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Tag Archives: Paul Ryan
What Prompts Excommunication?
I sent this email to the bishop of the Diocese of Madison, Wisconsin. Since Catholic officials occasionally see fit to call out Catholic politicians for their stand if they favor abortion, I was curious what the Church stand is for … Continue reading
Republican Plot To Kill Medicare Starts Today
Paul Ryan, that nice young man from Wisconsin, leads the effort to strip health care coverage from retired people.
Posted in Medicare
Tagged evil GOP, GOP and Medicare, Paul Ryan
Iowans And The Potential Dismantling Of Social Security And Medicare
Don’t it always seem to go that you don’t know what you’ve got Til it’s gone. They take paradise and put up a parking lot. Joni Mitchell Big Yellow Taxi Hard to believe that anyone over 60 would have voted … Continue reading
Paul Ryan Says Medicare Privatization Is On
And they are off to the races per the New York Daily Intelligencer: During the campaign, coverage of the issues was blotted out by coverage of Hillary Clinton’s emails and Donald Trump’s broad suite of sociopathic tendencies. And of the … Continue reading
Posted in Medicare
Tagged election consequences, Paul Ryan
Random Thoughts On A Hot Weekend
Too hot to work too hard today: – Congratulations to Patty Judge on her nomination to defeat Chuck Grassley this fall. Judge has always outperformed expectations. Let’s hope she can do it one more time. Grassley, you have obstructed your … Continue reading
Posted in Charles Grassley, Climate Change, David Koch, Hillary Clinton, Humor, Patty Judge, Rob Hogg, Trump
Tagged koch brothers, mike gronstal, Paul Ryan, Stephen Hawking, Trump
Let’s Write Some Letters!
This election year the Republicans can dig deep into their nearly endless pockets. We don’t have those. What we do have is good policies, good candidates and access to newspaper Letter To The Editor sections. No better time to get … Continue reading
Weekend Hodgepodge
Congratulations to Congressman Dave Loebsack on being named the ranking member on the House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education. Maybe not a flashy position, but one where he can have an effect on Iowans … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa, Branstad, David Loebsack, Humor, John Boehner
Tagged Bernie Sanders, Paul Ryan, succession
Randomly Thought Thoughts
Paul Ryan is a top notch tea partier, nothing less. This past week he shamefully trotted out the coded racial language that Republicans have always used and that Tea Partiers work hard to hone. Understand that the Tea Party is … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa, Humor
Tagged George Galloway, Iraq, Paul Ryan, Paul Wellstone, Tony Benn
Voting At Walmart?
Notes I have on my messy desk If Republicans thought their policies were so popular that everyone loved them, they would enact legislation so you could vote at Walmart when you stop in to buy some much needed item that … Continue reading
Prime the Pump
This is another guest post from Larry Hodgden. Larry is a retired Viet Nam era veteran of the USAF. He and his wife of 40 years, Sharon, have three children and seven grandchildren who keep him very busy. Family, education, … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Guest Posts, Jobs
Tagged Paul Ryan, Romney, supply-side economics