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• Lady Marmalade

  
  The Liter will always admit when we're wrong and so it goes with our post yesterday (Gov'ment).
  
  We wrongly believed what the media reported that Senator Mary Landrieu's vote was being purchased for $100 Million.
  
  It turns out that when Harry [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 2:26am EST
  

• Guv'ment

  
  It's the beginning of the end, earlier this month House Dummycrats passed Obamacare (Open Wide!).
  
  Today Dummycrats in the Senate, will begin the process that ultimately sticks it to the American people, and the scientific community is united in that fact.
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 5:23am EST
  

• Public Service Announcement

  
  Vice President Biden will be in Central Iowa today.
  
  It'll be tons of JO BS, and the scientific community is united in that fact, but no real jobs as the U.S. unemployment rate sits at 10.2 % and Iowa's [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 4:52am EST
  

• Schmuck

  
  CONgressman Bruce Braley comes across looking like a schlemiel over recent comments.
  
  Braley weighed in on the trial of Agriprocessors plant manager Sholom Rubashkin, who was found guilty on 86 felony financial fraud charges.
  
  The CONgressman said the conviction was [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 2:43pm EST
  

• Every Which Way But Loose

  
  The Twinkie Tandem made news as they had the Great Ape Trust closing and leaving Iowa during their WHO DT 5.pm. (in the evening) newscast.
  
  Turns out it's just the orangutans who'll be relocating and the scientific community' [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 6:30am EST
  

• Eye See?

  
  I caught a glimpse of this headline in the online Cedar Rancid Gazzette
  
  Iowa State fans get a glimse at next season’s lineup
  
  The Liter is not sure if that's a good thing or not and the scientific community is [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 5:57am EST
  

• So Noted

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 5:03am EST
  

• Lil Bow Wow

  
  
  
  
  There's definitely a pattern, or maybe it's just Obama's into that BOWnce With Me rap and the scientific community is united in that fact.
  
  Thanks to Lucianne for Lil Kevin pic[...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 4:00am EST
  

• Pressure

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  It's what the Big Lug Nut's spandex and yellow swim cap were under while doing his "intermediate distance" triathlon and [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 2:33am EST
  

• WHY!?!?!

  
  Sadly, I was wrong when I hoped that the Ragister had published the only picture of the Big Lug Nut in his triathlon.
  
  Having no sense of decency, the Ragister has printed pictures of the BLN...SHIRTLESS!
  
  Oh, the humanity!
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 1:40pm EST
  

• Call Me CONgressman

  
  Since the Obama administration has created fictional CONgressionial Districts in Iowa, I'm naming myself CONgressman in one.
  
  This can be the only explanation behind the creation of our one job in the amount of $112,336 as the federal stimulus dollars went to pay' [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 12:27pm EST
  

• Break My Stride?

  
  The Big Lug Nut can boast(?) he completed his first "intermediate distance" triathlon (whatever the hell that means).
  
  Per the Ragister, it took the BLN a little over three hours (3:03:27).
  
  He floated for 1,500 meters (19:19), pedaled 20 miles [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 7:35am EST
  

• Another First Round Pick?

  
  Looks like Iowa Dummycrats are recruiting another big time candidate as Ed O'Neill has announced he's running for the Iowa Senate.
  
  Kudos to Michael Kiernan!
  
  The Liter figures family values are expected to play a major role in the campaign, we're [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 12:02pm EST
  

• Just A Matter Of Time?

  
  The Big Lug Nut may want to follow this lead
  
  Culver considers retirement incentives
  
  It's Retire or Be Retired and the scientific community is united in that fact.
  
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 5:21am EST
  

• Old Habits?

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 4:51am EST
  

• Thank You For Your Service

  
  
  Here are a few of the ways I try to pay back.
  
  Special Operations Warrior Foundation
  
  Provides college scholarship grants, along with financial aid and educational counseling, to the children of Special Operations personnel who were killed in an operational mission [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 4:23am EST
  

• roXanne?

  
  It was RoZanne on this invitation to a Nancy Pelosi fundraising ploy at her palatial estate.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 3:59am EST
  

• My Name Too

  
  During their 5 p.m. newscast, WHO DT aired a story on a Des Moines native who was shot during the killings at Fort Hood.
  
  Under this photo, of Staff Sergeant Joy Clark, they had inserted the name John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt.
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 3:25am EST
  

• Freeze Frame?

  
  It may seem cold hearted, but last week we opined that the Big Lug Nut should be ashamed of himself for adding staff during a time of eliminated open jobs and a hiring freeze.
  
  What's cool is the Ragister has found
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 6:03am EST
  

• Acting Decisively?

  The Big Lug Nut's latest commercial, Stonger Than Ever, states he "decisively cut state spending" while the words "acted decisively" are on screen.
  
  In June the BLN said, "I think we’ve done enough so far” and we should be'" [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 6:36am EST
  

• Fo Shizzle

  
  Is the Ragister trying to appeal to a younger demographic with this headline?
  
  State probe homes in on fired film chief
  
  It turns out they're not trying to hone in on the vernacular all the hip kids are using, they just made' [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 6:26am EST
  

• Re Mark His Bull

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  I recently noted how CommieTommie Harkin Missed The Mark he set for passage of health care before Christmas.
  
  Intelligent [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 6:03am EST
  

• Open Wide!

  
  And Say Ahh(ssholes) and the scientific community is united in that fact.
  
  Decision day for health care in the House
  Looking for 218 votes Democrats cajoled dozens of party moderates concerned about abortion and immigration provisions in the bill, as well [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 7:44am EST
  

• What DED The Governor Know?

  
  When DED he know it?
  
  The Big Lug Nut said he didn't know anything, no surprise there, about I DED:The Motion Picture until September 15th.
  
  E-mail records may prove otherwise
  
  Records show Culver was notified about film office' [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 6:54am EST
  

• WOW!

  
  Let me type the title again...WOW!
  
  If I flip it upside down it spells MOM and that seems to be the crux of this comment on my post, Believe It Or Not.
  
  Anonymous, out of Denver (I do believe), said...
  
  

  "Thank" [...]

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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 6:34am EST
  

• Believe It Or Not

  
  
  
  Researchers: Some people want to believe political misinformation
  
  I believe those people are called Dummycrats and the scientific community is united in that fact.
  
  
  
  
  
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 5:05am EST
  

• What Were They Smoking?

  
  If you saw this headline, what would you guess for the turnout?
  
  Many back medical marijuana in Iowa, but action unlikely
  
  The story goes on to report...
  
  The four meetings drew nearly 100 people, with most supporting medical uses of [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 4:50am EST
  

• Music Association

  
  It must be like word association for normal people (and the scientific community is united in that fact).
  
  When I see a word(s), I see a song.
  
  For example this headline;
  
  King's Harvest to open overflow shelter
  
  It made' [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 7:02am EST
  

• 2009 World Series Champions

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The numbers on the backs of New York Yankees greats Derek Jeter and Mickey Mantle tell the [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 4:53am EST
  

• Missed The Mark

  
  In September, at his steak fry, we noted that CommieTommie told the Harkinista's...
  
  "That strong Health Care Reform bill, mark my words, I'm the Chairman and we will have a strong public option in the bill."
  
  Also, that the bill [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 5:05am EST
  

• We Wrote It Here

  
  And it happened here...
  
  Culver switches up staff, names new spokeswoman
  
  Last month we thought it was time for the Big Lug Nut to get rid of his old spokeswoman.
  
  The big problem is Phil Roeder will still be [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 4:34am EST
  

• Election Day

  
  Staci Appel-sauce for brains is supporting David Adelman in the Des Moines At Large City Council race.
  
  Why would Appel support a man, via a $250 contribution, over either of the two women in the race?
  
  It must be because [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 1:25pm EST
  

• In The Immortal Words Of Grant Young

  
  A HUGE round of applause for the Big Lug Nut's camp, and the scientific community is united in that fact, as they did not screw up and congratulate the Iowa State Cyclones on their victory at Texas A&M (The Clones lost 35-10).[...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 10:30am EST
  

• Fan(?) Antics

  
  Maybe it was because it was Halloween, that Iowa fans(?) and Phillies fans(?) booed at their games Saturday.
  
  That's the only reason I can think of that those in attendance would boo a team that at the time was 8-0,' [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 10:02am EST
  

• Justice?

  
  Justice is supposed to be blind, I never knew it was supposed to be anonymous and ignorant too.
  
  A 17-year-old girl who struck and killed a motorcyclist during a hit-and-run crash last year in Des Moines "made a series of poor decisions" but [...]
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  Posted: October 31, 2009, 6:09am EDT
  

• Word Up

  
  Hold onto your cod pieces kids, because at $2.24 million per word we're going to be taking it in the shorts from the House health care bill.
  
  And the scientific community is united in that fact.
  
  The grand total cost...$1.055' [...]
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  Posted: October 30, 2009, 7:38am EDT
  

• I Won't Dance

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  For numerous reasons I found Harry Reid's bipartisan health care analogy deeply disturbing.
  
  "You can't dance if your partner is unwilling to get off the" [...]
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  Posted: October 29, 2009, 6:04am EDT
  

• Des Moines City Council

  
  WHO DT has been running interviews with candidates for Des Moines City Council.
  
  Last night I caught the interview with At Large Candidate Skip Moore.
  
  I've got two words...
  
  AWE FULL!
  
  And the scientific community is united in that' [...]
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  Posted: October 28, 2009, 6:20am EDT
  

• Swing Out Sister

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  In my mind ESPN Sports Nation's Michelle Beadle and Cameron Diaz could related.
  
  
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  Posted: October 28, 2009, 6:04am EDT
  

• Baby I Lied

  
  Dave Price catches a HUGE fib from a HUGE Clone fan(?).
  
  The Big Lug Nut said, “I’ve put out a lot of statements when they’ve won earlier in the year, and no one picked those up..."
  
  Price is" [...]
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  Posted: October 27, 2009, 11:50am EDT
  

• Hard To Say I'm Sorry?

  
  Why is it that most people in our modern society have a condition that does not allow for contrition?
  
  In my encounters, personally and professionally, people will apologize, but that's just a way that they don't have to take ownership for their misdeeds [...]
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  Posted: October 27, 2009, 9:56am EDT
  

• Toot Toot

  
  I usually don't like to blow my own horn, at 6' 8" it's complicated, but at 12:07:10 a.m. (in the morning) all the way from Hamburg Germany (mmm meat) Iowa's Newz Liter reached a milestone.
  
  Luckily no one was injured during" [...]
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  Posted: October 27, 2009, 5:37am EDT
  

• Just Playing Through

  
  
  FORE!
  
  I don't think the media was supposed to report this...
  
  President Barack Obama has only been in office for just over nine months, but he's already hit the links as much as President Bush did in over two years.
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  Posted: October 26, 2009, 8:02am EDT
  

• I Don't Want To Work

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  I just want to revel in the great weekend that was had at The Not So Vast Right Wing Ranch and the scientific community is united in that [...]
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  Posted: October 26, 2009, 7:16am EDT
  

• Great Day To Be An I O Won

  
  
  The day began with Iowa State beating the Nebraska Cornholio's 9-7 in Lincoln for the first time since 1977.
  
  Cornholio's?!?!
  
  So that's why they're known as Big Red and the scientific community is united in [...]
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  Posted: October 25, 2009, 7:25am EDT
  

• Roto-Rooter Roeder

  
  The Big Lug Nut needs to flush Phil Roeder.
  
  
  
  
  This Dummycrat shill doesn't stay in one spot long anyway, plus he's let down the BLN more than once and the scientific community is' [...]
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  Posted: October 24, 2009, 11:17am EDT
  

• Cut That Out

  
  Dr. Richard Deming should use the Cyberknife to cut out the misinformation he spreads and the scientific community is united in that fact.
  
  In a letter to the Ragister, Deming stated...
  
  "Nearly 45,000 uninsured Americans die annually as a consequence" [...]
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  Posted: October 23, 2009, 6:25am EDT
  

• I Am Somebody

  
  Just not Al Sharpton!?!?
  
  Here's how MSNBC's Contessa Brewer introduced Jesse Jackson...
  
  "Joining me now to talk about this and the nation’s real problem of joblessness, the Reverend Al Sharpton. What’s your reaction to hearing someone" [...]
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  Posted: October 22, 2009, 9:00am EDT
  

• Cut It Out

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  “Governor Culver announces he is cutting his salary by 10 percent.”
  
  When is a 10% pay cut not a 10% pay cut?
  
  When [...]
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  Posted: October 22, 2009, 4:20am EDT
  

• Instant Replay?

  
  West Des Moines' Tim McClelland made a couple of magnificent errors in calls at third base during Tuesday night's Yankees-Angels game.
  
  The first call came in the fourth inning with the Yankees Nick Swisher.
  
  Johnny Damon hit a fly to center and' [...]
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  Posted: October 21, 2009, 4:12pm EDT
  

• One Bad Apple?

  
  I picked up some Braeburn apples at the store and the cashier asked if they were barbarian?
  
  I replied they could be, but they'd been well behaved since I put them in the cart.
  
  Should have gone with the Jonathan's and the' [...]
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  Posted: October 21, 2009, 6:34am EDT
  

• Just Us?

  
  Chris and I both reached the conclusion that Erick Aybar, shortstop for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, has that Thriller zombie look about him.
  
  And the scientific community is united in that fact.
  
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  Posted: October 21, 2009, 6:21am EDT
  

• Torn

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Ron Paul is going to headline a fundraiser for my current State Representative, seeking the Iowa Senate, Kent Sorenson.
  
  I can't figure out if Ron Paul is more Daffy Duck/Looney' [...]
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  Posted: October 20, 2009, 10:17am EDT
  

• War!

  
  There's been an escalation in the war the White House is waging against Fox News.
  
  Rahm Emanuel, the President's chief of staff, "It is not a news organization so much as it has a perspective."
  
  David Axelrod, senior Obama adviser, [...]
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  Posted: October 19, 2009, 6:19am EDT
  

• Toys Err Us

  
  Michelle Obama joins her man as an action figure, just in time for Christmas, Hanukkah, or Kwanzaa.
  
  It's another milestone, in her adult life, that makes her proud of her country.
  
  The First Lady comes with three outfits, [...]
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  Posted: October 18, 2009, 3:53pm EDT
  

• Leader of The Pack?

  
  Does the Big Lug Nut believe he's a leader merely because he was finally forced to make choices?
  
  He avoided doing anything about this situation for months saying in June, "I think we’ve done enough so far” and we should be able'" [...]
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  Posted: October 17, 2009, 12:15pm EDT
  

• I Feel The Earth Move

  
  
  The Big Lug Nut is going to participate in a Florida Triathlon next month?!?!?!
  
  Anyone else get the mental image of a fat man in a triathlon suit?
  
  I think I threw up in my mouth and the [...]
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  Posted: October 16, 2009, 5:40am EDT
  

• Your Next CONgressman?

  
  Mike Denklau has made it official, he's challenging Steve King for Congress.
  
  From his Sioux City announcement comes these gems...
  
  "He is serious about making a change in western Iowa… The reason he came back to the district was (Congressman)" [...]
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  Posted: October 16, 2009, 4:47am EDT
  

• Throwing Her Hat In The Ring?

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Christie Vilsack made it seem like she's the Dummycrat "first round" daft--err, draft pick to give Senator Grassley the "the race" [...]
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  Posted: October 14, 2009, 3:06am EDT
  

• Taking License

  
  I came across this vanity plate while taking my mom to her fourth round of chemo.
  
  I'm not sure if they're a Dave Matthews Band fan, or Des Moines Buccaneers.
  
  Either way, it's DuMB and the scientific community is united [...]
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  Posted: October 14, 2009, 2:50am EDT
  

• Judge For Yourself

  
  KCCI TV8 made it seem like Supreme Court Chief Justice Marsha Ternus was some sort of saint for following "the lead of the Executive and the Legislative Branch and doing a 10% budget cut.
  
  The Ragister noted the Judicial Branch was [...]
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  Posted: October 13, 2009, 6:34am EDT
  

• Cliche' Touche'

  
  The Ragister's Kathie Obradovich noted the recent overuse of the phrase "In God We Trust...".
  
  She noted Dave Vaudt's, “In God we trust. Everyone else we audit.”
  
  Senator Charles Grassley offered, "In God we trust. Everthing else we oversight."
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  Posted: October 13, 2009, 6:14am EDT
  

• Throwback?

  
  The "outfits", as my wife refers to them, that the Denver Broncos wore over the weekend were more throw UP than throw BACK.
  
  HID-E-US and the scientific community is united in that fact.
  
  That was more rodeo clown than bronco.
  
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  Posted: October 13, 2009, 5:47am EDT
  

• Face Book?

  
  I helped Chris set up a Facebook page this weekend.
  
  She'd been resisting, but fulfilled a commitment she made to someone for a post to their page.
  
  It is amazing, from the information they glean, how they can suggest "friends" and be highly' [...]
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  Posted: October 12, 2009, 6:50am EDT
  

• Age Disparity?

  
  
  In honor of the oldies but goodies in the Peoples Republic of Johnson County (Johnson County populace gets grayer) and all of us older Iowans, I'm bringing Gray Panther back.
  
  It seems to be the next step in the natural progression from' [...]
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  Posted: October 12, 2009, 6:34am EDT
  

• Mystery Date?

  
  Speculation still runs less than rampant as to who the Dummycrats will select to give Senator Grassley "the race of his life.”
  
  CommieTommie Harkin is clueless and he doesn't believe there's a well-known Democrat to take on Chuckles.
  
  I've" [...]
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  Posted: October 11, 2009, 6:50am EDT
  

• Rose Colored Glasses

  
  In August the Ragister ran an editorial telling the Big Lug Nut to Take off the rose-colored glasses, stating that his sunny outlook rests on slim evidence.
  
  Krusty Konservative did an excellent job of chronicling BLN's denial for' [...]
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  Posted: October 10, 2009, 8:29am EDT
  

• The Speech

  
  Without a doubt here's the speech Obama has to give when accepting the O bel.
  
  "I want to say Thank you to you".
  
  "I haven't had an orthodox career, and I've wanted more than anything to have your respect. The first" [...]
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  Posted: October 10, 2009, 7:56am EDT
  

• New York City?!?!

  
  Some Dummycrat carpetbagger has moved from New York City to western Iowa to challenge Congressman Steve King.
  
  Mike Denklau says King is “not representing the Iowa values I knew.”
  
  Interesting phrasing of the past tense.
  
  Other than NEW YORK [...]
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  Posted: October 09, 2009, 3:06pm EDT
  

• Off-Err!

  
  I think the writer of this headline, for the online Cedar Rapids Gazette, must have been off their game and the scientific community is united in that fact.
  
  A copy of the 2007 letter from Kirk Ferentz offering a scholarship offer to [...]
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  Posted: October 09, 2009, 6:18am EDT
  

• O Bel!

  
  President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize
  
  Seriously?!?!
  
  Yesterday we noted (No O Bel?) that it was thought he had been nominated but it's unclear on what grounds.
  
  He won for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international" [...]
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  Posted: October 09, 2009, 5:04am EDT
  

• No Bel?

  
  
  I see speculation has begun on who will win the Nobel Peace Prize.
  
  It's reported that Chinese dissidents are leading the odds of winning.
  
  Who knew they kept book on the Nobel and does one go to Vegas to get [...]
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  Posted: October 08, 2009, 5:13am EDT
  

• Two For Two

  
  
  Chris made a couple of funny comments while watching the Yankees-Twins game yesterday.
  
  When TBS sportscaster Craig Sager came on she said, "The Mask called and wants his suit back".
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Posted: October 08, 2009, 4:52am EDT
  

• Chain Gang

  
  
  Last month The Department of Homeland Security launched a program with the Girl Scouts, but this month takes away a law enforcement officials authority to arrest suspected illegal immigrants.
  
  It's not the first go around between Sheriff Joe and [...]
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  Posted: October 07, 2009, 10:47am EDT
  

• Clean White Coats

  
  That was thoughtful of President Obama's people to pass out white coats to the doctors in attendance for his Rose Garden health care speech.
  
  The doctors were supposed to bring their own to make sure that TV cameras captured the image.
  
  Hope [...]
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  Posted: October 06, 2009, 5:27am EDT
  

• The Response?

  
  I've chronicled the Big Lug Nut and crew's inability, over a four week period, to respond to three simple questions concerning an unsolicited mailing my wife received from him (The Not So Great Communicator).
  
  The BLN's actual mailed letter starts...
  
  "Thank'" [...]
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  Posted: October 05, 2009, 9:43am EDT
  

• Bad Medicine

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Doctor Obama told us we needed his prescription of the $787 Billion stimulus to keep unemployment from reaching higher than 8%.
  
  The unemployment rate [...]
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  Posted: October 04, 2009, 6:43am EDT
  

• I Go To Rio

  
  It was interesting to note that a couple of fiberal newspapers have taken Obama to task for his O lympic efforts.
  
  In a mostly glowing editorial The New York Times did wonder what he was thinking and advising that Obama didn't need' [...]
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  Posted: October 03, 2009, 10:57am EDT
  

• Senate Seat 37

  
  The Warren County weakly paper, the Old Weird Harold and Record Tribune, had a front page article on my State Representative Kent Sorenson taking on Staci Appel-sauce for brains to be my next State Senator.
  
  Appel-sauce for [...]
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  Posted: October 03, 2009, 10:23am EDT
  

• Oh nO!

  
  The wOrld nOw lOves us sO, hOw cOuld they nOt give the O lympics to the O's?
  
  The mOst pOwerful O's in the wOrld cOuldn't even bring hOme a brOnze medal as ChicagO was eliminated with the fewest number of vOtes.
  
  Even [...]
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  Posted: October 02, 2009, 12:06pm EDT
  

• It's All In The Game

  
  I didn't know Dic Youngs well.
  
  Because of radio, we had mutual friends like Cal Stout and Lee Githens, our paths crossed occasionally and he was always nice to me.
  
  I think the first time we met was on a' [...]
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  Posted: October 01, 2009, 3:44pm EDT
  

• Monument To Failure

  
  The Jimmy Carter Library and Museum reopens today after a $10 million overhaul.
  
  Apparently they needed more space?
  
  The library and museum's director explained he sought to present Carter's term, warts and all.
  
  That explains perfectly why he needed the [...]
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  Posted: October 01, 2009, 7:31am EDT
  

• The Not So Great Communicator

  
  I thought it was just me, but the Big Lug Nut and posse don't answer calls or return e-mails period...
  
  Ring. Ring. Ring. Click. Hello. You've reached the office of Gov. Chet Culver. We're sorry we can't take your call right now. [...]
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  Posted: September 30, 2009, 2:41am EDT
  

• The O lympics

  
  It's a good thing there's nothing going on in Washington so the President can jet to Copenhagen to try and help Chicago nail the landing on the 2016 Summer Olympics.
  
  Obama will join his wife, who'll already be there, and Oprah's on too.
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  Posted: September 29, 2009, 5:05am EDT
  

• Oink

  
  We got our pig flu postcard from the Big Lug Nut and as you can see it was well worth the $200,000 we had to cough up.
  
  The flip side contains a message from the Iowa Department of Public Health encouraging you [...]
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  Posted: September 28, 2009, 10:25am EDT
  

• Deep Thought

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Too Deep for a Monday and the scientific community is united in that fact. [...]
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  Posted: September 28, 2009, 4:22am EDT
  

• First Round Draft Pick(le)?

  
  My guess is that Michael Kiernan was referring to Tom Vilsack when he proclaimed, "Maybe it’s time to get a first-round draft pick" to take on Senator Charles Grassley.
  
  I think the Dummycrats feel they may be royally screwed by [...]
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  Posted: September 26, 2009, 4:47am EDT
  

• Das Kapital

  
  This a great Country and the scientific community is united in that fact.
  
  This fat schmuck millionaire, Michael Moore, makes a movie that derides capitalism and then turns around and charges people to see it, in an effort to make more millions.
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  Posted: September 25, 2009, 6:56am EDT
  

• Oh, The Irony

  
  Did anyone else, anywhere, catch the irony of Barack Obama before the U.N.?
  
  "...democracy and human rights are essential to achieving each of the goals that I've discussed today, because governments of the people and by the people are more likely to act'" [...]
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  Posted: September 24, 2009, 12:46pm EDT
  

• All Is Well?

  
  
  
  
  
  In a move to help cover the Big Lug Nut's butt, Attorney General Tom Miller said lawmakers and others should avoid “overreacting” to I Ded: The Motion Picture.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Posted: September 24, 2009, 8:58am EDT
  

• Can I Quote You?

  
  Dave Price, on the Tuesday 5p.m. newscast, had a story about the Big Lug Butt's--err Big Lug Nut's review of I DED:The Motion Picture.
  
  Price read the BLN's statement that, "Iowans will not be taken for suckers."
  
  Except Price' [...]
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  Posted: September 23, 2009, 9:28am EDT
  

• Pour Some Sugar On Me?

  
  Senate candidate Bob Krause may have gone off the deep end when he urged Iowans to quaff a lemonade, Tuesday morning, to draw attention to health care reform.
  
  Krause went so far as to urge Iowans, in the name of politics, to...
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  Posted: September 23, 2009, 1:50am EDT
  

• The Wheels On The Bus

  
  CommieTommie Harkin has helped secure $1.6 million in federal funds to upgrade 40 diesel buses to hybrid electric buses for the city of Ames.
  
  Sure hope it goes better than in Cedar Rapids and the scientific community is united in that [...]
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  Posted: September 22, 2009, 5:07am EDT
  

• Radio Ga Ga

  
  Fiberals are all excited about the new one hour radio show to debut during the highly tuned in time period of 7-8p.m.(?)
  
  Fallon For Um will air on 98.3 WOW tonight.
  
  The station is ninth in the last ratings period, [...]
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  Posted: September 21, 2009, 1:12pm EDT
  

• Poor Little Fool(s)

  
  The geniuses of the Ragister editorial board have once again shown their brilliance...
  
  It's not often Congress has an opportunity to cut a program and feel pretty darn good about it.
  
  They urge lawmakers to Kill subsidy for Medicare Advantage [...]
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  Posted: September 21, 2009, 7:06am EDT
  

• Walk On Water?

  
  Obama Seeks National Oversight of Waters
  
  He already walks on water so I guess this is the next step and the scientific community is united in that fact.
  
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  Posted: September 20, 2009, 6:57am EDT
  

• I DED

  
  No, but your career most certainly is and the scientific community is united in that fact.
  
  Iowa's economic development chief resigns
  
  It seems there are irregularities in a state tax-credit program for movie making.
  
  Film at 11?
  
  Not now [...]
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  Posted: September 19, 2009, 8:20am EDT
  

• The Final Countdown?

  
  The Department of Homeland Security has added another line to our nation's defense.
  
  The Girl Scouts will be enlisted in the effort to combat hurricanes, pandemics, terror attacks and other disasters.
  
  Mission Im-po-see-blay Becky?
  
  Not if there's a patch involved [...]
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  Posted: September 19, 2009, 7:29am EDT
  

• Clap For The Wolf Man?

  
  I couldn't pass on this story.
  
  CNN's Wolf Blitzer lost on Celebrity(?) Jeopardy to Dana Delaney and Andy Richter.
  
  Blitzer finished Double Jeopardy with a score of -$4,600.
  
  That adds CLUELESS to the adjectives used to describe his news network' [...]
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  Posted: September 19, 2009, 7:01am EDT
  

• She Is Clueless

  
  Yesterday we went from Speaker Nancy Pelosi admitting she was clueless about a Senate amendment to prohibit government funds for ACORN.
  
  "I don't even know what they passed. "What did they do? They defunded it?"
  
  To a vote on the House floor,'" [...]
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  Posted: September 18, 2009, 8:55am EDT