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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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Jane Kleeb: Just a Talking Head or an Alinsky Wanna Be?

Originally published October 16, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. 5 Comments

Jane Kleeb: Just a Talking Head or an Alinsky Wanna Be?

Think I was rude in my recent article? Too hard on poor Jane Kleeb? Over-emphasizing her leftist tendencies because of the pipeline issue? Unfortunately, there’s more. Problems in politics and public policy seem to be like cockroaches; for every one you see there are at least one hundred more in the wall. The TransCanada pipeline […]

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NE Unicameral on TransCanada Pipeline: Torturing Words, Logic & State Sovereignty

Originally published October 7, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated October 11, 2011. 2 Comments

NE Unicameral on TransCanada Pipeline: Torturing Words, Logic & State Sovereignty

“It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood; if they be repealed or revised before they are promulgated, or undergo such incessant changes that […]

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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 […]

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