The conservative Wall Street Journal ran a one-sided article on farmers and derivatives that is full of half truths.  While there is no question farmers and ranchers use the commodity market to thrive, what they need is a stable market.  The current commodity market could hardly be called stable--mostly because of deregulation, but conservatives don’t like to remind you of that.

(As a side note, and because we do have a lot of hot ranchers and farmers in our state, we give Wall Street Journal props for their picture of Jim Kreutz.)

Bold Nebraska learned that Senator Nelson will vote YES on the Wall Street Reform bill which may be headed to a vote in the US Senate as early as Friday.

Nelson joins Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill who are standing up to Wall Street and demanding strong regulations that ensure consumers and small businesses are protected.

The Wall Street reform legislation is victory for Nebraskans and a defeat for lobbyists who tried (but failed) to block this historic reform... 

Wall Street Reform is not 100% passed yet...but getting close. So here is some info you need to know to be in "the know." 

Americans for Financial Reform and Bold Nebraska issued the following statement regarding Senator Johanns’ silence on if he will block the vote to hold Wall Street accountable for playing tricks with taxpayers’ hard-earned money.

Senator Johanns has yet to make public if he will vote for cloture on Wall Street Reform. Senator Nelson announced this morning he will vote for cloture.