Part of Skip’s John Hayward quote, posted here, caught my eye.

We’re even presumed guilty of crimes no one actually committed, most notably the horrible “anti-Muslim backlash” that never actually happens after Muslim terrorists commit atrocities.

Backlash.  Anti-something backlash.

In this context the social justice left presumes that there is a darkness within us that consumes our faculties and leads us to outrageous and uncivil, even criminal behavior.  There is.  It is a defining flaw of human nature.  The problem is not that all mankind is born with free will and the power to create and to destroy   The real issue is projection.

Progressives have cornered the market on the infantile inability to control their own outrage.

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Drew Cline has a great editorial over at the Union Leader about RINO Hunting .  Over-hunting, actually.  It is ‘great’ because it is both creative and flawed.  It is also funny but mostly because it is utter nonsense.

Synopsis?  The arrogance of non-RINOs (Elephantus Egomanicus)  leads to Democrat majorities.

Or something…

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It is amazing the fortitude of some of those in the pro-life movement. Here is one of our very own, someone who has been through so much, yet gives her all to help other women in need. Thank you Darlene.

When He Got Me Pregnant, I Faked an Abortion So My Sex Trafficker Would Let Me Go

by Darlene Pawlik

I was trapped in the sex trafficking industry.  Trafficking in persons is not like any regulated industry.  There are no rules.

I was conceived during a brutal rape and learned of it when I was very young. That knowledge and child sexual abuse had me feeling worth less than others and vulnerable.  After my mother’s second divorce, I was twelve. By thirteen, I’d been dabbling in drugs and alcohol, wandering the neighborhood and hanging out with a bodybuilder in a black Cadillac.  He was patient as he courted me and manipulated me into his bed.

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I’ve known Mike now for almost a decade – certainly far less than others, more than some.  In that time, I come to respect him – deep seated values, a great work ethic, an ability to see the long ball, and best of all, he tolerates me and some of my “outbursts”.  He had an Op-Ed in the UL on the 11th and of course, I cannot resist – a fisking.  But given who did it, I’ve toned it down (Merry Christmas, Mike!)

 The NH GOP desperately needs an all-of-the-above strategy

CALL IT a Republican wave election; call it a Republican tsunami; call it a day of reckoning for Democrats all across our country. However, if you are a New Hampshire Republican, you would be fooling yourself to call the 2014 election results anything more favorable than a mixed bag.

And here is where I part company with Mike – but for a different reason.  Actually, as a Conservative TEA Party and a Liberty & Freedom kind of guy, I think it went REAL well.  At the national level

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Please visit Crony Awards, nominate the worst crony capitalist, contribute your social influence to promote this project, and, if you can, please donate money/bitcoin so that we can further promote the effort!  Crony capitalism is one of the biggest threats to our liberty. Please read this message. It is on the long side; however, I am really excited about the potential for this project to shine the light on a massive problem that we can address if we combine our efforts.  I hope that you share my passion for Atlas Shrugged and complete disdain for crony capitalism. I am writing today to ask for your support to nominate, promote, and contribute to our effort to expose crony capitalism on a massive scale at Crony Awards. 

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This week the state of Massachusetts has agreed to pay Eleanor McCullen’s attorneys fees in the sum of $1,241,567 and change.

McCullen challenged the Massachusetts abortion clinic buffer zone bill, taking the case all the way to the US Supreme Court.

The US Supreme Court overturned  the Massachusetts law by a unanimous 9-0 decision.

This week, the US District court in Massachusetts has signed off on an agreement between McCullen’s attorneys and the state of Massachusetts  for the sum of $1.24 Million dollars to cover attorneys fees.  (I hope Mass Taxpayers consider that money well spent.)

You know, NH has a very similar anti-free speech abortion buffer zone bill still on the books…

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Complete ignominy:

COMPLETE REPUDIATION: PRO-GUN CANDIDATE WINS GABBY GIFFORDS’ FORMER HOUSE SEAT

For those that don’t remember, Gabby Giffords was the Democrat CongressCritter that was shot in the head by a mentally ill person – and yes, a tragedy.  Her husband, former astronaut Mark Kelly, formed an anti-gun group called Americans for Responsible Solutions and spent millions this election cycle supporting other anti-Second Amendment candidates – but ended up with very little to show in the end. Even after her event, Newtown, Aurora, and the gun free college zones, the message did not resonate well at all.   For a Conservative Pro-Second Amendment Republican to have taken her former seat, man, complete wipe-out:

On December 17, pro-Second Amendment candidate Martha McSally (R) was officially declared the winner in the race for Arizona’s second congressional district over pro-gun control Representative Ron Barber (D-AZ-2.). Arizona’s second district is gun control proponent Gabby Giffords’ former seat and the contest she campaigned hardest for during the months prior to the November 4 mid-term elections.

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A Letter from a reader to NH US Senator Kelly Ayotte

Senator Ayotte:

I’d like to remind you that the NH State motto, the state you purport to represent, is “Live Free Or Die”.  Live Free from the tyranny of Government, not without government, but with the liberty of the people.  Taking more and more of my hard earned income is a form of tyranny; it curtails my ability to provide for my family and makes it harder for me to secure my family’s liberty.

I wish that instead of being concerned about missing “The Nutcracker” you had been concerned enough to read the bill before you passed it; for that, I thank you for finally showing your true concerns.  Your pattern of voting has made it clear to me that you do not stand for conservative principles of limited government, fiscal responsibility and individual liberty.  Your voting and rhetoric clearly indicates that you wish to consolidate more power in the Federal Government, taking it away from the individuals.

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