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NE Term Limit Extension Sponsor Tom Carlson: Two Minds or a Forked Tongue?

Originally published November 1, 2012, By Shellinda. Updated July 21, 2015. 8 Comments

NE Term Limit Extension Sponsor Tom Carlson: Two Minds or a Forked Tongue?

Important update on Saturday, November 3: Check our Home page – the featured slider – for a new article about the funding source for an ad campaign supporting this issue. (A link will be added here once published.) District 38 State Senator Tom Carlson (Holdrege), was the sponsor of the legislative resolution which resulted in […]

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Terribly Troubling Truths About TransCanada Pipeline – Nebraska: We Have A Problem

Originally published September 30, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated September 30, 2011. 12 Comments

Terribly Troubling Truths About TransCanada Pipeline – Nebraska: We Have A Problem

On Tuesday we wrote an article about the TransCanada pipeline issue that has been getting a lot of reads and generated a number of e-mails and phone calls. We even drew the attention of one of the people mentioned, Bold Nebraska’s Jane Kleeb, who stated that she wants to sit down and have coffee. Tuesday’s […]

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Nullification: Are State Level Officials Really Opposed to Federal Encroachment?

Originally published March 23, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated May 26, 2013. 4 Comments

Nullification: Are State Level Officials Really Opposed to Federal Encroachment?

This is Part 4 in an ongoing series about a the concept of nullification by states; the idea that individual states can declare a federal law or regulation unconstitutional and, therefore, refuse to implement it. See the bottom of this article for a complete series list.  My prior opinion, that nullification is a legitimate and Constitutional […]

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Politician Deafness & Other Natural Phenomenon

Originally published September 16, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated September 16, 2010. 2 Comments

Politician Deafness & Other Natural Phenomenon

Posted by Shelli Dawdy Why do federal elected officials seem to be impervious to the objections of their constituents, specifically when those objections are voiced in large numbers? That phenomenon was very well illustrated by the drama that reached a crescendo on October 3, 2008. Congress passed the bailout bill (TARP) despite call ratios into […]

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In the News: October 15-21, 2009

Originally published October 18, 2009, By mllewendy. Updated September 28, 2011. Leave a Comment

Across the Country CAP AND TRADE: Obama Poised to Cede U.S. Sovereignty By Lord Christopher Monckton; October 14, 2009 A Baker’s Dozen of Reasons to Oppose Cap-and-Trade By Nick Loris, The Heritage Foundation; July 21, 2009 CONSTITUTIONAL/CIVIL LIBERTIES ISSUES: Obama Poised to Cede U.S. Sovereignty By Lord Christopher Monckton; October 14, 2009 Hoyer Says Constitution’s […]

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