If there’s weakness in the House, then it’s time to get fired up again

With Speaker John Boehner’s leadership thus far, he’s earned the House of Representatives a new nickname; “The Waffle House“. People who worked hard to see conservatives elected and to have “The Gavel” pried from Pelosi’s claw weren’t expecting to see timidity in reversing our nation’s backward slide beyond the ditch and off into the abyss. [...]

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Nullification Measures Not Stopping Health Care Implementation (Think Idaho)

This is an ongoing series about the issue of nullification. For Part 1, click HERE. For Part 2, click HERE. Idaho may be the best example of an action by a state to nullify the health care law. Both houses of the State Legislature passed and Governor Otter signed into law a measure which many [...]

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History Has Proven Nullification a Failure – Just Look at REAL ID

This is Part 2 in a continuing series on nullification. For Part 1, click HERE. In Part 1, I explained that in the past year, I’ve come to realize that nullification is not a solution that should be pursued by the states. That change of opinion, the result of much research and reflection, includes a [...]

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TSA Agent Slips Through Body Scanner With A Gun

Um, yeah: An undercover TSA agent was able to get through security at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport with a handgun during testing of the enhanced-imaging body scanners, according to a high-ranking, inside source at the Transportation Security...

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Looks like the biggest supplier of arms to Mexico from the US is Obama

He IS in charge, right? Right? With DOJ circling the wagons, Sen. Chuck Grassley is finding it hard to get answers on the scandal unfolding at ATF. In a letter dated 9 February to Eric Holder, Grassley writes of his frustration in getting any answers; Unfortunately, the reaction to my request has, so far, been little [...]

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Nullification NOT the Answer for Health Care (or anything else)

This is the first installment in a series about nullification. On March 21, 2010 – I stood on an improvised stage (the back of a pickup truck) located between the State Capitol and the Governor’s mansion at GiN’s flash rally “Kill or Nullify the Bill!”. Throughout the preceding two week period, it had become clear [...]

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Historic Devastation in Japan After Quake and Tsunami: What Next?

While it’s true we do not focus on world news here, it is impossible to overlook the devastation ongoing in Japan due to its historic proportions. I thought some of our readers might be interested in some of the information I pulled up throughout the evening Friday. This article on the UK Daily Mail includes [...]

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To Quote A Visitor: Fortenberry is All Talk (and Hair) on Spending

I’m starting the weekend a little early here – looking for some humor in a situation that isn’t really all that funny… The GiN Joint’s Bartender thinks we may need to get a special dartboard for Nebraska’s First District Representative Jeff Fortenberry; he’s making so many appearances in our “Deserving of Darts” feature. One visitor [...]

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Deserving of Darts – Again – Jeff Fortenberry’s Vote on Spending Cuts

I read the news online each morning and sometimes become inspired to post comments concerning certain of the articles I encounter.  I recently got drawn into a discussion on the Lincoln Journal Star website about public employee unions and collective bargaining in Nebraska.  A fellow who identifies himself as “World’s End” accused me of being [...]

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Health Care Lawsuits: Judge Stays Order, Gives Feds 7 Days to Appeal

dis·in·gen·u·ous Adjective /ˌdisinˈjenyo͞oəs Synonyms: adjective: insincere, false, devious, hollow-hearted Not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than one really does This definition of the word “disingenuous” should be accompanied by a direct link to the Motion to Clarify the U.S. Justice Department recently sought from Judge Vinson in the [...]

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