Monthly Archives: April 2012

Press On Toward The Dawn

Posted on April 19, 2012 by bfiajohnshumaker

Press On Toward the Dawn Press on toward the Dawn even in the dark days eolithic Lights will guide you in this season of golden fawn it is darkest in deepest forest here in the STILL hear in the CLEAR … Continue reading →

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Progress Iowa Launches Iowa Anti-ALEC Campaign

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Trish Nelson

[Note from BFIA:  This just in from Dave Bradley – ALEC continues to slowly come apart:  http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/04/17/465775/alec-retreat-non-economic-issues/   There was a brief discussion of ALEC on River-to-River yesterday. Slowly they are being exposed to light and it is killing them.] Progress … Continue reading →

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Help Save Iowa’s Public Lands From The “Efficiency” Bill

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Trish Nelson

Action Alert From the Iowa Sierra Club: The Iowa House of Representatives will soon consider House File 2449, referred to as the “efficiency” bill, that directs the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to inventory all of its public lands (Division … Continue reading →

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This Week On The Fallon Forum: Fallon v Bradshaw

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Trish Nelson

Dear Friends, Iowa talk-show hosts are a pretty small club. The corporate-owned “public” airwaves carry nationally syndicated crazies who are to the right of Genghis Khan. Local right-wing talkers – Mickelson, Conway and Deace – get paid handsomely to beat … Continue reading →

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The Iowa Constitution As A Living Document

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Trish Nelson

MARK S. CADY, the chief justice of the Iowa Supreme Court, wrote the court’s landmark decision in 2009 in Varnum v. Brien, the same-sex marriage case. This is a speech he gave at Drake University in March 8, 2012 as … Continue reading →

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C’mon Grassley, Quit Embarrassing Iowa

Posted on April 15, 2012 by Dave Bradley

Senator Grassley pulls out his old tweeter once again and Iowans go scrambling to prove to America that, no, we are not a bunch of hicks as demonstrated by Grassley and King. Grassley has become little but a caricature of … Continue reading →

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Sunday Funday, Church And State

Posted on April 15, 2012 by Dave Bradley

Religion is one of those subjects that just has such a rich vein of information to mine for trivia questions. Usually people think of asking questions about the various religions themselves. But today let’s see if you can answer some … Continue reading →

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ALEC Member Corporations.

Posted on April 14, 2012 by Dave Bradley

If corporations choose to join organizations like ALEC, they should be proud enough to let the country and their shareholders know. As mentioned many times before here on blogforiowa, ALEC tries to operate out of the light. As you also … Continue reading →

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Rant On! ALEC Must Be Exposed!

Posted on April 14, 2012 by Dave Bradley

It looks like we are seeing the beginnings of the breakup of one of the most anti-democratic groups ever to foist itself on the American public. Slowly but surely the wheels are coming off the behind the curtain, under the … Continue reading →

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Friday Food Talk: Why Is Pink Slime Still On The Menu At School?

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Trish Nelson

Update:  This morning (Saturday) on Up! w/Chris Hayes they showed the Branstad video where he defends pink slime.  According to Branstad, it is the tone of the conversation that is poisoning us, not the slime.  Branstad’s speech at ISU was … Continue reading →

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