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Nebraska Election 2014: Candidate Profiles

Originally published October 26, 2014, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. 2 Comments

Nebraska Election 2014: Candidate Profiles

Be sure to read the text below the list for important notes about these profiles. Simply click anywhere within the gray area to toggle the candidate lists open and shut. If you’d like to see (view / download / print) a sample Lancaster County ballot, while reviewing these profiles, click HERE. General sample ballots, listing […]

Filed Under: 2014 Elections, Featured Tagged With: 2014 election, attorney general, candidates, challengers, congress, congressmen, democrats, Elections, governor, incumbents, independents, legislature, nebraska, republicans, secretary of state, state, state auditor, state senators, statewide ballot, u.s. senate, Unicameral, voting records

Profiling Jon Bruning: An Unorthodox Analysis

Originally published May 11, 2012, By Shellinda. Updated July 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

Profiling Jon Bruning: An Unorthodox Analysis

Jon Bruning Last summer, we published articles about three of the five GOP primary candidates running for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Ben Nelson. Those three articles were informational in nature, not analytical. (We hope to update these with some analysis in short order, time permitting): Senator Deb Fischer Hat in Widening GOP […]

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$130k for School Diversity Manuals Just the Tip of Nebraska Stimulus $$$ Iceberg

Originally published July 22, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated March 9, 2012. 1 Comment

$130k for School Diversity Manuals Just the Tip of Nebraska Stimulus $$$ Iceberg

  Certainly many Nebraskans have heard about the $130,000 in Federal “Stimulus” dollars which were used to purchase “diversity manuals” by Omaha Public Schools for all 8,000 of its employees (including the custodians). For those who didn’t catch the story in local media, ample opportunities abounded via many media outlets nationally, both online and off. […]

Filed Under: Budget, Education, Featured, Government Spending, Governor, In the News, Nebraska, Senators, State Legislation, State Sovereignty, Stimulus, Unicameral, Welfare Tagged With: $130000 stimulus for diversity manuals, accreditation requirements in nebraska, american culture, american recovery and reinvestment act of 2009, arra, balkanization of culture, black men united, changing school standards, cultural competency, cultural proficiency, dave heineman, deficit dollars at work, diversity manuals, early childhood education, education legislation nebraska, education spending, ethics in education, february 2009 stimulus, gop, government monopoly on education, government run schools, government waste, governor heineman, great society, how stimulus dollars were spent, how stimulus was spent, idea spending, indoctrinating children, investigative journalism, lack of transparency, lincoln public schools, melting pot, multi-generational welfare, multicultural leadership institute, multiculturalism, nebraska board of education, nebraska governor, nebraska legislature, nebraska unicameral supermajority, negop, omaha nebraska diversity manuals, omaha public schools, omaha public schools board, omaha school board, omaha world herald, ops diversity task force, ops multiple pathways, OWH, print dollars at work, republicans, soft bigotry, state board of education nebraska, state fiscal stabilization act, state legislature, stimulating government, stimulus, stimulus diversity manuals, stimulus education, stimulus failures, stimulus funds voluntary, stimulus medicaid, stimulus was a bailout, systemic problems in education, tax dollars at work, teachers unions, title 1 spending, war on poverty, wasteful government programs

House Rules Committee Was Right on Health Care Defunding Amendment: RULES MATTER

Originally published February 17, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated October 2, 2014. 4 Comments

Iowa Congressman Steve King definitely has a fan base among those who are opposed to the health care law. Of course, because he represents constituents in a neighboring state, many conservatives / limited government folks in Nebraska are familiar with Rep. King and appreciative of his outspoken opposition to the implementation of the health care […]

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Senator Haar Proves His Popular Vote Bill Is Ill-Advised

Originally published January 21, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated September 8, 2014. 12 Comments

Senator Haar Proves His Popular Vote Bill Is Ill-Advised

Thanks to Don[1. And yes, our condolences go out to him…he is in District 21, which Senator Haar represents.] for letting me know that Senator Ken Haar appeared on KLIN’s DriveTime Lincoln show to talk about LB583, (to download and read on your computer, click here) his bill that would award all of Nebraska’s electoral […]

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NE Senator Wants Popular Vote for Presidency

Originally published January 20, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated September 8, 2014. 5 Comments

NE Senator Wants Popular Vote for Presidency

One of our members sent us a copy of the letter he wrote to Nebraska District 21 Senator Ken Harr, who introduced the very ill-advised LB583 “Adopt the Interstate Compact on the Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by Popular National Vote” (If you prefer to read the bill online without downloading the […]

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Tax Cut Compromise $858 billion Boondoggle – Endangers US Credit Rating

Originally published December 16, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated December 16, 2010. 1 Comment

Tax Cut Compromise $858 billion Boondoggle – Endangers US Credit Rating

By Shelli Dawdy This is a continuation from yesterday’s article about the Tax Cut Compromise. If Democrats’ want to play class warfare, perhaps the debate should include such vivid examples of where this kind of rhetoric can ultimately lead if it is allowed to stand unchallenged. In Soviet Russia, upper-middle class peasants known as kulaks […]

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Obama – GOP Tax Compromise is a $858 billion Compromise of Principle

Originally published December 15, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated December 15, 2010. 1 Comment

Obama – GOP Tax Compromise is a $858 billion Compromise of Principle

By Shelli Dawdy Webster’s online dictionary provides some example phrases for some words. I find one of the

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Unconstitutional: Who Decides? States via Nullification or Supreme Court?

Originally published December 7, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated February 3, 2013. 4 Comments

Unconstitutional: Who Decides? States via Nullification or Supreme Court?

“Laws are made for men of ordinary understanding, and should, therefore, be construed by the ordinary rules of common sense. Their meaning is not to be sought for in metaphysical subtleties, which may make anything mean nothing or everything, at pleasure.” Many people are seeking solutions to rein in the growth of government, most particularly […]

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Turducken Anyone? Bring a hearty appetite (and some Tums)!

Originally published November 24, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated March 9, 2012. Leave a Comment

Turducken Anyone? Bring a hearty appetite (and some Tums)!

For tomorrow’s Thanksgiving meal, Linda and I have a suggestion for you if you’re tired of trying to figure out a new way of serving up the main dish at your feast, perhaps you’ll get an idea from the following video: A Note From Linda: There are distinct advantages to giving birth to sons late […]

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