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• Precipice

  
  Here's a portion of the President's remarks on his meeting with fellow Dummycrats...
  
  "...we are on the precipice of an achievement that's eluded Congresses and presidents for generations, a achievement that will touch the lives of nearly every American."
  
  You'll be touched' [...]
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  Posted: December 16, 2009, 5:01am EST
  

• Measure Twice

  
  President Obama announced his clean-energy initiatives, at a Home Depot, that will help create more than 700,000 jobs and allow the U.S. to double its renewable-power generation in three years.
  
  That's according to a memorandum from his Veep Joe Biden.
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  Posted: December 16, 2009, 4:41am EST
  

• Al On Ice

  
  The Warm Monger's credibility suffered another big chill when, at the Copenhagen climate change summit, the scientist he quoted about the Arctic being completely ice-free in five years dropped Al Gore like a hot potato.
  
  “It’s unclear to me how this [...]
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  Posted: December 15, 2009, 2:16pm EST
  

• Tax Cheat$

  
  The IRS has added hundreds of employees to their high wealth unit to go after rich tax cheats.
  
  Now they need to dedicate some resources to fellow federal employees...
  
  Feds owe Uncle Sam $3B in unpaid taxes
  
  According to Internal [...]
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  Posted: December 15, 2009, 1:00pm EST
  

• Digest This

  
  It seems to me that there are similarities in the way the media have both been in awe of Tiger Woods and President Obama.
  
  So much so that they have to justify stories not covered, instead of just doing their job of reporting [...]
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  Posted: December 14, 2009, 3:07am EST
  

• Who's Fat?

  
  President Obama says he's taking additional steps to spur private sector hiring.
  
  After a year in which the federal government added jobs at almost the rate of 10,000 per month, it would be nice and the scientific community is united in that [...]
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  Posted: December 13, 2009, 6:19am EST
  

• JackASS

  
  Newsbusters has this headline on a story about Jack Cafferty
  
  Jack Cafferty All But Endorses Global One-Child Policy to Fight Climate Change
  
  Cafferty reportedly has four children and four grandchildren.
  
  That's right up there with the Canadian journalist [...]
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  Posted: December 12, 2009, 8:22am EST
  

• What About The Children?

  
  The Liter mentioned in our last post about the O bel related events Obama couldn't be bothered with, including a
  children's event promoting peace.
  
  That event was a benefit concert for "Save the Children" where someone placed a cardboard cutout of' [...]
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  Posted: December 11, 2009, 5:18am EST
  

• Sky High

  
  
  Norwegians are wanting to know
  
  What's blue and white, squiggly and suddenly appears in the sky?
  
  OBAMA-MAN and the scientific community is united in that fact.
  
  Just swooping in to pick up his O bel and [...]
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  Posted: December 10, 2009, 2:43pm EST
  

• Blizzard

  
  It's getting really deep at the Not So Vast Right Wing Ranch, the difference is this time its snow, and the scientific community is united in that fact.
  
  I know this weather always puts someone in the mood for Christmas, so in [...]
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  Posted: December 09, 2009, 10:32am EST
  

• Tears Of The Arizona

  I located a picture from a 1994 visit to Pearl Harbor and the Arizona Memorial.
  
  At the time the picture was taken it had been 53 years since the devastating attack and oil (lower right) from the ship was still bubbling up.
  
  I'm sure' [...]
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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 7:38am EST
  

• Going Rogue Comic

  
  Hours before her Sioux City book signing, Sarah Palin got off some good lines at the winter dinner of the Gridiron Club in Washington D.C.
  
  Noting that if the election had gone differently, she "could be the one overseeing the signing of bailout" [...]
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  Posted: December 06, 2009, 3:58am EST
  

• Good News?

  
  The White House was so excited about the November unemployment rate falling to 10%, from October's rate of 10.2%, that they hugged it out.
  
  Obama called it the best jo bs report since 2007.
  
  
  
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  Posted: December 05, 2009, 5:16am EST
  

• Hot Stove?

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  It seems to me that former Major League reliever, and current MLB Network analyst, Mitch "Wild Thing" Williams and the Food Network's Guy Fieri could be brothers [...]
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  Posted: December 05, 2009, 3:03am EST
  

• Suck It Ragister!

  
  The Des Moines Register almost seems proud that nobody answered a question about them correctly on Jeopardy.
  
  Des Moines a 'Jeopardy!' hit, but one answer stumps all
  
  The category, $2,000, was worth more than
  the subject of the question and the [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 5:40am EST
  

• Slight of Hand

  
  The Big Lug Nut wants to change the state's budgeting process, but doesn't think figuring out "how we got" into our budget fiasco or "what caused" it is "very productive."
  
  Why is it politicians never want to discuss what' [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 5:36am EST
  

• Fascinating?

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  A couple of stories in the last two days have touched on the Obama as Mr. Spock theme.
  
  7 stories Barack Obama doesn't want told
  
  The' [...]
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  Posted: December 02, 2009, 6:11am EST
  

• Smooth

  
  The Des Moines Register has the exclusive on the Big Lug Nut's campaign manager quitting after three months.
  
  That comes a little more than a week after Lt. Governor Patty Judge publicly wondered if she's going to be on the ticket [...]
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  Posted: December 01, 2009, 12:57pm EST
  

• Better Days?

  
  The Big Lug Nut and AFSCME Iowa Council 61 President Danny Homan are pictured in happier times, when both were living off the fat of the land.
  
  Bitter days is more like it now and the scientific community is united in [...]
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  Posted: December 01, 2009, 5:54am EST
  

• Lawyer Jokes?

  
  With two trial lawyers teaming up to tour
  
  Conlin/Braley schedule roundtable press events
  
  I thought it an appropriate time for some lawyer jokes and the scientific community is united in that fact.
  
  How do you get [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 5:34am EST
  

• I Yay Yay

  
  At the bottom of this Ragister report
  
  Iowa Lottery: Sales up, profits down
  
  The Iowa Legislative Services Bureau reports that Iowa casino tax revenue growth has been negative for eight consecutive months.
  
  For the past 12 months, Iowa casino [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 4:41am EST
  

• Alms For Iowa

  
  It looks like the Big Lug Nut is going to need to use his stein as a tip jar...
  
  Iowa faces largest budget gap in state history
  
  A projected shortfall of $1.07 billion!
  
  What's the BLN's reaction?
  
  His spokeswienee [...]
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  Posted: November 28, 2009, 4:53am EST
  

• Oy Vey

  
  Chris and I caught a P.S.A. while watching CBS comedies.
  
  "Want do something special for your woman this Hanukkah?
  
  Schedule her pap smear.
  
  Just a schmear could save her life.
  
  Give the gift that will light up her mennorrah."
  
  [...]
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  Posted: November 27, 2009, 3:06am EST
  

• Guess Who's Coming To Dinner

  
  The Secret Service is coming under fire, as is the White House Social Office, because of the couple who "crashed" Obama's first state dinner for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
  
  The really weird part is that they let Joe Biden [...]
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  Posted: November 27, 2009, 2:31am EST
  

• Thanksgiving

  
  
  I'm thankful, and grateful, for such a loving and caring best friend--my wife Chris.
  
  I am full of thanks for good friends, family and the unconditional love of pets.
  
  Happy Thanksgiving!' [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 2:07am EST
  

• No Complaints

  
  It's Saul Good in Literland as we're taking the challenge issued by CONgressman Emanuel Cleaver (Dummycrat-Misery) for today to be a “Complaint Free Wednesday.”
  
  Keep in mind, after touring Cuba earlier this year, with the CONgressional Black Caucus, Cleaver had this to' [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 7:52am EST
  

• Tory

  
  The vet just left a few minutes ago, as we had to put our dog Tory to sleep.
  
  Chris found her in June of 1994, when we lived in town, as a stray on the street.
  
  We took her in and when nobody [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 10:12am EST
  

• Lady Marmalade

  
  The Liter will always admit when we're wrong and so it goes with our post yesterday (Gov'ment).
  
  We wrongly believed what the media reported that Senator Mary Landrieu's vote was being purchased for $100 Million.
  
  It turns out that when Harry [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 2:26am EST
  

• Guv'ment

  
  It's the beginning of the end, earlier this month House Dummycrats passed Obamacare (Open Wide!).
  
  Today Dummycrats in the Senate, will begin the process that ultimately sticks it to the American people, and the scientific community is united in that fact.
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 5:23am EST
  

• Public Service Announcement

  
  Vice President Biden will be in Central Iowa today.
  
  It'll be tons of JO BS, and the scientific community is united in that fact, but no real jobs as the U.S. unemployment rate sits at 10.2 % and Iowa's [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 4:52am EST
  

• Schmuck

  
  CONgressman Bruce Braley comes across looking like a schlemiel over recent comments.
  
  Braley weighed in on the trial of Agriprocessors plant manager Sholom Rubashkin, who was found guilty on 86 felony financial fraud charges.
  
  The CONgressman said the conviction was [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 2:43pm EST
  

• Every Which Way But Loose

  
  The Twinkie Tandem made news as they had the Great Ape Trust closing and leaving Iowa during their WHO DT 5.pm. (in the evening) newscast.
  
  Turns out it's just the orangutans who'll be relocating and the scientific community' [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 6:30am EST
  

• Eye See?

  
  I caught a glimpse of this headline in the online Cedar Rancid Gazzette
  
  Iowa State fans get a glimse at next season’s lineup
  
  The Liter is not sure if that's a good thing or not and the scientific community is [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 5:57am EST
  

• So Noted

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 5:03am EST
  

• Lil Bow Wow

  
  
  
  
  There's definitely a pattern, or maybe it's just Obama's into that BOWnce With Me rap and the scientific community is united in that fact.
  
  Thanks to Lucianne for Lil Kevin pic[...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 4:00am EST
  

• Pressure

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  It's what the Big Lug Nut's spandex and yellow swim cap were under while doing his "intermediate distance" triathlon and [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 2:33am EST
  

• WHY!?!?!

  
  Sadly, I was wrong when I hoped that the Ragister had published the only picture of the Big Lug Nut in his triathlon.
  
  Having no sense of decency, the Ragister has printed pictures of the BLN...SHIRTLESS!
  
  Oh, the humanity!
  [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 1:40pm EST
  

• Call Me CONgressman

  
  Since the Obama administration has created fictional CONgressionial Districts in Iowa, I'm naming myself CONgressman in one.
  
  This can be the only explanation behind the creation of our one job in the amount of $112,336 as the federal stimulus dollars went to pay' [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 12:27pm EST
  

• Break My Stride?

  
  The Big Lug Nut can boast(?) he completed his first "intermediate distance" triathlon (whatever the hell that means).
  
  Per the Ragister, it took the BLN a little over three hours (3:03:27).
  
  He floated for 1,500 meters (19:19), pedaled 20 miles [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 7:35am EST
  

• Another First Round Pick?

  
  Looks like Iowa Dummycrats are recruiting another big time candidate as Ed O'Neill has announced he's running for the Iowa Senate.
  
  Kudos to Michael Kiernan!
  
  The Liter figures family values are expected to play a major role in the campaign, we're [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 12:02pm EST
  

• Just A Matter Of Time?

  
  The Big Lug Nut may want to follow this lead
  
  Culver considers retirement incentives
  
  It's Retire or Be Retired and the scientific community is united in that fact.
  
  ' [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 5:21am EST
  

• Old Habits?

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  I guess under [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 4:51am EST
  

• Thank You For Your Service

  
  
  Here are a few of the ways I try to pay back.
  
  Special Operations Warrior Foundation
  
  Provides college scholarship grants, along with financial aid and educational counseling, to the children of Special Operations personnel who were killed in an operational mission [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 4:23am EST
  

• roXanne?

  
  It was RoZanne on this invitation to a Nancy Pelosi fundraising ploy at her palatial estate.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 3:59am EST
  

• My Name Too

  
  During their 5 p.m. newscast, WHO DT aired a story on a Des Moines native who was shot during the killings at Fort Hood.
  
  Under this photo, of Staff Sergeant Joy Clark, they had inserted the name John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt.
  [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 3:25am EST
  

• Freeze Frame?

  
  It may seem cold hearted, but last week we opined that the Big Lug Nut should be ashamed of himself for adding staff during a time of eliminated open jobs and a hiring freeze.
  
  What's cool is the Ragister has found
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 6:03am EST
  

• Acting Decisively?

  The Big Lug Nut's latest commercial, Stonger Than Ever, states he "decisively cut state spending" while the words "acted decisively" are on screen.
  
  In June the BLN said, "I think we’ve done enough so far” and we should be'" [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 6:36am EST
  

• Fo Shizzle

  
  Is the Ragister trying to appeal to a younger demographic with this headline?
  
  State probe homes in on fired film chief
  
  It turns out they're not trying to hone in on the vernacular all the hip kids are using, they just made' [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 6:26am EST
  

• Re Mark His Bull

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  I recently noted how CommieTommie Harkin Missed The Mark he set for passage of health care before Christmas.
  
  Intelligent [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 6:03am EST
  

• Open Wide!

  
  And Say Ahh(ssholes) and the scientific community is united in that fact.
  
  Decision day for health care in the House
  Looking for 218 votes Democrats cajoled dozens of party moderates concerned about abortion and immigration provisions in the bill, as well [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 7:44am EST
  

• What DED The Governor Know?

  
  When DED he know it?
  
  The Big Lug Nut said he didn't know anything, no surprise there, about I DED:The Motion Picture until September 15th.
  
  E-mail records may prove otherwise
  
  Records show Culver was notified about film office' [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 6:54am EST
  

• WOW!

  
  Let me type the title again...WOW!
  
  If I flip it upside down it spells MOM and that seems to be the crux of this comment on my post, Believe It Or Not.
  
  Anonymous, out of Denver (I do believe), said...
  
  

  "Thank" [...]

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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 6:34am EST
  

• Believe It Or Not

  
  
  
  Researchers: Some people want to believe political misinformation
  
  I believe those people are called Dummycrats and the scientific community is united in that fact.
  
  
  
  
  
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 5:05am EST
  

• What Were They Smoking?

  
  If you saw this headline, what would you guess for the turnout?
  
  Many back medical marijuana in Iowa, but action unlikely
  
  The story goes on to report...
  
  The four meetings drew nearly 100 people, with most supporting medical uses of [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 4:50am EST
  

• Music Association

  
  It must be like word association for normal people (and the scientific community is united in that fact).
  
  When I see a word(s), I see a song.
  
  For example this headline;
  
  King's Harvest to open overflow shelter
  
  It made' [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 7:02am EST
  

• 2009 World Series Champions

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The numbers on the backs of New York Yankees greats Derek Jeter and Mickey Mantle tell the [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 4:53am EST
  

• Missed The Mark

  
  In September, at his steak fry, we noted that CommieTommie told the Harkinista's...
  
  "That strong Health Care Reform bill, mark my words, I'm the Chairman and we will have a strong public option in the bill."
  
  Also, that the bill [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 5:05am EST
  

• We Wrote It Here

  
  And it happened here...
  
  Culver switches up staff, names new spokeswoman
  
  Last month we thought it was time for the Big Lug Nut to get rid of his old spokeswoman.
  
  The big problem is Phil Roeder will still be [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 4:34am EST
  

• Election Day

  
  Staci Appel-sauce for brains is supporting David Adelman in the Des Moines At Large City Council race.
  
  Why would Appel support a man, via a $250 contribution, over either of the two women in the race?
  
  It must be because [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 1:25pm EST
  

• In The Immortal Words Of Grant Young

  
  A HUGE round of applause for the Big Lug Nut's camp, and the scientific community is united in that fact, as they did not screw up and congratulate the Iowa State Cyclones on their victory at Texas A&M (The Clones lost 35-10).[...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 10:30am EST
  

• Fan(?) Antics

  
  Maybe it was because it was Halloween, that Iowa fans(?) and Phillies fans(?) booed at their games Saturday.
  
  That's the only reason I can think of that those in attendance would boo a team that at the time was 8-0,' [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 10:02am EST
  

• Justice?

  
  Justice is supposed to be blind, I never knew it was supposed to be anonymous and ignorant too.
  
  A 17-year-old girl who struck and killed a motorcyclist during a hit-and-run crash last year in Des Moines "made a series of poor decisions" but [...]
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  Posted: October 31, 2009, 6:09am EDT
  

• Word Up

  
  Hold onto your cod pieces kids, because at $2.24 million per word we're going to be taking it in the shorts from the House health care bill.
  
  And the scientific community is united in that fact.
  
  The grand total cost...$1.055' [...]
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  Posted: October 30, 2009, 7:38am EDT
  

• I Won't Dance

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  For numerous reasons I found Harry Reid's bipartisan health care analogy deeply disturbing.
  
  "You can't dance if your partner is unwilling to get off the" [...]
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  Posted: October 29, 2009, 6:04am EDT
  

• Des Moines City Council

  
  WHO DT has been running interviews with candidates for Des Moines City Council.
  
  Last night I caught the interview with At Large Candidate Skip Moore.
  
  I've got two words...
  
  AWE FULL!
  
  And the scientific community is united in that' [...]
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  Posted: October 28, 2009, 6:20am EDT
  

• Swing Out Sister

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  In my mind ESPN Sports Nation's Michelle Beadle and Cameron Diaz could related.
  
  
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  Posted: October 28, 2009, 6:04am EDT
  

• Baby I Lied

  
  Dave Price catches a HUGE fib from a HUGE Clone fan(?).
  
  The Big Lug Nut said, “I’ve put out a lot of statements when they’ve won earlier in the year, and no one picked those up..."
  
  Price is" [...]
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  Posted: October 27, 2009, 11:50am EDT
  

• Hard To Say I'm Sorry?

  
  Why is it that most people in our modern society have a condition that does not allow for contrition?
  
  In my encounters, personally and professionally, people will apologize, but that's just a way that they don't have to take ownership for their misdeeds [...]
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  Posted: October 27, 2009, 9:56am EDT
  

• Toot Toot

  
  I usually don't like to blow my own horn, at 6' 8" it's complicated, but at 12:07:10 a.m. (in the morning) all the way from Hamburg Germany (mmm meat) Iowa's Newz Liter reached a milestone.
  
  Luckily no one was injured during" [...]
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  Posted: October 27, 2009, 5:37am EDT
  

• Just Playing Through

  
  
  FORE!
  
  I don't think the media was supposed to report this...
  
  President Barack Obama has only been in office for just over nine months, but he's already hit the links as much as President Bush did in over two years.
  [...]
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  Posted: October 26, 2009, 8:02am EDT
  

• I Don't Want To Work

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  I just want to revel in the great weekend that was had at The Not So Vast Right Wing Ranch and the scientific community is united in that [...]
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  Posted: October 26, 2009, 7:16am EDT
  

• Great Day To Be An I O Won

  
  
  The day began with Iowa State beating the Nebraska Cornholio's 9-7 in Lincoln for the first time since 1977.
  
  Cornholio's?!?!
  
  So that's why they're known as Big Red and the scientific community is united in [...]
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  Posted: October 25, 2009, 7:25am EDT
  

• Roto-Rooter Roeder

  
  The Big Lug Nut needs to flush Phil Roeder.
  
  
  
  
  This Dummycrat shill doesn't stay in one spot long anyway, plus he's let down the BLN more than once and the scientific community is' [...]
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  Posted: October 24, 2009, 11:17am EDT
  

• Cut That Out

  
  Dr. Richard Deming should use the Cyberknife to cut out the misinformation he spreads and the scientific community is united in that fact.
  
  In a letter to the Ragister, Deming stated...
  
  "Nearly 45,000 uninsured Americans die annually as a consequence" [...]
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  Posted: October 23, 2009, 6:25am EDT
  

• I Am Somebody

  
  Just not Al Sharpton!?!?
  
  Here's how MSNBC's Contessa Brewer introduced Jesse Jackson...
  
  "Joining me now to talk about this and the nation’s real problem of joblessness, the Reverend Al Sharpton. What’s your reaction to hearing someone" [...]
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  Posted: October 22, 2009, 9:00am EDT
  

• Cut It Out

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  “Governor Culver announces he is cutting his salary by 10 percent.”
  
  When is a 10% pay cut not a 10% pay cut?
  
  When [...]
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  Posted: October 22, 2009, 4:20am EDT
  

• Instant Replay?

  
  West Des Moines' Tim McClelland made a couple of magnificent errors in calls at third base during Tuesday night's Yankees-Angels game.
  
  The first call came in the fourth inning with the Yankees Nick Swisher.
  
  Johnny Damon hit a fly to center and' [...]
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  Posted: October 21, 2009, 4:12pm EDT
  

• One Bad Apple?

  
  I picked up some Braeburn apples at the store and the cashier asked if they were barbarian?
  
  I replied they could be, but they'd been well behaved since I put them in the cart.
  
  Should have gone with the Jonathan's and the' [...]
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  Posted: October 21, 2009, 6:34am EDT
  

• Just Us?

  
  Chris and I both reached the conclusion that Erick Aybar, shortstop for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, has that Thriller zombie look about him.
  
  And the scientific community is united in that fact.
  
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  Posted: October 21, 2009, 6:21am EDT
  

• Torn

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Ron Paul is going to headline a fundraiser for my current State Representative, seeking the Iowa Senate, Kent Sorenson.
  
  I can't figure out if Ron Paul is more Daffy Duck/Looney' [...]
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  Posted: October 20, 2009, 10:17am EDT
  

• War!

  
  There's been an escalation in the war the White House is waging against Fox News.
  
  Rahm Emanuel, the President's chief of staff, "It is not a news organization so much as it has a perspective."
  
  David Axelrod, senior Obama adviser, [...]
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  Posted: October 19, 2009, 6:19am EDT
  

• Toys Err Us

  
  Michelle Obama joins her man as an action figure, just in time for Christmas, Hanukkah, or Kwanzaa.
  
  It's another milestone, in her adult life, that makes her proud of her country.
  
  The First Lady comes with three outfits, [...]
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  Posted: October 18, 2009, 3:53pm EDT
  

• Leader of The Pack?

  
  Does the Big Lug Nut believe he's a leader merely because he was finally forced to make choices?
  
  He avoided doing anything about this situation for months saying in June, "I think we’ve done enough so far” and we should be able'" [...]
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  Posted: October 17, 2009, 12:15pm EDT
  

• I Feel The Earth Move

  
  
  The Big Lug Nut is going to participate in a Florida Triathlon next month?!?!?!
  
  Anyone else get the mental image of a fat man in a triathlon suit?
  
  I think I threw up in my mouth and the [...]
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  Posted: October 16, 2009, 5:40am EDT
  

• Your Next CONgressman?

  
  Mike Denklau has made it official, he's challenging Steve King for Congress.
  
  From his Sioux City announcement comes these gems...
  
  "He is serious about making a change in western Iowa… The reason he came back to the district was (Congressman)" [...]
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  Posted: October 16, 2009, 4:47am EDT
  

• Throwing Her Hat In The Ring?

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Christie Vilsack made it seem like she's the Dummycrat "first round" daft--err, draft pick to give Senator Grassley the "the race" [...]
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  Posted: October 14, 2009, 3:06am EDT
  

• Taking License

  
  I came across this vanity plate while taking my mom to her fourth round of chemo.
  
  I'm not sure if they're a Dave Matthews Band fan, or Des Moines Buccaneers.
  
  Either way, it's DuMB and the scientific community is united [...]
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  Posted: October 14, 2009, 2:50am EDT
  

• Judge For Yourself

  
  KCCI TV8 made it seem like Supreme Court Chief Justice Marsha Ternus was some sort of saint for following "the lead of the Executive and the Legislative Branch and doing a 10% budget cut.
  
  The Ragister noted the Judicial Branch was [...]
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  Posted: October 13, 2009, 6:34am EDT
  

• Cliche' Touche'

  
  The Ragister's Kathie Obradovich noted the recent overuse of the phrase "In God We Trust...".
  
  She noted Dave Vaudt's, “In God we trust. Everyone else we audit.”
  
  Senator Charles Grassley offered, "In God we trust. Everthing else we oversight."
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  Posted: October 13, 2009, 6:14am EDT
  

• Throwback?

  
  The "outfits", as my wife refers to them, that the Denver Broncos wore over the weekend were more throw UP than throw BACK.
  
  HID-E-US and the scientific community is united in that fact.
  
  That was more rodeo clown than bronco.
  
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  Posted: October 13, 2009, 5:47am EDT
  

• Face Book?

  
  I helped Chris set up a Facebook page this weekend.
  
  She'd been resisting, but fulfilled a commitment she made to someone for a post to their page.
  
  It is amazing, from the information they glean, how they can suggest "friends" and be highly' [...]
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  Posted: October 12, 2009, 6:50am EDT
  

• Age Disparity?

  
  
  In honor of the oldies but goodies in the Peoples Republic of Johnson County (Johnson County populace gets grayer) and all of us older Iowans, I'm bringing Gray Panther back.
  
  It seems to be the next step in the natural progression from' [...]
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  Posted: October 12, 2009, 6:34am EDT
  

• Mystery Date?

  
  Speculation still runs less than rampant as to who the Dummycrats will select to give Senator Grassley "the race of his life.”
  
  CommieTommie Harkin is clueless and he doesn't believe there's a well-known Democrat to take on Chuckles.
  
  I've" [...]
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  Posted: October 11, 2009, 6:50am EDT
  

• Rose Colored Glasses

  
  In August the Ragister ran an editorial telling the Big Lug Nut to Take off the rose-colored glasses, stating that his sunny outlook rests on slim evidence.
  
  Krusty Konservative did an excellent job of chronicling BLN's denial for' [...]
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  Posted: October 10, 2009, 8:29am EDT
  

• The Speech

  
  Without a doubt here's the speech Obama has to give when accepting the O bel.
  
  "I want to say Thank you to you".
  
  "I haven't had an orthodox career, and I've wanted more than anything to have your respect. The first" [...]
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  Posted: October 10, 2009, 7:56am EDT
  

• New York City?!?!

  
  Some Dummycrat carpetbagger has moved from New York City to western Iowa to challenge Congressman Steve King.
  
  Mike Denklau says King is “not representing the Iowa values I knew.”
  
  Interesting phrasing of the past tense.
  
  Other than NEW YORK [...]
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  Posted: October 09, 2009, 3:06pm EDT
  

• Off-Err!

  
  I think the writer of this headline, for the online Cedar Rapids Gazette, must have been off their game and the scientific community is united in that fact.
  
  A copy of the 2007 letter from Kirk Ferentz offering a scholarship offer to [...]
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  Posted: October 09, 2009, 6:18am EDT
  

• O Bel!

  
  President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize
  
  Seriously?!?!
  
  Yesterday we noted (No O Bel?) that it was thought he had been nominated but it's unclear on what grounds.
  
  He won for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international" [...]
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  Posted: October 09, 2009, 5:04am EDT
  

• No Bel?

  
  
  I see speculation has begun on who will win the Nobel Peace Prize.
  
  It's reported that Chinese dissidents are leading the odds of winning.
  
  Who knew they kept book on the Nobel and does one go to Vegas to get [...]
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  Posted: October 08, 2009, 5:13am EDT
  

• Two For Two

  
  
  Chris made a couple of funny comments while watching the Yankees-Twins game yesterday.
  
  When TBS sportscaster Craig Sager came on she said, "The Mask called and wants his suit back".
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Posted: October 08, 2009, 4:52am EDT