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I find it more than interesting that the long weekend just before the primary that the following websites go off line…
Now, if this had happened at any other point in the year, I would be less suspicious, but the weekend before the primary when that is where the candidate grades are posted, the coincidence demands speculation.
One of the more interesting tidbits from this installment: While only 12% of all university professors see themselves as Republicans 51% of those are pro-choice, 63% of them want more environmental regulation, and 39% of those want government to reduce the ‘income gap.’ So many of the ‘(r)epublicans’ in Academia, hold similar views to Democrats.
This weeks segment one free-for-all touches on Ann Kuster, Maggie Hassan, The Coffee party, RINO’s, Senate Majority PAC’s, Stiles and Boutins, Fergy, The GOP Brand, The Wave, the “small dog” Skip ‘Lost,’ Unity, and that’s just the first half of the segment.
There’s more…
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Following up on Ed Naile’s post, looks like only one faculty member shares the big bucks with administrators….
The Obama Administration is convinced that their latest planned regulatory regime for everyday appliances will put more money in people’s pockets by forcing changes meant to reduce the cost of operating them.
People who can’t afford a car do save an awful lot of money on gas. I suppose we could apply this same thinking to microwaves, refrigerators, stove tops, ovens, ranges, dishwashers (and every other appliance eventually). If you can’t afford the appliance you will save on all the electricity it would have used, right?
The planned regulations would make appliances cost more. and likley eliminate any and all low cost appliances that can’t meet the governments mandated standards.
While the rules may save a bit of energy (and there is nothing wrong with that, though it should be the consumer choice, not Government Mandate), it will also drive up the cost of the appliances/devices, which will harm the lower and middle classes.
Even under the best of circumstances the progressive nanny-state compulsion to centrally plan is based on the idea that individuals with money and power cannot be trusted to do right by anyone else. Nor do they trust a free people, exercising choices with their own dollars, to act as a check on others.
The progressive solution to this problem is to take that money and power and entrust to individuals and agencies of government, who– free from interference from producers and consumers–will decide what is best.
When I first saw this I thought, yeah, sure you are all at the office… blah blah blah, no one is there you lying bunch of….but then I read the last sentence.
Annie says that “Serving in Congress is not about partisan politics, it’s about finding common ground….”
Really? Common Ground?
The Daily Signal is reporting crime rates in Chicago after the state of Illinois ‘Relaxed” its gun control laws. Illinois is issuing concealed carry permits to law-abiding citizens, even though all the Liberal ‘lights’ continue to resist.
The data will mean nothing to them because crime has nothing to do with liberal gun policy. But it should mean something to everyone else.
Graphic on the jump.
A letter from Bruce Van Derven, about Andrew Hemingway. (Please Share it.)
One candidate for governor of New Hampshire has the financial resources (millions of dollars, largely his own) to plaster the airwaves with self-promoting propaganda, 30 seconds at a time.
The other candidate, Andrew Hemingway, can afford to run some ads during the last few days of his campaign, but he’s counting on grassroots support by word-of-mouth from people who know him.
I know Andrew. I know him very well, having served with him as an elected official in Bristol — he was the chair of the budget committee, when I was the selectman member of the committee. I want to offer these first hand observations and you can decide if this is someone you’d like to see as your governor.
Fact: In the years prior to Andrew’s service as budget committee chair, the budget process was cumbersome and cantankerous. So much so, it was impossible to find 13 people who wanted to serve on the budget committee and there was open hostility between the budget committee, department heads, and selectmen. Andrew set a tone of civility and respect that was infectious. He repaired the relationships with the department heads and selectmen, so that it became cordial and not confrontational. The committee had a full complement of 13 members. The end result was a reduced budget that was presented to Town Meeting that had the unanimous support of selectmen, department heads, the town administrator and budget committee — to the penny. The body at Town Meeting decided to add money to the budget. Can you imagine?
Fact:
I don’t know if it was just the joy of being back but the first few minutes of the show this week were a whirlwind of amusement, abundant in snark. In this GrokSHOT!, in just under 90 seconds, we fit in the Tea Party (I’m not dead), the NRSC (National RINO Support Committee), Thad Cochran, … Read more
The Monadnock Ledger Transcript, a liberal paper in the Peterborough area, has come out for slashing budgets and cutting the pay of employees of an exclusive local arts center and Franklin Pierce College. You heard that right, slash and cut budgets and salary just because the economy is soft and the schools are not taking … Read more
We intend to address this aspect of the recent NH supreme court decision that vacated judge Lewis on the education tax credit. The impact of the courts ruling on legal standing is enormous, and needs more detailed exploration. For now, I’ll share this from Gary Rayno. On Friday, there was scant mention of the court … Read more
This week our guests are the Chairman of the RLCNH and head of the PAC Stark 360 Aaron Day. We are also joined by two candidates for the New Hampshire State Senate–Dan Dwyer, and Maureen Mooney to discuss issues with the current State Senate and what we need to do in the next one. If … Read more
Moe Lane PS: For the record: the problem here is not Ms. Partello. It’s that Rep. Kuster is so hard up for cross-party appeal that she’s apparently willing to cut all the corners in the world to get the sound bites that she feels she needs. https://twitter.com/JamesPindell/statuses/504683509039259649 Tweet Link “Republicans for Annie Kuster” operates out … Read more
This week on GrokTALK! our guests are Aaron Day, the head of Stark 360 and chairman of the RLCNH; Dan Dwyer, candidate for NH State Senate; and Maureen Mooney, also a candidate for the NH State Senate. We talk about the Republican establishment, NH’s governor’s race, the media’s Scott Brown obsession, much-needed changes to the NH State Senate, and a lot more…
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In 2004 Ohio began issuing Concealed Carry permits. In 2012 they issued 76,810 permits. In 2013 that number rose to 145,342 (which includes renewals). Then there’s this story...
An Ohio woman who is licensed to carry a gun but had only recently started carrying one for protection put it to good use earlier this week.
“Two gentlemen came out of the woods, one holding a baseball bat, and said ‘You’re coming with us,’” Burns told WBNS, adding that Gracie was little help in deterring the men.
“I said, ‘Well, what do you want?,’ and as I was saying that I reached in to my pocket and slipped my gun out, slipped the safety off as I pulled it out,” Burns said.
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[su_quote cite=”Washington Post” url=”http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/landrieu-claims-parents-home-as-her-own-raising-questions-of-louisiana-residency/2014/08/28/423d8552-2e08-11e4-9b98-848790384093_story.html”]NEW ORLEANS — In Washington, Sen. Mary Landrieu lives in a stately, $2.5 million brick manse she and her husband built on Capitol Hill. Here in Louisiana, however, the Democrat does not have a home of her own. She is registered to vote at a large bungalow in New Orleans that her … Read more
The Senate Republican Majority PAC has doubled down on Nancy (Pelosi) Stiles and Dave (Drunk and Disorderly) Boutin, having paid for a second mailer for each, to defend them against….another Republican. (Majority of what, you might rightly ask?) Yes, they can do whatever they want with their PAC money, but we are now up to … Read more
[su_quote cite=”New Hampshire Union Leader” url=”http://www.unionleader.com/article/20140828/OPINION01/140829039&source=RSS”]U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-The White House, will not do any town hall meetings, though this is an election year and she surely could pack a high school gym with interested voters. She told Roll Call, the Capitol Hill newspaper, that the people pressuring her to hold a public … Read more