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Osborn/Sasse: Why Endorsements are Worthless . . . Mostly

Originally published April 12, 2014, By Linda. Updated July 21, 2015. 6 Comments

Osborn/Sasse: Why Endorsements are Worthless . . . Mostly

I got a call a week or so ago from a former neighbor who was excited about Ben Sasse’s candidacy for the Nebraska U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Mike Johanns.  After explaining why she’s so enthused by what she’s seen during Sasse’s campaign appearances, she urged me to consider voting for Sasse in the […]

Filed Under: Activism, Congress, Elections, Featured, Nebraska, Republican Party, Ruling Class, Senators, Taking Action, Tea Party, US Senate Tagged With: activism, ben sasse, coopting tea party, establishment republicans, freedomworks, gin, grassroots, Grassroots in Nebraska, nebraska republican party, negop, negrassroots, party politics, patrick bonnett, political endorsements, ruling class, shane osborn, Tea Party

Establishment GOP to Tea Party: We’re Just Not That Into You

Originally published February 6, 2013, By Linda. Updated July 21, 2015. 2 Comments

Establishment GOP to Tea Party: We’re Just Not That Into You

This article is for any grassroots organizations who still think working with Republican leadership is the way to change the political landscape for the better: You’d have to be intentionally oblivious to be unaware that the Republican Party powers-that-be and the associated high rollers who fund the Party and the candidates it fields have a […]

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People Don’t Walk Away From a Fool and His Money

Originally published January 28, 2013, By Linda. Updated February 25, 2018. Leave a Comment

People Don’t Walk Away From a Fool and His Money

Editor’s Note: This article is part of a series, see the bottom for a complete list. * * * * * * * * * * You’re probably familiar with the old adage “a fool and his money are soon parted.” Paul McCartney put a twist on this proverb in his lyrics for the song […]

Filed Under: Budget, Character, Charity vs Welfare, Civil Society, Congress, Featured, Federal, Founding Principles, Government Spending, Health Care, History, Morality, Nebraska, Personal Responsibility, Senators, Sovereignty, State Legislation, State Sovereignty, Unicameral, Welfare Tagged With: 1988 state of the union address, a fool and his money, aid to medicaid funding, appropriations committee chair heath mello, badfinger, battle for the future, bill clinton, charity, clinton welfare reform, come and get it, congress, conservative moral arguments, Constitution, creating dependency, dependency, dependency on government, distributive justice, entitled, entitlement mentality, executive power, expanding medicaid, extending unemployment benefits, extension of unemployment benefits, Featured, gaming the welfare system, gin, government, government dependency, government spending, Grassroots in Nebraska, Health Care, health care law, health care reform, healthcare, healthcare reform, heath mello, jean-baptiste michau, john stossel, legislature, limited government, long term unemployed, long-term unemployment, makers and takers, means-tested government benefits, medicaid, medicaid eligibility, medicaid expansion, medicaid expansion nebraska, medicaid funding, medicaid in trouble, moral arguments for conservatism, moral ground, moral hazard, moral values, morality, nation of takers, national values, ne, nebr, nebraska, nebraska budget, nebraska legislature, nebraska unicameral, negrassroots, obamacare, paul mccartney, politicians, president ronald reagan, progressivism, public assistance, Reagan's state of the union address, Reagan's state of the union speech, redistribution of wealth, ronald reagan, senator heath mello, sense of entitlement, sixth sense, social justice, social security, social security disability, social security disability insurance program, social welfare programs, social welfare state, state senators, state sovereignty, stossel, tom evans jr., unemployment benefits, unemployment compensation, unemployment insurance, Unicameral, unicameral appropriations committee, waiver of work requirements, welfare, welfare as disincentive to work, welfare fraud, welfare punishes work, welfare queen, work ethic

The Cat’s Away — Let’s PLAY!

Originally published August 27, 2011, By Linda. Updated November 16, 2012. 9 Comments

The Cat’s Away — Let’s PLAY!

Shelli is away this weekend, leaving me IN CHARGE here at the GiN joint. I recall the last time I was left in charge of something this important. My brother-in-law was getting married and asked me to take his extra set of car keys and hide his car in a parking garage near the reception […]

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Senator Fulton Weighs In Against Amendment 2

Originally published October 30, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated October 30, 2010. 2 Comments

Senator Fulton Weighs In Against Amendment 2

Former Candidate for State Treasurer and sitting District 29 Senator Tony Fulton recently wrote an editorial about one of the proposed amendments to the Constitution of Nebraska that is on ballots statewide. (Information on the other amendment can be found HERE.) Against Amendment 2 by Tony Fulton Nebraskans should not abolish the office of State […]

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GiN on KLKN TV: Tea Party Movement Impact In Nebraska

Originally published September 18, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated January 24, 2011. Leave a Comment

GiN on KLKN TV: Tea Party Movement Impact In Nebraska

By Shelli Dawdy Lincoln’s KLKN TV contacted me Friday, requesting an interview regarding recent developments in the primary elections. The reporter, Stephanie Costanzo, informed KLKN had done a story everyday this week on the tea party’s impact and they were looking for the local perspective. Did the successes in other places in the country provide […]

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Charity Without Government: Clinic With A Heart

Originally published September 14, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated September 14, 2010. Leave a Comment

A GiN Toast goes to the Clinic With A Heart featured in the September 7 edition of the Lincoln Journal Star. The seven year old project shows how private citizens, churches, and businesses working together can provide for the needy within their community – without government support. We applaud the very hard work over the […]

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NE Think Tank Has a Lot In Common With Pelosi

Originally published September 2, 2010, By Shellinda. Updated April 29, 2018. Leave a Comment

NE Think Tank Has a Lot In Common With Pelosi

In early July, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi explained to reporters that unemployment benefits would, yet again, be extended because, of course, those benefits are actually a job creator and among the best forms of economic stimulus available… This assault on common sense and reasoning is not well received when coming from a Democrat, but most […]

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Federal Funding Tap Dance: Are States Puppets Or Partners?

Originally published August 24, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated August 24, 2010. Leave a Comment

Federal Funding Tap Dance: Are States Puppets Or Partners?

This article is part of a continuing series. If you’d like to read any of the others, just click on one of the titles below: Don’t Count On A Republican Congress To Save The Day GOP Congress Will Not Save Us – Time To Choose OURSELVES Federal Red Ink Tsunami: The Life Boats Are Within […]

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GiN Toast To Federal Judge: Proper Jurisprudence In Stem Cell Case

Originally published August 24, 2010, By Shellinda. Updated August 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

Note: This piece was a joint effort by Shelli and Linda. Since joint work is happening with some frequency, we have created a “new author” on the GiN site. When you see work from “Shellinda”, that is a joint post. We propose a toast to Federal Judge Royce C. Lamberth for carrying out his duties […]

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