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    Doug Gross with education reform proposals Institute for Tomorrows Workforce.   Vigorous.   Then,  how to murder a murder of crows.

Congressman Tom Tancredo is still seething over the Ramos jailing and beating...he'll tell you why.  Then schools, taxes and all-day kindergartens.   Lotsa talk

Former Iowa Representative Ed Fallon and friends talk about campaign finance reform, the new legislative session and accordion music.

The so-called   "Bully-Bill"  dominating debate within the Iowa legislature.  Iowans evaluate the process.  

Spokesman from  www. Iowalive.net   resist the Linn and Johnson county Silo tax along with and advocate.   Teddy Boy Haggard may be bringing his "on-line" psychology degree to work in Iowa.   "Global Financial Warriors"   the untold story of international finance in the Post-911 world.   John B Taylor former Treasury Under Secretary of International Affairs 2001 to 2005.

Democrats want to require non-union teachers to pay union dues.   Jim Hawkins from  http://www.peiowa.org  says that's a bad idea.   So does,  Mark Mix , from  http://www.nrtw.org/  Then , Marcus Winter from  Manhattan Institute for Policy Research http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/cr_50.htm   says teachers are not under-paid.   Plus,   what the gay rights  "Bully Bill" is really all about. ...

  "Made to Stick"   Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die .  Chip Heath with post Super Bowl commercial ratings.     Then, former Iowa Governor Vilsack calls for the immediate withdrawal of US from Iraq.  What do Iowans think?

Judy Hintz from Educational Resources shocks and inspires us.  515-225-8513   Kids, parents and adults who have been helped to read.    Best yet.     Then,  Jason Brown, an Iowa country singer   hands out samples.  Plus,  lotsa openline.

  An amazing panel of fiscal experts in Iowa for a "Fiscal Wake-up Tour".   David Walker ,  Comptroller General of the United States .  Robert Bixby,   Executive Director of the Concord Coalition.   Stuart Butler,   Heritage Foundation.   Isabel Sawhill ,   Brookings.    Conclusion?   We can't afford it.  And we are now billing our grandkids.  They insist that's a bad thing.  Then,   Dr. Bruce Per...

  My liberal debate coach buddy Christian wants to argue about stuff.  So we do :)  Then,  Iowans damaged by illegal drivers tell their horror stories.   Then,  an Iraqi letter to Iowans .    Plus,  politicians with RMS   revised memory syndrome .

Ed Fallon and Berkley Bedell   are former politicians who want the reform elections by removing big money through public financing.  Governor Mike Huckabee wants to be President.   Great talk all morning.   Purdy picture ,  too.

  An emergency meeting of the CSA (Cup Scummers of America)  Then Iowa Democrats pony-up for the gay lobby.  Again.

   Ross Peterson sits in for Jan Mickelson.   Presidential politics with Wisconsin governor Tommy Thompson, and dealing with difficult people.

Ken Hoagland from Fair Tax.org.   He wants to nuke the Federal Income Tax and replace it with a national sales tax.  Carole Martin and Dick Fredericks don't want Linn and Johnson Counties to approve a SILO tax.      Bruce Stone   peace-nik from the Progressive Coalition of Central Iowa wants to promote a anti-war rally.   Then,  an Iowa woman in the Iowa National Guard gets killed.  Outrageous?

Iowans respond to the State of the Union address.  Jan introduces the Mickelson Doctrine as a solution to the Iraq stalemate.

  California  Congressman Duncan Hunter writes a legislative pardon  for two convicted American border Guards.  Why?    Then, another presidential candidate, Dr. Mark Klein  talks issues.   Mickelson's brush with the law,  then listeners ID a political sound-bite....wanna try?

    Dr. Boyd Haley  talks about the "Toxicity of Mercury"   and its links to the autism epidemic.  He speaks tonight (Monday January 22)    Meg Oberreuter   and Barb Romkema  added a parent's perspective about testing   for toxicity.

Bill Salier sits in for Jan Mickelson.   Always good.

    "The Politically Incorrect Guide to The South"   Clint Johnson.   Why the Iraqis botched the  recent hangin's   and why they should use American know how the next time.     Presidential candidate John Cox  weighs in on Bush's surge.  Then,  why when the public's support for the war is waning,  is Iowa's National Guard recruitment is up?  Dynamic feedback from Iowans.

  Gary Moore writes about "Playing With the Enemy"    back in Iowa with an encore.  Former Congressman Jim Nussle has agreed to lead the Rudy Giuliani Iowa run for the White House.   Mike Flynn   thinks the US and Iowa commitment to increasing the minimum wage is bad economics and worse sociology..   Marv Kitman writes  about "The Man Who Would Not Shut Up:  The Rise of Bill O'Reilly"

Congressman Steve King is suing newly elected Governor Culver over violation of Iowa's Official English l aw.  Why?   Dr. Miriam Grossman says science is on the side of sexual discipline and marriage.  "Unprotected:   A Campus Psychiatrist Reveals How Political Correctness in Her Profession Endangers Every Student"     Plus, a follow-up on Carroll, Iowa's dust-up over "What's Eating Gilbert Grape?...

  Scott Taylor is my low-carb, anti-inflamation guru.   The education gurus from Iowa Live.net   tell how constructionist wiped out Iowa's number one educational performance.   Then,  Congressman Tom Tancredo wants to move the immigration issue forward as a presidential candidate.

  Former Democratic candidate for Governor Ed Fallon updates us on his issues.   Chet Culver  is sworn in as the new Governor and Psychic Suzy swoops down on us.

  More feedback on President Bush's Iraq surge speeach.   From the US Embassy in Baghdad,  Amb. Margaret Scobey explains the Bush goals.   Then,  Iowans give us  their own state of the war address, plus  reaction to the president's queasiness over the Saddam Hussein execution.

  Ross Peterson sits in for Mickelson.  He talks about VA benefits,  the war,  and broken promises.