tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329279.post2088646003967895809..comments2023-08-25T05:18:29.312-06:00Comments on Madville Times: Karpen Lobbies Dems for PUC Nod; Where's Zaiko?caheidelbergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03261598066395322681noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329279.post-39084942510447866252010-06-26T05:00:36.120-06:002010-06-26T05:00:36.120-06:00South Dakota as colony... interesting and useful w...<i>South Dakota as colony</i>... interesting and useful way to frame it, LK. Outside powers see us as weak, primitive, unable to exert our authority... and we play into their hands by sacrificing our autonomy. I wonder: could this colonial status have anything to do with the inferiority complex I sense in our prairie culture?caheidelbergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03261598066395322681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329279.post-51004220691069752592010-06-25T12:39:39.173-06:002010-06-25T12:39:39.173-06:00When you write,
"I'm starting to worry t...When you write,<br /><br />"I'm starting to worry that when Karpen talks about bringing "the pioneer spirit... back to the people of South Dakota," he's really talking code for letting big oil corporations pioneer their projects roughshod right over us natives (ah, just like the 1800s)."<br /><br />I think you're getting to one of the core problems facing SD. The state is being seen as a colony by government and corporate elites. <br /><br />It's not only Karpen. It seems as if our most of our local and state leaders are either unwilling or unable to deal with the situation, but when the SD's population is smaller than many metropolitan areas, the state needs to be creative or its resources and people will be exploited just like the farmers of the 1800s or the Native Americans who preceded them.Kal Lishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509909460813851274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329279.post-91605965970143765092010-06-25T10:31:41.122-06:002010-06-25T10:31:41.122-06:00I'm not sure if John sent out a mailer, but I ...I'm not sure if John sent out a mailer, but I know he has been all across the state speaking to county parties and other issue organizations.amandanoreply@blogger.com