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When the state tells you it’s safe to go to The Home Depot to buy a sponge but it’s too dangerous to go to a florist and buy flowers — it’s not about your health.
When the state shuts down millions of private businesses but doesn’t lay off a single government employee — it’s not about your health.
A young man contacted me last week about how desperately he wants to visit his dying mother in the hospital to care for her during what’s possibly her final days, but the hospital wouldn’t let him in based on the governor’s emergency orders. Neither he nor his mother has Covid-19.
As I sit here this morning sipping on a hot coffee (decaf black for those who ponder such things) and overlooking the beautiful landscape that is Loudon Ridge and the lands to the west, I can’t help but reflect and ponder about how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed all our lives. For some the change … Read more
Two nights ago I walked into my bedroom to find my 16-year-old daughter sitting cross-legged, hunched over on my bed, tears running down her pale face, sobs coming out of her mouth. She doesn’t want to go on with school work, communicating, or with life in general.
Every day in the US 8,000 people die (on average) due to normal everyday life – having nothing to do with the Coronavirus. It’s just a fact of 300 million population and an 80-year life span. This means that during the past two months of economic shutdown nearly 500,000 people have died.
Over at The Conservative Treehouse.com Sundance wants to know what is going on in everyone’s areas. What the compliance looks like. “Ground Reports from the Rebel Alliance,” it says.
The “novel” Coronavirus requires novel approaches, both analytical and remedial. Despite hearing repeatedly about “how much we don’t yet know” about Covid-19, from just about everyone in government, media, and medicine, we are regularly subjected to the same old, tired refrain:
The road to Hell is Paved with Good Intentions was never truer than it is today. We are trying to control a virus at the expense of everything else. Let’s look at what we are doing to folks. First and foremost we have instilled FEAR into the population.
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness.” (“A Tale of Two Cities”). Charles Dickens’ words may aptly be applied to 2020 New Hampshire vs. 2010 New Hampshire—an age of wisdom vs. and age of foolishness re: state fiscal policy.
One understands the tendency of elected and appointed officials to err on the side of caution when it comes to public policy and pandemics. One also understands the concept of social distancing, quarantines, flattening the curve, and minimizing the risks associated with COVID-19.
“Biden joins Democrats calling on CDC for further racial breakdown of coronavirus pandemic”- this headline is sickening, Mr. Biden. Have you no scruples?
Stephan Shurtleff, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Donna Soucy, President of the Senate of the state of New Hampshire, have actively conspired to deprive me of my Constitutional protected right to redress of grievance.
Nashua teachers recently held parades across the city on March 27th, reminding students and parents on just how much they “missed their students.” These parades were held with taxpayer-funded police escorts. Interesting, isn’t it?
The Government does not exist to serve you. While individual employees are more than willing to help you, mostly the State exists to preserve its power.
“Optimism—even, and perhaps especially in the face of difficulty—has long been an American hallmark.” – Pamela Druckerman, Franco-American journalist and author Yes, an optimist sees a glass as half-full while a pessimist sees the same glass as half-empty. And during unsettled times both perspectives manifest themselves. But while realism is important, optimism is healthy. As … Read more
On Friday, March 13th the Nashua Board of Education voted to provide full compensation to all district personnel for five days from March 16th to 23rd while shutting down the schools. There was no discussion of the cost to taxpayers as these funds were already in this year’s budget.
The goal of legislators is always to find solutions to improve the lives of our constituents. In these unprecedented times in struggling with COVID-19, finding solutions may look different than it did a month ago, but our mission has not changed. Together, we can come through this crisis. Related: To-Go Beer & Wine Coming to … Read more
I am writing in support of Ken Eyring’s article on 3/19/20, where he said, “While it was not easy to use such strong language … ‘Heinous monsters’ fittingly describes those who condone the act of willfully causing a newborn infant to die.”
Governor: Should you issue a lockdown order similar to the one in New Jersey amounting to a ban on one-man protests, I will (if able and well) exit my home, walk to a nearby intersection and “illegally” demonstrate alone.
ACROSS the country, state leaders have raised the alarm over the lack of enough beds should the COVID-19 pandemic create a surge in serious and critical cases. They are concerned that they simply won’t have enough hospital beds to care for ill patients and are taking drastic steps to “flatten the curve” – spreading out … Read more