must Reads for 1/16/09

Who will coach the Kansas City Chiefs?  I vote for Jason Whitlock.

Here are your Must Reads, fellow Jayhawks.

• Actually, that would be fine with me. From Nick Sloan’s Official Website: Good News: Jim Slattery Is Kansas’ Newest Senator

• Gee, Chiefs fans, do you think we should let them? From Arrowhead Pride: Detroit Lions Ask for Permission to Interview Chiefs DC Gunther Cunningham

• Certainly looks like the young lady has a healthy pair of lungs. From Plog: KC American Idol contestant Casey Carlson bikini pics

• Hey, Sinic, we’ve got casinos here in Dakota. I’m just sayin’. From Kansas City Sinic: Sinic’s Sinful Soiree

• Buh-bye, Sexfree Phill.  And drop the extra “L”, would ya? From Bottom Line Communications: Kline Gets Final Kick from KC Star

• Just think of the words President Bush added to the language: strategery, misunderestimated, rendition.  From Evolving in Kansas: Bush: farewell to sentence fragments

• No blue skies, no sunflowers, no rock-chalk-Jayhawks for you, Mr. Terrorist! From Kansas Liberty News: Moran backs Jenkins bill to block transfer of Guantanamo prisoners to Kansas

• What, “Dog Bites Man” was already taken? From Bagyants: Kansas Chamber Opposes Higher Taxes

• Um, this lawyer suggests, hopefully none?! From Voice for Liberty in Wichita: What Impact do Kansas Voters Have on Judges?

SD Watch Must Reads for 1/16/09

The mercury is finally above 0. Life is good or at least getting better in Dakota.

Now read this.

• Maybe because Republicans just aren’t good with our money? From S.D. War College: Why is the GOP not taking the lead on this?

• And then Blanchard yelled, “You kids get off my lawn!” then hiked up his pants and complained about the government. From S.D. Politics: Clothes Make The Man (And Woman)

• Maybe that should be plural–planes. From S.D. Magazine: Please Don’t Take My Plane

• The kissy-kissy between PP and Sibby continues. From Sibby Online: Pat Powers makes another false claim

• I guess Nebraska officeholders are like wood ticks. From the Yankton P & D: Booting Neb. Officials Could Get Harder

• And my coat, my boots, and my nose. From the Sioux Falls Argus Leader: Cold pierces record

• I can name that tune in two notes: frat party. From the Argus: Discuss President Bush’s legacy with David Kranz

Inside KELOLAND 10:30 a.m. Sunday and 6 p.m. KELOLAND News Tonight–Bush Out, Barack In

Mr. S.D. Watch (me) will be on the KELOLAND 6 p.m. news tonight giving my brief assessment of the Bush Administration (In a word: frat party).  (Ok, it’s two works.)

Then at 10:30 a.m. and p.m. Sunday, fellow blogger Joel Rosenthal and I are on Inside KELOLAND with Don Jorgensen to talk about PEBO’s promises and chances for success.

Minneapolis Star Tribune Files for Bankruptcy

One of the best newspapers in the country in my opinion, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, has filed for bankruptcy protection.

From Mediabistro.com:

Minneapolis Newspaper Files for Bankruptcy (Star Tribune)
The Star Tribune, saddled with high debt and a sharp decline in print advertising, filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition Thursday night. Minnesota’s largest newspaper will try to use bankruptcy to restructure its debt and lower its labor costs.

This is going to be a really bad yearsfor the dead tree folks.