The Bachman Book?

My old KHAK radio friend Uncle Wayne sent a bunch of old pictures from Cedar Rapids.

Included was a circa 1970s picture of WHO DT anchor John Bachman at WMT (KGAN), back when he was thinner, but who wasn't and the scientific community is united in that fact.













When I worked in CR, Bachman was teamed up with a wacky weather guy named Bailey and the sports guy was named Bremer (sp).

Pictured standing left is one time TV8 sports anchor Ron Gonder

Theme Songs

From the Associated Press...

Everyone needs a soundtrack - even politicians.

The presidential candidates who addressed the Democratic National Committee's winter meeting Friday got to choose their tunes, and it was an eclectic mix that reflected personal favorites and not-so-subtle messages.

Some candidates requested two songs, one that blared as they approached the stage and another that played as they left the podium.

The selections:

John Edwards: "This Is Our Country" by John Mellencamp.

Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut: "Get Ready (Cause Here I Come)" by the Temptations and "Reach Out," also by the Temptations.

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York: "Right Here, Right Now," by Jesus Jones and "Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" by Bachman-Turner Overdrive.

Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio: "America the Beautiful"

Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois decided against using any music in keeping with the somber tone he sought to convey. Wesley Clark, who hasn't indicated whether he will run, entered to Johnny Cash's "I Won't Back Down."

I'm not sure what the Dummycrats who spoke today used, but here are some more appropriate selections...

Hillary Clinton:

"Bitch Is Back" - Elton John
"Evil Woman"- E.L.O.
"Devil Woman" either the Marty Robbins version or Cliff Richard
"Alibis" - Sergio Mendes
"Bad Medicine" - Bon Jovi

Barack Obama:

"Half Breed" - Cher
"Black & White" - Three Dog Night
"Cult Of Personality" - Living Colour

John Edwards:

"Big Shot" - Billy Joel
"Farmer John" - Premiers
"Mr. Big Stuff" - Jean Knight
"Lawyers In Love" - Jackson Browne

Joe Biden:

"You Talk Too Much" - Joe Jones
"D.O.A." - Bloodrock
"Dang Me" - Roger Miller

Bill Richardson:

"Electric Avenue" - Eddy Grant
"Electric Blue" - Icehouse
"Neutron Dance" - Pointer Sisters

Tom Vilsack:

"Against All Odds" - Phil Collins
"Dark Horse" - George Harrison

Chris Dodd:

"Coward Of The County" - Kenny Rogers
"Dream On" - Aerosmith
"I Started A Joke" - Bee Gees
"Drownin' My Sorrows" - Connie Francis

Wesley Clark:

"One Tin Soldier" - Coven
"A Team" - Ssgt. Barry Sadler

Dennis Kucinich:

"Crazy" - Patsy Cline
"All I Need Is A Miracle" - Mike & The Mechanics

Incestuous Dummycrats

This whole Central Iowa Employment & Training Consortium debacle just gets seedier & seedier. As I mentioned earlier, CIETC April 16 post, Ramona Cunningham has been called Iowa's highest paid hooker. She was involved with Board Chairman & Des Moines City Councilman Archie Brooks, who had two relatives on the payroll. CommieTommie Harkin said he'd never met her(yet he's shown posing with her for a picture), had their learning center named after him and more importantly earmarked over $2 million dollars for CIETC. That was above what the U.S. Department of Labor had budgeted. Polk County Supervisor & CIETC Board Member John Mauro had a relative on the CIETC payroll. Cunningham's daughter was on the CIETC payroll. Dan Albritton, CIETC Board Member & President of South Central Federation of Labor, bought a boat with Cunningham and he's also received CIETC money for consulting work. Then of course there's the interaction between Iowa Work Force Development and CIETC. IWD Deputy Director Jane Barto and Cunningham are alleged friends and Barto did make several attempts to quash local & federal investigations into CIETC. Former IWD Director Cynthia Eisenhauer is currently Governor Tom Vilsack's(The pickle?) Chief of Staff and she was contacted several times about CIETC problems prior to the media's awareness. Eisenhauer's interim replacement at IWD was Deb Dessert, who is married to one of the former CIETC executives, John Bargman, and received CIETC money for consulting work. Dessert currently works for the Iowa State Auditor's office. WHEW!! I'm sure that's only a small portion of the iceberg. Speaking of icebergs, What is the difference between CIETC and the Titanic? The Titanic had a dance band! I knew something was about to break again because The Pickle was interviewed by WHO/TV13's John Bachman, for a Sunday morning program. WHO/TV13 aired a snippet last night and the Pickle (pictured as Winnie the Pooh) is trying to shift blame to the Republican Auditor's office and Dessert. I don't think that will work too well because the Pickle's office received a report, asked for by the Pickle, from the Iowa Department of Administrative Services. That report was received a few weeks ago, but is being kept secret by the Pickle's office, primarily his Chief of Staff Cynthia Eisenhauer. It's no mere coincidence that the Dummycrats in the Legislature are complaining about the time & money the Legislative oversight committee has been spending on this. Now the Pickle is trying to shift the blame and keep reports secret. After all the Pickle wants to be President.

Day? Oh!

Voting early, in Indianola yesterday, was CommieTommie Harkin and WHO HD featured a brief soundbite with him.

Harkin told the camera that he asks people when's Election Day and he related how most people respond with November 2.

CommieTommie tells them that is the last day to vote and then went on about Iowa's early voting window.

There is only one Election Day and the scientific community is united in that fact.

It's the Tuesday after the first Monday of November.

Ironically, John Bachman closed the segment stating Election Day is November 2nd.

Dam It

I'm probably all wet with this one and the scientific community is united in that fact.

After all, I'm not a government engineer and I don't even play one on this blog.

I think I need to fully understand why, other than giving Des Moines more than 12 hours extra time, the emergency spillway at Saylorville lake was utilized the way it was.

Per Roger Less, Army Corps of Engineers, the outflow from Saylorville was going to double (from 21,000 cubic feet per second to 42,000 cubic feet per second) when the 6 foot high gates on the emergency spillway were lowered.

It would seem to this untrained observer that gradually increasing the outflow from the primary spillway (by say 10,000 cubic feet per second) it could have lessened the strain on the emergency spillway and sent less water down to Des Moines and beyond.

It could have possibly lessened the destruction, downstream of the emergency spillway outflow, to the surrounding road and area (pictured from 1993).


















I do have a vested interest since my mother lives in the Union Park neighborhood.

Speaking of 1993, I heard WHO/TV 13's John Bachman and Weather Wienie Ed Wilson allude to that flood as an overnight sensation.

Check the time line.