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Nebraska Deem & Pass? LB 1110 Proved Shenanigans Not Limited To Federal Government

Originally published September 23, 2010, By Shellinda. Updated April 9, 2012. 3 Comments

Nebraska Deem & Pass? LB 1110 Proved Shenanigans Not Limited To Federal Government

As a couple of Americans who have spent too much time focused on Washington, D.C. and not enough within our state (but making an effort to change this), we wonder whether the maneuvers regarding a certain piece of legislation introduced last session is common practice in the Nebraska Unicameral. We suspect it may well be. […]

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Whose Side ARE the Founders On? Easy.

Originally published July 9, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated January 24, 2011. Leave a Comment

Whose Side ARE the Founders On? Easy.

By Shelli Dawdy This is the third and final in a series examining an article in the Lincoln Journal Star on July 4 entitled “Whose side are the Founding Fathers on?” Just click one of the titles to read the first part: “The Founding? Move Along Folks, Nothing to See There. Onward Progress!” or second […]

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Efforts to Muddle History of the Founding Don’t Change Its Facts

Originally published July 8, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated January 26, 2011. Leave a Comment

Efforts to Muddle History of the Founding Don’t Change Its Facts

By Shelli Dawdy This is the second of  a three part piece examining an article in the Lincoln Journal Star on July 4 entitled “Whose side are the Founding Fathers on?” Just click the title to read the first part: “The Founding? Move Along Folks, Nothing to See There. Onward Progress!“ There is a related […]

Filed Under: Constitution, Founding Fathers, History Tagged With: american history, benjamin franklin, Constitution, constitutional convention, declaration, founding fathers, george washington, gin, Grassroots in Nebraska, history of progressivism, ignorance of history, independence day, john adams, journal star, limited government, lincoln journal star article, ljs, media bias, miracle in philadelphia, philosophy of the founding, progress in history, progress of history, progressive arguments, progressive thought, progressives, progressivism, ratification of the constitution, religion and america, rewriting history, the founding, the lincoln journal star, thomas jefferson, throw away the constitution, u.s. history, whose side are the founders on?

The Founding? Move Along Folks NOTHING To See There. Onward Progress!

Originally published July 4, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated January 26, 2011. 2 Comments

The Founding? Move Along Folks NOTHING To See There. Onward Progress!

By Shelli Dawdy This is part one of a two part piece. The Lincoln Journal Star featured a piece in their Independence Day edition entitled “Whose Side Are the Founding Fathers On?” The piece was written with a bottom-line message: there’s no clear answer. It’ll be a topic of perpetual debate. According to the article, […]

Filed Under: Constitution, History Tagged With: american history, benjamin franklin, Constitution, constitutional convention, declaration, founding fathers, george washington, gin, Grassroots in Nebraska, history of progressivism, ignorance of history, independence day, john adams, journal star, limited government, lincoln journal star article, ljs, media bias, miracle in philadelphia, philosophy of the founding, progress in history, progress of history, progressive arguments, progressive thought, progressives, progressivism, ratification of the constitution, religion and america, rewriting history, the founding, the lincoln journal star, thomas jefferson, throw away the constitution, u.s. history, whose side are the founders on?

Lincoln Journal Star Article on February 19 Sovereignty Hearing Requires Comments

Originally published February 21, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated January 25, 2011. Leave a Comment

Lincoln Journal Star Article on February 19 Sovereignty Hearing Requires Comments

The Lincoln Journal Star carried an article about the Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee hearing that was held on Friday entitled “Bill Would Give Voice to States’ Rights”. This article requires parsing and needs to be commented on by those who support the Constitution and a return to a truly Federalist Republic. Before presenting […]

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