Dear Mr. President,
I am reading the Health Reform bill and I do not like it at all. I do not think this is the direction in which our government should be going– specifically, that is, competing with private business and issuing mandates to employers about insuring employees and mandates to American citizens (and also to [...]
Filed under: Politics, neighhay | Tagged: healthcare reform, Obama | 14 Comments »
An Open Letter to Senator Charles Grassley
By Representative Kent Sorenson
Senator Grassley,
Few Iowans, especially those of us who like you are in politics, command the respect and dignity you have over the course of your long and distinguished career. On the other hand, I am merely a freshman state legislator who has yet to complete his [...]
Filed under: Kent Sorenson, Politics | Tagged: Chuch Grassley, health care, Iowa, Kent Sorenson, Senator Grassley, TARP | 17 Comments »
Once upon a time in America you traveled by foot, then horse, then stage coach, then train and finally plane. Each faster than the other. It would take days to travel from west coast to east coast by train and this remained the mode of travel til airplanes came along and cut the days down [...]
Filed under: Iowanforabetteriowa, Politics | Tagged: Amtrak, Cap and Trade, Chicago Flyer, Governor Culver, Monopoly, nostalgic, Parker Brothers, Rip Off Express | 6 Comments »
The other day I saw a bumper sticker on a car that said I vote Democrat because they care about people. I just had to laugh at the irony of it all. Care about people? Really?
The recent poster child for “caring about people” is the aide to Democrat Representative Paul Tonko of New York who [...]
Filed under: Iowans Rock, Politics | Tagged: abortion, aide, health care bill, Hospice, New York, Paul Tonko, US House of Representatives | 3 Comments »
Voters are paying attention to what is happening in Washington, D.C. As noted in this recent poll Christopher Dodd has a 52 % disapproval rating and is struggling with Independent voters.
Here is a portion of the article:
“Dodd’s most glaring weakness continues to be that a majority of voters say he is not honest and trustworthy. [...]
Filed under: Politics | Tagged: Christopher Dodd, Connecticut, Democrats, grassroots, Independent voters, Republicans, Rob Simmons | Leave a Comment »
Following is an opinion piece written by Paul R. Zietlow, CLU, ChFC, RHU, NAIFA IOWA and shared with his permission.
The “public option” is a term being used for a government- run health insurance program. While change is needed, a government run plan would soon put private plans out of business due to inequities of the [...]
Filed under: Politics, callmecrusader | Tagged: government-run health insurance program, health savings accounts, IRS, Medicare, public option, state mandates | 4 Comments »
From way i have been looking at this is. Sure we would have universal health care but when someone gets to determine if your treatement is going to cost to much you are going turned away. Also if your to old your basically told to go home and prepare to die or they send you [...]
Filed under: Iowanforabetteriowa, Politics | Tagged: Canada, Congress, England, Obama, quadtrillion, Stimulus, Trillions, Universal Health Care, wait time for treatment | 6 Comments »
In a sharp and pointed Letter to the Editor that appears in the Osceola Sentinel – Tribune, Michael Patterson asks “Why haven’t we heard from Farm Bureau?”
Patterson states that it is time for the Farm Bureau to step up to the plate and honor their rhetoric and obligations to those who have supported their organization [...]
Filed under: Politics, callmecrusader | Tagged: Iowa, Eminent Domain, Clarke County landowners, Farm Bureau, Washington County | Leave a Comment »
Once again Jeaneane has showed us just how much brains some of the Hollywood elite really have. She spoke out about the tea parties and called us red neck tea baggers. Teabagger is a slang term from the homosexual world. That we have no right to complain about how our tax money is being spent.She [...]
Filed under: Iowanforabetteriowa, Politics | Tagged: BBC, jeaneane garafaol, liberals, Obama, Republicans, teabaggers | Leave a Comment »
IowaPolitics.com BlogWatch
Guest Commentary: Shaw Issues a Challenge
I most strongly propose an amendment to Iowa’s Constitution which would provide an absolute guarantee of the individual right for Iowans to “Keep and Bear Arms.” I believe that the following language, adopted from Idaho’s state constitution, would ensure against state infringement on this most important right:
“The people have the right to keep and bear [...]
Filed under: Guest Commentary, Politics | Tagged: Constitutional Amendment, Iowa Constitution, Iowa House District 8, Tom Shaw, US Constitution | 3 Comments »