State Political Conventions in Iowa POSTPONED!
Both the Democrats and Republicans have agreed to postpone their conventions, which were scheduled for this weekend. Flooding throughout the state will make it very difficult for people to travel let alone leave whatever chaos is currently ensuing in their homes and...
Interstate 80 In Iowa – Big Detour – ** Update Monday @ 4:00 PM **
** Attention: Interstate 80 in eastern Iowa is NOW OPEN. The Iowa DOT has inspected the bridge over the Cedar River and it is safe to travel on. (Updated 6/16/08 @ 4:00 PM) ** CORRECTION. This is UPDATED. The prior version was the initial detour route that...The World Continues To Unwind – The Supreme Court Extends US Rights To The World
In other news, the Supreme Court has now gone too far. Sister Toldjah: Quote of the day: “The Nation will live to regret what the Court has done today.” That was Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, in his dissent on the USSC ruling today that Gitmo...
Des Moines, Iowa Flooding – Updated Saturday @ 8:30 PM
*** This post will be updated and will be kept as a sticky at the top as major flooding events in Des Moines occur. *** Downtown Des Moines is still contained, although other parts of the city have begun flooding more extensively as water from Saylorville Lake...Obama Cancels Iowa Trip
From KCCI-TV’s Web Site: DES MOINES, Iowa — Presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama is canceling a scheduled trip to Cedar Rapids. Obama had planned to hold an economic forum on Wednesday morning. The stop was part of a two-week economic tour....Newt Might Have Some Solutions
I received a letter from Newt Gingrich today (along with every other delegate to the Iowa Republican State Convention this coming weekend). The primary purpose of the letter was to promote the organization Gingrich started in 2007 called American Solutions. I’m...And We’re Back!
Got the high-speed running again, and we’re all very happy here! I can’t say the same for everyone in town. We continue to have flooding throughout the state, and water levels are rising around Des Moines. The local AAA baseball park is at the confluence...We’re Having A little Outage
If you don’t see any other posts for a day or two, it’s just that our internet access is down. We had some kind of outage that should be repaired sometime Monday, but it might be Tuesday before you see anything substantive. Sorry about that. (had to use a...You Think Out Society Is Morally Bankrupt? Check Out Australia
As reported by the BBC, New South Wales police recently ended their investigation of Bill Henson, a Sydney photographer whose exhibition was shut down before it opened because some of the photographs apparently amounted to child pornography. If you consider nude...Stay in Touch
