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Tonight, we've got some online must-viewing. It's a "Frontline" special concerning the politics of global warming. The report illustrates how both of the corporate parties have used the issue to score political points, but have failed time and time again to enact-- or even push for-- meaningful change. This special is now 11 months old, but it's recommended viewing for all voters during this very peak season for candidate promises.---
We've got a man on the inside in the debate at the Iowa statehouse over the state health department's anti-smoking advertisements. Republican lawmakers say they may hold up confirmation of the department's director because of thousands of taxpayer dollars (600 thousand, to be exact) being used this year to get an anti-smoking message out over the airwaves. Good pal Rob S. (who requested that his full name be withheld until he had a chance to read the published story) works on this very issue at said health department. Isn't advertising an appropriate and effective way for the department to fight smoking? I asked Rob S on the record. His pointed but unrefined response: "We're just doing our f***ing jobs."
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Rob S. is also our man on the inside if House leaders decide to take up the issue of the gay marriage amendment.
posted by CM @ 8:32 PM
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Iowa Code Chapter 142A
o “The purpose of this chapter is to establish a comprehensive partnership among the general assembly, the executive branch, communities, and the people of Iowa in addressing the prevalence of tobacco use in the state.” [Iowa Code Ch. 142A.1 (1)]
o It is also the intent of the general assembly that the comprehensive tobacco use prevention and control initiative will foster a social and legal climate in which tobacco use becomes undesirable and unacceptable…[Iowa Code Ch. 142A.1 (3)]
o “The initiative shall include but is not limited to the following:…a media, marketing, and communications program to achieve the initiative’s desired results.” …[Iowa Code Ch. 142A.6 (1)]
Thanks for self-policing the profanities.
Do girls run a little too fast, hmmm Rob? Can't quite catch one hmmm?
Show yourself you coward!
Outside of the Moeller bros. You are the only guy I know who is in the top 100 in the world at anything. You have my utmost props. Ribbing will continue indefinately.
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