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  • Tales from the Astroturf

    It has been about two years now that I have been a recovering straight ticket Republican voter.  I used to think all Republicans were the same before I got on or fell of the wagon (however you want to look at it).  Who knew?  I know that this makes some people in [...]
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    Posted: December 03, 2009, 1:21pm EST
    by Iowans Rock

  • What is the Value of a Woman’s Life? by Pat Bertroche

    Number of comments: 1
    What is the Value of a Woman’s Life?   By J. Patrick Bertroche , D.O.   When the US Preventive Services Task Force, released the new breast screening recommendations yesterday, it ignited a firestorm of debate within the medical community and the nation. To recap what the recommendations are, I will briefly go through [...]
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    Posted: November 29, 2009, 3:09pm EST
    by Al Bregar

  • My Open Letter to Jonathan Narcisse

    Number of comments: 7
    Dear Jonathan: I would have made this reply to the email you sent me but since everybody was hidden on that email except for the main recipient, Bob Vander Plaats, I will use this method instead because “reply all” was not an option. I received your Open Letter to Bob Vander Plaats email with who know [...]
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    Posted: November 27, 2009, 9:19am EST
    by Iowans Rock

  • Thanksgiving blessings to Clarke County landowners

    This morning I will travel “home” for Thanksgiving. My husband will visit the family farm where he grew up and learned on a daily basis what it is to love the land. And I will spend some time where I once played in silos and hay mows, where my brother [...]
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    Posted: November 26, 2009, 7:08am EST
    by callmecrusader

  • Senator Charles Grassley at Westside Conservative Breakfast

    Number of comments: 2
    Two standing ovations from 100 + people was an early Thanksgiving thank you to Senator Charles Grassley when he spoke Wednesday at the Westside Conservative Breakfast in Des Moines. Grassley opened his remarks by highlighting his time over the years spent traveling and listening to constituents which he tallied up [...]
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    Posted: November 25, 2009, 10:31am EST
    by callmecrusader

  • Gubernatorial Race Update

    Number of comments: 1
    It has been several months since I declared Sioux City businessman Bob Vander Plaats the frontrunner in the battle for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. A lot has transpired since I penned by thoughts on the race all those many months ago. We have seen Governor Culver continue to fail in [...]
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    Posted: November 15, 2009, 3:50pm EST
    by Al Bregar

  • Governor Huckabee’s “Simple Christmas” Book Tour to Iowa

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    Posted: November 11, 2009, 1:34pm EST
    by Iowans Rock

  • Guest Commentary: Even Pres. Obama Knows the Government Interferes with Efficient Health Care

    Number of comments: 3
    by Pat Bertroche, D.O.   As Swine Flu, or to be PC, H1N1 influenza, sweeps across our nation, the media is filled with all kinds of contradictory information.  There are vaccine shortages, but they are not critical now.  Or there’s a problem with the vaccine, but it’s safe.  And, of course, the [...]
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    Posted: November 10, 2009, 10:22pm EST
    by Al Bregar

  • Leadership on Display

    Number of comments: 5
    I could give you another detailed account of the Republican Party of Iowa’s Leadership for Iowa event at the Iowa State Fairgrounds from last night. But you can check that out at The Iowa Republican; Caffeinated Thoughts; and Questions, Comments, and Insults. All have good descriptions of the event. Instead [...]
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    Posted: November 08, 2009, 4:27pm EST
    by Al Bregar

  • Interview:Christopher Reed-Candidate US House 2nd District

    Number of comments: 9
    Yesterday morning former US Senate candidate Christopher Reed announced his candidacy for the United States House of Representatives in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District. While his bid to unseat US Senator Tom Harking fell short, his experience from that campaign will most definitely benefit him in this new race. Wednesday afternoon [...]
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    Posted: November 06, 2009, 2:35pm EST
    by Al Bregar

  • Reason #31 Why Marriage is a Winning Issue

    Number of comments: 3
    Maine is reason #31 why marriage is a winning issue and the thirty other reasons are the other states who have had the definition of marriage being between on man and one woman upheld by the electorate.  Traditional marriage has never lost on the ballot…………never…………not even in the liberal northeast………….not anywhere in [...]
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    Posted: November 04, 2009, 2:17pm EST
    by Iowans Rock

  • Culver/Branstad-What’s The Difference?

    Number of comments: 7
    According to this article at the Quad City Times, former Governor Branstad took part in a fundraiser for Representative Jeff Kauffman on a farm outside of Wilton, IA. As I was reading the article I was amazed at some of the criticisms that Branstad leveled at Governor Culver. All this [...]
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    Posted: November 01, 2009, 5:26pm EST
    by Al Bregar

  • Moderate In Disguise

    Number of comments: 10
    As a Conservative Republican I find little that disturbs me more than a Moderate masquerading as a Conservative. By disguising their true political views these Moderates are lying to the electorate. This deception is a violation of the trust that people place in their elected officials. Moderates that hide their [...]
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    Posted: November 01, 2009, 1:06pm EST
    by Al Bregar

  • Trick or Treat? Clarke County sales tax vote Nov. 3

    Number of comments: 6
    Trick or Treat time for the landowners in Clarke County will continue past Halloween. On Nov. 3 there will be voting on a special ballot to decide whether or not the city of Murray and rural Clarke County will pass a 1 percent sales tax to help pay for their [...]
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    Posted: October 31, 2009, 1:22pm EDT
    by callmecrusader

  • Guest Commentary: The Politics of Soda Pop Part Two

    Number of comments: 3
    The Politics of Soda Pop, Part Two   By Tom Shaw   Independent Candidate for Iowa House District 8     “However (political parties) may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert [...]
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    Posted: October 28, 2009, 11:58pm EDT
    by Al Bregar

  • Huckabee Coming to Iowa to Promote New Book

    Governor Mike Huckabee is coming out with a new book called A Simple Christmas:  Twelve Stories That Celebrate the True Holiday Spirit on November 3rd only a year after his last book Do the Right Thing hit the top five on the New York Times Best Seller list.  This book, however, is [...]
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    Posted: October 27, 2009, 4:32pm EDT
    by Iowans Rock

  • The Other Primary

    Number of comments: 3
    With the battle for the Republican nomination for governor well underway other races around the state seem to be getting less press time. With the public opinion at the moment heavily anti-incumbent these races should be and are just as important as the battle to challenge Governor Culver. But because [...]
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    Posted: October 26, 2009, 3:53pm EDT
    by Al Bregar

  • Ole Yeller causing global warming has gone to far.

    I don’t know how many of you ever watched Old Yeller? If you have and it don’t make you cry at the end then your not a dog lover. I have a dog i got from a animal shelter she has brought great joy to my life and i would not trade [...]
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    Posted: October 24, 2009, 10:36am EDT
    by iowanforabetteriowa

  • Back to the Future Branstad

    Number of comments: 4
    A week has gone by since former Iowa Governor Terry Branstad resigned from his job at Des Moines University to “explore” the possibility of running for a 5th term.  I know that some out there thought the other Republican candidates would buckle in fear and bow out of the race [...]
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    Posted: October 23, 2009, 2:45pm EDT
    by Iowans Rock

  • Anita HEARTS Mao!!!!

    Number of comments: 9
    OH ANITA, MY DEAR LADY, SAY IT AIN’T SO! The statements made by Anita Dunn about Chairman Mao to a group of high school students (at a graduation ceremony, no less) are truly appalling. To paraphrase, she considers Chairman Mao one of her two favorite political philosophers and turns to him in [...]
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    Posted: October 22, 2009, 3:43pm EDT
    by neighhay

  • SD Trucker David Howard Brings Lawsuit Against IDOT

    Number of comments: 2
      Many of you who are readers of this blog may be familiar with–if not actually sick and tired of–the story of the IDOT officer who grossly overstepped his authority when conducting a traffic stop in which we were so unfortunate as to be involved. During  several months’  back and forth [...]
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    Posted: October 22, 2009, 3:39pm EDT
    by neighhay

  • Enjoy your last 49 days according to Brown

    Number of comments: 4
    The count down to our fatal doom is on according to Prime Minister Gordon Brown of England. He gave the world only 50 days left  so today there is only 49 days left. Like how does he know? Is he like Thomas Andrews on the Titanic when he realized that to [...]
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    Posted: October 20, 2009, 7:47am EDT
    by iowanforabetteriowa

  • Do you want Russia to really know ?

    Number of comments: 10
    Obama will allow Russians to come in to our country and go to EVERY nuclear missile site and see how many missiles we have and also count all the  war heads as well. How many of you out there think that they will most likely have a GPS location of them all on [...]
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    Posted: October 15, 2009, 7:09am EDT
    by iowanforabetteriowa

  • Is the biggest U.S. tax increase just around the corner?

    Number of comments: 3
    I seen a few minutes ago the Senate committee has pushed through a health care plan. From what i know they didn’t even have a bill all typed out to even read. This is just wonderful hell they don’t even need bills they just make stuff up now. Why has congress got [...]
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    Posted: October 13, 2009, 8:00pm EDT
    by iowanforabetteriowa

  • Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize

    Number of comments: 3
    Just tell me how in the hell do you nominate a man who had been in office for only 2 weeks for the Nobel Peace Prize? What had Obama done so far in a mere 2 weeks ? Oh i know he wasn’t George Bush thats it.  A few speechs [...]
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    Posted: October 11, 2009, 8:43am EDT
    by iowanforabetteriowa

  • Guest Commentary: Brian Donegan of Can-Do Conservatives of America

    Iowa Is New Epicenter For Battle of the Republican Party – WE MUST WIN!!!! October 8, 2009 by bdbopper The battle for the heart and soul of the Republican Party has a new epicenter today and that epicenter is Iowa. Former four-term Governor Terry Branstad filed the necessary paper work to join [...]
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    Posted: October 08, 2009, 2:41pm EDT
    by Iowans Rock

  • Egg Fu Obama

    Number of comments: 10
    I got quite a kick out of the news that Chicago didn’t get the 2016 Olympics they had t-shirts all made up they are now going cheap as grease rags or a night shirt lol.  I just wonder how much it will cost the tax payers to send over Michelle [...]
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    Posted: October 06, 2009, 6:27pm EDT
    by iowanforabetteriowa

  • Iran with nukes scarier than Hollywood can cook up !

    Number of comments: 7
    With the national debt racking up faster than you can say Democrat. That don’t seem to worry our President so will Iran now with Nuclear bomb capability worry him ? I myself am quite afraid of Iran with nuclear bombs as they have sworn to wipe Israel off the face [...]
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    Posted: October 04, 2009, 2:03pm EDT
    by iowanforabetteriowa

  • Iowa Defense Alliance is Proud to Endorse Tom Shaw

    Number of comments: 3
    Tom Shaw is running for Iowa House of Representatives District 8 and he will be the first candidate who IDA has endorsed who is not a member of the GOP.  Right now there is not a Republican in this statehouse race and frankly, we don’t care if one enters because Tom [...]
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    Posted: September 28, 2009, 2:38pm EDT
    by Iowans Rock

  • Iowa Defense Alliance is Proud to Endorse Kent Sorenson

    Number of comments: 4
    I hate to say, “I told you so” but IDA was quick to jump on the Kent Sorenson bandwagon in 2008 when he ran against four-term state representative Mark Davitt in district 74.  While the good ole’ party soldiers dismissed perhaps one of best Republican candidates to embody the full [...]
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    Posted: September 22, 2009, 2:13pm EDT
    by Iowans Rock

  • Obama has amnesia or was his teleprompter broke?

    Number of comments: 3
    Knock Knock Who’s there? Acorn  Acorn Who?Come on Mr President open the door. How dumb do you think we are Mr. President? You didn’t know Acorn was getting a whole lot of money from the government. Ok for  one you worked for Acorn and know who buttered your bread so [...]
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    Posted: September 22, 2009, 1:01pm EDT
    by iowanforabetteriowa

  • Can-Do Conservatives and Bob Vander Plaats: It’s About Freedom

    Number of comments: 8
    On September 18th some members of Iowa Team Huck and members from Georgia and Indiana sponsored a fundraiser for Iowa gubernatorial candidate Bob Vander Plaats who is endorsed by Governor Mike Huckabee.  Conservative activists at the fundraiser were still experience the fallout of Michael Reagan’s message during his visit here:  [...]
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    Posted: September 21, 2009, 3:23pm EDT
    by Iowans Rock

  • Jim Tyler: A Private Citizen and Great Iowan

    Number of comments: 2
    Weeks go by and little inspires me from my weekly read of the Sunday Des Moines Register. My husband loves the comic section so all is not lost. It was with great delight that I found in the September 13 edition on Page 9AA of the Nation & World Section An [...]
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    Posted: September 16, 2009, 4:48pm EDT
    by callmecrusader

  • The deteriorating trust in the American media

    Number of comments: 6
    Journalism and the media are being called out. It took Van Jones, ACORN, and the Tea Party Rallies that led up to the Washington, D.C. Rally to help Americans clearly see that the media is biased with how they report and what they do not report. The media’s credibility has fallen [...]
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    Posted: September 16, 2009, 9:12am EDT
    by callmecrusader

  • Team Huck for Bob Vander Plaats Event

    Team Huck of Iowa invites you to attend an evening with 2010 Iowa Republican Candidate for Governor, Bob Vander Plaats and special guest speaker Brian Donegan: Founder and President of Can-Do Conservatives of America. Brian is a legally blind conservative from Lawrenceville, GA. He has founded the Can-Do Conservatives with [...]
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    Posted: September 11, 2009, 2:32pm EDT
    by Iowans Rock

  • Is the Tele-prompter or Obama full of Bull?

    Number of comments: 7
    Obama’s tele-prompter is full of bull or Obama read it wrong that had to be it he mispoke right??  But anyways no matter he said it to us the people and the joint members of Congress. He said that he would NOT sign ANY bills that would add to the [...]
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    Posted: September 11, 2009, 7:19am EDT
    by iowanforabetteriowa

  • Rants’ Hail Mary and Vander Plaats Pushes Full Steam Ahead

    If someone follows politics at all they realize that bombshells are not dropped until an election draws near.  In that way it will not allow the victim/opposition time to recover in time before voters go to the polls (even if the allegations are false).  Christopher Rants and his week long launch [...]
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    Posted: September 08, 2009, 2:59pm EDT
    by Iowans Rock

  • Guest Commentary: The Politics of Soda Pop

    Number of comments: 2
    The Politics of Soda Pop By Tom Shaw Independent Candidate for Iowa House District 8 While a guest on WHO Radio’s “Deace in the Afternoon” program, I was challenged by a caller who disagreed with my decision to leave the Republican Party and to run as an Independent.  The caller believed that I [...]
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    Posted: September 07, 2009, 8:24am EDT
    by Al Bregar

  • Health Care Rally a Huge Slap in the Face!

    Number of comments: 8
    On Saturday Aug 29, the Obamacare bus came to the Iowa Capitol and many were there to express their opinions. There were those there in support of the health care bill being peddled by our President, while many were there in opposition. The event was deceptively patriotic, and as you [...]
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    Posted: August 31, 2009, 6:24am EDT
    by mightyrighty

  • Brian Donegan in Iowa to Endorse Vander Plaats

    Everybody please mark your calendar and save the evening of Sept 18 to attend an outstanding fundraising event for gubernatorial candidate Bob Vander Plaats. The featured speaker will be Brian Donegan, the founder of the Can-Do Conservatives of America.  As Brian says, the last presidential election alone should have proved to [...]
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    Posted: August 28, 2009, 1:51pm EDT
    by neighhay

  • Bob Vander Plaats and his “Infammatory” Language?

    Number of comments: 7
    Why is the Iowa Democratic Party so infatuated with the Republican gubernatorial candidates more than nine months away from the primary?  I realize that they are probably anything but proud of their standard bearer’s performance lately and are trying to distract us from that fact, but come on, accusing Bob [...]
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    Posted: August 27, 2009, 2:53pm EDT
    by Iowans Rock

  • Guest Commentary-Why Am I Running by David Funk

    Number of comments: 9
    Why am I running? By Dave Funk It’s obvious to all of us that our nation’s economy is tanked; unemployment is rising; and respect for America and its values is collapsing throughout the world. The “hope” and “change” thing sold to the American people last fall is not really working out. Democrats took [...]
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    Posted: August 25, 2009, 8:48pm EDT
    by Al Bregar

  • Boswell’s Town Hall Becomes a Campaign Rally

    Number of comments: 8
    This morning the Des Moines Register demonstrated extremely poor judgment when it published an article about the Town Hall hosted by 3rd District Congressman Leonard Boswell this past Sunday. I have to question whether the reporter credited with authoring the article was even in attendance or if he allowed a [...]
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    Posted: August 24, 2009, 10:59pm EDT
    by Al Bregar

  • Cogressman Boswell, Did You Read the Bill?

    Number of comments: 7
    I attended my first townhall yesterday and it happened to be Representative Leonard Boswell’s in Des Moines on the topic of the health care bill.  I now realize it will be my last townhall.  I have come to the conclusion that a Type A personality like myself is best left [...]
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    Posted: August 24, 2009, 2:54pm EDT
    by Iowans Rock

  • Freedom of Speech Only Applies to Those Who Don’t Believe in God

    Number of comments: 10
    We live in the greatest country on earth where we cherish life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness and boast the First Amendment to our Constitution as being the best thing about being an American.  However, when it comes to the topic of religion or lack thereof it’s those who [...]
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    Posted: August 20, 2009, 5:04pm EDT
    by Iowans Rock

  • Boswell comes off looking like a coward

    On a recent trip to southern Iowa I enjoyed reading an editorial in the Albia-Union Republican newspaper. As I cannot locate the editorial on line I have decided to share the editorial by Dave Paxton in his August 13 Out On A Limb column. Boswell comes off looking like a coward “I [...]
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    Posted: August 19, 2009, 9:23pm EDT
    by callmecrusader

  • Loebsack Town Hall In Fort Madison

    Number of comments: 10
    A few minutes ago I returned from a very unrewarding town hall run by Representative David Loebsack of Iowa District Two. Unrewarding for starters because we could not get through the door and stood outside for almost an hour, peering in at what appeared to be seventy or so people, [...]
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    Posted: August 16, 2009, 11:22pm EDT
    by neighhay

  • Boswell Should Do the Honorable Thing: Resign

    Number of comments: 5
    Thursday 3rd District Congressman Leonard Boswell held what was supposed to have been his first Town Hall Meeting on the much disputed Health Care Reform Bills bouncing around the halls of Congress. The meeting was held in the public library of the small rural community of Sigourney located in Keokuk [...]
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    Posted: August 15, 2009, 1:28pm EDT
    by Al Bregar

  • Ames Tribune “disappointed” in Grassley

    Number of comments: 4
    It is clear that many Iowans have strong opinions about Charles Grassley and what he is doing in regards to the health care reform bill. The Ames Tribune editorial staff has an opinion. As you will see in this post, the Tribune is “disappointed” in Grassley. You may read about [...]
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    Posted: August 14, 2009, 12:00am EDT
    by amesvoter

  • My Thoughts On Adel

    Number of comments: 7
    The primary purpose behind Town Hall Meetings is to allow the public to have an avenue where they can express themselves to their elected officials face to face. It allows citizen’s to ask a question directly to the official. This is an excellent method for our legislators to correspond with [...]
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    Posted: August 13, 2009, 10:20pm EDT
    by Al Bregar

  • Clarke County Farm Bureau supports taking land from farmers

    Number of comments: 3
    Farm Bureau members support proposed lake Surprise, disgust and anger are some of the feelings I had when I read the Osceola-Sentinel Tribune Letter to the Editor by the “Board of Directors, Clarke County Farm Bureau” stating that they were in support of the proposed lake in Clarke County. This local [...]
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    Posted: August 10, 2009, 11:28am EDT
    by callmecrusader

  • Pelosi is at it again: “un-American” Americans

    Number of comments: 6
    The latest from Nancy Pelosi: ‘Un-American’ attacks can’t derail health care debate By Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer …. disruptions are occurring because opponents are afraid not just of differing views — but of the facts themselves. Drowning out opposing views is simply un-American. Drowning out the facts is how we failed [...]
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    Posted: August 10, 2009, 10:32am EDT
    by callmecrusader

  • Fundamentals of Staging Ornery Town Halls

    Number of comments: 4
    Fundamentals of Staging “Ornery” Town Halls. 1. Pick a room that is too small to handle the expected crowd. 2. Set the thermostat for a temp that is above a tolerable level – preferably no air conditioning. 3. Give the initial impression of a town hall meeting format 4. Avoid hot topics by presenting on smaller, less [...]
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    Posted: August 09, 2009, 3:52pm EDT
    by mightyrighty

  • Iowa’s Un-Representative: Leonard Boswell

    Number of comments: 9
    The residents of the 3rd Congressional District are angry. They feel that they are not being represented. They are frustrated because their Congressman has failed to heed their advice. They are confused as to how their elected representative could so willingly turn his back on their will. And most of [...]
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    Posted: August 08, 2009, 9:35pm EDT
    by Al Bregar

  • Boswell Breeding Mistrust

    Number of comments: 8
    Iowans are angry. They are angry at the direction this state and this nation are going. They are appalled at the speed with which Congress has been spending our tax money. They are angry about supposed solutions to some of our problems will only serve to hinder our nation. You [...]
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    Posted: August 06, 2009, 2:08am EDT
    by Al Bregar

  • Stephen Burgmeier for Iowa HD 90

    Number of comments: 2
    The resignation of John Whitaker (D) in Iowa HD 90 has left a vacant seat and the special election to fill it will be on September 1.  This district includes Van Buren County and parts of Wapello and Jefferson Counties.  While this is a Democrat leaning district, in light of [...]
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    Posted: August 04, 2009, 9:01am EDT
    by Iowans Rock

  • Guest Commentary: Brian Donegan of Can-Do Conservatives of America

    Number of comments: 4
    My name is Brian Donegan and I am a nearly-27 year old conservative from Lawrenceville, GA (Just northeast of Atlanta).  I am legally blind and am affected by other disabilities that I was born with (the technical term for these are “defects” I call them “blessings”).  While I have a [...]
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    Posted: August 01, 2009, 1:49pm EDT
    by palmofdeborah

  • An Open Letter to President Obama

    Number of comments: 10
    Dear Mr. President, I am reading the Health Reform bill and I do not like it at all. I do not think this is the direction in which our government should be going– specifically, that is, competing with private business and issuing mandates to employers about insuring employees and mandates to [...]
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    Posted: July 30, 2009, 9:36pm EDT
    by neighhay

  • Open Letter To Senator Grassley

    Number of comments: 10
    An Open Letter to Senator Charles Grassley By Representative Kent Sorenson   Senator Grassley, Few Iowans, especially those of us who like you are in politics, command the respect and dignity you have over the course of your long and distinguished career.  On the other hand, I am merely a freshman state legislator who [...]
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    Posted: July 30, 2009, 9:34pm EDT
    by kentsorenson

  • Culvers bright Idea for future is to take Iowa back to train travel?

    Number of comments: 6
    Once upon a time in America you traveled by foot, then horse, then stage coach, then train and finally plane. Each  faster than the other. It would take days to travel from west coast to east coast by train and this remained the mode of travel til airplanes came along [...]
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    Posted: July 30, 2009, 10:26am EDT
    by iowanforabetteriowa

  • Democrats Care About People (Unless You are an Old Person or a Baby)

    Number of comments: 3
    The other day I saw a bumper sticker on a car that said I vote Democrat because they care about people.  I just had to laugh at the irony of it all.  Care about people?  Really? The recent poster child for “caring about people” is the aide to Democrat Representative Paul [...]
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    Posted: July 27, 2009, 3:11pm EDT
    by Iowans Rock

  • Christopher Dodd struggling with Independent voters

    Voters are paying attention to what is happening in Washington, D.C. As noted in this recent poll Christopher Dodd has a 52 % disapproval rating and is struggling with Independent voters. Here is a portion of the article: “Dodd’s most glaring weakness continues to be that a majority of voters say he [...]
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    Posted: July 23, 2009, 11:55am EDT
    by callmecrusader

  • Inequities of government-run health insurance programs

    Number of comments: 3
    Following is an opinion piece written by Paul R. Zietlow, CLU, ChFC, RHU, NAIFA IOWA and shared with his permission. The “public option” is a term being used for a government- run health insurance program. While change is needed, a government run plan would soon put private plans out of business [...]
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    Posted: July 22, 2009, 9:37pm EDT
    by callmecrusader

  • Universal Health Care not the right medicine now.

    Number of comments: 6
    From way i have been looking at this is. Sure we would have universal health care but when someone gets to determine if your treatement is going to cost to much you are going turned away.  Also if your to old your basically told to go home and prepare to [...]
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    Posted: July 22, 2009, 2:50pm EDT
    by iowanforabetteriowa

  • Clarke County land grab: Where is the Farm Bureau?

    In a sharp and pointed Letter to the Editor that appears in the Osceola Sentinel – Tribune, Michael Patterson asks “Why haven’t we heard from Farm Bureau?” Patterson states that it is time for the Farm Bureau to step up to the plate and honor their rhetoric and obligations to those [...]
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    Posted: July 22, 2009, 11:25am EDT
    by callmecrusader

  • Guest Commentary: Shaw Issues a Challenge

    Number of comments: 2
    I most strongly propose an amendment to Iowa’s Constitution which would provide an absolute guarantee of the individual right for Iowans to “Keep and Bear Arms.”   I believe that the following language, adopted from Idaho’s state constitution, would ensure against state infringement on this most important right:   “The people have the [...]
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    Posted: July 21, 2009, 6:57pm EDT
    by Al Bregar

  • Jeaneane Garafalo opens mouth and inserts foot Again !

    Once again Jeaneane has showed us just how much brains some of the Hollywood elite really have. She spoke out about the tea parties and called us red neck tea baggers. Teabagger is a slang term from the homosexual world. That we have no right to complain about how our [...]
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    Posted: July 21, 2009, 6:16pm EDT
    by iowanforabetteriowa

  • Tom Shaw a Iowan to be proud of!

    Number of comments: 1
    This past Saturday i got to meet Tom Shaw a U.S.  Navy veteran who is running  Independently for Iowa House of Representatives District 8.  An Independent Choice to Represent your voice. He sat down with a group of us from IDA and told us why he decided to run and what he stands [...]
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    Posted: July 21, 2009, 6:03pm EDT
    by iowanforabetteriowa

  • BVP on Culver: “Hope and Wait” Policies

    Number of comments: 5
    The primary that will decide the Republican nominee to challenge Governor Chet Culver is still eleven months away. That didn’t stop The Iowa Republican from commissioning a poll to determine who the frontrunner is at this early date. As I had predicted last month Bob Vander Plaats is the clear [...]
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    Posted: July 20, 2009, 9:21pm EDT
    by Al Bregar

  • What will Grassley do with health care reform compromise?

    Number of comments: 5
    I have been wondering what Charles Grassley is doing in regards to his efforts with health care reform.  In an opinion piece called “The Grassley Test” I learned that he is the “GOP point man for ObamaCare.” I wish I could find comfort in reading the article. I don’t. Obama is out [...]
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    Posted: July 20, 2009, 2:12pm EDT
    by callmecrusader

  • Let Freedom Ring for accountability from legislators

    This morning on FOX News I heard Colin Hanna of “Let Freedom Ring” tell about the push to get Legislators to pledge to actually read the Healthcare Reform package. I have done some checking into Let Freedom Ring and have learned that it is “a non-profit, grassroots organization supporting a Conservative [...]
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    Posted: July 20, 2009, 2:11pm EDT
    by callmecrusader

  • “I want my Country back!”

    Number of comments: 5
    If you want a jump start on your Monday morning, I have one for you! Watch the video to see a Great American woman stand up at a Rep. Mike Castle Town Hall meeting to question President Obama’s birth certificate. Listen to the passion that was used when saying the Pledge of [...]
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    Posted: July 20, 2009, 2:11pm EDT
    by callmecrusader

  • More changes, more stress for Clarke County landowners

    Number of comments: 7
    The title of a July 16 article in the Osceola Sentinel – Tribune reads More Changes Made to Reservoir Plan. It may as well say More Stress Heaped Upon Clarke County Landowners.   The article shares information that the Natural Resources Conservation Service is looking for alternatives to constructing a reservoir [...]
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    Posted: July 17, 2009, 10:45am EDT
    by callmecrusader

  • Biden Alert ! Biden Alert !

    Number of comments: 2
    The blundering disaster of  Vice President Biden has struck again ! This guy is self destructing worse than a tape from Mission Impossible! And pops up more than summer time thunderstorms do. I can’t wait to flip the news on each night to see just what this bumbling idiot has [...]
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    Posted: July 17, 2009, 8:53am EDT
    by iowanforabetteriowa

  • Fong, Branstad, oh my!

    Number of comments: 6
    So last week I listened to GOP gubenatorial candidate Christian Fong be interviewed by Steve Deace. I was pretty excited when I heard he was going to be on after hearing a lot of hype about him. By the end of the interview I was cringing because of his awkward [...]
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    Posted: July 17, 2009, 11:36pm EDT
    by palmofdeborah

  • My new hero Harry C. Alford takes on Barbara Boxer!

    Number of comments: 5
    It has made my day to know that Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) got boxed around by Harry C. Alford, President and CEO of the National Black Chamber of Commerce. When Boxer would not be quiet Alford just continued to talk and not back down. I needed a hero today and [...]
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    Posted: July 16, 2009, 10:42pm EDT
    by callmecrusader

  • Grassley, Sotomayor and eminent domain

    Number of comments: 5
    Republicans on the Judiciary Committee attempted to press Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor on a variety of issues that were of interest to me. It was Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa who used a portion of his 30-minute allotted time to ask about eminent domain. Grassley wanted to know when it [...]
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    Posted: July 16, 2009, 6:02pm EDT
    by callmecrusader

  • Universal Health care chart looks like Chutes and Ladders.

    Number of comments: 6
    The Universal Health care chart the Democrats put forward today looks more like a game of Chutes and Ladders. But this is gonna be more costly than a game of Chutes and Ladders. If any of you can make sense of this chart then your doing better than i am. But for [...]
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    Posted: July 16, 2009, 12:11am EDT
    by iowanforabetteriowa

  • Tom Harkin’s next power grab: control of school vending machines

    Number of comments: 4
    Tom Harkin is in the news. One take on what he has been doing has been communicated in various news articles, including the one here that appeared in Reuters. I share a portion of the article below. The U.S. Agriculture Department would be given the power to regulate all food sold in [...]
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    Posted: July 16, 2009, 11:58pm EDT
    by callmecrusader

  • The Continuing Saga of Sonia Sotomayor

    Number of comments: 6
    Finally after what has seemed like ages I am finally able to get back online to opine about the comings and goings of the political world. I won’t bore you with the trials and tribulations of the last two weeks of my cyber absence and instead dive right into the [...]
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    Posted: July 15, 2009, 8:33pm EDT
    by Al Bregar

  • Senator Barbara Boxer trying to sell Climate Bill it could be hard sell.

    Number of comments: 10
    Senator Barbara Boxer of California is trying  hard to push through the climate bill being sold to you and me as Cap and Trade. She  says quote ” there will be dire results: droughts, floods, fires, loss of species, damage to agriculture, worsening air pollution and more”. She goes on [...]
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    Posted: July 14, 2009, 11:37pm EDT
    by iowanforabetteriowa

  • Governor Culver May Fib; Numbers and Bob Vander Plaats Do Not

    Number of comments: 2
    Governor Culver says the Iowa budget is fine. He claims the $161 million shortage isn’t there. He said he believes in marriage between one man and one woman and would do everything he could to protect it. He thinks I-Jobs will save Iowa but what will we do when the money [...]
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    Posted: July 13, 2009, 5:10pm EDT
    by Iowans Rock

  • Holy mother of Joesph, Biden Strikes Again!

    Number of comments: 2
    Once again like a bad rash Vice President Joe Biden has popped up with his big mouth. I don’t know about any of you but every time he spouts off I get a big kick out of it. I think he’s doing a awesome job of stabbing his boss in the [...]
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    Posted: July 07, 2009, 8:17pm EDT
    by iowanforabetteriowa

  • Guest Commentary-Independence Day

    Number of comments: 2
    Independence Day On this day we pause to celebrate our nation’s independence from tyranny and oppression. Some 233 years ago a brave and courageous people stood up and declared they were taking back their God given rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. These men not only forged the [...]
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    Posted: July 04, 2009, 7:09am EDT
    by Al Bregar

  • Guest Commentary-Senator Grassley: Part of the Problem by Luke Priest

    Number of comments: 1
    Senator Grassley met with residents of Marion and surrounding counties this morning at the Pella Community Center Auditorium. The place was packed out. 150+ I would say. Unfortunately, a bastion of individual liberty, and limited government it was not. The discussion was dominated by discussion about healthcare. I listened for over [...]
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    Posted: July 03, 2009, 6:30pm EDT
    by Al Bregar

  • Lawmaker travel “perks” at taxpayer expense

    Number of comments: 6
    In an informative article in the Wall Street Journal, Congress’s Travel Tab Swells, we can learn of the “perks” that our elected officials feel they have coming and blatantly put on our tab. I consider it disgusting that elected officials of both parties feel like they can travel, spend, vacation, and [...]
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    Posted: July 03, 2009, 11:59pm EDT
    by callmecrusader

  • Gubernatorial Candidates Have Plenty of Challenges

    Number of comments: 3
    Now that the race for the Republican Gubernatorial nomination if finally beginning to heat up I decided that I was going to do a quick comparison of the announced candidates. As it stands right now we have three officially announced candidates for the office with a fourth supposedly close to [...]
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    Posted: July 02, 2009, 10:53am EDT
    by Al Bregar

  • A Betrayal of Trust

    Number of comments: 10
    When the public elects an individual to serve as their representative in the government they have some expectations of those officials act. With few exceptions we expect our elected officials to serve us with honor, dignity, honesty, and wisely. There are times however when our elected officials fail to live [...]
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    Posted: July 01, 2009, 10:11pm EDT
    by Al Bregar

  • Will you answer all of the 2010 U.S. Census questions?

    Number of comments: 8
    My husband and I have discussed what we will do about filling out the Census form. And, if my on line research is any indication, many other Americans are having similar discussions. There are others who do not trust those collecting the information and  how the information will be used. [...]
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    Posted: June 30, 2009, 1:58pm EDT
    by callmecrusader

  • “Romney’s team awaits 2012″

    Number of comments: 10
    Well, well, well… according to a Politico article, Mitt Romney’s team awaits 2012,  Willard  Romney is “tanned, rested, and ready” for another run for the White House. He has dozens of former aids and advisers to assist him. I take note that it is his “Washington-based alumni” who have regular meetings [...]
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    Posted: June 29, 2009, 11:06am EDT
    by callmecrusader

  • Obama’s schedule needs to make citizens ‘wonder’

    Number of comments: 2
    http://www.politico.com/politico44/ The three big events on Obama’s schedule today: - An afternoon meeting and pool spray with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe (We wonder: Will Obama move the ball on Iran in their pool spray, as he did after meetings with South Korean President Lee and German Chancellor Merkel? Hot about on Honduras?) - [...]
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    Posted: June 29, 2009, 11:04am EDT
    by callmecrusader

  • House parties bringing politics to the people

    Number of comments: 6
    Saturday I attended a house party event for Bob Vander Plaats. I had never been to one before so I wasn’t completely sure what to expect. There were probably a total of 20 people there so there was plenty of opportunity to mingle and talk with other individuals in a very [...]
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    Posted: June 28, 2009, 2:23pm EDT
    by mightyrighty

  • Proposed Lakes Surrounds Me with Questions

    Number of comments: 10
    News of the Clarke County reservoir controversy has opened lingering questions. I can relate to this issue as my county also has a similar controversy.   If I were facing life threatening surgery and treatments, I would want to know all my options and describe the least invasive options. I continue to [...]
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    Posted: June 28, 2009, 2:21pm EDT
    by countrybarn4me

  • Guest Commentary-Asleep at the Wheel

    Number of comments: 3
    Sleep:  to be careless or unalert; allow one’s alertness, vigilance, or attentiveness to lie dormant Meeting: an assembly or conference of persons for a specific purpose Rollcall.com had a story this week about United States Congressman Dave Loebsack (D-IA-02) being asleep during a meeting on health care. It can be said that [...]
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    Posted: June 27, 2009, 10:17pm EDT
    by Al Bregar

  • Pelosi’s Iowa Puppets Should Resign

    Number of comments: 6
    As I was sitting here this evening contemplating the passage of the Waxman-Markey Cap and Trade bill yesterday evening I continued to get more and more irate. Sure I have been opposed to any form of cap and trade legislation because I firmly understand that it is a job killer, [...]
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    Posted: June 27, 2009, 9:12pm EDT
    by Al Bregar

  • NO to Barbour’s advice

    Number of comments: 6
    While I did not attend the Night of the Rising Stars I have taken the time to read about the event and to hear from those who were attendance. A  take away I have from what Haley Barbour had to say is that “pro-lifers need to vote for pro-choice candidates and [...]
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    Posted: June 27, 2009, 3:27pm EDT
    by callmecrusader

  • DesMoines Register.com fails to report Climate Bill Vote

    Number of comments: 4
    Last night  I went to the Des Moines Register web site to see if they had reported anything on the Climate bill vote that congress passed by a vote of 219-212. And much to my surprise nothing on it. So I just went back again few minutes ago now its [...]
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    Posted: June 27, 2009, 3:25pm EDT
    by iowanforabetteriowa

  • I-Jobs: The Essence of Pork

    Number of comments: 2
    Wednesday the I-Jobs board selected the first applicants to be awarded money from Governor Chet Culvers bonding plan. All of the projects approved are located in the city of Cedar Rapids, a city still recovering from the record breaking and devastating floods that decimated the city last year. For the [...]
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    Posted: June 26, 2009, 9:22am EDT
    by Al Bregar

  • Romney Slams Obama on Iran

    Number of comments: 4
    Those of you that know me know that I am not a fan of Mitt Romney. I don’t want to rehash the most recent Iowa Caucus, but my dislike of Romney stems from some of his actions as Governor of Massachusetts. But that is neither here nor there. Yesterday morning [...]
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    Posted: June 25, 2009, 2:14pm EDT
    by Al Bregar

  • Is this the type of Health care we want?

    Number of comments: 3
    As President Obama puts on his one sided show on ABC last night with no other viewpoints at all allowed during this program. I want to express my personal experience with this universal health care as I had a nephew who moved to Canada back in the 1970’s. He ended [...]
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    Posted: June 25, 2009, 1:49pm EDT
    by iowanforabetteriowa
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