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Guest post by ‘Grok friend, Matt Kittredge Our Elastic Constitution in Crisis and the GOP In 1803, after much thought, Jefferson signed a treaty with France, purchasing the Louisiana Territory without express Constitutional Authority. When he sent the treaty to the Senate, it was ratified. He later wrote, "[a] strict observance of the written law …
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HB 484 is titled "Food Stamp Program Eligibility; Random Drug Testing Required". Kevin Landrigan (Telegraph) did a write up of the pros / cons view; of course, Conservatives have the tack that recipients should not be doing drugs and that with testing, one can see the old Reagan mantra at work: Trust but verify. The …
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Filed under Capitalism – but could as well be filed under Humor! We certainly have been watching the unfolding events in Wisconsin – especially as the Democrat "fleebaggers" went to Illinois. Well, it looks like someone decided to capitalize on somebody else’s woes: Hey, capitalism is all about taking advantage of an opportunity – and …
The "invisible" level of government in NH is that at the County level – most people "get" their local town or city level, and at the State. How often, though, do people know about County level? Or that their NH Representatives (their "County Delegation") not only help set the spending at the State level, but …
From Ed Naile, staunch Democrat and Chair of CNHT, a thank you of sorts from having him on the show yesterday over at NH Insider: Nailestradamus: Quatrain # 2010 And the son of Madis known as Walker Unleashed the thugs of girth and waist And they shouted and made great noise As benefits once bargained were …
When we talked with NH Rep. Andrew Manuse yesterday, he talked that a number of the public union employees are unhappy with him for his Right To Work stances – you can read that here. Certainly, the unions are trying to redefine the meme – against unions? Their claim? "You are against Rights, you are …
During yesterday’s GrokTALK! show, we discussed the Right To Work bill (HB 474) making its way through the NH Legislature. After the show, I received this from GrokTALK! listener, Barbara: "…why does the public sector think they deserve a pension when pensions have largely been eliminated for the private sector?" Here were my 10 quick …
Seated is Bill O’Brien – Speaker of the NH House – signing the first bill of this session (and the first bill as Speaker). Mazel Tov! But what was more interesting was the picture Gadsden Flag (the adopted icon of the TEA Party movement) behind him. According to Seth Cohn, the signatures are of those …
And what’s he smiling about? And what’s that up in the upper right hand corner? h/t to Mackenzie Condon’s blog, Look Mom. (Original source: Weirdfriends.)
Something quite unusual is happening in New Hampshire. To coin a phrase, you could say that "a spectre is haunting New Hampshire—the spectre of freedom from the rapacious political classes." In politics, the conventional wisdom says that "the most organized group wins." That is, the group that can turn out the most warm bodies "on the street" will ultimately …
The intersection of public employee unions and politics: We Win. Read More »
