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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

The New National Past Time: Pipeline Hot Potato

Originally published November 12, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. 4 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: 2012 Election, Adrian Smith, Featured, Federal, Foreign Policy, Governor, In the News, Lee Terry, Nebraska, Senators, Sovereignty, State Legislation, State Sovereignty, Tenth Amendment, Unicameral, US House Tagged With: 2010 federal report pipeline, adrian smith, annette dubas, atkinson hearings, attorney general jon bruning, chair transportation and telecommunications committee, congressional research service, congressman lee terry, dave heineman, dubas lb1, dubas pipeline bill, dubas transcanada payment, governor heineman, hillary clinton pipeline, jane fleming kleeb, jane kleeb, jon bruning, jon bruning foreign campaign donations, jon bruning pipeline, jon bruning position on pipeline, jon bruning transcanada, jurisdiction pipelines, 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, major oil pipeline siting act, mike flood, ne, nebraska, nebraska 3rd congressional district, nebraska governor, nebraska lee terry, nebraska legislature, nebraska natural resources committee, nebraska sandhills, ogallala aquifer, oil pipelines, pipeline, pipeline decison, pipeline hot potato, pipeline interim study report, pipeline politics, pipeline project, pipeline special session, political hot potato, President barack obama, president obama pipeline, rep. adrian smith, rep. lee terry, sandhills, secretary of state hillary clinton, senator annette dubas, senator deb fischer, senator dubas, senator fischer, senator mike flood, speaker flood, speaker mike flood, speaker of the legislature, special legislative session, state department hearings pipeline, state senator chris langemeier, state senator deb fischer, state senator tony fulton, state sovereignty, states rights, Tenth Amendment, tony fulton, transcanada, transcanada pipeline route, u.s. politics, u.s. senate race nebraska, Unicameral, where's adrian?

Deserving of Darts: President Obama and “Some rigid idea”

Originally published September 9, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated March 9, 2012. Leave a Comment

Deserving of Darts: President Obama and “Some rigid idea”

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Soaking the Rich: Why Warren Buffett is All Wet

Originally published November 28, 2010, By Linda. Updated November 28, 2010. 1 Comment

Soaking the Rich: Why Warren Buffett is All Wet

There has been a lot of discussion lately about taxing the “rich” among us. In a recent ABC News interview, Nebraska’s own Warren Buffett stole a line from Dickens’ character Oliver Twist — “Please, sir, I want some more.” Oliver, an eight-year-old orphan, sought another portion of gruel at the workhouse where he was brought […]

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President Obama Not Doing So Well – Where Did The Staff Put His Cape?

Originally published August 23, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated March 9, 2012. Leave a Comment

President Obama Not Doing So Well – Where Did The Staff Put His Cape?

It’s tough, trying to live up to so much hype. It’s particularly troublesome when a guy is granted status as the Second Coming or a super hero. And for those who would like to say that it’s not poor President Obama’s fault that other people elevated him to “super power” status, um, I’m thinking he […]

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