GOP Election Misinterpretation 2014 seems very much like GOP Election Misinterpretation 2012. Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District voters sent a message November 4, but will the party powerful willfully ignore it? Read full articleLee Terry’s Loss Misinterpreted by Nebraska Ruling Class
Brett Lindstrom: 2nd Congressional District Alternative to Lee Terry
For an alternative to Lee Terry in Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District, check out Brett Lindstrom. Read full articleBrett Lindstrom: 2nd Congressional District Alternative to Lee Terry
NE Primary Election 2012: List of All Candidates, Debate Videos, more
Updated October 24, 2012: If you landed here looking for Nebraska GENERAL Election information, click HERE. We have uploaded the Statewide Candidate List – the full and official list candidates – released by the Nebraska Secretary of State’s Office on March 9, 2012 (the filing deadline for candidates is March 1, 2012) to our Scribd […]
Pumping Up Politics, Prices: Transcanada Keystone XL Pipeline
From my article of November 2, 2011, “TransCanada Trojan Horse: Keystone XL Pipeline Will Increase Gas Prices“: “The TransCanada Keystone Xl pipeline project will result in increased gas and diesel prices in 15 Midwestern States – to the detriment of those states’ citizens and economies.” While I continue to ponder the question… How much more […]
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 […]
The New National Past Time: Pipeline Hot Potato
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No! Wait… Is that a football? No, but it is brown. And it is oblong. Hey, it’s smoking! Wait! It’s a hot potato! It’s America’s new national past time and no, sorry, Husker fans, it is not football. It’s called Pipeline Hot Potato. So, let’s play! Let’s meet our […]
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 […]
Is President Obama Smarter Than A Fifth Grader?
I’ve received some feedback on the most recent article published here “TransCanada Trojan Horse: Keystone XL Pipeline Will Increase Gas Prices“. That feedback confirms my earlier concerns about the use of environmentalist rhetoric in the pipeline project debate. That feedback also confirms that anyone else interested in running for Miss Popularity in the state need […]
TransCanada Trojan Horse: Keystone XL Pipeline Will Increase Gas Prices
As we’ve noted repeatedly in our articles on the subject, our primary interest in the Keystone XL pipeline project was the conduct of Nebraska’s elected officials at both the state and federal levels, and serious concerns about property rights. We did not have an overall position on the project and we did not recommend any […]
Nebraska Three Faces of Eve: Jane Kleeb – Farmer, Pundit, or Radical Leftist?
Some bits of information noted in our articles about the TransCanada Keystone XL pipeline project: Many Nebraskans who oppose the pipeline project or who simply want the route changed are citing environmentalist jargon in making their case. Nebraskans who call themselves conservative are working with or supporting groups and individuals with whom they would normally […]
