Join Us for An Election Night Open House
Join us for what we hope will be an enjoyable & informative… ELECTION NIGHT OPEN HOUSE Pizza Potluck Watch the documentary film A New America Monitor the election results WHEN: Tuesday, May 11 6:00pm – ?? Guest House Inn & Suites Ballroom 5250 Cornhusker Highway, Lincoln Map Located HERE RSVP Requested – please click HERE Requested donation for venue rental & supplies per person: $4 6:00pm Informal [...]
Charity By Any Other Name Does Not Smell as Sweet
Next legislative session, a coalition of churches will ask Nebraska state senators to reinstate prenatal services for unborn children in all low-income families, including those here illegally. In the meantime, the member churches intend to educate their congregations about the moral implications of providing this care. As a Christian, I agree we have a [...]
Help Give Senator Bill Avery Early Retirement
Nebraska’s primary election is May 11. If we wish government policy and debate to be based on Constitutional principles, we need to focus some of our time and resources on affecting who is getting elected. Noting that time and resources are at a premium for all of us (as an all-volunteer group) we recognize we must focus [...]
Gotcha Journalism
“When they do it to you once—and you learn, you become a philosopher…but if they do it to you twice you’re an idiot.” (I’m not actually quoting someone, I just made it up.) I just got back from Portland and a great training session organized by Katja. When I got home I downloaded a ton [...]
Autopsy reports used to reveal incompetency, corruption, but Oklahoma legislators want to stop public access to such records
riday, April 16, 2010 Autopsy reports used to reveal incompetency, corruption, but Oklahoma legislators want to stop public access to such records A bill limiting what the public may know from autopsy files involving homicides and cases in which the manner of death is either pending or unknown was unanimously approved by state senators on [...]
Looming Questions: The Race for Governor of Texas
To what degree will you fight for there to be arable land in Texas that has...
...No property tax and no possibility that it can be forced onto you by vote?
...No possibility of the government taking your land?
...No possibility of the government forcing you to vacate your home?
Tea Party News and Pictures
34% Say They Or Someone Close To Them Part of Tea Party Movement Twenty-four percent (24%) of U.S. voters now say they consider themselves a part of the Tea Party movement, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. That’s an eight-point increase from 16% a month ago. …..TO READ THE REST OF THE ARTICLE [...]
Tad Jones drops Labor Commissioner race
From the McCarville Report Online: Tad Jones announced Friday afternoon he is dropping out of the race. Sources tell The McCarville Report today that Republican Tad Jones will exit the race for labor commissioner. Jones, a term-limited House member from Claremore, announced last January he would enter the race for the Republican nomination. Jones’ withdrawal [...]
Not Just Sunshine Patriots
There will be additional follow-up coming regarding our Tax Day Tea Party, but here’s a start…
On December 22, we had what has been dubbed the “Ice Tea Party” in <10 degree weather in freezing rain, after Senator Ben Nelson “iced” the Cornhusker Kickback with Reid and Schumer, paving the way to the passage of the health care law. We thought that was our biggest challenge in terms of forces of nature.
Thursday, April 15’s forecast didn’t look promising; there was a 60% chance of scattered showers.
Within minutes of starting our program, the drops began to fall from the sky. Then it started to pour. Only a handful of the hundreds left.
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