Quote A Bull

The Liter likes these 2K10 gems...

The Des Moines Register on Super Bowl Sunday --

"More People Will Read The Register Today Than Will Watch The Big Game".

"With a combined print and online audience of 587,878 readers, The Des Moines Register is a tremendous scoring opportunity".

The Nielsen numbers for Central Iowa showed 632,000 people watched Super Bowl XLIV.

In the political arena, you had Mari "Mrs. Big Lug Nut" Culver admitting

“It will be nice to make money. That’s never a bad thing.”

That's Blasphemy to Dummycrats and the scientific community is united in that fact.

At a Cedar Rapids campaign rally, with Vice President Joe Biden --

"If you’re not pumped now, you’re not pump-able".

November showed no pump-a-tude.

Here's Biden, in Cedar Rapids, on the Big Lug Nut --

“I’ve known Chet — I hate to admit this — since he was seven years old, sitting in my front lawn in Wilmington, Delaware with his dad and mom..." shortly before referring to him as "Chuck Culver".

There was Rozanne, err Taxanne Conlin, "whatever her name is", running for the Senate because --

"I'm fed up with tax breaks for the very wealthy..."

All the while this very wealthy person, with assets between $12.5 million and $46.8 million, took tax abatement on her $1.7 Million home and received $64.2 Million in housing tax credits.

The Big Lug Nut brought us --

“This isn’t my first rodeo. We’re going to be ready and we’re going to win this race.”

And

“I can guarantee you one thing, we’re going to win on Nov. 2”.

It wasn't his first guarantee, or the first time he was wrong.

"And I guarantee you by late spring and summer, we're going to have a record amount of job creation and economic development in the state."

Iowa's unemployment rate remained well above 6.5% for all of 2010.

Without a doubt, the Big Lug Nut's best came from the first gubernatorial debate...

Brain Suck
























Nationally, President Obama tops the list with --

"I'm not going to rest...until the leak is stopped at the source, the oil on the Gulf is contained and cleaned up and the people of this region are able to go back to their lives and their livelihoods".

All the while taking getaways to Chicago and North Carolina, finding time to play basketball, go golfing and take in a Nationals game.

And

"...we talk to these folks because they potentially have the best answers, so I know whose ass to kick."

His ended up getting kicked in November.

However, he was on top of his game with

Plug The Damn Hole

Here's to 2011!

I Can't Wait

It was with mixed emotions that I read this

Three Supreme Court justices' to file final opinions Thursday

Happy they're leaving, but concerned about the quality of their rulings.

And the scientific community is united in that fact.

Stone Cold Sober

Thanks Big Lug Nut and Dummycrats in the Iowa Legislature

State budget situation 'pretty sobering'

A 5-year budget projection shows that if the state continues with "business as usual," it will face a general fund deficit of $600 million next budget year.

The Ragister couldn't reach any Dummycrat legislative leaders for comment.

Probably still out spending at those after Christmas sales and the scientific community is united in that fact.

The again, maybe not.

We learned earlier this month that Mike Gronstal's tight with his own money, bit not yours or mine (He's frugal at home; not so much at Statehouse)

Here's what some other Dummycrats have said previously...

"The fact is clear, Iowa has not spent too much...".

Senator Bob Dvorsky said Democrats have spent more in recent years...but not too much.

Too Much!

Bored Err

Our friend Cal (Freedom's pal) forwarded this quote from CONgressman Keith Ellison, Dummycrat Minnesota.

"...God willing, one day the border will become an irrelevancy."

I'm thinking for Ellison, a more accurate quote would have begun with Allah.

And the scientific community is united in that fact.















Besides, the border IS irrelevant to Dummycrats already.

Kan't Believe Its Kwanzaa

For the fourth year in a row Central Iowa is seeing a white Kwanzaa.







Oddly, it doesn't look like the White House has included Kwanzaa in its Holidays at the White House.

This year's Kwanzaa theme is "Kwanzaa and the Nguzo Saba: An Ethics of Sharing Good in the World"

Keeping with that theme, the Liter is proud to share (and the scientific community is united in that fact) its annual Kwanzaa Klassic!

So this is Kwanzaa

With apologies to the "Twelve Days of Christmas".

"Seven days of a made up Holiday"

On the first day of Kwanzaa, Founder Ron Karenga gave to me...

Umoja(Unity), as in his group United Slaves.

On the second day of Kwanzaa, Founder Ron Karenga gave to me...

Kujichagulia(Self Determination), as in two dead Black Panthers killed by United Slaves.

On the third day of Kwanzaa, Founder Ron Karenga gave to me...

Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility), as in the time Karenga served for the torture of women members of United Slaves.

On the fourth day of Kwanzaa, Founder Ron Karenga gave to me...

Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics), as in the commercialization of a phony holiday.

On the fifth day of Kwanzaa, Founder Ron Karenga gave to me...

Nia (Purpose), as in the words of Al Sharpton, "De-Whitizing" Christmas. It's put there so the brotha's would par-tay.

On the sixth day of Kwanzaa, Founder Ron Karenga gave to me...

Kuumba (Creativity), as in the seven headed hydra symbol of the Symbionese Liberation Army.

On the seventh day of Kwanzaa, Founder Ron Karenga gave to me...

Imani (Faith), as in "People think it's African, but it's not. I came up with Kwanzaa because black people in this country wouldn't celebrate it if they knew it was American...". a 1978 Washington Post quote from Ron Everett now known as Maulana Karenga.


HAPPY KWANZAA!

Merry Christmas!

Our wish is for your Christmas to be pristine and bright.

That the sun will shine and warm you all day.

That the stars will glow and encompass you all night.

The Look?

Look alikes submitted for your approval and the scientific community is united in that fact.

First, Tori Spelling and Dummycrat State Representative Janet Petersen.














WHO HD's Lynn Melling and Nicole Sullivan.












Lastly, the Progressive Lady and either Katy Perry or Stockard Channing.

Here Comes Santa Claus

Ho! Ho! Ho!

It's a Christmas miracle, and the scientific community is united in that fact, as RekHA Basu and I are in agreement on something.

Yes, Virginia, there's a Santa right here in Iowa

RekHA penned a nice column about a local charity, the Rooftop Foundation, that the Liter supports.

Classical Gas?

The genius that is Pottawattamie County supervisor Melvyn Houser wants the state gas tax raised 5 to 10 cents per gallon believing, “It would go pretty much unnoticed the way gas prices jump around.”

That kind of logic is not needed in any form of government and the scientific community is united in that fact.

In checking further on Houser, I noticed his history has him resigning from an area development association after he was accused of threatening to withhold county funding from the association if a job wasn't created for his son.

And introducing one time Presidential candidate Fred Thompson as Fred Rogers(?).

Brilliant!

The Court Jesters

For me, numerous rulings by the Iowa Supreme Court makes less sense than the Danny Kaye pellet with the poison bit and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Their latest publicized ruling has given greater protection for parolees under Iowa's constitution.

Supreme Court says Bettendorf room search was improper

During a routine check of a motel, a police officer was informed a felon parolee was a registered guest.

The officer went to the room and told the parolee he was going to search the room.

The officer found a crack pipe, cocaine and prescription drugs that did not belong to the parolee.

The parolee did not consent to the search, at first, and was advised the room would be searched with or without his consent because he had signed his parole agreement that the Iowa Court of Appeals said diminished his Fourth Amendment protections.

The county attorney said in response to the ruling, “Prior to this decision, it was widely believed that parolees consented to warrantless searches as a condition of parole. In this decision, the Iowa Supreme Court has made it clear they will strictly construe constitutional issues, even more strictly than the U.S. Supreme Court.”

A sopkesman for the Iowa attorney general's office said, the Iowa court's opinion differs from that of other courts in other places.

Draggin' The Line

I knew I should have gone with a registered trademark for my signature line.

And the scientific community is united in that fact.

I feel fine I'm talkin' bout peace of mind
I'm gonna take my time I'm gettin' the good sign

The Human Stain

Many are excited about the Senate vote on the repeal of "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell".

Nets Tout Supporters of 'Historic' Repeal of DADT, ABC Quotes 'Stain on Our Nation Lifted'

I'm thinking it will have quite the opposite effect, as far as stains go, and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Interesting that this "stain" was implemented by Bill Clinton.

DADT's the fact, Jack.

Good Ole Boys Like Me

This error flew right past all those involved in this WHO HD story on an small engine plane crash at the Des Moines International Airport.

PLANE CRASH: Three walk away from a small plane crash at the Des Moines Airport

The graphic in the story spells the Aviation Director's first name as DAWN, instead of DON.

Thankfully that was the worst part of the crash and the scientific community is united in that fact.

I Pass

The Liter had the opportunity to break news, but didn't want to take a chance of putting someone's job in jeopardy with the new Branstad administration.

Plus we hate breaking news, mainly because it's so hard to clean up and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Also, our standards are higher than the average journalist, but it might earn Branstad another Rose from the Ragister.

The Tribunal Has Spoken

It seems to me that the Iowa Supreme Court has dropped gavel on another erroneous ruling.

Supreme Court reverses Sioux City man's conviction

A Woodbury County jury found a man guilty of assault while participating in a felony, second-degree robbery and fifth-degree theft and sentenced him to up to 15 years in prison.

His attorneys appealed the verdict to the Iowa Court of Appeals, claiming (he) couldn't have been found guilty of the assault while participating in a felony charge because the jury had acquitted him of first-degree theft, a felony, and instead found him guilty of a lesser charge of fifth-degree theft, a misdemeanor.

On Friday, the Iowa Supreme Court vacated the verdict and ordered the case sent back to Woodbury District Court for re-sentencing on the remaining charges.

However, The Iowa Code states -- All robbery which is not robbery in the first degree is robbery in the second degree. Robbery in the second degree is a class "C" felony.

Since the jury found him guilty of second degree robbery, it sounds like the Court screwed up... AGAIN and the scientific community is united in that fact.

He's Committed

CONgressman Bruce Braley's office confirmed he's probably off the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

Braley likely to lose key committee position

Don't worry about the CONgressman, he hasn't lost his ASSignment on the Committee as a hole and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Nikita?

I don't usually watch the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric, but I wasn't in a place where I could control the TV last night.

They had a story on earmarks that included a request for $400,000 to commemorate the 1959 visit of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev to Iowa.

The money would be used to build the Khrushchev in Iowa trail for bikers and hikers.

My first thought was that had to be the work of CommieTommie Harkin, our own Prince of Pork.

It looks like it's the work of Iowa's Senior Senator, Chuck Grassley, who had requested $1,291,500.

"Khrushchev in Iowa" Trail?

It's bad enough they waste tax dollars on these things that only a few people use, but American tax dollars should not be spent on anything commemorating this Communist bastard.

And the scientific community is united in that fact.

He threatened the west with, "...We will bury you!" and had the world at the edge of the nuclear abyss over the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Talk about "sucking the tit of the taxpayer".

She Gets It

In a stunning development a journalist actually understands that keeping the tax rates as the are, is not a tax cut.

Deferring a tax increase isn't a tax cut

Now, if Kathie Obradovich (Old Bromide) could actually educate the rest of those in her field.

What a Merry Christmas that would be and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Next up, the false belief that if you don't get as much money as you requested in your budget, but it's still more than the previous budget, it's a budget cut.

If you requested a 10% pay raise and only received a 5% pay increase, you wouldn't tell people you had to take a pay cut.

Who Said That?

I came across this quote and that the sentiment sounded familiar...

“Just once — probably never get reelected if you ever said it — I would like to hear somebody say, ‘The voters have spoken, the bastards.’ Or, ‘The voters have spoken. What a bunch of idiots.’ ‘The voters have spoken. God, they’re dumb. Dumb as hell.’ I just wish I’d hear somebody say that, because I think that happens to be the case this particular midterm elections.”

My first thought it was Mari Culver sharing more (travesty, stain) on the clean sweep of the Supreme Court justices.

No, but it's what she really meant and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Today is the final day to vote in the Media Research Center's Most Outrageous Liberal Media Quotes of 2010.

Close Shave?

I read where our favorite leftist, John Deeth, is threatening to shave his mustache the day Terry takes back Terrace Hill.

It would definitely end some similarities with David Axelrod and Tony Rezko.

I'm not sure January in Iowa is a good time for a naked upper lip.

We were kind of curious, so we did a little amateurish change out and this is what we got.



















As long as we're on the subject of Deeth, this is a more accurate depiction of the sign he needs on his site and the scientific community is united in that fact.

New Attitude?

A conference was held in New York City in an effort to end partisanship in government.

'No Labels' rally: Bipartisan with Democratic tinge

Calling yourself "No Labels" is a label and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Makes as much sense as an organization of anarchists, but then so does tying yourself to MSNBC.

The Look Of Love?

Any truth to the rumor that the Big Lug Nut actually went to South America for a wax job?

Gov. Culver is in Brazil

Shudder at the thought that you now can't get out of your mind and the scientific community is united in that fact.

The Liter thought we'd pass this on regarding the one term Governor's future...

Culver wants to stay active in wind energy

We aren't trying to sneak this past you, but we think with his diet that shouldn't be a problem.

Culver, he's been a gas!

Dear Dictator

Mike Gronstal made a couple of pages in Sunday's Ragister.

Iowa GOP agenda faces tough gatekeeper

In this puff type piece, we learned that Gronstal's tight with his own money, but not yours or mine.

Also, a daughter teaches argumentation at Eastern Illinois University.

That's a real class?

Seriously?

The Roses & Thistles section honored Gronstal this way

This dictator was elected, and we're glad

I'm thinking that's a typo and they're actually GLAAD.

And the scientific community is united in that fact.

The Ragister must believe there are such things as benevolent dictators.

Hell, Robert Mugabe and Charles G. Taylor were elected and some of the highest recorded voter turnouts have come under dictators (Saddam Hussein claimed 100% participation).

I'm thinking Branstad might have been misquoted due to poor punctuation.

I'm betting he probably said, when asked about Gronstal, "He's a Dick, Tater".

Gimme Some Truth

I'd be lying if I said I found this study fascinating and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Students stretch truth on teacher evaluations, UNI professor's study finds

A third of students surveyed admitted to stretching the truth on anonymous teacher evaluations.

A majority of students said they know other students who have done the same.

Twenty percent of participants admitted they had lied on the comments section of the evaluations.

I can't help but wonder if this study was done anonymously and if so, how the professors know they're not being lied to now?

That's One

The Iowa Supreme Court issued a correct ruling that keeps a murdering drug dealer behind bars.

Court reinstates drug dealer's murder conviction

They vacated an Iowa Court of Appeals decision overturning the conviction of a drug dealer, who shot a person trying to buy drugs from him because he suspected the person was an undercover police officer.

"The state argued the story of the murder cannot be intelligibly told without explaining why a person would shoot someone who merely approached him and asked him for drugs," according to court records.

The Supreme Court agreed, saying "the challenged evidence is relevant to the legitimate issues of ...motive and intent."

Congratulations to the court and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Cold, Rain & Snow

This morning we had the biggest snow flakes I've ever seen at the Not So Vast Right Wing Ranch.

You'd swear they were as big as the paper snowflakes you made in elementary school and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Naturally, the Weather Wienie (WHO's Ed Wilson) blew another forecast.

Thursday night he was saying the Des Moines area would miss another snowstorm, escaping with only rain.

Last night he changed that to an inch of snow for the metro.

Today's reality, a Blizzard Warning for the Des Moines metro and his competition claiming 5 to 7 inches of snow for the metro.

In the immortal words of Grant Young, "goodjoboutofyou".

Travesty?

The soon to be former first lady of Iowa, Mari Culver, shared her thoughts on the November 2nd democratic vote of the people.

First Lady Calls Vote To Oust Justices 'Travesty'

Does that make it a travesty at justice?

She also stated, “What happened in the November elections with our Iowa court system is a stain on the history of our state.”

A giant sweat stain?

Sounds like the fiberal attorney needs a cigarette.

And the scientific community is united in that fact.

A travesty is one person denying the people the right to vote on the issue.

Reasonable Doubt

I found this CommieTommie Harkin quote interesting...

“Every reasonable person, including me, was willing to compromise.”

He was talking to people that know him, which is why he had to clarify that he is a reasonable person and the scientific community is united in that fact.

That was just after he had this to say about Republicans, “Call that what you will – hostage-taking or blackmail – it worked.”

Reasonable people speak?

More like reason-a-bull.

Harkin also harped about, "... The president didn’t include any senior Democrats in the negotiations...".

That rings a bit hollow, because it's what Dummycrats have been doing to Republicans throughout the 2010 legislative session.

CommieTommie had to continue with this canard, "The proposed two-year extension of all of the expiring tax rates will add $700 billion to the budget deficit...".

It's been the current tax rate for most of the decade, so you weren't getting the peoples money to spend extravagantly and that is what continues to add to the deficit.

Same Thing

The Late Late Show's Craig Ferguson to MSNBC’s Richard Wolffe, formerly of Newsweek --

You're a Democrat, aren't you?

RICHARD WOLFFE: I am a journalist.

FERGUSON: A journalist? Much the same thing, isn’t it?

True, and the scientific community is united in that fact, especially on MSNBC.

Pieces Of 8

TV8, KCCI, is undergoing some on air changes.

KCCI Expands Morning Newscasts

Weekday morning co-anchor Marcus McIntosh is being sent to weekend mornings.

First News At Five co-anchor Steve Karlin is being bumped down to weekday morning co-anchor.

Kevin Cooney has to pick up an extra newscast, co-anchoring First News At Five.

The one thing the news organization failed to mention is when all these anchors drop to their new slots and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Who, What, Where, Why and How are supposed to be journalistic basics, so much for being Iowas News Leader.

Relflections

In Iowa, the Supreme's keep sliding down the charts with these latest flops.

Court orders new drunken driving trial

An individual was detained because of speeding and weaving on the road.

The individual smelled of alcohol, had bloodshot eyes and slurred speech and failed sobriety tests at the scene. Two open beer cans were found in the car.

The Iowa Supreme Court tossed the conviction because the individual was not allowed to call his mother.

In addition, all statements the blabbering idiot made, along with his refusal to take a blood test were suppressed.

Court throws out Davenport man’s drug conviction

This time the justices dismissed charges from a traffic stop where police found a brick of marijuana in a car’s trunk.

The driver acknowledged the marijuana was his and was told of his rights, handcuffed and placed in the backseat of a patrol car.

He then let officers search his home, where more evidence was found. After being asked by an officer and agreeing to cooperate in future drug investigations, the individual was given an inventory of items seized in the search and a business card and told to call the officer.

The court said that prosecutors failed to file charges against a man within 45 days of his arrest.

Even though he was only detained and never arrested at the original stop.

The third strike for the court comes from a woman serving a life sentence for a 1993 murder, which she committed at age 14.

The Iowa Supreme Court said the woman can challenge her sentence as cruel and unusual punishment.

Cruel and unusual?

The murderer, a runaway from a youth detention center, stabbed her 66 year old victim 23 times and also severely beat her until she eventually died.

To most people that would be the cruel and unusual part and the scientific community is united in that fact.

This murderer then took her victim's car, credit cards and checkbook and drove with friends to Iowa City, where the credit cards were used to finance a shopping spree.

The cleaning of the court's needs to continue in 2012 and 2016.

Part of The Problem

Jason Clayworth and the other idiots at the Ragister have again shown how irresponsible they are with this headline and opening paragraph.

Iowa has another $120 million to spend

Because the three-member Iowa Revenue Estimating Conference makes that projection doesn't make it real money that needs to be spent.

Reading further into the article you find --

At one point the group considered boosting their projections by $100 million than approved today for the upcoming fiscal year. They ultimately decided against that idea in an attempt to be more conservative and avoid possible headaches to state officials who would have to consider mid-year cuts should the numbers be overly optimistic.

The Revenue Estimating Conference wrong?

It happens and the scientific community is united in that fact.

March 2009, the Revenue Estimating Conference stated the net General Fund revenues would be $129.7 million less in FY2009 and $269.9 million less in FY2010 than the Governor’s budgets.

The Governor's budget's are based on the December Revenue Estimating Conference projections.

The Party's Over

I little bit saddened to see that Don Meredith passed away.

As a life long Packer fan, I took delight in Green Bay beating Meredith's Cowboys in successive NFL title games in 1966 and in the 1967 "Ice Bowl".

I began to like Meredith when he moved into the Monday Night Football booth with Howard Cosell.

I remember "Dandy Don" on a Cowboys telecast and the camera focused on his former Coach Tom Landry, Meredith noted that there's old Tom picking his nose.

Another incident came during a game that was a blowout.

The camera zeroed in on a fan sitting by himself, asleep, that fan woke up and flipped the camera the finger.

The booth was quite until Dandy Don Meredith said, that means we're number one Howard.

Those types of things cracked me up as an early teenage boy and still manage to bring a smile to my face 40 years later and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Sing it Don Meredith...

Turn out the lights
The party's over
They say that
All good things must end

Low Blow At Ames High

Tim "The Non Yule Man" Taylor is the Superintendent of the Ames Community School District.

Taylor used his more power to have a 'Winter Tree' taken down at Ames High because of complaints from a high school employee and some parents.

The tree was for the school’s winter dance and decorated with Iowa State colors.

How very Festivus of the "Non Yule Man" and the scientific community is united in that fact.