**Drilling us for oil..commentary by D. Newquist

David Newquist at Northern Valley Beacon Blog reminds us of one of the ideological myths that are like fungus on the brains of SD conservative Republicans and which too often block serious consideration of needed government action or especially needed government action to control huge corporations.

Among the silliest things the regressives believe is that big government is bad but big corporations are good--as if corporate bureacracies are virtuous but government bureacracies are inherently evil. Regressives long for the repressions and inequities of the Dark Ages, and huge corporate bureacraces are as close as they can come to the lavish and oppressive monarchies of the time. So, they revere and cherish huge, global corporations. To them, Enron, Worldcom and the merry band in the mortgage business were just exercising the royal prerogative to be stupid, venal, and dishonest. It all has to do with the worship of power, no matter how it is exercised.

David Newquist at Northern Valley Beacon "Drilling for Columbine"

Take a look at the rest of Newquist's post at his blog and get an insight into part of the problem in getting new ideas considered seriously in South Dakota.

 

**Stay tuned even if you are trying to determine the frequency asked of "Kenneth" by listening for it in the buzzing of mosquitoes**** Doug Wiken