Mickelson's Podcast - Powered by the Iowa Firearms Coalition

"American Courage"   great first person stories of heroism.  Herbert Warden.     Gubernatorial candidate Ed Fallon   questions the Iowa Values Fund and worries about a Vilsack veto of  the recent imminent domain legislation.  Then a recent Iowa High School grad   who is also an illegal immigrant  gets deportation papers.  Good idea? 

The educrat says it's time to extend high school to 5 years for slower students.  Good idea?  Are women school administrators part of the problem?   Then,   Larry Schweikart says the anti-war movement has actually made the military more efficient and more lethal.  "America's Victories"   Why the U.S. Wins Wars and Will Win the War on Terror"

Bill Bryson   "A Short History of Nearly Everything"   is back home,  nostalgic about Iowa.   Is it Heaven?  No,  it's Texas with a new 80 mph speed limit.    Then,   David Barton defends the founders against false charges of Masonery.  

  Sonya Heitshusen from WHO TV 13   gives us an insight into the continuing CIETC investigation.    Scott Taylor   talks about Lyme Disease on our healthline ,  cuz it's tick season.   Really,  this affects way more people than you would think and with serious damage.  If you have pets and kids,  LISTEN...  that's an order.

You can't get stunned if you live in Denison, Iowa. (read the fine print)  Then, Iowa Democratic gubernatorial candidates distance themselves  from Iowa's packing industry.  Why?   Chris Simcox heads the Minuteman, a volunteer civilian border patrol.   He's looking for volunteers from Iowa.   Then,  follow-ups on the Senate immigration amnesty bill.  Lotsa bytes.

  My bear phobia kicks up again... and my friend sends me a canister of anti-dog spray which doesn't work.....what is she trying to say?  Then,  Iowa high school students are being warned about car-jacking situations and how to avoid them.   In Iowa! 

Senator Charles Grassley   talks about the current Senate immigration debate and everyone checks in with reaction and opinion.

  John Cox   is a Republican presidential candidate with an early start in Iowa.  Issues.   " The Party of Death ,  the Democrats, the Media, the Courts, and the Disregard for Human Life."  Ramesh Ponnuru    Then,  what if we don't protect marriage?  Maggie Gallagher   gives the worst case scenario. 

Talk about a Monday buzz kill,  "Dark Ages America:  The Final Phase of Empire" ...   Morris Berman likes to beat himself up,  so we help him.    Then,  deer huggers think 15 varmits per square mile   is the ideal.    AAAAAAAARRRRGGGG!     You ever wonder why the immigration problem seems to be illusive to the political class?  Jerome Corsi  thinks he knows.   NAFTA and money .    A new cuss word....

Lotsa Friday open-line time.  A review of the week's issues...spirited discussion....silly and almost coherent at times.  

" What Would The Founders Do?"    Richard Brookhiser .   How would our forebears handle our problems?   50 State Comparisons for 2006.    How'd we do?   Mark Duff .    "I Gave Up My Life to Find IT"   Jule Gaige  maybe the I AM... ok.    Then fun and games  with rural garbage.  (You'll have to listen to find out)

  "Guest of the Ayatollah" the first Battle in America's War with Militant Islam.  Mark Bowden .  Then,  the little girl is starved to death  by an illegitimate parent.  Then, Blaine Cochran   highlights an up-coming Worldview Weekend for culture warriors who wish to hone their skills.   Jim Haner  is a real "Soocerhead"   a funny look at America's game.  Then what do people-eating Florida gators...

"Awakening Hippocrates"   Dr. Edward O'Neil with a primer on health, poverty and global service.   Congressman Steve King   reacts to President Bush's immigration speech.   Dog trainer Dana Fedman with PupStart   tries to bite-proof the universe.   Shelby Steele   tries to relieve   "White Guilt". 

  Michael Anthony performs "Fly With the Eagle" ...an anti-illegal alien country song.   ( downloadable  )      Drake University students debate the immigration issue.  Frank Beard from Citizens for a Tight Border tangles with student activity activist Joe Quinn.   William Gheen   from Americans for Legal Immigration ,  then   Jason Marocheck from "We Hire Aliens"  a website which tracks employers...

  It's Lyme Disease season.  Judy Weig with an tick season warning.  515-432-3628 for an upcoming seminar.  Father Frank Bognanno   from Christ the King  is going to do a seminar   on the Da Vinci Deception .   Oh,  and BTW,   another book by the same title ,  also good.   Then, the Suzy curse.

Richard Sipe tells about  "Sex, Priests, and Secret Codes" .    What to do about child abusing priests.   Then the mom of a little girl, mauled by a pit bull   tells her story giving healing update and what she hopes the law can do to prevent more incidents in the future.

Whirlpool   just pulled the plug on Maytag.    100 years of Iowa economic history comes to end.  Why?  What does it mean.  Iowans react.

Iowan Tobin Miller   is in the cast of United 93 .  As an air traffic controller he is an eyewitness to history.  Presidential and congressional approval ratings are in the tank.  What to do?  Congressman Steve King   back from Arizona border patrol...horrific stories.

Carrie Lukas with the "Politically Incorrect Guide to Women, Sex and Feminism"    says eventually we may begin to honor moms and motherhood.    Then the Vatican says folks who believe the Bible are pagans,  but God may have had a small part in creation,  while a Brussels Bishop says it is our Christian duty to turn churches into mosques for illegal aliens...no,  really.   Then a plague of geese.

So... let's beat up on a different Kennedy for a change...as long as its in the same gene pool,  it counts.   A bunch of really great openline.

  The 2006 Asian Heritage Festival   is coming up...  Then,  can Arizona  Sheriff Joe Arpaio  teach Iowans anything about illegal immigration? 

United 93 is a grim but inspirational movie about 911.    Lou Dobb s echoes the high cost of cheap labor in Iowa .  Then,  Iowa restaurant chislers.  Plus,  Deputy Ag Secretary Chuck Conner says ethanol progress is being made.   Steve Camarota from the Center for Immigration Studies says immigration control is truly a multi-partisan issue.   The poll numbers are huge!

More intense immigration discussion.  Congressional Candidate Mike Whalen   wants the 1st District job.  Great conversation.

It's May 1st  and it's a Day Without Immigrants.    How ya holding up?  Iowans continue to respond to immigration protestors.  Spirited discussion.

Iowans react to the upcoming Mayday "A Day Without Immigrants". . but, not in the way organizers were hoping for though,  and to the new Hispanic version of the National Anthem,  Nuestro Himno.