Mickelson's Podcast: Recent Episodes
Jan Mickelson
Jan Mickelson hosts a morning talkshow in Des Moines, Iowa, at the 50,000 legendary WHO Radio, the same station where Ronald Reagan got his start as a sports announcer. WHO Radio can be heard worldwide at www.whoradio.com, where Mickelson airs 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM Central Time.
Iowa already has the lowest proficiency standards in the Midwest. Now, we just lowered them more for minorities. Apparently, black lives don't matter in Iowa classrooms.
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Don't allow yourself to be bullied by the Toleration Mafia.
Perhaps the word "toleration" does not mean what they think it means.
"If a particular power to spend is not on the list of enumerated powers, it does not exist. Most Congressional spending is not on the list. Therefore, most of what Congress does is unconstitutional, and therefore, illegal."
-Jan Mickelson
Mickelson explains the twin peaks of Alinsky and how and why politicians milk covetousness for political gain.
Answering one of Jan's most frequently-asked questions on the 14th amendment and birthright citizenship.
Jan Mickelson back from rehab in China. Talks with stroke survivor Ruth Lycke.
http://www.tcmrestoration.net/why-china.html. and how he was able to recover enough to come home and get back to work. http://www.tcmrestoration.net/why-china.html.
Openline Friday—school kids vote for President—results are amazing. Then, is it true that there is no such thing as an unemployed truck driver? Wayne Allyn Root talks about the Power of Relentless.
Senator Rand Paul delivers a great speech limiting refugee’s access to welfare—and he gets shoot down by his own party. Does the pressure cooker info-mercial make sense? Senator Marco Rubio has presidential issues. And Whoopie says Timothy McVeigh and Hitler were Christians so knock of the anti-Muslim talk. Malarkey of course.
Bob Vander Platts with Family Leader talks about up-coming Presidential Family Forum. Faith McDonnell says the USA ought to be more concerned about what’s happening to Christians in Syria and Iraq. Then, David Limbaugh has broken The Emmaus Code. Then, drug store Muslims lie to Iowans—again.
Attorney William Kutmus and Rep Greg Heartsill think the DNR has been given too much discretionary power and are misusing forfeiture laws. Defending a trophy deer hunter whose trophy was taken by DNR.
Deborah Jian Lee is Rescuing Jesus: How People of Color, Women and Queer Christians are Reclaiming Evangelicalism. Then, the real meaning of what happened in Paris in being intentionally missed by the US and Iowa political class…because they are multiculturalists. Congressman Steve King endorses Senator Ted Cruz.
Mark Meckler really wants to have another Convention of the States to fix the holes in the Constitution. Mary Baures says Love Heals Baby Elephants. And Donald Trump thinks Iowans who support Dr. Ben Carson are stupid.
Dr. Ed Gogek writes, Marijuana Debunked: an handbook for parents, pundits, and politicians who want to know the case against legalization. Senator Rand Paul—post-debate issues. Michael Luick-Thrams with a display of Iowa history.
Teahl Bader has a tender heart for single parents—single parent provision. Club for Growth—David McIntosh—reviews debate. Bob Raines warns Clive and the rest of us that FEMA is lusting over flood-plain money. Jude Eden lobbies against the repeal of the combat exemption for women in the military.
Alex Hannold is Alone on the Wall—world class solo mountain climber. Stories. Mark Meckler from Citizens for Self-Governance wants another Constitutional Convention. And telling stories about Dr. Ben Carson.
Dan and Brooke Charleston talk about gangs and human trafficking in Iowa. Ruth Sherman, Speakrets—analyzing debate tactics for presidential candidates. And Iowa deer hunters can’t shoot straight.
Donald Trump doubles down on eminent domain. Iowans pay attention. Tom Jackson thinks about The Brain—and what’s in it.
James Lansberry explains Good Samaritan Ministries, a Christian alternative to medical insurance. Governor Mike Huckabee —issues. John Eidsmoe—history and inspiration. Isaac Calderio—American Ninja winner at Comicom. Betty and Richard Odgaard fights for religious freedom.
Doug Goff celebrates monument win in Knoxville. Planes have parachutes? Coyotes chase cats in Ankeny? Protecting the sensitivities of Atheists? And taking the side of the bus driver who whacked a mouthy kid on the bus.
Rep Bobby Kaufman—The Gov’s LGBT Conference will finally be investigated—eminent domain will be resisted, and WTH about the U of I president being protested? What’s so Bad about Cronyism? Jay Cost. Knoxville folds up its resistance to the Atheist Taliban.
Senator Jason Schultz with an update on the Iowa political class’s under-performance on the refugee issue. Explaining why Iowa’s elected politicians are looking the other way. Iowa is on the take. And, busting currency scribblers.
Welcoming Ken Chester, WHO’s newest talk host—the Car Guy. Steve Scully from C-Span talks Iowa politics. And Club for Growth takes credit for the Donald Trump slide in ratings. And the Iowa educational establishment nearly fesses up.
Governor Bobby Jindal—presidential issues. Dr. Michael Farris will be part of Caffeinated Briefing. And the Donald doubles down on eminent domain. Spirited.
Des Moines Plastic Surgery says they can freeze and remove your double chin! Denise Teegles. Cool Sculpting. Anti-gun rights activists hope gun owners will die off soon so other demographics can take over. Dan Jones writes about the Wars of the Roses and Magna Carta. Plus Navy Seal, Clint Emerson, has 100 Deadly Skills.
Senator Rand Paul—issues--medical costs, refugees, sanctuary counties, and Israel. Max Richtman wants to save Social Security. Frosty Woolridge—cyclist, adventurer, writer, activist for border control.
Michael Luick Thrams talks about the Continental Divide…the refugee crisis in Europe. Then, Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton tells taxpayers if they don’t want to welcome refugees they should leave Minnesota. And a Danish psychologist warns Americans against importing Islamic refugees.
Judy Hintz from Educational Resources has good news and bad news. Spirited. Craig Shirley –Last Act. The Final Years and Emerging Legacy of Reagan. And the smart way to deal with gun violence is to limit bullets.
“Stand by your Word, Governor” -- “Defund Planned Parenthood Protest” …from Personhood Iowa,Tim Overlin and Katie Ussery. Bradley Pierce from Heritage Defense is coming to the Freedom 2015 gathering November 6-7. And a Bernie Sanders supporter explains why.
What’s the best way to restore the victims of thieves? And Governor Mike Huckabee has issues. And scientists think they can erase God from your brain.
Coming to Freedom 2015 is religious rights activist, Kelly Shackelford, from Liberty Institute. Al Fadi is a Christian convert from Islam. He’ll be speaking at Grace Church the weekend of 24-25th. Then Obama fires pork products from the federal prison system. Boom!
Senator Ted Cruz in Iowa—Issues, sanctuary, water rights, refugees and climate change. Dr. Joel McDurmon is coming to Freedom 2015—the right of self-defense. And Iowa “B” roads-- enter at your own risk.
Barry Snell heads the Iowa Firearms Coalition who describes the process of renewing carry permits. (renewal course 10-6pm at the Brownell shooting course near Searsboro on Saturday) Dr. Cal Beisner has a new documentary on climate alarmism. Greener on the Other Side.
Donald Trump steps into the Iowa Eminent Domain wars. Dr. Kevin Leman and Planet Middle School—how to deal with the middle teens. Rep Bobby Kaufman talks about the Iowa law to fix Kelo. And General Jerry Boykin reads the riot act to the brass for firing a highly decorated soldier for recuing a kid from an Afghani pedophile.
Jason Hart reports on what teachers’ unions do with their dues. Governor Bobby Jindal—issues. Then, blowing the whistle on the Partnership for a New American Economy—a front group for multi-national cheap labor pimps.
The Myth of the Lost Cause: Why the South Fought the Civil War and Why the North Won.. Edward H. Bonekemper. Governor Mike Huckabee—Issues. Living Waters—a documentary—Intelligent Design in the Oceans of the Earth—Lad Allen, film-maker. Senator Rand Paul—Issues.
Tama County Magistrate, Rich Vander Mey, says Iowa’s mental health infrastructure is in collapse. Jude Eden says putting woman in combat roles is a really bad idea. Iowa State Senator Jason Schultz says the Iowa political class is still open to accepting Syrian Muslim refugees in Iowa. And Deputy Dan Charleston ties all of these issues together…and endorses re-creating the county farm concept to care for people at the margins.
More liberal clichés about the school murders mixed with some common sense. Dr. Ben Carson—candidate—issues.
Paul Stebbins wants to Fix the Debt. Edward Klein with the “Unlikeable: Problem with Hilary”. Steve Goreham describes “Shale Shock—How the world Has changed”. Congressman Steve King describes the House leadership contest to replace John Boehner. Bob Vander Platts pressures Governor Branstad to pull the plug on Planned Parenthood.
Maurry Taylor, “Grizz”, from Titan Tires talks presidential politics and issues. Alex Newman reports on the “Crimes of Educators”. Spirited.
Tim Head want Iowans to fix our criminal justice system with an upcoming Criminal Justice Summit. Julie Gunlock says ABC has sexualized and adultulpated the Muppets. Blowing up tires? And Carly Fiorina gets picketed by a Planned Parenthood rent-a-mob.
Judy Hintz tries to blow the whistle on the Dyslexia bubble. She has several more impressive success stories. Carly Fiorina impressive on the life issue. Michael Luick-Thrams has bus full of Iowa history. Bob Vander Platts from the Family Leader pushes on Governor Branstad to fulfill his campaign promises to defund Planned Parenthood.
Sam Clovis is helping run the Donald Trump machine. Issues. New Pilgrims… Joseph Castleberry describes How Immigrants Are Renewing America’s Faith and Values. Dave Bozell says shut down Planned Parenthood funding even if government has to shut down. Dr. Henry Emmons and Dr. David Alter have brain food to help us Staying Sharp.
Common Core: From Farce to Failure—a precise deconstruction of Common Core’s history and goals. Dr. Ben Carson, articulate on our rights. Christopher Eben, Navy Seal, Undaunted, explains why Muslim refugees should be welcomed cautiously. And Ramsin Benjamin, Executive Director of the Assyrian American Chamber of Commerce thinks our refugee system is corrupt and biased against Christian Refugees.
Senator Rick Santorum…issues. Maya Macguineas from Campaign to Fix the Debt. Personhood Iowa. Tim Overlin, Dr. Laurence White, and Rev Keith Ratliff on life and death. Then elk in Iowa? And an Ankeny man loses his job over trying to catch a thief. Huh?
Pastor Mike Demastus and Drew Follmer with the Tabernacle Experience. Senator Rand Paul…issues. And Dr Ben Carson has a Muslim moment.
Dr. Lee Hieb deals with the Republican debate topic of mandatory vaccines and the possible autism link. Insightful. Governor Mike Huckabee fumes over the CNN debate debacle. Ann Corcoran blows the whistle on Refugee Resettlement scams.
Debate feedback, a lightning strike, Tana Goertz, Iowa State Co-Chair for Donald Trump. More lightning.
Congressman Steve King challenges Iowans to take more responsibility for the political class…immigration issues. Then, Iowans are boiling over non-responsive political class.
Wissam Al-Aethawi, a former Iraqi Muslim is now a Christian minster from Detroit--his riveting story. (speaking at Grandview Church of Christ on Hubbell in DSM tonight at 7pm.) Senator Jason Schultz** is really ticked off at the political class refugee scam. Lots of info and energy.
James Clad energy advisor and former US deputy assistant secretary of defense…. Talking about our energy future. Speaking at the Des Moines Committee on Foreign Relations. And Iowans still skeptical about Syrian refugees.
Governor Bobby Jindal--a sustained anti-Trump rant. Iowans rant too. Tony Perkins—No Fear. Inspirational stories of courageous people of faith. And bikers negotiate stops signs. Stop IT
Roger Byron from the Liberty Institute is defending the Knoxville veteran’s memorial at Young’s Park. Senator Jason Schultz is upset with Senator Grassley over plans to import Syrian refugees. Governor Scott Walker talks about issues including the refugee issue. Iowans give feedback.
Rev. Mike Demastus reports about his trip to the Kentucky rally for Kim Davis. Senator Rand Paul outlines his tax reform package. And Iowans get deliveries from everywhere. And why the USA taking in Muslim refugees is stupid.
Sgt. Dan Charleston is running for Polk County Sheriff. Jonathan Narcisse has issued school board candidate endorsements. And candidates who failed and passed the Kentucky clerk issue.
Dr. Lee Hieb explains why mandatory vaccine laws are abusive. Then, Iowans argue over the Kentucky clerk who won’t issue a marriage license to same gender couples. Vigorous.
Figuring out school bus stopping etiquette and law. Governor Rick Perry on the issues. Kentucky county clerk says “no” to same gender marriage certificates. What’s right? (she goes to jail)
Understanding the anger behind Black Lives Matter through the eyes of Dr. Ben Carson and the personal anger issues of Mickelson. The high welfare costs of illegal and legal immigrants. Steven Camorota
What MSM gets wrong about Dr. Ben Carson. Senator Rick Santorum…issues. Swimming kittens? And agreeing with Bernie Sanders. Raining toads.
Obama renames Mt. McKinley. Iowa flunks science. Governor Mike Huckabee on the issues. And Iowa educrats don’t like “Mrs.”—gotta be MS.
Ann Coulter, Adios America. A great expose of the illegal immigration scam. Then, more honest scores on Iowa school district proficiency—this time in math. Grim. A massive fraud revealed.
Doug Goff from Knoxville invites Iowans to a rally at Freedom Rock in Young’s Park 12-2pm to support the public display of a cross. Then the Rev Ryan Eller from Define American talks about the theology of immigration. Dick and Betty Odgarrd talk about being mugged by the gay lobby and losing the Gortz Haus Gallery.
Marc Daniels is chairman of The Weed Out Hate Initiative. Donald Trump is Dubuque…Coulter…and Ramos. Best and Worst school districts in Iowa
James Bovard , libertarian philosopher, chats about stuff. Rep Greg Hartsill invites the Iowa AG to find out what happens to broken baby parts at abortion clinics. And what anchor babies really cost taxpayers.
Christian Ucles chats about immigration issues from the vantage point of a former illegal. Then, responding to Rekha’s hit piece. And Trump’s lead is expanding.
"Fight immigration demagoguery with context"
Rekha Basu
Rekha’s comments in quotes, mine in italics.
“Each campaign season brings another target for demagoguery, accompanied by a menacing new narrative: The “slut” (sexually active single female) who wants her health insurance to cover her birth control.”
30 plus single female at a Catholic University who wants the Catholic University to pay for her birth control…while a single adult female.
“ The destroyers of traditional marriage (samesex couples) who want to steal the institution from straight people.”
Nope, the political class has already negated traditional marriage by instituting no-fault divorce… slip knots didn’t steal marriage from straight people, but they made marriage irrelevant at best, lethal for people who are married to a spouse that is dishonorable. Gays scammed their way into an institution for which they are not qualified just to get access to the benefits.
“The robber, murderer, criminal black man (Willie Horton) who wants to get furloughed to do it again.”
Al Gore served up the Willie Horton issue during a debate with Governor Dukakis. In 1988. Digging back a little in the grievance archives aren’t we Rekha?
“This year’s target is the foreigner.”
No, this DECADE’S target is the swarm of illegals ignoring our borders. Foreigners are not the problem. Gate crashers are. Conflating them is slimy and dishonest rhetoric.
“That's the undocumented Latino immigrant portrayed as sneaking across the border (they do) to rape or addict your children (they have) , give birth to American citizens in your hospitals and squander your tax dollars on food stamps.” (they do and they do)
“ Usually the rhetoric is aimed at a political rival, and the demographic group (illegals are not a demographic group) is ammunition for the candidate’s case. But this year’s chief demagogue is a popular Iowa talk radio host. On his Aug. 17 WHO radio show, Jan Mickelson proposed that Iowa declare undocumented immigrants to be “state property,”
Nope. As an example of Iowa’s passive aggressive traits, I recommended we put up signs at the borders giving illegals 60 days to leave Iowa or become property of the state. Putting up signs.
“…and enslave any who remain here past a deadline. “
Indenturing criminals for community service.
“They could then be coerced into building a wall along Mexico for free.”
Trump could get his wall built with illegals captured at the border, not captured here in Iowa. Does any Iowa taxpayer really have a problem with holding criminals accountable for breaking and entering? What is more just that rounding up illegals at the border to build a wall to prevent just that? For free? You mean we should educate the children of illegals “for free”?…treat illegals in our hospitals “for free”? Give their children born here citizenship “for free”? You are mighty cavalier Reckha, with other people’s money.
“What’s wrong with slavery?” Mickelson shot back when challenged, contending that it’s Americans who are enslaved by having to pay for undocumented immigrants. “
That was a rhetorical question to a caller who that making criminals pay restitution sounds like slavery. When I asked, “What’s wrong with slavery?” I wasn’t advocating the chattel slavery outlawed by the 13th Amendment, but proceeding to a discussion of the indentured servitude permitted by the 13th Amendment for the payment of restitution. The conversation was cut short, and the thought was never completed. Media Matters (a hard left George Soros funded Democrat front group) used that incomplete conversation to assert that I recommended the enslavement of all immigrants. Rubbish.
“Mickelson’s reprehensible remarks infuriated many, including Des Moines immigrant advocate Matt Hildreth, who filed a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission.”
(Matt Hildreth is a leftist activist funded by socialist George Soros, Move On dot Org and with America’s Voice, a socialist open borders organization) I wonder why Rekha didn’t bother to properly identify the biases of her sources.
“But he says the commission responded by saying it can only fine for obscenity, and Mickelson didn’t use swear words. Now Hildreth has a petition already signed by hundreds, he says, calling on WHO owner, I Heart Radio, to pull Mickelson off the air. Hildreth says the Constitution protects free speech, but that a homeless Mexican immigrant was beaten in Boston last week by attackers, one of whom claimed to be inspired by Donald Trump. “We're entering a new space where people act on this stuff,” he said of such inflammatory rhetoric.”
Rubbish. So my boss is supposed to fire me for telling the truth and whose only crime is offending paid activists of George Soros front groups? Media Matters has been putting out their silly petitions against me for years. They are about as meaningless as the signs I suggested.
“The American Civil Liberties Union is calling for advertisers to boycott the show. In 2012, 45 advertisers pulled their ads from Rush Limbaugh’s slow after he called law student Sandra Fluke a slut over her bid for birth control coverage.”
You mean her bid for Catholics being extorted into paying for activity which violates Catholic doctrine? That bid? Oh.
The ACLU? Another hard left organization funded by George Soros’ Open Society Foundations group.
“The right to own another human being may have been abolished 150 years ago, but Mickelson put it back on the table.”
Bullhockey. I advocated putting up signs. Leave or be assigned community service. That’s it.
“When Trump advocates scrapping birthright citizenship, other candidates like Ted Cruz and Scott Walker scramble to claim the idea. But it's not going to happen. They'd have to amend the Constitution to get around the amendment where anyone born on American soil is American — or get the Supreme Court to overturn its ruling on how that's enforced.”
More Rubbish. The Constitution doesn’t have to be amended to end birthright citizenship. US Senator Jacob Howard, who wrote the 14th Amendment in Senate debate:
“…All persons born in the United States, and sujct to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the States wherein they reside…this will not, of course, include person borne in the United States who are foreigners…”
Plus the Constitution explicitly gives congress the sole authority to “establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization” not the courts.
“Nor is anyone going to deport every undocumented immigrant here. It’s not practical or ethical, and from meatpacking plants to hotels, it would bring much of the American economy to a standstill.”
Ah, the other shoe drops. “Not practical” or “ethical”.
Hmm. Without jobs, benefits, or means of getting government benefits, no illegals will stay. “Ethical”? Demanding the enforcement of the will of the people and the laws of Iowa and the USA is certainly ethical. If not, why not?
“ Americans rely on undocumented immigrants to clean our homes, raise our children, and work the plants and factories.”
No they don’t. Maybe Rekha has somebody to clean her house, or raise her children, but almost no Iowans do. And work in plant and factories? Not if the law is followed they don’t. And these are jobs that Iowans used to do and were paid well for. My dad worked at Western Iowa Pork back in the 60s and was paid the equivalent of nearly $60 an hour. After high school in Harlan, Iowa I did the same thing. Not pleasant work, but honorable and desirable if the pay is a living wage. Iowans will do the work if paid.
“They repopulate dying cities and schools, taking little from the economy compared with what they give.”
Baloney… Iowans pay almost 200 million a year just to educate the children of parents who are not legally here. More than 50 million on health care, and more than 5 million incarcerating deportable illegals.
“And their status makes them vulnerable to everything from substandard housing to hazardous working conditions to sexually abusive employers. Complaints over a lack of safety precautions or mandatory overtime can result in to calls to immigration authorities.”
Their status can be corrected. Go home.
“If Mickelson heard the stories of Agriprocessors workers rounded up in the 2008 immigration raids in Postville, he might have understood the great personal risk at which immigrants come to make a living and feed their families.
Yes, I’ve heard the stories about the criminal operation that a scumbag named Aaron Rubaskin was running. He picked a remote area of Iowa to over-run and exploit. First he hired a bunch of illegals to exploit. Then, when that didn’t work out because of ICE raids, he imported Somalians. That doesn’t even include charges of animal abuse, meth labs, extortion….etc. He went to jail. Agriprocessors remains a blight upon Iowa. I feel sorry for anybody unfortunate to have been sucked into their scam.
“Maria Ruiz left Guatemala after becoming orphaned and homeless at 17, when the greenhouse where she and her parents had worked for $100 a month revoked her companyprovided housing. So she crossed two borders by foot and hitchhiked to Texas where, broke and hungry, she turned herself in to authorities. They let her go with a paper she thought was a residence permit but turned out to be a court date. In Iowa, she packed beef for $7.25 an hour and no health benefits, often working 19 hours a day. For more context, let's go back to the U.S.engineered 1954 coup in Guatemala, which toppled a democratically elected president who was responsive to people’s economic needs, replacing him with a series of dictators friendly to U.S. corporate interests. They plundered the wealth, leaving their people impoverished. Now millions of undocumented immigrants are embedded in this nation's fabric. We should talk about how to fix their status, but in a responsible way.”
Life sucks in the Third World. If we import the Third World to Iowa, life will suck here too. I agree that our political class has allowed big box agriculture to be irresponsible with our resources, our environment, and our wage scales. Our first priority should be to advance the well-being of Iowans, not illegally imported poverty from the Third World.
“This inflammatory rhetoric is a long way from the approach of past GOP leaders like former President George W. Bush and former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel. Iowa's beloved former Iowa Gov. Bob Ray, who welcomed Southeast Asian war refugees in the 1970s, issued a statement earlier this year supporting Justice for Our Neighbors, which provides free legal services to unaccompanied undocumented minors. “Iowa is a welcoming state!” Ray declared. At least it was then. I'm hopeful most Iowans will respond to Mickelson's slave ownership plan by showing it still is.”
I said nothing inflammatory. Advocating for the enforcement of immigration laws isn’t controversial. As I have shown, most of what was said about my remarks was mis-reported or twisted by paid leftist activists, or by a dishonest columnist. Comparing the importation of Laotians to Iowa following the Vietnam War to the open borders invasion of illegals is silly. In the first case, we volunteered and extended an invitation. Now, hoards come without invitation and paid street hustlers shill for more. Iowans are on to the scam. Donald Trump’s popularity in Iowa and elsewhere demonstrates they are sick of it.
Senator Ted Cruz—issues and rally.. Nitpicking. Giving away the recumbent trike from Connecticut Yankee Pedaller. And fixing what ails the Constitution.
Now Fox has joined the MSM in trying to take out Trump—and attacks get truly slimy. John Otto is suing Disney over importing cheap labor and firing American works. Iowans wonder about women Rangers.
Jim Richards talks about The Death of Money… A brilliant look and the way stuff really works. Iowans remember de-tasseling and defend themselves against claims that Iowans aren’t tough enough do it so Mexicans have to. And another atheist thug tries to bully Knoxville over a war memorial.
Naghmeh Abedini has organized a 5k run, Endure for Saeed, to raise money for husband hostage by Iran. Horrific story. Kevin Jackson on Race Pimping. Vigorous. And more historically illiterate presidential candidate on the 14th Amendment and birthright citizenship.
Trump releases his immigration paper. And what is the Iowa Passive Aggressive way to get the wall built by Mexico? Mexicans. The, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker—issues.
Carly Fiorina—Issues. Senator Rick Santorum—Issues. Jonathan Narcisse is really alarmed over the Nancy Sebring settlement. And a Japanese political consultant wonders about American-Japanese relations on the 70 anniversary of the end of WW2.
Congressman Steve King—issues. Bear eats man—euthanize? Jim Hawkins and Jodie Nation—Professional Educators of Iowa—issues. Dr. Ben Carson—fixing the politics of race.
Dr. Jonathan Sarfati creation scientist says we are not alone and in the dark. He will speak Sunday 3:30 pm at the Newton Christian Reformed Church. Senator Ted Cruz’s dad, Pastor Rafael is speaking Thursday night at 6:30 pm in Grimes at the Gortz Haus. Then, an Iowa judge invites trespassers to examine a farmers property.
Des Moines taxpayers are unsettled over the Nancy Sebring $350,000 settlement. And do military officers really need a college degree?
Post presidential debate feedback from Iowans. Ohioan Ken Blackwell with debate observations. Sam Clovis talks debate reactions and issues.
Life means something. We just can’t agree on when. David Holt says the Russians are trying to lay claim to a bunch of the Arctic. Terry Jarrett says Obama’s EPA executive orders are power grabs too. Cops have wrong weapons? Accordions make great crappie traps. And a guy tries to marry his lawnmower.
Congressman Rod Blum supports First Amendment Defense Act and tells how serious congressmen are punished by his own Republican leadership. IRS may target churches which refuse the gay lobby. Brian Walsh, founder of Civil Rights Research Center. Bob Vander Platts pushes on Governor Terry Branstad on defunding Planned Parenthood. Plus, defending life.
Losing shopping cart roulette, skunk remedy, Marc Morano from Climate Depot nukes Obama’s EPA regs, and Bobby Jindal says politicians responsible for sanctuary cities ought to be prosecuted.
Actress Kristen Bell says we need Planned Parenthood cuz her daughters might need birth control behind her back. Then, armed for Iowa bike trails? Need to be?
Tires explode and rip up cars and trucks--Iowa stories. Senator Lindsey Graham, running for president. And the life debate clarifies. And the most crime prone Iowa cities.
Rethinking Narcissism is Dr. Craig Malkin. Take the Narcissism Test. No more RFS (renewable fuel standard). Governor Mike Huckabee. Mike Chapman is Iowa’s Tarzan expert.
A Minnesota dentist earns universal distain for shooting Cecil. Walt Heyer says Bruce Jenner is making a huge mistake and the rest of us shouldn’t be gullible. Senator Grassley talks issues. And what color is your lead foot?
Dr. Dale Archer touts The ADHD Advantage…how it might be your greatest strength. Then, Iowans have bug stories. And do we really want cops to be our best friends?
Senator Ted Cruz commits truth, gets hammered. Carly Fiorina defends life in the MSM. And a minimum wage hike in Johnson County?
Rumble Yell…Brian David Bruns tells the Ragbrai story. Senator Rick Santorum survives an MSNBC mugging. And Obama wants grandma’s gun.
Ann Corcoran from Refugee Resettlement Watch blows the whistle on the whole scam. Then, General Clark warns “unAmericans” that they could end up interned until the end of the conflict. Pulled over? Shut Up!
Explaining the current immigration scam…new wrinkles change the American citizenship Oath and Texans have learned Iowa passive aggressive. Plus, profiles in courage and a profile in political pandering.
A sampling of presidential candidate speeches at the Family Leader Summit. And will Iowa allow National Guardsman to arm themselves? And glowing manifolds.
Lawrence McQuillan say that being able to pay California’s public employee pension debt is California Dreaming. Lary Cotlar has The Biggest Rolodex in Sports. Iowans respond to the Trump Iowa- McCain blow-up.
Alex Epstein from Center for Industrial Progress makes The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels. Then Iowans wonder about the latest Muslim act of murder in Chattanooga. And don’t kiss chickens…warning from the CDC.
Summer silliness, garage door opener aggression, and a home owner has to fight everybody just to get a trespasser removed from his own property.
Joel Kurtinitis is planning a pro-life, anti-Planned Parenthood protest of the sale of baby parts…held at Family Leader Summit, 8 am Saturday in Ames. Senator Ted Cruz blasts Iran nuke deal and calls to defund Planned Parenthood. Dr. Ben Carson eloquently defends life against racist Planned Parenthood. Senator Rand Paul, blasting the Iran nuke deal and federal presence in general. Treaty or Executive Agreement? Who decides?
Iowa keeps getting sent the liabilities of everywhere else. ..again. Bob Vander Platts with another presidential candidate forum…issues. The new ISU basketball coach Prohm is issued a fatwa by the school’s atheist Taliban. And Brian Peskin wants to oil Iowans…327-0200.
Food Junkies, Dr. Vera Tarman is an addiction expert. How to heal up. Trevor Loudon writes about Enemies Within…speaking at PIPAC Center in Cedar Falls Tuesday night at 6:30. PETA wants to kill off Iowa pigeon races. And Woodard Hearing is holding Demo Days around Iowa this month…800-233-4327 to sign up for free test drive.
M Stanton Evans “Blacklisted by History". PSTD and 4th of July Fireworks. And how do truck drivers stay awake?
Senator Ted Cruz. Issues. Defends Iowans against religious oppression. Straw bale gardening. Joel Karsten Plus Car Care for the Clueless. Then, Iowa night time critters.
Why are we alive day…Iowans think about close calls. And candidate Carly Fiorina talks issues.
Governor Bobby Jindal campaigns on the issues. John Stewart (the normal, Iowa one) dismantles SCOTUS on marriage. Congressman Steve King chafes under the oppression of his own party. Then, a SCOTUS judge wonders if the death penalty is Constitutional.
Sheriff candidate for Polk County, Dan Charleston. Issues. Are Iowa churches safe from gay lobby aggression? Mike Farris chairman of the Home School Legal Defense Association tells churches how to prepare.
Tom Dilorenzo, Real Lincoln, puts some of the battle over the Confederate Flag into historical perspective. SCOTUS finds same gender marriage in the Constitution. Governor Mike Huckabee blasts the SCOTUS opinion.
SCOTUS says words don’t mean what they say and vote to re-approve Obamacare. Snark ensues.
Calvin Beisner, Ph.D. founder, Cornwall Alliance, delivers An Open Letter to Pope Francis on Climate Change. He says the Vatican excluded dissent from his climate conference. Then, why should taxpayers house and feed 400 pound violent cop? And John Deere kicks Google’s self –driving technologies’ butt.
Geoff Freeman, president and CEO of the American Gaming Association want future presidential candidates to understand the positive value of the gambling “industry”. Spirited. The Pope doubts the faith of arms builders. Spirited.
Dan Kish says Obama is using executive orders to issue EPA regs which will spike our energy costs. Then Iowans were once thought of as ruffians and squatters. The real story. And Iowans advise South Carolina about the battle flag.
Dr. Lee Heib, Surviving the Medical Meltdown…and practicing anti-aging medicine. Chuck Hurley blasts the Iowa Supreme Court overturning Iowa’s telemed abortion ban. Senator Randy Feenstra approves of granting more tax credits to Iowa Fertilizer Company.
Pastor Keith Ratliff from Joshua Christian Academy needs some help raising funds for playground equipment for his growing inner city school. Let’s help. 515-468-5674 Senator Rand Paul unveils his flat tax plan. John Graham with a plan to fix Obamacare when it collapses.
Getting Yours--Phil Moeller gives a guide through the complexity of Social Security benefits. Dr. Grazie Poz Christie reviews the Pope’s eco-encyclical. And then, dirt wars. How much dirt is enough?
Lindsey Burke with Education Savings Accounts, PT Barnum’s view of publicity and Donald Trump declares himself a candidate for president. Iowans ponder.
Presidential candidate Senator James Webb talks about his life and policies. Then, Dr. Paul Kengor wonders about the culture war and Bruce Jenner, Takedown. Earl Swift does an Autobiography on a 57 Chevy. Iowans are nostalgic about their sheet metal.
National media wonder why Iowans are apathetical about a cop shooting in Des Moines. Then, Rep Greg Heartsill wonders why parents and politicians are not holding the Governor’s LGBTQ conference accountable for obscene materials dispensed to teenagers. And Chet Culver wants to run for congress.
We are taking a bunch of Iowans to Paris, France…if you want to come with us, 800-826-2266…Holiday Vacations. Outdoors Dan with an up-coming fundraiser for Leukemia—Ankeny, Iowa July 18th at the Sportman’s Warehouse. A BBQ Bash. Lotsa Food and Prizes. Then why have Iowans lost the ability to writing cursively?
Humorist, satirist Stan Freberg remembered…a lot. Corrosive political humor designed to take down Iowa. And dissecting politician’s real worldviews.
Doug Gross wants to defend free trade and the TTP…vigorous. Steve King isn’t so sure. And a mix of Iowa and national news.
Senator Lindsey Graham running for the White House…in Iowa. Governor Mike Huckabee—issues. Vigorous. Then, Eastern Iowa is Part of Chicago.
Iowa League of Woman Voters wants our attention for an upcoming League convention. Then, Jason Matthews, ex-CIA guy, now novelist, tells us as much as he can without having to kill us. Palace of Treason
Timothy Head says Iowa law has been changed to allow the expungement of criminal records pertaining to acquittals or dismissal of charges. Iowan’s are grateful. Ann Coulter bids Adios to America—a very snarky look at the US immigration system.
Tom Meier from Trail Life gives alternatives to a fading Boy Scouts of America. Then, an Iowa illegal alien threatens the Party of Lincoln with political reprisalfor keeping them in slavery….or something.
Michael Novak, Deputy Director, Warfare Integration, office of Chief of Naval Operations, in Iowa to talk Navy. Senator Rand Paul forces the expiration of illegal bulk data collection by the NSA. Dr. Michael Jackson says he can use your own stem cells to repair worn out or broken body parts.
Senator Rand Paul explains his anti-Patriot Act filibuster. Tim Overlin talks about Personhood…upcoming meeting for the public. Charles Murray says it’s time to return the idea of government, “By the People” -- says it’s time for civil disobedience. And then, what to do with millions of dead birds.
Max Richtman from the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare thinks he can fix them…with a little more of your money. Governor Mick Huckabee explains his no vote on the Iowa Straw Poll. Doug Holtz-Eakin says it’s too expensive to export illegals. And Disney makes it’s fired workers train their replacements.
The Forgivenss Project, Marina Cantacuzino…inspiring and frustrating. Scott Taylor, Navy Seal, worries about the US sacrifice in Iraq being wasted. OPSEC. He wants Iowan to be very careful who we select as the next Commander in Chief. Then, anIowa judge sends home a murder jury cuz they aren’t diverse enough. Iowans are appalled.
It National Dog Bite Week. Dog trainer Dane Fedman tells how to avoid getting chewed on. The scariest movie trailer…ever. And chasing Hillary…at 95mph.
Rick Manning says Obama should NOT be given fast-track authority on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Currency Guru James Rickards tells how old money keeps their money. And what do IRS forfeitures and the Boone Farm Expo have in common?
Peggy Woodward, editor of Taste of Home, corrects our grilling faux paus. Frank Gaffney talks about US insecurity. Kirsten Powers talks about the Silencing: How the Left is Killing Free Speech. And grading Jeb.
Professor Michael Useem wonders why Chili was so able to recover from a devastating earthquake so quickly and other places languish in destruction for a long time. “Leadership Dispatches: Chile’s Extraordinary Comeback from Disaster”. Michael Foley has The Sinner’s Guide to a Holy Happy Hour. A Catholic guide to social lubrication. Then, is this what a silent Spring sounds like? Iowans wonder where the bees have gone.
Openline—Obama’s bitter half, Iowans running guns, and an honest government employee blocks gotcha cams. Scott McEwen (of American Sniper fame) with “The Sniper and the Wolf”. Congressman Steve King talks about security. Then, Dana Perino And the Good News is…
Senator Rand Paul updates the issues…says he’ll vote “no” on Obama’s fast track trade agreements. Then, the perils of 911 nuisance calls. And, Iowan, John Hays, is in Nepal trying to bring drinkable water to earthquake victims. Plus, Hughie Tweedy still won’t agree to a pipeline even though he’s been offered a bribe of a $1,200 prostitute.
Dr. Ben Carson calls for a “bible-based flat tax” and gets hammered by MSM. Col Ralph Peters writes about the Civil War with vigor—Valley of the Shadow. Iowans aren’t sure about the reliability of military. Skeptical.
Declaring atheist day in Iowa…really guv? Iowa doctor with ebola in his eyes? Ann Corcoran describes the Muslim friendly jihad that our nation’s refugee program has unleashed. Free Video.
“ Refugee Resettlement and the Hijra to America” The free pdf study on the refugee settlement scam.
Dan Pilla helps an Iowa taxpayer with the IRS. Matt Whitaker from Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT) is still trying to hold Bruce Braley accountable for campaign finance short-cuts. Then “obedience to the unenforceable”. Plus, best-selling researcher Peter Schweitzer exposes Clinton Cash. Riveting.
Judy Hintz from Educational Resources demonstrates why she may be the best resource ever for distressed students. Then, Wayne Perry brings Sound Medicine to Iowa.
Hostile Iowa Birds, the Texas terrorist attack thwarted, disadvantaging privileged kids and silencing homeschoolers?
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We are a democracy.
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We have three equal branches of government.
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When a court rules, the opinion becomes law.
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When a treaty is signed because of the Supremacy clause, it can amend the Constitution.
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When someone is born in the United States, citizenship is automatic based upon the 14th Amendment.
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Congress can spend money on anything it wants with a majority vote for the general welfare.
I’ve been a radio talk host for a long time. Over the years I’ve interviewed hundreds of politicians, including many presidential candidates. You’d be astonished to discover how many of them (politicians)are simply collections of bumper stickers and cultural cliches’. The ones above are held by most.
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Article 4, Section four, “The United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government…” The framers hated the democratic impulse with a passion. Alexander Hamilton: “We are a republican government. Real liberty is never found in despotism or the extremes of democracy.” John Adams: “Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.” Karl Marx: “Democracy is the road to socialism.”
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Federalist 51: “…the legislative authority necessarily predominates.” Federalist 78: “The judiciary, on the contrary, has no influence over either the sword or the purse…is, beyond comparison, the weakest of the three departments of power…the general liberty of the people can never be endangered from that quarter.”
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Article VI. Section 2 of the US Constitution lists three things as “the supreme law of the land:” (1) This constitution; (2) The laws of the United States made in pursuance of it: and (3) All treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States.” You will notice by conspicuous absence, court opinions, because at the time of its writing nobody believed court decisions equaled law. With Blackstone, they believed that court opinion pursuant to law or treaty was “…evidence of law.” And if a judge was mistaken about that law, then according to Blackstone, his opinion was not “bad law, but that was not law” at all.
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Alexander Hamilton: “Treaties…are not rules prescribed by the sovereign to the subject, but agreements between sovereign and sovereign…the only constitutional exception to the power of making treaties is that they shall not change the Constitution.” Jefferson: “…if the treaty making power is boundless, then we have no Constitution.”
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14th Amendment: “…All persons born of naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United State and also of the state wherein they reside.” This amendment added to the Constitution after the Civil War was designed to make citizens of former slaves. It has been stretched to create birthright citizenship for anyone born here. However, Senator Jacob Howard, the author of 14th Amendment, said in Senate debate, “This amendment which I have offered is simply declaratory of what I regard as the law of the land already, that every person born within the limits of United States, and subject to their jurisdiction, is by virtue of natural law and national law a citizen of the United States. This will NOT, of course, include persons born in the United States who are foreigners, aliens…”
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Madison: “…If Congress can do whatever in their discretion can be done by money, and will promote the general welfare, the Government is no longer a limited one possessing enumerated powers, but an indefinite one subject to particular exceptions…If Congress can apply money indefinitely to the general welfare, and are the sole and supreme judges of the general welfare, they may take the care of religion into their own hands; they may establish teachers in every state, county, and parish, and pay them out of the public treasury; they may take into their own hands the education of children, establishing in like manner schools throughout the union, they may assume the provision for the poor; they may undertake the regulation of all roads other than post roads; in short, everything from the highest object of state legislation, down to the most minute object of police, would be thrown under the power of Congress; for every object I have mentioned would admit the application of money, and might be called, if Congress pleased, provisions for the general welfare….”
Apply these arguments with appropriate snarkiness. Honest politicians will give you the deer in the headlights look followed by, “I didn’t know that. Thanks.” Others will go Nancy Pelosi on you, “Are you serious--are you serious?” Then, they will never speak with you again. Vote accordingly.
Rev. Vernon Naffier, Alex Nowrasteh and Matt Soerens with a more open view on amnesty. Then, a rountable on Iowa and Baltimore--Facia Robertson, Ira Hicks Teri Watson, and Lance Williams..facebook friends.
Dr. Scott Taylor talks about wrestling with Lyme Disease. Then what kind of wild stuff will they find in your collectibles when you are gone? Wow!
Brain Maker, Dr. David Perlmutter talks about the Power of Gut Microbes to Heat and Protect Your Brain for Life. Susan Swain and Mark Farkas from C-Span on First Ladies: Presidential Historians on the Lives of 45 Iconic American Women. Then, the gay lobby keeps driving our kids to suicide. What to do about it? Oh, here’s the story about the women who wants to marry an amusement ride. And Dr. Judith Reisman’s free book on the Kinsey, Sex and Fraud.
Dr. Michael Jackson from Harbor View Medical reports on the effectiveness of using one’s own stem cells to repair joints and connective tissue. Vigorous. Then, some Valley HS students want to deny Dowling Catholic High School the use of their football field cuz Dowling supports Catholicism.
Romantic Violence? A former skin-head tells how he overcame. Congressman Steve King is confronting the jurisdiction of SCOTUS on same sex marriage issues. Then, Walt Heyer a former transgendered man advises Bruce Jenner not to do
How to explain why treaties don’t usurp the Constitution. Constitution 101. And grunting for worms.
Dr. Warren Farrell and Dick Woods, (he only has an M.Div) working on the White House Counsel on Boys & Men. Then, presidential candidates: Senator Marco Rubio, Governor Bobby Jindal, Senator Rand Paul, on the Fuel Choice and Deregulation Act , and Governor Scott Walker.
Tony Perkins says if there is a culture war, win it. John Whitehead says we need to get our country back under the Constitution. Dr. Tim Church, expert on nutrition and exercise.
Poop on the Poop In. Man shoots his Dell…justifiable computercide. Rep Chip Baltimore explains his opposition to a parental rights bill against rapists. And Ben Affleck is embarrassed by his family tree. Iowans have embarrassing roots too.
Getting the spring guy gadgets going…Jeff Nicholson from P&P Small Engines. Senator Rand Paul talks about his faith. Then, a new reading program in Des Moines off on the wrong foot.
Matt Schultz and Janelle Malone are interested in honor victims of crime. Jillian Kay Melchior wonders why Al Sharpton continues to skate on a 40 million dollar tax bill. John Griffiths from Wright outdoor solutions gives the options about the invasion of the ash bore.
David Bozell is President of ForAmerica…fixing the tax code. Then Obama’s press secretary says Senator Grassley has been in Washington too long. Plus no minimum wage hike for Iowa? Then, Governor Huckabee warns against getting into the military until we have a new Commander in Chief.
You’re Lying…Military interrogator at GITMO, Lena Sisco, describes how to tell. Noreen Gosch talking about a documentary, Who Took Johnny. The rest of the story. Steve Berry, The Patriot Threat…how the 16th Amendment was never legally ratified.
Senator James Webb is in Iowa pondering a run for the presidency. Issues. Then Jonathan Narcisse says Iowa has law enforcement has some uncomfortable similarities the with the cop shooting in South Carolina.
Senator Rand Paul…issues. Snarky. Then, Iowans wonder about Wiccans, Satanists and Moslems at the Iowa Statehouse. And Catholics are divided at Dowling?
Dowling…the rest of the story on the refusal to hire the gay guy. Dennis Prager explains The Ten Commandments. Mark Everson is a presidential candidate. Issues.
Homeschool Day (Capitol day 2014) at the Iowa State Capitol…Vickie Crawford with the details. Andy Curran introduces the WeVote Project—stalking politicians. (in a good way) Gov. Mike Huckabee coming to the Homechool Day. Downtown Des Moines food kiosks? Then, then it’s Dowling’s turn to get hammered by the gay lobby. Spirited.
Max McLean highlights upcoming performance of the Screwtape Letters in Ames. Then Pastor Mike Demastus want to have a real prayer at the Statehouse to offset one by a Wiccan priestess. Calls for a state-wide moment of prayer.
Dr. Peter Breggin talks about Overcoming Guilt, Shame and Anxiety. Blind people can carry guns in Iowa? And where’s the best place to take pictures in Iowa?
John Lott says the FBI has been politicizing their crime stats. Orthodox Jew, Nathan Diamet says Jews that support same gender marriage are liberals...that’s their true religion. Jake MacAulay from Institute on the Constitution coming to Iowa …Cedar Valley Community Church in Waterloo…Wed, April 15 at 6:30pm. Senator Lindsey Graham…issues.
Ken Blackwell says Obama is using illegal immigration to “transform America”. Then, Iowan’s have a bunch of home remedies for stuff.
Bob Vander Platts wonders why the Governor’s Conference on LGBTQ Youth has so far failed to invite him to provide equal time in one of their seminars. Inquiring minds and all that. Then, Dennis gives us his gotcha cam legal case report. Congressman Steve King commits truth. Plus, Iowa’s forfeiture laws have been a gold mine for aggressive enforcement.
Making Des Moines a “walkable” city? Good Idea? Iowans think about their transportation lifestyles.
Steven Druker, Altered Genes, Twisted Truth: How the Venture to Genetically Engineer Our Food Has Subverted Science, Corrupted Government and Systematically Deceived the Public. And that’s just the title. Then, a gun totting newbie leaves his gun in his car in the school parking lot. Busted. Felony.
Os Guinness is coming to Iowa…speaking a couple of places… A Free People’s Suicide. Insightful. Then, some Iowans wonder about a deal Lake Panoramians are trying to get.
Another look at the Convention of the States movement…in Iowa…Mark Meckler and Iowa Rep Chris Hagenow. Then, Rev Max Villatoro gets deported to Honduras…now what? David Boshart with Central Plains Mennonite Conference explains.
Dr. Lee Hieb talks up the upcoming Iowa Libertarian Party Convention. Then, is the Iowa Omnibus gun bill bottled up? Kurt Liske, VP Iowa Firearms Coalition explains. Then, who will gobble up Iowa’s ash?
Confessions of a DC Madam… Nick Bryant talks about the Politics of Sex, Lies and Blackmail. Frosty Woolridge says America is on the brink of absorbing millions of illegals within the next generation. Stop That! And who wants to be a two fob family?**
Pastor Terry Amman and Ernie Rudolph present Seven Presidential Protection Principles for Better America. David Boshart, from the Central Plains Mennonite Conference wants to stop the deportation of Max Villatoro. And mandatory voting?
The proposed law says the lack of ability of the taxpayers to pay for a pay hike of teacher cannot be considered when arbiters decide the contract. Then, Eric Klein wants to kill the death tax.
I grew up country day, March 17. Carole Bodensteiner, Shirley Hershey Showalter, Blush. Little Heathen, Mildred Armstrong Kalish. Then, is there a fix for no-fault divorce? Chuck Hurley and Darren Clark lobby for Rep. Ted Gassman’s bill. Then, does the new hire sink the Scott Walker campaign in Iowa?
Senator Roby Smith wants the state of Iowa to stop stealing from its seniors. SF 277 would phase out taxes on retirement income, pensions, annuities and retirement accounts. Blocked from debate? For the children.
Steve Forbes wants to influence this presidential cycle with policies and principals. Issues. Then, “Heap Big Smoke, No Fire”. Iowans wonder about Senator Joni Ernst and “the letter”. Court Marshall? Senator Lindsey Graham introduces himself to Iowans. Issues.
Bethany Blankley calls US to awareness and arms about the claims of radical Islam. Bob Vander Platts throws his weight behind medical cannabis…one of the signs of the Apocalypse.
Dave Bozell handicaps the first part of the race for the presidency… says Bush may be unelectable. DSM water suing about dirty water. Roger McEowen and Kristine Tidgren from ISU Center for Ag Law and Taxation talk about the laws covering the lawsuit. Mark Meckler makes the case for a Convention of the States.
Governor Mike Huckabee talks about the power of agronomics in Iowa. Mike Berry defending a Navy Chaplain who is being attack by the Gay Mafia. Congressman Rod Blum, the new guy has some fight.
How Dr. Ben Carson can get his groove back?
First as a Christian libertarian, I consider somebody else’s sexual behavior or self-identity to be none of my business. Period. I have zero desire to use the law to bludgeon the sexually befuddled into conformity.
2 My bumper sticker has always read, “Stay out of my face, stay out of my wallet, and stay away from the kids. Still does. If the gay lobby violates any of that, I’ll be passionately snarky.
- If the Gay lobby tries uses law to compel my affirmation or extend to itself a subsidy, then the fight is on.
Dr. Ben Carson made a rookie mistake. He allowed himself to be cross examined by a gay lobby zealot, a CNN reporter, Chris Cuomo. There is nothing intrinsically wrong with allowing a hostile interviewer to ask questions. In fact sometimes it is great, especially if it allows enough time to comment to explain your views. However, this is not the time to wing it if you don’t know the guy’s agenda or his tactics. You’ll likely get hammered.
Carson’s first statement was great. He refused to accept the premise of the question when he said same sex behavior is a choice, and that sexual identity is not to be equated with race.
Then, Dr. Carson stepped in it when he implied that prison sodomy can make a straight criminal emerge from prison converted to gay. Carson said the “situational” behavior of criminals in prison redefines them as gay. Carson equated debased prison behavior as defining the sexuality of the prisoner. That‘s a big mistake since that’s the same argument the gay lobby uses. They use the Kinsey Myth to say that people are defined by their inclinations—preferences to commit a behavior, which reveal an orientation. That “orientation”, the lobby has leveraged into a legally protected sexual class equipped with civil rights, including minority status and aspirations of “marriage equality”.
Is this unartful mess a fatal gaffe? No. At least it doesn’t have to be.
Dr. Ben Carson is high on the list of presidential aspirants because of one thing. A couple of years ago at the annual prayer breakfast, while in the presence of President Obama, Dr. Ben Carson challenged the basis and practically of Obamacare. The act of speaking truth to power launched his political career. Everywhere people who are tired of government over-reach saying to themselves, “This is the guy we’ve been waiting for.”
So, when Dr. Carson attacked the basic notions of the gay lobby, many Americans thought, “Finally, here’s a guy who is up to the task of challenging the runaway gay lobby machine…even though his language was imprecise and incomplete.
After Carson tangled with Cuomo, I had a chance to speak with several of his Iowa supporters. Seeing the usual thuggery of the Gaystopo, I observed that the only way Carson’s gaffe could seriously hurt him was that if he were to back off and go squishy. I advised that if Dr. Carson really folded on this, his candidacy could be seriously damaged.
I advised, “Don’t fold. Dr. Carson is on solid ground. He needs some help with gay-speak , but stay the course. The culture is fed up with the intolerance of the gay agenda. Give us some hope and the party’s base will come to your support, in droves.”
Just a couple hours later, Dr. Carson folded. Not purdy. He thought that if he could find a reasonable, middle ground, the gay lobby would back off and reconsider him to be harmless.
Dr. Carson doesn’t know that the gay lobby has moved on from any middle ground compromises. They are SCOTUS bound, one opinion away from same gender marriage being declared a Constitutional right. Do you think they will back off now and accept civil union? Nope.
The Gay Lobby takes no prisoners and is incapable of compromise, unlike most political causes. They win—we lose.
Therefore, for the purposes of running for office, any office Dr. Ben Carson should offer:
1 This issue is personal, not political. It is nobody’s business what private parties do with their privates.
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He wants nothing to do with gay issues. And he wants nothing of them either.
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It’s still, Get out of my face, my wallet, and stay away from the kids. And stop misusing the courts to acquire what majority votes won’t give you.
Dr. Ben Carson tumbled over the gay trip wire set to make him stumble. He can recover from this only if he does to the gay agenda what he did to the Obamacare agenda.
He must blow the whistle on the fraud and speak truth with compassion and dignity. He doesn’t need to be abusive, or aggressive to resist the social and legal claims of the gay agenda.
But he does need to know the history, language, tactics and commitment of the lobby. And he won’t be able to avoid the issue as he promised himself he would.
He will face variations of these questions forever, even if he decides a presidential run is not in his future. As of right now, the gay lobby has marginalized him as the Michelle Bachman or Sarah Palin of this election cycle. It will be the last thing people will remember of his political legacy if he doesn’t man up.
Making nice will leave him behind.
Senator Rand Paul…issues. Rep. Zack Nunn, Iowa issues. Then, has Dr. Ben Carlson’s flip on the gay issue burned his Iowa base? Phil Fishman says global warming-climate change theory is junk science.
Colin Flaherty says Don’t Make the Black Kids Mad. Racial Profiling. Dr. Merrill Mathews says no matter what SCOTUS decides about Obamacare, confusion will reign. And why shouldn’t rich people pay more for fines than poor people do? Like they do in Finland.
The National Draft Ben Carson for President has been successful. Dr. Ben Carson has jumped into the race. Vernon Robinson explains. Then, the science of suppressors. A historical slice of Patrick Henry. Dr. Paul Kengor looks at The Communist: Frank Marshall Davis, The Untold Story of Barack Obama’s Mentor…agrees with Mayor Giuliani. Krista Kaine, Stands between the Worlds.
Iowans think about adoption alternatives. Netenyahu addresses congress on the Iranian threat. Iowans were there…Tamara Scott reports. And Iowan Matt Devries get an audience with Fed Chair Janet Yellin.
Barry Snell from Iowa Firearms Coalition and gun guru Peter Brownell updates us on Obama’s bullet-grabbing executive order and Iowa 2nd Amendment legislation. Then, Iowa DNR is dropping the farm fish stocking program. Why? Kevin Baskin explains.
Who should pay for cop cams? Them or us? Then Matt Whitaker is looking for political corruption. The shocking thing is that he has found some. Then, inspirational music and school lunches in Ames.
Senator Jim Webb is running for president on the Democratic ticket. Getting aquainted. Issues and history. Iowa Republicans are dumping their party. Why? Then what?
Jim Martin says seniors will get hammered by the EPA Clean Power Act. Then, post gas tax feedback including skepticism about farmers not using dyed diesel for personal use. Vigorous.
Tovah Klein says there is no such thing as the “terrible twos”. How Toddlers Thrive Jessica Vaughndescribes how the refugee program is an insulting hustle against the taxpayers. Michael Ware and Erin KiernanadvocateEquality for Adoptive Families.
Dan Pilla can help you if you are being audited by the IRS. How to Win Your Tax Audit. Then, both left and right are pushing the gas tax hike. Iowans don’t like the shake-down the political class is doing to get it passed.
The folks at MediaMatters decided to take after a couple of my opinions. I can only speculate as to why. Perhaps it’s the confluence of my anti-gas tax argument which ties any increase to the scrutiny and defunding of illegals in Iowa Public schools. This opinion has really irritated the political class in Iowa which like everywhere else loves to trade votes for OPM. Also irritated is the Obamnesty class which has been milking compliant Iowans for untold millions since the early 80’s. And it’s annoying educrats which have been doing the same. This is the link to their blog.
I usually take stuff like this apart line by line, but in this case it isn’t necessary. They did me the honor of accurately quoting me extensively. They think they are tattling on me. They think my opinions are so out of the mainstream that merely reporting them is an indictment. They are wrong. Most Iowans agree with me. Most Americans for that matter.
I offer a few additional points to ponder though.
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The title of their piece, “IA radio host claims equal education for children is ‘a scam’-- undocumented students should be barred from public school’. That isn’t accurate. My goal isn’t to necessarily remove them from Iowa Public Schools. I only said that the taxpayers have no obligation to pay for them. (For the record I’d settle for a fee structure for non-citizens.)
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I wrote a short blog on my overview just a few months ago. It is still relevant.
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And just to be a little snarky, Dr. Thomas Woods reminds us that the 14th Amendment was never legally ratified in the first place.
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Finally, I can’t improve on Chief Justice Warren Burger’s opinion on Plyler. “In an effort to become an omnipotent problem solver, the court distorts our constitutional function…illegal aliens have NO right whatever to be here, and the state may reasonably, and constitutionally, elect not to provide them with government service at the expense of those who are lawfully in the state.”
It’s interesting that a left-wing organization like MediaMatters took the time to evaluate the strength of my arguments. Even though they made a muck of it, I thank them for the courtesy of a try. The political class which actually represents Iowa citizens and taxpayers won’t.
Comedian Brad Stine is coming to another Real Men’s Conference with Pastor Damastus. John Hawkins says a bunch of donations to political PACS get wasted. And Iowan’s are still annoyed over the gas tax shuffle at the statehouse.
An illuminated bow-fishing season for catfish? Laura DeCook is the Mahaska County naturalist say it’s a good idea. Then, BOOM, Republican leadership in the Iowa House remove “No” voting committee members and replace them with “YES” voting members on the raising of gas taxes. A bunch of detractors and advocates. History on the radio.
Remembering the cold, reviewing the gas tax, and another nanny wants mandatory helmet laws. Iowans ponder stuff what needs it.
Courts block Obamnesty. Iowa Democrats try to formally re-define marriage. Chris Boucher thinks Iowa is a great spot to grow hemp. And in search of the perfect French Fry.
Senator Brad Zaun says the un-reformable gorilla in Iowa politics is government education. Therefore, terminate the Iowa Department of Education and the Iowa State School Board. Feisty. Then, a bar-owning legislator was to allow minors into his bar. No sale.
Senator Marco Rubio is in Iowa for book signing and to begin his quest for presidency. Then, Bryan Osborne has some Answers in Genesis. He will speak this weekend he will talk about fossils, dinosaurs and race. Then, ducking bicycles on Iowa roads, or else.
Do mountain lions in Iowa need to be protected by law? Shane Grifin says “Yes”. Other Iowans, including the legislature, not so much. Then, responding to phone scams. Issues.
Judy Hintz and some educators talk about what needs to happen to rebuild Iowa’s drooping ed system. Then, the Iowa legislature takes a baby step towards decriminalizing pot. Good idea?
90 Minutes in Heaven…Don Piper is coming to Iowa Sunday, February 15th at Norwalk Performing Arts Auditorium 8:30 & 10:30 am. Jonathan Narccisse says the state of Iowa is awash in money and doesn’t need to hike the gas tax.
Dr. Lee Hieb on “Surviving the Medical Meltdown”… political and health advice. Michele Chrystal wants Iowans to go to the Governor’s science standards for education. Dave Stanley resists the gas tax hike hype. Issues.
Robert Spencer takes apart Obama’s Prayer Breakfast trolling. Applying Obama’s real standards to his own issues. Iowa State Senator Roby Smith on the failed effort to establish majority rule in Iowa. Retired teacher, Steven Phelan is lobbying for more money for Iowa education. Issues.
Fat-Me-Not: Weight Loss Diet of the Future. Dr. Sandeep Grewal says even our bacteria in our stomachs are sugar addicts. Then, a new law would fine left-lane-loiterers…and flog them if my amendment passes. Plus, Iowa Senate debate on allowing for majority rule in the Iowa Senate…fails.
Iowans respond to the burning of the Jordanian pilot by ISIS. Angry. Then Representative Josh Byrnes explains why the Iowa gas tax should be hiked a dime per gallon. Iowan’s are not convinced.
Rep Walter Rogers has another gas tax alternative plan. Dr. Lee Hieb is an anti-vaxxer. Marc Morano is a climate change denier. Evaluating the rhetoric vs performance of “science”. The 97% myth. And Obama is illegally giving work permits to millions of illegals.
Senator Rand Paul is a front-runner in Iowa. He says if Fed Chair Yellin were a private sector banker she’d be fired for refusing a Fed audit. Drew Kline from Americans for Prosperity wants to find a different way to fund Iowa’s roads and bridges. This is what happens to our Iowa road use funds.
Bob Bixby and Mike Murphy are from Fix the Debt. They want to make debt a campaign issue. Bob Vander Platts, just back from Israel…insights. Then, Iowans want highway money to be spend on bridges and roads, not re-distributed for trails and parks. Iowa DNR doesn’t want us to hunt cougars…only in self defense.
Rep Greg Hartsill introduces HF 101 to deny the Iowa issuance of same gender marriage licenses and to return marriage to DOMA as the current law of the state. Dennis Michael Lynch campaigns in Iowa. Iowans are getting set up for a gas tax hike. Brian Peskin says he has the cure for cancer.
Does Iowa need expanded categories for medical cannabis? Katie Krug and Karie Anderson need the assist. Then, George Friedman describes Flash Points: the emerging crisis in Europe. Plus, a potential fix for peanut allergies. Iowans are hopeful.
Senator Rick Santorum stops by. Tom Lampe with FirstNet Outreach. Antonia Murphy is the Dirty Chick: True Tales of an Unlikely Farmer. And the California chickens have come home to roost. Egg prices spike.
Ambassador John Bolton reviews the Freedom Summit. Bob Dane from FAIR evaluates immigration reform future under Obama. Iowans evaluate the performance of the candidates and Congressman Steve Kings Freedom Summit.
Governor Mick Huckabee- God, Guns, Grits, and Gravy. Joy Brighton--Sharia-ism is Here. Senator Ted Cruz...Iowa Freedom Summit.
HF 65...Iowa Democrats serve up a Death With Dignity bill. Pastor Demastus objects. Iowans ponder. Then, Obama disses Maid-rite? Heresy!
Larry Cleverly has a family vegetable farm the DOT wants to carve up to build a safer highway. Mr. Cleverly thinks it’s unnecessary and wrong to take his land. Rebecca Maxwell lobbies for life…Iowa legislation… SF 11, 12. Then Iowans review the SOTU and Senator Joni Ernst’s rebuttal…and get nostalgic about bread sack boots.
President Obama wants to give free community college education to Americans. Iowans are skeptical. Then Jonathan Cahn of Harbinger fame says the next prophetic step is The Mystery of the Shemitah. Short story is the USA is hosed.
One Nation Under-Taught... Dr. Vince Bertram, Project Lead the Way. Tamara Scott talks about MLK day. Congressman Steve King talks about the new class. Iowans go to American Sniper in record numbers.
Former legislator Kim Pearson highlights some odd legislation just introduces. Pastor Cary Gordon blasts Senator Matt McCoy’s bill to make it illegal to help kids struggling with “orientation” issues. Governor Branstad delivers his inaugural address. And Iowans wonder about what they should send their kids in the military for care packages. (baby wipes #1)
Lolo Jones is coming to Inspire 2015… Dr. Lee Hieb with Surviving the Medical Meltdown. And Iowans are skeptical about a Winchester found in the desert.
Tom Reed tells about the Reagan Enigma. Dave Bush and Jimmy Pena talk about an upcoming physical and spiritual health seminar. The governor’s state of the state address, and Iowans evaluate it.
Dr. Aveda King talks about racial issues. She’s coming to Iowa for “Restoring the Dream”. Then, Iowan respond to the Democrats who want to bump Iowa’s minimum wage to $10.10 over the next three years. Then, Mark Deuitch says PeopleClaim can negotiate better than lawyers can for a settlement.
Whoops…vapor lock doesn’t mean THAT? Iowa farmers don’t like the Des Moines Water Works proposed lawsuit against NW Iowa counties for nitrates in the river. Senator Rand Paul on the issues. Then, Doug Gross and Leonard Larson reject the oil pipeline across Iowa. They don’t want eminent domain used to acquire the land. 515-242-2400 to get a lawyer to fight the pipeline.
A gas tax hike and increased education spending arrangements are on the fast track in this legislative session. Both Governor Branstad and Sen Mike Gronstal agree, their goodies should be funded quickly. Iowans are not so sure. Chase the links and study your school district scores.
Texe Marrs talks about DNA Science and the Jewish Bloodline. Incendiary. Then, the art of the perfect hashbrown.
Bob Eschliman, former editor of the Newton Daily News, and Craig Berman have started The Iowa Statesman as an alternative source of news. Congressman Steve King says he cannot be persuaded to support John Boehner again for Speaker.
A story about a childbirth in a van…bucket list stuff…a walk about in the Appalachians….chased by bears…fibs our parents tell and get told… did the Geico cowboy get shot, or did he just hit his head? A family hits bottom, hope? and purdy Xmas music.
The Heirloom Bible…Dr. Albert Calaway says the really is the one for the generations. (515-202-5209) The Constitution Quest…playing a board game to learn our founding document. Dave, Joel and Pam Barnett host the contest. Plus, how to think about cops?
The Christmas wrapping quality conspiracy...a perfect gift for a truck driver...and the top 10 sports movies of all time. And a great newer Christmas song.
Tom Coates and Ernie Goss challenge the notion of positive economic benefits the the Iowa gambling "industry". Tim Graham reports on the Notable Quotable media silliness for 2014. Iowa Education is far worse than we thought. What if we used the real numbers? Ouch. And Radio Dust plays some live music. Nice.
Lenden Eakin says we are facing another 2nd Amendment Showdown: the looming Crises over Gun Control. Great update. Former Ambassador to the Holy See, Francis Rooney talks about the Global Vatican...Islam and Cuba. And California is gonna experience an egg shortage January 1. Cool.
MSNBC pundits pundit warn candidates not to blow off Iowa. Jon Huntsman says he made a mistake when he avoided Iowa. James Rickards says the economy is fragile in our currency wars. Obama declares a new relationship with Cuba. Senator Rand Paul ruminates about Cuba, amnesty, and presidential powers.
Sam Clovis...issues. Jeff Traviss...TV Techie Talk....Tim Pagliara...the lawsuit to get Fannie And Freddie back for the investors.
Brian Morris...special forces expert... Green Beret Pocket Guide to Terrorism Awareness and Personal Security. The Crapulous budget bill vote is again a case of follow the money. And Iowans don't know what to do with an extra lane.
Iowans respond to the Crapulous budget bill...to torture...to a gas tax hike...Iowans approve of torture...would start with the political class.
Jethro from the Beverly Hillbillies wants a chunk of Iowa's Jethro's action. Jethro's owner, Bruce Gerleman, explains. And where that bubblin' crude bubbled from where? Prepper Bankers? And more tithing with OPM. Then, dirt rustling in Iowa? And more about burying pipelines. And, what's a mote?
Pastor James Weaver remembers the Poland trip. Cornell Law Professor William Jacobson tells moms to warn their boys against the feminist rape culture on the college campus. Professor Kristine Tidgren wonders about the property rights of Iowa farmers dealing with pipelines and power lines. A bunch of other Iowans wonder too.
Keeping your license as an app on your phone? Then, Des Moines Central Campus students stage a faculty approved "die in" in solidarity with demonstrations around the country. Iowans evaluate the language and tactics of the occasion. Spirited.
A "conservative" way to reduce America's prison population. Vikrant Reddy is from the Texas Public Policy Foundation. Then, Eric Holder serves up more PC drivel. And Iowa's agribusiness "refugee" hustle continues to kill Iowans.
Senator Grassley gets a head butt from Senator Schumer. And here's the phrase of the day. "Non-consensual towing". Iowans explain what it means. Vigorous.
More Iowa connections to the St. Louis murder of an Iowa-Bosnian. Then, untangling some more knots in human nature. And stolen valor?
The roads and bridges people produce a commercial which says our kids our in imminent danger of collapsing bridges which will destroy the school buses they are riding in. Governor Branstad says SCOTUS opinions are "law"...that means Iowa taxpayers have to pay to educate illegals. Lyle Burkett from www.Onyourconcrete.com describes a nifty process to upgrade concrete and walls...and block radon and mold. 515-250-1632
Obama turns AG Eric Holder loose on police profiling. An imam explains why "Merry Xmas" is offensive. And the Iowa political class says kids will die if "we" don't give them more money for road and bridge repair
Tim Morgan asks would it be like If God Won Our Elections. Then, if Gov Branstad can pardon turkeys, why can't he give felons their rights back? Inquiring minds and all that.
Tangling with airport NAZIS, Cupcake and Cookie NAZIS, a president who says he makes law and a president who can't define a "stranger". Vigorous.
Senator Rand Paul wants the USA to declare war formally on ISIS. Bob Vander Plaats and Mike Demastus recalls the Freedom Tour. Then fixin' Ferguson. Dr. Ben Carson talks about how he got out of poverty.
Returning from the Freedom Tour...visits in Poland, England and California. Auschwitz, Churchill's bunker and the Reagan Library. Struggling for freedom.
My sister Sonja has a post abortion class to help woman with the post abortion trauma. Iowans join her efforts in recommending support and adoption in Iowa. Personhood Iowa, Ruth Harbor, Agape Pregnancy Center, Restored by Grace (515-232-8000) , Lutherans for Life, Informed Choice...just a few in Iowa offering a pro-life safety net. Then, Betsey McCaughey responds to the admission of an Obamacare designer that they lied it into existence. Then, the four attributes of the criminal mind mirrored by the political class to perfection.
Dr. Stanton Samenow gets Inside the Criminal Mind. Great insight into the scam our criminal justice system has become. BVP is bringing Dr. Ben Carson to Iowa...issues. Then, an Iowa farmer goes into a rant about the damage caused by the Iowa deer population. Vigorous.
Mitch Zuckoff brings us 13 Hours: The Inside Story of What Really Happened in Benghazi. Then another Gronstal victory kicks Republican butt...again. Story City moons the trucking industry, blocking a Luvs from coming to town. Truck drivers not happy. And the Governor is pitching a post election gas tax hike, as predicted. BOOM!
Betsey McCaughey tells exactly which parts of Obamacare need to be revoked. Don Nielsen, Every School: One Citizen's Guide to Transforming Education says we hafta fix it. Then Iowans are wondering about the integrity of the absentee voting system...very worried. Stories of election day puzzlement.
Mickelson contributes to the moral delinquency of a squirrel. Then, former Iowa Central Committee chair, AJ Spiker, pundit Steve Deace, Doug Gross and Tamara Scott dissect the midterm elections. And some thoughts on the meaning of the elections in Iowa.
Election Day. Iowans do some last minute politicking and respond to the Brownshirts who tried to disrupt Joni Ernst on campus. Early voting reports and some candidate supporters...vigorous
Harkin says Joni is purdy. Shinola hits the fan. Reince Priebus gives a pre-election impressions. Congressman Steve King makes post election issues predictions. Dr. Marrientta Miller-Meeks candidate for Congress. Eric Rosenthal want Iowans to be on the look-out for election shenanigans.
Dr. Brad Harrub is speaking at the Newton DMACC tonight 7pm (Friday 31st) on the creation-evolution debate--PhD in neurobiology. Smart and funny guy. James O'Keefe has busted voter fraud, rampant in North Carolina. Larry Cunningham says Berkshire can go Beyond Buffett. Was Joni in combat? Democrats try to make it an issue. Secretary of State Matt Schulz with last minute absentee ballot issues.
Dr. Lee Hieb...taxes, Ebola, issues. World Series stories...again, say "No" to a gas tax hike until the Iowa political class fixes the cost of illegals. And Braley says millionaires don't deserve representation.
Turned out to be a 2nd Amendment day. First, Story County Sheriff Fitzgerald appears in a confusing anti-Ernst attack add. Then the Iowa Firearms Coalition and other 2nd Amendment activists talk about last minute rights issues. Barry Snell and Jeff Burkett from the Iowa Firearms Coalition...Timothy Knight, architect of the Colorado Recall, Colorado Second Amendment Association....Sean Maloney from Second Call Defense. Spirited and informative.
Governor Jim Gilmore is in Iowa campaigning in the Senate race. Possible presidential run? Issues. A caller challenges the Joni Ernst position on the life issue. Jim Rickards has insight into the fate of the dollar...Death of Money. Then, Waukee struggles over an early start for the school year.
"If God Won Our Elections" Tim Morgan is wistful for principled Christians. Maureen Ferguson is wistful for principled Catholics. Mickelson is just wistful. Then Hillary utters the defining Hillaryism..."...don't let anybody tell you it's corporations and businesses that create jobs..." Iowans respond.
Getting Sasquatchee with Outdoors Dan. (he's part of the conspiracy) Congressman King with some post-debate thoughts. And Ed Wright, Libertarian Party Candidate for 3rd District. Issues.
Animal Planet's cat whisperer, Jackson Galaxy chats about loving critters. Talking a bit about the World Series. Then, the Undocumented Mark Steyn with words of "I told ya so" about terrorism. Then, HuffPo attacks Joni Ernst...raising even more support, while stimulating criticism over her choice of weapons.
A Star for Mrs. Blake...a story about pilgrimages moms of WW1 victims made to Europe. April Smith. Then Simon highlights upcoming barbeque fundraiser for serviceman. Has to do with puppies. John Carlson is bugged about Toys R Us...and his ire is rewarded. Dr. Jeffrey Singer is with the Doc Squad and gives Obamacare an "F". Then has soy been rustling come to Iowa?
Sam Clovis talks about education issues...common sense. Worth a listen. Bob Dane from FAIR says Obama is fast-forwarding every executive action open borders hustle he can think of...likely to get worse after election. Gail McWilliams inspires. Speaking for Informed Choices Clinics. And the New York Times profiles Iowa.
Ed Voss talks vets issues and highlights an upcoming Veteran's benefits & Fair and Open House. Saturday, November 1, 2014.. Van Meter Veterans Reception Center Van Meter, Iowa. Eric Vloeimans, jazz trupeter, is coming to Iowa with his group for a concert in Waukee October 23rd. Delicious jazz music. 515-279-6452... at Caspe Terrace. Then, the Rev Cary Gordon talks about the lesbian activist mayor of Houston Texas who is trying to bully ministers into supplying sermon content.
Dr. Lee Hieb gives a great summary of the Ebola issue and evaluates the question of should the National Guard should be sent to fight it. Shawn Dietz sends a letter to Governor Branstad asking that he resist any attempt to send the Guard. Candidate Dr. Marianette Miller-Meeks also says it's a bad idea.
Heath Knakmuhs, energy policy activist, says Obama energy policies will spike Iowa energy costs. Then, why are we appalled over animal abuse and human sexual behavior? There has to be a reason. Boone is dealing with pictures of neked kids. And another danged pitbull story.
Leave a Legacy, David Burrier and Johnne Syverson have ways to keep funding good stuff with your legacy and to keep the locusts away. Connie Mackey from National Organization of Marriage is campaigning against judge made gay marriage. Margaret Hoover is in Iowa celebrating many Hoover historical celebrations. Then "Christians should be seen and not heard?"
Donald Trump and Congressman Steve King talk issues. Sending the military to West Africa to do what? Iowans are not so convinced about anything being served up regarding Ebola.
Judyth Vary Baker writes about David Ferrie...one of the most "eccentric" characters linked to the JFK assassination. Then, both Ernst and Braley had major "whoops" moments in the debate. Braley on the 2nd Amendment and Ernst on DACA...and healthcare.
Eric Granof can bail you out. Then an Ankeny cop goes fishin', for pot. Then Iowans wonder about law enforcement stuff...like why are DOT cops running speed traps? And other imponderables.
Getting your mower put away and snow blower ready for action...seasonal small engine advice from PNP small engines...Jeff Nicholson. Then, a rant about congressional candidate David Young serving up befuddling stuff on the immigration issue. WTH?
Businessman Mike Whelan says the EPA is a piece of work...undo it. Then the nice lady cries over her sister chickens are being consumed by cannibals. And should dog breed be given 14th Amendment rights?
Eric Peters is a Libertarian Gearhead...a new cult to which I aspire. Jon Michael Van Wyk is starting an Iowa-based fencing club...really. And a review of the Young-Appel debate.
Dr. Kevin Leman, Have a Happy Family by Friday. Humor and Common family sense. Congressman Steve King, egg wars, Donald Trump, issues, etc. And why do we give the military the worst stuff?
The Midwest Quartet Association is having a weekend convention. Tom Brown, plus the Stillwater Quartet gives us a sample. (Today and Saturday Holiday Inn Airport, Des Moines) Joe Meintz from St Gregory Retreat Center talks about how humans mess up and get put back together. Brian Gongol explains how politician invade the internet, even our phones. No place to hide. Then, the EPA is targeting wood burning stoves and water heaters.
Two California poker players have their pokes ripped off by Iowa State Troopers...under the forfeiture laws...Attorney Glen Downey. Who is that Tom Steyer guy? The left wing version of the Koch Brothers? Dan Simmons talks about the influence of rich guy, Tom Steyer...follow the money...again. Jessica Vaugh says the Ebola infested Liberian who showed up in Dallas was just another Visa "mistake". Plus are breaking traffic laws sinful?
Dr . Lee Hieb reviews what we think we know about Ebola and again warns about letting people from affected countries come to the US. And some vaccine skepticism. Political feedback from Iowans about the political class. Then Iowans strategize to overcome political cynicism. Hey? Why do Dems hate the Koch brothers anyway?
The Whitehouse security sieve...Van has boots on the ground in Washington with the honor flight...and the minimum wage issue in the Ernst-Braley debate. Vigorous.
Senator Rand Paul wonders about how to define war in the middle east and how to measure US commitments. An Iowa farmer catches a political film crew using a quad copter to film his farmland for a political commercial...that the farmer doesn't support. Drew Teghtmeyer wonders. Then, sub prime car lenders kill the ignitions of cars owned by folks behind on payments. By the millions. Then a huge tip for a poor service?
Talking with the quad-copter photographer, Colin Powers, who filmed a bunch of Des Moines from his drone. A drone's eye view. Then, a bunch of open-line Friday...remembering John Lofton, thinking about war, druggies and Tesla. And agreeing with Rekha Basu...the end is near.
So is it just a matter of time until Iowa legalizes recreational pot so it can be taxed? Interviewing the lady with tourette syndrome wasn't a good idea...then getting paid for liberating Iraq? Jonathan Narcisse is running for governor.
Filmmaker Jason Scott Jones is in a Race to Save Our Century. A brilliant display of Catholic theology, applied social theory. Senator Grassley...issues. And it's time to pull the plug on a failed social experiment...government schools. Latte salute?
Ralph Reed from the Faith and Freedom Coalition says we are in an intergenerational existential threat from Islam. The Fall event is upcoming. Congressman Steve King on military action in Syria and Obama's lawlessness at home. Then, "...don't look a gift horse in the mouth." Huh?
Steve Lonegan is trying to Fix the Dollar...audit the Fed and restore the gold standard. Sam Clovis says Iowa's public pension systems are vulnerable and have huge unfunded liabilities. Orleans Koehle is an activist from California's Eagle Forum in Iowa to lobby against Common Core and Agenda 21...
Michael Farris says it's time for a Convention of the States to fix the holes in the Constitution created by the courts and the rest of the political class (of varmints). Credit card or debit card hacked? And other modern electronic headaches. Then, Eduard Qualls says we have a trucker shortage and what to do about it.
Dr. Duke Pesta talks about Common Core and online home schooling. Then, why a treaty cannot endanger your rights...can't take away the 2nd Amendment, get jurisdiction of your kids or mess up home schooling...unless we are too poorly informed to know our rights or refuse to defend them. Then, high profile alcoholics and the treatment they get by their bosses and media.
Joni Ernst is ahead of Braley, but Iowans are trying to explain the gender gap...men like Joni, women, not so much....hows come? Then Leo Hohman says the UN is about to dump more Islamic "refugees" in the US. Most Americans are clueless as to how the scam works.
An Iowa administrative judge, worries that there are too many at will jobs emerging in administrative courts. Judge Marlin Morman. Then Shane Vander Hart from Caffeinated Thoughts highlights an upcoming briefing conference on issues, including, Common Core, the environment and culture war stuff. Great conversation.
David Rubin, former mayor of Shiloh Israel is in Iowa to talk about the "Islamic Tsunami"...Shiloh Israel Children's Fund.. then, avoiding a lint disaster...and other NFL player in trouble--spanking his kid too hard.
Calvin Beisner founder of The Cornwall Alliance talks about post-modern science...coming to The Caffeinated Thoughts Briefing. Then, post debate thought...The Appel-Young debate. Tracey Appel we can't take away American ISIS terrorist's passports...huh?
Dr. Lee Hieb talks about political health issues...Ebola, MMR, and Autism. Adam Gregg is runnig for AG as a Republican--says AG Miller is an Obama enabler on everything, from healthcare to amnesty. Then, Obama thinks ISIS has nothing to do with Islam...hmmmm
Raun Kaufman with the Autism Breakthrough...diagnosed as completely dysfunctional, now completely recovered from autism...how? David Limbaugh puts Jesus on Trial...and Iowa's largest farm organizations split their endorsements in Iowa's senate race. Why?
Gretchen Tegeler from the Taxpayers Association of Central Iowa want to evaluate our public investments...Thursday at 4:30 at the Wakonda Club. Then, is there another side to the Rice firing for domestic violence? And using a pit-bull as a weapon is a hate crime?
Another case of racial wilding in Memphis. Colin Flaherty -- White Girl Bleed Alot-- says media focuses on Ferguson, while ignoring systematic racial violence everywhere else. Fixin' stuff what's broke...and a pocket of Congolese in Cedar Rapids? WTH?
Sean Curtin doesn't like the militarization of the military and wants to repeal some of the agreements which authorizing equipment transfers to local cop shops. Then answering nullification and immigration questions. And where's the ammo?
Can You Be Gay and Christian? Michael Brown PhD says "No". (Coming to Speak Sunday September 7th at First Church of the Open Bible 2200 Beaver Ave. Des Moines) Then, making teacher pay for electricity they use for their coffee makers? And how did Iowa state workers get such a good deal?
The dash cam video is in...and the rest of the story on the "homeless, handicapped lady" bust. And 8000 plus Iowa kids are exempt from vaccination. WTH?
Homeless, handicapped, woman with a "service dog" tangles with a deputy. Conversation ensues. Landlords talk about the "companion animal" scam which legally requires "no pet" rental units to accept them.
Parking psychology, 9 months to execute a dog? Why beggars have dog companions...and why do Iowans need to give the DNR a social security number to get a fishing license?
Iowans talk about ducking lightning and storms. Amazing stories of close calls. Then an Iowa politician says if we don't welcome the children of illegals now, they will become terrorists later.
Ken Blackwell wants Obamacrats to follow the law regarding Freddie and Fannie. Some Iowans went to Ferguson. Swell. Couldn't they keep their dysfunction home where it belongs?
The 125th year church celebration in Farrar, Iowa...some Iowa history. Norm McCoy and Linda Rocksford explain how we got here...Dr. Ben Carson talks about One Nation. And Congressman Steve King takes apart initials...RFS, ICE and ISIS. And the wrong people are getting ethics courses.
So Iowans are still wanting to know about how to process the stuff coming out of Ferguson. And stuff what gets left out of stories about lawsuits...including a story blasting Governor Brandstad and firing "judges". Simon is in Israel...on a bus...interesting.
Kid repair expert ....Judy Hintz....at her Educational Resources best. Then Chuck Abbot, a techie from Teraclean, decarbonizes the world. And we have a WINNER on the Connecticut Yankee Pedaller...Congrats to Linda Matijevick... happy riding. And feedback on the riots.
Dr. Lee Hieb takes part in post gubernatorial debate reaction....and Iowans wonder about the Michael Brown death in Ferguson.
David Young, running for congress. Issues. Then, what would it take to impel Iowans to support a re-engagement in Iraq? Then, Iowans give Iowa public employee the platinum health care benefits and pay for 97% of it.
In the early 80’s, Nobel winning economist Milton Friedman wrote, The Tyranny of the Status Quo. It was the provocative title of a book which pointed to the enduring power of bureaucrats to stay in power and of rent-seeking politicians to resist even the best thought out remedies—for rent-seeking politicians.
This week, after Obamacrats distributed thousands of DACA kids (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) to school districts around the country, almost every pol and pundit repeated the same conventional wisdom—that it is federal law which entitles the children of illegals to a free, tax-funded public education.
Not once was that assumption challenged, by anybody. In fact, almost every form of media repeated the same refrain. USA Today, “All children are entitled to a free public education regardless of legal status.”
A Fox news anchor talked to a lawyer from the National School Board Association who said, “First of all, public schools all across the country are keenly aware that they have a legal obligation to educate all children, including immigrant children regardless of their legal status.”
Bill O’Reilly, along with one of his token liberal “experts” bloviated, “…this is according to federal law which states every child in America regardless of their immigrant status is entitled…to equal access to a basic public education…” Bill intoned, “…the important thing is that every child on American soil is entitled...” “…the Supreme Court ruled on that.” said the attorney in a burst of late interview honesty.
The only problem with all of these authoritative statements is that they are all wrong. There is NO federal law which says, “All children in the United States are entitled to equal access to a public education…regardless of their or their parent’s…immigration status.”
This “law” is really an opinion of a 5-4 “vote” of SCOTUS in 1982 which mysteriously “found” that the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment was violated if Texas taxpayers didn’t want to pay for the education of Mexican kids. Plyler vs. Doe.
Upon that split opinion has this whole edifice been built. That opinion was conveyed as law, binding on all states even though this was only a Texas lawsuit. In my home state, on the Iowa Department of Education website, “Plyer is still controlling law today for all states.”
Even at the time, the dissenting opinion, written by Chief Justice Warren Burger, joined by Rehnquist, White and O’Conner, nailed it. “In an effort to become an omnipotent problem solver, the court distorts our constitutional function…and …illegal aliens have NO right whatever to be here, and the state may reasonably, and constitutionally, elect not to provide them with government services at the expense of those who are lawfully in the state.”
Plyler has cost taxpayers billions upon billions of unaccountable spending, rewarding all the usual suspects—teachers unions, federally funded ESL programs, immigration activists, and Hispanic political racialists. Plus, it has created a vast moral hazard which attracts even more illegals with the promise of easy access to OPM. And it has funded an army of educrats who feed upon the problems they helped generate—with the promise to finally fix stuff IF we can get them just a little more OPM.
That pundits insist upon referring to Plyler as “law” and that the political class has a vested interest in maintaining the scam IS the “tyranny of the status quo”.
Those of us who understand the hustle should upon every occasion insist upon reminding educrats, bureaucrats, and immicrats (I just coined that word…meaning government activists who feed upon the illegal immigration chaos of their own making) of several points.
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Judges don’t make law. You have to be a Harvard Law grad to believe they do.
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Opinions of SCOTUS aren’t law. Article VI, Section 2 of the US Constitution lists three things as the “supreme law of the land.” (1) This constitution: (2) The laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance of it; and (3) All treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States. You’ll search in vain to find “court opinions” listed as law in the Constitution.
3 Courts can’t raise taxes or tell congress how to or upon what they must spend money.
- A SCOTUS opinion which is unconstitutional should be resisted at every level.
5. If ever there was a 10th Amendment case for “nullification” it is Plyler.
- DACA presents a crisis which should not go to waste.
“I do not charge the judges with willful and ill-intentioned error; but honest error must be arrested where its toleration leads to public ruin.” Jefferson
Joel Karsten, The Straw Bale Gardening, questions and answers. Nixon's Secrets...Roger Stone...an insider reveals some of the rest of the story. Then, carded for buying rubber cement? Huh?
When their lips are moving, protect your life, liberty and property. Saweet Corn Heaven, then Jonathan Narcisse runs for governor...issues.
Sam Clovis talks stuff and issues. Mark Davis say the rest of the country should take an example of prosperity from Texas...Lone Star America...then riding my trike...giving it away at the Fair. Connecticut Yankee Pedaller...
Dr. Lee Hieb with a debate preview. Jeff Burkett with an ambushing Joni alert. A mother of a severely handicapped boy is disappointed with the lack of handicapped camping spots at the Iowa State Fair.
Jim Hawkins, Professional Educators of Iowa talks about professional alternatives for teachers and offers advice on how to fix stuff. Then, 2ndvote.com says it's time to make political choices with our money...Robert Kuykendall and Chris Walker...coming to Family Leadership Conference. Governor Bobby Jindal talks about Common Core ( he just sued it out of his state) and immigration.
Freedom to Marry brings Young Conservatives for the Freedom to Marry in Iowa...they want to remove DOMA from the Republican Party Platform. Senator Rand Paul in Iowa...issues. Then HOOD (Helping Others Obtain Destiny) and Mothers Against Violence...Pastor Corey Brooks from Chicago in Iowa, trying to help.
Joel McDurmon with Jesus vs. Jerusalem. How Christians should think about the Israel vs. Hamas conflict. Then, frustrated victims of theft ponder "taking the law into their own hands."
More Joni bashing? ... does race baiting still work? Identity politics? The annual what do we do with the "homeless" conversation. And downsizing the military again? An on-going conversation with Iowa.
Dr. Lee Hieb, Libertarian Party Candidate for governor. Issues. Great as usual. Then, unintentional humor is the best. Then wrestling over the theology of forgiveness. Unforgivable.
Bob Dane says expect more executive order Obama nonsense during the legislative Summer break. Thomas Woods say Joni Ernst is exactly right on the "nullification" issue...Jefferson agrees. Sheriff McCarthy is selling whoppers, but not at Burger King.
Senator Rand Paul talks about the collapse of checks and balances. The Benham Brothers inspire with their story of over-coming the PC Nazis. And Walmart may have carded too many Iowans. They are Not happy.
Bob Vander Platts highlights the upcoming Family Leadership Summit. Congressman Steve King is discouraged about the lack of interest of some Americans including his own party leadership to protect our rights and Constitution. Ashley McGuire from The Catholic Association blasts Obama for the nomination of Rabbi Saperstein for Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom...his first act? Blasting the Hobby Lobby decision. Plus, Iowa educrats are dumbing down their grading system...again.
Brooke Charleston, with an insight into sex trafficking...back from Thailand. Inspiring. Professor Peter Mathews "Dollar Democracy"...then, Congressman King breaks out the "Impeachment" word for Obama's threatened lawless amnesty executive orders.
Dr. Mary's Monkey...Edward Haslam tries to re-write some history about the polio virus, Lee Harvey Oswald and the Kennedy assassination. An unarmed bank robber, plus a track team loses the championship...why?
Mark Lucas--Iowa State Director of Americans for Prosperity...targeting Braley. Matt Whitaker from Liberty Institute represents Bob Eschliman, former editor of the Newton Daily News, fired for privately criticizing the gay lobby. And honoring those who make the world work. Helmets for bikers (motorized)? The bikes, not the helmets.
Jon Neiderbach, Democrat candidate for State Auditor. Issues. Professor Roger McKoewn describes the Obamacare court snafus. Secretary of State Matt Schultz disenfranchises dead people. And the Crony Christian Capitalist "faith-based" cons continue the caper. (that may be an alliteration record of some kind)...blowing the whistle.
Illegal toy guns, the debate aabout M-16's, Mattel, Randy Couture, Iowa wrestling history, MMA, Mike Chapman, the evils of Ragbrai, and Iowa passive-aggressive.
David Bozell calls upon Reince Priebus to discipline Thad Cochran's slimy run-off campaign against Chris McDaniel in the Mississippi senate race. Then, Iowans respond to the wars in Gaza and Ukraine. Spirited.
Libertarian candidate for Iowa Governor, Dr. Lee Hieb, talks about immigration and medical marijuana. Sam Clovis has insight into the Russia-Ukrainian conflict. And Jimmy Becker, Biking for Babies...a fundraiser for pro-life pregnancy centers.
Kristine Tidgren says the Iowa Supremes booted another decision. Ashley McGuire says the hubbub over the SCOTUS Hobby Lobby decision is bogus. Then a Marshalltown High School kid gets benched for racism... Question: Why is Racism Wrong? For extra points.
Christie is Bad On Judges says Carrie Severino. Pete Sepp and Andre Moylan war Iowans about impending place to tax internet sales more...Iowans respond with vigor.
Brad Stine,--the movie. Personhood Iowaan upcoming boot camp for a new pro-life organization built upon the idea that life is worthy of protection from conception. Steve Deace, Rebecca Maxwell and Tim Overlin talk about the issues. Then, the religious support for illegal aliens and Iowa's role in taking them in is another case of follow the money.
Jake Porter calls upon the governor to pardon Benton Mackenzi, cancer victim, convicted for self-medicating with marijuana. Lew Rockwell, Against the State: Anarcho-Capitalist Manifesto. Insightful. Then, recovering the push mower? Then, Lyle Burkett, talks about OnYourConcrete.com...what to do with floors, driveways, showrooms, and basements that purdy and practical.
From Central Iowa Aquatics, Dave Joensen is a swimming coach. Inspiring Iowans to learn how. Kevin Swanson is coming to speak at the Living for God Conference. Plus, lotsa versions of the National Anthem. Inspiring.
Jayson Lusk busts The Food Police...the food Pharisees take it on the chin. Congressman Steve King blasts our lawless president on the immigration issue. And Joe Meinzt from St. Gregory Retreat Center...new pain recovery techniques...using stem cells.
Habitat For Humanity Day with the whole Des Moines crew,then, Jackie Clay, Backwoods Home self-sufficiency expert , then unplugging the Common Core from Iowa schools. Jenni White from ROPE.
The Real Custer: From Boy General to Tragic Hero by James Robbins...with an Iowa angle. Then, Obama's lips are moving again on the illegal immigration issue. Then Outdoors Dan talks about a fundraiser for Blank Children's Hospital...a wild animal feast..Wednesday July 30th...221-9900 for tickets.
Iowans see the signs alone the highway, "Random Drug Stop Ahead" and don't respond well. Alot.
Jonathan Narcisse is still in the governor's race...Independent. Tim Overlin makes an attempt at Iowa Republican Party unity. Swing and a miss. Edward Klein with juicy political gossip about the Blood Feud between the Clintons and Obamas. David Osterberg wants more local control for CAFO's.
If a tree falls in Urbandale can anyone hear it? Then, a bunch of un-neighborly examples embarrass Iowa. Then, what's "...obedience to the unenforceable...?" and why it's the solution to growing nannyism.
Dr. Stephan Domenig on The Alkaline Cure...controlling body chemistry through diet. Then feedback on the David Young nomination to the 3rd District congressional seat at the weekend convention. And Glenn Beck apologizes to the wrong people.
Secretary of State Matt Schultz talks about a new Boy Scout license plate for supporters. And about the state of Iowa's electoral process. Then, the political class is already milking the recent flood of illegal immigrant children. (Editor's note: I mistakenly made reference to Cherokee when, the true location was Clarinda and Woodward) Senator Harkin and Obama are raising a couple of billion dollars to pay for the "humanitarian crisis."
Harry Reid focuses on NFL trademarks while the country is in shambles. Iowan's focus on Harry Reid. Lotsa sprited conversation.
Stephen Moore talks about the connection between super-wealthy Tom Steyer and Obama's failure to approve the Keystone pipeline. Then Iowans ponder what's wrong with McDonalds. They have slipped to #10 on the list of satisfied customers. #1? Papa Johns.
Shariaism is Here, Joy Brighton--feminist liberal who says even liberals are beginning to catch onto the toxic brew. Alex Newman says taxpayers have paid for just about every phase of Shariaism. Time to Stop. Then, Iowans worry about the 275 marines Obama in sending back to Iraq.
Some feedback conversation on the anniversary of "Field of Dreams". A visiting Hispanic pastor gets "profiled" by Des Moines police. He's not happy. Making a fuss. Have a case?
The gay lobby raises its flag under the Stars and Stripes in Israel. Now Christian teams can't pray at state tournaments. Obama tells Iraqis they are on their own. Congressman Steve King reacts to Iraq and the Republican leadership vacuum.
This is a re-run. Back in 2006, Robert J. Allison described in "The Crescent Obscured" why our invitation to Islam to sample democracy wouldn't work. This is worth a listen.
Andrew Kelly says we have to re-design the entire student loan program. "Room to Grow" Then, some of the illegals wondering across the border are headed to Iowa. Then, Orphan Train...Amanda Wahlmeir is curator of the National Orphan Train Complex in Kansas. Then, Iowa Iraq vets ponder the collapse of Mosul.
Gravel Dust...the story of a recovering Iowa meth addict, Larry Mongar. Dinesh D'Sousa talks about "America: Imagine a World Without Her" a new book and soon to be released movie. Sam Clovis thinks about fixing what ails Iowa. Senator Rand Paul says Hillary's Taliban comments are so wrong. And why not let illegals trade military service for citizenship?
Tamara Scott, Iowa Republican National Committeewoman (person) firing up the troops. Then, Cargill is dumping gestation crates. Iowans respond. Then, a follow-up on the Orphan Train history.
Illegal immigrants...unaccompanied kids are streaming across the border by the thousands.. The Obama response? Spending 2 million dollars to buy them immigration attorneys. Iowans have their own ideas.
D-Day remembered and FDR's political incorrect prayer. Dr. Lee Hieb, Libertarian candidate for governor. And political class continues to supply us with unintended humor.
Scott McEwen, Target America, author of American Sniper, with a novel warning for our future...OTM (other than Mexicans) mean us lots harm...terrorism is inevitable. Bob Burg, Adversaries Into Allies: Win People Over Without Manipulation or Coercion. Insightful...then Senator Chuck Schumer says Congressman Steve King is the Wizard of Oz.
Craig Robinson, Doug Gross, Bob Vander Platts, Kathy Obradovich, and AJ Spiker dismantle the primary election results...way interesting.
It's primary day in Iowa. A bunch of Iowa candidates and their supporters. Last chance politicking. Almost everybody.
An Iowa college student drowns while in handcuffs after a drunk boating arrest. WTH? Then, did the Obamacrats really release 5 terrorists for one deserter?
The following excerpts taken from Trevor Loudon’s “Enemies Within” …current edition.
The Populist Caucus was founded on February 11, 2009, in the U.S. House of Representatives by Democrat Bruce Braley of Iowa. The caucus originally included 26 other Democrats in the House.
According to Braley:
"The middle class is the economic engine of America. Unfortunately, it has seen tough economic times lately, and it’s time for a renewed emphasis on those issues that serve to strengthen the middle class and improve the lives of working families. That’s why I established the Populist Caucus to focus exclusively on these types of issues."
Braley’s Caucus is basically “prairie socialism,” drawing from the “populist” movement’s widespread influence in the Midwest in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Braley wants higher taxes on the rich, socialized health care, more government education, protectionist trade policies and strengthened “consumer protection.”
Of the Populist Caucus’ 28 members in its last published roster in 2010, 15 were also past or present members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
The Populist Caucus is simply Progressive Caucus “lite.”
Membership, 2010 Chair
• Rep. Bruce Braley (D-IA ) - Founder & Chairman
Vice-Chairs
• Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) - Vice Chair of Communications - also a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus
• Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) - Whip Vice Chair - also a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus
• Rep. Betty Sutton (D-OH) - Vice Chair of Recruitment and Member Outreach
• Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD) - New Media Vice Chair - also a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus
Members
• Rep. Leonard Boswell (D-IA)
• Rep. David Loebsack (D-IA) - also a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus
• Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) - also a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus
• Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT) - also a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus
• Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN)
• Rep. Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
• Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-CA ) - also a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus
• Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) - also a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus
• Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY )
• Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT)
• Rep. Bob Filner (D-CA ) - also a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus
• Rep. Mike Michaud (D-ME)
• Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) - also a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus
• Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY) - also a member of the Congressi-onal Progressive Caucus
• Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX)
• Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) - also a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus
• Rep. Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM) - also a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus
• Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) – also
Members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus in the 113th Congress
Co-Chairs
• Keith Ellison (D-MN)
• Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
Vice Chairs
• Judy Chu (D-CA)
• David Cicilline (D-RI)
• Michael Honda (D-CA)
• Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX)
• Jan Schakowsky (D-IL)
Whip
• Barbara Lee (D-CA)
Senate Member
• Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
House Members
• Karen Bass (D-CA)
• Xavier Becerra (D-CA)
• Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)
• Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR)
• Corrine Brown (D-FL)
• Michael Capuano (D-MA)
• Andre Carson (D-IN)
• Matt Cartwright (D-CA)
• Donna Christensen (D-VI)
• Yvette Clarke (D-NY)
• William (Lacy) Clay (D-MO)
• Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO)
• Steve Cohen (D-TN)
• John Conyers (D-MI)
• Elijah Cummings (D-MD)
• Danny Davis (D-IL)
• Peter DeFazio (D-OR)
• Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)
• Donna Edwards (D-MD)
• Sam Farr (D-CA)
• Chaka Fattah (D-PA)
• Lois Frankel (D-FL)
• Marcia Fudge (D-OH)
• Alan Grayson (D-FL)
• Luis Gutierrez (D-IL)
• Janice Hahn (D-CA)
• Jared Huffman (D-CA)
• Rush Holt, Jr. (D-NJ)
• Steven Horsford (D-NV)
• Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY)
• Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)
• Hank Johnson (D-GA)
• Marcy Kaptur (D-OH)
• Joe Kennedy III (D-MA)
• Ann McLane Kuster (D-NH)
• John Lewis (D-GA)
• David Loebsack (D-IA)
• Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM)
• Carolyn Maloney (D-NY)
• Ed Markey (D-IL)
• Jim McDermott (D-WA)
• James McGovern (D-IL)
• George Miller (D-CA)
• Gwen Moore (D-WI)
• Jim Moran (D-VA)
• Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)
• Rick Nolan (D-MN)
• Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
• Frank Pallone (D-NJ)
• Ed Pastor (D-AZ)
• Chellie Pingree (D-ME)
• Mark Pocan (D-WI)
• Jared Polis (D-CO)
• Charles Rangel (D-NY)
• Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA)
• Linda Sanchez (D-CA)
• Jose Serrano (D-NY)
• Louise Slaughter (D-NY)
• Mark Takano (D-CA)
• Bennie Thompson (D-MS)
• John Tierney (D-IL)
• Nydia Velazquez (D-NY)
• Maxine Waters (D-CA)
• Mel Watt (D-NC)
• Peter Welch (D-VT)
Brad Zaun, running for Congress...issues. Matt Whitaker, running for Senate...issues. Drivers Ed disasters. Congressman Steve King talking about the flood of kids coming across the border.
Trevor Loudon writes about The Enemies Within. And he names, names...some from Iowa. Mariannette Miller-Meeks seeks congress. Mark Jacobs seeks the Senate. Don Young seeks congress.
Amity Schlaes, The Forgotten Man/Graphic Edition, a new pictorial version of her best selling history. Secretary of State Matt Schulz, running for congress...issues. Dr. Merrill Matthews says the VA scandal will endure into the next election cycle...then Iowans respond. Then, Gary Stewart tell his adoption story, The Most Dangerous Animal of All...his birth dad. Why?
Monte Shaw is running for the 3rd District congressional seat. Issues. The Meat Racket, Christopher Leonard says the Iowa pork and beef industry is at risk. William Perry Pendley says the 1982 Plyler case case was poorly decided and should be challenged, cuz some people think it requires Iowa taxpayers to pay for the education of the children of illegals. And "No Fishin" from downtown bridges?
Sam Clovis is running for US Senate. Issues. Should non-party members vote in party primaries? Hey! The majority of Iowans can't swim...in fact most Americans can't swim.
Dana Fedman, pet behavior expert, describes how not to get bit. Then a dog that did bite and sentenced to be executed gets a lawyer. Verbiages ensues. Lotsa verbiage.
Iowa State Senator Brad Zaun wants to be a congressman. Issues. Then, remember the hero kitty that rescued the little boy from the attacking dog? A PR expert, Ben Kaplan, explains the phenomenon of "viral". A local church gets bullied by the gay lobby, again. Crickets. Plus, when automatic pilot doesn't work.
Brigitte Gabriel nukes CAIR and the apologists for Islam relative to the Nigerian mass kidnapping case. Because the Hate Us. Bob Cramer is running for congress. Steve Goreham blasts climatism as a false religion...worse...it's just wrong. Then, why not some true common sense for a change.
David Nelson, The Shade Tree Choir, talks about overcoming childhood abuse and thriving the help of his friends. Janine Stange is the National Anthem Girl. Con. Peter King says he'll run against Senator Cruz and Senator Paul to avoid a Charles Lindbergh moment. A taste of the past with Lindbergh's Des Moines speech history. Then, school permits for 14 year olds? Iowans think about it.
Ed Vos facilitates for the VA... veterans health issues. Busted for a BB gun, Iowa Democrats pay a socialist to headline their fundrasier, the GOP wants to increase the gas tax in Iowa, and how we can pay for road and bridge repair without raising a penny. Friday stuff... Oh, Rick Santorum isn't in the hole filling business.
David Young is running for Congress. A redux on a conversation from 2006 wondering about Saddam's WMD's. Georges Sada was a Saddam insider. Saddam's Secrets. Why does the USDA need sub-machineguns?
Getting yer lawnmower going for spring. PNP Small Engines Guy...Jeff Nicholson. Senator Rand Paul explains his recent statements on ID issues. Senator Mark Chelgren says the law should be one size fits all. Senator Rick Santorum endorses Sam Clovis...and writes a book.
Time for Iowa to strap down? Dr. Joyce Herzog is coming to the NICHE Homeschool Conference. Plus odds and ends from Iowa's underbelly. Then Joe Biden is tithing with other people's money again. And more from the "You will made to care" file.
Nationwide the VA Hospital system is under scrutiny for under-performance and in some cases, malpractice. So what about Iowa? Iowans evaluate. Then, Fr. Robert Sirico says the new Pope really isn't a political leftist...redistribute benefits, not wealth. A valid distinction? Then, should Iowans have the same rights to carry at the statehouse as government employees do?
Dr. Lee Hieb, Libertarian candidate for Iowa Governor. Spicy Conversation. Joel Gilbert, filmmaker, There's No Place Like Utopia. Craig Lang, dairyman, wants to stop protecting sugar. Sugar wars. Then milk wars.
Matt Kibbe says Don't Hurt People and Don't Take Their Stuff. Sounds like a plan. Then Linda Schrock Taylor says why the Common Core dropping cursive writing is a disaster. She recommends Betty Peters as a source on Common Core problems. Ranger Doug and the Riders in the Sky are coming to Iowa May 31st. VP Biden says illegals are Americans already and that the US doesn't have a creed. Bull-hockey. And Iowa makes national news for not having good security at statehouse...oh good.
A Newton newspaper editor gets fired for accurately reporting on the Queen James Bible. Monte Shaw is running for Congress. Vigorous discussion. And a 2nd helping of the Newton editor issue. And a new trike shows up! Cool...
Sonny Onoo talks about the upcoming River City Sports Festival May 9-11. Sounds like fun. Matt Whitaker wants to be a senator from Iowa...answering a vicious endorsement from the Register. Reb Bradley speaking at an upcoming homeschooling conference. Some dangers to watch for.
An Iowa farm equipment salesman to Ukraine tells what it is like doing business there now in the middle of the new cold war. Gordie Siebrin. Then Iowa shooters try to correct Joni Ernst's shooting form on her new campaign spot. Then, a metro sporting complex at the old Dico location?
More interesting spin on the gotcha cam cost shifting scam in Iowa. Congressman Steve King is being targeted by Democrat Senator Schumer. Sam Clovis talks issues. Vigorous issues.
Turns out that eating chicken drumsticks make kids aggressive and disobedient. Horrors for the State Fair. Eric Trager is an expert on the Muslim Brotherhood. Speaking tonight at Drake, Olmstead Center at 7PM. Then is our new national ethic produce prosperity? Iowans like Iowa and are stayin'. But, Iowans do lack sympathy over the "botched" Oklahoma execution.
Backstage at the Lincoln Assassination--Thomas Bogar. What happened to those guys anyway? Des Moines steals the tax refunds of people who fail to pay their gotcha cam fines. The tax guy says if scoff-laws won't pay, then taxpayers will have to raise the difference. Then, Jim Glassman says let's build an economy and stop saying "No" so much.
Iowa racism? Jonathan Narcisse ruminates. Then, and Iowa Ice Trucker, Jeff Parkis talks about driving on the ice highways in the tundras of Alaska. Plus the racism of Donald Sterling has wrinkles not being discussed.
Pardon the Disruption: the future you Never saw Coming. Clayton Rawlings says technology will soon be able to extract "truth", and nothing but the truth from people accused of crime. Then, why government needs to have some influence on marriage. Not a bunch, but some.
People are always asking me for recommended reading lists. Ok. These are my Seven for Summer.
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“The Making of America” by Cleon Skousen. This is my “smart book.” It matches Madison’s notes taken during the Constitutional Convention with the final product. If you wish to know of their original intent, this is your first stop.
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“Defending the Declaration: How the Bible and Christianity Influenced the Writing of the Declaration of Independence” by Gary Amos. It’s the how and why the DOI is part of the organic law of the USA, a treasure trove of ammo.
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“When in the Course of Human Events: Arguing the Case for Southern Secession” by Charles Adams. If the mere reading of the subtitle of this book makes you feel queasy, then, you’ve been worked over and for you, this book will be an eye-opening elixir. As usual, it’s “follow the money”.
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“A Disease in the Public Mind: a new understanding of why we fought the Civil War” by Thomas Fleming. This is a cautionary history and a warning against today’s mindless political invective which infects our culture 24/7. The din amongst our chattering class, social media, our culture’s cultural troll factory, makes this generation’s civil discourse almost impossible. A similar “disease” then, took us from trash talk to real bullets.
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“The Politics of Guilt and Pity” by Rousas J. Rushdoony. He wrote, “…the human race, in apostasy from God, is deeply involved in a rebellious claim to autonomy and in the guilt which follows that claim.” The tactics of the welfare state are laid bare, and made silly.
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“The Christian Prince: Putting ‘Civil’ Back into Civil Government”, by Buddy Hanson. This is a vigorous antidote to both Machiavelli and Alinsky. The old truism, “…you can’t beat something with nothing…” is answered with vigor.
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“From Tyndale to Madison: How the Death of an English Martyr Led to the American Bill of Rights” by Michael Farris. Just chasing the footnotes of this rich and inspiring history should keep you busy for a long time.
Matt Schultz, Iowa Secretary of State, explaining some hiring and firing controversy. Joe Mullins and the Radio Ramblers are coming to Paton, Iowa. Saturday. Plus lotsa tricky issues.
James Graham writes about the Kennedy's affection for sailing, Victura. Sunday book signing at Beaverdale Books at 2pm. Tie softball games, outrageous. Then a scam phone call from the IRS. A man runs down a bald eagle with his boat. And an Iowa cop, shooting instructor shoot himself. And PETA wants to build a 10 foot tall memorial for turkeys killed in a truck accident.
The US Senate Family Forum is coming up April 25th. Bob Vander Platts. The Chinese are stealing from Iowa seed companies. A big legal yawn? Steve King has earned Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg's ire. What's up with that? And we have to pay the money losing business of dog racing to go away.
General James Jones wants the political class to move on the Keystone XL Pipeline. Now! Dr. Lee Hieb follows up on a listener question. Then, Rev. Mike Demastus (alias Debbie Downer) offers second thoughts on the "Heaven is For Real" book and movies. Iowans are really into it.
Elaine Marie Cooper is a great story teller...Fields of the Fatherless. Simon Estes had a great speech at the Annual Iowa Prayer Breakfast. He had a great message of forgiveness and love. Then, Diane Kautsky, Woodard Hearing has an upcoming expo...April 30th, keeping what ya got.
Dr. Lee Hieb is running for Iowa Governor as a Libertarian. Great conversation. Dr. Gary Pusillo is an Iowa Forensic Pathologist who is explaining the PED pig loss. Hugh. Then, John Stewart is an apologist who explains the truth of Easter.
Another crack at the dyslexia and autism issue...Judy Hintz has more insight. Bloomberg is on the fast track to heaven...what does that mean for the rest of us? James Rickards reports on The Death of Money. What happens if the US Dollar loses its reserve currency status? Rep. Kevin Koester takes the "hush" out of the money. Politics and Money.
Ken Blackwell says we have to fix Fannie and Freddie. Joel Kurtinitis says a couple of candidates bailed on the Grandview US Senate forum for no good reason. Danny Carroll is trying to calm the waters. And it's illegal in Iowa under 14 to fire handguns. Parents are wonder why they can't while under their supervision.
Iowans talk about the DNR making an ash of a guy's collectible Pontiac convertible. And how to avoid crating a flat spot on infant's heads. And a reconsideration of the Nevada's BLM cattle rustlers or freeloader ranchers, depending upon your ideology.
Steven Kennedy plays classic guitar...very well. The Iowa Classic Guitar Society--upcoming concerts. Then, JD King has a new documentary movie: Blue. Blue vs Green. How the Greenies have put our economy into the Red. Tom Hoefling is primarying Governor Branstad. Issues.
Secularity is coming to Iowa. Saturday. Then should Veishea be permanently dropped? "No Way", say Iowans.
Joseph Capizz, Professor of Moral Theology at the Catholic University of American give a "Catechism for Business". Pope says socialism is contrary to Christianity. Susan Barton is the guru of dyslexia...coming to Iowa. Rebekka Maxwell with the Save the Storks Summer Tour. And a big apology to Iowa's truck drivers.
Dr. Alan Koslow wants to assist in the breakout of secularism in Iowa. He's bringing the grand poobah of atheism, Richard Dawkins. Robert Cramer is running for congress. The Constitution Quest with the Barret's, Dave, Joe, and Pam...we play the game with listeners. (special offer for WHO listeners...enter "three" as the code when you order.) Then, Secretary of State Matt Schultz got sued. Wants the Iowa Supreme Court to agree with him on protecting the Iowa voting system.
The Wahls Protocol: How I Beat Progressive MS Using Paleo Principles and Functional Medicine. Dr.Terry Wahls. (public meeting, Sunday 2:30 Des Moines Public Library) Dr. Kevin Leman on Parenting Your Powerful Child. Very Funny. Then famous wardrobe malfunctions. And some, not so famous.
Now the UN is pushing the autism agenda. Iowans reflect. Then another round of bully legislation conversation makes Iowans wonder about the agenda of gay lobby again. Great, great calls and conversation. All open-line. Vigorous.
April Fools stories which are true. More Braleyisms. Joe Meintz from St. Gregory Retreat Center has a new program for eating disorders. Steve King says The Register's Gaffe Hall of Fame List is based upon refutable lies. Then a potential homeschooler gets great advice on how to get started. Then the real source for the story line of the Noah movie. Answering the questions, "What Bible Where They Using?" Not the one you think.
Steve Jeffery, and English physicist turned minister soon visiting Iowa to speak. Joni Ernst, running for US Senate. Ann Scott Tyson remembers the American Spartan, The Promise, The Mission, and the Betrayal of Special Forces Major Jim Gant. Then, Iowans remembering Younkers after the downtown fire.. now...and then. Diana Kautzky introduces us hearing issues and Woodard Hearing Centers. Prevention is the key to keeping one's hearing.
Congressman Steve King tries to make sense of Obamacare and the Iowa Republican Straw Poll...and other absurdities. Representative Tom Shaw talks about Constitutional Carry and Personhood. (Two separate issues) Then no more fishing in the Des Moines River? Huh?
Mary Merrit if the Iowa Right to Life Director of End of Life issues. They have an upcoming conference...Imposed Death: A Conference on Stealth Euthanasia Saturday March 29th 515-244-1012 for reservations. David Bossie, Citizen's United endorses Sam Clovis for Iowa Senator. Then, who took the fast out of fast food? Plus, is the Iowa meat locker industry still healthy? Iowans say, "Yes."
Diane Munns from the Environmental Defense Fund gives Congressman Bruce Braley plaudits for his support of clean energy...launching a multi-million dollar ad campaign, including Iowa. Then, did Joni Ernst help herself with her "make 'em squeal" campaign ad? Then, Congressman Bruce Braley commits truth...and can he survive his own honesty?
Iowa has a dyslexia problem? Kay Greivling has the story. So what's wrong with paying politicians to go away anyway? If Governor Branstad can do it, why can't we? I'm up for a fundraiser. Betsy McCaughey says the Hobby Lobby case isn't a women's rights issue unless require a subsidy. Secretary of State Matt Schutz says Judicial Watch is slightly off on it's critique of Iowa's voter rolls being packed with non-existent people. Only slightly. And David Chung repeats his disappointment with departing Iowa Republican Party Chair AJ Spiker's comments on medical marijuana.
David Fischer defends AJ Spiker's pro-legal medical marijuana statement. Then, why won't Catholics stop being ripped off...paying twice for educating own kids?
Dr. Lee Hieb is a Libertarian running for Iowa Governor. Dr. Miriam Grossman says our kids are being defrauded by the sex ed industry. It is killing them. Omalbanin Rezaie is a foreign exchange student from Afghanistan. Drew Shuman paved the way.
Revolt: The Secession of Mill Valley...when people get fed up enough will secession work? Ray Bourhis ponders it. Joel McDurmon gives us Noah: The True Story. And Sheriff Ted Kamatchus says he really wants and needs drones for his job.
Dr. Mary Manjikian says sanctions as a tactic of influence are pretty weak and ineffective. So don't bother. A Russian-Iowan, Eugene Tsirulnikov, gives insight into the new cold war and Putin. Tasty. And are Iowans big tenters or are they American traditionalists?
US Senate Candidate Matt Whitaker defines his issues. Money man James Rickardts deal with The Death of Money...why we we have few real weapons to use against Putin. Jim Hawkins says non-union teachers are being dumped on by the establishment. And Senator Mark Chelgren says the Democrat version of the bully bill has a political agenda.
NICHE talk. Big homeschool doings on Capital Day on Tuesday. Vickie Crawford, Brian Bopp, Bill Gustoff, Steve Deace and Sam Clovis talking about the liberty of homeschoolers. Then, issues and answers. Everything from Putin to drones.
AJ Spiker is stepping down as the chair of the Iowa Republican Party Central Committee. A final report and some interesting political gossip. Dr. Ramesh Richard from REACH is visiting Iowa...inspiring the next generation. And Sunday is the worst day of the week for food servers cuz of church people (mainly Baptists) are crappy tippers.
Steve Deace has Rules for Patriots: How Conservatives Can Wind Again. Spirited. Marriannette Miller-Meeks running in the 2nd District for Congress. And a fellow says Bald Eagles are killing newborn calves in Decatur county.
Odds and Ends. Issues. Peaceful Pandits riot in Fairfield. And Iowa judge gives an attorney 12,000 bucks in fees for representing another peaceful Hindu (tried to kill his girlfriend) who doesn't want his food in contact with cooking utensils which have EVER touched meat. And Iowa legislators want to make texting while driving a primary offense. Iowans are a little skeptical.
The tragedy of human trafficking. A Night of Gospel Centered Justice is trying to address it. Kimberly Smith is speaking at the First Church of the Open Bible Friday the 14th at 7pm. A concert and lecture fundraiser to rescue girls. 515-274-9296 for tickets. Make a Way Partners. Then, several other Iowa rescue organizations tell their stories. Wings of Refuge. Freedom for Youth. Whoops the Supreme Court of the United States may have just messed up the Rails to Trails movement to use abandoned rail beds for bike trails.
Nathaniel Johnson from Grist says GMO's aren't that big O' deal. Issues of the day. And an extensive review of 12 Years a Slave. And Gary North compares the tale of two slave systems.
Sam Clovis talks about foreign policy issues as he runs for US Senate. Secretary of State Matt Schultz talks about the lawsuit blocking his office from checking the integrity of the voting process in Iowa. Senator Rand Paul before his C-PAC speech...issues
Dan Riskin say Mother Nature is Trying to Kill Us. And the cold has moved critters indoors. Lance LoRusso says sometimes first responders aren't fully covered if they get hurt on the job. So, Hunting for Heroes. Then, lotsa Iowans are struggling with frozen water lines...what to do?
100 Words Every 4th Grader Should Know...Steve Keinedler from American Heritage Dictionary...Iowans have a few words 4th graders should NOT know. Elizabeth Morgan, former Iowan, has a daughter who may benefit from medical marijuana tells her story. Then, how to handle a scam artist bill collector. Wendy McElroy, "individualist feminist", says the 1 and 5 myth is alive and well on Iowa college campuses. She calls it the fake rape crusade.. And voting machine failure in a local election?
Fukushima: The Story of a Nuclear Disaster. Edwin Lyman from the Union of Concerned Scientists wonders about the Iowa implications. Then why is the DNR investigating the guy who accidentally shot himself in the finger? Inquiring minds. Then, it franchise vote day. Councilman Chris Coleman explains the economics of the refund vote. Time for an aspirin.
Jo Widemann from CAPS warns Iowans about California's immigration disaster. And an Iowan describes how immigration fraud is done in Iowa. Then, delegate stacking in the Iowa Republican Party? David Fischer, former co-chair of the Iowa Republican Party. Craig Robinson, The Iowa Republican. Will Rogers, Chair of the Polk County Republican Party explain the dust up. Vigorous.
Lisa Bloom describes our Suspicion Nation. Race and Politics in the USA. Dr. Cal Beisner takes a bite out of the EPA for failing to hold themselves accountable. And talking about Resisting the Green Dragon. Then, the continuing saga of the persecution of UofI president, Sally Mason. Libs are consuming their own. An entertaining horror show.
Gov. Jan Brewer vetoes Arizona's religious freedom law. So how should the tension between "non-discrimination" vs "religious freedom" be resolved? Iowans make a stab at it.
Harley Geiger from the Deputy Director of the Freedom Security and Surveillance Project drums up support the US Freedom act to secure privacy and security rights for Americans. Michelle Chrystal pushes to repeal Iowa's Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Program. Then University of Iowa President Sally Mason gets bullied by confused activists.
Podcast
David Schultz says it's time to fix "Election Law and Democratic Theory". He says it's broke. Rev. Demastus talks about an upcoming Men's Conference. Michio Kaku describes "The Future of the Mind" . And the knockout game has come to Ames Iowa?
Congressman Steve King talks issues...and wonders if the Putin AND US should learn from the Ukrainian uprising and another look at the egg wars. David Holt, Consumer Energy Alliance with a look at our energy future. Gov Branstad is in Washington, on MSNBC. And if engineers get paid so much, why aren't we producing more of them? What ever happened to supply and demand?
Wesley Smith talks about the War on Humans. He says the neo-pagan animal rights movement is toxic to people. John Stewart plays fast and loose with an ID story. Ryan Mauro says Iowa is on an FBI list which contains concerns about Muslims of American "villages". And a couple of Iowa teenagers are in deep shinola over the killing of a American Bald Eagle.
The Midwest Israeli Consul General, Roey Gilad, talks about US-Israeli issues. Then the sugar-corn syrup wars heat up with a "buy the science guy" technique. And a vending machine mugger doesn't get workmen's comp just cuz he used a fork-lift on one. Iowa weather becomes news. And Rep Greg Heartsill wants to toughen Iowa abortion laws. Pro-aborts aren't amused.
The Iowa Birth Organization is promoting decriminalizing mid-wifery. Mandi Hillman and Megan Day-Suhr are doulas. Vigorous conversation with them and a bunch of Iowans on both sides of the issue.
Dave Hendricks introduces us to Connecticut Yankee Pedaller in Chariton. And are truckers hiding something? It's illegal even to have a place to hide stuff. Then, attorney Lance LoRusso reviews the Michael Dunn verdict. When Cops Kill. Before you "stand your ground" consider the consequence. Then nutty things done in the name of religion.
Joe Meints talks common sense about drug addiction...St. Gregory Retreat Center. Thomas Fleming describes the biggest mistake committed by President Thomas Jefferson that nobody ever heard of. "A Disease in the Public Mind: A New Understanding of Why We Fought the Civil War" Os Guinness in Iowa to suggest how The Global Public Square can strengthen religious freedom.
Carl Kerby....Reasons for Hope...getting ready for some creation lectures and another debate with an Iowa Atheist. "What's the purpose of government?" Click. Then, some Iowa farmers don't any high powered transmission lines across their property even if they carry Iowa Wind Energy. Caroline Sheritan, Diane Dar and Jerry Crew.
Can Iowa teachers be held responsible for the kids this generation is sending them? Vigorous conversation. Then, somebody wants to make it illegal to burn wood for heat in fireplaces and wood-burning stoves. A case?
Judy Hintz brings some moms who successfully helped their kids overcome education struggles. Educational Resources. Tamara Scott and Jane Robbins lobby against Iowa's Common Core. Sam Clovis running for Senate...issues.
To drone or not to drone...that's the question. Then, Iowa hugged the Common Core tar baby. Can we un-hug? Henry Burke is a civil engineer. Says Iowa's commitment to the Common Core is a big mistake. Then, Senator Brad Zaun intros legislation to kill it.
As I recall from the last legislative session, promises were made to some of the newbies that some of their important, but socially hot button issues, were going to be delayed until this current session. Now it appears that the leadership class of both parties have agreed to move the funnel dates for this session up two weeks to prevent controversial, non-budget issues to be brought up to avoid controversy and to get back home to begin campaigning. Gone are two weeks from the session. Take a look.
Concurrent Resolutions that amended the Joint Rules of the House and Senate and chopped two full weeks off of our funnel deadlines. The specific resolutions are House Concurrent Resolution 104 and Senate Concurrent Resolution 101.
Here’s how it happened:
The Senate filed SCR 101 on the first day of session, January 13, 2014 and it was immediately placed on their calendar, seen here on page 9 of Senate Journal.
As soon as it was placed on the calendar, Senator Gronstal asked for and received unanimous consent to immediately consider SCR 101, indicated on page 10 of Senate Journal.
Then Senator Gronstal made the motion to adopt SCR 101 and the motion prevailed by a voice vote. SCR 101 was immediately messaged to the House (also on page 10 of the Senate Journal).
On the second day of the session, January 14, 2014, Representative Upmeyer asked for and received unanimous consent to immediately consider HCR 104 (which is identical to SCR 101) – This is on page 50 of the House Journal.
SCR 101 was substituted for HCR 104 and Representative Windschitl made the motion to adopt SCR 101 and the motion prevailed by a voice vote, seen on pages 51 and 52 of House Journal.
Almost no legislator outside of leadership – either Republican or Democrat – that realized what they voted on. They just trusted the process.
Now many of the pieces of legislation and issues which politicians ran on will be left on the early funnel room floor. A number of legislators feel like their leadership has played them. They may have a case. There are some very unhappy legislators.
The Deliberate Corruption of Climate Science--Professor Tim Ball. The political fraud that the global warming scam is. Then, what should you do if your student loan is in default? Bruce Mesnekoof says don't file for your tax return until you are out of default. Then, did some of Iowa's coyotes end up in Joe Namath's Super Bowl coat?
Ambassador Francis Rooney, former U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See and Author of The Global Vatican. Issues. John King, CNN, with a new Sunday AM political show. Senator Harkin talks about his plan to raise the minimum wage on MSNC. Mike Whalen gives us some great news about how the free market has save one Iowa woman thousands of dollars on medical bills. Richard Rosenthal from The Lexus Project is trying to rescue Iowa's pit bull, Killer, from execution.
In Iowa it is almost impossible to shut down an ineffective, damaging and unneeded government program. Or you'll get sued. And a federal judge will call you names if you try. Casey Luskin says he was frustrated over the results of the Nye-Ham debate the other night. Here's another great response from Gary DeMar.
Medical marijuana in Iowa? Two Iowa moms, Maria LeFrance and Sally Gaer have kids with severe seizures. They think the symptoms could be diminished. They are asking Iowans to support a change in the law. Dave Price helps us re-live the horror of the Caucus Chaos. Then, Mike Demastus thinks it wasn't nice for the Polk County Republican platform committee to drop the platform when the committee numbers were down. Some ruffled feathers.
David Parsons is bringing a very rare Tyndale Bible to Iowa this week-end. Public is invited to view it. Then, a swatted up police raid on a Des Moines family is raising eyebrows. And is the high number of K-2 grade school kids being expelled related to the cop story?
We are giving tax credits to our economic competitors to build "green" technology to sell us, guaranteeing our economy will be less competitive. It's the great circle of life. Diana Furchtgott-Roth tells the story. "Regulating to Disaster". Then, Coke decides to sell politics instead of brown, carbonated, sugary drinks. Danny Carroll is the new co-chair of the Iowa Republican Party. Issues. Congressman Steve King takes after immigration, debt-ceiling hikes and the farm bill.
One of our listeners, Sam, reports years of telemarketer, robocall abuse. Scary and funny. Iowans are REALLY, REALLY annoyed by robocalls. And what works and what doesn't. BOOM!
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The PEO Solution with Brian Peskin and Dr. Robert Jay Rowen. Then, the gas tax hike trial balloon. Will Iowans go for it? More questions than answers so far.
Obama say climate change is a fact. Marc Morano says not so fast. He's the guy the just man-handled Bill Nye the Science Guy. Then, how can shooting yourself in the leg getcha charged with a felony? Then, the Humane Society eggs Congressman Steve King and the whole egg-buying public in California.
Jacob Kvinlaug wants Iowans to build zero energy houses...he says the tech is here and now. Mark Preston from CNN is going to be measuring the Iowa response to the SOTU address tonight. Plus, a couple of cases of Iowa Nice bites us in the butt.
Critics are worried that non-evolutionary theories might be included in some new science standards. Dr. Steven Meyer says "Darwin's Doubt" is justified. And an upcoming debate. Then, why is the 1st Church of the Wooden Spoon so quiet on Sunday morning despite all the kids?
Michael Furchert "Miracle Behind the Berlin Wall" says the American church is making all the same mistakes made by the German church before Hitler. Insightful. McDonalds is having a senior moment in New York. And should the taxpayers us the minimum wage as a weapon against the welfare state and illegal immigration?
Jonathan Narcisse is pondering a Democratic run for Iowa Governor. Ron Unz, conservative Republican activist says it might be wise to adopt a higher minimum wage. He says its a conservative position. Then, Souls on Ice...Maria Lancaster advocates adopting embryos...she did it.
Headlights on bright is probable cause for police to go fishing. They caught some pot. Lotsa Iowans who have been shined. Then, Tony Fairfax says future Republican presidential candidates have no chance of winning unless they sound like Democrats. "The Presidential Trend".
Ted Broer says our nutrition is feminizing American males. "Breakthrough Health". The State of the State...abridged. And "The Game Plan" Kevin Freeman, Senior Fellow from at the Center for Security Policy...expert on economic warfare. Powerful.
Beauty Amidst the Ashes...another inspirational story of love, adoption, and dedication.the Christiansen family. Participating in an Iowa Right to Life event. Guy Cook says Iowa is thinking about doing away with the Bar exam before newly minted lawyers could practice. And should some Iowa roads be abandoned?
Six Cyclone football players have died since 2003. When does the death spiral begin? Some hard facts to fix it. Then E-Cigs? Banned from ISU librarys cuz they could damage books? Then, does Wi-Fi kill plants? Some Iowa homeschoolers may try to duplicate the experiment.
Iowans will not give up on expressing their complete dissatisfaction over the Iowa State Fair plan to go cashless. The political class is listening. Then, pundits wonder if Iowans give a rip about Gov Christie's bridegate. So we tell 'em.
The Iowa State Fair is planning to go cashless for food. Money exchanged for tickets for vendors...designed to halt commission skimming. Iowan's are way less than thrilled.
Scotty Taylor reminds us about how to achieve balance in our quest for health...and a reminder about the "itises". Michael Connely says the grounds to impeach Obama are overwhelming. Senator Rand Paul reviews issues...unemployment, NSA and the safety of our money. Then an animal welfarist confiscates a farm dog, both stealing, and trespassing, then sending a bill to the owner for a totally unnecessary "rescue" based upon a totally anonymous "complaint". WTH?
Trying to figure out the new rules during the artic vortex on diesels and other mysterious critters. Surprisingly, Iowa is on the cutting edge again. And are animal welfarists wrong about dogs and cold?
Sam Clovis running for Senate deals with issues. Then, does Iowa have poorly engineered hills for sledding kids? Shameful. And has the knock-out game come to Iowa?
A look back at some of the best conversations: Juda Meyers--an amazing pro-life story. The Lone Survivor, Marcus Luttrell from Seal Team Six. Joel McDurmon, What Would Jesus Drink? Dr. Ben Carson, America the Beautiful. And Illana Mercer, Into the Cannibal's Pot.
I routinely get sent rubbish like this by people who think, “Ah hah! This will really sting those hypocritical Christians who will have no response. This stuff only works on Biblically illiterate people….and that list is long. Some even have bestselling books and have TV shows on Fox.
Jesus wasn’t radical in any sense of the word. He followed every tenant of the Law to perfection. His radicalism was that He called out the hierarchy for hypocrisy. He wasn’t non-violent as He whipped the true hypocrites, the scam artist money changers out of the Temple. “He wasn’t an American and never spoke English”. True, and not relevant to any point that I’m aware of. Jesus is a Jew, who spoke Aramaic in a Hebrew culture under the thumb of conquering Rome. He was likely literate in three languages. He wasn’t against the death penalty as He said none of the law would pass away. He wasn’t against wealth, only the hypocrisy and the self-righteousness of some of the wealthy. “…harder than a camel to go through the eye of a needle.” He was against hypocritical public prayer, which by then had almost achieved ritual status. He said those people “already have their reward”. "Gay" wasn’t in His vocabulary in that term is a marketing word invented by our own credulous generation. He was against the behavior of sodomy in that it was and is still prohibited by the Law which He asserted. Abortion didn’t need a separate category in that it was already covered by the Law against murder. “Against birth control?” Only pagans worry about birth control. The ancient Hebrews considered children a blessing and their future safety net in old age. “Never justified torture?” Why would He? However He was tortured to death for the salvation of His people. “Never called the poor lazy?” “Look to the ant thou sluggard”—and-- “…if a man will not work, neither shall he eat…” In a pre-welfare state society, laziness was lethal to itself. “Never fought for tax cuts for the wealthy?” He fought for honest tax policy in a pagan nation… He kicked the crooked money changers out of the temple for ripping off God’s people and he busted Zachius, a crooked Jewish tax collector who pledged to pay back his victims four fold, consistent with the Law. “Never asked a leper for a co-pay?” That’s for sure. There is no record of Him billing Lazarus for raising him from the dead, nor for healing the blind guy, or the healing dozens of others he healed as a sign of His divinity. In his culture the oppressed (poor who couldn’t care for themselves) were given care paid from the tithes (10 percent) of people. Everyone else paid their own way, just like all decent people do. Yup as a Jew (Semitic) he was likely brown…so what? “Long-haired?” Debatable, but also an irrelevant non-issue. “Community organizing?” Rubbish. He had trouble hanging on to his own 12 disciples. And when He actually preached the Gospel, that human works don’t merit points with God, he lost most of the crowd. They came for the goodies, the free food and healing, but most rejected a non-political savior. Pretty much like the guy who is still looking for a “community organizer”. They wanted to be rescued from the Romans, not their own sin. On day one in Jerusalem they gave Him a parade, but by day three, they gave Him a crucifixion. “Anti-slut shaming?” More rubbish… the slut who was brought to Him to judge was already shamed before she got there. And after no evidence was presented against her, He told her to “go and sin no more.” “Middle Eastern Jew.” Yup. Just like the prophecies anticipated.
Larry Schweikart with a Patriot's History of the Modern World. Bill O'Reilly commits theology...again. Organized Crime--Thomas DiLorenzo says mixed in with our founding fathers were some real scumbags. And what's hood rat? Ending with the best Christmas song--ever.
This is the stand alone segment of Thursday's program: Explaining the tactics and goals of the A&E Duck Dynasty dust-up. Why the word "deracinated" can explain the collapse of sexual ethics and why the gay lobby had to take out Phil Robertson...and why orthodox Americans have to respond. What do the Pledge of Allegiance, South Africa, and President Lincoln have in common?
Dr. Merrill Matthews says increasing the minimum wage will increase the income gap rather than decreasing it. Explaining the Duck Dynasty story and why this political theatre is important. SOS Matt Schultz explains why clean elections are worth the money spent to protect it. (He says we are only at half time) Then, James Rickards with an update on the "Currency Wars".
Shane Vander Hart has an update on Common Core in Iowa. Dems push vets under the bus while continuing funding illegals. Judging the Notable Quotables for 2013. Tim Graham from the MRC. Congressman Tom Latham calls it quits. And Johnson County is pondering re-building county farms for vulnerable Iowans. Good idea?
A federal judges says laws against polygamy violate the Constitution. Waiting for critics of judicial activism to apologize to Bob Vander Platts, Senator Santorum, etc. Still waiting. And truckers now have to account for their eye movements? And when you visit the hospital be ready for war against super bugs.
Iowa DOT is pondering shutting down some rest stops. A shake down? Shake up? Then, Casey Luskin says the "Freethought Oasis"...isn't free, has no thought and isn't an oasis. Just another village atheist group of bullies trying to shut down debate. Plus an Iowa bus driver gets busted by the kids for texting while driving.
Eric Borseth says Iowa has one of THOSE--a case where a 6th grader has been disciplined at school for fashioning a paper "gun". The policy says even "pretend guns" can get you busted. Sigh. Busted for an Airsoft gun? And a great conversation about educating boys. ADHD? Is it real? Inventor says its a fake disorder. Maybe. Does it help? Experts are divided. Some Iowa parents are convinced it's real and drugs help.
Great music...Tim and Myles Thomson...playing Friday night at Java Joes...guitar and fiddle...blue-grass jazz? Bob Neese...Missouri farmer remembers his time in South Africa. And Jonathan Weisiger (J-DUB) is a competitive horse trainer...Nat Geo's Mustang Millionaire.
A fake signer invades the fake history at the funeral of Mandela. Still trying to untangle the mess. Senator Rand Paul says the budget deal is a mistake and endangers the reserve currency status of the dollar. And Alex Newman worries that the death of Mandela could unleash a new round of genocide in South Africa.
A California lawsuit could start to break up the NEA stranglehold. Terry Pell filed suit. Jim Hawkins has Iowa reaction. Then, more Mandela malarkey. And the closing of the Iowa Juvenile Home gets some blow-back.
Lincoln's Marxists. Walter Kennedy fills in some amazing history. John G West remembers C.S. Lewis--"The Magicians Twin" Peter Hammond--remembers Mandela. Ilana Mercer put us "Into the Cannibal's Pot". The same pot that boiled civilization in South Africa is now kindled and fired in the USA.
Opportunities Unlimited deny the Rev. Cary Gordon the opportunity to buy their Jumpy Monkey coffee. Huh? Steve Deace chat's about the political season. Steve Goreham says it's time for the climate change zealots to admit they're full of it.
Was Robin Hood a good guy or bad guy? Do cats care? How can people of modest means be living so well? And we invent a new word. Gamester.
Is Iowa ready to manage scarcity? A judge says Detroit can nuke their pension obligations. The canary in the coal mine for Iowa's pension distress. Senator Brad Zaun issues a pension warning. Much great discussion.
"Why America Needs a Left: a Historical Argument"... Eli Zaretsky. So I give him one. Bill Stowe says science says "Yes" to the continued use of fluoride in our water. Alex Fitzsimmons says Iowans are "takers" and "rent-seekers" on wind energy. He has the numbers to prove it.
Lamar Waldron delves into the Hidden History of the JFK Assassination. Conspiracy. Gretchen Tegeler says Iowa's public pension system is a wreck and is getting worse.
Iowans remember the Kennedy assassination. David Barton ponders history...Black Robe Regiment. Issues.
Wendy Melillo describes How McGruff and the Crying Indian Changed America. Most Americans want to yank the plug on Sotero-Care. Mark Rushdoony talks about The American Indian. Are we all at risk for "reservation fever?" And, coyote worshipers?
Thomas DiLorenzo says the Gettysburg Address was a fraud. Judy Hintz brings more inspirational stories from Educational Resources. And Bob Vander Platts from the Family Leader talks about David Barton's Iowa visit for Saturday's fundraiser...issues.
Jim Owen created the Center for Cowboy Ethics and Leadership...The Try. Allen Zasadny builds and tunes professional quality air rifles. (319-334-7261) Remember the Lewis and Clark Girandoni air rifle conversation? Dennis Haislip and the Blue Collar Opry has a new song. A Hero's Welcome Home. Matt Philbin, managing editor for the Culture and Media Institute say MSM compares limiting government to the Constitution to the old Confederacy...as a tactic. Gretchen Tegeler heads the Taxpayers Association of Central Iowa. How taxpayers can defend themselves. An upcoming training seminar for taxpayers.
Carl Christiansen and Rebecca Aske...Beauty Amidst the Ashes...one of the most inspirational stories of love, sacrifice and adoption...ever. (Speaking at the New Hope E Free church in Adel on Sunday, November 24) Then, Scott Bestul from Field and Stream is the Total Deer Hunter Manual...then, Colin Flaherty explains what the Knockout Game is all about.
Is MMA safe? Needs to be reformed for the health of the athletes? Dave Ferguson worries. Steve Flood says Obama-care will cost average Iowans an extra dollar an hour beginning January 1. Wayne Allyn Root says the wheels came off and won't be found until 2017 at the earliest. Deep Shinola... plus is being healthy the new "white privilege"?
It's fix Obama-care day. The massive failure of the roll-out causes Iowans to look for alternatives. Best conversation around...plus Obama pitches a fix. Sale? No-Sale?
Monte Shaw responds to an AP hit piece on Ethanol. Betsy McCaughey blasts the latest Obama-care spin. And workman's comp for these people? Three puzzling cases.
Mark Messina says most of the anti-soy health claims are malarkey. Ethanol is under attack too. How to figure out stuff in an info-overload era?
Bonnie Campbell says our gun laws are hurting women. Michael Ware says that would be awful if it were true. Then, why do some people hate Sarah Palin? She equates debt with servitude. Explaining the history. If you can grasp this, you'll never be scammed again. Then, a dues paying union guy declared independence after reading the drivel served up by his union president.
President’s Report: Dennis Stewart, the UAW Local 893 President—Marshalltown.
Now, that was a close one! I don’t know about you, but I feel very fortunate to have dodged the most recent terrorist attack on my beloved country. This attack was staged against our sitting President, his ideals, and a democratically elected governing body. This wasn't brought on by Al Queda, the Taliban, or any other foreign entity. It was, in fact, perpetrated by a group of ultra-right wing nut bags here in our own country called Tea Partiers.
I am fully aware that these embiciles (btw the correct spelling is imbeciles…ironic) are duly elected officials. I doubt, however, if most of their constituents sent them to Washington to shut down the government and put the worlds' economy at risk. And, like any decent terrorist, they have their followers who would trail behind like lemmings no matter how disastrous the end would be.
The really scary part is there are 144 of these goofballs in the House and 18 in the Senate who are so myopically focused on destroying President Obama and the Affordable Care Act that no cost is too great for them. They would knowingly and willingly orchestrate a scheme that could result in total economic collapse. As I see it, putting our jobs, our retirement, our children's future, and even their, own party in danger is far closer to terrorism than it is to responsible leadership. Every one of these half- wits should have their faces plastered on America's Most Wanted posters I would have them brought up on charges of sabotage, extortion bribery, treason, and stupidity! Oh, wait a minute, that last one is riot illegal. Furthermore, while tar and feathering seems a bit barbaric, it is mild compared to other thoughts I'm having regarding appropriate punishment. I would offer some Sort of public humility but they've
I accepted, a very long time ago, that like the common cold there is no cure for "common stupidity". I also realize that in every facet of life they do indeed walk among us.
I am thankful for leadership that refuses to succumb to being held hostage. The United States should not negotiate with any terrorist, foreign or domestic. I hope now everyone goes beak to, as we like to do in the UAW, good faith bargaining.
Editor’s Note: another irony… a bunch of unions have asked for waivers and exemptions from Obamacare. Including the UAW.
Hi, I am Todd Schiebel and I have been a UAW member for 18 years. I am writing this letter because it seems to me that there has been a loss of perspective in our local union. It seems that many get caught up in the emotion of the rhetoric of those who are politically charged. My family, most of my close friends, many I know at Church and I have pretty much the same values and beliefs that I do. I'm a Bible College graduate. I teach and serve at New Hope Christian Church here in town. I am an honest and hard-working individual who lives a conservative life. Why am I telling you this you are probably asking yourself? (I would be). Here's the problem I have and it's a BIG one. I have never been a Democrat and I rarely agree with the political issues that the UAW stands on. What I have always done is pay my union dues and have been a no problem employee. Oh yeah, and most of the time I've kept my mouth shut and tried not to rock the boat. But that's all 'oing to change now and here's why.
Dennis Stewart, the UAW Local 893 president, made some outrageous statements in the most recent Rank-N-File paper (Volume 43 Number 9) in the President's Report. I see that I am a terrorist who has attacked our country. I guess that I am an "ultra rightwing nut bag". It seems that at least Dennis Stewart believes that people like me, well, here's what he said," Every one of those halfwits should have their faces plastered on America's most wanted posters. I would have them brought up on charges of sabotage, extortion, bribery, treason, and stupidity!" He continued with other inflammatory statements. Wow, I never would've guessed when I look in the mirror that I was all those things. The Tea Party stands for three core issues. They are fiscal responsibility, Constitutionally Limited Government and free market economics. Of course those ideas draw a lot of conservative minded people who also believe in right to life and the freedom to worship God without persecution. Does that sound like terrorism to you? Sounds to me like the kind of ideas that has made America great.
It appears that Dennis thinks he has the right to slander anyone that doesn't believe what he does. It's funny, not ha ha funny but ironic, how someone in the role of leadership can get away with promoting their extreme hate filled ideas. It seems that tolerance is one-sided. Some say that I just need to be tolerant of the rhetoric that is in the report. But tolerance used to go both ways and those who know me know that by me being a union member all these years that I have been more than tolerant.
I am not a member of the Tea Party, yet. But my views do lineup with theirs. So for 18 years I have kept my mouth shut (for the most part). I have done my job to the best of my abilities, and will continue to do so. I am hired by Fisher Controls to do a job. My paycheck does not say UAW on it. My paycheck comes from Fisher Controls. Today is Saturday, October 26 and today I am getting out of the boat (even though I can't swim). I AM DONE! I will no longer be a UAW member. I have tolerated, ignored, and put up with all of the conservative bashing and extremist rhetoric that I'm going to take. The Union does not remotely represent what I believe! So if that makes me intolerant, then so be it.
There are a lot of people here at Fisher Controls and my guess is that there are more people like me who are tired of this kind of talk and the ideas that are being promoted by this union.
Well that's it for now! Maybe the pen is mightier than the sword. (I just cut myself). I am not a scab (well I do have one on my arm) but I am an American that has made a choice in a still free country. At least we don't have a monarchy yet.
Sincerely in the spirit of American Freedom,
Todd A. Schiebel
It's November 8th. So what? Some history. The Ames shooting was justified? Chuck Hurley says the judge was wrong...again. AG wants to ban and tax E-cigarettes...and other solutions to non-existent problems. Plus, the non-apology apology. Sorry.
Dr. William Andrews is "The Man Who Would Stop Time". A remarkable man who is dealing with the genetics of aging. Sue Horton is a local pharmacist who sponsored his visit (515-252-7688) KrisAnne Hall is a constitutionalist who wants you to be as well. And then Senator Harkin says Obamacare represents the "new value system."
More thinking on the Ames shooting at ISU. Congressman King talks about the political wars in Iowa and national election results. (And "Cuccinnelli" is now a political verb) Plus, a blast from the past-- the 1967 first Reagan dinner.
On election day, Polk County has a referendum to fix the courthouse and expand office space. David Johnson says "No". Mary Cramer says, "Yes". EJ Giovannetti vs AJ Spiker on election day. The Iowa Republican "wars" continue.
Joe Meintz from St Gregory's Retreat Center reminds us how many ways humans can self destruct and how they can be put back together. Prof Roger McEowen assesses Senator Jack Hatch's tax proposal. The mayor and council of Oskaloosa advances the cause of a regional airport. Chris Diebel is running for Des Moines city council explaining the Register endorsement withdrawal.
The Osky-Pella airport issue has boiled to the point where nay-sayers want to replace the majority on city council. Then gotcha cams are contagious...and rust prone. Plus, what are the odds?
Skip Moore wants to be re-elected to Des Moines City Council. So does Cal Woods. More Obama-scam feedback. And what would work?
Our LED Source, one of our latest sponsors, tells us about the latest wrinkes in technology. Mark Schroder and Dean Ernst. Then the aftermath of a gun violence shut-down at a local middle school. Plus, the Obamacare roll-out snafus are a scam.
Dr. Peter Vincent Pry is Executive Director of the Task Force on the National and Homeland Security....he is worried about (EMP) electromagnetic pulse. He thinks you should be too. Michael Bash thinks G-d is the Evolving God and so are people. He thinks we won't get it together for a long time. Plus, Americans are awake now...thanks to Obamacare. Too late?
Ed Vos (Director of the Dallas County Veterans Affairs Commission) has help for vets and veteran's benefits. Open House and Veterans Fair November 1, 2013...10am-6pm And a closer look at Obama-care.
The Iowa Republican Party is in open war over personnel and principle. RPI Chairman A.J. Spiker and Co-Chair Dave Fisher respond to a media report which says the Old Guard Republicans are going to try purge Evangelicals, Tea Partiers, and Libertarians from party leadership. BOOM! Then Des Moines loses a lawsuit, must borrow money to pay back their victims and the suing attorneys get $7 million dollars. Plus Iowa pension mischief .
Rick Clark, Des Moines City Manager, and Mark Godwin, Dept City Attorney...how will Des Moines pay back the ratepayers for the wrongfully collected franchise fees? Sam Clovis wants to be a senator. And other stuff.
Should Des Moines taxpayers cut the city some slack on the franchise fiasco? Nope...most want pound of flesh. Then, Obamanomics continue to crash into reality. And are Iowans adjusting to the wind turbine noise? Yes, if they're getting paid. :) Oh, cool series. And I'd love to do this...once. Lots of stories. And more.
Why will Obamacare cause a "death spiral" for the insurance industry and itself? Then Tracey Wilen talks about seasonal employment tips. She listed a bunch of job websites: Monster, Indeed, Snagajob, Simplyhired, and Flexjobs. Plus hiring an EMT with a criminal history? Iowans may be willing to give the guy a second chance. Maybe.
Dan Kish say US is less dependent on OPEC now. Energy boom. Obama is still selling Obamacare...live speech. And Dave Ramsey says it's all about the math.
Vishal Mangalwadi in Iowa, speaking Saturday (19th) 7:30 pm Sondheim Center for Performing Arts, 200 N. Main St., Fairfield, Iowa. The inside story of a Boy Named Sue. Congressman Steve King, post debt ceiling politics. And why is rural, empty Iowa being wired for high speed internet?
Post Deadlock--day one. Now what? Obama does the velvet gloat, "I told ya so", then says his next goal is immigration reform. Jim Tobin reports on the damage caused by gotcha cams--and says the real scandal is the public employee salary and retirement plans they fund.
Ann Coulter says Never Trust a Liberal Over 3--Espcially a Republican. Is Congressman Steve King too nice? And a pedophile lives right next door. Now what?
Senator Rand Paul says Washington is in a state of confusion. "No" to business as usual. And why can't Republicans get their message out? What is it? Dunno? Me either.
Dr. Alan Koslow with a World Food Prize preview. Then, the music of Iowa. Has Iowa become filled with trailer trash? And more shutdown talk.
Shutdown continues. Dipping into the archives to review the history of how we got here. A wall-to-wall audio history of "who-dunnit". Spirited. Feel free to steal the sound for your own use.
Snake chasin' Iowans? When does tolerance enable dysfunction? Towel snappin' Braley. And a bunch of University of Iowa professors say it's wrong to point out Darwin's Doubt. Stephen Meyer..
Gary Dickey is an attorney who deals with traffic cases...rights of Iowans. Betsy McCaughey has an update on Obamacare and the shutdown. Professor Roger McEowen says Obamacare isn't about healthcare, but income re-distribution.
Diane West, American Betrayal...The Secret Assault on Our Nation's Character. What a story. Grace Un-Plugged...Brad Silverman, Producer. Sec of State Matt Schultz reporting on another conviction of voter fraud. And did Governor Branstad step in it when he says RPI shouldn't be giving legal advice?
Is the Iowa Republican Party really divided on illegal police searches? Not so much. Then "The Book of Matt" dismantles the martyr status of Matthew Shepard. Stephen Jimenez. Then does SCOTUS use Declaration principles to decide cases?
Post game partum depression...Shut down...Congressman Steve King...non-essential department shut down numbers and Iowa traffic "safety" check points.
Iowans respond to the continuing government shut-down and President Obama's morning campaign speech. We hear from a bunch of Iowans, including taxpayers and furloughed federal workers. Spirited.
Bernadette Egger, from St. Mary's Family Center, runs the food pantry. She says all of DMARC's food pantry's need extra help now. Senator Bertrand Brimley gets serious. And Iowan's evaluate "the right to healthcare", from FDR, Harkin, and now Obama. Spirited.
Ellery Schempp is one of the atheists responsible for getting prayer and Bible reading removed from government schools. Iowa atheists brought him to Des Moines to celebrate the anniversary of the court ruling. A.J. Spiker and David Fischer, Chair and Co-Chair of the Iowa Republican Party, talk about political issues and party management issues. Steve Flood describes the train wreck which is Obamacare.
Adil Khan executive director of Liberty Iowa...talks about the future of the Iowa Republican Party. Then, Iowans think about the potential shut-down of the Federal Government.
A review of the sounds of the week...Cruz, Durbin, Harkin, and the Broken Window Fallacy.. And a bunch of Iowans agree with Harkin on the mood of Americans.
Joel Feldman is the founder of End Distracted Driving. Touring the country to raise awareness of the danger. Bruce Friedrich is senior director of advocacy of Farm Sanctuary...says Congressman Steve King is violating state's rights with his amendment to the Farm Bill.
Newt Gingrich, new co-host of CNN's Crossfire talks about Obamacare. So does Betsy McCaughey...so do Iowans. Iowans wonder about the Senator Ted Cruz filibuster. Vigorous
After my dad passed, I found his old Iowa Liquor Permit in his effects. After Prohibition was voted out of existence by a public sick of the war on booze, Iowa couldn’t bring itself to completely release its nanny grip on alcohol. Iowa said, “While we can’t make alcohol illegal--we tried--we failed. We can still make some rules. Drinking isn’t a right; it’s a privilege we can regulate.” So Iowa began its long experiment with State Liquor Stores selling booze only to those holding a valid “permit”—a booklet recording every purchase. On the back page of the booklet was a list of rules:
“No liquor may be consumed where purchased, nor during transportation, nor upon any street or highway, nor in any public place. This permit may be revoked if you are guilty of:
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Drunkenness.
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Pretending to be intoxicated.
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Failure to support family or dependents.
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Desertion of family or dependents.
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Commission of any crime in which liquor contributes.
6 Allowing any person other than yourself to use this permit, for it is personal to you and not transferable.
Be Temperate and Obey the Law.
As an aside, there were no liquor purchases in my dad’s permit book. Instead he used it as a diary while he was in Burma during the war. 1944-1945
In 18th Amendment was repealed in 1933, but it took until 1987 for Iowa to release its grip, closing the State Stores and opening liquor sales to the private sector. (It still controls supply at the wholesale level.)
A couple of these rules are intriguing though. Iowans were so bent on preventing the destructive power of alcohol that even if you “pretended” to be drunk, you’d lose your permit, and if you failed to support your family or deserted your dependents, then no booze for you.
My inner nanny loves those notions. But my inner free American citizen (not subject) is revolted by them. That generation grudgingly learned its lesson: If the power of government is strong enough to extract virtue, it is strong enough to compel anything, including the removal your freedom. While Iowa nannies (Methodists) did give up on liquor prohibition, Iowa didn’t give up on the revenue derived from liquor sales. And she tightened her grip on a long list of other controlled substances…lesson pending. The nanny gene isn’t recessive. It’s dominant. It may skip a generation or two, but it often comes roaring back.
I love Alaska. I’ll watch almost anything on TV about it. Alaska State Troopers may be one of the best things out there. It could be a college level course on human nature--Squalor and Beauty 101. Watch the episode,“Armed and Bootlegging”. From the National Geographic webpage, “As of 2011, 34 counties in Alaska have voted to ban the possession, sale, importation and manufacturing of alcohol. In some rural Alaskan communities, the high rate of alcohol abuse has led voters to ban, not just homebrew and alcohol, but the possession of homebrew supplies. It is a misdemeanor offense in some Alaskan villages to possess yeast and sugar in pound quantities with the intent to make alcohol.”
How is it working? Just watch Alaska State Troopers. The highway patrol has been drafted into the liquor enforcement business. The native “subsistence fisherman” have been converted into bootleggers. Formerly the jails filled up with alcohol abusers. Now they are building more jail cells for bootleggers. As the troopers haul dads and moms away to jail the officers tell the crying children at the door, “We are just trying to help your daddy and mommy...we are helping them.” BTW, if the highest aspiration of a village or people is “subsistence” then alcoholism is the least of their problems.
The nanny grip upon native Alaskans shows no signs of loosening as prohibition shows no sign of working any better in Alaska than it did in Iowa, Chicago or Russia. Plus, Alaska confirms an even older principle: “We get more of what we subsidize.” Take it from someone who lives in Iowa.
Rhonda Philips invites folks to the Iowa Right to Life Final Book Sale...Jordan Park Camp building--2251 Fuller Road, West Des Moines...afternoon at 4. Shane Vander Hart says a big thistle to the Register's worries about homeschoolers. Congressman Steve King responds to a Gross attack.
Senator Chuck Grassley says he will run for re-election. 70% of responders say its a good idea. Republican insider Doug Gross says Congressman Steve King doesn't represent the Iowa Republican Party. Samuel Gregg is a Tea Party Catholic. Whazzat?
Hypnosis to help with hot flashes? Dr. Alan Koslow is convinced it works. Ray Thompson is a hypnotherapist. They say science now says hypnosis is effective in dealing with hotflashes. Then, a follow-up on a caller who was busted for speeding and his gun was confiscated. The rest of the story. Then, the Whizbang chicken-plucker.
Joshua Academy begins its 5th year and is expanding...the good news. Rev. Keith Ratcliff and Chris Hurley. The New York Times says Wall Street is exploiting ethanol credits...Scott Mickelson explains the techie stuff. Senator Rand Paul tries to figure out what Obama meant when he said raising the debt ceiling doesn't mean more debt. Then, Iowa Fraud Fighters...Iowa Insurance Commissioner Nick Gerhart... and a caller says his gun was registered and confiscated at a traffic stop...what the heck?
Taylor Baldwin Kiland was in the Navy Yard during the attack...she brings "Lessons from the Hanoi Hilton"...why some people thrive, why others collapse. Clayton Cramer says Deinstitutionalization of the Mentally Ill is still killing innocent bystanders. Rep Walt Rogers wants to be a Congressman. And an Iowa pig farmer is making national news.
The crazy disinformation on the internet...mental illness taken seriously enough? Ilan Berman says Russian is facing Implosion...The End of Russia and What it Means for America. And Des Moines rate payers won the battle, but are about to lose the war...but should we pay the lawyers anyhow?
A theologian, philosopher, and educator, from the last century Rousas Rushdooney wrote, “The messianic character of education has not changed, its mission has expanded exponentially, but its effects have been perverse.” The messiah’s daddy, Horace Mann, said, “The Public (Common) School is the greatest discovery ever made by man…other social organizations are curative and remedial…public education is a preventative and antidote…”
Speaking of the kids, Mann wrote, “…teach him the facts about his body, and youth will be less tempted by gin, swearing and tobacco.” Add to that list, teenage sexual irresponsibility, illicit drugs and bullying. Mann promised, “…let the public school be expanded to its capabilities…and nine-tenths of the crimes in the penal code would become obsolete…”
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Msgr. Frank Bognanno explains what the Pope meant when he wrote that atheists can go to heaven even if they dis-believe as long as they keep their own conscience. Then, Thomas Pyle says Obama should put the Keystone Pipeline back on tract.
Sam Clovis is running for US Senate. Issues...spirited conversation. Then, the bully seminar movement is expanding...so is bullying. The science observes that bullying increases after schools run the programs. Then, "Is the Pope Catholic?" Talking about some confusing papal statements.
Trying to fix what's busted in the prison system... Suzanne McComas...uncommon sense. Emad Shenouda is a Coptic Christian Iowan, explaining the risk Christians in Islamist countries face every day. And Sheriff Warren Wethington says he's fine with the blind getting permits to carry.
Emily Gets Her Gun...Emily Miller talks about the 2nd Amendment and her dust-up with Piers Morgan on Iowa gun laws allowing the blind to carry guns. Congressman Steve King on his Egyptian fact finding trip. Matt Whitaker, Senate candidate--issues.
Dr. David Perlmutter busts the "Grain Brain"...says dementia comes by the spoonful. Ron Packard says K-12 says online schooling already exists and is capable of giving kids a great start right here in Iowa. And Iowans are still thinking about the blind guy who is packin' heat.
Frugal Isn't Cheap...Clare Levinson gives some practical money advice. J.D. King reports on "Crying Wolf"...how environmental zealots have almost destroyed the US elk and moose populations. And giving a gun license to a blind guy?
Is it Ok to ask judicial candidates worldview and personal questions? Some say it's dangerous. Then, Andrea Alexander-Shandri, Dr. Mandi Hillman and Meagan Day Suhr advocate for the Iowa birth Organization. "Evidence-Based Care" Then, a Democrat prayer thanking God for abortion and and asking Him for more money to do more of them...really.
John Zmirak talks about the best and worst, most expensive and best bargains which can be found ...Choosing the Right College: the Inside Scoop on Elite Schools and Outstanding Lesser-Know Institutions. Then an Iowan is busted for not showing his gun permit to a Wal-Mart cop. Making sense of the law. Wet Water? Derrick Wilburn talks about Obama's War on Black Education.
Franklin Avenue Public Library is on the cutting edge of powering up electric cars. We lose money on every charge...how do we do it? Volume, Volume, Volume. Jonathan Narcisse and Rep Greg Hartsill introducing major education and social reform. Time to legislate common sense?
How to get a good night's sleep when its hot (pillow in the fridge?) ...the history of Iowa's ice harvest... and war fever? In Iowa?
Daniel Flynn says there's a "War on Football". He says it is physically grueling and sometimes dangerous. However, not nearly as risky as the hype suggests. William Federer is coming to Iowa..."What Every American Needs to Know About the Qur'an". (Tuesday 6:30pm Pipac Center, Cedar Falls...1521 Technology Parkway.) And pulling the plug on the wind? And watching out for Molly.
Joy Pullman from the Heartland Institute says Iowa shouldn't fall for the Common Core education stuff. Shane Vander Hart Agrees. Then, Iowa is losing the Air Guard Wing for good. A Georgia grade school book keeper saves a bunch of lives. And a bunch of things to do this weekend. Whew!
Eric Holtzclaw from Laddering Workssays honesty is better than sneaky. Then, stuff Iowans are good at and not. And busted by the Iowa Fire Marshall. Trying to break a record.
Weird stuff what don't make sense. (Chinese can't pee straight) Rocks through windshields...and Iowa City can't even run a ped-mall.
Jeff Burkett highlights the upcoming 2nd Amendment Rally. And thinking about the fate of an escaped convict who tried to break into the wrong house. And thinking about an Iowa app which turns off a smart phone's texting capacity.
Celebrating Urbandale's Little League success. And Iowa City prepares for ALICE in their schools. Vigorous. And Clive serves up a satisfying "I Told You So Moment"....thanks.
Sean Faircloth circuit riding atheist...issues. Parents are wondering why they are being asked to sign a phys-ed contract. Why? Then GOP Republican activist Doug Gross talks about Iowa's political future.
Senator Mark Chelgren...Iowa issues. Life and Death. Plus, is there a Constitutional remedy which is usable to hold criminals accountable? Yup. 13th Amendment has the key.
Peter Lance ...Deal With the Devil...The FBI'S Secret Thirty-Year Relationship With a Mafia Killer...insightful. Then, the "Clown Did It"... the rodeo clown gets bucked off.
Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson says Obamacare is self-destructing and he'd like to help it along...toward destruction. Then Dr. Merrill Matthews says even federal employees want out of Obamacare. Whoops, the Iowa Department of Safety decides to not release license plate exemption data.
Dr. Phil Harrington is the laser guy...says a new wrinkle in laser technology can help pain victims heal more quickly. Then, the Butter Cow is assaulted, a kid literally prays to Obama, and a judge says ya can't name your kid, Messiah... and it's only Monday.
Congressman Steve King...issues. Edwina Rogers with the Secular Coalition wants humanism to be our state religion. Stephen Baldwin and Kevin McCullough are visiting the State Fair before their visit to the Family Leadership Summit on Saturday. Alaskan Senate candidate Joe Miller visits Iowa too. Issues.
Jim Hawkins and Jody Nations from Professional Educators of Iowa talks about fixin' what ails Iowa's fading ed establishment. John Cunningham and Steve Mallicoat from the Iowa Ready Mix Concrete Association talks about the advantages of concrete in construction. Plus, can people use religion as a reason to say no to stuff they don't agree with?
Walid Shoebat says US is backing the wrong side...again. And Teresa Hudson is with the National Christian Forensics and Communication Association...teaches homeschoolers how to debate the issues. Inspirational., Representative Sue Wallis is the go to person on renewing horse slaughter laws. Informative.
What's a Practical Farmer? Ron Rosmann from the Rosmann Family Farm near Harlan, Iowa...National Geographic tells the story. Then, the Founder's Bible...John Peterson...coming to the Family Leader Conference. Then, "White Girl Bleed Alot" redux...the examples of black racist crime keep accumulating. Colin Flaherty.
A judge puts a temporary halt to Iowa's renewed horse slaughter. Debate ensues. Julie Fisher talks about Importing Democracy with NGO's. Then, more horse debate.
Brown Bagging is racist? Busting fawns in Wisconsin? And tasing a 95 year old senior care resident because they wanting to "help" him. TGIF.
Apparently attracting Japanese Beetles to their doom with sex hormones isn't the right thing to do...sigh. Then, The Virtues We Need Again says Mitchell Kalpakgian. Rich. And why don't we subsidize RV's instead of tax them? And are incoming college females being told they face a 1 in 4 chance of being assaulted on college campuses? Apparently.
Jess Patton describes the perverse effects of Obamacare on Iowans...an upcoming IAHU Healthcare Symposium.Then, Professor Jonathan Meer says the proposed $15 minimum wage would be a disaster. Plus, poopy salad and fully informed consumers.
An 18 year old home-schooled college junior just back from a mission trip to India trying to rescue young girls trapped in sex trafficking. Brook Charleston. Impressive. Then, what's a puppy mill? Is the pet industry honorable? Trying to separate fact from fiction. And Rob Hurd is with America's Pet Registry, Inc. He says animal welfarists and animal rights activists are doing harm to our pet future.
Things that make you wonder if we have guardian angels. Then, the fifth suicide at SE Polk in the last few years...bullying. Again. What do Iowans think of it?
Iowa is failing the integrity standards for citizen access to public info. Emily Miller, Better Government Association, has a state by state study. Congressman Steve King is being Alinskied. Plus, is Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers the law? Not if it falls out the back of an armored truck.
Jerome Corsi wonders What Went Wrong: The Inside Story of the GOP Debacle of 2012...And How it Can be Avoided.Then turtle soup anyone? Plus, Mothers Against Violence is holding a weekend rally to raise awareness...great conversation.
OTT--Brits are celebrating being reigned. Americans shouldn't. So why do we gush over royalty? Then, did Congressman Steve King step in it? Iowans assess.
Openline...Si is quitting Duck Dynasty? Say it isn't so. Ragbrai ruminations. A first generation look at "Up from Slavery"...and why not a Dragbrai? A car race across Iowa...
Ted Broer with a list of stuff you should never eat...and some politics. Shayla is an Iowa lady who has adopted a black baby. She says she's experiencing some unexpected racial scrutiny in public. She isn't happy about it. What to do?
Senator Rand Paul--his take on Detroit's bankruptcy. Issues. Clive clips gotcha cams. And should George Zimmerman get his gun back?
Judy Hintz inspires...and brings parents who have overcome horrendous educational abuse. Educational Resources 515-225-8513. Senator Byron Dorgan warns that the US power grid is vulnerable to terrorist attack. Gridlock. And a very positive story about breast feeding in public. And the DCI guy gets fired. Public is confused.
Dealing quickly with the worst drug addictions. St. Gregory Retreat Center...Joe Meintz... then, Frank Meeink talks about overcoming racism.
Sam Clovis is running for US Senate. Issues. And the District of Columbia is trying to muscle Walmart into paying better wages. Do Iowans want part of that action? Maybe?
Commie Cowboys...Ryan McMaken ruins a whole movie genre. Thought provoking. Then Iowans react to the George Zimmerman verdict.
Sharknado? Anyone? Anyone? Figuring out the Flores case. And the homosexual lobby commits theater at a blood bank. Time to re-consider the FDA blood ban? Iowan have science-based concerns which trump the poltics.
Sheriff Richard Mack (speaking at Upper Iowa University, Fayette--Student Center--6:30 pm tonight) "The County Sheriff--America's Last Hope"... great stuff. Then, eating coal makes you appreciate hot water...who knew?
Some Iowa dignitaries have license plates which aren't on the record. I want one of those. What do Iowans anticipate in the George Zimmerman trial? Gulp...
History buff David Wendell talks about Iowa Astronaut Peggy Whitson coming to speak at the dedication of a Woman in Space dedication Sunday July 14th at the Marion, Iowa Summit Point care center 1-pm. Steve Everly defends fracking from the new Gasland 2 gasumentory. KCCI's Eric Hanson talks about his trip on the Vomit Comet.
Does the Guv need a Guvner? Did the DCI guy pay the price for blowing the whistle on the speeding Gubernatorial SUV? Iowans wonder.
Do You Believe in Magic? Dr. Paul Offit debunks a bunch of health "myths". Bob Vander Platt responds to attacks by hate groups and tells about the upcoming Family Leadership Summit 2013. Then, the Junkyard Prophets...Bradley Dean and Jake McMillian speaking (6:00pm Machine Shed Restaurant 7-02-13) for the Des Moines Tea Party.
John Whitehead from the Rutherford Institute the USA has A Government of Wolves: The Emerging American Police State. We are repeating the mistakes of our forebears. Know your rights or lose them. Then, John Stewart says mainstream media is messing up the facts in the Prop 8 SCOTUS ruling...big time. On purpose? Local spin as well. Then, pine nuts?
Bobby Shindler (Terrie Schiavo's brother) talks about fighting for the rights of the disabled. Eloquent. Speaking soon for Iowans for Life soon. (515-255-4113) DSM school getting sued by Nancy Sebring for invasion of privacy? Stephen Meyer reminds us of "Darwin's Doubt"...the case for intelligent design. Brilliant. Ron Maxwell, movie maker, Copperhead. The History. Delicious.
Some feedback from the tractor ride. Then, interpreting SCOTUS on the culture war. And Joe Biden thanks Hollywood Jews for changing US attitudes towards homosexuality. And a deep thinker from the National Cathedral thanks a West Texas Lake for providing mediators with the knowledge of good and evil.
SCOTUS goes gay. Rev Cary Gordon...comments. John Stewart, Iowa attorney with Prop 8 history...comments. C. Edmund Wright talks about "The Perfect Crime: America Being Stolen in Broad Daylight. Obama says if you don't agree with him you are a "flat earther". Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy get our medical prep gear ready.
What to Expect When No One's Expecting--Jonathan Last. Brilliant. Sam Clovis, running for the Senate...immigration thoughts. Ben Swan coming to Liberty Iowa on the 28th. Jack Spirko is a prepper--coming to the Midwest Self Reliance Festival in Iowa. Jackie Clay ...master canner...Backwoods Home Magazine.
Anthony Sadar helps celebrate 25 years of climate hype. The Reverend Joe Biden quotes the Bible, sort of. Phil Kerpen says its time to pull the plug on ethanol mandates. And are hundreds of security cams really necessary in Des Moines public schools? Yes? What does that mean?
Margaret Hoover (President Hoover's grand-daughter) highlights The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Association in West Branch... President Hoover, "The Master of Emergencies". Recovering some lost and misunderstood history. Then, civets and polecats...plus a dog and farm story. Vigorous.
Senator Rand Paul on the immigration bill. Bob Dane breaks done the Scamnesty Bill. Dennis Lynch They Come to America2--another look at the turmoil at our border. Then Brian Peskin with more PEO talk.
Political activist Christian Eccles takes up the cause of immigration reform. Much spirited and nearly informed conversation.
A father's day without dads? A Sesame Street puppet for kids with dads in jail: Iowa has no age of consent for birth control? Fixin' stuff what's busted.
Iowans chat about Man of Steel...gotcha cams...rights to privacy...security...and government intrusion. Spirited
Comedian Jim Gaffigan Dad is Fat in Iowa for a book signing. Then junk- eating fish come to Iowa rivers. Prof. David Lefer describes The Founding Conservatives. Congressman Steve King's Washington office is "occupied" by illegals. Plus, two Americas.
David Wendell talks about Iowa history and the flags which will highlight Marion, Iowa Saturday at 2pm. A.J. Spiker talks about Iowa politics. Senator Jack Hatch is running for Governor. Dr. John Eastman is suing the IRS... just for starters.
Sam Clovis is running for Iowa Senate. An introductory visit. Impressive. Former Con. Tom Tancredo says the current immigration bill is worse than nothing. Then still trying to figure out the Edward Snowden thing. Not enough info?
Iowans respond to the Edward Snowden intelligence disaster. Hero or Patriot? Iowans sort it out. Then, Scott McEwen takes us on a one way trip: "Sniper Elite"...the inside story of what it's really like in harms way. Vigorous.
Senator Jerry Behn renews calls for the death penalty for sex abusing murderers. Iowans have power stories. Important.
Steve Goreham…”The Mad, Mad, Mad World of Climatism” ammo for the culture war. Friday left-overs. And a great chunk of wisdom from Congressman Gowdy telling the IRS it has a character problem, not a seminar problem. Clarence Hudson talks about the Summer Iowa Games.
Dane Wignington worries about geo-engineering (chem trails). Craig Bergmann isn't. Dr. Merrill Matthews thinks Obamacare is already expensive, and destined to get much worse. Senator Blanch Lincoln is concerned about independent contractors...still not sure why.
Quakerdale? Lance Horbach, Rob Talbot and Terry Frederickson tell us what it is and why we should support it. We're bugged about the IRS? Let's not forget the EPA and DOT...so we don't. And pot arrest racial disparity? So legalize it already...says the ACLU
“Iowa View: 1 man, 1 woman isn't the Bible's only marriage view” By HECTOR AVALOS, ROBERT R. CARGILL AND KENNETH ATKINSON.
ROBERT R. CARGILL is an assistant professor of religious studies at the University of Iowa. KENNETH ATKINSON is an associate professor of history at the University of Northern Iowa. HECTOR AVALOS is a professor of religious studies at Iowa State University. Contact: HectorAvalos@aol.com.
(Mickelson answers the points line by line in italics)
The debate about marriage equality often centers, however discretely, on an appeal to the Bible. Unfortunately, such appeals often reflect a lack of biblical literacy on the part of those who use that complex collection of texts as an authority to enact modern social policy.
“The debate about marriage equality…” This is known as begging the question. “Marriage” doesn’t need a modifier. Marriage isn’t the institution in the balance. The debate is over who is qualified for it, not whether or not the institution can be stretched to include the claims upon it by the homo-sexual lobby. “Appeals to the Bible” as a source of sexual ethics and definitions are interesting diversions (Which I’m willing to entertain) from biology which precludes same gender (anything) from mating. Plus, the so called “complex collection of texts” isn’t all that complex. It wasn’t until this generation that “complexity” was introduced where previously none existed.
As academic biblical scholars, we wish to clarify that the biblical texts do not support the frequent claim that marriage between one man and one woman is the only type of marriage deemed acceptable by the Bible’s authors.
The fact that marriage is not defined as only that between one man and one woman is reflected in the entry on “marriage” in the authoritative Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000): “Marriage is one expression of kinship family patterns in which typically a man and at least one woman cohabitate publicly and permanently as a basic social unit” (p. 861).
To the people of His generation in Jerusalem, Jesus was speaking to those expert “academic scholars”, the Pharisees, “…have you not read that He who made them at the beginning made them male and female…” (there were no other genders on the list) “for this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh? So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.” Jesus was authenticating the people qualified for the institution, “male and female”, authenticating the number of men and women qualified for marriage, “the two shall become one”… and authenticating the Genesis account as He quoted Genesis 2:24 “…therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.”
The phrase “at least one woman”recognizes that polygamy was not only allowed, but some polygamous biblical figures (e.g., Abraham, Jacob) were highly blessed.
Uh, Abraham and Jacob were indeed highly blessed--polygamy was not. In fact in the Middle East we are still living with the legacy of Abraham’s lack of faith for taking a concubine to produce an heir. More than that, God’s people were explicitly warned not to “multiply wives.” Deut. 17:17 My apologies to Eerdmans “Dictionary”.
In 2 Samuel 12:8, the author says that it was God who gave David multiple wives: “I gave you your master’s house, and your master’s wives into your bosom. ... And if all this had been too little, I would have given you even more” (Revised Standard Version).
Reading you “scholars” is like watching somebody scanning a novel, who is only looking for the racy parts--cheesy, dishonest scholarship--again. Israel was warned against asking for a king in 2 Sam. 8. “…solemnly forewarn them, and show them the behavior of the king who will reign over them…” wars, big government, big taxes, … and the ultimate irony in King David’s case is of him having so much,(of other people’s stuff, including wives) that he wanted even more. “…multiple wives…” His appetites drove him to adultery and murder--Samuel’s prophecy was complete. God’s people had been living free, self-rule, under rule of law, and they traded it all away by demanding a king like their pagan neighbors’. All they got for it was a huge bill, war, death, and a scandalous King. (It’s ironic that at least one of the authors of this editorial favorably reviewed a documentary which doubted the historical existence of King David, yet there they are quoting a passage as being permissive of polygamy regarding a king which they don’t think even existed…that’s complexity for ya.)
In fact, there were a variety of unions and family configurations that were permissible in the cultures that produced the Bible, and these ranged from monogamy (Titus 1:6)
Monogamy was not merely “permissible”, but it was required for Church leadership. (Titus 1:6)
to those where rape victims were forced to marry their rapist (Deuteronomy 22:28-29)
Malarkey… This conclusion is the result of the poor translation of verse 28 (NIV) to read “rape”. A detailed explanation would take pages but the literal translation of the Hebrew leads to an understanding of verse 28 as referring to a seduction, not forcible rape. Rape is tantamount to murder in the text. It was a capital offense—always. To think that a father could or would accept a money settlement for the abuse of his daughter is an insult. Anti-Semitic?
and to those Levirate marriage commands obligating a man to marry his brother’s widow regardless of the living brother’s marital status (Deuteronomy 25:5-10; Genesis 38; Ruth 2-4).
Before there was Social Security, SSI, EBT cards, food stamps, insurance and welfare, there was just one thing. Family. Intact, functioning families with children and assets were considered blessings. A barren family, without kids, meant a bleak, impoverished ugly, short, future. Family and protecting property and blood lines were hugely important before welfare state individualism. The willful failure of the surviving brother to provide the widow a chance for another generation was attended by a huge social stigma. The action was covenantal and economic; plus, necessary. It’s odd that “scholars” who are arguing for the extension of “marriage” to same gender couples which are incapable of passing on any seed whatsoever should seem squeamish about the family survival issues of ancient Israel. Anti-Semitic much?
Others insisted that celibacy was the preferred option (1 Corinthians 7:8; 28).
The question is why? Keep reading. Verses 29,31 “…brothers and sisters, the time is short…for this world is passing away…” Paul was warning of the upcoming persecution of Christians. He was letting Christians know how to handle marital issues in a time of great stress.
Although some may view Jesus’ interpretation of Genesis 2:24 in Matthew 19:3-10 as an endorsement of monogamy, Jesus and other Jewish interpreters conceded that there were also non-monogamous understandings of this passage in ancient Judaism, including those allowing divorce and remarriage.
Jesus’ “interpretation?” Really? Condescending much? “…Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts (he was talking to the Pharisees) permitted you to divorce, but from the beginning it was not so….whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality and marries, commits adultery.”
In fact, during a discussion of marriage in Matthew 19:12, Jesus even encourages those who can to castrate themselves “for the kingdom” and live a life of celibacy.
And you guys criticize fundamentalists for literalism… you may have a step or two on them.
12 For there are eunuchs who were born that way, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by others—and there are those who choose to live like eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it.”
There isn’t anything here about castrating “themselves for the kingdom”… but you guys knew that already.
Ezra 10:2-11 forbids interracial marriage and orders those people of God who already had foreign wives to divorce them immediately.
This of course is baloney too. This was about covenantal living in community. This wasn’t about race; it was about ethical conformity to the covenantal requirements of their community. And this wasn’t a change of policy sprung upon a surprised people, but the enforcement of existing code. It isn’t a co-incidence that the Jewish people are the longest surviving people on the planet while their pagan tribal contemporaries went extinct centuries ago.
So, while it is not accurate to state that biblical texts would allow marriages between people of the same sex, it is equally incorrect to declare that a “one-man-and-one-woman” marriage is the only allowable type of marriage deemed legitimate in biblical texts.
It is true that the only definition of marriage explicitly listed by Jesus Himself as He re-enforced the ancient code is “one man, one woman becoming one flesh”. Everything else was warned against and marginalized.
This is not only our modern, academic opinion.
Uh, exactly why do we care what atheists, agonistics and gay rights activists have to say about a Bible you reject and its institutions which you are actively trying to overturn? And why would anybody accept your “academic opinion” as honest or neutral…or after the briefest examination, even consider “academic”?
This view of the multiple definitions of “biblical” marriage has been acknowledged by some of the most prominent names in Christianity. For example, the famed Reformationist Martin Luther wrote a letter in 1524 in which he commented on polygamy as follows: “I confess that I cannot forbid a person to marry several wives, for it does not oppose the Holy Scriptures.”
Uh, Jesus wasn’t a Lutheran. Especially the ELCA.
Accordingly, we must guard against attempting to use ancient texts to regulate modern ethics and morals, especially those ancient texts whose endorsements of other social institutions, such as slavery, would be universally condemned today, even by the most adherent of Christians.
Yes, “Thou Shalt Not Murder”, “Thou Shalt Not Steal”, “Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness” (except in Register editorials) are antiquated standards, but most folks would like to hang on to them. Upon what standards do atheists, agnostics, homo-sexual rights activist like yourselves build a case against or for anything? And where in history do we find the great atheist anti-slavery movements? Nowhere. The anti-slavery movements were all faith based. More than that, they were against non-biblical forms of slavery precisely because they properly applied “those ancient texts”.
I responded to this editorial line by line, not with the anticipation that its authors would have an “Ah Hah!” moment, hitting themselves in the forehead while saying, “Dang, I didn’t know that! I’ll change my views.”
I wrote this for the benefit of the taxpaying parents who are thinking about sending your kids to these schools. Are you or your kids ready to deal with professors who have these biases? You are about to spend thousands of dollars to fund a college education which includes these kinds of assaults on you, your worldviews, your faith and that of your kids. And as you can see, they are not even remotely either scholarly, or honest. I’m just a hick talk show host and I can take this stuff apart. Can you or your kids? If not, why not? And until you and your kids can, why would you send them to be worked over by people like this?
Michael Connelly says vets are being targeted by the VA...declared "incompetent" and losing 2nd Amendment rights. Mark David Henderson with "The Soul of Atlas"...Ayn Rand, Christianity, a Quest for Common Ground. David Young** wants to a an Iowa Senator...Harkin's spot.
So, how did the State of Iowa become the fine collector for local parking tickets? And what happened to the "staff of life?" Dr. Jeffrey Dach knows.
Senator Bertrand Brimley launches a campaign against sizism--time to return to average. James Bovard says Obama didn't invent IRS abuses. Then, Friday stuff.
Miyoko Hikiji with All I Could Be...talks about women and the military. And a researcher describes how the WW2 generation dealt with rape. Powerful discussion.
It begins with Shelby Steele’s insights in The Content of Our Character… “Whites lack the authority to say what they see…facts have to be denied if the facts can be accused of “insensitivity” to blacks…the vacuum in white authority is cancerous…the public schools are all but devastated, universities are stunted by ideology, corporations are more unctuous than churches, the media are more unctuous yet and American politicians of left and right speak in barren clichés.”
John McWhorter in Losing the Race makes similar observations. He lists three mainstream notions which are keeping American blacks apart-- I will make the point later that blacks aren’t the only ones.
- “The Cult of Victimology under which it has become a keystone of cultural blackness to treat victimhood not as a problem to be solved but as an identity to be nurtured.”
- “Separatism, a natural outgrowth of Victimology, which encourages black Americans to conceive of black people as an unofficial sovereign entity, within which the rules other Americans are expected to follow are suspended out of a belief that our victimhood renders us morally exempt from them.”
- “A strong tendency toward Anti-intellectualism at all levels of the black community.”
So, when a person or group thinks of himself as a victim, he removes himself from the usual moral constraints of mainstream culture. “…if I’m abused, I’m entitled to live by my own rules” – usually at the cost of those doing the “abusing” – even if no personal infraction has happened.
Got a list of people or groups who have aspired to and achieved victim status? Sure you do. Blacks, homosexuals, Jews, Christians, workers, welfare recipients, females, Hispanics, illegals, legals, unionists, government employees, and postal workers. Now take this list and substitute that name or group for “black” in McWhorter’s list. An almost perfect fit can be found for nearly every aspirational group claim.
Therefore, for “them”, at some level, they will seek exemption from equality before the law. They are victims therefore they are virtuous; therefore they are “entitled”— to something (usually) at the expense of the rest of us. And if you resist their claims of a victim-based entitlement you are a bigot.
It is interesting that employers know this about under-performing employees they are about to fire for cause. If the relationship is coming to a bumpy end, the former employee is told to vacate the building ASAP – often under security escort. Why? Same logic. If the employee feels aggrieved by the relationship or severance, he feels exempt from the usual ethics of the business culture and he can rationalize doing much damage to the “old boss” on the way out the door.
In the late 80’s Marshall Kirkwrote a book called After the Ball: How America will Conquer its fear a & hatred of Gays in the 90’s. It’s the tactical textbook for the homosexual lobby describing the recommended techniques built to work over the rest of us.
How? "Portray gays as victims of circumstance and oppression,** not as aggressive challengers. In any campaign to win over the public, gays must be portrayed as victims in need of protection so that straights will not be inclined to refuse to adopt the role of protector…we must forego the temptation to strut our gay pride publicly to such an extent that we will undermine our victim image."
“Our effect is achieved,” wrote Kirk, “without reference to facts, logic or proof…"
Get that part? “…without reference to facts, logic, or proof…”
It worked. Just ask the Boy Scouts.
If Victimology doesn’t work, if moral persuasion doesn’t work, if facts reason and logic doesn’t work, then just take over the organization from the inside and then lie your arse off.
Just ask the NAACP.
Homosexuals didn’t like the fact that the old NAACP resisted redefining marriage. The NAACP didn’t appreciate the homosexual lobby using the politics of victimology to achieve it. However, the homosexual lobby simply joined the NAACP, took over the reins and changed the organization to make it pro-homosexual. Problem solved.
Here’s what happened to the Boy Scouts.
This is a direct quote from the Arizona Jewish Post: “Jewish Scouting leaders are taking a vocal role in efforts to pass a historic resolution that would partially lift a ban on gays in the Boy Scouts of America. In a meeting of the National Jewish Committee on Scouting in February, members voted overwhelmingly in favor of a resolution lifting the BSA’s longstanding ban on gay members. Now the Jewish Scouting group is working to shore up support for a resolution to be voted on at the Boys Scouts of American’s annual convention in Dallas later this month (it was held and the resolution was affirmed to permit gay membership) that would prevent the Scouts from denying membership to anyone younger than 18 on the basis of sexual orientation.”
“…NJCOS Chairman A.J Kreimer says the proposed compromise is a deeply flawed one. The notion that a gay Scout would be expelled upon turning 18, or that a gay rabbi might be barred from hosting a Scouting unit at his synagogue, is ‘untenable’.”
“Still, as one of the oldest BSA charters and the sole representative of a major religion, the NJCO, which was founded in 1926, has been forced to rebuff opponents of gay inclusion who try to sway the Jewish Scouts by quoting biblical passages.”
“I respond by saying until you tell me you keep kosher, don’t try to tell me you read the Bible in its entirety and do everything it says,” said John Lenrow, BSA’s Northeast Region Ex. VP for NJCOS. (National Jewish Committee on Scouting)
Well, that’s a false standard, especially by Jewish standards. “Keeping kosher” cannot be compared to the biblical prohibitions again sodomy. “Keeping Kosher” refers to maintaining dietary laws of the Old Covenant while laws against sodomy were part of the ancient civil code. These are clichés which are served up by liberals to re-write the social script of society at large, and now are being successfully used to bully the Boy Scouts.
How did they do it?
They joined an organization which was built upon western tradition and Christian ethics, then re-wrote the rules to conform to their liberalism. And, as you can see, by lying their arses off.
For the record, try selling the notion of “gay rabbi” to the orthodox Jews in Israel. You might want to invest in a stone proof helmet and Kevlar vest.
The Jewish leader claimed that homosexuals can’t be excluded on the basis of the Bible any more than we should exclude somebody for eating the wrong thing or mixing their fabric choices. This is rubbish. Jewish dietary and ceremonial laws had no civil penalty. If you violated a dietary law, the worst thing that could happen to you was that you could be sent away from the table, or you would not be invited to eat with observant Jews. If you violated the purity laws, you could be sent away from the community until you got your act together. Violate the sodomy laws and you would be invited to leave the planet, one rock at a time.
The liberal Jews know all this stuff--and that they are borrowing these techniques from Saul Alinsky and the rhetoric from that West Wing rant which is still making the rounds on YouTube.
The irony here is that here you have biblically illiterate Jews misstating the laws of Moses and making their own spiritual heritage an object of ridicule. Minimizing their own history, they ridicule Christians for adopting their abandoned ethics.
Liberal Jews are indistinguishable from any other kind of liberal—actually rejecting the concept of God-given laws as a source for ethics or civil law. They find even the concept of God-given law or laws derived from it to be repugnant. The other irony is that the Boy Scouts once was something of a Christian group associated with the YMCA organization. God and Country wasn’t an-all-of-the- above, one-size-fits-all deity. It once was a Protestant organization, so much so that Catholics refused to join it until they could run their own Catholic versions.
So, gradually, non-Christians, Mormons, Jews, homosexuals all found their way into the new “inclusive” BSA. And what was once a character-building organization is now a multi-cultural cesspool. The original Boy Scout charter and goals have been re-scripted by the new bosses.
The cultural vacuum left by weak-chested Christians has been filled with whatever movements which have more passion and zeal to evangelize for their causes—culture liberals, liberal Jews and the homosexual lobby. And as we just demonstrated, (sometimes) they are the same people.
From a recent AP news story, “Vice President Biden thanked Jewish leaders for helping change American attitudes about gay marriage and other issues. Biden says culture and arts change people’s attitudes. He cites social media and the old NBC TV series ‘Will and Grace’ as examples what helped change attitudes on gay marriage.
Biden says, quote, “Think—behind all that, I bet you 85 percent of those changes, whether it’s in Hollywood or social media are a consequence of Jewish leaders in the industry.”
Biden says the influence is immense and that those changes have been for the good.
Biden was speaking …at a Jewish American Heritage Month reception hosted by the Democratic Nation committee. He says Jewish values are “an essential part of who Americans are.”
Many Americans, especially Christians, have a romantic view of modern Jews, thinking of them as God’s chosen people. They are exempted from the normal societal critiques because of their victim status.
Tied to end-times eschatology, Christians see modern Jews and Israel as a special people and special place, worthy of support, subject to nearly automatic affection and affirmation. These attitudes are routinely exploited, big time.
We must acknowledge that it is indeed easy to demonstrate victim’s status for Jews. The Holocaust was real. The ghettos were real. The pogroms were real. The massacres were real. The dhimmitude was and is real.
For blacks, victim status is easy to achieve. Slavery as an institution was all too real. The institution died violently, but its legacy endures.
For homosexuals, victim status is part of their identity politics aspirations. The behavior by which they wish to be defined has been stigmatized and until recently was illegal. By asserting victimhood, homosexuals have achieved class protection nearly everywhere, leveraging victimhood toward universal marriage status for same gender couples.
But, if one points out the toxic nature of liberal secular Jews politics upon our social fabric, the observer is opened to charges of anti-Semitism.
Or, if one points out or criticizes the self-destructive social pathologies of many American blacks, the observer will be open to the Al Sharpton treatment—race baiting.
If one expresses open skepticism for the aspirational claims of the gay lobby, the observer is open to charges of homo-phobia and bigotry.
Fill in your own blanks about feminism, open borders advocates, etc. Same result.
What’s the ultimate point?
Return for a moment to the issue of Jews, the Boy Scouts and same gender marriage—the forms of propaganda employed can only be effective upon a very dumbed down and willfully ignorant public. This generation of Americans, including American Christians, is no exception. If you are a Christian who finds yourself softening your critique of liberals who advocate toxic ethics, business or sexual, because they are Jews, then you are a mark.
If you are a taxpayer who finds himself backing off stating “what you see” as Shelby Steele observed, you are a mark.
If you are a parent who thinks the Boys Scouts really should be open to sexually confused kids or that marriage should be offered to people of the same gender because a secular Jew trashes his own holy book, then you are a mark.
If a Jew is a scumbag, he isn’t less of a scumbag because he is a Jew. If you pull your punches and don’t say what you see, because some hustler might falsely label you anti-Semitic, then you are a mark.
If a black is a scumbag…
If a white is a scumbag…
If a Christian is a scumbag…
If a Republican is a scumbag…
If an immigrant is a scumbag…
The list goes on and on. By the way, if you say to yourself, “Well he may indeed be a scumbag, but he is OUR scumbag.” You aren’t a mark, you are an enabler. And YOU are a scumbag.
The same point applies to any identity politics movement, racial, gender, or religious movement. The same point applies to all the issues as well-- to banking, foreign policy, the definition of marriage, international relations, pornography, Hollywood or aberrant Supreme Court rulings, etc. It’s ok to say so. It is not ok to not “say what you see”.
Orrin Woodward thinks it's time for a LeaderShift. Smart guy. Then follow the money, honey...looking for the good stuff. Then, explain mariachi will ya...plus why did Des Moines lose the Dana Mecum auction? Ridiculous.
The families of Klunder's victims wonder why Klunder was EVER allowed out of prison. So do most of the rest of us. Then, Barry Snell writes a great 2nd Amendment think-piece. Then one of Klunder's victims tells the rest of the story. Riveting.
Dr . Sherri Tenpenny is a vaccine skeptic. Remembering "Z"... and busted for "swill"... updated.
Do cops leave prints on purpose? Do really electricians wear rubber gloves. Homeschoolers have clout! They win big! Music trivia. And the BSA has a historic moment.
Dane Wigington worries about geo-engineering. He wants it to stop. Noreen Gosch is upset over another child abduction and the fact it was done by a repeat offender. Steve Camorata says the Senate Judiciary Committee has just passed an atrocity amnesty bill of committee.
What could have prevented the loss of life in Oklahoma City tornado devastation? Tornado proof schools and houses. They exist. Monolithic Domes. David South has the rest of the story. Many Iowa fans. And what a heart-warming story in the middle of disaster...lady finds her lost dog...
Iowans wanna talk about the weather, the day after some nasty stuff. Then, the saddest paragraph in recent history.
Peter LaFontaine from the National Wildlife Federation wants Braley and Loebsack to vote against the Keystone Pipeline. Roger McEowen and Greg Hartsill are happy about passing the farm liability restoration legislation. President Obama gets a Marine umbrella. Outrage ensues. Plus, a last gasp effort to pass a gas tax.
Senator Bertrand Brimley fixes Iowa's rabbit problem. Diana Waring at NICHE. Dexter Van Zile from CAMERA...speaking tonight at Temple B'nai Jeshurun at 7pm. Jeff Burkett from Iowa Firearms Coalition says the Permit Confidentiality bill is being blocked by the Iowa Senate. Give 'em a nudge he says.
Brian Gongol tries to explain what happened to bitcoins... and ICE bustin Dwolla. Iowa snotty stuff. And how to snap back... David Kupelian's "American's 'snapping' by the Millions." Insightful.
Methodist and Lutheran music from the archives... The meaning of Gosnell...and Bike Wars.
An Iowa Live spokesman analyzes the new Iowa Department of Education numbers. Not good. Democrats want to keep their hold on Iowa homeschoolers. And who is really responsible for the on-going ammo shortage?
Hey...my new used project car has tinted windows...is my wife a criminal? Can I get a note from my eye doctor? Congressman Steve King...issues. Windmills...good deal?
Judy Hintz with a panel of education survivors...inspirational. Then, some folks think "gluten-free" is just another food fad. Iowans disagree.
Rick Rogers is the Defense Tracker. He has insight on current military issues including institutional distress. Noreen Gosch reacts to the Amanda Berry escape from pervert captors. She reports about a disgusting California piece of legislation. And a 2nd grader takes daddy's gun to school.
"White Girl Bleed a Lot: The return of racial violence of America and how the media ignore it." Colin Flaherty says it's worse that most imagine. And Des Moines is an example. Betsy McCaughey says immigration reform has a bunch of built in time bombs. Dave Funk supports the new casino in Warren County. Peter Komendowski is President of Partnership @ Drug Free Iowa. And Iowans have some last thinking on the Warren County casino vote.
Agenda 21..."Unsustainable"...Judd Saul and Dave Bergman...putting together a documentary. "What Would Jesus Drink?" Joel McDurmon with a theological insight. Then Steve Lawyer wants to give the trial lawyer side of the farm liability issue.
A casino for Warren County? May 7th is the vote. Tom Coates and George Meinecke say, "Not so Fast"... conversation ensues. Then...whoops...almost hustled by an internet parody...then, is Iowa becoming hostile to cyclists?
Greg Lukianoff says our culture is "Unlearning Liberty"...way too PC to sustain our freedom. A May Iowa blizzard is pushing us around. And Al Lewis says health screening and wellness programs are an expensive and unnecessary waste of money...plus, dangerous to your health. Huh? Then, Steve Colbert blows the whistle on an Iowa Hospital which deported an expensive illegal alien patient. Boom!
Jeff Mackey is from i9...trying to bring about sports safety and sportsmanship for kids competition. How to avoid "snapping"... and finally an activist who tells the truth....and what happens when you search your data-base for "beer".
Roger McEowen has the bad news. Trial lawyers 1, Iowa farmers 0. I lost the bet. Vic Switzer drives us to drink and smoke...steel guitar festival..May 5th Knights of Columbus Hall, Marshalltown. Then, University of Iowa has a new app... vaccine refusers... Huh?
Senator Bertrand Brimley, with SF 232, with the Cinnamon Control Act...to make cinnamon a controlled substance because of the "Cinnamon Challenge"... Then the Boy Scouts of America are getting bullied by the gay lobby. Peter Sprigg from the Family Research Council and John Stemberger from On My Honor...
David Keane and Kane Robinson from the NRA explain recent 2nd Amendment issues. And its Derelict Building Season in Iowa. And I don't have a thing to wear.
More nonsense from the gun grabbers refuted...a pickup profaned...Frosty Woolrich agrees that the melting pot is busted. Chuck Morse tells who busted it.
A kitchen utensil chain pulls pressure cookers from the shelves... Iowans let off steam. Then, US News gives Iowa High School Ratings. No Child Left Behind disagrees. Iowa Live sorts it out. Then, another pit bull kills another kid. Disgust.
Dr. Kevin Leman with the "Way of the Wise"... he thinks you can put wisdom in a book...he's right. Then, the political class says a prisoner can't pay off his victim early. The political class wants problem gamblers to be able to contribute to government again. And should ATV's be allowed on Iowa's county roads? Iowan's have opinions about it all.
Congressman Steve King...issues and answers. Chris Lamb with great insight into the career and meaning of Jackie Robinson..."Blackout"... inside the "42" movie. Then, Mike Adams, "Letters to a Young Progressive"... how to avoid wasting your life protesting things you don't understand. Delicious.
Iowans are riveted by the drama in Boston...and where is the media with apologies to Congressman Steve King? Laryngitis?
Dan Becker is coming to Iowa from Personhood USA...wants to rebuild the ethic of life in Iowa. Award winning documentary "Stuck" is coming to Fleur Cinema Monday April 22 at 7pm...dealing with international adoption issues. Craig Juntunen is the producer. And things that go BOOM at Buena Vista.
Walid Shoebat makes "The Case for Isalamophobia"...and deals with the terror connections of the "person of interest". Robert Spencer "The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam and the Crusades"...necessary historical perspective. Then, what the heck is a stick shift?
Iowans respond to the Boston Marathon bombing...the Iowa connections. Trying to make sense of true evil. Vigorous.
Amity Shlaes talk about "Coolidge". Great history. Then, having some fun at the Statehouse. A legislator wants a "minority impact statement" on a new law... huh?
Shane Vander Hart is the Caffeinated Thoughts guy...and he is lobbying against the Common Core stuff. Six Reasons why conservatives should object. Misinformation on Common Core. Ways to Fight. Iowa Core vs Common Core. Common Core Math Problems. Climate change Core connections. And Rep Greg Hartsill says legislation to return liability protection for recreation use of Iowa farmland is being blocked by trial lawyers. It's Farmers vs Trial Lawyers. Put cher money on the farmers.
Deal Day for background check legislation. Iowans evaluate. Not impressed with the deal yet.
Jerome Corsi talks about "Bad Samaritans: The ACLU's Relentless Campaign to Erase Faith from the Public Square". Grab it...another smart book for the shelves. Then, trying to explain Iowa stuff. Plus, Kim Lehman and Dr. Alan Moy from the John Paul II Medical Research Institute with the Give Cures campaigning for stem cell research... Sen. Rick Santorum coming to Iowa for a fundraiser.
PETA has drones. Cool. Target Practice. William Norman Grigg talks about Nationalizing Children. And the gay lobby trumps the governor, again.
Father and Families founder Dr. Ned Holstein thinks our divorce courts and child support system is destructive, expensive, and desperately needs to be fixed. Abby Johnson, former Planned Parenthood executive wants to call people out of the business. And a case of animal abuse gets our attention...big time.
Senator Bertrand Brimley with a notable piece of legislation...could be a huge economic boon to Iowa. A concert fundraiser for Iowa's oldest African-American church. Rev. Angela Lewis with some tasty music. (April 19th at Grace United Methodist Church @ 7pm 244-5883) Then some Iowa ag experts worry about Iowa soil, GMOs and health issues. Jerry Carlson, Mike McNeil, Bob Streit and Howard Vlieger.
Discovering the City of Sodom...Dr. Steven Collins and Dr. Latayne Scott. Turns out it is exactly where the Bible says it was. Betsy McCaughey says Obamacare costs are exploding. Filmaker Dennis Michael Lynch says Forget the Americans. He says seriously bad people are stealing into the country. Plus, the non-Governor's Conference serves up unintentional humor. Plus, shooting a thief can getcha tossed into the slammer.
Responding to Reka...and who wrote the first bully bill anyhow? And why are chickens so mean to each other? Mercy.
A welcome to a new sponsor...Clean Sweep...Brian Brennick. Then, an ADHD epidemic. Why? Then, why is the 3rd biggest company on the planet cost-shifting its labor costs to the taxpayers? Food stamps and Medicaid.
Survivalists are all map readers...Green Beret training...Iowans know how to do it. Then how to rescue Congressman Braley from PCness...if we are inclined. And 'nuther guy says we can amend the Bill of Rights with a treaty. Iowan's say it's bull-hockey. And a terrorist victim is denied a Purple Heart cuz it might mess up his shooter's trial... Iowans wanna puke.
Bradlee Dean, inspirational speaker, wins another lesson against bullies...first in Iowa, now in Florida. Jake Dagel is resisting anti-Christian bullies using tax dollars for a gay propaganda seminar. And Obama still puts out the 40 percent myth.
Mike Whalen sits in and has a humdinger...a doctor, Dr. Keith Smith, who is sticking it to the 3rth party health care finance scam. Delicious.
Ben Wiker explains How Liberalism Became Our State Religion: Worshiping the State. Kevin McLoughlin wants Iowa to have an optional flat tax. Congressman Steve King....issues. Professor John Eidsmoe files a friend of the court brief on the SCOTUS same gender marriage issue.
Steve Forbes warns Americans about the Cyprus effect. Tamara Scott warns Iowans about the gay lobby's governor's conference. John Horvat from the steps of SCOTUS...same gender marriage debate. John Stewart is an expert on Proposition 8 the California public's will to define marriage. Iowans opine.
Professor Roger McEowen evaluates the Iowa Supreme Court decision on "frolicking in the hay" and what the legislature can do. Delicious word of the day? "Abrogate". Bob Vander Plaats is going to Washington to resist SCOTUS on same gender marriage. Ken Hoagland was to abrogate Obamacare. Jake Dagel is a DMACC student who doesn't want to pay for a gay lobby propaganda. Then, Iowan's try to support the Post Office...how?
Senator Kent Sorenson delivers a speech which has had some viral tendencies. 'Nuther aggressive fund-raiser from Windsor Heights. Ragbrai is getting organized...TJ Juskiewcz is the director. Alex Warren put together Losing the West.. a documentary about the demise of the cowboy rancher.
Senator Mark Chelgren isn't convinced about the efficacy of wind energy. Rob Hach is a true believer. Conversation ensues. James Bovard has a snot attack over the Vilsack/USDA looking for victims PSA. Then, Frank Miniter with the Ultimate Man's Survival Guide...how to survive a cougar attack... (the four legged kind)
Iowans think about Harry Reid, liberal remorse, Sarah Palin, Karl Rove, the gay lobby mugging the governor, Harkin on the minimum wage, and Obama's limo getting the wrong fuel in Israel. All interesting stuff.
A.J. Spiker talks about the GOP...Growth & Opportunity Project. Senator Rand Paul to headline Lincoln Dinner. Steve Deace, fresh from C-PAC...analysis. Rand Paul says he was misquoted. And Governor Branstad gets hustled by the gay lobby. He apparently thinks the Iowa Safe Schools project has something to do with safe schools. Perhaps he should read the agenda of his own Conference.
Dr. Andy Bannister highlights and upcoming prayer breakfast with Ravi Zacharias...way pithy. Cameron Caswell with Repair.com. Then the legislature "abrogates" a court decision. Weeeeelllllll, now... who would have thunk it?
John Zimirak, The Bad Catholics Guidestalks about the new Pope. Then, politicians change the subject. Nannies now regulate parade candy. And Kurt Loving sings real purdy. The Pleaser.
Joel McDurmon gives advice on "Restoring America: One County at a Time." Powerful. Dr. Ben Carson describes "America the Beautiful". Inspirational. Then "Why does anybody "need" an AR-15 anyway? Is that a conversation ending cliché?
"Beautiful Nate"...Dennis Mansfield. A touching of loss, love and restitution. Then, an E-15 critic, David Holt...says the AAA has non-recommended it for good reason. Plus, Des Moines is adding dash board cameras to city vehicles...good idea?
Tryin' to make sense of stuff on post DST Monday. Then, Mike Hammond from GOA thinks Senator Grassley needs a push on another 2nd Amendment issue.
Mychal Massie talks about racial politics. Capital Justice killed off during funnel week. Noreen Gosch and Senator Kent Sorenson promise to keep pushing for justice for murdered and abused children. Jeff Burkett describes what has been accomplished for 2nd Amendment rights in this session. National Firearms Museum's senior curator Phil Schreier tells about the real reason Lewis and Clark survived their expedition. And a plague of locusts brought to a halt in Israel.
Dr. David Robbins with Des Moines Plastic Surgery talks about Coolsculpting...using the power of cold to reduce body fat. Then and some Iowa 6th graders make a video asking the president to re-open the White House for their class trip tour.
The Dems move their agenda at the Statehouse....will the Republicans give theirs a try soon? Johnston HS Principal Brian Carico talks about suicide prevention issues. Powerful personal story. Then, Danny Carroll and Chuck Hurley give the Republican leadership a push on the marriage issue.
So a homeschool dad tries to fit his kids into the mold of the modern Boy Scouts. Didn't work. More pot talk. Then, Wes Ehrecke want Iowa to consider internet poker.
Michael Voris is The Church Militant. He says the church is infested with Cardinals, Biships and clerics who are not true Catholics. The Gay Mafia. Senator Mark Chelgren with a legislative update. He says with oughta save the surplus. We are going to need it. Ted Kerasote with Pukka's Promise...the quest for longer-lived dogs. Then, an ISU student group, NORMAL, wants to legalized medical marijuana...then recreational use. Vigorous.
Top Dog: The Science of Winning and Losing. Really great analysis by Po Bronson & Ashley Merryman. Friday Leftovers. Then, The Blue Highway. Really great bluegrass. Musician Rob Ikes. And Laurie King is Executive Director of the Iowa Bluegrass Music Association. You'll like it.
Garland Scotttakes us back to First Things First...expert in gang activity and fixin' what ails us all. Douglas Hurley has a gadget which can help teach newbies to shoot accurately. Tom Coates updates us on inroads the gambling lobby is planning. Then, should farming be considered a vice? And be regulated by the Gaming Commision?
Senator Randy Feenstra tells why that big new fertilizer plant is a good idea and worth Iowa's tax credit awards. Senator Mark Chelgren worries about SF233 and its effect upon 2nd Amendment issues. Jeanie Eller is a phonics expert. Action Reading. Jeff Burkett from the Iowa Firearms Coalition says SF233 has even more issues. And another session deals with Raw Milk legislation. Plus some basketball sports talk. Lotsa stuff.
Eating Disorders? Iowans? Michelle Roling talks about an upcoming "I am Enough"conference to help. Senator Mark Chelgren...interesting legislative issues. Then, Iowa kids form shooting clubs for skeet competition. Representatives from Pella Christian School... Todd McQueen, Principal Darryl De Ruiter..Richard Vander Vort... Nathan Vander Vort...Shena Van Wyke...coaches and shooters. Then NICHE Capitol Day...Vicki Crawford, Jamie Johnson, Brian Bopp, and John Desaulniers are home school activist and will participating at the conference. Busy morning.
Can you pass the citizenship test? Analyzing some of the answers. John Lott say we are At the Brink...economic black hole. And dropping dead mice on Guam.
School-based plans for defending children from violent attackers. Indianola Superintendent Michael Teigland with practical insight. Dr. Peter Breggin really, REALLY doesn't respect widespread use of drugs to deal with mental issues...and he is a psychiatrist. Mike Chapman thinks wrestling will be re-included in the next Olympics. The rest of the story.
David Drew wants to STEM the Tide. How to encourage Science, Technology, Engineering and Math in Iowa schools. Kevin Welner want to get rid of the Electoral College system entirely. Then, a Colorado Democrat really does think the "pen is mightier than the sword". At least the ball point ones are.
Crosstalk...area churches celebrate the Easter season by encouraging the public display of crosses. Pastor Phil Winfield. James Bovard is the Public Policy Hooligan...reports that if you don't hire convicts you could go to jail. AJ Spiker talking about an upcoming pro-life celebration including Fox commentator, Mike Huckabee. Economist Alice Rivilin with the Fix the Debt campaign. Jim Hawkins with Professional Educators of Iowa with survey results. (Dr. Ben Carson scheduled for this morning, missed his slot...sorry....will try again)
A review of the legislative week. Then, an immodest proposal. Why can't the same logic of the bully bill legislation be applied to a bunch of other social issues? Salt of the earth Iowans are afraid to spank their own kids? Justified?
Steven Kennedy and Aaron Powell are with the Heart of Iowa Classical Guitar Society. Purdy stuff. Upcoming concert. (February 17th, Valentine Serenade, 2pm Capitol Hill Lutheran Church) Then, can you get busted for drunk driving by just sitting in a parked car? Apparently, yup. Charles Bowden interviews a Mexican assassin. "El Sicario". Chilling
Dr. J...Jennifer Morse...is coming to Iowa..."It Takes a Family to Raise a Village". Then, stealing your own car back? Rev Carlos Jayne...Iowans for Gun Safety...says its time for some more gun regulations. Great conversation ensued. :) Oh, and here's the link to the Katrina video. Please pass it around to everybody. Or monitor my Facebook.
Obama Bytes from SOTU. Harkin Bytes pre-SOTU. And a guy on Iowa's sex offender registry ends up as a Centerville, Iowa city administrator. Iowan's are appalled...then pensive. Steve Deace wonders about Senator Rand Paul's immigration position. Lively.
Capitol Day for NICHE coming up...Vickie with an update. Pope quits. John Zmirak, Bad Catholic's Guide to Catechism explains what it all means. Then, Jonathan Last's What to Expect When No One's Expecting...calling us unto fertility. Rep Tom Shaw and David Fisher want to liberate Iowa education for homeschoolers and Christian Schoolers. A call to action.
Congressman Steve King deals with Karl Rove's attack on him. Political directions. Senator Mark Chelgren with Iowa Senate observations. Then, more from the front in the culture war.
Jeff Burkett , Iowa Firearms Coalition, talks about a Mt. Pleasant city councilman who says the 2nd Amendment has expired. Then Vickie Crawford from NICHE talks about Capitol Day on February 26th. (I've been invited to speak around 2pm..."...Stuff What Ain't True"....) Jeff Patch with 'nuther episode of the Harkin saga. And why won't Abate support a helmet law for kids on mopeds?
Professor Eugene Kontorovich, expert in international law and Israeli rights. Vigorous. Then Roy Beck explains how the immigration amnesty plan offered by the "Gang of Eight" will hose taxpayers. And a great 2nd Amendment speech...by a former Secret Service officer.
"All I Could Be: My Story as a Woman Warrior in Iraq" Miyoko HiKiji is an Iowan who ended up in harms way in Iraq. Opinions about women in combat and sex abuse amongst the ranks, "The Invisible War." A powerful conversation.
Scott Taylor talks health care common sense about inflammation and inflation....barnyard politics and health sense. Then did Ron Paul make a mistake when he said, "...live by the sword, die by the sword..." regarding the death of Chris Kyle?
A new fuel standard for Iowa? Then, "The Marketing of Evil"...David Kupelian says the Boy Scouts of America need to stand up to the homo-sexual lobby. They need a Braveheart moment. He describes the perils of propaganda...everywhere.
Paul Williams, Crescent Moon Rising: The Islamic Transformation of America...sobering. Then, send in the drones...what does it mean for Iowa?
Leah Durant, Ex. Dir. of Progressives for Immigration Reform...doesn't want an amnesty either. Then, Obama and the Gang of Eight are negotiating on US immigration policy. What would Iowans accept? We get an earful.
A snow day in Iowa...and Iowan's sort out a bunch of stuff. Everything from car-eating rabbits, to what should Iowans do if the wheels come off. Purdy good stuff.
Jan,
I wanted to say I was incredibly disappointed in your broadcast today. You were obviously far to uneducated on the subject to make any valid points regarding the dairy industry and migrant/seasonal labor in Iowa. It quickly became evident that your agenda was to knock congressman Braley, when in reality you were the one that has not educated yourself enough on the topic to adequately contradict anything he stated. The fact is, and one of the final callers pointed this out, that often times the AMERICAN Farm Bureau organization has very different political objectives than the Iowa chapter of Farm Bureau. The fact you didn't know there was a difference was quite disappointing. On a national level, migrant/seasonal labor is a much larger issue than right here in Iowa. Congressman Braley was just trying to illustrate how the national organizations goals may apply here in Iowa. The Market to Market show last Sunday on IPTV ran a good story showcasing just how big of an issue it is. They interviewed several farmers in California who depend on nearly 100% migrant labor to grow and harvest their crop. Also, by constantly referring to them as "cheap" labor is another instance proving your lack of knowledge on the topic. It is absolutely fact that a high percentage of migrant workers earn well above the federal minimum wage.
Also, the fact that you couldn't understand why the dairy industry can't produce their product and provide the same level of service as it did decades ago (home delivery) showed me just how out of touch with the agricultural industry you really are (which is quite concerning since you make a living offering opinions on such things in an ag dominated state). One caller did a pretty good job of pointing out that the rise in retail cost of their product has significantly lagged behind the rise in cost of production. The sad reality is that, much like yourself, the American people have no idea what it costs to produce a gallon of milk, and have decided they are not willing pay over $3 or $4 per gallon (such is the case with many, many American made products, not just milk).
I certainly don't always agree with your opinions, but you typically prove to have educated yourself enough on the subject to have developed a valid opinion. Today you showed me that you let partisan politics significantly influence your show, instead of the facts. Please go back to doing your homework and make this a 1 time fluke of a show. Just because it’s a Democrat politician making a statement, does not immediately make it false.
Sir:
It usually does… especially Braley… he’s the guy who knowing violates the Constitution by using blackmail to accomplish an issue for which there is no federal jurisdiction… he’s now pushing school based radon testing…..another non-issue at the federal level…Kadyn’s Law. Braley has a pattern of expanding federal authority and spending on issues which should be done at the state level. Now he wants an amnesty for people who have busted the border. You just demonstrated that the whole agri-business political mix is so convoluted and rife with cost shifting the public is clueless about how many ways they are being shafted. Conversations like these are very useful in demonstrating the corruption of the system. Importing people whose productivity doesn’t off-set the costs of their presence is stupid….worse is destructive to our culture. If the US can’t produce milk at a profit to the farmers without vast subsidies and imported labor, then milk may be a commodity which shouldn’t be on the shelves. If demand has fallen to the point where profit isn’t possible, or supply exceeds demand, then politics isn’t the solution. I’d use the same principle for any commodity. By the way, I’m still waiting for the Iowa Farm Bureau to issue a press release repudiating the American Farm Bureau position. When it does, you may have a valid point. And California is a real piece of work. Several years ago, California taxpayers ponied up millions of dollars to buy out California dairy farmers in order to reduce supply and cut subsidies. California dairy farmers used the money to buy more real estate, build fancy houses in the middle of feed lots, and wait out the moratorium. Then they went right back in business with bigger units and a better house….right back on the public teat.
Yah, this is a big issue with many inter-related issues. But it isn’t that mysterious. As long as everyone is willing to live at the expense of others we’ll have a problem. BTW… it is cheap labor…. Iowa is a cheap labor state. As I’ve often reported, my dad and I both worked in the processing industry in the late 60’s….. we made twice what these workers are getting now. Now the industry passes on the real production costs to the tax payers. Our welfare state mentality has almost destroyed us….whether we’re talking about making babies or growing milk. Government has distorted the market for both.
Jan
Where is ObaMerica? Who lives there? How did they vote. What's the murder rate in ObaMerica? Daniel Greenfield has an excellent think piece. Then, Tim Case wonders about "Lawless or Armed Citizens." Useful. Then, why do dysfunctional politicians treat the rest of us as if WE are dysfunctional too?
Heather MacDonald thinks women in unit level combat is worrisome. Senator Mark Chelgren makes some Iowa political predictions about the Harkin retirement announcement. Congressman Bruce Braley calls for gun legislation and immigration reform. Iowans respond.
Ann Korin says US is messing up its energy future...a Petropoly. Flex-fuel cars will fix it. Senator Kent Sorenson introduces a capital justice bill effecting the perpetrators of murdering, kidnapping and sexual abuse of minors. Families of victims demand justice. Heather and Drew Collin, Adonis Hill, Tome and Jan Nichols, Noreen Gosch...powerful stories. Then Senator Brad Zaun intros legislation to require the revenue raised by Gotcha Cams can only be used to fund an uninsured motorist fund.
Terry Jeffrey evaluates Hillary Clinton's Benghazi testimony. Then, Iowans respond to Obama's expansion of women in military combat roles. Vigorous.
The kids from Joshua Christian Academy ... the kids are great . Rev Keith Ratliff. Then, a great story about a dolphin which asked a human for help...really. Plus, Senator Rand Paul with an issues stop in Iowa.
Mark Doland is running for Mahaska County Supervisor...he and several local farmers don't want a regional airport, nor the use of imminent domain takings of local farmland which it would require. Then, Piers Morgan asks if the 2nd Amendment allows for private ownership of tanks. The historical answer. Spirited.
Juda Meyer has a remarkable story affirming life. She is the result of rape. On an abridged, pre-inaugural day, she is worthy of a listen.
An education horror story....with a positive ending. Judy Hintz has a message for parents of school kids in distress...with a dad who finally got help for his son. Then, looking at the propaganda mill in action.
Chip Duncan has produced a three part documentary The Reagan Presidency, for IPTV beginning 1/21. Ray Comfort produced Genius, a peek at John Lennon, and the moral collapse of almost everybody. President Obama delivers his 2nd Amendment Executive Order Manifesto.
"Beating Obamacare" Betsy McCaughey talks about how to minimize the damage. She advises that seniors to develop health issues before the law kicks in. Seriously. Gov Branstad with the State of the State Address. Then, an Iowa veteran, Oath Keeper, Gabe Lanz, tries to explain the 2nd Amendment to the Des Moines City Council. Crickets. Applause from the rest of us.
Senator Mark Chelgren with a pre-session preview. Issues. Nan Stillians remembers Joan Bunke with great fondness. Plus a Johnston math teacher shows the class a preview of a "Texas Chainsaw" movie. Huh?
A panel deals with Iowa's educational collapse. Iowalive.net, Judy Hintz, and former Superintendent Al Meyer...how to pick up the pieces. Currency guru Jim Richards with some serious predictions. Then, should Obama swear off swearing in?
Alexis Luscombe is a Valley HS student. She is training in a hospice... her story. And her mentor, Jen Eppert from the Career Opportunity in Health Care program at Central Campus. Inspirational. Can pets cure narcissism? Then an Iowan David Wilson, goes to Turkey...as a missionary. Stories. Plus progressives declare war on the 2nd Amendment.
An Iowa legislator makes national news by recommending the government outlawing and confiscation of AR-15s. Iowans respond. Trying to make sense of the 2nd Amendment culture war.
Bruce Thatcher deals with "Immigration: How to Avoid it's Perils and Make it Work"....we're hosed. Then, MLK day bumped by snow days. Negotiate? Then, Congressman Steve King wants to fix our "anchor baby" loophole. Untangling the knots in the media shinola.
Bob Morrison says it's time to get ready for another round of Honor Flights for WW2 vets. 563-388-3271 Jeff Patch with another installment of Harkin Redux. Monte Shaw defends ethanol against a Fox News story.
Former Congressman Bob McEwen give us a cultural pep talk. Then, Iowa Secretary of State, Matt Schultz, explains how he's trying to qualify Iowa voters while answering some activists' objections.
In search of the perfect potato salad... then, Iowans think "we're hosed".... and it's only Thursday.
Tom Fitzgerald re-introduces this generation to Benjamin Franklin… Poor Richard’s Lament. Tasty. Then, Jeff Patch with another chunk of the Harkin-Korean saga. WTF. Then, Roger McEowen, ISU economics professor, says the fiscal cliff is likely. Suggests a couple of things to be done to prepare…including dying before the deadline. He doesn’t have a sign-up sheet though. Obama speaks. Then, the NRA speaks. So do Iowans.
Iowa exercise guru Erica Ziel with her “From Knocked-Up to Knockout” workout DVD. Iowa blizzard coverage. And Iowa educators refuse to consider arming teachers to defend themselves and students. And an FAQ for answering some objections teachers may have.
Jan,
How can you help calm down those people who are teachers or educrats who find the idea of being armed in the classroom scary and appalling?
This is an important question. There is a difference between somebody who sees himself as an individual equipped with God-given rights, including the right to self-defense…more than that, the DUTY of self-defense, than those who don’t.
Think about this. Parents have the right to defend themselves and the right and duty to protect their own children with force, even deadly force. These are individual rights and duties assigned to individuals and members of the most basic unit of government, the family. Parents assign those duties to teachers who are supposed to agree to the doctrine of “in loco parentis”… in the place of parents. They are our designated parents in the public sphere. Too often members of this generation only see themselves as creatures of the state. They have assigned the state the duty of “in loco parentis”… they have made themselves children and have embraced the state as parent. They want nanny state to always be there to protect them against evil. So, when Nanny says schools are a gun free zone, they feel secure. And they feel disloyal to Nanna if they even ponder having their own gun or taking personal responsibility for their own safety. As we say, they have been worked over.
The quickest way to cut through this tension is to ask a couple of questions.
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Do I, as a parent, have the right to use deadly force in my home to repel or even kill an invader who seeks to do harm to my children?
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Do you as a teacher accept your duty as in loco parentis to do the same? If not, why not? If you aren’t concerned enough to defend my child why should put my kid in your “care”? If not, does that mean you won’t even defend yourself? If not, are you a pacifist? Or just a pacifist at school? Is there something magic about a school building which requires state sponsored pacifism? If so, isn’t that an example of a state sponsored religion? Does the state have the power to convert you to the Quaker religion during school hours? You might say that you’re untrained or not competent to defend your life or the lives under your care. Ok, so if somebody is breaking into your house in the middle of the night are you gonna call out, “Hey buddy, I’m not really trained to repel you. Can you come back after I get some training?” No, you’d grab anything you could to stab, beat, and bludgeon and discourage the attacker. And you would feel great if you were successful. So, now imagine how you’d feel if you had just prevented the murder of 20 helpless kids under your care in your classroom. The parents would erect a statue of you in your honor. And you would be a living hero. The teacher who threw her body in front of those bullets in Connecticut is also a hero, but she is dead. So are the kids.
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Perhaps it’s time to reconsider.
Retired Des Moines Police Captain Kelly Willis wants us to adopt ASP, (Active Shooter Prevention) programs in Iowa Schools. Clayton Cramer says now is the time to REALLY take mental illness seriously as it relates to violence. Jeff Patch talks about the Harkin-Korean money links. Amazing.
Harvey Simon says that Cuban Missile Crisis woulda turned out different if Nixon had been president rather than Kennedy. “The Madman Theory”…an alternate history. Then, the left is using our outrage to make a run on the 2nd Amendment. So, from the smart book, “The Making of America”, we review what the 2nd Amendment was for. Vigorous. Oh, and here’s the Huckabee answer to the question “Where Was God?.”
Notable Quotable Awards for 2012. Silly media tricks. Tim Graham. And Jeopardy superstar Ken Jennings reveals, “Because I Said So”…the nonsense we tell our kids evaluated. Then, Iowans respond to the many facets of the CT shootings. Responding to the president’s speech and a mother’s plea for help in dealing with here own child who has mental issues.
Friday pot luck. ESPN and race. Accidental fire and prepping tips with lint. Hay rustling? And advice for out of town drivers coming to the big city. Plus stuff ya hafta watch out for. (This program aired before the CT school shooting happened, otherwise our conversation would have been much more serious. For the record, great sadness for our country and for the families who were so horrendously damaged...great, great evil)
How about some real school choice? And how can we keep homeschoolers and Christian educators from paying twice to educate their own children? Shane Vander Hart, Eric Goranson, Pastor Aaron Gunsaulus, and Bill Gustaff have some ideas. Then, The Boyz Are Back In Town...a free concert Friday and Saturday at First Federated Church, 4801 Franklin Ave, Des Moines. 7PM. Free. Stefan Weitz from Microsoft says Bing is better than Google. Plus talking apart a silly atheist rant.
I get sent this or its derivatives many different times a month. I’ll bet you do too.
***"The Bible also says that a man who touches the dead skin of a pig is unclean, Leviticus 11:7. Should that man be stoned for liking football? Exodus 21:7 says as a man, I am allowed to sell (if I ever have any) my daughters into slavery. What's the going rate for a daughter? My family owns farm land, and plant both soybeans and corn to make a living, but according to Leviticus they should be stoned for planting different crops, side by side. What about working on the Sabbath? Exodus 35:2 says we should stone those who do so. I wonder if that means the Sabbath they had back then when the bible was written (Saturday) or our Sabbath, Sunday. Should I bring my own firewood so the public can burn me alive for wearing a garment of different threads (Deuteronomy 22:11)?
What I read in the bible was the love and tolerance that Jesus taught us. 'Love thy neighbor as thyself,' (mark 12:31) and 'let he who hath not sinned, cast the first stone.' (John 8:7). I choose to believe that god so loved the world that he gave unto us his only son, and his sons message was love, and understanding, not hate, and segregation. You are free to feel whatever you like."***
This quote turns out to be a summary of a rant which was on "West Wing". It is very powerfully written and presented. When the ordinary cultural Christian sees it, he sinks into the chair, along with the actress playing a Dr. Laura composite being skewered by the "President". It's very effective propaganda on the surface. However, with just a casual analysis, its "power" evaporates. Let's take it apart line by line.
"The Bible also says that a man who touches the dead skin of a pig is unclean, Leviticus 11:7. Should that man be stoned for liking football?
Possible responses?
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Silly… footballs are made of cowhide.
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Ignorant. Before you ridicule a religion, you should make a feeble attempt to understand it. This refers to the priesthood cleanliness laws of ancient tribal Israel. Designed for two reasons. A. Cultural identity. B. The health of the community. “Unclean” has two meanings at least. A. Violating the ceremonial laws. B . This is a literally a health concern. Does taking care concerning the handling of the carcass of a dead pig really need to be explained to you?
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Try making this kind of comment to a Muslim. How fond are you of your head?
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You are anti-Semitic. Hitler used to laugh at this kind of ethnic slur.
Exodus 21:7 says as a man, I am allowed to sell (if I ever have any) my daughters into slavery. What's the going rate for a daughter?
Possible Responses?
1.Dunno…can we see her dental records and SAT scores?
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Again this is another example of intellectual laziness. Before food stamps, EBT cards, Obama-care, and the welfare state, people had to be productive or die. If the family didn’t have enough resources to support another mouth to feed they would allow their offspring to be indentured to somebody who could provide food and housing for their unmarried or unmarriageable daughters. It was part of the social safety net in ancient covenantal Israel. It was necessary, humane and very wise. The treatment of the “indentured” was defined by culture and law. Now days we are much more enlightened. Instead of indenturing the unskilled or unproductive to wealth producers, we indenture the wealth producers into the service of the unproductive. I’m sure our plan will work out much better.
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You are anti-Semitic
“My family owns farm land, and plant both soybeans and corn to make a living, but according to Leviticus they should be stoned for planting different crops, side by side.”
Possible Responses?
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This is either a lie or just plain stupid. The death penalty didn’t apply to these “identity” laws. Again try to actually understand what you are reading.
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Don’t need another response to stupidity. See answer “1”.
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You are anti-Semitic.
“…what about working on the Sabbath? Exodus 35:2 says we should stone those who do so. I wonder if that means the Sabbath they had back then when the bible was written (Saturday) or our Sabbath, Sunday…”
Possible Responses?
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If you had just been rescued from slavery and still had all the bad habits accrued from being on welfare, and Moses told you to take the day off one day a week to honor your rescuer, and you refused? Then yes, you deserve to die. You are apparently too stupid to appreciate your Rescuer and Maker or even having a day off work. You should get the Darwin Award at the very least.
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Ok, the soft answer is, these strict rules were meant only for tribal, post slavery, covenantal Israel. You however, can feel free to work 7 days a week. I would suggest you get a better union though. The one you are in apparently sucks.
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Rather than wondering? Col. 2:16
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You are anti-Semitic
“… should I bring my own firewood so the public can burn me alive for wearing a garment of different threads…” (Deuteronomy 22:11)?
Possible Responses?
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Again you are either lying or are just stupid. Again, the death penalty didn’t apply.
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These were tribal identity laws to distinguish them from their pagan neighbors.
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You are still anti-Semitic.
“What I read in the bible,”
There is no evidence to support claim that you have actually read the Bible...ever.
“…was the love and tolerance that Jesus taught us….”
Jesus taught love… Luke 6:31 Golden Rule. He did NOT teach tolerance of sin. He died to pay for the sins of others. He did not say ” Go ahead and live a debased life, I love you”. He said, “ Go and sin no more”.
“…to love thy neighbor as thyself…' Mark 12:31
Yup… the golden rule. Do you have a problem with that? I certainly don't.
“and 'let he who hath not sinned, cast the first stone'.” John 8:7
Yup.. he said that in a judicial procedure in which he was inviting the ” witnesses” of adultery to execute judgment in a mock trial. The legal requirement of two witnesses in a capital case didn’t happen. So Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you.” Case dismissed. Then he told her “...go and sin no more.” Did you really think Jesus was actually forgiving adultery? Or advocating tolerance of adultery? Or terminating the death penalty for adultery? Lifting quotes out of context to support disordered (lawless) behavior is biblically dishonest, illiterate and just plain cheesy. It doesn’t work on people who actually try to understand what has been written in context.
“I choose to believe that god so loved the world that he gave unto us his only son, and his sons message was love, and understanding, not hate, and segregation. You are free to feel whatever you like."
You CAN choose to believe whatever you wish. You CANNOT derive such empty drivel from reading the Bible however. Yes “ God did so love the world He gave us His only SON, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.” You finally got something right. And yes, His message was that of love, forgiveness and understanding. That’s why I can put up with fundamentally dishonest blogs like this one. I am NOT free to believe whatever I like. My faith requires me to only believe the truth. And Jesus said, “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me” John 14:6 I believe that. That’s the truth.
“…not hate, and segregation…”
I try to hate what God hates (he has a list and he’s checking it twice…Proverbs 6:16-19)
"There are six things the Lord hates,
seven that are detestable to him:
17 haughty eyes,
a lying tongue,
hands that shed innocent blood,
18 a heart that devises wicked schemes,
feet that are quick to rush into evil,
19 a false witness who pours out lies
and a person who stirs up conflict in the community."
And I DO like to segregate myself from people like that. So far it’s worked out just fine.
Count yer blessings or I'll hit you. Then, Iowa farmland...best of times, worst of times. Mostly highly valued, soon to be most highly taxed. Who invented the modern progressive estate tax? An Iowan, dang it.
Potluck...education reform...Jonathan Last talks about "singletons"..."A Nation of Singles"...the basis of our civilization is at risk. And are "preppers" dangerous?
Senator Kent Sorenson wants to restore the death penalty in Iowa. Noreen Gosch says it's overdue. Iowans respond. The "The Sackster" says the Midwest is losing national influence. What to do?
Peal Harbor Day...revisionist history...John V Denson and John Koster. Important. Then what happens to Iowa if we go over the fiscal cliff? So, what do we want? Then, economic and political guru, Wayne Allyn Root says the cliff is in our rear view mirror.
Iowan's ponder stuff. Including the African American National Anthem...the Hobby Lobby....and why is George Bush speaking up on immigration?
The election is over...so? Polk County and Windsor Heights put Gotcha Cams on the fast track. Iowans say, "Not so Fast!". This is way more than just a whining session. Some great conversation about how to be "self-governing". Is more Big Brother the only way to handle a self-centered culture?
Inspirational birth stories. Senator Rand Paul Paul on the fiscal cliff. And why are Democrats still playing the race card now that the election is over? Cuz it works?
Bob Costas blames a murder suicidal behavior of a football player on the gun. Huh? Then, Sean Faircloth talks about the Attack of the Theocrats! spirited.
A movie review of Lincoln the movie. The perils of onions. And Michael Ware and Rick Largess give us a Prepper 101 class.
Contingency Bag Contents (everything in heavy duty Ziploc bags)
2 full rifle mags
Fixed blade knife and small stone/rod for sharpening
Handcuff key 10 safety pins
Deck of cards Flint @ steel
Twine/dryer lint for tinder
Fire starter cubes
Lighter w/small zip tie to prevent leaking
Water proof tubes containing batteries
2 contractor grade trash bags
Superglue 30 feet 550 cord .
Tweezers Milspec canopener
Food (cliff bars/mMRE’s/canned tuna/dried nuts)
Water Bottle
Katady and Electrolyte tablets
Chem light sticks
LED light sticks
Flashlight
Space Blanket
Compass
Thermometer
Signal mirror • Duct tape
Sunscreen • Chapstick • Bug spray • Heavy leathergloves
Hand warmers
Wet wipes
First aid Supplies:
Medical shears
Misc Bandaids
Misc size Gauze
Med tape
Micropur tablets and First need Water Purifier
Alcohol pads
SOF Tourniquet
OLEAS bandages
Imodium
Benadryl
Ibuprofen
Broad spectrum antibiotic (levaquin)
CPR mask
Triple antibiotic ointment
Sterile rubber gloves
Cohesive Medical Bandages (COHERE) a Ice pack
Topical anesthetic
Useful websites for constructing a bug out bag:
www.countvcomm.com
www.lapolicegear.com
www.tacmedsolutions.com
Robert Franklin says Americans accused of wrong doing have lost the presumption of innocence. Mike Farris from the HSLDA, says the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is going to hand over American sovereignty to the UN...again. Iowans wonder about Wisconsin's white deer.
Dr. Georgia Purdom says it would have been perfectly OK for Senator Rubio to say the Earth is young. Makes the case for a young Earth. Then, our favorite eagle gets electrocuted. How? Plus, do we really want to send Singleton to go to prison for 16 years?
Brian Peskin, health guru, back in town tonight 7pm Hilton Garden Inn, Johnston. Sponsored by Healthy for Life 327-0200. Then, is it time to let parents use their own money to educate their OWN kids...hmmm?
Melvyn Fein Post-Liberalism: The Death of a Dream. Cheeky. Plus, Iowans define justice for a cop harasser. And lottery talk.
Coyotes are moving into urban areas of Iowa. Johnston residents are concerned. DNR isn't. What do real experts say? Great Iowa stories. Worthwhile indeed!
Justin Lee "Torn: Rescuing the Gospel from The Gays-VS.-Christians Debate". Spirited. Varnum v Brien, the Iowa court case. Then, what's the story on Catholic & non-Catholic marriages? Plus, the lady says modern High Efficiency clothes washers suck...cuz of the feds.
The Atheist as Prophet
At the base of Islam is the well-known confession, "There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is his prophet." This defines the fundamentalism of that oppressive and close-minded religion: One authority, and one voice for that authority, anything outside of which is damnable.
Atheist's say they abhor this type of dogmatism, preferring "freethinking"—a not unwholesome thing in itself—but many unwittingly fall into a very similar type of self-imposed mental blindness in the name of free-thought. One need only recall the history of Marxist-inspired revolution, and the mass graves of "dialectical materialism" (a fancy phrase for "atheistic struggle," or which could well be put, "atheist jihad"). This history has well been written of elsewhere.
Among the atheists who inspired those slaughters stands the figure of Leon Trotsky, whom Hitchens relates was immortalized in a definitive biography entitled The Prophet. "Prophet" now carries a pejorative to the extent that it implies a voice of authority: especially in the form of God telling us how to live. In the past, when these atheists have taken a stand against God, they have turned and formed their own dictatorship and ruled as gods themselves. The creed of atheism, were its proponents careful and honest enough to formulate it, would inevitably mimic the Islamic pillar thusly: "There is no god, and I am His prophet."
This is a direct quote from a great little book by Douglas Wilson. "God Is" How Christianity Explains Everything... a reply to the late Christopher Hitchens, a renowned atheist who wrote a book "God Is Not Great : How Religion Poisons Everything".
Delicious reading.
JP McCarthy warns us against "The Money Spiders, the Ruin-Nation of the United States by the Federal Reserve". Clayton Cramer says our neglect of the mentally ill is costing way more thank a real solution would. My Brother Ron: A Personal and Social History of the Deinstitutionalization of the Mentally Ill. Plus pondering Petraeus.
Bill Dix wants Iowans help to "Fix the Debt". Doctors are warning patients Obamacare will leave them without doctors. Thor Moreno is an Iowa filmaker...under production. Then, Obama wants to nationalize Iowa lakes, rivers, and streams.
Fishing for HHO in Iowa. Got some bites. Then, historian Russell Corder writes about the Confederate Invasion of Iowa. Huh? Yup. Judge Andrew P. Napolitano ... Theodore and Woodrow: How Two American Presidents Destroyed Constitutional Freedoms.
Steve Locker talks about entry level ham radio. Then, Iowans wonder about the why and wherefores of the economy and the election.
How to be an existential threat 101. Merrill Mathews points to the financial cliff. Congressman Steve King with an agenda for the new upcoming session. Issues.
Post election sound-offage. Fire the coach? Fire the players? Change the playbook? Fire the refs? And other stuff.
Senator Mark Chelgren has some election day predictions and issues. Then, an election day open invitation to all Iowa politicians to make their cases.
Lt Governor David Dewhurst proxies for Mitt Romney. AJ Spiker Iowa Republican Party Chair. Issues. Craig Robinson, The Iowa Republican, pre-election coverage. Issues. A delivery guy gets pissed off and pisses on a tip stiffer. Sounds like a country song, don't it?
There is a very power video making the rounds in the internet. It is a collection of testimony from the children of rape. They are standing with Richard Mourdock. Very powerful. It stimulated this exhange.
From James. These are touching examples of why none of us LIKE abortion. My side of our family would probably not exist if abortion had been legal in the 1920's. However, I still have reservations over the legal aspect of all this--who makes the actual decision regarding an abortion. The police? The courts? The church? The woman?
James,
That's the central question. Before 1973 it was up to the states to define and defend life. SCOTUS served up Roe which fraudulently grasped jurisdiction, committed sociology rather than law, based upon at least three false assumptions, built upon a court case whose standing was based upon fraud. States, under our form of government defend life. The jurisdiction was always there first. The Texas AG in Roe falsely asserted that the unborn merited protection under the 14th Amendment's due process clause. That was a fatal error to the case. The 14th Amendment states that one is person under the law once he is born. The pre-born therefore are not "legal" persons under the 14th Amendment. The states however, pre-Roe, began with the idea that it is the function of states to protect the lives of their citizens as we are equally endowed by our creator with inalienable rights. The act of human creation was always considered to be conception. Therefore, the rights of the un-born are to be named and protected by the same body which protects the rest of us. Based upon the Declaration Principles, the states protected life beginning at conception and ruled it worthy of legal protection beginning then. Enforcement begins with the assumption that humans are fully human before birth and nobody, including mom can destroy another human life without the expectation of accountability. Neither mothers or the church, or courts have the jurisdiction to take the life of another innocent human being. The legislature is the representative body which crafts the laws by which the courts enforce (due process). We don't allow individuals to appeal their own "conscience" when it comes to defining life nor do we give individuals the power of life and death at any other time except for clear cases of self-defense against deadly aggression. There isn't justification to grant mothers the power of life and death over their own offspring; and this doesn't violate her rights to control her own body. Once conception has begun, there are two humans involved. Mom doesn't have the moral jurisdiction and shouldn't have the legal jurisdiction to kill her own, now living offspring. Any more than she has the moral legal right to end the life of her infirmed mom who is confined to a wheel chair or lying helpless in her death bed. Why?
- Life is God-given. 2. Rights are God-given. 3. God gave us government to restrain evil. 4. God gave us His law to define evil. 5. God ordained human government to enforce His laws. Pagans reject all of these ideas. SCOTUS is a pagan institution. Iowans should resist Roe as the legal and sociologic rubbish it is and to define life as worthy of protection from the beginning. That IS with Our jurisdiction.
Dan Charleston is running for Polk County Sheriff. Issues. Dave Funk with Sportsmen for Romney-Ryan. Maureen Malloy Ferguson with The Catholic Association..Catholics for Romney. Pastor Mike Demastus has a church sign which worries all the right people.
From the "No Wiggins Bus Tour", Bob Vander Platts with last minute campaigning. Confronting a critic who calls the Family Leader a hate group. Frank Meeink. Then, RJ Mandell writes about "The Killing of Innocence"...speculation about the possibility of the overturning of Roe v Wade.
Secretary of State Matte Schultz talks about pre-election issues including the presence of UN poll observers. Obama warns states they can't interfere with UN observers. Information packed.
Sonya Heitshusen from WHO TV 13 has some insight into who is giving to whom in this election cycle. Then Mark Bowden takes us to The Finish: the Killing of Osama Bin Laden.
Michael Drew talks about "Pendulum" the "we" vs "me" cycles of history. Ben Lange wants to be 1st District Congressman. Tara Ross defends the electoral college. "Enlightened Democracy". Issues.
Gerald Celente editor of Trends Journal says we're in deep shinola. Deeper than ever. Congressman Steve King talks issues. Iowans have opinions.
Responding to a caller who said people are unemployed because they are lazy.
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2012 10:05 AM
To: Mickelson, Jan
Subject: Good grief, lazy people?
Jan,
Yes, I'm sure poor people, old people, young diseased/disfigured/disabled people, etc. just sit around trying to be lazy.
Has absolutely nothing to do with there being NO jobs for most people. Ever tried to find a job? Especially in the contemporary economy, where possession of advanced degrees renders one "overqualified" (i.e., threatening to established executive assholes), or where lack of bilingual ability means you can't work in call centers, or where 8,000 applicants flood in for every promising opening?
I am fortunate in that few people have the stomach to prepare themselves to perform my job. But victim-blaming is wrongheaded and cruel. You may just as well blame rape victims for being raped. Cancer victims for having cancer. Cattle for being born in a cage.
Just evil.
Dr. T
Doc,
You so are right.. there are no lazy people. “Lazy” is simply an outmoded concept. Now, the indolent are merely a misunderstood minority. I was going to say that if we could just “walk a mile in their shoes” that we would understand their pain. But, since the indolent really don’t ever walk that far, we don’t share the necessary distance to form true understanding. Fortunately we have the solution readily available. We can import people who don’t know they are victims. But as you have already observed, you lack the bilingual ability to communicate with them. I really don’t blame you for lacking the requisite language skills. And I certainly won’t think you are lazy. It’s not your fault. You might even be a victim yourself. If so, you are welcome to all the unearned dignity to which you are entitled.
Pax
Dr. Steven Kirby with "Letting Islam be Islam: Separating Truth From Myth"... then, it's the start of the high school tournament season... throwing the weak teams to the strong teams...must by character building. Then non-human rights? Capturing the next generation for the animals.
Ross Peterson sits in for Mickelson. A debate on Measure "A" on the ballot. Great discussion.
Every year about this time I come down with a vicious case of Ohio Valley Lung Rot…and I lose my voice. It happened again this year. I feel just fine, but I can’t talk. I still get hungry so I did something I almost never do. I went out to eat by myself, at a family restaurant. I always wonder about people who come to family restaurants by themselves, yet there I was. All by myself.
In the next booth was the lion’s share of a couple of families. Two moms, three very young children and a grandpa.
There was constant stream of babbling coming from the children who were the focus of the adult's attention. All of them. No adult conservation at all. Just constant babbling. No, it wasn’t annoying in this case. It was terrific because the moms were actually listening to the babbling coming from the kids, understanding it and interacting with it.
“Were you hungry?”
“Babble, babble”
“Are you full?”
“Babble, babble.”
“Was it good?”
“Babble, babble.”
“What was the best food?”
“Babble, babble.”
When, the babble got a little loud, mom would say, “Now that’s loud enough, a little softer.”
Note, she did NOT say, “Shut up!”
One of the little ones stood up and turned around to where I was sitting, back turned to their booth. The sprout started babbling in my direction,
“No honey, that’s not OK. Sit down and talk with us.”
“Babble, babble”
No fuss, no yelling. Just patient, direct, respectful feedback from a loving, highly skilled mom.
The two moms, the kids and grandpa got up to leave at the end of the meal Grandpa taking up the rear. Turning my way as he passed by, he quietly said, “Sorry”.
I gave him a big smile, “Not necessary.”
They disappeared around the corner and were gone. Back to my coffee.
Moments later Mom re-appeared around the corner with one of the toddlers.
“You left your picture? Let’s find it.”
“Where did you sit?” she asked. Knowing perfectly well where the kid sat.
“Is anything there?”
“Babble, babble.”
“There it is.”
“Is that it?”
“Babble,babble.”
“Let’s look.”
“Turn it over.”
“Is that your picture?”
“Babble, babble.”
“Yes?”
“We found it!” Mom said like she’d just discovered the missing continent.
“Very good job.”
“Babble, Babble.”
She picked up the sprout and disappeared around the corner again.
Now I know why people sometimes come to family restaurants alone. It’s so they can observe the continuity of life, before they themselves disappear around the corner.
"Obamcare On Trial" Professor Einer Elhauge says there is constitutional history for requiring a health care mandate. Romney likes Jenga? What does that mean? Kirk Krikorian explains the ACLU demand for driver's licenses for Iowa illegals under Obama's illegal Deferred Action.
Mona Kilborn and Peggy Davis talk about the high costs of illegal immigration in Iowa. An upcoming Minutemen rally in Des Moines Saturday pm at Iowa Statehouse. 2-5pm Iowans have much to say about the failure of Iowa's political class to protect taxpayers. People of Marshalltown are getting bullied by open borders activists.
Drew Schuman is an intelligence expert with expertise in Afghanistan. Great insight. Greg Baker from Family Leader with a judicial retention update. Lynette Hubler is a breast cancer survivor active with the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. Inspirational.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette published this think piece by the three ousted Iowa Supreme Court Justices. Listeners asked me to evaluate their collective opinion on the retention of Judge Wiggins. So I will...line by line. The bold fonts are direct quotes from the Gazette or Varnum.
"Justices’ decision based on rule of law" By Marsha Ternus, Michael Streit and David Baker
Nope, their decision explicitly rejected the rule of law. They made themselves the representatives of new societal norms, while rejecting the time honored legal and social norms which previously defined marriage. They said so.
"As Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes poignantly said, “It is revolting to have no better reason for a rule of law than that so it was laid down in the time of Henry IV. It is still more revolting if the grounds upon which it was laid down have vanished long since, and the rule simply persists from blind imitation of the past.” Oliver Wendell Holmes, Justice, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, The Path of the Law, address dedicating new hall at Boston University School of Law (January 8, 1897), in 10 Harv. L. Rev. 457, 469 (1897).
In quoting Holmes in this fashion they, like most gay rights activists, blast the past along with the wisdom of centuries implying that limiting the institution of marriage to people of opposite genders is "revolting" to enlightened contemporary thought, and is guided only by "blind imitation of the past". Justice Holmes was an atheist-Darwinist. He rejected both tradition and natural law, along with the founding assumptions of the Constitution's framers who in our "national creed" asserted that our rights are God-given and the duty of government to "secure" them.
"Truth", Holmes once said, "is the majority vote of that nation that could lick all others." He declared that "when it comes to the development of a corpus juris (body of law) the ultimate question is what do the dominant forces of the community want and do they want it hard enough to disregard whatever inhibitions may stand in the way."
Holmes, "I see no reason for attributing to man a significance different in kind from that which belongs to a baboon or grain of sand." Varnum embodies the Holmes worldview to perfection.
Iowa justices are required to take an oath to uphold the Constitution of the state of Iowa. Yet, once again, a justice of the Iowa Supreme Court is being targeted for doing just that.
Nope. He is being targeted because like yourselves you misapplied the law and legislated from the bench. How? By explicitly rejecting the traditional definitions of marriage along with the assumptions behind the qualifications for the institution itself.
America’s system of justice is based on the rule of law, a process of governing by laws that are applied fairly and uniformly to all people. The rule of law protects the civil, political, economic and social rights of all citizens — not just the rights of the most vocal, the most popular, or the most powerful. Applying the rule of law is the duty of the courts.
Yes it is. This is begging the question. It assumes that same gender attraction constitutes a "status", equivalent to other "groups" or protected classes such as race, gender, or religion. In short it accepts and equates a status, which DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act) and the majority of Iowans reject. Upon those false assumptions, the faulty Varnum opinion was built.
Our Founding Fathers considered judicial independence an indispensable part of the rule of law. “Judicial independence” means a judiciary that is committed to the rule of law, independent of — free of — outside influence, whether that influence is from a political party or politician, a private interest or popular opinion.
Alexander Hamilton stated in the Federalist Papers that “[t]he complete independence of the courts of justice [was] essential.” He recognized it was the duty of courts “to declare all acts contrary to the manifest tenor of the Constitution void.” “Without this,” he said, “all the reservations of particular rights or privileges would amount to nothing.”
The Iowa Constitution expressly adopted this view: “This constitution shall be the supreme law of the land,” and “any law inconsistent therewith, shall be void.”
Constitutional provisions are given meaning when the courts resolve disputes between citizens and their government, including claims by citizens that the government has violated their constitutional rights. Regardless of whether a particular result will be popular, courts must protect the supremacy of the constitution by declaring an unconstitutional statute void. That is what the Iowa Constitution requires and that is what justices promise to do in their oath of office.
As a former middle and high school teacher I recognize "filler" when I see it. Nobody is arguing the contrary. The court IS independent, but from what? History, precedent, tradition, common sense? "Independent", like "love", "hate" ," tolerance" are meaningless without modifiers. The gratuitous civics lesson aside, the court was simply wrong when it said, "The Iowa Constitution is the cornerstone of governing in Iowa. Like the United States Constitution, the Iowa Constitution creates a remarkable blueprint for government. It establishes three separate, but equal, branches of government and delineates the limited roles and powers of each branch."
Neither the Supreme Court of the United States nor the Iowa Supreme Court were ever contemplated to be "equal" to the other branches of government. Both the US Congress and and the Iowa legislature can limit the appellate jurisdiction of the courts whenever they wish. Both constitutions say so explicitly. More than that, Congress has the power to either create or eliminate whole levels of courts whenever or for whatever they wish. Our founders found the whole subject of "judicial supremacy" to be a non-Constitutional conceit. None thought the courts were co-equal. Jefferson called the judiciary "the weakest branch". They were right.
In Varnum v. Brien, a group of Iowans claimed a provision of Iowa’s marriage statute was inconsistent with the Iowa Constitution. Iowa’s marriage statute states: “Marriage is a civil contract,” but “[o]nly a marriage between a male and a female is valid.” Relying on this provision, the Polk County recorder refused to issue marriage licenses to six same-sex couples. They sued the recorder, claiming this statutory prohibition violated the equality clause in the Iowa Constitution, which states: “[T]he general assembly shall not grant to any citizen or class of citizens, privileges or immunities, which, upon the same terms shall not equally belong to all citizens.”
Harvard trained Professor Herb Titus observed in his analysis of Varnum, "The Iowa Constitution doesn't have an equal protection clause. It has an privileges and immunities clause...a much older common law provision." It has been attached to this decision as if it were indeed equivalent to the due process clause of the 14th Amendment.
And even if it were an equal protection clause, it wouldn't make the argument since it is assumes the equality of unequal things. This is another example of "begging the question", assuming what they were trying to prove. Comparing sex between married people to the same gender behavior of people who want be identified as "gay" is simply absurd. Two people of the same gender don't have sex. They can't have sex. That's basic biology. Plus, to create a "class" based upon the inclinations to pretend, is not only a logical error, but is fundamentally "unjust". That the court went along with the gay agenda, using their logic, their equivocation, their jargon, and their conclusions, confirms that this was an activist court, legislating from the bench.
More than 200 benefits and privileges are given to married couples under Iowa law. The court considered the constitutionality of the Legislature’s restriction of these benefits and privileges to a limited class of citizens, using the same analysis the court had applied in many prior cases. The court unanimously concluded in 2009 that the statutory restriction violated the Iowa Constitution’s equality clause. Because the Iowa Constitution expressly states that any law inconsistent with the constitution is void, i.e., not valid or legally binding, the Supreme Court declared the offending statute unenforceable and required the recorder to issue the licenses.
Exactly. This is what is is all about. These are the legal, financial and social aspirations of sexual identity politics being advanced by a court which should have upheld Iowa law instead of substituting its political judgment for that of the majority will as expressed by DOMA. Again, this is begging the question by assuming minority status for a behavior-based identity politics movement.
It is important to understand what the court decided. The law at issue in the Varnum case governed a civil contract, not the religious institution of marriage. The court pointed this out, stating that “religious doctrine and views contrary to this [holding] are unaffected,” and “[a] religious denomination can still define marriage as a union between a man and a woman.”
Total malarkey. This both creates a false dichotomy, then removes it. Cheeky. "Marriage" doesn't have, nor does it require a modifier. It is the oldest and first human institution. It does now and forever has meant "two becoming one"; and that commitment has been acknowledged by both civil and ecclesiastical jurisdictions. That acknowledgement has always been for the legal benefit of the partners and children based upon the transcendent nature of that covenant. That definition can't "evolve" into something else. It can only be destroyed by people who are "revolted" by "blind imitation of the past". (BTW two people of the same gender can't "become one" no matter how hard they try.)
The justices did not decide the Varnum case as politicians, turning to public opinion polls and party platforms for direction.
Although the Democrat Party platform calls exactly for what they did, the justices acting out their personal worldviews from the bench didn't require commitment to either party or polls. They were simply acting out their pre-existing worldview commitments.
Nor did the justices decide the case as theologians, looking to the Bible for guidance.
Of course not, that would be "revolting".
As noted in our decision, justices are civil judges who are not permitted to resolve religious debates or base rulings on religious doctrines. Our decision was based on the rule of law, nothing more and nothing less.
Wonderfully circular reasoning. They quoted a non-existent equal protection clause to equate unequal things. By rejecting the transcendent source of law they are oath bound to honor, they undermine everyone's rights.
The Iowa Supreme Court took away no one’s liberties or freedoms when it held the statute unconstitutional. To the contrary, the rights of same-sex couples to the benefits that flow from the civil contract of marriage were upheld.
They most certainly did. They took away from the people of Iowa the right to define basic institutions by the institution most representative of the people. In ordering DOMA to be struck from Iowa law, they legislated from the bench; and in ordering the "remaining statutory language must be interpreted and applied in a manner allowing gay and lesbian people full access to the institution of civil marriage" they intruded upon the executive branch's turf, as it artificially bifurcated "civil" v."religious" marriage.
The views of individuals and religious institutions were unaffected by this decision and their religious freedom to define the religious institution of marriage as only between one man and one woman was expressly preserved.
Their pocket books are not "unaffected" as the economic benefits of marriage will be extended to relationships previously not eligible for them. In a country already broke, this makes our welfare safety net even more unsustainable.
Nor did the court exceed its proper role by declaring the law void and unenforceable, as that is what the constitution requires.
There is no constitutional basis to declare same gendered, self-selected identity movements equal to real marriage. Again, this is begging the question and equating unequal things. Activism.
In the end, the question facing Iowans is simple: Do residents want judges who issue rulings based upon public opinion polls, campaign contributions and political intimidation, or judges who issue impartial rulings based upon the rule of law?
False choice. Rulings should be based upon definitions which are time honored. If those definitions are going to re-negotiated, then the branch most suited for that is the representative branch which is subject to the will of the majority, exactly where the Iowa Constitution places it, "...all political power is inherent in the people". If rights "previously unimagined" are going to be "imagined", then by what right does the court's imagination usurp everyone else's ?
The Varnum case was correctly decided under the rule of law and provides no basis for a “no” vote in the retention election. Justice David Wiggins is an intelligent, hardworking and fair jurist and deserves to be retained on the Iowa Supreme Court.
The Varnum opinion set aside rule of law, substituting the ruminations of judges who were "revolted" by adherence to centuries of western law and tradition. As Chesterton once wrote, "Before you tear down a wall, it's best to find out why it was erected in the first place." The three fired justices continue to manifest the arrogance which got them fired in the first place. Justice Wiggins should join them off the bench.
Marsha Ternus, Michael Streit and David Baker are former Iowa Supreme Court justices removed by voters in the 2010 general election retention vote. Comments: baker.david52@gmail.com , aequalitas7@gmail.com or mternus100@aol.com
Ross sits in for Mickelson...tries to get mitts around Romney.... needs more rosin.....
Ross Peterson sits in for Jan....the Lincoln coach gets fired. Lincoln fans get fired up.
Col Al Ringgenberg is running against Sen Mike Gronstal. Issues. Then just cuz yer paranoid doesn't mean you don't have enemies.. trying to make sense of a recent Gov. Branstad hire. Plus dipping into the email pouch.
Matt Schultz, Iowa Secretary of State, updates Iowa on efforts to ensure the integrity of our voting process. Vigorous. Then Obama apologizes to the cannibals for Columbus. Plus other stuff.
Colonel Dick Brauer says this administration's leaking intelligence is putting the US mission in Afghanistan at risk. On the subject, an Iowan who has spent time in Afghanistan wanted us to know... Then, Matt Rose from Voice of the Martyrs... a weekend conference in Des Moines. Detroit police say enter their city at your own risk. And the Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement warns Iowa hunters to stay clear of pot farms. And an Iowa hunter wonders if the DNR guy was right when he says you can't carry your handgun when hunting.
Dr. Charles Wadle is using new technology for treating depression. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Therapy. Walid Shoebat says the west got hustled on the Innocence of Muslims movie uprisings. Then, in Madison, Obama supporters agree that Obama not being "allowed" to use his teleprompter at the debate was unfair. Really.
Danny Carroll and Chuck Hurley respond to Christopher Rant's thinkpiece calling for the retention of Judge Wiggins. Ian Berman is a foreign policy expert...on Iran...speaking Thursday night 7pm at Drake. Then, feedback on the Romney-Obama first debate.
John Koster..."Operation Snow: How a Soviet Mole in FDR's White House Trigger Pearl Harbor". Great conversation. Cherylyn Harley Lebon, Project 21 looks at NYC Mayor Bloomberg using schools to issue morning after pills to teenagers without parental permission. Then, Sheriff Bill McCarthy loses it at a candidate debate. He compares his opponent to mass murderer Timothy LeVeigh.
Guy Cook representing the Iowa Bar Association gives the Retain Judge Wiggins arguments. Vigorous to say the least.
Steve Flood says Obamacare is being implemented...and it's gonna cost a bunch. Dan Charleston is running for Polk County Sheriff. And Congressman Tom Latham makes Mickelson tear up. Et Tu Tom?
Michael Ware explains why he thinks the Ames vote against home gun sales is mistaken. Then, talking about everything from wind energy to exploding gas tanks.
"Bulletproof" an owner's manual for guys. Dr. Robin Warren Barnett and Donald Doudna. Good info. Then, it's the 25 Anniversary of "Princess Bride"... funny stuff. Then, the English are finding wind farms a health risk. How about Iowans? Whoops.
Melissa Ohden with an amazing story of life...an abortion "survivor" with a story of horror and healing. Coming to speak Saturday a 7pm at DSM Christian School. Public is invited. And the Right to Life Book sale is underway...Jordan Park Camp Building.. Then, what's one of the most addictive and costly things in the lives of Americans? Cell phones.
The daily parade of cultural nonsense. Then Joel Gilbert with an update of "Dreams of my Real Father." Plus a Mickelson survey of Polk County attitudes about a proposed new casino in Urbandale. Then, should it be more difficult to vote?
A veteran DC cop says urban America is more dangerous than Afghanistan. "What the F@&K". He asks, "Are Cops Racists?" Then, James Wesley Rawles is a world class survivalist. "The Founder". Ed Klein explains why Obama won't talk to Netanyahu. "The Amateur."
Tara Ross talks about the assault on our Electoral College and the political influence of Iowa. Lisa Bedford is the Survivor Mom...prepper advice. Con Bob McEwen explains what's busted and inspires us to fix it. Dan Gainor explains the "Jesus Had a Wife" scam. Broadcasting from Dallas at the Marconi Awards.
Judy Hintz from Educational Resources with some more amazing success stories. Then, money, class war and the 47%. Is it over for Romney? Or for Obama? Dave Orman from the Common Sense Coaltion. Jeremy Horpedahl from Buena Vista University talks about the US economic freedom ratings.
Tony Nassif and Noreen Gosch talking about upcoming Preventing Abuse Conference...a call to action against child abduction and trafficking. Powerful. Andrew C. McCarthy on "The Illusion of Islamic Democracy"....then, Melinda Wadsley tells why she quit being an elector. David Walker on the upcoming 10 Million a Minute Bus Tour.
Bob Vander Platts with a judicial retention update. Workin' the front of the culture war. Then, examining the myths which the political class believe...about democracy.
Con Steve King. Issues. Dan Gainor looks at the BPI lawuit against ABC News for its "pink slime" coverage. Then how did President Nixon help bring about Casey's Convenience Stores?
It's 9-11 Day. The US is actively thinking about that terrible day. After all this time, what meanings are we left with?
I was invited to speak to a church men's group at Grace Church this week. This time "Silly Lies I Hafta Answer."
I was invited to speak to a church men's group at Grace Church last week. This time "Josephus: the Rest of the Story."
A football coach suspended for making slacker puke? Justice? Then, the Four Bitchin' Babes coming to Iowa...great fun music.
Christie Vilsack and Congressman Steve King have their 1st debate. A complete review including a replay of most of it. Then, Iowans respond.
Democrats boo God. God is yet to respond. Wonder if His response will be fair and balanced? Then, an Egyptian construction firm will be a huge fertilizer plant in Iowa. Good idea?
Jamie Morgan is running a lung disease fundraiser...Free to Breathe Central Iowa 5K Run...Oct 13th. Gary Hall with Fresh Start...they can get the stick out of anything.... then, DNC in convention...politics. Feedback.
John Lofton is a Republican in remission...evaluates the candidates...concludes he can't vote this year. Professional wrestler Mick Foley is coming to the Funnybone this Sunday. And Iowans review the RNC-Romney Tampa goings on. And address some rumor-mongering.
Reviewing some of the RNC Convention speeches...some of the best ones occur outside... silly human tricks. Then, why are Iowans not signing up for as many fishing and hunting licenses?
Pat Buchanan reacts to the Tampa RNC Convention issues....then Iowans review the Iowa Ron Paul Delegation's vote at the Convention. Spirited.
Jim Carley wants to go to the Iowa House District 30. Politicizing a food pantry? And what's green about bike lanes?
Editor's Note: "Dear Jan, I am the Director of the Knoxville Food Pantry. I want you do know that our board of directors does not endorse anyone running political office. A a volunteer on duty distributing food to families here was asked if the Democratic Party could inform people concerning pre-registration to vote, and the volunteer gave them permission to do that. Helping Hands does NOT endorse ANY political candidate for ANY political office. Thank you." Signed Robert C. Smith
From Voice of the Martyrs, Darci Gill is in Iowa to talk about religious repression of the church around the world. Wind energy pioneer Paul Gipe wants us to continue Iowa's commitment to wind energy. A.J. Spiker at the Republican Convention is worried about some of the rules changes...power grab? Dave Edwards wants Des Moines to leave Hubbell Ave alone... no bike lanes...gets his wish.
Stuff we remember from the week...silly and profound. Senator Byron Dorgan wants more rural broadband....worries about other funding priorities. Then, activists want The Iowa State Fair Board to apologize for Hank Williams Jr. Iowans respond.
Pete Brownell talks about the upcoming Iowa Firearms Coalition 2nd Amendment rally. Dave Hogberg talks about the Obamacare-Medicare debate. The Next Exodus. And what is the real symbol of atheism?
Another Red State/Blue State divide. This time it's over reading material. You are what you read... then, in government lunchrooms, kids get charged for what the "don't" eat. Huh?
Jeff Burkett invites 2nd Amendment advocates to an upcoming celebration. Iowans think about skinny dipping the Galilee...then, the political theater surrounding some non-PC comments by Missouri US Senate candidate Todd Akin. Amazing callers.
Monday ruminations on Fair observations. Culinary recommendations. A high school valedictorian has her diploma put on hold after uttering the "he**" word in her speech. Then, Iowans target moles...the non-cosmetic kind.
Gary Barta, U of I Athletic Director with some sports talk. USDA school lunch regs produce hungry kids... and John Archer wants to be the new 2nd District Congressman.
Dr. Lee Hieb talks about the pitfalls of Obamacare. Rev Keith Ratliff has an update on Joshua Christian Academy. Dinesh D'Souza with 2106 and Obama's America. Michael Ware tells gun owners how not to shoot themselves in the butt. And a huge 2nd Amendment rally coming up.
Christopher Hall has the Big Picture on the race to the White House. Jonathan Narcisse has a plan to fix stuff. Do we really think Biden meant THAT? And John Fund wonders "Who's Counting?" a chilling look at the vulnerabilities of our voting system.
A former pizza delivery driver says Iowa law has made his job almost impossible. Steve Beale has a case? John Wohlstetter says we are "Sleepwalking with the Bomb." A wake-up call. Then, Iowans respond to the political bullying at the Iowa State Fair during the Con. Paul Ryan visit.
The argument usually starts the same way. Somebody in the blogo-sphere expresses dismay at the moral decline of the United States and wonders why ‘in a Christian nation’ are there such things as ___________________ (fill in the blank yourself)… abortion, same gender marriage, dirty movies, Planned Parenthood… the secularization of our institutions, and how could be happening with such intensity?”
Then, somebody will blog a response like, “Dude, America was never a Christian country and the law expressly denies it.”
Then, the other guy will write, “Oh yeah, what law?”
“The 1790 Treaty with Tripoli says, ‘...the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion’…and you Christian nut balls are ignorant of history.”
The Christian nut ball either gets brain freeze or he tries to reason with the other guy using history. This is usually a big waste of time as once the conversation gets this far everyone stops listening and the name calling begins.
Everyone shuts down their computer, smugly thinking their one-liner or abusive language has won the day.
Usually, these exchanges are a huge waste of time.
However, since this canard is served up with some frequency, I’ll make a few observations.
From my Facebook page, here’s an example of what I’m talking about from a recent conversation between a couple of guys were having a go at each other. Writes the first guy:
”We aren't and never were a Christian nation. Those among us that we're the Jersey with the cross on it, want us to be. Our founders tried to avoid this by using ambiguous words like "creator". And "nature's god", when they could have just said god of Abraham or Jesus' dad. They didn't. So now, we still have millions of uneducated boobs running around believing the opposite of what the founders really wanted. Read the Treaty of Tripoli, article 11. "as the US is in NO WAY founded on Christianity". Ratified in 1790 by the very founders you claim wanted us to be a Christian nation. It's honestly moronic…You have personal quotes, I have a ratified treaty, which is LAW, you tard. You started this post by claiming we are a Christian nation, the treaty I submit says exactly the opposite of your claims written and ratified by the very men that founded this great nation.”
This view is wrong headed and anti-historical on two levels. First, is the mistaken notion of what jurisdiction treaties actually have. And the second is the removal of the treaty from its historical context.
Contemporary liberals lust after making treaties because they erroneously think they can bypass the limits of the Constitution with treaty powers. In the past, treaties have been proposed which could even limit the Bill of Rights, the 2nd Amendment being a frequent target. While treaties indeed become the Law of the Land under the Constitution they cannot be used to amend the Constitution itself. Alexander Hamilton’s view was that treaties are instruments of agreement between nations and not international pacts designed to impact individuals. “Treaties…are not rules prescribed by the sovereign to the subject, but agreements between sovereign and sovereign…the only constitutional exceptions to the power of making treaties is, that it shall not change the Constitution…” Jefferson himself wrote, “…if the treaty making power is boundless, then we have no Constitution.”
In 1956, the Supreme Court in Reid v Covert, “…SCOTUS regularly and uniformly recognizes the supremacy of the Constitution over a treaty…no agreement with a foreign nation can confer power on the Congress or any other branch of government which is free from the constraints of the Constitution.”
Therefore, any random or explicit language contained in a treaty has zero weight upon American culture if it fails to conform to our form of government.
Here’s the actual treaty language in question:
“As the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion as it has in itself no character of enmity [hatred] against the laws, religion or tranquility of Musselmen [Muslims] and as the said States [America] have never entered into any war or act of hostility against any Mahometan nation, it is declared by the parties that no pretext arising from religious opinions shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries.”
The 1797 Treaty of Tripoli was designed to end hostilities of a war in which Muslims felt it perfectly honorable to enslave and murder American merchant sailors while stealing their cargoes. That why we called them pirates. They felt justified in behaving this way since they were Muslims and Americans were not. This attitude exists today contained in dhimmi laws in many Islamic countries. While the statement was mostly public relations to end the jihad, in a legal sense it was true. It was also true in a Constitutional sense.
The Constitution expressly avoided establishing a Christian national state religion based upon any denominational affiliation. If there had been any hint that the founders wanted to establish a national religion there would have been wholesale rebellion. In fact the 1st Amendment properly removes any national religions jurisdiction of any kind from the federal government. “Congress shall make no law respecting (regarding) the free exercise of religion”. Plus, there is an explicit prohibition of any religious test for any Constitutional office.
However, when asked about the state of religion following the writing of the Constitution, Jefferson reported, “We have left religion where we found it,” meaning that religion was a State’s issue and that the newly formed national government had nothing at all to say about it. Why? Because the national government had no Constitutional jurisdiction. This is the true meaning of the 1st Amendment and Jefferson’s ‘Wall of Separation’.”
This is also the meaning of that phrase in the Tripolitan Treaty. The US indeed was not a Christian country in an ecclesiastical sense. What the Treaty didn’t say was that at the time, all of the original colonies had some kind of relationship with the Christian religion and 9 of the 13 had established state churches.
Moreover, when the treaty was re-newed by Jefferson in 1805, the phrase, “...is not, in any sense founded on the Christian religion…” was dropped by Jefferson.
It’s interesting that some consider Jefferson to be an infidel or at least a deist. They should read his 1805 “National Prayer”
“Almighty God, Who has given us this good land for our heritage: we humbly beseech Thee that we may always prove ourselves a people mindful of Thy favor and glad to do Thy will…endow with Thy spirit of wisdom those to whom in Thy Name we entrust the authority of government, that there may be justice and peace at home and through obedience to Thy law, we may show forth Thy praise among the nations of earth. In time of prosperity fill our hearts with thankfulness, and the day of trouble, suffer not our trust in Thee to fail; all of which we as through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen”.
Just in case somebody is a little stubborn and insists that treaty language or court opinions bind our country to the philosophical notions of the authors, I say, “Cool, if that’s what you really want”.
“In 1783, at the close of the war with Great Britain, a peace treaty was ratified that began with these words: ‘In the name of the Most Holy and Undivided Trinity, it having pleased the Divine Providence to dispose the hearts of the most serene and most potent Prince George the Third, by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain’. That treaty was signed by John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and John Jay. Keep in mind that it was Adams who signed the 1797 treaty of Tripoli, even though he was not a Trinitarian.” 1
“In 1822, the United States, along with Great Britain and Ireland, ratified a ‘Convention for Indemnity Under Award of Emperor of Russian as to the True Construction of the First Article of the treaty of December 24, 1814. It begins with the same words found in the Preamble to the 1783 treaty: “In the name of the Most Holy and Indivisible Trinity.’ Only Christianity teaches a Trinitarian view of God. The 1848 Treaty with Mexico begins with “In the name of Almighty God, the author of peace…” If one line in the 1797 Treaty of Tripoli turns America into a secular State (which it does not), then how do the critics deal with the treaties of 1783, 1822, 1805, and 1848? They don’t.”
- DeMar’s “America’s 200 Year War with Terror”.
More than just treaties, there are hundreds of proclamations, court decisions and the Pre-amble of the Declaration of Independence (part of the organic law of the United States) , which assert the Christian nature of our civilization.
Here’s just a few.
July 4, 1821 John Quincy Adams... “The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected, in one insoluble bond, the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity….from the day of the Declaration…they (American people) were bounds by the laws of God, which they all and by the laws of the Gospel, which they nearly all acknowledged as the rules of there conduct.”
DeTocqueville’s “Democracy in America” …in the United States the sovereign authority is religious…there is no country in the world in which the Christian religion retains a greater influence of the souls of men that in America.”
March 27, 1853 Committee on the Judiciary, US House of Representatives reported: “Down to the Revolution, every colony did sustain religion in some form. It was deemed peculiarly proper that the religion of liberty should be upheld by a free people. Had the people, during the Revolution, had a suspicion of any attempt to war against Christianity, that Revolution would have been strangled in its cradle. At the time of the adoption of the Constitution and the Amendments, the universal sentiment was that Christianity should be encouraged-not any one sect. Any attempt to level or discard all religion would have been viewed with universal indignation. The object was not substitution Judaism or Mohammedanism, or infidelity, but to prevent rivalry among the sects to the exclusion of others.”
SCOTUS…1799 Runkel v Winemiller “…by our form of government, the Christian religion is the established religion.”
SCOTUS…1931 in review of an 1892 decision reiterates that “Americans are a Christian people”.
Then of course, there are the preambles of every state Constitution in the country.
This is just a quick start. I don’t want to write a book. There are dozens already which make the point much better.
The historical record of the Christian character of our institutions, laws, and beginnings is overwhelming. Revisionists depend upon the historical illiteracy and laziness of the public to say otherwise. This little blog barely scratches the surface of our heritage. Feel free to scratch deeper.
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So here’s the rest of the story. I sometimes tell Van, “Ya know, I was just cleaning my mouth and it went off”. This is one of these cases.
First some background. I’ve known Congressman Tom Latham for years. I have interviewed him dozens of times. He is by temperament, a “flaming moderate”. I am not. One of my favorite sports in talk radio is to get moderates to say immoderate things. Latham never falls for it. When he hits his exasperation wall, his standard line is, “Mickelson, I’m always happy to come on your show”. This is usually accompanied by a frozen grin along with a healthy dose of stink eye. Translation: “Mickelson you are an idiot and I’m not fallin’ for it”.
So, in this case Congressman Tom Latham was on my program on the 22nd and we covered a bunch of issues. The interview was fast paced and cheeky. Discussing the upcoming AG Holder contempt of Congress vote…Obama’s abuse of executive privilege vote following his executive directive regarding non-enforcement of immigration laws…Nancy Pelosi’s claim that the motive in the Holder contempt vote is really about voter suppression efforts in Florida. Then, the race-baiting in the Nixon-Kennedy debates (in 1960…nothing new) , ICE assuming jurisdiction over dinosaur bones (Latham was actually informed about it! Who knew?) Then, the taxpayers are about to be paying almost 3 billion dollars for phone stamps (free phones for the poor).
Added to the end of the list was a story about nuns on a bus headed to Washington to lobby congress for even more welfare money.
You can listen to the context yourself… my comment was intentionally non-PC to harass Congressman Tom Latham after dealing with a long litany of the absurd.
I asked, “Do you have any power to pull them over and pistol whip them?” The laughter was in my voice, not Latham’s. I noted that they called Congressman Ryan a fake Catholic on the budget, saying, “Liar, Liar, Pants on fire”.
Latham’s response is to say, “Aw Jeez, I’m always happy to be on your show”…the frozen grin, the stink eye…and then he plows forward into discussing the Ryan budget even as I continue to harass him.
He didn’t think it was funny, he didn’t agree and he most certainly didn’t attack the nuns. I doubt if he even knew about them all at when I brought them up. And for the record, I didn’t know much about them either except the short AP story about their attack on Ryan. I planned to ask Iowans what they thought about them later that morning. I did… short segment…about 12 minutes…couple of calls. Nobody, including me, gave it another thought. Most of the energy that morning was Urbandale’s zero tolerance policy against bottle rockets. A way more interesting topic, trust me.
Since this is an election year, and since the Latham-Boswell race contains two incumbents vying for the newly created congressional district, leftist bloggers cut part of that exchange out of context, abridging it to imply this was an attack on the nuns instead of me trying to harass Congressman Latham. This was done with malice and cynicism.
Just like NBC edited the 911 calls in the Treyvon Martin case to fit their template story, leftist bloggers did the same thing in this case. They edited out the part where Latham expresses discomfort and brushes off my nonsense. They falsely charged that this was said because of right-wing outrage over the politics of the nuns. Rubbish. This was nothing more than a boneheaded intentionally non-PC and stupid comment designed to get a rise out of a politician. The nuns were barely on anybody’s radar screen.
When I began to get some inquiries about this, my reaction was, “Oh crap, this edited tape makes me sound like I’m advocating harm against a bunch of nuns.!” If I read this stuff in print or heard it out of context I’d label this guy, THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD too….I’d give this guy the complete OBERMAN. So, I immediately wrote a letter to the nuns with the Network explaining what had happened. I apologized for my stupid comment and offered them an opportunity to be on my program where their cause could be heard.
So far, my letter has not been acknowledged. But, a couple of days later someone sent me link to a video of a left-wing talk show on which the nuns were being interviewed. A reference to my program was described as just another right-wing attack against poverty programs and the activists in the social justice movement.
Then, I fully understood what I had expected all along. I had been Alinskied. Here were the nuns basking in their imagined and asserted victim-hood. They were imagining, “We are victims of brutal threats, therefore we and our cause must be righteous. Just like Jesus.” My comment was being used to authenticate their template story. An explanation or apology would be an inconvenience to their martyrdom and fund-raising.
By the way, at least three activist websites, including Move-on dot Org and the Boswell campaign are using that out of context sound-bite as a fund raiser. Boswell’s is hilarious.
“…the radical Tea Party talk host suggested that nuns…be pulled over and pistol whipped.” Tom Latham’s response? “It’s always fun to be on your show.” Fun? There’s nothing fun about violence against women. Contribute $3 dollars today to show Tom Latham’s casual attitude against women won’t stand.”
Three bucks. Really? HAH! That’s a bunch of outrage Leonard! Perhaps $3 is the right amount for phony contrived outrage.
Most of the response on this has come from outside Iowa from people who didn’t listen to the program. Most of the response is contrived outrage from leftist social media. It is so lame and transparent that I’ve ignored it. For some listeners who are genuinely concerned, I’ve explained to them what’s going on. Then they become annoyed that they’ve been played by political operatives.
Speaking of response, and the caliber of invective coming from the left, here is a sample from Congressman Latham’s Facebook page… about his 95 year old grandmother.
“That woman is a servant of the Devil who raised up a liar to serve Satan’s bankers. She’s nothing but a breeder of this nation’s enemies…it is my prayer that the True and Living God will send that demoniac old whore into the fires of Hell that she and your blasphemous family deserve.”
There is one of the important lessons to be learned from this. For my own part, I’ve learned, “Don’t give your enemies a club they will use it”. For the rest of us, we should learn that we shouldn’t believe everything you see and read in the media. I’m IN the media and I am telling you that it has never been worse. Activist bloggers are one thing, but now mainstream newspapers and news agencies are doing the same thing. Fair and Balanced is a myth. Reagan was right. “Trust, but Verify”.
I’m a big boy…I’ve been to this rodeo before. My listeners know what this is about. My only concern is that my idiot comment could hurt a pretty decent, but boring congressman. That, I would truly regret.
The next time I reach for something non-PC to say, it will not involve nuns. Trust me on that…might be baby seals…or bald eagles …or something.
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(Editor's Note: for those of you outside of Iowa who only heard a 30 second sound byte from this podcast, feel free to listen to the entire podcast. Baiting a politician isn't hate speech...might be clumsy sometimes, but it isn't hate speech. And worse, it didn't even work... Latham didn't fall for it, darn it.)
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Rev. Jeff Mullen wants to be Senator Mullen from the new Senate District 22. Jonathan Narcisse wants to repair what ails Iowa politics. Harry Stein says, "No Matter What...They'll Cal This Book Racist: How Our Fear of Talking Honestly about Race Hurts Us All". Al Riggenberg wants Senator Gronstal's job. Then, Iowans ponder what to do with druggie cops.
Robert Buchar is a political refugee from the old Soviet Union..."And Realty Be Damned"...and "The Collapse of Communism: The Untold Story". Then Mickelson get a "hatchet job". Plus, Lisa Bedford is the "Survival Mom". Then, somebody, (we don't know who) from the Polk County Sheriff's office wants "Gotcha Cams" in Polk County. And Tom Pyle from the Institute for Energy Research tell why gas is so expensive.
Pavel Stroilov stole a bunch of documents from the Gorbachev archives...he's a Russian historian now living in the West. "Behind the Desert Storm"... he warns of continuing Russian mischief. Then, can Iowans pass the civics test taken by new American citizens? Pop Quiz!
David Shedlock talks about "With Christ in the Voting Booth"... concludes he will not be voting this time around. Then, revisiting the Parable of the Pound... then, the oldest "Bully Bill" on the planet is more than 4000 years old, and much better than the new ones.
Kaitlin Barnett talks about the "Dosed" generation and what they learned from being medicated. Iowans tell of their own experiences...including a caller who mentioned neuro-feedback. Mikey Weinstein from the Military Religious Freedom Foundation blasts the US Aryan SS unit in Afghanistan. He doesn't like to be agreed with... :) Then, Bridgette Gabriel from Act for America is coming to Point of Grace in Waukee Tuesday pm 7pm.
Iowans reaction to Grassley's "Heads Should Roll"...Sarah Palin's "You're Fired"....to the" fast and furious" FUBARS and zipper-gate security agents. Senator Kent Sorenson... Senator David Johnson... Rep Glenn Massie... Chuck Hurley... lobby for life and explain why de-funding abortion is being Gronstalled. Congressman Steve King talks about issues...including a call from an Iowa vet who couldn't get service from a VA hospital cuz it was delivering "services" to Hispanic families instead.
Katie Pavilich says a bunch of people should be in big trouble following the "Fast and Furious" disasters. Including the President. Deborah Thornton, policy analyst from Public Interest Institute says Iowa remains the highest business property tax state in the nation. Then, Abrahm Lustgarten describes BP's "Run to Failure" ...what went into the gulf oil disaster.
Senator Byron Dorgan writes a novel, Blowout, as a way to talk about energy policy. Chris Hall takes a look at Obama's "Big Picture". And Iowa Board of Regents President Craig Lang talks about changing the tuition set aside program after a public outcry over its "taking from the haves and giving to the have nots" policy became general knowledge.
Harold Kwalwasser says when it's education it's time for a "Renewal: Remaking Our Schools for the 21st Century." Then, Charlotte Hays of the Independent Women's Forum says "Equal Pay Day" is a myth. Dr. Wes Crenshaw talks about bullying...and the politics of solid waste bags.
Chris Law helps run Newton, Iowa's Pregnancy Center of Central Iowa talking about an upcoming fundraiser. (Saturday in Newton Iowa) Joe Williams says public education is "Cheating our Kids: How Politics and Greed Ruin Education". Then, Iowa Regents schools are "taking from the haves and giving to the have nots"... cuz we need diversity...ulp. We've been Kibbied.
Project Appleseed...Bryce Hope invites people to sample history and long rifles. Jeff Burkett from Iowa Firearms Coalition says there's still time to get some gun stuff done at the legislature. Here's how. Iowans really like talking about GMO's. Spirited.
Keith Darrell is gonna debate ISU's tax-funded atheist professor of religion, Prof. Hector Avalos....tonight at 7pm at Hoover Hall. "Is the Bible the Source of Absolute Moral Rules for Today?" Sounds like fun. Then, "The Daily Insult" says Sharia Law isn't worth our worry...nothing to see here. Then, a Democrat activist says Mitt Romney's wife never "worked a day in her life"...boom.
The Iowa school year start day is being debated....Iowans have opinions. Jimmy White says PETA shouldn't euthanize sheltered pets. Then, Iowans talk about the unemployment kiosks...and have we become a nation of couch sitters waiting for a government check?
The new Howard Dean effect explained and refuted...then Iowans apply the techniques to politics.
Deputy Dan Charleston is running for Polk County Sheriff...issues. Then, "Debacle"...John Lott says the economy is running the wrong way. Then, Senator Grassley tweets up a storm...more on the courts. Nathan Tucker says it's worse than we thought.
Open-line interrupted by "Hoodie Day" at Valley High School. Some kids decide to wear hoodies to school to demonstrate against profiling based upon clothing... great conversation.
Shawn Heflick, a snake herder from Geo Wild talk about the new show...he's into poisonous critters and likes to share. Then, the cashier from Git-n-Go is out of work after selling gas for $.39 a gallon. She's a little bugged at Iowans.
The Stupid Party mugs Obama, while making him embrace the doctrine of judicial supremacy. Then, Obama blasts "social Darwinism" while subsidizing it. And busted for breaking into one's own home? The rest of the story.
Title 9 is coming to the high school level? Equal sports money spent for gender equity...good idea? Sabrina Schaeffer says, "nope". Then, Iowans sort out a bunch of moral dilemmas...dang that Golden Rule.
Senator Arlen Specter talks about "Life Among the Cannibals"...history and culture war. Then, a jury acquits a minister for whacking a mouthy kid. :)
Judy Hintz from Educational Resources offers an insight into what is necessary to fix our ailing education system. Then, Best Buy is on the ropes...why... and what the market is doing to adjust. Iowans have insights.
Timothy Daughtry talks about "Waking the Sleeping Giant: How Mainstream Americans Can Beat Liberal At Their Own Game"... Justice Kagin says the US Government has buckets of money for the states...why would they complain? Then, nutritionist Lorna Vanderhaeghe says stop blaming your parents for your genes and start eating the right stuff. Oh...and Senator Harkin says we are a rich country...we still have checks and people to tax.
Explaining stuff normally unexplained...namely, why Des Moines, Iowa has so many ELL (English Language Learning) students...and why Iowa is a low wage state. What did Thomas Jefferson have to say about debt...and why do Christians say they have to forgive people who are not even seeking it? Plus can "pink slime" be rehabilitated?
Aya is an Iraqi....soon to be an American....married at 11 in Iraq...refugee to Iowa. A Muslim, converted to Christianity...now in hiding, fearing an "honor" killing from family and Islamic community. Her story. Then, Iowans are making themselves part of the Trayvon Martin case...the political theater is here.
Eric Rosenthal and Lisa Kuzela say that Cedar Rapids shouldn't be given any more flood recovery money unless there are real checks and balances on accounting. Then, Iowans and Obama react to the Trayvon Martin killing.
Dr. Greg Schmunk talks about over-the-counter fake pot...and why synthetic drugs are so dangerous. Geraldo says "don't let your kids wear hoodies". Then, Congressman Steve King wants to reinforce his opposition to Obama-care.
Lee Booton from Patriot Outreach talk about the grim numbers of suicides and rape amongst the military ranks. Then Congressman Braley says unless states adapt Iowa's Kadyn's Law, they won't get their highway money. He says each year there are 13 million violations...how many fatalities?
Iowans struggle to fix a drive-by knifer... then Tom Coates intros Don Piper "90 Minutes in Heaven: a True Story of Death and Life"...coming to the Iowa Prayer Breakfast April 5th. Charles Jacobs takes on Louis Farrakhan's role in Sudanese slavery. James Edwards answers the question of why refugees end up in Iowa...mystery solved. Then the Farm Bureau says some Iowa bridges are unsafe...then why are open?
Charles Goyette says we are "Red and Blue and Broke All Over"...says the political class is broken...protect yourself. Bob Vander Plaats with a pro-family demonstration at the State House. Then, revisiting propaganda 101. Protect yourself.
Do dogs really watch TV? Only in HD...says a pet ophthalmologist. Then, mom won't let her kid cross the line to get candy at the parade...good mom? Then, Eric Holder talks about cowing smokers and brainwashing techniques. Powerful.
Iowa Ag Secretary Bill Northey says the new labor regulations will indeed effect family farm labor practices. Iowans are more than ready with their “comments” to the Labor Secretary Solis.
Jake McCaully (McMillan) from Junkyard Prophet...tells the rest of the story on The Dust-up in Dunkerton. Do traditional ethics and the message of life need to be "un-done"? Then, Rep Walt Rogers says there is still a slim hope to outlaw "gotcha-cams".... then, what does "tolerance" really mean?
Leah Durant gives a "progressive" argument against open borders and tolerating illegal immigration. Iowa law enforcement brags about Iowans being "compliant". Then, a rock band offends the PC police in Dunkerton. Boom.
A Montana logger, Bruce Vincent, warns Iowans to look out for professional litigators using environmental laws to milk the system and kill jobs. Then, Iowans react to the Afghanistan killings...what to do about a soldier who cracks.
Deputy Dan Charleston is running for sheriff of Polk County. Issues. Then, the gay lobby is in full court press on judges and gay rights. Iowans aren't falling for it.
Susan Yoshihara tells about the Russian population collapse...warns US about "Population Decline" the good news and bad news. Then, Iowans insist the Constitution be used and circulated widely.
The Pentagon wants to downsize Iowa's 132nd Wing of the Iowa National Guard. The entire Iowa political delegation is "outraged". Iowan's defend and explain the importance of the "mission". Spirited.
Arizona Sheriff Arpaio says Obama's birth certificate is bogus. Steve Beamansays if it's true nasty stuff happens. Then, what Rush should have said about Sandra Fluke from Georgetown's LSRJ? Straight talk from the culture war.
Iowans straighten out traffic snafus... Congressional candidate Ben Lange...issues. Then, slut-gate...Iowan respond to the Limbaugh dust-up. We hear from a loving liberal who hopes Rush dies soon.
Rep Kim Pearson reviews some of the highlights from the legislative season including the gun debate. Then, why do some abuse victims go back to their abusers? Then, Eric Maisel is about "ReThinking Depression"...is a skeptic about mental health labels.
Brig. Gen. David Phillips says the US is abandoning Camp Ashraf Iranians, some of whom are Americans, to their fates in Iraq, after promising to protect them. A passionate appeal. Then, a software designer says there is no way for internet poker to be made secure from money laundering....Jim Thackston. Then, Iowans support a priest who denied communion to a lesbian activist attending her mom's funeral. Vigorous.
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State Auditor David Vaudt describes the gap between what IPERS collects and what its eventual liabilities will be. HUGE! Then, Iowa Democrats stomp out of the statehouse to protest a debate over 2nd Amendment issues. Iowans respond.
Senator Paul McKinley and Senator Brad Zaun want to disband Iowa's Department of Education... serious reform.. Charles Murray says the US is "Coming Apart".. then, reviewing the appearance of Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Cady on Iowa Press.
Josh Dean is a dog lover..."Show Dog"...then, Dan Simmons says fracking isn't nearly as nasty as the greenies say about getting access to US natural gas. Then, from the NRA, Chris Cox, and Peter Brownell lobby the Iowa legislature to shake loose some trapped gun legislation.
Sean Faircloth with "The Attack of the Theocrats!" a vigorous polemic in the culture war. Time to bring troops home from Afghanistan? Rioting over burned Korans. Then, the 911 call which acquitted Jay Rodney Lewis.
Dr. Glad Curtis .."Your Pregnancy Week by Week" baby guru with an update. Susan Stagner from Iowa Connections Academy with an insight into online learning. Con Tom Tancredo wants to do away with the electoral college...wow. Congressman Tom Latham...issues.
Elizabeth Price Foley is a law professor who actually takes the Constitution seriously..."The Tea Party: Three Principles". Then, a listener asks, "Hey Mickelson you hate gotcha cams for enforcing the law, but want immigration laws enforced... whazzup with that? Then, law enforcement demonstrates graphically why we need a "stand your ground law".
Listeners dismantle a couple of legislative scams... gotcha cams and online gambling. Congressman Steve King has issues.... then whatza Lamanite? And why do they dislike Romney?
There is a stalemate at the statehouse over advancing some of the agenda items of the NRA and Iowa Gun Owners... Rep. Clel Baudler and Aaron Dorr highlight the bottleneck. Then Mike Chapman talks about wrestling...and Lincoln.
Hey, walk faster or yer gonna die... setting the pace for marital moseying. Then, Msgr. Frank Bognanno from Christ the King...targeting Obamacare cuz it targets Catholics.
Merrill Matthews talks about "Contraceptive Coverage: One More Unconstitutional Mandate" and Iowa Catholics respond to the intrusion. Did the Branstad administration make an unforced error in trash talking the Family Leader?
Mark Cooper doesn't think a nuclear power plant in Iowa makes economic sense.Dean Crist from MidAmerican thinks it does. Vigorous discussion ensues.
Steve King with a great C-Pac rant...a truckers magazine is warning truckers about defective gotcha cams in Ft Dodge...getting to the bottom of the story... the wonderfulness of some of the Grammy music... and getting into the pigness of hogs...really.
Rep Jason Schultz wants to change Iowa law to make it legal for farmers to make private sales of unpasteurized raw milk. Spirited. Then, James Huntington says the economy won't recover...this is the new normal...so the government should off a guaranteed national income to compensate. Huh? Then, Betty R. De Boef worries about the perception of unequal treatment before the law in charges being dropped against a local sheriff.
Pastor Michael Demastus puts "Gay is Not Good" on his church's sign. BOOM! Now the gay lobby is attacking him and his church. Iowans respond. Then, contemporary Iowans can't figure out what to do with our excessive geese population. Ideas?
An Iowa HS history teacher brought a vintage WW2 Japanese-American to tell the students about her experience as an internee. America is labeled "racist" for the war measures. Iowans respond... "The Dispossession" by Dwight D. Murphey... and "In Defense of Internment" by Michelle Malkin....gives the rest of the story. As a balance against the PC history of the Japanese front in WW2, give Glen McDole a listen...a powerful story of overcoming evil.
Amy Contrada talks about the "Mitt Romney's Deception"...how Mitt advances the gay agenda as Massachusetts's governor. Ann Rittgers defends 2nd Amendment rights against liberal mayors. Michael Ware and Rick Largess talk about firearms selection and training for new shooters. Eric Hanson from KCCI back from South Africa...stories of inspiration with Dr. Jim Blessman
Secretary of State Matt Schultz want voter ID's in Iowa. Most Iowans agree. Bob Vander Platts and Chuck Hurley from The Family Leader encourage Governor Branstad to remove his name from a gay agenda event.
"Titanic" Stephen Hines commits history. Obama commits theology. Rep Erik Helland commits politics. Bill Salier should be committed. He's gonna do a fundraiser for a political newbie, Greg Heartsill. And the Iowa Supreme Court finds the religious right to metal tractor tires somewhere within the 1st Amendment. Oh, good.
Steven Gillon describes "The Pact"...Bill Clinton, Newt Gingrich, and the Rivalry that Defined a Generation. Then, out of the pages of history, a letter from a former slave addressed to his former owner....delicious. Then, ISU bans Christian ethics from its business classes. Oh, good.
Ben-Hur...one of the best movie spectacles of all time....Omaha film historian Bruce Crawford...bringing the new Hi-Def restored edition...Thursday, the Cinemark XD theatre. Then, February 28th is Home School Day at the Capitol. Then, whatsa Florida "cracker"?
Tim Goeglein from Focus on the Family talks about "The Man in the Middle"...defending the faith record of the Bush years. Rep. Ralph Watts wants to use the E-Verify process when Iowa distributes tax dollars. Marcus Winters says "Teachers Matter"... how to pick good ones. Then, little pagan varmints attack the new Valley HS Principal...in the name of the 1st Amendment. Lordy.
Tawan Perry...College Sense...stuff you and your college bound kids need to know. Greg Heartsill want the Iowa House District 28 seat...issues. Rep Julian Garrett introduces and Iowa version of E-Verify. Spirited. Roy Beck assesses Republican candidates on immigration issue.
Iowans wonder about the lottery ticket winner and what's the rest of the story...Jim Guthrie from the G.W. Bush Institute...assesses the Iowa education collapse.. Then, Mary Neubauer from the Iowa Lottery clears up some of the lottery mystery...and creates some more. Plus, Iowa wants a "waiver" from NCLB standards. Good idea?
Cats are Jewish...dogs are Methodists...the theology of pets. How to recognized the Alinksy pattern at work in a political campaign. Then, who has taken Iowans out of the de-tasseling business?
Sabrina Schaeffer, Executive Director of the Independent Women's Forum... says Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act is a bad deal for both employers and women. Then, Iowan's respond to the Nancy Pelosi threat against Newt. Plus, Iowans are spittin' mad over run amuck traffic law enforcement.
Do out of work Iowans really need a government employee to help them find a job? Do Iowans really need to pay tax dollars to build rest areas? Do Iowans really need to provide "celebrity" hunting licenses? Iowans have answers.
Post South Carolina Newtisms...trying to explain why South Carolina women gave Newt a pass on his serial adultery. As usual, Iowans astound and are profound....mostly.
David Holt, President of the Consumer Energy Alliance talks about the Keystone XL pipeline hold-ups. Iowans like the subject...some really great rants on traffic-cam-scams.
Iowans respond to the final caucus numbers. Iowans are embarrassed and sheepish... and PO'd. Iowa Republican Chairman Matt Strawn explains...satisfied?
Pop Quiz! ... how do you fit into the political spectrum... Then, Brian Moran wants to defend for private colleges and universities against Senator Harkin's legislative scrutiny. Iowans have strong opinions.
The lady at the statehouse demands human rights for Iowans... including illegal aliens. Thomas E Woods deals with rule of law and "Nullification"...spirited.
Lad Allen, producer of "Metamorphosis"...talking about the mystery of the Monarch. Gorgeous movie...the challenge of Intelligent Design. Then Scott Taylor with words of health wisdom...plus does ISU have predatory parking fees?
Thomas Woods is coming to town to talk about "Nullification"... Don Jennings and Steve McCoy invite him to town...Monday night at 7pm..Point of Grace Church, Waukee. Then, a couple great examples of "thought-ending-clichés" ..
Aaron Putze and Bill Northey, plus a bunch of other concerned Iowans are going to Haiti to help provide housing. Then, Iowans think about our "Safe Haven" law. In light of the death of some newborns should the law get higher visibility? Then a picture ofMarines urinating upon the corpses of the Taliban face courts martial. Just?
Congressman Tom Latham.. issues... Then, the political class is trying to latch onto the abused high school wrestler case. Then, a budding Alinsky-style community organizer runs the playbook at Des Moines City Council...Iowans respond.
Brian Peskin with Healthy for Life...seminar. Then Obama's "recess" appointments...a Constitutional crisis. Phil Kerpen with "Democracy Denied"...OMG. Then, a follow-up on the wrestly "hazing" story. Powerful. Ilana Mercer takes us "Into the Cannibal's Pot". A horrific look at post-apartheid South Africa...just what democracy looks like.
Jeff Burkett from Iowa Firearms Coalition with a start of the session update. Everything from the "castle doctrine" to lead ammo. Then, a couple of Iowa wrestling programs have problems with "hazing", which looks a lot like sexual assault. WHAT?
Senator Santorum 12-Gay lobby 0. Post Caucus Post Partum Syndrome...still counting. Rick Santorum says time to move on. State caucus election details. Occupiers express continuing gratitude to Mayor Cownie for his forbearance. Iowans are grateful too... :)
Gov Rick Perry, on the way out of Iowa, blasts the caucuses as being too "loosey-goosey" to count. Is he right?
Post Caucus sound off... Iowans talk about the their voting experiences... Michelle Bachman pulls out... and an Occupy gate crasher gets elected to the Republican Party steering committee...seriously?
Mike Huckabee...election talk. Gov Rick Perry...Congressman Michelle Bachman ....Con. Newt Gingrich..and Senator Rick Santorum...pre-Caucus talk....Iowans proxy. Lotsa energy.
Doug Gross...Republican activist...Congressman Steve King...evaluate the caucuses. Senator Rand Paul proxies for his dad. Former Presidential candidate Patrick Buchannan ...political talk and "Suicide of a Superpower"...brisk.
Matt Strawn with a quick caucus update. Joe Murray blasts the AFA for supporting Newt. Rev Cary Gordon proxies for Sen. Rick Santorum. Politics of course.
Con. Michelle Bachman...issues. Congressman Ron Paul...issues... simulcasting on C-Span.
Gov. Rick Perry... issues. Iowans are still deciding. Then, more silliness from the Occupy movement who promise to do same day registrations to filibuster and disrupt the process. Republicans are ready.
Lost in the debate over women in politics is the meaning of Christmas...that's my story and I'm sticking to it. Senator Rick Santorum...issues and answers. Then, Mickelson is the Grinch who stole Kwanzaa. Then Charlie Brown converts to Islam...(language alert)...and a cute video about twin toddlers with a fair and balanced debate.
Con. Fred Grandy proxies for Newt Gingrich...powerful presentation on the threat of radical Islam. Then, "Should Christians support women in politics?" Steven Baker affirmative. John Desaulniers, Jr....negative.
Congressman Newt Gingrich with issues...EPA...China...judiciary...campaign protests...and potential debates. Ron Paul quits a CNN interview....the rest of the story. Vigorous.
Lotsa openline... more campaign disruption... Ron Paul gets punked....Alan Greenspan explains why American jobs will pay less...and he thinks American's will approve. Energy. Ron Paul is the front runner now, so it's his turn to get trashed.
The kids from Joshua Christian Academy recite and sing....inspiring. Rev Keith Ratliff explains the mission. Then, Sonja Brown from the Kitchen Cabinet...wants Iowa women to get involved at a higher level in the political process. Should Michelle Bachman step aside to let Rick Santorum gain more headway? Congressman Steve King...issues. Defending Christmas against silly rules.
Congressman Greg Ganske signs onto the Newt Gingrichcampaign. Issues. Iowan's respond. Then civil defense attorney Jame Otto says illegal immigration is one thing, but the LEGAL immigration with "Employment Preference Visas" are killing US big time.
Zach Wahl's video has gone big time. This is the "Reverse Engineering" redux.
The Occupy Des Moines crew are doing their thing at Democratic venues...let see how that goes. Then, a history of the movement.. JBS CEO Art Thompson. Then, Bill O'Reilly blasts Newt Gringrich's debate SCOTUS critique. Reverse engineering the case.
Michelle Bachman ...post debate feedback...issues. Then, Pastor Stephen Broden, a Texas T-Party patriot wants Iowans to put principle over electibility in the upcoming presidential vote. Mark Tapscott from the Washington Examiner wants to endorse Mitt Romney. Then, Governor Vilsack is proud of Iowa's gay marriage ruling and the judges he appointed.
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In this case, I put this one up to illustrate what I’ve been telling you about propaganda techniques. The gay lobby uses the “we are victims and therefore virtuous” as their main weapon. If you disagree with them, they label you a hater. This is the template example. I will take it apart line by line.
Again, Jans hatred of the Mormon faith becomes apparent.
No such hatred exists. I have never criticized Mormonism. Not once.
Since Jans first interview with Mitt where Jan attacked and intentionally insulted Mitts church and faith, he has been on a crusade to do everything possible to viciously belittle and deride Mitt and by association his church.
This is also false. Nowhere in the interview did I attack Mitt’s church or faith. In fact during the interview I told Mitt that I agreed with the church. This is a lie. And since Mitt’s position on abortion was in disagreement with the official church doctrine, he is the one which brought insult to his church.
Mitt being aware of this hatred of his church by so called Christians was overly sensitive and on guard for this venom. Jan basically told Romney he was a liar and a bad Mormon with the sole intent of belittling him on the air.
You missed the part when I said I’d interviewed him before and this time was expecting a great interview with a committed Conservative pro-lifer. Nobody was more shocked than I that Mitt lied about his church.
I think Jans hatred is very obvious to any frequent listener especially when you hear the softies given other candidates that profess to be real christens
So far, none of the other candidates have been nearly hysterically defensive or lied to me, or gone on national TV and lied about me. When and if that happens, expect me to become a little "intense".
I suspect every candidate Jan has interviewed has told an untruth (or several) and Jan will correct them politely and move on. Every Christian denomination could be called a cult by someone that has not grown up in the faith.
If they have, they are better at it than Mitt. And not once have I ever called Mormonism a “cult”. This is another lie…a propaganda tactic which again asserts victim status trying to evoke unearned sympathy while attempting to put the other person on the defensive.
Jans first interview blowing up was no accident, thats the way Jan intended it to go.
That’s a lie. Even if it were true, Mitt didn’t have to co-operate by lying about his church, accusing me of attacking his church even though I was in agreement with it, and later on national TV lying about hidden cameras. I even tried to smooth over the interview by offering him another chance, thinking that the possibility of a misunderstanding existed. He rebuffed every attempt. I think its important to note that in my entire career on the radio as a talk show host, not once has this happened before or since. It’s also noteworthy that even the people running Mitt's campaign during that election cycle call Romney a fraud.
And also for the record, after the Romney interview, most of the supporting emails and phone calls came from Utah from Mormons who said, “It’s about time somebody blew the whistle on that guy”.
Ramesh Ponnuru, Senior Editor National Review, takes after the Newtster. Ron Paul on life. Windsor Heights, otherwise known as the speed trap, wants to revenue on 235. Then, Michelle Bachman, Newt Gingrich, Rick Perry, and Rick Santorum speak on life at the premier of "The Gift of Life".
Dr. Jim and Beth Blessman talk to Iowans about missions trips to Africa. "Farmageddon" the movie...about .."The Unseen War on American Family Farms"... a Vermont farm wife tells a chunk of her story with an Iowa connection. Then, Jennifer Bowen from Iowa Right to Life talks about "The Gift of Life"...a life affirming movie premiered by Gov Mike Huckabee.
Iowans are in a feisty mood over the lost intelligence drone, a butterless Norway, the 14th Amendment and life in general....whew!
Lisa Miller from the American coalition for Clean Coal Electricity says the EPA is about to bump Iowa electricity rates up to 20 percent. Then, folks around the country wonder about Iowans and the immigration issue. Plus folks react to the catholic sisters' snotty immigration sign.
Adding another lane and toll road to Iowa? Iowan's respond. Then, Senator Rand Paul says the T-Party can't support Newt. And a Romney supporter says we should hold our noses and vote for him anyway.
"Born to Run" Christopher McDougall learns from the Tarahumaras that long distance runners don't need shoes. Then, Roy Beck from NumbersUSA rates the current crop of candidates on the immigration issue. Then, Occupy Des Moines give the homeless a lesson in ethics...steal their stuff... and the rest of us a lesson a civics...disrupt Republican speeches....again.
KBL...Kill Ben Laden... John Weisman has a novelized view of what happened. Then, flipper flopper roulette...then an atheist says a vote for Gingrich is a vote for gay marriage. Huh?
Tersa Egli with Granite Transformations tell how to get vast quantities of points with your spouse. (at least 500) then Governor Mike Huckabee is holding a presidential forum on life at the debut of "The Gift of Life". 800-362-4788 for a free ticket...December 14th, Hoyt Sherman Place...
Gerald Celente on a rant against the gangsters and banksters who are ripping off everybody. Then, Iowans evaluate Harkin, Herman Cain, and bestiality...in that order.
Judy Hintz from Educational Resources is still picking of the pieces... great success stories from parents of children who are now up to speed in the classroom. Then, Jim Rickards tells what's happening in the "Currency Wars"...American Banksters bailing out Euro-Banksters. Then, music of the season with the Blenders. Yum.
Newt Gingrich...issues...great conversation about law. Presidential politics. Peter Schweizer says it's time to "Throw Them All Out"... Judge Napolitano has a great think piece. And Iowans think about white deer.
Founding Rivals...a great chunk of founding history....the rivalry between Madison and Monroe. Then, who is the next Reagan? Bill Pascoe from CFTR says Iowans say it's Newt. Michael Gerson from ONE encourages us to assist AIDS ravaged sections of the world. Then what have Iowans decided about Herman Cain? WOW!
Mike Master with "Rules for Conservatives" a response to Alinsky's "Rules for Radicals". David Bossie with Gov. Mike Huckabee inviting Iowans to an opening of "The Gift of Life"...December 14th ...for an RSVP 800-362-4788. Then, Con. Michelle Bachman...issues...and "Core of Conviction".
Craig Shirley takes us back to "December 1941...31 Days That Changed America and Saved the World." Then Senator Harkin joins the anti-nanny cam campaign...heart warming. Then, Congressman Steve Kingwith issues.
Del Tackett from the Truth Project is in Iowa... will speak at Grace Church Saturday morning at 9am....And Bob Vander Platts with the Thanksgiving Family Forum Saturday evening. Congressman Ron Paul...now in 2nd place...in Iowa... issues.
Best seller..."Currency Wars"... Jim Rickards ...describing the making of the next global crisis. Then, how did Republicans blow their chance to take back the Iowa Senate? Craig Robinson, Eric Rosenthal, former Senator David Hartsuch. Penny Nance, President of CWA says polling shows Iowans hate government debt and want a flat tax.
Steve Floodfrom Holmes-Murphy delivers the good news and bad news about our healthcare future. He helps businesses plan for what's coming. Then, Dan Gainor from Media Research Center has been watching the Occupy movement and says the media is sanitizing its' real nature. Then, it's time to pull the plug on the Iowa branch.
Unmasked Judeophobia...a new documentary shown tonight at Temple B'nai Jeshurun ...Mark Finkelstein...JCRC. Ross Shafer's "Grab more Market Share" great insights. Then the political parade continues. Iowa is up for grabs.
An event to honor vets...Friday night...7:00 pm at Grace Church... then Iowans respond to the news of the day... the Perils of Perry...and Paterno.
Congressman Tom Latham...issues. Bill Federer and Dr. Stephen Kirby coming to the Concerned Women for America of Iowa seminar "Exposing Radical Islam and Unmasking Sharia Law". Then, housing sex offenders within a care center with Grandma and Grandpa... huh?
Michael Whatley from the Consumer Energy Alliance gives an update on our energy future. Then, post election talk back...and new work regs for kids on the farm? Then, can Cain avoid being Pallinated?
Robert M Pallitto says torture is always wrong and gives historic examples of "Torture and State Violence in the United States"... spirited. Then, Gary Barrett give us the rest of the story on Anonymous. Then, has Herman Cain lost Iowa's benefit of the doubt?
Occupy movement takes it up a notch...with a video from "anonymous"...calling for the January caucuses to be occupied and blocked... real or contrived? Iowan's contrive a response.
Congressman Ron Paul...issues. The Occupy DSM folks want to occupy private property next. Time to yank their permits? Then, Gov. Rick Perry...issues.
"The Agenda: Grinding America Down."...Curtis Bowers is the producer of a great documentary of the Communist movement in the USA. Powerful presentation. Tonight at 7:00 pm at Grace Church 4200 East 25th St. DSM. Then, Senator Rick Santorum deals with issues.
Consumer Reports writes about Mystery Meat... (fish) and the power company sends customers an anxiety attack. Michelle Bachman talks about issues...and passes THE litmus test question. Flying colors.
A local tragedy points the truth of the Edward Banfield class theory....Bob Vander Platts evaluates the Herman Cain sexual harassment case. Lotsa openline.
Joel Rosenberg with another chiller..."The Tehran Initiative"... then, Newt Gingrich takes on the courts...plus, what do Iowans think about Herman Cain's sexual harassment issue?
Openline Friday....Rick Perry wants to skip future debates. Good idea? Ok then, who WILL Iowans support?
A prepper...survivalist...great conversationalist... Mat Stein... "When Disaster Strikes".... Dennis Schuelke talks about "Attorneys Above the Law"..then, should DSM renew Occupy DSM protest permit?
Then a new Herman Cain TV spot....
A Sharia Law Seminar coming to Iowa in November...Tamara Scott with the details. Tim Osborne with Technology by Design talks about the new 3-D television technology. Steve Emerson...terrorism expert... in Iowa speaking at Point of Grace Church 7:30 pm...Waukee.
Stephen Leeb says we are in a commodity war with China and we are losing...Red Alert....great stuff. Where not to put passwords....Then, what's the real reason for the PC movement going after Halloween, Columbus Day or Thanksgiving? Then, ATV's? Kids are getting hurt? New Laws?
Cedar Rapids neighborhood association leaders, Frank King and Michael Richards, are trying to blow the whistle on crony capitalism with disaster relief money*.Then, more Herman Cain follow-up.*
Iowans wonder about Herman Cain's pro-life position after a confusing CNN interview. Congressman Ron Paul...really important money issues. Con. Michelle Bachman...issues.
Pat Buchanan with "Suicide of a Superpower"...spirited. The Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition Presidential Forum...Oct 22nd... call 515-225-1515 for tickets. Congressman Steve King with issues. Roy Beck from Numbers USA...reviewing the immigration stands of candidates.
Sen Merlin Bartz explains his side of the "who pays for the new fence" story. Then, Lorraine Johnson is the City Farmer...urban food growing...chicken rancher... Post debate feedback....ugh. Winner? Anderson Cooper.
Charles Conlen, nuclear expert, wants Iowa to re-consider nuclear power. Then, an Iowa traffic law is being mis-interpreted...so says it's author....the "slow down and change lanes" around traffic stops or accidents....sometimes the mis-understanding causes accidents.
Sen. Rick Santorum in Iowa with more issues...stumping for support. Then, a brief survey of Iowans in Kenya...a delicious sample...back from the trip.
Ben Coes, with Coup D'Etat...a thriller novel about potential tension between India and Pakistan...with a little presidential politics mixed in for good measure. Then, Gary Stuart with Innocent Until Interrogated... inside story of the Buddhist Temple Massacre. More on the Perry, Iowa bully story.. Janice Patrick with her side of her daughter's story.
"Courageous" an inspirational movie opening this weekend...7 pm Sunday Carmike-Wynnsong...call Robert (515-249-1901) for reduced priced tickets. Dr. Carlos Campo from Regent University agrees with Gov Rick Perry about compassion for the children of illegals. Then, an unusual bullying case in Perry, Iowa ends weirdly.
Iowa postal workers want public support. Ok, what exactly does that mean? Lotsa Iowans have ideas. Spirited.
Lew Rockwell samples the state of the economy and political world....tasty! An award-winning teacher, Tracey Bailey, from the Association of American Educators talks about the "Freedom to Teach". Then, howscome the taxpayers have to pay for the damage a couple of cops did? Vigorous.
Former Congressman Rick Boucher wants better, faster and cheaper broadband internet access. He's in Iowa to drum up support. Then, the Perils of Perry. Why Governor Rick Perry muffed the immigration question.
Congressman Steve King with debate reaction... plus issues. And a caller says he was told he couldn't get a job cuz he wasn't a minority....BOOM! Gerald Celente examines social and economic trends...not good.
Newt Gingrich...issues... David Rubin from Samaria...issues. Frank Luntz...issues...( he wants Iowan in his next focus groups...and he'll pay!)
Gretchen Holt-Witt turned the tragedy of her son's cancer into a country wide cancer fighting fundraiser..."The Bake Sale Cookbook"...inspirational. An Iowa pilot gets busted in NY for carrying a weapon... Congressman Ron Paul in Iowarunning...issues...articulate as usual. Ron Paul segment one. Ron Paul Segment Two. Segment Three. Then should Iowa vote to return to the gold standard for money? Jeffrey Bell and Rich Danker with Gold Standard 2012.
Obama talks about what to subsidize and what to tax...then, just who are the slackers in Iowa anyhow? Congressman Steve King uses the "s" word.
Eric and Ann Rosenthal from Cedar Rapids say it's time to establish "home rule" for local school boards. Then, deconstructing Robert Reich's Iowa visit...
"Abelard to Apple: the Fate of American Colleges and Universities" Richard DeMillo ...great insights. Then, Iowans weigh in on the Bachman-Perry vaccine debate.
"Learn World Calligraphy"...Margaret Shepherd talks about writing purdy stuff. People still think real writing is important. Then, why can minorities be the only people who can complain about humiliation at the airport?
Mark Bauerlein talks abou the "Digital Divide" and warns parents about the addictive and possible harmful nature of social networking and gadgets. Michelle Bachman with a post debate review. DG Hart takes us from Billy Graham to Sarah Palin...tells why Evangelicals make crummy conservatives.
Should Des Moines accept a ward system to elect school board members. Marty Mauk and Suzette Jensen say "Yes". Family Leader's Bob Vander Platts talks about protecting public virtue. Low life behavior following this weekend's Iowa-Iowa State game. Then, Marty Finkelstein from the Iowa Jewish Federation is disgusted by a local group excluding the American flag from a week-end 911 ceremony. Then, wash your eyes out with this. Patriot's Day at DM North High School.
Iowans respond to the president's jobs, jobs, jobs, speech. Then, what would our ancestors have done about mountain lions moving into town?
Republicans debate in California.....Iowans respond. Then, O'Reilly calls Ron Paul a loon....says the Constitution says nothing about gold.... Whaaa?
Back from the South Carolina American Principles Project-Palmetto Freedom Forum....then, Jimmy Hoffa calls T-Partiers "SOBS"... Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot!
Simon Conway with an update on the traffic cam petitions. Then, how should we answer the questions put to Senator Grassley? Iowans speak out.
Irene plus politics equals global warming....Rich Noyes...from Media Research Center. Then, Congressman Steve King...issues. Lincoln signed the Declaration of Independence... some Des Moines high schools have "non-attending students"... and the Iowa Democratic Party is actually ashamed of something... who knew?
"...so hungry I could eat a horse"... what does that really mean? Then, Gov. Rick Perry calls Social Security a Ponzi scheme...gets blasted. What's real history? If you pay into it or get money out of it, you should listen very carefully.
Home repair advice from creative Iowans...could set back property values a couple of decades. Then, exactly what and who in Iowa did the Obama stimulus package stimulate? Then why can't we be more like the Japanese?
Plus, here's a video from Tarek Fatah....a Pakistani born Muslim who speaking in Canada, blasts multiculturalism's corrosive effect upon sound judgment. Brilliant!
'Nuther upcoming T-Party express Iowa stop...Wednesday...5pm at Waterworks Park...Michelle Bachman...then, Dennis Andrew Ball wants to be president. Then, is lack of an education license a tragedy? Nope.
Remembering MLK...then, government continues to get in the way...busting wood and milk...
Some parents pull their kids out a day care center which requires employees have good morals. Huh? Then, Matt Barber studies MAPPERS?... whazzat? "Minor Attracted Persons"... used to be called pedophiles. Then congress votes to change Rules of Engagement... (ROE's)
A lady at a new day care center says her lifestyle is different than the one the church group owner requires. She says that's discrimination. Then, a follow-up on the general welfare clause.
Everything from the Lincoln assassination to the General Welfare Clause...openline... then, if you are lazy at work, fine. But don't think bad thoughts or you're fired.
Jamie Johnson sits in for Jan Mickelson...several guests, including Ed Meese on the Constitution and Bill Federer on Islam. Spirited.
Tom Pauken...former Reaganite and Texan tells about "Bringing America Home"...explains the Bush-Perry tension in Texas. Then, why do ethanol advocates have a tough time explaining the basics to the rest of us?
Congressman Steve King...issues...nearly explodes when the food stamp program was described as a jobs program... Ryan Rhodes is the T-Party guy who asked President Obama questions. Then, Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz talks about the Straw Poll Vote.
Jim Hawkins from Professional Educators in Iowa with a closer look at the Iowa ed establishment. Governor Rick Perry in Iowa launching his campaign. Issues.
Congressman Ron Paul...issues...Brian Doherty, editor Reason Magazine, writing a book about Ron Paul... Senator Rick Santorum...issues.
The guys from the Iowa Concrete Association... Senator Grassley...issues. The Fair Tax...and Matt Strawn talks about the Straw Poll Debate.
Columnist Michael Barone assesses the Iowa staw poll. Congressman Tom Latham deals with economic issues. Herman Cain wants to be president...issues.
Tired of the political class spinning yarns about the debt bubble? Michael Tanner from Cato Institute delivers the unfiltered numbers on "Bankrupt: Entitlements and the Federal Budget". A great study. Mark Steyn's "After America" says the American Dream is over and the real crap hasn't hit the fan yet. Newt Gingrich talks about rebuilding America. And what to think about rioting mobs.
Magaret Hoover on American Individualism... defending the family name. Then Steve Deace is coming back on the air...issues. Straw Poll ahead.
"D" Day in the USA...Obama...Debt quotes from the past. Senator Rand Paul reacts the the Obama speech. Mark Mix coming to speak for Professional Educators in Iowa. Congressman Thad McCotter, presidential candidate...issues. Nuther presidential candidate, Fred Karger...wants to debate Michelle Bachman's husband.. George Terwilliger is an attorney who says the government is criminalizing everything....then, the power of propaganda...and how to neutralize it.
Gary Johnson wants to be president...issues. Judy Hintz can fix what ails the education system...let's let her.
Col Albert Ringgenberg is taking on Senator Mike Gronstal for his Iowa Senate seat. Issues. Then, Bruce Mehlman is supporting the AT&T and T-Mobile merger. Then, taking apart the tactics of the gay lobby being used to target Bob Vander Plaats from The Family Leader.
Jan Goode from Des Moines' Grace Church is partnering with some folks in Joplin, MO to help them collect clothes and school supplies for the kids displaced by the devastation of a town flattening tornado. Then, rescuing dogs and kids. How should we think about it?
Suzette Jensen & Marty Mauk Co-Chairs of the Committee for a Representative School Board wants a better geographic representation in the district. Congressman Steve King with more on debt ceiling debate...then Kim Lehman from Save Our States wants to protect the Electoral College.
Revenuers are busting farmers at the border? Rest of the story. Gov George Pataki in Iowa advocating "No American Debt"... then some Iowa prisoners complaining about the room service.
Senator Harkin goes off on "deadbeat debt Republicans" and "fringe cultist" Bachman supporters. Judy Hintz brings in a panel of education insiders who describe what's broke and talk about how to fix it. Senator Mike Lee with "The Freedom Agenda".
Dang the heat anyhow...ways to beat it. Jeff Burkett...Iowa Firearms Coalition with a 2nd Amendment Weekend Rally. Then, whose "shared sacrifice" ...Iowan's respond.
More on the Boswell home invasion story. Then, more from candidate Tim Pawlenty on issues and answers. Police spokesman Sgt. Christopher Scott explains the law.
Cannabinomics: The Marijuana Policy Tipping Point Dr. Chris Fichtner says current pot policy is expensive, stupid and unhealthy. Then, Bernake says gold isn't money...correcting his historical illiteracy. What does the Constitution say money is? Then, Congressman Boswells resists a home invasion...with a shotgun.
Newt Gingrich...debt ceiling issues... Gen Green with an invitation to a "How Now Shall We Govern?" worldview seminar...(418-7937 to sign up) Usama Dakdok , an Egyptian expert on Islam... coming to Point of Grace Church on Sunday...a startling report on the purpose and methods of Islam. Congressman Steve King...debt limit update.
Brian Peskin...the Omega Man... in town for a health seminar...(Healthy for Life...327-0200) Then, Dana Mecum from the Mecum auction talking about collectible cars....The the debt ceiling debate continues... this time Congressman King gets the Chris Matthews treatment.
Obama says he might not send out the Social Security checks August 2 unless he can borrow some money first. Iowans respond. Big time.
What should be done now that we (US) are broke? Then, a restaurant bans kids...patrons love it...Iowans react.
Congressman Ron Paul evaluates the debt ceiling debate...in Iowa, running for President. Then, Obama holds a press conference on the debt ceiling...and parts of Iowa flattened by a late night wind storm.
Judy Hintz from Educational Resources (515-225-8513) and IowaLive.net combine forces for an education summit. A young lady named Sarah tell how she was able to recover from educational neglect. What an inspirational story. Then, what does the last space shuttle mean for our culture?
Jonathan Narcisse with some ideas about fixin' stuff. Then, Tim Pawlenty has more issues...and some workin' on the railroad stories.
Norwalk Chief of Police, Ed Kuhl, wants public feedback on the idea of stoplight cameras. So the public gives him feedback. Then, the Iowa Fire Arms Coalition is planning a fun 2nd Amendment Rally.
Senator Rick Santorum running for President...says weak family, weak country...plus has no trouble saying Obama-care as un-Constitutional. Dr. Judith Reisman says the political class is guilty of "Sexual Sabotage"... and a trucker goes off on Iowa bikers.
Mike Chapman edits the Iowa History Journal.. (Available at HyVee's or 641-792-0920) Then Ryan Rodes from the Iowa Tea Party and Ralph Benko from the 21st Century Gold Standard...talks about upcoming rally (Saturday pm at 4pm at State Capital) Here's the Mickelson Speech.
"Saving the Bill of Rights"...Frank Miniter...great peak of history. Animal rights activists are targeting Iowa's pork industry...video. How to respond? Then, how did we get all these highways anyhow? "The Big Roads" Earl Swift. Vincent Bugliosi touts the "Divinity of Doubt: the god question." He says he doesn't know and says you don't either.
Bob Vander Plaats from The Family Leader talks about a last minute push in the budget to fund abortions with Medicaid. Ann Coulter...best seller...Demonic.
Steven Levitt..."Superfreaknomics" tells when to have kids so they will later make the team...plus, why the ADA backfired. Governor Tim Pawlenty ...issues. Congressman Tom Latham...issues. Then, putting police chases on delay to protect us from what?
Steve Bannon producer of Sarah Palin's "The Undefeated"...opening in Pella. Congressman Ron Paul in Iowa....issues. What did Ron Paul invest in?
Which is worse? The good ole girl-boy nepotism network or unprincipled principals? You decide. Lowell Ponte on "The Inflation Deception"... and the new guy says Iowa's bullying numbers are too low...and only 19 million people have loved this baby video.
Iowans think about the Michael Richard Swanson trial for the murder of Sheila Meyers...great conversation.
Lotsa open line...everything from the Huntsman candidacy for President....to a Texas senator who tells an activist to speak English in his committee meeting.... Iowans respond. Vigorous. And a bi-linqual cat...really.
Newt Gingrich says he's still in it... issues. Iraq kicks American's out of the country for asking Iraq to pay US back. What former Governor Vilsack up to at the USDA? NBC drops "under God" from the pledge...just doing what Democrats do... why we have a pledge ...the inside story. Plus, what happens if those earthen dams break ... OMG!
Iowa Representative Kim Pearson with an end-of-session pro-life review... Philip Cook says false charges of abuse are rampant...what to do about it?
Can a treaty wipe out Constitutional rights...like the 2nd Amendment? Alan Gottlieb is concerned. Sewage "mud" burgers? YUK! What Pawlenty should have said. Then, Suzy.
If a Pennsylvania school can use sheep to eat the grass why can't Iowa? Conan commences. Then, media, race baiting and media bias. Stuff
Sam Kean writes about the "Disappearing Spoon"... a delicious science book. Then, do building codes do what they say? And Americans are losing their history. Why? And Senator Harkin argues for increasing the debt limit by comparing failure to do so with applying leeches to a sick body. Yup.
Gov Tim Pawlenty with post debate reaction...Senator Harkin wants to raise taxes and spend more money...then, the gap between Iowa's public and private sector...'nuther example. BOOM!
Iowan's love ribs...we fling a ribs cravin' on everybody... then, the T-Party bus tours Iowa....and Ron Paul makes lots of sense....in Iowa.
Here's the list of Iowa rib joints Iowan' love.
Hickory Park in Ames several mentions
Jethos BBQ in the Drake neighborhood...Bruce brought some by, Bonnie got 'em....sigh
Zippys in Cedar Rapids.
BBQ Ribs Ottumwa
Bubba-Q's Ottumwa
Q's on 8th in Des Moines
Big Eds in Oskie
Irene's Bar on Hickman
Vinnies in Dakota City
Woody's Smoke Shack on Cottage Grove Ave Des Moines... Several mentions
Smokey D's BBQ ...several mentions
Shane's Rib Shack in Clive
Bill's Bar B Q Mason City
Whiskey Creek Grill Mason City
Rosco's Ribs Norwalk
Rib Shack in Knoxville
Uncle Wendell's BBQ on Ingersoll Ave Des Moines
Haley's Grocery in Marshalltown...
Where Pigs Fly Urbandale
Flying Mango Beaverdale
Cactus Bob's Johnston
Jimmies Boone
Rib Crib Mason City
And we just got started....whew!
Hail again...Iowan's talk about getting shredded. Then, iron-man Chris McCormack tells the inside story... "I'm Here to Win!"... then, Roy Beck tells some good news about E-Verify...on the immigration front. The MSM calls rural Americans culturally backward cuz they don't forgive the Wayward Weiner.
David Freddoso issues a "Survival Guide for morally corrupt congressman"... Iowa Live gives it's annual integrity rating of Iowa Legislators...and lists best and worst performing Iowa school districts. Now we know the real reason Jon Huntsman is ducking Iowa. Then, a scuffle over bio-diesel. Plus, Christie Vilsack withdraws her Weiner invitation.
Strong America Now wants a Debt Free America....June 18th.... And Iowan are thinking about flooding... (tonight at 7pm at Botanical Center) Then, Iowa faces a state government shutdown at the end of the month.
Sen Rick Santorum running for President... issues video. Then, Dr. Jonathan Wells... "The Myth of Junk DNA"...another part of the evolution scam crashes and burns. Then, did Herman Cain muff the ambush question?
Vicki Bentleycoming to Iowa's annual NICHE conference...its about the kids. Senator Paul Mckinley on the Iowa budget. Former Senator Jeff Angelo starts a Republican same gender marriage advocacy group. And charges are dismissed against Reggie White for his part in the State Fair race riot. Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot!
A Friday wrap up of the news of the week...snotty and weird stuff...then more scofflaws run up our bills. Congressman King...issues.
Bob Vander Platts and the Family Leader hosting the next leg of the Presidential Election Series...this time it's Herman Cain... Then, Des Moines' stop light camera's are ready to go online. Unbelievable nonsense served up on "why"?
John Stonestreet is highlighting the summer NICHE conference. Marc Morano says Iowa didn't miss anything when Christie said "No" to a presidential run. Too green. Dr. Charles Dunn tells why Palin is to be reckoned with. Then, to subsidize, or not to subsidize...that's the question.
The debt ceiling....whammy birthday paddling...Catholic kids vote to be paddled and Gender Spectrum comes to grade school...and it's only Tuesday.
"Why Success Always Starts with Failure: Adapt".. Tim Harford...fixin' stuff before it's busted. Then, an Iowa teacher gets threatened...administration says get used to it...just the way it is. The wheels have come off...put 'em back on? Or change vehicles? Then, Sam Zien is the cooking guy..."Just Grill It". Great grilling advice.
Iowa news and newsmakers...media spin and other nonsense. Gov. Tim Pawlenty with a quick campaign visit. Could he save the Iowa Caucuses? Then, more on the stop sign camera fundraisers.
The Iowa Health Care Association forms a panel to give the industry side of senior health care in Iowa. Gov Tim Pawlenty says the ethanol subsidies must come to end. A great way to begin his race in Iowa?
"The Terrorist Next Door?" Erick Stakelbeck describes how government is deceiving you about the Islamist threat. Tom Pauken back in Iowa "Bringing America Home". A Romney supporter makes a stab at it. Then, Senator Grassley is attacked for blocking an activist leftist from the bench. Justifiable?
"Where's the Birth Certificate?" Jerome Corsi is still asking. More kids threaten some elderly folks...sigh. Suzy.... then, a great discussion on the science of sleep..."The Sleep Doctor's Diet Plan: Lose Weight Through Better Sleep" This is actually really good.
Web 2.0...Coleen Byrne gives contemporary job seeking advice...social networking based. A 350 lb "baby" you and I are paying for. Steve Malloy says we shouldn't neglect environmental issues while we screen the next round of candidates. Then, should candidates fight back when they are insulted? Newt gets glittered. Then, Nathan Tucker with the final word on the myth of the pro-life Democrat. The history of this session's pro-life struggles.
If we build purdy prisons, then we can purdy up the innards of inmates. Butterfly gardens and Yoga in prison. Then, "Search & Destroy...why you can't trust Google"...Scott Cleland. Then, does Iowa have enough safety inspectors to the nursing home industry? Pressley Henningsen and Ken Connors say think not.
A progress report from the Saint Gregory Retreat Center...then, some middle school students beat up a couple of senior citizens...great education discussion.
The True Face of Health Care Reform...Dr. Py Sun... Then, Senator Paul McKinley with a review of the session and the issues which linger. Vigorous.
An Iowa football coach takes his job all the way to the Iowa Supreme Court...the rest of the story with Joe Quinn. Then, Jennifer Bowen from Iowa Right to Life...more on the Gronstal Abortion Clinic in Council Bluffs. Then, the sounds of the week...including the Osama bin Laden death debate.
Becky Beaupre Gillespie describes "Why Good Enough is the New Perfect"...a release for mommie perfection. Newt Gingrich announces in Iowa. Then, the nice lady sings, "Walmart Sucks" at church....a blessed event. And an Iowa coach sues to keep his job.
Whazzup with the commodities? Why did silver go way up, then way down? The inside story...Scott Mickelson. Then, Instant Influence...Michael V. Pantalon teaches the art of persuasion. Obama invents a new category for his critics...birthers, truthers....and now? Moaters.
Judge Roy Moore with an issue based campaign spot. Then Mommy Docs with the Ultimate Guide to Pregnancy and Birth...Dr. Yvonne Bohn....then, Iowa critters.
Lotsa open-line... and Iowans are still trying to block the opening of the Gronstal Clinic in Council Bluffs.
Congressman Tom Latham moves to a new district. Issues. Then, should Christians rejoice at Bin Laden's Death? John Zmirak...The Bad Catholic's Guide to the Seven Deadly Sins. Then, traffic camera fines are paying for police pensions in Cedar Rapids. Really.
Howie Carr tells the "Untold Story of Johnny Martorano...Hitman"... then organized crime comes to Iowa...traffic enforcement cameras....then, "MasterMind".. Richard Miniter looks at the many faces of the 9/11 architect, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed.
"Lost in Shangri-La"...a true story of survival...a rescue mission in WW2...Mitchell Zuckoff with some great history. I find out what a "snood" is. Interesting side history on Osama bin Laden. Congressman Bruce Braley with a proposal to deal with sex abuse in the military. Then, an Iowa congressional candidate, Christie Vilsack, is in search of Iowa values. Then, Joel McDurmon writes "God versus Socialism"....hint: God wins.
Kids for Congo...some young Iowans want to make a difference. Then, Gary Demar sorts out the battle of the billboards...between the atheists and the end-of-the-worlders. He has an upcoming prophecy conference... here's his email. And Gary responds to one of the critical comments from Mike.
The following email was sent to Jan Mickelson in response to his interview with me on his radio show on May 3, 2011.
Concerning Gary DeMar, it must be noted that he is a Preterist, and sees eschatology through that lens and the presuppositions that come with that system. Preterism is just as much a "fringe" group as is Camping and his followers, just opposite ends of the spectrum. Any well studied historical pre-millennialist (which was the predominant view of the early church up until Augustine) would be able to answer his assertions.
Let me say that I enjoy and welcome debate on the subject of eschatology. The claim that “any well studied historical pre-millennialist . . . would be able to answer” my exposition of a passage like Matthew 24 remains to be seen since I have repeatedly answered them in six books and numerous public debates. It’s getting harder and harder to find anyone who will defend a futurist interpretation of the Olivet Discourse (Matt. 24; Mark 13; Luke 21) over against a preterist one. I invited a number of notable published futurists to participate in a public forum on the issue at our National Prophecy Conference (June 1-4 at Asheville, NC). They all declined for one reason or another. In addition to the work, I’ve already done on the subject, I have answered every new argument raised by futurists. When a new one arises, I’ll study it and offer a studied response.
Yes, I am a preterist, just like some of the greatest Bible expositors the church has ever produced, past and present (see below). What is a preterist? A preterist believes that certain prophecies have already been fulfilled. Preterist means “past.” If you are a Christian, then you are a preterist. You believe the prophecies concerning the first coming of Jesus Christ have been fulfilled. Their fulfillment is in the past.
There are numerous NT prophecies that have been fulfilled. Jesus predicted his death and resurrection. These have been fulfilled. Then there are prophecies concerning the destruction of the temple that we know were fulfilled within a generation. Jesus states that not one stone of the temple would remain. Sure enough, the temple was destroyed by the Romans in AD 70. There were prophecies about earthquakes and famines (Matt. 24:7) and false prophets (24:11). These, too, were fulfilled within a generation. A great earthquake shook the prison that released Paul (Acts 16:26). The history of the period before the fall of Jerusalem confirms that earthquakes were common. There was a famine that extend throughout the Roman Empire (Acts 11:28). John says there were false prophets alive in his day (1 John 4:1).
Even the prediction that the gospel would be preached throughout the inhabited earth (Matt. 24:14: not “world” [kosmos]; see Luke 4:1 where the same Greek word [oikoumene] is used and means the political boundaries of the Roman Empire) was fulfilled before that generation passed away (Col. 1:6, 23).
Notice the use of the second person plural (“you”) throughout Matt. 24. Then there’s the use of “this generation” (24:34). Each and every time “this generation” is used in the gospels it ALWAYS refers to the generation to whom Jesus was speaking (Matt. 11:16; 12:41–42; 23:36; Mark 8:12; Luke 7:31; 11:30–32, 50–51; 17:25). It never refers to a future generation or a race of people.
There’s much more that I could say on these matters. For a more detailed, verse-by-verse exposition of Matthew 24, see my books Last Days Madness (http://bit.ly/ixLxgN) and Is Jesus Coming Soon? (http://bit.ly/gxJJHH).
On the historical side, preterism has a long and distinguished history. It can be found in the writings of Eusebius (c. 263–339), in particular his The Proof of the Gospel (Demonstratio evangelica), as well as other pre-Augustinian writers. Then there are commentators like John Lightfoot (1602–1675), Henry Hammond (1605–1660), John Gill (1697–1771), N. A. Nisbett (1787), Philip Doddridge (1702–1751), Thomas Newton (1704–1782), Thomas Scott (1747–1821), Adam Clarke (1762–1832). These were standard commentaries in their day. You can also find a pretrist interpretation of the Olivet Discourse in conntemporary writers like J. Marcellus Kik, William Lane, John Nolland, G. R. Beasley-Murray, R. T. France, and R.C. Sproul.
The argument that the early church was nearly universally premillennial is a myth as Francis X. Gumerlock and I show in our book The Early Church and the End of the World (http://bit.ly/ic1hSh). And even if it were, this would not make it biblically correct.
Iowans are still thinking about Obama's birth certificate. And Trump is still stirrin' things up. Lotsa open-line talk.
Robin Spear and Amy Alden highlight the upcoming Pieathlon....lotsa openline...odds and ends...high gas price drive-offs...and "How Much Would Jesus Take?"...vigorous
C-Span simulcasts the program asking Iowans to interact with the rest of the nation about pre-caucus presidential issues and candidate selection. Vigorous.
Ruth Harbor is a shelter for ladies with un-planned pregnancy...Mark McDougal is the director and Molly is a successful graduate. Andrew Breitbart...Righteous Indignation: Excuse Me While I Save the World...reviews the Pigford Farm scam. James O'Keefe takes on NPR.
Judy Hintz with exasperation and inspiration...The Kid Fixer. Then, Del Quentin Wilber...Rawhide Down...the story of the near assassination of President Reagan. Then, CityView publishes the names of all the new carry permits. Some are bugged. DNR has Earth Day guides for toxic waste disposal.
Donald Davidson is the INDY 500 historian...race stories...an Iowa link. Then, sympathy for the sleeping air traffic controllers? And Reike Pleacas and Sarah Bowman want to Save the Barn. And the poor baby lost everthang. Plus, the inspirational Earth Day Rap...
Getting Iowans ready to speak to the nation... then, which gets more negative press? Earth Day or Easter? Dan Gainor says it ain't even close. Then, we hear from a representative from the atheist community as they are in convention in Des Moines. Tasty.
Fr Frank Bognanno from Christ the King says the best way to handle the atheist convention is to love them....darn it. Then, Scott Mickelson explains why gold hit 1500...the mechanics of the gold market.
Judge Roy Moore opens his bid for the presidency...issues. Should Governor Branstad use his budget veto prowess to pressure Democrats on social issues like he has on budget issues? Then, another pit-bull tragedy. Now what?
Jennifer Bowen from Iowa Right to Life with a last minute appeal for a bottled up late term abortion bill. Vigorous. Suzy...surprising. Budget debate review...Congressman Steve King. AND... if you are really bugged about high gass prices? Nozzle Rage.
Iowan's review Obama's budget speech...and Democrats calling for shared sacrifice... is the US progressive tax code and example of "shared" sacrifice? Hardly.
Another Iowan is killed in Afghanistan...question remains....why are we still there? And Iowan react to another seemingly senseless murder...how should the real estate industry react?
Patrick J. Buchanan says the world is crazy. Needs to be institutionalized...the world, not Pat. Then, the "Donald" courts evangelicals....how's it going over? Holy Shinola! I never expected THAT!
Texas is God's country. William Sherden talks about the "Best Laid Plans"...the tyranny of unintended consequences...then I have a Sister Souljah moment..."Midnight and the Meaning of Love"... did I mention Texas is God's country?
Congressman Steve King with thoughts about a government shutdown over the budget. Then, Rep. Kim Pearson and Senator Kent Sorenson explain the state of a couple of life bills trapped in limbo.
Gangster Government...David Freddoso... Cal Beisner wants to Resist the Green Dragon...has a great sword...and the theology of GMO human milk from cows... really.
"The Bed Bug Survival Guide"...a New York guy with bug advise. Then, some folks want to change the way school boards are elected....Marty Mauk and Suzette Jensen... plus the church has a position on collective bargaining...who knew?
Indianola Parent, Michael Harmison, has another example of school violence. Then, Cycling Home From Siberia...Rob Lilwall...AFSME uses MLK's rhetoric to stir up support for unionism.
Life, death and baptized cells phones....plus some Iowans are resisting some school tax spending votes....why...why not. Spirited. Plus, how to answer the talking point advocacy of same gender marriage... the, "How does this affect your marriage?" cliché. Then the pro-life community is divided in Iowa...how to fix it. FIGHT
Does "The Donald" have an Iowa political future? Gov. Tim Pawlenty. (see video)..energy issues. Tim Woolson... Iowa political expert...winners and losers in Iowa's redistricting.
Tom Golisano from National Popular Vote wants to make presidential selection more democratic...winner take all. Kevin McLaughlin want to discount Iowa taxes 20 %. Then, Iowans are sent to a non-war in Libya.
To Bully or Not to Bully, that is the question...Dr. Susan Lipkins deals with bully repair issues. Watching Eagle eggs...hoping they will hatch. Spring break psychology...Dr. Russell Hyken. Joe Miller and Kevin Vinchattle argue for legal protection for Iowa farmers against animal rights activists. Mike Rozgo is on a mission to make K-2 a controlled substance in Iowa...after the loss of his son. Then, for no good reason whatsoever...
Can smart phones get hacked? What's really killing the birds? 'Nuther backdoor scam by Obama to raise money and fight the global warming hustle. Senator Rand Paul says Obama's Libya policy is unconstitutional.
Senator Paul Mckinley, Senator Kent Sorenson, Secretary of State Matt Schultz....a lady makes a list of Iowa Senate slackers...plus, diversity comes to the NAACP plus, stink bugs in Iowa. And here's a link to my part in Steve King's Conservative Principles PAC.
Jim Bullard...R-Calf...says American farmers are getting ripped by trade deals. Betsy McCaughey wants the same exemptions from Obamacare that are being give out to Weiner's NY. Congressman King...weekend Conservative Conference... Herman Cain...issues.
Mark Cooper says Iowans shouldn't put up the money to build a nuclear power plant. Tom Pauken describes "Bringing America Home: How America Lost Her Way and How We Can Find Our Way Back"... Newt Gingrich with a new video commentary, "Rediscovering God in America". Senator Jim Demint...coming to K-Pac...and Con. Michelle Bachman...presidential aspirations? Issues.
Tim Osborne from Technology by Design with video gadget tech talk. David Bossie from Citizen's United coming to Iowa's King Pac...producer of Rediscovering God in America and Generation Zero. Senator Rick Santorum...issues. Congressman Steve King...isssues. And now for something completely different.
It's official...after taking a civics and history test, I have earned the title, Philosopher King. Dr. Richard Drake says college makes already historically illiterate students worse. Then, Wayne Pacelle, President and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States, says Iowa shouldn't make the mourning dove into a game bird. Boom!
Holy Ba-jebbers...Farakhan and Kucinich are making sense on the war in Lybia.. This could be the end. Then, Rep Walt Rogers would like to pull the plug on red light cameras.
Roger Hedgcock wants to increase the heat on the administration for the ATF Gun Walker case. Jennifer Bowen from Iowa Right to Life with a legislative update. Sen. Bill Dix with another example of Gronstalling. Then, Suzy.
The ISEA blocks parent's rights to train their own kids on how to drive. Democrats block debate...again...wil chanting... "...it's our house".... boom. Happy St. Pat's Day! Plus, handicapping the Republican race for the Whitehouse.
A Wisconsin petitioner gets a rude awakening about democracy from union thugs...Kim Simac..then Rep.Michelle Bachman gets trashed....why? Iowans wonder about stuff.
Rep Annette Sweeney says it's time to protect Iowa farmers from animal rights activists. HF 431. Then Gov Haley Barbour in Iowa to talk issues. And some Iowa educrats invite me into the educational trenches...I decline.
Lotsa openline...Congressman Pence says it's time for a budget fight. An opening speech by a new high school principal taxpayers can only dream about. And dismantling more propaganda. And Iowa make another Top Ten list...whoops... Then something really sweet.
Congressman Steve King is focused upon defunding Obamacare. Rep Lance Horbach and Iowa Republicans are putting a halt to collective bargaining debate. Sean McClanahan gives progress report on pro-second amendment legislation.
Leigh Bortins and Laura Lynn from Classical Conversations talk about classical home schooling philosophy and practice. One of the most inspirational conversations for a long time. Then, some gorgeous celtic music...Lunasa is coming to the Des Moines Playhouse on Saturday night...8pm.. Then, the argument over collective bargaining and benefits continues in Iowa. Spirited. Andrew Klavan explains how government worker unions work.
"The Romney Deception: His Stealth Promotions of "Gay Rights" and "Gay Marriage" in Massachusetts". Amy Contrada is the researcher. Then, another pit bull does real damage. Then, Congressman Bruce Braley back from Afghanistan. A raw milk bill is winding its way through the legislature. Tom German and Jake Velie...advocates.
Sen. Rick Santorum in Iowa...Libya...oil...ethanol...Obamacare... Then, Judge Roy Moore along with Danny Carroll and Chuck Hurley from The Family Leader with an upcoming, March 15th Rally for Marriage. Then, Brian Peskin (Healthy for Life 327-0200) with a talk about Omega 3 and 6 EFA's... then David Rubin in Israel..."The Islamic Tsunami: Israel and America in the Age of Obama." And what does NPR really think about the rest of us?
Mr. Sunday's Soups...Chris and Lorraine Wallace make us hungry for a couple of minutes. Then, what are the Wisconsin protesting teachers NOT saying? Much more important than what the ARE saying. Then, Newt Gingrich in Iowa...talks history. The Iowa Core History Standards? They get an "F". Then, Mike Chapman...Iowa historian, tells about the career Iowa champion wrestler, Frank Gotch. Great stuff.
ISU students are going to the Iowa Statehouse to lobby for bucks. ISU Republican activist Logan Pals says he wants to lobby in the opposite direction, joined by Ryan Rhodes, T-Party activist. ISU responds. Then, guess what kinda prayer "crosses the line" ? Then, Congressman Ron Paul says the dollar is gonna collapse. Coming to Iowa. And Senator Harkin takes an eraser to the 14th Amendment.
Iowans talk about on-line gambling legislation...go double or nothing. Then, does the "Stand your ground" law need a better title?
So...Justice Delayed is Justice Provided?.. then Iowan's love GPS stories and geo-cashing... Then what are the Wisconsin protestors protesting?
Brett McMahan from says we need to break government employee unions before they break us. Des Moines police detective, Dave Murrillo says, "Not so fast" on that union busting thing. Then Ralph Reed with an update on an upcoming Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition Presidential Forum. Then, holy crap...you think IPERS is messed up.. lookit this.
The highest achieving kids credit faith for their success. Who woulda thought? Then, how much bias is there in academia? Iowans have opinions.
Jenifer Bowen from Iowa Right to Life wants to block an infanticide clinic from opening in Council Bluffs. Contact your legislator. Governor Huckabee in Iowa to talk about his new book..."Simple Government." Oh, Senator Harkin has re-written the Constitution.
Obama says he won't defend DOMA. Iowans really want in on the debate. And Iowan's aren't too thrilled with the behavior public labor unions either. Gov. Christie is our new hero. Wanna hear the new theme song of SEIU? "Take "Em Down"...
Girls wrestling boys. The Iowa story which keeps popping up nationally. Then, media bias covering the Wisconsin public employee's protests. Iowans respond to the Iowa sympathy rallies.
The Iowa judiciary selection process is flawed...ways to fix it... Federalist and law professor Stephen Ware with reform ideas to make the process more democratic. Then Rep Lance Horbach with HSB 117....labor reform in Iowa to save money and avoid the Wisconsin problems.
Iowans take a closer look at the public employee labor strife in Wisconsin. The Iowa T-Party is planning a counter protest at the union demonstration at the Iowa Statehouse.
Rep Kim Pearson gets HF 153 started in committee. If passed, abortion would be illegal in Iowa. Iowans respond to the public employee unrest in Wisconsin. Unrest. Then, Suzy.
A top young man wrestler has refused to compete against a qualified female high school wrestler because he and his parents object to the propriety of the contact. Iowans REALLY have strong opinions. Fascinating
The Democrats are bashing Governor Terry Branstad for "double dipping"...Iowans offer political advice. And what about what's going on in Wisconsin? Governor Clark and the their new legislature has canceled their collective bargaining agreement with the state employee's union. Hit the fan.
Huh, Oh... Johnny Cash was a gun grabbin' liberal? Who knew? Then... Whadamean I can't bobby trap my stuff? Congressman King talks about defunding Obamacare. And what a great website!... love it when Senator Gronstal's name can be turned into a verb. And look at what the villiage atheists did on your property this time.
Ray Stevens says "The Skies Just Ain't Friendly Anymore"... Jerry Zandstra says he's unraveled "The Genesis Code"...a family friendly movie opening this weekend in Iowa. Then, Fred Stoeker and Rev. Mike Demastus highlighting the upcoming "Real Men's Conference." And an open borders group is buying snotty commercials targeting Congressman Steve King's position on birthright babies. Then, for no particular reason...very funny.
There are credit cards actually charging 59.9% interest. And Americans are buying them. Then WHAAZUUP with Ottumwa? National story about crime rates.
A Frank Luntz focus group in Des Moines sets off a firestorm when its reveal that a bunch of Iowans think Obama is a Muslim. Lawrence O'Donnell from MSNBC blames Congressman Steve King. Boom...Iowans respond.
Lionel Terzi says a National Constitutional Convention is a very bad idea. Pulitzer Prize winning author, Stacey Schiff gives us an closer look at the real Cleopatra: A Life. Then, a psa about sexual violence gets an Iowa activist international hate mail. Howscome?
Gary Moore with "Hey Buddy"... a look at the life and music of Buddy Holly. Then, tech talk...push starting automatics and tethering a phone with a laptop....stuff.
Before I reverse engineer Zach’s well done presentation, I going to review what the main tactics of the gay lobby are and have always been.
In the late 80’s I interviewed Marshall Kirk who wrote a book called "After the Ball: How America will Conquer its fear a & hatred of Gays in the 90’s"
It’s the tactical textbook of the gay lobby describing the techniques intended to work us over. The tactics worked beyond his wildest expectations. (BTW he died of AIDS)
The tactics? Desensitization, jamming and conversion… Brainwashing tactics 101.
He wrote, "All normal persons feel shame when they perceive that they are not thinking, feeling or acting like one of the pack…the trick is to get the "bigot" (anyone who disagrees with them) into the position of feeling a conflicting twinge of shame…thus propagandistic advertisements can depict homophobic bigots as crude loudmouths…it can show them criticized, hated , shunned "
"Our effect is achieved wrote, Kirk, without reference to facts, logic or proof…" Get that part? …without reference to facts, logic, or proof.."
How?
"Portray gays as victims of circumstance and oppression, not as aggressive challengers. In any campaign to win over the public, gays must be portrayed as victims in need of protection so that straights will not be inclined to refuse to adopt the role of protector…we must forego the temptation to strut our gay pride publicly to such and extent that we will undermine our victim image."
The main logical fallacies used to advance the cause are many, but the main ones are:
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Ad hominem…just heap insults or verbal abuse upon those who disagree.
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Begging the question… The Register does this all the time… in fact the judiciary and Democrat Party do this all the time…assuming the validity of what they trying to normalize or approve. “Putting discrimination into the Constitution” assumes the legitimacy of same gender marriage and the claims of the gay lobby…without proof, logic or reason.
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Then, the false claims of equality of unequal things. “We are just like everyone else. All sexuality is equal” … and the rights derived from those claims are equal…and if we are denied those rights, we are being abused.
So.. let’s begin… First, Zach's complete presentation. Then, piece by piece.
1. Here, Zack is establishing his boni fides… six generations…long enough to know better I’m thinking. BTW being an Iowan is of no distinction to this argument…just an appeal to regional patriotism. My wife’s people came over on the Mayflower…mine got here in time to be drafted into the War Between the States… so what… there are sixth generation Iowans in prison. Ethics aren’t based upon seniority or geography.
- “Reared by two women”… lotsa Iowans are reared by two women.. Mom’s and older sisters… Mom’s and grammas… Mom’s and step moms… nothing unusual about that…note he doesn’t use the “L” word… Lesbians. This is the Spin of Omission
3. Acknowledge what? That the artificial insemination had worked? Or the incomplete and defective relationship into which their grandchild would be born? Here you have the first budding claims of victim status. “I was rejected even before I was born”… very powerful… just like Jesus…He was unacknowledged…I was unacknowledged… therefore, I must be someone special….
4. Of course…we don’t blame kids for the lame things their parents do. Lucky you were cute though.
5. They didn’t live to see my two mommies get a fake marriage license after a judicial scam. But his point here is to arouse another round of sympathy based upon the empathy all of us feel upon hearing of a profound loss like this. ‘Nuther layer of victim status.
- Ah… a chip off the old flask…swimming out of the same gene pool….why lucky? An absentee dad is still gone whether or not he donated once or twice. What’s the point?
7. No different than most Iowa families? Ya…most Iowans have two moms…and a sperm donor for a dad … “we do go to church and fight though” … sometimes in that order… this is just a warm fuzzy… the fallacy of equating two unequal things. Oh…by the way, “we go to church together too…. This is his way of saying, “God thinks it’s ok, so should you” … the unspoken message of the fallacy.
8. My mom got a really nasty illness…wheelchair... struggles….nuther layer of victim status… sad story about mom…so I’ll use your empathy for my mom to manipulate sympathy for the lesbian sub theme of the story. Again…two fallacies…the victim status which imputes unearned virtue and listing similar life experiences, conferring moral equivalency upon the relationship. I’m half way surprised we didn’t hear a story about a sick puppy.
9. “We are Iowans…we bear are own burdens”….nuther round of regional, flag waving patriotism … this is another rhetorical device designed equate two different notions. Iowa is a political entity. It is just geography and politics. Everyone who lives here gets to call themselves Iowans. There are good Iowans, bad Iowans, smart ones and stupid ones. Rich ones and poor ones…honest ones and criminals. To label youself an Iowan in this context has no objective content…it isn’t supposed to … he’s saying if you are an Iowan, you are special…and by implication so is he. Spin by gratuitous flattery. Toss in a little more equivocation for good measure.
10. Again this is the fallacy of equating unequal things then demanding equal treatment. A two-fer…then begging the question by asserting an equivalent status for same gender marriage, something which most Iowans have rejected over and over…first by DOMA… then by firing activist judges. He says we “just hope for equal and fair treatment from our govt”… He as a person…his mom as a person… get all the equal and fair treatment the rest of us get. He is arguing for something Iowans have rejected… his or his mom’s self selected sexual identity conferring rights beyond those conferred by gender, notion which only silly judges could contemplate.
11. “ Can gays even raise kid?”. Of course they can. That never has been the question. The question is “should they”… then, the follow up question is, “Do people of the same gender qualify for a marriage license?.” All kinds of kids have overcome the disadvantages of incomplete or dysfunctional relationships; however, there is no reason subsidize even more. Since people of all descriptions have been rearing children for centuries, we now know what the ideal is for the best predictable results. Intentionally equating or subsidizing anything else is risky and unbelievably self destructive.
12. I believe he was referring to the Iowa Test of Basic Skills.. not ACT… Eagle Scout…cool. Business owner…cool.. Yes… cool… any dad would be proud of a high functioning kid…. Too bad you didn’t get a chance to know the guy in the flask. Plus, this just a rhetorical device and another fallacy of logic.
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Some moms are lesbians.
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My mom was a lesbian.
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I turned out well, productive and healthy.
Therefore, lesbianism is productive and healthy.
Complete nonsense
13. Exactly… the state doesn’t create marriage. And you’re right, my family doesn’t derive it’s sense of self worth from the state. It would be tragic if anyone or anything of any description did. However when it comes to same gender marriage only a lawless state would create such a thing since it certainly did not emerge out the created order and only the state can bully the rest of us into compliance.
14. Love and commitment are indeed the bonds of a family under the covenant of God. This is the first thing you’ve said with which I’m in agreement. And in a world without a welfare state, your “family” arrangements would be irrelevant to me. But in this world, your manufactured bonds would have an extended reach into my back pocket through the tax code, and hundreds if not thousands of other ways. You said so yourself in our recent conversation.
15. Something else we can agree on. But again this would change a bunch of laws which subsidize the family and grant spousal equivalency access to benefits including social security….etc. This is what this push is really all about… access to OPM.
16. Full circle…back to the fallacy of equating two unequal things. Then grabbing benefits based upon begging the question.
For the record, homosexual behavior is just that…it is behavior. There is no genuine “identity” based upon homosexual behavior. That’s the Kinsey Fraud. Orientation toward same sex behavior does NOT confer minority status or civil rights. Homosexual behavior does NOT form group entitlement, nor is it a protected class, except in the minds of activist bureaucrats and softheaded politicians and judges.
Discrimination regarding marriage is everywhere in our form of government. So is marriage equality. Everyone who is qualified can get married.
Here are the qualifications.
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A partner who wants you.
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You both are of the appropriate age.
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If not, you have parental permission.
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Your partner must not be your brother, sister, your mom, your dad, your neighbor’s wife or husband, or livestock…and one at a time please.
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You must not be of the same gender…(which we are now in the process of re-negotiating)
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And that you are mentally, morally, physically, economically and spiritually fit.. (Assuming you have a functioning relationship with your parents and pastor who can help you through the screening process)
17. Bullhockey… you can indeed marry the one you love if they and you qualify. I just listed the qualifications…. And this is nothing new. You have not discovered some recent impediment, but one that has existed for thousands of years…only to be messed with recently by sexual identity politics and softheaded judges.
18. What colossal arrogance. The unspoken fallacy in this little barb is that unless some perceived threat affects me personally on a existential level, there can be no legitimate concern. What a selfish attitude. Apply that logic to just about any social ill you can think of and the objection evaporates. Plus, as I said, we live in a welfare state, so another group of people jumping into an already broken safety net is hardly the smart thing to encourage. We in Iowa know better than most, that we get more of what we subsidize.
19. Zach your whole argument and the fact that you felt it necessary to make, refutes your conclusion. It is totally understandable though. You are a bright and sensitive kid. No child ever likes to think ill of his parents…just like most parents want to think only the best of their children. Nobody wants to think their parents have flaws…or that they are broken. I’ve watched this happen over and over.
I’ve watched people who are pro-life…who have been politically active for life…gone to life rallies… who have called abortion murder…campaigned against pro-abortion candidates…do a complete 180 when they find out someone in their family has had one. They say, “My daughter had an abortion… I love my daughter… I can’t think of her as a murderer, so I’ve changed how I feel about abortion.”
Zach I don’t expect you to think less of your mom. You love her. You should. But because you love her, you don’t need to idealize all of her choices…especially her broken ones… even if she eventually produced something special… you.
And as a personal aside. While you are at school, spend less time in sociology class and more time working on engineering …. As a challenge, let me invite you to apply the logic and skill sets of your engineering discipline to the claims advanced by the gay lobby. If you do, you may find most of their claims are as bogus as the majority of Iowans do.
Prof Brian Fitzpatrick was at the judicial forum last week at which the fired former justices spoke...Judge Streit called his detractors...idiots, rednecks and victims of paranoia and media propaganda. That was just the GOOD stuff. Then, a viral video making the rounds...hyped by the gay lobby. The think piece is taken apart for its logic and propaganda techniques... then, Brian Sussman tells Al Gore its not global warming...it's just the weather. Then, an Iowa sheriff is strong arming local businesses into declaring themselves gun free. Wow.
Michael George thinks he can fix what ails our deficit and debt problem country wide. Strong America Now. (Iowa Contact Vickie Stogdill VMSmobile@mchsi.com ) Then, a school bullying story gets state wide attention.
Everything from the end of the world coming on May 21st, to testing welfare recipients for drugs. Lotsa stuff.
Gerald Celente explains the mess in Egypt...coming to US? Listen. Then, "Why the Left Hates Sarah Palin"...a wise think piece. Then, more propaganda nonsense deciphered. Then, Red Light-Green Light camera scam expanding in Iowa. Plus, a much more effective way to deal with speeders. Oh, and for no apparent reason...cartoon economics...purdy good. And dang it's cold in Iowa.
Tom Coates and Professor John Kindt support Gov Branstad's call to increase taxes on Iowa gambling centers. The Great White Bear...Kieran Mulvaney give us a close up look at polar bears. Plus Johnson County Sheriff Lonny Pulkrabek is worried about some of the people he's giving carry permits to. Sean McClanahan says, "Not to worry."
Gonna be nuther gay rights cliché-fest at the Iowa State Capitol...how to decipher the cliché's and fallacies. Gov Tim Pawlenty is touring Iowa on his book tour. Then, the anti- gun lobby is mounting a counter-attack. Requiring gun owners to wear them in plain sight? Really?
Missouri judges are informed of the cost to the taxpayers of their sentencing practices. Good idea? Time to re-design our criminal justice system? Then, Jamie Johnson the lead singer of the Grascals explains the history of "I Am Strong"...a powerful fundraiser for St. Judes Children's Hospital cancer wing.
Conor Grennan tells the story of his trek to Nepal...to the Home of the Lost Children...Little Princes.
Peter Meyers with a guide to the "Best iPAd Apps"... and the fella wants to impeach Rep Clel Baudler cuz of his CA pot sting attempt.
Senator Rick Santorum in Iowa...issues. Vigorous. Pastor Frank Cook from Union Park Baptist Church wants to clear the record on the theology of "forgiveness".
We chase Zacchaeus up a tree and use him to define justice. Then, Al Sharpton blasts Rep. Michelle Bachman for something she said in Iowa. Vigorous. Then, cuz a listener sent me the link.....something wonderful. Then, something really clever.
Our furnace repair expert talks about staying warm efficiently... Roger Fouche from Schaals Heating and Cooling. Then the politics of AG Tom Miller... Obamacare and gun bans...elections count. Then the politics of forgiveness.
Reclaiming the American Revolution....Williams Watkins from Independent Institute... recovers some of our juiciest history. A keeper. Former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson brings issues to Iowa. Then a collection of bent sex stories...what to do about it.
Ed Failor introduces Con. Michele Bachmann and deals with HF 45...a bunch of money saving measures passed by the Iowa House. Jim Hawkins surveys his membership....results? Then, stovers and Blackjack gum...collectible barns and stuff.
Congressman Tom Latham checks in on the repeal of Obamacare. Iowans also react to Governor Branstad's plan to drastically reduce Iowa govt spending and size of Iowa government...including early childhood education.
Eric Blehm with "The Only Thing Worth Dying For"...How Eleven Green Berets Fought for a New Afghanistan. Ralph Benko proxies for Congressman Mike Pence...trying to draft him to run for president. Congressman Steve King is in the forefront of the Obamacare repeal effort. Ken Timmerman discovers St. Peter's Bones...with insight into the digital warhead attack against Iran's nuclear weapons program.
"Your Baby is Speaking to You"...Dr. Kevin Nugent says he can interpret. Adam Robinson apologized to Iowa and asks for another chance to play for the Hawks. Ok with you? Gay presidential candidate Fred Karger wants to be invited to the party. Iowans seem to have lost the invitation. Secretary of State Matt Schultz explains the new voting rights after felony rules.
Pre-inaugural (Gov. Brandstad) openline...flunking Perry Mason 101. Then Dahl's bans handguns from the store. Whoops.
A congresswoman says if a public official feels the need for a gun for self-defense, he should find another line of work. Then, the State of the Judiciary speech by Justice Cady sets off the impeachment crowd....vigorous... Senator Kent Sorenson responds.
President Obama is headed to Tucson to make a memorial speech. What should he say? Iowans respond. And an amazing insight into the mind of the killer.
A little tech talk, weather talk...and a bunch of vigorous conversation on the tactics of leftist hate baiters...abbreviated for Governor Culver's last state of the State address.
Nathan Tucker starts Iowa Judicial Watch to keep track of judges decisions and their selection. Then, Iowans respond to the Arizona shootings.
Entrepreneur and political activist Mike Whalen along with Suzanne Lee talk about economic and social issues.
Ross Peterson sits in... Joel Silverman...animal trainer a pet expert. Then the John Bunyan Story.
Scott Taylor gives us our annual low-carb booster shot...always great information. Then, Sean McClanahan from Iowa Fire Arm Coalition welcomes the new Iowa carry law to the calendar...answers questions about how to get a permit.
Iowans play armchair economists and theologians for a while...then a bunch of really great Christmas stuff....some of my favorite Christmas songs.
Senator Lindsey Graham says Dems ate Reps lunch in the lame duck session. Why? Then, Senator Grassley says now that DADT has been repealed he'll help the military make it work... huh? Iowans respond. Then, Scott Mickelson talks about gold and silver. Then something silly, for no particular reason. Then, something beautiful...cuz it's Christmas.
2010 Notable Quotables...the annual best case examples of flagrant political flag waving on the part of media types. Tim Graham serves up the awards. Then a distressed family is being forces out of housing which doesn't meet code. Iowan's respond in a big way. (Park Ave Christian Church..288-1914) Merry Christmas
Professor Roger McEowen, ISU Ag Law expert evaluates what stayed the same and what's changed in the new tax code bill. Money Issues. Dr. Jim Blessman is taking Iowans on a health mission in South Africa. Then, Barney Frank tells why the estate tax is justified. Iowans respond.
Raymond Francis tells how "Never Be Sick Again".. then, if Christmas music is offensive, then just re-write the lyrics...everything is solved...right? Paul Shanklin...Songs of the Revolution...his latest parody cd. Then, Iowans respond to the end of DADT.
Drew Berquist, former spook, now novelist, talks about the US future in Afghanistan. Congressman Steve King explains the inside story on the tax cut and budget issues. The English explain the collapse of the EU. Whoops, this is what happens when you don't close the back door during an Iowa blizzard. Indianola HS canceled a Christmas assembly cuz of the perceived "unrest". A last look at Bob Feller. Then, Suzy.
Senator Rick Santorum in Iowa...issues of the day. Judy Hintz from Educational Resources with some happy parents and on the warpath for education reform. Then, the theology of yodeling.
The kids from Joshua Christian Academy sing and recite for Christmas... a real blessing. Then, an Indianola dad is still not happy with the way an attack on his son is being treated and how warnings of potential violence are not dealt with. Here's some pictures of known threats he warned about...and reportedly not acted upon. Then, 'nuther lawsuit about judicial retention...this time says the ballots were unconstitutional. Delicious
Hope Ministries...puts a non-seasonal face on homelessness in Iowa. Dave Burrier and Jeff Scott with the rest of the story. Then, part of a University of Iowa Hawkeye press conference dealing with drugs in the sports programs. A winter driving expert, Mark Cox, from the Bridgestone Winter Driving Schools with driving and winter tire selection tips. More on the Indianola High School student attack case from the parent of the attacked student. Ken Miller with a summary of the Hawkeye press conference.
Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty talks issues....then a local dad is incensed by an attack on his child in school. He isn't satisfied with the three day suspension the attacker received...wants more. Iowans seem to agree.
Iowa's being offered an incentive to expand passenger rail service. Deborah Thornton says "I think I can".. Iowan's wonder if cops are our friends...the lawyer says "Don't Talk to Cops"... and truck drivers agree.
E-Cigarettes? What the heck is that? Iowans are way ahead of the curve on this one too. Then, why didn't drug testing cut the DJK drug bust off at the past. Steve King blasts the Dream Act.
Tom Pauken says we can fix our economy by "Bringing America Home"...the USA is the trading sucker of the universe....no equal playing field out sources our jobs. Then, DJK gets busted for drugs...out the Insight Bowl...maybe jail. Sound Off reporter Jon Miller tells the inside story. More Iowans with ideas.
Obama's tax cut and extended unemployment compromise....do Iowan's approve? Then, nuther case of Christmas symbols being removed from the public sqare...this time in Ames. Then, electronic pickpockets? Holy Shinola! And IowaLive puts Pearl Harbor into perspective.. check out the pictures....
The Bush tax cut compromise? Dr. Merrill Matthews with a bold proposal. Then,Sarah Palin shoots a caribou. WOW! Do Iowans have a response! A silly letter...and a serious song. And finally, a serious debate on the government money pit.
Roy Beck, from NumbersUSA, blows the whistle on the Dream Act currently under debate....nuther back-door amnesty and money grab. Iowans bring a bunch of issues to open-line Friday. And here's the story about people playing the system....earning more than hardworking taxpayers.
Oh, this cartoon isn't funny... silver manipulation for the sheeple....
Black Friday out-of-control crowd stories. Then, why is the Iowa horse population in such distress? Another story of animal abuse and neglect...why? The Dereck and Beverly Joubert, National Geographic wildlife journalist on "Big Cat Week"... remarkable lion stories. Robert Reilly takes us into "The Closing of the Muslim Mind". Sharia or not? That's the question. Plus, US taxpayers are now bailing out world banks. AAAARRRRRGGGGHHHH!
Congressman Steve Kingblasts the Pigford 11 reparations settlement...issues. Then, John Mueller with "Redeeming Economics: Rediscovering the Missing Element"... the theology of economics. Then, middle school kids youtube their fights. Now what?
So what's been left out of the reporting on the Wiki-leak story? The American serviceman who served up the classified material had a motive which hasn't been reported by mainstream media. Cliff Kincaid from Accuracy in Media tells the rest of the story. Should this story effect the DADT debate? Then, did the FBI entrap Muhamad? Iowans disagree. Vigorous. And what the heck is Pigford 11? Congressman King, on C-Span.
And you were worried about scanning at the airport? Lookit dis.
Lotsa open-line Monday... Willie gets busted for pot, again. Iowans are sending a drug case to the Supreme Court...why? Then, should those teenagers who shot the deer get rewarded or fined?
Jonathan Narcisse with a post campaign report on issues. Ed Vos is raising money for Toys for Tots again. (Sunday 7:30 Nov. 28 Funnybone Comedy Club WDM) Republican activist Doug Gross takes off the silencer and unleashes both barrels. Wow. Iowans report on the ice storm and on their TSA feedback. Spirited. Oh, if you think the full neked scan and body grope is bad, whaddaya think they will do about this?
OMG.... do you think this could have something to do with a messed up economy and political system? Happy Thanksgiving!
Fred Karger wants to be president. He's a gay Republican. Issues. Then, should Iowans REALLY forgive Michael Richard Swanson, the convenience store murderer? Intense.
Jackie Gingrich Cushman has The Essential American...a great resource book and dvd for American researchers. Iowans react to TSA groping and body scans...new TSA bumper stickers. :) Congressman Steve King reacts to the first lame-duck Obama race-based reparations hustle. Then, "Re-Thinking AIDS"...David Crowe helps review The House of Numbers. Conclusion? AIDS is another case of a money making scam based upon junk science. Almost everything about it we think we know is likely bull-hockey.
Friday open line....Congressman Steve King on Fox promises to fight birthright citizenship. Bob Vander Platts is still being slimed by the Register. (a peek a some hostile email...but I have a nice smile.) Eminent domain...the same as "special condemnation"? The next judicial selections may be made by Branstad after all. And what is the history Iowa's death penalty?
Chuck Hurley says WHO listeners can get free tickets to a Governor Huckabee speech this Sunday. A caller wonders if the farm community will repeat the 80's crash. Congressman King responds to 'nuther Olbermann "Worst Person in the World" award.. Then flag etiquette and Iowa grief.
Then, what a cute video.
Then, the next time a politician says, "Do the Math"... do they mean this?
Richard Wolffe says there's a battle going on in the Whitehouse between the Revivalists and the Survivalists. Brannon Howse is bringing a Worldview Weekend to Iowa. And Iowans respond to the latest killing spree. Time to renew the death penalty? Vigorous discussion.
Quantitative Easing Explained. Hilarious!
Nuther video, not so funny...the lastest updated Immigration By the Numbers...Roy Beck
Newt Gingrich takes us to Valley Forge plus weighs in on Iowa's judicial retention vote. Thinks it would be outrageous for outgoing Governor Culver to replace the vacancies instead of incoming Governor Branstad. Iowans are really engaged on this issues. Spirited conversation. Oh, that inspirational performance of the Messiah at a shopping mall.
America: The Story of Us...an illustrated history. Kevin Baker. Then, Share What You Wear...Grace Church and a truly inspirational story of giving. Iowa drug abuse has a treatment center. St. Gregory's Retreat Center. Success stories. Then, Sen. Gronstal tells Iowans to stick it.
Bob Vander Platts tells what's next in the same gender marriage issue. And Huckabee's coming back to Iowa. Patrick O'Donnell with a chunk of Korean War history. Give Me Tomorrow. Powerful. Then, a school bomb threat is a hate crime? Is that the best we can do? Suzy.
Jim Sandager talks about changes in the tax code and how to protect your assets from the grasshoppers. Then if graphic images on cigarette packs will cut down on smoking, what other images could be used for other stuff? Iowans unleash the snot glands.
Ron Salisbury from ABC Pest Control (800-267-9442) goes after bed bugs....tips for prevention. Charles Goyette describes the Dollar Meltdown and what to do about it. Then, they catch the kid who made the bomb threat in Ankeny...now what?
"Kasey to the Rescue"... heartwarming story of tragedy and overcoming. Then, food may be the cheapest right now for the foreseeable future. What does wise food buying a storage look like?
Jay Feinman says insurance companies "Delay, Deny, and Defend"...cuz they can. Sally Pipes talks about the downside of Obamacare. Lotsa chat.
Congressman Tom Latham re-elected and in search of issue feedback from Iowans. Iowans still raising a ruckus over the recent election. Vigorous.
Post Election Day feedback on the returns. Matt Strawn, Chair Iowa Republican Party...issues. The new guy, Matt Schultz...newly-elected Secretary of State...getting to work on a picture ID for Iowa voters. Issues.
Last minute politicking by everybody.... Michael Steele...Congressman King...bunch of Iowa races... and the funniest thing I've seen in a long time.
John Walker with the "Resurrection of a Nation"...says the US is shooting itself in its energy foot. Develop our own, doggonit!. Brenna Findley with an AG update. Craig Robinson gives one last sales pitch for an Iowa Constitutional Convention. Professor Herb Titus dissects the same sex Iowa Supreme Court Decision. Then, former Congressman Bob McEwen says the US dollar is being assassinated so it can be replaced. The best political ad of the season...holy shinola.
The Spirit of 1776 Summit is coming to Iowa for Tea Party activists. Greg Cummings and Mary Spaeth with details. Iowans continue fierce conversation about a ballot measure to fund more natural resource programs. Then, the best campaign ad of the season. Rev. Cary Gordon. Then, Brad Zaun, congressional candidate, with a campaign stop. Issues. And Tom Quiner says Holy Trinity's Peace and Justice Committee doesn't speak for him.
Measure 1 on the 2010 Iowa Ballot is to amend the Iowa Constitution for the purpose of future funding of Iowa's Natural Resources. Mark Ackelson, President of the Natural Heritage Foundation and Matt O'Connor, from Pheasants Forever say it's a good idea. Don Peterson from the Farm Bureau says it isn't. Vigorous. Jim Sutton, chair of the platform committee of the Iowa Democrat Party. Issues. Dr. Don Racheter from the Public Interest Institute...election issues.
Judy Hintz from Educational Resources brings some of her friends to talk about kid fixin'. Fred Karger, gay Republican candidate for president lobbying to retain Supreme Court judges. Iowa Senate Republican Leader Paul McKinley with issues. Daron Robert Shaw polls Iowans...bunch of Iowa races and issues are toss-ups. David Hanson from STAND is looking for phone tree help on the retention vote.
Former PA Senator Rick Santorum in Iowa...issues. Steven Mansfield looks at Sarah Palin's Faith and Values. ISU AgTax expert, Dr. Roger McEowen says the tax law flux has everyone flummoxed. Congressman Steve King on the Judge Bus. Issues.
Senator Chuck Grassley...issues. Jim Alderson, Medicare fraud whistle-blower...issues. Pete Sepp, National Taxpayer's Union...voter's guide...issues. Brenna Findley, running for Attorney General...debate analysis...issues.
A point of personal privilege...Mickelson responds to a newspaper hit-piece. (and that's all I have to say about that...forever, I hope). Then Matt Schultz wants to be Iowa's Secretary of State. Then, Judge Roy Moore and Pastor Cary Gordon defend their Iowa tour challenging judicial retention.
Carl Kerby from Answers in Genesis (coming to Iowa) says if folks actually read their Bibles, racism would disappear. Inspirational. Then, whaazzzupp with the new controls on the interstate. Jonathan Narcisse explains Iowa's education free-fall. Issues. Vigorous
Thomas Kidd with some delicious history..."God of Liberty" helps demonstrate religious foment was there at our founding too. Then, post-debate feedback from Bob Vander Platts on the judicial retention issue. Vigorous...Iowans want in on this subject big time. Here's the video.
Dr. Judith Reisman blows the whistle on the Kinsey scam.."Sexual Sabotage". Then, the John Paul Stem Cell Research Institute...Kim Lehman and Dr. Allan Moy with a medical inspiration. Then the guy asks, "When did you decide to be straight?" Answers?
Terry Branstad breaks a campaign promise before the campaign is even over....sigh. James Duffy says Charles Lindbergh was the victim of a political smear... "Lindbergh vs. Roosevelt" ...then responding to emails about justice.
"I Want Your Money" Ray Griggs has produced a great political commentary movie on what and how the political class has ripped us off and how to fix it. Iowans ponder mandatory universal service laws pitched by Democrats...then Suzy.
Joel Silverman is a celebrity dog trainer...Companions for Life. Great conversation. Then, attorney Dan Dykstra tells "What Mom ( and Everyone Else) Should Know About the Judicial Retention Vote"... vigorous.
Nuther case of "domestic violence"... and sometimes "no contact" orders have unintended consequences...issues. Vigorous.
Iowa guy, Bret Daves invented the MuscleGlide... great gadget which will rub ya the right way. Should churches pay taxes? Then, Dinesh D'souza examines the "Roots of Obama's Rage"
Dr. Zudhdi Jasser, president and founder of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy. He says Islam will have to reform before it can be modernized. He wasn't treated kindly at an Iowa forum by Iowa Muslims. Dr. Merrill Matthews from the Institute for Policy Innovation lobbies for the extension of the Bush tax cuts. Jacob Hornberger from the Future of Freedom Foundation says government should just knock it off. Everything. Some Iowans get snotty with the ELCA over same gender marriage. Then a couple of courts say lying about military medals is protected by 1st Amendment.
Julie Gammack (former WHO talk host and friend) is back in Iowa... issues and conversation...
TV13 reporter Sonya Heitshusen with a connection to Iowans bound for Afghanistan. Alexander Horowitz can tell you what's "Inside a Dog". Then, Professor Brian Fitzpatrick with the Federalist Society says Iowa's judicial selection process needs fixed.
Bernard Cornwell with some tasty history about the Revolutionary War...and Paul Revere? Bad actor with great PR. The Fort. Then, bed bugs are headed toward Iowa...and we are ready. A fellow who sells the bug heaters (319-446-7245) says this is what ya want. And Professor Bradley Jacob with play by play on the funeral protest case before SCOTUS. Oh, and about the man who bales himself...
Bob Vander Platts with an update on the judicial retention vote. Pastor Cary Gordon from Cornerstone World Outreach in Sioux City, is under fire for politicking from the pulpit...even writing letters to other pastors. Then, Brenna Findley with a campaign update.
Sean McClanahan from the Iowa Firearms Coalition talks about the new Iowa permit to carry laws. Interesting and spirited. Then, the Chinese are buying up everything that isn't nailed down...with dollars.
David Jamison running to be the next Iowa Treasurer...issues. Congressman Steve King ...responds to Obamacare and the Principal health insurance shut down. Iowans wonder what's next after the Principal collapse.
Brian Peskin with another update on health and EFA's. Iowa peace activists, David Goodner and Alton Davis, are "bugged" by FBI surveillance. They think you should be worried too. Con Mike Pence is coming to Iowa... issues.
Lusting after new technology? Who were the "officials" who met Obama in Iowa? Lotsa open conversation.
Alan Walker has landed a bunch of money for Upper Iowa University. Congrats. Most Dangerous jobs? We can't get past #10...truck drivers. Bruce Feiler talks about "America's Prophet"...Moses. Then the judicial retention movement is on the move. "Justice Not Poltics" ? YAGOTTABEKIDDIN'.... no group could be more political. Just read the list of coalition supporters! Who are they tryin' to kid? Even George Soros is funding the so-called "merit-based" selection process. The rest of the story. Nathan Tucker
Dr. Tommy Mitchell from Answers in Genesis tells about the Jurassic Prank: a Dino Tale... (Speaking Monday night 7 pm at Grace Church)... then, The Grand Design doesn't need a designer...Leonard Mlodinow, Stephen Hawking's co-author.
Tom Erickson from the NRCC touts Republican issues. An online education? Wave of the future? FEMA says illegals should get bailed out too. Congressman King with a Colbert review.
Tony Wenck with a Saturday motorcycle event fundraiser for the Big Brothers and Big Sisters program...Winterset..6-10 pm... fun ride, good cause. Then, Jonathan Narcisse, running for Governor, with plans to fix stuff. Very good. Then, Michael Maloney talks dollars and rubles...awesome. Homeschoolers say their kids are not denied social opportunities nor lack social skills.
"The English is Coming" says Leslie Dunton-Downer...how one language is sweeping the world. Then, Whitehouse witchcraft? Then, another session warning of flu shots and pregnant women. Eileen Dannemann, Director of the National Coalition of Organized Women....Larry Hanus, activist...Dr. Mayer Eisenstein...pediatrician. Flu shot skeptics.
Severe school fear syndrome? Bunch of kids have it. Senator Jane Cunningham from Missouri helped her state refuse Obamacare. Should Iowa Democrats give back the tainted, stolen money? Then Obama's illegal alien aunt says we are obligated to make her a citizen.
Tom Pauken, "Bringing America Home"...pragmatic steps to restore American jobs. Then Iowans really ARE bugged about the judiciary.
Siobhan O'Conner says No More Dirty Looks...nasty stuff in make-up? Then what do you really say at a traffic stop that doesn't get you even more busted? Congressman Steve King...issues. Suzy.
S.C. Gwynne tells of the "Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanche, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History. Great conversation. Lionel Terzi tells about the an earlier Tea Party... it was the JBS... talks about the immigration invasion. (1800-JBS-USA1) Then, still puzzling about compliant labor unions. Email.
Steve Klinadler is a cop with the word police... makes a citizen's arrest...100 Words Almost Everyone Mixes Up or Mangles. Ken Sagar, President of Iowa Federation of Labor has issues. Some debate talk.
Matt Schultz, candidate for Secretary of State worries about some sloppiness in Iowa's voter rolls. Then the way we get kids to school has changed...everywhere...fear reigns. Can it be fixed?
Larry Hunter wants to start an organization to compete with AARP. What's the state of Iowa egg safety? Kevin Vinchattle from the Iowa Egg Council...Dr. Darrell Tramp, ISU expert on Salmonella...and AG Secretary Bill Northey.with a report. Then, 50 things which would appall our forbears...great piece.
Rekha Basu…Des Moines Register columnist, last week decided to weigh in on the latest wrinkle in the gay rights scam. She personally attacked me in her column.
This latest round is in response to a segment on my program a few weeks ago dealing with the CDC’s most recent stats on AIDS in the USA and who is most vulnerable.
I did a short think piece on this. I won’t repeat the details, but you can hear it for yourself.
I don’t normally respond to this kind of stuff, but Reka’s column is so fundamentally dishonest and cheesy, it merits a forensic dissection. It is a model of ham-fisted propaganda tactics….Gay Propaganda 101
In the late 80’s I interviewed Marshall Kirk who wrote a book called "After the Ball: How America will Conquer its fear a & hatred of Gays in the 90’s"
It’s the tactical textbook of the gay lobby describing the techniques intended to work us over. They worked beyond his wildest expectations. (BTW he died of AIDS)
The tactics? Desensitization, jamming and conversion… Brainwashing tactics 101.
He wrote, "All normal persons feel shame when they perceive that they are not thinking, feeling or acting like one of the pack…the trick is to get the "bigot" (anyone who disagrees with them) into the position of feeling a conflicting twinge of shame…thus propagandistic advertisements can depict homophobic bigots as crude loudmouths…it can show them criticized, hated , shunned "
"Our effect is achieved wrote, Kirk, without reference to facts, logic or proof…" Get that part? …without reference to facts, logic, or proof.."
How?
"Portray gays as victims of circumstance and oppression, not as aggressive challengers. In any campaign to win over the public, gays must be portrayed as victims in need of protection so that straights will not be inclined to refuse to adopt the role of protector…we must forego the temptation to strut our gay pride publicly to such and extent that we will undermine our victim image."
So…pop quiz.
If you think gay stereo types on TV are funny, then you’ve been de-sensitized…or if you think that not caring about this issue makes you sophisticated, then you’ve been de-sensitized.
If when you hear me use the term "sodomist" instead of the politically correct term "gay", you feel a twinge of "oooo…that’s a little too Fred Phelps," then you’ve been jammed.
Or if you feel shame if someone compares your opposition to same gender marriage to racism, then you’ve been jammed.
If you’ve ever donated to the Matthew Shepard Scholarship fund, then you’ve been converted.
And if you think it’s ok that gay propaganda is served up in the public schools to your kids with your tax dollars: the, you’ve been desensitized, jammed, converted and shafted. Welcome to Iowa.
So with that background in mind, I’ll dissect Rekha’s column.
"Basu: Let's put shame where it belongs"
Yup, right out of Marshall’s textbook… shame those who don’t share your position… note….without logic or facts.
"It's time to have a conversation about shame, and who deserves it. This has become an issue lately, as two local notables have been telling their audiences that people with HIV infection deserve whatever shame and stigma they get."
This isn’t a propaganda point. This is an old fashioned downright lie. I never said that. If Mr. Leach did, he can defend himself. As a matter of fact, in my commentary I went out my way to criticize a politician for talking like this. Perhaps you missed that part.
"One is a talk radio host who has called homosexuality a sexual disorder, gay behavior stupid and gay people, even married ones, promiscuous."
Rekha, what exactly is "gay behavior"? Are you saying it is smart or safe? Do you think a bogus marriage license is as good as a condom? Perhaps you should re-read the most recent report by the CDC.
I don’t see an asterisk for a footnote exempting MSM as the main risk group in the United States if accompanied by a marriage license. If I missed something you’ll point it out I’m sure. "The other is a state Senate candidate running against a gay incumbent whom he calls a "marriage-diluting sodomite," suggesting he has AIDS and could spread it by shaking hands."
This is the classic guilt by association fallacy. I didn’t say it or imply it. Ever. "Jan Mickelson and David Leach have been responding to a series of ads sponsored by the AIDS Project of Central Iowa in which I played a role. They feature a variety of Iowans, some known, some unknown, saying that whether or not someone has AIDS won't prevent our associating with them. Each of us begins a sentence with "HIV won't stop me from..." Sen. Matt McCoy, whom Leach is challenging, continues "shaking hands with my constituents." I say, "putting a human face on people who test positive." The ambiguity about which of us has it underscores that "HIV is not the sum of who we are.""
Again, take up your complaints with Mr. Leach.
"But Mickelson claims HIV does discriminate - against gays."
Here’s the CDC’s most recent report. Perhaps you can shame them next.
*A Snapshot from the CDC MSM account for nearly half of the more than one million people living with HIV in the U.S. (48%, or an estimated 532,000 total persons).
MSM account for more than half of all new HIV infections in the U.S. each year (53%, or an estimated 28,700 infections).
While CDC estimates that MSM account for just 4 percent of the U.S. male population aged 13 and older, the rate of new HIV diagnoses among MSM in the U.S. is more than 44 times that of other men (range: 522–989 per 100,000 MSM vs. 12 per 100,000 other men).
MSM is the only risk group in the U.S. in which new HIV infections are increasing. While new infections have declined among both heterosexuals and injection drug users, the annual number of new HIV infections among MSM has been steadily increasing since the early 1990s.* "As for Leach, he wrote on his website that he fell on the floor each time he heard McCoy's ad. He suggested McCoy must have HIV based on "which direction the disease would be most likely to travel," and if so, would put people at risk by shaking their hands".
Again, take it up with him.
"One would have hoped by now everyone knew HIV isn't transmitted by hand-shaking and isn't a gay disease, but one which everyone must take precautions against. Clear Channel Communications, which operates WHO Radio, where Mickelson's show airs, took the unusual step of saying on air that he had made factual errors "regarding HIV/AIDS, its spread and current efforts to inform the public about this disease." But Mickelson is unrepentant."
Since I never said HIV is transmitted by shaking hands nor did I say HIV is a gay disease, (listen to the segment) repentance doesn’t come to mind. I did neglect to mention the other risk groups the CDC listed in their report… minority men and women and intravenous drug users. That may have left the impression that MSM was the only risk group I’m concerned about. I’ll be more precise in the future.
"I've written about people with AIDS from Iowa to Ethiopia. There was the 53-year-old straight ad company executive who learned she had contracted it on a safari to Kenya years earlier, when injected by a contaminated needle. There was the gifted gay New York Times reporter who died at 39, after coming out publicly and beginning to write about others with AIDS. "At times I think my fellow AIDS sufferers are laughing at me, looking up from their beds with eyes that say, 'You'll be here soon enough'," he wrote.
There was the 27-year-old heterosexual Iowa couple. He was wracked with guilt that he may have unknowingly given it to her after contracting it during a nine-month gap in their eight-year relationship. And there was the Ethiopian couple engaged to be married who learned, in my presence, that he was HIV positive, so the engagement had to be broken. All of these people were on my mind when I was asked to take part in the ad campaign. I jumped at the chance to help break down prejudices.
Stigma kills. That's what I learned from the ad executive. She wanted to put a human face on HIV so other women would be less scared of coming forward. Studies show women are a third likelier to die than men in the same time period - maybe because, fearing disapproval, they get diagnosed and treated later. "I let this virus [make] an intelligent, creative, artistic, fearless (I thought) woman become someone who was so pathetically afraid," she wrote me".
This is Marshall’s Gay Propaganda Tactic 101-B
"…portray gays as victims of circumstances and oppression…must be portrayed as victims in need of protection…"
I was speaking about the majority of risk behaviors as reported by the CDC. This is just an attempt to change the subject.
So if I report the CDC's findings accurately, then I'm attacking some poor black woman in Ethiopia. Now I'm a white , imperialist racist oppressor of third world minorities.
Nice.
Rev Al Sharpton couldn't have done it better.
Just to restate the facts, the CDC report was about the USA risk patterns, not a report on the third world. This is another attempt to change the subject.
Plus, the largest risk group is the MSM group and the group is growing…not women from the third world. My discourse was about MSM risk group...not the accidental victims of dirty needles, or the women victims of promiscuous husbands. The MSM risk group was the clear focus of my comments. Rekha again equivocates victims with perpetrators, both a fallacy and another cheesy tactic….
"…gays must be portrayed as victims…."
"When you consider these stories in light of the horribly offensive and irresponsible things being said, you see where the shame really belongs - and it's not with the AIDS patients."
Gay activists are get paid to be offended. It's a tactic. And for the record I never mentioned AIDS patients, or any other kind for that matter. I just listed risky behavior. The same risky behaviors listed by the CDC. Perhaps that’s the responsible thing to do.
I said people should quit smoking… I didn’t shame anyone with lung cancer.
I suggested people should cut down on drinking… I shamed no one who is an alcoholic.
I suggested people with weight issues (my hand is up here) should lose some weight. I shamed no one with diabetes or heart disease.
I suggested, given the stark correlation between HIV and MSM, that some concern was merited.
For the record, this dust up has nothing to do with anything I said about AIDS. This has everything to do with the upcoming election. This has to do with the retention vote on for three of Iowa’s Supreme Court Justices because of their same gender marriage "vote".
I’ve been told to my face, on the phone, and by email, by gay activists, "You try to take out our judges, we take you out"
I believe them. Simple as that.
And as Rekha demonstrates, posturing, lying, deflecting, equivocating, are the shameful tactics of propagandists.
The problem for Rekha is that I read the play-book. I know all of her moves before she makes them.
Remember Gay Propaganda 101 "…our effect is achieved," wrote, Kirk, "without reference to facts, logic or proof…" Get that part? …without reference to facts, logic, or proof.."
Rekha your effect wasn't achieved with me.
Congressman Steve King...Cuba...Castro...Geraldo Rivera...and judicial selection. Then Iowan still expression strong opinions about burning Qurans and building Mosques.
Newt Gingrich in Iowa...issues. Danny Kofke tells How to Survive (And Perhaps Thrive) ON a Teacher's Salary. More Koran burning talk. Then, Jonathan Narcisse has a plan to fix what ails the Iowa education system.
Brenna Findley Republican candidate for Attorney General. Then, peasants of Iowa arise.
Matt Campbell is Iowa's 5th District Democratic congressional candidate running against Congressman Steve King...issues. Lt. Col. Buzz Patterson reports on "Conduct Un-Becoming" within the Obama military establishment. Then, burning Korans by a "minister" advances the cause of peace? Huh?
Local cop shop politics keep ducking the race issue while demoting the wrong people. Then, more scary Iowa education news. Vigorous.
What goes into getting a permit to carry a gun?. Michael Ware walks guest host Ross Peterson through the process.
Friday openline... Whazzup with Iowa eggs? The stimulus package visits Iowa...some Iowan's aren't too stimulated. Then, Congressman Steve King reactions to Obama's defacto amnesty plan.
David Walker and Robert Bixby say it's way past time to repair the debt mess in Washington. Then, the Des Moines police department tries to amend the record of the Fair-related violence by downplaying the race issue. Did it work?
Publisher, author and economic guru Steve Forbes...issues... then, following up on the racial violence in Des Moines. "Officials want to learn what caused fair-ground area assaults"... ya gotta be kindin'.
David Limbaugh lists Obama's "Crimes Against Liberty"...issues. Then, what is our responsibility toward the mentally challenged? Then, racial attacks Iowa State Fair goers... the rest of the story... powerful.
Eric Cooper is the Libertarian Party candidate for Governor....issues. Then, what do know about the 911 Mosque Imman guy? Dr. Laura is gonna quit....why? Why now?
Congressman Steve King...issues. Nathan Tucker and Craig Robinson call for an Iowa Constitutional Convention...judicial issues. Then, Justin Krebs suggests 538 Ways to Work, Live and Play like a Liberal. A fight breaks out over who owns the Golden Rule. Still under arbitration.
Ed Failor fromIowans for Tax relief...issues. Jonathan Narcisse running for governor as an independent...issues. Then, a Republican victim of propaganda. Whoops.
Is Terry Branstad mean spirited for saying taxpayers shouldn't have to pay for the education of children of illegals. Bob Vander Platts wants us to fire some judges. Then, perhaps the best campaign commercial...ever. Plus, here's the skunk stink killer recipe.**
Erik Rush "Negrophilia From Slave Block to Pedestal: Amerrica's Racial Obsession" looks at the current crop of race hustlers. Liberal Democrats own Iowa's upper education. If so, why send kids to get a lop-sided education? Then, Suzy!
The fellows from Iowa Ready-Mix Concrete Association...the traditional first guests at the Fair. Then, Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty makes a pre-campaign stop. Jim Hawkins from Professional Educators of Iowa talks about defending falsely accused teachers.
Newt Gingrich coming to Iowa, part of his upcoming "To Save America" tour. Bryan Bernys with Campus Reform says Democrats dominate Iowa's university campuses and Board of Regents. Bought and paid for institutions. Then, flood coverage.
It's Rapport Afghanistan...a humanitarian mission to help Iowan's sent to Afghanistan help the locals with winter coats. Capt. Shawn Mingus spreads the word. Plus, 60 year old recruits? The rest of the story. Hillary says "terror has no religion".. Iowans respond.
Gary DeMar list the notions which make people of faith (Christians) nearly culturally impotent. Then, Senator Lindsey Graham say the reason he had to vote to confirm Elenaor Kagan for SCOTUS. Jesus made him do it.
Pamela Geller blasts the Ground Zero Mosque and says its another example of "The Post-American Presidency"... Terence Jeffrey calls current Democrats "Control Freaks"...describes how the Constitution has been shredded by socialists...for years.
Benjamin Herson takes us on the Great Typo Hunt...funny. Professor Bradley Jacob, Dean of Patrick Henry College, untangles the knots in the 14th Amendment...Senator Tom Harkin re-tangles them. Attorney John Stewart explains the current case of judicial activism on Proposition 8 in California.
Sally Pipes knows what's in the Obamacare bill...."The Truth about Obamacare"....it ain't purdy. What is "obedience to the un-enforceable?" Brilliant. Then, SOAR, (Save Our American Republic) Jim Carley and Earl Taylor are planning another "Making of America" seminar on the Constitution. Don't miss it. Then, more 14th Amendment myths served up by talking heads...again.
Uh-Oh... Mickelson empties the archives again. Don't listen... there's lotsa subliminal stuff. Then Islam marks Manhattan.
Mike Farris from HSLDA worries about the UN Convention on the Child Treaty...with contemporary Constitutional illiteracy just about anything could happen. John McManus coming to Iowa (Tuesday night at 7 pm Adventure Land Inn) to speak about immigration. Then, who owns rain water? Huh?
Addiction issues.. Joe Mientz is director of admissions at an Iowa-based treatment center. (888-778-5833) Impressive. Brad Erlich with some Iowa economic news. Lotsa open-line conversation, including a fellow who builds western leather gear and talks about gun fighters...Will Ghormley.
Wanna know how treaties can amend the US Bill of Rights in the US Constitution? James Hirsen can tell you...cuz he predicted it. Congressman Steve King reacts to the Arizona judge on immigration law, and blows the lid off the USDA Pigford scam and the Shirley Sherrod connection. Don Racheter documents Iowa's Privileged Class: State Government Employees. Nathan Tucker blows the whistle on the politicization of Iowa's judicial selection. Vigorous stuff.
Uh Oh... Iowa flunks the Opie Golden Rule test. Iowa gets a big bill from illegals... Bob Dane from FAIR gives us the bad news. Sen. Paul McKinley says Iowa has dropped the baton in the Race to the Top. Mitch Henry calls for the end of dog racing in Iowa.
Governor Terry Branstad and Auditor David Vaudt with campaign issues. Carrie Severino defends Senator Grassley's Kagan "No" vote. Then, how do treaties trump the US Constitution? They don't, unless dishonest politicians let them.
Mona Kilborn, an Iowa lady from Marshalltown re-tells the horrific story of her experience...losing a family member to an illegal alien drunk driver. Years later, still no justice. Iowans with vigorous views.
Friday cafeteria of issues...everthang worth talking about....we talk about...and more. Including peeping Toms at the airport.
Brenna Findley wants to be AG. Issues. Gov Gary Johnson from New Mexico coming to Iowa... Ragbrai...Issues. Ambassor Michael Oren of Israel to the United States...issues. A new program can kill phone text messages if the car is moving...issues.
Richard Bernstein addresses "Duped America" ...a great legal brief against liberal clichés'. Gov Vilsack may change mind about a fired USDA employee. Senator Grassley votes "No" on Kagan. Why? And should Iowa farmers give up land so truckers can go potty?
Former Congressman Jim Nussle from Growth Energy is trying to expedite ethanol. Obama wants to extend unemployment benefits. Iowans respond
Now Obamacare is a tax, so it's constitutional...huh? Lotsa openline. And Obama can't be a socialist, cuz he is an American. Guess who said that? Spirited conversation.
Dana Mecum and Larry Kline highlight the weekend live auction on HDTV. Jim Marrs with The Trillion Dollar Conspiracy makes us flunk the kook test. A lady loses her job over tinted windows. And Suzy.
Dr. Gal Luft "Turning Oil Into Salt"...time to get serious about energy independence and fuel choice. Joshua Lyon was a Pill Head...tells how to avoid becoming one. Then, former Governor Branstad makes a major campaign position shift on immigration. Ready for Arizona law?
Crystal O'Connor says our kids need business coaching... she's running summer courses for teenagers. Kidpreneur. Then an Iowa Tea Party billboard makes national news...Iowan's respond to the attention.
Paul Collier says it's time to un-plunder "The Plundered Planet"...says we don't have title to the Earth so don't abuse the place. Cameras to replace cops in Des Moines? Yuck. Dr. Betsy McCaughey is a constitutional expert...worries about Obama care...reviews the health care bill and finds it not Constitutional.
The conversation started with a news story from Iowa which made national news. A drunk driver was busted. Nothing unusual about that, but in this case he was driving his riding lawn mower down the street weaving about the center lane. That's not the part of the story which landed it on Drudge. It was the kicker line in which the local arresting sheriff claimed, "In Iowa, it's illegal to drive any motor vehicle anywhere while intoxicated, the driver could have been charged while mowing his own lawn."
When I read that one on the air, I wondered how law enforcement could get jurisdiction to bust an intoxicated mower rider on his own property.
The first caller said the sheriff is "Stuck on stupid...no such jurisdiction exists in Iowa code."
A cop called in to say, "Yes there is. It's Iowa code 321.J.
So I pushed him. "What does it say?"
I could hear the pages of his cop code book being rifled in the background, "I can't find it."
Then a public official called to say that although it wasn't actually in the code, "...it's been interpreted that way by the courts."
At that point all the little Constitutional hairs stood up on the back of my neck. "Judges have said its ok?"
"Yes"
"Even though the law doesn't authorize it?"
"Yes, the legislature doesn't have a problem with it." he said.
I said, "That's not a very high standard."
Said the official, "Where in the Constitution or Iowa code does it say on CAN drive your lawnmower while drunk, on your own property?"
"That turns our relationship with the state upside down. We don't get our rights from the state or it's code. We don't need permission from the law or a government employee to drink a beer while mowing one's own yard. It's our property."
Said the official, "If you kill somebody on your property or counterfeit money in your basement, police can arrest you on your own property can't they?"
"Yes, but in either of those cases, there are victims. It IS the proper function of government to protect the lives, liberty and property of its citizens. It is not the proper role of government to protect me against myself. Plus, judges can't re-write Iowa code from the bench. Judge-made "law" is null and void. If the legislature won't defend their turf from activist judges, the rest of us must."
So, am I really going to argue that a citizen of the United States can legally mow his own yard while two-sheets to the wind? With deepest apologies to my long-gone, tea-totaling mom, the answer is, "Yes". It may be sinful, but it shouldn't be illegal.
(Unless you mow diagonally...an un-American and evil practice. We have to have some standards. )
Tara Ross says Democrats are trying to change our form of government by trashing our electoral college. Newt Gingrich says he wants to toss a wrench into the Obama machine. The Iowa's establishment are still pushing open borders in Iowa.
Stephen Meyer thinks he can read the Signature in the Cell....darn it...means we will never rebuild dinosaurs. Maggie Gallagher says the Boston judicial ruling on DOMA has Elena Kagan's finger prints on it. Dr. D.C. Gray says Obama's death panels and rationing are back with a vengeance. Then an Iowa drunk makes national news...driving a lawnmower...does one have the right to drive drunk on one's own property? Great Question.
Judy Hintz from Educational Resources brings in a passel of interesting folks... Naneen, Joel, Kathy and Craig...inspirational. Carrie Severino blasts Elena Kagan as an unqualified SCOTUS nominee. Penny Nance says TSA wants to filter nasty stuff from their computers...and it ain't porn. Are the people who feigned outrage over Congressman King now a little embarrassed? Should be.
Congressman Steve King takes on the Obama Arizona lawsuit. Fierce. Drowning doesn't look like drowning...some of the best summer survival info available.
William Voegeli says there is "Never Enough" OPM for the welfare state. So let's fix it. Then Iowa odds and ends open-line. Fun
Thomas E Woods with a how to fix it book ... "Nullification: How to Resist Federal Tyranny in the 21st Century"...a humdinger...best book of the year. What caused cops to appear in Des Moines 144 times in just a few hours? Then, Iowans recall their own experiences with runaway horses.
New DNR regs for boating safety...several reps...Susan Stocker, Nate Hogevein, and Aaron Arthur with a Q&A. Then, a black bear mauls a hiker in Kentucky, setting off Iowa bear phobics.
Christian Adams says Steve King is right about the Obama administration's "favoring blacks over whites"...former DOJ attorney who says the Obama adminstration won't defend the voting rights of non-minorities. WHAT? Then, Iowa State Senators Randy Feestra and Jerry Behn say the Culver administration is about to hire 1,100 new state workers in a time of budget distress...WHAT? Chris Tucker say environment activists are trying to block access to a treasure trove of natural gas. A critique of "Gasland". And flood-watching.
Senator Grassley serves up a great question to SCOTUS nominee Kagan. Result? Brain freeze. Solution? Gun rights 5-4 "vote" is not a good sign. Congressman Steve King...issues.
Iowans wonder about water damage, analyze an anti-King hit piece and rate the ethics of rest stops... just for starters.
Iowan's say the strangest things...and sometimes without helmets... :) Lotsa open-line.
Jonathan Narcisse (515-770-1218) running for governor as an independent. Weather pushes us around a bit...then, open-line feedback on a recent immigration guest. Vigorous.
Iowa political conundrums which confuse the host...again. 'Nuther judicial outrage...then Daniel Griswold from Cato Institute in Iowa telling us that illegal aliens should be viewed as economic assets. Steve Camorata from CIS disagrees. Iowans give them an earful.
Congressman Steve King talks about the Obama race dust-up. Then, a lady who lost her ability to smell stuff.. "Remembering Smell"... Bonnie Blodgett. Carol Barnier is coming to the weekend NICHE conference...deals with ADHD. Then making students clean up their own messes....shocking.
Van Harden takes over the talk show and reverses the roles.... he interviews Mickelson for a while. Issues.
Sue Perry is a researcher with Consumer Reports...the current issue of Shop Smart says the rules of repairing appliances have changed. Then some of the music at the World Cup isn't joyful...just annoying. What are the rules of shower etiquette and kids.
The Bike Snob tells some stories...then Dirty Harry's gun is obsolete....then Mennonites want us to help them control their sin, but they are tearing up Iowa's roads. Huh?
Pat Jury from the Iowa Credit Union League and Jeff Russell, Exec VP of the Member's Group want to inform us on changes in debit card billing issues. Then Mickelson finally figures out why Iowa law enforcement won't enforce immigration laws. And he's embarrassed about it.
Eric O'Keefe talks about the national implications of the political primaries. Iowans with last minute political speeches for their candidates.
Nuther bad judge gets nominated.Penny Nance says Judge Robert Chatigny is unfit to serve. Nuther traffic atrocity. Then, Fred Karger is a gay Republican...he wants to run in Iowa. Ok?
Dave Funk running for congress...issues. Karl Rove coming to Iowa...issues. John Wohlstetter defends Israel for flotillagate...Sarah endorses Terry...issues.
Rod Roberts running for Governor of Iowa. Issues. Then, does Iowa need a leader like New Jersey's Governor Christie? Issues.
Heather Cox Richardson takes us back to Wounded Knee...what caused the massacre? Politics. George Eichhorn wants to be Iowa's Secretary of State. Issues. Brett McMahon wants to Halt the Assault on the taxpayers by union pensioners.
Andrew McCarthy explains The Grand Jihad...how Islam and the Left Sabotage America. The USDA sissified....the usual suspects. Who did it? Arthur Brooks thinks The Battle is a fight worth fighting. It's the 70-30 battle. Then, what can a census worker really do?
Professor David Meyer from Regent University talks about recent miltary history and future conflicts....extremely interesting. Wayne Karlin wonders about Wandering Souls...sorting out the personal histories of the Vietnam War. They did what to the Honor Soldiers on the way from Iowa to Washington....they really put them through security? AAAARRRRRRRGGGGGHHHH! An editorialist says a candidate (Dave Funk) taking an oath to the Constitution is an extreme position. Huh? Then some delicious history about our flag.
Jim Gibbons wants to be a congressman. The Iowa Congressional Delegation splits it's vote on Don't Ask, Don't Tell. Iowans with military experience gives them an earful. Spirited.
Square Foot Gardening....the next generation...Mel Bartholomew and Walter Jahncke. Senator Chuck Grassley says he'll vote no on higher oil taxes to pay for oil spill clean-ups. Then, welfare raccoons take over parks...the rest of the story.
Morry Taylor, CEO of Titan Tire, promoting a golf tournament, and updating us on his political views. Emmett McGroarty, National Director of Preserve Innocence and Iowa's new director, Eric Goranson, want to hold the system more accountable to virtue.
Lotsa open-line. Slipnot remembered. A Muslim tower where the Twin Towers used to be? Racy pictures at the mall?
Grade school art video? Teacher suspended....enough?
Brad Zaun is running for congress...issues. Newt Gingrich wants "To Save America"...issues... Aissa Wayne, daughter of John Wayne is coming to Iowa to highlight the birthdays and anniversaries.
Vast quantities of open-line Friday... Iowa veterans confront crazies in Perry, Iowa...an Iowa sheriff says we can't afford an Arizona-like immigration law. Vigorous talk.
Professor David Meyer reports on what is behind the blow-ups in Thailand. Brenna Findley running for AG says Tom Miller shouldn't be representing Iowa's laws in which he is in dissent. Catriona MacGregor is Partnering With Nature. Edwin Allen is the fellow who tangled in traffic with the 1st Lug. Then, Iowa vets weigh in on politicians who lie about their service records.
Brenda Elliot describes The Manchurian President...Obama's background. Tom Ferry says he believes in Life: by Design. Then, sometimes it's the words that politicians don't use that are important.
Secrets of Great MarriagesCharlie and Linda Bloom. Smiles. Governor Lug goes road rage on a potential voter...film at 11... Then, Kirk Kirkorian describes how Obama is using immigration to shape the US political scene.
Tom Grezek from Microsoft tells of recent internet security scams and what to do about it. Jeri Corsi talks about the Gulf oil spill... issues. Iowa pot is inferior to southern pot? This shall not stand.
Congressman Ron Paul with money issues. An Iowa DNR Commissioner thinks teenage nudity would keep the kids in Iowa. Did Sarah Palin make a mistake by inviting the girls basketball team to go rogue?
A couple of good ol' boys may have a temporary solution to the oil spill?
Richard Vigilante tells why it was time to "Panic"...and he explains the unexplainable. Where does Senator Harkin shop for groceries? Thomas Woods explains even more stuff...like the "Meltdown" and "Who Killed the Constitution?" Plus a couple of more Iowa towns clear a path for chickens. What's a chicken tractor?
Dan Neiland gives a quick tour of Vatterott Educational Center. Then some Iowan are allergic to money...nickel to be specific. Then, more Iowa schools can't run a school lunch program... 'nuther out-of-control entitlement program.
Robert Murphy is coming to Iowa for the Campaign for Liberty. Shawn Mingus and Lt. Col. Steve Boesen are looking for Coats for Afghanistan. Then, what to do with impaired drivers who hurt people...driving a right or privilege?
A new Supreme Court judge? Carrie Severino from the Judicial Crises Network rates the new pick. Then, Nancy Pelosi preaches the gospel of immigration and has an alter call for Catholics. WHHHHHHATTTTT?
Cinco de Mayo ruckus in California explained and nearly understood. Sean McClanahan from Iowa Carry explains the new law. Brian Sussman "Climategate" gives another side to the gulf oil spill. A puzzle.
Wondering about "healthy stuff" like Pork Scratchings and Nutrella....something about inquiring minds. Barbara Strauch and the Secret Life of the Grown-Up Brain...darn thing removes a bunch of excuses.... Then, does the Bible require open borders and open arms to illegals? Stephen Steinlight blows a hole in that theory.
George Landrith wants Boeing to land the new tanker plane contract rather than the French Airbus company. Better plane and Iowa jobs. Dave Funk for congress talks about terrorism and airline security....issues. Former Governor Brandstad has taken some highly unusual positions on birthright citizenship and court made law.
Maggie Gallagher is coming to Iowa in defense of the family. Then some activists against nuclear non-proliferation come to Iowa to advance the issue. Then, the new Arizona law works way faster than anticipated.
Immigration redux...Christian Ucles...local activist pitches a few ideas... Tom Coates and Mitch Henry with a Iowa gambling update.
Steve Rathje wants to be congressman. Aaron Price produced a documentary, "Gas Odyssey"...and thinks natural gas is our nation's answer to future energy demands. Ed Failor worries about another conflict of interest case. Bob Vander Platts favors the Arizona immigration law. Issues
Lauren Fix is the Car Coach...tech talk..seasonal care care tips. A nice note from Corvair enthusiasts...13 things a guy need in his car... Mommy Power with Dr. Sheila Schuller Coleman... R. Emmett Tyrrell describes After the Hangover...how conservatives can find the road to recovery....and Governor Culver talks to MSNBC about Iowa. Issues.
Judy Hintz with more inspirational stories of kid repair...Educational Resources...225-8513. Obama in Iowa touts 25 tax cuts for Iowans... Curtis Dubay describes what they were. Obama also lists his immigration reform points. Iowans evaluate.
Margo Thorning warns that Obama's cap and trade scam will be very costly to Iowans. Congressman Tom Latham ...issues... Emmett McGroarty say Iowa's Core Curriculum is rotten. Then, what's the real reason Franklin Graham got bounced from the National Day of Prayer...
Senator Harkin wants a bail-out for Iowa schools. Good idea? David Brannon says the Violence Against Women Act contains an immigration time bomb...scary story. Congressman Steve King takes issue with a proposed VAT...
Dream interpretation...Jesse Kern takes a stab at it...metaphysically speaking. Then John Barron with an Aussie look at Iowa's caucuses..."First Stop, Iowa"... Suzie.
Jonathan Merritt says we can be "Green Like God" on Earth Day. Randy Frost deals with OCD...Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things....Frank Calzon is in Iowa to lobby us for support of The Center for a Free Cuba and freedom for Cubans.
89 year old lady makes us proud by defending herself at the front door. Casey Luskin says it's strange how some people react to the notion that they have a purpose. David Ray Griffn is the grand pooh bah of truthers. Jim Hawkins is bringing Rachael's Challenge to Iowa.
Scott Batcher also wants Congressman Leonard Boswell's job...issues. The Culver administration says we won't really be damaged by the early retirement of 2000 state workers...do we believe him? Of course...they wouldn't lie about a thing like that. Then, shouldn't Iowans have a better remedy for dealing with professional provocateurs? We useta.
Mike Paine is an animal control expert...bats, raccoons, moles, groundhogs...etc. Animal talk. Michael Trachtman ...Philadelphia lawyer with The Four Mistakes....then testy political rhetoric between Clinton and Limbaugh...what does it mean?
Governor Pataki in Iowa for Obamacare repeal.... Governor Pawlenty in Iowa for tax reform. Openline feedback on T-Party Day. Issues.
Dr. Nader Pourhassan says Jews, Christians and Muslims are all the same, if we only knew it. God's Scripture. Christian Fong starts the "Iowa Dream Project" ...then, Dr. Tom Droleskysays the Catholic Church is Popeless.
Casey Niemann from Microsoft ranks Des Moines, Iowa as 24 out of 36 for the top cities in which computer technology allows for remote working. Governor Culver signs a law to "encourage" minority teachers to get into the system. Stuff.
Jim Gibbons wants to be an Iowa congressman...issues. Monsignor Frank Bagnanno defends the Pope against sex abuse charges.
Berdj Djambazian is an Armenian musician about to take a mission trip to the middle east. Inspirational. Then, does a "no-tolerance" fighting policy in schools punish self-defense and personal responsibility?
Aftershock...Robert Wiedemer says only the smaller bubbles have popped...the bigger ones are still to pop. Powerful. Then Iowans react to Obama's new nuclear policy...Really react.
Richard Epstein gives some technical reasons for the unconstitutionality of Obamacare. Who's payin' the bills anyhow? Only half of us. Then, the tobacco Nazis shake down 'nuther company. Sigh... Why can't hail hit the right people? Then for no particular reason.
Ed Failor from Iowans for Tax Relief ...takes on the corruption of gambling on the political class. Congressman Steve King is way serious about challenging Obamacare. Then Constitution 101.
Making prisoners pedal for TV...I like it...playin' "what if?" with Iowa's economy... then, Mickelson thinks about turning Muslim...it's the bennies... Senator Paul Mckinley has a review of the Iowa legislative session. The good news and bad news. Ok.. mainly the bad news.
Stefan Halper with "The Beijing Consensus"...our relationship with China is precarious. Why? What about Iowa shortening our yellow caution lights? WHAZZUPWITHTHAT? Chris Seay explains "The Gospel According to LOST" Stuff.
Ruth Cousins teaches "College Admission 101: A Guide for Home-schooling Families". Michael Boldin is with the 10th Amendment Movement...tells us how the Constitution gives us the tools to Fight the Power...then an Iowa District judge explains how unequal treatment by the law really is equal...gawd hep us.
Brian Peskin is the oil man...EFAs...'nuther seminar. Then, is this an April 1st joke? Nope, it's just a member of congress.
Are we suffering from the Ferris Beuller effect? Guess who's blasting the Pope...Dan Gainor from MRC thinks the media bias is disgusting. Stuff.
David Vaudt Iowa Auditor says we are still playing fast and loose with accounting principles. Dr. Alan Walker says he can get you a good deal on a college education at Upper Iowa University. Mitch Henry continues to uncover the gambling industry scam in Iowa.
Roy Beck from NumbersUSA got the whistle...not in the good way. State Senator Steve Kettering explains the concept of "not withstanding". I still don't understand it. Jeri Corsi explains "Birth Tourism"...you ain't gonna believe it.
Lotsa open-line Friday...Iowa responds to the Obama visit and to the prospects of a repeal of Obamacare.
Mark Reese wants to be 3rd District Congressman running against Leonard Boswell. Congressman Steve King with the inside story of the Obamacare dust-up. Clean coal technology.. Steve Gates. Eric O'Keefe from the Sam Adams Alliance explains why congressman are forever.
Trudy Schuett says almost every cliché served up by the feminist lobby about domestic abuse is malarkey. She calls it, "Abusegate: a Generation Deceived". Matt Strawn from the Iowa Republican Party invites folks to a Freedom Rally. Richard Vande Kieft defends the Iowa Association of School Boards.
Dr. Glade Curtis can predict when a baby will make his first raspberry...Your Baby's First Week. Brenna Findley says if she were Attorney General, Iowa would be suing over Obamacare. A follow-up on the Project Lead the Way...how some Iowans are making a path towards our technological future. Todd and Hanna Blanton, Lesa Kingman, Clint Downey and David Rethwich tell the Story. Michael Whalen talks from the deep end of the think-tank about "The Under-Taxed Rich".
Don Teague Saved by Her Enemy...an American journalist "rescues" an Iraqi from terror. Inspirational. Iowans respond to the passage of Obamacare.
Should Iowa use the 10th Amendment to protect us against Obamacare? Bob Vander Platts says if he's the governor he will use it. Iowans, including Congessman Tom Latham blast Obamacare. Vigorous conversation.
Tom Coates, Mitch Henry, and Steve Raimey worry about expanding gambling in Iowa and the gambling lobby buying politicians. Bruce Chapman says it's too bad but sometimes "science" goes to the highest bidder. Congresswoman Michelle Bachman is protesting Obamacare. Brad Smith won't let the bed-bugs byte...a professional bug assassin. OH... and a great summary of the current health care negotiations.
So, can a cop flash a badge and take your car if he needs it? "Interposition", a great word. Wesley Smith worries about the human cost of animal rights. "A Rat is a Pig is a Dog is a Boy". Congressman Steve King with an Obamacare update. Jerry Corsi with some theories on the Shroud of Turin... "The Shroud Codex".
Rod Roberts wants to be governor. Christopher Reed wants to be a congressman. Who is more guilty...the buyer or seller...of stuff.mic
The wheels are coming off the education racket...time for RICCO? Phat stuff. Monday, Etc.
Jari Love tells us how we can "Get Ripped" without any illegal substances...Congressman Steve King with a quick health care bill assessment. Then, bunch of Friday open-line... lotsa fun.
TheYugo...a light-hearted look at the Rise and Fall of the Worst Car in History...Jason Vuic... Sheena Iyengar describes the "Art of Choosing"... then, a couple of guys blast the census...then, Iowa Board of Education is deciding the fate of a 14 year old pot pusher.
Maury Lane defends Fed-Ex against the UPS boys. Senator Rick Santorum talks about law and health care. Stephen Baskerville says the family court system violates the Bill of Rights. Taken into Custody.
What's Project Lead the Way? And how is it workin'? Looking for a few good engineers. Dr. Ken Maguire...Dr. Rob Denson...DMACC..Lori Schaefer from Agri-Industrial Plastics and Karen Wilken from the Kern Family Foundation. Ed Slott on IPTV on how to "Stay Rich for Life." Stuff
More conversation about the huge Des Moines teacher purge. Congressman Tom Latham with a legislative update.
Gov Culver wants to expand gambling even more. Iowans respond... Friday open-line... spirited
Let's slap an atheist for Jesus? WWPD? (What would Peter do?) Iowans evaluate the nonsense served up by a couple of Iowa politicians...who says MSAs have Failed? Sprited. The governor of Indiana raves about MSAs...
Mariannette Miller-Meeks running for congress in the 2nd District. An introduction and issues. What could be the grounds of an appeal in the Becker case? How about a fully informed jury? The 1828 dictionary jury definition. Kate White, editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan says "Hush".
Barb and Gary Rosberg are into Strengthening Military Marriages & Families in Iowa...upcoming seminar for outgoing Iowa troops. Sen David Hartsuch says before we take away 2nd Amendment rights...even for a good cause...without some checks and balances. Then the Guthrie Center shop teacher gets suspended without pay. We talk with Dale Halferty.
Monday open-line...300 Des Moines teachers will get the axe. Who won't? Follow-up on the Wiccan idol being built in shop class...the teacher gets suspended. Sigh. Candidate for State Treasurer Dave Jamison wants the job. Why? The judge in the Becker case gets snotty with the jury...zat ok?
Ken Hoagland wants to raise a taxpayer revolt. I'm up fer it. Brett McMann of ABC blasts Governor Culver's Project Labor Agreement executive order. Then a shop teacher says he must allow a kid to build a Wiccan worship alter in shop class or be fired... sigh.
What new gun regs in Iowa are concerning 2nd Amendment advocates? Dr. Alan Koslow is looking for used prosthetics for Haiti...inspiring story. Then, an orca kills its trainer...is there an Iowa link?
More text message nonsense. Michael Stanier talks about how to "Do More Great Work" ...says technology sometimes makes us less efficient.
Congressman Tom Price visits Iowa to turn up the heat on the healthcare debate. Congressman Steve King has bugged the progressives....again. And what will the jury do with the Becker insanity plea?
Consumer tips...how to not get ripped off. Chuck Hurley wants Iowa to have a vote on marriage. Gov. Mike Huckabee coming to town to help out.
Tiger Wood's major mea culpa...and will a text message ban target minorities? And is Iowa more windy than ever ever knew? And we fix a buncha stuff.
Noah Boyd...novelist..."The Brick Layer"...former FBI agent....great stories. Then, the unions are calling it "Reasonable Re-imbursement" instead of "Fair Share"... will that fly?
Dr.Cal Beisner sticks the knife into the corpse of the global warming conspiracy...and twists the blade. Congressman Steve King shoots a marauding raccoon...Iowan's tell their own stories.
A little audio doodling re: the Gov... then, an animal cruelty story grabs the attention of Iowa.
Global warming activists admit they made it up, but say it was a useful lie. Cheney and Powell say gay rights is a generational issue...and attitudes have changed. Therefore? Lotsa talk.
Jonathan Krohn takes a crack at "Defining Conservatism"... Larry Pratt and Aaron Dorr want us to be very careful with upcoming "Shall Carry" legislation...giving away too much power to the political class.. one of topics was the charge that some medical professionals are getting involved in the gun issue. Here are a couple of stories. In their own words. Then Suzie.
Brenna Findley wants to be Iowa Attorney General. Issues. Impressive. Sean McClanahan from Iowa Carry is trying to advance a shall issue law through the legislature.
Dems say they can't deal with the marriage issue cuz they are too busy creating jobs...OK then. Sen Paul McKinley explains politics in this session.
Intercollegiate Studies Institute American Civic Literacy Program...issues a civics test to bunch of college kids...results? Grim. Not a cliche', the more college, the less the students know about the American system. Take the quiz. Let me know how you do. Dr. Warren Throckmorton with more info on the Uganda anti-homosexuality legislation. Plus, the Iowa legislature has an Oprah moment and passes another law.
Judy Hintz from Educational Resources brings hope to kids with autism. A bunch of parents tell of their experiences. Then an activist against domestic violence misses the point. Plus more on home-schooling. Andrea Farrier
David Dow writes "The Autobiography of an Execution" ...vigorous. Zogby says union leadership is out of sink (sync) with the membership on the immigration issue. James Edwards from Numbers USA explains. Then, another case of "zero tolerance" being silly...
Sonya Heitshusen, TV 13 reporter takes a look at travel costs of Des Moines politicians. Christopher Rants gives up the score.. Republican cost saving proposals.. 14... Democrats' approval? Zero. Gayle Haggard explains why she stayed with Ted after the scandal hit the fan.
Ruth Lycke and David Mair from China Connection talk about medical breakthroughs in China. Then, Catholics get ripped off again by predators within. And are ripping off the rest of us too.
The homage to Iowa's chief union boss deconstructed. Then, Iowa's Privileged Class, gets $1.47 to every $1.00 the rest of us get. WHAZZUPWITHTHAT?
Is the new senator from Massachusetts really the "savior of the Republican Party"? More census malarkey. Then, are pro-lifers hypocrites for not supporting the guy who murdered the abortionist?
David Funk talks about airline security and politics. Christopher Rants rates the Iowa budget woes. Steve Luebke from Toyota explains the recent recall issues. Then open-line conversation about the census.
Cliff Kincaid from Accuracy in Media gives us the rest of the story on the Uganda gays and aids hustle. Then, Dan Kish thinks wind energy is so much hype. Lotsa talk
Nate Wilson has written a trilogy of children's books...the 100 Cupboards series...also finished a documentary for the National Geographic Channel on "Reproducing the Shroud"...of Turin. then, Bob Vander Platts is running for governor. Then, An ethanol mandate for Iowa?
Rob DeStefano with Muscle Medicine...an owner's manual... good stuff. Iowa bashed again by more weather... Congressman Steve King...issues...
Iowa has a John Wayne birthplace museum in Winterset....Brian Downs is the director. Matt Strawn chair Iowa Republican Party Chair invites folks to the weekend Caucuses... plus a fake Catholic group punks the faith community with a gay marriage fatwa.
Dissecting propaganda for fun and profit...the Ken Ham dissects "Creation" the movie about the life of Darwin. Gregg Easterbrook serves up a "Sonic Boom"... then, connecting the dots...the homeless...native 'mericans...and Haitians. Full day.
Lotsa Ice Day conversation...then, Harley's Five Factor Diet"...plus a shaman opens the new Iowa legislative session... sigh
Another visit with the MUGS boys. I was asked to speak with Men Under Grace. This time, the role of the Christian and Politics, "The Christian Prince". Fantastic book
Jim Halihan and team ( Dr Greg Peterson and Tracey Kepley) , want our kids to get fit too. Then, Iowans wonder about what to do about Haiti.
Steve Forbes describes "How Capitalism Will Save Us"...then home-schoolers respond to the headline, "Should Iowa pay millions for home schools?"
"The 'I' Diet" Susan Roberts with some ideas... Jonathan Narcisse wants to be Iowa governor....ideas... Week in review...then, Suzie.
Wanna find out how many ways humans get scammed? Then "Priceless" William Poundstone is a great place to start. Then, "Have a New Husband by Friday" Dr. Kevin Leman has a delivery service. Plus, sorting out the hell in Haiti....Pat Robertson lobs a grenade.
Danny Carroll lobbies for marriage for the IFPC and calls people to action. Eloquent. Larry Winget says "Your Kids Are Your Own (Dang) Fault"... then Brad and Ted Klontz it's to "Mind Over Money"...plus a sample of Godly Intolerance...(transmitter blew up during the last few minutes of program...sorry)
I was invited to speak recently at the Grace Church men's group, MUGS..Men Under Grace... The topic, "Godly Intolerance"... Here's the rest of the speech.
Jeff Traviss from Traviss Audio-Video with post-Christmas techie talk. State of State Address...then, a little Amish envy.
Congressman Steve King...reacts to da nuss....issues. Christopher Reed wants to be congressman too. Then, AIDs in Iowa is on the increase. Guess why? You're wrong.
What about those full body scanners at the airport. Necessary? Dave Funk, congressional candidate and former airline pilot and security expert, with the rest of the story. Then, Iowa's continuing homeless saga continues. David Burrier from Hope Ministries with the rest of the story. BTW...here's the what happened to Detroit story.
Ed Thomas Ph.D...fitness expert talks to us about the kids. Then, Iowa teachers think about stuff. Plus, full body scans at the airport? Iowans ready for that?
Post-game glowing, GPS questions, winter mechanical issues and carping about the 2010 Census scam.
Stephanie Nelson is the founder of CouponMom.com....says if you go at it with some thought, you can save half on your grocery bills... shows you how. More havoc from the tundra...under attack by snow-throwin' trucks... and "It All Changed in an Instant"...more six-word memoirs...Rachael Fershleiser
Scott Taylor with a health-line...first of the year low carb pep talk. Then, cold talk...thinking about the history of cold.
Some last minute pre-Christmas cougar talk, then let the holidays begin. Music and stories.
A Iowan send some pictures of cat tracks...fresh...in the snow...wonders how big the animal is... is it bobcat or mountain lion?
Paw 1 Paw 2 Paw 3 Video (video is Quicktime, but will open with Media player, but without sound)
Then, Obamacare Passes!!! The Loyal Opposition reponds with a song. ( Ray Stevens)
Jeff Kueter from George C. Marshall Institute piles on climate-gate. Then, a homeless follow-up and Senator Harkin invents some new rights.
Coping with Copenhagen...Dr. Cal Beisner and the Cornwall Alliance reviews climate-gate. Sally Pipes is a little discouraged over the health care bill. Kimberly Alyn tells us Whatzzup with that? Then, Ken Hoagland says the only fair tax is the FairTax.
Brigadier General Stephen Lanza with a progress report from Baghdad. A priest tells his parishioners that it's ok to steal from large stores if they are poor. Harley Schlanger speaks for Lyndon LaRouchePAC...against the Federal Reserve. Then, Iowans respond to the weekend vote on healthcare reform.
"Why AC-DC Matters"... really...Anthony Bozza. Then, Christmas food-ism. A 4 year old wants to go to jail, cuz that's where daddy is. Congressman Steve King back from Afghanistan with some disturbing answers.
Lotsa stuff... snottiness from a congressman...Senator Grassley takes a hit on earmarks. Iowans wonder about who pays. Senator Grassley wants us to know that the orchestra earmark wasn't even his. Then, Gitmo detainees are ending up across the river. Iowan's aren't thrilled...
The sprouts from Joshua Academy recite for the listeners...Rev Keith Ratliff is the inspiration...cute kids too. Plus a mountain lion gets shot in Iowa...ruckus ensues. (another abbreviated podast...technical problems...workin' on it.)
Kyle Kraus from Kum and Go just got an award for going green...called the LEED Certification...Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. Then a bunch of delicious stuff...including blasphemy... not mine.
David Costello and Joe Stevens advocate for the 1st annual Iowa homeless persons' memorial...local homeless issues. The parade of Iowa rip-offs gets longer (maybe we need a sabbatical) ...then, Dr. C.L. Gray wants to fix what ails healthcare.
Peter Greer, President of Hope International, "The Poor Will Be Glad" talks about micro-loans to the needy. Michael Ware, Iowa Carry" says taxpayers are paying for a lobbyist to work against their 2nd Amendment Rights. (an abbreviated podcast...technical problems with file)
William Baker talks about the moral hazards of "Endless Money"...General Anthony Tata with an Afghanistan assessment. Then, what do ancient Norwegians and Native Americans have in common?
Iowa gets whacked by the blizzard of '09. So, we do the appropriate Iowa thing in response. We whine about it at a high level.
Jack Martin from FAIR, takes apart immigration costs propaganda numbers. Dr. Alan Koslow and Bruce Mirken, Marijuana Policy Project argue for medical marijuana.
John Gibson describes "How the Left Swift-boated America"...Christopher Horner's reviews the "Red Hot Lies" of the global warming lobby. And why is Iowa hot for Sarah Palin?
Steve Kirby from ACT is still annoyed about a Indianola High School invitation to Muslims in the name of diversity. Week in Review open-line.
Obamanomics...new boss, same as the old. Children's books for 4 year old Democrats. Republicans? Congressman Duncan Hunter coming to Iowa for Chris Reed. Party Crasher overload?
Ken Blackwell says General Casey should be demoted for worrying more about the death of diversity at Fort Hood than the 14 murder victims. A great video about the global warming hoax. Then, a judge expands social security benefits those who were conceived after the death of the parent. So, shouldn't taxpayers have the right to Conjugal visits?
The tragedy of the commons and national health care. The same thing? (Here's a link to a great free book which will make you an expert on the "tragedy of the commons")
Billy Bob Salier sits in for Mickelson....deals with the possible court martial of soldiers who did their duty...too well?
Mike Whelan and Susanne Lee sit in for Jan Mickelson and have a mini-job fair and ask all the right questions about what's holding us back.
Iowa taxpayers are still bailing out Postville...again. Chris Rants and Jonathan Narcisse mix it up on some Iowa issues. Open line Friday
Gitmo prisoners headed to a prison on the edge of Iowa. Good idea? "Who Turned Out the Lights?" Jean Johnson with guided tour of our energy future. Congressman Tom Latham has a law to prevent the incarceration of Gitmo terrorists in the Midwest.
Timothy Egan recalls "The Big Burn"...the largest forest fire in history. How Markets Fail...John Cassidy. How Iowa can pay its bills...Ed Failor from Iowans for Tax Relief with practical solutions. Banning Everclear?
Jeri Corsi talks about the dollar, about the economy and "America For Sale". Joe Volk is a Quaker peace organizer...give peace a chance. Then, if I had a hammer...will I soon need a license?
Steve Kirby is the Iowa Chapter President of ACT...warns of the influence of radical Islam in Iowa. Earl Taylor and Jim Carley with Save Our American Republic...an upcoming "Making of America" seminar on the Constitution. jcarley104@msn.com or 515-423-4131. Congressman Steve Kingdefends a controversial assessment of an Obama insider "Chicago Mafia"... Lewis Sorely thinks our Vietnam history could be repeating in Afghanistan. "A Better War".
Emily Klinefelter is an up and coming MMA fighter...big fight night! Will Tracey with The Onion's anthology celebration. More PC nonsense. Kevin Hammond is coming to town to play. Suzy!
Scott Paul from Alliance for American Manufacturing says we are still exporting jobs...even with bailout money. Congressman Ron Paul says the medical reform package is legislative and economic malpractice. Plus the travail of educators trying to keep the lid on.
Talking about a nearly fatal drinking episode... then a money guy says the dollar is dying...good? Makes room for a new, kinder and more fair currency....
Open-line discussion...healthcare: right or privilege? Then a Ft Hood General says the motivation of the Jihadist murderer wasn't religious. Huh?
A new Iowa social media company...Catchfire Media...Katie Miller-Smith with the story... then more reaction to the Fort Hood Jihadist. Congressman Steve King with post health vote reaction.
Shushannah Walshe and Scott Conroy give us a taste of "Sarah From Alaska: The Sudden Rise and Brutal Education of a New Conservative Superstar"... Reaction to Ft Hood jihad attack. Robert Merry talks about "A Country of Vast Designs"...a look at the history of President James K Polk.
Brian Peskin with health-line info...the power of essential oils. (327-0200 Healthy for Life) Ed Vos raising funds for Toys for Tots. Fred and Scott from American Bullion talk about buying gold. Alice Schroeder tosses "The Snowball" an inside look at Warren Buffett
Congressman Tom Latham with post election analysis and issues. Cami Walker says giving is healthier than receiving...29 Gifts: How a Month of Giving Can Change Your Life. Rep Chris Rants wonders about "giving" cities grant money while chopping the education budgets of the same cities.
Michael Maxwell with "The 50 Greatest Plays in Iowa Hawkeyes Football History." Then, dog bites dog. Dog's owner shoots dog. People are upset.
Michael J Berland says the economic crisis has changed our labels and spending habits. Iowa Tea Party is planning another event. Charles Goyette describes "The Dollar Meltdown"...currency crises described.
Congressman Steve King defends Rush...issues. Then, 26% of Americans trust government. The rest of us are cynical...says CNN. ?
Doug Wilson debated Christopher Hitchens on the God question. Collision is the result. Delicious. Then, another edu-babble atrocity. A 12 year old girl is suspended for bringing an expended "blank" shotgun shell to school. Sigh.
Atheists offer an after rapture pet care service. A lawmaker wants tax credits for pets. Brian Clement says most of your vitamins are worthless. James Frogue says healthcare fraud is worse than we thought. Plus, a crabby homeschooler answers the cliches'.
Jaime Vendera, voice coach to a bunch of rockers, actually CAN bust wine glasses with his voice...they guy on Mythbusters. Advice for anyone who does voice work. Then, outsourcing jobs to Mexico while Iowa's political class imports workers from Mexico... a win-win? AAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGG!
Openline Friday...Rabbi Rambo? Rabbi Gary Moskowitz of the Tzedek Task Force on Counter Terrorism says Rabbis, Priests and Pastors should carry guns in the pulpit to protect their flocks...and he can train 'em. 917-916-4681 . Then Polk County Sherriff Bill McCarthy takes up the cause of illegal aliens in a joint press conference.
David Rosen and Sex Scandal America...spirited...Then, Iowa schools will take a funding hit. To avoid property tax hikes, what should the public do?
Craig Shirley with A Rendezvous with Destiny...a close look at the political rise of Ronald Reagan. David Perry from Trend Micro tells of internet security issues....for everyone. Then, thousands of Iowans are called up to Afghanistan. Why?
Suzy Cohen brings light to SAD. Roy Beck scolds some Evangelicals over their endorsement of an amnesty of illegals. Rev Carroll Pickett in Iowa lobbying against the death penalty.
Dave Funk wants Congressman Leonard Boswell's job. Issues. Jerri Corsi decries "America for Sale". Intense. David Vaudt ... *warned about a potential billion dollar shortfall* in the Iowa budget. Yup...it's here.
Joel Silverman, Good Dog U, and author of What Color of Your Dog? Coming to the Pet Expo. Brannon Howse coming to Iowa for a Worldview Weekend. Bill Federer with delicious history of the US and Islam. "What Every American Needs to Know about the Qu'ran" Fantastic conversation.
ChildVoice International (Conrad Mandsager) with an amazing story of terror and redemption... a Dowling High School student (Clare Roth) travels to Uganda and works with refugees...including Charles Opiro...kidnapped at 10 years old and forced into terrorism. Powerful. Then, what's the first thing budget cutters always lop off first? Yup...police and fire.
Ed Failor from Iowans for Tax Relief with some budget ideas for Iowa. Iowans respond to Obama's call for an end to "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" on gays in the military.
Celebrating Columbus Day...no really... challenging the politically correct glop served up by the guvmit re-ejucasion camps. Any other ways to save money for the DSM school district?
Chad Thompson helps blow the whistle on Obama's "Safe School Czar"...another hustle by the gay lobby. AFSME gets thrown under the bus. Pat Carmack money historian..."The Money Masters"...incredible stuff. Congressman Steve King with an issues update...vigorous. Suzy.
Colin Hanna encourages Congressman Leonard Boswell to support his own bill. H.R. 544 would require the posting of non-emergency bills for 72 hours before final votes. Iowa revenue has collapsed and took down the budget... about 415 million dollars. Now what? Dr. Cara Natterson address the question, Dangerous or Safe? on vaccine safety. Vigorous.
The Brits are considering a drinker's license...should Iowa? Vigorous. Should government act as parent or act like a judge? Other choices? Money and debt?
Donald Miller coming to town goin' A Million Miles in a Thousand Years" at the Temple for Performing Arts October 11. Tickets? Rep Christopher Rants evaluates the mess at home...Aviva USA, the Iowa Film Office, and HAVA....a toxic brew of corruption. G.A. Bradshaw talks to Elephants on the Edge...to the heart and soul of critters.
Lotsa Monday open-line time. Democrats find no controlling legal authority to send stolen money back to Aviva USA.. Surprised?
Steve Malloy tries to explain "cap and trade" nonsense to the rest of us. Iowans react to the Letterman scandal. Rep Christopher Rants calls for a special session to deal with Iowa's revenue collapse. And does the Iowa Department of Health have politically correct reporting standards? Look at Page 7.
"What the Drug Companies Won't Tell You and Your Doctor Doesn't Know"... Michael Murray. (tonight 7pm Holiday Inn, Mercy Campus) Senator Rick Santorum and Kim Lehman talk about life and how to protect it. Then, a brave rape victim wants to know why her abuser was not in jail to begin with.
VIDEO: Sen. Rick Santorum on making of No Child Left Behind.
Des Moines is cracking down on used car lots...why? Ralph Reed is coming to Iowa for an ICA fundraising banquet. Then, Dore Gold with "The Rise of Nuclear Iran"...and is texting even more unsafe than drunk driving?
So should the politicians who received stolen money from the pervs who ripped off Aviva give back the money? Do traffic stops make us safer? And do medical privacy practices put the public at risk? Vigorous.
Dr Sherri Tenpenny warns against the current use of the flu vaccine for pregnant women and young children. Then, Dr. Boyd Haley, Senator David Hartsuch, Sonya Swan, Ilene Dannemann and Dana Halverson...join in with an Iowa perspective on the flu vaccine. Spirited
Dr Sethu Reddy on a health-line, "The Cleveland Clinic Guide to Diabetes"...Debra Ollivier on "What French Women Know"...Journalist Steve Bell remembers Vietnam and the media. Plus, another needless death caused by a fleeing scumbag.
Pamela Redmond Satran demonstrates "How Not to Act Old"... funny. Craig Chilton says you can make buck delivering vehicles...800-247-6553. Then, the guy who hits and kills a biker still has his license. Why? Spirited. And, when it comes to traffic, are less rules safer than more?
Deborah Tannen "You Were Always Mom's Favorite! Sisters." Then, Grassley and Obama at odds over mandatory health insurance... HR Gross remembered.
Joe Seehusen wants to warn Iowans against bringing in stop sign and speed cams. Then, Iowans can't even run a school lunch program. Sigh.
Judy Hintz from Educational Resources with tremendous success stories. Jonathan Narcisse thinks he can clean up the education mess in Iowa. Con Steve Kingwith good news from the front.
Matt Culp, from Friends of Rice Field says they want to keep their green space permanently. Iowa Live evaluates the decline of Iowa's education cartel. Then, IPERS is going GM on us...will the taxpayers pony up?
Michael Reagan in town to stump for Republicans. Spirited. Then, "The Maker's Diet" Jordan Rubin eats dirt...spread the word... :)
Will Bennett from the One Campaign say the best way to bring about peace in Iraq is to help them build their infrastructure...non-governmental volunteerism. Then, the battle for the Constitution continues... then a response to a Bonnie Campbell guilt trip. Then, Cato Institute reports federal bureaucrats earn twice that of the private sector.
Dr. Leonard Horwitz is a flu vaccine skeptic. Patrick Gould with Prudent Decision Making in an Imprudent World. Scott Wheeler with a look at Obama's Czars.Walid Shoebat ...coming to Iowa... Why They Want to Kill You.
Peter Lance says it was a Triple Cross on 911... then what would Ben Franklin say to a 650 pound obese video-playing kid? Suzy.
What Happy Working Mothers Know...Barrett Avigdor...The 7 Habits of Happy Kids, Sean Covey. Ron Kesslor In the Presidents's Secret Service. Julien Smith, Trust Agent. Matt Strawn, Iowa Republican Chair, Obama joint session reaction.
Dr. Stanley Greenspan works on "Overcoming ADHD"... a hubbub over a strip searching incident in a western Iowa High School...then, Cathy Travis celebrates Constitution Day by writing the Constitution Translated for Kids.
Joel Rosenberg takes us Inside the Revolution in his new video and upcoming townhall meeting. Then, a powerful argument against the claims of multiculturalism. Plus, Bob Vander Plaats formerly announces his candidacy for Governor of Iowa. Then, Obama talks to the kids.
Martin Gross unleashes on the entire government class, National Suicide...whew! Tony Nassif is running an upcoming conference on human trafficking and child abduction. One of Iowa's most high profile WW2 vets has passed. Honoring Glen McDole...Last Man Out. Michelle Malkin disses the Culture of Corruption in Washington. How much debt?
Debt Clock
Randy Skoglund says we should be careful about "cloud computing".. (you'll have to listen to find out) Then, Iowans are boiling over the issue of child abductions and "stranger danger" warnings. Gunnar Swanson is an Iraq War veteran on a 1,000 mile walk to aid the War Kids Relief effort. Powerful.
Chick sexing for fun and profit... lotsa openline...issues...stuff. And the egg industry defends itself against animal rights activists.
Iowa Carry President Sean McClanahan wants Iowa to move to a "shall issue" policy. Dr. Jim Sears is one of "The Doctors"...celebrating a new season....medical issues...including the H1N1 flu vaccine. Iowa Director of the Department of Health Patricia Quinlisk explains the flu quarantine memo that's scaring people on the internet. Then, the Senator John Culver-Senator Ted Kennedy connection... and the rest of the story.
Dr. Donald Palmisano wants to protect patient's rights. The Bishop of the Des Moines Diocese wants universal health care for everyone, including illegals. Then another bike death.
Another case of "Byting Miss Reka"... Then, Iowalive, says Lutherans should get a vote on gay issues in the church, not just a cherry-picked group of activists.
Jonathan Leaf serves up "The Politically Incorrect Guide to The Sixties"... almost everything we remember is spin.... Then, Congressman Steve King says he will stay in congress and not run for Governor of Iowa. An atheist sing- a-long...plus another Walther Mitty moment.
Then, was this really holy wind?
Gary Pomerantz relives a famous court trial over "The Devil's Tickets"...the most famous bridge game in history. Then, a marine levels his aim at a liberal congressman at a townhall meeting. Awesome. Senator McCain muffs a question at his townhall meeting. Vigorous. Then some really great questions.
Terry Branstad isn't even in the race and he's already taking fire.
Jim Frogue says "Stop Paying the Crooks"...how Medicare waste and fraud is wrecking it for everyone.
James R. Frogue, Author of Stop Paying the CrooksSenator Jerry Behn announces for governor. Issues.
Senator Behn is also a critic of Iowa's new Core Curriculum. Example?
State Sen. Jerry Behn (R-Boone) announces bid for Governor on Mickelson
Judge Jim Gray from LEAP says we are wasting lives and money fighting the war on drugs. Jerome Corsi tells "Why Israel Can't Wait: the Coming War Between Israel and Iran." Then, aren't some Christians fighting the wrong war?
Last day of the Fair openline... healthcare nonsense...gold...more gambling in Polk County... bunch of issues...food!
Medical Marijuana? Two advocates. Bob vander Platts running for governor of Iowa. Issues
Congressman Tom Latham with issues. State Senator Paul McKinley with issues. And a DART driver suspended for refusing to drive an atheist bus.
Dave Funk wants Congressman Leonard Boswell's job. Along with Doug Mitchell, founder of Operation Red State with political techie expertise. Issues. Congressman Steve King on the potential loss for Iowa of a congressional district resulting from the 2010 Census. Health care issues...
Jonathan Narcisse has a plan to fix what ails Iowa... Dan Cesar wonders why the French language died, and decides to run for office. Why is school starting so early anyhow? Then, Congressman Kevin McCarthy and Congressman Lynn Westmoreland are in Iowa to make trouble for Democrats.
The 2010 Census folks think Iowans count and want to make sure they all get counted. Rich Gerdies describes the upcoming Iowa count. Roy Beck says more people than citizens are being counted...and will get congressman, while Iowa will lose one. Christian Fong is running for governor of Iowa... issues. Then the gold boys from American Bullion talk about all that glitters.
The guys from the Iowa Concrete Association getting us started at the Fair. Then, Jim Hawkins from Professional Educators in Iowa describes the alternative to the ISEA. Dean Kuipers, an expert on animal rights extremism offers "Operation Bite Back", then more health care reform townhall feedback.
Dr. Mark Sloan helps celebrate your "Birth Day" ...the wonder of child birth. Steve Camarota says a big factor in the runaway cost of health care is the presence of millions of illegal aliens. And the guy with the gun at the Obama rally ...is he a nut-ball? Listen.
Mick Ukleja issues "The Ethics Challenge"...wants to do integrity strengthening in a greedy world. Chris Rants says Gov Culver is radically overstating the numbers of green jobs being created in Iowa.... does Ingersoll need bike lanes? Then, politicians continue to get pummeled at townhall meetings. Good thing?
What's up with that guy who wore a gun to the Obama rally?
Roya Stanley from the Iowa Office of Energy Independence was to update us on the state of Iowa's energy development. Then, Iowans talk (the audio of the townhall meeting) about the dust ups over the weekend at Iowa town meetings. Guess who gets counted in the 2010 Census? Then will Des Moines have "fair and balanced" bus signs?
Then, is this a good political commercial?''
Peter Schiff is taking on Senator Chris Dodd... watch this... if you think townhall confrontations are rude...
John Lofton lambastes everything in his considerable path... then, waste, fraud and scams? Far worse than we ever thought.
A flash from the cartoon past... "Make Mine Freedom"
The text of the Health Reform Bill.
Andrew Pessin deflects "The God Question"...(he's the smart guy on Letterman) Local atheists wanna pay DART to tell you what they don't believe. Ron Grenier describes how Health Savings Accounts can solve the phony health care reform debate. And Cash for Clunkers should be means tested? Senator Harkin wants to make it a welfare program.
This will Cure what ails ya.
Plus, Senator Grassley gets tugged by the Daily Show.
Dr. Miriam Grossman says the sex education industry never lies to the kids, unless their lips are moving. "You're Teaching My Child What?" A Rush caller gets desperate. Don Feder says we ain't reproducin' enough... The Demographic Bomb. Is the cash for clunker program a clunker?
Dr. Cal Beisner says people of faith have a real responsibility to the environment...for reasons unexpected. Then when did adults lose control of their kids, their phones and their pants?
John M Barry talks about The Great Influenza of 1918...and what it could mean for us. Then, has Iowa converted our rights into privileges? Does getting a piece of plastic for your billfold really mean you give up your Constitutional rights?
Then loafer's rights.
Then a great video cartoon...a 50 year old attack on "isms"
Dr. Chad Rolfsen worries about vaccines and presents a contrarian view of the flu. Then, take a driver's test. And a Constitution test. Grade on a curve but don't text on one.
Joe Lucas says the coal industry and Iowa power users are caught in a squeeze between the courts/EPA and environmental extremists. What about wind power? The lady says we're all gonna die. Then the Rep Burt redux.
Then a great cartoon re: beer day.
Mike Draper from SMASH, thinks the public option is the best way to reform health care. Jerome Corsi says the vote by congress on Obama's place of birth is still silly. Then, a judge gives a pass to Representative Kerry Burt drunk driving arrest on a technicality. Whoops?
Then, who needs a 2nd Amendment anyhow?
This is SOOOO Cooool!
If you are stoned on PCP, neked and it takes 8-10 people to hold you down, Robert Wennerholm, Executive Director of the Iowa Police Law Research Center says the cops are doing you a favor by tazing you. Why? Colin Hannah wants politicians to take the pledge...to read the stuff they pass. Rosemary Jenks says ObamaCare will fund the healthcare of illegals. Then, the rest of the story on the drunk driving arrest of Waterloo Representative Kerry Burt.
Speaking of stoned out of your mind, take a look at these pictures my sister took.... cue past the family stuff.
Miss Etiquette Iowa Dr. Patricia Tice shows us how to mind our manners. Dr. Eric Novak says ObamaCare is a bad used car. Are any Des Moines sewers historical sites? And did Obama recover the high ground on the cop story?
Then, unrelated to podcast... a magnificent rant against Goldman-Sachs.
Congressman Steve King ...issues... Biggest Losers in Iowa looking for chunkiness... healthcare redux.
Medical marijuana? Carl Olsen says yes. A "Waiter Rant" Steve Dublanica... Then Matt Barber describes another Obama Czar...you ain't gonna believe it.
And the new Obama Care flowchart.... where's the Slausen Cutoff?
Rep Rod Roberts is thinking about being governor....issues? Beer party at the Chief Justice's house...minors involved. Issues? Rep Mike Pence takes after Obama care. Issues
Open-line conversation... leaf-raking neighborhood terrorists...the death penalty and pedophiles...light Tuesday conversations.
Monday Madness... in CA you can't smoke cigarettes in a public restaurant, but can smoke medical marijuana. Kindles and bits. Stuff...and medical reform ain't reform, it's destruction.
Open-line Friday issues..."The Evolution of God" Robert Wright with weighty thoughts... then the Iowa Highway Patrol tells us "what IS, is"... and are hosting several "safety corridor events"...
Dan Mecum understands collectible cars and is havin' another auction in Des Moines. Phil Kerpen is director of policy for Americans for Prosperity...warns of impending socialist doom regarding health care and tax increases. Then, is health care really a right?
DJ Frost is a pilot who wants to tell how passengers can reduce the stress of flying. Then John Stewart from the Alliance Defense Fund talks about the Sotomayer SCOTUS nomination. Great stuff.
Jeff Stein describes "One Week in June: The Iowa Floods of 2008" a picture-book history of the great flood. Eric Reeves with an update on the Darfur genocide..."A Long Day's Dying"...what to do. Then, Iowa homelessness redux.
Steve Malloy talks about the next Goldman-Sachs impending bubble...carbon tax scams... then, the evil of dancing after 2 am... Roy Beck from Numbers USA says the US Senate actually has to think about excluding illegals from getting stimulus money. And it's only Monday.
Open-line Friday. Apparently in Iowa, there IS such a thing as a free lunch. Congressman Steve King on a lopsided 399-1 vote... he wins. Lots great chatter.
J. Budziszewski demos "The Line Through the Heart"...says we are designed to know right from wrong. Then follow-up on the adoption standards of the Animal Rescue League. Tom Colvin and Paula Sunday explain the rules.
Then a very revealing interview with Michael Jackson on BBC... his last interview.
Jonathan Narcisse explains his departure from the Des Moines School Board. Issues. Texting. They why are pet adoption standards so rigorous? Really.
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Keith Swanson is coming to Des Moines to fire up dads and families...very inspirational... More on local violence and the weirdness of our reactions.
Kim Lehman, President of Iowa Right to Life and Douglas Johnson NRLC spokesman warn that abortion funding is part of health care reform. Then, what to make of a mob and murder in Des Moines Iowa of all places. Then, what to make of Sarah Palin's resignation?
Jeff Traviss says the problem is in your antenna, not your set. TV tech talk. Then law and judges. Judicial tyranny. Lt. Col Brian Birdwell and Professor Herb Titus talk about restraining lawless courts. The story of the Star Spangled Banner. Powerful.
"The Politically Correct Guide to the Founding Fathers"....Brion McClanahan with some July 4th history. Then, gubernatorial candidate Rep Christopher Rants calls for a special session to deal with Iowa's budget shortfall. Then a movie review of Defiance.
Stephen Meyer notes the "Signature in the Cell" and wonders would signed it. The Russians have nuked gambling. And Iowans may want to nuke a butterized Michael Jackson.
"Soldier from the War Returning"...Thomas Childers with stories of returning GI's from WW2. Then, what does real money sound like? Plus, 911 humor.
(Yes, this is the podcast you've been referred to...the one about REAL MONEY)
Peggy Huppert from the American Cancer Society wants to congratulate Iowa for going smoke free. The Junker-Clunker scam is just another government scan I don't qualify for. Then, thunder scares the heck out of dogs. Solutions?
Can we grown our economy with "Green" jobs and a low carbon economy? Researchers say "No". Paul Bachman from the Beacon Hill Institute. Congressman Latham and Congressman King both say "No" to Cap and Trade. Then, open-line chatter.
"How Things Change Out From Under Us", an open-line tying a bunch of stuff together...bullying, drugs, Parkersburg and licensed mendicants.
Then the mystery of candle-power.
Steve Forbes with "Power, Ambition, Glory"..lessons of leadership...what to be done? Already tired of summer? Then, tragedy. Mourning the murder of Parkersburg coach Ed Thomas...Iowa remembers and wonders.
Dr. Robert Melillo notes an Iowa out-cropping of ADHD drug abuse amongst kids. "Disconnected Kids". Then, an out-cropping of AIDS in Iowa...all the usual suspects. Then we answer the question, "IF one marries one's own right hand, could one then sue himself for loss of consortium if he gets carpal tunnel disease?" Then, putting on Solomon's cap to solve a court-bound case involving sperm donation and Social Security benefits. Whew!
It used to be a great insult to someone in leadership to note their ability was so diminished they couldn't even run a school lunch program. Are we there yet? Hey! Guess how much it costs per student in Iowa now... ok, guess again. Then, Senator Harkin issues an apology for slavery. Did you get yours yet?
When will Senator Harkin apologize for enslaving Iowans?
I see that while I was gone on vacation, the political parasite class has again tried to push the guilt gland with yet another apology for slavery….even though some 140 years have passed since illegal slavery was banned by Constitutional amendment, bought with the price of hundreds of thousands of lives in an unholy war…and the destruction of our form of government…a constitutional republic.
The same bottom feeders which always thrive by cultural conflict are at it again. Sen. Harkin and other likely suspects have issued yet another apology for long gone offenses to a generation which has no victims of slavery…merely recipients of the blessings of liberty and other people’s money.
In the slight chance that I could be wrong, I think I’ll take Harkin’s apology seriously…and apply it consistently and maliciously.
Slavery and involuntary servitude…that is, compelled labor or service in the behalf of somebody else…was regulated by the Thirteenth Amendment.. Does the Constitution make it all illegal? No…the 13th Amendment declares it illegal to enslave or compel service out of anybody but criminals. Be certain. The ONLY person who can be legally indentured to another is a criminal impressed into service for the restitution of his victims.
Do you see any other person or class listed by the Constitution who can be legally impressed into the service of others? No!
Therefore, to be compelled to pay the bills of someone else is slavery.. So, if an apology for slavery is going to be issued by Harkin and other cultural Marxists, for past illegal slavery, then we should also extend it to a bunch more people.
If we are going to apologize to victims of slavery, we’ll have to apologize to everyone who has been forced to contribute to Social Security….people, who have been robbed of the time value of their own productivity to fund a government Ponzi scheme which robs one generation for the benefit of another.
Now, the system has become unsustainable as fewer and fewer pay more and more to keep the scam going.
Let’s also remember to apologize to the people paying for Medicare and Medicaid…or the I-Hawk scam…people forced to pay other people’s bills or ELSE…are owed an apology.
Taxpayers are owed an apology for being indentured to the parents of the illegitimate children of dead beat dads who donate their sperm to women to whom they are not married which bear children they cannot support and pass on the cost to everyone else…
We, the bill-paying slaves, in service of the profligate are owed an apology for our slavery, and servitude to the welfare state.
The taxpayers are owed an apology for being impressed into the service of illegals, paying their medical costs, educating their children, cleaning up their messes and funding their social costs of people who are not here legally and the scumbags who hire them while paying a sub-Iowa wage…from them, we are owed an apology.
This apology list is nearly endless…as our political class has embraced nearly every silly notion, every lawless act, every moral claim…of every aggrieved class…anyone who can afford to pay a tax-supported professional whiner to complain at a high level…to keep the money tree shaken….to enslave the decent in behalf of the law breaker…to impress the productive into the service of the unproductive…to enslave the moral into the service of the immoral lout….the responsible into the service of the moral vagabond...to compel the Godly into the service of the infidel…
We have been handed an Adams Family culture, where our values have been turned upside down…where foul has been converted to fair.
There isn’t a single institution in our pagan welfare state which is functioning. Our law system is broken, our education system is busted, our health care system corrupt and unsustainable…our economy debt ridden, our currency devalued…our war making un-Constitutional foreign policy, our nation-building empire in the name of pagan democracy…a false religion which has enslaved us just as it did ancient Israel..
Never in human history has a Godly free people been conquered, enslaved and debauched as thoroughly and quickly as our own…and the worst part of it is? We have forged our own chains and willingly put on the manacles of our own servitude.
When pagans took over our schools, we just smiled and said, “OK, as long as we have a winning football team.”
When pagan took over the courts and told us, “We, the courts, have final say”, we just sighed, “Well, I guess that’s right”
When pagans took over control of our jobs and exported them, we said, “Well we have to have free trade”
When pagans took over our energy resources and told us we can’t develop them cuz it might make Mother Earth mad, we just said, “Well we’ll just have to pay more”
When our political class takes our son’s and daughter’s to war to bring democracy to Islam so we can maintain our dependence on Islamic oil, cuz we won’t develop our own resources, we just chanted, “Well, I guess that’s the price of freedom”…
When the accumulated wealth of generations is stolen by the money changers running a government-sponsored counterfeiting ring we say, “I hope the stimulus check comes in today’s mail”
We are definitely owed an apology for slavery…our own.
By the political class which builds casinos and calls it economic development…which builds tax funded arenas for circuses (or hockey…same thing) which the tax-strapped public was neither interested in to begin with, nor could any longer afford to attend.
By the political class, which feeds upon our servitude and maintains its power by buying votes of the recipient class with our own money..
By we ourselves, for assenting every link in our own chains, by neglecting our freedom…assent to servitude by our own neglect…an apology is required for our own complicity in our own slavery.
So, Senator Harkin… your feeble apology to people no longer here to receive it is just empty political rhetoric. I’ll await a more substantial one with great interest.
Chester Finn says he wants to "Re-Route the Pre-School Juggernaut".... then, Rep Jeff Kaufman says the eminent domain monster isn't dead. Jason Perlow from ZDNET, warns of some new cell phone offer pitfalls. Then, Suzy.
Pit Bull activist, Terry Plumber, thinks we're being too hard on the breed, not tough enough on slob owners. Bill Glynn has a plan to fix what ails the economy. Iowa Congressman Braley has proposed the CARS Act, to give cash for clunkers. Good idea?
Mark Bauerlein says technology has diverted, distracted and devoured the minds of this generation...which makes them "The Dumbest Generation"... County Supervisor Robert Brownell talks about his role in NASCO. He says it is good for Iowa's economy. Congressman Ron Paul talks about our money. Then, pit bulls...again.
Is the dollar dying? Or is it being assassinated? Paul Craig Roberts has great think-piece. Then, GM is shutting down Iowa dealerships...including profitable ones... inexplicable.. Rep Lance Hornbach helps Edward Polaco tell the story. Then, Dr. Lee Edwards talks about the Victims of Communism Foundation...and new online museum.
Frank Miniter's "Ultimate Man's Survival Guide"...recovering the lost are of manhood. Should kids be allowed to ride on the back of motorcycles? Dr Robert Benne says now it's the Lutherans who are having trouble defining what's a marriage. Then an illegal has brain cancer. Should Iowan's pay his bills?
Congressman Steve King calls for an investigation of ACORN...issues. Walid Shoebat responds to President Obama's Middle East speaking tour. Then, Bambi's mom gets vicious.
John McManus from the John Birch Society in town to talk about the Federal Reserve scam and other atrocities. Candice Kumaitells how to "Cook Yourself Thin"...then, snowmobiling in June.
W. Randall Jones talks about the Richest Guy in Town, and what do they have in common. Jeff Ballenger is organizing "Honor Flights" for Iowa veterans. Looking for a few good men. (Central Iowa Honor Flight, Box 125, Council Bluffs, Iowa 51502) or 712-322-6638. Then, home schooling is growing...because of mean girls? Huh?
Jonah Lehrer tells "How We Decide" stuff. Great conversation. Then how did General Motors become Government Motors? Iowan's wonder.
Dr. Benjamin Wiker talks about the Darwin Myth and all the mischief derived from it. It will be a cold day in He* before Pravda tells the truth. Whoops!... a cold chill is comin' on. Then, Professor John Eidsmoe* explains some legal mysteries...then, Tiller the Killer gets wasted as church. What should the press release say?
Dr. Ted Broer with an extended health-line conversation. The 10 things you should never eat. Spirited.
Bernie Siegal sees the links amongst Faith, Hope and Healing. Did Chrysler dealers get busted because they didn't support the right candidate? Then, how about giving pets insurance coverage?
Joanne Stern says "Parenting is a Contact Sport" and State Auditor David Vaudt says state spending is out of control and will stick us in the keister.
Lotsa talk...including road kill and the most recent SCOTUS nominee. Then, the Interrogation of Morals...Cpt. Jason Meszaros was an Army interrogator of terrorists. To torture or not to torture, that is the question.
Congressman Steve King with more reaction to the GITMO kurfuffle. Then, lotsa open-line. Steak marvels. Log splitters, The Vatican newspaper, and the Creston sentencing.
Adrian Goldsworthy has some more theories about "How Rome Fell". Oliver North with "American Heroes" and responds to the Obama closing of Gitmo. Iowans respond to the Cheney rebuttal. Spirited. Totally unrelated to anything on the air, here's a couple of music videos which are great.
Dr. Donna Harrison is President of AAPLOG...says she knows where the middle ground on abortion is, even if Obama doesn't. Then, Jeff Rubin says coming energy shortages explains "Why Your World is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller"... and it may be good for Iowa.
Francis T. Perry William is a personal trainer and environmentalist...talks about both things. "Pollen and the Ring of Harmony". Mike Hammon is the legislative counsel for Gun Owners of America. He wants to pressure Senator Grassley to not compromise on health care reform. What's that have to do with gun owners? Medical records could be required to include gun ownership. A mess.
Gene Gabus talks about how the Chrysler bankruptcy has shut down his profitable business. Lt.Col. Brian Birdwell survived the 911 attack on the Pentagon. Refined by Fire. Takes on Judicial Supremacy and Gitmo. Dr. Charmain Yoest looks at the candidates on Obama's short list for SCOTUS...all pro choice activists.
Dr. Ted Broer talks about living and eating right... fun. Then Father Frank Bognanno on the dust-up at Notre Dame and the Obama visit. Suzy.
William Murchinson describes the "Mortal Follies" of Episcopalians... then lotsa chatter... more people invite us get on the guilt bus to Postville. And guess who the Methodists are bringing to dinner?
'Nuther casino in Polk County? Developers think there's a market. Bob Vander Platts running for governor taking a strong position on marriage and gender issues. Jack Ellisblasts the proposed Hate Crimes legislation.
Bill Parker takes us into the "Agency Game"...what government work is really like. More media hype coming out of Postville. And what percentage of us are slobs? Dr. Curtis Rimmerman, cardiologist, on Heart Attacks.
Random Knight say we can be "Illegally Thin" with a magic pill...what's the skinny? Then, do you think gambling money should be used to subsidize religious organizations? (See page 14) Me neither.
Republican activist Doug Gross talks politics and legal theory...(incomplete program...computer crashed...sorry)
Brian "Peskie" Peskinis back with a health-line update on EFA's and diet. Dr. Merrill Matthews says our national health care impulse won't work...unsustainable. Then, 'nuther biker gets pummeled.
Rep Kraig Paulsen, Republican House Leader, evaluates the ups and downs of the last session. Then, when it comes to illegal immigration, ignorance is a great excuse.
Ian Millhiser from the Federal Rights Projectwants the new SCOTUS nominee to be an activist for his cause. Spirited. Then, a debate over the right to carry... with the president of Iowa Carry, Shawn McClanahanlocks it up with Johnson County Sheriff, Lonny Pulkrabek
Lotsa openline... more on the new Iowa State motto. Disney lets bears starve. And does Jesus endorse torture? And it's only Monday.
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Neil Oliver with some "Amazing Tales" of men and character. Some diagnostic words...then the soup Nazis come to Iowa.
**Casey Anderson takes on on "Expedition Grizzly"...bear stories... then, swine flu related stories. Robert Murphy says most of what we were taught about the Great Depression was bull-hockey. "The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Great Depression and the New Deal".*
We found the source of the Swine Flu!
AND the new version of the American Gothic***
Kid fixer, Judy Hintzwith more stories of inspiration. Always an attitude enhancer. Steven Raichlen inspires with "The Barbecue Bible"....he has a BBQ contest goin'...lookin' for Iowa specialties. Then, what did educators know in 1889 that we have forgotten?
Andrew Snow describes the new passenger rail service coming to Iowa. Con Ron Paul takes after swine flu and the Fed. Et Tu Chuck? Then, Emergency...Neil Strauss is prepared.
Ed Thomas is a fitness expert... fun to talk to and by which to be inspired. Should the Knoxville Vets Hospital remain open? Don Zuttee from the Iowa Veterans Task Force, makes the case. Then, how did the gay lobby win in Iowa? Propaganda works. Here's how. And a great local video on "The Impact of Homosexuality on a Family".... Powerful.
Editor's note: Columnist Mark Hansen did a great commentary on the gay lobby win segment. It has drawn a bunch of comments. Some of you may wish to play :) Have at it.
Congressman Steve King talks about the judge's war against Iowa. Rear Admiral Michael Franken comes home to Iowa for Navy Week. Then total silliness with Suzy.
Professor Herb Titus with a review of the law, the Constitution, the courts and same gender marriage. Betsy Taylor gives the Obama administration an environmental review. Peter Labarbera takes on Perez Hilton's hate crimes against Miss California.
Can waste go green? Tony Colosimo wants to get Artistic about it. Bob Vander Platts continues to push Gov Culver on the same gender issue. Senator Merlin Bartz gets up a petition drive. Then Iowans talk about courts and power.
Iowa is again trying to rewrite its sex offender laws...and asking all the wrong questions...again. Plus, Iowa Senator Merlin Bartz wants Iowans to petition county recorders about marriage licenses for same gender applicants. Here 'tis.
Ever wonder what happened in Massachusetts when it's courts said ok to gay marriage? Brian Camenkerfrom Mass Resistance has been keeping track. Unintended humor in news coverage of prison numbers. Then, Dr Allan Hamilton (a horse whisperer) tells about "The Scalpel and the Soul"...great story teller.
There is no way to describe this... but here's the Massachusett's gay rights effect document. Lotsa spirited open-line Friday. You'll never be able to look at a T-bagger again without a smirk.
Former NY Governor George Pataki describes why "Washington failed and How to Reclaim America's Future". Jan Lobeck on her daughter's murder, "Not in Vain" Then, the fella tells state nannies to take their smoking ban and stick it. Heroic?
Two guys on the same page on most family issues are at opposite polls on the gay marriage issue. Glenn Sacks and Peter Labarbera debate. "All My Patients Have Tales"...Jeff Wells...fun conversation. Gary Barnett says they are recruiting for the next round of the "Truth Project"...wanna sign up? And a great video on the "Day of Silence" gay rights public school scam. Wanna look at a great tax day video?
Professor Herb Titus analyzes the Iowa Supreme Court same-gender marriage decision. This is the best short course on law ever. Then, Jonathan Narcisse, Des Moines school board member, says they are about to fire the wrong people. Another terrible bike crash...Maria Ruhtenberg, a rider and witness to the crime. Plus bike activist Kim West asserts biker's rights. Listener reaction.
Beth Nimmo is the mom of Rachael Scott, slain martyr at Columbine...coming to Iowa April 18th to First Federated Church. USA 3, Somali Pirates 1. We win. Then John Lofton explains the Iowa Supreme Court atrocity. Then, Ed Failor calls taxpayers to arms again.
"Flotsametrics and the Floating World" Curtis Ebbesmeyerwashes up on our shore. Then Congressman Steve King unleashes on the Iowa Supreme Court and the people who brought 'em here.
James Carroll writes "Practicing Catholic"...says the church has to modernize or die. Jay Greene says don't write off vouchers, especially since they are workin'. Here's the Tea Party anthem. Then, Iowa House Speaker Murphy says those who want a vote for a Constitutional amendment protecting marriage are the same as slave holders. Really.
Walid Shoebat on "God's War on Terror" and is Obama a modern Neville Chamberlain? What did the Obama bow to the Saudi King mean? Then, *Fr*. Frank Bognannofrom Christ the King Churchdelivers a homily on gay marriage... and now Gov Culver shows his true colors.
Iowa talks about Senator Gronstal blocking debate (nuther view) on a Constitutional amendment to deal with same gender marriage in Iowa. Then, how did court decisions become law? The history. The remedy for gay sex? (right click on this link to download)
Iowa Protection and Advocacy Services with a look at the Atalissa/Henry Turkey Service abuse of some retarded workers. Sylvia Piper and Jeremy Karli report. Then Steve Bierfeldt, Ron Paul supporter, is detained by TSA officers at the St. Louis Airport. It gets interesting after that. He says he developed his view by watching a lecture, "Never Talk to the Cops". Worth a peek. Then, was the crowd tossed from the Iowa House gallery too ignorant to know they benefited from the tax law change? Listen to the rest of the story.
Congressman Steve King talking issues (video), gay marriage, bailouts and politics. Iowa Supreme Courtunleashes gay marriage in Iowa. Also Bob Vander Plaats weighs in (video). Iowans respond.
Dr. Donna Harrison represents AAPLOG, an organization resistingthe Obama administration's repeal of pro-life conscience regulations. Terry Jeffrey from CNS News blasts the political class for blatant un-Constitutional bailout spending. Then, Bob McCarty thinks he can explain the crescent moon and stars on Iowa's two-seaters. Then, the conversation goes further south.
Rich Lowry from the serves up Banquo's Ghosts and a bunch of insight into current events. Bunch of Iowans get kicked out of a public hearing on the Democratic plan to eliminate federal deductibility on Iowa taxes. Huge response. Iowa State Auditor David Vaudt crunches the numbers in this debate, separating the winners and losers.
David Jerome introduces us to Roastbeef's Promise...former joke writer for Jay Leno..visits Iowa. Then, Stan Johnson is the Prophecy Club guy...thinks there's oil under the Dead Sea...wants to go get it. Comin' to town. Bob Vander Plaats worries about Iowa Democrats plan to end federal deductibility. Temple Grandin...an autistic animal behaviorist...says Animals Make Us Human
A pathologist, Dr. Paul Boor, writes about some scary germs... The Blood Notes of Peter Mallow... a novel about a mad scientist who unleashes nasty stuff. A listener sends me a copy of Amazing Grace, by Il Divo. WOW! Then, Bridgette Gabriel brings her "Untold Story" to Iowa in her fight against radical Islam. Ed Failor with Iowans for Tax Relief waging a campaign against changes in the Iowa tax code to drop federal deductibility. Wanna see a great cartoon?
Should the Iowa tax code drop federal deductibility? Senator Paul McKinley says its a bad idea. Bunch of open-line. Then, Governor Culver wants us to dim our bulbs Saturday night during Earth Hour. Then, ya gotta see this.
Bruce Vincent is a logger, visiting Iowa to warn us about run-amuck greenies. Tom Morrison can make your vehicle ready for flex-fuel. Then, Shawn Johnson is stalked and terrorized by a pervert. People are angry.
(This file had to be re-built...problems with our service...the comments section was re-built as well... those with comments please re-send... apologies...sigh)
Steve Milloy takes us into the "Green Hell"...how junk science is holding back science and the economy. Dr. Mike Evans "Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos"... it's all Jimmy's fault. Rep Ralph Watts is on the Iowa Climate Change Advisory Council... and he is a climate change skeptic...along with climatologist Chip Knappenberger.
Jim Sandagerwith Wealth Enhancement Group talks about your money. Then, the father of public education promised a paradise if public schools could be funded properly. What happened?
John Berlau with the Competitive Enterprise Institute says a 90% tax on AIG bonuses is a bad idea. Jonathan Narcisse says there are way more ELL students in the Des Moines school district than he thought. Then an Iowa legislator with a bill to "put a cork in it" for wine drinkers at restaurants.
Friday sillies... First, an Iowa union activist gets caught reaching into purses at the statehouse, this time without the benefit of a politician. Snotty. Obama compares his bowling to that of the Special Olympics... BOOM... Jerry Kammer keeps score on the 2006 Swift raids in Iowa. What were the impacts?
More AIG bashing....this time from Harley Schlanger, editor of the Executive Intelligence Review. Roy Beck says even with growing unemployment congressional Democrats wish to import thousands of unskilled workers. Then, a record number of un-wed mothers... Kay Hymowitz,.. Marriage and Caste in America" ..describes the damage. Rick Scott, chairman of Conservatives for Patients' Rights say the Brits admit some of their hospitals resemble the Third World. Plus, is there a 9mm ammunition shortage? The rest of the story. ( there was a file error in this podcast...had to be rebuilt...took out the comment section...sorry)
We talk toad with Lang Elliot..."The Frogs and Toads of North America"... Tamara Wilder with "Grading Education: Getting Accountability Right".. Craig Roberts with the American Legion reacts to an Obama plan to push veteran's health costs onto insurance companies. BOOM!....then, the silliness continues.
Richard Weissbourd talks about The Parents We Mean to Be...the Harvard guy makes some sense. Joe Lucas says we shouldn't give up on the idea of clean coal for power in Iowa. Ed Failor from Iowans for Tax Reliefwants Iowa government budgets to be transparent, and doesn't like Governor Culver's I-Jobs idea. Then, Senator Grassley suggests AIG executives fall on their own swords. Spirted.
Jamie Glazov talks about the Left's Romance With Tyranny and Terror...United in Hate. (email) Then, Sandy Powers says organic foods helped her recover from cancer. (email) Then, Senator Paul McKinley (email) looks at what slipped through the funnel this session and Governor Culver's I-Jobs Initiative.
Mandy Carter, founding board member of the National Black Justice Coalition, along with other concerned black lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans-gendered people looking for a marriage license. Ed Fallon is heading the Iowa tour. Then, Matt Strawn, Chairman of the Iowa Republican Party of Iowa, dealing with economy and labor issues.
Former congressional candidate and Iowa businessman Mike Whalen talks about the world of money and politics. Then, talk about Atalissa's Henry's Turkey Service case. Were those retarded men Exploited? Iowans have mixed opinions. Then, what a cute video, for no extra charge. (right click, and save as, to view)
Jeri Corsi says, "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss"... the North American Agenda is back, stronger than ever. Then, a thorough explanation of the 14th Amendment scam.
Stuart Brown talks about "Play" and how it shapes the brain, opens the imagination and invigorates the soul. Really. Then, Rush experiences the Howard Dean doctrine.
Harkin raises the hog stink issue to a new level. Des Moines school board member Jonathan Narcisse says the school district doesn't need to lay off teachers....counter proposals... like termination of social bussing. A lopsided poll which agrees. Lotsa response.
Stay Rich for Life...Ed Slott...retirement tax accountant with recommendations for turbulent money times. Now the Chinese are counterfeiting our collectible coins. Susan Headley , she's worth a bucket o' ducats ... :)
James Datri from the American Advertising Federation talks about the future of advertising during an economic downturn. Bill Glynn with a humdinger rant on the economy. Robert Stouffer , Chuck Hurley and Rev. Keith Ratliff are starting an inner-city school...Joshua Christian Academy. call Got-Josh.
Should teachers be allowed to teach competing views to origin theories? Professor Hector Avalos (email) says "No"... Casey Luskin (email) says "Yes". Spirited debate. Frosty Woolridge worries that our uncontrolled borders will turn the US into a third world mess. Medical Examiner Gregory Schmunkhas found a way to get the stink out of his office. Mark Mueller, with Air Fantasitc.
What to do with Iowa deer? Willie Suchy and Bill Bunger from the DNR explain. The scariest sight for a biker. Then, Obama selects an abortion activist as the new head of HHS. Kim Lehman from Iowa Right Life responds. So does Mary Kay Kulp from Kansans for Life.
Boss's letter to the help.
Judy Hintz from Educational Resources...and a panel of parents and kids who have worked towards academic success. 225-8513 Rep Rod Roberts introduces Iowa's "Evolution Academic Freedom Act"...to protect teacher's right in the classroom. Then, money talk.
Congressman Steve King with a flurry of huge issues. Vigorous. Border issues expert Jim Gilchrist talks about the reasons for travel restrictions to parts of Mexico. Sobering. Lotsa open-line.
"Intelligence and How to Get It" Richard Nisbett says IQ isn't fixed and not hardwired...it can be improved. How? Harley Schlanger, bureau chief for the Executive Intelligence Review deals with the banking mess. Iowa has a team of it's own ghostbusters...CAPT... the Carroll Area Paranormal Team chases stuff which goes "bump" in the night. And an update from Brad O'Leary on the "Audacity of Deceit"...the first few weeks of the Obamanation.
Democrats calls it the Nationwide Popular Vote Bill, Republicans call it the "Iowa Voter Irrelevancy Act" . Senator Randy Feenstra explains why Iowans shouldn't vote away it's electoral college birthright. Then, the feds shut down the sale of ATVs cuz there might be some lead paint on 'em which a kid may lick and die. Oh, good. Even effects some local toy makers.**
Pat Buchanansays the real cause of the economy collapse is the imbalance of trade. Then, answering listener email. Are court decisions law? We are basing a bunch of education expenditures based upon that silly notion. Lotsa great conversation.
Lotsa open-line time. An update on the Iowa National Guard story about the Arcadia training episode. Then what's causing garage door openers to fail? Plus silly stuff. And the hands-free phone gadget I was talkin' about.
Answering a great listener email. Then, taxpayers are paying the salary of the head of a local AFSME officer and paying the rent. Rep Erik Hellandand Rep Chris Hagenowblow the whistle. Chuck Larson back to Iowa from his assignment as Ambassador to Latvia.
Then, the Acadia story reaction begins... a YouTube video reaction. Fascinating.
Andrew Bridge tells about Hope's Boy a memoir about being caught up in a dysfunctional foster care program. Dan Pilla, Tax Freedom Institute, with insight into the tax implications of foreclosures. Thomas Woods describes what caused the "Meltdown". Then Des Moines cops do a fundraiser on out-of-towners. As the economy drops, ticket numbers increase.
Then, a close look at holes.
John Stauffer with Giants: the parallel lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. Great conversation. Then, an Iowa National Guard activates my paranoia gland. Gonna take over an Iowa town.
School drop-outs way up. Why? Jonathan Narcissewith powerful conservation...and wisdom from callers. Then, Michael Maloney with his "Guide to Investing in Gold and Silver" Money talk.
Lotsa economic open-line time. Controversy over aid to Palestinian refugees... did the Obama administration entitle refugee status to Palestinians? Conflicting stories. Then, what's being done to the dollar? Rep. Dan Burton. The Chinese say they hate us...why?
Lotsa openline... everything from the Fairness Doctrine to gun legislation. Rep Baudler explains. Iowa Democrats are trying to dump the electoral college. Then TV 13 is dropping their analog signal early. GM Dale Woods explains. Then, Suzy.
How about updated rail passenger service in Iowa? Andrew Snow is lobbying for it. Congressman Steve King talks about the stimulus package. Tax attorney Bruce Baker explains HF 181...says it only effects a small tax change for duplexes...no big whoop. Then, Rep Lance Hornbach lobbies against prevailing wages proposals by big labor. Ira Mehlmanfrom FAIR says the stimulus package doesn't prevent illegals from benefiting.
The fellow says that after careful consideration, he's up for "Re-carving Rushmore".... Ivan Elandre-rates the Presidents on Peace, Prosperity and Liberty. Great stuff. Professor Michael Behe says Darwin wouldn't have celebrated Darwin Day. Then, a new piece of legislationwants to change Iowa tax law to convert any condo with more than four units into "commercial" property and tax them accordingly. BOOM!
Bill Salier with a modest counter-proposal to the Obama bailout plan. The language of entitlement...then, Benson Bobricksays the best general of the Civil War is unknown. General George Thomas was the Master of War. Lotsa open-line conversation about the octuplet mom, too.
Iowa is pondering a dove hunting season. Mark Markarian from the Humane Society thinks it's a bad idea. Iowans respond. Then, my sister Sonja Bates, who runs post abortion Bible studies for women is joined by Kim Lehman from Iowa Right to Life. A prayer ceremony at the Iowa State Capitol. Cliff Kincaid from Accuracy in Media says the political is trying to make another end run round the US Constitution....again.
Gillian McKeith has a "Food Bible". From IPTV Bill Hayes tries to untie the knots in the digital conversion snafu. Senator Paul McKinley says Iowa's budget is another fine mess.
"A Slobbering Love Affair" with Bernie Golberg...media bias in the last election cycle. Congressman Ron Paul with an update. Then, money talk. From whence it came.
Paul Tough say when it comes to educational distress, it's time to do "Whatever it Takes". Plus, what's in Iowa's 1.5 Billion dollar stimulus package? Then, this one will sneak up on ya. (Large video file, but worth it) And something special for the guy who wants to legalize pot and decriminalize drugs.
Ed Fallon comes over to assert the desirability of same sex marriage in Iowa. Vigorous discussion.
Winterfest 2009with the County Conservation Board people. Tom Hazeltonbrings in a bunch of County Conservation experts.
Tony Blankley advocates true "American Grit" ...what it will take to survive and win in the 21st American Century. Then, the upcoming Red Flannel Run.. .Kathy Strottman from Riverfront YMCA and Mary Greig fitness practitioner.... lotsa stuff.... Harry Reid said what? Golly.. the Lutherans til we die? Listen. Then, have you ever heard of Bishop Castle? Great story of American individualism.
Barbara Comstack from the Workforce Fairness Institute takes on the "card check" issue. Then, an Iowa artist does some performance arton inauguration day. Snotty. Then, the word police analyze the term "suicide victim". Iowans have a powerful story to tell. Then, what a cutie!
A fella with a horror story. A failed marriage with kids and the court won't enforce it's own rulings. Then, Dr. Scott Taylor with health, food, and diet advice. Then, Battling Big Box with Henry Dubroff...how nimble niche companies can outmaneuver giant competitors
What's the G.I. Diet Clinic? (Glycemic Index) Rick Gallop with info. Then, guess which group is demanding a 6.5% pay hike during an economic downturn? Guess again. A big rock gets over-turned. BTW, how well does that school district rank?
Bob Vander Plaats (web site) gets his gubernatorial race under way with the endorsement of former State Auditor Dick Johnson and GOP Assistant House Leader Jodi Tymeson. Then Stacey Cargill and Mitch Henry follow the gambling money in Iowa politics.
Elizabeth Crawford from RADAR (Respecting Accuracy in Domestic Abuse Reporting) says the VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) has caused more problemsthan it has fixed. Then, is it ok to beat up adulterers? Really. You'll have to listen. And an appropriate song by Rehab. Then, for no particular reason. (large video download)
Leo Kim is into "Healing the Rift: bridging the Gap Between Science & Spirituality" Jay Budziszewski says, "Ask Me Anything" ...so we do. Casey Luskin from Discovery Institute writes about "Traipsing into Evolution"....new science standards in Texas should allow for evolution to be open for critique. Congressman Steve King wins one for Ramos and Campeon. Vigorous. Then the most inspirational video I've seen in a long time.
The Iowa connection to the "Blood in the Cage" ... Sports Illustrated writer Jon Wertheim talks about Pat Miletich and the rise of Mixed Martial Arts. Then, Ramos and Compean finally are given their freedom...the Congressman King connection. And what brought down that plane into the Hudson River?
So, should we have mandatory national service for our kids? Time to make hand held cell phones illegal in Iowa?
Iowans worry about the effects of cold on livestock. Then, Christopher Horner describes the "Red Hot Lies" of the global warming scam. Reaction to the last Bush speech. Then, Suzy.
Alan Kazdin with "Kazdin Method for Parenting the Defiant Child"...then a teacher and student at Dowling get caught up in a scandal. Now what? Andrew Beck from the Department of Energy says once we iron out political wrinkles, our energy future could be bright! "A Decade of Discovery" Plus, the source of the reading by a college professor on the purpose of sex? "Ask Me Anything" J. Budziszewski.
Frosty Woolridge, with one of the best, concise looks at our immigration future. "America on the Brink". (His book isn't out yet) Congressman Ron Paul with a look at politics and money. Senator Paul McKinley evaluates the Gov Culver State of the State Address for 2009
"Lincoln at Peoria: the Turning Point"... the speech which launched Lincoln's nation-wide presidential appeal. Lewis Lehrman. Dr. Ed Thomasis an Iowa fitness guru on a mission to restore classical physical education to Iowa schools. (He's looking for Iowa school districts to apply for federal PEP funds. Here's how... 1-866-685-1580 then enter the conference call code-515-281-3290) Governor Culver's State of the State Address for 2009 (abridged) , then feedback.
Christopher Lane talks about "How Shyness Became and Illness". Then, will the gambling lobby buy the lottery? Then, Bob Beaudine with "The Power of Who"...why networking doesn't work. Then, the Minden, Iowa peacock flockist, goes on the Tonight Show and dis-assembles his clarinet in public, without shame. Dennis Fett. Then, Kelly Campbell from the Iowa Census is looking for workers.
Iowa State Auditor David Vaudt reponds to Senator Gronstal's claim that Iowa doesn't have a deficit. Larry Winget says "People Are Idiots and I can Prove It" Congressman Steve King talks about bailouts and politics. Dr.Orly Taitz has a hearing at the Supreme Court on Obama's natural born citizen issue. Jeff Traviss with digital conversion information. Could it be delayed?
'Nuther gadget for walking on ice...this one is Iowa based. Finally a reason to be proud of Iowans...:) Lots of Iowans are ignoring the smoking ban. Plus *Pat Buchanan says this is the "Day of Reckoning".***
Yak Tracks? How to help rescue workers who need to trek through ice and snow? Andre Dilnot with "The Numbers Games"... you'll need more than your fingers and toes. Robert Wilcox talks about the "Plot to Assassinate General George S. Patton... Target Patton"... what a story. Senator David Hartsuch with some political jabber about Iowa economic woes.
VP elect, Joe Biden says our economic situation is "war". Obama says we're losing. The Russians are hoping for a US bust-up so they can take back Alaska. And a couple of cute PETA babes show up wearing lettuce leaves. Life is good.
Senator Harry Reid re-writes the Constitution. So does Senator Harkin. Then, Peter Cohan says "You Can't Order Change."
Christmas Eve stories and music of the season...some silly, some profound. I hope you enjoy it. Merry Christmas
Smart Ass, the board game inventor, Bob Moog says Iowans are over-qualified to play. Jeff Traviss with Digital TV conversion advice. Great Stuff!
**Iowa Democrats which to bump the drop-out age for Iowa students to 18 years old. Good idea? Some powerful response. Rich Noyesfrom the Media Research Center with this year's Notable Quotable Awards.****
Playin' a game for Xmas..."Wits and Wagers"... then, Chris Rants sounds the alarm on the impending Iowa budget shortfalls...lotsa stuff.
Missouri is gonna legalize margarine...big mistake. Then, why is the gay lobby blasting Obama? Yain't gonna buleave ut. Ponzi? History. Delicious.
John Lofton asks a couple of snotty questions. Where is "it" in the Constitution? Where is "it" in the Bible? A new guy is Sec of Education. What's he like? Marcus Winters from Manhattan Institute gives us a peaking into Arne Duncan. Then, Gov. Tom Vilsack is the new US Ag Secretary. Good idea?
"We Hate the USA" Paul Shanklin. Maestro of political snottiness. Then, Senator Harkin to the rescue of the auto industry.
Thomas E. Woods with "Meltdown", and "Who Killed the Constitution?" ... a fiscal whodunit. Then, "Tell Me What to Eat if I Have Diabetes" by Elaine Magee. Then the nanny state hits Iowa snowmobiling.
Professor Thomas Dilorenzo, "Hamilton's Curse"... says we've been fighting banking and money hustlers from day one. Great stuff! The UAW and US Senate lock horns on a bailout, the person formerly known as the nearly Psychic Suzy hobbles in.
George Bush waxes theological, the auto bail out proceeds, Dr. Jerome Corsiruminates upon Chicago politics and Iowa used to have a bunch of "poor houses"...more in the future?
(link fixed) Joseph Farah from World Net Dailysays our Constitution is broken. Dr. Orly Taitz is still challenging Obama's natural born citizenship. Gay marriage redux. Dr. Douglas Laycock with "Same-Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty: Emerging Conflicts"... can peace be achieved on the issue?
Let's put accountability back into charity... then, smoking activists won't quit...Randy Stanford from Iowans for Equal Rights wants more friendly rules for businesses. Vigorous.
One day away from the gay marriage Iowa Supreme Court hearing. Doug Napier, ADF Senior legal counsel and Chuck Hurley with insight. Lew Rockwellevaluates the bailouts. Jeff Koser, "Selling to Zebras" consultant with sound advice for Detroit.
Homeless advocates David Costello and Brad from (Hope Builders, 1105 Orchard Lane, 50313) Congressman Steve King, bailout and economy talk...then, more homeless talk open-line.
John McWhorter with "Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue".. (yes we had to sanitize the title on the radio) then, bailout talk. Bail-out fever is expanding everywhere.
Dr. Chad Rolfsen says stress sends him a huge chunk of business. And he worries about the ill-health effects of vaccineson kids... Rev. Festus Brimley says it should be illegal for non-Christians to get discounts at Walmart during pre-Christmas sales...SB $39.95 plus tax...then, what to do about Iowa's homeless?
James Ironshell is a Rosebud Sioux...he's married to a Meskwaki woman....that's where the trouble started.... he says he's being discriminated against by fellow Native Americans... so he with his attorney Daryl Meyer is suing. Amway guru and billionaire Rich DeVos with insight on business and economy. Robert Chandler talks about the terror at Mumbai. "Shadow World". Then, will gay propaganda ever cease? Not on World AIDS Day. AIDS "Doesn't Discriminate?" Bull-hockey! The rest of the story.
Buddy Hanson describes "The Christian Prince"... "Putting 'Civil' Back in the Civil Government" .... without a doubt one of the best books I've read in a long time. Dr. Michael Roizen talks about "You Being Beautiful" and how my mom busted me for smoking.... sigh. Hey, the new Webster's Dictionary is in...great spelling, very poor plot line. Mike Agnussays "overshare"** is the new word of the year.
Uh-oh... guess who got caught smokin' in state property? Whoops. Then, Iowan's take a civics test. Purdy good. The electorate is getting dumber and dumber. Dr. Rich Brake with the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. Plus, the EPA wants to bill farmers for bovine flatulence? Not a joke.
Judy Hintz from Educational Resourcesbrings her expertise to help distressed kids. Inspirational. Andrew Snowand Iowa global warming activist, and Tim Fink, director of Interfaith Power and Light...support Obama's global warming policies. Then, for no particular reason. Plus, take the civics test.
Another Des Moines School Board dust up about naughty words in an email from school board member Jonathan Narcisse. Sorting it out. Judy Meehan with medical advice form moms with preemies who are at greater risk for RSV.
Iowan's ponder an auto maker bailout. Who will bail U.S. out? Then an inspirational story about overcoming adversity. Patrick Henry Hughes and Patrick John Hughes tell the story. "I Am Potential: Eight Lessons on Living, Loving and Reaching Your Dreams"
"Stealth Jihad" Robert Spencer says we're getting hustled...again...playing catch-up and clean up. Then, Mathew Stein describes what we can do "When Technology Fails", besides curling up into a ball and cryin' for mommy. Dr.Orly Taitz describes the continuing lawsuits which demand President-elect Obama demonstrate his "natural born" citizenship credentials. Tantalizing.
What if we could invent something which could recover oil from previously depleted oil fields? Kurt Newbauer thinks he has. Then, Walid Shoebat identifies the Anti-Christ. "God's War on Terror: Islam, Prophecy and the Bible" Then odds and ends before the week expires.
If you are an Iowa Meskwakie your culture allows you to commit legal hate crimes. Christopher Horner is red hot about "Red Hot Lies" and what nonsense global warming alarmists push off on the rest of us. Then, bailout fever continues, this time, for GM?
Bob Vander Platts and Chuck Hurley with some post election talk back. Guess who's comin' to dinner? David Ray Griffin says 9/11 was an inside job. Stephen Moore describes "The End of Prosperity" if we are not really careful.
"Unsettled: the Problem of Loving Israel" Mark Aronson wonders aloud about a bunch of stuff... great conversation... especially the part about the golden calf. Then, teachers politicking the classroom. Iowan's aren't thrilled with the idea. Then, Joyce Hutchinson and Laura Holmes talk about Hospice and Palliative Care ...upcoming events.
Nina Burleigh describes "The Unholy Business" of religious relic scams. The credit card industry has been doing the same sub-prime stuff which brought down the mortgage industry. Only a matter of time til they ask for a bailout...yagottabekiddin'!
Ed Martin performs an Issues Autopsy on the late election. Who dunnit? Then, The Law....Bastiat....some sound. Calling someone a bird brain is an insult to birds, says Irene Pepperberg in "Alex and Me". Dramatic video and an exploding wind turbine...more internet folklore from Cresco, Iowa?
"1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die" Tom Moonwith some great tunes. Senator Wilbur Brimley with SB 38-DD...the Bovine Mammary Relief Act of 2008... an inspirational political thinker with another home run. Election feedback.
A sexual assaultat a local high school completely deflects attention from post election talk. Jonathan Narcisse revisits school violence.
Election Day. Politicking and Electile Dysfunctions. Painful fun. And an powerful letter from an Iowa dad.
Gordon Fischer campaigning for Obama. Congressman Steve King campaigning for himself. David Simcoxworries about the non-citizen vote.
David Macaulay with the "Way We Work"...the body illustrated. Chuck Hurleywith an update on the Tim Gill effect on Iowa politics...and judicial ratings. Mariannette Miller-Meeks running for congress in 2nd district. Then, Eric Hanson from KCCI back from an Iowa mission trip to Haiti. What a story! Robert Chandlersays with are in the start-up phase of a new cold war. Shadow World. Michael Waddellworries about the 2nd Amendment.
Jeffrey Meyer, circuit ridin' theologian, coming to Iowa to speak. Eric Kohlsdorf wants to represent the 61st District. Father Frank Bognanno goes off on a billboard.
Is hanging Sarah Palin's effigy a hate crime? Then, Stu Iverson, Party Chair of the Republican Party of Iowa talks issues. Then, Iowa's real estate bubble busted. So will we reassess property values too? Chair of Iowa's Property Assessment Appeals Board, Dick Stradley...with the rest of the story.
Kent Sorenson wants to be the representative from Iowa's 74th district. Then Harold Holzer makes comparisons between "Lincoln: President Elect" and now. Then, Harkin sound from the archives.
"Something for the Pain" Paul Austin...then, David Horowitz assess how far left this election is taking us. More feedback on the Harkin-Chris Reed debate. Vigorous.
David Bossie producer of "Hype:The Obama Effect". Then, Michael Maloney with a "Guide to Investing in Gold and Silver"
"The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Civil War"...HW Crocker kills some clichés'. Then lotsa conversation 'bout everthang.
Dawn Stefanowicztells about the impact of homosexual parenting...as a survivor. Out From Under Then, Jack Cashill says Obama didn't write his own book, Dreams of My Father. Bill Ayres did. Kim Schmettwants to be a congressman.
Lots talk...Biden's loose lips...Acorn gives nuts a bad name...nuther cherry from Congressman Barney....etc.
Sergio Bambaren tells the story of a dreamer, "The Dolphin"...he swims with dolphins. Richard Pearson from the Illinois Rifle Associationreports on the Obama's 2nd Amendment history. David Funk with Sportsman for McCain.
Amy and Adams sing purdy for us....blues-grass. Iowans get robo calls. Offended? Philip Berg is suing...he wants Obama to prove he's a natural born American. Ken Blackwell the Acorn scandal in Ohio gets worse. And a new Iowa grassroots organization to restore the Constitution and real money. Then, the Campaign for Liberty. Organizing in Iowa.
And the Fact-Check response.
Lotsa post debate Iowa reaction...should people who qualify for Obama's tax cut be allowed to vote... :)
Jonathan Fast describes "Ceremonial Violence: a psychological explanation of school shootings" ...then, more on Iowa election issues. Harkin closes the barn door.
Nick Tasler gives us insight into "The Impulse Factor"...it's in the genes...:) Ed Begley Jr. wants to bring solar power to third world folks to liberate them from subsistence cooking. Marientta Miller-Meeks is running for congress in Iowa's 2nd district.
Congressman Tom Latham...another look at the bailout money slide. Another look at Iowa's smoking regs. Then, Dr. David Hartsuch responds to a McCain snub while in Iowa.
Then, an October Surpise? A video about Obama's birth certificate. OMG!
And the Fact-Check response.
Stephen Mansfield looks at "The Faith of Barack Obama" Chuck Norris, practices some "Black Belt Patriotism" on the bailout and Washington. Alan Karmin from RADAR says Senator Joe Biden's Violence Against Woman Act has had some painful and expensive consequences. Rev. Thomas Euteneuer takes on Sean Hannity and Senator Tom Harkin. Oh.. here's that Saturday Night Live bit on the Washington-Wallstreet SNAFU.
Robert Zubrin says don't forget energy's role in the Wall Street collapse....Christopher Reedwants Harkin's job. Jerry Corsi has to buy his way out of Kenya for investigating after getting "busted" for looking into Obama's history.
Col Richard Klass and Col William Hauser in town for the Center for Arms Control and Non Proliferation. Strong conversation. Sol Stern makes the Bill Ayres-Obama connectionfor Manhattan Institute. What's Bill Ayres up to now? Then, Chris Pirillo back in Iowa with geek talk...
John Lofton with pithy observations about the bailout and Palin. Then, "Lives Per Gallon" Terry Tamminen...drives a hydrogen car. Congressman Steve King with post bailout conversation. Jonathan Narcisse...two sets of books on school violence? Why? $
Danny Carroll wants his old legislative job back. Issues. Congressman Tom Latham wants to keep his job, voted against bailout. Issues. Rep Chris Rants rolls out the Republican legislative agenda. Issues.
State Senator David Hartsuch is running for congress against Congressman Bruce Braley. Issues. Andrew Snow is worried about global warming. Brad O'Leary and "The Audacity of Deceit" hammers Barack Obama.
Ken Blackwell worries about voter fraud and Acorn. Ed Fallon doesn't trust the "bailout" either. "And American Carole" is opening this weekend in Iowa. Bears in Iowa? Oh, my!
Congressman Steve King on the bailout vote. Why, "No". Then, smoker's revenge... Sen Brad Zaun, Sen Paul McKinley, Tom Coates, Todd Shanno and Norman Kjono with a round table on revising Iowa's smoking ban.
More bailout feedback. Anybody in favor? Anybody? No, seriously...anybody?
Editor note... file association is messed.. workin' on it.. sorry.
The debate topic was , "Should gay rights prevail over Biblical sexual ethics?" Sunday night, September 29th, 2008 at ISU. Hector Avalos, Professor of Religious Studies at ISU and Jan Mickelson. Dr. Avalos takes the affirmative. (Editor's note... the sound quality is very mixed...Dr. Avalos ended up with a clip mike, Mickelson with a hand held after his clip mike failed... the line had a hum, plus the sound levels were erratic)
The crisis on Wall Street and Washington continues. Stu Iverson, Chris Rants, and Steve King, check in with comment....lots open line, too.
Brad Erlich, WHO's traffic reporter, is now a heroic crime buster! Who knew? Then, feedback on the president's address to the nation on the economy. Vigorous.
More economic shoes fall. More pins and tails. David Limbaugh is coming to town. Persecution.
"Dewey" the Iowa cat, not the presidential candidate. Vicki Myron from Spencer, Iowa with a cat tale. Then, the anti-Palin stuff gets very nasty. (Language warning) Pierre Pierce has a job in France. Why not let him go?
Open-line Friday. Our flag flying at half mast for a what? President Bush proposing economic fixes. Where's the beef comin' from? Will the economy take out Iowa's ethanol industry? Lotsa great conversation.
Ron Rittererfrom the National Corn Grower Association defends the ethanol industry. Ephren Taylor describes the collapse of the financials... then, so does Peter Schiff, hoping you were Crash Proof. Congressman Steve King introduces legislation to prevent money mis-managersfrom profiting from failure.
John Fund with an update on "Stealing Elections" and update on our fraud-friendly system. Then, stolen horse tails provoke a great conversation on up-coming animal rights legislation.
A shooting on I-235 brings some questions and some interesting stories. Then, what about a third party candidate? Ready for one?
Banks fail....why? DSM School board wants to censor whom? The Palin-Gibson interview reaction. Lotsa energy.
Dr. Michael McGregor makes a house call to our mouths... then in search of the perfect smell...then Suzy.
Christopher Fettweis says "Losing Hurts twice as Bad"...describing moving beyond Iraq... combat vets talk about post-tramatic stress issues. Powerful. Benjamin Taylor is performing in Iowa. Purdy music.
Paul Lockhart introduces us to the "Drillmaster of Valley Forge"...then election feedback, plus telemarketing cures.
"Eat This, Not That"... Matt Goulding knows. Kim Schmett wants Congressman Leonard Boswell's job. Then, a foster care parent loses her own child... why?
Richard Vander Mey, Assistant County Attorney for Tama County...more ironies from the cheap seats.... and more tax payer dollars going to the Meskwaki tribe. Dr. Linda Young tells how to deal with cyber bullying....lessons for parents. Steve Flood with a get out the vote visit. School Board Polling Places for Polk County. Updated list....Then, The Gay Agenda
Incumbent Des Moines School Board members up for re-election. Dick Murphy, Ginny Strong, and Jeanette Woods. Spirited.
Bill Tancer goes "Click"... an internet guru with some great marketing insight. Then, post-Palin speech reaction. Iowans evaluate "the speech".
Congressman Steve King back from Iraq, Afghanistan and Georgia...a detailed report. Great insights. Then, a blind guys gets his sight back. What a story. Robert Kurson with "Crashing Through". Can trains block traffic? Iowans want to know.
"10 Books That Screwed Up the World" Benjamin Wiker with a humdinger. Then, the smear against Jonathan Narcisse continues...but in the process, outs itself. Then, more feedback on the Palin family issues.
More Des Moines School Board talk...Jonathan Narcisse. Then hurricanes, oil, and is Barracuda Palin really a hockey mom?
Nuther Des Moines School Board Candidate, Kristine Crisman. Issues. Obama's speech, McCain's VP Pick, Iowa Central Community College President Paxton handed a $400,000 parachute with a gold-plated rip-cord. Not enough time.
Edgar Browning says we're "Stealing from Each Other"... about 25%, if you're keeping track. Then, responding to the heavy-metal grief following the deaths of some Iowa teenagers. The power of music.
Mary Ellen Geist...Measure of the Heart: A Father's Alzheimer's, A Daughter's Return. One of the sweetest stories, ever. Edward Failor examines the Obama's connection to a 60's radical, William Ayers... with a snotty political commercial. Steve Flood is running for the Des Moines School Board. Lotsa talk.
Lotsa stuff...Democratic National Convention feedback. Then, sex abuse? Whazzat anyhow? Sex offender?
Is there a link between lyme disease and autism? Tami Duncan and Brian Rozner make the case. Mark Stricherz tells "Why the Democrats are Blue". Jeri Corsi on "Obama Nation" ...then, Suzy.****
"The Vulture Culture"... Eric Gerst says the US insurance industry is in for a financial fall. Congressman Steve King talks about energy. T-Boone Pickens does the same. Senator Sam Brownback talks about presidential politics.
Christopher Reed wants Senator Tom Harkin's job. Then, "What is your Explosive Child Trying to Tell you?" Then, Rob Hubler wants Congressman Steve King's job.
"The Case Against Barack Obama" David Freddoso. Michael Klare tries to make sense of the Russian invasion of Georgia. "Rising Powers"... then, Doug Wilson is a classical education activist. An inspiration.
Mike Pike is running for Des Moines School Board. Issues. Joe S. McIlhaney on Hooked: New Science on How Casual Sex is Affecting Our Children says, we are wired for monogamy... sorry. Then a grade school teacher opens class.
Senator Paul Mckinley back from Turkey...culture and education. Iowa novelist Patrick Culhane with his latest, "Red Sky in Morning". Lotsa Fair jabber.
Iowa Concrete Association tossed out the traditional opening block of cement at the Fair. Is power walking really gay? Congressman Tom Latham with issues. Mathew Padilla with the Chain of Blame...how Wall Strreet caused the mortgage and credit crisis. Jim Hawkins recruiting for Professional Educators in Iowa.
Lawrence Solomon talks about "The Deniers" , scientists who stood up the global warming hysteria. Plus, the Whirlpool-Matag economic tragedy continues...pulling the plug on retirees health care. Then, a great T-shirt... Bob McCarty with "Bipolar Bear Disorder". Congressman Steve King on the energy debate. Then, 'nuther Postville shoe falls.
Brain expert, Dr. Scott Swarzwelder, talks about what drugs do to your head. "Buzzed" Then, why are we giving schools resource officers cars to drive back and forth to work? Better question: "Why are there resource officers at all?" Then, it's a conspiracy... so many of them we need a guide to the "Web of Conspiracy". James Broderick.
Dr. Robert Zubrin with an encore visit on "Energy Victory"... highlighting an upcoming conference, Citizens for Energy Freedomin Des Moines this September. (WHOOPS... during this segment, I report on an inaccurate news story which attributes a critical commentary against Obama's fundraising history to NYT columnist Maureen Dowd. It was a bogus story... from a usually reliable source.) Then, a vigorous discussion on courts and the rights of juries after a story about a judicial aside from the bench. Here's the Citizen's Handbook.
Sarah James from the Alaska Wilderness Societyis spiritually bonded with the porcupine caribou and wants to stay that way. No drilling for oil in her sacred hunting lands. Lotsa energy talk.
Kenneth Adelman says Americans oughta be building the new air tanker, not the French. You ain't gonna believe what Planned Parenthoodthinks is cute and fun with some of your money and kids.. Then, red-shirting your kids...good idea? Great stuff.
California earthquakes and Iowa tornados compared. Richard Louv says our kids have nature deficit disorder. Plus, looking way too closely at the words politicians use. McCain first...then Obama.
Larry Disneywants his old job back...now held by Iowa House Leader Kevin McCarthy. Then, the next shoe in the Postville comedy routinehas fallen...couldn't make it up if I tried.
Life Line is offering come community screening to prevent strokes. Then, Postville protest reaction. Mark Kirkorian with "The New Case Against Immigration" the best overview yet. Flag? Highly recommended.
The Mecum collectible car auction. Every wanna sue the government? Doug Gross did it... suing the educationestablishment in Iowa cuz it sucks.
An illegal plows into an Iowa business with her car. Busted? The rest of the story. Mark O'Connell, a Harvard researcher, describes "The Marriage Benefit". Susan Tully from FAIR is organizing a counter-rally at Postville this weekend to protest the protestors. Vigorous.
Feedback from our judicial tyranny debate.... then, Dr. Jimpromotes an upcoming Iowa premiere of a new Dr. Phil creation, "The Doctors". Then, the dynamics of tipping. I missed another memo.
Chris Korzen with Catholics United stirs up a hornets nest with his "A Nation for All" manifesto: How the Catholic Vision of the Common Good Can Save America from the Politics of Division" Lotsa talk. Time to reset adult responsibility at Iowa's colleges?
Iowa gets more weather related hostility....reports. Herbert Romerstein, looks at the communist who helped mentor Obama... "The Venona Papers". Des Moines Register says its time for outrage over Iowa's education slide...really.
John Nichols from Nation magazine in town to stoke the fires of progressivism. Lance Izumisays bi-lingual education holds kids back....in favor of total English immersion. Sen. Ron Wieck predicts little or no genuine immigration reform from the next session.
Walter Williams describes "The Politics of Bad Ideas" says GWB is the worst president in our history. Senator Chuck Grassley targets some televangelists...Kelly Shackelford from the Liberty Legal Institute worries about that. Cliff Kincaid has turned up another embarrassing Obama radical association. And Governor Culver is targeting the contract worker scam.
"Globality" James Hemerling, with what it will take for US to be competitive world wide. Jonathan Narcisseeputs his case to print. The DSM Education Times. The National Center for Responsible Gaming is on tour in Iowa...want to teach kids about responsible gaming.
Obama has bi-lingual troubles....with one word. "LaRaza".... and he thinks enforcing the law is terrorism. And it's only Tuesday.
Back from a Peru trek... lotsa sound and stories...plus they are thinking about firing up a national 55 mph speed limit again... sigh...what have we learned since the last one?
Congressman Steve King weighs the results of some SCOTUS decisions. National Taxpayers Union takes a poke at ethanol. Srdja Trifkovic ponders the "Dream Ticket" and sees a nightmare. He examines the Soros-McCain connection.
KJ Dell'Antonia helps babies "Begin Smart" with a new reading series. Curmudgeon, John Lofton, takes apart the political theology of Obama. Weather beats us up a while. Then, Senator Chuck Grassleyon ethanol mandates. SCOTUS affirms the 2nd Amendment.
Ed Vos stays after school to tell of his Afghanistan experience. Iowa is under a cloud...of mosquitos. Dr. Patricia Quinlisk describes the health risks associated with our flood bugs. Then slob bikers are at it again...sigh
Raging crows, Jane Fonda nearly makes sense, Glenn Sacks against the Single Mother by Choice movement. Did I mention Jane Fonda nearly makes sense?
Glen Kertz says he can grow ethanol from algae which can meet our entire thirst for oil... David Barton blows the whistle on judicial activism and same gender marriage. IPTV techie Bill Hayes talks about the new digital TV standards and what we'll need to comply. Stephen Halbrooktalks about the "Founders' Second Amendment" and the upcoming DC decision.
Dr. Michael McGregor from Briarwood Dental cures my morning mouth. Brian Kennedy from Energy Research Institute deals with off-shore drilling myths and facts. The bird sounds of Iowa...beautiful..."Smithsonian Field Guide to the Birds of North America"...Ted Floyd takes us birding. Dr. Dennis Neder on "Being a Man in a Woman's World"....really...
**Warning: this blog contains more information than anyone really needs plus close-ups of Mickelson's private parts. :)
Mickelson was nominated for the Nobel prize for his dedication to science. He donated his body to science, but science refused delivery.
My Briarwood Dental experience with Dr. Michael McGregorhas been completed. His goalwas to correct a lifetime of typical dental issues and a misaligned bite. The way its used to look... the way it looks now. No filings, no gold or silver crowns, no mercury fillings, no chipped teeth...nothing discolored or stained. Perfect.**
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Mark Mueller thinks he's got a gadget which can kill flood stink in homes. AirFantastic Technology. Then, guess who's against drilling for oil...good guess. Christopher Tennant with guidelines for people with too much money. "The Official Filthy Rich Handbook". Then, some Cedar Rapids citizens are still shut out of their homes... and are annoyed.
J. Craig Williams, fair-weather Iowan, describes "How to Get Sued" and other high-toned notions. Then from Casey Luskin from Discovery Institute describes how Louisiana passed a law giving science teachers academic freedom. Should Iowa? Then, Iowa is asking for a waiver from FEMA to relieve us from contributing to disaster relief. Good idea?
John McWhorter says it's "All About the Beat", why hip-hop can't save Black America. Vendo wars...I win. Bridgette Gabriel say radical Islam is bringing hate to a town near you...teaching violence and intolerance to the next generation. Jamilah Frasor from FEMA with instructions on how to apply for assistance. 800-621-FEMA (3362)
Lotsa openline time....flood talk...police powers in Cedar Rapids. ...flood safety...Russert, Obama and Iowa.
Brooks Hansen tells his family's story dealing with infertility and international adoption. The Brotherhood of Joseph. Iowa House Minority Leader, Chris Rants' blog is bilingual despite Iowa's Official English law. Citizen's arrest. Flood and weather coverage. Global warming? The Accuweather guy says, "Nope." We meet Ray Lewis the singer of the world's snottiest song. Then, Suzi.
Dave Rosenak says our grandkids will those of us who have been "Running Amok" Amity Shlaes says we should remember "The Fogotten Man" and not let the next political class return us to previous failed remedies. Then Max Schultz clears up a bunch of energy myths. And global warming activists blame the Iowa boy scout tornado tragedy on man-made climate change.
The only way to make the floods of 2008 more bearable? Talk about "Legendary Motorcycles"...Basem Wasef. Lotsa fun. Then, amidst flood coverage, Daniel Flynn with "A Conservative History of the American Left"... who dunnit? and why? More flood safety talk.
"A World of Wealth"...Thomas Donlan talks about the world of money and politics. We fix everything that's busted. Plus, grease wars and a touch of Lincoln bashing.
Flood water everywhere...stories, remedies and lotsa talk. Water has taken out an Iowa landmark...the suspension bridge in Charles City. Dang. Then, Richard Louv is coming to speak in Iowa... ""Last Child in the Woods"... is on a mission to re-acquaint the next generation with the out-doors.
Robert Scheer with "The Pornography of Power" without pictures....darn. Post tornado warning ponderings. "Marriage: the Dream that Refuses to Die" no matter how hard we try... Shelia Ambrose-O'Connor. Plus, the world's snottiest song. Then, fuel rustlers are out there.
Lotsa openline... what is too young to allow kids to use a BB gun? A family feud. The, former Iraqi, now Iowan, Julliet Cunnigham and Iowa Marine Ben Hayden, founder of Vets for Freedom, support our Iraq mission. Then, why does Obama's rhetoric resonate with his follower?. The answer.
The Des Moines School Board clipped Jonathan Narcisse's term. Big surprise, huh? Steve Winzenburg hits a home-run with "Employers, meet 'entitlement' Grads." Are drivers slowing down to save gas? Peggy Post with "A Wedding Like No Other". Then, a case of delayed trophy syndrome at Dowling.
Michaelene Fredenburg, founder of Abortion Changes You Outreach, explains her personal story in "Changed". Fox News commentator Greta Van Susteren with a political update...says Democratic Party Hillary supporters are livid about how Hillary was treated. Iowan, Dr. Caroline Crocker, cellular biologist, was also "expelled" by radical Darwinists. She tells the story. Plus, last minute politics on primary day.
Got a quarter in your pocket? Then you have a "Pocketful of History" Jim Noles. George Eichorn wants to run against Senator Tom Harkin. Then, Judy Hintz has a team of successful students and parents. Wow! What an inspiration!
Ed Fallon is running against Congressman Leonard Boswell. Issues...and some tension. Then, maybe Parkersburgcould rebuild the schools with monolithic domes...tornado proof. Is McClellana hero or a goat?
Food vs Fuel. a panel discussion with WHO's Ken Root, Julius Schaaf, Iowa Corn Board...Craig Lang, Iowa Farm Bureau..Bill Couser Iowa Renewable Fuels Associaton...Eldon Meyers, Iowa Petroleum Retailers Association...Bruce Rastetter, Hawkeye Renewables. Lotsa calls.
Robert Zubrin declares "Energy Victory" is possible and talks about winning the war on terror by breaking free of oil. Says ethanol critics are very wrong. Inspirational. Mark Steindescribes how Iowa's borders were drawn. "How the States Got Their Shapes". Then turtles and tornadoes. Spring in Iowa.
Ruth Lycke just back from China talks about the devastation of the earthquake and gives us a progress report on her mission to aid stroke victims. Here's that gas price estimator for your next trip. Then, the Portland Obama rally includes the music group the Decemberists, a group which usually opens their concerts with the Soviet National Anthem.
(editor's note. There are conflicting reports on whether or not the Decemberists opened the rally with their signature Soviet National Anthem. I'm still not certain even after more research...although it appears unlikely they did. It is likely they purged their signature open.)
Then, a systems engineer from Rockwell-Colllins gets fired for resisting the company's mandatory diversity training which requires employees to "accept, celebrate and embrace homosexuality". Tom Meeker and his attorney, Bill Kurth, an Iowa-based Rutherford Institute attorney with the rest of the story.
It's just a matter of time until "Don't ask, don't tell" applies to Christians in the work force.
Andy and Johnathan Hilstrand aboard the"Time Bandit" crab rustlers on the Bering Sea, Deadliest Catch. Congressman Bruce Braley wants to get tough on Agri-processors. Plus, pain at the pump. How bad can it get?
**Drinking Liberally. A local drink tank talks the issues. Enough to drive me to the bottle. Christian Ucles and Amanda Mittlestadt mix it up on the issues. Jerry Falwell's wife and widow, Marcel, writes fondly about her husband. Then, what's behind the Harkin-McCain political tension? Let's go to the short video. Full 17-minute interview here.****
Ira Mehlman from FAIR says the amnesty lobby is using a military appropriation bill to grant amnesty for illegals. Rockwell-Collins fires a Christian employeebecause he won't embrace homosexuality. Microsoft wants Yahoo so they can compete with Google. Randy Skoglund from ATL says it's a good idea for the consumers. Pundit Greg Jacksonsays, "No, the California courts didn't legalize gay marriage....the whole thing is a legal fiction." Jack Martin audits the costs of illegals to Iowa's taxpayers. Worse than you think.
A formal debate. "From Darwin to Hitler : Evolutionary Ethics, Eugenics, and Racism" author and Discovery Institute Fellow, Dr. Richard Weikart debates ISU professor, Dr. Hector Avalos... premise "Was Darwinism MORE significant than Christian anti-Judaism in explaining Nazi ideology". Feel free to post your own response to the debate within the comments section. Then, "Boys Should be Boys" Meg Meeker with an impassioned plea to adults to be adults. Craig Nelson from ProjectUSA says the Postville mess is even worse than we thought. What a scam! Then, Peter Teahen, wants 2nd District Congressman Loebsack's seat.
Tony Colosimo CEO from Artistic Waste Services tells us where we can put it. Nasty dogs and the post office don't mix. What's to be done? Then, Suzy!
"Ignorance is Blitz" so says Professor Anders Henriksson. Then, more gas drive offs in Cedar Rapids than Des Moines... mean less or more honest in Cedar Rapidians? Barbara Corcoran give us a test and takes us to "Nextville". Stephen Bloom takes us to Postville. Insight.
"Ending the Food Fight"...Dr. David Ludwigwants at least a truce. Then the other shoes in the Postville raid continue to fall. Agri-processing, Inc gets the chutzpah award from the National Labor Relations Board... you ain't gonna believe it.
Christopher Reed wants to run against Senator Harkin. Gary Marcus says your brain is a Kluge...a haphazard, clumsy inelegant solution to something. Rep Christopher Rants says this immigration bust shouldn't have been necessary.
Congressman Steve King with insights from the border states and what the Official English law means in Iowa...again, for the hearing impaired. Doris Hamil, NASA scientist, explains the "Challenge of Why". Scott Gray, head lending broker at ING talks about "The Liar's Loan"... predicts housing market bounce back. ICE Raids Agri-Processors in Postville. Benjamin Wiker lists the 10 Books That Screwed Up the World" and tosses in a few more as a bonus.
Bill Bishop say the "Big Sort" is busting up the country. David Sheff writes about his addicted son, Beautiful Boy. Dr. Lyle Rossiter puts "The Liberal Mind" on the coach. And why aren't we buying Bleaux-Ray movies...yet.
"The Last Lecture" the origin of the speech now watched by millions... the Randy Pausch story as told by Jeffrey Zaslow. Then, John Loftonsays President Bush doesn't have a prayer...at least not a Christian one. Vigorous. Meskwakies have lowered the gambling age to 18. Nice thing to do?
Steve Rathje is running against Senator Tom Harkin. Why? Kevin Kwan is a Luck expert. The LiveStrong cycle ride is coming up this weekend. Dr. Richard Deming (medical director of oncology at Mercy Cancer Center), Khristen Cadman, cancer survivor; plus, ride organizer Bridgete Kasik from CityView. State Auditor David Vaudt, says Iowa is going bust while trying to save money. Nuther pizza delivery guy mugged....sigh
Richard Vander Mey Assistant Tama County Attorney gives us a real world look at a bunch o Iowa issues. Then Bishop Harry Jacksonlooks at the theology of Obama and Wright. Are asparagus eaters stalkers? Plant rights, baby.
Lisa Adams during National Pet Week...myths about dogs and cats. Roy Beck from NumbersUSA says Congressman Leonard Boswell is having trouble voting for his own legislation (HR 4088). Iowans need to give him a friendly push. Lotsa openline... an Escalade-driving food stamp recipient? Then, Eight Belles is put down? What happened?
Stupid Wars a snotty look at military disasters. Then, Iowa political nonsense. Lots of it. Then, Iowans play middle school principal with cross-dresser. Whew!
Carly Fiorina proxies for Senator McCain on the issues. Then, former Governor Vilsack outs himself...on illegal immigration. Huge response.
"Safe School Ambassadors" guru Rick Phillips inspires us to think about student power unleashed to deal with school bullies. Rep Chris Rantsevaluates the recent legislative session plus lots spirited conversation.
More high mileage talk...President Bush with a press conference. And Iowa law officers note the importation of Chicago refugees to Iowa are complicating law enforcement. The rest of the story.
A new Polk County court house? Eric Turner and Guy Cook are for it. George Davey is against it. Discussion.
Food prices, gas prices, rice prices...traffic stops and what to do about scoff-laws. Lotsa openline.
Irene Spencer is the survivor of a culture of polygamy. What a story. Shattered Dreams. Lotsa openline. High mileage race results. Then the Day of Silence nonsense again.
Senator Paul Mckinley with a core curriculum update. A story and a video from the Waterloo Currier. Then, a great look at the cost of illegals on our saftey net and educaiton system.
Tony Nashiffis bringing a "Preventing Abuse Conference" to Iowa dealing with ways to end human trafficking in Iowa and US. Found lotsa oil in South Dakota? And the Pope builds a rest stop for illegals on their way to the US.
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Brad Smithchases pests for a livin'.... I may never stay at a motel again....ever. Expelled is in the theatres. Professor Gonzalez is out at ISU. ISU wins the 2008 Campus Outrage Award for classroom bias. Bitter 'bout Obama?
Bill Dix doesn't think we oughta expand the LOST tax state-wide....forever. Then, immigration attorney James Benzoni explains the gospel of open-borders.
Tony Wilson producer of "The Final Season", an Iowa-made baseball inspirational movie. Coming out on DVD this month. "Kitchen Literacy" Ann Vileisis, hates margarine as much as I do. The CIETEC comedy hour continues...then SUZY!
Nancy Redd describes the first act of "Body Drama" a body manual for females...then, local ramblings...Gordon Livingston says "Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart ...Thirty True Things You Need to Know.. Now" then, more ramblin's... let's invent a composite PC cliche victim... let's say a gay, illegal alien guy who is a victim of domestic abuse who decides to open an illegal taco stand....ya can't make up this stuff.
Jacob Weisberg describes "The Bush Tragedy" for better or worse. Then the rights of tobacco users go up in smoke. Lotsa snotty reaction to our new nanny state...and a positive response to the new law.
Stephen Leeb says $100 is bad...$200 dollar oil will be worse. "The Coming Economic Collapse"... Paul Chesser says Iowa has signed onto an agreement with the Center for Climate Strategies which is a front group for global warming zealots.
Tommy Thompson tells of the state-wide TV series "Iowa Sports Heroes"Mary Roach displays her moral cleavage in "Bonk"... Mark Steyn says the west is demographically impaired..."America Alone". Congressman Steve King explains the positive judicial ruling enforcing Iowa's Official English Law. Andrea Farrier worries the Iowa Department of Education is about to de-fund Iowa's home school support system.
An opps. Trapped in a stolen car? Ultimate fighting evil? Steve King wins the argument over English voter registration. Iowa roads are shot...more money? An Iowa coyote is rescued and under repair. Why? Lotsa openline.
Farm ponds, Iowa fisheries, and other curiosities...like vagabond farms. Then, John Godwin (opps) from the Humane Societywants to make it a felony to watch a dog fight. Good idea?
A three thousand year old story explains why "good" people do "bad" things. David Berlinski "The Devil's Delusion" and a supporter of Ben Stein's "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed"...and the upcomingIowapremier.
Lindsey Williams says we are again in the middle of an "Energy Non-Crisis" Then, Iowa has a shedding problem...with poachers. Sometimes shedders get busted and fined. Sometimes they get death threats. The story is amazing.
A follow-up... the wanted poster has been removed and shedders blog about the story.
Grammy award winning musician Andy Statman coming to Des Moines for a concert. Jump on it. 515-279-6452. Abe Goldstien with the story. Then, Bob Edgar with Common Cause. Then, a local hero makes my day. Pizza delivery guy 1...bad guy zero.
How to make money in Iowa child abuse. Plus, a healthline story on an under-diagnosed form of breast cancer. Inflammatory Breast Cancer. Then, Joel Rosenberg with "Dead Heat" ...new novel about middeast tensions... and the collapse of Islam. Dr. John Ratey says exercise is the key to the revolutionary science of exercise and brain health, "Spark". Then, local open borders activists pressure the legislature to keep them that way... "...what would Jesus do?"...
Robert Draper is "Dead Certain" about the Presidency of George Bush. So why would truckers go on strike for a day anyhow? Deal Hudson says "Onward Christian Soldiers" to the growing power of Catholics and Evangelicals.
Tom Coates, Dan Kelly and Cory Stout think expanding gambling to Newton Iowa would be a mistake. Why? Vigorous discussion. Aram Roston says Ahmad Chalabi is the guy "Who Pushed America to War". So what's a Class 8 oil change anyhow?
Des Moines School Board member Jonathan Narcisse calls for an extensive audit of the Des Moines School system. Why? Then, Rep Jeff Kaufman and Rep Jodi Tymeson think Iowa's eminent domain laws need a few more fixes.
Dr. Michael McGregor is a state of the art Iowa dentist. New technologies make dental inroads. Mickey Edwards says he wants to "Reclaim Conservatism" from the fakes. Sue Dinsmore with info on an upcoming "peace" rally. Stu Iverson and Senator Ron Wieck on the stalemate at the Iowa Senate over changes in Iowa's collective bargaining laws.
Iowa House Minority Leader Chris Rants raises alarm over an after midnight power and money grab. Stu Iverson too. Peter Schiff looks at the economy and tries to "Crash Proof" the rest of us. Jack DeEnna says Iowa is way ahead in the development of geothermal heating and cooling. Bishop Harry Jackson explains the Obama factor. Personal Faith Public Policy
Congressman Ron Paul...it's the economy stupid. Senator Paul McKinley...an education update. Iowa Ag Secretary Bill Northey...Ag Day. Iowa is kickin' ag butt. Then, David Barton blows up some judicial myths. Great stuff.
Steven Covey talks about the "Speed of Trust"... applies his insight to recent political scandals. Presidential counselor Ed Gillespie says the president is right about FISA. We need it to protect US from terrorism. Barrack Obama delivers "the speech" on race. Iowans react.
Lotsa open line stuff... Irish, Norwegian, and free-floating anti-humanist trash talk... and it's only Monday.
National media finally catching up on the Obama radical issue. For mature listeners only. Powerful. Then, Suzy.
A basketball abridged Mickelson in the Morning... Dr. Kevin Leman with "Have a New Kid by Friday"...quick tips to fix the kid... plus summarizing Iowa's proposed tobacco ban in 17.3 seconds. Spirited.
Iowa State Auditor David Vaudt says Iowa's credit card is maxed out. Why? Dr. Jerome Corsi says global warming is a scam in search of globaloney. Iowa loses a huge defense contract. George Landrith cries foul.
Ed Fallon is running against Congressman Boswell for the Democratic seat. Congressman King says some spirited stuff about Obama. He takes the heat. Then I find out what kinda gun I am.
Opps... fixed. BTW, the comments weren't made by Obama's pastor, but by Farahkan's once right-hand man.
Senator David Harsuch is worried that Iowa may be importing Oregon's physician-assisted euthanasia through the back door. It's called the POLST Paradigm. Then, the guy runnin' the college says the main purpose of high school isn't to get kids ready for college...it's main purpose is social. No, really....and it's only Monday.
Talk about everything from chin-ups, ditch weed, hemp and Congressman Steve King's re-election. Not necessarily in that order.
Iowa House Minority Leader Chris Rants gives the Republican minority report during funnel week. Issues. Then, lotsa great openline. 'Nuther Day O Silence comes to Iowa. Swell
**John Lofton takes a look the life and times of William F Buckley.*..spirited snotty insights. And what would Jesus say about the capital gains tax? No, really.
Here's the link to the Cactus Cuties. WOW! And the Piebald Deer.....***
"The Long War Ahead and the Short War Upon Us" John Wohlstetter. Plus, lotsa openline.
EA Vander Veer will help you "Facebook: the Missing Manual"... Planned Parenthood doesn't flinch while accepting money from racists. Robert Murphy tells why increasing taxes on oil companies will just bump prices at the pump. Dr. Chad Rohlfsen wants parents to be informed about vaccines.
Bunch of nonsense. Why are there no good songs about Corvettes anyhow? Will the Obama veil o' scales every fall? Then, Joseph Piscatella on the "Road to a Healthy Heart".
The deadline for Iowans to vote on a marriage amendment is approaching... Chuck Hurley, Father Frank Bognano,* Tamara Scott and Dawn Stefanowicz, gay rights victim...talk about the dangers of judge-made same sex marriage in Iowa. Lotsa openline follow-up too. To call *Senator Mike Gronstal, 281-3371 or Rep Pat Murphy 281-3221 to encourage them to Let Iowans Voteon the marriage amendment.
Lotsa great openline... I quit as a nanny. Then, ranking members of the Des Moines School Board talk about local issues. Dick Murphy, Connie Boesen, and Ginny Strong.
David Reynolds writes about "Summits: Six Meetings That Shaped the Twentieth Century"...better to talk than shoot. Chuck Hurley wants the Iowa legislature to give Iowans the right to vote on the gay marriage issue. Children's Bill of Rights? Then, researchers from Iowalive give us a state-of-the state of Iowa's education report. Emergency!
Much great talk on the state of Iowa education. I mean, Great talk.... The most positive stuff in a long time. Big smile!
Senator Brad Zaun says he's trying to take the profit out of divorce. Lotsa powerful conversation. Then, Davenport wants to hold parents accountable for children's misbehavior. So the ACLU is suing them. SIGH....
Check out Iowa's New Math Standards... :)
First, Representative Lance Horbach with a smoking ban update. Scary and Hilarious. Senator Paul McKinley with a progress report on SF 3097...he concludes this isn't about raising the standards of Iowa's education system, but a power grab by educrats to kill off local control. Worse, the core of the core curriculum is rotten (constructivist).
And for something really different... last week I had a chance to visit the Jacobson Academy at George Washington Carver Elementary school in Des Moines. It is a co-operative effort amongst the school, the Boys and Girls Club of Central Iowa and Judy Hintz from Educational Resources. It is a pilot program designed as an afternoon after school remedial program for academically distress kids. I was invited to a roundtable discussion of the evaluation of phase one....about 4 months into the program. Plus a sample of the actual classroom demonstration. Very cool. (Please excuse the poor camera work... I'm a radio guy, ok? with an el cheapo flip cam)
Former Congressman Billy Tauzin is now the President and CEO of Pharma USA, promoting the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease. Then, a couple of federal probation officers want to clear the path for former felons to get work. Mike Elbert and Burt Maroney are launching the I-80 Re-entry Job Fair Expo.
More Iowa anti-smoking nannyism. Lutherans lead us not unto temptation.... ok, so we had trouble focusing. It's Monday, OK?
Blessman Medical Ministries is looking for Iowans who would like to take a mission trip to South Africa. Then, a report on a great literacy project at George Washington Carver Elementary school. Alfred Regnery takes us "Upstream" with a look at recent American conservative history. Then, should Iowa hide our ethanol stickersat the gas pump to bump sales?
Extra! Some folks have asked for additional information about Iowa's math and literacy slide. A couple of places with explanations and solutions.
Stewart Iverson is the new head of the Iowa Republican Party. He wants to pump you up. Ed Fallon wants Congressman Leonard Boswell's job. Q&A. Jerome Corsisays Senator John McCain isn't really a political maverick conservative. Corsi says McCain is just bought and paid for....by GEORGE SOROS? Huh? The story.
Frederick Kaufman cough's up the short history of the "American Stomach"... his book blows chunks...or was that Cotton Mather? Jonathan Narcisse with a diversity plan update. "This Glorious Struggle"...Edward Lengel reads Washington's mail. Senator Paul McKinley says just when you thought they couldn't mess up Iowa's educational establishment any more, it gets worse. Then, former Congresswoman Susan Molinari says Iowa's railroads are workin' just fine. Don't mess with 'em.
Dr. Stephanie Anestis says she can tell you alot about your T-Factor....just be lookin' at how long your ring finger is... you're gonna hafta listen to find out if you're normal... :) Then, Scotty Taylor talks about inflamation and diet. Coping with the cold in Iowa. Chatter
Lester Brown, President of Earth Policy Institute, says we need another energy future. "Plan B 3.0" is his new plan to mobilize to save civilization. Justin LaVan gives us a NICHE update on legislative home school issues. Lotsa great openline.
Chuck Coppessays the currency sky is falling. "American's Financial Reckoning Day". 800-775-6396 The Iowa Board of Regents "Expelled" Iowa State University astronomy Professor Guillermo Gonzalez. Chuck Hurley, Casey Luskin, Mark Mathis express what needs to be expressed. OUTRAGE. Congressman Steve Kingwith an update.
Bill Higgins from ING Directtalks about the sub-prime crisis and the short term future of housing. Then, Dobson nukes McCain...and says he'll vote for Romney... who quits. Iowa Regents fire Professor Gonzales....without comment. I have plenty though
Mark Lynas with "Six Degrees Could Change the World"... upcoming National Geographic special on global warming. Iowa digging out of the blizzard, while Iowa politicians plan to bury us in new spending. Lotsa great conversation.
Senator Paul McKinley says Iowa's education slide is going to get worse if new math standards are implemented. Feedback. Then, Mickelson apologizes to Bill Clinton. Yup.
Bill Jepsen with "Iowa's Automobiles" 515-432-8807. Great Stories. *Dr. David Saggau, an ophthalmologist from Wolf Clinic, with a treatment for AMD (wet age-related macular degeneration) Then, Culver dips into OPM for votes. Feds want their money back. Selfish B#$SRDS.
Mel Pins from the Somerset Neighborhood Association says its time to shut down gypsy food stands. Good idea? The Second 9 Months with Vicki Glembocki with the travails of momma-hood. New York media trash talks Senator Grassley. WHAT? Lotsa chatter, then, Susy!
Lotsa openline. Republican debate feedback. Economic stimulus debate. Elaina Newport from Capitol Steps gets snotty in Iowa...coming to ISU soon. Cool.
Iowans field phone and internet fraud scams. Is there such a thing as affordable insurance? Merrill Mathews says yes to MSAs. Havin' a cold wave and propane cost spikes....yikes!
Kari Houston from Alliance for American Manufacturing is keeping track of jobs lost to China in the past few years...just in the Super Tuesday states. Then, a bunch of modest proposals...why are Iowa libraries under-funded? Separation of Sports and state?
Peter Schiff tells how to profit from the coming economic collapse... "Crash Proof". Plus, The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Middle East". Martin Sieff with some great history. Can Iowa even run a school lunch program?
"Gotcha Capitalism: How Hidden Fees Rip You Off Every Day and what You Can Do About It"...Bob Sullivan teaches some great stuff. Jonathan Narcisse with a school board update. Roger Munn explains Hawk-i (Healthy and Well Kids in Iowa) 800-257-8563. Who qualifies and why. Lotsa openline chatter.
Mark Booth blabs out the whole "Secret History of the World"...secret societies and all that. Then, an Iowa Valley girl drops the F-Bomb on Jesus. Whoops.
Congressman Steve King save us a bunch of money on SCHIP. The rest of the story. Then, lotsa openline conversation. Everything from Ron Paul taking on Bernanke, to who gets the Roe in Roe v Wade presidential endorsement?
Jerry Fleagletells the Gov to stick the bottle bill where the sun don't shine. Dr. Robert Morey blows the whistle on the Nation of Islam and the Obama-Farakhan connection. Vigorous.
How much does it take to raise a family in Iowa? Beth Pearson from the Iowa Policy Projecttakes a look. Then Obama says America suffers from a severe moral. deficit. Iowans agree, and come up with their own list.
Jonathan Wells say life has a design that's tough to miss. "The Design of Life"... ya almost have to work at missing it. Lotsa openline.
David Bossie with "Hillary, the Movie"... McCain-Feingoldprevents him from advertising his own movie... GAWD!... Then, jihad at the Statehouse an Islamic opening prayer. Gordon Fischer defends Judge Robert Hanson on his DOMA ruling. Much great conversation.
Tea talk. "The Ulitmate Tea Diet" Mark "Dr. Tea" Ukra. Interesting, trust me. Then, Major, now Ambassador Chuck Larson, with an account of "Heroes Among Us". Lotsa talk.
The first day of the Iowa legislative session is off an running... sort of. Governor Culver's complete State of the State Address...sorry. Then, speech feedback.
So, what about the twins, separated at birth, who meet, fall in love....get married. A wonderful mess. Judge busted up the marriage. Right decision? Bunch of great conversation.
Lotsa openline. Obama redux. Spirited. Chuck Hurley, Rev. Monte Knudson, Rev Dan Berry, Rev Mike Kelstrom join forces to protect the family. LET US VOTE! Then, Suzy.
Lotsa meaning of life traffic conversation. Silly. Then juvenile justice is juvenile. And how about Iowa test scores?
So, what's the truth about Obama's church? Kyle-Anne Shiver Obama's Alinsky Jujitsu. Oh, in case you are still having warm fuzzies about that Islam thing? Here's what they tell themselves. Jennifer Roback Morsesays the US population explosion amongst single moms has been misunderstood. "Smart Sex" is safer and better. More conversation.
Obama fever? Will it last? What's the substance? Dr. Stephen Baskerville says while we're worried about gay marriage, real marriages are really at risk. Powerful. Lotsa great conversation.
Larry Winget says "You're Broke Because You Want to Be" . Chad Thompson advocates "Loving Homosexuals Like Jesus Did". Plus, here's the Hawkins homeschool family video. (play Cletus take the reel too...a hoot)
Iowa Caucus feedback. Odds and Ends. A great NYT column by Brooks. Silly? How cold was it?**
Bruce Braley for Edwards. Senator McCain. Senator Chris Dodd. Gordon Fischer for Obama. Dave Contarinofor Governor Richardson. Congressman Ron Paul, with Judge Roy Moore. Newt Gingrich with caucus talk. And Huckabee does Leno. The Iowa Caucus blues.
Angela Anderson from WGIR Manchester, NH talks about the steop after Iowa. Bay Buchannan proxies for Mitt Romney. Governor David Beasley proxies for Governor Huckabee. Former Iowa Congressman Berkley Bedell proxies for Obama. Alan Keyes speaks for himself. Steve Murphy for Governor Bill Richardson. Senator Joe Biden. Congressman Steve King for Senator Fred Thompson.
Weekend talking head redux. Senator Fred Thompson. Drinking Liberally with Christian and Amanda. Bill Salier wants Judge Hanson to be impeached. Here's the petition to take to the Iowa Caucus.****
From FAIR's Radio Row on immigration. Senator Chuck Grassley. Jerry Patterson a Fred Thompson proxy, second amendment advocate. Peter Gadiel, 9-11 Families for a Secure America, keeping track of damage caused by illegals. Jerome Corsi, "The Late Great USA" columnist for World Net Daily. Talk host Roger Hedgecock and local activist, Christian Ucles. Governor Mike Huckabee on immigration.
FAIR's Iowa Radio Row. Buncha heavy hitters. First, an Iowa horror story with some brave Iowans. Meet the Kilborns. Then, Senator John McCain, Senator Fred Thompson on the Bhutto murder and on immigration, Border, the Movie. Chris Burgard is the producer. Then, Ambassador Keyes, Congressman Ron Paul. Lotsa immigration talk.
John Hofmeister, President of Shell Oil Company, in Iowa to assess our energy futureand call upon politicians to permit US to develop our own resources. Articulate. Dan Stein from FAIRis bringing a Radio Row of talk hosts from around the country to focus upon illegal immigration. Roy Beck from Numbers USA assesses the immigration records of the presidential candidates. Bill Sammon invites us to "Meet the Next President" .. .what you don't know about the candidates.
*Lisa McClowry.. "Before the Tree Comes Down" a great new song for the troops. Then, extended conversation about Mitt Romney's Couric moment talking about "secret cameras" on the Mickelson show.
And for the record. What is the official LDS position on abortion?
"In today's society, abortion has become a common practice, defended by deceptive arguments. Latter-day prophets have denounced abortion, referring to the Lord's declaration, "Thou shalt not . . . kill, nor do anything like unto it" (D&C 59:6). Their counsel on the matter is clear: Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints must not submit to, perform, encourage, pay for, or arrange for an abortion. Church members who encourage an abortion in any way may be subject to Church discipline.?
That the church does not hold its members to its standard with consistency isn’t a measure of the standard, but of the church’s consistency. Mickelson***
Iowa political talk. Why can't politicians talk about Christmas? Lots stuff. Then, whoops, Governor Romney decides to re-write history at Mickelson's expense in a response to a Katie Couric question. BULLHOCKEY! The video.
Congressman Ron Paul. On MoveON.org funding his campaign? Is Mike Huckabee a facist? What is Just War Theory? On rebuilding the Constitution On Iran's nuclear aspriations. Then, Jeff Traviss with TV Tech Talk. Senator Fred Thompson trying to get a second wind in Iowa.
Dr. Robert Bender and Susan Heun from The Johnny & Romie Orr Center for Healthy Aging & Memory Loss. Alzheimer prevention and repair. Suzette Jensen, Joe Henry and Mary Brubaker with Save and Support Our Schools. Upcoming school board meetingwill consider buying the Wallace-Homestead building. Input. Congressman Steve Kingendorses Senator Fred Thompson. Stunned? Not the Only One. And a Danish journalist, Martin Krasnik, is trying to figure out Iowa politics. He joins the club.
Anna Post updates us on the latest social graces... Wedding Parties. 'Nuther Republican debate for Iowa? IOWA DEMOCRATS SAY THEY WANNA CONTROL ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION... HELL FREEZES OVER!!!!.. Then, Suzy.
Arkansas Republicans debate the Huckaboom. Then, Dr.Gary Cass says Mormon theology defames Christianity.
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Libby McDonald looks at "The Toxic Sandbox: The Truth About Environmental Toxins and Our Children's Health". She wants Iowans to get the lead out. Mary Matilin supports Senator Fred Thompson. Rich Lowery from the National Review endorses Mitt Romney. And did Governor Huckabee make a error in questioning Mormon theology?
So what rights to carry weapons do Iowans have anyway? Roger Burdette from Iowa Carry, Inc explains. Then, an Iowa victim of illegal behavior by illegal aliens...an eloquent think-piece by a Marshalltown mom. Powerful.
Reaction to the Obama-Oprah Iowa event. Josh Arnest is the Iowa proxy for Obama.. Issues. Then, a truly heroic figure needs to be honored. A volunteer security guard a church in Colorado saves lives.
Bishop H Jackson evaluates the Romney Mormon speech. Iowans think about the Omaha massacre. Guns, Drugs, Divorce...etc? All of the above? Jay Seculowsupports the Romney speech and cause.
Lisa Guernsey takes us "Into the Minds of Babes". Senator Fred Thompsonwants to be president. Judy Hintz from Educational Resources fixes kids and inspires us all.
Congressman Tom Tancredo with Iowa presidential politics. Then, openline...lotsa conversation.
Greg Jacksonand Paul Dinger are Boston political pundits. They say Gov Mitt Romney is the most liberal candidate of either party. Vigorous conversation. Gary DeMar says we oughta be careful of mixing eschatology and politics. Then, did that "gay general" ask a good question or not?
Governor Mike Huckabee takes the likely caucus vote lead in Iowa and talks with WHO listeners. Wow...along with the entire known press corps. Then Casey Luskin from Discovery Institute is trying to help Professor Guillermo Gonzalezachieve tenure. Lotsa talk
A guy who read all the direction and conducted "The Smartphone Experiment" Pierre Khawand. How to pick a phone. Then, retired General Ed Soyster from Human Rights First says his organization wants to convince future presidents visiting Iowa to reject any forms of torture of enemy combatants. Spirited conversation.
It's C-Span day. We talk with folks all over the country, including *Dr. John Lott, "Freedomnomics". Pat Buchanan, "Day of Reckoning". Senator John McCain. And Des Moines Register political columnist David Yepsen.***
"Nearly Human : The Gorilla's Guide to Good Living" Andrew Y Grant talks the talk. Then, NBC Nightly News wants to know what Iowans really think about the immigration issue. Joel Gilbert says "Farewell Israel"** is more than a documentary about the history of the middle east, but the far to certain fate of Israel if we don't stop misunderstanding the nature of the conflict. Insightful.
"Smoozing with Terrorists" Aaron Klein evaluates the Annapolis Summit. Tom Coates (Consumer Credit of Des Moines 287-6428) says bad debt is swallowing up Iowa's wealth. Then, the cop call from hell. Whew.
Barry Libert says "We Are Smarter Than Me"... should I be offended? Then, West Des Moines wants to fine parents who allow kids to have beer parties at their house. Good idea?
Suzanne Lee talks with Tom Fleming from the Rockford Institute...editor of Chronicles Magazine.
Suzanne Lee talking about finding a cure for autism. And the links between vaccines and autism.**
TV 13 political reporter Dave Price with some insights into the presidential race in Iowa. "Raceopoly" a new variation on the Monopoly Games based upon the Knoxville Raceway. Call 641-842-5431 to order. Then Congressman Steve King on Sanctuary Iowa.
Hog stink redux. An Iowa farmer, Jim Hansaker explains how it works. Then, Rev Catherine Quehl-Engel and Attorney Lorrie Chesser talk about a faith-based Iowa immigration policy.
Fox News political reporter Carl Cameron with Iowa political campaign insights. Then, Iowa energy talk and what's that smell?
Brent Bozell trys to clean up the Hillary"Whitewash" Presidential candidate Ron Paul talks about the dollar's slide. So does historian Thomas Fleming, the Continental dollar, that is. "The Perils of Peace". Great story teller. Then why do Iowa sports programs have player behavior problems?
NOVA does the IDthing. Casey Luskin is the legal rep for Discovery Institute...says the NOVA program wasn't even close to objective. Rebuttal. Michael Prichett with "The Melancholy Fate of Captain Lewis". Senator Grassley says "No endorsement" to any of his party's presidential candidate....so far.
Nonie Darwish says "Now They Call ME Infidel" Why I Renounced Jihad for America, Israel and the War on Terror. Then Mark Mathis, producer of "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed" a documentary on the ID war in American Universities. A Grinell college kid says Hillary stacked the questions at a campaign stop. Congressman Tom Tancredo says terrorists are coming across the border too. Lotsa openline.
A Republican activist researcher targets Hillary. Robert Morrow. He says it's worse that we remember. Then, M. Stanton Evans says the untold story of Senator Joe McCarthy was "Blacklisted by History". More coal for Iowa? Joe Lucas from Americans for Balanced Energy.
Dr. Henry Lodge tells how to be "Younger Next Year". (Time machine) Peter LaBarbera from American's for Truthexposes stuff which should remain un-exposed. (This site contains graphic iky-ness) Senator Sam Brownback endorses Senator John McCain. Then, Suzy.
"Co-Ed Combat", the new evidence that women shouldn't fight the nation's wars. Kinglsey Browne Then, Captain Jeff Struecker on "The Road to Unafraid" the inside story of "Blackhawk Down"... gonna be speaking at Grace Church this weekend to honor vets. Then, the silliness ensues.
Amity Shlaes remembers "The Forgotten Man" how we survived the Great Depression despite the political class. Then, "Prude" and why that's a GOOD thing. Carol Platt Liebau. Pat Robertson endorses Rudy? Sign of the Apocalypse?
Renee Rongenis an advocate for open adoption in Iowa sponsored by Catholic Charities...what an inspiration. Jonathan Narcisse updates us from the Des Moines School Board. Then, is the energy sky is falling?
**Mr. Pat says we under-mis-estimate Islam to our detriment. Then, Hillary gets an endorsement in Iowa from AFSCME. What does that mean?**
David Limbaugh says the Democratic Party is "Bankrupt". Business strategist John Gochenour says the rest of us are too plus, our own technology could fix it, but we are exporting it to China. Congressman Duncan Hunter is trying to keep GM from shipping our best new energy efficient car designs to China too.
Dinesh D'Souza explains "What's so Great About Christianity"... what a smart guy! At an Iowa traffic stop , about 20 illegal aliensjump out and head for the corn fields. Now what? And Gov Culver makes his new racial and gay diversity quotas permanent. Now what?
Computer security expert David Perry from Trend Micro offers a bunch of techie advice. Very useful. Then, flag foldingjoins the culture war...unbelievable. An Iowa kindergarten teacher says a picture of a kid with a dead pheasant promotes violence. Sends picture home. Sigh. And Iowa is putting sales tax on Halloween pumpkins. Don't worry, if you plan to eat them you can get an exemption form. If you didn't know that in time, you can still get a rebate. And Ron Paul made the Tonight Show. Paulists loved it. You may have downed way too much Halloween candy when..... Big Smile
Richard North Patterson, novelist, looks at "The Race"...nasty politics are icky. Then, a guys beats the hell out a car thief and he's the one charged with something. How much do illegal immigrantsREALLY cost Iowans. Yup, there's a study. David Osterberg and Beth Pearson with the rest of the story.
Matt Spivey… Pastor Dan Berry Cornerstone Family Church highlight the African Children's Choir returning to Des Moines November 11. "What's Love Got to Do With It? a Harvard researcher teaches parents how to talk about "it". John Chirban. Then, the 1st Annual Tribute to Veterans Career Fair. Iowa Work Force Development. Then, is Governor Culver's new diversity mandate just another affirmative action scam?
Congressman Ron Paul with presidential issues. Campaigning in Iowa. Dr. Chuck Baldwinsays American Christians are gullible. Dana Starkell is a world-class paddler and classic guitarist. Plays purdy. Dr. Jeffrey Zweerink is a world class star-gazer with a Reason to Believe.
Mayor Rudy Giuliani with presidential politics. Jan Flora with a report on population explosion of Iowa's pork populations, CAFO's and sustainability. "Steroid Nation" ESPN reporter Shaun Assael takes a peek at illegal pects.
Yup, Senator Dick Durbin is pushing the Dream Actto a vote, granting an incremental, back-door amnesty. Again. So, what should Iowans do? Call La Raza Harkin? Paul Mero declares "The Natural Family" Manifesto. Great book...discount for WHO listeners. 888-773-6782 Plus, lotsa open-line.
"Twenty-Three Minutes in Hell"... Bill Wiese says he's been there done that. Iowa State Senator Paul McKinley with some concerns about ethanol tax credits and Iowa education issues.
Dr. Mark Liponis gives us a health test to guess our "Ultra-Longevity". (I'm a tortoise...you'll have to take the test yourself to find out) Richard Gamble talks about"The Great Tradition".. .what does it mean to be educated.. then, is the cure to single motherhood really marriage? Nope.
Representative Wayne Ford with some ideas on school and prison reform. Steve Milloy takes a shot at ethanol. Lotsa openline.
John Perkins spills the "The Secret History of the American Empire". Dr. Mark Moyar is the guy who wasn't qualified to teach history at the University of Iowa...he's in the wrong party. Plus, Senator Harkin earmarks $500,000 for LaRaza. Oh, good.
John Ratzenberger wants to "Keep it Made in America". Town Hall Meeting Tonight Oct 17th Hy-Vee Hall 730 Third Street... free to public. Ames Holbrook is "The Deporter" a former Deportation Officer who blows the whistle on US release of foreign criminals into our country. Fierce
Wally World is selling a Chinese-built talking Jesus action figure. Swell? Betty Ahrens from I-CAN says the Bush veto of S-CHIP expansion needs to be over-ridden. Bruce Chapmanis another fellow talking about political bias in Iowa's university system.
Attorney Roxanne Conlintalks about the Microsoft lawsuit settlement. How can Iowans get bucks. Then, some Arkansans are still bugged with then Governor Huckabee's pardon of a nasty fellow.
Robert Spencer is skeptical that the call of 130 Muslim scholars around the globe calling for "peace and understanding" is genuine. Why? "Religion of Peace?" Why Christianity is and Islam Isn't. An Iowa county settled a Ragbrai related lawsuit for big bucks. And banned all future Ragbrais from their county. Now what? Then, Susy.
Des Moines school suspension rates are too high. So now what. Michael Hurley and Carie Lemack are in Iowa to address international nuclear terrorism. Dave Busiek from KCCI explains how they got video on the bridge junk hurlers.
Iowa's youth vote. A Wall Street Journalpiece on high school kids getting extra credit for political activism. Then, what happened to diversity in the history departmentat University of Iowa? The score is Democrats 27, Republicans 0 on the history staff. HUGE reaction.
Josh Dorner is the National Spokesman for Global Warming for the Sierra Club. A report. "Destination Iowa: getting to a Sustainable Bio-fuels Future" Then, lotsa open line time. Everything from the technical meaning of "knocked-up" to Bush becoming a Universalist..
From Upper Nile State Legislative Assembly, Marthi Nuyamal Choat tells the story of southern Sudan and why there are so many Sudanese Iowans. Then, what's a sniper to do when he's busted? Great conversation. Columbus Day? Some uncomfortable history for Columbus bashers.
Marcus Luttrell was the "Lone Survivor" of the lost heroes of Seal Team 10. Oh my gosh...what a story. Congressman Steve King with S-CHIP redux. Congressman Tom Tancredo in Iowa supporting a constitutional amendment to protect marriage.
Lotsa open-line conversation... Mike Duncan from the Republican National Committeedefends Bush veto of the S-CHIPfunding. Senator Grassleysays the veto was unjustified.
Mark Penn with "Micro Trends" ... caffeinated, tattooed, archer-moms? Huh? Restaurant toddler tyrants? Then, Michael Novak is coming to Iowa to speak at Vermeer. Career and Calling 800-919-7307 if you want to go.
Harkin and gays in the military redux. Senator Harkin lectures General Pace on the morality of homosexual behavior. Then, Craig Smithlooks at the future price of oil, gas, gold and currency. 800-289-2646
So, why can people smell and hear their neighbors anyhow? Poor building codes? Then, Senator Harkin has decided that homosexual and adulterous behavior should be added the Uniform Code of Military of Justice.
Alveda King inspires for life. Hod Ben Zvi is a peace activist from Jerusalem. Bill Sammon writes about "The Evangelical President" and the president's spread of moral democracy. Bob Edgar from Common Cause wants public financing of elections. Congressman Steve King wants to re-evaluate the federal funding levels of Iowa's Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).
Follow-up to the Alveda King-Roosevelt High School issue. Openline. A great foodie, Russ Parson with "How to Pick a Peach". Then, Urbandale is over-run with deer. Don't feed 'em?
"Lives Per Gallon: the True Cost of Our Oil Addiction" Terry Tamminen gives us the price tag. Roosevelt High School yanks an invitation to speak from Alveda King, niece of MLK. She thinks civil rights for black folks begins before they are born. Not welcome at Roosevelt High School. Kim Lehman from Iowa Right to Life with the story. Alexis McGee from ForclosureS.Com says there's money ta be made in them thar foreclosures. Bishop Jackson says race relations in the US need lotsa work. Including Roosevelt High School's dissing of Alveda King.
Editor Note: Mrs. Kathie Danielson, Principal of Roosevelt High school later in the day clarified the cancellation. She said the controversial nature of the presentation didn't give the administration sufficient time to notify parents. Mrs. Danielson has committed to including Alveda King in a future assembly as part of Black History Month.
So the Western Civ Prof gets the sackfor calling the Bible fairy tales. The rest of the story. Then, what's wrong with traffic checks anyhow?
"The Coming China Wars" Peter Navarro. A very strong interview. Gary Gagliardi with Sun Tzu's "The Art of War" lessons for Iraq. Then, the Hawk-I insurance plan for low income kids is brokeand asking the feds for bucks.
Brad Smith is a kinder and gentler bug assassin. Bugs, bats and snake stories. YUCK! Mike Andrews from the Intercollegiate Studies Institutesays kids who attend ivy league schools emerge with even less historical knowledge than with what they started. Here's the quiz.
Pornography ain't a big deal, says Debbie Nathan. Bill Dane says the open borders people are back again with another end around amnesty. "I got tazed by the campus police and all I got was this stinkin' T-shirt". "Don't Taze Me, Bro!" Bob McCarty. And bail out Iowa flood victims? What would Grover do?
Alan Keyes is running for President again. Rob Montzwith a Hillary Care response. Then, the Vietnam War Memorial is vandalized. An Iowan with a report. Jonathan Narcisse was elected to the Des Moines School Board. We can almost hear sweat breaking out.
Frank Miniter with "The Politically Incorrect Guide to Hunting". Bambi is out to get us. What to do? Then, is eating too much corn on the cobreally gluttony? Plus, more on the 14th Amendment scam.
Dr. Michael McGregor is a dental artist. A health line for the mouth. "Omnivore's Dilemma" Iowa's corn makes us the center of the food universe. Michaell Pollan Then, Mayor Rudy GiulianiRepublican front-runner with issues. Then, Suzy!
Jim Wallis is in Iowa speaking for Iowans for Sensible Priorities, on "God's Politics". Then, require motorcyclists to wear helmets? Then, Charlie Savage with "Takeover: the Return at the Imperial Presidency".
Bill Salier is organizing a petition drive to call for the impeachment of a lawless Iowa judge who legislated from the bench.. Father Frank Bognanno says gay marriage is an oxy-moron. Then, Iowa country singer Jason Brown. Purdy tunes.
911 Day sounds to remember. Then, David Bellavia. "House to House". A much decorated American soldier with a powerful story of intensity and heroism. You MUST listen. Please.
Senator John McCain and Senator Fred Thompson with issues. The term "sex offender" is offensive. And the real culprits in Iowa's brush with gay marriage are Governor Culver and Senator Mike Gronstal. Why? BTW, the LA Times featured WHO Radio and Mickelson's program.
Chuck Hurley and Mike Hartwig from the Iowa Family Policy Council react a judge's overturning of Iowa's gay marriage ban. Lotsa discussion.
Ravi Batra says all economic hell is shortly gonna break loose, then "The New Golden Age" can begin. So, what's an imprecatory prayer anyhow. A world class example. Then, Iowa Representative Jeff Kaufmann author of the bill which "fixed" Iowa's eminent domain law is worried about new takings wrinkles.
Ok, it's summer-fall and school is starting and already dismissing early for heat...should be move Iowa to a year around schedule. Great Iowa conversation. Gov. Mike Huckabeewith issues.
Don Feder has some fun at the expense of a Dutch bishop. Allah darn nit anyhow. Then, Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson says the Michael Vick come to Jesus apology is a scam.
Dick Fredericks and Dr. Gene Fokken from Iowalive, talk about what to do to repair the damage to Iowa's education system. Then, lotsa openline with a couple of modest proposals.
Bob Dane from FAIR describes what the "sanctuary status" means. Dave Leach, activist and musician, says social conservatives are wrong about immigration and makes a Biblical case for open borders.
"Statements of the LDS First Presidency" answers the question definitively. "Is there such a thing as a pro-choice Mormon"? Gary James Bergera says, "No"? Congressman Steve Kingwith his own progress report on the Iraq War.
It's the semi-often Something Stupid Day... ridding ourselves of stupidity build-up syndrome. SDS.
Applying the "investment model" to Iowa's education system. Uncomfortable questions for uncomfortable taxpayers. Then, when did Iowa join the ranks of "sanctuary states"? The rest of the story.
Jonathan Narcisse wants to on the Des Moines School Board. PLLLLEEEZZZZEEEE ! For the love of GAWD...elect him this time so the rest of us can get some peace. Thank you very much. Then, to whack or not to whack , that is the question.
Psychic Suzy does her thing at the Fair. Mark Barabak from the LA Times talks about Iowa politics. Then, Senator Fred Thompson with presidential talk. See the video here.
Lotsa openline from the Iowa State Fair. The question is, "What needs to be done to restore Iowa's education system?"
Robert Spencer "The Religion of Peace" Why Christianity Is and Islam isn't. Extraordinarily powerful. Then, maybe the atheist guy in Ames is right. Senator Joe Biden with presidential issues.
Tom Matzzi, Washington director of MoveON.org and Sue Dinsdale Iowa's "Iraq Summer Campaign" are targeting Senator Chuck Grassley and Congressman Latham. Plus, Congressman Tom Latham and Republican Minority Leader John Boehner on the issues. Openline.
Professor John Klindt and consumer advocate Tom Coats report that the slot machines on military bases are causing gambling addictions and economic hardships for our troops. Congressman Mike Pence introduces legislation to protect talk shows. Congressman Tom Tancredo with pre-straw poll issues. And Congressman Duncan Hunter.
And here's the video of Thursday's Ron Paul visit.
**Congressman Ron Paul, Newt Gingrich, Senator Sam Brownback, and Governor Mike Huckabeeat the opening day of the Iowa State Fair.****
The Iowa Straw Poll vote is open to machine-based vote fraud, says Jim Condit Jr and Bob Schultz. "Nonsense" says Iowa Republican Party Ex Director Chuck Laudner. Professor Doug Jones, election fraud expert from University of Iowa evaluates current technology. Then, Gov Mitt Romney's pro-life transformation is now complete.
Greg D'Angelo says the SHIP (State Children's Health Insurance Program) is just another unsustainable middle-class entitlement program. Then, a great example of media spin. This time Mickelson is the target. The tape examples. Congressman Duncan Hunter with an issues update. Openline.
Chuck Laudner is Executive Director of the Iowa Republican Party. Talks about the recent Iowa Republican debate at Drake, the Iowa Straw Poll and a new direction for the Iowa Republican Party. Steve Forbes gives feedback on the debate for Giuliani.. Bob Vanderplatts for Huckabee. Senator Sam Brownback for himself. Bill Salier for Congressman Tom Tancredo. And a response to the Romney interviewcoverage.
Fred Heads describe their malady. Paul Smith and Richard Rios are volunteers. Then, another ISU professor attacks faith symbols...this time Warren Blumenfeld is shocked to find a cross in a chapel. Plus lots openline.
Video note! After some debate, here's the re-posting of Thursday's intense exchange with Gov Mitt Romney.
A technical note... All of the in-studio presidential interviews are video taped for later webcasting. Normally, as in this case, they are shot with two fixed cameras by the webcaster. He and the cameras are highly visible. The cameras are mounted on tripods just a few feet from the guest and host. Most of the time the interviews are mixed down for time and composition, as in the recent Senator John McCain interview. In this case the complete one camera feed was posted so no later issues of "editing" could be raised. (and because Mickelson looks crappy on camera... ed. note)
Jan Mickelson here.. . thanks for the feedback.... here's some of my own.
Gov Tommy Thompson campaigns in Iowa. Gov Mitt Romney campaigning... a very intense conversation. Here's the video. A shorter video. Then, Jerome Corsiwith the "Late Great USA" an expose of the proposed Security and Prosperity Partnership.
Congressman Geoff Davis from Kentucky and Iowa Congressman Tom Latham join us from Washington. Issues. How about reparations for the US taxpayers for Iraq war costs? Then, "What High Schools Don't Tell You"... how to get your kid ready. Elizabeth Wissner-Gross.
History nuggets I discovered while doing summer reading. The current state of terror. Then, Senator Byrd says pit bulls are innocent peace lovin' creatures until they are corrupted by football players.
The continuing stolen car saga...can we keep what is going on in California away from Iowa? Then, some campaign literatureI found in the church parking lot is actually inspirational.
Former Iowa Governor Terry Branstad sits in for Jan Mickelson. He's President of Des Moines University. Progress report.
If California can confiscate the vehiclesof illegals or scofflaws, why can't Iowa? And Iowa's Board of Regents still can't decide upon arming campus security guards...sigh. The, Steve Deace "Without a Vision: the People Perish"then, an Iowa mom wants the troops home from Iowa. Sue Dinsdale
Dana Mecumtalks about collectible cars and an upcoming car auction. Scott Taylor warns about Lyme Disease...it's the season. Then, car theft stories...
Congressman Tom Tancredo in Iowa after the presidency. Issues. Congressman Duncan Hunter in Iowa after the presidency. Issues Robert Novak, the "Prince of Darkness" knows where the bodies are buried.. Senator John McCain in Iowa after the presidency (see shocking video below). Issues. Phyliss Schlafly wants to be on the record for Congressman Tancredo. Issues.
Senator Sam Brownback is in Iowa pursuing the presidency. Ted Baehr reviews a couple of movies...the new Harry Potter movie and the new Adam Sandler movie, "I Now Pronounce you Chuck and Larry" (the last segment with Rowan Scarborough is lost in technical purgatory...sorry)
Rauch on the River...neked perverts are cavorting along the Raccoon River...again...annoying family canoeing expeditions and puzzling the taxpayers....again. Then, Cheryle Hart says your diet may be making you crazy. "The Feed Good Diet".. Iowa is making world news for our prison population diversity rates. Tommy Thompson talks about practical solutions for stuff.
Bishop Perry Jackson says Senator Ted Kennedy is trying to sneak another hate crimes billinto a defense package. Why is it a threat your 1st Amendment rights? Then extended coverage of Senator Tom Harkin's part in the US Senate all-nighteron voting for US withdrawal from Iraq. Iowans respond.
Deirdre Barrett with "Waistland"...why two-thirds of us are concerned about weight and what to do about it. Then a world-class tip to a waitress gets us started on the etiquette of tipping.
"The Natural Family" Allan Carlson has a manifesto to re-build the US family. (Spence publishing has a deal for WHO listeners. For every tenth personal email to webmaster@spencepublishing.com a WHO listener will get a free book...do it!) Then, who keeps flunking the marshmallow test? Plus, why not use horse racing money for a better purpose?
Hindus open the US Senate with a meditation...and a protest. Brown hamburger and the frozen mystery meat. Don Yaeger says "It's Not About the Truth" The Untold Story about the Duke Lacrosse Case and the Lives It Shattered... Congressman Duncan Hunter with presidential politics. Then, if Iowa is a sanctuary state, why did they bust illegals in Marshalltown? Plus Suzy.
More ethanol bashing. A great dialog. Sandy Bourne from the Independent Women's Forum worries about the "subsidies" and market distortions. Monte Shaw from Iowa Renewable Fuel Association responds. Then, a "bubbly" toddler gets the boot from a flight cuz mom won't feed him Benadryl. Really.
Thomas Woods comes up with "33 Questions About American History You're Not Supposed to Ask". Very good stuff. Then, Bobbi Conner wants your kids to have "Unplugged Play"...lots of un-electric games to keep the kids occupied this summer. Plus, a local family gets skunked out of the house. How can we help?
Judy Hintz talks about the Wall Street Journal front page story about "mainstreaming" troubles in Waukee. "When Discipline Starts a Fight". Then, Bill Salier and Jason Hamann with a new grass roots non-partisan organization. "Everyday America". 515-401-2488.
John Lott describes why the free market works in "Freedomnomics" and why when women got the vote, government got bigger and families got smaller. Then, a mystery solved and lotsa openline.
Ed Fallon for Mickelson. To tax or not to tax...Project Destiny.The debate. Worthwhile.
Des Moines Register political columnist David Yepsen sits in for Mickelson....he scores some big time poltical names...including a former president and first lady. Lotsa political talk. Good stuff.
"Buffalo in the House" RD Rosen tells the story of a rescued calf which took over the house. Ken Hoagland wants a Fair Tax. Gov Mike Huckabee with presidential issues and more tax talk. Then, back to Iowa buffalo.
"A Special Mission: Hitler's Secret Plot to Seize the Vatican and Kidnap Pope Pius XII" Dan Kurzman Congressman Ron Paul on the issues. Coming to Iowa for a Saturday rally to Celebrate Life and Liberty. 4:30pm at the Hy-Vee Hall, Room C, Iowa Events Center, 730 Third Street. Did Lance Armstrong cut some chemical corners to win the Tour De France? David Walsh takes us "From Lance to Landis". Evan Coyne Maloney is director of a new documentary, "Indoctrinate U" How much "diversity" really exists at universities?
Anthony Romero heads the ACLU, "In Defense of Our America" ...brief brisk conversation. Then, Des Moines City Council votes to outlaw smoking at city parks cuz it's offensive....so what else should be outlawed? Then, another 14th Amendment snafu. This time its from the No Spin Zone.
Former US Surgeon General wants us to all shape up. Richard Carmona is with the Partnership. "America's Report Card" John McNally with a peek at the academic testing industry. David Barton is my favorite historian. An upcoming briefing for pastors. 800-992-5596 for the Thursday and Friday briefing.
The Des Moines Airport is 75 years old. Roy Criss want to help us celebrate. The Pope tells us how to drive. Bonnie fibs about the Saturday's Iowa Motor Truck Association competition...which I nearly won, except the skill part. Then, WSJ says "Mainstreaming" the learning disabled is destroying education.
Emmett Tyrrell talks about the "Clinton Crack-Up". Congressman Steve King tries to squelch the travel plans of Nancy Pelosi. Then, if you send you kid to school with a peanut butter sandwich are you a bully?
Judy Hintz, the Kid Fixer, plus a panel of friends who talk about educational repair work. Brandy, Jenny, Tate and Dale. Plus, Congressman Duncan Hunter on a trade mission to Iowa. Then, more feedback on the Congressman Ron Paul forum exclusion.
"In the Words of Our Enemies" Jed Babbinwith some spirited conversation. Russ Davis and Pete Houska are pork producers offering a $1000 reward for the slobs who dropped dead pigs into the Raccoon River. Kevin Gutzman with "The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution". A terrific guide to make you scam-proof by the political class. Highest Recommendation! Then Congressman Ron Paul isn't welcome at the Iowans for Tax Relief and Iowa Christian Alliance candidates forum. Oversight? Nope. Kent Snyder from Ron Paul's campaign and Ed Failor from ITR exchange words. Lotsa them.
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"Fox Bats over Dimona : the Soviets' Nuclear Gamble in the Six-Day War" Gideon Remez. Presidential candidate Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Issues. Then, from the "Land of Lincoln" Andrew Ferguson with Adventures in Abe's America. Joe Bageant takes us "Deer Hunting with Jesus" says only a populist can end the class war. Joel Rosenberg takes us to the "Epicenter" a documentary "...why the current rumblings in the middle east will change your future".
So, if your high school has a bunch of smarts kids graduating, does it make sense to make them all valedictorians? Then, how should one be selected? Plus, a victim of a sexual pervert tells the story of the "The Hopeville Fire Department". Tony Lembo.
Congressman Duncan Hunter says the new Senate debate on immigration is going to be a scam. Then, how to with the 14th Amendment argument automatic birth citizenship. "The Cost of Using Food for Fuel" William Yeatman. Kay Hymnowitzasks "Where's Daddy?". Then, Suzy.
No to Project Destiny. Kevin and BJ McGloughlin along with George Davey explain why not.
Doin' some serious "Porch Talk" with Phillip Gulley..circuit ridin' Quaker. Another deadly car-bike crash. What to do? Then, Homeland Security Secretary Chertoff tries to restart the tabled Senate immigration reform bill.
"I Had to Say Something" The "Art" of Ted Haggard's Fall" Mike Jones was a male escort who tangled with a televangelist. Then, Iowa grade school kids are being taught "escape" techniques. Welcome to the new normal.
The Energy Doctor is here. Wayne Essink talks about saving bucks...and how to make windows more energy efficient. Then, it's the political season. Unintended humor is always best. If the pipes don't fit you must aquit.
Presidential candidate Congressman Tom Tancredo in Iowa the day after the US Senate fails to pass immigration reform. Paul Pate says Mayor Rudy Guiliani remains in the caucus race in Iowa even though he dropped out of the Iowa Straw Poll. Then, Congressman Steve King reactions to the Senate immigration bill failure. Then, Kathy, an Iowa woman talks of her assault experience which is strikingly similar to the Kelsey Smith tragedy.
Nancie McDermott will Stir Fry ya. Plus, a string of scary local news stories. Sylvain Cypel say Israeli society is at an impasse cuz it's "Walled". And Iowa's Republican straw poll is short a couple of bales.
Scott Taylor my low-carb inflammation guru with a house call. "Bobby and J. Edgar" Burton Hersh with a very inside look at the historic conflict. Lt. General McInerney evaluates the defense positions of the presidential debaters.
Finbarr M Corr is a former priest, now married, with the rest of the story. "Bridges from Leaginney" then, nonsense from the debate. Gregory Flood with "The Liar's Prayer: a Grouch's Guide to Enlightenment". 866-926-2762. Then, some Hillarisms and Obamanations.
Nicholas Dodman with "Puppy's First Steps"...an animal behaviorist who can tell you why your puppy likes to lick your face. Believe me, you don't wanna know. Pat Buchannan says our immigration crisis represents a "State of Emergency"...dynamic. Then, the NYT wants to hear from Iowans.
Dr. Robert Spencer tells "The Truth About Muhammad" and interprets the findings of the PEW Foundation study of American Muslim attitudes. Lotsa openline. Then, Philip Jenkins says the Muslim sky isn't falling. "God's Continent" isn't really in a demographic crisis after all.
The politics of negotiation. "It's Ok to be the Boss" how to fight the undermanagement epidemic with Bruce Tulgan. Then, Annie Jacobsen gets a chance to say "I told you so" about a dry run terrorist attack on flight 327. "Terror in the Skies". 888-773-6782 for a discount for WHO listeners. Then, Senator John McCain with campaign issues.
A Memorial Day morale booster. "The Last Man Out: Glenn McDole, USMC, Survivor of the Palawan Massacre in World War II". Then an encore of "The Day the World Ended and Little Big Horn" and "The Privileged Planet" with Dr. Jay Richards.
Senator Joe Biden talks Iraq policy. Senator Sam Brownback does the same. Doug Holtz-Eakin from Senator McCain's campaign supports the Senate immigration bill. ISU wants to get Jesus back into sports. Then, a new plasma technology for making money on Iowa garbage. Charlie Kress and Dennis Naughton from Waste Not Iowa.
"The Idea That is America" Anne-Marie Slaughter and I get into a low-carb food fight. Mike Ferris is the legal rep for home schoolers who will convene shortly in Iowa. Cedar Falls High School graduation is excluding Beethoven's "Joyful, Joyful". Why? Karl Gilbertson is a parent with questions. Andrew Clopton is the VP of the Choir which wanted to sing it. Should the school cave to the ACLU? Not so fast says Jeff Sertize from the ACLJsinging the song could cost us.
Socks with sandals? WWJD? Cheering your kid at the graduation ceremony? You could get busted. Which of the presidential candidates are "Exceptional Presenters"? Tim Koegel will tell you. How do you kill skunk stink? Then, 60 Minutes will highlight an Iowa reserve unit. Wife of slain Iowan Scott Niselyjoins us to talk about it.
OK, by request....the story of the National Anthem.
Soccer talk. Why soccer should be dropped from the high school level and taken back to clubs. Silly red card rules. Then, how to fix the immigration problem in four easy steps. Lots talk.
Gregory McClain says some parents take their kids into adult locker rooms at fitness centers. Not a good idea he says. Chess master Josh Waitzkin talks about Tai Chi Chess... yes, the kid in "Searching for Bobby Fischer"... in his book "Art of Learning". Will the new Iowa Board of Regents approve armed campus-based security guards. Bonnie Campbell says "No" cuz guns are just way too symbolic.
The Annual Political Button Collector's Show coming up Saturday May 19th at the Quality Inn Suites Hotel in Des Moines. Collectors John Olsen and Paul Bengstron with the story. Political Commentator John Lofton remembers Rev. Jerry Falwell. Sometimes nearly fondly. Plus, the "Final Move Beyond Iraq" Mike Evans tries to awaken US about Iran. Suzy. Then, Congressman Steve King gives feedback about the Senate immigration bill.
Ruth Lycke takes stroke victims to China and "Out of Darkness"....several Iowans return and report on their progress. Dr. Jay Richards co-author of "The Privileged Planet" tries to help his colleague at ISU with tenure. Roy Beck from Numbers USA calls Iowans to action on the senate amnesty bill working its way toward approval.
Mary and Gayle Brubaker want Iowans help "champion" the cause of Alzhiemers. 800-272-3900 hotline and to help with a walk-about fall fundraiser. 440-2722. Noah Merriil is a Quaker and just back from Jordan and living with Iraqi refugees, telling their stories. Ed Offley says he's solved the mystery of "Scorpion Down"... a cold war era nuclear sub which went down in 1968..with an Iowan on board. Bay Buchanan lambastes the "Extreme Makeover of Hillary Rodham Clinton." Lotsa unintended humor.
Dr. John West from Discovery Institute comes to the support of ISU's Guillermo Gonzalez who has been denied tenure cuz he bugs atheists. Perhaps a thoughtful letter to ISU's President Geoffroy is in order. Then, Heather Cox Richardson takes us "West From Appamattox...the Reconstruction of America after the Civil War".
*Tama Assistant County Attorney Richard Vander Mey says SF 430 is on the governor's desk. It creates "comity" between Iowa and the Meskwakies. What does gambling money buy? Politicians. Newt Gingrich writes about Pearl Harbor and talks about the cheezy way presidents are selected. Patrick and Henry Ramage fly their whale to Iowa. Saving the Whales. Really. Then, ISU professor of astronomy Dr.Guillermo Gonzalez has been denied tenure. Why? Cuz he thinks ole Earth is a "Privileged Planet"...which really offends the campus atheists. Sigh***
"Retained by the People" Daniel Farber says Americans have rights they don't know they have. The Iowa ACLU wants to sue Urbandale for keeping drunken kids away from football games and the prom. Ben Johnson says the ACLU also protects the rights of Jihadists, they are part of a large open border's lobby.
Right-lane driver discrimination, high-mileage, granny bashing. Delicious. Then, Custer's last stand from the vantage point of the Lakotas. Joseph Marshall III and "The Day the World Ended at Little Big Horn" a Lakota history.
Should Al Sharpton be held to the Al Sharpton standard? Delicious. Mark Taylor was shot at Columbine. "I Asked, God Answered"...the Columbine Miracle. Mt. Pleasant head cop suspended while they count the traffic tickets. Then, presidential candidate Congressman Tom Tancredo.
Nicholas Hagger reveals "The Secret Founding of America" ... and he teaches us the secret handshake. An elementary school principal requires kids to clean up their own messes. Parents want an apology. An the founder of Left Lane Drivers of America has a soft-path solution for left lane cloggers.
"Forty Days and Forty Nights" Matthew Chapman writes about his great, great grandfather, Charles Darwin. Then, Bishop Harry Jackson says the gay rights movement has hijacked the civil rights movement and it must stop. Then, the taxpayers pony up to pay for gay kids who won't live at home. PLLLLLLLEEEEEEEZZZZZZ!
The Republican presidential post debate spin room is open. The Iowa Republican hierarchy checks in to opine. Then, Mickelson throws a Royal snit. So does the Iowa Board of Regents...the entrance requirements for Iowa colleges have been stiffened. A big deal?
Iowans formulate an apology for subjecting the ski mask guy to undue stress. Then, should Iowa welcome gun-building refugee from Illinois?
The verdict on the Heemstra verdict, the verdict on the Bush veto of the funding bill, the verdict on the new rules for qualifying for presidential debates based upon poll numbers. And how partisan are American war opinions?
Judie Brown talks about "Saving Those Damned Catholics". Then IA Republican House Leader Chris Rants evaluates the results of the latest session of the legislature.
"More Sex is Safer Sex: The Unconventional Wisdom of Economics" Steven E Landsburg is the Armchair Economist. Then, a spring nag about cyclist safety. Then, if you are a typical Iowan with a large chunk 'o belly fat, you are a candidate for the "Diabetes Solution". CNN wants to know why Iowans seem to have such a strong case of anti-illegal alien fever. So, we tell 'em.
Friday open-line. How a murdered illegal alien continues to bill Iowans, then presidential candidate Gov Mike Huckabee makes a campaign stop.
Brad Smith is my bug guru. The bug season is about to begin so he gives practical tips. Then, the Gronstal "F-Bomb" apology, plus how the gay lobby won the big one.
Senator Trent Lott proxies for Senator John McCain who is announcing today for his run for the Whitehouse. Inside stories. Then, a snotty flashback to Deteriorata... Dr. Bethany Marshall with a "Deal Breaker" ... a high maintenance interview. Then, Iowa Senator Majority Leader, Mike Gronstal has an Imus moment with his political base.
Kathy Kastan writes "From the Heart" a woman's guide to living well with heart disease. A health-line with very useful information. Another illegal alien commits a murder in Iowa. The high cost of corporate and government complacency climbs. Senator Joe Biden, running for president checks in on illegal immigration and the status of the Iraq War. Glenn Sacks deals with the Alec Baldwin meltdown. Spirited conversation.
The "Hold Their Feet to the Fire" FAIR conference in Washington. Access to dynamic border control experts including, Colin Hannah from We Need a Fence, Chris Simcox, the Minutemen Civil Defense Corps, Mac Haddow from the Seniors Coalition working to protect Social Security against totalization, Robert Rector with a study on education and poverty, Jessica Echard from Eagle Forum and the morality of a guest worker program.Steve Camarota reports on immigration and illegitimacy. Then, Iowa representative Congressman Steve King and Senator Chuck Grassley.
Fathers for Equal Rights with Dick Woods (277-8789) joined by Steve Baskerville, PhD..."Taken into Custody" for the upcoming Saturday Equal Parenting Rally Saturday, April 21st at the Civic Center, 3PM. Then, the "Shia Revival" Vali Nasr on How Conflicts within Islam Will Shape the Future. Mark Taylor, Columbine survivor, with "I Asked, God Answered" a 6pm book-signing at Jordan Creek Barnes and Noble. Then, Suzy!
Rebecca Wodder from the Iowa River Project encourages Iowans to clean up our act. Her study puts the Iowa River at the top of the worst list. Jerry Vanstra from the Pro-life Federation of Michigan gives the current presidential field grades on their life votes. Stephan Halper says it will be nearly impossible to keep Iran from achieving nuclear status. "The Silence of the Rational Center". Then, should we arm the security staff at Iowa's universities?
**"Thank God I had a Gun" Chris Bird with 2nd Amendment stories of inspiration. Jim Lewin a historian with great stories of "How to Tell a Secret"...stories of historic sneakiness. Then, a religious test from the V-Tech convocation. Guess the guy's religion.... (you'll have to listen)**
Senator Sam Brownback wants to be President. He's campaigning in Iowa. Issues. Then, the morality of our tax code. WSJ piece.
Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian featured at the 7th Annual Catholic Home Schooling Conference at the Columbus Academy on Saturday. Then, Imus redux. Plus Kathleen Kennedy Townsend says churches are mixing religion and politics .. "Failing America's Faithful"
Ebay says fertilized eggs are chicks and tells an Iowa egg herder she can't ship 'em. Monica Blum tell the story. Then, presidential candidate Congressman Ron Paulcampaigns in Iowa.
So, former Dallas County Sheriff Gilbert is going to jail for the theft of drug money. What does it mean? Time to change our drug laws?
Iowa activist Ed Fallon is concerned about global warming and is inviting folks to this Saturday afternoon rally (Nollen Plaza, 4PM) during the National Day of Climate Action. Then, what to make of the Imus moment of shame?
Daniel Sheehy is "Fighting Immigration Anarchy", then Osceola parents are justly outraged over a sexual predatorvictimizing 23 kids. Now what?
"The N Word: Who Can Say It, Who Shouldn't and Why" feisty conversation with Jabari Asim. Open-line in two parts re: the Fair Share Act. Plus, "Kingdom Coming: the Rise of Christian Nationalism" Michelle Goldberg does her Pauline Revere..."...the Christians are Coming"!
The nice lady from the "Y" inspires the slackers...then, the 2007 "Campus Outrage Awards".. plus Kim Lehman from Iowa Right to Life exposes the next round of sex ed goals being pushed by Planned Parenthood.
My water pusher guru Boyd Bader explains clean water...then, lotsa nonsense from the political class...unrelenting nonsense. Sure makes my job easy.
Congressman Steve King with Iowa concerns and issues. Con Jim Nussle as a Giuliani proxy. Then Iowans with caucus talk.
Congressman Tom Tancredo announces his run for the Whitehouse this morning on the Mickelson program. Then, Senator Joe Biden is in Iowa running for the same job.
Any Iowa connection to the tainted pet food scare? Then, a judge says an Iowa jury will decide the fate of those defunct touch play machines. Wanna taint the jury?
Walid Phares writes about the "War of Ideas: Jihadism Against Democracy". Powerful. Then, Chris Hedges with a polemic about "American Facists" Who? The Christian right.
Clive finally gets busted for their camera based stop signfines. Now what? Iowa is about to approve of same date voter registration. Now what?
*Dr. Jerome Corsi* reports on a horrendous sex scandalwithin the Texas juvenile justice system. Who does he hold responsible? Dan Gainortakes aim at Al Gore's "Inconvenient Truth" ...lotsa open-line time too. And here's the sound-bite of the Hardballinterview of the Vilsacks.**
A Monday stream o' semi-consciousness. Then District 41 Iowa Senator David Hartsuchis resisting the Democratic party expansion of gay civil rights. Senate debate Monday afternoon.
Chad Thompson, "Loving Homosexuals as Jesus Would" a Fresh Christian Approach. Congressman Tom Tancredo with a quick visit.
Professor David Eisenbach a historian of "Gay Power, an American Revolution" Spirited conversation. Governor Mitt Romney wants to be President. Iowa's Deer Population and the DNR win out over property rights. Discussion
Iowa war protestors, tobacco tax avoiders, deer killers and other fine Amercians... Lotsa great openline.
A Des Moines woman defends her apartment in the middle of the night with deadly force. The 911 call and Iowan's respond. Not everyone agrees.
Monday open-line potluck. And do we now have a poster boy example for renewing Iowa's death penalty?
Kevin Kelly is an Iowa tree farmer in conflict with the DNRover property rights. He thinks he should be able to defend his trees against marauding deer herds...with deadly force. He's going to court Monday to defend himself against charges which could subject him to a $1500 fine. Feedback. Then, Suzy.
RNC Chair, Mike Duncan talks about the upcoming supplemental budget vote on Iraq. Minnesota Governor Gov Tim Pawlenty is in Iowa campaigning for Senator John McCain. That Bald Eagle recently rescued by some Iowa folks had to be put down. Why? Then, Fr Thomas Berg, Executive Director at Weschester Institute for Ethics & the Human Person. Six Stem Cell Facts.
Mike Shiley traveled around Iraq and filmed a bunch of his experiences. His documentary, "Iraq: the Untold Stories is coming to Iowa at Central College Monday March 19th. He'll be here to tell some of his stories. Michael Trachtman with the "Supremes Greatest Hits" 34 SCOTUS** cases which effect our lives. Then, Democrats tax their constituents' vices. Because they love them, of course.
"A Bee in the Mouth: Anger in America Now" Peter Wood is as mad as "H" and isn't going to take it any more. Then, Ted Koppel says US will be engaged in the Middle East, so will our children, and our children's children. Energy independence should be our number one priority. How about energy sustainability?
Middle school kids pop momma's drugswhich the kid brought to school. Several hospitalized. What does this mean
Texas Congressman Ron Paulis running for President. Then, Iowa Democrats want to bill the vices of others while granting civil rights status to their own.
"Baby Proof Your Marriage" Cathy O'Neill how to laugh more, argue less, and communicate better as your family grows. Christeene Hayes, The Blood Center of Iowa and the WHO Donor Day Blood Drive. 431 East Locust Street Friday March 16th 6AM-2PM. Ed Fallon speaks at Drake. Then, Iowa's gay lobby still in full-court press, now to achieve civil rights protection.
Yakov M. Rabkin writes about the "Threat From Within" a century of Jewish Opposition to Zionism. Jeremy Funk from Americans United for Change applauds Congressman Boswell's vote on a labor bill. Charlotte Iserbyte says the educational sky has already fallen...in fact, on purpose. Then, how do we get money from judgment-proof morons who damage others?
"Why I Turned Right" Mary Eberstadt invited lotsa conservative writers to confess. They did. Then, Dr. Paul Cameron from the Family Research Institute evaluates the ISU student boycott of a blood drive cuz it excludes gay contributors. He says the ban is medically justified even though un-PC. Then Dan Borcher of CoulterWatch gets the boot from the C-PAC police. Howcome?
"Shalom in the Home" Rabbi Shmuley Boteach with family friendly advice. Then, Culver signs the bully bill into law. What does it mean?
The Blizzard of "07" ... the aftermath and lotsa other stuff. (Part of the soundfile is corrupted...dunno why) Plus, teachers evaluate the "Fair Share" act.
Captain Robert McGovern "All American: Why I Believe in Football, God, and the War in Iraq" Plus, lots of Iowa weather reporting stories.
Lynn and Chris…Over-Eater's Anonymous…inspirational stories. In Iowa? Then, Rep Steve Lukanfrom Iowa's 32nd District with House File 484, a bill to Prevent Internet Hunting
Mark Meyer Briggs and Stratton generator techie answers questions…….. Safety tips and repair issues… "The Children's Blizzard" David Laskin, January 12, 1888 huge blizzard, then Newt Gingrich's American Solutions for Winning the Future. Oh, another Culver "I Feel Good Update".
Mike and Barb Haigwood of "Wife Swap" fame talk about the primitive diet with their diet guru. Aajonus Vonderpanitz wanna hear more?Then, I win the snow wars.
Steve Winzenberg, media guru at Grandview College reviewing the Iowa connection on ABC's Wife Swap.Con Steve King reviewing a recent trip to border with National Security Chief Michael Chertoff. How much money do illegals cost Iowa taxpayers? The Iowa Legislative Services Agency has a plan to get more taxes out of illegals. Wanna great job with a dental plan? Like to wear pink? Oh, who has killed more Americans than Iraqi insurgents have?
Elaine Donnelly describes how woman are now getting shot up in combat roles. Then, will good intentions or real budgets decide how we spend the new tobacco tax money?
State Senator Paul McKinley on Iowa Education reform. The Minority Report. "The Vatican Exorcist" Tracy Wilkinson, LA Times Bureau Chief, covering the Vatican. "Amazing Grace" behind the song you love… Chip Flarhety, VP of Walden Media... the movie opens this week-end. Very Powerful.
David Pimental is an ethanol atheist. He says it isn't the answer to our energy future. Iowans respond. Iowa is debating the approval of human cloning. Kim Lehman, Dr. John Redwine and Dr. David Prentice explain why that's a bad idea. Then, the real reason Britany Spears lopped off her hair.
Dr. Robert Morey with powerful insights into Islam. 1-800-41-TRUTH. He is starting a university for Islamic studies. Then, great open-line on everything from "tolerance" to Iraq policy. Great stuff.
Dr. Michael McGregorfrom Briarwood Dental in Ankeny talks about jaw pain, mercury fillings and state of the air dentistry. Gum swapping... Then, silly stuff including Twiggy, the water skiing squirrel at the Des Moines Sports Show.. Then, the nearly Psychic Suzy.
Congressman Tom Latham… with his summary of House Resolution speech... and the response of Congressman Leonard Boswell. An Urbandale lady is skeptical about the up-coming bond vote on a new recreational facility. A spokesman from a Draft Condi group makes her pitch. Then, cougars and bears should be protected in Iowa?
Chris Horner with the Politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming. Snot galore. Iowa Republican House leader Chris Rants blasts the Fair Share dues grab. Dr. David Egilman takes after Merk and Vioxx, linking big drug money to the HPV vaccine hustle in Texas. Then, Peter Labarbera says Iowa got mugged by the gay lobby in the last election. It gets worse.
Doug Gross with education reform proposals Institute for Tomorrows Workforce. Vigorous. Then, how to murder a murder of crows.
Congressman Tom Tancredo is still seething over the Ramos jailing and beating...he'll tell you why. Then schools, taxes and all-day kindergartens. Lotsa talk
Former Iowa Representative Ed Fallon and friends talk about campaign finance reform, the new legislative session and accordion music.
The so-called "Bully-Bill" dominating debate within the Iowa legislature. Iowans evaluate the process.
Spokesman from www.Iowalive.net resist the Linn and Johnson county Silo tax along with and advocate. Teddy Boy Haggard may be bringing his "on-line" psychology degree to work in Iowa. "Global Financial Warriors" the untold story of international finance in the Post-911 world. John B Taylor former Treasury Under Secretary of International Affairs 2001 to 2005.
Democrats want to require non-union teachers to pay union dues. Jim Hawkins from http://www.peiowa.org says that's a bad idea. So does, Mark Mix , from http://www.nrtw.org/ Then , Marcus Winter from Manhattan Institute for Policy Research http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/cr_50.htm says teachers are not under-paid. Plus, what the gay rights "Bully Bill" is really all about. High energy conversation.
"Made to Stick" Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die. Chip Heath with post Super Bowl commercial ratings. Then, former Iowa Governor Vilsack calls for the immediate withdrawal of US from Iraq. What do Iowans think?
Judy Hintz from Educational Resources shocks and inspires us. 515-225-8513 Kids, parents and adults who have been helped to read. Best yet. Then, Jason Brown, an Iowa country singerhands out samples. Plus, lotsa openline.
An amazing panel of fiscal experts in Iowa for a "Fiscal Wake-up Tour". David Walker, Comptroller General of the United States. Robert Bixby, Executive Director of the Concord Coalition. Stuart Butler, Heritage Foundation. Isabel Sawhill, Brookings. Conclusion? We can't afford it. And we are now billing our grandkids. They insist that's a bad thing. Then, Dr. Bruce Perry with "The Boy Raised as a Dog"...a psychiatrist fixes damaged kids. Matt Barber finds an AIDS activist who stumbles into truth. Plus, Cedar Rapids buys $5000 worth of Tom Sawyer, but says its too UN-PC to use. Hilarious!
My liberal debate coach buddy Christian wants to argue about stuff. So we do :) Then, Iowans damaged by illegal drivers tell their horror stories. Then, an Iraqi letter to Iowans. Plus, politicians with RMS revised memory syndrome.
Ed Fallon and Berkley Bedell are former politicians who want the reform elections by removing big money through public financing. Governor Mike Huckabee wants to be President. Great talk all morning. Purdy picture, too.
An emergency meeting of the CSA (Cup Scummers of America) Then Iowa Democrats pony-up for the gay lobby. Again.
Ross Peterson sits in for Jan Mickelson. Presidential politics with Wisconsin governor Tommy Thompson, and dealing with difficult people.
Ken Hoagland from Fair Tax.org. He wants to nuke the Federal Income Tax and replace it with a national sales tax. Carole Martin and Dick Fredericks don't want Linn and Johnson Counties to approve a SILO tax. Bruce Stone peace-nik from the Progressive Coalition of Central Iowa wants to promote a anti-war rally. Then, an Iowa woman in the Iowa National Guard gets killed. Outrageous?
Iowans respond to the State of the Union address. Jan introduces the Mickelson Doctrine as a solution to the Iraq stalemate.
California Congressman Duncan Hunter writes a legislative pardon for two convicted American border Guards. Why? Then, another presidential candidate, Dr. Mark Klein talks issues. Mickelson's brush with the law, then listeners ID a political sound-bite....wanna try?
Dr. Boyd Haley talks about the "Toxicity of Mercury"and its links to the autism epidemic. He speaks tonight (Monday January 22) Meg Oberreuterand Barb Romkema added a parent's perspective about testingfor toxicity.
"The Politically Incorrect Guide to The South" Clint Johnson. Why the Iraqis botched the recent hangin's and why they should use American know how the next time. Presidential candidate John Cox weighs in on Bush's surge. Then, why when the public's support for the war is waning, is Iowa's National Guard recruitment is up? Dynamic feedback from Iowans.
Gary Moore writes about "Playing With the Enemy" back in Iowa with an encore. Former Congressman Jim Nussle has agreed to lead the Rudy Giuliani Iowa run for the White House. Mike Flynn thinks the US and Iowa commitment to increasing the minimum wage is bad economics and worse sociology.. Marv Kitman writes about "The Man Who Would Not Shut Up: The Rise of Bill O'Reilly"
Congressman Steve King is suing newly elected Governor Culver over violation of Iowa's Official English law. Why? Dr. Miriam Grossman says science is on the side of sexual discipline and marriage. "Unprotected: A Campus Psychiatrist Reveals How Political Correctness in Her Profession Endangers Every Student" Plus, a follow-up on Carroll, Iowa's dust-up over "What's Eating Gilbert Grape?"
Scott Taylor is my low-carb, anti-inflamation guru. The education gurus from Iowa Live.nettell how constructionist wiped out Iowa's number one educational performance. Then, Congressman Tom Tancredo wants to move the immigration issue forward as a presidential candidate.
Former Democratic candidate for Governor Ed Fallon updates us on his issues. Chet Culver is sworn in as the new Governor and Psychic Suzy swoops down on us.
More feedback on President Bush's Iraq surge speeach. From the US Embassy in Baghdad, Amb. Margaret Scobey explains the Bush goals. Then, Iowans give us their own state of the war address, plus reaction to the president's queasiness over the Saddam Hussein execution.
Ross Peterson sits in for Mickelson. He talks about VA benefits, the war, and broken promises.
Taking an oath of office on the Koran. What does it mean? Spirited discussion. Governor Vilsack's last State of the State address. And what to do with Iowa legislators who violate their oaths of office?
"Creation as Science" Hugh Ross says he has a testable model approach which could end the creation/evolution wars. Christian Ucles and Greg Stevens share Iowa debate champions with us. Then Iowans aren't satisfied with one the 2006 Idiot Awards. Let the embellishment begin.
Gettin' hitched in prison for life? Yup... Busting a high school girl's basketball poster cuz it has pictures of plastic guns? Yup. Life serves up more nonsense and we serve up great conversation.
Jonathan Narcisse delivers another knock down blow to the fraud the Iowa education establishment has become. Check out the new educational progress chart on Iowa Live. Then, much spirited open-line conversation.
Aftermath thinking about the President Ford funeral and the Hussein execution. Lotsa spirited open-line conversation.
Post holiday trip jabber. Catching up on trip info and wondering if Iowa needs toll roads.
A Treat for Mickelson in the Morning listeners. His Christmas Special. (For those with broad band connections....sorry dial-uppers....)
Xmas One
Xmas Two
Xmas Three
Xmas Four
Merry Christmas folks. Thanks for a great year.
PS Do Not Open Until Christmas
Christmas odds and ends...The Queen of Iowa and the story of the song....Santa must be a girl.. then real examples of Iowa guardian angels. Iowans tell great stories don't they?
"Solzhenitsyn Reader" Edward Ericson records the best and brightest Soviet Refusnik...then, Laurence Gonzalezexplains when in crisis, Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why... Deep Survival. Would Jesus Shop at Walmart? Chris Kofinis from Wake Up Walmart.
Jerome Corsi talks about the "Showdown with Nuclear Iran"... oil, immigration and the real economy. Whew! Then, Iowan's respond to Governor Vilsack's ire against the Swift bust.
Jeff Traviss is my tech talk guru. A pre-Christmas dose of techie wisdom about high definition TVs. Then, trying to make sense of a couple city council moves. At the very moment they outlaw smoking in parking garages, they give permission to 16 year olds to go to smoke-filled bars....
The Blank Park Zoo wants to expand...into Fort Des Moines. Zoo director Terry Rich with the story. Then, a bunch of openline.
"Word Sweep" Iowans play the game with its inventor, Clay Siegert. Then, more reaction to the Swift illegal immigrant bust. Con Steve King with more feedback.
Jason Mrochek from We Hire Aliens talks about the Iowa Swift bust.Then California congressman Duncan Hunter is in Iowa beginning his presidential run. (He wants to go pheasant hunting this weekend December 16th with some returning Iowa Iraq war vets...703-909-0148)
Hundreds of Swift employees get busted for breaking and entering the country illegally. What does it mean? Iowans respond. Big time.
Top 5 reasons not to give a pet for Christmas. Diane Pomerance is a pet companion expert. Then, did you know that the President's Oval Office desk was once part of a ghost ship named "Resolute" ?
Maybe, James Kim took the wrong route which ended in his death because he downloaded a map from the wrong source. Lotsa listeners give their bad directions stories.
James Hirsch revisits the genetics of Type 1 diabetes. "Cheating Destiny".... we only agree on the important stuff. Diabetes is bad, and we should find a cure. We argue about everything else. Very worthwhile. How can an old crank telephone enhance the educational experience? Then, the nearly Psychic Suzy.
Surviving in the wilderness...or not...starting tire fires? Then, how about a chart showing the "progress" of Iowa education. Powerful.
Worldview stuff. Alison Thomas is a circuit ridin' apologist. She talks faith issues to college-bound high school students. Then, "Leap Days" Katherine Lanpher chronicles her midlife move. Then, the pro-life lobby gets cheeky with Planned Parenthood. Rachel Cunningham from the IFPC.
Editor's note: If you have been directed to this podcast, the first hour contains conclusions about cost-shifting based upon false assumptions regarding the genetics of Type One diabtes. Before you waste any hard-earned outrage, the issue is corrected in the Friday, December 8th program.
Pondering the genetics of Type One diabetes...after an expert guest says there is a direct relationship between genetics and Type One. Uncomfortable questions and great discussion.
(As a follow-up to this segment, diabetes expert James Hirsch accepted another appearance Friday December 8th at 9 am to answer questions regarding the genetics of diabetes) A very worthwhile segment.
Then, Blood and Oil with the award-winning producers of a new documentary which highlights the history of the Middle East in World War I. Plus, wardrobe mishaps...
Should city and county employees be required to live in the city or county? Then, Governor Vilsack tosses one last political hand grenade before he leaves office. Driver's licenses for illegals? Then, James Hirsch talks about"Cheating Destiny living with diabetes, America's Biggest Epidemic"
Then, a chart of Iowa's education "progress". Whew!
So how long will a cat stay up in a tree anyhow? Con Steve King is back from Iraq with some observations on the war. Governor Vilsack has officially enteredthe Democratic Presidential race. How will Iowans review their former Governor?
The Music of Hope...western civilization depends upon it. You'll have to "listen" to understand it. Some higher sample rate examples of music I used in the program, Hungarian Rhapsody Baby Einstein. Parce mihi dominie Jan Garbarek Officium. The Dream Michael Johnathon , Kiss the Book (unknown) Turandot Nessun DormaPavarotti O Holy Night David Phelps Then, "Unprotected" a campus psychiatrist reveals how political correctness in her profession endanger every student. Dr. Miriam Grossman....formerly Anonymous. Then, the Iowa education establishment is now wholly-owned subsidiary of the gay lobby. Now what?
"Knock 'em Dead" the latest get a job manual. Martin Yates. National Meth Day. Attorney General Roberto Gonzaleswith some ideas to control meth....Iowans respond. Vigorously.
"The Politically Incorrect Guide to English and American Literature" Elizabeth Kantor... then if you are a smoker, you are child abuser. Really.
The Medicom/Sinclair Broadcasting fee wars. Barry Faber represents Sinclair, Steve Purcell represents Medicom. Whazzup? If things do not work out, no more Fox on Medicom. Iowa talks TV tech.
Steve Winzenberg sits in for vacationing Jan Mickelson. Plays lotas games...on purpose... (he cheats by the way) :) Don't let him be the banker in Monopoly...
Bill Salier sits in for vacationing Jan Mickelson. He talks with his military buddies. Inspirational.
Comedian Ed Voss is raising money for Toys for Tots at Point of Grace Church...let's help him. Dick Woods from Fathers for Equal Rights, 515-277-8789, provides help for parents with custody issues.
Ames is hosting an upcoming School of Rock... sounds like fun to me. Al Biela is looking for a few good musicians. 515-232-6546 Then ISU Professor Warren Blumenfeld says we should remove "Christian Privilege and the Promotion of 'Secular' and Not-So 'Secular' Mainline Christianity in Public Schooling and the Larger Society". Whew! "Religion of Peace? Islam's War Against the World" Gregory M. Davis thinks Islamic democracy is a self-refuting notion. The Dutch are taking down traffic lights...and are creating a safer driving environment in the process. Then, Overblown. Politicians are scaring us for power and money.
Lamar Waldron thinks we finally have the whole picture of the events surrounding the Kennedy assassinations. "Ultimate Sacrifice" Then, Iowa education test scores have slid fast and far. Iowa is no longer a leader. And has forgotten how to teach reading. Now what? Mike Crawford Child and Family Policy Centerwith ideas. Former HHS Secretary Tommy Thompsonwith a wellness update. Then, the INS is hustling us again.
The Energy Doctor makes a house call to save us bucks. Then, Rep Wayne Ford talks about racial hiring disparity in Iowa. Huge reaction.
Greg Willey and Cory Krug from Crime Stoppers want your help to nip it in the bud. 515-223-1400 Then, Rosie says terrorists are moms and dads too, so don't fear them. "On the Brink" Tyler Drumheller former CIA agent talks about intelligence failures. Then an epidemic of "magical thinking".
Lt. General Robert Gard calls on Iowans with Sensible Priorities...calls for a step down in Iraq. Dick Woods from Fathers for Equal Rights. 515-277-8789 Worries that the new transition team for the Culver governorship headed by Bonnie Campbell will be hostile to the equal joint custody requirements of Iowa law. Medal of Honor recipient Jack Jacobs inspires us. Mandatory national service? Great discussion, followed by Psychic Suzy.
Senator Byron Dorgan reporting on contract abuses in Iraq. An Iowan listening in Baghdad responds. A deer in the headlights? How about one that visits a Target store? Then, "A Well-Regulated Militia" Saul Cornell. Larry Pratt from Gun Owners of America, workin' the opposite side of the sight. And locally, Iowa Carry.
RNC, Ken Melman with last political licks. DNCSuzy Turnbull with hers. Then, it's open season for last minute politicking.
Waukee, Iowa marine, Lance Corporal Ken Nickerson talks about his Iraq experience. Inspirational. Wayne Kopping with "Obsession" Radical Islam's War Against the West. Terrifiying. Then, Mickelson's answer to non-voters. Thoughtful. Make sure this gets to anyone planning to sit this one out.
More on English, citizenship and voting. Then, more manure management in the non-political sense. Lotsa pre-election tension.
Do we really have to turn the other cheek to these Phelps creeps? The theology of dealing with slime-balls. Then Dan Bartlett briefly talks national politics. Congressman Steve King says Iowa Democrats are violating the Official English Law by advertising non-English voting procedures. CAPO redux. Aaron Putze...Andy Muff, Carole Balvanz, and Bill Couser and others update the local control issue from the "other" side.
"The Best I Can Do" Marvin Pomerantzwith an autobiography. Then, CAFO's (Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations) really annoy some people. Chris Peterson, President of the Iowa Farmer's Union and Chris Murphy from the Iowa Network for local Control near Okoboji are amongst them.
Silliness at the expense of rednecks. "Redneck Words of Wisdom" Jaimie Muehlhausen. Mike Ratliff says college history students don't know no better... and he has the study to prove it. Then, one of the most moving segments ever. "The Secret Letter from Iraq" the wisdom of an unknown American soldier writing home from Iraq. Powerful calls...I'll never forget.
Jeff Lamberti wants Congressman Leonard Boswell's job. Issues. Patrick J. Buchanan declares an "State of Emergency" on borders and culture war. Dr. Mary Davenport with "The Unconscionable Claims of Michael J Fox", along with stem cell researcher David Prentice says, "Do no Harm".
Lana Rosenfeld from Tender Loving Care Products, cosmetic reconstruction for breast cancer survivors. Gary Moore writes about his baseball player dad during World World II "Playing With the Enemy" a great inspiration story of family and baseball.
"The African Children's Choir" visiting Iowa Sunday. Wonderful music. Matthew Spivey and Pastor Dan Berry from Cornerstone Family Church. White House Press Secretary Tony Snow highlights the President's Iowa visit. Then, William Simpson with the inside story of "The Prince"... insights into our involvement in the middle east.
Feedback on Radio Day at the Whitehouse. The most inspirational moment on the trip was the return trip. Find out why and the dynamic conversation which follows.
Mickelson broadcasts from the Whitehouse at another Radio Day. Issues and comments from several administration insiders. Chertoff, McNulty, Leavitt, and Dan Bartlett.
Iowa conservative activist Bill Salier sits in for Jan as Mickelson is traveling to Washington for Radio Day at the Whitehouse. Spirited and fun conversation with one of Iowa's favorite sons.
Lotsa Friday openline. Has gambling over-whelmed Iowa's political process. More gambling money pouring into campaign coffers. Then, are we getting ripped-off by the special ed industry?
Democratic activist Ed Fallon is still worried about the eminent domain issue, this time, in Burlington, Iowa. Mark Steyn demographics are going to be the deciding factor in upcoming world conflicts. "America Alone". Wartburg College, a Lutheran college has just finished a week's worth of "Coming Out" events. What does that mean?
Gary Toyn previews Clint Eastwood's"Flags of Our Fathers" and his book, "Quiet Heroes".** He stimulates a bunch of great conversation about Iowa's historic wartime commitment. Then, Iowa has a new state song. Then, my dad's Iowa State Liquor Permit.
Michelle Hoy is so Proud of her brother's military service that she was inspired to write and sing a gorgeous song. Then, Iowa continues to inspire us to music. Tom Coates, gambling critic and Stacey Cargill from One Voice Iowa worry that a Culver administration will bring back touch play machines to Iowa.
Dr. David Gratzer is a licensed in both Canada and US...he say the Canadian system is rotten to the core and we are on a fast slide to Canadize ourselves. "The Cure: How Capitalism Can Save American Health Care". David Bossie is in Iowa with "Border Wars" at Ankeny's Springwood 9 at 7pm
Congressman Steve King talks about immigration, Foleygate, and NCLB. David Bossie declares a "Border War". Psychic Suzy swoops down.
Dr. John Patrick is a mental and spiritual vitamin. A superb medical ethicist. How to talk about abortion without causing a riot.
The Davenport, Iowa diocese declares bankruptcy to protect itself from lawsuits by those damaged by pedophile priests. What does that mean? Then, Robert Spencerlooks inside of Islam. "The Truth about Muhammad". Then, SNAP. Victimsof pervert priests respond.
**"Dissent in America"... our history as highly effective whiners. Ralph Young. Then, Iowa 4th District congressional candidate Seldon Spencer talks issues.**
"Head Games" footballs' concussion crisis. Former Harvard football player and WWE wrestler, Chris "Harvard" Nowinski,The Ivy League Snob warns us about the sports perils of head injury. Then, a recovering stroke victim with one of the most inspirational Iowa medical success stories ever. "Out of the Darkness & into the Light" hope for stroke victims. 641-485-9667 Ruth Lycke**
Lots openline on a bunch o stuff... including, whatzup in Marshalltown and illegal immigration stressing the local law enforcement. What to do?
Lauren Sandler writes Dispatches from the Evangelical Youth Movement "Righteous" Then, "Sex Priests and Secret Codes" Richard Sipes with insights into Foleygate. Then, Chet Culver says he's against gay marriage, "...at this time".
Activist Ben Cohen is in Iowa trying to shake some sense into Iowan's Sensibilities. He spills his BB's. Then, Richard Viguerie confronts "Conservatives Betrayed"saying lotsa Republicans should be fired. Iowan's respond to Foleygate.
The Amification of Iowa schools. More school killings. More response from Iowans about what we should do. Then, "Beyond Shyness: How To Conquer Social Anxieties" Jonathan Berent
Why are we importing "refugees" from countries hostile to US and who hold religious views which reject Western values? And paying for their bills? A review of a great book with insight on this..."While Europe Slept: How Radical Islam is Destroying the West From Within" Bruce Bawer's insights are astounding.
Dan Isett from the Parent's TV Council says stuff like Nip/Tuck on FX is a good reason to require the cable industry to offer ala carte programming. Then, if Charlotte Church can turn skanky, then how do we protect our little girls? More about school killings. Powerful conversation.
"Border War" a new documentary on the invasion of illegals. David Bossie explains. Then, another school invasion. The adults are still unarmed. Plus, Joe Volk is a circuit-ridin' pacifist who wants US out of Iraq. He's on a mission.
"Building Red America" award winning political reporter Thomas Edsall is shocked about how far left the Iowa Democratic Party is. Then, Gary Rosberg is planning a marriage weekend for married returning veterans. Honor and Strengthen Military Marriages. 515-334-7482 to help sponsor the weekend for a vet couple, or to help somebody sign up. Then schools produce a paperwork nightmare just to keep track of the habitually tardy.
"Baby Owner's Games and Activities Book" a tongue and cheek about training your new "unit". Then, if you don't want a homeless shelter in your back yard, are you a bigot? Do homeless people have the "right to live where they want"? "Love My Rifle More Than You" Kayla Williams, young and female in the US Army.
Another drunk drivermush's another cyclist. Then, Senator Joe Biden talks about Iowa presidential politics and national issues. Compare platforms? Democrats. Republicans. Iowa Senate Majority Leader Mary Lundby joins the Democratic Majority leader to advance the cause of the gay lobby.
An Iowa novelist, Joe Dennis, writes a story surrounding the '93 Flood, in "Cave of the Painter" ... then Iowans are really steamed about unlicensed and drunk drivers mushing their loved ones. Very powerful stories.
People are concerned about the wrong stuff about the CIETC scandals. It isn't about the mis-spent federal funds. So what's the real concern about federal funding of faith-based services? Listen. Then, "The Vice-Busting Diet" with Julia Griggs Havey. Then a Rood Awakening. Michael John Rood says Christianity is messed up cuz we have the wrong callendar. A free DVD offer 866-328-1116. His critics?
Richard Minitersays we may have surrendered to our own prisoners at GITMO...."A Deadly Kindness". Joel Rosenberg focuses on the "Epicenter: Why the Current Rumblings in the Middle East Will Change Your Future" and Rex Platt "Between Iraq and a Hard Place" makes sure we take care of the post-Iraq needs of our returning service people.
The West Des Moines School Board met to listen to feedback on the Laramie Project upcoming play. What does this conflict really mean? It means that they are running the NEA and the Iowa Democratic Party playbooks. This might be one of Mickelson's best segments. David Limbaugh says the Democratic Party is morally Bankrupt. Former Majority Leader Dick Armey for Iowans for Discounted Taxes.
Virginia Governor Mark Warneris in Iowa...an introduction and issues. Senator Barrack Obama visits too, and says Democrats are their brother's keeper. Listeners evaluate.
Congressman Steve King's immigration security fence passes unanimously with the Iowa delegation. What's next? Secretary of State Chet Culver's website also advertises for non-English voter registration. General Georges Sada "Saddam's Secrets"... How an Iraqi General Defied and Survived Saddam Hussein. Dr. Terry Law and General Sada will be joining forces for a joint appearance in Cedar Falls. Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center at UNI September 22 @ 7pm. 319-273-SHOW for free tickets. Then, on Saturday night and Sunday morning at Heartland Vineyard Church , 1405 Greenhill Road. 5pm Saturday, 9am Sunday. Then, Suzy.
What Iowa is doing to get a grip on our meth problems. Iowa Drug Czar Marvin Van Haafton and Dr. Dennis Weiss, Powell Medical Center give great insight. Dr Weiss is looking for Iowans needing help to participate in a treatment study research project. 888-584-6312 or 263-2479 locally. The Iowa Substance Abuse Information Center866-242-4111 Mike Abrams from theIowa Medical Society and Rep Linda Upmeyer argue against lowering Medicare re-imbursements for Iowa physicians. A spirited encore conversation regarding non-English ballots and the English requirements for citizenship. Democratic candidate for Secretary of State Michael Mauro said the ability to read, write and speak Englishisn't necessary for citizenship or to vote. What's the fact?
Jack Whitver wants to represent Iowa from the 66th District. A Republican running against Ako Abdukl-Sammad. Secretary of State Democratic candidate, Mike Mauro discusses Iowa election practices. William Flax says the Bush 9-11 speech was riddled with illogic. Jennifer Magyar from the Kansas City Center for Medicare & Medicaid Servicesgives customer assistance for people seeking help with drug program choices .800-633-4227 or 800-351-4664 SHP
David Payer wants to be the Iowa State Rep for the 61st District. David Barton, circuit ridin' historian is coming to the Iowa Renewal Project. 800-992-5596 to RSVP. Then, will the tactics which ended Shinto suicide missions of WW2 end Islamic suicide murderers?
9-11 sound and Iowan's remember. Then, Mary Ann Hanusa is running for Secretary of State. Issues. Then, Congressman Steve King is on the Texas border...by his count illegals have cost way more American lives than did 9-11. Plus, why Osama bin Laden will never be captured..
Noreen Gosch with a horrific update regarding her kidnapped son, Johnny. New pictures. Then, a 15 year old girl gets caught in a sting at a pizza joint for taking a beer order. $710 fine. Mom's upset. A great story.
Jim Hightower is in Iowa arguing in behalf of Iowans for Sensible Priorities. Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn with insight into our energy and defense future. Great discussion..
The Laramie Project is coming the Valley High Schooldrama department. Why? The gay lobby strikes again. Then, Mayor Frank Cowniehosts an energy town hall for Iowa.
A high speed chase ends in multiple honesty.... then, Phyliss Schlafly is coming to Iowa to help us get a run-amuck judiciary under control. Chuck Hurleywants to help.
Scott Pope sits in for vacationing Jan Mickelson. He talks Labor Day politics and the up-coming election cycle.
Congressman Tom Latham is furious over the beating of a Washington State National Guardsman. Debbie Schlussel says guess who is funding Islamic terrorism? Mormons? Huh? From the DOE, Director Kevin Kolevar talks about job numbers and energy prices.Mike Whelan, congressional candidate talks about immigration reform. Ted Baehr describes a made for tv movie which depicts the assassination of President Bush.
The end times debate continues with a couple of heavy hitters, Joel Rosenberg and Gary DeMar. A spirited discussion of end times prophecy. Then, war and peace. Why do peace protestors picket the military and not terrorist affiliates? And Christian Polygamy? Oxymoron or things to come?
Congressman Steve King brings an immigration reformpublic hearing to Iowa. Open Borders activists run the Mexican flag up a US flag pool. Then, the NEA reveals its continuing hostility towards home schoolers. An Iowa alternative?
Wow. Brownie is now doin' a great job of nuking his former boss. Why? Then, the government admits that the more than billion dollars spent on anti-drug messages was totally wasted. Now what?
Katrina, a year later assessment. What now? More money of course. OPM. Pat Buchanan writes, "State of Emergency: The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America". Lookit this. Then, "A Force More Powerful"...the game of non-violent strategy. Hardy Merriman
Gene Phillips is running as an Independent against incumbent Polk County Board of Supervisor John Mauro. Ben Stone, executive director of the ACLU of Iowa defends the free expression rights of the KKK. WHY? David Horowitz shines light upon the "Shadow Party"...says George Soros has turned the Democratic Party into a cult.
Steve Slivinski goes "Buck Wild" and bashes those non-tax and spend Republicans. Dana Fedman knows how to help you train your doggie. Pupstart. Then, the best apologyI've ever heard. So, how do defend child molesters? People actually try. You won't believe it.
What most folks are missing about the CIETC scandal. Then, Jonathan Wells has the "Politically Incorrect Guide to Darwinism and Intelligent Design" Great conversation.
"Debunking 9/11 Myths: Why Conspiracy Theories Can't Stand Up To the Facts" Brad Reagan from Popular Mechanics gives it the old reformed school try. Then, the "new normal"... extremely sexually active kids. Why? What to do about it?
Jim Marrs talks about "The Terror Conspiracy"...Deception, 9/11 and the Loss of Liberty. Then, a bunch o stuff 'bout everything... including the color of Muhammad's arm pits.
Lotsa Iowa State Fair conversation, then Clay Waters from Times Watchjust can't get over the way the NYTcovered Islamic Schools in NYC. Jerome Corsitalks about the North American Union, plus "Atomic Iran". New Mexico Governor Bill Richardsontalks about terrorism. Then, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist talks about leadership and health care.
A popcorn pop-off with the Tiny Tiny Popcorn pusher from K&K Popcorn... yummy... Then, older beer drinkers are unhappy with getting carded at Wally World.... perhaps the fair has gone on too long... :)
Jeff Traviss gives us tech talk about new audio and video gadgets.... then, Larry Crow is trying to raise funds to re-build an historic Iowa church (Marrs Hill Church) which is a victim of vandalism. Larry Crow, Box 26, Eldon, Iowa 52554 if you wanna.
Congressman Steve King talks about terrorism and the war. Then, Democratic gubernatorial candidate, Chet Culver, suggests using IPERS moneyfor start-up money for Iowa businesses. Good idea?
Wanna hear something scary? "The War for Righteousness" with Richard Gamble will terrify you. Wow! What a great book. Then, lotsa open-line conversation...everything from, "...should DNR officers be armed or be allowed to bust illegals, to "...they lost our WHAT?!"
Live from the Iowa State Fair.. first the Energy Doctor takes our temperature. Then, the personal formerly known as the former Psychic Suzy. Congressman Tom Latham has issues....:) Then, Denise O'Brienwants to be Iowa's Secretary of Agriculture.
The Iowa Concrete Association guru John Hanson talks about the energy saving technology demonstrated at the Fair. Oliver Stone's World Trade Centermovie. Melissa Caldwell from Parents Television Councilreviews the movie. High Marks. Chris Paine, movie producer of "Who Killed the Electric Car?" Great conversation.
Should the city council seat of Archie Brooks be filled by voters, by appointment, or left vacant. A brief survey says the seat should remain vacant. Douglas Murray writes, "Neo-Conservatism: Why We Need It". Then, Chris Anderson from Wired Magazine with "The Long Tail: why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More."
Robert Allison tells the fascinating history of the first clash the newly independent America had with the Barbary pirates. "The Crescent Obscured: The US and the Moslem World 1760-1815". It sounds just like today. Chuck Hurley and Tamara Scott have some questions for Iowa judges up for re-election. Really great ones, too. Then, Kevin McGloughlin talks about Iowa's new discounted tax law.
State Department spokesman Tom Casey describes our stakes in the war in Lebanon. Henry Edmondson says the ghost of John Dewey still haunts the halls of American schools. It's time for a ghost-buster. Yaron Brook from the Ayn Rand Institutesays the West should support the Israeli war against Hezbollah with moral certitude and without restraint.
A tragic motorcycle accident...survivor is charged with vehicular homicide. Why? Then Gary DeMar is a skeptic of end times prophecy. "End Times Madness". He examines the "Left Behind" series and Joel Rosenberg's prophetic novels.
More silly noise from the culture war. Then, Joel Rosenberg and "The Copper Scroll"... another best selling prophetic novel about the Middle East. Plus, listeners re-write a conservative public service announcement they way liberals would.
Dr. Chad Rohlfsen is looking for a few good bodies for a chiropractic survey, plus talks about the childhood vaccines. (He's a skeptic) Chris Prentice from Passages has "The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure"... how to help Mel Gibson. Dr. Ann Blake Tracy on the Andrea Yates Not Guilty Verdict...says her "cure" was the "cause".
Bill Northey from the Iowa Energy Alliance and Republican candidate for Ag Secretary. Congressman Jim Nussle wants to be Governor. And is this the real Mel Gibson? Is booze a truth serum?
Back from vacation... "Take This Job and Ship It" Senator Byron Dorgan describes How Corporate Greed and Brain-Dead Politics Are Selling Out America"... then, Gov Mitt Romney in Iowa for a fundraiser "hugs a tar baby"... big mistake?
Ross Peterson filled in as host for Jan Mickelson. Ross talked to local activist Pete Rose, who is calling for the resignation of two Des Moines City Council members for their part in the CIETC scandal. This is roughly 40 minutes of Tuesday's broadcast.
Feedback on the stem cell veto. Then, should Iowa raise the minimum wage? Elaine Ditsler and Peter Fisher from the Iowa Policy Project say Iowa has fallen behind.
Hey! Iowa has landed the USYSA Nationals...a hugely prestigious soccer tournament. Big honor, big bucks. West Des Moines Soccer guru Frank Gurnick with the story. Then, those refugees from war in Lebanon are what from where? And the want OUR help? Then, Senator Harkin has a big day with the success of his stem cell bill. Then, President's ethicist Dr. Leon Casstells why it should be vetoed.
How much is your collectible car worth? Dana Mecum and Larry Kline answer our sheet metal lust questions. 815-568-8888 Then, is the Marriage Protection Act a scam? Andrea Lafferty from the Traditional Values Coalition thinks so. Then, should we "rescue" the 25,000 Americans in Lebanon?
Lotsa openline time. Mike Frederlick says it's time for a "Fair Tax". Newt Gingrich says we are in the beginning of World War III. And the Senate nukes the fence. Huh?
Nick Van Patten is running against incumbent Democratic State Senator Matt McCoy. Issues. Dennis Avi Lipkin with an Israeli insight into the war in Lebanon. Walmart is changing its rules on shoplifting. We get silly. Then, the person formerly known as the nearly Psychic Suzy.
More on the eminent domain debate. Rep Jeff Kaufman with some last minute thoughts before the special session. Rep Ed Fallon with more. And in between, more on the CIETC scandal.
Iowa State Senator Jeff Lamberti is running for congress against incumbent Congressman Leonard Boswell. Issues. Money and Immigration. Then, Congressman Steve King is under attack for wanting to do away with bilingual ballots. Why?
First, mugged by the Etiquette Lady, Patricia Tice. She runs shape- up-your-manners seminars for kids and corporations. Plus, she's a tea pusher. Then, Governor Mark Warner from Virginia is Iowa testing the presidential water. Then, Pierre Pierceis up for parole...already....or enough already?
John Stossel writes about our "Myths, Lies, and Downright Stupidity"... and cures my red car phobia. I get an honorary degree in auto-paint psychology. Gov Mike Huckabee explores Iowa and the presidency. The Media Research Center reports that major news outlets are spinning the so-call gay marriage issue.
The Yoda of the hard left... Howard with his "Original Zinn" ....fun and spirited snottiness. Then, what would cause Iowa nurses to go on strike? Then, Congressman James Leach gives insight into the mind of North Korean dictator, "Dear Leader" Kim Jong Ill.
Dr. Mary Manz Simon talks about "Trend-Savvy Parenting"... unfortunately it doesn't involve a resurgence of kid whacking. Then, Tim Bascom tells about his "Chameleon Days" as a MK in Ethiopia. (a Saturday book signing at Barnes and Noble in Des Moines) Michael Fumento back from Iraq and "The New Band of Brothers." great stories.
"Devil's Teeth" the true story of obsession and survival among America's Great White Sharks...Susan Casey, a great story teller. And with a contest for a trip for our own Shark Adventure! Then, water bullet ballistics. Frosty Wooldridge is a 21st Century Paul Reverecalling us to alarm over an invasion of illegals...a July 1st rally at the Iowa Capital.
The first American accused of murdering "civilians" in Iraq. "Warlord" Ilario Pantano. What a story! Very inspirational. Clive starts a stop-light fund-raiser. Clive City Manager Henderson defends the new cameras. Lance Armstrong is coming to Iowa to ride in Ragbrai. "Lance Armstrong's War" Daniel Coyle. Then, did Rush get the shaft?
The Flag Protection Amendment failed by one vote. What does this mean? Then, can a white guy be a victim of a "hate" crime? What important fact was left outof this story?
Congressman Steve King explains his Voting Rights Act renewal opposition, plus he gets an autographed picture of Helen Thomas. Then, Polk County Medical Examiner, Gregory Schmunk tells us some great inside stories about his profession...our very own CSI consultant.
Energy savings with a new technology. Energy Guard. Wayne Essink is the Energy Doctor...a contest drawing. 515-963-9681 Then, Iowa taxpayers are footing the medical bills of a prisoner for more than $250,000. Why? The question reduces one hostile caller to song.
Talkin' about everything. Wide open. Bay Buchanan in Iowa to talk about immigration reform from "Team America"... and who doesn't want to increase the minimum wage?
From the Profit Zone, Don DeWaaytalks about how to preserve money during economic downtimes. 800-722-9861 Joyce Schulte is appalled at a Congressman Steve King political joke... and a hooligan beats up a cyclist, Dave Lippold, for slowing him down. And canceling an AOL account, how hard can that be anyhow?
This may be the best complete program we've ever done on the state of Iowa's education system. We deal with just about every cliche and excuse offered up by the education establishment for under-achieving. FromKIPP Academy in Chicago, Jim O'Conner takes failing inner city minority kids and gets them ready for college. How do they do it? Listen. The National Council on Teacher Quality measures how well Iowa colleges teach teachers to teach. Short answer. They flunk. Judy Hintz from Education Resources picks up the pieces when kids don't learn to read. How? Everyone with concerns for children's education should hear this segment.
An Iowan who is an expert in Brazilian history. Who knew? James Hufferd with a two-volume set. 888-280-7715 Then, Jeremy Lott "In Defense of Hypocrisy" Picking Sides in the War On Virtue. I violate my own Hip-o-critic Oath...darn it. Then, killed and mutilated in Iraq...how to respond?
So what did Grover Cleveland have to say about Iowa being turned down for disaster relief? Then, Senator Burton Brimely with SF 3798 Progressive Ammo Act of 2006. Most other professions get tested, why not Iowa teachers?
Rep Jeff Kaufman, with a last-ditch call to action on the eminent domain veto over-ride. (a technical issue abbreviates or sound file, sorry) a talk-show over-ride. :)
Should the Iowa legislature reconvene to over-ride the Vilsack veto of the bi-partisan eminent domain bill? Scott Bullock who argued Kelo before the Supreme Court, and Iowa Senator Bob Brunkhorst who sponsored the bill agree. Phyllis Schlafly exposes "The Supremacists" judicial tyranny. Then, we almost debate atheist Michael Newdow. Then, stop-sign politics and the culture war.
Another attack by the anti-smoking nazis...gawd bless 'em. NRA guru Wayne Lapierre says there is a "Global War On Your Guns" And former Alaska Senator Mike Gravel wants to be president. And he wants all of us to have a direct vote on laws.
**Senator Paul McKinley reacts to the Vilsack veto of the pay for teacher performance package passed by the legislature. Much spirited discussion. Plus an encore visit by a talented kindergarten teacherwho is a phonics super star. Dropping test scores. Education Spending. Pay comparisons. Teacher pay and class sizes. Listener Reaction.****
An update on everything, including pictures of "expended condums" on the MTA. Michelle Goldberg issues a warning of the "Kingdom Coming" The Rise of Christian Nationalism. ...and other mythical beasts.
Rusty Johnson from Elevate2Inpire is coming to Iowa to do a concert for the "Desire to Inspire Conference" in Indianola Saturday June 10th. 515-288-1981 ext 303 for details. Chris Klicka from HSLDA The 2006 NICHE Conference. "The History of Honor" and what the death of Zarqawi means...Jim Bowman.
Immigration attorney Jim Benzonirepresents a recent East High School grad who illegally emigrated from Honduras and now faces deportation. Estephanie Izaquirre talks to Iowans about her story. Powerful. Then, Eric Buehrer says school teachers and administrators need to know the law before they can educate students about our country's religious history. Jim Hawkins from Professional Educators in Iowa is brining Eric to Iowa to help educators understand the law about freedom of religion in the public square. Wednesday June 14th First Assembly of God 2725 Merle Hay Rd, Des Moines.
More feedback on the CIETC scandal, Indians (from India) think white people are morons, and the Des Moines School Board is racist if it doesn't use race as a hiring criteria. Ken Yancey from SCOREwants to help Iowa start-up businesses. 800-634-0245 Then, why would real teachers fear performance based pay?
Local political activist, Pete Rose is incensed about council members who had to resign in disgrace from CIETC are still taking up space on City Council. Gary DeMarsays if your kid has "666" somewhere on his scalp, it's just a birthmark. Eastern Iowa congressional candidate Brian Kennedy, then gay marriage?
Mike Riddle has solved the creation-evolution debate. (Speaking at the Pella Community Center Monday June 5-6 at 7 pm) info-line 641-780-4839 "Big Sky Cooking" with Meredith Brokaw and Ellen Wright...great western recipes. (a sample) Sal Mohamed wants to be Iowa's governor. Bill Dix wants to be congressman from Iowa's 1st District.
"American Courage" great first person stories of heroism. Herbert Warden. Gubernatorial candidate Ed Fallonquestions the Iowa Values Fund and worries about a Vilsack veto of the recent imminent domain legislation. Then a recent Iowa High School grad who is also an illegal immigrant gets deportation papers. Good idea?
The educrat says it's time to extend high school to 5 years for slower students. Good idea? Are women school administrators part of the problem? Then, Larry Schweikart says the anti-war movement has actually made the military more efficient and more lethal. "America's Victories" Why the U.S. Wins Wars and Will Win the War on Terror"
Bill Bryson "A Short History of Nearly Everything" is back home, nostalgic about Iowa. Is it Heaven? No, it's Texas with a new 80 mph speed limit. Then, David Barton defends the founders against false charges of Masonery.
Sonya Heitshusen from WHO TV 13gives us an insight into the continuing CIETC investigation. Scott Taylor talks about Lyme Disease on our healthline, cuz it's tick season. Really, this affects way more people than you would think and with serious damage. If you have pets and kids, LISTEN... that's an order.
You can't get stunned if you live in Denison, Iowa. (read the fine print) Then, Iowa Democratic gubernatorial candidates distance themselves from Iowa's packing industry. Why? Chris Simcox heads the Minuteman, a volunteer civilian border patrol. He's looking for volunteers from Iowa. Then, follow-ups on the Senate immigration amnesty bill. Lotsa bytes.
My bear phobia kicks up again... and my friend sends me a canister of anti-dog spray which doesn't work.....what is she trying to say? Then, Iowa high school students are being warned about car-jacking situations and how to avoid them. In Iowa!
Senator Charles Grassley talks about the current Senate immigration debate and everyone checks in with reaction and opinion.
John Cox is a Republican presidential candidate with an early start in Iowa. Issues. "The Party of Death, the Democrats, the Media, the Courts, and the Disregard for Human Life." Ramesh Ponnuru Then, what if we don't protect marriage? Maggie Gallagher gives the worst case scenario.
Talk about a Monday buzz kill, "Dark Ages America: The Final Phase of Empire"... Morris Berman likes to beat himself up, so we help him. Then, deer huggers think 15 varmits per square mile is the ideal. AAAAAAAARRRRGGGG! You ever wonder why the immigration problem seems to be illusive to the political class? Jerome Corsi thinks he knows. NAFTA and money. A new cuss word. If you ever run out of invective, call somebody a "Sacerdotal Flagist".... I double-dog dare ya.
Lotsa Friday open-line time. A review of the week's issues...spirited discussion....silly and almost coherent at times.
"What Would The Founders Do?" Richard Brookhiser. How would our forebears handle our problems? 50 State Comparisons for 2006. How'd we do? Mark Duff. "I Gave Up My Life to Find IT" Jule Gaige maybe the I AM... ok. Then fun and games with rural garbage. (You'll have to listen to find out)
"Guest of the Ayatollah" the first Battle in America's War with Militant Islam. Mark Bowden. Then, the little girl is starved to death by an illegitimate parent. Then, Blaine Cochran highlights an up-coming Worldview Weekend for culture warriors who wish to hone their skills. Jim Haner is a real "Soocerhead" a funny look at America's game. Then what do people-eating Florida gators have in common with Iowa long-legged prairie rats? (deer)
"Awakening Hippocrates" Dr. Edward O'Neil with a primer on health, poverty and global service. Congressman Steve King reacts to President Bush's immigration speech. Dog trainer Dana Fedman with PupStart tries to bite-proof the universe. Shelby Steele tries to relieve "White Guilt".
Michael Anthony performs "Fly With the Eagle"...an anti-illegal alien country song. (downloadable ) Drake University students debate the immigration issue. Frank Beard from Citizens for a Tight Border tangles with student activity activist Joe Quinn. William Gheen from Americans for Legal Immigration, then Jason Marocheck from "We Hire Aliens" a website which tracks employers who hire illegals.
It's Lyme Disease season. Judy Weig with an tick season warning. 515-432-3628 for an upcoming seminar. Father Frank Bognanno from Christ the King is going to do a seminar on the Da Vinci Deception. Oh, and BTW, another book by the same title, also good. Then, the Suzy curse.
Richard Sipe tells about "Sex, Priests, and Secret Codes". What to do about child abusing priests. Then the mom of a little girl, mauled by a pit bull tells her story giving healing update and what she hopes the law can do to prevent more incidents in the future.
Whirlpool just pulled the plug on Maytag. 100 years of Iowa economic history comes to end. Why? What does it mean. Iowans react.
Iowan Tobin Miller is in the cast of United 93. As an air traffic controller he is an eyewitness to history. Presidential and congressional approval ratings are in the tank. What to do? Congressman Steve King back from Arizona border patrol...horrific stories.
Carrie Lukas with the "Politically Incorrect Guide to Women, Sex and Feminism" says eventually we may begin to honor moms and motherhood. Then the Vatican says folks who believe the Bible are pagans, but God may have had a small part in creation, while a Brussels Bishop says it is our Christian duty to turn churches into mosques for illegal aliens...no, really. Then a plague of geese.
So... let's beat up on a different Kennedy for a change...as long as its in the same gene pool, it counts. A bunch of really great openline.
The2006 Asian Heritage Festival is coming up... Then, can Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio teach Iowans anything about illegal immigration?
**United 93 is a grim but inspirational movie about 911. Lou Dobbs echoes the high cost of cheap labor in Iowa. Then, Iowa restaurant chislers. Plus, Deputy Ag Secretary Chuck Conner says ethanol progress is being made. Steve Camarota from the Center for Immigration Studies says immigration control is truly a multi-partisan issue. The poll numbers are huge!****
More intense immigration discussion. Congressional Candidate Mike Whalen wants the 1st District job. Great conversation.
It's May 1st and it's a Day Without Immigrants. How ya holding up? Iowans continue to respond to immigration protestors. Spirited discussion.
Iowans react to the upcoming Mayday "A Day Without Immigrants".. but, not in the way organizers were hoping for though, and to the new Hispanic version of the National Anthem, Nuestro Himno.
How about a great public school success! Woodlawn Elementary School kindergarten teacher Patti Fiderlick has her class reading at the 2nd Grade level! How? With a highly creative phonics course. Congressman Steve King wonders why the Register did a response to a King editorial which they didn't choose to print in the paper. Then, culture warrior Gary DeMarr talks about the theology of immigration.
"Why Birds Sing" David Rothenberg. Really. Kevin McLaughlin with Iowans for Discounted Taxes want to bribe seniors to stay in Iowa. "Leading from the Front" Courtney Lynch a Marine with a mission to teach leadership. Then, Iowa immigration redux.
Another pit bull mauls a child i n Iowa. Nuff? Spirited debate. Tama County Assistant Prosecutor Richard VanderMey gives the inside story on the cost of law enforcement and illegal aliens.
I busted my compassion gland. How come? Then, the internet chain letter re: the Brown Recluse Spider. The pictures are awful. The stories Iowans tell are worse... totally justifiying my arachnobia. Then, Iowa Cityeducrats get rolled by a Wisconsin atheist Annie-Laurie Gaylor. The plug gets pulled on a volunteer fundraiser basketball game, designed to raise money to repair tornado damage on St Patrick's Church after atheists threaten to sue. Chuck Hurley says his organization, The Iowa Family Policy Center, will defend any Iowa institution in the future against any future bogus threats. 1-877-866-IFPC
Democrats say Iowa lacks diversity, so we should lose our first in the nation position for presidential politics. What about universal tagging of farm animals? Dr. Stanley Greenspan talks about "Engaging Autism" . Then, Tim Hamilton says it ain't Arabs and Ethanol driving up gas prices. Guess who?
John Cox for President 2008. Throwing out the first presidential pitch. Then, what to do when a high school editorial cartoon assignment doesn't pass the ideological teacher test.
Eyal Press and "Absolute Convictions" the story of early abortion wars in Buffalo. Then, the President can't control his own front yard. Peter LaBarbara with Americans for Truth talks about the sexual politicizing of an Easter Egg roll. Lotsa open conversation about stuff.
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Graduation ratesin Des Moines schools are dropping, but Jonathan Narcisse says it's worse than you think. Then, what do we want to say to the Rev Fred "Billy-Bob" Phelps? He gets a bit piece of Iowa's mind.
The Hollywood film industry has ADHD. All the big money makers affirm traditional values, yet they produce garbage. Why? Dr. Ted Baehr with MovieGuide. Then Dr. Chad Rohlfsen says Iowans would have done better without the mumps innoculation. How did we get the income tax anyhow?
I byte cha one byte at a time with a wrap-up of the most absurd stuff of the week. Dan Gainor trains us how to detect media spin. And is Senator McCain right about Americans? There are jobs that we not only won't do, but can't?
Frank Beard started a new Drake University student organization CTB, Citizens for Tight Borders. Then, Jerome Corsi say phoey on the "...we are running out of fossil fuel so expect to pay more..." argument. "Black Gold Strangelhold" says oil is produced within the core of the planet, not by liquified dinosaur parts.
Why is everybody pickin' on Archie? Should he resign from city council. Natalie Myers and Judy Flynn from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services answers questions about the new Medicare Prescriptions Drug Coverage. 800-633-4227 or 800-351-4664 for SHPS.
Congressman Steve King with lots of immigration related information. Jeannie Eller from Action Reading (800-378-1046) describes the most efficient way to teach ESL (English as Second Language) classes and why literacy should be achieved by the end of the first grade.
Red-State Comedian Brad Stine "Live from Middle America" gets silly and profound. Iowa is passing the Fred Phelps Law... and the best known use of a Harley. More Iowa reaction to pro-illegal immigration rallies.
New Mickelson in the Morning jargon. I explain what "Getting the Bennie Gibbs" is all about. Will Iowa Corn Growers be blamed for higher gas prices this summer? Then, Chad Thompson and Dr. Warren Throckmorton propose new communication guidelines for dealing with sex orientation issues in public schools. Then, Suzy....the one formerly known as the Nearly Psychic Suzy.