Mickelson's Podcast

Heather Cox Richardson takes us back to Wounded Knee...what caused the massacre?  Politics.   George Eichhorn wants to be Iowa's Secretary of State.  Issues.  Brett McMahon wants to Halt the Assault on the taxpayers by union pensioners.

Andrew McCarthy explains The Grand Jihad...how Islam and the Left Sabotage America.    The USDA sissified....the usual suspects. Who did it?   Arthur Brooks thinks The Battle is a fight worth fighting.  It's the 70-30 battle.  Then,  what can a census worker really do? 

 Professor David Meyer  from Regent University talks about recent miltary history and future conflicts....extremely interesting.    Wayne Karlin wonders about Wandering Souls...sorting out the personal histories of the Vietnam War.  They did what to the Honor Soldiers on the way from Iowa to Washington....they really put them through security?  AAAARRRRRRRGGGGGHHHH!   An editorialist says a candidate (Dave Funk)  taking an oath to the Constitution is an extreme position.   Huh?    Then some delicious history about our flag.

Jim Gibbons wants to be a congressman.   The Iowa Congressional Delegation splits it's vote on Don't Ask, Don't Tell.     Iowans with military experience gives them an earful.  Spirited.

Square Foot Gardening....the next generation...Mel Bartholomew and Walter Jahncke.  Senator Chuck Grassley says he'll vote no on higher oil taxes to pay for oil spill clean-ups.  Then,  welfare raccoons take over parks...the rest of the story.

Morry Taylor,  CEO of Titan Tire,  promoting a golf tournament,  and updating us on his political views.    Emmett McGroarty, National Director of Preserve Innocence and Iowa's new director, Eric Goranson, want to hold the system more accountable to virtue. 

Lotsa open-line.   Slipnot remembered.  A Muslim tower where the Twin Towers used to be?  Racy pictures at the mall? 

Grade school art video?   Teacher suspended....enough?

Brad Zaun is running for congress...issues.  Newt Gingrich wants "To Save America"...issues... Aissa Wayne, daughter of John Wayne is coming to Iowa to highlight the birthdays and anniversaries.

Vast quantities of open-line Friday... Iowa veterans confront crazies in Perry, Iowa...an Iowa sheriff says we can't afford an Arizona-like immigration law.  Vigorous talk.

Professor David Meyer  reports on what is behind the blow-ups in Thailand.  Brenna Findley running for AG says Tom Miller shouldn't be representing Iowa's laws in which he is in dissent.  Catriona MacGregor is Partnering With Nature.  Edwin Allen is the fellow who tangled in traffic with the 1st Lug.   Then,  Iowa vets weigh in on politicians who lie about their service records.

Brenda Elliot describes  The Manchurian President...Obama's background.   Tom Ferry says he believes in  Life: by Design.   Then, sometimes it's the words that politicians don't use that are important.

Secrets of Great Marriages  Charlie and Linda Bloom.  Smiles.   Governor Lug  goes road rage on a potential voter...film at 11...    Then,  Kirk Kirkorian  describes how Obama is using immigration to shape the US  political scene.

Tom Grezek from Microsoft tells of recent internet security scams and what to do about it.  Jeri Corsi talks about the Gulf oil spill... issues.   Iowa pot is inferior to southern pot?   This shall not stand.  

Congressman Ron Paul  with money issues.   An Iowa  DNR Commissioner thinks teenage nudity would keep the kids in Iowa.   Did Sarah Palin make a mistake by inviting the girls basketball team to go rogue?  

A couple of good ol' boys may have a temporary solution to the oil spill?

Richard Vigilante tells why it was time to "Panic"...and he explains the unexplainable.   Where does Senator Harkin shop for groceries?   Thomas Woods explains even more stuff...like the "Meltdown"  and "Who Killed the Constitution?"   Plus a couple of more Iowa towns clear a path for chickens.  What's a chicken tractor?  

Dan Neiland gives a quick tour of Vatterott Educational Center.   Then some Iowan are allergic to money...nickel to be specific.   Then,  more Iowa schools can't run a school lunch program...  'nuther out-of-control entitlement program.

Robert Murphy is coming to Iowa for the Campaign for Liberty.  Shawn Mingus and Lt. Col. Steve Boesen are looking for Coats for Afghanistan.    Then,  what to do with impaired drivers who hurt people...driving a right or privilege?

A new Supreme Court judge?  Carrie Severino from the Judicial Crises Network rates the new pick.   Then,  Nancy Pelosi preaches the gospel of immigration and has an alter call for Catholics.    WHHHHHHATTTTT?

Cinco de Mayo ruckus in California explained and nearly understood.   Sean McClanahan  from Iowa Carry explains the new law.   Brian Sussman "Climategate"  gives another side to the gulf oil spill.  A puzzle.

Wondering about "healthy stuff"  like Pork Scratchings and Nutrella....something about inquiring minds.   Barbara Strauch and the Secret Life of the Grown-Up Brain...darn thing removes a bunch of excuses.... Then,  does the Bible require open borders and open arms to illegals?   Stephen Steinlight blows a hole in that theory.

George Landrith wants Boeing to land the new tanker plane contract rather than the French Airbus company.   Better plane and Iowa jobs.   Dave Funk for congress talks about terrorism and airline security....issues.    Former Governor Brandstad has taken some highly unusual positions on birthright citizenship and court made law.

 Maggie Gallagher is coming to Iowa in defense of the family.   Then some activists against nuclear non-proliferation come to Iowa to advance the issue.   Then,  the new Arizona law works  way faster than anticipated.

Immigration redux...Christian Ucles...local activist pitches a few ideas...  Tom Coates and  Mitch Henry  with a Iowa gambling update.

 Steve Rathje wants to be congressman.  Aaron Price produced a documentary, "Gas Odyssey"...and thinks natural gas is our nation's answer to future energy demands.   Ed Failor worries about another conflict of interest case.   Bob Vander Platts favors the Arizona immigration law.  Issues

Lauren Fix is the Car Coach...tech talk..seasonal care care tips.  A nice note from Corvair enthusiasts...13 things a guy need in his car...  Mommy Power with Dr. Sheila Schuller Coleman... R. Emmett Tyrrell describes After the Hangover...how conservatives can find the road to recovery....and Governor Culver talks to MSNBC about Iowa.   Issues.

Judy Hintz with more inspirational stories of kid repair...Educational Resources...225-8513.   Obama in Iowa touts 25 tax cuts for Iowans...  Curtis Dubay describes what they were.   Obama also lists his immigration reform points.  Iowans evaluate.

 Margo Thorning warns that Obama's cap and trade scam will be very costly to Iowans.   Congressman Tom Latham ...issues...   Emmett McGroarty say Iowa's Core Curriculum is rotten.   Then,  what's the real reason Franklin Graham got bounced from the National Day of Prayer...

Senator Harkin wants a bail-out for Iowa schools.  Good idea?  David Brannon says the Violence Against Women Act contains an immigration time bomb...scary story.  Congressman Steve King takes issue with a proposed VAT...

Dream interpretation...Jesse Kern takes a stab at it...metaphysically speaking.  Then John Barron with an Aussie look at Iowa's caucuses..."First Stop, Iowa"... Suzie.

 Jonathan Merritt says we can be "Green Like God"  on Earth Day.  Randy Frost deals with OCD...Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things....Frank Calzon is in Iowa to lobby us for support of The Center for a Free Cuba and freedom for Cubans.

89 year old lady makes us proud by defending herself at the front door.  Casey Luskin says it's strange how some people react to the notion that they have a purpose.  David Ray Griffn is the grand pooh bah of truthers.  Jim Hawkins is bringing Rachael's Challenge to Iowa.

 Scott Batcher also wants Congressman Leonard Boswell's job...issues.    The Culver administration says we won't really be damaged by  the early retirement of 2000 state workers...do we believe him?  Of  course...they wouldn't lie about a thing like that.  Then,  shouldn't Iowans have a better remedy for dealing with professional provocateurs?   We useta.

Mike Paine is an animal control expert...bats, raccoons, moles, groundhogs...etc.  Animal talk.  Michael Trachtman ...Philadelphia lawyer with The Four Mistakes....then testy political rhetoric between Clinton and Limbaugh...what does it mean?

Governor Pataki in Iowa for Obamacare  repeal.... Governor Pawlenty in Iowa for tax reform.   Openline feedback on  T-Party Day.   Issues. 

Dr. Nader Pourhassan  says Jews, Christians and Muslims are all the same,  if we only knew it.  God's Scripture.      Christian Fong  starts the "Iowa Dream Project" ...then, Dr. Tom Drolesky says the Catholic Church is Popeless.

Casey Niemann from Microsoft ranks  Des Moines, Iowa as 24 out of 36 for the top cities in which computer technology allows for remote working.  Governor Culver  signs a law to "encourage" minority teachers to get into the system.  Stuff.

Jim Gibbons wants to be an Iowa congressman...issues.    Monsignor Frank Bagnanno defends the Pope against sex abuse charges. 

 Berdj Djambazian is an Armenian musician about to take a mission trip to the middle east.  Inspirational.   Then,  does a "no-tolerance" fighting policy in schools punish self-defense and personal responsibility?

Aftershock...Robert Wiedemer says only the smaller bubbles have popped...the bigger ones are still to pop.  Powerful.   Then Iowans react to Obama's new nuclear policy...Really react.

Richard Epstein gives some technical reasons for the unconstitutionality of Obamacare.  Who's payin' the bills anyhow?  Only half of us.   Then,  the tobacco Nazis shake down 'nuther company.  Sigh...  Why can't hail hit the right people?  Then for no particular reason.

Ed Failor from Iowans for Tax Relief ...takes on the corruption of gambling on the political class. Congressman Steve King is way serious about challenging Obamacare.   Then Constitution 101.

Making prisoners pedal for TV...I like it...playin' "what if?" with Iowa's economy... then,  Mickelson thinks about turning Muslim...it's the bennies...   Senator Paul Mckinley has a review of the Iowa legislative session.   The good news and bad news.   Ok.. mainly the bad news.

Stefan Halper with "The Beijing Consensus"...our relationship with China is precarious.   Why?   What about Iowa shortening our yellow caution lights?   WHAZZUPWITHTHAT?  Chris Seay explains "The Gospel According to LOST"  Stuff.

Ruth Cousins teaches "College Admission 101: A Guide for Home-schooling Families".    Michael Boldin is with the 10th Amendment Movement...tells us how the Constitution gives us the tools to Fight the Power...then an Iowa District judge explains how unequal treatment by the law really is equal...gawd hep us.

Brian Peskin is the oil man...EFAs...'nuther seminar.    Then,  is this an April 1st joke?   Nope,  it's just a member of congress.

Are we suffering from the Ferris Beuller effect?  Guess who's blasting the Pope...Dan Gainor from MRC thinks the media bias is disgusting.   Stuff.

David Vaudt Iowa Auditor says we are still playing fast and loose with accounting principles.  Dr. Alan Walker says he can get you a good deal on a college education at Upper Iowa University.  Mitch Henry continues to uncover the gambling industry scam in Iowa.

Roy Beck from NumbersUSA got the whistle...not in the good way.  State Senator Steve Kettering explains the concept of "not withstanding".   I still don't understand it.   Jeri Corsi explains "Birth Tourism"...you ain't gonna believe it.

Lotsa open-line Friday...Iowa responds to the Obama visit and to the prospects of a repeal of Obamacare.

Mark Reese wants to be 3rd District Congressman running against Leonard Boswell.   Congressman Steve King with the inside story of the Obamacare dust-up.   Clean coal technology.. Steve Gates.   Eric O'Keefe from the Sam Adams Alliance explains why congressman are forever.

Trudy Schuett says almost every cliché served up by the feminist lobby about domestic abuse is malarkey.  She calls it, "Abusegate: a Generation Deceived".    Matt Strawn from the Iowa Republican Party invites folks to a Freedom Rally.   Richard Vande Kieft defends the Iowa Association of School Boards.  

Dr. Glade Curtis can predict when a baby will make his first raspberry...Your Baby's First Week.   Brenna Findley says if she were Attorney General,   Iowa would be suing over Obamacare.  A follow-up on the Project Lead the Way...how some Iowans are making a path towards our technological future.  Todd and Hanna Blanton, Lesa Kingman, Clint Downey and David Rethwich tell the Story.  Michael Whalen talks from the deep end of the think-tank about "The Under-Taxed Rich".

 Don Teague Saved by Her Enemy...an American journalist "rescues" an Iraqi from terror.   Inspirational.   Iowans respond to the passage of Obamacare.

Should Iowa use the 10th Amendment to protect us against Obamacare?   Bob Vander Platts  says if he's the governor he will use it.   Iowans,  including Congessman Tom Latham blast Obamacare.   Vigorous conversation.

 Tom Coates, Mitch Henry, and Steve Raimey worry about expanding gambling in Iowa and the gambling lobby buying politicians.  Bruce Chapman says it's too bad but sometimes "science" goes to the highest bidder.   Congresswoman Michelle Bachman is protesting Obamacare.  Brad Smith won't let the bed-bugs byte...a professional bug assassin.   OH...  and a great summary of the current health care negotiations.

So, can a cop flash a badge and take your car if he needs it?  "Interposition",  a great word.   Wesley Smith worries about the human cost of animal rights.   "A Rat is a Pig is a Dog is a Boy".  Congressman Steve King with an Obamacare update.  Jerry Corsi with some theories on the Shroud of Turin... "The Shroud Codex".

Rod Roberts wants to be governor.  Christopher Reed wants to be a congressman.  Who is more guilty...the buyer or seller...of stuff.mic

The wheels are coming off the education racket...time for RICCO?   Phat stuff. Monday, Etc.

Jari Love tells us how we can "Get Ripped" without any illegal substances...Congressman Steve King with a quick health care bill assessment.   Then,  bunch of Friday open-line... lotsa fun.

TheYugo...a light-hearted look at the Rise and Fall of the Worst Car in History...Jason Vuic... Sheena Iyengar describes the "Art of Choosing"... then,  a couple of guys blast the census...then,  Iowa Board of Education is deciding the fate of a 14 year old pot pusher. 

Maury Lane defends Fed-Ex against the UPS boys.   Senator Rick Santorum talks about law and health care.   Stephen Baskerville says the family court system violates the Bill of Rights.   Taken into Custody.

 What's Project Lead the Way?   And how is it workin'?  Looking for a few good engineers.  Dr. Ken Maguire...Dr. Rob Denson...DMACC..Lori Schaefer from Agri-Industrial Plastics and Karen Wilken from the Kern Family Foundation.   Ed Slott on IPTV on how to "Stay Rich for Life."    Stuff

More conversation about the huge Des Moines teacher purge.  Congressman Tom Latham with a legislative update. 

Gov Culver wants to expand gambling even more.  Iowans respond... Friday open-line... spirited

Let's slap an atheist for Jesus?  WWPD?  (What would Peter do?)   Iowans evaluate the nonsense served up by a couple of Iowa politicians...who says MSAs have Failed?  Sprited.  The governor of Indiana raves about MSAs...

Mariannette Miller-Meeks running for congress in the 2nd District.  An introduction and issues.  What could be the grounds of an appeal in the Becker case?  How about a fully informed jury?   The 1828 dictionary jury definition.  Kate White, editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan says "Hush".

Barb and Gary Rosberg are into Strengthening Military Marriages & Families in Iowa...upcoming seminar for outgoing Iowa troops.   Sen David Hartsuch says before we take away 2nd Amendment rights...even for a good cause...without some checks and balances.   Then the Guthrie Center shop teacher gets suspended without pay.  We talk with Dale Halferty.

Monday open-line...300 Des Moines teachers will get the axe.  Who won't?   Follow-up on the Wiccan idol being built in shop class...the teacher gets suspended.  Sigh.  Candidate for State Treasurer Dave Jamison wants the job.  Why?   The judge in the Becker case gets snotty with the jury...zat ok?

Ken Hoagland wants to raise a taxpayer revolt.   I'm up fer it.   Brett McMann of ABC blasts Governor Culver's Project Labor Agreement  executive order.    Then a  shop teacher says he must allow a kid to build a Wiccan worship alter in shop class or be fired...  sigh.

What new gun regs in Iowa are concerning 2nd Amendment advocates? Dr. Alan Koslow is looking for used prosthetics for Haiti...inspiring story.  Then,  an orca kills its trainer...is there an Iowa link?

More text message nonsense.  Michael Stanier talks about how to  "Do More Great Work" ...says technology sometimes makes us less efficient. 

 Congressman Tom Price visits Iowa to turn up the heat on the healthcare debate.    Congressman Steve King  has bugged the progressives....again.   And what will the jury do with the Becker insanity plea?

Consumer tips...how to not get ripped off.   Chuck Hurley wants Iowa to have a vote on marriage.  Gov. Mike Huckabee coming to town to help out.

Tiger Wood's major mea culpa...and will a text message ban target minorities?   And is Iowa more windy than ever ever knew?   And we fix a buncha stuff.  

Noah Boyd...novelist..."The Brick Layer"...former FBI agent....great stories.   Then,  the unions are calling it "Reasonable Re-imbursement"  instead of "Fair Share"... will that fly?

Dr.Cal Beisner sticks the knife into the corpse of the global warming conspiracy...and twists the blade.   Congressman Steve King shoots a marauding raccoon...Iowan's tell their own stories.

A little audio doodling re: the Gov... then,  an animal cruelty story grabs the attention of Iowa.

Global warming activists admit they made it up,  but say it was a useful lie.  Cheney and Powell say gay rights is a generational issue...and attitudes have changed.  Therefore?  Lotsa talk.

Jonathan Krohn takes a crack at "Defining Conservatism"... Larry Pratt and Aaron Dorr want us to be very careful with upcoming "Shall Carry" legislation...giving away too much power to the political class.. one of topics was the charge that some medical professionals are getting involved in the gun issue.  Here are a couple of stories. In their own words.  Then Suzie. 

Brenna Findley wants to be Iowa Attorney General.   Issues.  Impressive.  Sean McClanahan from Iowa Carry is trying to advance a shall issue law through the legislature.

Dems say they can't deal with the marriage issue cuz they are too busy creating jobs...OK then.    Sen Paul McKinley explains politics in this session. 

Intercollegiate Studies Institute American Civic Literacy Program...issues a civics test to bunch of college kids...results?  Grim.   Not a cliche', the more college,  the less the students know about the American system.  Take the quiz.   Let me know how you do.  Dr. Warren Throckmorton with more info on the Uganda anti-homosexuality legislation.  Plus,  the Iowa legislature has an Oprah moment and passes another law.

Judy Hintz from Educational Resources brings hope to kids with autism.  A bunch of parents tell of their experiences.   Then an activist against domestic violence misses the point.  Plus more on home-schooling. Andrea Farrier

David Dow writes "The Autobiography of an Execution" ...vigorous.    Zogby says union leadership is out of sink (sync) with the membership on the immigration issue.  James Edwards from Numbers USA explains.   Then, another case of "zero tolerance" being silly...

 Sonya Heitshusen,  TV 13 reporter takes a look at travel costs of Des Moines politicians.    Christopher Rants gives up the score..  Republican cost saving proposals..  14...   Democrats' approval?  Zero.   Gayle Haggard explains why she stayed with Ted after the scandal hit the fan. 

Ruth Lycke and  David Mair from China Connection talk about medical breakthroughs in China.    Then,  Catholics get ripped off again by predators within. And are ripping off the rest of us too.  

The homage to Iowa's chief union boss deconstructed.   Then,  Iowa's Privileged Class,  gets $1.47 to every $1.00 the rest of us get.   WHAZZUPWITHTHAT?

Is the new senator from Massachusetts really the "savior of the Republican Party"?    More census malarkey.   Then, are pro-lifers hypocrites for not supporting the guy who murdered the abortionist?

David Funk talks about airline security and politics.   Christopher Rants rates the Iowa budget woes.   Steve Luebke from Toyota explains the recent recall issues.   Then open-line conversation about the census. 

Post SOTU address feedback and answering listener emails.   Vigorous.

Cliff Kincaid from Accuracy in Media gives us the rest of the story on the Uganda gays and aids hustle.  Then,  Dan Kish thinks wind energy is so much hype.   Lotsa talk

Nate Wilson has written a trilogy of children's books...the 100 Cupboards series...also finished a documentary for the National Geographic Channel on  "Reproducing the Shroud"...of Turin.   then,   Bob Vander Platts is running for governor.   Then, An ethanol mandate for Iowa?

Rob DeStefano with Muscle Medicine...an owner's manual... good stuff.   Iowa bashed again by more weather...  Congressman Steve King...issues...

Iowa has a John Wayne birthplace museum in Winterset....Brian Downs is the director.    Matt Strawn chair Iowa Republican Party Chair  invites folks to the weekend Caucuses... plus a fake Catholic group punks the faith community with a gay marriage fatwa.

Dissecting propaganda for fun and profit...the Ken Ham dissects "Creation" the movie about the life of Darwin.  Gregg Easterbrook serves up a "Sonic Boom"...  then,  connecting the dots...the homeless...native 'mericans...and  Haitians.  Full day.

Lotsa Ice Day conversation...then, Harley's Five Factor Diet"...plus a shaman opens the new Iowa legislative session... sigh

Another visit with the MUGS boys.    I was asked to speak with Men Under Grace.   This time,  the role of the Christian and Politics,     "The Christian Prince".   Fantastic book

Jim Halihan and team ( Dr Greg Peterson and Tracey Kepley) ,   want our kids to get fit too.    Then,  Iowans wonder about what to do about Haiti.

Steve Forbes describes "How Capitalism Will Save Us"...then home-schoolers respond to the headline, "Should Iowa pay millions for home schools?"

"The 'I' Diet" Susan Roberts with some ideas... Jonathan Narcisse wants to be Iowa governor....ideas...   Week in review...then,  Suzie.