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Author Archives: Dave Bradley
McConnell: We’ll Shut Down Government
Mitch has an itch. His itch is to be leader of the senate once again so he can force President Obama into a bad choice for America of signing bills that would disrupt policy or if not, shut down the … Continue reading
Posted in Bruce Braley, David Loebsack, Joni Ernst, Staci Appel
Tagged Jim Mowrer, John Boehner, Mitch McConnell, Pat Murphy
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Weekend Hash – Where Was Rand Paul?
Rand Paul ran away from more than the fierce and scary Dreamer(not) in Storm Lake. Mr. Paul also took a pass from Bob Vander Plaats’ hate fest in Ames last weekend. Well, by golly, if you don’t hate the right … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 Election Campaign, Branstad, Economy, Jobs, Social Security, Television, Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)
Tagged Chuck Todd, David Gregory
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Meeting Monica Vernon – Wow
At the meeting in Muscatine where we met Jack Hatch, Mr. Hatch said that he was really torn the night Monica Vernon lost her primary race for first district representative. While Mrs. Vernon lost, it did leave her available to … Continue reading
Posted in Branstad, Economy, Education, Jack Hatch, Jobs
Tagged air and water quality, Monica Vernon
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Sunday Funday – Wha’ Happened To August?
August. A quiet time before school starts. Usually filled with vacations and last minute fun before it is back to the books and studying. Time for some last minute time at the pool or down at the the old fishing … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa, Humor
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Hemp Fibers ‘Better Than Graphene’
I read this article concerning a new potentially breakthrough use for hemp with interest Wednesday. When I read this I hearkened back to an article I had read on a building material called hempcrete. This is a light weight material … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa, Economy
Tagged hemp, marijuana
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IPP: Minimum Wage And Business Taxes
Once again, our friends at Iowa Policy Project come to controversies with those nasty little things called facts. Not sure if they meant for this to happen, but they published two guest opinions in local papers that took a couple … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Fiscal Crisis, Iowa Policy Project, Jobs, minimum wage
Tagged business
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Buying Furniture, The Economy And The ACA
We moved in the last bit of new furniture that we have been buying over the course of six months. This replaced some very, very old and ratty furniture that we had so desperately wanted to get rid of for … Continue reading
Posted in Affordable Care Act, Economy, Jobs, Medicare, Republican Obstruction, Social Security
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Progress Iowa Responds to Family Leadership Summit
For Immediate Release: August 9th, 2014 Contact: Matt Sinovic, (515) 423-0530 “Iowa values were nowhere to be found today” Ames, Iowa — Progress Iowa Executive Director Matt Sinovic issued the following statement in response to the remarks made at today’s … Continue reading
Posted in Guest Posts, Progress Iowa
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Nixon’s Revenge 40 years Later
Like many in my generation, Dick Nixon was somewhat central to our existence at our coming of age. From his commie-scaring to his Vice-Presidency and his run for President in 1960 and then for governor of California in 1962, then … Continue reading
Posted in War on Drugs
Tagged Agnew, civil rights, marijuana, Nixon, powell memorandum, southern strategy
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Sunday Funday – State Fair Edition
With all the new gadgets and widgets and ways we can connect with the world almost instantaneously, going to the state fair has lost a bit of its luster. Growing up, per my father, we could not afford to go … Continue reading
Posted in Humor
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