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Obituaries

Lewis “Sam” Schnellbacher, 81, Mediapolis, formerly Burlington, Monday, October 7, 2013

Howard Frank Krasuski, 83, Burlington, died Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Merwyn “Merv” Weinreich, 70, Burlington, died Saturday, October 5, 2013

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Why reporters fear Team Obama

Click here: Many reporters covering national security and government policy in Washington these days are taking precautions to keep their sources from becoming casualties at the hands of the Obama administration.

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NYT reporter: Obama admin “most closed, control-freak administration I’ve ever covered”

Click here: “Whenever I’m asked what is the most manipulative and secretive administration I’ve covered, I always say it’s the one in office now [Obama],” Bob Schieffer, CBS News anchor and chief Washington correspondent.

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What Shutdown? 83% of Fed Gov’t still operating

Click here: Where’s sense of crisis in a 17% government shutdown?
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Poll: 88% say “the government is in charge of the people.”

Click here: Almost all voters — 88 percent — say “the government is in charge of the people.”  That includes 83 percent of Democrats, 88 percent of independents and 94 percent of Republicans.  
Only 8 percent feel “the people are in charge of the government.”
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Happy Birthday! Income Tax turns 100

Click here: “We have gone from a simple tax system to a complex, unfriendly system.” In 1913, the tax code consisted of 400 pages, by 2012, the tax code was 73,608 pages.
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Audrey Bernice Hartman-Walker, 87, Burlington, died Thursday, October 3, 2013

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Obamacare Fines to be Seized From Bank Accounts

Click here: A man who attempted to sign up for Obamacare online was told that a fine of over $4,000 dollars a year for refusing to take out mandatory health insurance could be taken directly from his bank account, and that his drivers license would be suspended and a federal tax lien placed against his home, according to an entry on the HealthCare.gov Facebook page.
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Look Who Had a Carry Permit

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Eleanor Roosevelt’s Gun Permit
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Burlington Iowa Letters to Falcon West Burlington

White House Golfer

Falcon:
 I can tell one thing and it’s that our current golfer living in the White House has no shame when it comes to insults to the Queen of England.
 Obama gave the Iranian President $1 million dollars as a gift (our tax dollars) while he only gave the Queen of England a mere IPod, his sense of friends is beyond the imagination of reasonable people and shows where his allegiance really is.
 Also, during the crises in Washington the person in the White House was as usual on the golf links while the senate was out for the weekend.  Just how can anything ever be solved when the people causing the problem think more of their golf and weekends to stay in Washington and try to negotiate a reasonable solution to the problems?  The senate has become just like the president unwilling to forget its ego and take care of the American people, theirs and his only purpose to be in Washington.  Harry Reid and Pelosi remind me of Hitler’s top two enforcers by enabling an agenda that’s going to destroy the middleclass and further weaken our economy such as the Obamacurse health program.
 The golfer wasn’t put in Washington to be a dictator and that’s just what he’s trying to act like, a mini Mussolini.  I guess the voters after the first four years never learned a thing about this guy in the White House and that’s just disgusting for those who must endure another four years of his lack of leadership and egotistical arrogance.
 A.S.