Liberal Incivility

February 28, 2011 by Leave a comment

Over the last several months those of us that identify with the Tea Party have been harangued by the media, as well as many politicians that are ideologically opposed to us on the need to have a civil discussion. We have been told that we need to tone down the rhetoric in order to have a mature and logical discussion of the issues facing our great nation. For the most part the need for the Tea Party to “tone down the rhetoric” has been purely a manifestation of an overly fertile imagination. The Tea Party has been and continues to be calm and orderly. We have been entirely respectful of others right to express their ideas and beliefs. However as I look at reports coming from across the nation that call for respect and civility seems to have been missed by those opposed to us.

For instance, right here in Iowa last Tuesday we have a video that shows union members stepping off of a chartered bus. In the video we can hear a union member yell at the assembled Tea Partier’s to “go back to Arizona.” A few seconds later we see a union member walk off the bus and a few seconds later proceeds to extend her middle finger at that counter protestors.

And then in the video that you can watch here, we see that same union member located behind and to the right of Iowa Senate Majority leader Mike Gronstal. Senator Gronstal you sure do keep some classy company.

In fact videos like this one keep popping up over and over. Such as this one filmed in Atlanta, GA where a union supporter walks in amongst the Tea Parties only to get by shoving a counter protestor into a nearby fence. I have been informed that there was a police officer nearby that let the offender run away.

Or there is this video from Sacramento, CA where another union supporter uses his bullhorn to berate the assembled counter protestors. Then this same protestor attacks a member of the counter rally when his verbal bludgeoning doesn’t scare the protestors away.

Or here is a video shot in Ohio of a rather foul mouthed and apparently ignorant union member. I would like to point out that not all union members are hotheaded idiots. Many of this man’s colleagues attempted to calm the man down and to get him to shut up. But alas, he had already done the damage.

Or there is this little gem shot in Chicago that shows a union supporter that is quite obviously not stable.

Then there is the video of the Democratic Congressman Mike Capuano. During a union rally in his home state Congressman Capuano informed the assembled union members that “sometimes you have to “get a little bloody.” Talk about inciting violence.

These are just a few of the videos that have surfaced on the internet of union members or supporters getting violent and abusive with those that disagree with them. It seems to be that President Obama and the media need to take the time to inform their own supporters that civility is a two way street.

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Taxpayers Last….

February 25, 2011 by 2 Comments

The “Taxpayers First Act” (HF45) that passed the House of Representatives would’ve saved taxpayers $500 million dollars over the next three years. Unfortunately, when the liberal Democrat Senate leadership got done with it, it was gutted almost beyond recognition.

Instead of saving you and me the $500 million we so greatly need, it now only saves a whopping $10 million over the next three years.

And instead of setting aside $327 million for tax relief, the liberal Democrat Senate version sets aside a whopping $0.

All of that waiting, all of that Gron-stalling and delay, was for nothing. The clear message that taxpayers sent back on November 2 was that Iowans wanted real representation, lower taxes, lower spending and less government.

So you and I, the Iowa economy and Iowa workers continue to foot the bill.

Now don’t get me wrong, I’m all for saving money. But the $10 million dollar token the liberal leader of the senate forced down our throats is more of an insult than substantive savings.

Senate conservatives offered amendment after amendment to the liberal chokehold on taxpayers but to no avail.  It was a party line vote every time at 26-24.

But have no fear! The liberal Democrats did let us debate a bill about raccoon hunting!

(For those of you needing a refresher, the reason I say that they “let us debate” is because liberal Majority Leader, Mike Gronstal from Council Bluffs controls the Senate Calendar, the passage of legislation through committees, and decides if we should be allowed to vote on any particular legislation and ultimately determines the outcome of any potential legislation IF he decides to let it come to the floor.)

So for those of you who cast your vote on November 2, 2010, because you were mad that you couldn’t take your minor child raccoon hunting with you without them having a license, I’d like you to know that I voted FOR repealing that requirement.

You can now take your minor child raccoon hunting with you and they don’t need a license.  But they are not allowed to carry a firearm if they’re not licensed.

I’m glad we got that passed. Truly. We should’ve let parents take their children hunting without a license anyway, but I still believe that we have more important legislation to work on.

Excessive taxes come to mind.

Combining our state corporate tax rate of 12% with the federal rate of 35% and the Tax Foundation says that the Hawkeye State may have the highest levy in the developed world.

And according to the Wall Street Journal, workers “bear the cost of excessive corporate taxes. A 2009 study by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City examined three decades of data on business taxes and worker paychecks. The study found that “corporate taxes reduce wages and that the magnitude of the negative relationship between the taxes and the wages has increased over the past 30 years.”

Businesses in high tax states invest less, the study found, and this leads to lower productivity (think fewer jobs) and eventually lower average pay for workers.

This isn’t just hypothetical theory. This is state government stifling businesses that could and would be creating jobs if the tax and business climate were less oppressive.

It’s plain and simple math folks. It’s not sustainable unless we change the path we’re on.

This is why I expect we’ll start to see half-truths and attempts to claim public credit for easing restrictions and burdens on Iowa taxpayers to start coming out of the liberal leadership in the next few weeks. They know, as well as you and I do, that they have to start gaining the appearance of being business and taxpayer friendly if they want to hold on to the majority in the Iowa Senate in 2012.

But you and I know such efforts will be seen for what it really is: political grandstanding. If they cared about taxpayers, and if they cared about Iowa workers and the middle class, they wouldn’t have been so deceptive with their legislation and rhetoric for the last several years.

And if they had truly realized the “error of their ways,” they would’ve immediately reached across the aisle and united with conservatives to ease restrictions, ease the burdens and get us back on track sooner rather than later.

Taxpayers remain last on their agenda.

Sincerely,

Senator Kent Sorenson

 

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Union Leaders Lie

February 24, 2011 by 11 Comments

Tuesday afternoon I was among the one hundred patriotic Iowan’s that attended a counter rally on the Iowa State Capital grounds. We were there to counter the propaganda driven rally held by the AFL-CIO and their membership. In attendance were Iowa’s from all walks of life. We had the elderly, we had the young, we had successful businessmen, we had average laborers, we had non-union members, and we had past and present union members. We were a true representation of Iowa’s population. These Iowan’s drove themselves from all corners of Iowa, not as a part of a highly organized drive, but as a loose collection of individuals that truly represented a grassroots movement in action.

We weren’t bussed in. We didn’t have fancy pre-printed signs. Each sign held aloft by these patriots were handmade, designed to drive home the same point. Our state can no longer afford to continue to engage in contracts that provide lavish benefits far above what the general public enjoys.

Early in our rally we allowed one of the union presidents to have an opportunity to speak with us. After all, what we really want is to have a civil discussion about what the proper role organized labor has in public service. Among the many platitudes that this president mentioned was that they too wanted to have a civil discussion. Unfortunately he seemed to forget to tell the union membership this. For as the union members debarked from their chartered transportation it was common to hear curses, rude comments, and generally uncivil phrases hurled at us. Another frequent sight was the rude gestures emanating from the union members climbing the steps on their way to the propaganda rally at the top of the hill. And while we did not hear it ourselves, some members of the media overheard the union members at the top of the steps mention that they wished that they could shoot us. Once again, the left’s desire for civility only means that they want us to be civil, not their own supporters.

Here is a short video shot by one of the members of our rally as some union members step out of their chartered bus. Pay close attention to the African-American woman near the end of the video. Apparently she is telling us that we are number one.

Upon reviewing the media coverage of the “dueling rallies” I find a lot to be desired. For instance O. Kay Henderson, a reporter for Radio Iowa, commented that she witnessed union members yelling at our assembly. On the other hand Jennifer Jacobs, reporter for the Des Moines Register that I have openly criticized for overly biased reporting, apparently was wearing blinders. In her article detailing rallies makes no mention of any sort of uncivil discourse. I am absolutely positive that she would have included it if it had originated from any member of our rally.

By the end of the rally there were a number of things that were plainly clear. It was extremely clear that if it had not been for the union members that arrived by bus, our little rally would have outnumbered theirs. It is also supremely clear that it is our side, the side that wants fiscal responsibility, which has the desire for civil discussion. Without any encouragement from anyone the counter protesters that comprised our group were civil and respectful from the beginning. And it is supremely clear that despite the claims of the union leadership, they have no desire to speak openly and honestly to discuss our differences. It appears that it is their desire to shout down and threaten anyone that voices dissent for their positions. Makes me proud that I am no longer part of a union.

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“We Surround You”-Iowa Tea Party Rally

February 21, 2011 by 13 Comments

Our nation and our state are at a critical juncture in our history. Our nation is trillions of dollars in debt and our state has a budget that is far too large. And yet we there are some among us that view the tax money collected as nothing more than their own personal checking account. I am talking about public employee unions. And while most public employees are truly in public service simply because they want to leave the state better than they found there are others that simply see dollar signs. People like AFSCME head Danny Horman. It is abundantly clear that Mr. Horman views it as his right to demand more from Iowa’s tax revenue.

Now is the time to tell Mr. Horman and his cohorts that our pockets are not his personal piggy bank. Join with your fellow patriots as we assemble to counter the corrosive and corrupt influence of Mr. Horman and his union thugs. Join us for the “We Surround Them” Iowa Tea Party Counter Rally. Join patriots from across Iowa as we oppose the radical agenda of the AFL-CIO and the public employee unions.

What: “We Surround Them” Iowa Tea Party

When: 12:00 PM Tuesday February 22, 2011

Where: Across the street from West Capital Steps

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Mike Huckabee Kicks-Off Book Tour in Iowa

February 18, 2011 by 2 Comments

He just doesn’t slow down.  Mike Huckabee has just returned from an extended trip to Israel which was his 15th visit there (read this Politico article about some of it) and starting on February 27 he will embark on a twelve state, forty city tour to promote his new policy book A Simple Government and that mega-tour starts here in Iowa with six stops.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27

2:00-3:00 PM
Sam’s Club
3887 Elmore Ave.
Davenport, IA 52807

4:30-5:30 PM
Borders
555 John F. Kennedy Road
Dubuque, IA 52002

7:30-8:30 PM
Barnes & Noble
1518 Flammang Dr.
Waterloo, IA 50702

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28

12:00-1:00 PM
Barnes & Noble
333 Collins Road NE, Bldg 1
Cedar Rapids, IA 52402

4:00-5:00 PM
University of Iowa Bookstore
Old Capitol Town Center
201 South Clinton St.
Iowa City, IA 52240

7:30-8:30 PM
Borders
4100 University Ave.
Suite 115
West Des Moines, IA 50265

You can RSVP for any of these stops and you will be sent up-to-date information on that event.  If you can’t attend one of these events you can order an autographed copy of A Simple Government or puchase the book at many other retailers.

Huckabee had this to say about his new book in an email to supporters:

Just when I think the Obama Administration can’t possibly pile on more debt, more job-killing regulations, and more intrusions into our private lives, they surprise me. So I decided to sum up why I disagree with them about spending, taxes, health care, immigration, terrorism… and just about every other issue.

And while I was pondering our current problems, I kept thinking about the Founding Fathers. They understood that the best government is a simple government. They wrote the entire Constitution in about 20 pages of plain English. Compare that to the Obamacare bill alone — more than 2,000 pages of gobbledygook!

Don’t get me wrong — I know that problems like unemployment and national security are complex. But the principles that can solve them are simple: personal liberty, accountability, standing up to bullies, putting local government ahead of Washington, and putting the family ahead of everything.

In short, A SIMPLE GOVERNMENT is about the twelve things we really need from Washington — and a trillion that we don’t.

Governor Huckabee has stated that he will decide if he is going to run for President again by the end of this summer but it looks like Iowa is already getting a taste of some ninety degree weather.

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An Open Letter to State Senator Mike Gronstal

February 18, 2011 by 1 Comment

An Open Letter to State Senator Gronstal

from citizen McCoy

Senator Mike Gronstal,

Article 1. Section 2. of the Iowa Constitution says, ³All political power is inherent in the PEOPLE. Government is instituted for the protection, security, and benefit of the PEOPLE, and they have the right, at all times, to alter or reform the same, whenever the public good may require it.²

What part of Article 1. Section 2, do you not understand? You obviously do not comprehend that the electorate, your employers, are sick and tired of politics as usual. They made their statement in 2008 and after being duped have risen up once again in 2010 to restate their point.

The politics of the past is what the people are sick of. They are sick of party politics and the arrogance of their employees. You have either forgotten, or did not know, or you are ignoring why we hired you. Regardless it¹s time for a refresher course. You were hired to represent the PEOPLE of this great state, and not to fulfil your own particular agenda, the agenda of a special interest group or to feed your ego. Through your myopic view you have convinced yourself that you are doing what is right. Denial is not a river in Egypt.

It is understandable and reasonable for the Senate and the House to adopt rules to provide for the expediting of the workings of those two bodies. However; something is drastically wrong when those rules, made by the employees, take priority over the employers and the constitution that the
employees swore to uphold. Your excuse that these are the same rules that Republicans adopted indicates you don¹t get it. The people are sick of non constitutional rules hindering the implementation of the constitution, whether the Republicans or the Democrats adopted them. This is the party politics we are sick of. As a party you may express your difference in ideology and you rightly should debate those ideologies, for they represent your constituency. However, when you become so wrapped up in your party¹s ideology or some special interest group¹s ideology, you have missed the point that you are representing the PEOPLE of Iowa. We the PEOPLE, your employers, gave you your job and we will fire you and every other employee who is on their own power trip and have disregarded their employer.

In your defense, I agree that the constitution is for the protection, security and rights of the people and to avoid the tyranny of the majority, as you previously quoted in the Des Moines Register on January ninth. This is why we are a Republic and not a Democracy. The constitution, however, does not provide rights and privileges for behavior because rights are granted by the creator as stated in the moral law of our nation, the Declaration of Independence; ³We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these is Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness (right of property). That to SECURE these (Creator given) rights, Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.² Governments have no authority to grant rights. They have the responsibility and only the power the PEOPLE grant them.

There is no homosexual gene in the DNA code of man, so the scientific evidence reveals that homosexuality is a behavior. You are correct when you state peoples rights should not be put to a vote; however, rights are not the issue. Behavior is. So your whole premise of protecting the rights of a special interest group who struggles with their own identity, is erroneous and reflects either your refusal to consider the scientific evidence of the International Human Genome Consortium or it reflects your biases toward homosexuals.

You may remain full of self pride, and may even persuade some of your fellow Democrats to join you in being an obstructionist, or you can decide to start serving the PEOPLE of Iowa. Your choice and your fellow employees¹ choices on this issue and on other issues that will be presented to you during this session will determine how long you will be employed. The PEOPLE, your employer, will no longer put up with the petty, bickering, partisan politics of the past. It is yours and other politicians self-aggrandizement that has lead to the decline of this great nation and state.

In conclusion let me remind you of Article 1. Section 2. of the Iowa Constitution says, ³All political power is inherent in the PEOPLE. Government is instituted for the protection, security, and benefit of the PEOPLE, and they have the right, at all times, to alter or reform the same, whenever the public good may require it

Steven McCoy

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Register Reporter Jacobs’ Statehouse Fantasy

February 17, 2011 by Leave a comment

Yesterday morning the Des Moines Register ran a story by reporter Jennifer Jacobs discussing a disturbing bill introduced in the Iowa House. Last evening I authored a post in which I described why I am vehemently opposed to the measure, if you would like to read about you can do so here. Today I want to point to an aspect of the article that I believe really does the field of journalism a severe disservice.

In her article about the legislation Ms. Jacobs insinuated that House Republicans were supporting and advocating the measure. In the title and within the article she uses the plural form of the title Republican, indicating that it is being advanced by more than one Republican. That, however, is not the case. It took me just a few minutes of searching on the Iowa General Assembly website to determine that her assertions are not based in fact. The fact of the matter is that just one Representative, Ron Jorgensen, has indicated any support for the measure. Contrary to the writings of Ms. Jacobs House File 170 is not a bill being advanced by Iowa House Republicans.

I would love to give Ms. Jacobs the benefit of the doubt. I do not want to believe that a reporter with a major Iowa news outlet would use their position to advance their own political ideology in spite of the truth. I would like nothing more than to say that this was an honest mistake, however the facts just don’t support that theory.

I would also like to believe that this was simply a case of sloppy journalism. That Ms. Jacobs had failed to conduct the research necessary to ensure that her article was factually true. However, I find it hard to believe that the Des Moines Register would willingly employee journalists that regularly fail to conduct the research necessary to provide truthful information to the public. I may be wrong about this, but I do believe that the Register does try to provide it’s readership with the most factual information available to them. They may not always give all the information necessary, but I don’t think that they would intentionally lie to the public.

This leaves us with the conclusion that the misinformation included in Ms. Jacobs article was deliberate and intentional. I hate to say it, but it appears that Ms. Jacobs, through the lens of her own political ideology distorted the facts of this story. Instead of publishing an article that was relevant and factual she published a post informed by her own opinion and populated with misinformation.

As I mentioned above, stories like this really do a disservice to the journalistic industry as a whole. It is stories such as this that cause the public to lose trust in many news outlets. As long as reporters advance their own ideology at the exclusion of the truth our nations newspapers will continue to decline.

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Vulnerable Workers Come Under Fire

February 17, 2011 by 4 Comments

Despite reassurances from President Obama the United States continues to be mired in an economic slump the likes of which we have not seen in decades. No pronouncement from the anointed one or his media lapdogs can undo what meddlesome bureaucrats did to the American marketplace. We can see evidence of this economic malaise throughout the nation. Right here in Central Iowa we have our own communities that are suffering from the lack of economic recovery.

For an example let us look at Pella. The community of Pella is home to two of the state’s largest homegrown Iowa manufacturers; Pella Corporation and Vermeer Manufacturing. Both companies have been hit hard by the economic recession. Both companies have been forced to drastically reduce the number of hours their employees are working. And while to the best of my knowledge Vermeer has yet to lay off any workers many are working less than thirty hours per week. As for Pella Corporation the distressed economy has taken a significant bite out of the company’s bottom line. The company’s sales are down and they have been forced to dramatically reduce their workforce. Even after the workforce underwent both voluntary and involuntary layoffs the company found that they still had too many employees in the plants. So the management staff decided to institute rolling furloughs; that is each factory employee will work two weeks on then one week off in order to balance out staffing. This has effectively cut the employee’s wages by one third every three weeks. To add insult to injury, Pella Corporation’s sales have dipped to the point that they have asserted that they cannot guarantee their employee’s more than twenty-eight hours in any one week.

It is for this reason that I find the proposal introduced by Sioux City Republican Ron Jorgensen, House File 170, so disgusting. Under HF 170 employees would need to be unemployed for two weeks before they would be eligible to receive unemployment benefits, effectively ending unemployment benefits for individuals who find themselves unemployed for just one week.

I am not sure what Representative Jorgensen hopes to accomplish with this legislation, but I can predict what will happen if it were to pass. One of the most immediate effects Jorgensen’s bill would have is to encourage the unemployed to stay unemployed longer. You would see fewer and fewer individuals unemployed for just one week. Most individuals that file for unemployment for just one week truly need that benefit simply to make ends meet.

This bill would also be detrimental to local economies across the state. If we were to prohibit individuals that have been unemployed for just one week this could most likely impact their family’s ability to pay their bills. They would start falling further and further behind in their bill payments. Eventually the family would face foreclosure of their mortgage, default on an auto loan, disconnection of necessary utilizes, and a whole raft of other economic difficulties.

As I mentioned I am unaware of what Representative Jorgensen’s motivation was for introducing a bill such as this. However I do know what would most likely happen in the wake of passage of this bill. Rather than going after those that would abuse the system, we would be targeting those that need the program the most.

Please if you agree with me that we need to preserve unemployment for the state’s workers such as those that work at Pella Corp. call or write your State Representative or State Senator today. Encourage them to withhold support of House File 170. Together we can prevent this bill from ever coming to the House Floor.

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Personhood: One Step Closer

February 15, 2011 by 4 Comments

For years pro-life Iowan’s have been fighting to enact legislation that would protect the life of Iowa’s most vulnerable citizens. We have fought tooth and nail against the culture of death to scrape together meager concessions from the supporters of death on demand. Now all of that hard may be on the verge of paying off. As I sat in on a hearing in another subcommittee I learned that House File 153, the personhood bill introduced by Kim Pearson, had been passed out of subcommittee.

The beauty of House File 153 is its simplicity. The bill doesn’t delve into the realm of law enforcement. Instead is simply and boldly proclaims that Iowa believes that all life is sacred, that we believe that all life needs to be protected from conception to natural death. And the impact of this legislation would be quick and profound. Once we motivate this legislation through the full House Human Resources Committee, the full House of Representatives, and the full Iowa Senate then to be signed into law by Governor Terry Branstad; the bill would immediately go into effect. At that point any and all abortions would become illegal within the State of Iowa.

While this possible victory may be extraordinary in nature I think that it is important to point out that our work is not over. Even once this legislation is enacted the supporters of death on demand can and will be working to reverse the tide. They will decry any effort to spare the life of a child with no voice. They will work to undo the work we have accomplished.

For this reason we need to continue to be vigilant. We need to continuously contact our state legislators, thanking those that brought the legislature to this point and convince those that opposed us that they were wrong. We must thank Representative Kim Pearson for having the moral clarity and the courage to bring House File 153 to fruition in the face of the opposition. We must thank Representative David Heaton for supporting the measure and helping to bring the bill out of subcommittee. Now we need to contact the Representatives on the full House of Representatives Human Resources Committee.

Also we must pray for those that do not value life. We must pray that Beth Wessel-Kroeschell will come to see the importance of this legislation. We must pray that the supporters of death on demand will hear the testimony of those that have undergone the dreadful process of ending an innocent life only to regret their act for the rest of their lives. Ultimately we still need to try to change the hearts and minds of those that oppose protecting the innocent. The best way for us to do that would be through personal contact. If you cannot personally make it to the Iowa Statehouse to speak with the legislators the next best thing that you could do is to call and email them. Let them know why you support ending the process of death on demand.

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House File 64 eminent domain bill and Clarke County

February 15, 2011 by 5 Comments

Prior to attending the sub committee meeting of House File 64 I did some searching about the topic of eminent domain. I happened upon an article written in 2005 and it started out with this:

That little bell that just went off in your head this week is a warning you had better heed… When eminent domain becomes absolute dominion not a single citizen is safe from the insatiable greed of its government.

Once used as only a tool of last resort, to make room for a highway connecting cities, or a military installation needed to defend our borders, the law of eminent domain now places your home well in reach for purposes of simple commercial and economic development…

“That little bell” has been going off for a long time for Iowans who stand to lose their property to those who would gain financially if eminent domain is used to seize property. Land owners in Page, Clarke and Madison counties know only too well what life is like under the constant threat of eminent domain.

As subcommittee members met to discuss strengthening Iowa’s eminent domain laws today, the interest of landowners versus developers was evident. More than fifty people filled the room and the theme was set early when Mark Duben of H.R. Green Company, a consultant for the Clarke County Reservoir project, made this statement in a attempt to firm up the facts and figures he presented:

Eminent domain must be utilized for “the good of the whole over the desires of the few.”

This comment reminded me of something I had read in the article I had found:

This sounds dangerously close to the doctrines of Marx and Lenin…Doesn’t it? The rights of the community over the individual? Power in the hands of the government rather than the governed?

Also revealed at this meeting was the acknowledgment that some Clarke County residents opposed to strengthening the eminent domain bill have a financial interest in a potential bio diesel plant that might be built sometime in the future.

Much of the time was spent with figures, or rather the engineers and water interests. versus the five landowners who attempted to explain that they had lived under the threat of their land being taken since 1999. The exact words of a landowner “I have been living this thing every day.” These Iowa property owners were armed with their own facts and figures. The sub committee meeting gave them the opportunity to express their passion for keeping their land, the need to look at other options for water, and their distrust over the facts presented by the engineers. “You can get a study to say anything you want it to say” was one of points made by Clarke County landowners.

Today Rep. Jeff Kaufmann did his best to facilitate all sides having a voice. Kaufmann was well prepared and knowledgeable about the eminent domain issues. Kaufmann asked questions that he will expect to be answered at a future subcommittee meeting.

You can bet that the engineers, the water production interests, the landowners, the media, and average Iowa citizens will be present as the shell bill gets more time and attention.

That little bell that rings for Clarke County landowners needs to serve as a warning for all Iowa property owners. Depending on the outcome of House File 64, it could be any one of us sitting in chairs across the room from those who covet our land.

The insatiable greed could be breathing down your neck wanting your land under the guise of water needs. You could be the one wondering how bath houses and boat docks fit into the picture when your land is at the bottom of a lake.

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