State budget largely a few 'shells'mccoy is working on a $700 million borrowing program championed by Culver that is intended to create jobs and upgrade Iowa's infrastructure. The bill, Senate File 477, consists of one paragraph with no numbers. The details could come out as soon as
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Iowa Governor Culver: Federal Funds, I-JOBS Will Work Together to By admin - Posted on April 15th, 2009 April 14, 2009 -- DES MOINES – Iowa is well-positioned to work its way out of the recession by making smart use of federal economic recovery funds and creating its own infrastructure program, Iowa Governor Culver Iowa Governor Culver Announces $1.8 Million In Transportation Projects
School cuts may include 10 positionsMore than 10 positions are slated to be cut in the latest round of budget cuts by Iowa City School District officials. Among the cuts would be 1.3 positions in central office support and two to three instructional support positions.
Culver continues "Shovel Ready" tour across IowaDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Gov. Chet Culver is scheduled to travel to eastern Iowa on Tuesday to continue to pitch his plan to spend $750 million on projects aimed at generating thousands of jobs. Culver is supposed to make stops in Davenport, Clinton,
$850000 Iowa State University surface winds research - Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) $800000 for University of South Alabama oyster rehabilitation in Mobile, Ala. - Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) $800000 for Malaria and Dengue Fever
State budget largely a few 'shells' - DesMoinesRegister.com
15.04.09
Some lawmakers say the last-minute scramble to approve bills after the details are made public will be a recipe for mistakes and unintended consequences.
"We have been here 14 weeks and Iowans deserve better than a one-paragraph bill of intent on these funds," said Rep. Scott Raecker of Urbandale, the ranking Republican on the House Appropriations Committee.
"What will result is a late amendment with all the details that will not allow Iowans or the media the necessary time to react."
Juggling the key pieces of the state's $6 billion budget is traditionally one of the most time-consuming tasks of the Legislature. Budget bills are typically lengthy, and some can top 100 pages.
The budget bills introduced last week are considered shells that lack any detail. They serve as placeholders that allow lawmakers to move them through the approval process while small groups of lawmakers continue to work in private.
Such maneuvers have been used in past years, but Raecker and House Minority Leader Kraig Paulsen, R-Hiawatha, say there is greater reason for concern this year.
In case neocons haven't noticed, Iowa is drowning and its residents are asking "Where's FEMA?!" to deaf ears..
Jun 16, 2008 by Thomas D | Posted in Politics
"Where's the National Guard?!", they're asking. "Doesn't anyone care?!"
Shrinking the government until it can be drowned in the bathtub has always been the stated goal of the republican party. But given the fact the Iowa produces 1/3 or the nation's corn and soybean harvest, and that these fields have now been flooded because of the levies that failed, was it really a good idea to cut funding for the maintenance of America's infrastructure to pay for bush's wars overseas? Gas and food prices are already high enough as it is. Without these Iowa crops, and without the food and ethanol that they produce, how much higher will the cost of living go up for America now?
Wow, thanks for pointing that out. This is a crime, considering they stole tax money to create the "Federal Emergency Management Agency" that's supposed to help with these very disasters in the first place. If Bush & Co really want smaller government--then I think Americans need their money back ASAP and FEMA needs to be abolished ASAP.
dumdum | Jun 16, 2008
How about a report from someone who is there?
Jun 03, 2007 by Old SGM | Posted in Military
A letter from a National Guard Blackhawk pilot in Iraq
May 23, 2007
A tired and disgusted Iowa soldier fired off an e-mail a few days ago, telling family and friends how things are going in Iraq.
A Blackhawk helicopter pilot, Chief Warrant Officer Jim Funk has flown more than 80 combat missions since he arrived there in October.
He described his Boone-based unit's successes after 5,000 hours of flying out of LSA Anaconda, a huge American base north of Baghdad. He talked about the tragedies he and his fellow Iowans have witnessed and his worries of becoming complacent as he goes on mission after mission.
Morale?
"We're treading water," the Ames man told the people closest to him. "We continue to kick butt on missions and take care of each other, even though we know the American public and government DOES NOT stand behind us.
Ohhhh, they all say they support us, but how can you support me (the soldier) if you don't support my mission or my objectives. We watch the news over here. Every time we turn it on we see the American public and Hollywood conducting protests and rallies against our 'illegal occupation' of Iraq."
His greatest frustration? The performance of the people who deliver the news to the American people.
I'll let him say it, in his own words, in the letter, which found its way to me:
"Hello media, do you know you indirectly kill American soldiers every day? You inspire and report the enemy's objective every day. You are the enemy's greatest weapon. The enemy cannot beat us on the battlefield so all he does is try to wreak enough havoc and have you report it every day. With you and the enemy using each other, you continually break the will of the American public and American government.
"We go out daily and bust and kill the enemy, uncover and destroy huge weapons caches and continue to establish infrastructure. So daily we put a whoopin on the enemy, but all the enemy has to do is turn on the TV and get re-inspired. He gets to see his daily roadside bomb, truck bomb, suicide bomber or mortar attack. He doesn't see any accomplishments of the U.S. military (FOX, you're not exempt, you suck also).
"Let's give you an example. A couple of days ago we conducted an air assault. We lifted troops into an area for an operation. The operation went well and our ground troops killed (insurgents) and took several prisoners, freed a few hostages and uncovered a weapons cache containing munitions and chemicals that were going to be used in improvised bombs.
"The next morning I woke up and turned on AFN (Armed Forces Network) and watched the nightly news (NBC). Nothing, none of that reported. But the daily car bomb report was reported, and the file footage was not even from the event. There was a car bomb in the Sadr City area and your news report showed old car bomb footage from another part of town from some other time.
"So we really set the enemy back that night but all the enemy had to do was turn on the news and be reassured that the enemy's agenda (objective) was still going to be fed to the American public.
"We, the soldiers, keep breaking the back of the enemy. You, the media, keep rejuvenating the enemy.
"How hard would it be to contact the PAO (public affairs officer) of the 1st CAV, 36th CAB, 25th ID or the Marines and ask what did you guys accomplish today - good and bad? How about some insurgent blooper videos? Now that would be something to show on the evening news.
"Media, we know you hate the George Bush administration, but report both sides, not just your one-sided agenda. You have got to realize how you are continually motivating every extremist, jihadist and terrorist to continue their resolve to kill American soldiers."
It's a punch in the nose to the news media from Funk, 39, a full-time employee of the Iowa National Guard.
Why did he write it?
"I am just tired of busting my butt over here and coming home every night and turning on the TV (Armed Forces Network) and hearing how we are failing miserably," he told me in an e-mail.
You may agree with what Funk has to say. You may not.
Many in my business certainly won't. But Funk is a soldier, fighting a war, who has earned the right to be heard.
Chief Warrant Officer Jim Funk, an Iowa National Guard Black Hawk helicopter pilot from Ames, has been serving in Iraq since October. He wrote a letter to friends and family blasting American media coverage of the war.
Thank you for posting this. It's about damn time someone wrote the truth.
TxsWitchWAB | Jun 03, 2007
Are these words that we are going to hear regularly?
Jun 13, 2008 by †PRAY †- SFECU | Posted in Religion & Spirituality
"We are seeing a historic hydrological event taking place with unprecedented river levels occurring," added Brian Pierce, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Davenport. "We're in uncharted territory — this is an event beyond what anybody could even imagine."
Iowa Gov. Chet Culver said storm and water damage to infrastructure will be in the hundreds of millions of dollars,
Mat 24:7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
I think God is calling America to repentance and prayer. Your thoughts.
Dear Friend,
I have entitled my answer..."Isn't it Interesting"
Isn't it interesting... that when God "shows up"...unbelievers just make "excuses" for catastrophes.
Isn't it interesting...that when we mispronounce a person's name, or we aren't tolerant to other beliefs, that we compromise and apologize for being insensitive. BUT...when God "shows up" (in His Word) and says "sin is an abomination to His character and we need to repent in order to fellowship with Him"...we make "excuses" and go on with our insensitive, indifferent behavior.
Isn't it interesting...that in the "last days" in which we are truly living in...people play the blame game and accuse everyone else for the condition of our country and the world, rather than placing a mirror in front of ourselves and ask, "What can I do to make a difference?" But...then...God is going to "show up" in all His glory as a warrior ...to do battle "against" those who have rejected every single solitary measure He has given His Creation to "accept" Him. He will be tolerant...NO MORE!
Every dog...has their day. And every human has had plenty of ample time...to THINK that perhaps... an all knowing...all loving God, is a ...possibility.
Take off your spiritual blinders. Remove your narrow minded thinking. This world has "clouded" your ability to "see" absolute truth. This world has brainwashed us. Come out of the cesspool of this world and set yourself...FREE (in Christ).
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