Mickelson's Podcast

 Joanne Stern says "Parenting is a Contact Sport"  and  State Auditor David Vaudt says state spending is out of control and will stick us in the keister.

Lotsa talk...including road kill and the most recent SCOTUS nominee.   Then, the Interrogation of Morals...Cpt. Jason Meszaros was an Army interrogator of terrorists.  To torture or not to torture,  that is the question.

Congressman Steve King with more reaction to the GITMO kurfuffle.   Then,  lotsa open-line. Steak marvels.   Log splitters,   The Vatican newspaper, and the Creston sentencing. 

 Adrian Goldsworthy has some more theories about "How Rome Fell".  Oliver North with "American Heroes" and responds to the Obama closing of Gitmo.  Iowans respond to the Cheney rebuttal.   Spirited.       Totally unrelated to anything on the air,   here's a couple of music videos which are great.

Dr. Donna Harrison is President of AAPLOG...says she knows where the middle ground on abortion is, even if Obama doesn't.     Then,  Jeff Rubin says coming energy shortages explains "Why Your World is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller"...  and it may be good for Iowa.

 Francis T. Perry William is a personal trainer and environmentalist...talks about both things.  "Pollen and the Ring of Harmony".   Mike Hammon is the legislative counsel for Gun Owners of America.  He wants to pressure Senator Grassley to not compromise on health care reform.  What's that have to do with gun owners?  Medical records could be required to include gun ownership.  A mess. 

Gene Gabus talks about how the Chrysler bankruptcy has shut down his profitable business.  Lt.Col. Brian Birdwell survived the 911 attack on the Pentagon.  Refined by Fire.  Takes on Judicial Supremacy and Gitmo.   Dr. Charmain Yoest looks at the candidates on Obama's short list for SCOTUS...all pro choice activists.

Dr. Ted Broer talks about living and eating right... fun.    Then Father Frank Bognanno on the dust-up at Notre Dame and the Obama visit.   Suzy.

 'Nuther casino in Polk County?   Developers think there's a market.   Bob Vander Platts running for governor taking a strong position on marriage and gender issues.   Jack Ellis  blasts the proposed Hate Crimes legislation.

Bill Parker takes us into the "Agency Game"...what government work is really like.   More media hype coming out of Postville.  And what percentage of us are slobs?   Dr. Curtis Rimmerman,  cardiologist,  on Heart Attacks.

Random Knight say we can be "Illegally Thin" with a magic pill...what's the skinny?    Then, do you think  gambling money  should be used to subsidize religious organizations?   (See page 14)  Me neither.

Republican activist Doug Gross talks politics and legal theory...(incomplete program...computer crashed...sorry)

Brian "Peskie" Peskin  is back with a health-line update on EFA's and diet.     Dr. Merrill Matthews says our national health care impulse won't work...unsustainable.    Then,  'nuther biker gets pummeled.  

Rep Kraig Paulsen,  Republican House Leader,  evaluates the ups and downs of the last session.  Then,  when it comes to illegal immigration,  ignorance is a great excuse.

Ian Millhiser from the Federal Rights Project  wants the new SCOTUS nominee to be an activist for his cause.   Spirited.   Then,  a debate over the right to carry... with the president of Iowa Carry,   Shawn McClanahan  locks it up with Johnson County Sheriff, Lonny Pulkrabek

Neil  Oliver with some "Amazing Tales" of men and character.  Some diagnostic words...then the soup Nazis come to Iowa.

How did the Gay Lobby won gay marriage in Iowa...

Kid fixer,  Judy Hintz  with more stories of inspiration.   Always an attitude enhancer.   Steven Raichlen inspires with "The Barbecue Bible"....he has a BBQ contest goin'...lookin' for Iowa specialties.  Then,   what did educators know in 1889 that we have forgotten?

Andrew Snow describes the new passenger rail service coming to Iowa.    Con Ron Paul  takes after swine flu and the Fed.   Et Tu Chuck?    Then,  Emergency...Neil Strauss  is prepared.

Ed Thomas  is a fitness expert... fun to talk to and by which to be inspired.   Should the Knoxville Vets Hospital remain open?  Don Zuttee  from the Iowa Veterans Task Force,  makes the case.   Then,  how did the gay lobby win in Iowa?   Propaganda works.  Here's how.   And a great local video on "The Impact of Homosexuality on a Family".... Powerful. 

Editor's note:   Columnist Mark Hansen did a great commentary on the gay lobby win segment.   It has drawn a bunch of comments.  Some of you may wish to play  :)    Have at it.  

 Congressman Steve King  talks about the judge's war against Iowa.   Rear Admiral Michael Franken comes home to Iowa for Navy Week.   Then total silliness with Suzy.

Professor Herb Titus  with a review of the law, the Constitution, the courts and same gender marriage.   Betsy Taylor  gives the Obama administration an environmental review.    Peter Labarbera  takes on Perez Hilton's  hate crimes against Miss California.

Can waste go green?  Tony Colosimo wants to get Artistic about it.  Bob Vander Platts continues to push Gov Culver on the same gender issue.  Senator Merlin Bartz gets up a petition drive.  Then Iowans talk about courts and power.

Iowa is again trying to rewrite its sex offender laws...and asking all the wrong questions...again.  Plus,  Iowa Senator Merlin Bartz wants Iowans to petition county recorders about marriage licenses for same gender applicants.  Here 'tis.

Ever wonder what happened in Massachusetts when it's courts said ok to gay marriage?  Brian Camenker  from Mass Resistance has been keeping track.   Unintended humor in news coverage of prison numbers.  Then,  Dr Allan Hamilton (a horse whisperer) tells about "The Scalpel and the Soul"...great story teller.

There is no way to describe this...   but here's the Massachusett's gay rights effect document. Lotsa spirited open-line Friday.    You'll never be able to look at a T-bagger again without a smirk.

Former NY Governor George Pataki describes why "Washington failed and How to Reclaim America's Future".   Jan Lobeck on her daughter's murder, "Not in Vain"    Then,  the fella tells state nannies to take their smoking ban and stick it.   Heroic?

Two guys on the same page on most family issues are at opposite polls on the gay marriage issue.  Glenn Sacks  and Peter Labarbera debate.   "All My Patients Have Tales"...Jeff Wells...fun conversation.   Gary Barnett says they are recruiting for the next round of the "Truth Project"...wanna sign up?  And a great video on the "Day of Silence" gay rights public school scam.   Wanna look at a great tax day video?

Professor Herb Titus analyzes the Iowa Supreme Court same-gender marriage decision.   This is the best short course on law ever.   Then, Jonathan Narcisse, Des Moines school board member, says they are about to fire the wrong people.  Another terrible bike crash...Maria Ruhtenberg,  a rider and witness to the crime.  Plus bike activist Kim West asserts biker's rights.   Listener reaction.

 Beth Nimmo is the mom of Rachael Scott, slain martyr at Columbine...coming to Iowa April 18th to First Federated Church.   USA 3,  Somali Pirates 1.  We win.    Then John Lofton explains the Iowa Supreme Court atrocity.   Then,  Ed Failor  calls taxpayers to arms again.

"Flotsametrics and the Floating World"  Curtis Ebbesmeyer  washes up on our shore.  Then Congressman Steve King unleashes on the Iowa Supreme Court and the people who brought 'em here.

James Carroll  writes "Practicing Catholic"...says the church has to modernize or die.    Jay Greene says don't write off vouchers, especially since they are workin'.   Here's the Tea Party anthem.   Then,  Iowa House Speaker Murphy says those who want a vote for a Constitutional amendment protecting marriage are the same as slave holders.   Really.

Walid Shoebat  on "God's War on Terror"  and is Obama a modern Neville Chamberlain?   What did the Obama bow to the Saudi King mean?  Then, Fr. Frank Bognanno  from Christ the King Church  delivers a homily on gay marriage... and now Gov Culver shows his true colors.

Iowa talks about Senator Gronstal blocking debate    (nuther view)  on a Constitutional amendment to deal with same gender marriage in Iowa.  Then,  how did court decisions become law?  The history.  The remedy for gay sex?       (right click on this link to download)

Iowa Protection and Advocacy Services  with a look at the Atalissa/Henry Turkey Service abuse of some retarded workers.  Sylvia Piper and Jeremy Karli report.     Then Steve Bierfeldt,   Ron Paul supporter,  is detained by TSA officers at the St. Louis Airport.  It gets interesting after that.    He says he developed his view by watching a lecture,  "Never Talk to the Cops".    Worth a peek.   Then,  was the crowd tossed from the Iowa House gallery too ignorant to know they benefited from the tax law change?   Listen to the rest of the story.

Congressman Steve King talking issues (video),  gay marriage, bailouts and politics.   Iowa Supreme Court  unleashes gay marriage in Iowa.  Also Bob Vander Plaats weighs in (video).  Iowans respond.

Dr. Donna Harrison represents AAPLOG, an organization resisting  the Obama administration's repeal of pro-life conscience regulations.   Terry Jeffrey from CNS News blasts the political class for blatant un-Constitutional bailout spending.   Then,  Bob McCarty thinks he can explain the crescent moon and stars on Iowa's two-seaters.   Then,  the conversation goes further south.

Rich Lowry  from the serves up Banquo's Ghosts and a bunch of insight into current events.   Bunch of Iowans get kicked out of  a public hearing on the Democratic plan to eliminate federal deductibility on Iowa taxes.  Huge response.   Iowa State Auditor David Vaudt  crunches the numbers in this debate, separating the winners and losers.

 David Jerome introduces us to Roastbeef's Promise...former joke writer for Jay Leno..visits Iowa.    Then,  Stan Johnson  is the Prophecy Club guy...thinks there's oil under the Dead Sea...wants to go get it.  Comin' to town.     Bob Vander Plaats worries about Iowa Democrats plan to end federal deductibility.   Temple Grandin...an autistic animal behaviorist...says Animals Make Us Human

Should the Iowa tax code drop federal deductibility?  Senator Paul McKinley says its a bad idea.  Bunch of open-line.  Then,  Governor Culver wants us to dim our bulbs Saturday night during Earth Hour.     Then,  ya gotta see this.

Bruce Vincent  is a logger, visiting Iowa to warn us about  run-amuck greenies.     Tom Morrison can make your vehicle ready for flex-fuel.   Then,  Shawn Johnson  is stalked and terrorized by a pervert.  People are angry.

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Steve Milloy  takes us into the "Green Hell"...how junk science is holding back science and the economy.  Dr. Mike Evans   "Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos"... it's all Jimmy's fault.   Rep Ralph Watts  is on the Iowa Climate Change Advisory Council... and he is a climate change skeptic...along with climatologist Chip Knappenberger. 

Jim Sandager  with Wealth Enhancement Group talks about your money.    Then,  the father of public education promised a paradise if public schools could be funded properly.  What happened?

John Berlau  with the Competitive Enterprise Institute  says a 90% tax on AIG bonuses is a bad idea.   Jonathan Narcisse says there are way more ELL students in the Des Moines school district than he thought.   Then an Iowa legislator with a bill to "put a cork in it"  for wine drinkers at restaurants. 

Friday sillies... First,  an Iowa union activist gets caught reaching into purses at the statehouse,  this time without the benefit of a politician.  Snotty.     Obama compares his bowling to that of  the Special Olympics...  BOOM...   Jerry Kammer keeps score on the 2006 Swift raids in Iowa.   What were the impacts? 

More AIG bashing....this time from Harley Schlanger, editor of the Executive Intelligence Review.    Roy Beck says even with growing unemployment congressional Democrats wish to import thousands of unskilled workers.    Then,  a record number of un-wed mothers... Kay Hymowitz,.. Marriage and Caste in America" ..describes the damage.   Rick Scott, chairman of Conservatives for Patients' Rights say the Brits admit some of their hospitals resemble the Third World.   Plus,  is there a 9mm ammunition shortage?  The rest of the story.    ( there was a file error in this podcast...had to be rebuilt...took out the comment section...sorry)

We talk toad with Lang Elliot..."The Frogs and Toads of North America"...  Tamara Wilder with "Grading Education: Getting Accountability Right"..  Craig Roberts  with the American Legion reacts to an Obama plan to push veteran's health costs onto insurance companies.  BOOM!....then,  the silliness continues.

Richard Weissbourd talks about  The Parents We Mean to Be...the Harvard guy makes some sense.    Joe Lucas says we shouldn't give up on the idea of clean coal for power in Iowa.   Ed Failor from  Iowans for Tax Relief  wants Iowa government budgets to be transparent,   and doesn't like Governor Culver's I-Jobs idea.    Then,  Senator Grassley suggests AIG executives fall on their own swords.   Spirted.

 Jamie Glazov  talks about the Left's Romance With Tyranny and Terror...United in Hate.   (email) Then, Sandy Powers says organic foods helped her recover from cancer.  (email)   Then,  Senator Paul McKinley   (email)  looks at what slipped through the funnel this session and Governor Culver's I-Jobs Initiative.

 Jeri Corsi  says,  "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss"...  the North American Agenda is back, stronger than ever.   Then,  a thorough explanation of the 14th Amendment scam.

Stuart  Brown  talks about "Play"  and how it shapes the brain, opens the  imagination and invigorates the soul.   Really.   Then,  Rush experiences the Howard Dean doctrine.  

Harkin raises the hog stink issue to a new level.  Des Moines school board member Jonathan Narcisse says the school district doesn't need to lay off teachers....counter proposals... like termination of  social bussing.  A lopsided poll which agrees.  Lotsa response.

 Stay Rich for Life...Ed Slott...retirement tax accountant with recommendations for turbulent money times.   Now the Chinese are counterfeiting our collectible coins.  Susan Headley  , she's worth a bucket o' ducats ... :)

James Datri  from the American Advertising Federation talks about the future of advertising during an economic downturn.   Bill Glynn with a humdinger rant on the economy.   Robert Stouffer ,  Chuck Hurley and Rev. Keith Ratliff are starting an inner-city school...Joshua Christian Academy.   call Got-Josh.   

Should teachers be allowed to teach competing views to origin theories?  Professor Hector Avalos  (email) says "No"... Casey Luskin   (email) says "Yes".  Spirited debate.    Frosty Woolridge  worries that our uncontrolled borders will turn the US into a third world mess.   Medical Examiner Gregory Schmunk  has found a way to get the stink out of his office.  Mark Mueller,  with Air Fantasitc.

What to do with Iowa deer?   Willie Suchy and Bill Bunger  from the DNR explain.  The scariest sight for a biker.   Then,  Obama selects an abortion activist as the new head of HHS.    Kim Lehman from Iowa Right Life responds. So does Mary Kay Kulp from Kansans for Life.

Boss's letter to the help.

Congressman Steve King with a flurry of huge issues.   Vigorous.    Border issues expert Jim Gilchrist talks about the reasons for travel restrictions to parts of Mexico.  Sobering.   Lotsa open-line.

"Intelligence and How to Get It"  Richard Nisbett says IQ isn't fixed and not hardwired...it can be improved.  How?     Harley Schlanger,  bureau chief for the Executive Intelligence Review deals with the banking mess.    Iowa has a team of it's own ghostbusters...CAPT... the Carroll Area Paranormal Team chases stuff which goes "bump" in the night.   And an update from Brad O'Leary on the "Audacity of Deceit"...the first few weeks of the Obamanation. 

Pat Buchanan  says the real cause of the economy collapse is the imbalance of trade.  Then,  answering listener email.  Are court decisions law?   We are basing a bunch of education expenditures based upon that silly notion.  Lotsa great conversation.

Lotsa open-line time.  An update on the Iowa National Guard story about the Arcadia training episode.   Then what's causing garage door openers to fail?  Plus silly stuff.   And the hands-free phone gadget I was talkin' about.

Answering a great listener email.  Then,  taxpayers are paying the salary of  the head of a local AFSME officer and paying the rent.   Rep Erik Helland  and  Rep Chris Hagenow  blow the whistle.   Chuck Larson back to Iowa from his assignment as Ambassador to Latvia.

Then,  the Acadia story reaction begins...  a YouTube video reaction.  Fascinating.

Andrew Bridge tells about Hope's Boy a memoir about being caught up in a dysfunctional foster care program.   Dan Pilla,  Tax Freedom Institute, with insight into the tax implications of foreclosures.   Thomas Woods describes what caused the "Meltdown".    Then Des Moines cops do a fundraiser on out-of-towners.  As the economy drops,  ticket numbers increase.

Then,  a close look at holes.

 John Stauffer  with Giants: the parallel lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln.   Great conversation.   Then,  an Iowa National Guard activates my paranoia gland.   Gonna take over an Iowa town.

School drop-outs way up.   Why?  Jonathan Narcisse  with powerful conservation...and wisdom from callers.   Then, Michael Maloney with his "Guide to Investing in Gold and Silver"    Money talk.

Lotsa economic open-line time.  Controversy over aid to Palestinian refugees... did the Obama administration entitle refugee status to Palestinians?  Conflicting stories.   Then,  what's being done to the dollar?  Rep. Dan Burton.  The Chinese say they hate us...why? 

Lotsa openline... everything from the Fairness Doctrine to gun legislation.  Rep Baudler explains.   Iowa Democrats are  trying to dump the electoral college.   Then TV 13  is dropping their analog signal early.  GM Dale Woods explains.   Then,  Suzy.

How about updated rail passenger service in Iowa?  Andrew Snow is lobbying for it.   Congressman Steve King talks about the stimulus package.  Tax attorney Bruce Baker explains HF 181...says it only effects a small tax change for duplexes...no big whoop.   Then,  Rep Lance Hornbach lobbies against prevailing wages proposals by big labor.    Ira Mehlman  from FAIR says the stimulus package doesn't prevent illegals from benefiting. 

The fellow says that after careful consideration,   he's up for "Re-carving Rushmore".... Ivan Eland  re-rates the Presidents on Peace, Prosperity and Liberty.   Great stuff.    Professor Michael Behe says Darwin wouldn't have celebrated Darwin Day.   Then,  a new piece of legislation  wants to change Iowa tax law to convert any condo with more than four units into "commercial" property and tax them accordingly.  BOOM!

Bill Salier  with a modest counter-proposal to the Obama bailout plan.  The language of entitlement...then,  Benson Bobrick  says the best general of the Civil War is unknown.  General George Thomas was the Master of War.   Lotsa open-line conversation about the octuplet mom, too.

Iowa is pondering a dove hunting season.  Mark Markarian  from the Humane Society thinks it's a bad idea.   Iowans respond.    Then, my sister Sonja Bates, who runs post abortion Bible studies for women is joined by Kim Lehman from Iowa Right to Life.    A prayer ceremony at the Iowa  State Capitol.    Cliff Kincaid   from Accuracy in Media  says the political is trying to make another end run round the US Constitution....again. 

Gillian McKeith  has a  "Food Bible".   From IPTV  Bill Hayes tries to untie the knots in the digital conversion snafu.   Senator Paul McKinley says Iowa's budget is another fine mess.

"A Slobbering Love Affair"  with Bernie Golberg...media bias in the last election cycle.  Congressman Ron Paul  with an update.   Then,  money talk.   From whence it came.

Paul Tough say when it comes to educational distress,  it's time to do "Whatever it Takes".   Plus,  what's in Iowa's 1.5 Billion dollar stimulus package?   Then,   this one will sneak up on ya.   (Large video file, but worth it)   And something special for the guy who wants to legalize pot and decriminalize drugs.

Ed Fallon comes over to assert the desirability of same sex marriage in Iowa.   Vigorous discussion.

Winterfest 2009  with the County Conservation Board  people.   Tom Hazelton  brings in a bunch of County Conservation experts.  

Tony Blankley  advocates true "American Grit" ...what it will take to survive and win in the 21st American Century.    Then, the upcoming Red Flannel Run.. .Kathy Strottman from Riverfront YMCA and Mary Greig fitness practitioner....  lotsa stuff....  Harry Reid said what?   Golly..  the Lutherans til we die?   Listen.   Then,   have you ever heard of Bishop Castle?  Great story of American individualism.

Barbara Comstack from the Workforce Fairness Institute   takes on the "card check" issue.   Then,   an Iowa artist does some performance art  on inauguration day.   Snotty.    Then,  the word police analyze the term "suicide victim".   Iowans have a powerful story to tell.   Then,  what a cutie!

 A fella with a horror story.  A failed marriage with kids and the court won't enforce it's own rulings.  Then,  Dr. Scott Taylor  with health, food, and diet advice.   Then,  Battling Big Box  with Henry Dubroff...how nimble niche companies can outmaneuver giant competitors

What's the G.I. Diet Clinic?  (Glycemic Index) Rick Gallop with info.   Then,  guess which group is demanding a 6.5% pay hike during an economic downturn?   Guess again.  A big rock gets over-turned.  BTW,  how well does that school district rank?

Bob Vander Plaats  (web site) gets his gubernatorial race under way with the endorsement of former State Auditor Dick Johnson and GOP Assistant House Leader Jodi Tymeson.    Then Stacey Cargill and Mitch Henry follow the gambling money in Iowa politics.   

Elizabeth Crawford from RADAR (Respecting Accuracy in Domestic Abuse Reporting) says the VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) has caused more problems  than it has fixed.  Then, is it ok to beat up adulterers?   Really.  You'll have to listen.  And an appropriate song by Rehab.   Then,  for no particular reason.  (large video download)

Leo Kim is into "Healing the Rift: bridging the Gap Between Science & Spirituality"   Jay Budziszewski  says, "Ask Me Anything" ...so we do.    Casey Luskin from Discovery Institute writes about  "Traipsing into Evolution"....new science standards in Texas should allow for evolution to be open for critique.   Congressman Steve King wins one for Ramos and Campeon.   Vigorous.  Then the most inspirational video I've seen in a long time.

The Iowa connection to the "Blood in the Cage" ... Sports Illustrated writer Jon Wertheim talks about Pat Miletich and the rise of Mixed Martial Arts.    Then,   Ramos and Compean finally are given their freedom...the Congressman King connection.      And what brought down that plane into the Hudson River?

So,  should we have mandatory national service for our kids?   Time to make hand held cell phones illegal in Iowa?

Iowans worry about the effects of cold on livestock.    Then, Christopher Horner  describes the "Red Hot Lies"  of the global warming scam.   Reaction to the last Bush speech.   Then,  Suzy.

Alan Kazdin with "Kazdin Method for Parenting the Defiant Child"...then a teacher and student at Dowling get caught up in a scandal.   Now what?   Andrew Beck from the Department of Energy says once we iron out political wrinkles, our energy future could be bright!  "A Decade of Discovery"    Plus,   the source of the reading by a college professor on the purpose of sex?  "Ask Me Anything" J. Budziszewski. 

Frosty Woolridge, with one of the best, concise looks at our immigration future.  "America on the Brink".  (His book isn't out yet)   Congressman Ron Paul with a look at politics and money.   Senator Paul McKinley evaluates the Gov Culver State of the State Address for 2009

"Lincoln at Peoria:  the Turning Point"... the speech which launched Lincoln's nation-wide presidential appeal.  Lewis Lehrman.    Dr. Ed Thomas  is an Iowa fitness guru on a mission to restore classical physical education to Iowa schools.  (He's looking for Iowa school districts to apply for federal PEP funds.  Here's how...  1-866-685-1580   then enter the conference call code-515-281-3290)  Governor Culver's State of the State Address for 2009 (abridged) , then feedback.

Christopher Lane talks about "How Shyness Became and Illness".   Then,  will the gambling lobby buy the lottery?   Then,  Bob Beaudine with "The Power of Who"...why networking doesn't work.  Then, the Minden, Iowa peacock flockist,  goes on the Tonight Show and dis-assembles his clarinet in public, without shame.    Dennis Fett.   Then, Kelly Campbell from the Iowa Census is looking for workers. 

Iowa State Auditor David  Vaudt   reponds to Senator Gronstal's claim that Iowa doesn't  have a deficit.   Larry Winget  says "People Are Idiots and I can Prove It"   Congressman Steve King  talks about bailouts and politics.  Dr.Orly Taitz  has a hearing at the Supreme Court on Obama's natural born citizen issue.    Jeff Traviss  with digital conversion information. Could it be delayed? 

Yak Tracks?  How to help rescue workers who need to trek through ice and snow?   Andre Dilnot with "The Numbers Games"... you'll need more than your fingers and toes.  Robert Wilcox talks about the "Plot to Assassinate General George S. Patton...  Target Patton"... what a story.  Senator David Hartsuch with some political jabber about Iowa economic woes.