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Senate Democrats Publish Agenda
Senate Democrats Publish Agenda The Democratic leadership of the U.S. Senate published their agenda for the 109th Congress – what could appropriately be termed the “opposition agenda” for this Congress. Rather than re-cap, there are plenty of in-depth and information … Continue reading
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Keeping Livestock Records Secret?
Keeping Livestock Records Secret? This item appeared in the Des Moines Register this morning: State agriculture officials want to be allowed to keep secret certain records dealing with the control of livestock diseases such as mad cow disease. Key lawmakers … Continue reading
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Social Security: A Question Of Numbers
Social Security: A Question Of Numbers I finally got around to reading the article from this Sunday's New York Times Magazine. The 30 minutes you'll spend reading it is well worth the time invested. Read It Here
Corporate Agribusiness: “Shocking But True”
Corporate Agribusiness: “Shocking But True” Today came a bunch of stories that I could only label “shocking but true”, so I put together three of them in this little post of horrors… Tomato Profiteering Remember that massive tomato shortage? According … Continue reading
The Social Security Political Game
The Social Security Political Game A few items from the past two days regarding the “political game” surrounding the Social Security Phase-Out. The Washington Post reports on the tactics we can expect to see in the coming weeks: White House … Continue reading
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The Condition of the State
The Condition of the State Governor Vilsack laid out his priorities for this session in his Condition of the State address yesterday. (Excerpts were published by the Des Moines Register today.) Here are the main topics Gov. Vilsack discussed (the … Continue reading
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Learning By Example: Why “Privatization” Equals the Death of Social Security
Learning By Example: Why “Privatization” Equals the Death of Social Security Just as I was planning to listen in on Tom Vilsack's “Condition of the State” address, work gets in the way of tuning in to WOI Radio's live coverage. … Continue reading
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One Way To Promote Issues…
One Way To Promote Issues… I swore that I was going to post something about the upcoming Iowa Legislative session, but was interrupted by the now-daily reminder of corruption. Today's item: paying for propaganda! It seems that the NCLB program … Continue reading
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Social Security: Isn’t The Intent Clear?
Social Security: Isn't The Intent Clear? It seems that Social Security is the only topic I've written about, but this battle is an important one, not just for current recipients, but for those of us who have to look foward … Continue reading
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The Social Security Fear Factor
The Social Security Fear Factor I've posted a number of articles on the proclaimed “War On Social Security”, but the first two days of 2005 have seen even more writing about the GOP plan to abolish Social Security. Here's a … Continue reading
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