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Are we “windmilled” out?

Thumbnail image for Are we “windmilled” out? by Neal Larson August 26, 2010

You probably heard the news. Bonneville County planning and zoning commissioners decided last night not to approve Ridgeline Energy’s latest request to build 75 more wind generators in the hills east of Idaho Falls. Apparently several tie votes kept the discussion going late into the night, but they finally decided against the proposal. Their reasoning [...]

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    AREVA, friend or foe?

    Thumbnail image for AREVA, friend or foe? by Neal Larson August 17, 2010

    OK, I have two purposes for posting this. I’ll disclose the most self-serving first. On my radio show today (Tuesday, 8/17) We’ll be talking all about AREVA coming to East Idaho, and in fact will have a live debate between Andrea Shipley of the Snake River Alliance and Sam Shacker, the president of AREVA’s enrichment [...]

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      Time for the defibrillator…

      Thumbnail image for Time for the defibrillator… by Neal Larson August 12, 2010

      OK, somebody just mentioned a couple of comments ago in the shoutbox about the projected time of death for this site. Once a rather bustling center for spirited comment and debate, IdahoFallsToday.com has lanquished into something more of an occasionally-visited ghost town.  To add another layer of analogy, its pulse is weak and its breath [...]

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        You Can Pick Your Senator…

        by Neal Larson June 29, 2010

        Prior to the 17th Amendment’s passage, state legislative bodies chose their respective senators. Then, on April 18th, 1913, the amendment was ratified, effectively transferring power from the legislature to the electorate. During the GOP’s convention in Idaho Falls last weekend, delegates voted to support a resolution calling for a 17th Amendment repeal. I have to [...]

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          A Letter to a Friend

          Thumbnail image for A Letter to a Friend by Neal Larson May 19, 2010

          Dear Public Education, We’ve known each other for many years, and for many years we’ve been generous to you, providing you a large portion of our public revenue so you can accomplish your goal of educating our kids. I consider you a friend, and I support your efforts. You have done much good. A true [...]

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            Palin, Paul, and Barry…

            Thumbnail image for Palin, Paul, and Barry… by Neal Larson February 11, 2010

            PROLOGUE: This is not a lecture on the importance of the Constitution. Just stick with me. DISCLAIMER: Let me state from the get-go that I love the US Constitution immensely. I am by no means an esteemed scholar of it, nor a gifted expert, but I understand the basic premise of  it — that rights [...]

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              Harry Reid…

              Thumbnail image for Harry Reid… by Neal Larson January 11, 2010

              I‘m just wondering what all of you are making of the Harry “No Negro Dialect” Reid comments. Like many, I find the double standard more than irritating. If a prominent Republican had said this, can you imagine how the left would have responded? Should he resign as Majority Leader for his comments? Are these comments [...]

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                Breaking a Lower Law…

                by Neal Larson December 4, 2009

                Every so often, you meet somebody that has a way of polarizing people, despite – or perhaps because of — having the best of intentions. Such is the case with Andi Elliott, who runs the Upper Valley Humane Society. Her effort to save an injured dog in Jefferson County resulted in a trespassing charge filed [...]

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                  The Name is Bond…Failed Bond

                  Thumbnail image for The Name is Bond…Failed Bond by Neal Larson November 18, 2009

                  [Originially posted at LarsonShow.com] A friend texted me the results of the District 91 $84.5 Million bond election last night. With all due respect to those supporting the bond, I was far more elated than I expected. I must have been more emotionally invested in this one than I thought, because I was nearly giddy. [...]

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                    Ehardt, Cornwell on the radio!

                    Thumbnail image for Ehardt, Cornwell on the radio! by Neal Larson October 29, 2009

                    OK, so let me admit up front… I am shamelessly promoting my radio show right now. Since there’s a lot of interest in this Ehardt/Cornwell race, you may want to tune in to the program today (Thurs). Cornwell will be on around 12:20, then Ehardt around 12:35ish. — On Newstalk 690 & 1260. I’ll have [...]

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                      Addicted to Abortion

                      Thumbnail image for Addicted to Abortion by Neal Larson October 16, 2009

                      Recently on my radio show I discussed a woman, Irene Vilar, who has had fifteen abortions over seventeen years. Every pregnancy, it appears, was to rebel against her much older husband who did not want children. She would deliberately “forget” to take the pill. Vilar actually had two children who survived her so-called addiction and [...]

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                        Newspapers, the next bailout?

                        by Neal Larson September 21, 2009

                        The Hill has been reporting this weekend that President Obama may be open to bailing out the newspaper industry. A bill in the Senate would offer government help to newspapers that re-organize as non-profits. We know that the Post Register has had their financial struggles — like most other newspapers across the country– and I’d [...]

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                          Should Beefy Die?

                          by Neal Larson September 17, 2009

                          ORIGINALLY POSTED AT LARSONSHOW.COM On Wednesday’s Neal Larson Show I conducted perhaps my most irreverent and blunt FlashPoll ever. A vicious Bull Mastiff named “Beefy” keeps attacking kids in one Idaho Falls neighborhood, and the owners seem reluctant to put the dog down. I asked my listeners “Should Beefy Die?” Overwhelmingly listeners responded that, yes, [...]

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                            Double Standard on Teacher Sex Scandal?

                            by Neal Larson September 10, 2009

                            Originally Posted at LarsonShow.com By now you’ve probably heard about the arrest of Kari Atkinson, the Sandcreek Middle School P.E. teacher who now faces five lewd conduct charges. She’s accused of having a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old boy. I’ve been watching the scores of comments roll in at Local News 8′s website, and I’ll [...]

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                              What think ye of socialized medicine?

                              by Neal Larson July 16, 2009

                              It’s my JOB to keep track of national issues and talk about them, and I’ll be the first to admit confusion over all the talk about where health care is headed. Universal health care, nationalized health care, socialized medicine. There are numerous different ideas on the table, and it’s a dizzying exercise to try and [...]

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                                Sarah Palin’s exit… or entrance?

                                by Neal Larson July 6, 2009

                                [Originally posted at www.larsonshow.com] Everyone seems to be speculating about Sarah Palin’s decision to step down as Alaska’s Governor. I’m a Sarah Palin fan. I’m a fan because she gives normal folk an opportunity to support someone just like them. Regardless of whether she’s qualified to be the President or the Vice President, she’s a [...]

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                                  Selective Discrimination

                                  by Neal Larson June 29, 2009

                                  [Originally posted at www.larsonshow.com] On Monday’s show I had a “steamed” caller, upset at me over my comments about the two Lesbians — one of which was not given a family discount — at Lava Hot Springs a few weeks ago. The caller said the Constitution does not define a family. I also said the [...]

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                                    Hitt Road: Idaho Falls v. Ammon

                                    by Neal Larson June 15, 2009

                                    On my radio show Tuesday we’ll be discussing the disagreement between Ammon and Idaho Falls over who pays to make Hitt Road as big as it should be. I’ll be interviewing Ammon City Council President Dana Kirkham. I’m sure this is a simplistic view, but Ammon basically says they’ve already paid for more than half [...]

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                                      Jealousy. Among the worst of human emotions.

                                      by Neal Larson May 13, 2009

                                      [Originally posted at www.larsonshow.com] Jealousy is a terrible thing. I will preemptively tell you that I am taking the liberty of assuming the subject of this story rammed her car into her husband’s car because she was jealous. News reports say that Leticia Guerrero of Idaho Falls was arrested after she ran her car, multiple [...]

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                                        2009 legislative session sputters to a stop.

                                        by Neal Larson May 11, 2009

                                        I’ll be interviewing Governor Butch Otter Tuesday morning for my noon-hour radio show, and I’d like your input. What questions would you like to hear asked of the Gov? Please take a moment to post, if you would. Here’s my take: If the 2009 legislative session had been made into a TV movie, it would [...]

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                                          The Real Threat of Swine Flu

                                          by Neal Larson April 30, 2009

                                          I’d like to hear back from everyone on the site what they think of the Swine Flu. So far in Idaho (at this writing), despite a number of tested cases, all have come up negative. I know, it’s still early, and I don’t doubt that we’ll eventually have a case here. Even when we get [...]

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                                            Gas Tax Standoff

                                            by Neal Larson April 22, 2009

                                            I’m surprised there hasn’t been a post on this yet. What do think of Governor Otter vetoing 35 bills (at this writing… it changes by the minute) to keep legislators in Boise until they pass a gas tax increase? Should the House stick it out? Or give in, pass a tax increase and call it [...]

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                                              Social Networking Makes one…Immoral?

                                              by Neal Larson April 14, 2009

                                              A few weeks ago, I set up my own Facebook. While I did it to help promote my radio show — and to keep in touch with people from the past and loved ones who live distantly — I soon found that something was missing. The first few days I felt addicted, wanting to log [...]

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                                                Pardon my gripe over public education

                                                by Neal Larson April 6, 2009

                                                [PRE-EMPTIVE DISCLAIMER: Before I proceed, let me make it clear that I largely love those who work in public education and believe they work hard. I come from a family with plenty of educators who have worked in the public education system. The people, in my assessment, are good. It's the system itself that is [...]

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                                                  Should midwives be regulated?

                                                  by Neal Larson March 30, 2009

                                                  The Idaho Legislature recently passed a midwiffery licensing bill that places some restrictions on midwives and mandates a minimum of care standard.  As a conservative I tend to oppose government regulation, but on this particular bill, I don’t see anything egregious. Some of the callers to my radio show — most, actually — disagreed and [...]

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