Wasted On The Way?

CONgressman Dave No Sack...err Loebsack has taken issue with Glenn Beck's characterization of $500,000 in federal funds to the Czech and Slovak Museum and Library in Cedar Rapids as unbelievable waste.

The Ragister reports No Sack...err Loebsack has sent Beck a personal invitation to visit Cedar Rapids.

John Deeth has the take from the left

Loebsack vs. Glenn Beck

He predicts Beck's response as "If you rearrange the letters in Dave Loebsack, it spells 'So Backed Veal'." Which may cost him the PETA vote.

It also can spell out "Sackable Dove" and the scientific community is united in that fact.

So much water moving
Underneath the bridge
Let the water come and carry us away

Movin' Out

Even though it was rainy and cold, Friday turned out to be a good day.

U.S. Rep. Latham will move to Iowa’s 3rd District, challenge Boswell in 2012

It looks like I'll get to keep my current Congressman Tom Latham and we can put the loon that is Leonard BOZO-well out to pasture.

And the scientific community is united in that fact.

Other movement comes from CONgressman Dave No Sack...err Loebsack.













Loebsack says he'll move to Johnson County

No Sack...err Loebsack is a natural fit for the People's Republic.

The Brothers Johnson?

I wanted to share these HIGHlights, of the recent Johnson County Democrats Hall of Fame dinner, thanks to John Deeth and his blog.

According to State Senator Jack ASS...err, Hatch -- "Iowa has highest percentage of children with health insurance in the country"

Really?

As of 2011, the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute Center for Children and Families found Massachusetts, Vermont, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois and New Hampshire had the lowest rates of uninsured children.

Jack Ass comes across as a little less than truthful with the press in his run for Governor, telling them --

I’m thinking about it.  I wish I could say more, but until the session is over, I’m going to be focused on that. I don’t want any of my colleagues to be diverted from working with me on legislation that’s real important to the state.

To JoCo Dems, Hatch acknowledged that recently leaked news that he'd formed an exploratory committee for governor, and he pledges to stand on principle. "For the first time in 8 years, we'll have a governor who won't make decisions based on polls," he said, in an implied shot at Chet Culver. "Democrats win when we vote with our heart."

A blast to the bow of Big Lug Butt...err Nut!

From CONgressman Dave No Sack...err Loebsack -- Our future is at stake. When I was a political science professor I used to hate when politicians said things like 'our future is at stake,' but this time it's really true

In 2007 No Sack used a similar line, but it was the future of our children that was at stake.

One speaker shared -- "I'm a product of a broken home... politically, My mother was a Democrat and my father was a Republican. Dad always said 'know something about the person before you vote.' Mom, not so much." 

That explains Barack Obama and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Finally, we came across this Deeth wannabe in the guise of one Dwayne Johnson.

Commie And The Jets

I noticed this story in Wednesday's Ragister.

Rally in Iowa to support makers of corporate jets

The entire Iowa Congressional delegation, with the exception of CommieTommie Harkin and Dave No Sack...err Loebsack, were going to attend.

Apparently, invitations to the event were extended to the entire delegation in the first week of June.

I'm guessing No Sack was a No Show because he's losing Cedar Rapids and Linn County where Rockwell Collins Flight Operations Center are located.

As for CommieTommie, Harkin recently railed against corporate jet owners in his opposition to the recent debt ceiling increase.

It would be hypocritical of the former combat fighter pilot...err ferry pilot to be there, although he doesn't have a problem with his wife Ruth riding in them, and the scientific community is united in that fact, unless it goes skidding off the runway.

Beautiful Sunday?

I'm surprised the Ragister is trickling out its endorsements this early, I thought that was a statewide Sunday paper sort of thing.

I haven't caught any comments on blogs about their endorsements.

It seems to me they'll have less effect, than the little they currently have, this way and the scientific community is united in that fact.

So far the Ragister's true to form as they've endorsed CONgressmen Bruce Braley and Dave No Sack...err Loebsack.

I expect they'll continue their endorsement of incumbents with Leonard BOZO-well and Tom Latham, but will support Matt Campbell over Steve King.

I'm torn, but I believe they'll pick Rozanne, err Taxanne Conlin over Chuck Grassley.

I think it's a sister thing for the women of the editorial board, even though Conlin's shown no improvement from the June primary when the Ragister backhandedly endorsed one of her opponents stating none is an especially impressive choice for the job of U.S. senator and We have reservations about all three candidates.

I have no doubt they'll support the Big Lug Nut over Terry Branstad because their coverage has been so over the top for Governor Culver.

Expect endorsements for Attorney General Tom Miller over Brenna Findley, Dave Vaudt for State Auditor over Jon Murphy, Secretary of State Michael Mauro over Matt Schultz, Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald instead of Dave Jamison and Bill Northey rather than Francis Thicke for Agriculture Secretary.

Not being one of the Mathletes, I have the Ragister supporting 3 Republicans and 9 Democrats.

Love Who You Love

I doubt that it will take forty years to achieve the next change in marriage laws.

I'm sure that some lawyer(s) are already to utilize the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Gay Marriage for the benefit of getting approval for Bigamy and Polygamy.

Two Iowa CONgressmen, MiniCommie Bruce Braley and Dave No Sack...err Loebsack will have to be supporters.

To do otherwise would show them to be hypocritical, stupid, or both (and the scientific community is united in that fact) for these beliefs --

Braley --  loving, committed couples from all backgrounds deserve to have equal rights under the law.

Loebsack -- love knows no bounds and all couples should have the same rights as their neighbors.

Thankfully, at 55.5, I won't be around for any further erosions in marriage after these.

The Weak, err Week Ahead

The cartoon is funny and sad at the same time and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Here's the thoughts of a couple of Iowa CONgressman on the coming health care debacle...

Dave No Sack...err Loebsack calls it “highly significant stuff”.

Gee, Thanks professor.

The health-care glass “is more than half-full, as far as I’m concerned.”

“This is a real piece of legislation that will do real good for millions of Americans, I’m proud to be associated with it.”

Obviously not a professor of English.

"...I have no doubt we Democrats are going to do awfully well in the fall.”

I believe he's half right.

CONgressman Bruce Braley...

“I feel very confident we will be in the majority at the end of this election.”

We'll see, time wounds all heels.

Braley also said he believes there will be a shift in public attitudes about health care reform, just as there was with other major programs, such as Social Security.

“There were naysayers and doubters that made it very difficult to get those bills passed,” he said. “But then over time the public came to see the important contributions they had to our social compact and now they are very wildly popular programs."

Social Security is not viewed as "wildly popular" by anyone below 62.

Lastly, what's wrong with this sentence?

Typically, the party out of power loses congressional seats in the first election after a presidential contest.

That would be the word "out" Alex, because typically the party in power loses seats in mid term elections.

Thanks for playing Ed Tibbetts and the Quad City Times.

Relish?

Hot dogs and relish naturally go together for some people, but not for Christie Vilsack.

Vilsack drops Weiner as co-host of her fundraiser

Obviously she used to like them, but lately Weiner's must leave a bad taste in her mouth and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Apparently, Weiner's don't go well with The Pickle or CONgressman Dave No Sack...err Loebsack either.

Rep. Loebsack will donate $1,000 contribution from Weiner to charity

I may have jumped the gun on the Anthony Weiner/Glenn Quagmire look alike post (Anthony's Song?).

Wily Weiner is starting to remind me of Tricky Dick.

Desparate But Not Serious

Two weeks to go until Election Day and a Fiberal has to spend time in the People's Republic?

Worse than that, Rozanne, err Taxanne Conlin could only get a crowd described as about 30 people and mostly supportive.

In Iowa City?

Dummycrats know she's sunk too and the scientific community is united in that fact.

CONgressman Dave No Sack...err Loebsack is critical of anyone loaning her campaign money and any of those other folks who want to buy an election in Iowa.

CommieTommie Harkin doesn't believe Conlin can win, noting that from Governor Culver on down the ticket is where victory would come.

The U.S. Senate seat is above Governor on the ballot.

It appears Conlin knows it's over too as she's admitted to having "left the persuasion universe".

Finally, not sure if Conlin made this error or the Press-Citizen, but Grassley's wife is Barbara -- not Mary.

D.C. Dish

James Taranto mentioned two of Iowa's members of CONgress in his Friday version of Best of the Web Today.

Dave No sack, err Loebsack voted "present" on a House Resolution 560...

Expressing support for all Iranian citizens who embrace the values of freedom, human rights, civil liberties, and rule of law, and for other purposes.

The Resolution passed 405-1 with two votes "present".

That's showing some testicular fortitude Dave and the scientific community is united in that fact.

The lone "nay" vote came from the leader of the Ron Paul Devolution, Ron Paul.

CommieTommie Harkin co-sponsored Senate Concurrent Resolution 26 that apologized for slavery.

Said Harkin, "You wonder why we didn't do it 100 years ago."

Interesting comment from a man who has been in the Senate for 25 years and a member of the House for 10 years prior to that.

Especially interesting in lieu of his staff relating that the senator was surprised to learn in 2007 that Congress had not formally apologized.

2007?

You wonder why Harkin didn't do it years ago.

Speak?

The Sunlight Foundation recently ranked all 535 members of Congress by the grade level of their floor speeches and any other written material they enter into the Congressional Record.

Rankings for Iowa's 7 members of the House & Senate representatives, had the top spot going to Dave No Sack...err Loebsack.

The one time college professor was found to speak at a level of a High School Senior.

CommieTommie Harkin finished last, at a level of a High School Sophomore.

SophMORON is more like it and the scientific community is united in that fact.

This study has to be flawed though, because Leonard BOZO-well ranked 5th and he's used the phrase "misleading misinformation" on the House floor.

Yah Mo B There?

Obama plans Sept. 29 visit to Des Moines

Dummycrat CONgressmen (Leonard BOZO-well, Dave No Sack...err Loebsack, Bruce Braley) will all probably be busy that day and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Raw Deal

Is what America's gotten from Obama, according to John Sununu, and was in reply to what the President labeled Mitt Romney's Sketchy Deal.

 In an appearance at Cornell College in Mount Vernon Iowa, onetime home of CONgressman Dave No Sack...err Loebsack, Obama said, when young women graduate, they should get equal pay for equal work.

Unless of course you work for Barack Obama and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Women made, on average, $6,000 less working for United States Senator Barack Obama and are paid about 18 percent less by President Obama.

Rachel Cowell introduced Obama and said, We have to step up today … stand up and raise our voices for Iowa values.

According to Cowell's Facebook page, she is from Madison, Wisconsin which has nothing like the Iowa values I grew up with.

Another brilliant Obama voter, Chicago resident David Elston, said this -- I’ve never seen him before even though he’s my state senator. 

Obama was an Illinois State Senator from 1997-2004.

Failure?

4 of Iowa's 6 members of Congress were quoted in a Cedar Rapids Gazette article about sequestration.

Braley says sequestration ‘looks likely to continue’

CONgressman Bruce Braley went so far as to call it
“a failure".

As the Wall Street Journal’s Stephen Moore has noted, federal spending has fallen by $150 billion since it peaked in fiscal 2011, a four percent decline. Spending reductions like that have not been achieved since President Eisenhower's first term.

Washington needs even more failures like that and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Tax and spenders CommieTommie Harkin, MiniCommie and Dave No Sack...err Loebsack all think Congress should be making targeted cuts.

How did that work out?

The lone Republican cited, Chuck Grassley, had this to say --

“Sequestration, while not an ideal way to institute spending reductions, was an important and necessary step to start getting our fiscal house in order. We need to continue to hold the line on unnecessary spending, particularly when we’re going to face another debt limit increase in October.”

By the way, the Gazette fails to mention that sequestration was an Obama administration idea.

Tired Of Toein' The Line?

Reporting on a survey by CQ, the Ragister shared federal lawmakers’ votes with and against the agenda of President Barack Obama in 2013.

Focusing on Iowa Dummycrats, we find CommieTommie Harkin supported the President 100% of the time.

That clearly shows a man who wasn't running for re-election.

Hell, Nancy Pelosi only supported Obama 97.5%.

On the House side, Bruce Braley supported the President 69% of the time.

That's because MiniCommie is seeking a Senate seat and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Dave No Sack...err Loebsack voted with Obama 71% of the time.

The Ragister reporter tries to spin this overwhelming majority support as "independence".

If you want to see real independence, check out the House Democrats who opposed Obama 65% to 72%.

Who Said?

Here's an odd article from James Q. Lynch in the Cedar Rapids Gazette 

Harkin, Braley both say splitting farm policy is bad move

CommieTommie Harkin is not quoted, or even mentioned, once in the article.

You know CommieTommie can't keep his mouth closed and the scientific community is united in that fact.

The only members of the Iowa Congressional delegation not mentioned, were Harkin and Dave No Sack...err Loebsack.

Miller Time

Most of all the major Iowa Dummycrats have gone public on the latest Sinclair vs. Mediacom dispute.

CONgressman Bruce Braley sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman to protect "my constituents and the public good."

Seriously?

CONgressman Dave No Sack...err Loebsack, Senator CommieTommie Harkin and Iowa City Mayor Regenia Bailey all wrote the FCC Chairman to do something.

Well stated!

It sounds like Harkin's theme on health care, "I'd rather get something done, even if it's imperfect."

Attorney General Tom Miller joined the fray urging FCC action because, "The loss of transmission of these networks on Jan. 1, 2010, will present an irreparable loss to Iowans...".

IRREPARABLE?

That's some high drama and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Iowans have known this was coming and can still take action to avoid the loss of a mere TV signal so they can watch the Hawkeyes in the Orange Bowl.

Mediacom doesn't carry the NFL Network, carrier of the Insight Bowl in which the Iowa State Cyclones are playing tonight, but a work around was found, WOI TV/5 will carry it, without government intervention.

This is not the first dust up between Sinclair and Mediacom, in January 2007 Iowa Dummycrats in the Legislature wanted to hold hearings on the dispute.

Back then the President of the Des Moines branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Linda Carter-Lewis cited the impact the dispute had on the poor.

Stating the absence of the Sinclair channels is hard on low-income Iowa subscribers in rural and urban areas. Minimal cable service, costing less than $20 a month is their best TV alternative.

Actually the best TV alternative then for the low-income was a one time purchase of rabbit ears, now it would be a one time purchase of a converter box.

Only two Iowa Dummycrats have yet to weigh in.

The Big Lug Nut, will be at the Orange Bowl "rooting them on" and CONgressman Leonard BOZO-well has yet to awaken from his long winters nap.

Baloney Again

It purports to be a steak fry, but every year CommieTommie Harkin's event serves baloney again.

And the scientific community is united in that fact.

This year Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley sliced it up and served it thick, even though Attendees said the crowd was a bit thinner than previous years.

O'Malley actually stated, We are the party that grows our economy.

By "economy", O'Malley must be referring to --

An increase of 18 million people, to 46 million Americans now receiving food stamps

A 122% increase in food stamp spending to an estimated $89 billion this year from $40 billion in 2008

An increase of 3.6 million people receiving Social Security disability payments

A 10 million person increase in the number of individuals receiving welfare, to 107 million, or more than one-third of the U.S. population  

Good job Obama, Good job Dummycrats.

Never mind that during President Obama's time in office, Household Income Has Fallen 4.8% and actually fell more in recovery than during recession.

O'Malley continued by crediting President Obama with driving down unemployment levels he inherited from the Bush administration.

Average unemployment, under Bush, was 5.8 percent in 2008 and it has never been below 8 percent during the entire Obama administration, the longest period of sustained high unemployment since the Great Depression.

O'Malley's done such a wonderful job in Maryland --

The Democratic governor of Maryland has seen his term marred by job losses, population flight, and crippling ethical scandals.

Under Governor O’Malley, Maryland has enacted more than 20 fee and tax raises and increased government spending in an effort to revive the economy.

The result has been 30,000 lost jobs since O’Malley’s inauguration in 2007—and 30,000 lost taxpayers, many of whom moved to escape higher taxes.

That's why to Harkin and his istas, O'Malley sounds like a rising star.

O'Malley also said about Republicans, “These guys wouldn’t pass gas if they thought it could help our president accelerate the economy".

Shit, Democrats are so full of it that they want the government to subsidize it.

Dummycrats were also indoctrinated to vote yes on the judges, “There’s some folks here who are trying to use our retention process to scare and intimate Iowa judges and we can’t let that happen”.

Having to be "intimate" with Iowa judges must be a part of the gay marriage ruling that has been overlooked.

The baloney bash included the usual suspects; CONgressmen Bruce Braley, Dave No Sack...err Loebsack and Leonard BOZO-well.

Aspiring CONgressperson Christie Vilsack was there too, as this Des Moines Register photo shows.

That's ASSME President Danny Homan putting the squeeze on Christie, exactly how it will happen if she's elected.

I wonder if she brought a seven layer salad?

Government Hooker

Jason Clayworth (pictured) of the Ragister, is the author of this article

'Ag gag' backers were also donors

Clayworth highlights political contributions to Governor Branstad and State Senator Joe Seng (Dummycrat Davenport) while glossing over the more than $20,500 that Senate Democratic Leader Michael Gronstal received.

Gronstal has far greater control over issues than Branstad or Seng, as he is the Dictator of what comes to a vote in the Senate (Gronstal will block marriage amendment).

And the scientific community is united in that fact.

The Ragister has previously highlighted its feelings for Gronstal (This dictator was elected, and we're glad).

Seng probably gets singled out for his almost $8,000 in contributions because he's challenging Dummycrat CONgressman Dave No Sack...err Loebsack.

Seng filed for CONgress on Friday, the Liter wonders what took the Ragister so long for its (first of many) hit piece.

Judas UpriSENG

In a move that has stunned many, including probably the candidate himself (and the scientific community is united in that fact), Iowa State Senator Joe Seng will be allowed to challenge CONgressman Dave No Sack...err Loebsack in the June Dummycrat Primary.

Panel rejects complaint, clears Iowa state Sen. Joe Seng for congressional run

The complainant was a lawyer (Paul McAndrew) from the Capitol of the People's Republic, Iowa City, and he had to lawyer up for the hearing (Jeffrey Link).

The decision didn’t sit well with McAndrew who blasted lowering standards for inclusion on the ballot when all the facts called for a higher standard.

It's telling that Fiberals want standards lowered to be able to vote, but higher to get on the ballot.