Posted on September 30, 2008 by commoniowan
There has been some startling developments in the race for the White House in the State of Missouri in the last few days. Senator Barack Obama’s presidential campaign has announced that it is launching what it is called a “truth squad” to counter what it perceives as lies and misleading ads from Republican nominee [...]
Filed under: Common Iowan, Politics | Tagged: Barack Obama, Chicago, Claire McCaskill, distortions, John McCain, Missouri, National Rifle Association, NRA, Pennsylvania, Shock Troops, Springfield News-Leader, Voting Record, WGN | 1 Comment »
Posted on September 30, 2008 by callmecrusader
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I have a newfound appreciation for Iowa’s Republican Steve King! He took a stand on the bailout/rescue bill and voted NO!
In searching for information on why the bill was defeated I found this list of “reasons”:
“Among the reasons given for sending the package’s creators back to [...]
Filed under: Politics, callmecrusader | Tagged: Bailout Bill, Steve King | 2 Comments »
Posted on September 30, 2008 by thesomebody
I just heard a sound bite of McCain and the thought occurred to me once again- you and I could have had a Mike Huckabee. No, not as VP but as a Presidential candidate!!! As every hour ticks by the disappointment that I do not have the choice I want to have when I vote [...]
Filed under: Politics, The Somebody | Tagged: 2008 presidential election, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Sarah Palin | 10 Comments »
Posted on September 30, 2008 by callmecrusader
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During the voting on the Bail Out Bill yesterday there was some guy giving a play-by play account on MSNBC. He was on with Andrea Mitchell. I have no idea who he was- probably someone very important. But, he sounded [...]
Filed under: Politics, callmecrusader | Tagged: Bailout Bill, Nancy Pelosi, Ron Paul | 3 Comments »
Posted on September 30, 2008 by callmecrusader
To pass some time as the fallout from the vote on the bailout/rescue bill continues, I decided that we could help Nancy Pelosi brainstorm on the title of her next book. There surely will be one. With all that is going on, maybe Nancy needs some creative thinking and would accept some of our ideas [...]
Filed under: Politics, callmecrusader | Tagged: Democrats, Nancy Pelosi, Republicans | 6 Comments »
Posted on September 30, 2008 by commoniowan
Once again the American people have been heard. Remember last year when Congress tried to pass an immigration reform bill that the citizens of this great country opposed. At the end of the day the collective voices of millions of Americans resulted in a resounding defeat of a bad bill. That feat has been [...]
Filed under: Common Iowan, Politics | Tagged: Bail out, Congress, Defeat, Democrats, Nancy Pelosi, President Bush, Republicans, Wall Street | 8 Comments »
Posted on September 29, 2008 by thesomebody
More words of wisdom by Mike Huckabee in From Hope to Higher Ground on the topic of character.
“A congressional candidate was meeting with his political consultant and was asked, “Do you lie, steal, or cheat?” The aspiring congressman said, “No, but I am willing to learn!” The ultimate reason people are in prison is their [...]
Filed under: Politics, The Somebody | Tagged: Character, From Hope to Higher Ground, Mike Huckabee, Washington DC | 2 Comments »
Posted on September 29, 2008 by callmecrusader
‘Fair’ is a report that was submitted in December 2007 by the Federation for American Immigration Reform. In fourteen pages it spells out the costs of Illegal Immigrants to Iowans.
http://www.fairus.org/site/DocServer/IA_Cost_Study.pdf?docID=1841
While information is also shared about medical care, incarceration & criminal justice, with this post I will focus in on the monetary cost of educating [...]
Filed under: callmecrusader | Tagged: Christopher Reed, Federation for American Immigration Reform, Illegal immigration, Republican, Republicans, Tom Harkin, US Senate | 2 Comments »
Posted on September 29, 2008 by callmecrusader
I heard something on cable TV today about the huge problem with “helicopter parents”. When I did some checking about this type of parent I found with a Google search 83,400 possible sites about this topic. And, I found this definition about helicopter parents: “parents who rush in to prevent any harm or failure from [...]
Filed under: Politics, callmecrusader | Tagged: Helicopeter Government, Helicopter Parents, Wall Street Bailout | 3 Comments »
Posted on September 28, 2008 by amesvoter
Information about Beth Wessel-Kroeschell was placed in my door and a paragraph on the flier managed to catch my attention.
“I led the effort to strengthen Iowa’s civil rights laws to protect all Iowans from discrimination in housing, education and employment.”
Hmmm- civil rights laws.
My searching found that civil rights really means what Wessel-Kroeschell did to help [...]
Filed under: Politics, amesvoter | Tagged: Ames, Beth Wessel-Kroeschell, Gay Rights, Globe Gazette, Iowa House District 45, Ryan Rhodes | 5 Comments »
