When David Corn, a far Left Progressive writing at  Mother Jones, said that Mitt Romney was (in so many words) a closet Progressive, it left me rather unenthused. After all, a Progressive wanting Mitt – this is what I as a “base” Conservatarian, wants to hear about a guy that I resignedly voted for in the last election (more an anti-vote against Obama versus a throat rendering roar of approval for Mitt).  Extremely nice guy, successful guy, but one who leans more towards Big Government than what I’m comfortable at all with (the epitome of the “Big Government but just slower than the Democrats” kind of Establishment Republican).  And now, Nancy Pelosi???

Pelosi: I hope Romney is the GOP nominee

Mitt Romney has attracted an unlikely supporter in his possible 2016 White House bid: Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).  Asked if Romney has any shot at defeating Hillary Clinton in 2016, Pelosi told The Hill, “No, no. I mean, he might be a nice person — no offense, no offense — [but] let’s save you time.”. A smiling Pelosi added, “Let me put it this way — I hope he’s their nominee.”

Now obviously this could be a Brer Rabbit / briar patch moment – after all, the Democrats beat him the last time (and frankly, I think he beat himself the first time in the Primary).  Do they think

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Democrats may not admit this but they believe it all belongs to the government.  All of it.

“You didn’t build that” is the bumper-sticker slogan of Marxists everywhere.  You can’t do it without them, you didn’t do it, to which we could add ‘How dare you do it.”  And for the record, any little bit they let you keep is either a privilege or an accident whose shelf life could depend on how appreciative you are of this indulgence or your tolerance for being lorded over by your self-proclaimed betters.

Modern Progressive governance bears a striking resembles to Feudalism.

The latest evidence that this is how the left thinks comes to us from New York Times Blogger Josh Barro.

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At various school districts in NH there is a growing trend to have elected school board and budget committee members pay thousands of dollars for access to public documents. The NH AG will not get involved and stop this abuse of office by offending superintendents, no surprise. And who in their right mind trusts any NH judge with doing the correct and proper thing? What school board member has the money for lawyers to get existing public documents anyway?

I think I have a solution for all the school superintendents who, in the process of administering million dollar budgets, do not have the time or patience to comply with citizen or even elected school board or budget committee member’s requests for documents – let the voters decide.

Here is a sample Warrant Article to be placed on any school district ballot:

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Big Chill indeed – no power during a major blizzard?

“The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is putting out word that 17 nuclear power stations, with a total of 26 reactor units, could shut down if the historic blizzard smashing into the East Coast carries high winds, as expected.  “If wind speeds are in excess of specified limits, a plant would have to shut down,” said the NRC, without specifying those limits for the 17 plants.

The agency called the storm “the most potent” of the year that “could produce prodigious amounts of snow, hurricane-force winds and dangerous travel conditions.” Many are in the direct path of the storm. In New York, for example, the two Indian Point units are just 24 miles north of New York City. In Massachusetts, Pilgrim 1 is in Plymouth, 38 miles southeast of Boston.

And of course, just north of Boston is Seabrook Station here in NH.  That’s a whole lotta megawatts that will go

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This won’t make House Speaker John Boehner’s life any easier.

Nine of the most conservative House Republicans are forming a caucus to push policy further to the right, the group announced Monday.  The birth of the House Freedom Caucus reflects frustration among some that the Republican Study Committee, once the concentrated nerve center of the House GOP’s right wing, has ballooned in size and taken a less confrontational approach with GOP leaders than some of its members would like.

…The new Freedom Caucus is likely to take a more in-your-face stance with GOP leaders. Its aim is to promote “an agenda of limited, constitutional government in Congress,” the group said in a joint statement Monday.

This, too – what a concept! 

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Shot: they will normalize you downward because you are excellent:

Chaser: they will normalize you upward simply because…er, I’m just shaking my head:

A Tennessee school district has voted to set the minimum failing grade in its high schools at 60 percent, making it easier for students to pass.

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This has to be one of the best replies to the idiocy that is Michael Moore.

Green Beret sniper, Bryan Sikes, takes poseur Moore to the mat with this Clash Daily write-up (also found here at Weasel Zippers).

“Good afternoon there sweetheart…It seems you’ve found time between licking the jelly off your fingers and releasing your grasp of a bear claw to tweet some junk about snipers being cowards.”

I saw Moore’s comments before I went to see American Sniper.  Obviously, I think that anything that comes out of Moore’s extensive pie hole is a waste of CO2.  But after seeing the movie, I have a new appreciation for the vileness that lives within that Macy’s Day float of a human being.

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The UL had an article recently on HHS taking $7 million away from nursing homes. This is $7,000,000.00 million that was approved in the 2014-2015 budget but that HHS had gone over in other areas. NH should protect life in all of its stages and regardless of the condition. People whose medical condition require nursing home treatment are still people.

HHS Commissioner Nick Toumpas says there are not any other options and Hassan says that taking money away from caring for seniors and the disabled in nursing homes is “fiscally responsible.” What would be fiscally responsible is to stop subsidizing abortion clinics and use that money to care for people in nursing homes.

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This season on New Hampshire Democrat Governors,  last seasons only ‘legislative victory’–Medicaid Expansion–forces our “hero of the people” to make a difficult decision.

The budget is a problem so what is a “fiscally responsible” governor to do?  Sell grandma down the river and hope for rain.

Medicaid Maggie Hassan proposes $58 million cut from NH DHHS.

She is, to borrow from the appropriate Democrat narrative,  tossing the elderly and mental health patients under the budget bus.

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And we will LOSE every time that we ditch our principles and adopt them – even if it is just to show different shaped faces and skin colors.  From the UL (reformatted, emphasis mine):

During the fever pitch of last year’s elections, one of Renee Plummer’s friends made an off-the-cuff comment about Republicans being a bunch of “old, white guys. “It was an “ah, hello” moment for this Republican businesswoman from Portsmouth.”Ah, you’re talking to me here,” she recalls responding. The exchange inspired Plummer to come up with her image of Republicans. Off the top of her head, she named a handful of Republicans who do not fit into that “old, white guy” stereotype.The project escalated quickly: Capture the five in a portrait photograph, and attire them each in jeans and a white shirt.

Each of the five, she said, understood her vision…”I think she hit the nail on the head,” said Stiles. “She shared the diversity within the party and the importance of diversity.

Sure, diversity is important – backgrounds, history et al.  But

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