You know what I’m saying, just link it like you mean it. So here’s some links and stuff to fulfill the promise of the randomnous.
MITCH DANIELS 2012? Michael Barone seems to think so. Beings that he’s one of my favs… I’ve asked if he was interested to some of my Indiana peeps. Stay tuned. IOWA GOP CHAIRMAN RACE ROLLS ALONG – Get this… this thing is going to dominate the bizz for while. Hershel does a break down. So of course, hearty debate begins on Krusty. SPEAKING OF THE RACE – Here he goes again… Matt Strawn has a blog and a new video. Technically you could say he’s the only one in the race with one… because the Real Sporer has been uncharacteristically silent. Hmmm… I’d be check for updates. My quess is you be seeing some. Will there be more popping up? HAWKEYE AWESOMENESS FACTS OF THE DAY – So FITS responded with a little smack. Didn’t know that folks in South Carolina knew what hockey was. Anyhoop… but since today at QCI we’re “linkin’ it like we mean it”… I offer four words. Black Hearts Gold Pants. And the junior high humor continues… BATTLEGROUND LINKS IT LIKE THEY MEAN IT – In their Thursday Hodgepodge. Who needs smack talk from the Shamecocks, when you can get it here at home. Jeez…
QCI FACEBOOK STATUS OF THE DAY “So and so… is thinking the inception of the car czar makes every day Talk Like a Pirate Day!”
Hey QCI-ders… busy day… so that means a late post for our standards… and since we take our randomnous seriously… as do you… we try to get it right. Here’s a stack of stuff to hold you over. WEDNESDAY MEETING – Dropped by the Wednesday Right of Center group hosted by Dr. Don Rachter. If you’ve never been you should go. It is modeled off of the ATR meeting in DC. There numerous state affiliates. Anyhoop… lots of good discussion. And QCI one of the dudes from DM Rightside. If you aren’t checking out… you should. Fellas got it going on. And tell ‘em QCI sent ya. HERSHEL IS ON THE WAR PATH – You know what I like about Krusty… when he’s on something… he’s all in. Damn. STRAWN IS IN WITH A SPLASH – This is probably the buzz of the day. Matt Strawn officially announced his candidacy for the Chairmen’s race… via an email and YouTube video to the State Central Committee. QCI was forwarded the email from a voting member of the SCC…
From: mstrawn@theiowabarnstormers.comDate: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:40:41 -0700To: Subject: Announcement Video for RPI Chairman Dear State Central Committee members:
Good morning.
As I continue my travels across the state talking with you and your colleagues regarding my vision for the Iowa GOP, I also believe it is important to put those principles into practice. One example is utlilzing modern technologies to communicate with each other and Republicans statewide. In that spirit, today I have released an announcement video on You Tube publicly declaring my candidacy and sharing my vision for the party with all interested parties.
The Announcement Video can be viewed at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSm3D0CIXWE Again, technologies such as You Tube are just one way Republicans can inexpensively communicate our message to the voters without having to rely upon an often hostile mainstream media.
Have a great day.
-matt
Matthew N. Strawn Principal/Owner The Iowa Barnstormers Arena Football Club
Then the ol’ email inbox started chirping at me. From a loyal reader… “The fact he used a YouTube this says something. Never thought about this guy, but now I’m going to stay tuned.” To be clear, the emails I was getting weren’t from voting members… Speaking of voting members of SCC… D-Chung has the video up and rolling as well. If you haven’t seen it… here it is.
BCS TO BE A FEDERAL CRIME?It’s about damn time. Earth to College Football pooh bahs and the NCAA… you gonna make a ton of money on this. It’s about time for a playoff system. HAWKEYE AWESOMENESS FACT OF THE DAY – So to continue the smack from the bet we made with FITSNews… here’s something you should know. Get this. We get better bowls than teams that beat us. That’s why Northwestern will be sipping margaritas on the river walk and Hawk fans will be getting a very bad farmers tan.
QCI FACEBOOK STATUS OF THE DAY – “So and so… says never fear 'Stormers fans. Arena football has NO impact on af2, we WILL be playing in 2009 and beyond!!!”
YOU’RE GONNA BASH DK? So… who’s the smart guy who went after DK on yesterday’s post? Seriously? Darrell rules. And whoever it was… has no clue. Luckly, DK is his own man… and man enough to post on his real name. CONSERVATIVE BREAKFAST CLUB – You looking for more DK awesomeness? Here’s some… he is spearheading the Conservative Breakfast Club. They packed the place last month. The next meeting is Tuesday, December 16th at RPI. Starts at 7:15, costs $8 for breakfast… to RSVP email here. Note, this is not a sanctioned RPI event… GET OUT YOUR BULLSHIT METER – Sup with Shonn Greene not getting invited to New York? Huh?!?! What!?!?!? My hope is that Chiefs can get him… if they want to continue to suck, we may have a shot… that or Mitch King….
AND FINALLY – Because we loves ourselves some oldies here at QCI… how about some Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons? Good. Here you are.
I know… I know… “Where’s you damn recap G$!!!” “Damn you G$!” Let me put it to you this way… if it comes between putting out a post versus hanging out with Ainsley and Harrison… The coolest/cutest niece and nephew will win that battle… everytime. All apologies… but you should know better… this is of course the “World’s Crappiest Blog.” So you were forewarned.
CALL ME HENRY ROLLINS… ‘Cause I’m a liar. Or at least that’s what some would want you to believe via the Iowa Independent. No one rebutted anything to me, my man. And thanks for reading too. I have this sitemeter thinger… it tells me who’s been here. Keep coming back! :) ANOTHER THING – Not here to divide the party. And I don’t think everyone else in the LBC is trying to either. They are activists. Just a little bit louder than other ones. They are looking for a new leader. They, like many of us in the party, want to get it right… we want leadership… and we want to win again. Now those anonymous commenters… there are some who get out of hand. But, you’ll always get a gurantee here… you know who writes this and I’m easy to get a hold of. SERIOUSLY DUDES… QCI is not a big deal. But… the BlogNetNews thinks we’re influential. #6 this week… does this mean we get into the BCS? SPEAKING OF BLOGS – There’s a new one… Paint Iowa Red. They’ve endorsed Danny Carroll and Bob VanderPlaats. Welcome to the circus friends. THERE WAS A MEETING SATURDAY? Huh!?!?!?!?! What!?!?!?!?! Yup there was. QCI had the early skinny on Saturday… and everyone else in the LBC chirped away. Censure is the word of the weekend… because that was the only fireworks… that and Chris Reed picking a fight with the self proclaimed “baddest black man in the state of Iowa,” Leon Mosley. THE RECAP IS AN ONLY CHILD, HE’S WAITING IN THE PARK – (Sing a long!) “So whyeyeyeyeye don’t you use it?” The blogs are still burning. Let’s walk through the LBC to see what we find. Krusty has a full breakdown. Sunshine and crew at Battleground too. Dirty Deeth Done Dirt Cheap (your new nickname Deeth) has some stuff. The FlyBoys are in the know… quickest to post. And D-Chung is letting you know what’s up… because he was there. ENTER MATT STRAWN – Matt Strawn is running for chair. Held a reception for SCC members Friday. I'm told there was a very good turn out of SCC members... good discussion. Plus... you know he's running... why the hell would you want to waste 7-8 hours of your life at a meeting on Saturday. So that brings the race to Sporer, Gopal, Strawn, Randall, Reed, Carroll and Pate. Anyone else? BEARCAT FOOTBALL IS THE CURE FOR THE HAWKEYE FIX – Woot! Telling ya man. Northwest is good. 4 straight apearance to the title game. Noon. Saturday. Who want’s to watch it with me? Somewhere with chicken wings prefered… GO BEAR CATS! IT’S HARD TO BE HUMBLE WHEN YOU’RE A HAWKEYE – Yea man… so the Wrestlers take care of business and the Women Hoopsters get r done. GO HAWKS! And… Hawk fans got better news! COCKS VS. HAWKS – Let’s the junior high humor begin… The Hawkeyes will be taking on the Gamecocks of South Carolina in the Outback Bowl. Yo, Sic Willie, you wanna make a wager? Ha ha… cocks. MULLET WATCH 2009 – Dudes… will have some breaking mullet news soon. But to hold you over… here’s some nice photo shop work from a loyal reader. Did you know it’s pronounce “Moo-lay”… it’s French…
AND FINALLY… I mention Henry Rollins… now I have the song in my head… but I like this version with the extra bonus added commentary… YES!!!!!
Well QCI-ders… here we are… the big day. The most talked about story in the Iowa Rightosphere… the December Meeting of the State Central Committee. Wil there be any drama? We’ll see. We’ve talked about what really happens at these meetings back in January… when we were electing our current chair.
So far… here’s what’s up. It’s just the general business that they usually do. But right now, the only buzz is the guests that are at RPI Headquarters. In attendance (other than the Committee, ect.) is: Todd Henderson (the blogging legend known as Yoda) along with his favorite candidate for chair, Paul Pate… a good group of Eastern iowa activists are assembled… Matt Strawn is in the house… Danny Carroll as well… former Senate candidate Chris Reed… Hardin County kingpin Andy Cable… and I’m sure more will show up.
If the Iowa Rightosphere (love that name Deeth!) was burning when we posted yesterday… then today, it’s scorching… like scorching hot like my girl Elizabeth Shue… (hearts!) But enough about crushes and never happens… let’s get to the scorching randomnous of the day!
BECAUSE… I’M FEELIN’ KINDA SATURDAY… (sing along) “Feelin’ like Saturday…” A little paraphrase of a Nancy and Frank classic. Well QCI-ders… All eyes on 621 East 9th this weekend. Also, did you know…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY 21ST AMENDMENT – Woo HOO!!! In case you didin’t know… today is one of my favorite Constitutional moments in history. I can see all of you rolling your eyes… and some of you being brought to tears. I think this calls for a stop at Flanny’s… see you there later. FREEDOM MULLET – Ok… so the voting is continuing on the Mullet Watch 2009. The are cheers and there are jeers. On one side, there’s big “hells yeas!” On the other, “hells nos.” Enter the patron saint of the World’s Crappiest Blog to chime in with this quick video… it’s not that long… so it’s a must see video of the day.
QCI FACEBOOK STATUS OF THE DAY “So and so… sayz G--Just grow the mullet, and perhaps throw in a pair of side chops while you're at it?"
Hmmm… Hetfield style?
SOMETHING TO SOLVE YOUR FOOTBALL FIX THIS WEEKEND – Y’all know about UNI this weekend… but if you are looking for another great game… check out the Northwest Missouri State Bearcats at 3:00pm on ESPN 2. They are playing North Alabama for the right to make it to the championship. “What’s with Northwest Missouri G$?” My bro is a former 2 time National Champion with the NWMSU Bearcat football team. THE LITTLE H-MAN IS A FAN – A little programing note for you loyal readers this weekend. As the drama builds over at 621 East 9th (although… it probably won’t)… I’ll be hitting the road for my nephew Harrison’s (the Little H-Man) baptism… and to catch the Northwest game with my favorite Bearcats… have no worries… QCI always has love and will travel… stay tuned to this weekend. Or as the Little H-Man would say, “Yo, QCI-ders… check out Uncle G$’s Crappy Blog this weekend… I do everyday!” You heard the kid. Do it!
Told you the blogs would start burning up… there’s too much stuff going on not to. There’s a whole lot of stuff out there today and more to come with the Saturday meeting over at 621 East 9th. QCI-ders… we kind of feel like Rush Limbaugh with our radnomnous stack of stuff today… but, our stack is totally crappy… ah well… you’re here anyway, right? Let’s get to it.
QCI-DERS ARE HILARIOUS – Got an email from an avid and loyal reader... could be some truth to it... “Rock on! I will be reading QCI to see what happens Saturday. Dude, it is like high school all over. But with less attractive people.” Oh snap! Oh no you didn’t! You know what would help? MULLET WATCH 2009 – That segway couldn’t be served up anymore better than if you added mash potatoes… huh? Will G$ grow a mullet? Vote on the right hand side. Again… if I grow one… I hope I can get to half of the coolness of Jared Allen’s sweet sweet hair. Have you voted yet? LEHMAN AND THE SECOND – If you haven’t heard yet… the 2nd CD GOP Peeps got together to condemn Kim Lehman for the whole IRLC v. MMM thinger. Which continues the drama… you want my guess… as I agree with D-Chung, she’s probably not gonna get kicked out of the committee/and or resign. Why you ask? For one, I think the committee has moved on and secondly, as Hershel said earlier this morning… the rules for removal are at the RNC level… not the state. D-CHUNG IS YOUR READ OF THE DAY – If you haven’t already, go read D-Chung… he has a break down on the whole Lehman Drama and Chair’s race. Plus… did you know there’s a big meeting Saturday at RPI? “WHAT!?!?!?!” “HUH!?!?!?” “There’s a meeting?” Watch it smart asses… and yes keep your eye on D-Chung’s blog for the deets from a guy who will be there. QCI FACEBOOK STATUS OF THE DAY - Yea, we left it out yesterday...
“So and so… is scared of Chris Dodd's eyebrows. Can the committee do something about that?”
Yea man… yikes. THE RACE FOR STATE CHAIR AT RPI – So… the World’s Crappiest Blog broke the news yesterday about what’s going down in the LBC. Which sparked some discussion out there… via those patriots over at the Iowa Defense Alliance. We were corrected by a couple of readers who said the “Run the Table” plan maybe derailed per the State Party Bilaws. But if they have the votes… I’m sure they could do what they want. But as an “unnamed insider” emailed me yesterday, “I do not believe he has the votes to pull it off. He does not have my vote. Further, I will be very angry if they try to ramrod this through on Saturday. It is NOT on the agenda.” So what’s the bottom line?
THIS THING IS NOT OVER – It’s wide freaking open… you heard it here first… there will be no votes for a new chair this weekend. My opinion (that’s worth zero), activists and SCC members want the wait. Even the ones who think we should move quickly… they are walking back from that line. You don't believe me... check out the comment sections across the Iowa rightosphere... what's your take QCI-ders? A SHOUT OUT TO THE RASPBERRY BERRET – Dudes… QCI is getting famous! (snicker…) Our favorite lefty blog gave us a plug. Thanks dogg. Yo Deeth, what do you mean a distinctive writing style? DEATH MATCH FOR 1ST IN THE NATION STATUS? You know that would be interesting… although reading someone’s comments that said, “In Iowa they pick corn, in New Hampshire, we pick presidents” made me want to grab a pitch fork and go to battle… how about a more calm… less death like match up? We get one… the University of Northern Iowa takes on the University of New Hampshire this weekend in the playoffs... playoffs in college football? What a novel idea.
AND FINALLY… I know this one is our repeat offender when it comes to the Tune of the Day… but with all the stuff going on… Don’t you think this song is appropiate? Do yourself a favor and crank it as you read throught the randomnous… and keep your questions, comments and insults a flowin'...
7/21/08
WATERMELON MADNESS PICS - Starting top left to right: Stanhope State University softball tournament, 100 plus year old Young and Sons Farms, parade action, EJS Police - Southern Hamilton County's finest. garage party at Whitey’s, and my cousin Kempton goofing off after returning back from the 2nd call of the night for the Stanhope VFD.
Whew… what a great weekend for the editors of QCI. Watermelon Day weekend, hanging out with family, playing a fun softball tournament (although very sore), Lion Burgers, homemade pie, watching storms run in and run out, garage parties, Barnstormers get a clutch win on the road… just good times. To sum it up in the words of the Old Milwaukee commercials, “It doesn’t get any better than this.”
Here’s a piece of Stanhope Locker beef jerky’s worth of randomnous for you to chew on.
OVER AT 621 EAST 9TH – Well the SCC meeting has come and gone… and absolutely nothing happened. Well they did do their thing. Reports and other stuff… but alas, a dramaless meeting. No shootings, knife fights, mix martial arts… not even a little M80 war (watch your fingers). David Chung has all the deets and stuff. While bloggers and gossip hounds are feeling more let down than going to a NASCAR race where there wasn’t any crashes... thank God there wasn't any drama... for once.
So there you go. And to start the week on the right foot… and a little ode to the commie days on this blog, here’s one of my absolute all time favorites songs performed in Moscow… circa 1991. A quick warning… I hope you are prepared for the bad ass exhibition of straight up heaviness…
Watch how the Soviet Soldiers crack down on the kids rocking out... kind of reminds me of Court Avenue on Friday and Saturday nights with the bouncers cracking down on the smokers...
7/17/08
How’s it going QCI-ders? Great comments from Tuesday’s post! Keep ‘em coming. Here’s a few thoughts for you today. In a completely random order, importance, special lottery and drawing crap out of a hat. Oh… QCI has busted out some good tunes… check out this mix…
Seriously dudes… I know, I know… you music and rock ‘n roll purists are screaming blasphemy. That song is so OJ Simpson… a guilty pleasure that keeps on giving… plus love the Dark Knight stuff… that movie is gonna kick ass.
Why are you posting the tunes so early in a post G$? To set the mood for the next headline. You know, step up the dramatics a bit.
SCC MEETING SATURDAY – Oh yeeeeeah… here comes tha drama. FlyOver saved me the time in typing the entire story. It’s your MUST READ of the day. Thoughts QCI-ders? Great post. Everything out there that is in post. Nice work. But anything else they missed? There’s a comment section.
ALL STAR GAME – Freakin’ awesome. Who knew that you had to get a Royals pitcher later to pull it off. Wait a minute… if it didn’t go extra innings… he wouldn’t have pitched… oh dear.
POLK COUNTY IS KEY – Also, the sun rises in the east. Radio Iowa has some scoop from a Polk County Dem Volunteer Meeting. Former Guv Vilsack was there to rally the troops. The magic number is 10,000. They can’t under perform under that number… and we can have them get over 10,000.
SUPER SATURDAY – It’s Super Saturday y’all!!!! Call the McCain peeps at 515-270-1993 to find out how you can help this weekend.
I think that's enough randomnous...
4/20/08
***UPDATED 3:46PM!!!!!!! WOOT!!!!
So... QCI-ders… “Hey yo.” (Don't ask questions of why I have Scott Hall here to lead off, just go with it.) I’m back after a busy week and a big W on Saturday Night. Speaking of fast action on Saturday, it was District Convention Day.
SCC GAME DAY - Although, we’ve talked and speculated on who’s running… Battleground Iowa ended up with a great preview. Now that the dust has settled, your Weekend Update brings you the abbreviated the box scores of your brand new State Central Committee (SCC). Why abbreviated? Because none of you are answering my phone calls because you are out in your backyard drinking beer and grilling. As you should… it’s pretty f’ing aye John Deere right nice outside. So I need your help in filling in the blanks!!! Help a brotha out!
1st DISTRICT:John Hulsizer (Dubuque), ????????? (????) and ???????? (????) John came into the race late. Great activist will serve the committee well. Who were the others?
2nd DISTRICT:??????????? (????), ????????? (????) and ??????? (????) Have nothing… apparently, many of you tailgated too much at the Spring Game in Iowa City this weekend. (or still tailgating) After sitting through a platform discussion a time or 2, I don’t blame you. Plus, word on the street was that the 2nd was going to be a true Thrilla in Manilla.
2nd DISTRICT - UPDATE: Lisa Smith (Wapello), David Chung (Linn), and Jason Hutcheson (Louisa)
...DEVELOPING...
3rd DISTRICT:Steve Scheffler (Polk), Gopal Krishna (Polk) and Eldon Pals (Jasper) Scheffy cruised to victory... also, did you know the sun rises in the east? Big changes without Uncle Ted and Loras not running. Gopal returns to the SCC for the first time since 1999 and the Jasper County GOP Chair, Pals, makes it in. Finally a completed district. What does this say about the 3rd? I report, you comment.
4TH DISTRICT:Isaiah McGee (Dallas), Matt Randall (Story) and ???????? (????) Isaiah is in! Woot! He’ll be great. Randall returns… who’s on third? Donny Boy, answer your phone!
5TH DISTRICT:Reid Houser (Pottawattamie), Monte Shaw (Guthrie) and ????????? (????) Houser is back to serve another… Monte is in… his experience will be key for the SCC. Who filled the last spot? I know there isn't so much heavy tailgating out west.... unless you were in Lincoln. Over 80,000 for a spring game? Holy crap!
Cool. That's call I got. You thoughts overall? Surprises? Thumbs up? Talk to me people.
Thanks in advance for your help filling in the roster. Now, since the weather is pretty friggin sweet right now… I’m gonna go find a good patio and ice cold beverages. Discuss away QCI-ders. And to put you in the mood for some good summer like temps… crank up this oldie but goodie from the Fresh Price:
1/26/08
Start the Music… I think when you are reading the Weekend Update... it's more fun if you're playing that while you read it. Done, it's man law now.
IT'S THE CIRCLE OF LIFE, SIMBA: Greetings from a very balmy 50 degree Kearney, MO. I am on location for my niece Ainsley's 1st birthday.
Funny how things become full circle. It's almost exactly 1 year since I just started hitting the trail for John McCain in Central Iowa... my bosses were nice enough to let me head down Liberty Hospital for a couple days to help celebrate Ainsley entering the World. And today, she's right here having fun giving with her Uncle Grant blogging another Weekend Update.
BREAKING NEWS - NEW CHAIR: Anyway... Weekend Update is back with breaking news from 621 East 9th Street (only a few hours after the fact, bad reception on I-35... such as life). Stew Iverson is the new Chair of the Republican Party of Iowa. Congratulations Mr. Chairman and all who ran.
I don't have any vote counts... and won't, it's a closed ballot and I'm not interested in broadcasting that type of stuff here. But I can give you some insight of how a State Cental Committee (SCC) meeting goes down. It's not any new Amercia Undercover type of stuff if you are in the know or have been to one. And it's certainly not a secret or fraternal order ceremony ala the movie Skulls... so you folks in the tin hat crowd can go back to worrying about black helicopters, rest assured. And if you still don't beleive me, there's a monkey bubble over by Pella they want to that build you could buy.
When the SCC meets, they roll in to RPI on Friday evening from all over the state (3 reps per congressional district, 2 national committeee peeps, ect.). They split into the different committees Organization, Legislative, and others. Then informally, members will go grab a bite to eat with the others or retire for the evening.
The big meeting is Saturday. All RPI staff attend, usually, with the entire SCC. The Chair brings the meeting order and away we go. There's member, district, commitee reports given by all who are present. Basically, nothing different from a basic company board meeting... except that their business is electing good people.
An occational candidate, elected official or presidential wannabe will drop by and be able to speak to the group. Then, it's lunch time. Usually catered food from Darrell "the legend" Kearney's son Kent. (Who own a great place to eat "Our Cafe" down in Carlisle, good food and good times, check it out)
Kent usually has something awesome to eat for the SCC and staff... and the occational mooching staffer who works for another campaign in the building... um, I've been a repeat offender on that count. Well, it was gonna go to waste and do I need to tell you how many starving kids... blah, blah, blah... In the words of Rush Limbaugh, "YOU PEOPLE!"
After lunch, back to convene again to discuss the business as described above and they wrap up around 2 or 3. That's pretty much it. Any SCC members any details i have might have missed?
Again, congrats to Chairman Iverson... do you think I could get him to do a 7.2 Questions?
You know what I’m saying, just link it like you mean it. So here’s some links and stuff to fulfill the promise of the randomnous.
