SOUTH DAKOTA STRAIGHT TALK

October 7, 2007 Edition

Subdued Thompson Stirs Few Sparks on Stump

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/03/us/politics/03cnd-thompson.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

The Republican Collapse

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/05/opinion/05brooks.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin

Our Bias To That Which Is False

http://blogs.mediapost.com/spin/?p=1141#comments

Newspapers Spend $1 Billion Annually on Postage

http://www.centerformediaresearch.com/cfmr_brief.cfm?fnl=071003

This Weeks Quotes

"When Daschle walked in, it was like Gen. Patton. Everything sort of came together… There's no Gen. Patton this time."

                  U. S. Representative Frank Lucas (R., Okla.) talking about the role that Daschle played in the farm bill five years ago.

“Can I have a round of applause?”

               Fred Thompson said in Iowa after giving a stump speech to  which there was no applause. After some laughter and a smattering of applause, Thompson an actor then said “Well, I had to drag that out of you,”

"All marketing will be digital sometime in the next 10 years,"

                Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO

Factoide

For the 2007 Major League Baseball season for only the second time since 1900 there were no teams with a winning percentage above .600 or below .400.