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Kiernan Scolds Gibbons On St. Patrick’s Day One Day Before Boswell Protest

TEApublican — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:02:14 +0000

In an Iowa Democratic Party press release on St. Patrick’s Day dem honcho Kiernan calls out Jim Gibbons, candidate for Iowa’s 3rd district for being in cahoots with a lobbyist. Since this was the 2nd of its kind for Gibbons from Kiernan maybe the dem’s war machine see him as a threat to their own “Farewell Boswell” main man Leonard Boswell.

So is this really an odd roundabout compliment to Gibbons or is Keirnan onto something?

Gee, do you think it may have something to do with the scheduled protest today at 12:30 for Leonard Boswell? Hmmm… Let me guess, I mean look into my crystal ball. Yes, I see Erin Kiernan will anchor the newstory of this event today on WHO TV 13 coverage or now maybe not since that would be too obvious.

Its all about timing and a toothpaste smile…

Rally Behind All 3rd District GOP Candidates With Farewell Boswell Protest Avatars To Use On Your Facebook Page

TEApublican — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:57:28 +0000

Stand against Boswell and the healthcare fiasco. Right click on image to save and use these Farewell Boswell avatars for facebook.

Feel free to print them off as well. 18 Larger size high rez versions are available at the new facebook fan page found at FarewellBoswell.com

The idea is simple and twofold…#1. Say Goodbye to Boswell for good in the 2010 elections.

#2. Rally behind whomever becomes the republican primary winner whether it be Brad Zaun, Dave Funk, Jim Gibbons, Mark Rees, Pat Bertroche or Scott Batcher. The domain “FarewellBoswell.com” and the facebook fan page that comes with it will be offered to the republican primary winner for further branding for their growing campaign when the time comes.
I leave you with this From Dane Nealson’s Facebook page… So, we’re trying to pass a health care plan written by a committee whose chairman admits not understanding it, passed by a Congress that hasn’t read it but exempts themselves from it, signed by a president who also hasn’t read it, who smokes, with funding administered by a treasury chief who didn’t pay his taxes, to be overseen by a surgeon general who is obese, and financed by a country that’s broke.

See you at the ‘Kill The Bill’ Protest.

‘Kill The Bill’ Farewell Boswell Protest Scheduled Thursday, March 18th 12:30pm

TEApublican — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:25:24 +0000

Do you wish Leonard Boswell would just take an afternoon nap while watching ‘Wheel of Fortune’ instead of playing ‘Wheel of Fortune’ with our freedoms, tax dollars and healthcare rights?

Are you sick of president Obama and Nancy Pelosi and their bureaucratic healthcare agenda being repeatedly jammed down your throat?

Do you support either Brad Zaun, Dave Funk, Jim Gibbons, Mark Rees, Pat Bertrouche or Scott Batcher for Iowa’s 3rd congressional district?

Well then here is your chance to effectively and peacefully let your voice be heard, not only for Iowa but for this great country we love.

Attend a ‘Kill the Bill’ Farewell Boswell protest on Thursday March 18th at 12:30-2pm at his office at 300 East Locust, Suite 320

Make a sign, take a stand and take a friend for a long lunch hour. Tell your boss you have to save the world and you will be back to work when you’re finished saving the day!

For more information or to RSVP go to this facebook event link.

Now This Is A Great Idea In Action Right Now! TransparencyFlorida.gov

TEApublican — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:49:24 +0000

Beautiful tropical weather, fresh thirst quenching orange juice and gorgeous spring breakers on beaches aren’t the only points of envy for Iowans or Americans over sunny Florida.

Today I am in Florida to photograph a wedding, but like Krusty recently pointed out with Kathy Obradovich… who cares – right, but while I’m here I have a point to share. A very important point to share to Iowa. The Florida legislature actually is transparent, online all the time. Hmmm…

Wake up Iowa and share some sunshine. Let’s do this!

http://TransparencyFlorida.gov

The Florida Legislature created Transparency Florida to provide the public with unprecedented access to state government spending information by posting Florida’s operating budget and associated expenditure records online.

Transparency Florida is designed to provide a current, continually updated picture of the state’s operating budget as well as daily expenditures made by state agencies. The numbers are updated nightly as funds are released to agencies, transferred between budget categories, and payments are written for goods and services.

This site is a work in progress; in the coming months our goal is to add more information regarding individual expenditures, vendor payments, and other levels of government spending. Our desire is to increase fiscal accountability in state spending by providing citizens with a useful tool for understanding how their tax dollars are being appropriated and spent.

http://TransparencyFlorida.gov

Friendly Forward: THE HEAVIEST ELEMENT KNOWN TO SCIENCE

TEApublican — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:55:42 +0000

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California has now
identified with certainty the heaviest element known to science.

The new element, Pelosium (PL), has one neutron, 25 assistant
neutrons, 88 deputy neutrons, and 198 assistant deputy neutrons,
giving it an atomic mass of 312.

These 312 particles are held together by forces called morons, which
are surrounded by vast quantities of lepton-like particles called
peons.

Pelosium is inert, and has no charge and no magnetism. Nevertheless,
it can be detected because it impedes every reaction with which it
comes into contact. A tiny amount of Pelosium can cause a reaction
that would normally take less than a second, to take from 4 days to 4
years to complete.

Pelosium has a normal half-life of 2 years. It does not decay, but
instead undergoes a biennial reorganization in which a portion of the
assistant neutrons and deputy neutrons exchange places.

Pelosium mass will increase over time, since each reorganization will
promote many morons to become isodopes.

This characteristic of moron promotion leads some scientists to
believe that Pelosium is formed whenever morons reach a critical
concentration. This hypothetical quantity is referred to as critical
morass.

When catalyzed with money, Pelosium becomes Senatorium, an element
that radiates just as much energy as Pelosium since it has half as
many peons but twice as many morons.

(Another Friendly Forward from the Internet. Author Unknown.)

Restore America by Getting Government Under Control by Ron Paul

TEApublican — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:20:03 +0000

Another sign of the Apocalypse occurred today as The Des Moines Register ran an essay by anti federal reserve activist congressman Ron Paul.

Recently Dr. Paul has noted that during the 2008 campaign he was rarely granted major cable network air time interviews, but once the election was bequeathed to the liberal media’s princess Barry Sorento a.k.a B. Hussein Obama… For some odd reason his air time appearances on news shows like CNN are so frequent now it seems he has his own show. (Read on to find out the point Ron Paul agrees with Obama.)

So for whatever ratings hike tactic to appear fair, non-election year reason the liberal media is at least giving Ron Paul ink, electrons or microphones to spread his message let’s take note…

Restore America by Getting Government Under Control

by Ron Paul

At no other point in recent decades has the political climate presented us with so great an opportunity to return our nation to prosperity and to reclaim the freedoms big government has stripped away from us.

Thanks to the tremendous growth of the Internet, as well as the unprecedented interest in the message of individual liberty kindled by such vast access to information, millions of Americans are now organizing and taking action.

In the last few years, I have had the opportunity to travel extensively throughout the country, and the unique people of each area I have visited have only deepened my conviction that no other idea can unify, excite and mobilize Americans as powerfully as the message of peace, prosperity and freedom.

It is encouraging to see so much outrage finally being directed toward the proper recipient – an out-of-control federal government – but if the Republican Party wants to capitalize on its current momentum, it needs to permanently reject the policies that led to its devastating defeat in 2008.

In 1994, a similar populist revolt, under the banner of “the Contract with America,” swept Republicans into power across the country and gave them majority control of the U.S. House for the first time in 40 years. It was this new attention to limited government beliefs that encouraged me to set aside my private medical practice and return to Congress.

Throughout the years, however, I watched Republican optimism and principled convictions surrender to political posturing to retain power.

A promise to cut waste and empower parents by eliminating the U.S. Department of Education became a tenure that more than doubled it.

A repudiation of nation-building morphed into a trillion-dollar foreign policy that steadfastly guards the borders of other nations while neglecting our own veterans here at home.

A resolve to promote individual responsibility gave way to a bill containing the largest expansion of Medicare since the program’s creation.

President Obama is correct on one point: The time for change is now.

There is no limit to what can be accomplished if those who espouse a limited government message on the campaign trail will implement its principles upon entering Congress.

Rising generations know that America’s current course cannot be sustained, and they are ready to change direction. When I speak on college campuses across the country, the topic that consistently gets the loudest applause is stopping our system of endlessly printing money out of thin air by ending the Federal Reserve and returning to sound money.

The economic crisis has inflicted considerable pain, leading to common-sense questions about how we got to this point and how we can recover. We have to be ready to provide answers – answers that do more than just pay lip service to cutting taxes and freeing small businesses from red tape, but answers that proceed from a firm, consistent conviction that a free people, unencumbered by the burdens of omnipresent government, have the ability to create, stimulate and innovate their way to success far more than a crowded room of bureaucrats thousands of miles away can ever hope to equal.

True change will object to any unbalanced budget, instead of merely trimming around the edges.

True change will remove barriers to competition in health care and offer Americans tax credits and tax deductions for their medical expenses, allowing them to pursue the plans that fit them best.

True change will stop punishing productivity by eliminating the immoral income tax and estate tax, returning to taxpayers the money that they – not the government – work hard to earn.

Ultimately, this return to core principles is about much more than winning elections. It is about protecting future generations and guaranteeing them the same promise of liberty our forefathers entrusted to us. And it is about returning America to its position as the leading example and inspiration for those in distant lands yearning to live in freedom.

We who believe that government which governs least governs best must lead the way.

photo by Dave Davidson

What Does Huckabee, Iowa, And Genesis Got To Do With Each Other Today, February 24th?

TEApublican — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:43:04 +0000

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh. Genesis 2:24

Today’s date is March 24th or 2:24 just as the numerical address in the verse above.

About 12 years ago I compiled the most compelling verses from the bible that corresponds to the same numerical match as the date. Its been a easy, fun and effective way to get to review the same few hundred verses each year.

What Does Huckabee, Iowa, And Genesis Got To Do With Each Other Today? In my mind they are related, at least for today…

Well since the verse topic today is about the foundations of family and Mike Huckabee is speaking at an Iowa Family Policy Center rally, I thought it would be the perfect day to share and invite TIR readers to receive Verse Rehearse Daily Bible Verses in their Twitter and Facebook feeds.

So get encouraged, corrected, inspired with God’s word by Daily Bible Verses that identically match date and numerical verse address for easy memory.

TWITTER
http://twitter.com/VerseRehearse

FACEBOOK
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Verse-Rehearse/228651743586

Des Moines IFPC Huckabee Event is today, Wednesday February 24th, at the Airport Holiday Inn at 2:45pm

IFPC – Let Us Vote (LUV) Rally

Airport Holiday Inn

6111 Fleur Drive

Des Moines, IA

Cedar Rapids Huckabee Event is today, Wednesday February 24th, at the Marriot at 5:30 pm

Cedar Rapids Marriott

1200 Collins Road, NE

Cedar Rapids, IA

I Prayed For Courage: An Iowan’s Compelling Firsthand Account Of Haiti Relief Efforts

TEApublican — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 06:24:29 +0000

Peter Teahen recently traveled to Haiti for relief work. The following is his unedited firsthand reflection from his personal journal after a night of providing care while in Haiti:

I Prayed For Courage

What an incredible experience last night. I became a part of a three man team, consisting of an LPN nurse who is an angel to his patients, a funeral director, and a dentist, whose responsibility was for the primary care of patients in the Port du Prince largest hospital’s Critical Care Unit. A 50-bed ward that was nightmarish to say the best. If you can imagine operating a critical care unit in a building that has suffered significant earthquake damage, has no electricity, running water, bathroom facilities, and most importantly lacks the basic and advanced medical equipment and supplies needed for the CCU.

We were working at General Hospital which was hard hit by the earthquake. Many of the medical staff fear being in the various bldgs of the hospital. Thus they do not always show up. Unlike hospital stays in the US it is traditional here for a family member to sleep on the floor next to the bed, and be responsible for obtaining the food, and cleaning the bed and the patient, I am told it is not unusual here for all the nurses and doctors to go home at 9pm and then return around 9 a.m., leaving the patients to fend for themselves. The bldg we were in has lots of structural damage. We treated the patients by flashlight. There was no air movement, the air reeked of the smells beyond what you can imagine, and the families of patients slept on the floor.

The first couple of hours were really tough for me as I withered under the oppressive heat. I finally ripped the sleeves off my shirt in an attempt to cool down. As we worked in the dark we listened to cries of pain, begs for care, and adults crying for their mothers. I found my self several times trying to control my emotions when providing care. The small children were reminding me of my own grandchildren.

We were caring individuals ranging from newborn twins to several very elderly patients in life crisis. I never imagined I would be giving primary patient care since I have no medical training as a provider. We did not have the basic needs such as a thermometer, gauze, pain medications, chucks, sheets for the beds, bed pans, and antibiotics. I went to pick up morphine and IV bags for more than 25 patients. I was informed they would give me four IV bags. Decisions had to be made who would be hydrated and who would not be. I cared for one very elderly woman who will probably die. She is extremely dehydrated and I found her laying in a large pool of blood from a head wound nobody even tried to suture.

This morning I had to convince a 23 year old man and his family that they needed to authorize us to send him to the medical ship Comfort. If he stays on the ward he will most certainly loose his leg and possibly die. If he transfers to the Comfort we may be able to save both. Going to the Comfort meant he would be alone because family members are not allowed on board the hospital ship. I stayed with them until he was on his way to the Comfort. It was tough for all involved.

Around 6 a.m., the three care takers sat outside for a few minutes in an attempt to cool off and laugh about the fact that a nurse, a funeral director, and a dentist were doing primary care on a Critical Care Unit. The break didn’t last long. A family member of one of our patients came running out of the ward and informed me their father had become extremely ill. The nurse, funeral director, and dentist raced into the ward to find a patient with a severe gastro intestinal bleeding. The night was not over yet. I needed more courage.

Peter Teahen

photos by Peter Teahen

Happy President’s Day: Great Quotes From Every U.S. President

TEApublican — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:44:25 +0000

George Washington (1789–1797)

John Adams (1797–1801)

“To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.”

—Jan. 8, 1790

“Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force! Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.”

“Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.”

“A pen is certainly an excellent instrument to fix a man’s attention and to inflame his ambition.”

“I pray Heaven to bestow the best of blessing on this house (the White House) and on all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof!”

“Let every sluice of knowledge be open and set a-flowing.”

“The happiness of society is the end of government.”

Thomas Jefferson (1801–1809)

James Madison (1809–1817)

“One man with courage is a majority.”

“That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.”

“The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.”

“The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.”

“The problem to be solved is, not what form of government is perfect, but which of the forms is least imperfect.”

“I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.”

James Monroe (1817–1825)

John Quincy Adams (1825–1829)

“National honor is a national property of the highest value.”

“A little flattery will support a man through great fatigue.”

“May our country be always successful, but whether successful or otherwise, always right.”

“America, with the same voice which spoke herself into existence as a nation, proclaimed to mankind the inextinguishable rights of human nature, and the only lawful foundations of government.”

“Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.”

Andrew Jackson (1829–1837)

Martin Van Buren (1837–1841)

“The individual who refuses to defend his rights when called by his government, deserves to be a slave, and must be punished as an enemy of his country and friend to her foe.”

“Internal improvement and the diffusion of knowledge, so far as they can be promoted by the constitutional acts of the Federal Government, are of high importance.”

“It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn’t.”

“I tread in the footsteps of illustrious men, whose superiors it is our happiness to believe are not found on the executive calendar of any country.”

“As to the Presidency, the two happiest days of my life were those of my entrance upon the office and my surrender of it.”

William Henry Harrison (1841)

John Tyler (1841–1845)

“The prudent capitalist will never adventure his capital . . . if there exists a state of uncertainty as to whether the Government will repeal tomorrow what it has enacted today.”

“A decent and manly examination of the acts of the Government should be not only tolerated, but encouraged.”

“But I contend that the strongest of all governments is that which is most free.”

“Wealth can only be accumulated by the earnings of industry and the savings of frugality.”

“Here lies the body of my good horse, ‘The General.’ For twenty years he bore me around the circuit of my practice, and in all that time he never made a blunder. Would that his master could say the same!”

James Knox Polk (1845–1849)

Zachary Taylor (1849–1850 )

“With me it is exceptionally true that the Presidency is no bed of roses.”

“I am heartily rejoiced that my term is so near its close. I will soon cease to be a servant and will become a sovereign.”

“For more than half a century, during which kingdoms and empires have fallen, this Union has stood unshaken. The patriots who formed it have long since descended to the grave; yet still it remains, the proudest monument to their memory. . .”

“It would be judicious to act with magnanimity towards a prostrate foe.”

Millard Fillmore (1850–1853)

Franklin Pierce (1853–1857)

“It is not strange . . . to mistake change for progress.”

“An honorable defeat is better than a dishonorable victory.”

“The man who can look upon a crisis without being willing to offer himself upon the altar of his country is not for public trust.”

“We have nothing in our history or position to invite aggression; we have everything to beckon us to the cultivation of relations of peace and amity with all nations.”

“The storm of frenzy and faction must inevitably dash itself in vain against the unshaken rock of the Constitution.”

“The revenue of the country, levied almost insensibly to the taxpayer, goes on from year to year, increasing beyond either the interests or the prospective wants of the Government.”

James Buchanan (1857–1861)

Abraham Lincoln (1861–1865)

“To avoid entangling alliances has been a maxim of our policy ever since the days of Washington, and its wisdoms no one will attempt to dispute.”

“The ballot box is the surest arbiter of disputes among freemen.”

“There is nothing stable but Heaven and the Constitution.”

“You can fool all of the people some of the time, and some of the people all of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time.”

“If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong.”

“Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?”

Andrew Johnson (1865–1869)

Ulysses Simpson Grant (1869–1877)

“If the rabble were lopped off at one end and the aristocrat at the other, all would be well with the country.”

“Honest conviction is my courage; the Constitution is my guide.”

“The goal to strive for is a poor government but a rich people.”

“I have never advocated war except as a means of peace.”

“My failures have been errors of judgment, not of intent.”

Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1877–1881)

James Abram Garfield (1881)

“Nothing brings out the lower traits of human nature like office seeking.”

“He serves his party best who serves the country best.”

“It is now true that this is God’s Country, if equal rights—a fair start and an equal chance in the race of life are everywhere secured to all.”

“I have had many troubles in my life, but the worst of them never came.”

“We cannot overestimate the fervent love of liberty, the intelligent courage, and the sum of common sense with which our fathers made the great experiment of self-government.”

“Whoever controls the volume of money in any country is absolute master of all industry and commerce.”

Chester Alan Arthur (1881–1885)

Stephen Grover Cleveland (1885–1889)

“Good ballplayers make good citizens.”

“If it were not for the reporters, I would tell you the truth.”

“Men may die, but the fabrics of our free institutions remain unshaken.”

Sept. 22, 1881

“A man is known by the company he keeps, and also by the company from which he is kept out.”

“Above all, tell the truth.”

“It is the responsibility of the citizens to support their government. It is not the responsibility of the government to support its citizens.”

Benjamin Harrison (1889–1893)

William McKinley (1897–1901)

“No other people have a government more worthy of their respect and love or a land so magnificent in extent, so pleasant to look upon, and so full of generous suggestion to enterprise and labor.”

“Lincoln had faith in time, and time has justified his faith.”

“We Americans have no commission from God to police the world.”

“The disfranchisement of a single legal elector by fraud or intimidation is a crime too grave to be regarded lightly.”

“That’s all a man can hope for during his lifetime—to set an example—and when he is dead, to be an inspiration for history.”

“Unlike any other nation, here the people rule, and their will is the supreme law. It is sometimes sneeringly said by those who do not like free government, that here we count heads. True, heads are counted, but brains also . . .”

“In the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest.”

Theodore Roosevelt (1901–1909)

William Howard Taft (1909–1913)

“To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”

“Speak softly and carry a big stick.”

“The only man who makes no mistake is the man who does nothing.”

“The intoxication of power rapidly sobers off in the knowledge of its restrictions and under the prompt reminder of an ever-present and not always considerate press, as well as the kindly suggestions that not infrequently come from Congress.”

“Politics, when I am in it, makes me sick.”

“Next to the right of liberty, the right of property is the most important individual right guaranteed by the Constitution . .”

Thomas Woodrow Wilson (1913–1921)

Warren Gamaliel Harding (1921–1923)

“Some people call me an idealist. Well, that is the way I know am an American. America is the only idealistic nation in the world.”

“We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers.”

“If you want to make enemies, try to change something.”

“Our most dangerous tendency is to expect too much of government, and at the same time do for it too little.”

“”My God, this is a hell of a job! I have no trouble with my enemies . . . but my damn friends, they’re the ones that keep me walking the floor nights.”

“Ambition is a commendable attribute without which no man succeeds. Only inconsiderate ambition imperils.”

John Calvin Coolidge (1923–1929)

Herbert Clark Hoover (1929–1933)

“The business of America is business.”

“I have never been hurt by anything I didn’t say.”

“Character is the only secure foundation of the state.”

“Peace is not made at the Council table or by treaties, but in the hearts of men.”

“A splendid storehouse of integrity and freedom has been bequeathed to us by our forefathers. In this day of confusion, of peril to liberty, our high duty is to see that this storehouse is not robbed of its contents.”

“Absolute freedom of the press to discuss public questions is a foundation stone of American liberty.”

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1933–1945)

Harry S. Truman (1945–1953)

“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”

“A good leader can’t get too far ahead of his followers.”

“Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.”

“You cannot stop the spread of an idea by passing a law against it.”

“We need not fear the expression of ideas—we do need to fear their suppression.”

“A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.”

Dwight David Eisenhower (1953–1961)

John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1961–1963)

“America is best described by one word, freedom.”

“I never saw a pessimistic general win a battle.”

“There is nothing wrong with America that the faith, love of freedom, intelligence and energy of her citizens cannot cure.”

“The American, by nature, is optimistic. He is experimental, an inventor and a builder who builds best when called upon to build greatly.”

“And so my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.”

“If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.”

Lyndon Baines Johnson (1963–1969)

Richard Milhous Nixon (1969–1974)

“A president’s hardest task is not to do what is right, but to know what is right.”

“You ain’t learnin’ nothin’ when you’re talkin’.”

“For this is what America is all about. It is the uncrossed desert and the unclimbed ridge. It is the star that is not reached and the harvest sleeping in the unplowed ground. . .”

“If government is to serve any purpose it is to do for others what they are unable to do for themselves.”

“A man who has never lost himself in a cause bigger than himself has missed one of life’s mountaintop experiences. Only in losing himself does he find himself.”

“What kind of nation we will be, what kind of world we will live in, whether we shape the future in the image of our hopes, is ours to determine by our actions and our choices.”

“Always give your best, never get discouraged, never be petty; always remember, others may hate you. Those who hate you don’t win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.”

Gerald Rudolph Ford (1974–1977)

James Earl Carter, Jr. (1977–1981)

“We . . . declared our independence 200 years ago, and we are not about to lose it now to paper shufflers and computers.”

“Truth is the glue that holds governments together. Compromise is the oil that makes governments go.”

“A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.”

“The best way to enhance freedom in other lands is to demonstrate here that our democratic system is worthy of emulation.”

“Our American values are not luxuries but necessities—not the salt in our bread, but the bread itself. Our common vision of a free and just society is our greatest source of cohesion at home and strength abroad—greater than the bounty of our material blessings.”

“We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.”

Ronald Wilson Reagan (1981–1989)

George Herbert Walker Bush (1989–1993)

“America is too great for small dreams.”

“We are a nation that has a government—not the other way around. And that makes us special among the nations of the earth.”

“Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.”

“If anyone tells you that America’s best days are behind her, they’re looking the wrong way.”

“The United States is the best and fairest and most decent nation on the face of the earth.”

“I want a kinder, gentler nation.”

William Jefferson Clinton (1993–2001)

George Walker Bush (2001–)

“There is nothing wrong in America that can’t be fixed with what is right in America.”

“If you live long enough, you’ll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you’ll be a better person. It’s how you handle adversity, not how it affects you. The main thing is never quit, never quit, never quit.”

“We need a spirit of community, a sense that we are all in this together. If we have no sense of community, the American dream will wither.”

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“Recognizing and confronting our history is important. Transcending our history is essential. We are not limited by what we have done, or what we have left undone. We are limited only by what we are willing to do.”

“If you don’t feel something strongly you’re not going to achieve.”

“We will bring the terrorists to justice; or we will bring justice to the terrorists. Either way, justice will be done.”

Barack Hussien Obama (2009–)

Americans… still believe in an America where anything’s possible – they just don’t think their leaders do.

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

I can make a firm pledge, under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes.

I consider it part of my responsibility as President of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear.

I don’t care whether you’re driving a hybrid or an SUV. If you’re headed for a cliff, you have to change direction. That’s what the American people called for in November, and that’s what we intend to deliver.

I don’t take a dime of their [lobbyist] money, and when I am president, they won’t find a job in my White House.

I found this national debt, doubled, wrapped in a big bow waiting for me as I stepped into the Oval Office.

I opposed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. It should be repealed and I will vote for its repeal on the Senate floor. I will also oppose any proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban gays and lesbians from marrying.

I think when you spread the wealth around it’s good for everybody.

photo by Dave Davidson

Happy Valentine’s Day 2020: A Look Back On The Sexual Revolution, Iowagate And The Freedom Fiasco

TEApublican — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:46:30 +0000

For Iowans it’s been quite a decade. Just ten years later after “Iowagate” made Iowa an even more infamous destination than Bourbon Street in New Orleans and the Vegas strip if not by glitter and lights, by enabling the largest sexual revolution in world history.

What happens in Vegas may stay in Vegas, but the “Freedom Fiasco” started in Iowa in 2009 and ignored in the 2010 state elections catapulted Iowa into Sodom and Gomorrah infamy. The current 2020 Iowa state motto says it all so… “Iowa, Where Everything Feels Good.”

The changes the last 10 years have been so drastic and influential it seems no one would have predicted how far a culture could have rocketed into a new direction. The people of Iowa having their insatiable tolerance for overbearing government are credited to having helped change everyday life as we know it simply by redefining key words.

Many pop culture historians agree these post “Iowagate” inspired ”Freedom Fiasco” redefinitions may have started with marriage, but their trend permeated and overflowed into professional baseball, educational television, entertainment laws and M.O.O.D. clothing. Redefining words have affecting our societal mores tremendously as Iowa’s apathetic voters tossed the snowball that started this avalanche trend of government dominance enough to spin every founding father’s grave in the wake of “Iowagate’s” aftermath.

If you remember accurately “Iowagate” was essentially two things. The doors were kicked open on defining marriage as anything with anyone and allowing runaway courts to steal everyday freedoms in an ongoing government interference journey dubbed as “The Freedom Fiasco,” redefining our lives ever since. Depending on the lobbyist of the day you could expect a new lost of liberty.

Back then in 2010 at first many Iowa voters thought the marriage issue wasn’t relevant and not worth their time in defending. The key factor is they did not understand the ripple effect of how by ignoring the issue as voters, they enabled runaway courts, a manipulated legislative house and rollover executive branches to cave in on their weakening constitution.

Little did the world know then how much Iowa could ultimately effect the definition of marriage not only in Iowa, but America and the world. Little did we know back then really how important retaining the definition of a word was, a word like marriage as God created it for a purpose according to the bible.

Just 10 years ago when the question of freedom and liberty was introduced as part of the importance of definition of marriage dilemma voters passed it off as if it did not matter. Most voters did not recognize how liberty was interconnected. Looking back now it’s obvious to determine that not keeping our courts in check and allowing them to legislate from the bench was indeed the picked lock that let morality’s chicken’s loose all over the proverbial perverted farm.

It was the Iowa court debacle that marriage was ultimately redefined in Iowa to include any same sex union. The within just a few years, threesome advocates from the organization “Many Iowa” lobbied all levels of government so well that they won landmark decisions redefining marriage once and for all leading the way to redefining some of the most seemingly concrete terms in society.

What was once a romantic and often sacred fun filled holiday for anyone in love, Valentine’s Day has become a worldwide marti gras celebrating every imaginable pagan lust known to man, animal and object.

“Timely” magazine editors from all political persuasions agree that the following events form the past decade outline just how far we have come with key redefinitions shaping our culture since “Iowagate.” They include:

2013 – Little League Baseball ruled foul balls to be scored as home runs so kids would be encouraged, since the ball did technically go over the fence. In an unprecedented gesture of promoting equality and fairness, Major League Baseball followed the trend just three years later to support declining ticket sales.

2015 – ‘M.O.O.D.’ clothing (Make Out On Demand) allowed people to determine the sexual libido interest of anyone walking down the street. No need for adult websites with members seeking hookups when your shirt sent you a text message called a “test message” of those in arm’s distance willing to test a mutually satisfying sexually experiment together.

2016 – Famed education cartoon character Dora the Explorer “came out of the closet” announcing her attraction and affection with things found in her closet. She made television history by showing kids how she masturbated with her long time companion “the Map”.

2017 – SNL parodied a skit where the entire cast of Sesame Street had an orgy. Soon after when the viral satire hit everyone’s ipod, after office hour “sesame office parties” became a nationwide craze as office workers acted out their sexual fantasies in a legal and safe environment off the clock. This managed “freedom” successfully limited sexual harassment cases and saved large corporation millions in lawsuits.

2018 – Not only was Ronnie Moe the first open gay democratic nominee for Presidential office, Ronnie’s open past and tolerance for “object attraction orgies” was the controversial factor boosting the candidate’s rise in popularity claiming that sexual freedom should be America’ foremost freedom. While the public was obsessed with discovering the actual gender of the ‘he or she’ Ronnie, the term G.U. for “Gender Unit” was introduced into society in an effort to exercise non discrimination for gender mysterious people, thus satisfying the politically left who masqueraded as freedom activists.

2019 – Star of the hit Disney show “Virtual Audition” and second only to Hannah Montana in worldwide worth for a teen pop star, Samantha Pink legally performed a concert totally nude the day before her 18^th birthday to a televised audience of mostly children.

Need I continue with the examples of moral decay since 2010…

Ironically the movement that claimed to be all about an individual’s rights in hindsight actually was one of the most detrimental influences to freedom and liberty in American history. A decade ago when OneIowa.org claimed to be about marriage equality, civil rights and safe schools they seemingly got their way for a season, but those three elements are arguably some of the more lax liberty issues in America today. The entire result of their stated cause backfired, while in another sense they did get everything they wanted and more to boot, since if they wanted to now – they could marry a boot.

This February 2020 is the also third anniversary of TheIowaRepublican.com changing its name to TheIowaEqualitarian.com appropriately giving a farewell homage and respect to the now defunct and ever dead idea of an existing republican party while tapping into the ever popular wave of the equalitarian way of life. Sorry Abe, it was good while it lasted!

Back in the days of the 2010 elections TheIowaRepublican.com chronicled the soap opera string of events that led to a moderate governor being elected and subsequently several less than principled Iowa state representatives and senators. You know what happened after that. Need I mention the historic government property seizing of 2012 and the sexual equalitarian laws that ensued. Not to mention the largest government size and spending proportional to any state in the union. Who knew then all that was ignored would ruin Iowa forever?

Who knew back then how influential Tim Gill’s money would be in politics in a state he didn’t even live in? Now Gill’s cable channel, “Whatever” is a multibillion dollar enterprise. Who knew back then in 2010 how adamant Gronstahl was and how much clout and power he would be willing to actually use? I don’t need to explain to anyone where this got him today. Just read a newspaper, will ya.

If only the Republicans, the Christians or the tea partiers back in the day would have seen this revolution coming and took up their beliefs and convictions seriously enough, perhaps they could have changed the course of history and been more like the type of founding fathers they claimed they admired.

That is all behind us now as Iowa has led the way to a sexual revolution legally allowing and by example encouraging the entire notion of anything goes. In fact it was right after 2010 when a simple group of 40 objectum sexuals from the U.K. took Tim Gills’ lead and singled out Iowa to become the Objectum Sexual Capital of the world.

Here from Algore’s Internet time capsule site is their link how you would have learned about them back then in 2010… http://www.independent.co.uk/extras/sunday-review/living/i-married-the-eiffel-tower-832519.html

Today personally for me it is a bit of nostalgia just as in 2010 I celebrated my 20^th Valentine’s Day with my wife, today in 2020 we celebrate our 30^th Valentine’s Day together. I just wish the Valentine’s Day cards sold today did not offer messages and graphics that begged affection from an object or a group of polygamist wives. Call me old fashioned, but I am still glad I one man with one woman.

Yep, the fear propaganda comeback back in 2010 was, “How is my same sex marriage threatening your one man, one woman marriage?” Well the argument worked for a season, but backfired on all our freedoms when state courts one by one all across American legislated and executed from the bench fueling Obama’s socialism régime.

I’m just glad that governors of both Georgia and Alabama have endured enough liberty leadership to make their states a safe haven for those in traditional marriages to enjoy the protection from harassment they deserve in “a equalitarian society.” So this is my last TIR, I mean ‘TIE’ article as an Iowan. To attempt to live freely in my pre-2010 marriage I must move south where my family is better accepted and legally protected.

Ironically the same rights OneIowa.org back in 2010 of marriage rights, civil rights and safe schools are the same thing us traditional married people are now fighting for as the country’s minority. I guess this irony is literally 2020 hindsight now.

God, I hope this fiction remains fiction…

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Titus 2:11-14

¹¹For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. ¹²It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, ¹³while we wait for the blessed hope—the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, ¹⁴who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.

Comments are welcome, but they do prove it this fiction made you think!