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Creston News Advertiser Thursday, October 8, 2015
OPINION Harvest time all the way around
The combines are out in full force bringing in all the corn and soybeans from the fields. The rainy year looks like it should make for some pretty good yields. It looks like we should be in for some dry weather for the coming week, which should help get the crops out of the fields. Those combines with the great big heads seem like they make pretty fast work out of a field anymore. Hunters harvest I’ve heard plenty of gunshots coming from the local goose pits. It seems like there have been a lot of geese around the area this year. We are kind of in between some of the duck seasons, but they start back up in about another week. The dove hunters have also start-
What’s up Rich Paulsen publisher
ed. Deer hunters will also be starting up in about a week. At least the ones with guns instead of the cars picking them off as they go down the highway. I was going down both the interstate and highway the other day and there were many deer that had bitten the dust already by the bumpers of cars. Hopefully some of the hunters will thin out the herd. Travels I had a chance to head down to
Arizona to visit some relatives and friends last week. I think we must have brought the rain along with us. We had two days where we had a couple of good cloud bursts. Of course, the people down there will take every bit of rain they can get. The first day we were there it was 104 degrees. By the last day, it was only 88 for the high. We stayed out at a resort in the northwest part of Phoenix. They look to be building houses as fast as they can put them up. My wife and I went gambling with my aunt and uncle. My lucky uncle hit a nice jackpot for $3,600 that day. He was nice enough to take us out to dinner afterward. Breakfast I see that you can now get break-
fast at any time of the day at McDonald’s. It’ll be interesting to see how this experiment works. I don’t think I’m up for an egg McMuffin for dinner. I think I’ll stick with my fish sandwich. Columbus Day Monday is Columbus Day. Most businesses will be open, but some entities like the post office get the day off. If I remember right, most of the federal employees are working due to the fact they traded this holiday for Martin Luther King Day in January. Holiday to Holiday Our annual Holiday to Holiday night out is coming up Oct. 26. You can get tickets for the event at the paper office. It’s a great night out with lots of local merchants in-
volved in showing off their wares. Our week This is National Newspaper Week. The local paper here in Creston was started in 1879, so if my math is right we have been around for 136 years. That’s a lot of obits over the years! You the readers and businesses in the area deserve a big thank you for keeping us going all these years. We enjoy covering the area and the people of southwest Iowa. Also a big thank you to all our loyal employees and paper carriers. Without them, we wouldn’t have a daily paper. Thought for the week: “Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die tomorrow.” — James Dean
An American Airlines co-pilot made a safe emergency landing HOLLYWOOD — God Bless America, and how’s everybody? The Ten Commandments at the entrance of the Oklahoma Capitol was removed due to a court ruling Monday. Objections came from many quarters. Lawmakers, lawyers and oil men complained that the inscriptions forbidding lying, stealing and adultery created a hostile workplace environment. Meryl Streep posed in a tee-shirt inscribed I’d Rather Be a Rebel than a Slave to promote her new movie Suffragette. The reaction was furious. Now Meryl faces outrage from black activists, disappointment from white liberals and a copyright suit from the composer of the Ole Miss fight song. An American Airlines co-pilot made a safe emergency landing in Syracuse during a Boston-to-Phoenix flight last weekend when the pilot of the aircraft died in the cockpit while the airplane was still in the air. He’d flown for thirty years. The sad part is, the co-pilot warned him not to eat the fish. Governor Jerry Brown signed the End-of-Life Act which gives California doctors the right to give life-ending drugs to sick patients who request them. It gives doctors the power of life or death. Till now only a person who texts you while you’re driving had the power to end your life in California. Beverly Hills plastic surgeons told E! Entertainment that Keeping Up with the Kardashians has inspired many L.A. girls to get surgical body work. It’s risky. Last month Modern Family star Ariel Winter underwent breast reduction surgery, a procedure other-
Topical humor Argus Hamilton
wise known in Hollywood as retirement. Jay Leno’s Garage debuted on CNBC Wednesday where he discusses cars with other car crazy stars and he discusses the investment values of classic cars. Jay himself owns a huge collection of classic cars and cycles. Last year Jay saved two hundred million dollars, just by switching to Geico. Capitol Hill was the site of intense negotiations this week as House and Senate leaders debated raising the debt ceiling. The request for more U.S. spending never ceases. Joe Biden just demanded more money for the War on Drugs after he heard that millions of kids are getting hooked on phonics. Florida Libertarian Party U.S. Senate candidate Augustus Sol admitted Sunday that he recently killed a goat and drank its blood as part of a pagan ritual. His party isn’t kidding around. The individual liberty crowd is willing to go all medieval on Obamacare if that’s what it takes to replace it. Homeland Security warned Tuesday that the United States faces a grave danger in the number of Westerners going to the Middle East to join ISIS. Last Friday, a twenty-three-year-old New York City man was arrested for trying to join ISIS, but he has a good excuse. He said nobody else is hiring.
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Iran is already breaking a bad nuclear deal Support amongst the American public has steadily eroded for the Iran nuclear deal. And it’s not just Republicans — public approval has shrunk across the board from Independents to Democrats alike. In a recent Pew Research Center poll, Americans are opposed to the deal by an overwhelming two to one margin. Earlier this month in the House of Representatives, we passed three pieces of legislation aimed to delay, scrap or have the deal renegotiated with teeth by the White House. One resolution stated President Obama has not complied with the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act. That act states President Obama must provide all agreements to Congress. We know he hasn’t done that, because we know there is a secret side agreement between the International Atomic Energy Agency and Iran that Congress has not seen. I voted for the resolution. We also went on the record, unlike the Senate, and voted to approve or disapprove the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (the Iran nuclear deal). It was soundly defeated. I voted to disapprove of the deal. Finally, we passed a bill to suspend the authority of President Obama to waive or suspend the sanctions we have in place with Iran until January of 2017. The point here was to force President Obama to go back to the table and
U.S. Congressman David Young Republican
try and negotiate a better deal with teeth in it. I supported this bill. I have said from the beginning, I want to see Iran come into the world community to be a peaceful partner. But let’s be realistic. Iran has a track record of deceit, broken agreements and lies. They still chant death to America and are holding four Americans hostage. They do not recognize our strong ally Israel as a sovereign nation and are committed to its destruction. Since 1984, Iran has been identified as an official state sponsor of terrorism. Iran continues to be sympathetic to, and have supported, terrorist groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah. And, just weeks ago Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called for Israel’s destruction. This is all too disturbing. And, sure enough, Iran has already begun scheming to change the terms of this flawed deal. Days ago, it was reported Ayatollah demanded sanctions be lifted entirely — not just suspended — but entirely lifted. The news reported the Ayatollah went on to threaten “there will be no deal” unless this is done and further warned, “if sanctions are only suspended, Iran, in turn, will only ‘suspend’ nuclear activities cited in
the deal.” Many Americans believe Iran negotiators already have the upper hand in the deal. Now it appears Iran wants even more. This clearly raises the question — what’s next? Congress needs to continue to fight and push the White House to scrap this plan and work for a better deal. The State Department has outlined a plan to move ahead. They have indicated the deal will be formally adopted on Oct. 19. Congress must remain diligent in working to stop this deal. Leaders and my colleagues in the House are already discussing the possibility of legal action against President Obama’s administration because they have not complied with the provisions of the law in providing all side agreements to Congress. Congress will also keep fighting to strengthen the oversight of this deal to force Iran to be compliant. We can pursue reauthorizing the Iran Sanctions Act to stop foreign companies from investing in Iran’s oil and gas industries. And perhaps, most importantly, we must make clear to Iran and the world community that we stand with our ally Israel. If Congress and the White House can send that message jointly, then we can maximize our credibility. One thing is certain; we must keep fighting for a stronger deal and a more secure America and world.