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Friday Open Thread – Should Government Boss Society around or Should It Be Society Dictating to Government?

Indeed: Abortion – really a case of Federalism sending Powers back to the States School Vouchers – really a case of Religious Liberty and telling States they can’t discriminate against non-secular schools Guns – really a case of Individual Liberty / Constitution MEANS what is written (“shall not be infringed”) Prayer – again, Religious Freedom … Read more

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So, NH State Rep Brodie Deshaies (R-Wolfboro)? Why Aren’t You Telling the Entire Truth during Your Re-Election Stumping?

Presenting yourself as something you’re not isn’t exactly being transparent, or so it seems to me.  There do seem to be a bunch of Republican-sponsored or favored bills.  I think that the word “schoolie” (one who supports Government schools only because they support Government monopolies) applies in your case. It would be “interesting” to see … Read more

The intellectual orthagonal “plane” – the Constrained (Conservative) vs Unconstrained (Progressive/Socialist) Outlooks. Never the Twain Shall Meet

The conflicting visions he describes in the book are the constrained or tragic view of human nature and the unconstrained or utopian view. People with a more constrained view of the human condition see mankind as hopelessly flawed. They see inherent limits to human betterment. We might want to end war or poverty or racism, … Read more

Night of Rage

Well, we were promised more “mostly peaceful” protests if SCOTUS dared overturn Roe vs Wade. They did and fulfilling their promise “Jane’s Revenge”, a radical group of a radical movement called for “If Row can’t be safe neither can you”.  Sure enough, all those mostly peaceful protestors (aka terrorists) turned out, clashed with police in … Read more

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Friday Open Thread: IT’S SCOTUS!!!!

Sorry, but with the facts that the Supreme Court of the United States continues to restore our Second Amendment Rights in the case of NY (that said NY’s “may issue” permitting for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is unconstitutional. Of COURSE?  Think of the insanity of having to ask Daddy Government for permission … Read more

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Grok Straw Poll: Who is your pick for NH Governor?

The last poll about “who might be a good NH Governor was kinda all over the place with all those names, kinda amusing, I had fun with it, and a wee bit illustrative of how you, dear readers, are looking at people, politics, and positions.  We haven’t been doing a lot of polls lately but I think this series might be illustrative as well.

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