Author Archives: Dave Bradley

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retired in West Liberty

GOP 2012: Let Us Get Rid Of Medicare, Social Security And Public Schools For You! (Part 2)

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Dave Bradley

GOP 2012: Let Us Get Rid Of Medicare, Social Security And Public Schools For You! (Part 2) by Dave Bradley [Click here to read Part 1] Several years back while reading DailyKos, I came across this paragraph in a diary … Continue reading →

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GOP 2012: Let Us Get Rid Of Medicare, Social Security And Public Schools For You!

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Dave Bradley

GOP 2012: Let Us Get Rid Of Medicare, Social Security And Public Schools For You! by Dave Bradley Well, the Republican Party that once stood proudly as the party of Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, and Dwight D. Eisenhower will now … Continue reading →

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Who Heads The Republican Party? I know

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Dave Bradley

Who Heads The Republican Party? I know by Dave Bradley Do you all remember about two years ago that the Republican Party was in apparent disarray and the punditocracy was declaring them as only a small, white regional party? One … Continue reading →

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Saturday Legislative Forum Fun in Muscatine

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Dave Bradley

Saturday Legislative Forum Fun in Muscatine by Dave Bradley I spent last Saturday morning at the Muscatine county legislative forum. Since the panel of legislators consists of four Republicans and one lone Democrat, I was about to learn lots of … Continue reading →

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Is Your Republican State Legislator A Member Of ALEC?

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Dave Bradley

Is there any aspect of governing that multi-national corporations do not own within the Republican Party? When we vote for a local legislator, our expectation is that he or she will be somewhat attuned to local interests. We are under … Continue reading →

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Regents Raise Tuition On Iowa’s Hearts And Minds

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Dave Bradley

Regents Raise Tuition On Iowa's Hearts And Minds by Dave Bradley I am an old guy now. So old that I remember when society saw young people as their most precious resource. So precious in fact that the folks that … Continue reading →

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If Republicans Campaigned On What They Were Going To Do

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Dave Bradley

If Republicans Campaigned On What They Were Going To Do by Dave BradleyThere is a story about Dick Cheney reacting to a question about how a new policy was going to go against the campaign rhetoric that he and Bush … Continue reading →

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Daylight Time – When The GOP Turns The Clock Back 120 Years

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Dave Bradley

Daylight Time – When The GOP Turns The Clock Back 120 Years by Dave Bradley Daylight time has begun. Republicans continue to try to turn their clocks back 120 years. Democrats continue to turn the clock forward to try to … Continue reading →

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Walker-Koch Corporate Coup: Wisconsin 14 And Protesters Our Smedley Butler?

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Dave Bradley

Walker-Koch Corporate Coup: Are The Wisconsin 14 Our Smedley Butler? by Dave Bradley I think it was Mark Twain who originally made the observation that history doesn’t repeat itself but it often rhymes. Our current situation is one of those … Continue reading →

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My Dad Was No Scott Walker

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Dave Bradley

My Dad Was No Scott Walker by Dave Bradley “Out of nowhere and speaking to no one in particular while he sat at the dining room table he said “you know these people (the union) deserve to make enough money … Continue reading →

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