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The people of New Hampshire take note. Free speech is far too fundamental to democracy to be restricted on the fly by ill-conceived and little discussed measures cranked out in the waning days of the legislative session by lawyers and lawmakers who are overreacting and overestimating their abilities. Legislative leaders are writing laws limiting First … Read more
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The New Hampshire State Senate has made it’s position clear. Everything goes better with Gambling. That pesky Lyme disease thing–probably get that passed with gambling. And they would be more than willing to overturn any lingering Blue Laws if people could gamble on Sunday. Want to make sure money is a form of free … Read more
The Ray and Kathy Show has this gag they do all the time, where they complain about outside money, or special interests on the right affecting local elections. It’s a serious gas because everyone knows it’s actually a projection of their own involvement with deep pocketed outside interests with which they exert pressure upon the local … Read more
State Senator Maggie Hassan is now spreading the lie about the threat of foreign influence to political speech. She was quoted in the Union leader this morning saying… “We’re not saying they dosen’t have a right to advocate. We’re just saying we want to know who’s behind the advocacy. If out-of-state or even foreign companies want … Read more
Do Ray Buckley and the New Hampshire Democrat Party Lie? See for yourself. Here is an excerpt from an NHDP press release that quotes Mr. Buckley directly. SB1459, which is before the state senate this afternoon, would hold foreign entities accountable for spending money intended to influence the outcome of domestic political campaigns. … "There … Read more
We watch with amusement as the legislature attempts again to reconcile it’s bad fiscal manners, elbows on the table, slurping soup, and reaching across each others plates as they huddle over another last minute committee of conference. At the top of the menu is the budget, which is a coarse left over from last year that no one can stomach, or manage to keep down.
On the question of using gambling revenue to hide irresponsible democrat spending, State Senator Maggie Hassan was quoted in this mornings Union Leader saying. "My question is, does prohibition work? I don’t think it does." It’s quite entertaining, the things desperate people say when they are under the gun to cover their own ass. The … Read more
The speech restrictions in HB1459 have suddenly caught everyone’s attention thanks to Cornerstone Policy Research, so I thought I’d resurrect my post from two weeks ago on the subject. (Posted at NHI and Granite Grok). It’s not as pretty or filled with exclamations in all caps bold red text, but…it came out two weeks earlier … Read more
Skip has done a great job piling on this Hassan HB1459-political speech issue, and I’m not sure how much more we can add today, but this quote caught my eye, Skip didn’t take it in the direction I expected. (So I will) Maggie Hassan is quoted as saying… “Millions of Americans invest retirement money in … Read more
Recent discussion about opposing opinions being mandated alongside existing internet content got me thinking. Could we apply this to everything on-line? Ads for fruit would need to include references to candy-bars of salty snacks. Omaha Steaks would need to include a click through to Purdue chicken. Every business would need to permit you to access competing … Read more
I have argued at great length on why relying primarily on local property taxes are the best mechanism for keeping government small. But no matter how often I bring it up someone always tries to make the point that it’s not fair. Why should the people who actually own the physical land in the state … Read more
What does congressional ethicist and Obama booster Paul Hodes have to say about this? Rep. Joe Sestak, winner of the Pennsylvania Democratic Senate primary, is refusing to provide more information on what job he was offered by a White House official to drop out of that race, although he confirmed again that the incident occurred. … Read more
This editorial from today’s Union Leader on Commuter Rail caught my attention. PETER BURLING, head of the New Hampshire Rail Transit Authority (NHRTA), was in Manchester this week to promote his dream of building a commuter rail line from Concord to Boston. He suggested that operating commuter rail would cost taxpayers less than maintaining the … Read more
Crisis breeds opportunity and opportunity breeds massive legislation filled with liberty destroying details voted for by scores of liberal legislators who’ve sworn to uphold the constitution (with fingers crossed behind their backs). These same hooligans said they’d defend their respective constituencies, except when it interferes with the agenda of the democrat party or their grasp on … Read more
Senator Shaheen has not yet announced her plan to return $663,000.00 dollars in campaign contributions from the financial/Insurance industry, or more specifically, $22,250.00 from Fidelity Investments or $17,500.00 from Citicorp, or money from any other big bank or wall street connected firm she is trying to regulate, she is however happy to milk the other teats … Read more
I assume Israel bashing and pissing on Jesus are still democrat approved artistic pursuits–for which I deserve a taxpayer funded government grant. But will Pelosi also cover my health insurance costs? What if I don’t want to be tied to my job and instead choose to become an artist who travels the country making caricatures of Mohammed (Peace Be … Read more
Are the people running the unions stupid? Not the rank and file, but the leadership. These people are selling salt as flour to the due payers while pushing the cities and states into a corner. What do I mean? Look at the pension problem. In New Jersey Chris Cristie has to fight tooth and nail … Read more
The idea of the variable rooms and meals tax for towns is a trap set by the democrat majority legislature. I mentioned it here but let me reiterate how it works for those who may not have noticed or guessed for themselves. Democrat run State government, in its quest for a broad based tax, spends … Read more
Something you won’t find in your daily broadsheet or on any of the more fashionable cable news channels is a paper presented by a prominent geologist at the 4th International Conference on Climate Change in Chicago. In it, Dr. Don Easterbrook warns us of imminent global cooling. (Oh boy!) I’ll see your warming and raise … Read more