It's C-Span day.  We talk with folks all over the country,  including Dr. John Lott,  "Freedomnomics".   Pat Buchanan,    "Day of Reckoning".   Senator John McCain.   And Des Moines Register  political columnist  David Yepsen.

 

"Nearly Human : The Gorilla's Guide to Good Living"   Andrew Y Grant  talks the talk.   Then,  NBC Nightly News wants to know what Iowans really think about the immigration issue.   Joel Gilbert says "Farewell Israel"  is more than a documentary about the history of the middle east,  but the far to certain fate of Israel if we don't stop misunderstanding the nature of the conflict.  Insightful.

 "Smoozing with Terrorists"   Aaron Klein  evaluates the Annapolis Summit.  Tom Coates  (Consumer Credit of Des Moines 287-6428) says bad debt  is swallowing up Iowa's wealth.  Then,  the cop call from hell.  Whew.

 

Barry Libert says "We Are Smarter Than Me"...  should I be offended?     Then,  West Des Moines wants to fine  parents who allow kids to have beer parties at their house.   Good idea?

 

 

Suzanne Lee  talks with Tom Fleming from the Rockford Institute...editor of Chronicles Magazine.

Suzanne Lee with lotsa Turkey Day talk.

 

Suzanne Lee talking about finding a cure for autism.   And the links between vaccines and autism. 

 

TV 13 political reporter Dave Price with some  insights into the presidential race in Iowa.  "Raceopoly"  a new variation on the Monopoly Games based upon the Knoxville Raceway.  Call 641-842-5431 to order.   Then Congressman Steve King on Sanctuary Iowa.

 

Hog stink redux.  An Iowa farmer, Jim Hansaker explains how it works.   Then,  Rev Catherine Quehl-Engel and Attorney Lorrie Chesser talk about a  faith-based Iowa immigration policy. 

 

Fox News political reporter Carl Cameron with Iowa political campaign insights.   Then,  Iowa energy talk and what's that smell?

 

 

Brent Bozell  trys to clean up the Hillary  "Whitewash"   Presidential candidate Ron Paul  talks about the  dollar's slide.   So does historian Thomas Fleming, the Continental dollar, that is.   "The Perils of  Peace".  Great story teller.   Then why do Iowa sports programs have player behavior problems?

 

 

NOVA does the ID thing.  Casey Luskin is the legal rep for Discovery Institute...says the NOVA program wasn't even close  to objective.  Rebuttal.     Michael Prichett  with "The Melancholy Fate of Captain Lewis".     Senator Grassley says "No endorsement"  to any of his party's presidential candidate....so far. 

Nonie Darwish says "Now They Call ME Infidel"  Why I Renounced Jihad for America, Israel and the War on Terror.   Then Mark Mathis, producer of "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed"  a documentary on the ID war in American Universities.   A Grinell college kid says Hillary stacked the questions  at a campaign stop.    Congressman Tom Tancredo  says terrorists are coming across the border too.  Lotsa openline.

 

 

A Republican activist researcher targets Hillary. Robert Morrow.  He says it's worse that we remember.   Then,  M. Stanton Evans says the untold story of Senator Joe McCarthy was "Blacklisted by History".    More coal for Iowa?  Joe Lucas from Americans for Balanced Energy.

 

Dr. Henry Lodge tells how to be  "Younger Next Year".   (Time machine)  Peter LaBarbera from American's for Truth  exposes stuff which should remain un-exposed. (This site contains graphic iky-ness)   Senator Sam Brownback endorses Senator John McCain.  Then,  Suzy.

 "Co-Ed Combat",  the new evidence that women shouldn't fight the nation's wars.  Kinglsey Browne  Then, Captain Jeff Struecker on "The Road to Unafraid"   the inside story of  "Blackhawk Down"...  gonna be speaking at  Grace Church  this weekend to honor vets.   Then,  the silliness ensues.  

 

Amity Shlaes  remembers "The Forgotten Man"  how we survived the Great Depression despite the political class.    Then, "Prude" and why that's a GOOD thing.  Carol Platt Liebau.    Pat Robertson endorses Rudy?    Sign of the Apocalypse?  

 

Renee Rongen  is an advocate for open adoption in Iowa sponsored by Catholic Charities...what an inspiration.   Jonathan Narcisse updates us from the Des Moines School Board.  Then, is the energy sky is falling?

 

David Limbaugh  says the Democratic Party is "Bankrupt".     Business strategist  John Gochenour  says the rest of us are too plus,  our own technology could fix it,  but we are exporting it to China.   Congressman Duncan Hunter  is trying to keep GM from shipping our best new energy efficient car designs to China too.

Dinesh D'Souza  explains "What's so Great About Christianity"... what a smart guy!    At an Iowa traffic stop ,  about 20 illegal aliens  jump out and head for the corn fields.   Now what?   And Gov Culver makes his new racial and gay diversity quotas permanent.  Now what?

Computer security expert David Perry from Trend Micro  offers a bunch of techie advice.  Very useful.   Then,  flag folding  joins the culture war...unbelievable.   An Iowa kindergarten teacher says a picture of a kid with a dead pheasant promotes violence.  Sends picture home.  Sigh.   And Iowa is putting sales tax on Halloween pumpkins.  Don't worry, if you plan to eat them you can get an exemption form.   If you didn't know that in time,  you can still get a rebate.    And Ron Paul made the Tonight Show.   Paulists loved it.   You may have downed way too much Halloween candy when.....   Big Smile

 

 Richard North Patterson, novelist, looks at "The Race"...nasty politics are icky.   Then,  a guys beats the hell out a car thief  and he's the one charged with something.   How much do illegal immigrants  REALLY cost Iowans.   Yup,  there's a study.   David Osterberg and Beth Pearson with the rest of the story.

 

Matt Spivey… Pastor Dan Berry Cornerstone Family Church  highlight the African Children's Choir  returning to Des Moines November 11.  "What's Love Got to Do With It?    a Harvard researcher teaches parents how to talk about "it".   John Chirban.     Then,  the 1st Annual Tribute to Veterans Career Fair.    Iowa Work Force Development.     Then,  is Governor Culver's new diversity mandate  just another affirmative action scam? 

 

 

Congressman Ron Paul  with presidential issues.   Campaigning in Iowa.    Dr. Chuck Baldwin  says American Christians are gullible.   Dana Starkell is a world-class paddler and classic guitarist.    Plays purdy.     Dr. Jeffrey Zweerink  is a world class star-gazer with a  Reason to Believe. 

 

Mayor Rudy Giuliani  with presidential politics.   Jan Flora with a report on population explosion of Iowa's pork populations, CAFO's and sustainability.   "Steroid Nation"  ESPN  reporter Shaun Assael  takes a peek at illegal pects.  

 

Yup,  Senator Dick Durbin is pushing the Dream Act  to a vote,  granting an incremental, back-door amnesty.   Again.  So,  what should Iowans do?  Call La Raza Harkin?    Paul Mero declares "The Natural Family" Manifesto.   Great book...discount for WHO listeners.  888-773-6782   Plus,  lotsa open-line.

 

"Twenty-Three Minutes in Hell"... Bill Wiese  says he's been there done that.   Iowa State Senator Paul McKinley with some concerns about ethanol tax credits and Iowa education issues. 

Dr. Mark Liponis  gives us a health test to guess our "Ultra-Longevity".   (I'm a tortoise...you'll have to take the test yourself to find out)     Richard Gamble  talks about  "The Great Tradition".. .what does it mean to be educated..   then,  is the cure to single motherhood really marriage?   Nope.

 

Representative Wayne Ford  with some ideas on school and prison reform.  Steve Milloy  takes a shot at ethanol.  Lotsa openline.

 

John Perkins spills the "The Secret History of the American Empire".    Dr. Mark Moyar  is the guy who wasn't qualified to teach history at the University of Iowa...he's in the wrong party.   Plus,  Senator Harkin earmarks $500,000 for LaRaza.   Oh, good.

 

John Ratzenberger  wants to "Keep it Made in America".     Town Hall Meeting Tonight Oct 17th Hy-Vee Hall  730 Third Street... free to public.    Ames Holbrook  is "The Deporter" a former Deportation Officer who blows the whistle on US release of foreign criminals into our country.  Fierce

 

Wally World is selling a Chinese-built  talking Jesus action figure.   Swell?   Betty Ahrens from I-CAN says the Bush veto of S-CHIP expansion  needs to be over-ridden.   Bruce Chapman  is another fellow talking about political bias in Iowa's university system. 

Attorney Roxanne Conlin  talks about the Microsoft lawsuit settlement.  How can Iowans get bucks.   Then,  some Arkansans are still bugged  with then Governor Huckabee's  pardon of a nasty fellow. 

Robert Spencer is skeptical that the call of 130 Muslim scholars  around the globe calling for "peace and understanding" is genuine.  Why? "Religion of Peace?"  Why Christianity is and Islam Isn't.    An Iowa county settled a Ragbrai related lawsuit for big bucks. And banned all future Ragbrais from their county.   Now what?   Then, Susy.

 

Des Moines school suspension rates are too high.  So now what.  Michael Hurley and Carie Lemack  are in Iowa to address international nuclear terrorism.    Dave Busiek from KCCI explains how they got video on the bridge junk  hurlers.

 

Iowa's youth vote.   A Wall Street Journal  piece on high school kids getting extra credit for political activism.    Then,  what happened to diversity in the history department  at University of Iowa?   The score is Democrats 27,  Republicans 0 on the history staff.   HUGE reaction.

 

Josh Dorner is the National Spokesman for Global Warming for the Sierra Club.  A report.  "Destination Iowa: getting to a Sustainable Bio-fuels Future"     Then,  lotsa open line time.  Everything from the technical meaning of "knocked-up" to Bush becoming a Universalist..

 

From Upper Nile State Legislative Assembly,  Marthi Nuyamal Choat    tells the story of southern Sudan and why there are so many Sudanese Iowans.    Then,  what's a sniper to do when he's busted?   Great conversation.   Columbus Day?   Some uncomfortable history  for Columbus bashers.

Marcus Luttrell  was the "Lone Survivor"  of the lost heroes of Seal Team 10.   Oh my gosh...what a story.   Congressman Steve King with S-CHIP redux.  Congressman Tom Tancredo  in Iowa supporting a constitutional amendment to protect marriage.

 

Lotsa open-line conversation...  Mike Duncan  from the Republican National Committee  defends Bush veto of the S-CHIP  funding.   Senator Grassley  says the veto was unjustified.

 

Mark Penn with "Micro Trends" ...  caffeinated, tattooed, archer-moms?   Huh?    Restaurant toddler tyrants?   Then,  Michael Novak is coming to Iowa to speak  at Vermeer.  Career and Calling   800-919-7307 if you want to go.

 

Pickin' up the pieces of Rush-gate.   Lotsa openline great conversation.

 

Harkin and gays in the military redux.  Senator Harkin lectures General Pace on the morality of homosexual behavior.   Then,  Craig Smith  looks at the future price of oil, gas, gold and currency.  800-289-2646

 

So,  why can people smell and hear their neighbors anyhow?   Poor building codes?   Then,  Senator Harkin has decided that homosexual and adulterous behavior should be added the Uniform Code of Military of Justice.

Alveda King inspires for life.  Hod Ben Zvi  is a peace activist  from Jerusalem.  Bill Sammon writes about "The Evangelical President" and the president's spread of moral democracy.   Bob Edgar  from Common Cause  wants public financing of elections.   Congressman Steve King  wants to re-evaluate the federal funding levels of  Iowa's Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).

 

Follow-up to the Alveda King-Roosevelt High School  issue.  Openline.   A great foodie,  Russ Parson with "How to Pick a Peach".  Then,  Urbandale is over-run with deer.  Don't feed 'em?

 

"Lives Per Gallon: the True Cost of Our Oil Addiction"  Terry Tamminen gives us the price tag.  Roosevelt High School yanks an invitation to speak from Alveda King,  niece of MLK.   She thinks civil rights for black folks begins before they are born.    Not welcome at Roosevelt High School.   Kim Lehman from Iowa Right to Life with the story.   Alexis McGee from ForclosureS.Com  says there's money ta be made in them thar foreclosures.   Bishop Jackson  says race relations in the US need lotsa work.  Including Roosevelt High School's dissing of Alveda King.

Editor Note:   Mrs. Kathie Danielson, Principal of Roosevelt High school later in the day clarified the cancellation.   She said the controversial nature of the presentation didn't give the administration sufficient time to notify parents.   Mrs. Danielson has committed to including Alveda King in a future assembly as part of Black History Month.

 

 

So the Western Civ Prof gets the sack  for calling the Bible fairy tales.   The rest of the story.  Then,  what's wrong with traffic checks anyhow?

"The Coming China Wars"   Peter Navarro.   A very strong interview.   Gary Gagliardi  with  Sun Tzu's "The Art of War"   lessons for Iraq.  Then, the Hawk-I  insurance plan for low income kids  is broke  and asking the feds for bucks.  

 

Brad Smith is a kinder and gentler bug assassin. Bugs, bats and snake stories.  YUCK!    Mike Andrews from the Intercollegiate Studies Institute  says kids who attend ivy league schools emerge with even less historical  knowledge than with what they started.   Here's the quiz.  

 

Pornography ain't a big deal, says Debbie Nathan.   Bill Dane  says the open borders people are back again with another end around amnesty.   "I got tazed by the campus police and all I got was this stinkin' T-shirt".   "Don't Taze Me, Bro!"  Bob McCarty.   And bail out Iowa flood victims?  What would Grover do? 

 

Alan Keyes  is running for President again.  Rob Montz  with a Hillary Care response.  Then,  the Vietnam War Memorial is vandalized.  An Iowan with a report.  Jonathan Narcisse was elected to the Des Moines School Board.   We can almost hear sweat breaking out.

 

Frank Miniter  with "The Politically Incorrect Guide to Hunting".    Bambi is out to get us.  What to do?  Then,  is eating too much corn on the cob  really gluttony?   Plus, more on the 14th Amendment scam.

 

Dr. Michael McGregor  is a dental artist. A health line for the mouth.    "Omnivore's Dilemma"  Iowa's corn makes us the center of the food universe. Michaell Pollan   Then, Mayor Rudy Giuliani  Republican front-runner with issues.   Then,  Suzy!

 

 

 Jim Wallis is in Iowa speaking for Iowans for Sensible Priorities,  on "God's Politics".     Then, require motorcyclists to wear helmets?  Then, Charlie Savage with "Takeover: the Return at the Imperial Presidency".

 

Bill Salier  is organizing a petition drive to call for the impeachment of a lawless Iowa judge  who legislated from the bench..   Father Frank Bognanno says gay marriage is an oxy-moron.  Then,  Iowa country singer Jason Brown.  Purdy tunes.

911 Day sounds to remember.   Then,  David Bellavia.   "House to House".   A much decorated American soldier with a powerful story of intensity and heroism.  You MUST listen.  Please.

Senator John McCain and Senator Fred Thompson with issues.   The term "sex offender"  is offensive.  And the real culprits in Iowa's brush with gay marriage are Governor Culver and Senator Mike Gronstal.   Why?    BTW,   the LA Times featured WHO Radio and Mickelson's program.

 

Ed Fallon sits in for Mickelson.  Global warming? Eminent Domain.

 

Steve Plim sits in for Mickelson.   Lotsa nostalgia.

 

Marty and Miller get lost on their way to work and fill in for Mickelson. 

 

Sonya Heitshusen  sits in for Mickelson.   Gay marriage in Iowa?   Now what?

 Brian Gongol sits in for Mickelson.    Wise Guy talk. 

 

Chuck Hurley and Mike Hartwig from the Iowa Family Policy Council  react a judge's overturning of Iowa's gay marriage ban.  Lotsa discussion.

 

 

Ravi Batra says all economic hell is shortly gonna break loose,  then  "The New Golden Age" can begin.   So,  what's an imprecatory prayer anyhow.  A world class example.   Then,  Iowa Representative Jeff Kaufmann  author of the bill which "fixed" Iowa's eminent domain law is worried about new takings wrinkles.

 

Ok, it's summer-fall and school is starting and already dismissing early for heat...should be move Iowa to a year around schedule.  Great Iowa conversation.      Gov. Mike Huckabee  with issues. 

 

Don Feder  has some fun at the expense of a Dutch bishop.  Allah darn nit anyhow.   Then,  Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson says the Michael Vick come to Jesus apology is a scam.

 

Dick Fredericks and Dr. Gene Fokken from Iowalive,   talk about what to do to repair the damage to Iowa's education system.  Then,  lotsa openline with a couple of modest proposals.

Bob Dane  from FAIR describes what the "sanctuary status" means.   Dave Leach, activist and musician,  says social conservatives are wrong about immigration and makes a Biblical case for open borders. 

 

"Statements of the LDS First Presidency" answers the question definitively. "Is there such a thing as a pro-choice Mormon"?   Gary James Bergera says,  "No"?     Congressman Steve King  with  his own progress report on the Iraq War.  

 

It's the semi-often Something Stupid Day...  ridding ourselves of stupidity build-up syndrome.  SDS.

 

Applying the "investment model" to Iowa's education system.   Uncomfortable questions for uncomfortable taxpayers.  Then,  when did Iowa join the ranks of "sanctuary states"?   The rest of the story.

 

Jonathan Narcisse wants to on the Des Moines School Board.    PLLLLEEEZZZZEEEE !   For the love of GAWD...elect him this time so the rest of us can get some peace.   Thank you very much.   Then,   to whack or not to whack ,   that is the question.

 

Psychic Suzy does her thing at the Fair.   Mark Barabak from the LA Times talks about Iowa politics.   Then,  Senator Fred Thompson with presidential talk.  See the video here.

 

Lotsa openline from the Iowa State Fair.  The question is,  "What needs to be done to restore Iowa's education system?"  

Robert Spencer "The Religion of Peace"  Why Christianity Is and Islam isn't.    Extraordinarily powerful.   Then,  maybe the atheist guy in Ames is right.  Senator Joe Biden with presidential issues.

Tom Matzzi,  Washington director of  MoveON.org  and Sue Dinsdale Iowa's "Iraq Summer Campaign"  are targeting Senator Chuck Grassley and Congressman Latham.   Plus,  Congressman Tom Latham and Republican Minority Leader John Boehner on the issues.  Openline.

 

Lotsa Iowa State Fair talk.   Straw Poll feedback.

Professor John Klindt and consumer advocate Tom Coats report  that the slot machines on military bases are causing gambling addictions and economic hardships for our troops.    Congressman Mike Pence introduces legislation to protect talk shows.  Congressman Tom Tancredo with pre-straw poll issues.   And Congressman Duncan Hunter. 

And here's the video of Thursday's Ron Paul visit.      

 

 

Congressman Ron Paul,   Newt Gingrich,  Senator Sam Brownback,  and Governor Mike Huckabee  at the opening day of the Iowa State Fair.

 

The Iowa Straw Poll  vote is open to machine-based vote fraud, says Jim Condit Jr  and  Bob Schultz.   "Nonsense" says Iowa Republican Party Ex Director Chuck Laudner.    Professor Doug Jones,  election fraud expert from University of Iowa evaluates current technology.   Then,   Gov Mitt Romney's pro-life transformation is now complete.

 

Greg D'Angelo says the SHIP (State Children's Health Insurance Program)  is just another unsustainable middle-class entitlement program.  Then,  a great example of media spin.  This time Mickelson is the target.  The tape examples.  Congressman Duncan Hunter with an issues update.  Openline.

 

Chuck Laudner is Executive Director of the Iowa Republican Party.  Talks about the recent Iowa Republican debate at Drake,  the Iowa Straw Poll and a new direction for the Iowa Republican Party.   Steve Forbes gives feedback on the debate for Giuliani..  Bob Vanderplatts for Huckabee.   Senator Sam Brownback for himself.  Bill Salier for Congressman Tom Tancredo.   And a response to the Romney interview  coverage.

 

 

 

Fred Heads describe their malady.   Paul Smith and Richard Rios are volunteers.  Then, another ISU professor attacks faith symbols...this time Warren Blumenfeld is shocked to find a cross in a chapel.    Plus lots openline.

 Video note!   After some debate,  here's the re-posting of Thursday's intense exchange with Gov Mitt Romney. 

A technical note... All of the in-studio presidential interviews are video taped for later webcasting.   Normally, as in this case,  they are shot with two fixed cameras by the webcaster.  He and the cameras are highly visible. The cameras are mounted on tripods just a few feet from the guest and host.   Most of the time the interviews are mixed down for time and composition,  as in the recent Senator John McCain interview.   In this case the complete one camera feed was posted so no later issues of "editing" could be raised.   (and because Mickelson looks crappy on camera...  ed. note)

 

 Jan Mickelson here.. .  thanks for the feedback....   here's some of my own.  

 

 

Gov Tommy Thompson campaigns in Iowa.    Gov Mitt Romney campaigning... a very intense conversation.   Here's the video.  A shorter video.  Then,  Jerome Corsi  with the "Late Great USA" an expose of the proposed Security and Prosperity Partnership.

 

Congressman Geoff Davis from Kentucky and Iowa Congressman Tom Latham join us from Washington.  Issues.   How about reparations for the US taxpayers for Iraq war costs?   Then, "What High Schools Don't Tell You"... how to get your kid ready.  Elizabeth Wissner-Gross.

 

History nuggets I discovered while doing summer reading.  The current state of terror.  Then, Senator Byrd says pit bulls are innocent peace lovin' creatures until they are corrupted by football players.

 

The continuing stolen car saga...can we keep what is going on in California away from Iowa?  Then,  some campaign literature  I found in the church parking lot is actually inspirational.

 

Former Iowa Governor Terry Branstad sits in for Jan Mickelson.  He's President of Des Moines University.  Progress report.

 

Ross Peterson in for Jan Mickelson.  Pet behavior, Fair Tax and presidential politics.

 

If California can confiscate the vehicles  of illegals or scofflaws,  why can't Iowa? And Iowa's Board of Regents still can't decide upon arming campus security guards...sigh.  The,  Steve Deace  "Without a Vision: the People Perish"   then,  an Iowa mom wants the troops home from Iowa. Sue Dinsdale 

 

Dana Mecum  talks about collectible cars and an upcoming car auction.    Scott Taylor  warns about Lyme Disease...it's the season.   Then,  car theft stories...

 

Congressman Tom Tancredo  in Iowa after the presidency.  Issues.    Congressman Duncan Hunter  in Iowa after the presidency.  Issues   Robert Novak,  the "Prince of Darkness" knows where the bodies are buried..    Senator John McCain  in Iowa after the presidency (see shocking video below).  Issues.  Phyliss Schlafly wants to be on the record for Congressman Tancredo.   Issues.

 

 Senator Sam Brownback is in Iowa pursuing the presidency.   Ted Baehr reviews a couple of movies...the new Harry Potter movie and the new Adam Sandler movie, "I Now Pronounce you Chuck and Larry"  (the last segment with Rowan Scarborough is lost in technical purgatory...sorry)

 

 Rauch on the River...neked perverts are cavorting along the Raccoon River...again...annoying family canoeing expeditions and puzzling the taxpayers....again.   Then, Cheryle Hart says your diet may be making you crazy.  "The Feed Good Diet"..    Iowa is making world news for our prison population diversity rates.   Tommy Thompson talks about practical solutions for stuff.

 

Bishop Perry Jackson says Senator Ted Kennedy is trying to sneak another hate crimes bill  into a defense package.  Why is it a threat your 1st Amendment rights?  Then  extended coverage of Senator Tom Harkin's part in the US Senate all-nighter  on voting for US withdrawal from Iraq.  Iowans respond.

 Deirdre Barrett  with "Waistland"...why two-thirds of us are concerned about weight and what to do about it.  Then a world-class tip to a waitress gets us started on the etiquette of tipping.

 "The Natural Family"  Allan Carlson has a manifesto to re-build the US family.  (Spence publishing has a deal for WHO listeners.  For every tenth personal email to webmaster@spencepublishing.com  a WHO listener will get a free book...do it!)  Then,  who keeps flunking the marshmallow test?   Plus,  why not use horse racing money for a better purpose?

 

Hindus open the US Senate with a meditation...and a protest.   Brown hamburger and the  frozen mystery meat.  Don Yaeger says "It's Not About the Truth"  The Untold Story about the Duke Lacrosse Case and the Lives It Shattered...   Congressman Duncan Hunter with presidential politics.  Then,  if Iowa is a sanctuary state,  why did they bust illegals in Marshalltown?    Plus Suzy.

 

More ethanol bashing.   A great dialog.  Sandy Bourne  from the Independent Women's Forum worries about the "subsidies" and market distortions.  Monte Shaw from  Iowa Renewable Fuel Association responds.  Then,  a "bubbly" toddler gets the boot from a flight cuz mom won't feed him Benadryl.   Really.

 

Thomas Woods comes up with "33 Questions About American History You're Not Supposed to Ask".   Very good stuff.  Then,  Bobbi Conner wants your kids to have "Unplugged Play"...lots of un-electric games to keep the kids occupied this summer.   Plus,  a local family gets skunked out of the house.  How can we help?

 

Judy Hintz talks about the Wall Street Journal front page story about "mainstreaming" troubles in Waukee. "When Discipline Starts a Fight".   Then,  Bill Salier and Jason Hamann with a new grass roots non-partisan organization.  "Everyday America".  515-401-2488. 

 

John Lott describes why the free market works in "Freedomnomics"  and why when women got the vote, government got bigger and families got smaller.  Then,  a mystery solved and lotsa openline.

 

Ed Fallon for Mickelson.  To tax or not to tax...Project Destiny.  The debate.   Worthwhile.

 

Columnist Chuck Offenberger sits in for Mickelson and talks about Iowa sports heroes. 

 

Congressman Steve King  sits in for Mickelson.  Lotsa great political conversation.

 

Des Moines Register political columnist David Yepsen sits in for Mickelson....he scores some big time poltical names...including a former president and first lady.  Lotsa political talk.  Good stuff.

The Wise Guys sit in for Mickelson and talk about the iPhone.

 

"Buffalo in the House"  RD Rosen tells the story of a rescued calf which took over the house.  Ken Hoagland wants a Fair Tax.    Gov Mike Huckabee  with presidential issues and more tax talk.  Then,  back to Iowa buffalo.

 

"A Special Mission: Hitler's Secret Plot to Seize the Vatican and Kidnap Pope Pius XII"   Dan Kurzman   Congressman Ron Paul  on the issues.  Coming to Iowa for a Saturday rally to Celebrate Life and Liberty. 4:30pm at the Hy-Vee Hall, Room C, Iowa Events Center, 730 Third Street.   Did Lance Armstrong cut some chemical corners to win the Tour De France?  David Walsh takes us "From Lance to Landis".   Evan Coyne Maloney is director of a new documentary, "Indoctrinate U"    How much "diversity" really exists at universities? 

Anthony Romero heads the ACLU, "In Defense of Our America" ...brief brisk conversation.   Then,  Des Moines City Council votes to outlaw smoking at city parks cuz it's offensive....so what else should be outlawed?    Then,  another 14th Amendment snafu.   This time its from the No Spin Zone.

 

Former US Surgeon General wants us to all shape up.   Richard Carmona  is with the Partnership.   "America's Report Card"  John McNally with a peek at the academic testing industry.   David Barton  is my favorite historian.  An upcoming briefing for pastors.  800-992-5596 for the Thursday and Friday briefing.

 

The Des Moines Airport is 75 years old.  Roy Criss want to help us celebrate.    The Pope tells us how to drive.  Bonnie fibs about the Saturday's Iowa Motor Truck Association competition...which I nearly won, except the skill part.    Then,  WSJ says "Mainstreaming"  the learning disabled is destroying education. 

Emmett Tyrrell talks about the "Clinton Crack-Up".     Congressman Steve King  tries to squelch the travel plans of Nancy Pelosi.  Then, if you send you kid to school with a peanut butter sandwich are you a bully? 

Judy Hintz,  the Kid Fixer, plus a panel of friends who talk about educational repair work.  Brandy, Jenny, Tate and Dale.  Plus, Congressman Duncan Hunter  on a trade mission to Iowa.  Then,  more feedback on the Congressman Ron Paul  forum exclusion.

"In the Words of Our Enemies"  Jed Babbin with some spirited conversation.  Russ Davis and Pete Houska are pork producers offering a $1000 reward for the slobs who dropped dead pigs into the Raccoon River.   Kevin Gutzman with "The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution".    A terrific guide to make you scam-proof by the political class.  Highest Recommendation!   Then Congressman Ron Paul  isn't welcome at the Iowans for Tax Relief and Iowa Christian Alliance  candidates forum.    Oversight?  Nope.  Kent Snyder from Ron Paul's campaign  and Ed Failor from ITR exchange words.  Lotsa them.

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 "Fox Bats over Dimona :  the Soviets' Nuclear Gamble in the Six-Day War" Gideon Remez.  Presidential candidate Mayor Rudy Giuliani.  Issues.  Then,  from the "Land of Lincoln"  Andrew Ferguson with Adventures in Abe's America.   Joe Bageant takes us "Deer Hunting with Jesus"   says only a populist can end the class war.   Joel Rosenberg  takes us to the "Epicenter"  a documentary  "...why the current rumblings in the middle east will change your future".

 

So,  if your high school has a bunch of smarts kids graduating,  does it make sense to make them all valedictorians?  Then, how should one be selected?   Plus,  a victim of a sexual pervert tells the story of the "The Hopeville Fire Department".  Tony Lembo.

 

 Congressman Duncan Hunter  says the new Senate debate on immigration is going to be a scam.  Then, how to with the 14th Amendment argument automatic birth citizenship.    "The Cost of Using Food for Fuel"  William Yeatman.   Kay Hymnowitz   asks  "Where's Daddy?"  .   Then,  Suzy.

 

 No to Project Destiny.  Kevin and BJ McGloughlin  along with George Davey explain why not.

 

Doin' some serious "Porch Talk"  with Phillip Gulley..circuit ridin' Quaker.   Another deadly car-bike crash.  What to do?  Then,  Homeland Security Secretary Chertoff  tries to restart the tabled Senate immigration reform bill.

 

"I Had to Say Something" The "Art" of Ted Haggard's Fall"     Mike Jones  was a male escort who tangled with a televangelist.   Then,  Iowa grade school kids are being taught "escape" techniques.   Welcome to the new normal.

 

The Energy Doctor  is here.  Wayne Essink  talks about saving bucks...and how to make windows more energy efficient.  Then,  it's the political season.  Unintended humor is always best.    If the pipes don't fit you  must aquit.               

 

Presidential candidate Congressman Tom Tancredo  in Iowa the day after the US Senate fails to pass immigration reform.   Paul Pate says Mayor Rudy Guiliani remains in the caucus race in Iowa even though he dropped out of the Iowa Straw Poll.   Then,  Congressman Steve King reactions to the Senate immigration bill failure.  Then, Kathy,  an Iowa woman talks of her assault  experience which is strikingly similar to the Kelsey Smith tragedy.

 

Nancie McDermott will Stir Fry ya.  Plus, a string of scary local  news stories.  Sylvain Cypel say Israeli society is at an impasse cuz it's "Walled".  And Iowa's Republican straw poll is short a couple of bales.

 

Scott Taylor my low-carb  inflammation guru with a house call.    "Bobby and J. Edgar"   Burton Hersh with a very inside look at the historic conflict.  Lt. General McInerney  evaluates the defense positions of the presidential debaters.

 

Lotsa openline.    FOOD FIGHT!   In Newton HS... we clean up the mess.

Finbarr M Corr is a former priest, now married,  with the rest of the story.  "Bridges from Leaginney"  then, nonsense from the debate.  Gregory Flood with "The Liar's Prayer: a Grouch's Guide to Enlightenment".  866-926-2762.   Then, some Hillarisms and Obamanations. 

 

Nicholas Dodman with "Puppy's First Steps"...an animal behaviorist who can tell you why your puppy likes to lick your face.  Believe me,  you don't wanna know.   Pat Buchannan says our immigration crisis represents a "State of Emergency"...dynamic.   Then,  the NYT wants to hear from Iowans.

Dr. Robert Spencer  tells  "The Truth About Muhammad"  and interprets the findings of the PEW Foundation study of American Muslim attitudes.  Lotsa openline.    Then, Philip Jenkins says the Muslim sky isn't falling.  "God's Continent" isn't really in a demographic crisis after all.

 

The politics of negotiation.  "It's Ok to be the Boss"  how to fight the undermanagement epidemic with Bruce Tulgan.  Then, Annie Jacobsen gets a chance to say "I told you so" about a dry run terrorist attack on flight 327.  "Terror in the Skies".   888-773-6782 for a discount for WHO listeners. Then,  Senator John McCain  with campaign issues.

It's Tuesday,  it's time to be silly...at least until we hafta talk about politics.

 

A Memorial Day morale booster.   "The Last Man Out: Glenn McDole, USMC, Survivor of the Palawan Massacre in World War II".    Then an encore of "The Day the World Ended and Little Big Horn"   and  "The Privileged Planet"  with Dr. Jay Richards.

 

Senator Joe Biden talks Iraq policy.  Senator Sam Brownback does the same.  Doug Holtz-Eakin from Senator McCain's campaign supports the Senate immigration bill.   ISU wants to get Jesus back into sports.  Then,  a new  plasma technology for making money on Iowa garbage.  Charlie Kress and Dennis Naughton from Waste Not Iowa.  

 

"The Idea That is America"  Anne-Marie Slaughter and I get into a low-carb food fight.   Mike Ferris is the legal rep for home schoolers who will convene shortly in Iowa.    Cedar Falls High School graduation is excluding Beethoven's "Joyful, Joyful".  Why?  Karl Gilbertson is a parent with questions.   Andrew Clopton is the VP of the Choir which wanted to sing it.   Should the school cave to the ACLU?   Not so fast says Jeff Sertize  from the ACLJ   singing the song could cost us. 

 

Socks with sandals?  WWJD?  Cheering your kid at the graduation ceremony?  You could get busted.  Which of the presidential candidates are "Exceptional Presenters"?  Tim Koegel will tell you.   How do you kill skunk stink?   Then,  60 Minutes will highlight an Iowa reserve unit.   Wife of slain Iowan Scott Nisely  joins us to talk about it.

 

OK,  by request....the story of the National Anthem.

 

 Soccer talk.  Why soccer should be dropped from the high school level and taken back to clubs.  Silly red card rules.  Then,  how to fix the immigration problem in four easy steps.  Lots talk.

 

Gregory McClain says some parents take their kids into adult locker rooms at fitness centers.  Not a good idea he says.   Chess master Josh Waitzkin  talks about Tai Chi Chess... yes,  the kid in "Searching for Bobby Fischer"...  in his book "Art of Learning".    Will the new Iowa Board of Regents approve armed campus-based security guards.  Bonnie Campbell says  "No" cuz guns are just way too symbolic. 

The Annual Political Button Collector's Show coming up Saturday May 19th at the Quality Inn Suites Hotel in Des Moines.  Collectors John Olsen and Paul Bengstron  with the story.   Political Commentator John Lofton  remembers Rev. Jerry Falwell. Sometimes nearly fondly.   Plus, the  "Final Move Beyond Iraq"  Mike Evans tries to awaken US about Iran.  Suzy.   Then,  Congressman Steve King gives feedback about the Senate immigration bill.

 

Ruth Lycke  takes stroke victims to China and "Out of Darkness"....several Iowans return and report on their progress.   Dr. Jay Richards co-author of   "The Privileged Planet" tries to help his colleague at ISU with tenure.  Roy Beck from Numbers USA calls Iowans to action on the senate amnesty bill working its way toward approval.

 

Mary and Gayle Brubaker want Iowans help "champion" the cause of Alzhiemers.  800-272-3900 hotline and to help with a walk-about fall fundraiser.    440-2722.    Noah Merriil is a Quaker and just back from Jordan and living with Iraqi refugees, telling their stories.  Ed Offley says he's solved the mystery of "Scorpion Down"... a cold war era nuclear sub which went down in 1968..with an Iowan on board.  Bay Buchanan lambastes the  "Extreme Makeover of Hillary Rodham Clinton."   Lotsa unintended humor.

 Dr. John West  from Discovery Institute comes to the support of ISU's Guillermo Gonzalez  who has been denied tenure cuz he bugs atheists. Perhaps a thoughtful letter to ISU's  President Geoffroy  is in order.  Then, Heather Cox Richardson takes us  "West From Appamattox...the Reconstruction of America after the Civil War".

 

Tama Assistant County Attorney Richard Vander Mey says SF  430  is on the governor's desk.  It creates "comity" between Iowa and the Meskwakies.   What does gambling money buy?   Politicians.  Newt Gingrich writes about Pearl Harbor  and talks about the cheezy way presidents are selected.  Patrick and Henry Ramage fly their whale to Iowa.   Saving the Whales.  Really.   Then,  ISU professor of astronomy Dr.Guillermo Gonzalez  has been denied tenure.  Why?  Cuz he thinks ole Earth is a "Privileged Planet"...which really offends the campus atheists.   Sigh

"Retained by the People"  Daniel Farber says Americans have rights they don't know they have.   The Iowa ACLU wants to sue Urbandale for keeping drunken kids away from football games and the prom.  Ben Johnson says the ACLU also protects the rights of Jihadists,  they are part of a large open border's lobby. 

 

Right-lane driver discrimination, high-mileage, granny bashing.   Delicious.   Then,  Custer's last stand from the vantage point of the Lakotas.  Joseph Marshall III and "The Day the World Ended at Little Big Horn"   a Lakota history.

 

Should Al Sharpton be held to the Al Sharpton standard?   Delicious.  Mark Taylor was shot at Columbine.  "I Asked, God Answered"...the Columbine Miracle.   Mt. Pleasant head cop suspended while they count the traffic tickets.  Then,  presidential candidate Congressman Tom Tancredo.

 

Nicholas Hagger reveals "The Secret Founding of America" ... and he teaches us the secret handshake.   An elementary school principal requires kids to clean up their own messes.  Parents want an apology.   An the founder of Left Lane Drivers of America has a soft-path solution for left lane cloggers.

 "Forty Days and Forty Nights"  Matthew Chapman writes about his great, great grandfather, Charles Darwin.   Then, Bishop Harry Jackson  says the gay rights movement has hijacked the civil rights movement and it must stop.  Then,  the taxpayers pony up to pay for gay kids who won't live at home.  PLLLLLLLEEEEEEEZZZZZZ!

 

The Republican presidential post debate spin room is open.   The Iowa Republican hierarchy checks in to opine.  Then, Mickelson throws a Royal snit.  So does the Iowa Board of Regents...the entrance requirements for Iowa colleges have been stiffened.  A big deal?

 

Iowans formulate an apology for subjecting the ski mask guy to undue stress.   Then, should Iowa welcome gun-building refugee  from Illinois? 

 

The verdict on the Heemstra verdict,   the verdict on the Bush veto of the funding bill,   the verdict on the new rules for qualifying for presidential debates based upon poll numbers.  And how partisan are American war opinions?

 

Judie Brown talks about "Saving Those Damned Catholics".    Then IA Republican House Leader Chris Rants evaluates the results of the latest session of the legislature.

 

"More Sex is Safer Sex: The Unconventional Wisdom of Economics"   Steven E Landsburg is the Armchair Economist.   Then, a spring nag about cyclist safety.   Then,  if you are a typical Iowan with a large  chunk 'o belly fat,  you are a candidate for the "Diabetes Solution".   CNN  wants to know why Iowans seem to have such a strong case of anti-illegal alien fever.  So, we  tell 'em.

 

Friday open-line.  How a murdered illegal alien continues to bill Iowans,  then presidential candidate Gov Mike Huckabee makes a campaign stop.

Brad Smith  is my bug guru.  The bug season is about to begin so he gives practical tips.   Then,  the Gronstal "F-Bomb" apology, plus how the gay lobby won the big one.

 

Senator Trent Lott  proxies for Senator John McCain  who is announcing today for his run for the Whitehouse.  Inside stories.   Then, a snotty flashback to Deteriorata...   Dr. Bethany Marshall  with a "Deal Breaker" ...  a high maintenance interview.   Then,  Iowa Senator Majority Leader,  Mike Gronstal  has an Imus moment  with his political base. 

 

Kathy Kastan writes "From the Heart" a woman's guide to living well with heart disease. A health-line with very useful information.  Another illegal alien commits a murder in Iowa.  The high cost of corporate and government complacency climbs.  Senator Joe Biden, running for president checks in on illegal immigration and the status of the Iraq War.  Glenn Sacks deals with the Alec Baldwin meltdown.   Spirited conversation.

 

The "Hold Their Feet to the Fire" FAIR conference in Washington.   Access to dynamic border control experts including,  Colin Hannah  from We Need a Fence,  Chris Simcox, the Minutemen Civil Defense Corps,   Mac Haddow from the Seniors Coalition working to protect Social Security against totalization,  Robert Rector with a study on education and poverty,   Jessica Echard  from Eagle Forum  and the morality of a guest worker program.   Steve Camarota reports on immigration and illegitimacy.  Then,  Iowa representative Congressman Steve King  and Senator Chuck Grassley.

Fathers for Equal Rights with Dick Woods (277-8789)  joined by Steve Baskerville, PhD..."Taken into Custody"    for the upcoming Saturday Equal Parenting Rally Saturday, April 21st at the Civic Center, 3PM.     Then,  the "Shia Revival"   Vali Nasr on How Conflicts within Islam Will Shape the Future.      Mark Taylor, Columbine survivor,  with "I Asked, God Answered"  a 6pm book-signing at Jordan Creek Barnes and Noble.   Then,  Suzy!

Rebecca Wodder from the Iowa River Project encourages Iowans to clean up our act.   Her study puts the Iowa River at the top of the worst list.    Jerry Vanstra from the Pro-life Federation of Michigan  gives the current presidential field grades on  their life votes.   Stephan Halper says it will be nearly impossible to keep Iran from achieving nuclear status.  "The Silence of the Rational Center".  Then, should we arm the security staff at Iowa's universities?

Iowans respond to the Virginia Tech massacre.    Now what?

 

Senator Sam Brownback wants to be President.  He's campaigning in Iowa.  Issues.   Then, the morality of our tax code.  WSJ piece.

 

Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian featured at the 7th Annual Catholic Home Schooling Conference at the Columbus Academy on Saturday. Then, Imus redux.  Plus Kathleen Kennedy Townsend  says churches are mixing religion and politics .. "Failing America's Faithful"

 

Ebay says fertilized eggs are chicks and tells an Iowa egg herder she can't ship 'em.  Monica Blum tell the story.  Then, presidential candidate Congressman Ron Paul  campaigns in Iowa.

 

So,  former Dallas County Sheriff Gilbert  is going to jail for the theft of drug money.   What does it mean?  Time to change our drug laws?

 

Iowa activist Ed Fallon is concerned about global warming and is inviting folks to this Saturday afternoon rally (Nollen Plaza, 4PM) during the National Day of Climate Action.    Then, what to make of the Imus moment of shame?

 

Daniel Sheehy  is "Fighting Immigration Anarchy",  then Osceola parents are justly outraged over a sexual predator  victimizing 23 kids.  Now what?

"The N Word: Who Can Say It, Who Shouldn't and Why"  feisty conversation with Jabari Asim.   Open-line in two parts re: the Fair Share Act.     Plus, "Kingdom Coming:  the Rise of Christian Nationalism"   Michelle Goldberg  does her Pauline Revere..."...the Christians are Coming"!

 

The nice lady from the "Y" inspires the slackers...then, the 2007 "Campus Outrage Awards".. plus Kim Lehman from Iowa Right to Life exposes the next round of sex ed goals being pushed by Planned Parenthood.

 

My water pusher guru Boyd Bader explains clean water...then,  lotsa nonsense from the political class...unrelenting nonsense.  Sure makes my job easy.

 

Congressman Steve King  with Iowa concerns and issues.  Con Jim Nussle as a Giuliani proxy.  Then Iowans with caucus talk.

 

Congressman Tom Tancredo announces his run for the Whitehouse this morning on the Mickelson program.  Then,  Senator Joe Biden is in Iowa running for the same job. 

 

Any Iowa connection to the tainted pet food scare?   Then,  a judge says an Iowa jury will decide the fate of those defunct touch play machines.  Wanna taint the jury?

 

Walid Phares writes about the "War of Ideas: Jihadism Against Democracy".   Powerful.   Then,  Chris Hedges with a polemic about "American Facists"   Who?  The Christian right.

 

Clive finally gets busted for their camera based stop sign  fines.  Now what?   Iowa is about to approve of same date voter registration.   Now what?

 

Dr. Jerome Corsi reports on a horrendous sex scandal  within the Texas juvenile justice system.  Who does he hold responsible?  Dan Gainor  takes aim at Al Gore's "Inconvenient Truth" ...lotsa open-line time too.  And here's the sound-bite of the Hardball  interview of the Vilsacks.

 

A Monday stream o' semi-consciousness.   Then District 41 Iowa Senator David Hartsuch  is resisting the Democratic party expansion of gay civil rights.  Senate debate Monday afternoon.

 

Chad Thompson,  "Loving Homosexuals as Jesus Would"   a Fresh Christian Approach.   Congressman Tom Tancredo with a quick visit.

 

Professor David Eisenbach a historian of "Gay Power, an American Revolution"   Spirited conversation.  Governor Mitt Romney wants to be President.  Iowa's Deer Population and the DNR win out over property rights.   Discussion

 

Iowa war protestors,  tobacco tax avoiders, deer killers and other fine Amercians...  Lotsa great openline.

 

A Des Moines woman defends her apartment in the middle of the night with deadly force.   The 911 call and Iowan's respond. Not everyone agrees.

 

Monday open-line potluck.  And do we now have a poster boy example for  renewing Iowa's death penalty?

 

Kevin Kelly is an Iowa tree farmer in conflict with the DNR  over property rights.  He thinks he should be able to defend his trees against marauding deer herds...with deadly force.  He's going to court Monday to defend himself against charges which could subject him to a $1500 fine.  Feedback.  Then, Suzy.

RNC Chair, Mike Duncan  talks about the upcoming supplemental budget vote on Iraq.   Minnesota Governor Gov Tim Pawlenty  is in Iowa campaigning for Senator John McCain.   That Bald Eagle recently rescued by some Iowa folks had to be put down.  Why?  Then, Fr Thomas Berg, Executive Director at Weschester Institute for Ethics & the Human Person.  Six Stem Cell Facts.

 

Mike Shiley traveled around Iraq and filmed a bunch of his experiences.  His documentary, "Iraq: the Untold Stories   is coming to Iowa at Central College  Monday March 19th.  He'll be here to tell some of his stories.   Michael Trachtman with the "Supremes Greatest Hits"  34 SCOTUS cases which effect our lives.    Then,  Democrats tax their constituents' vices.  Because they love them, of course.

 

 "A Bee in the Mouth: Anger in America Now"  Peter Wood is as mad as "H" and isn't going to take it any more.   Then,  Ted Koppel says US will be engaged in the Middle East,   so will our children,  and our children's children.   Energy independence should be our number one priority.  How about energy sustainability?

 

Middle school kids pop momma's drugs  which the kid brought to school.  Several hospitalized.  What does this mean

 

Texas Congressman Ron Paul  is running for President.    Then,  Iowa Democrats want to bill the vices of others while granting civil rights status to their own.

 

 "Baby Proof Your Marriage" Cathy O'Neill how to laugh more, argue less, and communicate better as your family grows.   Christeene Hayes,  The Blood Center of Iowa  and the WHO Donor Day Blood Drive.   431 East Locust Street Friday March 16th 6AM-2PM.   Ed Fallon speaks at Drake.   Then,  Iowa's gay lobby still in full-court press,  now to achieve civil rights protection.

 

 Yakov M. Rabkin writes about the "Threat From Within"  a century of Jewish Opposition to Zionism.  Jeremy Funk from Americans United for Change  applauds Congressman Boswell's vote on a labor bill.   Charlotte Iserbyte  says the educational sky has already fallen...in fact,  on purpose.  Then,  how do we get money from judgment-proof morons who damage others?

 "Why I Turned Right"  Mary Eberstadt invited lotsa conservative writers to confess.  They did.  Then,  Dr. Paul Cameron from the Family Research Institute evaluates the ISU student boycott of a blood drive cuz it excludes gay contributors.  He says the ban is medically justified even though un-PC.  Then Dan Borcher of  CoulterWatch  gets the boot from the C-PAC police.  Howcome?

"Shalom in the Home"  Rabbi Shmuley Boteach with family friendly advice.   Then,  Culver signs the bully bill into law.  What does it mean?

The Blizzard of "07" ...  the aftermath and lotsa other stuff.  (Part of the soundfile is corrupted...dunno why)   Plus,  teachers evaluate the "Fair Share" act. 

 

Captain Robert McGovern "All American: Why I Believe in Football, God, and the War in Iraq"     Plus,  lots of Iowa weather reporting stories.

 

Lynn and Chris…Over-Eater's Anonymous…inspirational stories.  In Iowa?   Then,  Rep Steve Lukan  from Iowa's 32nd District with House File 484, a bill  to Prevent Internet Hunting

Mark Meyer Briggs and Stratton  generator techie answers questions…….. Safety tips and repair issues…  "The Children's Blizzard"   David Laskin, January 12,  1888 huge blizzard,  then Newt Gingrich's  American Solutions for Winning the Future.   Oh,  another Culver "I Feel Good Update".

 

Mike and Barb Haigwood  of  "Wife Swap"  fame talk about the  primitive diet   with their diet guru.   Aajonus Vonderpanitz   wanna hear more?   Then,  I win the snow wars.

Steve Winzenberg,  media guru at Grandview College reviewing the Iowa connection on ABC's Wife Swap.  Con Steve King  reviewing a recent trip to border with National Security Chief  Michael Chertoff.     How much money do illegals cost Iowa taxpayers?  The Iowa Legislative Services Agency  has a plan to get more taxes out of illegals.  Wanna great job with a dental plan?    Like to wear pink?  Oh,  who has killed more Americans  than Iraqi insurgents have?  

Elaine Donnelly describes how woman are now getting shot up in combat roles.   Then,  will good intentions or real budgets decide how we spend the new tobacco tax money?

State Senator Paul McKinley on Iowa Education reform.  The Minority Report.  "The Vatican Exorcist"   Tracy Wilkinson,  LA  Times Bureau  Chief, covering the Vatican.     "Amazing Grace" behind the song you love… Chip Flarhety,  VP of Walden Media... the movie opens this week-end.   Very Powerful.

David Pimental is an ethanol atheist.  He says it isn't the answer to our energy future.  Iowans respond.    Iowa is debating the approval of human cloning.  Kim Lehman,  Dr. John Redwine and Dr. David Prentice explain why that's a bad idea.  Then,  the real reason Britany Spears lopped off her hair.

 

Dr. Robert Morey  with powerful insights into Islam. 1-800-41-TRUTH. He is starting a university for Islamic studies.   Then, great open-line on everything from "tolerance"  to Iraq policy.   Great stuff.

Dr. Michael McGregor from  Briarwood Dental in Ankeny talks about jaw pain, mercury fillings and state of the air dentistry. Gum swapping...  Then,  silly stuff including Twiggy, the water skiing squirrel at the Des Moines Sports Show..  Then, the nearly Psychic Suzy.

Congressman Tom Latham… with his summary of House Resolution speech... and the response of  Congressman Leonard Boswell.    An Urbandale lady is skeptical about the up-coming bond vote on a new recreational facility.    A spokesman from a Draft Condi group makes her pitch.  Then,  cougars and bears should be protected in Iowa?

Chris Horner with the Politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming.  Snot galore.  Iowa Republican House leader Chris Rants blasts the Fair Share dues grab.    Dr. David Egilman takes after Merk and Vioxx, linking big drug money to the HPV vaccine hustle  in Texas.   Then, Peter Labarbera  says Iowa got mugged by the gay lobby in the last election.  It gets worse.

 

 

Doug Gross with education reform proposals Institute for Tomorrows Workforce.  Vigorous.   Then,  how to murder a murder of crows.

Congressman Tom Tancredo is still seething over the Ramos jailing and beating...he'll tell you why.  Then schools, taxes and all-day kindergartens.   Lotsa talk

Former Iowa Representative Ed Fallon and friends talk about campaign finance reform, the new legislative session and accordion music.

The so-called  "Bully-Bill"  dominating debate within the Iowa legislature.  Iowans evaluate the process.  

 

"Made to Stick"  Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die.  Chip Heath with post Super Bowl commercial ratings.    Then, former Iowa Governor Vilsack calls for the immediate withdrawal of US from Iraq.  What do Iowans think?

Judy Hintz from Educational Resources shocks and inspires us.  515-225-8513   Kids, parents and adults who have been helped to read.    Best yet.     Then,  Jason Brown, an Iowa country singer  hands out samples.  Plus,  lotsa openline.

 

An amazing panel of fiscal experts in Iowa for a "Fiscal Wake-up Tour".  David Walker,  Comptroller General of the United States.  Robert Bixby,  Executive Director of the Concord Coalition.   Stuart Butler,  Heritage Foundation.  Isabel Sawhill,   Brookings.   Conclusion?   We can't afford it.  And we are now billing our grandkids.  They insist that's a bad thing.  Then,  Dr. Bruce Perry  with "The Boy Raised as a Dog"...a psychiatrist fixes damaged kids.  Matt Barber  finds an AIDS activist who stumbles into truth.  Plus,  Cedar Rapids buys $5000 worth of Tom Sawyer,  but says its too UN-PC to use.   Hilarious!

 

My liberal debate coach buddy Christian wants to argue about stuff.  So we do :)  Then,  Iowans damaged by illegal drivers tell their horror stories.   Then,  an Iraqi letter to Iowans.   Plus,  politicians with RMS  revised memory syndrome.

Ed Fallon and Berkley Bedell  are former politicians who want the reform elections by removing big money through public financing.  Governor Mike Huckabee wants to be President.   Great talk all morning.   Purdy picture,  too.

 

An emergency meeting of the CSA (Cup Scummers of America)  Then Iowa Democrats pony-up for the gay lobby.  Again.

 

 Ross Peterson sits in for Jan Mickelson.   Presidential politics with Wisconsin governor Tommy Thompson, and dealing with difficult people.

Ken Hoagland from Fair Tax.org.  He wants to nuke the Federal Income Tax and replace it with a national sales tax.  Carole Martin and Dick Fredericks don't want Linn and Johnson Counties to approve a SILO tax.     Bruce Stone  peace-nik from the Progressive Coalition of Central Iowa wants to promote a anti-war rally.   Then,  an Iowa woman in the Iowa National Guard gets killed.  Outrageous?

Iowans respond to the State of the Union address.  Jan introduces the Mickelson Doctrine as a solution to the Iraq stalemate.

 

California  Congressman Duncan Hunter writes a legislative pardon  for two convicted American border Guards.  Why?    Then, another presidential candidate, Dr. Mark Klein  talks issues.   Mickelson's brush with the law,  then listeners ID a political sound-bite....wanna try?

 

 

Dr. Boyd Haley  talks about the "Toxicity of Mercury"  and its links to the autism epidemic.  He speaks tonight (Monday January 22)   Meg Oberreuter  and Barb Romkema  added a parent's perspective about testing  for toxicity.

Bill Salier sits in for Jan Mickelson.   Always good.

 

 "The Politically Incorrect Guide to The South"  Clint Johnson.  Why the Iraqis botched the  recent hangin's  and why they should use American know how the next time.     Presidential candidate John Cox  weighs in on Bush's surge.  Then,  why when the public's support for the war is waning,  is Iowa's National Guard recruitment is up?  Dynamic feedback from Iowans.

 

Gary Moore writes about "Playing With the Enemy"   back in Iowa with an encore.  Former Congressman Jim Nussle has agreed to lead the Rudy Giuliani Iowa run for the White House.   Mike Flynn  thinks the US and Iowa commitment to increasing the minimum wage is bad economics and worse sociology..   Marv Kitman writes  about "The Man Who Would Not Shut Up:  The Rise of Bill O'Reilly"

Congressman Steve King is suing newly elected Governor Culver over violation of Iowa's Official English law.  Why?   Dr. Miriam Grossman says science is on the side of sexual discipline and marriage.  "Unprotected:  A Campus Psychiatrist Reveals How Political Correctness in Her Profession Endangers Every Student"    Plus, a follow-up on Carroll, Iowa's dust-up over "What's Eating Gilbert Grape?"

 

Scott Taylor is my low-carb, anti-inflamation guru.   The education gurus from Iowa Live.net  tell how constructionist wiped out Iowa's number one educational performance.   Then,  Congressman Tom Tancredo wants to move the immigration issue forward as a presidential candidate.

 

Former Democratic candidate for Governor Ed Fallon updates us on his issues.   Chet Culver  is sworn in as the new Governor and Psychic Suzy swoops down on us.

 

More feedback on President Bush's Iraq surge speeach.   From the US Embassy in Baghdad,  Amb. Margaret Scobey explains the Bush goals.   Then,  Iowans give us  their own state of the war address, plus  reaction to the president's queasiness over the Saddam Hussein execution.

 

Ross Peterson sits in for Mickelson.  He talks about VA benefits,  the war,  and broken promises.

 

Taking an oath of office on the Koran.  What does it mean?   Spirited discussion.  Governor Vilsack's last State of the State address.    And what to do with Iowa legislators who violate their oaths of office?

"Creation as Science"  Hugh Ross  says he has a testable model approach which could end the creation/evolution wars.  Christian Ucles and Greg Stevens share  Iowa debate champions with us.  Then Iowans aren't satisfied with one the 2006 Idiot Awards.  Let the embellishment begin.

Gettin' hitched in prison for life?  Yup...  Busting a high school girl's basketball poster cuz it has pictures of plastic guns?   Yup.  Life serves up more nonsense and we serve up great conversation.

Jonathan Narcisse  delivers another knock down blow to the fraud the Iowa education establishment has become.  Check out the new educational progress chart on Iowa Live.   Then,  much spirited open-line conversation.

Aftermath thinking about the President Ford funeral and the Hussein execution.  Lotsa spirited open-line conversation.

Post holiday trip jabber.   Catching up on trip info and wondering if Iowa needs toll roads.

 A Treat for Mickelson in the Morning  listeners.    His Christmas Special.    (For those with broad band connections....sorry dial-uppers....)

Xmas One

Xmas Two

Xmas Three

Xmas Four

Merry Christmas folks.   Thanks for a great year. 

PS   Do Not Open Until Christmas   

 

Christmas odds and ends...The Queen of Iowa  and the story of the song....Santa must be a girl.. then real examples of Iowa guardian angels.   Iowans tell great stories don't they?

"Solzhenitsyn Reader"   Edward Ericson  records the best and brightest Soviet Refusnik...then,  Laurence Gonzalez  explains when in crisis,  Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why...  Deep Survival.   Would Jesus Shop at Walmart?  Chris Kofinis from  Wake Up Walmart.

Jerome Corsi talks about the "Showdown with Nuclear Iran"... oil, immigration and the real economy.  Whew!    Then,  Iowan's respond to Governor Vilsack's ire against the Swift bust.

Jeff Traviss is my tech talk guru.  A pre-Christmas dose of techie wisdom about high definition TVs.  Then,  trying to make sense of a couple city council moves.  At the very moment they outlaw smoking in parking garages,  they give permission to 16 year olds  to go to smoke-filled bars....  

 

The Blank Park Zoo wants to expand...into Fort Des Moines.  Zoo director Terry Rich with the story.   Then,  a bunch of openline.

 

"Word Sweep"  Iowans play the game with its inventor, Clay Siegert.   Then,  more reaction to the Swift illegal immigrant bust.  Con Steve King with more feedback.

 

Jason Mrochek from We Hire Aliens  talks about the Iowa Swift bust.   Then California congressman Duncan Hunter is in Iowa beginning his presidential run.   (He wants to go pheasant hunting this weekend  December 16th with some returning Iowa Iraq war vets...703-909-0148)

 

Hundreds of Swift employees get busted for breaking and entering the country illegally.  What does it mean?  Iowans respond.  Big time.

Top 5 reasons not to give a pet for Christmas.  Diane Pomerance is a pet companion expert.   Then,  did you know that the President's Oval Office desk was once part of a ghost ship named  "Resolute"  ?

Maybe,  James Kim took the wrong route  which ended in his death because he downloaded a map from the wrong source.  Lotsa listeners  give their bad directions stories.

James Hirsch  revisits the genetics of Type 1 diabetes.  "Cheating Destiny".... we only agree on the important stuff.  Diabetes is bad,  and we should find a cure.   We argue about everything else.  Very worthwhile.   How can an old crank telephone enhance the educational experience?    Then, the nearly Psychic Suzy. 

Surviving in the wilderness...or not...starting tire fires?   Then,  how about a chart showing the "progress" of  Iowa education.    Powerful.

Worldview stuff.  Alison Thomas  is a circuit ridin' apologist.   She talks faith issues to college-bound high school students.  Then,  "Leap Days"   Katherine Lanpher  chronicles her midlife move.    Then,   the pro-life lobby gets cheeky with Planned Parenthood.  Rachel Cunningham from the IFPC.

 Editor's note:  If you have been directed to this podcast,  the first hour contains conclusions about cost-shifting based upon false assumptions regarding the genetics of Type One diabtes.  Before you waste any hard-earned outrage, the issue is corrected in the Friday, December 8th program.   

Pondering the genetics of Type One diabetes...after an expert guest says there is a direct  relationship between genetics and Type One.   Uncomfortable questions and great discussion. 

(As a follow-up to this segment,  diabetes expert James Hirsch  accepted another appearance Friday December 8th at 9 am to answer questions regarding the genetics of diabetes)  A very worthwhile segment.

 Then, Blood and Oil  with the award-winning producers of a new documentary which highlights the history of the Middle East in World War I.   Plus,  wardrobe mishaps...

Should city and county employees be required to live in the city or county?  Then,  Governor Vilsack tosses one last political hand grenade before he leaves office.    Driver's licenses for illegals?  Then,  James Hirsch talks about  "Cheating Destiny  living with diabetes, America's Biggest Epidemic"

 

Then,  a chart of Iowa's education "progress".   Whew!

 

So how long will a cat stay up in a tree anyhow?   Con Steve King  is back from Iraq with some observations on the war.   Governor Vilsack  has officially entered  the Democratic Presidential race.   How will Iowans review their former Governor? 

 

The Music of Hope...western civilization depends upon it.  You'll have to "listen" to understand it.   Some higher sample rate examples of music I used in the program,  Hungarian Rhapsody  Baby Einstein.   Parce mihi dominie  Jan Garbarek  Officium.  The Dream   Michael Johnathon ,  Kiss the Book  (unknown)  Turandot Nessun Dorma  Pavarotti  O Holy Night  David Phelps  Then,  "Unprotected"   a campus psychiatrist reveals how political correctness in her profession endanger every student.  Dr. Miriam Grossman....formerly Anonymous.   Then,  the Iowa education establishment is now  wholly-owned subsidiary of the gay lobby.   Now what?