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Yesterday was the Women’s Defense League of NH’s Fifth Annual Gun Rally complete with a number of Conservative groups, informed speakers, a crowd that filled the State House plaza in Concord, NH – and of course, GraniteGrok! NH State Representative Judy Aron was the next speaker. A transplant from Connecticut, she spoke of the avalanche … Read more
Yesterday, the Women’s Defense League of NH held its Fifth Annual Gun Rally on the State House Plaza in Concord NH (noon to 3 pm). I arrived early, set up my cameras, then had some time to do what I like doing – micro-interviews. Susan Olsen is a tireless Conservative activist, the Legislative Director for … Read more
It has become a tradition – at the end of the gun rallies, first starting with the ones held on 2/23 (shush, the anti-Constitutionalists mostly won’t get the joke) and now under the WDLNH banner), the ending “talk” is all of the participants and attendees assembling on the State House steps for a “family” picture. … Read more
Once again, our Constitutional Rights are under attack – not just the Second Amendment / Article 2-A that is the focus of the Women’s Defense League of NH’s event tomorrow starting at noon at the Capital building in Concord, NH. It is also our First Amendment Rights, our Fourth Amendment Rights, Due Process – all … Read more
On Ed’s post “Kuster and Pappas ‘Duke’ It Out“: Kuster and Pappas “Duke” It Out Commenter NHNative left this: Steve Negron needs to step up NOW and take a public stand, assume a position and make it known. Don’t wait until campaign season and then make us look back at all this stuff. Get in … Read more
Yep, it’s that time again. When: March 27, 2019 @ 6:00 pm – 8:45 pm Where: Murphy’s Taproom, 494 Elm Street, Manchester NH Great turnout for our last Grokmeetup at Concord’s Area 23 Pub and I’m hoping to see more of you for a time of fellowship and all kinds of banter. I’m also hoping to do … Read more
HB455 – “This bill changes the penalty for capital murder to life imprisonment without the possibility for parole.” The Democrats have been pushing for this for years. I guess they believe that convicted murderers (pretty much the only crime that would receive a death penalty but only for a very few situations – like shooting a … Read more
Well, the Green New Deal is a big hopping deal over at TreeHugger – have been spending a lot of time there creating content to bring back here but that will be tomorrow. In the mean time, here’s the second Part of the series: (H/T: Clear Energy Alliance) Part 1 here.
On Tuesday I went down to Concord to testify on behalf of passing HB576, my “No means No” when Budget Committee use their fiscal policy setting Powers to tell Selectmen and School Boards that they don’t approve of those “purposes”. I thought that I had prepared well, spoke well (I did ask some of the … Read more
UPDATED (3/7 from 3/6) and BUMPED: Success! I did see yesterday (and so did commenter Paul Sand) that NH Dept of IT finally updated the NH Constitution page and added the two duly passed amendments at the top of the page. This morning I went to take a quick screen shot and update but it … Read more
Just found this over at Powerline – quite cute and quite to the point. The Green New Deal is nothing more than a Eco-Socialists nocturnal emission. It has nothing to do with “greenness”, nothing about “saving the Earth”. Instead, it is all about money and all about control. Here’s a series that even Democrats should … Read more
“I see a party saving minnows in California and killing babies in New York. Are you kidding me? Now, where is the common sense? Ayup – a party that values fish over humans with unlimited potential. Add Rhode Island and Virginia to New York as well. Sorry, but these kinds of depraved “Values” that allow … Read more
Markets provide a platform through which firms compete for both resources and customers. How effectively firms perform these tasks depends primarily on how open the markets are, including the markets for factors and products, and how freely firms can be created and compete with each other. Essentially, firms’ effectiveness depends on how smoothly and quickly … Read more
When an NHMA lobbyist, paid in part by my taxes, is lobbying AGAINST MY BEST interests, that’s wrong. It’s immoral. That’s why Cordell Johnston, a New Hampshire Municipal Association lobbyist – is now the Poster Boy for towns to stop paying dues to the New Hampshire Municipal Association with our property taxes. If our Selectmen … Read more
Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare are the big programs that the Democrat socialists tout as “American policies” that are indeed socialist. If we are uncomfortable with socialism, they taunt, why don’t we suggest getting rid of these policies. But we have, in fact. Though he went on to expand Medicare, George W. Bush campaigned on … Read more
Speaking of snow and winter, the following be something only folks from the northern climes will get. I received an urgent text from a friend the other day. The text read: Some bozo put up signs advertising a local band or something called The Frost Heaves. Best get [the town Land Use officer] to take … Read more
Last night I received a call from NH State Rep Harry Bean – my representative, former member of the Budget Committee, and a sponsor of my bill, HB576 which is meant to be a technical fix to RSA32, the Municipal Budget Law. Turns out, the NH House Municipal and County Government Committee is hearing testimony … Read more
First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. Here’s the full post from the Facebook page … Read more
To set the stage, remember: NH State Rep Laura Pantelakos (D): “I don’t care about protecting peoples’ Liberty“. HOUSE BILL 693-FN: AN ACT relative to aid to persons funded by Medicaid and for persons who are uninsured and establishing a special fund They don’t care about representing any more – only ruling. And NH Rep Peter … Read more
