If you’re interested in having an impact on the legislative session that begins today, please plan on attending our meeting next Monday in Lincoln. When: Monday, January 10 Time: 7:00pm – 8:30pm Location: See RSVP form below Agenda: Brief overview of GiN’s activities in recent months Presentation on issues likely to arise this session, GiN’s [...]
Dec. 17, 2010 EPIC has submitted comments [1], [2] to two departments in the Department of Homeland Security concerning the establishment of federal “fusion centers” that would contained detailed personal information on US citizens. The Dep...
Kaye Beach Dec 28, 2010 Surfing the ‘Net’ tonight, this article caught my eye. Conservation Easements (CEs)*:Read the fine print before you sign The fact that it caught my eye is solely due to the fact that I have been doing … Contin...
By Shelli Dawdy During this seemingly endless lame duck session of Congress, there have been several pieces of onerous legislation discussed, debated, and commented on. Recognizing the likelihood of a historical drubbing on Election Day, Democrats withheld action on key legislation, clearly planning an effort to pass their wish list before losing their current level [...]
Thanks to Zach from Reason TV for this terrific explanation of what's really at stake with Net Neutrality regulation: read more
By Shelli Dawdy This is a continuation from yesterday’s article about the Tax Cut Compromise. If Democrats’ want to play class warfare, perhaps the debate should include such vivid examples of where this kind of rhetoric can ultimately lead if it is allowed to stand unchallenged. In Soviet Russia, upper-middle class peasants known as kulaks [...]
-- Complete your list while defending the Second Amendment
By Shelli Dawdy Webster’s online dictionary provides some example phrases for some words. I find one of the examples for the word compromise, fascinating 1: “To avoid an argument, always be ready to seek compromise.” There’s no question we’ve heard a lot about bipartisanship and compromise. I’m not naive, compromise is of course, a necessary [...]
Here's my interview with Dina from RT on Ron Paul, the Tea Party and more: read more
“At its core, this dispute is not simply about regulating the business of insurance—or crafting a scheme of universal health insurance coverage—it’s about an individual’s right to choose to participate.” A federal judge in the Eastern Virginia District Court released a summary judgment Monday declaring the individual mandate portion of the health care law passed [...]