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Derivation of Integrity Index Levels involves proprietary use of algorithms, somewhat similar to those used in deriving operating efficiencies, described farther below on this website.

An operating efficiency of 100% defines perfection, the condition of zero waste. Similarly, an Integrity Index Level of 1,000 applies to the Divine--the ultimate level of perfection and truth--and 0, the ultimate absence of perfection and truth.

On this 0 to 1,000 scale, significant integrity starts at level 300. The levels are logarithmic, (powers of ten)--which provide more than sufficient range to cover all conditions of integrity--to the highest level of accuracy obtainable. The levels are intended to be used for making comparisons and for determining improvement, rather than absolutes--at this time.

To some extent, the Integrity Index Levels can be considered as measures of energy levels--where a 'truth' has a different energy level than a 'false'. It is expected that use of memristors will eventually lead to precise measurement of such energy levels, including the frequencies of each.

A memristor behaves like a non-linear resistor with memory. It will substantially (30% or more) increase speed, reduce size, weight, power consumption, heat dissipated and cost of computers--approaching brain-like computation and memory capability. A memristor will not lose memory resulting from a power loss.

Memristor technology will provide the means for the ultimate truth or lie detector. This technology eliminates the rounding errors resulting from forced use of zeroes and ones, in existing digital technology. It will make voice recognition more precise than existing DNA. It will show if a person's unique energy imprint was present at the scene of a crime--at the precise time of the crime!

Integrity awards for deserving newspapers, radio and TV stations will become routine!! The same applies to clerics, lawyers, businesses, schools, governments, judges, teachers, journalists, politicians and political parties etc. Are you ready for this? Will there be efforts to halt or drive memristor technology development, refinement and use out of the country--to avoid exposure of the truth? Who would fear the truth and want to do that--criminals, the Federal Government? Please keep a very watchful eye on development of this technology--or its sudden demise.

The Integrity Index Levels derived by Iowalive net workers are infantile, compared to the levels obtainable from use of memristor technology. The numerical, Integrity Index Levels provided by Iowalive net workers merely introduce you to what is to come. Anyone claiming to have better numbers is always asked to provide them for evaluation and comparison.

As if to emphasize the link of tornado strikes to terrible integrity, tornadoes struck Iowa on the very day Democrat Legislators frantically adjourned the 2009 legislative session having the most terrible integrity level ever reached in Iowa. Adjournment at 6:00 AM Sunday morning was frantically gaveled so Democrats could abandon the Statehouse as protesters prepared to descend on it to protest Democrats wanting to raise the dignity of immoral, homosexual ‘marriage’ and homosexual sex acts. Simultaneously, homosexuals were planning trips to Iowa to participate in immoral ‘marriage’. Is this heaven?? No, it’s Iowa, the immoral capitol of the Midwest.

As if to add unethical insult to injury, Democrats lied about the reason to rush the session to an end—with bleary eyed, irresponsible spending.

While not as severe as the EF5 Iowa City tornado, forecast in the table farther below, Sunday’s tornadoes—with reports still coming in, definitely give Democrats a warning of what is to come. In addition, rather than helping to raise integrity levels. Iowa Democrats made them far worse, as shown in the following table.

Integrity levels will further worsen as Democrats tour the state and shamelessly brag about what they did to Iowa and Iowans.

The following table shows the Iowalive tornado forecast for Iowa, using the corrected algorithms, that exclude any vertical swirls and tornadoes below the EF5 strength level, on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. An EF5 level tornado has 3 second gust winds of at least 200 mph and will damage Apt, condo, townhouse (3 stories or less), or greater, according to the National Weather Service. This level was chosen over the original EFO level to focus on the more damaging tornadoes and to reduce the number of tornadoes in the forecast. Iowalive net workers are doing what they can to hold tornado funnels 200 feet or more above the ground, to eliminate significant damage from tornadoes below the EF5 strength level. They are also asking the Governor, Democrat state legislators in power, newspapers and others to raise integrity levels, associated with their public behavior, to reduce, or eliminate, damage from EF5 tornadoes as well. The tornado forecast for July and on will be posted at a later date.

We know of no tornadoes reported as forecast in the table below--so we readily admit the forecasts for April 18^th were wrong.

As a result, the tornado forecasting algorithms used will be improved so that a tornado is defined to include only those tornadoes that are at, or above, the threshold of reporting—in the event that is the source of error. Henceforth, the forecasting algorithms will be set to include only damaging tornadoes of level EFO or stronger, on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. This excludes gustnados, small vertical swirls, which are confused with tornadoes—as they were in the forecasting algorithms.

Once the algorithms are corrected, the following table will be updated and posted on website: http://iowalive.net/ to reflect the improvement. It is quite likely the tornado forecast for Iowa City will be the only one forecast up to that date!

Anyone claiming to have better forecasts is asked to provide them for evaluation and comparison. As mentioned previously, it is expected the forecasting methodology will be improved as we go along. If this were easy to do, the National Weather Service, or the plethora of weathermen at the TV stations, might have already figured it out.

As it is, for the first time, you are witnessing (warts and all) the development of algorithms routinely used by net workers. Normally the algorithms are refined before data associated with them is released. As reported, we made an exception this time and released the forecasts so Governor Culver and Legislators can take timely integrity improvement action, to reduce tornado damage.

OPEN LETTER TO: Craig Cogil and Jeff Johnson, NOAA National Weather Service

From: iowalive [mailto:iowalive@q.com]
Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 9:54 AM
To: 'craig.cogil@noaa.gov'; 'jeff.johnson@noaa.gov'
Cc: Chester Culver (chet.culver@iowa.gov); William Angrick (William.Angrick@legis.state.ia.us); TOM HARKIN (HarkinPress@harkin.senate.gov); (janmickelson@clearchannel.com); James Rice (james_rice@grassley.senate.gov); James Lynch (james.lynch@gazettecommunications.com); lyle.muller@gazettecommunications.com; DICK FREDERICKS (rafia@fmtcs.com); David Pitt (dpitt@ap.org); KGAN (kgan@kgan.com); KWWL 7 (kwwl@kwwl.com); Mike Gronstal (Michael.Gronstal@legis.state.ia.us); KEVIN MCCARTHY (Kevin.McCarthy@legis.state.ia.us)

Greetings, Craig Cogil and Jeff Johnson, NOAA National Weather Service: C. L. 999

As you study the tables below, you will learn Iowalive net workers are interested in forecasting tornadoes and reducing their damage, in Iowa . Please help us do so, as the Governor and Democrats are ignoring our requests for their help!! Raising integrity is a noble thing to do on its own, so what harm will it do to raise it in the hopes of preventing tornado damage--as Iowalive analysis show it is likely to do?

As part of this analysis, Iowalive is interested in the percentage of all tornadoes occurring in Iowa that actually strike the ground and cause significant damage. At this point, it appears the average is about 12%, in the past 30 years. If you have a better number, please provide it for evaluation and comparison—in compliance with FOI.

Of even more interest is the percentage of occurring tornadoes that struck the ground in the counties with the most and least ground tornado strikes. Net workers believe the percentages to be about 15% and 4%, respectively—which is nearly a 4 to 1 difference. How come? Please provide any similar numbers you have.

For example, what is the significant difference in Woodbury (49), Polk (45), Linn (41) and Story (45) counties, having the highest number of ground strikes--from Iowa (1), Allamakee (7) and Lucas (7) counties having the lowest number of strikes? This is obviously not due to their locations in the state, as there is no such pattern to suggest it. So what causes this unusual distribution of tornado ground strikes? Please respond with your best answer—as we know some weather forecasters, newspaper editors and columnists are frothing at the mouth to attack and try to discredit us, as usual. You see, we are thinking bold and outside the box, just as they challenge Iowans to do!

Iowalive net workers are evaluating the common denominator for tornadoes striking the ground and causing damage—since such a small percentage of them do so. What, if anything, have you determined to be the causative factor in tornado ground strikes? If it isn’t low Integrity Levels, as net workers suspect, and their associated energy levels—what is it?? What causes miraculous lifting or sparing of some adjacent areas and things from damage? Provide your best information, please—to be most helpful!

What will it take for Democrats to raise the Integrity Levels in the table? It is in their power to do so, in this legislative session!!

If you dislike what Iowalive net workers are doing, what are you doing to prevent tornado damage in Iowa?

A growing network of volunteer citizens and professionals for improving Iowa , which includes taking timely action to greatly reduce tornado damage.

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4-11-09

Greetings, Governor Chester Culver , Democrat Legislators and Iowa Newspapers:

Yours and other Democrat’s refusal to raise the integrity of any element in the Integrity table below are most disappointing and possibly risky. It’s as if there are no interests or incentives to do so. The purpose of this letter is to raise your awareness of the magnitude of the issues—and to motivate you and other Democrats to take effective improvement actions--now, while the Legislature is in session.

Iowalive accurately forecast the March tornado in western Iowa and has recently forecast tornadoes for 10 additional Iowa cities, as listed in the Tornado forecast table farther below. It is believed that 9 of them have been, or soon will be, protected from a tornado funnel coming closer than 200 feet to the ground. Iowa City is most vulnerable and has not been so protected. Recent Iowalive tornado analysis shows there is a link between integrity and tornado damage.

That is but one reason why immediate help from you and other Democrats is requested to raise integrity levels in the Integrity table below—that you and others were provided previously. There are many other reasons for raising the integrity levels, for the immediate benefit of Iowans. It is very risky for you to doubt us, Governor—and also for other Democrats in charge of Iowa government to doubt us, at this time. Do you believe that terrible integrity has no consequences? Have you noticed how tornado funnels hit, and then skip damaging things in their paths? How come?

Please consider that the odds of Iowalive net workers successfully forecasting the March tornado were about 1 in 20,000. Similarly the odds of net workers evaluating, widely reporting and posting on the website, Governor Vilsack’s 19% office operating efficiency, and having him accept it without any form of public complaint or reprisal--were at best 1 in 33,000. As you know, the net workers were successful in beating those overwhelming odds and doing just that—and have done so for many other things, as you folks have learned.

As we previously reported, the normal odds are about 1 in 40,000 for anyone to accurately forecast a tornado striking Iowa City this year, as Iowalive net workers forecast in the Tornado Forecast table farther below. However, if just 1 of the first 9 tornados in the table strikes as forecasted, the odds of a tornado striking Iowa City , as forecast, increase to about 1 in 200! Do you get the picture, Governor?

So, if you and other Democrats stubbornly choose to adjourn the legislature without taking any integrity improvement actions, we strongly suggest you consider if there is anyone, or anything, in Iowa City you care about, and act accordingly. You would be well served to similarly consider the other 9 towns as well!!

While the forecasts herein are openly recognized as being the first of their kind, and should be treated accordingly, they have yet to be proven substantially wrong. We report, you decide!! Forecasting methods will be improved with time. The forecasts are released at this early date, prior to rigorous proofing, to make it easy for Democrat legislators to improve Integrity Levels this legislative session.

Democrats in charge should Improve integrity state-wide and raise the probability of avoiding tornado damage!! What is there to lose in doing so, Governor? Help make Iowa free of tornado damage!! Must Republicans be elected to improve Integrity Levels and help Iowalive net workers reduce such damage?

Similarly, we expect newspapers to show some leadership and step up strongly for making integrity improvements now—before the legislature hastily adjourns. Newspapers should know better, and have more integrity, than to sit and wait for tornadoes to motivate them to take such badly needed action!!! What is there to lose in demonstrating such leadership now?

THESE INTEGRITY LEVELS NEED TO BE IMPROVED FOR MANY REASONS

INTEGRITY LEVELS UNDER DEMOCRAT CONTROL--LINKED TO IOWA TORNADO FORECAST AND DAMAGE
DESCRIPTION OF IOWA INTEGRITY ELEMENTS UNDER DEMOCRAT CONTROL	PAST YEAR-TO-DATE, 3-31-09 INTEGRITY INDEX LEVEL, ON SCALE OF 0 TO 1,000 TOPS, WHERE SIGNIFICANT INTEGRITY STARTS AT 300
STATE BUDGETS	120
IOWA SUPREME COURT DECISIONS	110
STATE TAX CODES	50
GOVERNOR ' S LEADERSHIP	30
AFSCME	30
*PROFESSOR SALARIES AT U OF I	20
ISEA	20
HOUSE DEMOCRAT LEADERSHIP	15
CHAPTER 20 OF IA CODE	15
K-12 STUDENT PROFICIENCY STANDARD	10
SENATE DEMOCRAT LEADERSHIP	5
SAME SEX MARRIAGE LEGALIZATION	0

*59 are making more than $350,000 per year.

What will it take for Democrats to raise the Integrity Levels in the table? It is in their power to do so, in this legislative session!!

Sincerely,

Iowalive

A growing network of volunteer citizens and professionals for improving Iowa , which includes taking timely action to greatly reduce tornado damage.

In their quest to find news not reported by newspapers, Iowalive net workers occasionally find examples of outstanding public service performance improvement. Such is the case with the following two public service improvement winners. They are outstanding examples of public organizations making much better use of the money they have—rather than demanding more. Money provided to these two organizations is a very good investment!! These people do not covet or demand plush offices or other perks. They are focused on performance improvement—and they achieve it, almost in oblivion. Bless their unselfish hearts, big time!!

First and foremost, is the Linn County Solid Waste Agency located on the northern boundary of Marion , Iowa . The average annual operating efficiency of this agency improved from 41% in 2003 to 59% in 2009—a 44% improvement in 6 years. Executive Director Karmin McShane ,and her competent, cost conscious staff, continually look for, find, and implement better methods and processes for handling and disposing of municipal wastes. As we figure it, waste tonnage increased by at least 10%, head counts were reduced by about 15%, cost and space for overnight covering of waste were reduced by about 20%, equipment life cycles were increased by about 20%, leased office space was vacated and offices were relocated to existing, non-plush buildings on the landfill site. These folks manage money and negotiate lower prices and costs as well as the most efficient farmers--operating at 70% efficiency in Linn County !! To our knowledge, Marion ’s tipping fees were not increased for the period. There were many other improvements made as well! This Agency gets the nod over the following outstanding performance improvements because the end result of 59% was highest of the two. The higher the efficiency becomes, the more difficult it is to improve it substantially.

A very, very close second in performance improvement was achieved by Tom Newbanks, Public Services Director for the City of Marion . The average annual operating efficiency for road use fund usage increased from 36% in 2003 to 55% in 2009, a 53% improvement in 6 years. Tom and his staff of workers emphasize continuous performance improvement and it pays off. A major improvement was achieved in reducing the cost of road salt from about $144 per ton to $58 per ton—a 60% reduction totaling over $180,000 per year. Not one to rest on his laurels, Tom is now looking to collaborate with other cities and further reduce the cost! The litany of other ways Tom and his staff reduced costs include installing new painting system and sewer line televising systems on the old vehicles rather than buying new, self servicing vehicles etc., use of LED signal lights, eliminated a man and a truck and did an equal or better job of street crack filling, effectively negotiating lower prices, and holding head count down as street mileage increased about 15% from city growth.

Congratulations to Karmin and Tom for distinguishing themselves, their staffs and their organizations in this unique and laudable manner. There is no need for Iowalive to ask them to continue their efforts, as they do so well on your own initiatives!!

Performance improvement specialists consider a 30% improvement as the minimum for launching an improvement project--and a 60% improvement as a significant stretch. From where they started, their achievements are definitely in the stretch range!! GOOD JOB!!

Anyone claiming to have better numbers, or greater performance improvements, is asked to provide them for evaluation and comparison.

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Kudos to 23 Eastern Iowa schools, officials and teachers who have not been corrupted by cheating in other schools in their area, or by the pathetic Cedar Rapids Gazette and Des Moines Register editorials!!! Hopefully, these same schools and officials will soon dump the bogus constructivist belief that poor and minority kids can't be taught--and can't learn. This is the belief that CORRUPTED and doomed Iowa education--and Iowa students as well.

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This revealing technology presentation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL9Wu2kWwSY , is likely the single most depressing and disappointing technology forecast you will likely see. It is similar to the recent ABC TV program, Stupid in America, as it reveals what newspapers will not report about education challenges and failures.

At the end of World War II, the United States clearly had the finest public education system on the face of this earth. So that you don’t become too depressed while watching the video, remember that U. S. schools can be fixed, just as other poorly performing monopolies have been fixed—by immediately exposing them to effective competition—and the immediate consequences of failure to compete effectively.

For at least the past 20 years it has become obvious the US had fallen behind other Countries in the education level of US students. In just the past 10 years the true low ranking of US students became so obvious, the Federal Government had to pass the No Child Left Behind act to try and stop the decline in the education level of the average US student.

Unfortunately, due to lack of awareness, public apathy, Teacher's Union dominance and a philosophical change in the perceived need of curriculum, the education level of today's US student continues to decline. Today, only the top 4-5 percent of US graduates can even begin to compete with their foreign counterparts. Equally as disturbing is the fact that the two most populous countries in the world, China and India have been and will continue to produce millions more top students than will the United States . For example, the top 25% of India 's population, with the highest IQ's, is greater than the entire population of the United States . Hence, we will continue to lose share in the global economy--today and tomorrow.

Many maintain that if the present situation is not turned around, the US will be forced to bring back to it's shores, the menial labor work and products it exported overseas during the past 20-30 years, because the foreign countries that once accepted that work will do so no longer. Their labor market which is already replacing the current US labor market is fast taking over and quite likely will dominate, in numbers especially, the upcoming high technology labor market.

The US no longer holds the competitive edge in high technology today and with the difference in numbers advantage, held today by China and India , the US will likely never be in a position, in the future, to regain that advantage. The present economic downturn in the US may also, in and of itself, preclude the US from ever recovering it's once vaunted position.

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The following table ranks the causes of the declines suffered by larger newspapers in America. Iowalive net workers performed the analysis as a result of unresolved issues with the Cedar Rapids, Iowa Gazette newspaper. The primary and other unresolved issues are pasted below the table.

It is of particular interest that poor management, biases and political correctness caused 70% of the decline. The newspapers did it to themselves, and it is up to them to fix it. In addition, poor subscriber reading skills added another 6%. This is indeed poetic justice since the newspapers blindly supported all the failed programs and increased funding the public schools were provided--at the insistence of constructivists and the teacher unions. The poorer readers are lost to the newspapers forever, since reading skills are not improved significantly after graduation from high school.

The primary unresolved issue with the Gazette is it is not doing its constitutional job. The same applies to many other large newspapers as well. There are other unresolved issues with the Gazette.

A FEW OF THE UNRESOLVED ISSUES THE GAZETTE REFUSES TO REPORT AND TAKE A POSITION ON

iii. Iowalive finds the ‘best’ number to be inflated by at least 3%.

The Gazette Ombudsman has been asked to resolve the above issues. For now the Gazette is trying to solve its problem by placing inadequate news items on its website. They are doing the same thing with the same flawed news and expecting a better result--which is insane!!

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KCRG-TV 9's 3 STORM FORECAST ERROR IS OVER TWICE THAT OF IOWALIVE, thru 12-19-2008

Iowalive is finding that National Weather Service actual snowfall amounts are posted late, if at all--and are not likely to be any more accurate than other measured amounts. The measurement processes are not that reliable or accurate.

Iowalive is also concerned about the large (up to six hours) error in KCRG-TV 9's forecasts for the times when a storm will start and end. This results in substantial worker distractions and lost production, for starters. It gets worse from there, with needless cancellations etc.--that likely cost the Cedar Rapids community a total of at least $400,000 for the Dec. 18 & 19 storm alone.

As a result, the Iowalive net worker is evaluating the best method to demonstrate that much better weather forecasting can and should be done--if not how to do it. Saturday's 12-20-2008 snowfall was not forecast for that reason. In addition, as shown above--KCRG-TV 9's forecast error is over twice that of Iowalive's, after just three snowstorms.

There is little point in proceeding with the existing competition, for that reason alone. The competition is therefore terminated for being no contest.

The National Weather Service has not yet posted Tuesday's snowfall amount as of 6:00 PM Wednesday.

The following snowfall forecasts were made at 6:00 AM Wednesday Morning, Dec. 17. Iowalive mentioned .3 inch of ice for Cedar Rapids and .2 inch for Waterloo. KCRG-TV 9 gave no comparable ice numbers in the forecast. On Tuesday, Dec. 17, Iowalive mentioned .4 inch of ice and power outages for Cedar Rapids.

The running score total snowfall forecast error in inches, as of 12-15-08, is:

The table shows two numbers for Iowalive's forecast because to compare with the National Weather Service (NWS) official snowfall numbers, the Iowalive forecast must be inflated to include sleet, pellets etc. that fall along with the snow--and artificially inflate the correct snowfall number.

The snow storm has passed and the snowfall forecast accuracy results are in. We have yet to receive KCRG’s actual snowfall amounts from you, so used National Weather Service amounts instead.

As shown in the table below, KCRG-TV 9’s total forecast error was about 6 times that of the Iowalive net worker—who is in the process of learning how the game is played, which should be “fun”. It is noteworthy that the forecasts were made but 12 hours before the actual forecasted event, on Tuesday, 12-9-2008.

Iowalive’s 8.8 inch total snowfall amount forecast, was .4 inches below the 8% margin of error for the 10.01 inches that fell. KCRG’s Minimum/Maximum forecasts ranged from 7.9 inches to 25.9 inches above the mark—far above the margin of error.

1. Actual snowfall amounts, as reported by the National Weather Service and others, include sleet and pellets etc. that fall along with the snow—and can serve to significantly inflate actual snowfall amounts. The Iowalive net worker will include sleet and pellets etc. in future forecasts to compensate upward, for these conditions.

2. When ‘expert’ forecasters come close to the mark, the results are widely televised. When they grossly miss the mark, the results are very difficult to obtain.

4. Obtaining information from some ‘expert’ forecasters is difficult, especially when it involves accuracy and performance. However, some are very cooperative!!

5. The integrity of weather forecasting and forecasts needs more scrutiny and evaluation, and this will be performed by Iowalive net workers in the near future.

6. Official, National Weather Service snowfall amounts are significantly less than other amounts reported.

Joe, we agree with you! From the table, it looks like it could be a fun winter!!

Iowalive A growing network of volunteer citizens and professionals for improving Iowa

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Radical Liberals and their behavior etc. are clearly described by Dr. Lyle Rossiter, MD, in his outstanding book, The Liberal Mind, available for $19.95 (paperback) or $9.95 (E-book) at http://www.libertymind.com/index.php?page_id=220 .

Since discussing the book's contents in describing the integrity of 2008 IA legislative action farther below, and in several emails to Iowans, people have been telling us they have been exposed to radical liberal behavior, and didn't like it, but didn't know what it was--or what caused it. Now they are finding out more about it. The following table was prepared by Iowalive net workers--based on Dr. Rossiter's book.

The table is Iowalive net workers' attempt to put Dr. Rossiter's theories to practice, with the best, but not claimed to be perfect, numbers available, derived and provided at no cost by volunteer Iowalive net workers. The table's contents make it much easier to recognize radical liberal behavior and beliefs--even though some, who are so afflicted, try to hide or disguise it. Those of you who work with, or associate with radical liberals, are aware of the havoc they can raise with others--and with an organization's morale and productivity. They can inhabit a business or a church congregation, as well as a public institution. They are not limited to activities in politics alone--as you can easily observe from the descriptions in the table, and the ensuing discussions.

When you observe individuals behaving with any single behavior described in the table with red or orange numbers--you can be reasonably sure you are dealing with a radical liberal. For example, extravagant demands, political or otherwise, readily identify a radical liberal. Here are some typical, radical livereal extravagant demands made by:

Numbers in the table were derived from observations, conversations and advanced statistical methods. Anyone claiming to have better numbers is asked to provide them for evaluation and comparison. You can expect the table to be updated as more information and data become available.

Once you have determined there are radical liberals in your organization, it is reasonable for you to become concerned about any impact they are apt to have on your organization's performance or integrity--for which you might be held accountable. People are telling us they don't trust people behaving as described in the table above--nor do they want to be around them. We doubt few people would argue that this lowers morale and performance in the workplace.

The following table is the first attempt to quantify how much of an impact radical liberals are apt to have on large organizations. It is understood that one radical liberal could break up a partnership or a small organization. The numbers in the table below will be improved as time goes along and more data is obtained. Anyone claiming to have better numbers is asked to provide them for evaluation and comparison.

Before you study the following table, please compare the radical liberal's behavior in the table above to what Dr. Rossiter says about the "competent citizen", who is often expected to cooperate or work with radical liberals. The contrast of radical liberals with competent citizens strongly supports the numbers in the following table--that show the harm radical liberal behavior does to organizations.

Clinical treatment methods for radical liberals are beyond the scope of this discussion.

Iowalive has been asked to release the names of the 12 legislators, some who are Committee Chairs, but believes it to be unnecessary at this time since they can be identified by anyone paying close attention to Dr. Rossiter's description of their public tax and spend behavior etc. Despite their litany of school failures--smaller class size, mandatory kindergarten, higher teacher pay, New Math, Whole Language, Social Passing, Feel Good about Failure, teacher training and Phases I, II & III, the Radical liberals just passed a mandatory, constructivist Core Curriculum--that will fail as well.

Excerpted from Dr. Lyle Rossiter's book, The Liberal Mind--The Psychological Causes of Political Madness

Lyle H. Rossiter, Jr. received his medical and psychiatric training at the University of Chicago and served for two years as a psychiatrist in the U.S. Army. He is board certified in both general and forensic psychiatry. For more than forty years he has diagnosed and treated mental disorders, with a special interest in personality pathology and its developmental origins. He has been retained by numerous public offices, courts and private attorneys as a forensic psychiatrist and has consulted in more than 2,700 civil and criminal cases in both state and federal jurisdictions. He has lectured to various groups on subjects ranging from psychotherapy to the prevention of suicide.

“Based on his early deficits in trust, the radical liberal’s skepticism about life is deep seated and cynical. It undermines his ability to be hopeful, leaving him at least pessimistic and often depressive in his outlook on life. Indeed, the radical liberal is not optimistic about himself and the world: he lacks a deep-seated confidence in his and others’ abilities to manage life’s problems, achieve security and feel contented in a framework of individual freedom. Not only can he not trust that other persons will cooperate with him for his and their benefit, he also believes that they will deliberately ignore him, neglect him, deprive him or exploit him.

The radical liberal believes that he has to defend himself against this basic fact about the human condition by getting power over others. He must force other persons to meet his needs or he will remain deprived, frustrated and disadvantaged. When his early trauma has been especially severe, his conviction that he is deprived and abused rises to the level of paranoia. He is then convinced that his suffering is not only painful but intended. He believes that others are conspiring to harm him and keep him down. In adult life this paranoid development finds a home in the politics of victimization

All of this and more will of course be adamantly denied by the radical liberal, who must defend against his deficits by projecting them into the outside world. He will not realize that he misinterprets the present through perceptions from the past. He will not understand that his cynicism flows from the traumas of his childhood. He will insist instead that in a free society under the rule of law, he and many others like him will be deprived, neglected and abused by villains who use freedom to exploit their victims. He will not understand that by projecting his mistrustful perceptions into the world around him he distorts the realities of human relating. But this denial will not withstand scrutiny.

The radical liberal’s neurosis is evident in his distortions of human nature and human relating. It is evident in what he seeks and what he fears, in what he praises and damns, in what elicits his sympathy and pity, in what stimulates his rage and outrage. It is evident in the values he celebrates and in those he scorns, in the policies he promotes and the principles he opposes, in the responsibilities he rejects and the obligations he shirks, in what makes him envious and jealous, in what agitates him and calms him, in what humiliates him and makes him proud. His neurosis is evident in his ideals and fantasies; in his self-righteousness, arrogance and grandiosity; in his self-pity; in his demands for indulgence and exemption from accountability; in his claims to entitlements; in what he gives and withholds; and in his protests that nothing done voluntarily is enough to satisfy him.

Most notably, the radical liberal’s neurosis is evident in his extravagant political demands, in his furious protests against economic freedom, in his arrogant contempt for morality, in his angry defiance of civility, in his bitter attacks on freedom of association, in his aggressive assault on individual liberty. And in the final analysis, the irrationality of the radical liberal is most apparent in his ruthless use of force to control the lives of others. As will be noted in more detail below, the radical liberal’s obsession with force against others is the child’s solution to developmental failures in the first six years of life.”

* The Book is available for $19.95 (paperback) or $9.95 (E-book) at http://www.libertymind.com/index.php?page_id=220

INTEGRITY RANKING SUMMARY OF ISSUES PASSED AND FAILED IN IOWA'S HORRIBLE 2008 LEGISLATIVE SESSION controlled by 12 Radical Liberal Minds.

Iowalive net workers have completed their assessment and analysis and have ranked the Integrity Index Levels of Legislation passed, and not passed, in the 2008 session. The levels are based on moral and ethics principles of Iowans. Anyone claiming to have better rankings or numbers is asked to provide them for evaluation and comparison.

Like the 2007 Legislative session, 2008 is again the least integrous of the many sessions evaluated by Iowalive net workers. It is the second legislative session in several years that was controlled by Radical Liberals, and a Democrat governor. The table shows only 6 of 23 issues scoring above the 300 threshold for significant integrity.

The following table shows the operating efficiency and integrity index levels of Cedar Rapids' 39 City Departments has not improved since the formation of the City Manager form of government. Changes have been made, but they did not result in significant improvement, nor are they apt to. Two Radical Liberals in the Mayor and Council positions appear to hold performance down at this time--as the Council is only 10% efficient and ranked 38th--and the City Manager's department at 30% is ranked 24th. Neither demonstrate the leadership or an example for improved performance. As usual, for poorly performing organizations, they want more and more money to sustain present performance levels.

The following two charts show Cedar Rapids Gazette and Des Moines Register editors don't know what they are talking about--when they blindly promote school mergers and school closings. The wasteful, large school districts, showing reverse economies of scale, are much more hurtful to students and the state's economy than all the small schools in the state combined. *Total cost per student is going out of sight as the number of districts continues to fall.

TERRIBLE INTEGRITY LEVELS WORSEN UNDER DEMOCRAT CONTROL—LINKED TO IOWA TORNADO FORECAST AND DAMAGE
DESCRIPTION OF IOWA INTEGRITY ELEMENTS UNDER DEMOCRAT CONTROL	2009 IA. LEGISLATIVE SESSION INTEGRITY INDEX LEVEL, ON SCALE OF 0 TO 1,000 TOPS, WHERE SIGNIFICANT INTEGRITY STARTS AT 300
AFSCME	7
K-12 STUDENT PROFICIENCY	7
GOVERNOR’S LEADERSHIP	5
STATE TAX CODES	3
ISEA	3
*HOUSE DEMOCRAT LEADERSHIP	3
STATE BUDGETS	2
CHAPTER 20 OF IA CODE	1
SENATE DEMOCRAT LEADERSHIP	0
SAME SEX MARRIAGE	0
*Integrity was further lowered when Rep. Mike Reasoner, D-Creston, resigned his post as an assistant House majority leader.
Anyone claiming to have better numbers is asked to provide them for evaluation.

IA. TORNADOES, AT EF5 STRENGTH OR GREATER, REQUIRING INTERVENTION TO PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE---THRU JUNE 30, 2009.
NUMBER	LOCATION--within 5 miles of;	DATE	24 HR. TIME
1	Iowa City --E. Ia.	7-Jun	16:00

IA. TORNADOES, AT EF5 STRENGTH OR GREATER, REQUIRING INTERVENTION TO PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE---THRU JUNE 30, 2009.
NUMBER	LOCATION--within 5 miles of;	DATE	24 HR. TIME
1	Iowa City --E. Ia.	7-Jun	16:00

IA. TORNADOES REQUIRING INTERVENTION TO PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE
NUMBER	LOCATION--within 5 miles of;	DATE	24 HR. TIME
1	Froelich--ne Ia.	18-Apr	16:30
2	Clearfield --sw Ia.	18-Apr	4:00
3	Yarmouth --se Ia.	26-Apr	16:30
4	Volga---ne Ia.	2-May	16:10
5	Larrabee--nw Ia.	23-May	19:20
6	Charlotte --e cen Ia.	24-May	17:40
7	Dougherty--n cen Ia.	27-May	18:10
8	Spring Hill--s cen Ia.	28-May	20:20
9	Kalona--se Ia.	29-May	18:30
10	Iowa City --e Ia.	7-Jun	16:00

THE CEDAR RAPIDS GAZETTE CARRIES THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL TEST SCORES WITH NO CONSIDERATION FOR THEIR INTEGRITY. THIS TABLE FILLS THE HUGE INTEGRITY VOID LEFT BY THE SCHOOLS, GAZETTE, IA. DEPT. OF EDUCATION & GOVERNOR CULVER.
INTEGRITY RANK	DISTRICT	TEST SCORE INTEGRITY INDEX LEVEL, BASED ON ALL ETHICS PRINCIPLES, ON SCALE OF 0 TO 1,000 TOPS, WHERE SIGNIFICANT INTEGRITY STARTS AT 300.	% OF REPORTED SCORES BELIEVABLE
1	I. C. HERITAGE CHRISTIAN	940	99%
2	NORTH-LINN	930	99%
3	OLIN	910	99%
4	C. R. METRO CATHOLIC	905	99%
5	MOUNT VERNON	870	95%
6	SOLON	830	95%
7	CLEAR CREEK AMANA	820	95%
8	VINTON-SHELLSBURG	820	95%
9	DURANT	810	95%
10	CENTER-POINT URBANA	720	95%
11	MID-PRAIRIE	560	90%
12	LISBON	520	90%
13	IOWA VALLEY	510	90%
14	BENNETT	470	85%
15	MONTICELLO	470	85%
16	I. C. REGINA CATHOLIC	460	85%
17	ENGLISH VALLEY	460	85%
18	MIDLAND	460	85%
19	NORTH CEDAR	460	85%
20	ANAMOSA	430	80%
21	LONE TREE	425	80%
22	BELLE PLAINE	420	80%
23	SPRINGVILLE	415	80%
24	EAST BUCHANAN	260	70%
25	ALBURNETT	220	70%
26	BENTON	215	70%
27	COLLEGE COMM.	190	65%
28	MAQUOKETA VALLEY	160	60%
29	EDGEWOOD --COLESBURG	120	50%
30	HIGHLAND	120	50%
31	INDEPENDENCE	120	50%
32	CENTRAL CITY	110	50%
33	DEEP RIVER --MILLERSBURG	110	50%
34	H-L-V	105	50%
35	JESUP	105	50%
36	TIPTON	90	50%
37	WASHINGTON	90	50%
38	WEST BRANCH	90	50%
39	MARION	70	40%
40	LINN-MAR	70	40%
41	CEDAR RAPIDS	50	40%
42	IOWA CITY	40	40%
Anyone claiming to have better numbers is asked to provide them. Any superintendent who claims there is no cheating in the district is asked to explain how it is known.

CAUSES OF NEWSPAPER DECLINE
RANK	CAUSE FACTOR	% OF DECLINE CAUSED
1	POOR MANAGEMENT	28%
2	POLITICAL BIAS	18%
3	PRO GOV. SPENDING BIAS	12%
4	COMPETITION FROM INTERNET	11%
5	POLITICAL CORRECTNESS	7%
6	COMPETITION FROM TV	6%
7	POOR SUBSCRIBER READING SKILLS	6%
8	PRO TAXES BIAS	5%
9	COMPETITION FROM RADIO	3%
10	FEAR OF ADVERTISERS	2%
11	ALL OTHER	2%
	TOTAL	100%

TOTAL SNOWFALL FORECAST--INCHES, for Thurs & Friday, Dec. 18-19
LOCATION	KCRG-TV 9		IOWALIVE PINPOINT
LOCATION	MIN.	MAX.	IOWALIVE PINPOINT
CEDAR RAPIDS	6	12	5.2
WATERLOO	6	12	6.7

TOTAL SNOW FALL FORECAST--INCHES, FOR STORM ON TUESDAY/WED, DEC 16 & 17
LOCATION	IOWALIVE		KCRG
LOCATION	PINPOINT	FOR COMPARISON WITH NWS ACTUALS	KCRG
CEDAR RAPIDS	8.6	8.9	5.6
WATERLOO	4.2	4.6	6.3

KCRG-TV9 TOTAL SNOWFALL FORECAST ERROR IS SIX TIMES AS LARGE AS IOWALIVE ' s ERROR
TOTAL SNOWFALL FORCAST--INCHES, FROM 7 PM MONDAY TO 7 PM TUESDAY				ACTUAL SNOWFALL--National Weather Service	TOTAL ERROR--INCHES
LOCATION	KCRG-TV 9		IOWALIVE		TOTAL ERROR--INCHES
LOCATION	MIN.	MAX.	PINPOINT		KCRG-TV 9	IOWALIVE
CEDAR RAPIDS	3	6	1	0.11	8.78	0.89
DUBUQUE	3	6	1.8	1.8	5.4	0
WATERLOO	6	12	3.2	0.1	17.8	3.1
DECORAH	6	12	2.8	8	6	5.2
TOTAL	18	36	8.8	10.01
*TOTAL FORECAST ERROR--INCHES					37.98	6.2
*KCRG-TV 9 ' s use of a two number range shows high uncertainty (guesswork) and results in increased error, as it should, since either or both numbers can be wrong. The error is calculated by subtracting the actual snowfall from each number in the range, and then adding the results together. A two-to-one spread in the KCRG forecast is inherently inaccurate!
NOTE: Actual snowfall amounts include sleet and pellets, etc. that fell with the snow--and as such, were not included in the Iowalive snowfall forecasts. They will be included in future Iowalive forecasts--even though their inclusion significantly inflates snowfall amounts. But that ' s how the ' experts ' play the game. Actual snowfall amounts are the best available. Anyone claiming to have better numbers is asked to provide them for evaluation and comparison.

HOW TO RECOGNIZE A RADICAL LIBERAL
RADICAL LIBERAL'S BEHAVIOR	% OF PEOPLE HAVING THIS BEHAVIOR WHO ARE RADICAL LIBERALS	% OF RADICAL LIBERALS HAVING THIS BEHAVIOR
The radical liberal’s neurosis is evident in his extravagant ' political ' demands, in his furious protests against economic freedom, in his arrogant contempt for morality, in his ruthless use of force to control the lives of others.	98%	98%
Believes others are conspiring to harm him and hold him down	95%	97%
Believes others deliberately ignore, neglect, deprive and exploit him	87%	89%
Is self righteous, arrogant and grandiose in his demands for indulgence and exemption from accountability--and in his claims to entitlements, in what he gives and withholds, and in his protests that nothing done voluntarily is enough to satisfy him.	86%	95%
Lacks deep seated confidence in himself	72%	75%
Feels disadvantaged, frustrated and deprived	70%	76%
Paranoid--Believes he must defend himself from others	62%	66%
Forces others to meet his needs	52%	75%
Pessimistic	51%	98%
Cynical	23%	65%
Skeptical beyond reason	22%	81%
Cannot trust others

RADICAL LIBERALS' IMPACT ON AN ORGANIZATION OF COMPETENT CITIZENS
DESCRIPTION	CHANGE IN ORGANIZATIONS ' PRODUCTIVITY	CHANGE IN ORGANIZATIONS ' INTEGRITY
DECREASE OF 2 RADICAL LIBERALS PER 100 EMPLOYEES	20%	10%
ELIMINATION OF LAST RADICAL LIBERAL FROM 100 EMPLOYEES	15%	10%
EFFECTIVE CLINICAL TREATMENT OF 2 RADICAL LIBERALS PER 100 EMPLOYEES	15%	10%
ADDITION OF THE FIRST RADICAL LIBERAL TO 100 EMPLOYEES	-10%	-5%
INCREASE OF 2 RADICAL LIBERALS PER 100 EMPLOYEES	-30%	-20%
ADDITION OF THIRD RADICAL LIBERAL TO 100 EMPLOYEES	-30%	-30%

INTEGRITY RANK	ISSUES PASSED	INTEGRITY INDEX LEVEL ON SCALE OF 0 TO 1,000 TOPS. SIGNIFICANT INTEGRITY STARTS AT LEVEL 300.
1	INCREASED VETERANS BENEFITS	410
2	DOG FIGHTING PENALTIES	400
3	END OF GIFT CARD FEES	320
4	$200,000 for maternity homes, pregnancy centers and adoption agencies	260
5	CHILD HEALTH INSURANCE	201
6	CUT HOME SCHOOL FUNDING TO SCHOOLS	180
7	ENVIRONMENT FUNDING	170
8	SMOKING BAN	110
9	BONDING FOR NEW PENITENTIARY	95
10	INCREASED VEHICLE LICENSE FEES	60
11	EXPANDED PRE-SCHOOL FUNDING	10
12	SCHOOL ALLOWABLE GROWTH	2
13	INCREASED TEACHER PAY	2
14	MANDATORY CORE CURRICULUM	0
15	LABOR UNIONS IN CONTROL OF PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS	0
16	SCHOOL SALES TAX	0
17	$750,000 Family Planning--Abortions	0
	AVERAGE	159

	ISSUES NOT PASSED
1	TEEN DRIVER USE OF CELL PHONES	350
2	INCREASED BOTTLE DEPOSIT	310
3	STRICTER OPEN RECORDS LAW	0
4	END CORPORATE TAX LOOPHOLE	0
5	STIFFER ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT EMPLOYMENT	0
6	PROPERTY TAX RELIEF	0
7	TOUGHER SCHOOL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS	0
	AVERAGE	94

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA CITY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT ' S OPERATING EFFICIENCY AND INTEGRITY RANK. OVERALL CITY EFFICIENCY IS 28% AND INTEGRITY INDEX IS 280, WEIGHTED AVERAGE.
EFF. RANK, OF 39	INTEG. RANK, OF 39	39 CEDAR RAPIDS DEPARTMENTS	AVG. OPERATING EFFICIENCY, YEAR-TO-DATE 3-30-07	AVG. INTEGRITY INDEX LEVEL BASED ON ETHICS AND MORALS PRINCIPALS, ON A SCALE OF 0 TO 1,000 TOPS, WHERE SIGNIFICANT INTEGRITY STARTS AT 300.
1	5	Veterans Memorial	67%	570
2	2	Treasurer’s Office	66%	670
3	4	Purchasing	62%	620
4	13	Ushers Ferry	54%	360
5	11	Information Technology	52%	415
6	15	Riverfront Services	51%	325
7	6	Parking	48%	530
8	21	Recreation	47%	270
9	18	Traffic Engineering (Division of Public Works)	47%	315
10	1	Water	44%	720
11	7	Animal Control	43%	520
12	3	Assessor	43%	640
13	19	Transit	43%	310
14	29	Police	38%	170
15	16	Forestry Maintenance (Division of Public Works)	37%	320
16	30	Neighborhood Liaison	35%	170
17	14	City Clerk	33%	340
18	10	Eastern Iowa Airport	33%	450
19	17	Public Works	33%	320
20	24	Building/Zoning	32%	210
21	27	Development	32%	190
22	20	Housing Inspections	32%	310
23	8	Engineering (Division of Public Works)	31%	520
24	23	City Manager	30%	220
25	12	Civil Rights	23%	400
26	9	Fire	20%	520
27	38	Sewer Maintenance (Division of Public Works)	20%	80
28	32	Golf	18%	150
29	22	Street Maintenance (Division of Public Works)	18%	240
30	31	Auditor	17%	160
31	34	Facilities Management	17%	110
32	25	Parks	17%	210
33	33	Water Pollution Control	15%	125
34	26	Library	14%	210
35	39	Joint Communication	13%	70
36	35	Housing Services	12%	110
37	36	Human Resources	12%	110
38	28	City Council	10%	180
39	37	Solid Waste & Recycling	10%	105