Category Archives: Main Page

Help Fight Toxic Mercury Pollution

Posted on July 15, 2005 by bfiacarolinevernon

Help Fight Toxic Mercury Pollution To find out which industries in your area are responsible for mercury emissions, go to http://www.scorecard.org and enter your zip code. You may be shocked at what you find! Send Flawed Mercury Rules Back http://www.environmentaldefense.org … Continue reading →

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PLAMEGATE: Back to the Basics on Karl Rove

Posted on July 14, 2005 by bfialindathieman

PLAMEGATE: Back to the Basics on Karl Rove American Progress Hey, remember when NOBODY but Howard Dean was talking about Plamegate?  How powerful was his “16 Questions” speech?  “I want to know….” Over the past few days, the White House … Continue reading →

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DM Register: Overhaul the VA?

Posted on July 14, 2005 by bfiachadthompson

 DM Register: Overhaul the VA? Yesterday's Des Moines Register featured an editorial promoting the elimination of the VA Hospital system. I'll point out the motivation behind the article: The Department of Veterans Affairs underestimated the cost of veterans' health care … Continue reading →

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Drug Lobby Second To None

Posted on July 14, 2005 by bfiacarolinevernon

Drug Lobby Second to None Pfizer, the largest pharmaceutical company, grossed $51 billion in sales,  netting over $11 billion in profit! Once the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit goes into effect next year, drug makers will receive billions more in increased … Continue reading →

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Can Iowa Compete in A Science-based Economy?

Posted on July 12, 2005 by bfiachadthompson

Can Iowa Compete in A Science-based Economy? This is a topic that I definitely have more to speak about, but this will be fairly short today.  Fred Dorr, a former West Des Moines School Board Member penned an editorial promoting … Continue reading →

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Novack & Miller – Why They Are Criminals

Posted on July 11, 2005 by Trish Nelson

Novack & Miller – Why They Are Criminals TvNewsLIES.org If you want to know why Bob Novack and Judith Miller are real criminals, and why, as journalists they violated the trust of the people, it is because they knew that … Continue reading →

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Eyes Wide Open Exhibition Comes to Iowa This Week

Posted on July 11, 2005 by bfialindathieman

Eyes Wide Open Exhibition Comes to Iowa This Week July 11-17, 2005 Eyes Wide Open, the American Friends Service Committee's widely-acclaimed exhibition on the human cost of Bush's War, features a pair of boots honoring each U.S. military casualty, a … Continue reading →

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LIONS AND TIGERS AND BEARS, OH MY!

Posted on July 10, 2005 by bfiamollyreagan

LIONS AND TIGERS AND BEARS, OH MY!  LIONS AND TIGERS AND BEARS, OH MY! No, these are not in reference to stock market exchange mascots, but to those entities that can gobble up our rights if not corralled. The lions … Continue reading →

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Ad Campaigns Gear Up for Judicial Fight

Posted on July 10, 2005 by Trish Nelson

Ad Campaigns Gear Up for Judicial Fight FactCheck.org Check out this unbelievable ad the Bushies have come up with for the judicial nominee fight about to unfold.   by Jennifer L. Ernst and Brooks Jackson Even before Bush named his nominee, … Continue reading →

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The Counterpoint Translates ‘Hymanspeak’

Posted on July 9, 2005 by Trish Nelson

The Counterpoint Translates 'Hymanspeak' The rational counter to “The Point,” “The Counterpoint” critiques and corrects the daily editorial by Sinclair Broadcasting's corporate vice president, Mark Hyman, that is broadcast on all Sinclair-owned television stations across the country.  by Iowa's Ted … Continue reading →

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