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Iowa Matters: Bag Man for Governor
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Offering opinions on Iowa politics, society, and culture. Saturday, April 30, 2005. Bag Man for Governor. Back in 1991 freshman congressman Jim Nussle appeared on the floor wearing a paper bag over his head to protest the Rubbergate scandal, in which House members had been writing bad checks from the House bank. Since then Nussle became the chairman of the Budget Committee in 2001, and has taken over the job of writing bad checks for the entire nation. As a fiscal conservative. Bag Man for Governor.
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Iowa Matters: Freshman Sen. Mark "Chicken-Man" Chelgren to Repeat 9th Grade
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Offering opinions on Iowa politics, society, and culture. Tuesday, February 15, 2011. Freshman Sen. Mark "Chicken-Man" Chelgren to Repeat 9th Grade. It seems opponents of Iowa’s preschool program could use some remedial education. Adolf Hitler was a Nazi. Heinrich Himmler was a Nazi. Joseph Goebbels was a Nazi. Mrs Nelson, my preschool teacher, was not a Nazi. Mrs Nelson taught me to share, tie my shoelaces and read. Mrs Nelson did not teach me the tenants of National Socialism. It is a benefit and actua...
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Iowa Matters: October 2006
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Offering opinions on Iowa politics, society, and culture. Thursday, October 19, 2006. Mr Smarmy came from Washington. Was David Yepsen watching the same debate as the rest of Iowa? Maybe he just didn’t have the volume turned up, because Nussle did not win, not even by a hair. Chet Culver silenced critiques of his capability once and for all Monday night (10/9/06). While Culver came off as confident and collegial in his responses, Nussle just seemed smarmy. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Iowa Matters: February 2011
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Offering opinions on Iowa politics, society, and culture. Thursday, February 17, 2011. Branstad’s Blunders: Double-Dipping. Into the state’s coffers by taking both his salary for being governor, and his pension for having been governor. He said he returned to public service out of a sense of duty to fix our fiscal house. Branstad made a covenant with the people of Iowa to do so. He said in his budget address. So how is taking $50,000 that he doesn’t even need a significant sacrifice? Preschool does not b...
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Iowa Matters: Mr. Smarmy came from Washington
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Offering opinions on Iowa politics, society, and culture. Thursday, October 19, 2006. Mr Smarmy came from Washington. Was David Yepsen watching the same debate as the rest of Iowa? Maybe he just didn’t have the volume turned up, because Nussle did not win, not even by a hair. Chet Culver silenced critiques of his capability once and for all Monday night (10/9/06). While Culver came off as confident and collegial in his responses, Nussle just seemed smarmy. Mr Smarmy came from Washington.
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Iowa Matters: A Grumpy Grandpa Grassley
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Offering opinions on Iowa politics, society, and culture. Friday, April 29, 2005. A Grumpy Grandpa Grassley. Iowa’s favorite curmudgeon, Senator Grassley, threw a hissy-fit during Tuesday’s Senate Finance Committee hearing. Perhaps emboldened by Grassley’s outburst, the panel played like an episode of CNN’s Crossfire. The witnesses represented a broad spectrum of possibilities, and often clashed with each other in a manner unfitting the decorum of the Senate. Witnesses Pozen. Bag Man for Governor. Yepsen...
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Iowa Matters: Learn to Love the Bomb
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Offering opinions on Iowa politics, society, and culture. Wednesday, April 27, 2005. Learn to Love the Bomb. But the end result would be the same: no more judicial filibusters. I oppose changing the Senate rules in this manner. It would drastically alter the traditions of the Senate, which have historically protected the rights of its members to unlimited debate. Bag Man for Governor. A Grumpy Grandpa Grassley. Learn to Love the Bomb. Yepsen Demeans the Debate on the Death Penalty.
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Iowa Matters: Yepsen Demeans the Debate on the Death Penalty
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Offering opinions on Iowa politics, society, and culture. Tuesday, April 26, 2005. Yepsen Demeans the Debate on the Death Penalty. Has David Yepsen turned into a partisan hack? In his April 26th column “ Stop ducking death penalty vote. If the death penalty is such a good idea, why didn’t the Republicans bring it up when they controlled both houses of the state legislature? Yepsen’s column is emblematic of the current state of political discourse. His shrill cries drown out discussion on the me...
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Iowa Matters: Branstad’s Blunders: Double-Dipping
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Offering opinions on Iowa politics, society, and culture. Thursday, February 17, 2011. Branstad’s Blunders: Double-Dipping. Into the state’s coffers by taking both his salary for being governor, and his pension for having been governor. He said he returned to public service out of a sense of duty to fix our fiscal house. Branstad made a covenant with the people of Iowa to do so. He said in his budget address. So how is taking $50,000 that he doesn’t even need a significant sacrifice?
