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So We Had A Resolution, Huh? Hmm. How IS That State Sovereignty Thing Workin’ Out For Us?

Originally published November 8, 2011, By Shellinda. Updated July 21, 2015. 2 Comments

So We Had A Resolution, Huh? Hmm. How IS That State Sovereignty Thing Workin’ Out For Us?

Last updated, September 2014 Nebraska was one of only fourteen states to see the successful passage of a State Sovereignty Resolution in the two year period 2009 – 2010, while well over thirty states had resolutions. In other words,

Filed Under: Big Brother Government, Budget, Constitution, Data Gathering, Electronic Monitoring, Featured, Federal Legislation, Founding Principles, Government Spending, Governor, Health Care, Information Sharing, Like Drunken Sailors, Nebraska, REAL ID, Senators, State Legislation, State Sovereignty, Tenth Amendment, Unicameral Tagged With: 10th Amendment, 2009 permit application transcanada, afp-ne, american sovereignty, americans for prosperity, americans for prosperity-nebraska, annette dubas, annette dubas transcanada payment, atkinson state dept. hearing, bad faith legal argument, beau mccoy, bitumen, canadian neb, charles and david koch, charles koch, chris langemeier, cir, collective bargaining for public employees, commission of industrial relations, dave heineman, david koch, deb fischer, definition of public purpose, eminent domain, energy security, environmental groups, ex post facto, fischer real id, flint hills resources, foreign trade zone, ftc investigation canadian market manipulation, gas prices, governor heineman, gulf coast, hardisty alberta canada, healthcare implementation, heavy crude, heineman, holt county nebraska, illinois, indiana, interim study report natural resources, interstate commerce, iowa, j. peter ricketts, job creation, jon bruning, kansas, kate sullivan, kelo v new london, ken haar, kentucky, keystone xl, keystone xl market manipulation, keystone xl pipeline project, keystone xl pipeline section 52 application, koch foundation, koch industries, labors local #1140, lee terry, lee terry congressional research service, lee terry crs, life liberty property, lobbying on pipeline, michigan, midwest padd ii, midwestern states gas prices, mike friend, minnesota, missouri, national energy board canada, national id card, national interest, natural resources committee, ne congressman lee terry, nebraska, nebraska attorney general, nebraska eminent domain, nebraska kelo law, nebraska legislature, nebraska sovereignty, north american made energy security act, north dakota, nullification, ogallala aquifer, ohio, oklahoma, padd iii, padd iii region, pete ricketts, philip verleger, pipeline regulatory, pipeline siting authority, platte institute, politics makes strange bedfellows, presidential permit application, proper role of government, property rights, public employee unions, public service commission, real id, representative lee terry, rod kaminski, sandhills, sen. dubas, sen. tony fulton, sen.fulton, senator annette dubas, shareholder presentations, south dakota, special law, special legislation, special session nebraska, special session pipeline, startribune, state director afp-ne, state senators, state sovereignty, synthetic crude, tar sands, tennessee, Tenth Amendment, tony fulton, transcanada, transcanada market manipulation, transportation and telecommunications committee, u.s. constitution, u.s. state department, uncamerical, usgc, waiting for godot, wisconsin

Is President Obama Smarter Than A Fifth Grader?

Originally published November 5, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. 14 Comments

Is President Obama Smarter Than A Fifth Grader?

I’ve received some feedback on the most recent article published here “TransCanada Trojan Horse: Keystone XL Pipeline Will Increase Gas Prices“. That feedback confirms my earlier concerns about the use of environmentalist rhetoric in the pipeline project debate. That feedback also confirms that anyone else interested in running for Miss Popularity in the state need […]

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TransCanada Trojan Horse: Keystone XL Pipeline Will Increase Gas Prices

Originally published November 2, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated April 27, 2017. 13 Comments

TransCanada Trojan Horse: Keystone XL Pipeline Will Increase Gas Prices

As we’ve noted repeatedly in our articles on the subject, our primary interest in the Keystone XL pipeline project was the conduct of Nebraska’s elected officials at both the state and federal levels, and serious concerns about property rights. We did not have an overall position on the project and we did not recommend any […]

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OccupyLincoln: The 99 Percent, The Proletariat OR The Incoherent?

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

OccupyLincoln: The 99 Percent, The Proletariat OR The Incoherent?

So Lincoln, Nebraska has a growing tent Shanty Town, occupied by a band of intentionally helpless Lincolnites. Ironically, Shanty Town Lincoln is located squarely on one of the best spots in the City to serve as a symbol of that city government’s, and therefore, elected officials’ and bureaucrats’ mismanagement of taxpayer dollars for a very […]

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Terribly Troubling Truths About TransCanada Pipeline – Nebraska: We Have A Problem

Originally published September 30, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated September 30, 2011. 12 Comments

Terribly Troubling Truths About TransCanada Pipeline – Nebraska: We Have A Problem

On Tuesday we wrote an article about the TransCanada pipeline issue that has been getting a lot of reads and generated a number of e-mails and phone calls. We even drew the attention of one of the people mentioned, Bold Nebraska’s Jane Kleeb, who stated that she wants to sit down and have coffee. Tuesday’s […]

Filed Under: Featured, Federal Legislation, Governor, Lee Terry, Nebraska, Senators, Unicameral, US House Tagged With: 10th Amendment, afp-ne, americans for prosperity of nebraska, arguments of left, bold nebraska, brett lindstrom, busing to political events, congressional research service, crs pipeline, crs report terry, dave heineman, david sokol, deb fischer, eminent domain, environmentalists, fox news channel, george washington, honesty and politicians, honesty in elected officials, i cannot tell a lie, j. peter ricketts, jane flemming kleeb, kelo case, kelo v new london, ken haar, keystone kickback, keystone xl pipeline, lee terry campaign contributions, limited government, lincoln journal star, lindstrom for congress, liuna, lobbyists, local 1140, megyn kelly, nebraska, nebraska law eminent domain, nebraska law pipelines, nebraska soverignty, nebraska statutes, nebraska watchdog, ogalalla aquifer, pete ricketts, pipeline showdown, platte institute, property rights, ricketts platte, sandhills, senator tony fulton, separate wheat from chaff, september 2010 pipeline, siting of pipelines, special interests, special session legislature, state department, state senators, state sovereignty, terry 2012, terry for congress, tony fulton, transcanada pipeline, transcanada political contributions, Unicameral, video pipeline debate, video tony fulton, video transcanada, washington cherry tree

Immigration a State or Federal Issue? Birthright Citizenship & the 14th Amendment

Originally published March 3, 2011, By Shellinda. Updated March 9, 2011. 5 Comments

Immigration a State or Federal Issue? Birthright Citizenship & the 14th Amendment

The Nebraska Unicameral session has been in full (fast, furious) swing since its opening on January 5. We’ve been taking a look at some of the many bills that have been introduced, including Senator Charlie Janssen’s LB48, which many people have characterized as “Arizona-style immigration law”, referencing the controversial SB1070. The hearings were held on […]

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Federal and State Sovereignty Threat You May Not Know About

Originally published November 30, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated October 11, 2011. Leave a Comment

Federal and State Sovereignty Threat You May Not Know About

A simple search on Google for the term “sustainable development” with the “images” tab selected yields a veritable treasure trove of images, many of which are similar to the one above.  Of course the term “sustainable development” sounds so good – who doesn’t want development that is sustainable? BUT, I don’t know about anyone else, […]

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