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Does Democracy Balance the Income and Influence Equation?

Originally published December 10, 2011, By Shellinda. Updated July 21, 2015. 5 Comments

Does Democracy Balance the Income and Influence Equation?

Members of the Occupy Lincoln group noticed our recent article, “

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Government vs Capitalism OR Crony Capitalism? What Can We Do About Greed?

Originally published October 23, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. 10 Comments

Government vs Capitalism OR Crony Capitalism? What Can We Do About Greed?

A lot of people are talking about the Occupy Wall Street movement and we did publish an article about the OccupyLincoln movement this weekend. One of the central themes one can detect within this movement regards “corporate greed”, and it started with a specific criticism of the corporate greed on Wall Street and its influences […]

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Lincoln Arena: A Shell Game With Bailout Money

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

Lincoln Arena: A Shell Game With Bailout Money

Editor’s Note: Thanks to Don Raskey for this excellent, well researched article. Don worked hard with the No2Arena people to get the full facts in front of Lincoln voters. His continued efforts to follow up are much appreciated. By Donald Raskey The mayor and the Joint Public Agency (JPA) have been touting the future $50 […]

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Step Away From The Hammer Mr. President

Originally published September 12, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated September 12, 2010. Leave a Comment

Step Away From The Hammer Mr. President

Thanks to the folks at 912 Omaha for sharing these two gems with everyone, thought we’d pass along: The songwriter’s website is here.

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Don’t Count On A Republican Congress To Save The Day

Originally published August 14, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated December 5, 2011. 1 Comment

Don’t Count On A Republican Congress To Save The Day

Editor’s Note: This article is part of a series about the perils of a perpetual focus on the next election cycle, on Washington, D.C. politics, and a need for appraising the sober realities about state sovereignty and politics as usual. Following this article, there were, in order, three others published:  “GOP Congress Will Not Save […]

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In the News: Week of September 9-16, 2009

Originally published September 19, 2009, By mllewendy. Updated September 19, 2009. Leave a Comment

In Nebraska Across the Country HEALTH CARE: White House Hints at Health Care Takeover By Mark Imponmeni; September 12, 2009 Crisis of the Uninsured:  2009 By Devon Herrick; September 14, 2009 OTHER TOPICS:

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Independence Day Tea Party Report on Lincoln’s KOLN Ch. 10 News

Originally published July 5, 2009, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated January 24, 2011. Leave a Comment

I’m very pleased with the coverage by Channel 10 on our Tea Party. Check it out:

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