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retired in West Liberty

Teabagger Health Care System And Shoot Your Neighbor Laws

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Dave Bradley

Beginning Monday the Supreme Court (referred to as SCOTUS) will hear arguments on the fate of the Affordable Care Act (often referred to as “Obama Care”). Well as Bill Maher noted last week “If they call it Obamacare every time … Continue reading →

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Sunday Funday – Irish Eyes Are Smiling Edition

Posted on March 18, 2012 by Dave Bradley

Who isn’t Irish this time of year? The Irish history in America is deep. Many of the people you meet every day trace their roots back to Ireland on one or both sides. So let’s see what you know about … Continue reading →

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John Archer Makes A BS Commercial

Posted on March 17, 2012 by Dave Bradley

Last week Republican John Archer unveiled a commercial in his run for the Republican nomination to oppose Congressman Dave Loebsack in this fall’s election. As I had complained here before, most of what Republicans are doing right now is feeding … Continue reading →

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Weekly Observations – Not For The Weak Edition

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Dave Bradley

Oceans Acidifying at an incredible Rate “The Earth’s oceans may be acidifying faster than at any point during the last 300 million years due to industrial emissions, endangering marine life from oysters and reefs to sea-going salmon, researchers said. The … Continue reading →

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Sunday Funday- Women’s Herstory Month

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Dave Bradley

First let me thank my mother. Without her, there would be no quiz today. By my observation about half of the world is women. Seems like they must have done something we’d remember (Carol, put that pot down – ouch). … Continue reading →

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Cedar Valley Voices – The Funnel and Women’s Rights

Posted on March 10, 2012 by Dave Bradley

Larry Hodgden of Tipton is among a group of writer’s who provide an alternative voice to Rep. Kaufmann’s column is the small town papers around Iowa City. He has graciously consented to allow me to republish these letters. Thank you … Continue reading →

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Rushpublicans And The War On Women

Posted on March 10, 2012 by Dave Bradley

For the life of me, I cannot understand why the Republican Party (my name, Rushpublicans) has decided to let their leader, Rush Limbaugh into a battle of hate for women. seems to me to be quite short sighted at best … Continue reading →

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Loebsack Telephone Town Hall Tonight!

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Dave Bradley

Tuesday, March 6, 2012 Dear Neighbor, I wanted to remind you that I am holding a telephone town hall tonight, Tuesday, March 6th, at 7:00 PM CST. Listening to your thoughts and concerns is my top priority. Please sign up … Continue reading →

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The Republican War on Women, Workers, Unions, On and On

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Dave Bradley

Seems like the airwaves were dominated by the Republican assault on American women’s right to control their own body. The week ended with the spiritual leader and still direction setter for the party declaring that if a woman uses birth … Continue reading →

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Sunday Funday – Native American history.

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Dave Bradley

This is a set of questions I made up for a trivia contest a couple year ago. Americans lack of knowledge of the original natives is amazingly low.These questions just touch on a few highlights. 1) Native American population has … Continue reading →

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