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Category Archives: Humor
Sunday Funday – Native American history.
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
Posted in Blog for Iowa, Humor
Tagged native American
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Abortion Unavailable Or Banned In Nearly 90% Of US Counties.
I read the above line in a story on DailyKos Wednesday. It really got me. This is a procedure that is some cases is needed to save a woman’s life. This means that in all but only a sliver of … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Election Campaign, Blog for Iowa, Health Care & Medicare, Humor, womens rights
Tagged girl scouts, Grassley, santorum
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Sunday Funday – LGBT Accomplishments Edition
I ran across a story this week that a theory by Alan Turing had been proven. As I read this article, it could have some significance in explaining the mechanics of evolution. (I may be wrong). We will have a … Continue reading
Sunday Funday – Black History Month
Many of my heroes and heroines come from the days of the civil rights protests. A time when a young inquisitive boy would sit in front of his flickering black and white TV and watch a younger Walter Cronkite show … Continue reading
Lincoln’s Birthday Observations
This is the Party of Honest Abe? Almost comical isn’t it? The Republican Party’s first president was revered for his penchant for telling the truth. How well would that go in the party he helped found today? Few can remember … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, womens rights
Tagged birth control, climate change, Lincoln, marriage equality
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Sunday Funday – February Edition.
Well, we are all experiencing February together. There are lots of words that describe February, many of them not fit public consumption. Cold, miserable, snow covering a brown dead landscape. Yep, February is pretty much the depths of civilization. Except … Continue reading
Government Doesn’t Create Jobs? And Other Observations
“Government doesn’t create Jobs!” and lobbying Why oh why would huge corporations and corporate groups be so intent on lobbying congress and all the various state legislators to influence votes if government in no way caused economic ripples and thus … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Election Campaign, ALEC, GOP, Humor, Labor, womens rights
Tagged FAA, komen, Romney
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Sunday Funday – Special African American History Month Edition
Some of the things that Republican candidates have said recently sure border on the smear of a race. But sadly they still get a rise out of voters and get people out to vote. We need to make sure we … Continue reading
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Sunday Funday – A Couple Of Cantankerous Founders
One of my favorite founders is Tom Paine. Probably one of the most instrumental and at the same time the hardest to like. He was a firebrand. As Thom Hartmann points out, Paine proposed concepts like social security, universal health … Continue reading
Weekly Observations – Money Matters
Keeping An Eye Out For ALEC With the start of the legislative session here in Iowa, citizens and journalists need to keep an eye out for ALEC legislation trying to get its foot in the door. Last year Republicans offered … Continue reading
