Mickelson's Podcast

Amity Schlaes, The Forgotten Man/Graphic Edition, a new pictorial version of her best selling history.  Secretary of State Matt Schulz, running for congress...issues.  Dr. Merrill Matthews says the VA scandal will endure into the next election cycle...then Iowans respond.   Then, Gary Stewart tell his adoption story, The Most Dangerous Animal of All...his birth dad.  Why?

Monte Shaw is running for the 3rd District congressional seat.  Issues.  The Meat Racket, Christopher Leonard says the Iowa pork and beef industry is at risk.   William Perry Pendley says the 1982 Plyler case case was poorly decided and should be challenged, cuz some people think it requires Iowa taxpayers to pay for the education of the children of illegals.   And "No Fishin" from downtown bridges?

Sam Clovis is running for US Senate.  Issues.  Should non-party members vote in party primaries?  Hey!  The majority of Iowans can't swim...in fact most Americans can't swim.

Dana Fedman, pet behavior expert, describes how not to get bit.  Then a dog that did bite and sentenced to be executed gets a lawyer.   Verbiages ensues.  Lotsa verbiage.

Iowa State Senator Brad Zaun wants to be a congressman.  Issues.  Then,  remember the hero kitty that rescued the little boy from the attacking dog?  A PR expert, Ben Kaplan,  explains the phenomenon of "viral". A local church gets bullied by the gay lobby, again.  Crickets.    Plus, when automatic pilot doesn't work.

Brigitte Gabriel nukes CAIR and the apologists for Islam relative to the Nigerian mass kidnapping case.  Because the Hate Us.   Bob Cramer is running for congress.   Steve Goreham blasts climatism as a false religion...worse...it's just wrong.  Then,  why not some true common sense for a change.

David Nelson, The Shade Tree Choir, talks about overcoming childhood abuse and thriving the help of his friends.  Janine Stange is the National Anthem Girl.  Con. Peter King says he'll run against Senator Cruz and Senator Paul to avoid a Charles Lindbergh moment.  A taste of the past with Lindbergh's Des Moines speech history.   Then, school permits for 14 year olds?  Iowans think about it.

Ed Vos facilitates for the VA... veterans health issues.   Busted for a BB gun,  Iowa Democrats pay a socialist to headline their fundrasier, the GOP wants to increase the gas tax in Iowa,  and how we can pay for road and bridge repair without raising a penny.  Friday stuff...  Oh,  Rick Santorum isn't in the hole filling business.

David Young is running for Congress.  A redux on a conversation from 2006 wondering about Saddam's WMD's.  Georges Sada was a Saddam insider.  Saddam's Secrets.  Why does the USDA need sub-machineguns?

Getting yer lawnmower going for spring.  PNP Small Engines Guy...Jeff Nicholson.   Senator Rand Paul explains his recent statements on ID issues.  Senator Mark Chelgren says the law should be one size fits all.  Senator Rick Santorum endorses Sam Clovis...and writes a book.  

Time for Iowa to strap down?      Dr. Joyce Herzog is coming to the NICHE Homeschool Conference.   Plus odds and ends from Iowa's underbelly.  Then Joe Biden is tithing with other people's money again.  And more from the "You will made to care" file.                                    

Nationwide the VA Hospital system is under scrutiny for under-performance and in some cases,  malpractice.   So what about Iowa?  Iowans evaluate.  Then, Fr. Robert Sirico says the new Pope really isn't a political leftist...redistribute benefits, not wealth.  A valid distinction?   Then,  should Iowans have the same rights to carry at the statehouse as government employees do?

Dr. Lee Hieb,  Libertarian candidate for Iowa Governor.  Spicy Conversation.  Joel Gilbert, filmmaker, There's No Place Like Utopia.  Craig Lang, dairyman, wants to stop protecting sugar.  Sugar wars.  Then milk wars.

 Matt Kibbe says Don't Hurt People and Don't Take Their Stuff.  Sounds like a plan.   Then  Linda Schrock Taylor says why the Common Core dropping cursive writing is a disaster. She recommends Betty Peters as a source on Common Core problems.    Ranger Doug and the Riders in the Sky are coming to Iowa May 31st.   VP Biden says illegals are Americans already and that  the US doesn't have a creed.  Bull-hockey.   And Iowa makes national news for not having good security at statehouse...oh good.

A Newton newspaper editor gets fired for accurately reporting on the Queen James Bible.   Monte Shaw is running for Congress. Vigorous discussion.  And a 2nd helping of the Newton editor issue.   And a new trike shows up!  Cool...

 Sonny Onoo talks about the upcoming River City Sports Festival May 9-11.  Sounds like fun. Matt Whitaker wants to be a senator from Iowa...answering a vicious endorsement from the Register.  Reb Bradley speaking at an upcoming homeschooling conference.  Some dangers to watch for.

An Iowa farm equipment salesman to Ukraine tells what it is like doing business there now in the middle of the new cold war. Gordie Siebrin.  Then Iowa shooters try to correct Joni Ernst's shooting form on her new campaign spot.  Then, a metro sporting complex at the old Dico location?

More interesting spin on the gotcha cam cost shifting scam in Iowa.   Congressman Steve King is being targeted by Democrat Senator Schumer.  Sam Clovis talks issues.  Vigorous issues.

Turns out that eating chicken drumsticks make kids aggressive and disobedient.  Horrors for the State Fair.   Eric Trager is an expert on the Muslim Brotherhood.  Speaking tonight at Drake, Olmstead Center at 7PM.  Then is our new national ethic produce prosperity?  Iowans like Iowa and are stayin'.    But,  Iowans do lack sympathy over the "botched" Oklahoma execution.

Backstage at the Lincoln Assassination--Thomas Bogar.  What happened to those guys anyway?  Des Moines steals the tax refunds of people who fail to pay their gotcha cam fines. The tax guy says if scoff-laws won't pay, then taxpayers will have to raise the difference.  Then,  Jim Glassman says let's build an economy and stop saying "No" so much.

Iowa racism?  Jonathan Narcisse ruminates.   Then,  and Iowa Ice Trucker, Jeff Parkis talks about driving on the ice highways in the tundras of Alaska.  Plus the racism of  Donald Sterling has wrinkles not being discussed.

Pardon the Disruption: the future you Never saw Coming.  Clayton Rawlings says technology will soon be able to extract "truth",  and nothing but the truth  from people accused of crime.  Then,  why government needs to have some influence on marriage.  Not a bunch,  but some.

People are always asking me for recommended reading lists.     Ok.   These are my Seven for Summer. 

1. “The Making of America” by  Cleon Skousen.       This is my “smart book.”   It matches Madison’s notes taken during the Constitutional Convention with the final product.  If you wish to know of their original intent,  this is your first stop.

2. “Defending the Declaration: How the Bible and Christianity Influenced the Writing of the Declaration of Independence” by Gary Amos.      It’s the how and why the DOI is part of the organic law of the USA,  a treasure trove of ammo.

3. “When in the Course of Human Events: Arguing the Case for Southern Secession” by  Charles Adams.   If the mere reading of the subtitle of this book makes you feel queasy, then, you’ve been worked over and for you, this book will be an eye-opening elixir.   As usual, it’s “follow the money”. 

4. “A Disease in the Public Mind: a new understanding of why we fought the Civil War” by  Thomas Fleming.    This is a cautionary history and a warning against today’s mindless political invective which infects our culture 24/7.  The din amongst our chattering class, social media, our culture’s cultural troll factory, makes this generation’s civil discourse almost impossible.   A similar “disease” then,  took us from trash talk to real bullets.

5. “The Politics of Guilt and Pity” by Rousas J. Rushdoony.    He wrote,  “…the human race, in apostasy from God, is deeply involved in a rebellious claim to autonomy and in the guilt which follows that claim.”    The tactics of the welfare state are laid bare, and made silly.    

6. “The Christian Prince: Putting ‘Civil’ Back into Civil Government”,  by Buddy Hanson.   This is a vigorous antidote to both Machiavelli and Alinsky.   The old truism,  “…you can’t beat something with nothing…”  is answered with vigor.

7. “From Tyndale to Madison: How the Death of an English Martyr Led to the American Bill of Rights”  by Michael Farris.    Just chasing the footnotes of this rich and inspiring history should keep you busy for a long time.

Matt Schultz,  Iowa  Secretary of State, explaining some hiring and firing controversy.  Joe Mullins and the Radio Ramblers are coming to  Paton, Iowa. Saturday.  Plus lotsa tricky issues.

James Graham writes about the Kennedy's affection for sailing, Victura.  Sunday book signing at Beaverdale Books at 2pm.  Tie softball games, outrageous.  Then a scam phone call from the IRS.   A man runs down a bald eagle with his boat.  And an Iowa cop, shooting instructor shoot himself.  And PETA wants to build a 10 foot tall memorial for turkeys killed in a truck accident.  

 The US Senate Family Forum is coming up April 25th.  Bob Vander Platts.  The Chinese are stealing from Iowa seed companies.  A big legal yawn?  Steve King has earned Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg's ire.  What's up with that?  And we have to pay the money losing business of dog racing to go away.  

General James Jones wants the political class to move on the Keystone XL Pipeline.   Now!   Dr. Lee Hieb follows up on a listener question.  Then, Rev. Mike Demastus (alias Debbie Downer) offers second thoughts on the "Heaven is For Real" book and movies.  Iowans are really into it.

Elaine Marie Cooper is a great story teller...Fields of the Fatherless.  Simon Estes had a great speech at the Annual Iowa Prayer Breakfast.  He had a great message of forgiveness and love. Then, Diane Kautsky, Woodard Hearing has an upcoming expo...April 30th,  keeping what ya got.

 Dr. Lee Hieb is running for Iowa Governor as a Libertarian.  Great conversation.  Dr. Gary Pusillo is an Iowa Forensic Pathologist who is explaining the PED pig loss.  Hugh.  Then, John Stewart is an apologist who explains the truth of Easter.

Another crack at the dyslexia and autism issue...Judy Hintz has more insight.  Bloomberg is on the fast track to heaven...what does that mean for the rest of us?  James Rickards reports on The Death of Money.  What happens if the US Dollar loses its reserve currency status?  Rep. Kevin Koester takes the "hush" out of the money.  Politics and Money.

Ken Blackwell says we have to fix Fannie and Freddie.   Joel Kurtinitis says a couple of candidates bailed on the Grandview US Senate forum for no good reason.  Danny Carroll is trying to calm the waters.  And it's illegal in Iowa under 14 to fire handguns.   Parents are wonder why they can't while under their supervision.

Iowans talk about the DNR making an ash of a guy's collectible Pontiac convertible.  And how to avoid crating a flat spot on infant's heads.  And a reconsideration of the Nevada's BLM cattle rustlers or freeloader ranchers, depending upon your ideology.  

 Steven Kennedy plays classic guitar...very well.  The Iowa Classic Guitar Society--upcoming concerts.   Then,  JD King has a new documentary movie: Blue.  Blue vs Green.  How the Greenies have put our economy into the Red.   Tom Hoefling is primarying Governor Branstad.  Issues.

Secularity is coming to Iowa. Saturday.   Then should Veishea be permanently dropped?    "No Way", say Iowans.

Joseph Capizz, Professor of Moral Theology at the Catholic University of American give a "Catechism for Business".    Pope says socialism is contrary to Christianity.  Susan Barton is the guru of dyslexia...coming to Iowa.   Rebekka Maxwell with the Save the Storks Summer Tour.   And a big apology to Iowa's truck drivers.

Dr. Alan Koslow wants to assist in the breakout of secularism in Iowa.  He's bringing the grand poobah of atheism, Richard Dawkins.   Robert Cramer is running for congress.   The Constitution Quest with the Barret's, Dave, Joe, and Pam...we play the game with listeners.  (special offer for WHO listeners...enter "three" as the code when you order.)  Then,  Secretary of State Matt Schultz got sued.  Wants the Iowa Supreme Court to agree with him on protecting the Iowa voting system.

The Wahls Protocol: How I Beat Progressive MS Using Paleo Principles and Functional Medicine.  Dr.Terry Wahls.  (public meeting, Sunday 2:30 Des Moines Public Library)   Dr. Kevin Leman on Parenting Your Powerful Child.  Very Funny.  Then famous wardrobe malfunctions.  And some, not so famous.

Now the UN is pushing the autism agenda.  Iowans reflect.  Then another round of bully legislation conversation makes Iowans wonder about the agenda of gay lobby again.  Great, great calls and conversation.  All open-line.  Vigorous.

April Fools stories which are true.  More Braleyisms.   Joe Meintz from St. Gregory Retreat Center has a new program for eating disorders.  Steve King says The Register's  Gaffe Hall of Fame List is based upon refutable lies.  Then a potential homeschooler gets great advice on how to get started.  Then the real source for the story line of the Noah movie.   Answering the questions,  "What Bible Where They Using?"   Not the one you think.

Steve Jeffery, and English physicist turned minister soon visiting Iowa to speak.  Joni Ernst, running for US Senate.   Ann Scott Tyson remembers the American Spartan, The Promise, The Mission, and the Betrayal of Special Forces Major Jim Gant. Then, Iowans remembering Younkers after the downtown fire.. now...and then.    Diana Kautzky introduces us hearing issues and Woodard Hearing Centers.  Prevention is the key to keeping one's hearing.

Congressman Steve King tries to make sense of Obamacare and the Iowa Republican Straw Poll...and other absurdities.  Representative Tom Shaw talks about Constitutional Carry and Personhood.  (Two separate issues)   Then no more fishing in the Des Moines River?  Huh?

Mary Merrit if the Iowa Right to Life Director of End of Life issues.  They have an upcoming conference...Imposed Death: A Conference on Stealth Euthanasia Saturday March 29th  515-244-1012 for reservations.   David Bossie, Citizen's United endorses Sam Clovis for Iowa Senator.  Then,  who took the fast out of fast food?  Plus,  is the Iowa meat locker industry still healthy?   Iowans say, "Yes."

 Diane Munns from the Environmental Defense Fund gives Congressman Bruce Braley plaudits for his support of clean energy...launching a multi-million dollar ad campaign, including Iowa.  Then,  did Joni Ernst help herself with her "make 'em squeal" campaign ad?   Then, Congressman Bruce Braley commits truth...and can he survive his own honesty?  

Iowa has a dyslexia problem?  Kay Greivling has the story.  So what's wrong with paying politicians to go away anyway?  If Governor Branstad can do it,  why can't we?   I'm up for a fundraiser.  Betsy McCaughey says the Hobby Lobby case isn't a women's rights issue unless require a subsidy.   Secretary of State Matt Schutz says Judicial Watch is slightly off on it's critique of Iowa's voter rolls being packed with non-existent people.  Only slightly.   And David Chung repeats his disappointment with departing Iowa Republican Party Chair AJ Spiker's comments on medical marijuana.

David Fischer defends AJ Spiker's pro-legal medical marijuana statement.   Then,  why won't Catholics stop being ripped off...paying twice for educating own kids?

Dr. Lee Hieb is a Libertarian running for Iowa Governor.  Dr. Miriam Grossman says our kids are being defrauded by the sex ed industry.  It is killing them.   Omalbanin Rezaie is a foreign exchange student from Afghanistan. Drew Shuman paved the way.

Revolt: The Secession of Mill Valley...when people get fed up enough will secession work?  Ray Bourhis ponders it.     Joel McDurmon gives us Noah: The True Story.  And Sheriff Ted Kamatchus says he really wants and needs drones for his job.

Dr. Mary Manjikian says sanctions as a tactic of influence are pretty weak and ineffective.  So don't bother.  A Russian-Iowan,  Eugene Tsirulnikov,  gives insight into the new cold war and Putin.   Tasty.   And are Iowans big tenters or are they American traditionalists?

US Senate Candidate Matt Whitaker defines his issues.  Money man James Rickardts deal with The Death of Money...why we we have few real weapons to use against Putin.   Jim Hawkins says non-union teachers are being dumped on by the establishment.  And Senator Mark Chelgren says the Democrat version of the bully bill has a political agenda.

NICHE talk.  Big homeschool doings on Capital Day on Tuesday.  Vickie Crawford, Brian Bopp, Bill Gustoff,  Steve Deace and  Sam Clovis talking about the liberty of homeschoolers.  Then, issues and answers. Everything from Putin to drones.

AJ Spiker is stepping down as the chair of the Iowa Republican Party Central Committee.  A final report and some interesting political gossip.  Dr. Ramesh Richard from REACH is visiting Iowa...inspiring the next generation.   And Sunday is the worst day of the week for food servers cuz of church people (mainly Baptists) are crappy tippers.

Steve Deace has Rules for Patriots: How Conservatives Can Wind Again.  Spirited.  Marriannette Miller-Meeks running in the 2nd District for Congress.  And a fellow says Bald Eagles are killing newborn calves in Decatur county.

Odds and Ends.  Issues. Peaceful Pandits riot in Fairfield.  And Iowa judge gives an attorney 12,000 bucks in fees for representing another peaceful Hindu (tried to kill his girlfriend)  who doesn't want his food in contact with cooking utensils which have EVER touched meat.   And Iowa legislators want to make texting while driving a primary offense.  Iowans are a little skeptical.  

The tragedy of human trafficking. A Night of Gospel Centered Justice is trying to address it.  Kimberly Smith is speaking at the First Church of the Open Bible Friday the 14th at 7pm.  A concert and lecture fundraiser to rescue girls.  515-274-9296 for tickets.  Make a Way Partners.  Then, several other Iowa rescue organizations tell their stories. Wings of Refuge.  Freedom for Youth. Whoops the Supreme Court of the United States may have just messed up the Rails to Trails movement to use abandoned rail beds for bike trails.  

Nathaniel Johnson from Grist says GMO's aren't that big O' deal.  Issues of the day.  And an extensive review of 12 Years a Slave. And Gary North compares the tale of  two slave systems.

Sam Clovis talks about foreign policy issues as he runs for US Senate.   Secretary of State Matt Schultz talks about the lawsuit blocking his office from checking the integrity of the voting process in Iowa.  Senator Rand Paul before his C-PAC speech...issues

Dan Riskin say Mother Nature is Trying to Kill Us.  And the cold has moved critters indoors.   Lance LoRusso says sometimes first responders aren't fully covered if they get hurt on the job. So,  Hunting for Heroes.  Then,  lotsa Iowans are struggling with frozen water lines...what to do?

100 Words Every 4th Grader Should Know...Steve Keinedler from American Heritage Dictionary...Iowans have a few words 4th graders should NOT know.   Elizabeth Morgan, former Iowan, has a daughter who may benefit from medical marijuana tells her story.  Then,  how to handle a scam artist bill collector.  Wendy McElroy, "individualist feminist",   says the 1 and 5 myth is alive and well on Iowa college campuses. She calls it the fake rape crusade..  And voting machine failure in a local election?

Fukushima: The Story of a Nuclear Disaster.  Edwin Lyman from the Union of Concerned Scientists wonders about the Iowa implications.  Then why is  the DNR investigating the guy who accidentally shot himself in the finger?  Inquiring minds.  Then, it franchise vote day.  Councilman Chris Coleman explains the economics of the refund vote.  Time for an aspirin.

Jo Widemann from CAPS warns Iowans about California's immigration disaster.  And an Iowan describes how immigration fraud is done in Iowa.  Then, delegate stacking in the Iowa Republican Party?  David Fischer, former co-chair of the Iowa Republican Party.  Craig Robinson, The Iowa Republican.  Will Rogers, Chair of the Polk County Republican Party explain the dust up.  Vigorous.

Lisa Bloom describes our Suspicion Nation.  Race and Politics in the USA.  Dr. Cal Beisner takes a bite out of the EPA for failing to hold themselves accountable.  And talking about Resisting the Green Dragon. Then, the continuing saga of the persecution of  UofI president, Sally Mason.  Libs are consuming their own.  An entertaining horror show.  

Gov. Jan Brewer vetoes Arizona's religious freedom law.  So how should the tension between  "non-discrimination" vs "religious freedom"  be resolved?  Iowans make a stab at it.

Harley Geiger from the Deputy Director of the Freedom Security and Surveillance Project drums up support the US Freedom act to secure privacy  and security rights for Americans.  Michelle Chrystal pushes to repeal Iowa's Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Program.   Then University of Iowa President Sally Mason gets bullied by confused activists.

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David Schultz says it's time to fix "Election Law and Democratic Theory".  He says it's broke.  Rev. Demastus talks about an upcoming Men's Conference.  Michio Kaku describes "The Future of the Mind" .   And the knockout game has come to Ames Iowa?

Congressman Steve King talks issues...and wonders if the Putin AND US should learn from the Ukrainian uprising and another look at the egg wars.   David Holt, Consumer Energy Alliance with a look at our energy future.  Gov Branstad is in Washington, on MSNBC.  And if engineers get paid so much,  why aren't we producing more of them?  What ever happened to supply and demand?

Wesley Smith talks about the War on Humans.  He says the neo-pagan animal rights movement is toxic to people.   John Stewart plays fast and loose with an ID story.  Ryan Mauro says Iowa is on an FBI list which contains concerns about Muslims of American "villages".   And a couple of Iowa teenagers are in deep shinola over the killing of a American Bald Eagle. 

The Midwest Israeli Consul General, Roey Gilad,  talks about US-Israeli issues.  Then the sugar-corn syrup wars heat up with a "buy the science guy" technique.  And a vending machine mugger doesn't get workmen's comp just cuz he used a fork-lift on one. Iowa weather becomes news.  And Rep Greg Heartsill wants to toughen Iowa abortion laws.  Pro-aborts aren't amused.

The Iowa Birth Organization is promoting decriminalizing mid-wifery.  Mandi Hillman and Megan Day-Suhr are doulas.  Vigorous conversation with them and a bunch of Iowans on both sides of the issue.

Dave Hendricks introduces us to Connecticut Yankee Pedaller in Chariton.  And are truckers hiding something?  It's illegal even to have a place to hide stuff.  Then, attorney Lance LoRusso reviews the Michael Dunn verdict. When Cops Kill.  Before you "stand your ground" consider the consequence.  Then nutty things done in the name of religion.

Joe Meints talks common sense about drug addiction...St. Gregory Retreat Center.  Thomas Fleming describes the biggest mistake committed by President Thomas Jefferson that nobody ever heard of.  "A Disease in the Public Mind: A New Understanding of Why We Fought the Civil War"  Os Guinness in Iowa to suggest how The Global Public Square can strengthen religious freedom.

Carl Kerby....Reasons for Hope...getting ready for some creation lectures and another debate with an Iowa Atheist.  "What's the purpose of government?"   Click.  Then,  some Iowa farmers don't  any high powered transmission lines across their property even if they carry Iowa Wind Energy.  Caroline Sheritan, Diane Dar and Jerry Crew.

Can Iowa teachers be held responsible for the kids this generation is sending them?  Vigorous conversation.  Then,  somebody wants to make it illegal to burn wood for heat in fireplaces and wood-burning stoves.  A case?

Judy Hintz brings some moms who successfully helped their kids overcome education struggles.  Educational Resources.    Tamara Scott and Jane Robbins lobby against Iowa's Common Core. Sam Clovis running for Senate...issues.

To drone or not to drone...that's the question.  Then,  Iowa hugged the Common Core tar baby.   Can we un-hug?   Henry Burke is a civil engineer.  Says Iowa's commitment to the Common Core is a big mistake.  Then, Senator Brad Zaun intros legislation to kill it.

As I recall from the last legislative session, promises were made to some of  the newbies that some of their important, but socially hot button issues, were  going to be delayed until this current session. Now it appears that the  leadership class of both parties have agreed to move the funnel dates for this  session up two weeks to prevent controversial, non-budget issues to be brought  up to avoid controversy and to get back home to begin campaigning. Gone are two  weeks from the session. Take a look.

Concurrent Resolutions that amended the Joint Rules of the House and Senate  and chopped two full weeks off of our funnel deadlines. The specific resolutions  are House Concurrent Resolution 104 and Senate Concurrent Resolution 101.

Here’s how it happened:

The Senate filed SCR 101 on the first day of session, January 13, 2014 and it  was immediately placed on their calendar, seen here on page 9 of Senate Journal.

As soon as it was placed on the calendar, Senator Gronstal asked for and  received unanimous consent to immediately consider SCR 101, indicated on page 10 of Senate Journal.

Then Senator Gronstal made the motion to adopt SCR 101 and the motion  prevailed by a voice vote. SCR 101 was immediately messaged to the House (also  on page 10 of the Senate Journal).

On the second day of the session, January 14, 2014, Representative Upmeyer  asked for and received unanimous consent to immediately consider HCR 104 (which  is identical to SCR 101) – This is on page 50 of the House Journal.

SCR 101 was substituted for HCR 104 and Representative Windschitl made the  motion to adopt SCR 101 and the motion prevailed by a voice vote, seen on pages 51 and 52 of House Journal.

Almost no legislator outside of leadership – either Republican or Democrat –  that realized what they voted on. They just trusted the process.

Now many of the pieces of legislation and issues which politicians ran on  will be left on the early funnel room floor. A number of legislators feel like  their leadership has played them. They may have a case. There are some very  unhappy legislators.

 Ambassador Francis Rooney, former U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See and Author of The Global Vatican.  Issues.  John King, CNN, with a new Sunday AM political show.  Senator Harkin talks about his plan to raise the minimum wage on MSNC.  Mike Whalen gives us some great news about how the free market has save one Iowa woman thousands of dollars on medical bills. Richard Rosenthal from  The Lexus Project  is trying to rescue Iowa's pit bull, Killer, from execution.

In Iowa it is almost impossible to shut down an ineffective, damaging and unneeded government program.  Or you'll get sued.  And a federal judge will call you names if you try.   Casey Luskin says he was frustrated over the results of the Nye-Ham debate the other night.   Here's another great response from Gary DeMar.  

 Medical marijuana in Iowa?  Two Iowa moms, Maria LeFrance and Sally Gaer have kids with severe seizures.  They think the symptoms could be diminished.  They are asking Iowans to support a change in the law.  Dave Price helps us re-live the horror of the Caucus Chaos.  Then, Mike Demastus thinks it wasn't nice for the Polk County Republican platform committee to drop the platform when the committee numbers were down.  Some ruffled feathers.

David Parsons is bringing a very rare Tyndale Bible to Iowa this week-end.  Public is invited to view it.   Then,  a swatted up police raid on a Des Moines family is raising eyebrows.  And is the high number of K-2 grade school kids being expelled related to the cop story?

We are giving tax credits to our economic competitors to build "green" technology to sell us, guaranteeing our economy will be less competitive.  It's the great circle of life.  Diana Furchtgott-Roth tells the story.  "Regulating to Disaster".    Then,  Coke decides to sell politics instead of brown, carbonated, sugary drinks.  Danny Carroll is the new co-chair of the Iowa Republican Party.  Issues.  Congressman Steve King takes after immigration, debt-ceiling hikes and the farm bill.

One of our listeners, Sam, reports years of telemarketer, robocall abuse.  Scary and funny.  Iowans are REALLY, REALLY annoyed by robocalls.  And what works and what doesn't.   BOOM!

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The PEO Solution with Brian Peskin and Dr. Robert Jay Rowen.  Then, the gas tax hike trial balloon.  Will Iowans go for it?  More questions than answers so far.

Obama say climate change is a fact.  Marc Morano says not so fast.   He's the guy the just man-handled Bill Nye the Science Guy.   Then, how can shooting yourself in the leg getcha charged with a felony?   Then, the Humane Society eggs Congressman Steve King and the whole egg-buying public in California.  

Jacob Kvinlaug wants Iowans to build zero energy houses...he says the tech is here and now.  Mark Preston from CNN is going to be measuring the Iowa response to the SOTU address tonight.  Plus, a couple of cases of Iowa Nice bites us in the butt.

Critics are worried that non-evolutionary theories might be included in some new science standards.   Dr. Steven Meyer says "Darwin's Doubt" is justified.  And an upcoming debate.  Then,  why is  the 1st Church of the Wooden Spoon so quiet on Sunday morning despite all the kids?  

Michael Furchert "Miracle Behind the Berlin Wall"  says the American church is making all the same mistakes made by the German church before Hitler.  Insightful.  McDonalds is having a senior moment in New York.   And should the taxpayers us the minimum wage as a weapon against the welfare state and illegal immigration?

Jonathan Narcisse is pondering a Democratic run for Iowa Governor.  Ron Unz, conservative Republican activist says it might be wise to adopt a higher minimum wage.  He says its a conservative position.   Then, Souls on Ice...Maria Lancaster advocates adopting embryos...she did it.

Headlights on bright is probable cause for police to go fishing.  They caught some pot.  Lotsa Iowans who have been shined. Then,  Tony Fairfax says future Republican presidential candidates have no chance of winning unless they sound like Democrats.  "The Presidential Trend".

Ted Broer says our nutrition is feminizing American males.  "Breakthrough Health".  The State of the State...abridged.   And "The Game Plan"  Kevin Freeman,  Senior Fellow from at the Center for Security Policy...expert on economic warfare.   Powerful.

Beauty Amidst the Ashes...another inspirational story of love, adoption,  and dedication.the Christiansen family. Participating in an Iowa Right to Life event.   Guy Cook says Iowa is thinking about doing away with the Bar exam before newly minted lawyers could practice.  And should some Iowa roads be abandoned?

Six Cyclone football players have died since 2003.  When does the death spiral begin?  Some hard facts to fix it.  Then E-Cigs?  Banned from ISU librarys cuz they could damage books?   Then,  does Wi-Fi kill plants?   Some Iowa homeschoolers may try to duplicate the experiment.

Iowans will not give up on expressing their complete dissatisfaction over the Iowa State Fair plan to go cashless.   The political class is listening.  Then,  pundits wonder if Iowans give a rip about  Gov Christie's bridegate.  So we tell 'em.

The Iowa State Fair is planning to go cashless for food.  Money exchanged for tickets for vendors...designed to halt commission skimming.  Iowan's are way less than thrilled.

Scotty Taylor reminds us about how to achieve balance in our quest for health...and a reminder about the "itises".   Michael Connely says the grounds to impeach Obama are overwhelming.  Senator Rand Paul reviews issues...unemployment, NSA and the safety of our money.  Then an animal welfarist confiscates a farm dog, both stealing, and trespassing, then sending a bill to the owner for a totally unnecessary "rescue" based upon a totally anonymous "complaint".    WTH?

Trying to figure out the new rules during the artic vortex on diesels and other mysterious critters.   Surprisingly,  Iowa is on the cutting edge again.  And are animal welfarists wrong about dogs and cold?

Sam Clovis running for Senate deals with issues.  Then,  does Iowa have poorly engineered hills for sledding kids?   Shameful.   And has the knock-out game come to Iowa?  

A look back at some of the best conversations:  Juda Meyers--an amazing pro-life story.  The Lone Survivor, Marcus Luttrell from Seal Team Six.  Joel McDurmon,  What Would Jesus Drink?  Dr. Ben Carson, America the Beautiful.   And Illana Mercer, Into the Cannibal's Pot.  

 Tamara Scott hosts. Common Core is the focus.  

I routinely get sent rubbish like this by people who think,  “Ah hah!   This will really sting those hypocritical Christians who will have no response.    This stuff only works on Biblically illiterate people….and that list is long.  Some even have bestselling books and have TV shows on Fox.

Jesus wasn’t radical in any sense of the word.  He followed every tenant of the Law to perfection. His radicalism was that He called out the hierarchy for hypocrisy.   He wasn’t non-violent as He whipped the true hypocrites, the scam artist money changers out of the Temple.   “He wasn’t an American and never spoke English”.     True, and not relevant to any point that I’m aware of.  Jesus is a Jew, who spoke Aramaic in a Hebrew culture under the thumb of conquering Rome.  He was likely literate in three languages.    He wasn’t against the death penalty as He said none of the law would pass away.   He wasn’t against wealth, only the hypocrisy and the self-righteousness of some of the wealthy.  “…harder than a camel to go through the eye of a needle.”  He was against hypocritical public prayer, which  by then had almost achieved ritual status.   He said those people “already have their reward”.     "Gay" wasn’t in His vocabulary in that term is a marketing word invented by our own credulous generation.   He was against the behavior of sodomy in that it was and is still prohibited by the Law which He asserted.   Abortion didn’t need a separate category in that it was already covered by the Law against murder.   “Against birth control?”   Only pagans worry about birth control.   The ancient Hebrews considered children a blessing and their future safety net in old age.    “Never justified torture?”  Why would He?   However He was tortured to death for the salvation of His people.    “Never called the poor lazy?”   “Look to the ant thou sluggard”—and--  “…if a man will not work, neither shall he eat…”     In a pre-welfare state society,  laziness was lethal to itself.   “Never fought for tax cuts for the wealthy?”   He fought for honest tax  policy in a pagan nation…  He kicked the crooked money changers out of the temple for ripping off God’s people and he busted Zachius, a crooked Jewish tax collector who pledged to pay back his victims four fold,  consistent with the Law.  “Never asked a leper for a co-pay?”   That’s for sure.  There is no record of Him billing Lazarus for raising him from the dead, nor for healing the blind guy,  or  the healing dozens of others  he healed as a sign of His divinity.   In his culture the oppressed (poor who couldn’t care for themselves) were given care paid from the tithes (10 percent) of people.   Everyone else paid their own way, just like all decent people do.   Yup as a Jew (Semitic) he was likely brown…so what?  “Long-haired?”  Debatable,  but also an irrelevant non-issue.  “Community organizing?”   Rubbish.    He had trouble hanging on to his own 12 disciples.  And when He actually preached the Gospel,  that human works don’t merit points with  God,  he lost most of the crowd.   They came for the goodies,  the free food and healing,  but most rejected a non-political savior. Pretty much like the guy who is still looking for a “community organizer”.     They wanted to be rescued from the Romans,  not their own sin.   On day one in Jerusalem they gave Him a parade, but by day three, they gave Him a crucifixion.   “Anti-slut shaming?”  More rubbish… the slut who was brought to Him to judge was already shamed before she got there.   And after no evidence was presented against her, He told her to “go and sin no more.”     “Middle Eastern Jew.”    Yup.    Just like the prophecies anticipated.

Larry Schweikart with a Patriot's History of the Modern World.  Bill O'Reilly commits theology...again.  Organized Crime--Thomas DiLorenzo says mixed in with our founding fathers were some real scumbags.   And what's hood rat?  Ending with the best Christmas song--ever.