As if making the claim that he wanted to keep the option of sending the State of Iowa into debt to pay for recovery efforts. Senator Gronstal has once again opened his mouth and manure has spilled out. According to an article on Channel 8’s website, Gronstal now wants to raise the gas tax to [...]
Filed under: Abregar, Politics | Tagged: Flood of 2008, Gas Tax, Recovery Efforts, Senator Mike Gronstal | 4 Comments »
I just wanted to let our loyal readers know that I have been interviewed by an international news blog called the Pakistani Spectator. This came as quite a shock when I received notifcation that the author wanted to ask a few questions. At first I thought that it was some sort of scam, but after [...]
Filed under: Abregar, Uncategorized | Tagged: Blog, Interview, Pakistani Spectator | 1 Comment »
I am sorry to do this. I was really wanting to stay away from politics until after the floodwaters had completely receded from Iowa. However the words of Iowa Senate Majority leader Mike Gronstal has changed all that.
In comments that Senator Gronstal made recently in regards to the recovery efforts from the Flood of 2008, [...]
Filed under: Abregar, Politics | Tagged: Flood of 2008, Recovery Efforts, Senator Mike Gronstal | 4 Comments »
As the floodwaters recede in much of Iowa today, please forgive the Iowa Defense Alliance for a lack of new material. As many of our readers were battling the floodwaters in attempts to save not just their homes, but their livelihoods as well; members of the IDA or their families are dealing with the rising [...]
Filed under: Abregar, Uncategorized | Tagged: Flood of 2008 | 8 Comments »
I’m a self-declared political nerd (okay maybe just a nerd in general). In kindergarten I remember proudly telling my teacher that my parents were voting for George Bush. In 2nd-grade I collected Desert Storm trading cards and my teacher gave me the “teacher edition” of the Weekly Reader that focused on Desert Storm (complete with a [...]
Filed under: Politics, isugradstudent | Tagged: Bill Clinton, conservative, George Bush, issues, Republican | 5 Comments »
Today I want to write about a subject that may upset some people. That’s okay, I think that it is time that people get upset. Maybe then they will get off their rumps to do something. I want to ask each of you reading this, just what you have done recently to make a difference? [...]
Filed under: Common Iowan, Politics | Tagged: Change, Politics | 11 Comments »
Those that are in the know say that deja vu is actually the brain malfunctioning when it processes something you experience. Instead of storing that experience, the brain kicks it back out so it seems like a memory of something you already did, saw, experienced, etc. Well what happened in the Republican US Senate race [...]
Filed under: Iowans Rock, Politics | Tagged: Caucus, Christopher Reed, conservative, deja vu, GOP, Iowa, Iowa Christian Alliance, Iowa Right to Life, Iowans For Tax Relief, Republican, US Senate, values | 4 Comments »
Last night was a good night for us. We are filled with the heady combination of victory and accomplishment as the majority of the candidates that we chose to support not only won their districts, but they won them convincingly.
Take for example Erik Helland in Iowa House District 69. He defeated his challenger Al Lorenzen [...]
Filed under: Abregar, Politics | Tagged: Christopher Reed, Erik Helland, GOP primary results, Joe Childers, Mariannette Miller-Meeks | 12 Comments »
I admit it. I’m one of those people who are perfectly comfortable voting for someone because of my “gut feeling”. I had one of these “gut feelings” about candidate for US Senate Christopher Reed. When a young newcomer with no voting record comes along sometimes you have to put your blind faith in him and [...]
Filed under: Iowans Rock, Politics | Tagged: candidate, Christopher Reed, convictions, Iowa, US Senate | 6 Comments »
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