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“The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works — whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified.”            – President Barack Obama, Inauguration, 1/20/09

$1.5 Trillion PLUS and not only will its mini-gun not be ready for FOUR years:

“There will be no gun until [the Joint Strike Fighter’s Block] 3F [software], there is no software to support it now or for the next four-ish years,” said one Air Force official affiliated with the F-35 program. “Block 3F is slated for release in 2019, but who knows how much that will slip?”

OK, this thing has been in development a long time – one of the most complicated piece of machinery ever built.  Software plays a MAJOR role on this thing.  But this aircraft is slotted to not just an advanced air-to-air fighter but a multi-role one – including that of ground troop support.  Now, while the Eldest took care of the EA-4B electronic warfare jet for the Marines while in Iraq (at El Asad airbase where Obama has now sent some Special Forces “non-combatants”), the Youngest was on missions in Afghanistan where the Warthog 

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Once again, you have been put on the Alter of GAIA and about to be sacrificed, you infidel of the Cult of Beef & Dairy.  Katherine Martinko over at TH has a post listing a couple of studies saying how bad the beef and dairy industries are for planet (yes, global warming.  Not again – always).  That’s not the worst of it by a long shot – it is the attitude that she shows towards those that won’t adopt a diversity of thought – primarily hers.  Yes, one thought, one outlook – and brands those that don’t want to agree with her as heretics and selfish subhumans (what, like we haven’t seen this Progressive “I know better than you what is best for you!” snoot nosiness?

A couple of snippets (emphasis mine):

Despite the fact that livestock production contributes more greenhouse gas emissions than the entire transport sector, there is an appalling unwillingness to change eating habits in order to make a difference.

And this: 

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Reminder: HB103 will be heard tomorrow at 10am in the Legislative Office Building

AN ACT limiting the capabilities of wireless communication devices in motor vehicles.  This bill requires the email and texting capabilities of a wireless communication device to be disabled if the device is moving more than 5 miles per hour. The restriction shall not take effect unless 2 New England states adopt similar legislation

Effectively, anyone in a moving car will have the ability to use a cell phone stripped from them.  In actuality, it probably would mean EVERY one would be stripped of a cell phone because why would an international cell phone manufacturer want to make a “one-off” for dinky NH (sales wise)?  They’d just write us off.  Yet, Rep Belanger thought this was such a SPLENDID idea – obviously not thinking of the ramifications of his bill.  I said that Steve and I had blogged this stuff before – the data is now being “hidden” under other “distracted driving” stats so we can’t argue against it but Belanger certainly can’t argue FOR it either on “just the numbers”.

‘Cept I found this nugget just now with some numbers (reformatted, emphasis mine):

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I just don’t understand why, though…

Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, reiterated Tuesday that he believes the GOP has a track record of failure when the party nominates a presidential candidate from the “mushy middle.”

“There are a lot of folks in Washington who argue that the way Republicans should win is that they should nominate a candidate from the mushy middle,” Mr. Cruz said on “Fox and Friends.” “Someone who is right in the middle, who’s near the Democrats so there’s not much distinction. … We’ve tried that.”

“Every single time we do that, whether it’s Gerald Ford, whether it’s Bob Dole, whether it’s John McCain, whether it’s Mitt Romney, the result over and over is we lose,” he continued. “I very much agree with Ronald Reagan who said the way Republicans win is we paint in bold colors, not pale pastels — pale pastels is a path to losing.”

“Look at the great issues of the day, look at the great challenges, whether it is bringing back jobs and growth and economic opportunity, whether it’s defending our constitutional liberties or whether it is restoring America’s leadership in the world, and I think Republicans are [going to] nominate someone who will stand up and lead, who will give bold voice and action to the values that built this country,” Mr. Cruz said.

(H/T: Washington Times)  I am quite sure that

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WSB TRANSPARENCY

When I ran for the Windham School Board (WSB), I promised transparency. Sometimes, that puts me in an uncomfortable situation when I disagree with fellow Board Members. Such is the case now, as I provide my insights regarding what I feel was a rushed 3-1-1 decision (Rekart/Joanis/Senibaldi – yes, Eyring – no, Breton – abstain) to sign a no-bid, $577K contract with Cenergistic, a “behavior-based” energy conservation company during the 1/6/15 WSB meeting.

The allure to sign the contract was Cenergistic’s estimate that the Windham School District (WSD) would save $1.8M over 10 years with “no equipment changes required” if the district followed their customized energy conservation program.

I was skeptical. As a School Board Member who has attended many of the Citizen’s Facilities Committee (CFC) meetings over the past 7 months, I knew from speaking with Tom Murray (Windham Contractor), Jerry Rufo (Facilities Manager for IBM), and Rich Amari (Construction Management), that the proposed plans for addressing our space needs incorporate many energy saving measures (for all our schools) that align with PSNH programs.

So prior to the meeting, I reached out to PSNH and spoke directly with

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We don’t fight against “extremists” or “terrorists” – that in itself is an indication of weakness. Terror is a tactic, used by an enemy to change political wills, but not the enemy itself. We do fight against a political ideology as authoritarian that in Shar’ia Law, wishes to control every aspect of your life in the tiniest detail.   From George Packer of the New Yorker (via Betsy’s Page) is this well written snippet describing the enemy of the West – yet most of the Western Leaders, especially Obama (and his minions like AG Eric Holder)  refuse to correctly name that enemy.  And yes, I blame Bush II for calling this war a “War on Terror”.  Emphasis mine:

The murders today in Paris are not a result of France’s failure to assimilate two generations of Muslim immigrants from its former colonies. They’re not about French military action against the Islamic State in the Middle East, or the American invasion of Iraq before that. They’re not part of some general wave of nihilistic violence in the economically depressed, socially atomized, morally hollow West—the Paris version of Newtown or Oslo. Least of all should they be “understood” as reactions to disrespect for religion on the part of irresponsible cartoonists.

They are only the latest blows delivered by an ideology that has sought to achieve power through terror for decades.

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Certainly, the innocent babies have no choice – this is a clear evidence of fact.  Their well being, their life, is in the hands of their mother.  I ran across both of these pretty much at the same time – a juxtaposition of fighting FOR Life and a celebration OF Death.  This amongst an anecdotal study that college students are becoming more open to “post-birth” abortions and Belgium’s willingness to “euthanize” a serial killer (rather than have the courage to say “death penalty”).

A society that embraces Life or is turning to an ethos of Death?  Truth, or hiding behind the manipulation of language?  On the Death side, we see that NARAL, the most pro-baby killer organization outside of Planned Parenthhod, absolutely giddy with celebration of the Supreme Court decision that allowed Gosnell in Philly not only kill the unborn but the partial born and a couple of their mothers:

NARAL Pro-Choice New Hampshire with Colin Van Ostern

The incredible power and influence of the abortion lobby in federal and state politics is nothing short of astounding. Hundreds of millions of dollars flow to support the abortion cause which masquerades as “women’s health care” in our cities and states. New Hampshire is no exception to the rule.

Here is an example for you. Planned Parenthood of New England in 2012 launched a $500,000 “Action Fund” to provide support for Maggie Hassan’s gubernatorial campaign. In 2014, Planned Parenthood supported Hassan to the tune of over $400,000 to ensure her re-election. It is also interesting to note, Gov. Hassan’s 2012 budget TRIPLED the funding for Planned Parenthood in NH. Hmmm…

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Yes, I caught this right at the beginning of the show – you just can’t make this stuff up and just another anecdote that shows we’ve been pulling out too many bricks out of “the Civil Society wall”, leading to its tottering.  What would you expect when the Secularists and the Left had changed the culture from a solid moral absolutist code (er, wrong is WRONG!) to one of moral relativism?

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: “As many as 64 Dartmouth College students — including some athletes — could face suspension or other disciplinary measures for cheating in an ethics class this past fall.” I love that it was an ethics class. . . .

Yet, these are the same folks that believe when THEY say “No is NO” it will be obeyed by over-hormone college kids even as they spent the last 50 years redefining sexual conduct from that contained within marriage to the Hookup Generation?  Redefine roles, redefine morals – the outcome is predictable.  The juicy bit of the story:

…Dartmouth officials said students implicated in the cheating scandal misrepresented their attendance and participation in the undergraduate course, “Sports, Ethics & Religion.”

The class used electronic hand-held “clickers,” registered to individual students, to answer in-class questions. Officials at the Hanover, N.H., college said the students charged with cheating either gave their clickers to classmates instead of attending class themselves, or helped others cheat by using the clickers to answer questions on their behalf.

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