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Author Archives: Dave Bradley
Sunday Funday – Break Up Standard Oil Edition
I have been curious since reading of Standard’s break up to find out what did happen. Surely the company did not just go away just as the Rockefellers did not go broke. Well in the early ’80s I heard something … Continue reading
Posted in Humor
Tagged monopoly, standard oil
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My Weakness Is My Strength
It just occurred to me that the Republican Party does such a great job at twisting the truth that they have carried themselves for years by turning what used to be horrible failures into their embodiments of strength. While doing … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Election Campaign
Tagged media, Obama, Romney, truth
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IDP: Pages Needed For National Convention
(Message from IDP we felt important to pass along) Friends, In just a few months, the Iowa Democratic Party will join delegates from across the country to share in the excitement of re-nominating Barack Obama for President! And once again, … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Election Campaign
Tagged IDP, national convention, pages
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Iowans Receive “Profile In Courage” Award
Today at 10AM central time three Iowans receive a “Profile in Courage” award from Caroline Kennedy at the JFK Library and Museum in Boston, Mass. The three recipients were simply doing their job as they saw fit. As judges, they … Continue reading
Posted in GLBT
Tagged Baker, profiles in courage, Streit, Thurness, Varney v. Brien
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Observations – Branstad Loves Education?
Pardon me if I am skeptical, quite skeptical, about Terry Branstad being a wild eyed reformer in favor of education. This is not the old Terry Branstad who was bad enough. No, this is the new, much more ALECy Branstad. … Continue reading
Posted in ALEC, Campaign 2012, David Koch, Fiscal Crisis
Tagged Argentina, Branstad, church and state, Paul Ryan, Stephanie Miller
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Sunday Funday – Bin Laden’s Dead And GM’s Alive Edition
Shoot. May 1st went by and you could hear the crying of Republicans all over the land. Bin Laden was still dead! They could no longer pull him out at elections to scare people into voting for republicans. But as … Continue reading
Posted in Humor
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The Courtney Report
The legislative session is going longer than scheduled. I hope it will wrap up soon, but we won’t gavel out until Iowa has a balanced state budget that keeps our commitments to students, working families and local communities on education, … Continue reading
Alternate Reality – What World Do Republicans Live In?
I just heard a Mitt Romney introduction by Marco Rubio in which Rubio stated that Romney was responsible for creating over 100,000 jobs. He then stated that this was so much better than the current president. For some strange reason … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Election Campaign, GLBT
Tagged alternate reality, Mitt Romney, power structure, richard grenel
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Say What You Mean
Who said it? “Don’t speak to me about your religion; 1st show it to me in how you treat other people. Don’t tell me how much you love your God; show me in how much you love all her children. … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa, Charles Grassley, womens rights
Tagged austerity, Grassley, religion, Romney, UK, war on women
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Blog For Iowa 
Comment On Marriage Equality
Monday three Iowa judges (Marsha Thurness pictured left, David Baker and Michael Streit) received the prestigious Profile In Courage Award from Caroline Kennedy for their part in the Varnum v. Brien decision legalizing marriage equality in Iowa. Wednesday President Obama … Continue reading →