So when Republican Governors advance the Democrat agenda, the expected thing happens

“I’m so angry that he put us in this situation. I’m in no mood to help him right now.”

Governor Rick ScottThis still applies when Republican elected officials do things contrary to what their conservative bases believe in, especially if they were the edge that put their butts into said electoral seats in the first place. Yet, in effect, they make the political calculus that in the long run, it won’t hurt them and rely on that hackneyed phrase to get them through:

Where else are they going to go?

And then smirk.  Problem is, it doesn’t seem to be working for Florida Governor Rick Scott as he’s now vying to become a US Senator (reformatted, emphasis mine):

Scott’s approval rating topples after signing gun control bills

Gov. [Rick] Scott saw a sharp drop in approval in the second quarter of 2018, the latest Morning Consult poll shows, a plummet that political analysts are attributing to his decision earlier this year to tighten the state’s gun laws. …

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Despite “Hands Free Law” Passage NH Highway Deaths Remain High

In 2015 New Hampshire imposed a hands-free ban, which prohibits the handling of portable electronic devices while operating a motor vehicle (with a few exceptions). Since Democrat Gov. Maggie Hassan signed it every year in July we remind everyone that the legislation was a legisaltive photo-op. A “see we’re doing something measure” with no basis in fact and would provide no real-world results.

What I didn’t predict was that it might make matters worse.

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Extend worker freedom to all of New Hampshire

AFTER THE landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision on worker freedom, Janus v. AFSCME, New Hampshire now has the opportunity to become the first state in the Northeast to pass right-to-work legislation and expand freedom for thousands of workers.

The court found that because collective bargaining with the government affects public policy issues like pension liabilities, taxes, spending and more, it equates to lobbying and thus political speech. Public employees are now protected from having their hard-earned money automatically deducted from their paycheck and directed toward political speech they may disagree with.

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Kevin Landrigan of the Union Leader is blowing it out his other pie-hole – No, it didn’t

Kevin Landrigan“Thanks, Skip. That should have gone up a while ago but let me know if you’re still seeing an old version.”

Ayup. Er, no.  That was Trent Spiner, Executive Editor of the Union Leader telling me that, like in Animal House, ALL IS WELL! Nothing to see here….move along. It went up a while ago. Again, nope. I started to get that feeling someone was trying to do a stonewall stand. Open and transparent?  If that were true, the following didn’t have to be written:

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NH State Rep Dave Testerman – what our education system SHOULD be teaching.

Note: emphasis mine  -Skip

Dave TestermanThis is the 46th of my letters as your Representative.  Everyone has an opinion regarding schools and education in Franklin.  I spoke at a City Council meeting last week and attended a meeting on the schools but I want to talk about how some people prepare to serve as a legislator and what you can do to be an informed NH citizen.

My wife interviewed a young, former State Representative who gave his story about his preparation.  He began his study with the founding documents, the US Constitution, the New Hampshire Constitution, and the Declaration of Independence.   He realized there were many references to other documents so he read Bible and then he went to the Federalists Papers and Anti-Federalist Papers, Black’s Law Dictionary, Bastiat’s The Law, and de Toqueville’s Democracy in America. Now this seems like overkill.  But upon reflection perhaps it was because he was serious about his role and probably because he was home schooled.

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Funny, I never heard back from US Senator Elizabeth Warren when I emailed her back

333.  275.  185.  290.  124.  210.

That’s my latest sampling of how many days it took the National Guard to federally recognize the promotions of its servicemembers after those promotions had already been fully approved by their state command.   Just to be clear: these officers start doing the work of their new rank the day their promotions are approved – they just don’t get the pay increase or the time-in-grade credit until the Washington bureaucracy processes the papers.

120806_elizabeth_warren_605_apLike I’ve been saying lately, I get stuff from all over and from a lot of people.  Including a lot of Democrats.  You see, they all think I can be influenced because I’m a “registered Independent”.  Go ahead and chortle over that one – I’ll wait.

So, the US Senator from MA, Elizabeth “You didn’t build that” Warren sends me a LOT of emails.  Funny that, so do a lot of other Democrats; most of their names also keep being shoved into the Prez Wannabee mirror machine. But I digress. So Warren sent the above (in part) to me back on July 4th (full email after the jump)

So, she’s railing against the ineffectiveness of Government.  Big Government.  A Big, Sprawling, Paper Overridden, Slow as Molassas Government.  Imagine that….oh wait!

Huh? A rant from this Uber of Ubberest-Progressives (not many Progressives are to her Left, except perhaps that ninny 28 year old from the Bronx, but that’s another post)??? So I wrote back:

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Video – Making Fun of #Woke and the Ridiculous Culture That Created It

If you search ‘Woke’ in the urban dictionary you’ll find several possibilities the amalgam of which is this. Abrupt or sudden awareness of (something) …that turns you into an annoying little douchebag.

I may have embellished a bit but not much.

The concept of ‘Woke’ is a byproduct of cultural marxism wielded by stompy-footed triggered social justice snowflakes so they can shout things like ‘Get Woke!’ #StayWoke to make them feel superior. But “woke” as a concept is not about enlightenment or understanding. In fact, it is the opposite.

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Trump Keeps ‘Winning’

It looks like the economy has managed to push aside the smothering pillow of Obamanomics.

The Commerce Department reported Friday that the economy grew at a pace of 4.1 percent in the second quarter, propelled by consumer spending in another win for Mr. Trump’s policies of lower taxes and fewer regulations.

The growth was the fastest since 2014, following first-quarter growth of 2.2 percent that was revised up from 2 percent.

The suffocating “cultural” blanket of Obamanomics is wearing thin as well.

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While Democrats Scream “Russia” Did Trump’s DOJ Run an Investigation on Them?

snoop, spying, FISA, FBI, DOJThe squiggly line (because it’s not an arc) of the Left’s Russia Rantings run from Trump was never spied on you dolt to well, of course, he was spied on you dolt. Along the path (that squiggly line) are a series of media reports filled with details that reporters should not have. Details that were leaked to the press, which happens to be a felony.

In related news, the White House announced this week that it might strip a number of former officials of their security clearance. Yes. The two things are probably connected.

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Tales from the BudComm – So how do you rectify those two statements, Sean?

BudgetAs I said in the last issue in this Tales from the BudComm series, I became real concerned when freshman Joe Wernig first said, and then Chair Sean Murphy assented, that we weren’t supposed to be changing GL accounts – the line items in the “recommendations” (verbiage from RSA 32) that the School District / Municipality give to the BudComm.  The troublesome verbiage in the transcript is after the jump.

So this past meeting, I decided to pin Sean Murphy down on his assent on Wernig’s supposition that changing any amount is MicroManagement and that’s no our job.  Either we do change the GL Line item amounts because we think that the recommendations are too high (or too low), or what are we doing is a farce and waste of time.  And I told him that.  Here’s the snippet from the hour long meeting when Sean Murphy recognized me during the meeting to raise the issue.

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Searching Under the Education Lamppost

On Tuesday, August 14, at 6 pm, there will be a discussion about school funding at Richards Elementary School in Newport.  The discussion, which will center around a report created by the (recently shuttered) New Hampshire Center for Public Policy Studies, will be led by Executive Councilor Andru Volinksy, and John Tobin.

(You’ll remember them as the attorneys who helped the New Hampshire Supreme Court conclude that it is ‘essential to the preservation of a free government’ to give that government a monopoly on education… relying on a constitutional article that says it’s the government’s job to protect the public from monopolies.) 

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Bill Kuch – candidate for NH State Senate District 16

Bill Kuch

Reminder: Bill spoke at CNHT’s Annual Picnic.

My name is Bill Kuch and I’m running to be your next Republican State Senator in NH State Senate District 16 to ensure that my grandchildren and the entire next generation of Granite Staters have the opportunities they deserve.  That’s why I support Governor Sununu’s job-creation agenda, believe we need to bring transparency back to state government, and will fight to reduce burdensome regulations that strangle our economic growth.  I’m proud to be the only candidate in the primary that has never voted for a tax increase, and I hope to earn your vote.

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“I get we like to fight for what’s right, but I wish it were channeled against our common foe”

The NHGOP recently held scheduled an event at a venue owned by a notorious Democrat donor. Skip took them to the woodshed. They didn’t care for that. In one email exchange he forwarded to me from someone who sounds like they are inside the State Republican Party (or carry their water) we got this response.

I really try to wrap my head around the circular firing squad we so often engage. I get we like to fight for what’s right, but instead of just fighting for fighting’s sake, I wish it were channeled against our common foe.

Help me out here? Who exactly is this common foe? How do we recognize them?

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“Undocumented” Out! – “Illegal Alien” In

Citing the fact that US law makes no mention anywhere of the Obama-era term ‘Undocumented,’ the Trump Administration will use the legal term ‘Illegal Alien’ and/or their country of origin to describe them.

The word “undocumented” is not based in U.S. code, and should not be used to describe someone’s illegal presence in the country.

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Steve Negron Announces More Endorsements in CD-2 Primary

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 26, 2018
Contact: Roger Wilkins
press@teamnegron.com, 603-864-8633

Former State Senator Dick Ferdinando & Marilyn Huston Endorse Steve Negron for Congress Nashua, NH – Former State Senator Dick Ferdinando & Marilyn Huston endorsed Steve Negron for Congress today in New Hampshire’s 2nd Congressional District.

“President Trump needs conservative outsiders such as Steve Negron to serve in Congress. This country needs a candidate with Steve’s background in national security, immigration reform, military service, and small business experience to lead the President’s agenda at this critical juncture. I endorse Steve for the same mission I endorsed President Trump – to reform Washington’s culture in keeping our country safe and truly Make America Great Again.”

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One More Reason Why Ann Kuster Has To Go

Democrats squeal like greased pigs about money in politics, but this chart makes them smile.

Democrat congressional incumbent Ann(ie) Kuster has nearly three million cash on hand. And she’ll have more.

Her competitors have nothing by comparison. And no, this is not a new development. Democrat Incumbent Kuster has always had exponentially more cash to spend on elections than her competitors.

It’s not indicative of anything other than that she is there and entrenched in the swamp, doing swampy things that make lobbyist cronies smile.

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