City Attorney RE Occupy Lincoln – Double Standard, Double Talk
Earlier this week, Julie Schmit-Albin, Linda and myself spoke with reporter Kay Kemmet from the Omaha World-Herald about the City’s handling of different groups and their use of public spaces, and specifically, of course, their handling of the Occupy Lincoln group. Her story was published on Friday; click the image to read it in full. […]
Occupy Lincoln Tipi Smokes and City Ordinances Burn, Officials Fiddle
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Nebraska Right To Life Not Alone In Concerns About City Of Lincoln’s Handling Of Occupy Group
I hope all of our visitors had a blessed and peaceful Thanksgiving holiday. I took an extended (and unannounced) holiday break myself and very much enjoyed time with family. I even enjoyed chasing dust bunnies and scrubbing word work in preparation for our usual Thanksgiving visitors. My computer was off and if a TV was […]
For A Grassroots, Spontaneous Movement – Occupy Groups Are A Lot Alike
As I mentioned in our last article about the Occupy movement, I’m aware that a lot of people observing it, especially locally, dismiss those involved, labeling all the participants as “a bunch of dumb kids” who are incoherent and “don’t even know why they are protesting”. Even people who think the occupation of public property […]
Occupy Lincoln Shanty Town: City of Lincoln PERMITing Hypocrisy
We have a Shanty Town on Lincoln’s Centennial Mall with an increasing number of tents. “Residents” of this new community have every intention of staying indefinitely. Just how is that possible? Whatever disagreements I have with the Occupy Lincoln group, I do agree that they have a fundamental right to speak their minds. Because I […]
Nebraska Three Faces of Eve: Jane Kleeb – Farmer, Pundit, or Radical Leftist?
Some bits of information noted in our articles about the TransCanada Keystone XL pipeline project: Many Nebraskans who oppose the pipeline project or who simply want the route changed are citing environmentalist jargon in making their case. Nebraskans who call themselves conservative are working with or supporting groups and individuals with whom they would normally […]
What It’s All About: The Constitution – Celebrate & Reflect Today & Always
For the past couple of weeks here at GiN,
The President Does Not Understand His Job And No One Is Correcting Him
CBS’ 60 Minutes aired an interview with President Obama on Sunday. I confess, I have not had the…heart?…stomach?…enough duct tape to prevent cranial explosion? to watch the interview in its entirety. I had my TV on far more than usual this weekend, though, and found myself inundated with the seemingly obligatory rehashes by every political […]
Fur Flying Over Journal Star Column on Progressivism By Shelli
By Shelli Dawdy The publishing of my editorial in the Lincoln Journal Star on Wednesday and resulting comments on the paper’s website is a good time to recall other GiN members’ articles and urge GiN members and site visitors to engage in the debate. At the beginning of October, the Lincoln Journal Star published three […]
