Mickelson's Podcast

John Zimirak,  The Bad Catholics Guides talks about the new Pope.  Then, politicians change the subject.  Nannies now regulate parade candy.  And  Kurt Loving sings real purdy.  The Pleaser.

Joel McDurmon gives advice on "Restoring America: One County at a Time."   Powerful.   Dr. Ben Carson describes "America the Beautiful".  Inspirational.   Then "Why does anybody "need" an AR-15 anyway?  Is that a conversation ending cliché?  

Senator Rand Paul...issues.   Brazen, Bungling, Burglars.  And Copper Clappers.  

"Beautiful Nate"...Dennis Mansfield.  A touching of loss, love and restitution.   Then, an E-15 critic, David Holt...says the AAA has non-recommended it for good reason.  Plus,  Des Moines is adding dash board cameras to city vehicles...good idea?  

Tryin' to make sense of stuff on post DST Monday.  Then, Mike Hammond from GOA thinks Senator Grassley needs a push on another 2nd Amendment issue.

Mychal Massie talks about racial politics.   Capital Justice killed off during funnel week.  Noreen Gosch  and Senator Kent Sorenson promise to keep pushing for justice for murdered and abused children.  Jeff Burkett describes what has been accomplished for 2nd Amendment rights in this session.  National Firearms Museum's senior curator Phil Schreier tells about the real reason Lewis and Clark survived their expedition.  And a plague of locusts brought to a halt in Israel.

Dr. David Robbins with Des Moines Plastic Surgery talks about  Coolsculpting...using the power of cold to reduce body fat.  Then and some Iowa 6th graders make a video asking the president to re-open the White House for their class trip tour.  

The Dems move their agenda at the Statehouse....will the Republicans give theirs a try soon?   Johnston HS Principal Brian Carico talks about suicide prevention issues.  Powerful personal story.  Then,  Danny Carroll and Chuck Hurley give the Republican leadership a push on the marriage issue.

So a homeschool dad tries to fit his kids into the mold of the  modern Boy Scouts.  Didn't work.   More pot talk.  Then,  Wes Ehrecke want Iowa to consider internet poker.

Michael Voris is  The Church Militant.  He says the church is infested with Cardinals, Biships and clerics who are not true Catholics.  The Gay Mafia.  Senator Mark Chelgren with a legislative update.  He says with oughta save the surplus.  We are going to need it.   Ted Kerasote with Pukka's Promise...the quest for longer-lived dogs.  Then,  an ISU student group, NORMAL, wants to legalized medical marijuana...then recreational use.  Vigorous.

Top Dog: The Science of Winning and Losing.  Really great analysis by Po Bronson & Ashley Merryman.  Friday Leftovers.  Then,  The Blue Highway.  Really great bluegrass. Musician Rob Ikes.  And Laurie King is Executive Director of the Iowa Bluegrass Music Association.  You'll like it.

Garland Scott takes us back to First Things First...expert in gang activity and fixin' what ails us all. Douglas Hurley has a gadget which can help teach newbies to shoot accurately.   Tom Coates updates us on inroads the gambling lobby is planning.  Then, should farming be considered a vice?  And be regulated by the Gaming Commision?  

Senator Randy Feenstra tells why that big new fertilizer plant is a good idea and worth Iowa's tax credit awards.  Senator Mark Chelgren worries about SF233 and its effect upon 2nd Amendment issues.  Jeanie Eller is a phonics expert. Action Reading.  Jeff Burkett from the Iowa Firearms Coalition says SF233 has even more issues.  And another session deals with Raw Milk legislation.  Plus some basketball sports talk.  Lotsa stuff.

Today... snow day...  mostly dedicated to Iowans giving each other traffic reports.   

Eating Disorders?  Iowans?  Michelle Roling talks about an upcoming "I am Enough" conference to help.  Senator Mark Chelgren...interesting legislative issues.  Then, Iowa kids form shooting clubs for skeet competition.  Representatives from Pella Christian School... Todd McQueen, Principal Darryl De Ruiter..Richard Vander Vort... Nathan Vander Vort...Shena Van Wyke...coaches and shooters.  Then NICHE Capitol Day...Vicki Crawford, Jamie Johnson, Brian Bopp, and John Desaulniers are home school activist and will participating at the conference.  Busy morning.

Can you pass the citizenship test?  Analyzing some of the answers.  John Lott say we are At the Brink...economic black hole.  And dropping dead mice on Guam.   

School-based plans for defending children from violent attackers.  Indianola Superintendent Michael Teigland with practical insight.  Dr. Peter Breggin really, REALLY doesn't respect widespread use of drugs to deal with mental issues...and he is a psychiatrist.  Mike Chapman thinks wrestling will be re-included in the next Olympics.  The rest of the story.

David Drew wants to STEM the Tide.  How to encourage Science, Technology, Engineering and Math in Iowa schools.  Kevin Welner want to get rid of the Electoral College system entirely.   Then,  a Colorado Democrat really does think the "pen is mightier than the sword".  At least the ball point ones are.

Crosstalk...area churches celebrate the  Easter season by encouraging the public display of crosses.  Pastor Phil Winfield.    James Bovard  is the Public Policy Hooligan...reports that if you don't hire convicts you could go to jail.   AJ Spiker talking about an upcoming pro-life celebration including Fox commentator, Mike Huckabee.  Economist Alice Rivilin  with the Fix the Debt campaign.  Jim Hawkins with Professional Educators of Iowa with survey results.  (Dr. Ben Carson scheduled for this morning,  missed his slot...sorry....will try again)

A review of the legislative week.  Then,  an immodest proposal. Why can't  the same logic of the bully bill legislation be applied to a bunch of other social issues?  Salt of the earth Iowans are afraid to spank their own kids?  Justified?

Steven Kennedy and Aaron Powell are with the Heart of Iowa Classical Guitar Society.   Purdy stuff. Upcoming concert.  (February 17th, Valentine Serenade, 2pm Capitol Hill Lutheran Church)  Then, can you get busted for drunk driving by just sitting in a parked car?  Apparently, yup.   Charles Bowden interviews a Mexican assassin.  "El Sicario".     Chilling

Dr. J...Jennifer Morse...is coming to Iowa..."It Takes a Family to Raise a Village".   Then,  stealing your own car back?  Rev Carlos Jayne...Iowans for Gun Safety...says its time for some more gun regulations.  Great conversation ensued.   :)    Oh,   and here's the link to the Katrina video.    Please pass it around to everybody.   Or monitor my Facebook.

Obama Bytes from SOTU.  Harkin Bytes pre-SOTU.   And a guy on Iowa's sex offender registry ends up as a Centerville, Iowa city administrator.  Iowan's are appalled...then pensive.   Steve Deace wonders about Senator Rand Paul's immigration position.  Lively.

 Capitol Day for NICHE coming up...Vickie with an update.  Pope quits.  John Zmirak,  Bad Catholic's Guide to Catechism explains what it all means.  Then,  Jonathan Last's What to Expect When No One's Expecting...calling us unto fertility.    Rep Tom Shaw and David Fisher want to liberate Iowa education for homeschoolers and Christian Schoolers.    A call to action.

Congressman Steve King deals with Karl Rove's attack on him.  Political directions.   Senator Mark Chelgren with Iowa Senate observations.  Then,  more from the front in the culture war.

Jeff Burkett ,  Iowa Firearms Coalition, talks about a Mt. Pleasant city councilman who says the 2nd Amendment has expired.   Then Vickie Crawford from NICHE talks about Capitol Day on February 26th.  (I've been invited to speak  around 2pm..."...Stuff What Ain't True"....)  Jeff Patch with 'nuther episode of the Harkin saga.  And why won't Abate support a helmet law for kids on mopeds?   

Professor Eugene Kontorovich, expert in international law and Israeli rights.  Vigorous. Then Roy Beck explains how the immigration amnesty plan offered by the "Gang of Eight" will hose taxpayers.   And a great 2nd Amendment speech...by a former Secret Service officer.  

"All I Could Be: My Story as a Woman Warrior in Iraq"  Miyoko HiKiji is an Iowan who ended up in harms way in Iraq.   Opinions about women in combat and sex abuse amongst the ranks, "The Invisible War."   A powerful conversation.

Scott Taylor talks health care common sense about inflammation and inflation....barnyard politics and health sense.   Then did Ron Paul make a mistake when he said,  "...live by the sword, die by the sword..."  regarding the death of Chris Kyle?  

A new fuel standard for Iowa?  Then,  "The Marketing of Evil"...David Kupelian says the Boy Scouts of America need to stand up to the homo-sexual lobby.  They need a Braveheart moment.  He describes the perils of propaganda...everywhere.

Paul Williams,   Crescent Moon Rising: The Islamic Transformation of America...sobering.  Then,  send in the drones...what does it mean for Iowa?  

Leah Durant, Ex. Dir. of Progressives for Immigration Reform...doesn't want an amnesty either.   Then, Obama and the Gang of Eight are negotiating on US immigration policy.   What would Iowans accept?  We get an earful.

A snow day in Iowa...and Iowan's sort out a bunch of stuff.   Everything from car-eating rabbits,  to what should Iowans do if the wheels come off.   Purdy good stuff.

Jan,

I wanted to say I was incredibly disappointed in your broadcast today.  You were obviously far to uneducated on the subject to make any valid points regarding the dairy industry and migrant/seasonal labor in Iowa.  It quickly became evident that your agenda was to knock congressman Braley, when in reality you were the one that has not educated yourself enough on the topic to adequately contradict anything he stated.  The fact is, and one of the final callers pointed this out, that often times the AMERICAN Farm Bureau organization has very different political objectives than the Iowa chapter of Farm Bureau.  The fact you didn't know there was a difference was quite disappointing. On a national level, migrant/seasonal labor is a much larger issue than right here in Iowa. Congressman Braley was just trying to illustrate how the national organizations goals may apply here in Iowa. The Market to Market show last Sunday on IPTV ran a good story showcasing just how big of an issue it is.  They interviewed several farmers in California who depend on nearly 100% migrant labor to grow and harvest their crop.  Also, by constantly referring to them as "cheap" labor is another instance proving your lack of knowledge on the topic.  It is absolutely fact that a high percentage of migrant workers earn well above the federal minimum wage.
 
Also, the fact that you couldn't understand why the dairy industry can't produce their product and provide the same level of service as it did decades ago (home delivery) showed me just how out of touch with the agricultural industry you really are (which is quite concerning since you make a living offering opinions on such things in an ag dominated state).  One caller did a pretty good job of pointing out that the rise in retail cost of their product has significantly lagged behind the rise in cost of production.  The sad reality is that, much like yourself, the American people have no idea what it costs to produce a gallon of milk, and have decided they are not willing pay over $3 or $4 per gallon (such is the case with many, many American made products, not just milk).
 
I certainly don't always agree with your opinions, but you typically prove to have educated yourself enough on the subject to have developed a valid opinion.  Today you showed me that you let partisan politics significantly influence your show, instead of the facts.  Please go back to doing your homework and make this a 1 time fluke of a show.  Just because it’s a Democrat politician making a statement, does not immediately make it false.

 Sir:

 It usually does…   especially Braley…   he’s the guy who knowing violates the Constitution by using blackmail to accomplish an issue for which there is no federal jurisdiction…  he’s now pushing school based radon testing…..another non-issue at the federal level…Kadyn’s Law.      Braley has a pattern of expanding federal authority and spending on issues which should be done at the state level.   Now he wants an amnesty for people who have busted the border.    You just demonstrated that the whole agri-business political mix is so convoluted and rife with cost shifting the public is clueless about how many ways they are being shafted.     Conversations like these are very useful in demonstrating the corruption of the system.    Importing people whose productivity doesn’t off-set the costs of their presence is stupid….worse is destructive to our culture.     If the US can’t produce milk at a profit to the farmers without vast subsidies and imported labor,  then milk may be a commodity which shouldn’t be on the shelves.  If demand has fallen to the point where profit isn’t possible,  or supply exceeds demand,  then politics isn’t the solution.    I’d use the same principle for any commodity.     By the way,   I’m still waiting for the Iowa Farm Bureau to issue a press release  repudiating the American Farm Bureau position.    When it does,  you may have a valid point.    And California is a real piece of work.   Several years ago,  California taxpayers ponied up millions of dollars to buy out California dairy farmers in order to reduce supply and cut subsidies.      California dairy farmers used the money to buy more real estate, build fancy houses in the middle of feed lots,  and wait out the moratorium.   Then they went right back in business with bigger units and a better house….right back on the public teat.   

 Yah,  this is a big issue with many  inter-related issues.   But it isn’t that mysterious.     As long as everyone is willing to live at the expense of others we’ll have a problem.    BTW…  it is cheap labor….  Iowa is a cheap labor state.    As I’ve often reported,   my dad and I both worked in the processing industry in the late 60’s…..  we made twice what these workers are getting now.    Now the industry passes on the real production costs to the tax payers.     Our welfare state mentality has almost destroyed us….whether we’re talking about making babies or growing milk.     Government has distorted the market for both.

Jan

Where is ObaMerica?   Who lives there?   How did they vote.   What's the murder rate in ObaMerica?    Daniel Greenfield has an excellent think piece.    Then,  Tim Case wonders about "Lawless or Armed Citizens."   Useful.  Then,  why do dysfunctional politicians treat the rest of us as if WE are dysfunctional too?

Heather MacDonald thinks women in unit level combat is worrisome.  Senator Mark  Chelgren makes some Iowa political predictions about the Harkin retirement announcement.  Congressman Bruce Braley calls for gun legislation and immigration reform.  Iowans respond.

Ann Korin says US is messing up its energy future...a Petropoly.   Flex-fuel cars will fix it.   Senator Kent Sorenson introduces a capital justice bill effecting the perpetrators of  murdering, kidnapping and sexual abuse of minors.  Families of victims demand justice.  Heather and Drew Collin, Adonis Hill, Tome and Jan Nichols, Noreen Gosch...powerful stories.  Then Senator Brad Zaun intros legislation to require the revenue raised by Gotcha Cams can only be used to fund an uninsured motorist fund.

Terry Jeffrey evaluates Hillary Clinton's Benghazi testimony.   Then,  Iowans respond to Obama's expansion of women in  military combat roles. Vigorous.

The kids from Joshua Christian Academy ... the kids are great .  Rev Keith Ratliff.   Then,  a great story about a dolphin which asked a human for help...really.  Plus,  Senator Rand Paul with an issues stop in Iowa.

Mark Doland is running for Mahaska County Supervisor...he and several local farmers don't want a regional airport, nor the use of imminent domain takings of local farmland which it would require.   Then,  Piers Morgan asks if the 2nd Amendment allows for private ownership of tanks.  The historical answer.  Spirited.

Juda Meyer has a remarkable story affirming life.  She is the result of rape.  On an abridged, pre-inaugural day, she is worthy of a listen.

An education horror story....with a positive ending.  Judy Hintz has a message for parents of school kids in distress...with a dad who finally got help for his son.   Then,   looking at the propaganda mill in action.  

Chip Duncan has produced a three part documentary The Reagan Presidency, for IPTV beginning 1/21.    Ray Comfort produced Genius, a peek at John Lennon, and the moral collapse of almost everybody.   President Obama delivers his 2nd Amendment  Executive Order Manifesto.  

"Beating Obamacare" Betsy McCaughey talks about how to minimize the damage. She advises that seniors to develop health issues before the law kicks in.  Seriously.  Gov Branstad with the State of the State Address.  Then,  an Iowa veteran,  Oath Keeper,  Gabe Lanz,  tries to explain the 2nd Amendment to the Des Moines City Council.  Crickets.   Applause from the rest of us.

Senator Mark Chelgren with a pre-session preview.  Issues.  Nan Stillians remembers Joan Bunke with great fondness.   Plus a Johnston math teacher shows the class a preview of a "Texas Chainsaw" movie.   Huh?

A panel deals with Iowa's educational collapse.  Iowalive.net,    Judy Hintz,   and former Superintendent Al Meyer...how to pick up the pieces.  Currency guru Jim Richards with some serious predictions.   Then,  should Obama swear off swearing in?  

Alexis Luscombe is a Valley HS student.   She is training in a hospice... her story.  And her mentor, Jen Eppert from the Career Opportunity in Health Care program at  Central Campus.   Inspirational.  Can pets cure narcissism?  Then an Iowan David Wilson,  goes to Turkey...as a missionary.  Stories.   Plus progressives declare war on the 2nd Amendment. 

An Iowa legislator  makes national news by recommending the government outlawing and confiscation of AR-15s.  Iowans respond.  Trying to make sense of the 2nd Amendment culture war.

Bruce Thatcher deals with "Immigration: How to Avoid it's Perils and Make it Work"....we're hosed.   Then,  MLK day bumped by snow days.  Negotiate?   Then,   Congressman Steve King wants to fix our "anchor baby" loophole.    Untangling the knots in the media shinola.   

 Bob Morrison says it's time to get ready for another round of Honor Flights for WW2 vets.  563-388-3271    Jeff Patch with another installment of Harkin Redux.  Monte Shaw defends ethanol against a Fox News story.  

Former Congressman Bob McEwen give us a cultural pep talk.   Then, Iowa Secretary of State, Matt Schultz,  explains how he's trying to qualify Iowa voters while answering some activists' objections.

In search of the perfect potato salad... then,  Iowans think "we're hosed"....  and it's only Thursday.

Tom Fitzgerald re-introduces this generation to Benjamin Franklin…  Poor Richard’s Lament.  Tasty.   Then,  Jeff Patch with another chunk of the Harkin-Korean saga.  WTF.    Then, Roger McEowen, ISU economics professor, says the fiscal cliff is likely.    Suggests a couple of things to be done to prepare…including dying before the deadline.    He doesn’t have a sign-up sheet though.  Obama speaks.  Then, the NRA speaks.  So do Iowans.

Iowa exercise guru Erica Ziel with her “From Knocked-Up to Knockout”  workout  DVD.    Iowa blizzard coverage.  And Iowa educators refuse to consider arming teachers to defend themselves and students.   And an FAQ for answering some objections teachers may have.  

Jan, 

How can you help calm down those people who are teachers or educrats who find the idea of being armed in the classroom scary and appalling?

  This is an important question.    There is a difference between somebody who sees himself as an individual equipped with God-given rights, including the right to self-defense…more than that,  the DUTY of self-defense,  than those who don’t.

Think about this.  Parents have the right to defend themselves and the right and duty to protect their own children with force, even deadly force.    These are individual rights and duties assigned to individuals and members of the most basic unit of government, the family. Parents assign those duties to teachers who are supposed to agree to the doctrine of “in loco parentis”…    in the place of parents.   They are our designated parents in the public sphere. Too often members of this generation only see themselves as creatures of the state.   They have assigned the state the duty of  “in loco parentis”…  they have made themselves children and have embraced the state as parent.   They want nanny state to always be there to protect them against evil.   So, when Nanny says schools are a gun free zone, they feel secure.   And they feel disloyal to Nanna if they even ponder having their own gun or taking personal responsibility for their own safety.    As we say, they have been worked over.

The quickest way to cut through this tension is to ask a couple of questions.

1.      Do I,  as a parent,  have the right to use deadly force in my home to repel or even kill an invader who seeks to do harm to my children? 

2.      Do you as a teacher accept your duty as in loco parentis to do the same?   If not, why not?   If you aren’t concerned enough to defend my child why should put my kid in your “care”?   If not, does that mean you won’t even defend yourself?   If not, are you a pacifist?   Or just a pacifist at school?       Is there something magic about a school building which requires state sponsored pacifism?     If so,  isn’t that an example of a state sponsored religion?     Does the state have the power to convert you to the Quaker religion during school hours?    You might say that you’re untrained or not competent to defend your life or the lives under your care.   Ok, so if somebody is breaking into your house in the middle of the night are you gonna call out,  “Hey buddy,  I’m not really trained to repel you.  Can you come back after I get some training?”     No,   you’d grab anything you could to stab, beat, and bludgeon and discourage the attacker.    And you would feel great if you were successful.     So, now imagine how you’d feel if you had just prevented the murder of 20 helpless kids under your care in your classroom.    The parents would erect a statue of you in your honor.   And you would be a living hero.     The teacher who threw her body in front of those bullets in Connecticut is also a hero, but she is dead.  So are the kids.

3.       Perhaps it’s time to reconsider.

Retired Des Moines Police Captain Kelly Willis wants us to adopt ASP, (Active Shooter Prevention) programs in Iowa Schools.  Clayton Cramer says now is the time to REALLY take mental illness seriously as it relates to violence.   Jeff Patch talks about the Harkin-Korean money links.    Amazing.

Harvey Simon says that Cuban Missile Crisis woulda turned out different if Nixon had been president rather than Kennedy.  “The Madman Theory”…an alternate history.   Then,  the left is using our outrage to make a run on the 2^nd Amendment.   So, from the smart book,  “The Making of America”,  we review what the 2^nd Amendment was for.    Vigorous.  Oh,  and here’s the Huckabee answer to the question “Where Was God?.”  

Notable Quotable Awards for 2012.   Silly media tricks.  Tim Graham.  And Jeopardy superstar Ken Jennings reveals,  “Because I Said So”…the nonsense we tell our kids evaluated.  Then,   Iowans respond to the many facets of the CT shootings.  Responding to the president’s speech and a mother’s plea for help in dealing with here own child who has mental issues.  

Friday pot luck.  ESPN and race.  Accidental fire and prepping tips with lint. Hay rustling?  And advice for out of town drivers coming to the big city.  Plus stuff ya hafta  watch out for.  (This program aired before the CT school shooting happened, otherwise our conversation would have been much more serious.  For the record, great sadness for our country and for the families who were so horrendously damaged...great, great evil)

How about some real school choice?  And how can we keep homeschoolers and Christian educators from paying twice to educate their own children?  Shane Vander Hart, Eric Goranson, Pastor Aaron Gunsaulus, and Bill Gustaff have some ideas.   Then, The Boyz Are Back In Town...a free concert Friday and Saturday at First Federated Church, 4801 Franklin Ave, Des Moines.  7PM.  Free.   Stefan Weitz from Microsoft says Bing is better than Google.  Plus talking apart a silly atheist rant.

I get sent this or its derivatives many different times a month.   I’ll bet you do too. 

  "The Bible also says that a man who touches the dead skin of a pig is unclean, Leviticus 11:7. Should that man be stoned for liking football? Exodus 21:7 says as a man, I am allowed to sell (if I ever have any) my daughters into slavery. What's the going rate for a daughter? My family owns farm land, and plant both soybeans and corn to make a living, but according to Leviticus they should be stoned for planting different crops, side by side. What about working on the Sabbath? Exodus 35:2 says we should stone those who do so. I wonder if that means the Sabbath they had back then when the bible was written (Saturday) or our Sabbath, Sunday. Should I bring my own firewood so the public can burn me alive for wearing a garment of different threads (Deuteronomy 22:11)? 

What I read in the bible was the love and tolerance that Jesus taught us. 'Love thy neighbor as thyself,' (mark 12:31) and 'let he who hath not sinned, cast the first stone.' (John 8:7). I choose to believe that god so loved the world that he gave unto us his only son, and his sons message was love, and understanding, not hate, and segregation. You are free to feel whatever you like."

This quote turns out to be a summary of a rant which was on "West Wing".    It is very powerfully written and presented.  When the ordinary cultural Christian sees it,  he sinks into the chair,  along with the actress playing a Dr. Laura composite being skewered by the "President".  It's very effective propaganda on the surface.  However,  with just a casual analysis, its "power" evaporates.   Let's take it apart line by line.

 "The Bible also says that a man who touches the dead skin of a pig is unclean, Leviticus 11:7. Should that man be stoned for liking football?  

 Possible responses?

1.  Silly… footballs are made of cowhide. 

2.  Ignorant.   Before you ridicule a religion,  you should make a feeble attempt   to understand it.  This    refers to the priesthood cleanliness laws of ancient tribal Israel.  Designed for two reasons.  A. Cultural identity.   B. The health of the community.  “Unclean”  has two meanings at least.   A.  Violating the ceremonial laws.   B . This is a literally a health concern.  Does taking care concerning the handling of the carcass of a dead pig really need to be explained to you?

3.  Try making this kind of comment to a Muslim.   How fond are you of  your head?

4.  You are anti-Semitic.   Hitler used to laugh at this kind of ethnic slur.

Exodus 21:7 says as a man, I am allowed to sell (if I ever have any) my daughters into slavery. What's the going rate for a daughter?

Possible Responses?

1.  Dunno…can we see her dental records and SAT scores?

2.  Again this is another example of intellectual laziness.    Before food stamps, EBT cards,  Obama-care, and the welfare state,  people had to be productive or die.  If the family didn’t have enough resources to support another mouth to feed they would allow their offspring to be indentured to somebody who could provide food and housing for their unmarried or unmarriageable daughters.   It was part of the social safety net in ancient covenantal Israel.   It was necessary, humane and very wise.   The treatment of  the “indentured” was defined by culture and law.    Now days we are much more enlightened.   Instead of indenturing the unskilled or unproductive to wealth producers,  we indenture the wealth producers into the service of the unproductive.   I’m sure our plan will work out much better.

3.  You are anti-Semitic

 “My family owns farm land, and plant both soybeans and corn to make a living, but according to Leviticus they should be stoned for planting different crops, side by side.”

Possible Responses?

 1.  This is either a lie or just plain stupid.   The death penalty didn’t apply to these  “identity” laws.   Again try to actually understand what you are reading.   

 2.  Don’t need another response to stupidity.  See answer “1”.

 3.  You are anti-Semitic.

 “…what about working on the Sabbath? Exodus 35:2 says we should stone those who do so. I wonder if that means the Sabbath they had back then when the bible was written (Saturday) or our Sabbath, Sunday…”

Possible Responses?

 1.  If you had just been rescued from slavery and still had all the bad habits accrued  from  being on welfare,  and Moses told you to take the day off one day a week to honor your rescuer, and you refused?   Then yes,  you deserve to die.  You are apparently too stupid to appreciate your Rescuer and Maker or  even having a day off work.    You should get the Darwin Award at the very least.

 2.  Ok, the soft answer is, these strict rules were meant only for tribal,  post slavery,  covenantal Israel.    You however,  can feel free to work 7 days a week. I would suggest you get a better union though.  The one you are in apparently sucks.

 3.  Rather than wondering?   Col. 2:16

 4.  You are anti-Semitic

 “… should I bring my own firewood so the public can burn me alive for wearing a garment of different threads…” (Deuteronomy 22:11)? 

Possible Responses?

 1.    Again you are either lying or are just stupid.  Again, the death penalty didn’t apply.

  2.   These were tribal identity laws to distinguish them from their pagan neighbors.

  3.    You are still anti-Semitic.

  “What I read in the bible,”

 There is no evidence to support claim that you have actually read the Bible...ever.

 “…was the love and tolerance that Jesus taught us….”

Jesus taught love…   Luke 6:31   Golden Rule.  He did NOT teach tolerance of sin.   He died to pay for the sins of others.  He did not say ” Go ahead and live a debased life,  I love you”.    He said,  “ Go and sin no more”.

 “…to love thy neighbor as thyself…'  Mark 12:31

 Yup…  the golden rule.    Do you have a problem with that?  I certainly don't.

  “and 'let he who hath not sinned, cast the first stone'.”  John 8:7

 Yup..  he said that in a judicial procedure in which he was inviting the ” witnesses” of adultery to execute judgment in a mock trial.   The legal requirement of two witnesses in a capital case didn’t happen.  So Jesus said,  “Neither do I condemn you.”   Case dismissed.     Then he told her “...go and sin no more.”    Did you really think Jesus was actually forgiving adultery?   Or advocating tolerance of adultery?   Or terminating the death penalty for adultery?      Lifting quotes out of context to support disordered (lawless) behavior is biblically dishonest, illiterate and just plain cheesy.   It doesn’t work on people who actually try to understand what has been written in context.

  “I choose to believe that god so loved the world that he gave unto us his only son, and his sons message was love, and understanding, not hate, and segregation. You are free to feel whatever you like."

 You CAN choose to believe whatever you wish.   You  CANNOT derive such empty drivel from reading the Bible however.   Yes “ God did so love the world He gave us His only SON, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.”    You finally got something right.    And yes,  His message was that of love, forgiveness and understanding.   That’s why I can put up with fundamentally dishonest blogs like this one.  I am NOT free to believe whatever I like.   My faith requires me to only believe the truth.     And Jesus said,  “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life.  No one comes to the Father except through me”  John 14:6     I believe that.   That’s the truth.

  “…not hate, and segregation…”

I try to hate what God hates (he has a list and he’s checking it twice…Proverbs 6:16-19)

 "There are six things the Lord hates,
seven that are detestable to him:
¹⁷ haughty eyes,
a lying tongue,
hands that shed innocent blood,
¹⁸ a heart that devises wicked schemes,
feet that are quick to rush into evil,
¹⁹ a false witness who pours out lies
and a person who stirs up conflict in the community."

 And I DO like to segregate myself from people like that.   So far it’s worked out just fine.

Count yer blessings or I'll hit you.   Then,  Iowa farmland...best of times, worst of times.  Mostly highly valued,  soon to be most highly taxed.   Who invented the modern progressive estate tax?  An Iowan,  dang it.

Potluck...education reform...Jonathan Last talks about "singletons"..."A Nation of Singles"...  the basis of our civilization is at risk.   And are "preppers" dangerous?

Senator Kent Sorenson wants to restore the death penalty in Iowa.  Noreen Gosch says it's overdue.  Iowans respond.  The "The Sackster" says the Midwest is losing national influence.  What to do?

Peal Harbor Day...revisionist history...John V Denson  and   John Koster.  Important.   Then what happens to Iowa if we go over the fiscal cliff?   So,  what do we want?  Then, economic and political guru, Wayne Allyn Root says the cliff is in our rear view mirror.

Iowan's ponder stuff.   Including the African American National Anthem...the Hobby Lobby....and why is George Bush speaking up on immigration?

The election is over...so?  Polk County and Windsor Heights put Gotcha Cams on the  fast track.   Iowans say,  "Not so Fast!".   This is way more than just a whining session.  Some great conversation about how to be "self-governing".   Is more Big Brother the only way to handle a self-centered culture?

Inspirational birth stories.   Senator Rand Paul Paul on the fiscal cliff.   And why are Democrats still playing the race card now that the election is over?  Cuz it works?

Bob Costas blames a murder suicidal behavior of a football player on the gun.  Huh?  Then,  Sean Faircloth talks about the Attack of the Theocrats!  spirited.

A movie review of Lincoln the movie.  The perils of onions.  And Michael Ware and Rick Largess give us a Prepper 101 class.  

Contingency Bag Contents (everything in heavy duty Ziploc bags)

 2 full rifle mags

 Fixed blade knife and small stone/rod for sharpening

 Handcuff key   10 safety pins

 Deck of cards  Flint @ steel

Twine/dryer lint for tinder

 Fire starter cubes

Lighter w/small zip tie to prevent leaking

Water proof tubes containing batteries

2 contractor grade trash bags

Superglue     30 feet 550 cord .

Tweezers   Milspec canopener

Food (cliff bars/mMRE’s/canned tuna/dried nuts)

Water Bottle

Katady and  Electrolyte tablets

 Chem light sticks

 LED light sticks

 Flashlight

 Space Blanket

 Compass

Thermometer

 Signal mirror • Duct tape

 Sunscreen • Chapstick • Bug spray • Heavy leathergloves

 Hand warmers

 Wet wipes

 First aid Supplies:

 Medical shears

 Misc Bandaids

 Misc size Gauze

 Med tape

 Micropur tablets  and First need Water Purifier

Alcohol pads

SOF Tourniquet

 OLEAS bandages

Imodium

 Benadryl

 Ibuprofen

Broad spectrum antibiotic (levaquin)

 CPR mask

Triple antibiotic ointment

Sterile rubber gloves

 Cohesive Medical Bandages (COHERE)  a Ice pack

Topical anesthetic

Useful websites for constructing a bug out bag:

 www.countvcomm.com

www.lapolicegear.com

 www.tacmedsolutions.com

Robert Franklin says Americans accused of wrong doing have lost the presumption of innocence.    Mike Farris from the HSLDA, says the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is going to hand over American sovereignty to the UN...again.  Iowans wonder about Wisconsin's white deer.  

Dr. Georgia Purdom says it would have been perfectly OK for Senator Rubio to say the Earth is young.  Makes the case for a young Earth.  Then,  our favorite eagle gets electrocuted.  How?  Plus,  do we really want to send Singleton to go to prison for 16 years?  

Brian Peskin,  health guru,  back in town tonight 7pm Hilton Garden Inn,  Johnston.  Sponsored by Healthy for Life 327-0200.  Then,  is it time to let parents use their own money to educate their OWN kids...hmmm?   

Melvyn Fein  Post-Liberalism:  The Death of a Dream.  Cheeky.  Plus,  Iowans define justice for a cop harasser.    And lottery talk.

Coyotes are moving into urban areas of Iowa.  Johnston residents are concerned.  DNR isn't.  What do real experts say?  Great Iowa stories.   Worthwhile indeed!

Justin Lee "Torn:  Rescuing the Gospel from The Gays-VS.-Christians Debate".  Spirited.  Varnum v Brien, the Iowa court case.  Then,  what's the story on Catholic & non-Catholic marriages?  Plus,  the lady says modern High Efficiency clothes washers suck...cuz of the feds.

At the base of Islam is the well-known confession, "There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is his prophet." This defines the fundamentalism of that oppressive and close-minded religion: One authority, and one voice for that authority, any­thing outside of which is damnable.

Atheist's say they abhor this type of dogma­tism, preferring "freethinking"—a not unwhole­some thing in itself—but many unwittingly fall into a very similar type of self-imposed mental blindness in the name of free-thought. One need only recall the history of Marxist-inspired revolution, and the mass graves of "dialectical mate­rialism" (a fancy phrase for "atheistic struggle," or which could well be put, "atheist jihad"). This history has well been written of elsewhere.

 Among the atheists who inspired those slaughters stands the figure of Leon Trotsky, whom Hitchens relates was immortalized in a definitive biography entitled The Prophet. "Prophet" now carries a pejorative to the extent that it implies a voice of authority: especially in the form of God telling us how to live. In the past, when these atheists have taken a stand against God, they have turned and formed their own dictatorship and ruled as gods themselves. The creed of atheism, were its proponents careful and honest enough to formulate it, would inevi­tably mimic the Islamic pillar thusly: "There is no god, and I am His prophet."

This is a direct quote from a great little book by Douglas Wilson.   "God Is"   How Christianity Explains Everything...  a reply to the late Christopher Hitchens, a renowned atheist who wrote a book "God Is Not Great :  How Religion Poisons Everything".

Delicious reading.

JP McCarthy warns us against "The Money Spiders, the Ruin-Nation of the United States by the Federal Reserve".    Clayton Cramer says our neglect of the mentally ill is costing way more thank a real solution would. My Brother Ron: A Personal and Social History of the Deinstitutionalization of the Mentally Ill.  Plus pondering Petraeus.

Bill Dix wants Iowans help to "Fix the Debt".   Doctors are warning patients Obamacare will leave them without doctors.  Thor Moreno is an Iowa filmaker...under production.  Then, Obama wants to nationalize Iowa lakes, rivers, and streams.  

Fishing for HHO in Iowa.   Got some bites.  Then,  historian Russell Corder writes about the Confederate Invasion of Iowa.  Huh?  Yup.    Judge Andrew P. Napolitano  ... Theodore and Woodrow: How Two American Presidents Destroyed Constitutional Freedoms.  

Steve Locker talks about entry level ham radio.   Then,  Iowans wonder about the why and wherefores of the economy and the election.

How to be an existential threat 101.  Merrill  Mathews points to the financial cliff.  Congressman Steve King with an agenda for the new upcoming session.  Issues.

Post election sound-offage.   Fire the coach?  Fire the players?  Change the playbook?   Fire the refs?   And other stuff.

Senator Mark Chelgren has some election day predictions and issues.  Then,  an election day open invitation to all  Iowa politicians to make their cases.

Lt Governor David Dewhurst proxies for Mitt Romney.  AJ Spiker Iowa Republican Party Chair.  Issues.  Craig Robinson,  The Iowa Republican,  pre-election coverage.  Issues.  A delivery guy gets pissed off and pisses on a tip stiffer.   Sounds like a country song, don't it?

 There is a very power video making the rounds in the internet.  It is a collection of testimony from the children of rape.  They are standing with Richard Mourdock.  Very powerful.   It stimulated this exhange. 

Dan Charleston is running for Polk County Sheriff.  Issues.  Dave Funk with Sportsmen for Romney-Ryan.  Maureen Malloy Ferguson with The Catholic Association..Catholics for Romney.  Pastor Mike Demastus has a church sign which worries all the right people.

From the "No Wiggins Bus Tour",  Bob Vander Platts with last minute campaigning.  Confronting a critic who calls the Family Leader a hate group.  Frank Meeink.   Then,  RJ Mandell writes about "The Killing of Innocence"...speculation about the possibility of the overturning of Roe v Wade.  

Secretary of State Matte Schultz talks about pre-election issues including the presence of UN poll observers.  Obama warns states they can't interfere with UN observers. Information packed.

Sonya Heitshusen from WHO TV 13 has some insight into who is giving to whom in this election cycle.  Then Mark Bowden takes us to The Finish: the Killing of Osama Bin Laden.   

Michael Drew talks about "Pendulum" the "we" vs "me" cycles of history.   Ben Lange wants to be 1st District Congressman.  Tara Ross defends the electoral college.  "Enlightened Democracy".   Issues.

Gerald Celente editor of Trends Journal says we're in deep shinola.  Deeper than ever.  Congressman Steve King talks issues.  Iowans have opinions.

Responding to a caller who said people are unemployed because they are lazy.

 Sent: Friday, October 26, 2012 10:05 AM

To: Mickelson, Jan
Subject: Good grief, lazy people?

Jan,

 Yes, I'm sure poor people, old people, young diseased/disfigured/disabled people, etc. just sit around trying to be lazy.

 Has absolutely nothing to do with there being NO jobs for most people.  Ever tried to find a job? Especially in the contemporary economy, where possession of advanced degrees renders one "overqualified" (i.e., threatening to established executive assholes), or where lack of bilingual ability means you can't work in call centers, or where 8,000 applicants flood in for every promising opening?

 I am fortunate in that few people have the stomach to prepare themselves to perform my job.  But victim-blaming is wrongheaded and cruel.  You may just as well blame rape victims for being raped.  Cancer victims for having cancer.  Cattle for being born in a cage.

 Just evil.

 Dr. T

 Doc,

 You so are right..   there are no lazy people.     “Lazy” is simply an outmoded concept.    Now,  the indolent are merely a  misunderstood minority.   I was going to say that if we could just  “walk a mile in their shoes”  that we would understand their pain.   But,  since the indolent really don’t ever walk that far,  we don’t share the  necessary distance to form true understanding.    Fortunately we have the solution readily available.   We can import people who don’t know they are victims.   But as you have already observed,  you lack the bilingual ability to communicate with them.   I really don’t blame you for lacking the requisite language skills.    And I certainly won’t think you are lazy.   It’s not your fault.   You might even be a victim yourself.   If so,  you are welcome to all the unearned dignity to which you are entitled.

Pax

Dr. Steven Kirby with "Letting Islam be Islam: Separating Truth From Myth"... then, it's the start of the high school tournament season... throwing the weak teams to the strong teams...must by character building.  Then non-human rights?   Capturing the next generation for the animals.

Ross Peterson sits in for Mickelson.  A debate on Measure "A" on the ballot. Great discussion.

 Every year about this time I come down with a vicious case of Ohio Valley Lung Rot…and I lose my voice.   It happened again this year.   I feel just fine, but I can’t talk. I still get hungry so I did something I almost never do.  I went out to eat by myself, at a family restaurant.    I always wonder about people who come to family restaurants by themselves, yet there I was.  All by myself.

 In the next booth was the lion’s share of a couple of families.  Two moms, three very young children and a grandpa.

 There was constant stream of babbling coming from the children who were the focus of the adult's attention.  All of them.  No adult conservation at all.  Just constant babbling.  No, it wasn’t annoying in this case.  It was terrific because the moms were actually listening to the babbling coming from the kids, understanding it and interacting with it.

 “Were you hungry?”

 “Babble, babble”

 “Are you full?”

 “Babble, babble.”

 “Was it good?”

 “Babble, babble.”

 “What was the best food?”

 “Babble, babble.”

 When, the babble got a little loud, mom would say, “Now that’s loud enough, a little softer.”

 Note, she did NOT say, “Shut up!”

 One of the little ones stood up and turned around to where I was sitting, back turned to their booth.  The sprout started babbling in my direction,

 “No honey, that’s not OK. Sit down and talk with us.”

 “Babble, babble”

 No fuss, no yelling.  Just patient, direct, respectful feedback from a loving, highly skilled mom.

 The two moms,  the kids and grandpa got up to leave at the end of the meal Grandpa taking up the rear.  Turning my way as he passed by, he quietly said, “Sorry”.

 I gave him a big smile, “Not necessary.”

 They disappeared around the corner and were gone.  Back to my coffee.

 Moments later Mom re-appeared around the corner with one of the toddlers.

 “You left your picture?  Let’s find it.”

 “Where did you sit?” she asked.  Knowing perfectly well where the kid sat.

 “Is anything there?”

 “Babble, babble.”

 “There it is.”

 “Is that it?”

 “Babble,babble.”

 “Let’s look.”

 “Turn it over.”

 “Is that your picture?”

 “Babble, babble.”

 “Yes?”

 “We found it!”   Mom said like she’d just discovered the missing continent.

 “Very good job.”

 “Babble, Babble.”

 She picked up the sprout and disappeared around the corner again.

Now I know why people sometimes come to family restaurants alone.  It’s so they can observe the continuity of life, before they themselves disappear around the corner.

"Obamcare On Trial" Professor Einer Elhauge says there is constitutional history for requiring a health care mandate.  Romney likes Jenga?  What does that mean?  Kirk Krikorian explains the ACLU demand for driver's licenses for Iowa illegals under Obama's illegal Deferred Action.

Mona Kilborn and Peggy Davis talk about the high costs of illegal immigration in Iowa.  An upcoming Minutemen rally in Des Moines Saturday pm at Iowa Statehouse. 2-5pm   Iowans have much to say about the failure of Iowa's political class to protect taxpayers.  People of Marshalltown are getting bullied by open borders activists.  

Drew Schuman is an intelligence expert with expertise in Afghanistan.  Great insight.  Greg Baker from Family Leader with a judicial retention update.  Lynette Hubler is a breast cancer survivor active with the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure.  Inspirational.