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Political Hacks Swarm NE: Invasion of the Bus People

Originally published May 4, 2012, By Linda. Updated July 21, 2015. 6 Comments

Political Hacks Swarm NE: Invasion of the Bus People

I don’t know if everyone reading this is old enough to remember all the press about “the boat people” fleeing Vietnam in the ’70s.  According to Wikipedia, references to the boat people “came into common use during the late 1970s with the mass departure of Vietnamese refugees from Communist-controlled Vietnam, following the Vietnam War.”  Desperate […]

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Ben Nelson: A Hypocrite and Of Course Deserving of Darts

Originally published August 18, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated October 13, 2012. 6 Comments

Ben Nelson: A Hypocrite and Of Course Deserving of Darts

Ben Nelson is Deserving of Darts for two important reasons: 1) Health Care Law: Providing the 60th vote for cloture on the health care law and the attendant “Cornhusker Kickback” 2) Hypocrisy: Saying he voted “No” on the debt debacle because he was concerned about cuts to the Medicare program In November 2012 – Ben […]

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