Democrats lied to pass ObamaCare and continue to lie as it fails on all points because it could never be anything more than a big unwieldy machine that denied you choices.  ObamaCare took what worked for you, made it unworkable, then forced you to find a way to comply.

And while we can debate just how much it intervenes between you and your doctor, or your hospital, its biggest abuse is that it intervened between you and your ability to decide these things without having to dance to some pencil-pusher’s broken tune.  A dirge played by an unreachable, unelected, faceless bureaucracy.  A solution that will leave more people uninsured than before we had it, and everyone else worse off for the trouble.

Regional planning Commissions the RPC’s, are like ObamaCare but for everything else.

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However strange it may be, I am on Steve Vaillancourt’s email list.  Like any distro list, a lot go unread, some get glanced at, and a few are interesting.  This was both amusing and alarming as he describes the mental state of NH State Speaker of the House Terri Norelli.  The two words above did grab my attention – and Steve’s words from this morning (“liberal ghetto” and “twig snapping”) goes in on this as well – one begins to wonder “nervous breakdown” or “will there be a double down”?  Emphasis mine:

From: Vaillancourt, Steve
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2014 5:18 PM
To: <redacted?
Subject: a livid speaker

Normally I would send what I write to all, but for once I figure, why antazgonize [sic] Democrats any more than necessary, but of course, I realize any one person could pass this along to them.

“Livid” and “berserk” were the words I heard bandied around yesterday from a large number of Democrats to describe Speaker Norelli’s demeanor in front of her caucus Thursday morning.  One person said she had never been so angry.  Another rolled his eyes in shame.  I didn’t even ask for these comments.  In fact, when the first Demcrat began to describe Norelli’s actions in detail to me, I immediately explained to her that by telling me, she could expect me to use it.  She then quieted down; perhaps I shouldn’t have warned her, but I believe in being honest with people.  I also don’t usually name names.  In this case it was a she–hint–no friend of free staters.

Would that have been NH State Rep

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Neil Cavuto is not everyone’s cup of tea (I like him, TMEW does not); even though he is known as a biz reporter, he has to be up on the politics as Government has put itself into all aspects of pretty much all businesses (after all, we individuals can’t deal with companies on our own – we’re too stoopid or someton).  Given the background noise of a Republican wave that’s starting to crest, he’s got observations that should give some pause to the “Obamacare is gonna take us to the Promised Land” (again) exuberance here’s some of his observations that should give some some pause (emphasis mine, reformatted):

I’m not saying ObamaCare won’t be and shouldn’t be an issue.  But stopping action on any other issue in the meantime looks pretty stupid.  Look, I was the first to say this Affordable Care Act wasn’t affordable and the promises behind it were just an act.  But this Republican act of sitting on the ball and running out the clock, hoping it paves the way to an easy win in November?  Stupid. Beyond stupid.  Leaving aside Republicans have consistently grabbed defeat from the jaws of victory.  What makes them think this is a winning strategy? Seizing on 53 percent not liking a law, and then laying down the law for party members.  It’s healthcare. Only healthcare.

• Who told them abandoning their principles was key to winning back control?
• Who told the Tea Partiers to shut up simply because they wanted to keep forcing spending down?
• Who told the conservatives who were passionate about controlling benefits that it wasn’t to the party’s benefit to try?
• Who told the Grand Old Party to give up its grand old soul?
• Who told them to let the spending go?

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We have great conversations on local and national topics every week, but we realize that the idea of committing to a two-hour show, or even just a 30 minute segment, might seem daunting.  That was part of the motivation behind adding iTunes, iHeart Radio, Spreaker, TuneIn, and Stitcher.   If you’ve got a mobile device you can download or listen in the car, during the commute, whenever you’ve got time.  But even that might not be enough of an incentive, so we’re bringing a new ways to listen, and planning a new feature as well.

First, we’ve got GrokSHOTS!, short segments from the weekly show that are just two or three minutes in length.  These are selected to give your ears a ‘taste’ of topics or opinions of the hosts or guests.  If you like them listen to the entire segment to see what else was said.

Here are two examples from this weeks show…
Jeb Bradley and the NHGOP Should have Done This differently – 180 sec.

Phil Kerpen – Why ObmaCare and Medicaid Expansion Will Make Emergency Rooms more Crowded – 94 sec.

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Watch the issue of “domicile” have meaning to Democrats now that they have set their teeth into a possible Republican candidate for Governor.

Our State Constitution requires a person to live in NH for seven consecutive years to be a legitimate candidate for several offices. That has never bothered the Democrats, especially the former party chair Kathy Sullivan who ran an out of state voter flophouse from her residence for vote thief Geoff Wetrosky. But let any hint of ineligibility taint the candidate for an opposing party and we have a sudden dedication to written words in statutes and the NH Constitution.

Enter one Walter Havenstein, a Republican candidate for NH Governor who is domiciled in NH but has a residence in Maryland .

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This morning’s CloseUP program’s first segment had NHDP Chair “Buckles” and Republican “strategist” Tom Rath.  The latter had this to say about Scott Brown entering the NH Senatorial campaign:

Of course, the President of the United states has described him as a moderate so that’s something that’s pretty good for us

I dryly note that he worked on the campaigns of those famous moderate Republican Presidents Dole and Romney.  And as I have pointed out before, Brown IS a moderate; he agrees on the important Republican issues and Platform planks of pro-life, full support of the Second Amendment, and importance of limiting government.  Which is to say, he supports pro-choice (and therefore, abortion), the State should regulate “assault  weapons” and such, and voted for Dodd-Frank that certainly is no government limiting measure.  In other words, Rath is saying that Jeanne Shaheen is a moderate.

This is what happens when Republicans give up conservative principles. 

We’ve blogged about the militarization of our nation’s local police forces over the past couple of years where local cops have “weaponed up” with the “free” military goods that the US armed forces have deemed surplus or by using “free” money from the Feds.  Yes, the bad guys have “stuff” that most civilians don’t have and no, stop with the knee-jerk reactions of “What – you want cops killed”?  It just seems, however, that the Powell Doctrine (“Win by applying overwhelming and more advanced forces against your enemies”) has become the norm rather than for the exceptional cases in which it may well be needed (when even the Socialist leanting magazine “The Economist” says it is a problem, that’s sad).

One doesn’t need an up-armored Bearcat or a REAL military vehicle made for war, MRAPs (that seemingly are being handled out like candy for any LE group that asks) and a squad of LEO that are indistinguishable from my son’s 101st Airborne squad other than the latter was in Multicam uniforms and the LEOs are in all black.  Remember Boston – DHS acted just like [Obama’s] army – have we now legigitimized a national police force that we never should have?

The above observations aside, Instapundit has a snippet that tends to support the latter part of this post’s title than the former (emphasis mine):

Do you drive a car in the greater Los Angeles Metropolitan area? According to the L.A. Police Department and L.A. Sheriff’s Department, your car is part of a vast criminal investigation.

Right – we are all guilty ahead of any proof – or crime.  ALL of us.  Period.

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Permission granted to post (and follows along with the words I just wrote:

Jeanie,

I’ve heard that the NH Senate – and quite a few senators – are thinking of voting in favor of SB 244.

I was wondering if you’ve made up your mind and if you’ve had any discussions with other senators about the 2nd Amendment in the US Constitution.

My guess is that most of the senators made it out of grade school, so they probably can understand this simple sentence:

“A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.”

You get that don’t you? I’m sure you do.

“ … shall not be infringed” means that no law shall ever be passed that does anything to LIMIT, UNDERMINE or ENCROACH on the right to keep or bear    arms. Period. 

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