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Would You Rather…?

Originally published October 29, 2014, By Norlyn. Updated July 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

Would You Rather…?

Would you rather… Always take a cold shower or sleep an hour less than you need to be fully rested? Be a giant hamster or a tiny rhino? Be stranded on an island alone or with someone you hate? Vote for Jeb Bush or Mitt Romney? —- (see this and this) Poke your eye out […]

Filed Under: Elections, Featured Tagged With: choices, decisions, Elections, jeb bush, logical thinking, mitt romney, principles

Republican Cave-In on Health Care: Make Them Own It

Originally published November 28, 2012, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. 5 Comments

Republican Cave-In on Health Care: Make Them Own It

As most Americans rightfully turn their attention toward the holiday season and their priority becomes a focus on faith, family, and friends, our elected officials at both the Federal and State levels are busily working on a range of very important issues, from tax rates to individual freedoms in controlling our personal health care decisions. […]

Filed Under: Health Care, Republican Party, Ruling Class Tagged With: america's ruling class, american progress, bad gop candidates, bailout of massachusetts health care, campaign issues, campaign promises, centralization of party control, centralizing political party power, changes to republican party platform, cost of health care reform, dave heineman, decline in party affiliation, election 2012, election 2012 exit polls, election turnouts, executive orders, ezra klein, federal government, federal health insurance exchanges, flip flopping, gop candidate, gop elite, gop nomination, gop nominee, gop nominee choose delegates, gop primaries, grassroots in michigan, Grassroots in Nebraska, grassroots support, health care implementation, health care law, health care law unpopular, implemention by states, interpreting election results, joan fabiano, john boehner, massachusetts health care reform, massachusetts universal health care, michigan, michigan governor, mitt romney, nebraska governor, negop, new york times, obamacare, obamacare is the law of the land, party affiliation, patient protection and affordable care act of 2010, pledges to fight obamacare, political mythologies, political rhetoric, presidential election, presidential nomination process, rank and file republicans, repeal and replace, repeal health care, repeal obamacare, republican elected officials, republican governors, republican national convention 2012, republican nomination process, republican party elite, republicans and health care, republicans caving in, republicans stayed home, rick snyder, romneycare, separation of powers, state federal partnerships, state gop leadership, state legislatures, state-based insurance exchanges, state-partnership insurance exchanges, the atlantic, Unicameral, waivers to all 50 states

Unemployment Rate Confusion Explained in 2 Minutes

Originally published October 16, 2012, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated August 17, 2015. Leave a Comment

Unemployment Rate Confusion Explained in 2 Minutes

I think about 120 seconds is all it is likely to take to understand what’s going on with the unemployment rate. Let’s say 30 seconds seconds per image and any accompanying text: Let’s start with something that confirms skepticism expressed about the unemployment number reported on October 5, 2012, which was 7.8%, and provides necessary […]

Filed Under: 2012 Election, Civil Society, Featured, Federal, Federal Reserve, Government Spending, Welfare Tagged With: 2012 election, 7.8% unemployment, actual unemployment rate, barack obama, bls, bureau of labor statistics, david autor, disability benefits, duration of unemployment historically, economics, econtalk, employed as percentage of population, employment as percentage of unemployment rate, federal reserve research, government statistics, government welfare programs, health of the economy, how long people are unemployed, how many people are actually unemployed, long term unemployed, marginally attached workers, mitt romney, obama administration, old age and survivors insurance, part time employment, presidential election, real unemployment, russ roberts, social security act of 1965, social security disability, social security disability insurance program, ssdi, surge in disability applications, u-6 unemployment rate, underemployed, unemployment percentages, unemployment rate, unemployment statistics

Presidential Debates: A Question That Will NOT Be Asked

Originally published October 3, 2012, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

Presidential Debates: A Question That Will NOT Be Asked

Note: This article was written before the October 3, 2012 Presidential debate in Denver, but my belief that it will remain unasked in the next two debates persists, and the subject, still relevant. This is only one of the questions (I’m fudging…it’s two) I, as a voter would like to have answered in either tonight’s […]

Filed Under: 2012 Election, Featured, Federal Reserve, Stimulus Tagged With: 2008, adjusted monetary base, bank lending, bank reserves, barack obama, ben bernanke, business loans, central banking, consumer loans, credit market freeze, credit markets, currency supply, debate october 3, debate questions, economics, economists, economy, election 2012, fed policy, federal reserve, increase loans, inflation, interest on reserves, mitt romney, monetary policy, money, money in circulation, obama, oct 3 debate, policy accomodation, presidential debate, presidential election, presidential elections, qe3, quantitative easing, recovery, reserve, romney, romney debate, the fed, unemployment

Pumping Up Politics, Prices: Transcanada Keystone XL Pipeline

Originally published April 5, 2012, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. 8 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Featured, Federal Legislation, Governor, In the News, Lee Terry, Nebraska, Property Rights, Regulation, US House, US Senate Tagged With: 2010 federal report pipeline, adrian smith, agenda of lincoln journal star, american sovereignty, annette dubas, atkinson hearings, attorney general jon bruning, bachmann pipeline, bitumen oil, boehner pipeline, canadian oil supply, chair transportation and telecommunications committee, congressional research service, congressman lee terry, cushing extension could hike fuel prices in midwest, cushing extention keystone pipeline, cushing oklahoma keystone, dave heineman, december 15 debate keystone, dependence on foreign oil, divisive political issues, dubas lb1, dubas pipeline bill, dubas transcanada payment, false reporting in media, freedom of the press, governor heineman, increasing gas prices, investigative reporting, john boehner keystone pipeline, jon bruning, jon bruning foreign campaign donations, jurisdiction pipelines, keystone pipeline and gas prices, keystone xl, keystone xl pipeline, keystone xl pipeline route, kleeb pipeline, langemeier governor pipeline, langemeier pipeline bill, lee terry, lee terry crs report, lee terry north american-made energy security act, lee terry pipeline, lee terry pipeline expedition bill, lincoln hearings pipeline, lincoln journal star, major oil pipeline siting act, media advocacy, media bias, michele bachmann, michele bachmann keystone, midwest gas prices pipeline, mike flood, minnesota oil refineries, mitt romney, mitt romney keystone xl pipeline, ne, nebraska, nebraska 3rd congressional district, nebraska governor, nebraska lee terry, nebraska legislature, nebraska natural resources committee, nebraska public service commission, nebraska sandhills, newt gingrich keystone pipeline, north american made energy security act, obama pipeline, ogallala aquifer, oil pipelines, pad ii oversupply, padd districts, padd ii pricing discounts, padd iii, paying at the pump, pipeline, pipeline could raise gas prices, pipeline decison, pipeline hot potato, pipeline interim study report, pipeline politics, pipeline project, pipeline special session, polarization in politics, political hot potato, President barack obama, president obama pipeline, presidential debate keystone pipeline, presidential permit application, rep. adrian smith, rep. lee terry, romney pipeline, sandhills, secretary of state hillary clinton, senator annette dubas, senator dubas, senator mike flood, speaker flood, speaker mike flood, speaker of the legislature, special legislative session, state department hearings pipeline, state department pipeline, state senator chris langemeier, state sovereignty, states rights, tar sands, Tenth Amendment, transcanada, transcanada pipeline route, transcanada trojan horse: keystone xl pipeline will increase gas prices, u.s. politics, u.s. sovereignty, Unicameral, usgc oil market

It’s The Electability and Inevitability, Stupid

Originally published March 8, 2012, By Shellinda. Updated July 21, 2015. 3 Comments

It’s The Electability and Inevitability, Stupid

We don’t know about anyone else, but we’re a little tired of having our intelligence insulted. We started writing this article on Monday, well before the votes were in from “Super Tuesday”. When family matters interrupted our task, we hoped we’d be proven wrong and just have to scratch this article. But, alas, as the […]

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