Being from the Left Coast and Southern California to boot, I was not surprised to find Christmas under attack when I read Michelle Malkin’s blog. Apparently, “Operation Santa Clause” and the Christmas tree that represented the toy drive for poor children, was offensive to [...]
I thought they were going to start firing staff for on-air flubs?
I hadn’t been paying attention to the semantics but it’s no surprise that the Republican party’s cable network would try to assert that George W. Bush’s tenure began after September 11th and that the Fort Hood shootings constituted a [...]
Is it just me, or has Lt. Governor Patty Judge been acting weird lately? On November 4th, Judge told the Omaha World Herald, “I am assuming he [Culver] will run. I think everyone in Iowa would be surprised if he doesn’t run.” At the time that [...]
Yeah… so stuff is kind of dead around the LBC… “OH COME ON G$! THERE ALL SORTS OF STUFF! CHET’S SHIRTLESS! WE HAVE RACES! PALIN’S TOURING!” Yeah… I hear ya… anyways… I mean… kinda slow out there… I mean… it’s no real big surprise… stuff [...] 
By Ed Failor, Jr.
Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal ran an article with the optimistic headline of “GM Plans to Repay U.S. Loan.”[i] My initial reaction was quite surprised; General Motors (GM) is already in the position to repay American taxpayers? Sounds like an amazing feat for [...]
Governor Culver has completed his first triathlon. Culver, who spent nine weeks training for the event, finished the triathlon in just over three hours. I applaud Culver’s accomplishment, I really do. I just question his motives. It should not surprise you that, with a year [...]
Would it surprise you that the Bush administration tried to puff itself up after 9/11 and pretended they responded quickly?
Yet both Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz and Vice President Dick Cheney, (John) Farmer says, provided palpably false versions that touted the military’s readiness to shoot down United 93 before [...]
In 2008, Christopher Reed entered the race for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate just months before the primary. Reed surprised many when he defeated Cedar Rapids businessman Steve Rathje and former state legislator George Eichhorn in the GOP primary. Reed wasn’t as fortunate [...]
To the Newton Independent:
I want to first congratulate Jeremy Heaberlin for winning the city council at-large seat.
Just like Jeremy, I, too, was surprised by the results. I want to let everyone know that I put my heart and soul into this campaign and that I appreciate every single person that [...]
By PETER HUSSMANN
WHO-TV reported on Saturday night that the Iowa Attorneys General office is taking a look into possible violations of the Iowa Open Meetings law by the Skiff Medical Center Board of Trustees.
That the attorneys general office has gotten involved should really come as no surprise. A little reading between the [...]
It comes as no surprise, that the local Democrat machine selected Janelle Rettig to be the new member of the Johnson County Board of Supervisors.
Rettig will fill the seat of Larry Meyers, who passed away September 22 from cancer.
County Auditor Tom "DUI" Slockett and County Recorder Kim "On-the-steering-committee-for-elect-Rettig" Painter voted [...]
Deja Vu All Over Again! Cereal, Sugar, and Kids
