Yearly Archives: 2005

ISU Democrats’ Filibuster to Enter One Hundredth Hour

Posted on May 23, 2005 by bfialindathieman

ISU Democrats' Filibuster to Enter One Hundredth Hour Group Protest Draws Attention to Danger of “Nuclear Option” in U.S. Senate Iowa State University Democrats, distressed over the potential violation of Senate rules, history, and tradition by the Republican majority, … Continue reading →

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“SNAPSHOT” OF THE IOWA WATERSHED

Posted on May 22, 2005 by bfiamollyreagan

“SNAPSHOT” OF THE IOWA WATERSHED “What If Lightning Lasted, Not For An Instant But Forever, Each Crackling Bolt Joining The Thousands, The Millions Already Pulsating From Earth To Heaven? What If The Mountains, Like Massive Molars Were Ripped Up Roots … Continue reading →

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Bush Sinks to New Lows

Posted on May 22, 2005 by Trish Nelson

Bush Sinks to New Lows EDM – The Emerging Democratic Majority Donkey Rising by Ruy Teixeira The new Pew Research Center poll gives [George W.] Bush his worst approval rating ever in that poll: just 43 percent, with 50 percent … Continue reading →

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Iowa Media Reform Group Up and Running!

Posted on May 21, 2005 by Trish Nelson

Iowa Media Reform Group Up and Running! Introducing: IOWANS FOR BETTER LOCAL TV Blog for Iowa would like to announce the formation of a group of citizen-activists, Iowans for Better Local TV. Check out their brand new website at http://www.IBLTV.org. … Continue reading →

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Ottumwa Lagoons Among Iowa’s Most-polluted Bodies of Water

Posted on May 21, 2005 by bfialindathieman

Ottumwa Lagoons Among Iowa's Most-polluted Bodies of Water by Carly Schuffler, KTVOTV3.com Why wait for Bush to destroy the nation's water with sewage dumping? Iowa is already doing it! (Ottumwa) The lagoons add beauty to Ottumwa's parks; but look a … Continue reading →

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Framing the Dissolution of the Filibuster: How Republican Senators Justify the Grab for Absolute Power

Posted on May 20, 2005 by bfialindathieman

Framing the Dissolution of the Filibuster: How Republican Senators Justify the Grab for Absolute Power By Robert S. Rivkin, Pacific News Service, AlterNet.org You've got to hand it to the Senate Republican leaders. Launching debate on May 17, Majority Leader … Continue reading →

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Iowa Farm Fields Increase Dead Zones, Starve the World’s Seas

Posted on May 20, 2005 by bfialindathieman

Iowa Farm Fields Increase Dead Zones, Starve the World's Seas by Janet Raloff, ScienceNews.org Caused almost exclusively by human activities, massive oxygen-starved waters, called “Dead Zones,” are developing along the world's coasts and are becoming increasingly common and recurrent For … Continue reading →

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Iowa Caucus: First No More?

Posted on May 19, 2005 by bfialindathieman

Iowa Caucus: First No More? Baltimoresun.com Democrats consider shifting their primaries; proposals focus on fixing 'front-loading' of contests The three major proposals before the Democratic Party's Commission on Presidential Nomination Timing and Scheduling [focus] on regional primaries. Two proposals would … Continue reading →

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Bayh Behind Iowa Presidential Surveys

Posted on May 19, 2005 by bfialindathieman

Bayh Behind Iowa Presidential Surveys The Washington Post Apparently, it's never too early to start wooing those Iowa activists. A couple of weeks ago, Democrats in Linn County, which includes Cedar Rapids, were recruited to participate in a focus group. … Continue reading →

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Power Failures and Rising Energy Costs

Posted on May 18, 2005 by bfiacarolinevernon

Power Failures and Rising Energy Costs by Caroline Vernon IEA Warns of Coming Power Failures United Press International The Paris-based International Energy Agency has said Europe and North America could face power blackouts this summer. The agency said utility groups … Continue reading →

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