Just a quick post today to call your attention to a bill in the Unicameral that’s not attracting much attention, but should. WHEN THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE HELD A HEARING CONCERNING THIS BILL ON FEBRUARY 25TH, NO ONE SPOKE IN OPPOSITION. LB512 was introduced by Senator Jim Scheer (Dist. 19), who’s a new face in the […]
Deserving of Darts: NE Unicameral – Voter ID Bites the Dust
The Nebraska Unicameral, is, as we all know, a one house legislative body, and, officially “non-partisan”. After having observed the legislative process for quite some time, both from a distance, and up close, we stopped puzzling over this paradigm. What the Nebraska Unicameral is, is clear. Last fall, Linda wrote the following article: Nebraska is […]
Health Care Reform: Republicans Helping Implementation (For Our Own Good)
“The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.” ~ James Madison, 1829 So, all quiet on the health care front? Definitely not. There were recent news reports about the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to consolidate and hear several health care law […]
So We Had A Resolution, Huh? Hmm. How IS That State Sovereignty Thing Workin’ Out For Us?
Last updated, September 2014 Nebraska was one of only fourteen states to see the successful passage of a State Sovereignty Resolution in the two year period 2009 – 2010, while well over thirty states had resolutions. In other words, the passage of the Nebraska resolution on April 13, 20101 The Sovereignty Resolution was originally numbered […]
Your Mama’s SO Ugly, She’s — DISABLED???
“THE YEAR WAS 2081, and everybody was finally equal. They weren’t only equal before God and the law. They were equal every which way. Nobody was smarter than anybody else. Nobody was better looking than anybody else. Nobody was stronger or quicker than anybody else. All this equality was due to the 211th, 212th, […]
The State of Nebraska Has YOUR Medical Records: Next Up…the Feds
As I work on completing publication of the series of articles on the subject of nullification, it’s important that we move back towards dealing with the health care issue. I’m starting with a subject no one is talking about when they talk about “stopping Obamacare”…medical records technology, and how the government is commandeering those medical […]
Outrageous Terror Drill Planned for Saturday in Iowa
UPDATED Friday, March 25, 2011 Thanks to one of our site’s regular readers and commenters, Glen, we’ve learned that the drill has been cancelled. According to a report by the Associated Press (see update at the bottom of the article), the Treynor, Iowa, high school where the drill was to occur, received a threat […]
History Has Proven Nullification a Failure – Just Look at REAL ID
This is Part 2 in a continuing series on nullification. For Part 1, click HERE. In Part 1, I explained that in the past year, I’ve come to realize that nullification is not a solution that should be pursued by the states. That change of opinion, the result of much research and reflection, includes a […]
Coming to a Wal-Mart Check-Out Near You: How to spy on your fellow citizens
By Shelli Dawdy Having been largely raised by a grandmother who grew up during the Depression, being frugal comes second nature to me, so I do a good deal of my basic-item shopping at Wal-Mart. Many of us know that Wal-Mart has been long maligned by the left. As a fan of a free market, […]
ACTION ALERT: Call your State Senator Friday AM
Editor’s Note: Thank you to Laura Ebke of NE Campaign for Liberty for alerting us to these issues. The Nebraska Campaign for Liberty’s Legislative Watch group “NebraskaLiberty’s Unicam Watch” has been busy reading bills introduced in this session and have identified two bills in particular—both carryovers from the last session—which will likely come to a […]
