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retired in West Liberty

What Is The Best Way To Stand Up To The NRA?

Following the murders on campuses and schools the past few weeks and after the cold blooded cop killing carried out in Nevada we have finally decided to move to join some organization to add our voices against the rampant gun … Continue reading

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Let’s Back Jack

The way I figure it, Terry Branstad is taking his pension for being governor, so he owes it to get the hell out of the governor’s office and retire. He can’t seem to figure out that when he gets a … Continue reading

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Sunday Funday – Stephanie Miller Edition

Today I will dedicate the quiz to Stephanie Miller. We took a trip to Minneapolis last week to see what may have been the last of her “Sexy Liberal Tour.” Stephanie and a changing cast of hilarious cronies have been … Continue reading

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Who Could Have Predicted?

The news out of Iraq should not be unexpected. The George W. Bush administration filled us with promises of a short war in Iraq. What was it Rumsfeld said – two or three months? We will be greeted as liberators? … Continue reading

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Iowa’s New Gift To Comedians

As I sit here listening to Stephanie Miller Iowa is getting some great publicity. We are once more home to a candidate that is so out of touch, so out of the norm, so crazy that the nation is taking … Continue reading

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Reminder: Vote Tuesday

Tuesday is primary day in Iowa. Most districts have some contested races at some level from the courthouse to the state house to the US House and Senate. Please be sure to vote Tuesday to help shape the races for … Continue reading

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Ernst Should Apologize Immediately

Des Moines, IA — Progress Iowa Executive Director Matt Sinovic issued the following statement today, calling on State Senator Joni Ernst to apologize for characterizing the recent shooting at the University of California, Santa Barbara, as an accident in last … Continue reading

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Sunday Funday – Cutting That Grass

I have complained and complained and complained, but the grass just keeps growing. So once more I trotted out this morning to whack them bloody blades. Who says that training a child to do something over and over and over … Continue reading

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Joni Just Doesn’t Get It

The following is a report on the Iowa GOP US Senate debate from Thursday night: “Mrs. Ernst, a viewer wrote us saying in light of the shooting of Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, the shootings at the Aurora, Colo. theater, and most … Continue reading

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As A Community We Work To Avoid Danger

In the last couple of weeks we have had various tornado warnings much as we do every May and June. We take these interruptions in our daily lives of TV and radio communication as a necessary interruption that may help … Continue reading

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