Mayor Beutler: Crafty Politician, Walter Mitty, or Just Going Rogue?

By Shelli Dawdy As I noted yesterday, Lincoln Mayor Chris Beutler held a press conference earlier this week wherein he announced a methane gas drilling project that was just beginning at the Bluffs Road facility. The City’s Public Works department had commenced drilling 60+ wells and installing a piping system to capture methane gas from [...]

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Time To Take the Bite Out of Beutler Before He Implements Cap & Trade in Lincoln

By Shelli Dawdy Just when I thought I could not possibly ever be surprised at what might come out of my television, I was reminded that my brain is simply not wired to conceive of the endless number of nonsensical ideas politicians will attempt to implement while we’re all looking the other way. I really [...]

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Want State Sovereignty Exercised? Rep. Charles Key Says Get Involved

By Shelli Dawdy Last Friday, I filled in for the incomparable Kaye Beach on her Axxiom for Liberty radio show. I was pleased to have been joined by my co-host Sandra Crosnoe and three very interesting guests. We mentioned on the show and the Rule of Law Radio Network’s archive page that we would be [...]

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The President Does Not Understand His Job And No One Is Correcting Him

By Shelli Dawdy CBS’ 60 Minutes aired an interview with President Obama on Sunday. I confess, I have not had the…heart?…stomach?…enough duct tape? to watch the interview in its entirety. I had my TV on far more than usual this weekend, though, and found myself inundated with the seemingly obligatory rehashes by every political talking [...]

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Florida Bans Foster Children from Drug Experimentation after 7 year old hangs himself

Lets ask the obvious question; Why would human drug experimentation ever be permitted to be perpetrated on  helpless wards of the state?  At least prisoners can give consent although as a captive, the coercion factor is worrisome and history provides...

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State Legislative District 8 Election Under Review

By Shelli Dawdy As we reported the day after the election in “Election Results: Who Says Every Vote Does Not Count?“,  Legislative District 8 Candidate John Comstock lost his race by a mere 36 votes. The Nebraska Secretary of State’s website lists the “unofficial results” as  follows: Comstock, 2,906 votes at 49.69%; opponent Burke J. [...]

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