Matt Stutzman is an Iowa treasure.  He is also an Olympics bound athlete.  He's an archer with no arms.  Be prepared to be inspired.  Adam Christing is a filmmaker who wonders about "A Mormon President".   Plus,  hairy-legged women shouldn't go to Canada.

Direct download: mickelson-2012-08-03.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:36pm CDT

Jeremy Horpedahl is skeptical about Iowa's Tax Holiday this weekend.  Iowans are ready for a tax law change.  Then,  a former Planned Parenthood employee, Sue Thayer,  blows the whistle on her former employee for fraud.  A big lawsuit.  Mike Norton, Senior Counsel the Alliance Defending Freedom.  Jennifer Bowen from Iowa Right to Life, Kim Lehman, John Paul II Stem Cell Research Institute with the rest of the story.  Then, could there be local media bias in reporting Chick-Fil-A Day?    Dang right.   Some of it down-right funny.

Direct download: mickelson-2012-08-02.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:48pm CDT

Senator Harkin says making Catholics pay for stuff they don't like under Obama-care is just like making Quakers pay taxes for the military.  Really?  (sort of admits this is a tax).  Joel Gilbert says the mainstream media is starting to take notice of "Dreams of My Real Father"...best selling documentary.  Chick-Fil-A Day.   Gary Kreep from The  US Justice Foundation says bullying Chick-Fil-A won't work.  

Direct download: mickelson-2012-08-01.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:09pm CDT

NYC Mayor Bloomberg wants moms to breast feed...tells hospitals to play keep-away with  baby formula.  Michael Reagan has a new email domain for conservatives.   Then Iowans are pondering on-line sales tax collection laws.

Direct download: mickelson-2012-07-31.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:39pm CDT

First,  the sociology of wax paper.  Then, another talk about our national debt...great info on the problem. Gretchen Hamel.   Then,  the Gay Taliban doubles down on Chick-Fil-A.  

Direct download: mickelson-2012-07-30.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:43pm CDT

The dudes from Dunkerton with an update on the culture war.  The Junkyard Prophets  Congressman Tom Latham pushes wind energy.  The Concrete Professionals push the hard stuff.  And  Iowa mountain lions are eating Iowa horses.  

Direct download: mickelson-2012-07-27.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:57pm CDT

Iowans wonder about the cost effects of the drought on groceries so we ponder ways to save money on anticipated food price hikes.   Iowan's are great at this.

Direct download: mickelson-2012-07-26.mp3
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Chris Chmeilenski says the Obama administration is great at playing the system to provide amnesty to illegals.   They are one step ahead of decency.  We might not be able to catch up. Con Steve King is gonna sue.   Then,  new citizens are required to take an oath agreeing to national service.   When did that happen?   Plus, Grant Petersen says,  "Just Ride"... says  lots of what we think about biking is just plain wrong.  

Direct download: mickelson-2012-07-25.mp3
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The Family Leader is having a big conference in August... Bob Vander Platts tells what's happening.   Joel Rosenberg is coming, and talks about "Implosion".   William Norman Grigg says our "Comforter-In-Chief" is a child-killer.  Not what you think.   Then,  Ice-T lectures the left on the 2nd Amendment.  Who knew?

Direct download: mickelson-2012-07-24.mp3
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Dr. Ivan Sascha Sheehan tells what to do about Iran.   Then, the NCAA pulls part of the plug on Penn State.  Iowans assess the penalties.  Justice?

Direct download: mickelson-2012-07-23.mp3
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Iowans respond to the Aurora, Colorado theater murders.  Intense. 

Direct download: mickelson-2012-07-20.mp3
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"Rich Habits"...Tom Corley says he knows what they are and is willing to share.   Ben Lange is running for Congress.  Then, Mike Vasquez and Dr. Brad Archer from Harbor View Medical talk about pain management.   Then another example of the US refugee program being abused by agri-business to provide cheap labor.  Boom!

Direct download: mickelson-2012-07-19.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:01pm CDT

"The Party of 'NO'"!   Then a word that should be on the air...oops.   Then Dick Morris continues to scare people about a treaty and erasing the 2nd Amendment.  The real history.   Then 100 reasons Romney is like Obama. Then real shovel-ready jobs...and how to avoid heat-related health issues.

Direct download: mickelson-2012-07-18.mp3
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Steve Hoffman wants to become Jasper County Sherrif...issues.   Then,  Iowans respond to Obama's "...you didn't build that"  comment on businesses.  BOOM!

Direct download: mickelson-2012-07-17.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:28pm CDT

Robert Zubrin tells the history of "The Merchants of Despair"...a great history of how radical anti-humanist environmentalist have almost destroyed human worth.   Then Michael Ware and Pete Brownell talk about a huge Iowa hobby and sport.  Gun building.  Jeff Burkett from Iowa Firearms Coalition talks about Bobby Jindal coming to an Iowa event in August.  Mark Morano blows the whistle on climate change alarmists.

Direct download: mickelson-2012-07-16.mp3
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"Was Jesus a Muslim?"  Luther College professor of Religion, Robert Shedinger,  says, "Yes".   And explains. James Edwards explains how third world refugees end up in Iowa.   Has something to do with, "...follow the money".   Kim Lehman is enlisting Iowans to "GiveCures"...pioneering medical research.  Then,  is Iowa suitable for irrigation during a drought?

Direct download: mickelson-2012-07-13.mp3
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Lawyer, theologian and a fellow with a Panoramic view,  ruminates about the meaning of stuff.  John Mark Stewart.     Then,  when is life in prison without parole really "cruel and unusual" punishment?  Just ask Kagan.

Direct download: mickelson-2012-07-12.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:07pm CDT

Dick Morris says a treaty is about to take away our 2nd Amendment rights.  Is he right?    Can one be compelled to volunteer?  Dunno?  Then,  can an institution which embraces sodomy continue to stigmatize adultery?   Ya gotta hear this.

Direct download: mickelson-2012-07-11.mp3
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 Senator Mike Gravel wants the US to become a direct democracy.  Would you vote for that?  Mike Lucas worries that the farm bill is about 80% food stamps.   Joel Gilbert with an update on Dreams of my Real Father.   Wow.   Then, Bob Quinn describes how the farm bill got attached to food stamps to begin with.  

Direct download: mickelson-2012-07-10.mp3
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David Gelernter describes "America-Lite" how imperial academia dismantled our culture and ushered in the Obamacrats. Fierce.   Senator Chuck Grassley updates us on "Fast and Furious."  Then,  bulb envy.  Mine.

Direct download: mickelson-2012-07-09.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:27pm CDT

Some "missionaries" insult a bunch of Muslims at 2012 Arab Festival,  then claim outrage when they incite a riot.   Is this what free speech is all about?   Then should Iowa take a zero tolerance attitude towards drinking and BOATING?   Many Iowans will drink to that.

Direct download: mickelson-2012-07-03.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:28pm CDT

Steve Deace wonders where his  proposed Des Moines Register gig went.  Then,  below the radar,   'nuther tussle about security vs. freedom.  This time it's over farm electrical inspections.  Then,  an Iowa cyclist encounters a case of malicious traffic enforcement on the BIKE trails.  Huh?

Direct download: mickelson-2012-07-02.mp3
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 So here’s the rest of the story.   I sometimes tell Van,   “Ya know,  I was just cleaning my mouth and it went off”.     This is one of these cases.  

First some background.   I’ve known Congressman Tom Latham for years.   I have interviewed him dozens of times.   He is by temperament,  a “flaming moderate”.   I am not.    One of my favorite sports in talk radio is to get moderates to say immoderate things.   Latham never falls for it.    When he hits his exasperation wall,  his standard line is,  “Mickelson,  I’m always happy to come on your show”.    This is usually accompanied by a frozen grin along with a healthy dose of stink eye.   Translation:  “Mickelson you are an idiot and I’m not fallin’ for it”.

So,  in this case Congressman Tom Latham was on my program on the 22nd and we covered a bunch of issues.  The interview was fast paced and cheeky.   Discussing the upcoming AG Holder contempt of  Congress vote…Obama’s abuse of executive privilege vote following his executive directive regarding non-enforcement of immigration laws…Nancy Pelosi’s claim that the motive in the Holder contempt vote is really about voter suppression efforts in Florida.   Then, the race-baiting in the Nixon-Kennedy debates (in 1960…nothing new) ,  ICE assuming jurisdiction over dinosaur bones (Latham  was actually informed about it! Who knew?)   Then, the  taxpayers are about to be paying almost 3 billion dollars for phone stamps (free phones for the poor). 

Added to the end of the list  was a story about nuns on a bus headed to Washington to lobby congress for even more welfare money.    

You can listen to the context yourself…  my comment was intentionally non-PC to harass Congressman Tom Latham after dealing with  a long litany of the absurd.    

I asked,  “Do you have any power to pull them over and pistol whip them?”    The laughter was in my voice,  not Latham’s.    I noted that they called Congressman Ryan a fake Catholic on the budget,  saying,  “Liar, Liar, Pants on fire”.

Latham’s response is to say,   “Aw Jeez,  I’m always happy to be on your show”…the frozen grin, the  stink eye…and then he plows forward into discussing  the Ryan budget even as I continue to harass him. 

He didn’t think it was funny,  he didn’t agree and  he most certainly didn’t attack the nuns.   I doubt if he even knew about them all at when  I brought them up.  And for the record,  I didn’t know much about them either except the short AP story about their attack on Ryan.    I planned to ask Iowans what they thought about them later that morning.   I did…  short segment…about 12 minutes…couple of calls.   Nobody, including me, gave it another thought.   Most of the energy that morning was Urbandale’s zero tolerance policy against bottle rockets.   A way more interesting topic, trust me.

Since this is an election year, and since the Latham-Boswell race contains two incumbents vying for the newly created congressional district, leftist bloggers cut part of that exchange out of context,  abridging it to imply this was an attack on the nuns instead of me trying to  harass Congressman Latham.  This was done with malice and cynicism. 

Just like NBC edited the 911 calls in the Treyvon Martin case to fit their template story,  leftist bloggers did the same thing in this case.    They edited out the part where Latham expresses discomfort and brushes off my nonsense.   They falsely charged that this was said because of right-wing outrage over the politics of the nuns.  Rubbish.    This was nothing more than a boneheaded intentionally non-PC  and stupid comment designed to get a rise out of a politician.   The nuns were barely on anybody’s radar screen. 

When I began to get some inquiries about this,  my reaction was,   “Oh crap,  this edited tape makes me sound like I’m advocating harm against a bunch of nuns.!”    If I read this stuff in print or heard it out of context I’d label this guy,  THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD too….I’d give this guy the complete OBERMAN.   So,   I immediately wrote a letter to the nuns with the Network explaining what had happened.  I apologized for my stupid comment and offered them an opportunity to be on my program where their cause could be heard.

So far,  my letter has not been acknowledged.  But, a couple of days later someone sent me link to a video of a left-wing talk show on which the nuns were being interviewed.   A reference to my program was  described as just another right-wing attack against poverty programs and the activists in the social justice movement.

Then, I fully understood what I had expected all along.   I had been Alinskied.       Here were the nuns basking in their imagined and asserted victim-hood.   They were imagining,  “We are victims of brutal threats,  therefore we and our cause must be righteous. Just like Jesus.”    My comment was being used to authenticate their template story.  An explanation or apology would be an inconvenience to their martyrdom and fund-raising.

By the way,  at least three activist websites, including  Move-on dot Org and the Boswell campaign are using that out of context sound-bite as a fund raiser.  Boswell’s is hilarious.

“…the radical Tea Party talk host suggested that nuns…be pulled over and pistol whipped.”  Tom Latham’s response?  “It’s always fun to be on your show.”  Fun?  There’s nothing fun about violence against women.   Contribute $3 dollars today to show Tom Latham’s casual attitude against women won’t stand.”

Three bucks.  Really?  HAH!  That’s a bunch of outrage Leonard!    Perhaps $3 is the right amount for phony contrived outrage.

Most of the response on this has come from outside Iowa from people who didn’t listen to the program.  Most of the response is contrived outrage from leftist social media.   It is so lame and transparent that I’ve ignored it.   For some listeners who are genuinely concerned,  I’ve explained to them what’s going on.  Then they become annoyed that they’ve been played by political operatives.  

Speaking of response,    and the caliber of invective coming from the left,  here is a sample from Congressman Latham’s Facebook page… about his 95 year old grandmother.

“That woman is a servant of the Devil who raised up a liar to serve Satan’s bankers.  She’s nothing but a breeder of this nation’s  enemies…it is my prayer that the True and Living God will send that demoniac old whore into the fires of Hell that she and your blasphemous family deserve.”

There is  one of the important lessons to be learned from this.   For my own part, I’ve learned,  “Don’t give your enemies a club they will use it”.    For the rest of us, we should learn that we shouldn’t  believe everything  you see and read in the media.   I’m IN the media and I am telling you that it has never been worse.  Activist bloggers are one thing,  but now mainstream newspapers and news agencies are doing the same thing.  Fair and Balanced is a myth.   Reagan was right.  “Trust, but Verify”.    

I’m a big boy…I’ve been to this rodeo before.   My listeners know what this is about.  My only concern is that my idiot comment could hurt a pretty decent,  but boring congressman.   That,  I would truly regret.

The next time I reach for something non-PC to say,   it will not involve nuns.  Trust me on that…might be baby seals…or  bald eagles …or something.

 

 

 

 

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Dr. Donald Palmisano with The Coalition to Protect Patients Rights describes what to do now that Obamacare has been ruled Constitutional.   Congressman King with the same question.    Monsignor Bognanno says the the Church won't implement the parts of Obamacare which violates God's law.  Period.    Then,  purdy celtic music....coming to Iowa ...Iona.

Direct download: mickelson-2012-06-29.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:00pm CDT

SCOTUS drops the Obamacare decision.  Iowans evaluate. Shona Holmes a medical refugee from Canada says the USA shouldn't go the Candian route.

Direct download: mickelson-2012-06-28.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 6:10pm CDT

Ames Iowa is thinking about adding video security cameras in Campustown.   Should they?   Iowans discuss the tension between freedom and security.  Vigorous.

Direct download: mickelson-2012-06-27.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:51pm CDT

Some Iowa guys get busted for "noodling"...  their stash of catfish fillets confiscated....as well as their boat.  Who knew?

Direct download: mickelson-2012-06-26.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:13pm CDT

Dan Charleston wants to be Polk County Sheriff.  Issues.   Jim Rickards revisits "Currency Wars"...who is winning?  Then,  Governor Branstad yanks voting rights of felons.  Right Thing To Do?

Direct download: mickelson-2012-06-25.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:53pm CDT

(Editor's Note:  for those of you outside of Iowa who only heard a 30 second sound byte from this podcast,  feel free to listen to the entire podcast.  Baiting a politician isn't hate speech...might be clumsy sometimes,  but it isn't hate speech.  And worse,  it didn't even work... Latham didn't fall for it, darn it.) 

Congressman Tom Latham...issues.  Nuns on the Bus  say Congressman Ryan is a "liar, liar, pants on fire" Catholic.  Plus, Urbandale has a zero tolerance philosophy against bottle rockets.  

Direct download: mickelson-2012-06-22.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:09pm CDT

Now dinosaur parts are under the jurisdiction of Homeland Security?  Dang Muslim T-Rexes,  anyway.    Tim  Pawlenty on Romney's short list?  Good idea?   Then, a spot on the Earth even more gullible and poltically correct than Iowa.

Direct download: mickelson-2012-06-21.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:32pm CDT

Paul Hill tells how to have "The Panic Free Job Search"... Dan Kish says our energy future is bright,  but being clouded by politicians.   Obama-care reps are in Iowa to explain how the new system will work.  Julie Brookhart and Nancy Rios from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.     Then,  guess who is the "bully" now?

Direct download: mickelson-2012-06-20.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:22pm CDT

What to do with old technology?  Always Goodwill.   Kennedy-Nixon debates...just as dreary as modern ones...only the names are changed.   Then,  The Road Home...Barbara Lukavsky's story of loss, danger and life. 

Direct download: mickelson-2012-06-19.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:38pm CDT

"Kill or Capture"... Daniel Klaidman talks about Obama's war on terror.  Then,  Iowans give a post-convention review.

Direct download: mickelson-2012-06-18.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:39pm CDT

Bunch of evangelicals wish to treat illegals as ancient Israel treated "strangers"...  Ok,  then should we find some sharp stones and get to work?   (Ex 12:48)   Then,  Nancy Sebring and her "lover" want no more emails released.  Judge Hanson will decide soon.  How should he rule?  

Direct download: mickelson-2012-06-15.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:28pm CDT

Governor Branstad calls upon Iowa Government workers to pay for  part of their healthcare.  Reaction?   Huge.

Direct download: mickelson-2012-06-14.mp3
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Dreams of My Real Father answers the questions "birthers" should have been asking in the first place.  Joel Gilbert unsorts the murky history of Obama....amazing stuff.  Then,  Senator Santorum talks about his new organization,  Patriot Voices.

Direct download: mickelson-2012-06-13.mp3
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Stacey Cargill doesn't want Steve Scheffler re-elected to the Republican National Committee...reasons.  Vigorous.  Explanations.   Then,  unintended humor at its best.  Christie Vilsack on Iowa Press.   Delicious.

Direct download: mickelson-2012-06-12.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:23pm CDT

Phyllis Schlafly warns against the Law of the Sea Treaty.   Silly songs for a hot summer day.  And another "principal"  demonstrates the lack  of "principles"...  sigh.   And does a scooper make up for the pooper? 

Direct download: mickelson-2012-06-11.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:32pm CDT

Ted DiBiase is in Iowa for wrestling and ministry.  Yes...the Million Dollar Man.  Then,  Alan Gottlieb talks about the"Fast and Furious" gun-gate.   Plus,  "...show me your papers!"  

Direct download: mickelson-2012-06-08.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:48pm CDT

David Limbaugh says Obama is "The Great Destoyer"...issues.   Then the NAACP gets bullied by the gay lobby.  Explaining how the scam works.   Then,  Geoffrey Botkin is coming to Iowa to do a Family Discipleship conference at New Life Church in Pleasant Hill Saturday June 16th.  515-299-5433.   Then what role does a young person's first job have on career and life paths?  Iowans tell their stories.

Direct download: mickelson-2012-06-07.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:58pm CDT

Election feedback...classy?  Or class war?  Then,  the two things destroying the next generation of men.  Powerful.  Then,  Mercy to Animals says the hidden ingredient in pork is cruelty.  Min-debate.

Direct download: mickelson-2012-06-06.mp3
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The Life of Herbert Hoover...Glen Jeansonne with some Iowa history.   Then, some local color, plus  Anthony Swofford,  (JarHead) now writes "Hotels, Hospitals and Jails".   

Direct download: mickelson-2012-06-05.mp3
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Des Moines Public Schools deal with the Sebring sex scandal.  Trying to figure out what is all means.  Spirited.

Direct download: mickelson-2012-06-04.mp3
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A bunch of Iowans want to represent other Iowans at the legislature and National Committee.   We hear from a bunch of them.  Mayor Bloomberg wants to "force people to make conscious decisions"... definitely a bad sign.   Then,  Congressman Steve King talks about life and puppies.   Issues.

Direct download: mickelson-2012-06-01.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:29pm CDT

Dr. Christine Horner evaluates the effectiveness of screening makes nutritional recommendations.  Dr. Lee Hieb says our medical delivery system is broken and must get government completely out of it.  Lotsa energy.

Direct download: mickelson-2012-05-31.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:19pm CDT

So who stands to gain from warped rotors?   Uh, Huh...   Then,  as a follow-up,  the true history of the Pledge...don't listen unless you are prepared for an attitude adjustment.  Then the Muslim Brotherhood aspires to Iowa's jizya laws discriminating against people of faith.

Direct download: mickelson-2012-05-30.mp3
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The kid was just too tired to stand up and deliver his "Pledge of Allegiance"...  so sad. (listen for the caller of the month, Phil...unintended humor is always best)  Then,  John Archer campaigns for congress...issues.  Sigh.   Then,  the real reason the NAACP endorsed gay marriage...the inside story.

Direct download: mickelson-2012-05-29.mp3
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Senator Jerry Behn with and end-of session review...issues. A 1st Amendment right to "Flash"?  Cool.  Then, what truckers deal with when an accident results in death.   Powerful.

Direct download: mickelson-2012-05-24.mp3
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The miracle of leaf-blowers...teachers and students losing it in the classroom...the blog says,  Iowa congressman compares immigrants to dogs...the rest of the story.

Direct download: mickelson-2012-05-23.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:36pm CDT

Rev Keith Ratliff on the national committee of the NAACP disagrees with their recent pro same gender marriage position.   Then,  why is Iowa supplying foreign aid to the Meskwakis?

Direct download: mickelson-2012-05-22.mp3
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Dr. Marty Becker with "Your Cat: The Owner's Manual"... then,  a couple of legal cases which Iowa justice can't even  be defined, let alone be executed.  

Direct download: mickelson-2012-05-21.mp3
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Gary Dorrien thinks he has the answer to "The Obama Question: a Progressive Perspective".    Then,  Marcie Stone has a project for the good of heart.  Plus, the miracles of Bondo....and a Ron Paul support quiz.

Direct download: mickelson-2012-05-18.mp3
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Brian Peskin talks about health myths and health benefits of EFA's.   Then Van Jones explains how to "Rebuild the Dream".   And a bunch of ISU students don't know they are in debt.

Direct download: mickelson-2012-05-17.mp3
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Iowans give their own "mommy I have to poop" moments.  Hilarious.   Then, "The Amateur"  Edward Klein looks into the mind and office of President Obama.  Plus, what's justice for false accusers?   Three Iowa teachers want to know.

Direct download: mickelson-2012-05-16.mp3
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Rod Blum wants to be congressman in Iowa's 1st District.   Then some of the rest of the story on JP Morgan's 2 billion dollar "whoops" moment.  And Jim Rogers says farmers are going to be very important soon.  Plus, which post offices should be closed?  

Direct download: mickelson-2012-05-15.mp3
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Some people say the Des Moines Farmer's Market has gone to the dogs...and they are upset.  Monte Shaw defends ethanol from the slings and arrows of the oil companies.  

Direct download: mickelson-2012-05-14.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:26pm CDT

Gov Branstad puts the lead back in.   Lady on the cover of Time takes the breast out.   Congressman Steve King and Senator Rand Paul have a "Refueling America Rally"...  and why does the peacock cross the road?  

Direct download: mickelson-2012-05-11.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:52pm CDT

Obama evolves and refreshes his Etch-a-Sketch on same gender marriage.   Iowans ponder what it means.  Vigorous.

Direct download: mickelson-2012-05-10.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:01pm CDT

So, how serious is "fired with cause" when it come to unemployment?   Iowans with experience.  Chelsea Schilling says Facebook has become a pedophile sewer.   Iowalive reports on an unreported car crash involving an Iowa legislator and wonders if this is a case of political favoritism.   And in the Obama Whitehouse,  even the unborn have to be screened before coming in.   Even their middle names.   Seriously.

Direct download: mickelson-2012-05-09.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:54pm CDT

Bob Vanderplatts from the Family Leader responds to the ousted judges getting an award...for courage.  Todd Gitlin recalls "Occupy Nation"  and scolds the T-Party for failing to blast criminal bankers.  Then, a women gets fired from a bank for a 40 year old shoplifting charge.  

Direct download: mickelson-2012-05-8_.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:50pm CDT

Dan Charleston is running for Polk County Sheriff...issues...illegal immigration and gotcha cams are the biggies.  Then,  Openline follow-up.  And Joe Biden comes out...for gay marriage.  

Direct download: mickelson-2012-05-07.mp3
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Iowans have opinions about weight discrimination and mandatory tipping.  

Direct download: mickelson-2012-05-04.mp3
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May Day protestors carry signs they can't read.    Illegal aliens get child tax credits for kids who don't even live in the US...The IRS won't follow their own rules.   "Joe the Plumber"  coming to Iowa May 7th,  8am Holiday Inn, 1st Street,  Coralville, to rally the troops for Americans for Prosperity.   Then,   Dr. Walid Phares,  tonight, Thursday 7pm, Drake University, Sheslow Auditorium.  "The Struggle for Freedom in the Middle East".   Then we get a dog park.  Good idea?   And if you don't really fully appreciate what government does for you, it's cuz you don't understand.   See the "Life of Julia".

Direct download: mickelson-2012-05-03.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:07pm CDT

John Phillips from Iowa Green Home is a new sponsor...so we say hello.   Then,  responding to the Polk County Board of Supervisors and Senate Democrats gotcha cam follies.   Supervisor Bob Brownell votes against the cams and explains the next step.   Then Sheriff McCarthy promises non-English speaking Polk County Hispanics that he won't finger print them if they only commit misdemeanors.  

Direct download: mickelson-2012-05-02.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:52pm CDT

Patrick Wood tells the inside story of Agenda 21.  Then,  the Polk County Board of Supervisors advance Sheriff McCarthy's gotcha cam scam.   Sen. Brad Zaun tries to get the Democrat controlled Iowa Senate to debate and advance a gotcha cam ban.   Defeated...couldn't get a debate.

Direct download: mickelson-2012-05-1.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:19pm CDT

 

Bruce Crawford invites Iowans to Omaha May 19th to view a restored copy of the classic film, "Journey to the Center of the Earth".   Pat Boone (who starred in the film)  will be there as a guest.    Then, Dr. Kevin Collins, Crooks, Thugs & Bigots...  then,  Dan Savage bullies a bunch of Christian high school kids.   Taking apart the nonsense.

Direct download: mickelson-2012-04-30.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:47pm CDT

Rev. Jeff Mullen wants to be Senator Mullen from the new Senate District 22.  Jonathan Narcisse wants to repair what ails Iowa politics.   Harry Stein says,  "No Matter What...They'll Cal This Book Racist: How Our Fear of Talking Honestly about Race Hurts Us All".    Al Riggenberg wants Senator Gronstal's job.   Then, Iowans ponder what to do with druggie cops.

Direct download: mickelson-2012-04-27.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:57pm CDT

Robert Buchar is a political refugee from the old Soviet Union..."And Realty Be Damned"...and "The Collapse of Communism: The Untold Story".    Then Mickelson get a "hatchet job".    Plus, Lisa Bedford is the "Survival Mom".   Then, somebody, (we don't know who) from the Polk County Sheriff's office wants "Gotcha Cams" in Polk County.   And Tom Pyle from the Institute for Energy Research tell why gas is so expensive.

Direct download: mickelson-2012-04-26.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:24pm CDT

Pavel Stroilov stole a bunch of documents from the Gorbachev archives...he's a Russian historian now living in the West.  "Behind the Desert Storm"...  he warns of continuing Russian mischief.  Then,  can Iowans pass the civics test taken by new American citizens?  Pop Quiz!

Direct download: mickelson-2012-04-25.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:53pm CDT

David Shedlock talks about "With Christ in the Voting Booth"... concludes he will not be voting this time around.  Then,  revisiting the Parable of the Pound... then,  the oldest "Bully Bill"  on the planet is more than 4000 years old,  and much better than the new ones.   

Direct download: mickelson-2012-04-24.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:31pm CDT

Kaitlin Barnett talks about the "Dosed" generation and what they learned from being medicated.  Iowans tell of their own experiences...including a caller who mentioned neuro-feedback.  Mikey Weinstein from the Military Religious Freedom Foundation blasts the US Aryan SS unit in Afghanistan.  He doesn't like to be agreed with...  :)    Then,  Bridgette Gabriel from Act for America is coming to Point of Grace in Waukee Tuesday pm 7pm. 

Direct download: mickelson-2012-04-23.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:08pm CDT

Iowans reaction to Grassley's  "Heads Should Roll"...Sarah Palin's  "You're Fired"....to the" fast and furious" FUBARS and zipper-gate security agents.   Senator Kent Sorenson... Senator David Johnson...  Rep Glenn Massie... Chuck Hurley... lobby for life and explain why de-funding abortion is being Gronstalled.  Congressman Steve King talks about issues...including a call from an Iowa vet who couldn't get service from a VA hospital cuz it was delivering "services" to Hispanic families instead.  

Direct download: mickelson-2012-04-20.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:33pm CDT

Katie Pavilich says a bunch of people should be in big trouble following the "Fast and Furious" disasters.  Including the President.  Deborah Thornton, policy analyst from Public Interest Institute says Iowa remains the highest business property tax state in the nation.  Then, Abrahm Lustgarten describes BP's "Run to Failure" ...what went into the gulf oil disaster.

Direct download: mickelson-2012-04-19.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:14pm CDT

Senator Byron Dorgan writes a novel,  Blowout,  as a way to talk about energy policy.  Chris Hall takes a look at Obama's  "Big Picture".   And Iowa Board of Regents President Craig Lang talks about changing the tuition set aside program after a public outcry over its "taking from the haves and giving to the have nots" policy became general knowledge.

Direct download: mickelson-2012-04-18.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:29pm CDT

Harold Kwalwasser says when it's education it's time for a "Renewal: Remaking Our Schools for the 21st Century."    Then,  Charlotte Hays of the Independent Women's Forum says "Equal Pay Day" is a myth.  Dr. Wes Crenshaw talks about bullying...and the politics of solid waste bags.  

Direct download: mickelson-2012-04-17.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:50pm CDT

Chris Law helps run Newton, Iowa's Pregnancy Center of Central Iowa talking about an upcoming fundraiser. (Saturday in Newton Iowa)  Joe Williams says public education is "Cheating our Kids: How Politics and Greed Ruin Education".   Then, Iowa Regents schools are "taking from the haves and giving to the have nots"... cuz we need diversity...ulp.   We've been Kibbied.

Direct download: mickelson-2012-04-16.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:37pm CDT

Project Appleseed...Bryce Hope invites people to sample history and long rifles.  Jeff Burkett from Iowa Firearms Coalition says there's still time to get some gun stuff done at the legislature.  Here's how.   Iowans really like talking about GMO's.  Spirited.

Direct download: mickelson-2012-04-13.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:08pm CDT

Keith Darrell is gonna debate ISU's tax-funded atheist professor of religion,  Prof. Hector Avalos....tonight at 7pm at Hoover Hall. "Is the Bible the Source of Absolute Moral Rules for Today?"   Sounds like fun.    Then,  "The Daily Insult"  says Sharia Law isn't worth our worry...nothing to see here.   Then,  a Democrat activist says Mitt Romney's wife never "worked a day in her life"...boom.

Direct download: mickelson-2012-04-12.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:51pm CDT

The Iowa school year start day is being debated....Iowans have opinions.   Jimmy White says PETA shouldn't euthanize sheltered pets.    Then,  Iowans talk about the unemployment kiosks...and have we become a nation of couch sitters waiting for a government check?

Direct download: mickelson-2012-04-11.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:39pm CDT

The new Howard Dean effect explained and refuted...then Iowans apply the techniques to politics.

Direct download: mickelson-2012-04-10.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:10pm CDT

Deputy Dan Charleston is running for Polk County Sheriff...issues.   Then,  "Debacle"...John Lott says the economy is running the wrong way.   Then,  Senator Grassley tweets up a storm...more on the courts.  Nathan Tucker says it's worse than we thought.

Direct download: mickelson-2012-04-09.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 6:47am CDT

Open-line interrupted by "Hoodie Day"  at Valley High School.  Some kids decide to wear hoodies to school to demonstrate against profiling based upon clothing... great conversation.

Direct download: mickelson-2012-04-06.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:14pm CDT

Shawn Heflick, a snake herder from Geo Wild talk about the new show...he's into poisonous critters and likes to share.   Then,  the cashier from Git-n-Go is out of work after selling gas for $.39 a gallon.   She's a little bugged at Iowans.

Direct download: mickelson-2012-04-05.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:57pm CDT

The Stupid Party mugs Obama,  while making him embrace the doctrine of judicial supremacy.  Then,  Obama blasts "social Darwinism" while  subsidizing it.   And busted for breaking into one's own home?    The rest of the story.

Direct download: mickelson-2012-04-04.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:45pm CDT

Title 9 is coming to the high school level?   Equal sports money spent for gender equity...good idea?  Sabrina Schaeffer says,  "nope".   Then, Iowans sort out a bunch of moral dilemmas...dang that Golden Rule.

Direct download: mickelson-2012-04-03.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:39pm CDT

Senator Arlen Specter talks about "Life Among the Cannibals"...history and culture war.  Then,  a jury acquits a minister for whacking a mouthy kid.   :)   

Direct download: mickelson-2012-04-02.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:46pm CDT

Judy Hintz from Educational Resources offers an insight into what is necessary to fix our ailing education system.   Then,  Best Buy is on the ropes...why... and what the market is doing to adjust. Iowans have insights.

Direct download: mickelson-2012-03-30.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:08pm CDT

Timothy Daughtry talks about "Waking the Sleeping Giant:  How Mainstream Americans Can Beat Liberal At Their Own Game"... Justice Kagin says the US Government has buckets of money for the states...why would they complain?   Then,  nutritionist Lorna Vanderhaeghe says stop blaming your parents for your genes and start eating the right stuff.   Oh...and Senator Harkin says we are a rich country...we still have checks and people to tax.

Direct download: mickelson-2012-03-29.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:44pm CDT

Explaining stuff normally unexplained...namely,  why Des Moines,  Iowa has so many ELL (English Language Learning) students...and why Iowa is a low wage state.  What did Thomas Jefferson have to say about debt...and why do Christians say they have to forgive people who are not even seeking it?  Plus can "pink slime" be rehabilitated?

Direct download: mickelson-2012-03-28.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:19pm CDT

Aya is an Iraqi....soon to be an  American....married at 11 in Iraq...refugee to Iowa.  A Muslim, converted to Christianity...now in hiding, fearing an "honor" killing from family and Islamic community.  Her story.  Then, Iowans are making themselves part of the Trayvon Martin case...the political theater is here.

Direct download: mickelson-2012-03-27.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:58pm CDT

Eric Rosenthal and Lisa Kuzela say that Cedar Rapids shouldn't be given any more flood recovery money unless there are real checks and balances on accounting.  Then,  Iowans and Obama react to the Trayvon Martin killing.

Direct download: mickelson-2012-03-26.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:09pm CDT

Dr. Greg Schmunk talks about over-the-counter fake pot...and why synthetic  drugs are so dangerous.   Geraldo says "don't let your kids wear hoodies".   Then,  Congressman Steve King wants to reinforce his opposition to Obama-care.

Direct download: mickelson-2012-03-23.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:14pm CDT

Lee Booton from Patriot Outreach talk about the grim numbers of suicides and rape amongst the military ranks.   Then Congressman Braley says unless states adapt Iowa's Kadyn's Law, they won't get their highway money.  He says each year there are 13 million violations...how many fatalities?  

Direct download: mickelson-2012-03-22.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:25pm CDT

Iowans struggle to fix a drive-by knifer...  then Tom Coates intros Don Piper "90 Minutes in Heaven: a True Story of Death and Life"...coming to the Iowa Prayer Breakfast April 5th.   Charles Jacobs takes on Louis Farrakhan's role in Sudanese slavery.   James Edwards answers the question of why refugees end up in Iowa...mystery solved.   Then the Farm Bureau says some Iowa bridges are unsafe...then why are open?

 

Direct download: mickelson-2012-03-21.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:36pm CDT

Charles Goyette says we are "Red and Blue and Broke All Over"...says the political class is broken...protect yourself.   Bob Vander Plaats with a pro-family demonstration at the State House.  Then,  revisiting propaganda 101.  Protect yourself.

Direct download: mickelson-2012-03-20.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:48pm CDT

Do dogs really watch TV?  Only in HD...says a pet ophthalmologist.  Then,  mom won't let her  kid cross the line to get candy at  the parade...good mom?   Then,  Eric Holder talks about cowing smokers and brainwashing techniques.  Powerful.

Direct download: mickelson-2012-03-19.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:56pm CDT

Iowa Ag Secretary Bill Northey says the new labor regulations will indeed effect family farm labor practices.    Iowans are more than ready with their “comments”  to the Labor Secretary Solis.

Direct download: mickelson-2012-03-16.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:17pm CDT

Jake McCaully (McMillan) from Junkyard Prophet...tells the rest of the story on The Dust-up in Dunkerton.   Do traditional ethics and the message of life need to be "un-done"?   Then,  Rep Walt Rogers says there is still a slim hope to outlaw "gotcha-cams"....  then,  what does "tolerance" really mean?

Direct download: mickelson-2012-03-15.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:07pm CDT

Leah Durant gives a "progressive" argument against open borders and tolerating illegal immigration.   Iowa law enforcement brags about Iowans being "compliant".   Then,  a rock band offends the PC police in Dunkerton.   Boom.

Direct download: mickelson-2012-03-14.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:05pm CDT

A Montana logger, Bruce Vincent, warns Iowans to look out for professional litigators using environmental laws to milk the system and kill jobs.   Then,  Iowans react to the Afghanistan killings...what to do about a soldier who cracks.  

Direct download: mickelson-2012-03-13.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:58pm CDT



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