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The Delightful Ernie Chambers Leaves the Nebraska Unicameral
The national treasure that is Ernie Chambers is leaving the Nebraska unicameral state legislature after 38 years.
Capitol regulars cried in the halls and fellow state senators gushed with praise for Ernie Chambers' service as the self-proclaimed "defender of the downtrodden."
But the Omaha senator wasn't in any mood to reminisce on Thursday, his last day on the legislative floor he prowled for 38 years. He was a reluctant, mostly absent, observer of his own legislative funeral and mostly spent the day like he has thousands of others since first being elected in 1970 — working....
Chambers logged more years as a state senator than anyone in Nebraska history. And while term limits won't officially push the muscled 70-year-old and state's only black senator out of his cluttered Capitol office until the end of the year, he's done making, and mostly stopping, laws for the state.
"He has just been a stalwart in making sure people get justice and that justice is administered fairly," said Sen. DiAnna Schimek of Lincoln, one of the 14 other senators who won't return next year because of term limits.
"Nobody's paid in the lobby to speak out on behalf of people on death row, for black youth, for poor kids," said Sen. Steve Lathrop of Omaha. "Ultimately, the downtrodden will be defended by our conscience, and Ernie is a man of conscience, a man of determination."
A hellraiser in Mother Jones' own tradition, Chambers was able to inspire solemn reverence even in ever-snarky bloggers like this one. He'll be missed.
Chambers was a racist.
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Chambers kept his fellow members of the unicameral on their toes. I think he may have had a tendency to play the devil's advocate, but if nothing else, he forced his peers into an intelligent, if sometimes heated, dialogue and challenged them to view issues from the perspective of the underdog. As a lifelong-Nebraskan, his shit-stirring ways were a breath of fresh air in this stuffy sea of red.
This guy is typical of what we can expect with Obama. Chambers' suit against God tossed outBY CHRISTOPHER BURBACH WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER
You can't sue God if you can't serve the papers on him, a Douglas County District Court judge ruled in Omaha Tuesday.
Judge Marlon Polk threw out Nebraska Sen. Ernie Chambers' lawsuit against the Almighty, saying there was no evidence that the defendant had been served. What's more, Polk found "there can never be service effectuated on the named defendant."
Chambers had sued God in September 2007, seeking a permanent injunction to prevent God from committing acts of violence such as earthquakes and tornadoes.
This guy Chambers is.. well.. troubled! He will find God's address one day and Lord help his soul!!
Why would anyone in America (a country founded on Christian values) honor such a person as Ernie Chambers who has no regard for God or His laws. One day he will meet God face to face and then his lawsuit will be handled once and for all.
Well said, s. whiddon.
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