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Our Kids Is Screwed

Posted on April 6, 2013 by Dave Bradley

Every day I hear some republican say “We are leaving our children a crushing debt.” This is simply hooey and bothers me a great deal on two levels: 1) it is not “we” that are leaving the debt, it is … Continue reading →

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Maybe Sir Mick Jagger Could Advise The Economy

Posted on March 31, 2013 by Dave Bradley

After all Sir Mick studied at the London School of Economics. Had that other gig not worked out as it did, perhaps he would have capped his economics career advising David Cameron. Could have done it with a rock ‘n’ … Continue reading →

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Sunday Funday: Another Easter Quiz

Posted on March 31, 2013 by Dave Bradley

Easter has many claims to fame depending on what religion you favor or if you favor no religion at all. Humans seem to have a feast day of some sort at or near the changing of the seasons. As the religions … Continue reading →

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David Cay Johnston Makes Me Mad

Posted on March 30, 2013 by Dave Bradley

I am listening to an interview on the internet radio (WCPT in Chicago) between Ed Schultz and David Cay Johnston. Johnston makes me mad. He makes me mad because he is the one person who has been chronicling just how … Continue reading →

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What If Branstad’s Family Needed Medicaid?

Posted on March 30, 2013 by Dave Bradley

One of my long held principles is that most people do not act on a problem until it directly affects them. If you have a job that was anything like mine, that was a principle that played out nearly every … Continue reading →

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Hey Reince: Matt Schultz Ain’t Listening

Posted on March 24, 2013 by Dave Bradley

Reince Preibus wants to start a love affair with all those people who rejected him and his friends in 2012. That is to say that he and the Republican party want to make up with people like the African American community, … Continue reading →

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Sunday Funday: 50 Years Ago Today

Posted on March 24, 2013 by Dave Bradley

1963 was the year that the threads that were holding society together started to get frayed. In the US it was still pre British music invasion and we were still only ‘advising’ in Viet Nam. So we will reach back to … Continue reading →

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Ten Years Later

Posted on March 23, 2013 by Dave Bradley

Better later than never on remembering the Iraq War. I would probably not have said a thing had I not stumbled across this article at the Booman Tribune. In his entry for the Iraq Invasion Day Booman relates how disconnected … Continue reading →

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Medicaid Madness – Medicaid Matters

Posted on March 23, 2013 by Dave Bradley

Schedule of Events Monday, March 25th A coalition of small business owners, health care providers, and citizen organizations on Monday will launch the Healthiest Iowa Initiative and call on Governor Branstad to accept the expansion of Medicaid in Iowa. Representatives … Continue reading →

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Young People Leaving Iowa

Posted on March 23, 2013 by Dave Bradley

In a report issued Monday on Iowa employment one of the down notes sounded concerned Iowa’s young (25 – 44) workers leaving the state. This is hardly a new phenomenon. Young people have been leaving Iowa for decades. Yet for … Continue reading →

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