The gulf coast oil spill was and is a horrible disaster with consequences that will last for years to come. But when one looks at the "big picture", the oil spill is dwarfed by the tsunami of red ink that promises to suck everyone into its wake. The life boats are well within our reach - they are located right within in our own states.
The City of Lincoln budget has been in trouble year after year. One of the reasons is the very loud folks who show up at every turn to demanding that every city program remain in place. Grassroots in Nebraska has a new feature: The Whine List. Some recent attendees of a City Council meeting are a first "honorees".
A Republican majority in Congress is not likely to significantly change the course of our government. Simple answers to our problems do present themselves. They are not easy, but simple. It's time to choose ourselves by exercising our sovereign rights as individuals and states.
Most people are currently focused on the November elections; particularly those who are hoping to reverse the direction of government. Focusing on winning a Republican majority in Congress is not likely to provide the answers people are looking for.
An "emergency jobs bill" was passed by the House on August 10. Now some advocacy groups and Democrats are crying foul because Food Stamp program funds were used to pay for it. It's ALL a series of shell games being played with your liberty and your money. For more articles like these, visit http://grassrootsne.home.blog
What’s in a name? As famously dramatized by Shakespeare… JULIET: ‘Tis but thy name that is my enemy; Thou art thyself, though not a Montague. What’s Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot, Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part Belonging to a man. O, be some other name! What’s in a name? that [...]
Two members of Nebraska's Congressional Delegation have scheduled townhalls (and "open coffees") in Nebraska during the August Recess.
President Obama awoke Wednesday morning to a birthday gift he assuredly didn't find pleasing. In Tuesday's Missiouri primary 71% of voters approved a measure that exempts its citizens from the Federal mandate to purchase health insurance.
A video of Congressman Pete Stark is making the rounds online. Displaying both arrogance and ignorance, Stark doesn't seem to get his information about Federal government duties from the Constitution. Perhaps he obtained it from a popular video entitled "The Government Can".
The phrase “bread and circuses” originated in ancient Rome and a chilling description of the current state of our nation. It's patently clear, when you look at our burgeoning national debt, that the plebs know, of a certainty, that they can vote themselves bread and circuses without limit and that the productive members of the American body politic cannot stop them. [For more articles like this, visit the Grassroots in Nebraska website: http://grassrootsne.com]