MicroGroks
Often, we are confronted with superstar (and lesser beings) athletes acting badly. They can be extremely self absorbed, selfish from being so pampared ("hey, it seems like the world revolves around me, so it must be true!"). THIS is a story of athletes upholding true sportsmanship even when it may cost them – big time: …
Florida, like New Hampshire, allows citizens the right to carry concealed firearms. Would-be criminals never really know who’s packing and who is not. The Palm Peach Post reports on a recent incident at a West Palm Beach supermarket: Grant was a daily customer who’d never been a problem, said Hernandez, who manages the large supermarket at …
"Communication breakdown?" Regular readers know that when it comes to funding government during tough fiscal times, we favor spending reductions over tax increases. (Heck, we feel that way even when the economy’s good…) With the advent of the Official Ballot form of government– or, as it’s better known, "SB2"– voters in NH towns that have …
How dare those voters take ability to pay into consideration when they vote! Read More »
Nope, not going to even ASK the TMEW about taking a flier on this one…heck, I can’t even get a regular one! From Gizmodo: Something tells me this 3,800 HP jet-powered bike isn’t the safest or most efficient way to get around town, but then again, you aren’t going to fry a crosswalk’s worth of …
Selectmen Meeting – 4/30/08 7pm Board of Selectmen MeetingWednesday, April 30, 20087 p.m. The time has changed – notice that it is no longer at 3pm! This meeting is not just for those that can get away during the regular working day hours. Will it stay that way? It all depends on you, the townfolk …
Oy, here we go again. What is up, is down. What is left is right. What is right is wrong. And only the Eco-wackos are right. All the snow we had this year (our local area broke the historical record for snow stretching back to 1873) is blamed on global warming (oy, again!). Well, at …
Doubleplus ungood? Or ….or…will they make up their minds? Read More »
I’m sitting here, shaking my head: On earth: New Hampshire Republican Chair Fergus Cullen said he believed the primary did work. "We got lucky," said Cullen. "We had a process that was open and not a lot of people dropped out afterward." Somewhere NOT on earth: "I thought it was a disaster," said Democratic Party …
SSGT Matt Maupin We would be remiss if we didn’t take a moment to join with the thousands who recalled the life of Staff Sgt. Matt Maupin, former Iraq war POW/MIA, over the past weekend. A little over a year ago, we posted a piece marking the third anniversary of Matt’s capture featuring a note from …
Over at WhizBang is one of the best plain spoken treatises on economics that I have read. While I have excerpted key parts, go and read the whole thing. It taught me one thing: I saw exactly why government should be allowed to take our money but ONLY uner our watchful eyes: First, let’s start …
Economics – explained plainly – and why government doesn’t care Read More »
"Good intentions will always be pleaded for every assumption of authority. It is hardly too strong to say that the Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions." – Daniel Webster
