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Author Archives: Paul Deaton
Will Iowa Forget about Haiti? Not Likely
Will Iowa Forget about Haiti? Not Likely by Paul Deaton The eyes of the world turned to Port-au-Prince, Haiti after the earthquake on January 12. The island’s poverty and its corrupt and dysfunctional government are well known and were on … Continue reading
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Iowa Alternatives to Convervative Talk
I recently toured Western Iowa with two nationally known speakers seeking to inform and persuade Iowans about the existential threat that the existence of nuclear weapons poses to United States national security. Part of our goal was to support President … Continue reading
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An Iowan's View of British Petroleum
An Iowan's View of British Petroleum by Paul Deaton In the early 1990s I worked for Amoco Oil Company at their headquarters in the Standard Oil Building on Randolph Street in Chicago. During the first gulf war we enhanced security … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Environment, Main Page
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An Iowa View of the Midterms
An Iowa View of the Midterms by Paul Deaton “During the question and answer period someone asked, 'What is the strategy to influence our elected officials?' That is a tough one because the question’s construction presumes a separation from our … Continue reading
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Milestones on the Road to Nuclear Disarmament
Milestones on the Road to Nuclear Disarmament “In recognition of the fact that President Obama is consistently, diligently working to improve the national security posture of the United States, Blog for Iowa will publish major addresses by the administration concerning … Continue reading
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Nuclear Spring in Iowa
Nuclear Spring in Iowa by Paul Deaton “I explained the New START treaty to the musician and that the existence of nuclear weapons in the world is the only existential threat to the United States: abolishing them would enhance national … Continue reading
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An Iowan Reflects on the Arizona Immigration Law
“If business managers like Rubashkin consistently complied with immigration law, the high profile raids like the ones in Postville and Marshalltown would not likely happen. More focus could be given to the human face of immigration.” A friend of mine … Continue reading
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Tagged Immigration, undocumented immigrants
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The Downside for Iowans of HF 2399
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Iowans are Connected to the Gulf of Mexico
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE “The farm runoff from Iowa and other agricultural states in the Mississippi basin is creating dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico. With the rising temperature of the planet and increasing acidification … Continue reading
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Letter from Senator Harkin on the START Treaty
Letter from Senator Harkin on the START Treaty April 26, 2010Dear Constituent:Thank you for contacting me about the recent agreement between the United States and Russia to reduce their respective nuclear arsenals. Since the end of the Cold War, the … Continue reading
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