A lot of people are talking about the Occupy Wall Street movement and we did publish an article about the OccupyLincoln movement this weekend. One of the central themes one can detect within this movement regards “corporate greed”, and it started with a specific criticism of the corporate greed on Wall Street and its influences… more
Rand Paul on Anthony Napolitano’s show on the Fox Business Network describes the “movement” as more of a “Paris mob”, and Obama’s words on Thursday as possibly “inflaming the public”. Interesting, this movement’s “list of demands” when read are nothing but irrational and unrealistic rantings. A trillion dollars here, a trillion dollars there, no big [...]
I keep hearing the phrase “out of bullets” from pundits who discuss what options might be available to the central planning crowd in dealing with the economy. It would be nice if these planners’ guns would be totally out of bullets. Unfortunately, as long as central planning ideology maintains its firm grip on politicians [...]
The rhetoric surrounding the debt ceiling deal could only come from the “Funkytown” that is modern day Washington, D.C. Speaker of the House John Boehner said late Sunday night: “We got 98% of what we wanted” A question for the Speaker: Just who is WE? With friends like these we sure don’t need enemies. One [...]
The rhetoric surrounding the debt ceiling deal could only come from the “Funkytown” that is modern day Washington, D.C. Speaker of the House John Boehner said late Sunday night: “We got 98% of what we wanted” A question for the Speaker: Just who is WE? With friends like these we sure don’t need enemies. One [...]
Like many other Americans, some of our number are following the “debt ceiling debate” as closely as they can. One of them is doing so in between working even longer hours than he used to – like many other small business owners in the current economy. And despite long days, he has taken the time, [...]
The article about Medicaid coverage for prenatal care in Nebraska that was published in the Sunday, July 24th, Lincoln Journal Star is so full of bias, unsupported conclusions, and half-baked analysis it’s difficult to know where to begin to respond. I’m going to take a stab at it anyway over the next few days. But [...]
Considering that most of the wheeling and dealing involved in government goes on behind closed doors, more likely than not most of what we Americans hear and see playing out in the media is maneuvering. These P.R. battles seem to provide politicians the ability to “throw some red meat” to their respective bases of support. [...]
Editor’s Note: This article is particularly timely considering statements by President Obama at a news conference yesterday (Thursday, June 29, 2011). For a transcript click here, for video, click here. This post is a conglomeration of thoughts around a common theme: Current Congressional talks re raising the debt ceiling. The title includes a quote attributed [...]
Since the February 7 Business and Labor Committee hearing, those interested in the issue of collective bargaining and CIR (Commission on Industrial Relations) have been waiting for the contents of the shell bill introduced by Committee Chair Steve Lathrop at the beginning of the legislative session. At the end of March, details began, finally, [...]