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  Web 2.0 ... Coleen Byrne gives contemporary job seeking advice...social networking based.    A 350 lb "baby"   you and I are paying for.   Steve Malloy says we shouldn't neglect environmental issues while we screen the next round of candidates.  Then,  should candidates fight back when they are insulted?   Newt gets glittered.   Then,  Nathan Tucker with the final word on the myth of the pro-lif...

If we build purdy prisons,   then we can purdy up the innards of inmates.   Butterfly gardens and Yoga in prison.   Then,  "Search & Destroy...why you can't trust Google" ... Scott Cleland.     Then,  does Iowa have enough safety inspectors to the nursing home industry?  Pressley Henningsen and Ken Connors say think not.

A progress report from the Saint Gregory Retreat Center ...then,  some middle school students beat up a couple of senior citizens...great education discussion.

The True Face of Health Care Reform ... Dr. Py Sun. ..  Then,  Senator Paul McKinley with a review of the session and the issues which linger.   Vigorous.

An Iowa football coach takes his job all the way to the Iowa Supreme Court...the rest of the story with Joe Quinn.  Then,  Jennifer Bowen from Iowa Right to Life...more on the Gronstal Abortion Clinic in Council Bluffs.   Then,  the sounds of the week...including the Osama bin Laden death debate.

Becky Beaupre Gillespie describes "Why Good Enough is the New Perfect". ..a release for mommie perfection.   Newt Gingrich announces in Iowa.    Then,  the nice lady sings,  "Walmart Sucks"   at church....a blessed event.   And an Iowa coach sues to keep his job. 

Whazzup with the commodities?  Why did silver go way up,  then way down?  The inside story... Scott Mickelson .    Then,  Instant Influence ... Michael V. Pantalon teaches the art of persuasion.   Obama invents a new category for his critics...birthers, truthers....and now?   Moaters.    

Judge Roy Moore with an issue based campaign spot.  Then Mommy Docs   with the Ultimate Guide to Pregnancy and Birth. .. Dr. Yvonne Bohn ....then,  Iowa critters.

Lotsa open-line... and Iowans are still trying to block the opening of the Gronstal Clinic in Council Bluffs.

  Congressman Tom Latham moves to a new district.  Issues.  Then,  should Christians rejoice at Bin Laden's Death?  John Zmirak. .. The Bad Catholic's Guide to the Seven Deadly Sins.   Then,  traffic camera fines are paying for police pensions in Cedar Rapids.    Really.

Howie Carr tells the " Untold Story of Johnny Martorano...Hitman "... then organized crime comes to Iowa...traffic enforcement cameras....then,  "MasterMind".. Richard Miniter looks at the many faces of the 9/11 architect, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed.

"Lost in Shangri-La" ...a true story of survival...a rescue mission in WW2... Mitchell Zuckoff with some great history.  I find out what a "snood" is.    Interesting side history on Osama bin Laden.   Congressman Bruce Braley with a proposal to deal with sex abuse in the military.   Then, an Iowa congressional candidate, Christie Vilsack,  is in search of Iowa values.   Then,  Joel McDurmon writes...

Kids for Congo ...some young Iowans want to make a difference.  Then,  Gary Demar sorts out the battle of the billboards...between the atheists and the end-of-the-worlders.   He has an upcoming prophecy conference. ..  here's his email.    And Gary responds to one of the critical comments from Mike. The following email was sent to Jan Mickelson in response to his interview with me on his radio sho...

I owans respond to the killing of Osama Bin Laden ... so does Congressman Steve King.

Iowans are still thinking about Obama's birth certificate.  And Trump is still stirrin' things up.  Lotsa open-line talk.

Robin Spear and Amy Alden highlight the upcoming Pieathlon. ...lotsa openline...odds and ends...high gas price drive-offs...and "How Much Would Jesus Take?"...vigorous

Obama releases birth certificate...Trump says "I win".   Iowans respond.

C-Span simulcasts the program asking Iowans to interact with the rest of the nation about pre-caucus presidential issues and candidate selection.    Vigorous.

Ruth Harbor is a shelter for ladies with un-planned pregnancy...Mark McDougal is the director and Molly is a successful graduate.  Andrew Breitbart ... Righteous Indignation: Excuse Me While I Save the World. ..reviews the Pigford Farm scam.   James O'Keefe takes on NPR.

  Judy Hintz with exasperation and inspiration... The Kid Fixer .   Then,  Del Quentin Wilber. .. Rawhide Down ...the story of the near assassination of President Reagan.   Then,   CityView publishes the names of all the new carry permits.  Some are bugged.   DNR has Earth Day guides for toxic waste disposal.

  Donald Davidson is the INDY 500 historian...race stories...an Iowa link.   Then,  sympathy for the sleeping air traffic controllers?    And Reike Pleacas and Sarah Bowman want to Save the Barn. And the poor baby lost everthang.   Plus,  the inspirational Earth Day Rap...

Getting Iowans ready to speak to the nation... then,  which gets more negative press?  Earth Day  or Easter?  Dan Gainor says it ain't even  close.    Then,  we hear from a representative from the atheist community as  they are in convention in Des Moines.   Tasty.

Fr Frank Bognanno from Christ the King says the best way to handle the atheist convention is to love them....darn it.   Then,  Scott Mickelson explains why gold hit 1500 ...the mechanics of the gold market.

  Judge Roy Moore opens his bid for the presidency...issues.   Should Governor Branstad use his budget veto prowess to pressure Democrats on social issues like he has on budget issues?  Then,  another pit-bull tragedy.  Now what?

Jennifer Bowen from Iowa Right to Life with a last minute appeal for a bottled up late term abortion bill.   Vigorous.   Suzy...surprising.   Budget debate review... Congressman Steve King.      AND... if you are really bugged about high gass prices?     Nozzle Rage.