Monthly Archives: May 2015

Memorial Day 2015 Marks 50 Years Of Vietnam War

Posted on May 25, 2015 by bfiaedflaherty

by Ed Flaherty Memorial Day is a day set aside to remember and honor those who gave their lives in this nation’s wars. This particular Memorial Day is of special significance in that it is fifty years since the Vietnam … Continue reading →

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Memorial Day Thoughts

Posted on May 24, 2015 by Dave Bradley

We rightly turn our thoughts and our thanks to those who fought and the many who died in America’s wars. Sadly, we often find out long after a conflict is over that the reason we went to war in the … Continue reading →

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Sunday Funday – Indy 500 Edition

Posted on May 24, 2015 by Dave Bradley

The Indy 500 may be the ultimate analogy for America these days. A bunch of guys driving round and round in a circle getting no place to see who can do it the fastest. All while a quarter of a … Continue reading →

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Letter From NCEL Re: Fast Track Authority

Posted on May 23, 2015 by Dave Bradley

Even though the boat may have sailed in the US senate, there still may be time to help stop it in the House. The following press release and letter were sent by the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators including Iowa … Continue reading →

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Monsanto Preps For TPP – By Moving Overseas?

Posted on May 23, 2015 by Dave Bradley

Considering the way that the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) has set up the Investor-State Dispute Settlement or ISDS process the only logical step for corporations who claim to be frustrated by US laws is to move their corporate headquarters out … Continue reading →

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Highway Robbery

Posted on May 22, 2015 by Trish Nelson

by Tracy Leone George W. Bush’s presidency is among the most destructive and corrupt of any American Presidency. Beginning with the stolen election, Dubya led the country into two, practically unilateral and illegal wars while pulling out of the multi-nation … Continue reading →

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Donald Kaul: No Difference Between Jeb And Dubya

Posted on May 21, 2015 by Trish Nelson

http://otherwords.org/ Of Course Jeb Bush Would Have Invaded Iraq The former Florida governor gets too much credit for being smarter than his brother. By Donald Kaul Jeb Bush must have set some kind of record for political flip-flopping this month. … Continue reading →

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Help DFA Counteract Republican Takeover Of State Legislatures

Posted on May 20, 2015 by Trish Nelson

democracyforamerica.com Deaniacs, here is a an important message from Howard Dean. If you’re as heavily invested in politics as I am (and I have a feeling you are), you also tend to spend a lot of time fixating on what’s … Continue reading →

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Governing Under the Influence Symposium

Posted on May 19, 2015 by Trish Nelson

  symposium.dawnjonesiowa.com/ Free and open to the public Saturday May 23, Iowa City Public Library, Room A Sign In : 9:30 a.m. Program Starts : 10:00 a.m. Democracy is being silenced. We shout; but we are not being heard over … Continue reading →

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This Week On The Fallon Forum: More On Bakken Pipeline Cartel, Eminent Domain Bill SF 506

Posted on May 18, 2015 by Trish Nelson

 fallonforum.com This bunch from the pipeline cartel — what I call ’em — is just a bucket of snakes and you can’t tell which head belongs to which tail.” Dear Friends, There’s nothing like courage to inspire principled acts of … Continue reading →

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