Category Archives: Calls to Action

President Obama 2012 Campaign Launch Video

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Trish Nelson

President Obama 2012 Campaign Launch Video “It Begins With Us”Web Sitehttp://www.barackobama.com/Bloghttp://barackobama-2012.blogspot.com/ Launch video:

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Judge Rules Collective Bargaining Rights Protected

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Trish Nelson

Judge Rules Collective Bargaining Rights Protected “In a ruling that has far-reaching implications for Wisconsin, Ohio, Michigan, Maine, Indiana, Iowa, and Missouri, a federal judge threw out labor law reforms at Chicago’s McCormick Place that the Illinois state legislature enacted … Continue reading →

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Blog for Iowa Nuclear Power Coverage

Posted on April 3, 2011 by Paul Deaton

Blog for Iowa Nuclear Power Coverage by Paul DeatonBeginning on February 25, Blog for Iowa has covered the ascendancy of HF 561 and SF 390 in the Iowa Legislature. The bills are written by MidAmerican Energy, a subsidiary of Berkshire … Continue reading →

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Relationships and Bad Math go Nuclear

Posted on April 3, 2011 by Paul Deaton

It is hard to get over the way MidAmerican Energy President Bill Fehrman fumbled to provide the cost of a new nuclear reactor in Iowa to members of the Iowa Senate Commerce Subcommittee on March 17. Here was a man, … Continue reading →

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Iowa Legislators Obfuscate the Risks of Nuclear Power

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Paul Deaton

Whether we admit it or not, nuclear reactors have had things go wrong with them consistently over the years. We know the names of the biggest failures, Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and now Fukushima. There are others where the reactor … Continue reading →

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Social Security Did Not Cause The Deficit

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Trish Nelson

Social Security Did Not Cause The Deficit. Repeat. by Rod SullivanI am tired of the hatchet job that is taking place on the Social Security program.  Social Security has never added ONE CENT to the federal deficit. It is completely … Continue reading →

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Labor Update: Keokuk Families Stand In Solidarity With Locked Out Workers

Posted on March 28, 2011 by bfiatracykurowski

Labor Update: Keokuk Families Stand In Solidarity With Locked Out Workers  by Tracy Kurowski  [photos by Dick Fallow]Over four hundred BCTGM Local 48G members, their families, friends and supporters from across the State of Iowa rallied on Saturday, March 26, … Continue reading →

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Dismantling Corporatocracy in Fairfield, Iowa

Posted on March 26, 2011 by Trish Nelson

Dismantling Corporatocracy in Fairfield, Iowa This was brought to our attention by BFIA contributor Sam Osborne.  It was published in Saturday's Iowa City Press-Citizen.  ~ In 1994, the sheriff of a small, rural Arizona county, Richard Mack, and six other … Continue reading →

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Iowa's MidAmerican Energy Admits Cost of New Nuclear Reactors

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Paul Deaton

Iowa's MidAmerican Energy Admits Cost of New Nuclear Reactors by Paul Deaton [Editor's Note: This is second in a series of posts on the financial impacts to rate payers of MidAmerican Energy's proposal for nuclear power in Iowa.] It took … Continue reading →

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Iowa GOP Rams Through Unpopular Dove-Killing Bill

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Trish Nelson

Iowa GOP Rams Through Unpopular Dove-Killing Bill Governor Branstad remembers having a good laugh at his constituents who contacted him opposing the dove-hunting bill the last time he supported it as a representative in 1973. Today he is celebrating his … Continue reading →

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