I publish this as April 15th has only a couple of hours left. I know that in most people’s minds, this date marks the third anniversary of what has come to be known as the tea party movement. I know why people think that, of course. The majority of people first heard about modern day… more
Our December 10 article about democracy, “income inequality”, and political influences was, in part, motivated by a number of comments by Occupy Lincoln (OL) members on our site. We decided to address those comments in articles, because we believed they’d raised some issues worth writing about. Since we had already planned to point out problems… more
Earlier this week, Julie Schmit-Albin, Linda and myself spoke with reporter Kay Kemmet from the Omaha World-Herald about the City’s handling of different groups and their use of public spaces, and specifically, of course, their handling of the Occupy Lincoln group. Her story was published on Friday; click the image to read it in full.… more
Following the issuance of a press release, Linda and I, as representatives of GiN, were invited on Coby Mach’s Drive Time Lincoln radio show. That press release and our discussion echoed and expanded upon the concerns of Nebraska Right to Life about City of Lincoln officials’ treatment of the Occupy Lincoln group as compared to… more
I hope all of our visitors had a blessed and peaceful Thanksgiving holiday. I took an extended (and unannounced) holiday break myself and very much enjoyed time with family. I even enjoyed chasing dust bunnies and scrubbing word work in preparation for our usual Thanksgiving visitors. My computer was off and if a TV was…
We have a Shanty Town on Lincoln’s Centennial Mall with an increasing number of tents. “Residents” of this new community have every intention of staying indefinitely. Just how is that possible? Whatever disagreements I have with the Occupy Lincoln group, I do agree, of course; they have a fundamental right to speak their minds. Because… more
An article at American Thinker (from last July) posits the question; Is Your IRA Going To Be Raided? The notion of government raiding personal retirement accounts for funds may seem extreme. Perhaps it shouldn’t. Other governments have done it. Argentina did in 2008. Ireland has indicated it might. The worsening financial crisis may eventually move [...]
Dear Fellow Michigander, We took a necessary short hiatus to step back and analyze our methodology of effectiveness. We do NOT want to be the definition of this...”Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results... But THIS instead…Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex… It takes a …
…and I’m talking in a creepy Invasion of the Bodysnatchers way. I first saw clip this Saturday, and I couldn’t get past the first few seconds. The whole thing was just too much like watching a pre-school teacher speak to children, which would be cute if the children weren’t 20+ years old. What brought this [...]
Some bumper stickers are just too true not to have… For those who care, who still believe in our Constitution, our Republic and our foundational American values..THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION and Amendments may be read HERE “Give me Liberty, or Give me Death!” Patrick Henry, Virginia Convention. 1775 . ‘Tis done. We have become a …