Posted on March 31, 2009 by amesvoter
Amesvoter has been quiet for quite some time now. But tonight, March 30, there was a meeting of the Story County GOP and it was awesome! I came home enthused, excited, and ready to roll up my conservative sleeves to promote the Republican Party in Story County.
There was a large turnout of interested citizens in [...]
Filed under: Politics, amesvoter | Tagged: Story County Republican Party | 3 Comments »
Posted on March 30, 2009 by Iowans Rock
Governor Mike Huckabee’s political action committee will celebrate its one year anniversary in April. Huck PAC had a lot of successes last election cycle, but they want to push harder in promoting conservative candidates and issues, such as limited government, tax reform, 2nd Amendment rights, life, and family, nation wide. Huck PAC has gained momentum with the [...]
Filed under: Iowans Rock, Politics | Tagged: Huck PAC, Mike Huckabee, website launch | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 30, 2009 by Al Bregar
Last week the Democrats controlling the state legislature outlined their proposal to eliminate one of the most widely used tax deductions, the federal deductibility. This bill is known as House Study Bill 284.
There is plenty of opposition to this bill. And at the same time there is support for the bill. No matter which side [...]
Filed under: Abregar, Politics | Tagged: House Study Bill 284, Iowa House of Representatives, Public Hearing, State Capital | 6 Comments »
Posted on March 29, 2009 by neighhay
We were coming home in our RV from a two week trip to the Southwest. Around 8 pm just as we turned onto Hwy 61 in our hometown, an IDOT patrolman pulled us over. My husband could not figure out why as he had obeyed all traffic signs and our license plate was up to [...]
Filed under: Politics, neighhay | Tagged: Concealed Carry Laws, Concealed Carry Permit, Discrimination, Gun Laws, Illegal Search, Iowa Department of Transportation, RV, Search and Seizure, Second Amendment | 137 Comments »
Posted on March 29, 2009 by callmecrusader
I have noticed how one cable news organization will make disparaging remarks about another. Guess the importance of making one station look better for ratings is a reason to throw stones, air put downs, and look higher than thou…
Personally I only watch MSNBC if I think I need to get the pulse of ultra-liberalism and [...]
Filed under: Politics, callmecrusader | Tagged: cable news, CNN, FOX News, MSNBC, ratings | 2 Comments »
Posted on March 27, 2009 by Al Bregar
If you are like me, then you believe that a properly regulated market can and will provide the best solutions to the problems facing our nation. That is the nature of the capitalism, if there is a demand the market will find a way to capitalize on that need. Some company, large or small, will [...]
Filed under: Abregar, Politics | Tagged: Healthcare, Healthcare industry, Tom Harkin, Universal Healthcare | 6 Comments »
Posted on March 27, 2009 by Iowans Rock
I am proud to admit that I graduated from a small Iowa school district with twenty-seven students in my class. As a student I filled my day up with subjects that I needed to have to get me into college. There were the extra classes that I would have wanted to take, but my schedule did [...]
Filed under: Iowans Rock, Politics | Tagged: drop-out rate, HF 761, Iowa House of Representatives, Iowa Senate, large schools, Matt McCoy, performance, school consolidation, small schools, Wayne Ford | 5 Comments »
Posted on March 24, 2009 by Iowans Rock
According to The Iowa Republican, Governor Culver’s health care forum yesterday (at the request of his master, President Obama) was $40,000. It seems he put on quite a show in order to get some ideas for health care reform that can be passed on to Washington.
While it is an honor for Iowa to be chosen [...]
Filed under: Iowans Rock, Politics | Tagged: Barack Obama, Chet Culver, health care forum, health care reform, Iowa | 1 Comment »
Posted on March 24, 2009 by callmecrusader
I found the information I am sharing to be an unique opportunity for Americans to participate in “A Digital March on Washington.” I share some of the information here but in checking the blog you will also find a long and detailed list of Senate and House Leaders and their contact information.
It is easy to [...]
Filed under: Politics, callmecrusader | Tagged: 21st Century Tea Party, Digital March on Washington, Government Spending, US House of Representatives, US Senate | 4 Comments »
Posted on March 24, 2009 by callmecrusader
In an article called “Grassley: Obama budget is step toward socialism”, Charles Grassley is talking and The Washington Times is reporting. The lengthy article is here.
I share a portion of the article that was interesting to me. We can’t go back and change the votes of the very first porkulus bill, but as an American [...]
Filed under: Politics, callmecrusader | Tagged: Barack Obama, Budget, Charles Grassley, Socialism, spending freeze, US Senate | 8 Comments »