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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

Fortenberry Needs To Hear From YOU: Townhall Schedule (Lincoln TONIGHT)

Originally published August 7, 2012, By Shellinda. Updated July 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

Fortenberry Needs To Hear From YOU: Townhall Schedule (Lincoln TONIGHT)

Nebraska’s First District Congressman Jeff Fortenberry is convening townhall meetings during Congress’ August recess. We at GiN have long believed that Mr. Fortenberry should be replaced with an actual limited government representative because the evidence shows that he cannot be described as such. As Linda wrote in a September 2011 article, Fortenberry… “…spends money like […]

Filed Under: 2012 Election, Agenda 21, Cleaner Greener Lincoln, Climate Change, Events, Jeff Fortenberry, Meetings, Property Rights, Regulation, Republican Party, Ruling Class, Sustainable Development Tagged With: agenda 21, amtrak, baseline budgeting, big spenders, big spenders in congress, biggest spenders in congress, budget control act of 2011, budget deficits, cd01 nebraska, climate change, congressional townhalls, debt ceiling, debt deal, district one nebraska, fortenberry, fortenberry bills in congress, fortenberry legislation, fortenberry townhall schedule, fortenberry voting record, global conservation act of 2012, global warming, government spending, green agenda, h.r. 6038, house of representatives, jeff fortenberry, nancy carr, nebraska congressman, nebraska politicians, nebraska republicans, ohio congressman, passenger rail, progressive republicans, prorail nebraska, republican congressman, rob portman, ruling class, Sustainable Development, townhalls

It’s The Electability and Inevitability, Stupid

Originally published March 8, 2012, By Shellinda. Updated July 21, 2015. 3 Comments

It’s The Electability and Inevitability, Stupid

We don’t know about anyone else, but we’re a little tired of having our intelligence insulted. We started writing this article on Monday, well before the votes were in from “Super Tuesday”. When family matters interrupted our task, we hoped we’d be proven wrong and just have to scratch this article. But, alas, as the […]

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Is It Heartless or Just Lawless? Right and Wrong in a Whatever World

Originally published October 17, 2011, By Linda. Updated July 24, 2016. 1 Comment

Is It Heartless or Just Lawless? Right and Wrong in a Whatever World

What follows is the story of two parents. One is a citizen of the United States, born and bred here, currently living in Ohio. The other is a person who was born in another country and crossed the border into the United States illegally, bringing his or her children along. Both parents placed their children […]

Filed Under: Charity vs Welfare, Civil Society, Founding Fathers, Founding Principles, Immigration, Progressivism Tagged With: absolute truth, american citizens, american principles, amnesty, boundary hopping, charitable giving, civil society, compulsory attendance laws, conservatism, conservatives more charitable, conservatives vs liberals, cost of education, democracy vs republic, deportation of illegals, educational theft, ends justify means, ethics, firm foundations, founders, founding philosophy, freedom and liberty, friedman on conservatism, government-run, heartless conservatives, house upon sand vs house upon rock, illegal immigrants, illegal immigration tuition, immigration reform, jesus' sermon on the mount, john adams, judeo christian values, judeo-christian, lawless, lawlessness, liberalism, milton friedman, modern liberalism, moral relativism, morals and public policy, nebraska's ruling class, no child left behind, parental rights, political philosophy, political ruling class, presidential election, private investigators following students, progressivism, prosecuting parents, public education, public schools, representative government, republic vs democracy, rick perry, rick perry heart, rick perry heartless, rick perry illegal immigration, right and wrong, right wrong, rights of citizenship, rule of law, rule of law not men, ruling class, school choice, school districts, secure border, self-government, sermon on the mount, situational ethics, state run education, texas dream act

Nebraska’s Ruling Class and the Perils of (Assisted) Political Suicide

Originally published September 11, 2011, By Shellinda. Updated April 28, 2012. 5 Comments

Nebraska’s Ruling Class and the Perils of (Assisted) Political Suicide

Updated Editor’s Note: This is the fourth article in a series about Nebraska politics, particularly as pertains to the Nebraska Republican Party and closely connected groups and their relationship to the “tea party movement”. Prior articles are linked here: 1, 2, 3. Articles following this will be added here: 5. “Governor Heineman Really Like Purple […]

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More Readers, More Questions About LCGOP, AFP Email

Originally published September 5, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated April 12, 2014. 3 Comments

More Readers, More Questions About LCGOP, AFP Email

A simple publication of an email which had been distributed publicly, a few questions about it, a rather swift expression of displeasure by a paid GOP employee, and our response to it has been generating a lot of interest by way of hits on our site, as we’ve previously reported. Also, we’ve now received a […]

Filed Under: Activism, Featured, Tea Party Tagged With: afp nebraska, afp-ne, america's ruling class and the perils of revolution, americans for prosperity-nebraska, co-opting tea party freshmen in congress, gop leadership freshmen congress, grassroots tea party, grassroots teaparty, lcgop email, legality verus morality, nebraska taxpayers for freedom, nebraska tea party groups, nebraska teaparty groups, november 2010 election, patrick bonnett, republican party front groups, ruling class, taxing the rich, tea party congressmen, tea party conservatives, teaparty congressmen, teaparty conservatives, trent lott, warren buffett

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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Middle Ground Not For Us: Time To Be Brave

Originally published September 20, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated September 20, 2010. Leave a Comment

Middle Ground Not For Us: Time To Be Brave

We’ve not spoken much about faith on this site, but the more we look at solutions to the many problems we’re confronting, we discover we can’t do this alone. In order to do many of the things that we’ve already done, it’s required additional strength. There is a bit of momentum of late – we […]

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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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Federal Red Ink Tsunami: The Life Boats Are Within Our Reach

Originally published August 19, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated March 9, 2012. Leave a Comment

Federal Red Ink Tsunami: The Life Boats Are Within Our Reach

By Shelli Dawdy In two recent articles, I laid out what I believe to be some unfortunate truths. In Don’t Count On A Republican Congress To Save The Day I theorized there is ample evidence and information that placing all hopes on the results of November’s election is a fallacy. The title of the second, […]

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