Mickelson's Podcast

Deputy Dan Charleston is running for sheriff of Polk County.   Issues.   Then,  the gay lobby is in full court press on judges and gay rights.   Iowans aren't falling for it.   

Susan Yoshihara tells about the Russian population collapse...warns US about "Population Decline"  the good news and bad news.   Then,  Iowans insist the Constitution be used and circulated widely.

University of Iowa basketball.... no program...   (They won!)

The Pentagon wants to downsize Iowa's 132nd Wing of the Iowa National Guard.   The entire Iowa political delegation is "outraged".   Iowan's defend and explain the importance of the "mission".   Spirited.

Arizona Sheriff Arpaio says Obama's birth certificate is bogus.   Steve Beaman says if it's true nasty stuff happens.  Then,  what Rush should have said about Sandra Fluke from Georgetown's LSRJ?  Straight talk from the culture war.

Iowans straighten out traffic snafus... Congressional candidate Ben Lange...issues.  Then, slut-gate...Iowan respond to the Limbaugh dust-up.   We hear from a loving liberal who hopes Rush dies soon.  

Rep Kim Pearson reviews some of the highlights from the legislative season including the gun debate. Then, why do some abuse victims go back to their abusers? Then, Eric Maisel is about "ReThinking Depression"...is a skeptic about mental health labels.

Brig. Gen. David Phillips says the US is abandoning  Camp Ashraf Iranians, some of whom are Americans,  to their fates in Iraq,  after promising to protect them.   A passionate appeal.   Then,  a software designer says there is no way for internet poker to be made secure from money laundering....Jim Thackston.     Then,   Iowans support a priest who denied communion to a lesbian activist attending her mom's funeral.  Vigorous.

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State Auditor David Vaudt describes the gap between what IPERS collects and what its eventual liabilities will be.  HUGE!    Then,  Iowa Democrats stomp out of the statehouse to protest a debate over 2nd Amendment issues.  Iowans respond.

Senator Paul McKinley and Senator Brad Zaun want to disband Iowa's Department of Education... serious reform..   Charles Murray says the US is "Coming Apart"..  then, reviewing the appearance of  Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Cady on Iowa Press.  

Josh Dean is a dog lover..."Show Dog"...then,  Dan Simmons says fracking isn't nearly as nasty as the greenies say about getting access to US natural gas.   Then,  from the NRA, Chris Cox,  and  Peter Brownell lobby the Iowa legislature to shake loose some trapped gun legislation.  

Sean Faircloth with "The Attack of the Theocrats!"  a vigorous polemic in the culture war.  Time to bring troops home from Afghanistan?   Rioting over burned Korans.   Then,  the 911 call which acquitted Jay Rodney Lewis. 

Dr. Glad Curtis .."Your Pregnancy Week by Week"   baby guru with an update.   Susan Stagner from Iowa Connections Academy with an insight into online learning.  Con Tom Tancredo wants to do away with the electoral college...wow.   Congressman Tom Latham...issues.

Elizabeth Price Foley is a law professor who actually takes the Constitution seriously..."The Tea Party: Three Principles".    Then,  a listener asks,  "Hey Mickelson you hate gotcha cams for enforcing the law,  but want immigration laws enforced... whazzup with that?    Then,  law enforcement demonstrates graphically why we need a "stand your ground law".  

Listeners dismantle a couple of legislative scams... gotcha cams  and online gambling.  Congressman Steve King has issues.... then whatza Lamanite?   And why do they dislike Romney?  

There is a stalemate at the statehouse over advancing some of the agenda items of the NRA and Iowa Gun Owners... Rep. Clel Baudler and Aaron Dorr highlight the bottleneck.   Then Mike Chapman talks about wrestling...and Lincoln.

Hey,  walk faster or yer gonna die... setting the pace for marital moseying.  Then, Msgr. Frank Bognanno from Christ the King...targeting Obamacare cuz it targets Catholics.

Merrill Matthews talks about "Contraceptive Coverage: One More Unconstitutional Mandate"  and Iowa Catholics respond to the intrusion.  Did the Branstad administration make an unforced error in trash talking the Family Leader?  

Mark Cooper doesn't think a nuclear power plant in Iowa makes economic sense.  Dean Crist  from MidAmerican thinks it does.  Vigorous discussion ensues.

Steve King with a great C-Pac rant...a truckers magazine is warning truckers about defective gotcha cams in Ft Dodge...getting to the bottom of the story... the wonderfulness of some of the Grammy music... and getting into the pigness of hogs...really.

Rep Jason Schultz wants to change Iowa law to make it legal for farmers to make private sales of unpasteurized raw milk.   Spirited.    Then, James Huntington  says the economy won't recover...this is the new normal...so the government should off a guaranteed national income to compensate.  Huh?  Then,  Betty R. De Boef worries about the perception of unequal treatment before the law in charges being dropped against a local sheriff.

Pastor Michael Demastus puts "Gay is Not Good"  on his church's sign.   BOOM! Now the gay lobby is attacking him and his church.  Iowans respond.    Then,  contemporary Iowans can't figure out what to do with our excessive geese population.  Ideas?

An Iowa HS history teacher brought a vintage WW2 Japanese-American to tell the students about her experience as an internee.   America is labeled "racist"  for the war measures.    Iowans respond... "The Dispossession"  by Dwight D. Murphey...  and "In Defense of Internment"  by Michelle Malkin....gives the rest of the story.  As a balance against the PC history of the Japanese front in WW2,  give Glen McDole a listen...a powerful story of overcoming evil.

Amy Contrada talks about the "Mitt Romney's Deception"...how Mitt advances the gay agenda as Massachusetts's governor.     Ann Rittgers defends 2nd Amendment rights against liberal mayors.  Michael Ware and Rick Largess talk about firearms selection and training for new shooters.  Eric Hanson from KCCI back from South Africa...stories of inspiration with Dr. Jim Blessman

Secretary of State Matt Schultz want voter ID's in Iowa.   Most Iowans agree.   Bob Vander Platts  and Chuck Hurley from The Family Leader encourage Governor Branstad to remove his name from a gay agenda event.   

Rep Walt Rogers want to outlaw "Gotcha Cams"... Iowans respond.   Lotsa openline.

"Titanic"  Stephen Hines commits history.  Obama commits theology.   Rep Erik Helland commits politics.   Bill Salier should be committed.  He's gonna do a fundraiser for a political newbie,  Greg Heartsill.    And the Iowa Supreme Court finds the religious  right to metal tractor tires somewhere within the 1st Amendment.  Oh, good.

Steven Gillon describes "The Pact"...Bill Clinton, Newt Gingrich, and the Rivalry that Defined a Generation.   Then,  out of the pages of history,  a letter from a former slave addressed to his former owner....delicious.   Then,   ISU bans Christian ethics from its business classes.   Oh,  good.

Ben-Hur...one of the best movie spectacles of all time....Omaha film historian Bruce Crawford...bringing the new Hi-Def restored edition...Thursday,  the Cinemark XD theatre.   Then,  February 28th is Home School Day at the Capitol.   Then,  whatsa Florida "cracker"?    

Tim Goeglein from Focus on the Family talks about "The Man in the Middle"...defending the faith record of the Bush years.   Rep. Ralph Watts wants  to use the E-Verify process when Iowa distributes tax dollars.   Marcus Winters says "Teachers Matter"... how to pick good ones.   Then, little pagan varmints attack the new Valley HS Principal...in the name of the 1st Amendment.   Lordy.

Tawan Perry...College Sense...stuff you and your college bound kids need to know.  Greg Heartsill want the Iowa House District 28 seat...issues.    Rep Julian Garrett introduces and Iowa version of E-Verify.   Spirited.   Roy Beck assesses Republican candidates on immigration issue.

Iowans wonder about the lottery ticket winner and what's the rest of the story...Jim Guthrie from the G.W. Bush Institute...assesses the Iowa education collapse..  Then,  Mary Neubauer from the Iowa Lottery clears up some of the lottery mystery...and creates some more.   Plus,  Iowa wants a "waiver" from NCLB standards.   Good idea?

Cats are Jewish...dogs are Methodists...the theology of pets.  How to recognized the Alinksy pattern at work in a political campaign.   Then,  who has taken Iowans out of the de-tasseling business?

Sabrina Schaeffer, Executive Director of the Independent  Women's Forum... says Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act is a bad deal for both employers and women.   Then,  Iowan's respond to the Nancy Pelosi threat against Newt.  Plus,  Iowans are spittin' mad over run amuck traffic law enforcement.  

Do out of work Iowans really need a government employee to help them find a job?   Do Iowans really need to pay tax dollars to build rest areas?   Do Iowans really need to provide "celebrity" hunting licenses?  Iowans have answers.

Post South Carolina Newtisms...trying to explain why South Carolina women gave Newt a pass on his serial adultery.     As usual,  Iowans astound and are profound....mostly.

David Holt, President of the Consumer Energy Alliance talks about the Keystone XL pipeline hold-ups.    Iowans like the subject...some really great rants on traffic-cam-scams.

Iowans respond to the final caucus numbers.   Iowans are embarrassed and sheepish... and PO'd.  Iowa Republican Chairman Matt Strawn explains...satisfied?

Pop Quiz! ...  how do you fit into the political spectrum...   Then,  Brian Moran wants to defend for private colleges and universities against Senator Harkin's legislative scrutiny.  Iowans have strong opinions.

The lady at the statehouse demands human rights for Iowans... including illegal aliens.  Thomas E Woods deals with rule of law and "Nullification"...spirited.

Lad Allen, producer of "Metamorphosis"...talking about the mystery of the Monarch.  Gorgeous movie...the challenge of Intelligent Design.   Then Scott Taylor  with words of health wisdom...plus does ISU have  predatory parking fees?  

Thomas Woods is coming to town to talk about "Nullification"...  Don Jennings and Steve McCoy invite him to town...Monday night at 7pm..Point of Grace Church,  Waukee.    Then,  a couple great examples of "thought-ending-clichés" ..  

Aaron Putze and  Bill Northey, plus a bunch of other  concerned Iowans are going to Haiti to help provide housing.    Then,  Iowans think about our "Safe Haven" law.   In light of the death of some newborns should the law get higher visibility?    Then a picture of Marines urinating upon the corpses of the Taliban face courts martial.  Just?

Congressman Tom Latham..  issues...  Then,  the political class is trying to latch onto the abused high school wrestler case.   Then, a budding Alinsky-style  community organizer runs the playbook at Des Moines City Council...Iowans respond.  

Brian Peskin with Healthy for Life...seminar.   Then Obama's "recess" appointments...a Constitutional crisis.  Phil Kerpen with "Democracy Denied"...OMG.   Then,  a follow-up on the wrestly "hazing" story.  Powerful.   Ilana Mercer takes us "Into the Cannibal's Pot".   A horrific look at  post-apartheid South Africa...just what democracy looks like.

Jeff Burkett from Iowa Firearms Coalition with a start of the session update.  Everything from the "castle doctrine" to lead ammo.   Then,  a couple of Iowa wrestling programs have problems with "hazing", which looks a lot like sexual assault.  WHAT?

 Senator Santorum 12-Gay lobby 0.   Post Caucus Post Partum Syndrome...still counting.  Rick Santorum says time to move on.  State caucus election details.   Occupiers express continuing gratitude to Mayor Cownie for his forbearance.   Iowans are grateful too...  :)    

Gov Rick Perry, on the way out of Iowa,  blasts the caucuses as being too "loosey-goosey" to count.   Is he right?  

Post Caucus sound off...  Iowans talk about the their voting experiences...  Michelle Bachman pulls out... and an Occupy gate crasher gets elected to the Republican Party steering committee...seriously?

Mike Huckabee...election talk.   Gov Rick Perry...Congressman Michelle Bachman ....Con. Newt Gingrich..and Senator Rick Santorum...pre-Caucus talk....Iowans proxy.  Lotsa energy.

Doug Gross...Republican activist...Congressman Steve King...evaluate the caucuses.  Senator Rand Paul proxies for his dad.   Former Presidential candidate Patrick Buchannan ...political talk and "Suicide of a Superpower"...brisk.