Monthly Archives: September 2009

Going Green:  I-Renew's Energy & Sustainability Expo in Norway, Iowa Even with fall and turning leaves just around the corner, Iowa’s future is looking green.The Iowa Renewable Energy Association (I-Renew) invites you to learn more about what renewable energy can … Continue reading →

Iowans Against Idiocy:  Help Rob Miller Defeat Joe Wilson http://www.ActBlue.com/page/iai There is now an ActBlue site set up for Iowans to contribute to help Rob Miller defeat Joe Wilson.  Iowans who are fed up with the increasing immaturity of the … Continue reading →

Help Defeat Joe Wilson's Re-Election to Congress Update: [As of earlier this afternoon (Thursday)] Rob Miller was close to hitting $400,000 from almost 11,000 patriots sick and tired of Republicans like Rep. Joe Wilson trying to debase our democracy. [I … Continue reading →

Thicke Announces Candidacy for Iowa Secretary of Agriculture ThickeForAgriculture.comFrancis Thicke (Tic-kee) has scheduled press conferences for September 9 in three Iowa cities to announce his candidacy for Iowa Secretary of Agriculture in the 2010 election. At the press conferences, Thicke … Continue reading →

Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 st1:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:””; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:”Times New Roman”;} Health Care Reform Update: Labor Activists Fight for Reform Including a Strong Public … Continue reading →

History of Labor Day History.com As the Industrial Revolution took hold of the nation, the average American in the late 1800s worked 12-hour days, seven days a week in order to make a basic living. Children were also working, as … Continue reading →

 Van Jones’ resignation is the result of a right-wing smear led by Glenn Beck, and this is the first battle in the upcoming media reform war that BFIA predicts will look a lot like the health care reform “debate.” See Huffpo … Continue reading →

The Attempted Swift-Boating of Health Care Reform:  Will it Work? The Washington Post “There is an overwhelming case that the electronic media went out of their way to cover the noise and ignored the calmer (and from television's point of … Continue reading →

No Fish Can Escape Mercury Pollution:  Coal Implicated Associated Press WASHINGTON – No fish can escape mercury pollution. That's the take-home message from a federal study of mercury contamination released Wednesday that tested fish from nearly 300 streams across the … Continue reading →

Grassley Asks Donors to Help Him Defeat Health Care Reform The Washington Post Chuck Grassley is facing a potentially difficult primary challenge in 2010. As such, he's been working hard to cover his right flank. That would all be fine … Continue reading →