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Annie Kuster Admits Obamacare is a Failure

New Hampshire Congresswoman Annie Kuster was interviewed last week by NHPR.  The first question she was asked was: Health insurance is getting more expensive. More employer plans now have deductibles, which on average are growing. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, premiums are rising three times faster than inflation and twice as fast as wages. … Read more

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We Can’t Trust Chris Pappas to Serve Us

This ad speaks for itself. Once Pappas was exposed for being an extreme left-wing ‘RESIST‘ participant, he changed his tune and claimed to be a moderate. Anyone who lives in New Hampshire, knows better.

Some Choice.

I went to the “Gosnell” movie last week with my wife and a neighbor. Not many people were in the theater early on a Thursday evening. It was about one-quarter full. Mostly older people and a few seeming to be family members, filed in as we did. The thing that struck me about the movie … Read more

“I’m NOT going to be IGNORED!”

Who would have believed that 31 years after it debuted, a fully-growed Massachusetts cop who runs an alleged pro-firearms organization based in NH would reprise Glenn Close’s role and give voice once more to her homicidal threat? Those of you who know me know I have repeatedly expressed my personal belief that this “firearms” organization … Read more

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‘Migrant Caravan’ Stalls After Mexican Government Denies Buses

Bongino.com is reporting that the Mexican government has denied access to buses and as a result, the caravan that has been macrching toward the Southern US border has stalled. According to Fox News, “The leading migrant caravan trying to make its way to the United States border is admitting defeat after asking the Mexican government to provide dozens … Read more

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Looming Elections, GOTV, and Illegal Immigrant Caravans

I continue my conversation with Kimberly Morin (guest hosting on The Real Side with Joe Messina). This time we’re talking about the looming election, get out the vote, what’s motivating both sides, and then we discuss the illegal immigrant caravan making its way toward our southern border. (Part 3) Part 1 – Part 2

Got School Choice? Not if you Elect Democrats in New Hampshire

Over and over again, New Hampshire Democrats keep hammering away at some non-existent voucher bill in the state. They appear to be referring to Educational Savings Accounts (ESAs) but they never let facts get in the way of their propaganda. ESAs are not a school voucher program nor will they cause an increase in property … Read more

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Annie Kuster and BellaPelosi

The Colbert Report has a Halloween surprise for viewers, one of the scariest people on the planet, Nancy Pelosi. Here is a clip of the genius of the Democrat Party – Annie Kuster’s Democrat Party, where Nancy Pelosi has counted her NH chicken before it has hatched. There is something disturbing at the gut level … Read more

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It’s Our First Top-Ten (October, 2018) on the New Website

In the early part of October, we stopped sticking our toe in the ‘New Website’ water and jumped. Pushed might be a better word. The old site lacked updated security features and we were suspicious of another potential breach so in we went. Splash! Complete with a slowly rotating top-5, at the top of the home … Read more

Quick Thought – So why the discord, Progressives, about Constitutional Originalism for the 14th but…

14th Amendment, Section I (yes, there are several parts):

All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

Yep, the liberal punditry, the Progressive activists, the Open Borders buffoons, and the “we need their votes!” Democrat Partyistas are all up in arms and colored smoke from exploding heads is wafting in the air.  Steve, with his post “Why Is Mr. Trump Suggesting an Executive Order on Birthright Citizenship Now?” brings up a few points.  Let me add to that:

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Quick Thought – Government has a “different” definition of “shortly”

I am now of that age to register for Social Security; a couple of months ago, I did so to start soon.  I called at 3pm today to talk to a customer service representative to see if everything was all set.  Upon being transferred from automated system (rather annoying that they have decided that you HAVE to listen to information that THEY deem necessary but has nothing to do with why I was calling), I heard about 30 seconds bit of “on-hold” music and then got this in my ear:

…your wait time is approximately 1 hour and 5 minutes…”

then just a WEE bit more muzak and then this:

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The 14th Suggestion

I’m amused to see people dragging out the 14th Amendment in response to President Trump’s suggestion that he’ll unilaterally end ‘birthright citizenship’ through executive action.

For example, a recent piece in Reason ends this way: ‘The original meaning of the 14th Amendment has been clear since 1866. If Trump proceeds with his unconstitutional executive order attacking birthright citizenship, he deserves to be laughed out of court.’

What the author fails to realize is that the words of the 14th Amendment aren’t any more meaningful, to the Supreme Court, than the words of the 1st Amendment, or the 2nd Amendment, or the 4th Amendment, or any of the other words in the Constitution.

Do we have laws, passed by Congress, abridging freedom of speech?  Yes.  Do we have laws infringing the right to keep and bear arms?  Yes.  Do we have laws allowing government agents to search people without probable cause?  Yes.  Do the words of the Constitution allow any of those?  No.  Has the Court unilaterally amended the Constitution to allow all of them?  Yup. 

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“Never again”

That was the Jewish watch phrase after the Holocaust – Hitler’s attempt at the complete annihiliation of the Jewish people. With the Tree of Life synagogue murders, the worst attack on Jews here on American soil simply because of their history and religion, it is being taken up again.  Of course, President Trump triggered (heh!) … Read more

The Ikea Bill of Rights

I recently read about a psychological phenomenon called ‘the Ikea effect’.  Briefly, if you make something — or even just finish making what someone else has started — you value it more than if it’s already complete when you get it.  The work you put in gives you a sense of ownership.

When I saw that, it occurred to me that people don’t seem to value our Constitution, and in particular, our Bill of Rights, as much as they probably should.  And now I wonder if that’s not at least partly because these were handed to them, already complete.

And if that’s true, what might we do about it? 

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