BUMPED: in doing some research (after all, we pretty much talk about all things political so with close to 25,000 posts, the ‘Grok has become its own research center), I came across this where NH GOP Chair Jennifer Horn was boosting Obamacare’s Medicaid Expansion. First published on 11/18/2013, it shows that, 3 years later, how well the Bipartisan Fusion Party / Jr. Lackeys of the Welfare State had “the fix” in even back then.
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Palate Cleanser: Blowing up a bridge
Yeah, a “semi-commercial” for GoPro cameras but hey, it’s a lot closer to the actual action than we normally see when stuff gets blown up intentionally. Cool slomo, though…. (H/T: LikeCool)
Data Point: Europe poor than most US States
“Most European countries (including Germany, Sweden, Denmark and Belgium) if they joined the US, would rank among the poorest one-third of US states on a per-capita GDP basis, and the UK, France, Japan and New Zealand would all rank among America’s very poorest states, below No. 47 West Virginia, and not too far above No. … Read more
If you are treading onto Constitutional grounds, try READING it first…
I try to make the rounds of the NH newspapers; this morning at the Concord Monitor I came across a Letter to the Editor from someone who definitely doesn’t understand his civics (emphasis mine):
Letter: Cheated by Ayotte, GOP
Sen. Ayotte was recently quoted as saying she believes “the American people deserve to have a voice in the direction of the court.” That was code for her position that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is right to not even consider President Obama’s nomination of Judge Garland for a seat on the Supreme Court until a new president is elected.
That’s all fine and dandy, but what about my vote? One of the reasons I voted for Barack Obama in 2012, and not Mitt Romney, is I wanted Obama, not Romney, to nominate the candidates to fill any Supreme Court vacancies that occurred during the following four years. I feel cheated by Sen. Ayotte and her Republican colleagues.
Perhaps the executive branch should stop using tax dollars to fund the current expenses of the U.S. Senate, on the assumption that the Senate elected in November will be more responsive to its constituents.
JOHN V. KJELLMAN
Well of course, I couldn’t let that stand:
Constitution: bulwark against tyranny
(H/T: Liberal Logic 101)
Comment Doodlings: The Choo-choo train equivalence to the NH Senate Republican Obamacare Medicaid Expansion
Shot: NH Senate President, Republican Chuck Morse – in implementing Obamacare’s Medicaid Expansion: this will protect NH Taxpayers
Chaser: NH Rep Dale Sprague (D-Somersworth) – in arguing that NH ought to have a choo-choo train to Boston: The House also ignored the fact that the $4 million project development phase can be completed without impacting New Hampshire taxpayers.
And of course, we all know both of these two are lying and the proof is simple –
And one more foot down that slippery slide: “Sen. Ayotte to meet with Supreme Court nominee”
I know I’ve put this kind of thing up before but I just can’t stop thinking that we are seeing yet another slow motion crash / cave in with the Republicans. Yes, McConnell and Ayotte have said no deal, but this isn’t the first time we’ve seen this two-bit rodeo show and it always ends the same way. The Hill reports (emphasis mine, reformatted):
Sen. Kelly Ayotte will meet with Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland next week.
The New Hampshire Republican plans to meet with Garland on April 13, according to her office, even though she thinks the Supreme Court seat should remain vacant until next year. “I will meet with the president’s nominee out of courtesy and respect, and I also plan to explain my view that the people should have a voice in this important nomination through their votes in November,” Ayotte said in a statement. She told reporters in New Hampshire during the Senate’s two-week recess that her office had set up a meeting with Garland, though she wasn’t sure when it would be.
Umm, whose Government is it, Mr. Trump?
Obama has already set a high bar about being the worst Administration in the openness and transparent department – and now Trump wants to recreate it as Act 2? Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said he would try to prevent inside accounts of a Trump White House from leaking out years later. In a wide-ranging … Read more
CloseUP – Jeanne Shaheen and WMUR’s crappy transcript
Yup, another Sunday, another CloseUP and this week, Josh McElven had US Senator Jeanne Shaheen (or better described as the Federal Government’s Ambassador to New Hampshire) and perhaps Candidate-To-Be Rich Ashooh for US Congress in CD-1 (he formally announces tomorrow). She said a couple of things that caught my ear so I figured, per normal, to add my thoughts.
That said, you can see that I started to manually do the transcription (the lower case) but today I saw that WMUR provided one. Well, they SAY that do but I found that it SUCKS. You can tell because I left theirs in UPPER CASE and I filled in with lower case. Ya’d think a multi-million if they were going to do transcripts, WOULD DO TRANSCRIPTS!
But, you have me. At times. McElven asked her about the opiate addiction problem / heroin crises here in NH and the Feds now getting involved:
CloseUP: Rich Ashooh in CD1 and an even crappier transcript from WMUR
In the second third of CloseUP, Rich Ashooh did his pre-announcement announcement for US Congress in CD-1 and challenging Frank Guinta, the incumbent. We covered Rich back in 2010 when he ran the first time and I guess the interactions I had with him were favorable – I started calling him “Gentleman Rich” as he was always the perfect gentleman. It will be interesting to see how this goes – and I wonder if his entrance into the race had anything to do with Dan Innis’s rather quick exit from it.
Anyways, he got the same question about the opiate problem here in NH that Jeanne Shaheen did. But first McElven asked him about the current political climate – and I thought his answer a bit curious:
Sidenote: again, UPPER CASE is WMUR’s transcript with the lower case my fill-ins and corrections
ON BOTH SIDES, Democrat and Republican let’s not forget, THERE, there, — THERE’s THESE RIFTS GOING ON and that sort of thing. I think the goal for the Republicans is to try to FIND THE MESSAGE buried in a lot of the, quite frankly, bombast that we’re seeing on the news shows.
Really, a “messaging” problem? Er, no. Sure, yes, when you listen to Donald
Louder with Crowder: Bernie’s “Democratic Socialism” is still Socialism – you don’t get to decide for yourself
Steven Crowder ‘splains why Democrat Socialism as espoused by Bernie is still Socialism with all of the evils that we saw both last century and this one. And what Bernie won’t tell you – once implemented, YOU get less space to make decisions for youself. If you vote for Bernie, you will saying “Government, YOU … Read more
Good guy with a gun – concealed carrier stops attempted burglar – on TV!
Sorry, Bloomberg, but there ARE a lot of times where a good guy with a gun does make a positive impact even if a shot is never fired. In fact, that is the majority of the time – no trigger is ever pulled. And this one, where it looks like someone was about to break … Read more
Notable Quote – Leland Yeager, David Tuerck
The case for democracy is simply a case for making political decisions by one particular kind of rules rather than another; it is not a case for unnecessarily politicizing more and more aspects of life. This distinction unmasks the familiar demands for “democratizing” something or subjecting something to “democratic control,” which means government control. The … Read more
Here’s one of those “Good Guy with a Gun” that the Hoplophobes say doesn’t exist
Heh! (reformatted, emphasis mine)!
An armed citizen cornered armed robbers and told them, “My gun is bigger than yours.” According to Cleveland.com, police say two armed suspects, a 19-year-old Parma man and an 18-year-old Cleveland man, entered Suleyman’s Supermarket on Cleveland’s West Side just before 10 p.m. and demanded money. The store owner gave the suspects around $300, and they turned to leave, only to see a police officer standing outside. Panicked, the two armed men ran through the store to exit in the back, but were stopped by a citizen with a gun.
Democracy Spring – MOBS disrupt, democracies reason
Unless of course, you are using the language and definitions of the Left which at that point, democracy = mobs under the Left’s control. And certainly, the Democracy Spring march, in which NH Rebellion is participating, is all that and more:
Washington, beware: Democracy Spring is officially on its way to “reclaim the People’s House.”
So declared Kai Newkirk, Democracy Spring’s campaign director, who spoke to Breitbart News on Saturday while the movement marched outside the city limits of Philadelphia. “We are going to disrupt business as usual until our demands are reached,” stated Newkirk.
The coalition of far-left groups plotting mass civil disobedience, with thousands pledging to risk arrest, launched its operation on Saturday at Liberty Bell in Philadelphia’s Independence Mall.
Now, let’s go back in time when the TEA Party rallies started –
NH’s very own Vermin Supreme!
But most of us have a fond (if chuckling) spot in our hearts for the “Boot on the Head” guy! (H/T: Liberal Logic 101)
Humor & politics: Donut capacity
If donuts were magazines… (H/T: Liberal Logic 101)
Data Point – Job Growth or Stagflation?
Take that 14.4 million job growth number. That sounds impressive doesn’t it? But that job growth is stretched over almost six full years, during which time the working age population grew by 15.8 million. In that respect, we’ve lost ground on jobs under Obama. “What’s more, that 14.4 million increase in jobs is measured against … Read more
Great questions that Pro-Lifers can ask Pro-Aborts – and don’t let them off the hook:
The first comes from RedState: If human life doesn’t begin at conception, can you please explain how human life is possible absent conception? The second comes courtesy of Ben Shapiro while speaking at a college campus and being challenged by pro-abortionists: (H/T: Daily Wire)
Proving the ‘Grok’s point: NH Rebellion to join with over 100 Leftist / Socialist groups for a civil disobedience march
The ‘Grok has written about NH Rebellion on a number of occasions – this post is due to getting a Presser from them AND the Democrat Socialists of America (NH Rebellion’s Many Progressive Bedfellows, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here).
You’ve seen the Leftist protesters at the Trump rallies and they have said they will be targeting other Republicans and the Republican Convention – anyone my age or older remembers Chicago ’68 when the same type of folks tried to force the Democrats to their will. Not exactly non-violent, was it? So now the NH Rebellion has decided that it is going to participate in a march with these folks – their Presser is after the jump – and it is clear from reading the Leftist sites that the NH Rebellion is whitewashing what is about to happen.