As I scanned the newspaper today I noticed something that makes me ashamed to call myself and Iowan. In the letter to the editor section of the newspaper today there was a string of letters on the current Israeli and Palestinian conflict. I find it extremely shameful that all but one letter placed the blame [...]
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“Twitter” is turning out to be a great place for great news finds. I share my latest “find” with you. Titled “Top 10 political upsets of 2008″ held Mike Huckabee memories for me! I was fortunate to hear Mike speak while he was campaigning in Iowa and to work work to promote his message, so [...]
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I emailed all of the members of the State Central Committee with my endorsement of Danny Carroll and my reasons for why they should vote for him to be the next chairman of the Republican Party of Iowa. This is the email that I sent to them.
Dear Members of SSC,
I am writing this to you [...]
Filed under: Iowans Rock, Politics | Tagged: chairman, Danny Carroll, email, Republican Party of Iowa, State Central Committee | 2 Comments »
In recent weeks I have had the opportunity to discuss the future of the Republican Party of Iowa with a number of party officials. The discussion revolved around many issues ranging from campaign strategy to potential candidates for 2010, but one topic really got me thinking. This issue was, to put it bluntly, what is [...]
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On Sunday I heard some commentators on FOX News give their “predictions” for 2009. One prediction in particular caught my attention. “There will be a tax payer revolt.” While searching for the exact wording, which I cannot find, I did come upon many sites that discuss “taxpayer revolts.” Many.The topic of tax payer revolts has [...]
Filed under: Politics, callmecrusader | Tagged: FOX News, Revolution Radio, Roger Wiegland, Taxpayer Revolt | Leave a Comment »
Warner Prepares for Retirement Happy With Decision
Long-time Virginia senator says he decided it was time to retire when he realized politics has gotten too mean and unforgiving, rigidly partisan and far too expensive.
I admit that I do not know much about John W. Warner but I did find the Fox News article to be interesting, [...]
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My driving adventure to Des Moines and the SCC meeting was cut short this morning when I got the message that the event had been canceled. I felt some relief that I did not have to continue my slow drive on some slick roads to hopefully arrive on time to the meeting. Mostly I felt [...]
Filed under: Politics, callmecrusader | Tagged: Candidate Forum, chairman, Danny Carroll, grassroots, Republican Party of Iowa, website | 6 Comments »
There had to be an end to the patience exhibited by the nation of Israel. After enduring weeks of Palestinian rocket attacks the Israeli’s have finally retaliated in kind by unleashing an offensive on the Gaza Strip. More than 100 people have been killed in the Israeli strikes with the majority of those coming from [...]
Filed under: Abregar, Politics | Tagged: European Union, Gaza, George Bush, Hamas, Israel, Javier Solana, Mahmoud Abbas, Palestine | Leave a Comment »
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