Category Archives: Blog for Iowa

Evangelicals Exposed In Lust For Power

Posted on April 1, 2018 by Dave Bradley

video – 5 minutes The last couple of weeks of revelations on the Stormy Daniels tryst with the current president has also revealed a lot about one of the current president’s biggest group of faithful followers. That group are those … Continue reading →

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Sunday Funday: It’s Easter Edition

Posted on April 1, 2018 by Dave Bradley

I have never understood why Easter is a floating religious holiday. As a friend of mine once stated “If we know the date Jesus was born, why don’t we know the date he died?” This year it is early and … Continue reading →

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Judges On Political Hot Seat Across The Country

Posted on March 31, 2018 by Dave Bradley

Where Did Such An Idea Ever Come From? Video – 7.5 minutes Among all the other daily noise that is invading our lives on the political front is the ever increasing attacks on the various levels of the court system. … Continue reading →

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Iowa’s New Health Non-Insurance Passes

Posted on March 31, 2018 by Dave Bradley

I will not pretend to be an expert on the new health insurance (non-insurance?) legislation passed this week by the Iowa legislature. Reading I have done on it seems to indicate that the legislature has just re-invented the crap policies … Continue reading →

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In Your Hands: An Ode to Legislators

Posted on March 30, 2018 by Trish Nelson

This poem was submitted by an Iowa constituent. ### You beam from ear to ear and pass out big cigars, when they come safely into this world. You cuddle this little miracle of love in your hands. You buy a … Continue reading →

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How GOP Bill Takes From Public Schools To Benefit Rich People’s Kids

Posted on March 29, 2018 by Trish Nelson

“34,000 non public school students v. half a million public school students..”

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Preserve The Iran Deal

Posted on March 28, 2018 by Paul Deaton

The 45th president doesn’t like the Iran Deal. He campaigned against it. He begrudgingly certified Iran’s compliance with it after his inauguration. As additional 90-day certification periods passed, he didn’t. Neither did he move to end it. With the installation … Continue reading →

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Action Items For This Week To Stop As Many Bad Things As Possible

Posted on March 27, 2018 by Trish Nelson

Action alert from Rob Hogg – Thanks to your help, we stopped several bad ideas this year: (1) a bill to end IPERS as we know it (SF45); (2) a bill to wipe out Iowa’s permit system for guns (SF2016); (3) … Continue reading →

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How Many Must Die? Legislators Listen!

Posted on March 26, 2018 by Trish Nelson

This past weekend the nation’s children marched for their lives because the nation’s adults did not do our job to protect them.  This poem was submitted to us by someone who did not want her name used because she feared … Continue reading →

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Will An “A” From The NRA Be The New Scarlet Letter?

Posted on March 25, 2018 by Dave Bradley

Last October following the mass shooting in Las Vegas, Gavin Aronson over at the iowainformer.com listed the contributions that Iowa senators and congress members got from the NRA. blogforiowa.com ran a story on this shortly after the Parkland shootings. But it certainly … Continue reading →

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