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We Americans are ‘one’, but united as distinct individuals

The inscription on the Statue of Liberty is a challenge to the world amounting to this: Keep your guilds, family names and titles. Keep the all the ideas your governments use to keep people down in your societies. Send us those who you claim cannot make it, those you believe do not add to your … Read more

Fraser Economic Freedom Index

Fraser Institute: New Hampshire Rated#1 for Economic Freedom in North America

The Fraser Institute’s 2018 Report on Economic Freedom of North America is out. It measures the extent to which the policies of individual provinces and states were supportive of economic freedom, the ability of individuals to act in the economic sphere free of undue restrictions. America is ahead of Canada once again. And for all indices, New Hampshire is now number one for economic freedom in all of North America. 

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DISQUS Doodlings – “Six billion must die!”

“Approximately six billion people need to die. Preferably today.” Once again, the real ugly head of the environmentalist movement rears its head and that quote, found over at Treehugger, lets the mask fall again. Heck, even the NY Times ran an Op-Ed with the title of “Would human extinction be a tragedy?” with the overarching … Read more

Data Point – See what the Democrats have wrought?

FBI: Record number of illegal immigrants tried to buy guns this year The FBI this year has turned away a record number of illegal immigrants trying to buy guns, according to a new report of background checks. The National Instant Criminal Background Check System said that it rejected 7,836,600 planned purchases from “illegal/unlawful alien” in 2018. And … Read more

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You Are Worth the Wait

The Holidays are both a very merry time of year, as it should be, but also a very depressing and sad time for many. There are many people who are blessed to spend time with their family and friends, while others feel completely left out. This is especially true for single men and women. Those … Read more

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Trump Issues Sweeping Forest Management Order to Reduce Wildfire Risks

Just before Christmas President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) to address forest management to limit wildfire risk. It’s a good start. It makes sense. Left-wing activists say it’s global warming. Trump’ Executive Order is a sop to big timber. They don’t like it. I can’t speak to the timber sops, but let’s play along with the former. … Read more

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New Hampshire Hands-Free Law Claims More Lives

New Hampshire has had more vehicle related-deaths since passing the Hands-free “cellphone” ban. A law restricting behavior we were told was killing our kids. More or less. Granite Stater’s using smartphones and hand-held devices were distracted. This caused crashes which resulted in fatalities. But since the law went into effect in 2015, the only change … Read more

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Has ANYTHING actually happened that Al Gore has predicted?

And the folks over at Treehugger get mad when I tell them that I’ve been listening to this kind of dire prediction, to which ONLY Bigger Government is the answer, and none of them have come true. Yep, that’s me – the “denier”. (H/T: powerline)

Winning?

Reformatted, emphasis mine: In its third round of tariff cuts this year, China announced that 700 more goods will have tariffs cut. Bloomberg reports: China announced another round of tariff cuts, lowering import taxes on more than 700 goods from Jan. 1 as part of its efforts to open up the economy and lower costs for domestic … Read more

Data Point – Christmas sales were YUGE!

Consumer confidence is still brimming with good cheer and results are already in (reformatted, emphasis mine): “Wall Street is running around like a chicken with its head cut off, while Mr. and Mrs. Main Street are happy with their jobs, enjoying their best wage increases in a decade”… ~ Craig Johnson, president of Customer Growth Partners … Read more

Terrorists Threaten Christians in Gaza

Gaza Terrorists Warn Locals: ‘CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS IS EVIL’

Muslim strongholds in the Middle East have been cleansing their land of Christians for years. The Gaza Strip is no exception.  A flyer featuring a burning Christmas tree and threats in Arabic forbidding the celebration of Christmas was published by the Al-Nasser Salah al-Deen Brigades, also known as the Specialty Brigade, in Gaza ahead of the Christian … Read more

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