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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
What seems like five minutes after Tuesday’s election, we heard from newly re-elected Governor Dave Heineman that he was not interested in running for the United States Senate seat currently held by Ben Nelson that will be up for re-election in 2012. Certainly, considering the almost continuous sparring between the Governor and Senator Nelson over [...]
In an interview conducted by the host of a local radio station just prior to the November 2nd election, now 4th term Congressman Jeff Fortenberry made several comments that deserve scrutiny. We’ve already discussed Fortenberry’s apparent back-pedaling, during that interview, from the Republicans’ commitment to the voters to repeal and replace the health reform law. [...]
Oklahoma liberty-lovers did not take kindly to the backdoor dealings in their state surrounding the insertion of RFID chips in their drivers’ licenses, especially after having been given assurances by their state government that it would not occur. Working with state legislators and other activists, Kaye Beach of the very popular Axxiom Amuse site “introduced” [...]
I was minding my own business at home the other night following an afternoon and early evening spent outside doing some chores and enjoying the brisk fall weather. It’s that time of year when Lincoln residents begin the transition from the air conditioning that, by many, is considered a necessary part of summer comfort to [...]
It’s tempting to focus on the historic takeover of the US House by a Republican majority, but we here at GiN march to a different drummer, for the most part at least. Just as the three most important characteristics of real estate are location, location, location; the three most important characteristics of GiN’s political focus [...]