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Swamp Stomper Alert: Housing Bill Heads to White House

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Well, it took almost 3 months, but Congress finally passed the bill today, on older version of which was  passed by the House in May, after some considerable back and forth between the Senate and the House.  The bill is HR 3221 (pdf), titled: “Housing and...

Fireproof

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This morning I got a chance to see some clips from a new movie that will be in theaters on September 26, 2008.  It’s called “Fireproof”.  Here’s a synopsis from the web site: At work, inside burning buildings, Capt. Caleb Holt lives by the old...

2008 Floods: A Small Epilog

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Traveling across eastern Iowa and Illinois this past week we got a look at some of the areas that were affected by the flooding.  I-80 looks good… the section that had been flooded looks normal… I didn’t realize what it was until I had driven over...

Senator Schumer and the Law of Unintended Consequences

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I’m always amazed at the hubris of politicians, although, one would think at this point in my life that I really shouldn’t be amazed at all. On Friday of last week, Federal Regulators seized IndyMac Bancorp, a $40 billion thrift.  It appears that letters...

Done With Flood Patrol

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The waters have receded in Iowa for now, and although the task is still long and hard ahead of so many Iowans, we’ve moved the links related to the flood off of the sidebar and onto a separate page.  If you select the “Other Resources” page above,...

Tony Snow – RIP

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Former GW Bush White House Spokesman, conservative political pundit, newspaper columnist and talk show host, Tony Snow, has died of cancer at 53. Snow also served in the GHW Bush White House as a speech writer and Deputy Assistant of Media Affairs. Tony will be...
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