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Ruminations on 7/31/06

July 31, 2006

CAIR is at it again…..calling Israel "terrorists": (WASHINGTON, DC, 7/30/06) – A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today said the Bush administration and the international community must act to stop Israel’s campaign of "terror" in Southern Lebanon. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) issued that call after an Israeli air strike killed [ Read more ]

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The sissy-fication of War in the West – Part 1

July 30, 2006

As promised, here is the update to my Post "The changing nature of war, or is the West just starting to catch up?"  Of course, timing is everything and as I was typing, FOX News just switched to the Kofi Annan news conference.  They are also showing film from Israel military sources showing Hezbullah shooting [ Read more ]

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TGIF

July 28, 2006

THANK GOD ITS FRIDAY!!!!! Yup, it’s going to be one of those days……must smile, must chuckle…go ahead! (H/T: Karen)  

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UPDATE3: A man’s home is his castle? Not quite…

July 27, 2006

After several weeks of waiting, we finally have some news on the story (links at end of this post) about the Nashua man arrested for audiovideo taping police as they stood within that man’s home. And no, at that point, they did not have a warrant- they got that later, after they found out they [ Read more ]

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Notable Quotes: Jonah Goldberg

July 26, 2006

No, Jonah is not of the same "famous" caliber as perhaps our other quoted folks…but I really the quote: "If religion is the opiate of the masses, then the United Nations is the opiate of the elites."  If you want to see what this quote is all about and wrap a contect around it, read [ Read more ]

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“Dope of the Week” Nominee: John Kerry

July 24, 2006

The July 23rd Detroit News is reporting via its online Detnews.com website on a recent utterance of Sen. John "Loathesome" Kerry. This time, he’s pontificating on the recent events of the Middle East.: "If I was president, this wouldn’t have happened." . "The president has been so absent on diplomacy when it comes to issues affecting the [ Read more ]

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How often does this happen in YOUR town?

July 23, 2006

Foster’s Online reports on the use of taxpayer funds to promote voting one way or another. One such case has reached the NH Supreme Court. Attorney Charles Douglas, who represented the organization in court, said taxpayers should not be funding government-produced newsletters urging support for a particular viewpoint. He said the town spent $1,300 to [ Read more ]

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July 22, 2006

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July 22, 2006

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NH’s “Governor Do-Nothing”

July 21, 2006

For the past year and a half, it has been an inside joke between me and my wife: whenever New Hampshire’s Democrat governor John Lynch appears on TV, we each do our best Howdy-Doody imitations, wildly waving to some imaginary crowd with the dumbest, blankest looks we can muster, complete with exaggerated smile. Of course [ Read more ]

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Notable Quotes: Benjamin Franklin

July 20, 2006

In this day and age, we often see the quote as: "Those who give up liberties for safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." when the real quote is:  "Those who give up essential liberties for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." – Benjamin Franklin My question is: what are these essential liberties as far [ Read more ]

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Democrat Vision: “A New Era of Braveness Internationally”

July 18, 2006

Consider the nightmare vision, as presented by House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi as she addressed the 97th annual NAACP convention July 18th: Democrats are proposing a New Direction to take our country forward for all Americans, not just the privileged few. And when we do take back the Congress, the Congressional Black Caucus will lead [ Read more ]

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CCAGW 2005 Congressional Ratings

July 18, 2006

Press Release Washington, D.C. – The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) today released its 2005 Congressional Ratings.  For 17 years, CCAGW has examined roll-call votes to separate the taxpayer advocates in Congress from those who favor wasteful programs and pork-barrel spending.  The 2005 Congressional Ratings cover the voting year 2005, or the first [ Read more ]

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I thought I was working for my family….

July 17, 2006

From the American Spectator: Americans finally have stopped working for government. Many people are familiar with "Tax Freedom Day" — April 26th this year — when they effectively finish paying their taxes. But with government running huge deficits and imposing massive regulatory requirements, we all spend a lot more time working for government. Cost of [ Read more ]

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Then what are all those blue helmets doing that are already there?

July 17, 2006

UN chief  appeals to Israel and Hexbollah to focus their targets narrowly, to spare civilian lives. Does anyone else see what’s wrong with this picture?  Isn’t Hezbollah known for shooting off records heading into Israeli civilian area?  Now the UN is trying to get into the act over at the Israeli – Lebanon border.  From [ Read more ]

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Living Wage

July 14, 2006

We’ll be commenting in the future about the "living wage" – especially why it is such a dunderheaded idea from a purely economic standpoint. Be that as it may, what happens when activists and politicians are trying to ram something down the marketplace’s throat, and the marketplace decides to not play, pick up its ball [ Read more ]

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Ruminations on 7/13/06

July 13, 2006

As I wander around the ‘Net….. Couple of years ago, this was just an idea.  This past year, three worked.  Now, mountain climbing?  I kinda like this idea of promoting solar energy.  However: While a handful of US states still lack almost any meaningful incentives for encouraging citizens to generate power for their homes and [ Read more ]

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City & Town. Voters & Tax Caps.

July 13, 2006

Besides public employee salary and benefit costs, nothing impacts local property taxes more than big construction projects like new $chools, mammoth libraries, and police $tation megaplexes. Throughout the state, and indeed the entire country, we see massive projects proposed or under way. Why not? The economy is good right now. People seemingly have enough money [ Read more ]

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Thought You Had a Tax Cap? Think Again…

July 12, 2006

MORE LOCAL (central NH) NEWS- KEEP READING- IT’S PROBABLY HAPPENING WHERE YOU LIVE TOO…(*followup to this prior posting on the Laconia tax cap issue*) …Now that the Laconia “Broken Arrow” City Council is proceeding with preparations for a tax-cap breaking, new middle $chool building construction bond issuance, the options left for the already over-burdened taxpayers [ Read more ]

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And you think universal health care is good?

July 12, 2006

"Universal Healthcare" seems to be a mantra we hear – millions without health insurance!  "How can we, the lone superpower, do this to our people!" are splayed across the pages. All we have to do is look at other Anglosphere countries that have it.  Look at Canada – their medical professionals are coming here to [ Read more ]

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