“Overall, many of the most affluent states are the ones hemorrhaging high-income earners the most rapidly. As in overall migration, New York sets the standard, with the highest outmigration of high income earners (defined as annual income over $200,000) relative to in-migrants (attraction ratio: 53). New York is followed closely by Illinois, the District of Columbia and New Jersey, which are all losing the over-$200,000-a-year crowd at a faster pace than California.”

One of the great things about America is our freedom to vote with our feet.  Don’t like the policies of your local community? Move to the next one.  Is your State acting like it owns you (or that your money belongs to them FIRST)?  Well, lots of people are making it rather clear which states are acting like that – interesting study on State out-migrations (reformatted, emphasis mine)

To measure the states that are most attractive to Americans on the move, we developed an “attraction” ratio that measures the number of domestic in-migrants per 100 out-migrants. A state that has a rating of 100 would be perfectly balanced between those leaving and coming. Overall, the biggest winner — both in absolute numbers and in our ranking — is Texas. In 2014 the Lone Star State posted a remarkable 156 attraction ratio, gaining 229,000 more migrants than it lost, roughly twice as many as went to No. 3 Florida, which clocked an impressive 126.7 attraction ratio.

Most of the top gainers of domestic migrants are low-tax, low-regulation states, including No. 2 South Carolina, with an attraction ratio of 127.3, as well as No. 5 North Dakota, and No. 7 Nevada. These states generally have lower housing costs than the states losing the most migrants. . . .

High costs go a long way to explain which states are losing the most migrants. At the top, or rather, the bottom of the list is

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After reading the latest report where three female Islamic terrorists, who were caught ready to blow up the Notre Dame cathedral by using a car loaded with gas cylinders, the correct question must be asked correctly.  And it isn’t about accommodation by the West:

SHOT: FRANCOIS HOLLANDE – French Republic must make room for Islam.

In a speech on terrorism and democracy in Paris he defended the country’s Muslim minority following a vitriolic debate on the banning of the Islamic burkini swimsuit. “Nothing in the idea of secularism opposes the practice of Islam in France, provided it respects the law,” Hollande said. Secularism was not a “state religion” to be used against other religions, he said, denouncing the “stigmatisation of Muslims.”

CHASER: Steven Green -“The problem isn’t that France hasn’t made room for Islam…the still-open question of whether there’s room for the French in Islam.

The problem isn’t that France hasn’t made room for Islam.

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And in the process, run the NH GOP FASTER towards that gorge named Democrat-Lite?

A few thoughts on Steve’s post:

• Will it make any difference?  The NH GOP Leadership, both in the Party and elected politicians, don’t pay much attention to the Platform as it is.  Listen to their words, watch their actions – how well do they hew to the Platform ideals?  Hint: it’s the reason I unenrolled from the NH GOP and became an Independent.
• If successful, it will torque off the dedicated base activists who actually think that the Party should live up to its base.  Will they finally look into their mirror and go “I don’t care anymore“?

I’m betting that the above NH GOP Political Class, given that giving up, continues to laugh and believe: “Where else will they go”?

My response to that, 

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Shot: Team USA Hockey Coach Warns Players What Will Happen if They Sit for National Anthem

The coach of Team USA for the upcoming World Cup of hockey is standing by his vow to bench players who refuse to stand for the national anthem. Coach John Tortorella told ESPN Tuesday, “If any of my players sit on the bench for the national anthem, they will sit there the rest of the game.” According to ESPN, Tortorella reiterated his remarks Wednesday.

“I’m not backing off,” Tortorella said. “I’ll tell you right now. Try to understand me. I’m not criticizing anybody for stepping up and putting their thoughts out there about things. I’m the furthest thing away from being anything political. No chance I’m involved in that stuff.”

Chaser: Report: Seattle Seahawks considering team-wide national anthem protest — on 9/11

Seattle receiver Doug Baldwin said Wednesday he is also considering sitting during the anthem before Sunday’s 1:05 p.m. kickoff at CenturyLink Field while linebacker Bobby Wagner said the team has been talking about a group action…Wagner said he couldn’t say exactly what the team might do, saying “whatever we decide to do will be a big surprise.” Baldwin, asked if players besides himself have considered joining Lane, said “our locker room has discussed it. So we’ll see.”…

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I interviewed State Senate District 16 candidate Joe Duarte (Do-Art) last night for this week’s podcast, and the first topic was Secretary of State Bill Gardner ruling his primary opponent ineligible. Don Winterton did not meet residency requirements for the office and had to drop out. Gardener says that the ballots are being reprinted for Tuesday’s primary.

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There are three types of rights – Natural, Civil and Political.

Natural Rights are those that are “believed to exist out of the nature of the individual human being, such as Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness“.  These Natural Rights, among others, were espoused in our Declaration of Independence.

The protection of these Natural Rights was codified in the US Constitution;  they were not granted by it.

And, since government doesn’t grant them, it cannot take them away.

Those protections are the primary function of our government (created by the very same Constitution), not education, welfare, driving and building roads, or immigration; those are Civil or Legal rights, not Natural Rights, which can be taken away or adjudicated in a court of law.

Be very wary of people who talk like Hillary Clinton.  Don’t stand for it.  She is lying for the sake of power and influence and she is attacking one of our key Natural Rights – self-defense – in order to assert control over us.

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Yesterday I reported on an inside move by Shawn Jasper and Dick Hinch to use the House PAC to back incumbent RINO’s and shun Conservatives in the Republican primary. That post produced a facebook comment that I responded to with this.

I can’t count the number of times I’ve heard party folk squawk about leadership (or whoever) endorsing in primaries. And that’s what this is. As to whether they can do it, of course, they can. But the real question you should ask is why is the House legislative leadership abandoning small government, pro-liberty candidates? Why are they abandoning the pillars of their own party?

Today Shawn Jasper and Dick Hinch have answered my question. The reason House legislative leadership is abandoning small government, pro-liberty candidates is because they want to abandon small government, pro-liberty policies.

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Over at Treehugger is yet another post on the EVEEELS that pod coffee is for mother gaia (reformatted, emphasis mine):

Data shows that, despite the environmental implications and high cost of single-use coffee pods, people continue to buy them more than ever before. They’re calling it “the Clooney effect.” Single-use coffee pods are flying off supermarket shelves at a faster rate than ever before, possibly aided by actor George Clooney’s persuasive good looks in European Nespresso advertisements since 2006 and, more recently, in the United States.

…This is sad news for those of us who wish that more sustainable consumer practices would infiltrate the mainstream. There is nothing

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New Hampshire Democrat’s Democrat Renny Cushing is concerned for (Democrat elected) Republican House Speaker Shawn Jasper, and (believe it or not) the integrity of our elections because of how he is being treated during the primary.

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For Immediate Release – September 8, 2016
Contact: Greg Moore (603) 303-9297

Americans for Prosperity Cites Shocking Report that Shows ObamaCare Medicaid Expansion Reduces Work Participation Among Healthy, Childless Adults

MANCHESTER – Americans for Prosperity – New Hampshire (AFP-NH) today cited a newly released Georgetown University study that shows that ObamaCare Medicaid expansion undermines work participation among healthy, childless adults.  The study found a “significant negative relationship between Medicaid expansion and labor force participation, in which expanding Medicaid is associated with 1.5 to 3 percentage point drop in labor force participation.”

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I wonder how the “other” incumbent New Hampshire House Reps. from Merrimack feel about this? Dick Hinch, a member of the Merrimack Republican delegation, and House Speaker Shawn Jasper filed an independent expenditure report with the Secretary of State (for the Committee to Elect House Republicans) listing the names of only eight of the thirteen Republicans running in the NH House primary.

None of the Conservative Republicans from Merrimack are listed. Josh Moore, Jeanine Notter, you might want to call your buddy Dick Hinch and give him an earful.

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Mayor Caroline McCarley, through the Mayoral equivalent of an executive order, had the buildings department remove all the American flags hanging from light posts in town and replace them with Gay Pride (Rainbow) flags.

There is a gay pride parade in Rochester, New Hampshire this weekend, the same weekend as the 15th anniversary of 9/11, and it doesn’t look like the American flags will be back in place until Monday.

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