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Steve MacDonald

Steve is a long-time New Hampshire resident, blogger, and a member of the Board of directors of The 603 Alliance. He is the Managing Editor and co-owner of GraniteGrok.com, a former board member of the Republican Liberty Caucus of New Hampshire, and a past contributor to the Franklin Center for Public Policy.

Hypocrats (again)

Being a liberal means never having to do better than whomever you can find that can be shown to be as bad or worse than whatever it is you are being accused of.  This, courtesy of Mike Brunelle, NHDP XO, as reported in this morning’s Union Leader, where Comrade Brunelle dismisses a request by the …

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Waste

I got a letter today from the US Census.  As a joke, I mockingly said to my wife, "I bet this is a letter telling me about how I’m going to be getting a letter." She laughed. That’s exactly what it was.   Dear Resident: About one week from now. you will receive a 2010 …

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Low Hanging Fruit

Last week the New Hampshire House voted against a bill to let taxpayers adopt charter provisions establishing limitations on the growth of budgets and taxes.  The actual short text reads as follows: This bill authorizes cities and towns to adopt charter provisions establishing limitations on the growth of budgets and taxes. For those not familiar with New Hampshire, …

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Bass Finder

A recent ‘Monitor Staff’ editorial takes the occasion of the Charlie Bass candidacy to take a pot shot at the Tea party movement while asking who Charlie Bass really is?  We know who he is.  He’s a Blue Dog Republican. 

Extinctions

Scientists have formed a consensus on the mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs. It was George Bush’s fault (couldn’t resist). Actually, it was global warming.  Sorry, that’s not it. To be honest it was the lack of affordable health care. Or maybe the stimulus was not “baby-Bear”—you know, “Just right.”

February Jobs Numbers

With With reported unemployment flat, we must now wait to see where the state data comes in for the same month.  (not due for another week).  If the states are still shedding jobs, the national data will begin to appear meaningless which is unfortunate.  The unemployment situation is political as a barometer of measuring how …

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The Latest Spin On Al Gore Warming (AGW)

The narrative on Global Warming, Climate Crisis, Climate Change, et al. has evolved yet again. It is now (drum roll please) about pollution. That’s right, ladies and gentlemen; we are no longer concerned with just CO2.

Thank You Carol?

I would like to applaud Carol Shea-Porters decision to return $14,000 to Charlie Rangel, and her public recommendation that he step down from his position as Chair of Ways and Means.  I’m not sure what took so long–wait, I am sure–it’s politically necessary to do it now.  But, at least she did it.