By Emily Geiger
I have to say, sometimes it gets a little depressing writing about how the world is going to hell in a handbasket on a daily basis, and as Christmas is approaching, I’ve been getting a little lazy, so, instead of more doom and gloom (i.e. [...]
By Emily Geiger
My, how the mighty have fallen. Not even 12 months into his presidency, and Barack Obama’s approval rating continues to decline.
According to Rasmussen, only 44 percent of Americans approve of Obama’s job performance, and that includes those who “slightly approve.”
A whopping 55% of Americans [...]
By Emily Geiger
So, a few weeks back, Des Moines Mayor Frank Cownie was one of a handful of mayors invited to the White House for a jobs summit. Now, I hear that Cownie is on his way to Copenhagen for the climate change summit.
I’d say, [...]
By Emily Geiger
After hours of clearing snow in the bitter cold, I have one thing to say.
Snotcicle.
Didn’t think that was actually possible (or at least that it would ever happen to me), but now I know it is (and it did). Not quite as bad as this [...]
By Emily Geiger
I wonder if David Chung is kicking himself now that Christian Fong is out of the governor’s race for resigning his seat on the State Central Committee to actively support Fong in the primary?
Speaking of the SCC, anybody heard a vote count on the [...]
By Emily Geiger
Carhart Picking Up Where Tiller Left Off
So, the famed Nebraska baby-killer is promising to do more late term abortions to make up for those his dead friend from Kansas can no longer kill.
Geesh, I’m glad they got that straightened out. For a second there [...]
By Emily Geiger
In case you didn’t know, today is actually an election day. That’s right, there are several municipal run-off elections taking place today, including one that could potentially unseat a living legend of the Des Moines City Council, Tom Vlassis.
And by “living legend,” I mean living [...]
By Emily Geiger
You know all of those people who are totally fine with pulling the plug on people in “vegetative states?”
Remember how the pro-life groups who oppose pulling the plug in such cases are always accused of being a bunch of Bible thumping, scientifically stupid, flat-earth imbeciles?
What [...]
By Emily Geiger
Terry, Terry, Terry… how many chances are you going to need before you finally get it right?
I’m glad to hear (again) that you signed Iowa’s defense of marriage law and that you would support an amendment defining marriage as a union between one man and [...]
By Emily Geiger
So, I really wasn’t planning on writing about Sarah Palin again, but, after seeing some of the news coverage of the last 24 hours, I have to.
I pointed out yesterday what a hypocritical jacka$$ former top McCain aide Steve Schmidt is. I mean, it takes [...]
By Emily Geiger
I saw Sarah Palin’s interview with Oprah, and I thought she went a long way towards answering some questions people still have about her.
For example, I thought she answered the questions about the widely-panned Katie Couric interview very well. She basically said that [...]
By Emily Geiger
I don’t have a lot of time to write today, so I’ll just mention a quick article I saw recently about a new health study.
The headline read, “Men more likely to leave spouse who has cancer.”
Apparently, the overall divorce rate for couples with one [...]
By Emily Geiger
I wrote a few days ago about a former Texas Planned Parenthood director who had a “pro-life conversion.” As I was researching that story, I came across a YouTube video that I included at the conclusion of that post.
The video is an astounding expose` [...]
By Emily Geiger
Roxanne the Rape Enabler Makes it Official
Sen. Chuck Grassley officially has another opponent. That makes three democrats who want to challenge Iowa’s senior Senator.
But only one is a multi-millionaire trial lawyer, tax evader, drunk driver, and rape enabler.
I’ll give you one guess [...]
By Emily Geiger
I sincerely hope Nancy Pelosi and her fellow Democrats in the House of Representatives are not going to try to sneak a vote on her proposed healthcare plan while the country is distracted by the tragedy at Ft. Hood.
But as of right now, it looks [...]
By Emily Geiger
I’ve always said that, the more people know about abortion, the worse it will be for abortion proponents.
And that is exactly why Planned Parenthood in Texas has filed a restraining order to try to keep a former abortion clinic director from speaking about her experiences [...]
By Emily Geiger
Long-time Des Moines City Councilman Tom Vlassis is facing a run-off election because he failed to get 50% of the vote in his district.
Some may be shocked by this, but not if your memory is long enough to remember back to the CIETC scandal.
This [...]
By Emily Geiger
As always, the debate over healthcare “reform” is heated as ever. I saw an article about a week ago, and I purposefully waited to see if it gained any traction in the mainstream media.
Q: How many times have you heard those in [...]
By Emily Geiger
So tell me, how do you write a “news” story about an organization paying for a speaker when you don’t even know if the organization is paying for the speaker?
Ask “journalist” Jonathan Martin. He knows all about it.
You see, Jonny wrote a [...]
By Emily Geiger
One of my pet peeves is when I hear people say that “people are basically good.”
People are not basically good. We are all basically bad, and we have to work really hard to be good.
Ask anyone in law enforcement. Ask any judge. Ask any child abuse investigator. There [...]
By Emily Geiger
Since everyone in this state is football crazy right now, I’ll jump on the bandwagon with a football-related story.
A small but vocal minority of students at Penn State is upset with the t-shirts the University is selling for “white out” games this [...]
By Emily Geiger
So, it seems that Roxanne “The Rape Enabler” Conlin is “considering” a run against Iowa’s senior U.S. Senator, Chuck Grassley.
Roxanne, Roxanne, Roxanne… there are so many reasons why you are such an awful candidate. There’s the little “oops, I forgot to pay my taxes” incident [...]
By Emily Geiger
Why is it that abortion proponents are so opposed keeping statistical records about abortions?
There is huge flap going on in Oklahoma regarding a new law that requires reporting of certain statistical information to the state which will be made available to the public, including:
-woman’s [...]
By Emily Geiger
So, Sarah Palin is going on Oprah next month to promote her new book.
Just like everything Sarah Palin does, this is either going to be a brilliant move, or it’s going to be a disaster. It’s one or the other.
I’m sure many [...]
By Emily Geiger
Okay, at first I thought the whole Obama White House vs. Fox News was just some childish politicos being, well, childish.
But, the more I think about it, the more troubling it becomes.
Think back to earlier this year when veteran White House reporter Helen Thomas [...]
By Emily Geiger
Did the headline grab your attention like it did mine?
My first reaction to it was shock and anger? How does anyone allow this to happen to themselves. Why would Irene Vilar want to write a book about her serial murders called “Impossible Motherhood: Testimony [...]
By Emily Geiger
So, we all heard yesterday that the Senate heathcare reform bill will raise individuals’ private health insurance premiums thousands of dollars in the next few years, which only makes sense. If there are more conditions, medications, and procedures for which the government mandates coverage, that [...]
By Emily Geiger
Help the U of I Children’s Hospital!
Remember back in the old days on the old site when we rallied support for an online vote to help Aplington-Parkersberg win $25,000 for their schools (which at that time, had been recently demolished by an F-5 tornado)?
Well, there [...]
By Emily Geiger
Dave, Dave, Dave.
To quote Jay Leno, what the hell were you thinking?
First, I have to say that, though I don’t normally watch David Letterman at night, but I happened to see The Show last Thursday with The Confession.
And I was really disturbed by it. I [...]
By Emily Geiger
Okay, I’m gonna have to call B.S. on Whoopi Goldberg.
In the wake of the flap she is taking for saying Roman Polanski’s situation didn’t involve “rape rape,” Whoopi tried to do a little damage control.
It seems she called the Today Show to “clarify” her previous [...]
By Emily Geiger
Okay, I was really hoping that common sense would prevail and the Hollywood types shut their mouths about their love of child rapist/film director Roman Polanski, but since common sense is pretty much non-existent in Hollywood, no such luck.
By Emily Geiger
And the hits keep on coming.
Yet another elementary school has been caught with its pants down making another propagandist pro-Obama video using impressionable young children.
This one is less sing-song and more Gregorian chant. I tried to get the unedited video, but it seems [...]
By Emily Geiger
Sometimes, the best way to win people’s hearts and minds on the abortion issue is to show a real life example of someone living out their pro-life convictions, even under very difficult circumstances.
That is why Sarah Palin’s pro-life testimony was so compelling, and why [...]
By Emily Geiger
What the hell, we’ll just go with the flow and call this indoctrination week.
Once again, I was going to write about something else, but when you see a bunch of public elementary school kids singing a song entitled “Barack Hussein Obama,” the [...]
By Emily Geiger
I’d like to be able to write about something other than the Obama administration’s indoctrination efforts and heavy handed tactics, but it keeps happening.
I found a fascinating article about Obama’s new “Safe Schools Czar,” Kevin Jennings. Here are some highlights from his resume.
[...]
By Emily Geiger
When something happens once, maybe it was a mistake. When it happens repeatedly, you start to think there is a deliberate pattern to things.
For example, maybe when President Obama put out lesson plans accompanying his speech to school children that asked the school children to [...]
By Emily Geiger
I find it pretty ironic that the Register was openly questioning polls conducted earlier this year because of who was conducting the polls, and now it wants the public to take its own poll seriously.
You want to talk about biased news sources? Fine, [...]
By Emily Geiger
Looks like Charlie Gibson is in good (or bad, as the case may be) company.
As of two days ago, Speakers of the House Nancy Pelosi didn’t know anything about the bill making its way through the House of Representatives that would [...]
By Emily Geiger
Wanted: News anchor with reading glasses who is good at looking down his nose with a smug and/or condescending and/or arrogant expression on his face. This person is needed to interview an ABC news anchor to grill said anchor on the issue of ACORN corruption.
This [...]
By Emily Geiger
I agree with Barack Obama. I believe that he is 100% right.
I never thought I would say those words. But it’s true.
Like Barack Obama, I too believe that Kanye West is a jackass.
I think this could be the beginning of a beautiful new bipartisan relationship.
[...]
By Emily Geiger
Well, I see that Caffeinated Thoughts pretty much wrote the post I was going to write today, so I’m going direct you all there to read about the hypocrisy associated with the left’s failure to denounce the murder of a pro-life [...]
By Emily Geiger
Imagine this.
You are not quite 22 weeks pregnant and you go into labor. You rush to the hospital and give birth to a very tiny baby boy.
He’s tiny, but strong. He has a strong heartbeat, he’s moving, and even breathing on his own.
But he [...]
By Emily Geiger
It’s funny how liberals are fearless bullies when their picking on certain people like Christians or conservatives, but they’re a bunch of cowards when it comes to other groups… like Muslims.
Yale University Press has decided to take the coward’s way out in its recent decision [...]
By Emily Geiger
So, Obama’s “green jobs czar” is now saying he’s sorry about the whole calling Republicans “assholes” thing.
But let’s be honest. He’s sorry that he got caught on tape calling Republicans assholes.
Curt Schilling for U.S. Senate?
Well, it sure would be an improvement over Ted [...]
By Emily Geiger
Obama wants school children to have to learn more about him and write about how he inspires them.
Barf.
Seriously. This is not a joke. Does he think we’re stupid enough to not see this for what it is… outright indoctrination?
I mean, I know [...]
By Emily Geiger
Well, we have a winner in the HD 90 race, but it’s not over.
And, yet again, the Register’s Jason Clayworth is all over another gay marriage story.
You see, One Iowa, the pro-gay extremist group that helped force gay marriage down the throats of Iowans [...]
By Emily Geiger
It’s a sad day in the Spencer school district.
You see, Spencer was going to do something good. Rather than exclude any mention of God in schools (in violation of the students’ rights to religious freedom and expression), the Spencer school district had come up [...]
By Emily Geiger
Go Away, Governor, Go Far, Far Away
You know you’re in trouble when your own lieutenant governor from your own party (who doesn’t want to run for governor in the next general election) calls for your resignation.
That’s exactly where Mark Sanford is at right [...]
By Emily Geiger
I was fascinated to read the riveting blog post authored by the Register’s most unbiased reporter on the topic of gay marriage, Jason Clayworth.
It seems Jason is upset that an out-of state issue advocacy group is putting some serious money into the House District [...]
By Emily Geiger
DART Loves Atheists who Pay for Ads, but Not its Christian Employees
The Christian DART driver who was suspended for refusing to drive a bus with a pro-atheism ad on the side of it is back at work.
But, it doesn’t seem as if anything has really [...]
By Emily Geiger
Okay, I’m not sure I would exactly call her a role model, but reality TV star Kourtney Kardashian might just have become an unwitting example for the pro-life movement.
Kardashian, 30 and unmarried, recently found herself pregnant with a child conceived with an ex-boyfriend. According to [...]
By Emily Geiger
In the midst of the chaos that is the debate over healthcare reform, there is another war going on.
This shouldn’t surprise anyone. This is a war that has been raging for some time now. Once again, Christianity is under attack.
There have been several examples [...]
By Emily Geiger
Imagine if a president (or one of his top advisors, like, say, David Axelrod) sent out unsolicited emails (i.e. spam) from a White House email address in an effort to gain public support for something that was really unpopular, like, say, Obamacare. And [...]
By Emily Geiger
I’d have to say that the top two words in the news last week were “death panels.” Everywhere I looked it was hear a death panel, there a death panel, everywhere a death panel.
I have to admit, even I was starting to think that Sarah [...]
By Emily Geiger
Does anyone else find it ironic that the Democrats are accusing conservatives (and the Republican party in particular) of organizing a concerted effort to bombard poor, unsuspecting congressman with challenging healthcare questions at their local townhall meetings?
In case anyone hasn’t noticed, if the Republican party [...]
By Emily Geiger
Just when I thought the Register couldn’t get any lower, I get proven wrong yet again. Here’s the headline from the Register’s latest editorial.
Don’t let abortion debate derail reform
Okay, that caught my attention. Now let’s see what they have to say.
First, the Register says [...]
By Emily Geiger
I wondered when this would happen.
Apparently, Hillary got a little testy with a student who asked her a question at a forum while travelling in Africa. This student asked Hillary, the Secretary of State, what her husband’s position was on an international financial [...]
By Emily Geiger
I know there are some minorities who have suffered because of racism, but I can’t think of anything more damaging to race relations than to have people claiming racism where there is none.
I’m sure many of you have seen the parody poster that recently came [...]
By Emily Geiger
I think Lynda Waddington (the self-proclaimed “Omnipotent Ovary”… no, I’m not kidding) is incapable of telling the truth when it comes to abortion. Here is the latest headline of her “journalistic” writings on the Iowa Tim-Gill-Dependent.com.
Religious organizations say ‘abortion mandate’ [...]
By Emily Geiger
I’m always proud to be an American, but I’m not always proud of other Americans, particularly liberals who try to change the fundamental principles on which our country was founded.
But then again, some days, I’m extraordinarily impressed with the American citizenry.
Exhibit A:
Exhibit B:
Exhibit C:
Why the Democrats [...]
By Emily Geiger
So, suppose that, while you were traveling for work, someone takes naked pictures of you without your knowledge or permission and plasters those pictures of you all over the internet.
You would probably expect your employer to be extremely sympathetic and do everything in its power [...]
By Emily Geiger
Obama is not having a good week.
First, his comments about the Harvard professor’s arrest totally overshadow his big press conference on healthcare.
Then, his comments about the Harvard professor’s arrest come back and bite him in the ass when it comes out that [...]
By Emily Geiger
First things first… what the hell is wrong with Kerry Burt?
He represents everything that people hate about politics and politicians. And, the sad thing is that his leadership knows all about this, and they still won’t do anything. (I’m talking to you [...]
By Emily Geiger
The good news is that Iowa’s own Sen. Chuck Grassley has decided to do the right thing and vote against the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor as a Supreme Court justice.
I found Grassley’s explanation for his vote to be fascinating.
“My vote must be based [...]
By Emily Geiger
I watched Obama’s healthcare press conference the other night and really tried to have an open mind, but I still couldn’t come away from it thinking it was anything but slightly disastrous for the president’s plan.
When a reporter asks whether some basic health [...]
By Emily Geiger
So, I see that a lot of liberal media types (and a few vengeful Republicans) have their undies in a bundle over the latest Sarah Palin ethics probe.
Apparently, some people are upset because she set up a legal defense fund to help [...]
By Emily Geiger
Prayers Needed
First things first. The American soldier being held captive needs everyone’s prayers. Please take a moment to pray for the safe return of Pfc. Bowe R. Bergdah of Hailey, Idaho. Also remember his family and friends, who must be beside themselves with worry right now.
A Site [...]
By Emily Geiger
Apparently, some left-leaning mainstream media types (and one less-than-credible blogger) are taking issue with the TIR poll results showing that 67% of Iowans want the opportunity to vote on a traditional marriage amendment.
They are upset that TIR’s poll question asked whether Iowans should be [...]
By Emily Geiger
I saw two different news stories yesterday that literally made pause and say, “What the hell?”
Apparently, Levi Johnston, the immature high school dropout ex-boyfriend of Sarah Palin’s oldest daughter, Bristol, is making the media rounds (again).
This time, he was a featured guest on NBC’s Today Show. Why, [...]
By Emily Geiger
If the news headlines in the last several week aren’t evidence enough that cheating on your wife is a bad idea, I don’t know what is.
Let’s look at what happens when men stray.
You get a ruined career.
You get a ruined reputation.
You ruin relationships with friends and family.
You get [...]
By Emily Geiger
The more I think about it, the more I really think that Sarah Palin’s resignation really is about her family and also about saving the state (and herself) money due to all the frivolous ethics inquiries being made against her.
I think the family reasons [...]
By Emily Geiger
Planned Parenthood Producing Movies?
So, I’m watching TV last night, and I see this commercial for a new horror movie (my favorite genre… not).
It was called “Orphan,” and from the commercial, it looks like it’s about this couple who adopts this orphan who is some [...]
By Emily Geiger
I’m so confused. Who would have thought three weeks ago that three GOP presidential contenders would no longer be presidential contenders?
As I’m sure you’ve heard, the latest bizarre GOP news story involves Sarah Palin’s surprising announcement that she is resigning as governor of Alaska. And yes, that does [...]
By Emily Geiger
I read an article yesterday morning about Sanford’s spiritual mentor, Warren “Cubby” Culbertson, who gave an interview to the AP about the whole Sanford debacle.
He was very forthcoming, but when the reporter asked if he’d ever met Sanford’s mistress, he had no comment. Which means the [...]
By Emily Geiger
Celebrity Deaths
Why does someone like Michael Jackson get so much more attention in his death than someone like Ed Thomas? I know Thomas has gotten world-wide attention, but certainly not the 24/7 coverage that is the Jackson worship-fest. I guess character doesn’t necessarily correlate with TV coverage.
Sotomayor [...]
By Emily Geiger
Just when you thought the political sex scandals couldn’t get any worse… there’s a sex tape.
Apparently John Edward didn’t want to be outdone by all the Republicans in the news lately. It wasn’t enough for him to betray his sick wife with complete space [...]
By Emily Geiger
I was shocked, saddened, and disgusted once again to hear of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford’s admission that he is the latest politician to cheat on his wife.
Of course, there has been intense media scrutiny on this situation over the last several days given that [...]
By Emily Geiger
I’ve given out “Tough Chick” awards before, but that that just doesn’t seem big enough to describe what some women endure in this world.
26-year-old Neda Soltan has become the face of the martyrs of the resistance in Iran. Neda was tragically murdered while protesting the [...]
By Emily Geiger
Iran
It appears that some of the ruling clerics are standing up to those who have taken the position that the recent Iranian election results are legitimate. That’s the good news.
The bad news is that the families of those clerics who are taking a stand against Mahmoud [...]
By Emily Geiger
Just when you thought that the federal government couldn’t find any more crap to spend our money on, they have decided to throw a bone to the gay rights lobby by enacting “domestic partner benefits” for gay partners of federal employees.
And by “they,” I mean President Obama, [...]
By Emily Geiger
Yesterday, I was disappointed and disgusted to find out that Nevada Sen. John Ensign has admitted to having an affair.
Of course, I hold people who claim to have conservative, Christian values to a higher standard, so this was very upsetting. It was more upsetting to find out [...]
By Emily Geiger
America: Pro-Life and Conservative
I know, I know. You all think that that headline is just crazy Emily’s wishful thinking, right?
Wrong.
Just a few weeks ago I wrote about a Gallup poll saying that, for the first time since they started polling the issue, the majority of Americans identify [...]
By Emily Geiger
The thing that I’ve found more disturbing than Letterman’s comments about the Palin family are some of the comments I’ve seen on national blogs over the last few days.
Not only have some people been supportive of Letterman’s comments, they’ve taken those disgusting words even further.
Why is it that [...]
By Emily Geiger
I find it funny that when conservative women start treading on men’s turf, it’s liberals who start attacking in a highly sexist manner.
The latest in this ongoing saga involves some hugely inappropriate comments made by David Letterman about Sarah Palin… and her 14-year-old daughter.
Letterman’s recent comments have included [...]
By Emily Geiger
I got an interesting email from a mole, I mean, friend of mine. It seems that Steve King is lending his name and voice to phone calls being made to Iowa residents from the National Organization for Marriage. My mole/friend says he/she didn’t get the exact wording, but [...]
By Emily Geiger
I’m not one of those people who is willing to cut a politician a break for identity politics reasons. Hence, despite the fact that Nancy Pelosi is a historical figure (the first female Speaker of the House), I just can’t let it slide when she does stupid stuff… [...]
By Emily Geiger
So, in case you hadn’t heard, just a few days ago, a crazed gunman killed a hero in a small, rural state. This murderer claims to have been a lone actor, but we all know he’s really part of a larger conspiracy. We also know that he’s a [...]
By Emily Geiger
I read with morbid curiosity yesterday some liberal bloggers’ reactions to the killing of George Tiller. One in particular jumped out at me, and I just can’t let it slide.
I’ve read Lynda Waddington’s blog before, and I have to laugh in that it claims to be “bipartisan” [...]
By Emily Geiger
I’m sure many of you have heard by now that infamous late-term abortionist George Tiller is dead. Reports are telling us that he was gunned down at his church while he was acting as an usher Sunday morning. His wife was in the choir [...]
By Emily Geiger
Craziness in California
If at first you don’t succeed (in the election booth), and the state supreme court shoots you down, try, try again.
Gay marriage advocates are already planning a ballot initiative to try to rescind proposition 8, which placed a traditional marriage definition in the California Constitution.
And [...]
By Emily Geiger
So, apparently State Sen. Matt McCoy is upset with Steve Deace.
My first reaction to that is, Dude, get in line. Deace has whole organized groups of haters. Seriously. Google it.
Anyhoo, McCoy, Iowa’s only openly gay state legislator, is ticked off because, even though he didn’t [...]
By Emily Geiger
You know how the pro-gay marriage crowd gets all up in arms when the pro-traditional marriage crowd points out that legal acceptance of homosexuality and gay marriage will impact everyone, especially kids?
Well, here is yet another example of that.
Despite the fact that Californians voted to legally define marriage [...]
By Emily Geiger
You know how the liberals claim that we have to be allowed to kill tiny babies (i.e. embryos) because we need to do that to cure horrible diseases with their embryonic stem cells?
And you know how lots of people claim that we need to keep [...]
By Emil Geiger
Okay, so I know everyone and their brother is writing about this, but how freaking stupid is Joe Biden?
Dude, you didn’t just give away Dick Cheney’s secure undisclosed location, you just gave away your own safety net, moron.
The part of this story that I find almost more [...]
By Emily Geiger
Just before the most pro-choice president ever gave his speech at the allegedly pro-life Notre Dame University yesterday, a new Gallup poll is out saying that the American public is more pro-life than ever.
For the first time since Gallup began taking this poll 15 years ago, [...]
By Emily Geiger
So, I finally got around to watching the Oprah show with Elizabeth Edwards talking about John’s affair.
My gut reaction to it is that she is still in denial.
The part that really got me was when Oprah asked about Rielle Hunter’s baby girl. Elizabeth said she [...]
