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    • 38 Ratings
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    Hate speech at my US Post Office

    MARCH 2, 2012 1:08PM

    By David Satterlee


    Topics: values, us post office, threat, social anxieties, slavery, salami, review, republicans, public decency, psychology, post office, post, ocean, obama, neighbor, name, march, liberalism is a mental disorder, liberal ideas, iowa, interview notes, information board, hate speech, hate, faith, evangelical, democrats, dayton iowa, dayton, courage, convenience, conservative, civil rights, christian, chicken, bottom of the ocean

    • Editor's Pick
    • 26 Ratings
    • 2646 Views
    • 28 Comments
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    Democracy for Sale

    JANUARY 20, 2012 9:07PM

    By C Berg


    Topics: open call, occupy the courts, cedar rapids, iowa, movetoamend.org, democracy, political

    • Editor's Pick
    • 2 Ratings
    • 1145 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    The Republican Carcasses - IOWA: LIVE BLOG (Updated)

    JANUARY 4, 2012 12:41AM

    By John L. Roberson


    Topics: frothy, rick santorum, gop, primary, satire, iowa caucus, buddy roemer, republican, jon huntsman, jesus, conservative, ron paul, rick perry, election 2012, iowa, bse, marcus bachmann, michele bachmann, sean hannity, rush limbaugh, ferrets

    • Editor's Pick
    • 2 Ratings
    • 5645 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    Republican polls summary—it’s gettin’ ugly

    DECEMBER 9, 2011 8:21AM

    By Jimmy Zuma


    Topics: politics, voter enthusiasm, gallup, romney, born again, evangelical, time magazine, jimmy zuma, new hampshire, tea party, teabaggers, south carolina, iowa, abc, cnn, washington post, polls, gingrich, republican

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 1797 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    Ames Straw Poll isn't the real Iowa -- Not even close

    AUGUST 19, 2011 8:12AM

    By Jimmy Zuma


    Topics: barack obama, rick perry, michelle bachmann, des moines register, jimmy zuma, des moines, butter cow, iowa state fair, kevin rivers, who tv, election, republican, straw poll, iowa

    • Editor's Pick
    • 37 Ratings
    • 1589 Views
    • 62 Comments
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    Corn, Caucasians, and Caucuses: My Best American Moment

    JUNE 29, 2011 8:55AM

    By bluestocking babe


    Topics: the moment i felt most american, open+call, 4th of july, iowa, barack obama, wenatchee washington, apple blossom

    • Editor's Pick
    • 21 Ratings
    • 2176 Views
    • 38 Comments
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    Iowa Tea Party Group Gets Down and Dirty!

    JULY 14, 2010 11:19AM

    By RARobertsJr.


    Topics: free speech, socialism, billboard, tea party, obama, iowa

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 1202 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    Prop 8 Case on YouTube - and - watch out Iowa you're next

    JANUARY 7, 2010 11:56AM

    By Akopsa


    Topics: oneiowa, iowa, belief/religion, politics, gay marriage, prop 8

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 5861 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    Sagebrush and Funeral Potatoes

    SEPTEMBER 14, 2009 1:26AM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: roadie, foodie, aw, open call, road trip, interstate 80, photography, iphone, tunnels, park city, robert redford, sundance, ccc ponds, national elk refuge, grand tetons, rattlesnakes, jim bridger, lincoln highway, matthew shepard, cheyenne, laramie, evanston, cemetery, funeral, jeffrey r. holland, dallin h. oaks, boyd k. packer, lds, provo, byu, robert j. matthews, wind river mountains, green river, names hill, sublette county, pinedale, big piney, big piney oil and gas derrick, jackson hole, taco hole, cowboy bar, the cowboy shop, bear lake, fremont lake, windmills, barbed wire, snow fences, jackalope, maid-rite, amana colonies, idaho, utah, wyoming, nebraska, iowa, wisconsin, open road, vacation, 4000 miles in a toyota sienna with a little white cuban dog a baby bird and a husband, sagebrush, funeral potatoes

    • Editor's Pick
    • 36 Ratings
    • 6876 Views
    • 44 Comments
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    Small Town Vasectomy, Where Everybody Knows Your Pain

    SEPTEMBER 4, 2009 10:49AM

    By Walter Blevins


    Topics: vasectomy pain, grocery store, kick in the groin, kick in the balls, vasectomy humor, algona, kossuth county hospital, small towns, iowa, vasectomy, surgery, outpatient, hyvee, kids, family

    • Editor's Pick
    • 17 Ratings
    • 2039 Views
    • 22 Comments
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    Tornado Drive-by

    APRIL 27, 2009 12:53AM

    By C Berg


    Topics: weather, spring, iowa, tornado, nature, farming, horses, dogs, pets, cat

    • Editor's Pick
    • 30 Ratings
    • 6765 Views
    • 63 Comments
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    How I Learned To Oppose Gay Marriage

    APRIL 13, 2009 7:41AM

    By Mortimer Hayden Smyth


    Topics: activist judges, threats, liberty, religious, same-sex, communities, faith, gathering storm, prop 8, iowa, vermont, discrimination, 2m4m, two million, hate speech, national organization for marriage, homophobic, nom, marriage, gay

    • Editor's Pick
    • 44 Ratings
    • 6595 Views
    • 62 Comments
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    Iowa's Gay Marriage Decision: What it Says and What it Means

    APRIL 3, 2009 2:30PM

    By Michael Fox


    Topics: news, gay/lesbian, belief and religion, timothy j. brien, timothy brien, brien, varnum, supreme court of iowa, iowa supreme court, iowa, varnum v. brien, judicial review, marbury v. madison, law, marriage cases, in re marriage cases, constitutional law, gender rights, marriage, same sex marriage, homosexuality, gay and lesbian marriage, gay and lesbian, gay and lesbian rights, constitutional rights, lesbian rights, prop 8, proposition 8, gay politics, gay marriage, gay rights, gender, civil liberties, civil rights, family, evangelicals, constitution

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 1762 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Vilsack as Ag Secretary a worrisome choice

    DECEMBER 16, 2008 8:40PM

    By Bonnie Bucqueroux


    Topics: tom vilsack, governor, iowa, ethanol, monsanto, biotechnology, secretary, agriculture, obama

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