Comments on: Per Government Order- This Post Only in English http://iowaprogress.com/2006/06/22/per-government-order-this-post-only-in-english/ Politics in Iowa from a progressive viewpoint. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:56:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: IA-05: Steve King is an ass at Political Forecast http://iowaprogress.com/2006/06/22/per-government-order-this-post-only-in-english/#comment-283 IA-05: Steve King is an ass at Political Forecast Fri, 23 Jun 2006 16:50:51 +0000 http://iowaprogress.com/2006/06/22/per-government-order-this-post-only-in-english/#comment-283 [...] Alec over at Iowa Progress notes (with the greatest post title ever) how Steve King and other Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee are working to make sure that DC’s 600,000 voters say disenfranchised. [...] […] Alec over at Iowa Progress notes (with the greatest post title ever) how Steve King and other Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee are working to make sure that DC’s 600,000 voters say disenfranchised. […]

]]> By: down with tyranny http://iowaprogress.com/2006/06/22/per-government-order-this-post-only-in-english/#comment-292 down with tyranny Sat, 24 Jun 2006 00:38:00 +0000 http://iowaprogress.com/2006/06/22/per-government-order-this-post-only-in-english/#comment-292 Alec, do you have some reason to believe that Congress' <a href="http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2006/06/if-ann-coulter-were-in-congress-she.html" rel="nofollow">biggest jackass</a> would care about anyone's e-mail? This guy seems so filled with rage and hatred that I don't think he'd even care about what his camapign funders have to say-- and, for a Republican, <i>that</i> is the ultimate! Alec, do you have some reason to believe that Congress’ biggest jackass would care about anyone’s e-mail? This guy seems so filled with rage and hatred that I don’t think he’d even care about what his camapign funders have to say– and, for a Republican, that is the ultimate!

]]> By: Molly http://iowaprogress.com/2006/06/22/per-government-order-this-post-only-in-english/#comment-304 Molly Sun, 25 Jun 2006 19:07:37 +0000 http://iowaprogress.com/2006/06/22/per-government-order-this-post-only-in-english/#comment-304 I agree. I agree.

]]> By: Alec http://iowaprogress.com/2006/06/22/per-government-order-this-post-only-in-english/#comment-320 Alec Tue, 27 Jun 2006 22:17:56 +0000 http://iowaprogress.com/2006/06/22/per-government-order-this-post-only-in-english/#comment-320 Some reason to believe he might listen? Maybe a faint hope in the vitality of our democracy? Look—he's a politician, which means he has constituents. If he didn't listen to them at least some of the time, he would be out of office. Just don’t make it clear in your letter that you wouldn’t vote for him in a million years. (Dear Mr. King, I have been a loyal supporter of yours since you were in swaddling clothes. That’s why I was so shocked when I heard…) And since the bill also gives Utah another seat in the House, mere partisanship alone can't kill the proposal. Neither party will gain, only democracy will. Want another reason to use with King? The bill, which adds two new members to the House, could (this is just now occuring to me and is highly speculative) dilute the population requirement enough to help Iowa keep a House seat come next census. And if district lines are safe, there’s a better chance the man will keep his job for a long time. So there you go, it might help Iowa out AND help him out (at the very least it won’t hurt) which could be more convincing than wimpy calls for justice and the defense of American values. Email him. Some reason to believe he might listen? Maybe a faint hope in the vitality of our democracy?

Look—he’s a politician, which means he has constituents. If he didn’t listen to them at least some of the time, he would be out of office. Just don’t make it clear in your letter that you wouldn’t vote for him in a million years. (Dear Mr. King, I have been a loyal supporter of yours since you were in swaddling clothes. That’s why I was so shocked when I heard…)

And since the bill also gives Utah another seat in the House, mere partisanship alone can’t kill the proposal. Neither party will gain, only democracy will.

Want another reason to use with King? The bill, which adds two new members to the House, could (this is just now occuring to me and is highly speculative) dilute the population requirement enough to help Iowa keep a House seat come next census. And if district lines are safe, there’s a better chance the man will keep his job for a long time.

So there you go, it might help Iowa out AND help him out (at the very least it won’t hurt) which could be more convincing than wimpy calls for justice and the defense of American values.

Email him.

]]> By: CR http://iowaprogress.com/2006/06/22/per-government-order-this-post-only-in-english/#comment-325 CR Wed, 28 Jun 2006 03:30:00 +0000 http://iowaprogress.com/2006/06/22/per-government-order-this-post-only-in-english/#comment-325 The following report shows that, in general, personalized messages do affect undecided legislators: http://www.cmfweb.org/cwcsummary.asp Whether they affect King is an open question. The following report shows that, in general, personalized messages do affect undecided legislators:

http://www.cmfweb.org/cwcsummary.asp

Whether they affect King is an open question.

]]> By: matt http://iowaprogress.com/2006/06/22/per-government-order-this-post-only-in-english/#comment-383 matt Thu, 06 Jul 2006 16:28:46 +0000 http://iowaprogress.com/2006/06/22/per-government-order-this-post-only-in-english/#comment-383 ]]> By: Nicolai Brown http://iowaprogress.com/2006/06/22/per-government-order-this-post-only-in-english/#comment-387 Nicolai Brown Sat, 08 Jul 2006 03:43:45 +0000 http://iowaprogress.com/2006/06/22/per-government-order-this-post-only-in-english/#comment-387 What's the difference between Steve King and the Klan? What’s the difference between Steve King and the Klan?

]]> By: Iowa Progress » Steve King’s Amending The Constitution http://iowaprogress.com/2006/06/22/per-government-order-this-post-only-in-english/#comment-7028 Iowa Progress » Steve King’s Amending The Constitution Thu, 18 Jan 2007 18:29:49 +0000 http://iowaprogress.com/2006/06/22/per-government-order-this-post-only-in-english/#comment-7028 [...] Steve King who has a reputation as being one of the craziest Congressmen in the House of Representatives (which quite an achievement considering his competition) is back and better than ever in the 110th Congress. His previous greatest hits range from working to keeping 600,000 American citizens from voting to registering a bold protest against the use of condoms to fight Aids in Africa. (Since after all, condoms promote AIDS). That’s right, on June 28, 2005, Steve King gave a speech in Congress attacking the establishment of a “condom culture” in Africa. He warned that once you create this “condom culture,” it can lead to “the elimination… of abstinence until marriage and monogamy after that” [...] […] Steve King who has a reputation as being one of the craziest Congressmen in the House of Representatives (which quite an achievement considering his competition) is back and better than ever in the 110th Congress. His previous greatest hits range from working to keeping 600,000 American citizens from voting to registering a bold protest against the use of condoms to fight Aids in Africa. (Since after all, condoms promote AIDS). That’s right, on June 28, 2005, Steve King gave a speech in Congress attacking the establishment of a “condom culture” in Africa. He warned that once you create this “condom culture,” it can lead to “the elimination… of abstinence until marriage and monogamy after that” […]

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