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		<title>Where are the Leaders?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My whole world seems to stop on Super Bowl afternoon &#8211; so I&#8217;m catching up on a few organizational things including some blogging.  I&#8217;m watching the pre-game and may interject some comments.
Fun to watch the playoffs when I don&#8217;t care who wins.  What a finish to the season if WhO DaT NaTioN gets a super [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2010/02/07/where-are-the-leaders/</link>
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		<title>Happy 2010?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m down to one bowl game yet tonight, so I thought I would blog for a while.  I&#8217;m waiting with much anticipation for the Iowa Georgia Tech game on Tuesday, and am glad Iowa plays on a night where there is only one game.  They will acquit themselves well, will have national coverage and I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2010/01/01/happy-2010/</link>
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		<title>MILLER-MEEKS 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: ERIC WOOLSON
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2009    
515-681-3967
 
MILLER-MEEKS LAUNCHES 2010 CAMPAIGN AGAINST LOEBSACK IN IOWA’S SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
 MUSCATINE – Dr. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, the 2008 GOP nominee in the Second Congressional District, today formally launched her campaign for her party’s 2010 nomination by urging Iowans to make history by electing their first women to Congress and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/11/30/miller-meeks-2010/</link>
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		<title>Hawk Mania in Iowa&#8230;</title>
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		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/10/22/hawk-mania-in-iowa/</link>
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		<title>call me crazy&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Link  to article on Obama&#8217;s proposed changes
why overhaul?  &#8220;sweeping regulatory changes&#8221; &#8230;   it wasn&#8217;t enough to try to  control 17% of the national economy with a health care bill&#8230;  (and I would like  someone to study how much of HR3200 is really health care&#8230; )
I have a huge problem that most if [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/09/13/call-me-crazy/</link>
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		<title>I took a wrong turn&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a bad day and tonight in the dark, I took a wrong turn on the way home from Rock Falls.  I tried to mitigate the damage by getting off I-80 just into Iowa turning onto HWY 67 &#8211; I know that road&#8230;
Guessing which way to turn, I quickly second guessed my decision as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/09/04/i-took-a-wrong-turn/</link>
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		<title>Health Care Now!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[HERE is a Link to the full text of an August Press Presidential Conference on Health Care.
 [my comments]
Each and every day in this country, Americans are grappling with health care premiums that are growing three times the rate of wages and insurance company policies that limit coverage and raise out-of-pocket costs. Thousands are losing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/08/23/health-care-misinformation/</link>
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		<title>Mr. Loebsack Are You Listening?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Muscatine Town Hall was today and reports from the Louisa County Town Hall were the same as ours &#8211; it was &#8220;tame&#8221;.  When I arrived at the Muscatine venue 90 minutes early I was pleased the auditorium was open, was not looking forward to standing in line.
For the first 30 minutes even as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/08/22/mr-loebsack-are-you-listening/</link>
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		<title>All the &#8220;News&#8221; that&#8217;s Fit to Print</title>
		<description><![CDATA[accuracy in reporting:
link to NYTimes correction (bottom of page)
An appraisal on Saturday about Walter Cronkite’s career included a number of errors.

In some copies, it misstated the date that the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed and referred incorrectly to Mr. Cronkite’s coverage of D-Day. Dr. King was killed on April 4, 1968, not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/07/27/all-the-news-thats-fit-to-print/</link>
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		<title>Apologies versus Statesmanship</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In this article, SoS Clinton apologizes for the harm the USA has done to the planet.
&#8220;We acknowledge now with President Obama that we have made mistakes in the United States, and we along with other developed countries have contributed most significantly to the problem that we face with climate change,&#8221; 
The phrase change from &#8220;global [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/07/20/apologies-versus-statesmanship/</link>
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		<title>Panic vs Optimism</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It has been absolutely stunning (and not in a good way) how this current administration has had their way, passing legislation that has headed this country in a very dangerous path.
- passing trillion dollar legislative bills with the majority of those voting admitting they have not read them
- the administration urges these changes using a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/07/16/panic-vs-optimism/</link>
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		<title>Chicago &#8211; Sign of the times&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today the Sears Tower became the Willis Tower, as a British group added naming rights to it&#8217;s occupancy with a promise to bring new jobs to the city.
read more here.
How long will it be with the pending sale of the Cubs, that Wrigley Field will be named something else?  I hope not.
A sign of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/07/16/chicago-sign-of-the-times/</link>
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		<title>Eyes on the Ball&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[why does it seem like we&#8217;re heading into trouble here with American Companies Google, FACEBOOK and Microsoft feverishly fighting for technical superiority when cyber terrorism is very much on the rise&#8230;
what&#8217;s important here folks.
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/
http://trendmicro.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&#038;item=727&#038;WT.mc_id=2008HP_News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7990997.stm
http://perens.com/works/articles/MorganHill/
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		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/07/08/eyes-on-the-ball/</link>
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		<title>The Declaration of Independence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Declaration of Independence
(Adopted by Congress on July 4, 1776)
The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America
When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/07/04/the-declaration-of-independence/</link>
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		<title>Carbon Offsets: the new scam?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hedge Funds, Sub Prime Mortgage bundling, now Carbon Offsets.
We&#8217;ve been heading for the disaster we&#8217;re living in now &#8211; ever since we started the WAR on POVERTY 45 years ago &#8211; (which we&#8217;ve never made a dent in, by the way)&#8230;.  http://www.city-journal.org/html/14_3_sndgs01.html
All I really need to understand is George Soros was an early supporter [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/07/04/carbon-offsets-the-new-scam/</link>
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		<title>Social Networking</title>
		<description><![CDATA[as you can tell I have not written much lately.
but I do plan to write more soon.
as I&#8217;ve asked Dr. Miller-Meeks to blog and she&#8217;s done a fine job lately; I must post more myself.
please check out her blog, and find me on FACEBOOK Carolyn Williams or Twitter carolynwilliams or the county GOP at Muscatine [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/06/22/social-networking/</link>
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		<title>Behind the news&#8230;</title>
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BTW here is a picture of my newest acquisition.
On another subject, some people can call this spin, but it&#8217;s so off the charts it&#8217;s hard not to call it simply &#8211; lying &#8211; at a very high government level.
Read more: &#8220;President of the American Hospital Association says the White House misstated deal &#8211; Carrie Budoff [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/05/15/behind-the-news/</link>
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		<title>News U can use 04/02/09</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There seems to be a debate on whether there are votes to carry Federal Tax issue in the Iowa House.  We shall see.
The US House has actually denied the President his wish to increase taxes on wealthy people who contribute to charities in a large way == read more here - it was unanimous &#8211; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/04/02/news-u-can-use-040209/</link>
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		<title>Baker Cleared the House&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There were 3-4 seconds of boos or applause for each speaker, and the crowd was quiet for the next guy &#8211; no interruptions during the 3 minute orations.
Absolutely no reason to kick us out. 
I&#8217;ve been in the chamber when the Governor walks in and there are all kinds of cat-calls and whistling &#8211; don&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/04/01/baker-clears-the-hous/</link>
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		<title>Twyla does it again!</title>
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Another painting by one of our best resident artists in Southeast Iowa, T. Watson Bogaard
This is Twyla&#8217;s 2nd painting to be auctioned in support of the Wilton Community Center/Library Building Fund.
The 2009 Library Auction is Saturday, June 6.
The Building Fund Committee organizes a terrific &#8220;all you can eat&#8221; dessert spread for the evening; elegant and delicious! [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/03/22/twyla-does-it-again/</link>
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		<title>hope-n-change</title>
		<description><![CDATA[this wasn&#8217;t the change I was hopin&#8217; for.
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Some of Gitmo&#8217;s residents could be released in the US
ACORN helping with the census? oh, but not to worry.  now that Gregg (R) turn down the commerce job, the new guy (D) says the census will move back from the WH to Commerce.  Whew!  I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/03/18/hope-n-change/</link>
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		<title>bail-out bull-sh!t</title>
		<description><![CDATA[March 20 update &#8211; Powerlineblog wrote a great defense of the bonuses.  No one will hear the logic when all the rhetoric is so loud.
AIG, like GM, should have been allowed to go into bankruptcy. In bankruptcy, it could have wound down its financial products division just as it is doing now. Bankruptcy would not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/03/18/bail-out-bull-sht/</link>
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		<title>Gardening</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have added a new category called &#8220;gardening&#8221; to this blog.
Many if not most of us have thought of ways to become less dependent on outside resources in the last year or two.  I do not remember doing any gardening beyond weeding my mother&#8217;s garden one summer for a girl scout badge or cutting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/03/18/gardening/</link>
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		<title>Videos and More&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is a good (low resolution but still a big file) that compare&#8217;s W&#8217;s visit with a military base and &#8220;Barry&#8221; (President Obama&#8217;s) recent visit to a military base.
bush-barry-low-res
If you have trouble playing .mp4 files download this plug in LINK
more good videos here.
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		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/03/15/videos-and-more/</link>
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		<title>WWII Veteran Honor Tour</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, Pam Ramer visited the Muscatine County Republican Women to talk about the Honor Tours for WWII Veterans, raising money to send local WWII Veterans to see the WWII Memorial in Washington D. C.
This group should not be confused with the Honor Flight program that operates around the US.  The Honor Tours were developed and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/03/15/wwii-veteran-honor-tour/</link>
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		<title>yesterday and today&#8230;</title>
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To great guffaws, Abe told the gang:
“So, I says to Barack, I says, I knew me an Abe Lincoln once,
&#8230; and you ain’t him.”
Andy Thomas is the artist of this great piece titled Grand Old Gang.
His site can be found at: www.presidentart.com
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		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/03/12/1027/</link>
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		<title>world turned upside down</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week the President gave a DVD movie set to his first foreign visitor. Sounds pretty odd and not very Presidential. If the set was one that could not run on European equipment &#8211; I know they are different &#8211; that would be embarrassing. The &#8220;excuse&#8221; given for that and various other issues is that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/03/10/world-turned-upside-down/</link>
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		<title>My sentiments exactly!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When Barack Obama and Gordon Brown see &#8216;opportunity&#8217;, we really do have a crisis

The Left is threatening our freedom by using the downturn to bolster the power    of the state, says Janet Daley.

Link
The story so far: some capitalists behaved very badly. While this was going on, the socialists didn&#8217;t ask questions because [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/03/09/my-sentiments-exactly/</link>
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		<title>OK Now They&#8217;ve Gone Too Far</title>
		<description><![CDATA[LINK
I have ALWAYS used single ply, no aloe, etc. &#8211; I don&#8217;t drive a Hummer, I drive a Toyota that gives me 35MPH on average so I am a greenie!
But let&#8217;s not be messin&#8217; with my toilet paper.

HERE you FIRST
LINK and this howler&#8230;
EPA says farm dust requires regulation
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		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/02/27/ok-now-theyve-gone-too-far/</link>
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		<title>Breaking Story: We&#8217;ll Tax the Rich!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Under Obama plan, tax burden shifts to the wealthy
- Link
How biased a headline is that. Finally the Rich are Taxed their fair share.  Seriously? That is sick; and it is wrong.
Yes.  What Larry Kudlow says.  Read here a bit posted here:
Study after study over the past several decades has shown how countries that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/02/26/breaking-story/</link>
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		<title>Smoke &amp; Mirror Promises</title>
		<description><![CDATA[President Obama says he&#8217;s going to balance the budget based on 2 Trillion dollars in savings over the next 10 years. However, the money is NOT coming from reduction in traditional spending; he&#8217;s saying it&#8217;s coming from taking what we spend in IRAQ today &#8211; projecting it until 2019 and cutting that spending &#8211; and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/02/26/smoke-mirror-promises/</link>
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		<title>W Didn&#8217;t Do it</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You MUST get past the water torture of MSM babble Barry is Great, Barry is Great&#8230; and get down to facts  you can substantiate.  One of my favorite sayings is &#8220;those who don&#8217;t understand history are doomed to repeat it&#8221;.  Not enough people study history these sorry days&#8230;
your first reading assignment is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/02/24/w-didnt-do-it/</link>
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		<title>Iowa Imploading</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I know I promised my next post to be about the economy and W, but I can&#8217;t stand this.
Dig this.
An Iowa Senate Committee just passed a bill to the Senate that is about the dumbest thing I have ever seen in politics.  They calmly 8-7 (2 Dems voted no) passed a bill out of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/02/24/iowa-imploading/</link>
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		<title>Anatomy of a Bill that Died&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thursday – February 19, 2009

from the Iowa House Minority Leader Kraig Paulsen
9:16 a.m.   House convenes with the expectation we will begin debating HF 333 in the morning.  The Majority Leader tells me Rep. Olson will have a corrective amendment coming, they expect it around lunch time and we will begin debate then. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/02/23/the-anatomy-of-a-bill-that-died/</link>
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		<title>2009 &#8211; are we ready?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When is the Iowa Spring Game?  Will we have one with the turf change?
ok back to politics.
This is certainly not the way I expected 2009 to roll out, but I cannot say I&#8217;m surprised.  I mean, who of you thought the price of housing would continue to rise forever and 0% down made [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.politicalfootballblog.com/2009/02/22/2009-are-we-ready/</link>
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