Archive for March, 2011
Happy Redistricting Day: First Draft of the Iowa Congressional District Map
I think it stinks we’re losing a district, but we’ve known it was coming. Here is the first proposed map from the Legislative Services Agency below: This first try puts Congressmen Steve King (R-IA) and Tom Latham (R-IA) in the 4th Congressional District. It then places Congressmen Bruce Braley (D-IA) and Dave Loebsack (R-IA) find [...]
Unconditional
How much is too much? We strive, we try, we do our best, we beat the beast within down, trying to tame it. Like a can of Dr. Pepper shaken not stirred, waiting to blow, we shove our frustrations inside and call it long suffering. But if we are honest, we are just eating ourselves [...]
2012 Presidential GOP Primary: Ready for the Big Splash? (Updated+)
Many potential Republican candidates have been testing the water over the last year, but it appears as though they may all jump into the pool at once. Although we have seen several candidates repeatedly push back their time-lines, it appears that late April may be the “all in” time frame for many of them. A summary [...]
Paul’s Philosophy of Ministry
John MacArthur recently gave a sermon on Colossians 1:24-29 outlining Paul’s philosophy of ministry. “Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church, of which I became a minister according to [...]
Cato: Five Rules for Going to War
The Weinberger-Powell Doctrine served the United States well as a set of principles to guide the careful use of the military. Christopher A. Preble, director of foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute, argues that President Obama’s incursion into Libya means that this doctrine is officially dead. Link to this post!
President Obama’s Call to Cut Oil Imports
The Washington Post reports this morning that President Barack Obama in a speech today will call for one-third cut in oil imports by 2020 as a way to become less dependent on foreign oil. He said in order to do this he will: He’ll propose the wider use of natural gas and will offer incentives [...]
Mike Huckabee: Five Books He Recommends.
“How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book.” (Henry David Thoreau, Walden) The Browser asks people in the news to recommend five books on given topics. Three prominent Republicans have been interviewed for the site, including[1] Mitch Daniels on Libertarianism and Karl Rove on Compassionate [...]
The Haley Barbour and Mike Huckabee Love Fest
Jonathan Martin had a post up at POLITICO today that indicated that Governor Haley Barbour (R-MS) and Governor Mike Huckabee (R-AR) may or may not have met together. Ok, this is Jonathan Martin so we have to take the story somewhat with a grain of salt since again none of the “aides” interviewed had names…. [...]
Iowa Senate to Consider Independent Private Instruction Today (Update: Senators to Focus On)
Iowa State Senator Bill Dix (R-Shell Rock) is moving to amend a homeschool friendly bill (as amended in its current form), SF 423, to also include independent private instruction language from HF 588. Bill Gustoff, the legislative liaison for NICHE (Network of Iowa Christian Home Educators) and Scott Woodruff from HSLDA (Home School Legal Defense [...]
Gov. Haley Barbour: Campaign On Policy, Focus On Economic Growth
Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour spoke at Steve King’s Conservative Principles PAC Conference on Saturday. He immediately set forth what was essentially the theme of his speech: That the focus of the 2012 campaign must be on policy. Citing the 2010 election as evidence, he said “The American people agree with us on policy”, and referred [...]
