Iowans react to the upcoming Mayday "A Day Without Immigrants".. but, not in the way organizers were hoping for though,  and to the new Hispanic version of the National Anthem,  Nuestro Himno.

How about a great public school success!   Woodlawn Elementary School kindergarten teacher Patti Fiderlick has her class reading at the 2nd Grade level!  How?  With a highly creative phonics course. Congressman Steve King wonders why the Register  did a response to a King editorial  which they didn't choose to print in the paper.   Then,  culture warrior Gary DeMarr  talks about the theology of immigration.

"Why Birds Sing"    David Rothenberg.  Really.   Kevin McLaughlin with  Iowans for Discounted Taxes  want to bribe seniors to stay in Iowa.    "Leading from the Front"   Courtney Lynch a Marine with a mission to teach leadership.   Then,  Iowa immigration redux.

Another pit bull mauls a child i n Iowa.   Nuff?   Spirited debate.    Tama County Assistant Prosecutor Richard VanderMey gives the inside story on the cost of law enforcement and illegal aliens.

I busted my compassion gland.   How come?   Then,  the internet chain letter re:  the Brown Recluse Spider.   The pictures are awful.   The stories Iowans tell are worse... totally justifiying my  arachnobia.     Then,   Iowa City educrats get rolled  by a Wisconsin atheist  Annie-Laurie Gaylor.     The plug gets pulled on a volunteer  fundraiser basketball game,  designed to raise money to repair tornado damage on St Patrick's Church after atheists threaten to sue.   Chuck Hurley says his organization,   The Iowa Family Policy Center,  will defend any Iowa institution in the future against any future bogus threats.  1-877-866-IFPC

Democrats say Iowa lacks diversity,  so we should lose our first in the nation position for presidential politics.  What about universal tagging of farm animals?   Dr. Stanley Greenspan talks about "Engaging Autism" .    Then,  Tim Hamilton says it ain't Arabs and Ethanol driving up gas prices.   Guess who? 

John Cox for President 2008.   Throwing out the first presidential pitch.  Then,  what to do when a high school editorial cartoon assignment doesn't pass the ideological teacher test.

Eyal Press  and "Absolute Convictions"  the story of early abortion wars in Buffalo.  Then,  the President can't control his own front yard.   Peter LaBarbara  with Americans for Truth  talks about the sexual politicizing of an Easter Egg roll.   Lotsa open conversation about stuff.

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 Graduation rates  in Des Moines schools are dropping,  but Jonathan Narcisse says it's worse than you think.   Then,  what do we want to say to the Rev Fred "Billy-Bob" Phelps?  He gets a bit piece of Iowa's mind.

The Hollywood film industry has ADHD.    All the big money makers affirm traditional values, yet they produce garbage.  Why?  Dr. Ted Baehr with MovieGuide.     Then  Dr. Chad Rohlfsen  says Iowans would have done better without the mumps innoculation.   How did we get the income tax anyhow?

I byte cha one byte at a time with a wrap-up of the most absurd stuff of the week.   Dan Gainor  trains us how to detect media spin.   And is Senator McCain right about Americans?   There are jobs that we not only won't do,  but can't? 

Frank Beard started a new Drake University student organization CTB,  Citizens for Tight Borders.     Then, Jerome Corsi say phoey on the "...we are running out of fossil fuel so expect to pay more..." argument.  "Black Gold Strangelhold"  says oil is produced within the core of the planet,  not by liquified dinosaur parts.

Why is everybody pickin' on Archie?   Should he resign from city council.    Natalie Myers and Judy Flynn from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services  answers questions about the new Medicare Prescriptions Drug Coverage.  800-633-4227  or 800-351-4664 for SHPS.

Congressman Steve King  with lots of immigration related information.  Jeannie Eller from  Action Reading   (800-378-1046) describes the most efficient way to teach  ESL  (English as Second Language) classes and why literacy should be achieved by the end of the first grade.

Red-State Comedian Brad Stine       "Live from Middle America"     gets silly and profound.    Iowa is passing the Fred Phelps Law... and the best known use of a Harley.    More Iowa reaction to pro-illegal immigration rallies.

New Mickelson in the Morning  jargon.    I explain what  "Getting the Bennie Gibbs"  is all about.    Will Iowa Corn Growers be blamed for higher gas prices this summer?  Then,  Chad Thompson  and Dr. Warren Throckmorton propose new communication guidelines  for dealing with sex orientation issues in public schools.   Then,  Suzy....the one formerly known as the  Nearly Psychic Suzy.

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