IA-5: Schulte responds to Steve "My-72-Virgins-Better-Be-HOT" King

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Wednesday June 21, 2006 · 7:05 PM PDT

2006/06/21 · 19:05

I'm sure we all have heard about Steve Kings latest statements regarding the killing of al-Zarqawi. If you missed it, Digby has some choice words for the Congressman from Iowa.

Here's Iowa Republican congressman Steve King on al-Zarqawi:
"There probably are not 72 virgins in the hell he's at," King said. "And if there are, they probably all look like Helen Thomas."
He sounds like a pretty funny guy, eh? A real towel-snapping frat boy. Catnip with the ladies, I'm sure. --Digby

Joyce Schulte, recently won the Democratic Primary and is facing off with Steve King this November...again. In 2004, with almost zero support from inside the beltway, she managed to collect 37% of the vote in a VERY red portion of Iowa.

I encourage all of you to check out her campaign site and blog and give some love...if not attention. Read More

IA-5: Joyce Schulte (D)- Come support a progressive!

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Monday March 27, 2006 · 5:35 AM PST

2006/03/27 · 05:35

Update: fixed the incorrect figure! Thanks for the catch! I'm helping a local candidate get her blog rolling. Any Kos readers in Iowa's 5th district? If so, take a moment to check out Joyce Schulte. She ran in 2004 and managed, without a lick of help from DC dems, to garner 37% of the vote against the republican incumbent! This year, watch out King!

Schulte to take No Break for Spring Break
Congressional Candidate going strong in Iowa's 5th District

Creston, IA - Voters seeking a face-to-face with Congressional candidate Joyce Schulte will find her throughout the district during next week's spring break. Schulte, who officially filed her candidacy with the Iowa Secretary of State's office last week, has actually been running for nearly a year. She continues her drive on the campaign trail this week with stops in Storm Lake, Massena, and Dickinson and Harrison counties. Other stops will be added by the start of the tour, Monday, March 27 with full details available on the campaign website that day at www.SchulteforCongress.com.
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FEMA's Big Tents...not so big after all

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Wednesday October 12, 2005 · 5:02 AM PDT

2005/10/12 · 05:02

I received this email from one of my mother's former students at Georgetown University. Her personal account details the continued gross incompetence of FEMA....SIX weeks post Katrina. Louisiana and Mississippi still need our help and our attention. People are still without shelter, clothes, food and water.

Please read this letter and understand that people in need are still sleeping under tarps while FEMA workers get nice air conditioned tents and warm meals.

SICK. derelict. sabotage? All three, if you ask me. Just read the letter....
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Stem Cells - Citizen Rights

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Monday August 08, 2005 · 8:56 PM PDT

2005/08/08 · 20:56

All -

Two of my grandfathers have died of alzheimers. My mother is 60 and losing the ability to move regardless of her ability to think and help, because of realities of nerve damage. At the same time my father is 65 and hitting a peak.

I currently find myself abused by coporate america (at work and at home) and looking for conversation!

i am very add. Please think stem cell!

I also have my own blog at http://mtfp.blogspot.com

you can mail me at monkey@monkeyforthepeople.com

Join my Panty Protest! [Update]

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Wednesday February 09, 2005 · 2:41 PM PST

2005/02/09 · 14:41

[update] I have spent all day calling all the delegates in the VA legislature. So far, I haven't spoken to a single aid that realized the backlash of this silly waste of taxpayer money. I have been invited to bring my panty protest to Richmond and I can't wait to show up in my gear. Here are some more links, from around the WORLD, at the laughs people are getting from this "fashion police" bill.
wapo
boston
kansas
india
UK
australia
all the links from google.
Too many to post!! congrats VA, we are the laughing stock of the WORLD. Super! Read More

VA Voting Problems

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Sunday October 17, 2004 · 8:39 AM PDT

2004/10/17 · 08:39

Yet more problems to add to the growing list of potential Voting problems on Nov 2. This is a good read from today's washington post.

Fairfax Election Office Swamped Employees, Board Raising Concerns
The Fairfax County registrar's office is facing a backlog of absentee ballot applications, has a shortage of experienced staff to answer questions and process new voter cards and is failing to check many of those cards for accuracy, records and interviews show. As a result, state and local election officials and many on the registrar's staff say they are concerned about confusion and delays when a record number of new voters could go to the polls Nov. 2 and tens of thousands of absentee ballots are counted.

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"The biggest question I have is, have we done enough to make sure everybody who wants to vote gets a chance to vote?" said Larry E. Byrne, a member of the county's three-person Electoral Board, which sets policy for the registrar's office. "There's a lot of concern that we don't have enough bodies to do the work, and concern about whether or not the election is being conducted properly."

Since VA has the real potential to be a swing state this year, I think, considering Bush only won this state by less than 5,000 votes in 2000. (B: 395,312 G: 390,749)

Fairfax county alone, has received 16,000 new registrations...a typically right leaning county has slowly started shifting towards the left as more and more of the "lower/middle class" move west for more affordable housing in this area. Read More

VA, the EU and Sex

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Tuesday October 12, 2004 · 11:33 AM PDT

2004/10/12 · 11:33

gadflyer:The Axis of Bedroom Interference

--it's interesting to note that the United States would never meet European entry requirements on individual liberty and separation of church and state.

--10 states, including Virginia, have anti-fornication statutes that prohibit sex before marriage
(breaking the law...breaking the law!)

DC Guns vs. A Budget

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Thursday September 16, 2004 · 9:25 PM PDT

2004/09/16 · 21:25

I'm sickend by the latest round of Republican nonsense taking place during the last vital days of this session of congress.

From Today's Washington Post (9/16/04) washpost

"A move to repeal virtually all the District's gun restrictions has received a boost in the Senate, where gun rights supporters led by Idaho Republican Sen. Larry E. Craig are seeking to get the measure passed as an amendment to the city's 2005 budget."
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"Both bills would end the District's long-standing bans on handguns and semiautomatic weapons, roll back registration requirements for ammunition and other firearms and decriminalize possession of unregistered firearms or carrying a handgun in one's home or workplace. Both measures also would bar the city's elected mayor and council from passing gun limits that go beyond federal law or "discourage . . . the private ownership or use of firearms." Read More

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