Wed, 24 December 2008
Christmas Eve stories and music of the season...some silly, some profound. I hope you enjoy it. Merry Christmas |
Tue, 23 December 2008
Smart Ass, the board game inventor, Bob Moog says Iowans are over-qualified to play. Jeff Traviss with Digital TV conversion advice. Great Stuff! |
Mon, 22 December 2008
Iowa Democrats which to bump the drop-out age for Iowa students to 18 years old. Good idea? Some powerful response. Rich Noyes from the Media Research Center with this year's Notable Quotable Awards. |
Fri, 19 December 2008
Playin' a game for Xmas..."Wits and Wagers"... then, Chris Rants sounds the alarm on the impending Iowa budget shortfalls...lotsa stuff. |
Thu, 18 December 2008
Missouri is gonna legalize margarine...big mistake. Then, why is the gay lobby blasting Obama? Yain't gonna buleave ut. Ponzi? History. Delicious. |
Wed, 17 December 2008
John Lofton asks a couple of snotty questions. Where is "it" in the Constitution? Where is "it" in the Bible? A new guy is Sec of Education. What's he like? Marcus Winters from Manhattan Institute gives us a peaking into Arne Duncan. Then, Gov. Tom Vilsack is the new US Ag Secretary. Good idea? |
Tue, 16 December 2008
"We Hate the USA" Paul Shanklin. Maestro of political snottiness. Then, Senator Harkin to the rescue of the auto industry. |
Mon, 15 December 2008
Thomas E. Woods with "Meltdown", and "Who Killed the Constitution?" ... a fiscal whodunit. Then, "Tell Me What to Eat if I Have Diabetes" by Elaine Magee. Then the nanny state hits Iowa snowmobiling. |
Fri, 12 December 2008
Professor Thomas Dilorenzo, "Hamilton's Curse"... says we've been fighting banking and money hustlers from day one. Great stuff! The UAW and US Senate lock horns on a bailout, the person formerly known as the nearly Psychic Suzy hobbles in. |
Thu, 11 December 2008
George Bush waxes theological, the auto bail out proceeds, Dr. Jerome Corsi ruminates upon Chicago politics and Iowa used to have a bunch of "poor houses"...more in the future? |
Wed, 10 December 2008
(link fixed) Joseph Farah from World Net Daily says our Constitution is broken. Dr. Orly Taitz is still challenging Obama's natural born citizenship. Gay marriage redux. Dr. Douglas Laycock with "Same-Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty: Emerging Conflicts"... can peace be achieved on the issue? |
Tue, 9 December 2008
Let's put accountability back into charity... then, smoking activists won't quit...Randy Stanford from Iowans for Equal Rights wants more friendly rules for businesses. Vigorous. |
Mon, 8 December 2008
One day away from the gay marriage Iowa Supreme Court hearing. Doug Napier, ADF Senior legal counsel and Chuck Hurley with insight. Lew Rockwell evaluates the bailouts. Jeff Koser, "Selling to Zebras" consultant with sound advice for Detroit. |
Fri, 5 December 2008
Homeless advocates David Costello and Brad from (Hope Builders, 1105 Orchard Lane, 50313) Congressman Steve King, bailout and economy talk...then, more homeless talk open-line. |
Thu, 4 December 2008
John McWhorter with "Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue".. (yes we had to sanitize the title on the radio) then, bailout talk. Bail-out fever is expanding everywhere. |
Wed, 3 December 2008
Dr. Chad Rolfsen says stress sends him a huge chunk of business. And he worries about the ill-health effects of vaccines on kids... Rev. Festus Brimley says it should be illegal for non-Christians to get discounts at Walmart during pre-Christmas sales...SB $39.95 plus tax...then, what to do about Iowa's homeless? |
Tue, 2 December 2008
James Ironshell is a Rosebud Sioux...he's married to a Meskwaki woman....that's where the trouble started.... he says he's being discriminated against by fellow Native Americans... so he with his attorney Daryl Meyer is suing. Amway guru and billionaire Rich DeVos with insight on business and economy. Robert Chandler talks about the terror at Mumbai. "Shadow World". Then, will gay propaganda ever cease? Not on World AIDS Day. AIDS "Doesn't Discriminate?" Bull-hockey! The rest of the story. |
Mon, 1 December 2008
Buddy Hanson describes "The Christian Prince"... "Putting 'Civil' Back in the Civil Government" .... without a doubt one of the best books I've read in a long time. Dr. Michael Roizen talks about "You Being Beautiful" and how my mom busted me for smoking.... sigh. Hey, the new Webster's Dictionary is in...great spelling, very poor plot line. Mike Agnus says "overshare" is the new word of the year. |
Fri, 21 November 2008
Uh-oh... guess who got caught smokin' in state property? Whoops. Then, Iowan's take a civics test. Purdy good. The electorate is getting dumber and dumber. Dr. Rich Brake with the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. Plus, the EPA wants to bill farmers for bovine flatulence? Not a joke. |
Thu, 20 November 2008
Judy Hintz from Educational Resources brings her expertise to help distressed kids. Inspirational. Andrew Snow and Iowa global warming activist, and Tim Fink, director of Interfaith Power and Light...support Obama's global warming policies. Then, for no particular reason. Plus, take the civics test. |
Wed, 19 November 2008
Another Des Moines School Board dust up about naughty words in an email from school board member Jonathan Narcisse. Sorting it out. Judy Meehan with medical advice form moms with preemies who are at greater risk for RSV. |
Tue, 18 November 2008
Iowan's ponder an auto maker bailout. Who will bail U.S. out? Then an inspirational story about overcoming adversity. Patrick Henry Hughes and Patrick John Hughes tell the story. "I Am Potential: Eight Lessons on Living, Loving and Reaching Your Dreams" |
Mon, 17 November 2008
"Stealth Jihad" Robert Spencer says we're getting hustled...again...playing catch-up and clean up. Then, Mathew Stein describes what we can do "When Technology Fails", besides curling up into a ball and cryin' for mommy. Dr.Orly Taitz describes the continuing lawsuits which demand President-elect Obama demonstrate his "natural born" citizenship credentials. Tantalizing. |
Fri, 14 November 2008
What if we could invent something which could recover oil from previously depleted oil fields? Kurt Newbauer thinks he has. Then, Walid Shoebat identifies the Anti-Christ. "God's War on Terror: Islam, Prophecy and the Bible" Then odds and ends before the week expires. |
Thu, 13 November 2008
If you are an Iowa Meskwakie your culture allows you to commit legal hate crimes. Christopher Horner is red hot about "Red Hot Lies" and what nonsense global warming alarmists push off on the rest of us. Then, bailout fever continues, this time, for GM? |
Wed, 12 November 2008
Bob Vander Platts and Chuck Hurley with some post election talk back. Guess who's comin' to dinner? David Ray Griffin says 9/11 was an inside job. Stephen Moore describes "The End of Prosperity" if we are not really careful. |
Tue, 11 November 2008
"Unsettled: the Problem of Loving Israel" Mark Aronson wonders aloud about a bunch of stuff... great conversation... especially the part about the golden calf. Then, teachers politicking the classroom. Iowan's aren't thrilled with the idea. Then, Joyce Hutchinson and Laura Holmes talk about Hospice and Palliative Care ...upcoming events. |
Mon, 10 November 2008
Nina Burleigh describes "The Unholy Business" of religious relic scams. The credit card industry has been doing the same sub-prime stuff which brought down the mortgage industry. Only a matter of time til they ask for a bailout...yagottabekiddin'! |
Fri, 7 November 2008
Ed Martin performs an Issues Autopsy on the late election. Who dunnit? Then, The Law....Bastiat....some sound. Calling someone a bird brain is an insult to birds, says Irene Pepperberg in "Alex and Me". Dramatic video and an exploding wind turbine...more internet folklore from Cresco, Iowa? |
Thu, 6 November 2008
"1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die" Tom Moon with some great tunes. Senator Wilbur Brimley with SB 38-DD...the Bovine Mammary Relief Act of 2008... an inspirational political thinker with another home run. Election feedback. |
Wed, 5 November 2008
A sexual assault at a local high school completely deflects attention from post election talk. Jonathan Narcisse revisits school violence. |
Tue, 4 November 2008
Election Day. Politicking and Electile Dysfunctions. Painful fun. And an powerful letter from an Iowa dad. |
Mon, 3 November 2008
Gordon Fischer campaigning for Obama. Congressman Steve King campaigning for himself. David Simcox worries about the non-citizen vote. |
Fri, 31 October 2008
David Macaulay with the "Way We Work"...the body illustrated. Chuck Hurley with an update on the Tim Gill effect on Iowa politics...and judicial ratings. Mariannette Miller-Meeks running for congress in 2nd district. Then, Eric Hanson from KCCI back from an Iowa mission trip to Haiti. What a story! Robert Chandler says with are in the start-up phase of a new cold war. Shadow World. Michael Waddell worries about the 2nd Amendment. |
Thu, 30 October 2008
Jeffrey Meyer, circuit ridin' theologian, coming to Iowa to speak. Eric Kohlsdorf wants to represent the 61st District. Father Frank Bognanno goes off on a billboard. |
Wed, 29 October 2008
Is hanging Sarah Palin's effigy a hate crime? Then, Stu Iverson, Party Chair of the Republican Party of Iowa talks issues. Then, Iowa's real estate bubble busted. So will we reassess property values too? Chair of Iowa's Property Assessment Appeals Board, Dick Stradley...with the rest of the story. |
Tue, 28 October 2008
Kent Sorenson wants to be the representative from Iowa's 74th district. Then Harold Holzer makes comparisons between "Lincoln: President Elect" and now. Then, Harkin sound from the archives. |
Mon, 27 October 2008
"Something for the Pain" Paul Austin...then, David Horowitz assess how far left this election is taking us. More feedback on the Harkin-Chris Reed debate. Vigorous. |
Fri, 24 October 2008
David Bossie producer of "Hype:The Obama Effect". Then, Michael Maloney with a "Guide to Investing in Gold and Silver" |
Thu, 23 October 2008
"The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Civil War" ...HW Crocker kills some clichés'. Then lotsa conversation 'bout everthang. |
Wed, 22 October 2008
Dawn Stefanowicz tells about the impact of homosexual parenting...as a survivor. Out From Under Then, Jack Cashill says Obama didn't write his own book, Dreams of My Father. Bill Ayres did. Kim Schmett wants to be a congressman. |
Tue, 21 October 2008
Lots talk...Biden's loose lips...Acorn gives nuts a bad name...nuther cherry from Congressman Barney....etc. |
Mon, 20 October 2008
Sergio Bambaren tells the story of a dreamer, "The Dolphin"...he swims with dolphins. Richard Pearson from the Illinois Rifle Association reports on the Obama's 2nd Amendment history. David Funk with Sportsman for McCain. |
Fri, 17 October 2008
Amy and Adams sing purdy for us....blues-grass. Iowans get robo calls. Offended? Philip Berg is suing...he wants Obama to prove he's a natural born American. Ken Blackwell the Acorn scandal in Ohio gets worse. And a new Iowa grassroots organization to restore the Constitution and real money. Then, the Campaign for Liberty. Organizing in Iowa. And the Fact-Check response. |
Thu, 16 October 2008
Lotsa post debate Iowa reaction...should people who qualify for Obama's tax cut be allowed to vote... :) |
Wed, 15 October 2008
Jonathan Fast describes "Ceremonial Violence: a psychological explanation of school shootings" ...then, more on Iowa election issues. Harkin closes the barn door. |
Tue, 14 October 2008
Nick Tasler gives us insight into "The Impulse Factor"...it's in the genes...:) Ed Begley Jr. wants to bring solar power to third world folks to liberate them from subsistence cooking. Marientta Miller-Meeks is running for congress in Iowa's 2nd district. |
Mon, 13 October 2008
Congressman Tom Latham...another look at the bailout money slide. Another look at Iowa's smoking regs. Then, Dr. David Hartsuch responds to a McCain snub while in Iowa.
Then, an October Surpise? A video about Obama's birth certificate. OMG! And the Fact-Check response. |
Fri, 10 October 2008
Stephen Mansfield looks at "The Faith of Barack Obama" Chuck Norris, practices some "Black Belt Patriotism" on the bailout and Washington. Alan Karmin from RADAR says Senator Joe Biden's Violence Against Woman Act has had some painful and expensive consequences. Rev. Thomas Euteneuer takes on Sean Hannity and Senator Tom Harkin. Oh.. here's that Saturday Night Live bit on the Washington-Wallstreet SNAFU. |
Thu, 9 October 2008
Robert Zubrin says don't forget energy's role in the Wall Street collapse....Christopher Reed wants Harkin's job. Jerry Corsi has to buy his way out of Kenya for investigating after getting "busted" for looking into Obama's history. |
Wed, 8 October 2008
Col Richard Klass and Col William Hauser in town for the Center for Arms Control and Non Proliferation. Strong conversation. Sol Stern makes the Bill Ayres-Obama connection for Manhattan Institute. What's Bill Ayres up to now? Then, Chris Pirillo back in Iowa with geek talk... |
Tue, 7 October 2008
John Lofton with pithy observations about the bailout and Palin. Then, "Lives Per Gallon" Terry Tamminen...drives a hydrogen car. Congressman Steve King with post bailout conversation. Jonathan Narcisse...two sets of books on school violence? Why? $ |
Mon, 6 October 2008
Danny Carroll wants his old legislative job back. Issues. Congressman Tom Latham wants to keep his job, voted against bailout. Issues. Rep Chris Rants rolls out the Republican legislative agenda. Issues. |
Fri, 3 October 2008
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Thu, 2 October 2008
State Senator David Hartsuch is running for congress against Congressman Bruce Braley. Issues. Andrew Snow is worried about global warming. Brad O'Leary and "The Audacity of Deceit" hammers Barack Obama. |
Wed, 1 October 2008
Ken Blackwell worries about voter fraud and Acorn. Ed Fallon doesn't trust the "bailout" either. "And American Carole" is opening this weekend in Iowa. Bears in Iowa? Oh, my! |
Tue, 30 September 2008
Congressman Steve King on the bailout vote. Why, "No". Then, smoker's revenge... Sen Brad Zaun, Sen Paul McKinley, Tom Coates, Todd Shanno and Norman Kjono with a round table on revising Iowa's smoking ban. |
Mon, 29 September 2008
More bailout feedback. Anybody in favor? Anybody? No, seriously...anybody? Editor note... file association is messed.. workin' on it.. sorry. |
Mon, 29 September 2008
The debate topic was , "Should gay rights prevail over Biblical sexual ethics?" Sunday night, September 29th, 2008 at ISU. Hector Avalos, Professor of Religious Studies at ISU and Jan Mickelson. Dr. Avalos takes the affirmative. (Editor's note... the sound quality is very mixed...Dr. Avalos ended up with a clip mike, Mickelson with a hand held after his clip mike failed... the line had a hum, plus the sound levels were erratic) |
Sat, 27 September 2008
The crisis on Wall Street and Washington continues. Stu Iverson, Chris Rants, and Steve King, check in with comment....lots open line, too. |
Thu, 25 September 2008
Brad Erlich, WHO's traffic reporter, is now a heroic crime buster! Who knew? Then, feedback on the president's address to the nation on the economy. Vigorous. |
Wed, 24 September 2008
More economic shoes fall. More pins and tails. David Limbaugh is coming to town. Persecution. |
Tue, 23 September 2008
To Bail Out, or Not To Bail Out? That is the question. Vigorous. |
Mon, 22 September 2008
"Dewey" the Iowa cat, not the presidential candidate. Vicki Myron from Spencer, Iowa with a cat tale. Then, the anti-Palin stuff gets very nasty. (Language warning) Pierre Pierce has a job in France. Why not let him go? |
Fri, 19 September 2008
Open-line Friday. Our flag flying at half mast for a what? President Bush proposing economic fixes. Where's the beef comin' from? Will the economy take out Iowa's ethanol industry? Lotsa great conversation. |
Thu, 18 September 2008
Ron Ritterer from the National Corn Grower Association defends the ethanol industry. Ephren Taylor describes the collapse of the financials... then, so does Peter Schiff, hoping you were Crash Proof. Congressman Steve King introduces legislation to prevent money mis-managers from profiting from failure. |
Wed, 17 September 2008
John Fund with an update on "Stealing Elections" and update on our fraud-friendly system. Then, stolen horse tails provoke a great conversation on up-coming animal rights legislation. |
Tue, 16 September 2008
A shooting on I-235 brings some questions and some interesting stories. Then, what about a third party candidate? Ready for one? |
Mon, 15 September 2008
Banks fail....why? DSM School board wants to censor whom? The Palin-Gibson interview reaction. Lotsa energy. |
Fri, 12 September 2008
Dr. Michael McGregor makes a house call to our mouths... then in search of the perfect smell...then Suzy. |
Thu, 11 September 2008
Christopher Fettweis says "Losing Hurts twice as Bad"...describing moving beyond Iraq... combat vets talk about post-tramatic stress issues. Powerful. Benjamin Taylor is performing in Iowa. Purdy music. |
Wed, 10 September 2008
Paul Lockhart introduces us to the "Drillmaster of Valley Forge"...then election feedback, plus telemarketing cures. |
Tue, 9 September 2008
"Eat This, Not That"... Matt Goulding knows. Kim Schmett wants Congressman Leonard Boswell's job. Then, a foster care parent loses her own child... why? |
Mon, 8 September 2008
Richard Vander Mey, Assistant County Attorney for Tama County...more ironies from the cheap seats.... and more tax payer dollars going to the Meskwaki tribe. Dr. Linda Young tells how to deal with cyber bullying....lessons for parents. Steve Flood with a get out the vote visit. School Board Polling Places for Polk County. Updated list....Then, The Gay Agenda |
Fri, 5 September 2008
Incumbent Des Moines School Board members up for re-election. Dick Murphy, Ginny Strong, and Jeanette Woods. Spirited. |
Thu, 4 September 2008
Bill Tancer goes "Click"... an internet guru with some great marketing insight. Then, post-Palin speech reaction. Iowans evaluate "the speech". |
Wed, 3 September 2008
Congressman Steve King back from Iraq, Afghanistan and Georgia...a detailed report. Great insights. Then, a blind guys gets his sight back. What a story. Robert Kurson with "Crashing Through". Can trains block traffic? Iowans want to know. |
Tue, 2 September 2008
"10 Books That Screwed Up the World" Benjamin Wiker with a humdinger. Then, the smear against Jonathan Narcisse continues...but in the process, outs itself. Then, more feedback on the Palin family issues. |
Mon, 1 September 2008
More Des Moines School Board talk...Jonathan Narcisse. Then hurricanes, oil, and is Barracuda Palin really a hockey mom? |
Fri, 29 August 2008
Nuther Des Moines School Board Candidate, Kristine Crisman. Issues. Obama's speech, McCain's VP Pick, Iowa Central Community College President Paxton handed a $400,000 parachute with a gold-plated rip-cord. Not enough time. |
Thu, 28 August 2008
Edgar Browning says we're "Stealing from Each Other"... about 25%, if you're keeping track. Then, responding to the heavy-metal grief following the deaths of some Iowa teenagers. The power of music. |
Wed, 27 August 2008
Mary Ellen Geist...Measure of the Heart: A Father's Alzheimer's, A Daughter's Return. One of the sweetest stories, ever. Edward Failor examines the Obama's connection to a 60's radical, William Ayers... with a snotty political commercial. Steve Flood is running for the Des Moines School Board. Lotsa talk. |
Tue, 26 August 2008
Lotsa stuff...Democratic National Convention feedback. Then, sex abuse? Whazzat anyhow? Sex offender? |
Fri, 15 August 2008
Is there a link between lyme disease and autism? Tami Duncan and Brian Rozner make the case. Mark Stricherz tells "Why the Democrats are Blue". Jeri Corsi on "Obama Nation" ...then, Suzy. |
Thu, 14 August 2008
"The Vulture Culture"... Eric Gerst says the US insurance industry is in for a financial fall. Congressman Steve King talks about energy. T-Boone Pickens does the same. Senator Sam Brownback talks about presidential politics. |
Wed, 13 August 2008
Christopher Reed wants Senator Tom Harkin's job. Then, "What is your Explosive Child Trying to Tell you?" Then, Rob Hubler wants Congressman Steve King's job. |
Tue, 12 August 2008
"The Case Against Barack Obama" David Freddoso. Michael Klare tries to make sense of the Russian invasion of Georgia. "Rising Powers"... then, Doug Wilson is a classical education activist. An inspiration. |
Mon, 11 August 2008
Mike Pike is running for Des Moines School Board. Issues. Joe S. McIlhaney on Hooked: New Science on How Casual Sex is Affecting Our Children says, we are wired for monogamy... sorry. Then a grade school teacher opens class. |
Fri, 8 August 2008
Senator Paul Mckinley back from Turkey...culture and education. Iowa novelist Patrick Culhane with his latest, "Red Sky in Morning". Lotsa Fair jabber. |
Thu, 7 August 2008
Iowa Concrete Association tossed out the traditional opening block of cement at the Fair. Is power walking really gay? Congressman Tom Latham with issues. Mathew Padilla with the Chain of Blame...how Wall Strreet caused the mortgage and credit crisis. Jim Hawkins recruiting for Professional Educators in Iowa. |
Wed, 6 August 2008
Lawrence Solomon talks about "The Deniers" , scientists who stood up the global warming hysteria. Plus, the Whirlpool-Matag economic tragedy continues...pulling the plug on retirees health care. Then, a great T-shirt... Bob McCarty with "Bipolar Bear Disorder". Congressman Steve King on the energy debate. Then, 'nuther Postville shoe falls. |
Tue, 5 August 2008
Brain expert, Dr. Scott Swarzwelder, talks about what drugs do to your head. "Buzzed" Then, why are we giving schools resource officers cars to drive back and forth to work? Better question: "Why are there resource officers at all?" Then, it's a conspiracy... so many of them we need a guide to the "Web of Conspiracy". James Broderick. |
Mon, 4 August 2008
Dr. Robert Zubrin with an encore visit on "Energy Victory"... highlighting an upcoming conference, Citizens for Energy Freedom in Des Moines this September. (WHOOPS... during this segment, I report on an inaccurate news story which attributes a critical commentary against Obama's fundraising history to NYT columnist Maureen Dowd. It was a bogus story... from a usually reliable source.) Then, a vigorous discussion on courts and the rights of juries after a story about a judicial aside from the bench. Here's the Citizen's Handbook. |
Fri, 1 August 2008
Sarah James from the Alaska Wilderness Society is spiritually bonded with the porcupine caribou and wants to stay that way. No drilling for oil in her sacred hunting lands. Lotsa energy talk. |
Thu, 31 July 2008
Kenneth Adelman says Americans oughta be building the new air tanker, not the French. You ain't gonna believe what Planned Parenthood thinks is cute and fun with some of your money and kids.. Then, red-shirting your kids...good idea? Great stuff. |
Wed, 30 July 2008
California earthquakes and Iowa tornados compared. Richard Louv says our kids have nature deficit disorder. Plus, looking way too closely at the words politicians use. McCain first...then Obama. |
Tue, 29 July 2008
Larry Disney wants his old job back...now held by Iowa House Leader Kevin McCarthy. Then, the next shoe in the Postville comedy routine has fallen...couldn't make it up if I tried. |
Mon, 28 July 2008
Life Line is offering come community screening to prevent strokes. Then, Postville protest reaction. Mark Kirkorian with "The New Case Against Immigration" the best overview yet. Flag? Highly recommended.
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Fri, 25 July 2008
The Mecum collectible car auction. Every wanna sue the government? Doug Gross did it... suing the education establishment in Iowa cuz it sucks. |
Thu, 24 July 2008
An illegal plows into an Iowa business with her car. Busted? The rest of the story. Mark O'Connell, a Harvard researcher, describes "The Marriage Benefit". Susan Tully from FAIR is organizing a counter-rally at Postville this weekend to protest the protestors. Vigorous. |