Some NE State Senators Met This Past Wednesday & GiN Was There

Several GiN members attended a public meeting of the Nebraska State Senators representing districts in Lancaster County on Wednesday evening at the Lincoln Public School Districts building at 59th & O Sts.  The participating Senators were Bill Avery, District 28, Danielle Conrad, District 46, Kathy Campbell, District 25, Colby Coash, District 27, Amanda McGill, District [...]

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The Ugly Side of Going Green – But No Pressure

If you have not yet heard of 10:10 or a video that it is difficult to label as anything other than horrifying, I do apologize for the shock. The 10:10 campaign has a very happy looking website and even now is gaining momentum; the website boasts that nearly 12,000 organizations, businesses, and people “are on [...]

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Focusing Only On Fiscal Issues & Economy HUGE Mistake

This three video series lasting approximately 30 minutes is worth the watch. Speaking to a church congregation, Ann Coulter entertains with her typically cutting wit. Beyond that, however, she speaks to essentially every pressing issue of the moment and the political forces at work. In some ways Coulter’s wit is cutting because she is one [...]

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Think Concerns Over New TSA Airport Security Overblown?

Anyone who thinks that complaints about recently implemented security procedures at America’s airports are overblown should think again. If you are still among the go-along-to-get-along crowd, I ask you to grab a copy of a U.S. Constitution, your spine, and your dignity. Besides these basic principles stressed by the judge, information builds by the day [...]

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A Toast For NE Senator Colby Coash

A GiN toast goes to Nebraska District 27 State Senator Colby Coash for his efforts to let citizens know about a public meeting held last night at the Lincoln Public Schools central office by Senators representing the Lancaster County area. Senator Coash sent out a press release on November 5 in an effort to encourage [...]

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People Voting With Their Feet: Leaving High Tax, Union States

As data is being analyzed from the 2010 Census, it is becoming clear that people are voting with their feet, opting to leave high tax states. Migration from the high tax to low tax states is resulting in shifts within Congress, as The Washington Examiner article, below, reports. Nebraskans might find it interesting to note [...]

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Nebraska Legislators To Meet TONIGHT in Lincoln

UPDATE: I just received confirmation from Sen. Tony Fulton’s office that this meeting will occur TONIGHT at the time and place indicated below.  Here is a copy of a press release from Sen. Colby Coash’s office, dated November 5, 2010, with more information: The Lancaster County Delegation will be hosting a town hall meeting on [...]

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Alternative to Virtual Strip Searches & Groping: How About PROFILING Terrorists & the Free Market?

As the revolt grows against the police-state type tactics now being employed at America’s airports, some alternatives to this insanity which have been proposed for years are now being heard during prime time on Fox News. The general tone on Bill O’Reilly’s show has shifted a great deal just since last week when he had [...]

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Land of the Free, Home of the Brave OR a Nation of (Naked) Sheep?

“Somebody, somewhere, needs to shake us from this stupor of blind policy and blind obedience. I’m beginning to wonder if this isn’t some test — a test of just how stupid Americans are. If TSA said that from now on we had to hop on one foot while humming “God Bless America,” would we do [...]

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Why Did Attorney General Jon Bruning’s Office Give $50k To Cleaner Greener Lincoln?

By Shelli Dawdy In a very bizarre twist to end this week, I discovered that two seemingly unrelated areas of concern and interest have converged. Immediately following the election, there were two announcements regarding Nebraska’s Senate seat currently held by Ben Nelson, whose term expires in 2012. Governor Heineman announced that he will not be [...]

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