Mickelson's Podcast

The Iowa Health Care Association forms a panel to give the industry side of senior health care in Iowa.   Gov Tim Pawlenty says the ethanol subsidies must come to end.  A great way to begin his race in Iowa? 

"The Terrorist Next Door?"  Erick Stakelbeck describes how government is deceiving you about the Islamist threat.   Tom Pauken  back in Iowa "Bringing America Home".   A Romney supporter makes a stab at it.   Then,  Senator Grassley is attacked for blocking an activist leftist from the bench.  Justifiable? 

 "Where's the Birth Certificate?"  Jerome Corsi is still asking.  More kids threaten some elderly folks...sigh.   Suzy....  then,  a great discussion on the science of sleep..."The Sleep Doctor's Diet Plan:  Lose Weight Through Better Sleep"   This is actually really good.

 Web 2.0...Coleen Byrne gives contemporary job seeking advice...social networking based.    A 350 lb "baby"  you and I are paying for.   Steve Malloy says we shouldn't neglect environmental issues while we screen the next round of candidates.  Then,  should candidates fight back when they are insulted?   Newt gets glittered.  Then,  Nathan Tucker with the final word on the myth of the pro-life Democrat.   The history of this session's pro-life struggles.

If we build purdy prisons,  then we can purdy up the innards of inmates.   Butterfly gardens and Yoga in prison.   Then,  "Search & Destroy...why you can't trust Google"...Scott Cleland.    Then,  does Iowa have enough safety inspectors to the nursing home industry?  Pressley Henningsen and Ken Connors say think not.

A progress report from the Saint Gregory Retreat Center...then,  some middle school students beat up a couple of senior citizens...great education discussion.

The True Face of Health Care Reform...Dr. Py Sun...  Then,  Senator Paul McKinley with a review of the session and the issues which linger.   Vigorous.

An Iowa football coach takes his job all the way to the Iowa Supreme Court...the rest of the story with Joe Quinn.  Then,  Jennifer Bowen from Iowa Right to Life...more on the Gronstal Abortion Clinic in Council Bluffs.   Then,  the sounds of the week...including the Osama bin Laden death debate.

Becky Beaupre Gillespie describes "Why Good Enough is the New Perfect"...a release for mommie perfection.   Newt Gingrich announces in Iowa.    Then,  the nice lady sings,  "Walmart Sucks"  at church....a blessed event.   And an Iowa coach sues to keep his job. 

Whazzup with the commodities?  Why did silver go way up,  then way down?  The inside story...Scott Mickelson.    Then,  Instant Influence...Michael V. Pantalon teaches the art of persuasion.   Obama invents a new category for his critics...birthers, truthers....and now?   Moaters.   

Judge Roy Moore with an issue based campaign spot.  Then Mommy Docs  with the Ultimate Guide to Pregnancy and Birth...Dr. Yvonne Bohn....then,  Iowa critters.

Lotsa open-line... and Iowans are still trying to block the opening of the Gronstal Clinic in Council Bluffs.

 Congressman Tom Latham moves to a new district.  Issues.  Then,  should Christians rejoice at Bin Laden's Death?  John Zmirak...The Bad Catholic's Guide to the Seven Deadly Sins.   Then,  traffic camera fines are paying for police pensions in Cedar Rapids.    Really.

Howie Carr tells the "Untold Story of Johnny Martorano...Hitman"... then organized crime comes to Iowa...traffic enforcement cameras....then,  "MasterMind".. Richard Miniter looks at the many faces of the 9/11 architect, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed.

"Lost in Shangri-La"...a true story of survival...a rescue mission in WW2...Mitchell Zuckoff with some great history.  I find out what a "snood" is.    Interesting side history on Osama bin Laden.   Congressman Bruce Braley with a proposal to deal with sex abuse in the military.   Then, an Iowa congressional candidate, Christie Vilsack,  is in search of Iowa values.   Then,  Joel McDurmon writes "God versus Socialism"....hint:  God wins.

Kids for Congo...some young Iowans want to make a difference.  Then,  Gary Demar sorts out the battle of the billboards...between the atheists and the end-of-the-worlders.   He has an upcoming prophecy conference...  here's his email.   And Gary responds to one of the critical comments from Mike.

The following email was sent to Jan Mickelson in response to his interview with me on his radio show on May 3, 2011.

Concerning Gary DeMar, it must be noted that he is a Preterist, and sees eschatology through that lens and the presuppositions that come with that system. Preterism is just as much a "fringe" group as is Camping and his followers, just opposite ends of the spectrum. Any well studied historical pre-millennialist (which was the predominant view of the early church up until Augustine) would be able to answer his assertions.

 Let me say that I enjoy and welcome debate on the subject of eschatology. The claim that “any well studied historical pre-millennialist . . . would be able to answer” my exposition of a passage like Matthew 24 remains to be seen since I have repeatedly answered them in six books and numerous public debates. It’s getting harder and harder to find anyone who will defend a futurist interpretation of the Olivet Discourse (Matt. 24; Mark 13; Luke 21) over against a preterist one. I invited a number of notable published futurists to participate in a public forum on the issue at our National Prophecy Conference (June 1-4 at Asheville, NC). They all declined for one reason or another. In addition to the work, I’ve already done on the subject, I have answered every new argument raised by futurists. When a new one arises, I’ll study it and offer a studied response.

 Yes, I am a preterist, just like some of the greatest Bible expositors the church has ever produced, past and present (see below). What is a preterist? A preterist believes that certain prophecies have already been fulfilled. Preterist means “past.” If you are a Christian, then you are a preterist. You believe the prophecies concerning the first coming of Jesus Christ have been fulfilled. Their fulfillment is in the past.

 There are numerous NT prophecies that have been fulfilled. Jesus predicted his death and resurrection. These have been fulfilled. Then there are prophecies concerning the destruction of the temple that we know were fulfilled within a generation. Jesus states that not one stone of the temple would remain. Sure enough, the temple was destroyed by the Romans in AD 70. There were prophecies about earthquakes and famines (Matt. 24:7) and false prophets (24:11). These, too, were fulfilled within a generation. A great earthquake shook the prison that released Paul (Acts 16:26). The history of the period before the fall of Jerusalem confirms that earthquakes were common. There was a famine that extend throughout the Roman Empire (Acts 11:28). John says there were false prophets alive in his day (1 John 4:1).

 Even the prediction that the gospel would be preached throughout the inhabited earth (Matt. 24:14: not “world” [kosmos]; see Luke 4:1 where the same Greek word [oikoumene] is used and means the political boundaries of the Roman Empire) was fulfilled before that generation passed away (Col. 1:6, 23).

 Notice the use of the second person plural (“you”) throughout Matt. 24. Then there’s the use of “this generation” (24:34). Each and every time “this generation” is used in the gospels it ALWAYS refers to the generation to whom Jesus was speaking (Matt. 11:16; 12:41–42; 23:36; Mark 8:12; Luke 7:31; 11:30–32, 50–51; 17:25). It never refers to a future generation or a race of people.

 There’s much more that I could say on these matters. For a more detailed, verse-by-verse exposition of Matthew 24, see my books Last Days Madness (http://bit.ly/ixLxgN) and Is Jesus Coming Soon? (http://bit.ly/gxJJHH).

 On the historical side, preterism has a long and distinguished history. It can be found in the writings of Eusebius (c. 263–339), in particular his The Proof of the Gospel (Demonstratio evangelica), as well as other pre-Augustinian writers. Then there are commentators like John Lightfoot (1602–1675), Henry Hammond (1605–1660), John Gill (1697–1771), N. A. Nisbett (1787), Philip Doddridge (1702–1751), Thomas Newton (1704–1782), Thomas Scott (1747–1821), Adam Clarke (1762–1832). These were standard commentaries in their day. You can also find a pretrist interpretation of the Olivet Discourse in conntemporary writers like J. Marcellus Kik, William Lane, John Nolland, G. R. Beasley-Murray, R. T. France, and R.C. Sproul.

 The argument that the early church was nearly universally premillennial is a myth as Francis X. Gumerlock and I show in our book The Early Church and the End of the World (http://bit.ly/ic1hSh). And even if it were, this would not make it biblically correct.

Iowans respond to the killing of Osama Bin Laden ... so does Congressman Steve King.

Iowans are still thinking about Obama's birth certificate.  And Trump is still stirrin' things up.  Lotsa open-line talk.

Robin Spear and Amy Alden highlight the upcoming Pieathlon....lotsa openline...odds and ends...high gas price drive-offs...and "How Much Would Jesus Take?"...vigorous

Obama releases birth certificate...Trump says "I win".   Iowans respond.

C-Span simulcasts the program asking Iowans to interact with the rest of the nation about pre-caucus presidential issues and candidate selection.    Vigorous.

Ruth Harbor is a shelter for ladies with un-planned pregnancy...Mark McDougal is the director and Molly is a successful graduate.  Andrew Breitbart...Righteous Indignation: Excuse Me While I Save the World...reviews the Pigford Farm scam.   James O'Keefe takes on NPR.

 Judy Hintz with exasperation and inspiration...The Kid Fixer.   Then,  Del Quentin Wilber...Rawhide Down...the story of the near assassination of President Reagan.   Then,   CityView publishes the names of all the new carry permits.  Some are bugged.   DNR has Earth Day guides for toxic waste disposal.

 Donald Davidson is the INDY 500 historian...race stories...an Iowa link.   Then,  sympathy for the sleeping air traffic controllers?    And Reike Pleacas and Sarah Bowman want to Save the Barn. And the poor baby lost everthang.   Plus,  the inspirational Earth Day Rap...

Getting Iowans ready to speak to the nation... then,  which gets more negative press?  Earth Day  or Easter?  Dan Gainor says it ain't even  close.    Then,  we hear from a representative from the atheist community as  they are in convention in Des Moines.   Tasty.

Fr Frank Bognanno from Christ the King says the best way to handle the atheist convention is to love them....darn it.   Then,  Scott Mickelson explains why gold hit 1500...the mechanics of the gold market.

 Judge Roy Moore opens his bid for the presidency...issues.   Should Governor Branstad use his budget veto prowess to pressure Democrats on social issues like he has on budget issues?  Then,  another pit-bull tragedy.  Now what?

Jennifer Bowen from Iowa Right to Life with a last minute appeal for a bottled up late term abortion bill.   Vigorous.   Suzy...surprising.   Budget debate review...Congressman Steve King.     AND... if you are really bugged about high gass prices?    Nozzle Rage.

Iowan's review Obama's budget speech...and Democrats calling for shared sacrifice...  is the US progressive tax code and example of "shared" sacrifice?  Hardly. 

Another Iowan is killed in Afghanistan...question remains....why are we still there?  And Iowan react to another seemingly senseless murder...how should the real estate industry react?

Patrick J. Buchanan says the world is crazy.  Needs to be institutionalized...the world,  not Pat.    Then,  the "Donald" courts evangelicals....how's it going over?   Holy Shinola!   I never expected THAT!

Texas is God's country.   William Sherden talks about the "Best Laid Plans"...the tyranny of unintended consequences...then I have a Sister Souljah moment..."Midnight and the Meaning of Love"...  did I mention Texas is God's country? 

Congressman Steve King with thoughts about a government shutdown over the budget.   Then,  Rep. Kim Pearson and Senator Kent Sorenson explain the state of a couple of life bills trapped in limbo.

Gangster Government...David Freddoso... Cal Beisner wants to Resist the Green Dragon...has a great sword...and the theology of GMO human milk from cows... really.

"The Bed Bug Survival Guide"...a New York guy with bug advise.  Then,  some folks want to change the way school boards are elected....Marty Mauk and Suzette Jensen... plus the church has a position on collective bargaining...who knew? 

 Indianola Parent, Michael Harmison, has another example of school violence.  Then, Cycling Home From Siberia...Rob Lilwall...AFSME uses MLK's rhetoric to stir up support for unionism.

Life, death and baptized cells phones....plus some Iowans are resisting some school tax spending votes....why...why not.  Spirited.  Plus,  how to answer the talking point advocacy of same gender marriage... the, "How does this affect your marriage?" cliché.   Then the pro-life community is divided in Iowa...how to fix it.  FIGHT

Does "The Donald" have an Iowa political future?  Gov. Tim Pawlenty. (see video)..energy issues.   Tim Woolson... Iowa political expert...winners and losers in Iowa's redistricting. 

Tom Golisano from National Popular Vote wants to make presidential selection more democratic...winner take all.   Kevin McLaughlin want to discount Iowa taxes 20 %.  Then,  Iowans are sent to a non-war in Libya. 

To Bully or Not to Bully,  that is the question...Dr. Susan Lipkins deals with bully repair issues.    Watching Eagle eggs...hoping they will hatch.   Spring break psychology...Dr. Russell Hyken.    Joe Miller and  Kevin Vinchattle argue for legal protection for Iowa farmers against animal rights activists.    Mike Rozgo is on a mission to make K-2 a controlled substance in Iowa...after the loss of his son.  Then,  for no good reason whatsoever...

Can smart phones get hacked?  What's really killing the birds?   'Nuther backdoor scam by Obama to raise money and fight the global warming hustle.  Senator Rand Paul says Obama's Libya policy is unconstitutional.

  Senator Paul Mckinley,  Senator Kent Sorenson,  Secretary of State Matt Schultz....a lady makes a list of Iowa Senate slackers...plus, diversity comes to the NAACP plus,  stink bugs in Iowa.  And here's a link to my part in  Steve King's Conservative Principles PAC.

Jim Bullard...R-Calf...says American farmers are getting ripped by trade deals.  Betsy McCaughey wants the same exemptions from Obamacare that are being give out to Weiner's NY.  Congressman King...weekend Conservative Conference...  Herman Cain...issues.

Mark Cooper says Iowans shouldn't put up the money to build a nuclear power plant.     Tom Pauken describes "Bringing America Home:  How America Lost Her Way and How We Can Find Our Way Back"... Newt Gingrich with a new video commentary,  "Rediscovering God in America".  Senator Jim Demint...coming to K-Pac...and  Con. Michelle Bachman...presidential aspirations?  Issues.

 Tim Osborne from Technology by Design with video gadget tech talk.  David Bossie from Citizen's United coming to Iowa's King Pac...producer of Rediscovering God in America and Generation Zero.  Senator Rick Santorum...issues.   Congressman Steve King...isssues.  And now for something completely different.

It's official...after taking a civics and history test,  I have earned the title,  Philosopher King.   Dr. Richard Drake says college makes already historically illiterate students worse.   Then,  Wayne Pacelle, President and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States, says Iowa shouldn't make the mourning dove into a game bird.  Boom!

Holy Ba-jebbers...Farakhan and Kucinich are making sense on the war in Lybia..   This could be the end.  Then,  Rep Walt Rogers would like to pull the plug on  red light cameras.

Roger Hedgcock wants to increase the heat on the administration for the ATF Gun Walker case.   Jennifer Bowen from Iowa Right to Life with a legislative update. Sen. Bill Dix with another example of Gronstalling. Then, Suzy.

The ISEA blocks parent's rights to train their own kids on how to drive.   Democrats block debate...again...wil chanting...  "...it's our house"....  boom.  Happy St. Pat's Day!  Plus,  handicapping the Republican race for the Whitehouse.

A Wisconsin petitioner gets a rude awakening about democracy from union thugs...Kim Simac..then Rep.Michelle Bachman gets trashed....why?   Iowans wonder about stuff.

 Rep Annette Sweeney says it's time to protect Iowa farmers from animal rights activists.  HF 431.  Then Gov Haley Barbour in Iowa to talk issues. And some Iowa educrats invite me into the educational trenches...I decline.

 Lotsa openline...Congressman Pence says it's time for a budget fight.  An opening speech by a new high school principal taxpayers can only dream about.   And dismantling more propaganda.   And Iowa make another Top Ten list...whoops...  Then something really sweet.

Congressman Steve King is focused upon defunding Obamacare.   Rep Lance Horbach and Iowa Republicans are putting a halt to collective bargaining debate.  Sean McClanahan gives progress report on pro-second amendment legislation. 

Leigh Bortins and Laura Lynn from Classical Conversations talk about classical home schooling philosophy and practice.  One of the most inspirational conversations for a long time.  Then,  some gorgeous celtic music...Lunasa is coming to the Des Moines Playhouse on Saturday night...8pm..   Then,  the argument over collective bargaining and benefits continues in Iowa.  Spirited.  Andrew Klavan explains how government worker unions work.

 "The Romney Deception:  His Stealth Promotions of "Gay Rights" and "Gay Marriage" in Massachusetts".   Amy Contrada is the researcher.  Then,  another pit bull does real damage.   Then, Congressman Bruce Braley back from Afghanistan.   A raw milk bill is winding its way through the legislature.  Tom German and Jake Velie...advocates. 

Sen. Rick Santorum in Iowa...Libya...oil...ethanol...Obamacare... Then, Judge Roy Moore along with Danny Carroll and Chuck Hurley from The Family Leader with an upcoming, March 15th Rally for Marriage.  Then, Brian Peskin  (Healthy for Life 327-0200) with a talk about Omega 3 and 6 EFA's... then David Rubin in Israel..."The Islamic Tsunami: Israel and America in the Age of Obama."    And what does NPR really think about the rest of us? 

 Mr. Sunday's Soups...Chris and Lorraine Wallace make us hungry for a couple of minutes.  Then,  what are the Wisconsin protesting teachers NOT saying?  Much more important than what the ARE saying.  Then,  Newt Gingrich in Iowa...talks history. The Iowa Core History Standards? They get an  "F".    Then, Mike Chapman...Iowa historian,  tells about the career Iowa champion wrestler, Frank Gotch.  Great stuff.

ISU students are going to the Iowa Statehouse to lobby for bucks.  ISU Republican activist Logan Pals says he wants to lobby in the opposite direction, joined by Ryan Rhodes,  T-Party activist.  ISU responds.  Then,  guess what kinda prayer "crosses the line" ?   Then,   Congressman Ron Paul says the dollar is gonna collapse. Coming to Iowa.   And Senator Harkin takes an eraser to the 14th Amendment.

Iowans talk about on-line gambling legislation...go double or nothing.   Then,  does the "Stand your ground" law need a better title?

So...Justice Delayed is Justice Provided?..  then Iowan's love GPS stories and geo-cashing...  Then what are the Wisconsin protestors protesting?

Brett McMahan from says we need to break government employee unions before they break us.   Des Moines police detective, Dave Murrillo says,   "Not so fast"  on that union busting thing.   Then Ralph Reed with an update on an upcoming Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition Presidential Forum.  Then, holy crap...you think IPERS is messed up.. lookit this.

The highest achieving kids credit faith for their success.  Who woulda thought?  Then,  how much bias is there in academia?  Iowans have opinions.

 Jenifer Bowen from Iowa Right to Life wants to block an infanticide clinic from opening in Council Bluffs.  Contact your legislator.   Governor Huckabee in Iowa to talk about his new book..."Simple Government."   Oh,  Senator Harkin has re-written the Constitution.

Obama says he won't defend DOMA.  Iowans really want in on the debate.  And Iowan's aren't too thrilled with the behavior public labor unions either.  Gov. Christie is our new hero.   Wanna hear the new theme song of  SEIU?   "Take "Em Down"...

Girls wrestling boys.  The Iowa story which keeps popping up nationally.  Then,  media bias covering the Wisconsin public employee's protests.  Iowans respond to the Iowa sympathy rallies.

The Iowa judiciary selection process is flawed...ways to fix it...  Federalist and law professor Stephen Ware with reform ideas to make the process more democratic.   Then Rep Lance Horbach  with HSB 117....labor reform in Iowa to save money and avoid the Wisconsin problems.

Iowans take a closer look at the public employee labor strife in Wisconsin.   The Iowa T-Party is planning a counter protest at the union demonstration at the Iowa Statehouse.

Rep Kim Pearson gets HF 153 started in committee.  If passed,  abortion would be illegal in Iowa.  Iowans respond to the public employee unrest in Wisconsin.  Unrest. Then,  Suzy.

A top young man wrestler has refused to compete against a qualified female high school wrestler because he and his parents object to the propriety of the contact.   Iowans REALLY have strong opinions.  Fascinating

The Democrats are bashing Governor Terry Branstad for "double dipping"...Iowans offer political advice.  And what about what's going on in Wisconsin?  Governor Clark and the their new legislature has canceled their collective bargaining agreement with the state employee's union.  Hit the fan.

Huh, Oh... Johnny Cash was a  gun grabbin' liberal?  Who knew?  Then... Whadamean I can't bobby trap my stuff?  Congressman King talks about defunding Obamacare.    And what a great website!... love it when Senator Gronstal's name can be turned into a verb.   And look at what the  villiage atheists  did on your property this time.

 Ray Stevens says "The Skies Just Ain't Friendly Anymore"... Jerry Zandstra says he's unraveled "The Genesis Code"...a family friendly movie opening this weekend in Iowa.  Then,  Fred Stoeker and Rev. Mike Demastus highlighting the upcoming "Real Men's Conference."  And an open borders group is buying snotty commercials targeting Congressman Steve King's position on birthright babies.   Then,  for no particular reason...very funny.

There are credit cards actually charging 59.9% interest.   And Americans are buying them.  Then WHAAZUUP with Ottumwa?   National story about crime rates.

A Frank Luntz focus group in Des Moines sets off a firestorm when its reveal that a bunch of Iowans think Obama is a Muslim.  Lawrence O'Donnell from MSNBC blames Congressman Steve King.  Boom...Iowans respond.

Lionel Terzi says a National Constitutional Convention is a very bad idea.   Pulitzer Prize winning author,  Stacey Schiff gives us an closer look at the real Cleopatra:  A Life.   Then,   a psa about sexual violence gets an Iowa activist international hate mail.  Howscome? 

Gary Moore with  "Hey Buddy"...  a look at the life and music of Buddy Holly.  Then,  tech talk...push starting automatics and tethering  a phone with a laptop....stuff.

Before I reverse engineer Zach’s well done presentation,   I going to review what the main tactics of the gay lobby are and have always been. 

 In the late 80’s I interviewed Marshall Kirk who wrote a book called "After the Ball: How America will Conquer its fear a & hatred of Gays in the 90’s"

It’s the tactical textbook of the gay lobby describing the techniques intended  to work us over.   The tactics  worked beyond his wildest expectations. (BTW he died of AIDS)

The tactics?  Desensitization, jamming and conversion… Brainwashing tactics 101.

He wrote, "All normal persons feel shame when they perceive that they are not thinking, feeling or acting like one of the pack…the trick is to get the "bigot" (anyone who disagrees with them) into the position of feeling a conflicting twinge of shame…thus propagandistic advertisements can depict homophobic bigots as crude loudmouths…it can show them criticized, hated , shunned "

"Our effect is achieved wrote, Kirk, without reference to facts, logic or proof…"   Get that part? …without reference to facts, logic, or proof.."

How?  

"Portray gays as victims of circumstance and oppression, not as aggressive challengers. In any campaign to win over the public, gays must be portrayed as victims in need of protection so that straights will not be inclined to refuse to adopt the role of protector…we must forego the temptation to strut our gay pride publicly  to such and extent that we will undermine our victim image."

The main logical fallacies used to advance the cause are many,   but the main ones are:

1. Ad hominem…just heap insults or verbal abuse upon those who disagree.

2.  Begging the question…   The Register does this all the time… in fact the judiciary and Democrat Party do this all the time…assuming the validity of what they trying to normalize or approve.   “Putting discrimination into the Constitution” assumes the legitimacy of same gender marriage and the claims of the gay lobby…without proof,  logic or reason.

 3.  Then, the false claims of equality of unequal things.    “We are just like everyone else.   All sexuality is equal” … and the rights derived from those claims are equal…and if we are denied those rights, we are being abused.

 So..  let’s begin…  First,   Zach's complete presentation.    Then,  piece by piece.

 1. Here, Zack is establishing his boni fides…   six generations…long enough to know better I’m thinking.   BTW being an Iowan is of no distinction to this argument…just an appeal to regional patriotism.   My wife’s people came over on the Mayflower…mine got here in time to be drafted into the War Between the States… so what…  there are sixth generation Iowans in prison.   Ethics aren’t based upon seniority or geography.

 2. “Reared  by two women”…  lotsa Iowans are reared by two women..   Mom’s and  older sisters…  Mom’s and grammas…  Mom’s and step moms…  nothing unusual about that…note he doesn’t use the “L” word…  Lesbians.   This is the Spin of Omission

 3.   Acknowledge what?  That the artificial insemination had worked?    Or the incomplete and defective relationship into which their grandchild would be born?   Here you have the first budding claims of victim status.  “I was rejected even before I was born”… very powerful…   just like Jesus…He was unacknowledged…I was unacknowledged…  therefore, I must be someone special….

 4.   Of course…we don’t blame kids for the lame things their parents do.  Lucky you were cute though.

 5.   They didn’t live to see my two mommies get a fake marriage license after a judicial scam.    But his point here is to arouse another round of sympathy based upon the empathy all of us feel upon hearing of a profound loss like this.    ‘Nuther layer of victim status.

 6.   Ah… a chip off the old flask…swimming out of the same gene pool….why lucky?   An absentee dad is still gone whether or not he donated once or twice.   What’s the point?

 7.   No different than most Iowa families?    Ya…most Iowans have two moms…and a sperm donor for a dad …  “we do go to church and fight though” …  sometimes in that order… this is just a warm fuzzy… the fallacy of equating two unequal things.    Oh…by the way,  “we go to church together too….  This is his way of saying, “God thinks it’s ok,  so should you” … the unspoken message of the fallacy.

 8.  My mom got a really nasty illness…wheelchair... struggles….nuther layer of victim status… sad story about mom…so I’ll use your empathy for my mom to manipulate sympathy for the lesbian sub theme of the story.    Again…two fallacies…the victim status which imputes unearned virtue and listing similar life experiences, conferring moral equivalency upon the relationship.    I’m half way surprised we didn’t hear a story about a sick puppy.

 9.   “We are Iowans…we bear are own burdens”….nuther round of regional,  flag waving patriotism … this is another rhetorical device designed equate two different notions.    Iowa is a political entity.   It is just geography and politics.     Everyone who lives here gets to call themselves Iowans.    There are good Iowans,  bad Iowans,  smart ones and stupid ones.  Rich ones and poor ones…honest ones and criminals.   To label youself an Iowan in this context has no objective content…it isn’t supposed to … he’s saying if you are an Iowan,  you are special…and by implication so is he.    Spin by gratuitous flattery.    Toss in a little more equivocation for good measure.

 10.   Again this is the fallacy of equating unequal things then demanding equal treatment.   A two-fer…then begging the question by asserting  an equivalent status for same gender marriage,   something  which most Iowans have rejected over and over…first by DOMA… then by firing activist judges.      He says we “just hope for equal and fair treatment from our govt”…    He as a person…his mom as a person… get all the equal and fair treatment the rest of us get.    He is arguing for something Iowans have rejected…  his or his mom’s self selected sexual identity conferring rights beyond those conferred by gender,   notion which only silly judges could contemplate.

 11.  “ Can gays even raise kid?”.     Of course they can.   That never has been the question.  The question is “should they”… then,  the follow up question is,  “Do people of the same gender qualify for a marriage license?.”       All kinds of kids have overcome the disadvantages of incomplete or dysfunctional relationships; however, there is no reason subsidize even  more.   Since people of all descriptions have been rearing children for centuries,   we now know what the ideal is for the best predictable results.  Intentionally equating or subsidizing anything else is risky and unbelievably self destructive.

 12.   I believe he was referring to the Iowa Test of Basic Skills..  not ACT… Eagle Scout…cool.    Business owner…cool..   Yes… cool… any dad would be proud of a high functioning kid….  Too bad you didn’t get a chance to know the guy in the flask.   Plus,  this just a rhetorical device and another fallacy of logic.

1.   Some moms are lesbians.

2.   My mom was a lesbian.

3.   I turned out well,  productive and healthy.

 Therefore, lesbianism is productive and healthy.   

 Complete nonsense

 13.   Exactly… the state doesn’t create marriage.  And you’re right,  my family doesn’t derive it’s sense of self worth from the state.  It would be tragic if anyone or anything of any description did.    However when it comes to same gender marriage only a lawless state would create such a thing since it certainly did not emerge out the created order and only the state can bully the rest of us into compliance.  

 14.   Love and commitment are indeed the bonds of a family under the covenant of God.  This is the first thing you’ve said with which I’m in agreement.  And in a world without a welfare state, your “family” arrangements would be irrelevant to me.   But in this world, your manufactured bonds would have an extended reach into my back pocket through the tax code, and hundreds if not thousands of other ways.   You said so yourself in our recent conversation.

  15.     Something else we can agree on.   But again this would change a bunch of laws which subsidize the family and grant spousal equivalency access to benefits including social security….etc.     This is what this push is really all about… access to OPM.

 16.  Full circle…back to the fallacy of equating two unequal things.  Then grabbing benefits based upon begging the question.

For the record, homosexual behavior is just that…it is behavior.   There is no genuine “identity” based upon homosexual behavior.  That’s the Kinsey Fraud.   Orientation toward same sex behavior does NOT confer minority status or civil rights.   Homosexual behavior does NOT form group entitlement, nor is it a protected class, except in the minds of activist bureaucrats and softheaded politicians and judges. 

Discrimination regarding marriage is everywhere in our form of government.   So is marriage equality.   Everyone who is qualified can get married.

 Here are the qualifications.

1.  A partner who wants you.

2.  You both are of the appropriate age.

3.  If not, you have parental permission.

4.  Your partner must not be your brother, sister, your mom,  your dad,  your    neighbor’s wife or husband,  or livestock…and one at a time please.

5. You must not be of the same gender…(which we are now in the process of re-negotiating)

6. And  that you are mentally, morally, physically, economically and spiritually fit..  (Assuming you have a functioning relationship with your parents and pastor who can help you through the screening process)

 17.    Bullhockey… you can indeed marry the one you love if they and you qualify.  I just listed the qualifications…. And this is nothing new.   You have not discovered some recent impediment, but one that has existed for thousands of years…only to be messed with recently by sexual identity politics and softheaded judges.

 18.   What colossal arrogance.    The unspoken fallacy in this little barb is that unless some perceived threat affects me personally on a existential level,  there can be no legitimate concern.     What a selfish attitude.      Apply that logic to just about any social ill you can think of and the objection evaporates.   Plus, as I said,  we live in a welfare state, so another group of people jumping into an already broken safety net is hardly  the smart thing to encourage.   We in Iowa know better than most, that we get more of what we subsidize. 

 19.  Zach your whole argument and the fact that you felt it necessary to make, refutes your conclusion.  It is totally understandable though.    You are a bright and sensitive kid.  No child ever likes to think ill of his parents…just like most parents want to think only the best of their children.   Nobody wants to think their parents have flaws…or that they are broken.   I’ve watched this happen over and over.

 I’ve watched people who are pro-life…who have been politically active for life…gone to life rallies… who have called abortion murder…campaigned against pro-abortion candidates…do a complete 180 when they find out someone in their family has had one.    They say,  “My daughter had an abortion…  I love my daughter… I can’t think of her as a murderer, so I’ve changed how I feel about abortion.”

 Zach I don’t expect you to think less of your mom.  You love her.   You should.   But because you love her,  you don’t need  to idealize all of her choices…especially her broken ones…  even if she eventually produced something special… you.

 And as a personal aside.   While you are at school,   spend less time in sociology class and more time working on engineering ….  As a challenge,  let me invite you to apply the  logic and skill sets of  your engineering discipline  to the claims advanced by the gay lobby.     If you do, you may find most of their claims are as bogus as the majority of Iowans do.

 Prof Brian Fitzpatrick was at the judicial forum last week at which the fired former justices spoke...Judge Streit called his detractors...idiots, rednecks and victims of paranoia and media propaganda.  That was just the GOOD stuff.   Then,  a viral video making the rounds...hyped by the gay lobby.  The think piece is taken apart for its logic and propaganda techniques... then,  Brian Sussman tells Al Gore its not global warming...it's just the weather.  Then,  an Iowa sheriff is strong arming local businesses into declaring themselves gun free.  Wow.

Michael George thinks he can fix what ails our deficit and debt problem country wide. Strong America Now.  (Iowa Contact Vickie Stogdill VMSmobile@mchsi.com )  Then,  a school bullying story gets state wide attention.  

Everything from the end of the world coming on May 21st,  to testing welfare recipients for drugs.  Lotsa stuff.

 Gerald Celente explains the mess in Egypt...coming to US?  Listen.   Then,  "Why the Left Hates Sarah Palin"...a wise think piece.   Then,  more propaganda nonsense deciphered.  Then,  Red Light-Green Light camera scam expanding in Iowa.  Plus,  a much more effective way to deal with speeders.   Oh,  and for no apparent reason...cartoon economics...purdy good.    And dang it's cold in Iowa.

 Tom Coates and Professor John  Kindt  support Gov Branstad's call to increase taxes on Iowa gambling centers.   The Great White Bear...Kieran Mulvaney give us a close up look at polar bears.   Plus Johnson County Sheriff Lonny Pulkrabek is worried about some of the people he's giving carry permits to.  Sean McClanahan says,  "Not to worry." 

 Gonna be nuther gay rights cliché-fest at the Iowa State Capitol...how to decipher the cliché's and fallacies.   Gov Tim Pawlenty is touring Iowa on his book tour.   Then,  the anti- gun lobby is mounting a counter-attack.  Requiring gun owners to wear them in plain sight?  Really?

Missouri judges are informed of the cost to the taxpayers of their sentencing practices.  Good idea?   Time to re-design our criminal justice system?  Then, Jamie Johnson the lead singer of the Grascals explains the history of "I Am Strong"...a powerful fundraiser for St. Judes Children's Hospital cancer wing.

Conor Grennan tells the story of his trek to Nepal...to the Home of the Lost Children...Little Princes.    

Peter Meyers with a guide to the "Best iPAd Apps"...  and the fella wants to impeach Rep Clel Baudler cuz of his CA pot sting attempt. 

 Senator Rick Santorum in Iowa...issues.  Vigorous.   Pastor Frank Cook  from Union Park Baptist Church wants to clear the record on the theology of "forgiveness". 

We chase Zacchaeus up a tree and use him to define justice.   Then,  Al Sharpton blasts Rep. Michelle Bachman for something she said in Iowa.  Vigorous.  Then,  cuz a listener sent me the link.....something wonderful.   Then,  something really clever.

Our furnace repair expert talks about staying warm efficiently... Roger Fouche from Schaals Heating and Cooling.    Then the politics of  AG Tom Miller... Obamacare and gun bans...elections count.   Then the politics of forgiveness.

Reclaiming the American Revolution....Williams Watkins from Independent Institute... recovers some of our juiciest history.   A keeper.  Former  New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson brings issues to Iowa.   Then a collection of bent sex stories...what to do about it.

Ed Failor introduces Con. Michele Bachmann and deals with HF 45...a bunch of money saving measures passed by the Iowa House.   Jim Hawkins surveys his membership....results?   Then,  stovers and Blackjack gum...collectible barns and stuff.

Congressman Tom Latham checks in on the repeal of Obamacare.   Iowans also react to Governor Branstad's plan to drastically reduce Iowa govt spending and size of Iowa government...including early childhood education.

 Eric Blehm with "The Only Thing Worth Dying For"...How Eleven Green Berets Fought for a New Afghanistan.  Ralph Benko proxies for Congressman Mike Pence...trying to draft him to run for president.  Congressman Steve King is in the forefront of the Obamacare repeal effort.   Ken Timmerman discovers St. Peter's Bones...with insight into the digital warhead attack against Iran's nuclear weapons program.

 "Your Baby is Speaking to You"...Dr. Kevin Nugent says he can interpret.  Adam Robinson apologized to Iowa and asks for another chance to play for the Hawks.  Ok with you?   Gay presidential candidate Fred Karger wants to be invited to the party.  Iowans seem to have lost the invitation.  Secretary of State Matt Schultz explains the new voting rights after felony rules. 

Pre-inaugural (Gov. Brandstad)  openline...flunking Perry Mason 101.  Then Dahl's bans handguns from the store.  Whoops.

 A congresswoman says if a public official feels the need for a gun for self-defense, he should find another line of work.   Then,  the State of the Judiciary speech by Justice Cady sets off the impeachment crowd....vigorous...   Senator Kent Sorenson responds. 

President Obama is headed to Tucson to make a memorial speech.  What should he say?   Iowans respond. And an amazing insight into the mind of the killer.

A little tech talk,  weather talk...and a bunch of vigorous conversation on the tactics of  leftist hate baiters...abbreviated for Governor Culver's last state of the State address.

Nathan Tucker starts  Iowa Judicial Watch to keep track of judges decisions and their selection.  Then,  Iowans respond to the Arizona shootings. 

Entrepreneur and political activist Mike Whalen along with Suzanne Lee talk about economic and social issues.

Patrick Albanese sits in...  more conversational stuff...