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Here’s voters’ midterm election issue: To cut off your nose to spite your face —or not. Do you discard all the good (spite your face) Trump/Republicans have done for America’s “little” people: See Bureau of Labor Statistics/Office Management/Budget/Federal Reserve Economic Data:
Who has noticed? Today’s Democrat Party is no longer just misguided and liberal. This is no longer the party of Jimmy Carter or Walter Mondale, who, as misguided as they were, did love America.
In every election cycle, it seems like the negative ads become more vicious and misleading. The worst one I’ve seen this time around accuses 2nd Congressional District candidate Joe Mitchell of having ties to “criminals and fraudsters.” As that audio is playing, an image of Mitchell alongsid…
Our current president doesn't care about the damage his decisions cause. He created “DOGE,” hurting the most vulnerable here and around the world. Tore down the East Wing of the people's house, slapped tariffs on friends and enemies alike, sent pseudo-military ICE agents into major cities, …
Choosing who to vote for in the Iowa U.S. Senate race is very simple. If you want an automatic yes vote for Trump’s big beautiful schemes, such as the big beautiful war or the big beautiful ballroom or the big beautiful price of gas or the big beautiful $40 trillion debt, then you should support Hinson. If you want to hold Trump and the corrupt swamp accountable then you vote for Turek. Very simple.
Responding to Duane Lindberg's recent letter "Radical Islam," where he made several accusations against the Islamic faith, it is time to set the record straight. Countering his false allegation that Islam is "committed to violence" including honor killings and subjugation of non-Islamic people, the fact is Islam and its holy book, the Quran, are committed to peace. Granted, there are fringe elements which advocate violence, however mainstream Islam teaches believers to spread peace, show kindness, and avoid starting hostilities. Furthermore, as a Christian, Lindberg should know better than to accuse a different faith of promoting violence when Christianity's history is replete with examples of violence through the centuries including the Crusades, the Thirty Years' War, and the Spanish-American War. As Jesus Christ's famous warning says, "judge not lest you also be judged."
I think that somewhere I remember reading that Larry Van Oort was a teacher so I guess he took an English class in college, but apparently he forget how to write in sentences instead just jotting down disjointed ideas as he wrote. But he is a master at the dog whistle. He must know there are no more than a handful of DSA, or communists as he prefers, but he wants you to believe they are set to take over government.
As the great Yogi Berra once said: "It's deja' vu all over again." The newest conspiracy theory concerns Artificial Intelligence, or AI, and how it will destroy mankind. "The sky is falling!" Been there.
Reference: “UNI panel to discuss Iowa cancer crisis” The Courier 9/826. The discussion was based on an authored document, “Environmental Risk Factors and Iowa’s Cancer Crisis,” which attempted to correlate Iowa’s rising cancer rate to agricultural chemicals.
Have you heard it said "Freedom of speech for me, but not for thee?"
Had enough hate, crime, poor leaders? Then it is time to find honest, hardworking people that will lead. I know it is hard, that is one of the reasons Diogenes carried a lit lamp during the day when looking for an honest man, there were not many. We can find one or two. Keep looking. We have found them in the past and can do so now. Vote.
I am so tired of the yearly Grout Historic District house tours! This is not the real Waterloo. Why don't the people spend time going to houses that are meant to be torn down, or just areas of the "great city" that need help with siding, sidewalks, you name it?
As a parent and teacher, I’m worried about the future of education under Zach Lahn.
Our climate keeps heating up with dire effects, but our governmental leaders seem incapable of finding solutions to get us out of this mess that we have caused. One possible way out is to find new technologies that reduce the emission of carbon dioxide that is driving climate change. Almost every day, there are new ideas that have the possibility of helping with this goal. Recently, two promising technologies caught my eye.
I wish to focus on the last sentence of David Deaver’s letter to the editor of July 25 (“Vote for who you want”).
President Trump was right when he recently sounded the alarm about serious holes in the integrity of our elections. In New Jersey, it was found that over 6,000 non-citizens we're on that state's voter rolls, despite being ineligible. Almost 400 cast ballots! Yet the "experts" constantly tell us that these people can't vote. While not all immigrants are in the country illegally, all who are are non-citizens. Any on that voter roll should be deported.
During the 1917-1922 Russian Revolution, Lenin promised peasants peace, land, and bread — that became central to the Bolshevik/communist political/war campaign. None of this happened — millions starved/murdered. Peasants, like the “dummies” I referred to in a previous letter, were duped. If they didn’t like it, Lenin said: “We'll ask the man, where do you stand on the question of the revolution? Are you for it or against it? If he's against it, we'll stand him up against a wall.” While Democratic Socialists of America have not yet gotten to the wall treatment, here’s their evolving platform:
The socialist agenda
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Black Friday is fast approaching, and shoppers are gearing up. The National Retail Federation expects more than 183 million people to shop over the weekend spanning Thanksgiving to Cyber Monday this year. But fraudsters are preparing for Black Friday too, looking for opportunities to steal your money or personal information. Before you dive into holiday...
"Public input does not have to create conflict. In fact, some of the strongest and most successful community projects begin with open dialogue and collaboration," Rhonda Fokken writes.
The MAGA U.S. senators have just proved to me that the so called White House Correspondents Dinner shooting was fake! They are proposing a bill that would use $1 billion in taxpayer money to fund Trump's gaudy, unwanted ballroom because of the so-called "secret" presidential bunker. News flash: It's not a secret! We all know Trump doesn't know the meaning of the word secret. The bunker isn't needed. There has been a presidential bunker since at least the Cold War, if not WWII. He doesn't like it because its not all new and shiny! Trump said the ballroom was going to be funded completely by private donations and no taxpayer money. Plus the cost keeps going up. First it was $300 million, then $400 million, and now apparently $1 billion. I couldn't have seen that coming. Oh wait, I could.
Republicans sit in Des Moines and wonder why people leave Iowa. They just need to look at legislation passing to the governor. State overreach is becoming ridiculous; restriction of local IDs, controlling high school curriculum, limiting screen time and foot stomping about flag lowering for pro-assault rifle sexist racists. Add in the dumb ideas of passing out horse dewormer and requiring supermajority to pass tax hikes for the rich. They eliminate police officer bias training while insuring no diversity programs in the state and take food assistance away from refugees. Make Iowa white again? Still not as bad as what we are seeing federally. Everything I told you MAGA morons about this administration is true. Every campaign promise a lie. Trump wipes his behind with the Constitution, most recently changing what he calls war. Your pedophile protector now wants a $1 billion for his free $100 million ballroom while you pay higher gas prices, more expensive utilities, groceries. Airlines are going broke midflight. Now we have our new pandemic on the horizon. CDC is gutted. Kennedy is useless. Oz is not a credible doctor. Passengers from the hantavirus-infected ship in five U.S. states. Déjà vu over again.
I am writing to express concern over the University of Northern Iowa's request to the Board of Regents to raze the former Alumni House. In recent years, we've seen a troubling pattern of historic campus buildings being allowed to deteriorate to the point where demolition becomes the only option. The 2024 demolition of the historic West Gymnasium is a clear example.
I continue to be amazed by the confusion surrounding what public comments means during City Council meetings. The First Amendment does protect freedom of speech, but it does not give any individual the right to make accusations or derogatory comments toward council members or the mayor during a council meeting in violation of decorum and council procedures.
You are going to the polls this November for the midterm elections. Keep in mind a few things:
I must comment on the guest column by Raina Genaw, "Cedar Falls electricity isn't as clean it seems" in the 2 May issue of The Courier. My only connection to Cedar Falls Utility is as a customer, but I do have experience with the environmental impacts of electrical power plants and facilities.
Raina Genaw said Cedar Falls electricity isn't as clean it seems (guest column, May 2). Or is it not as clean as she would like it? Providing consistent, stable energy at a favorable rate while balancing environmental concerns is not an easy process. Over the years I've enjoyed having reliable electricity for my home and family. Since they went to underground cables I can't remember my last power outage. And the pricing is below other providers. Genaw asks for transparency yet doesn't relate what we might have to give up to get electricity as clean as she would like it. Stability? Consistency? Cost? Balancing the multiple energy options to develop the best blend for the business or homeowner is a process that Cedar Falls Utilities has developed over the years. While overweighting a specific source to satisfy a special interest would be bad policy. Thanks CFU for keeping my lights on!