Damn, it’s cold in South Dakota today!

So warm up here with a hot, steaming bowl of today’s Must Reads, now seasoned with sea salt! 

MUST READS FROM THE SOUTH DAKOTA INTERNETS:

Mike Huckabee Is the Campbell’s Sea Salt Chef. Not.
18/01/08 21:38 from South Dakota Politics
But he darn sure looks like him. Back in December I pointed out that the actor who plays the chef on  Campbell’s sea salt commercials looks astoundingly like Mike Huckabee.  I just found a blog from South Carolina…

• Instead of hearing “Sea salt… ” Huckabee hears “Wack-o… “

Application to be a Packer Fan
18/01/08 18:08 from Skol Vikes
APPLICATION TO BE A GREEN BAY PACKER FAN NAME _________________________ CB HANDLE _______________ MOBILE HOME COLOR: _____TWO-TONE, BROWN & WHITE _____TWO-TONE, PINK & WHITE _____FADED NECK SHADE: _____LIGHT RED _____MED. RED _____DARK RED…

• Very funny, Skol.  And how many Super Bowls have the Vikings won?  Oh yeah, none.

Governor Rounds Statement on Open Records
18/01/08 16:31 from South Dakota Media Club
Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008 South Dakota Public Radio QUESTION: South Dakota has arguably the weakest open record law in the nation. In South Dakota we have a presumption that state and local records are confidential unless there is a specific…

• Basically, Mike gives a very long statement that says, “I like closed government and it’s going to stay that way, thank you very much.”

MUST READS FROM THE NON-SOUTH DAKOTA INTERNETS:

Lipitor users: Read BW cover
19/01/08 05:11 from BusinessWeek Online — Blogspotting
If you take Lipitor or its cholesterol-fighting kin, you should take a look at this week’s BW cover story. The statistics about its (in)effectiveness are alarming. Other drugs are questionable too. Raises serious questions about health care…

• But at least it doesn’t give you an erection that could last for four hours or longer.
  

UN names Clooney messenger of peace
18/01/08 23:05 from France 24 - Americas
UN chief Ban Ki-moon has picked actor George Clooney, who has campaigned for refugees in Darfur, as the latest UN Messenger of Peace…

• The U.N. also named Clooney “dreamy” and “hunky” as well.
  

Iraqi Army undertakes first joint foot patrol in Baghdad
18/01/08 19:27 from British Blogs
The Iraqi Army is leading its first joint foot patrols through areas of Baghdad under the mentoring eye of the US/UK Military Transition Team (MiTT).Read It Here (RG) Early days and still a lot of work to do but this is exactly what we need…

• Gosh, I mean, it is only their country.  Seems like the Iraqis should be doing foot patrols.  To paraphrase, LBJ, “American boys shouldn’t be asked to do what Iraqi boys should do.”