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Gustav Moves In, Iowa Moves Out

Natural disasters are good press.  Its a sure thing.  Its like marketing Jesus.  You can’t go wrong.  But, much like marketing Jesus, you can’t stick with the same old spiel.  You have to be fresh and relevant.  You have to go with the flow.
When Iowa was hit with severe flooding this summer, it made the [...]



smoking bans: a look at freedom, liberty and autonomy

There is an understanding in our free society that we can exercise our personal autonomy as long as we do not interfere with the rights and liberties of others. The true nature of government is to build and maitain infrastructure and to make and enforce laws that protect the rights and liberties of the people. [...]



Obama Iowa Victory Speech

Son,
Obama is an orator of Lincoln proportions.  Cameras love some politicians, the microphone loves Barack Obama.  Attached here is the speech Mr. Obama gave after his victory in Iowa.

Dad

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Rudy Giuliani is at Waterloo

Son,
Rudy Giuliani is running for Mayor of America.  It isn’t working.  Giuliani was the Mayor of New York City when the planes hit the World Trade Center.  He was a visible, courageous,  forceful leader.  Mr. September 11 has bumbled his campaign for President.
Giuiliani has had a strange strategy - He tried to run in Iowa [...]



An American Revolution - 2008

Son,
We are in a time of flux. This is a difficult time for statisticians. The Media Pundits are dissecting the Iowa statistics, trying to make sense of demographics and results. Some say Obama is about generational issues. Clinton is about gender. Edwards about populism. Huckabee about evangelism. This is not a time when these statistics [...]



Where will Biden and Dodd supporters go?

Dad,
I was at an Iowa caucus tonight. I saw the supporters of Joe Biden and Bill Richardson hold out until just before the final count, then join the Obama camp. Why did they do that? Why not join Hillary?
One guy that I talked to in the Biden corner said that he was turned off by [...]