There's no doubt Omaha Sen. Ernie Chambers has a gift for the spoken word. But when the echoes of his voice clear the Capitol's marble hallways Jan. 6, his words will continue to linger ... on paper. Off the legislative floor, Chambers continued to comment and educate with the written word: his rhymes, commentary and newspaper clippings beginning in earnest in 1991. Those regular publications came to be known as Ernie-Grams. He wrote poems and skits, reprinted news stories, sermonized and sounded off on paper. He sketched and copied cartoons and modified photos. It was all to make his points and remind senators and staffers in the Capitol, sometimes beyond, about holding judges accountable, the National Rifle Association and its "slew of nutty gun bills" he helped to derail, and his intentions to end the death penalty for people and cougars and prairie dogs.