Monthly Archives: December 2011

President Obama In Osawatomie, Kansas: This Is A Make Or Break Moment For the Middle Class

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Trish Nelson

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Is The Occupy Wall Street Movement Reshaping The Political Landscape?

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Trish Nelson

by Ralph Scharnau The protest movement that began in Tunisia in January has spread to Egypt, Libya, and Syria; Spain, Greece, and Italy; and Chile, Israel, and China.  The global protest reached the United States on September 17, 2011, bursting … Continue reading →

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This Week On The Fallon Forum: Ed Takes On Des Moines City Council

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Trish Nelson

Monday – Thursday from 7:00-800 pm, join us for the fusion of politics and civility at 98.3 WOW-FM and on-line at 983wowfm.com.  Call (515) 312-0983 or (866) 908-TALK to participate in the conversation.  If you miss the show, you can … Continue reading →

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Occupy Cedar Rapids Mic Checks Drone Factory

Posted on December 4, 2011 by bfiaguestwriter

[by David Van Thournout] Should We Militarize Our Domestic Skies? It was a rainy afternoon for the first Occupy Iowa regional General Assembly. Around 100 occupiers gathered from various places across Iowa primarily to attend the action planned by Occupy … Continue reading →

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Which Head Puppet Will The Republicans Choose?

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Dave Bradley

What are the Republicans choosing? All the hoo and hah over just who the Republican nominee will be clouds one main point about their anointed one: whomsoever the choice, that person is merely head puppet for the ruling 1%. I … Continue reading →

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Occupy Iowa Statewide General Assembly

Posted on December 3, 2011 by Paul Deaton

Occupy Iowa held its first statewide general assembly (GA) in Cedar Rapids this afternoon. In attendance were delegations from Occupy Iowa groups in Des Moines, Iowa City, Grinnell, Waterloo-Cedar Falls, the Quad Cities and Dubuque. When the GA convened at … Continue reading →

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LIHEAP: Where Republican Tax Policies Really Hurt

Posted on December 3, 2011 by Dave Bradley

A few weeks ago, I made a reference to LIHEAP in my story concerning my experiment in heating with corn. The reference was only a passing thought after I had pretty much written the body of the story. So I … Continue reading →

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What will Iowa's Energy Future Be?

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Paul Deaton

Word in Des Moines is that MidAmerican Energy lobbyists have convinced the Iowa Senate’s Democratic Leadership to move the nuclear power bill, House File 561 /Senate File 390, during the first week or two of the 2012 legislative session. This … Continue reading →

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Loebsack Calls On Speaker Boehner To Help Working Families

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Trish Nelson

Loebsack Calls for Immediate Action to Extend and Expand the Payroll Tax Holiday Also calls for extension of Medicare reimbursement, Unemployment Insurance Last week Congressman Dave Loebsack wrote to the Speaker of the House, John Boehner, calling on him to … Continue reading →

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Rosa Parks Occupied A Bus 56 Years Ago, Still Inspires Today

Posted on December 1, 2011 by bfiamollyreagan

by Molly Regan On December 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, seamstress Rosa Parks got on a bus and sat down. When she was told by a white man to move to the back of the bus, she refused, and was … Continue reading →

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