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“And, while you’re stabbing me in the back, you can kiss my ass, too.” —unknown
Back in July, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie hosted a dinner at the Governors Mansion where he hob-nobbed with members of Hamas and the Muslin Brotherhood, erstwhile lamenting a “gaze of intolerance that’s going around our country …” When concerns were raised about concerns for being too cozy with Islamic supremacists, Christie dismissively asserts,
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WMUR is reporting that NH Senate Leadership has announced a bi-partisan deal to swallow the ObamaCare hook baited with Medicaid money. Long story short, the Senate Republicans caved. Legislation will emerge shortly to finalize our submission to our Federal masters.
With all the GOP moderates, it was always a steep uphill battle. What can I say that I have not already. This is bad. Very bad.
So Light ‘em up: Senate Roster
Jr. Partners of the Democrats. Lesser Keepers of the Welfare State. Politics over Principles. “Looking out for our Own Political Asses since we lost our way back in 2000’s”. And with the news of the tremendous expansion of the Welfare State by Chuck Morse with Democrat leader Larson, what are we in the grassroots to think? We work for these folks, we spend our money for these folks, and we vote for these folks. And what do we want from these folks?
Simple: write and vote for legislation that carries out the Republican Platform that you gave assent to. Act like the Conservatives you told us you were. How hard can that be?
Obviously, too hard – yet you demand that we continue to support you, regardless. Or is that more along the lines of “taking our votes for granted, for you have no where else to go”? Really? Ask Frank Guinta how that worked out last time.
So, how DOES this agreement to spend LOTS of Federal tax dollars, make more people dependent on Government, enlarge the State’s bureaucracy actually conform to Republican Principles, NH State Senate President Chuck Morse (R)? I for the life of me cannot figure it out. It certainly does not conform to ANY definition of Conservatism that I am aware of. However, we do have a rather good and Conservative Party Platform – let’s count ALL the ways you have shredded it. From the NH GOP Platform (not that it seems to matter much anymore):
Sandra Fluke Aborts Congressional Bid Good thing she didn’t demand that we had to pay for her actions….though on this subject, many might have voluntarily forked some over…. She’s aiming lower – CA State Senate. You know, that’s OK with me – stay in a state that already reflects your ideology and morals and stop … Read more
Over at TreeHugger is a post where the authoress, Katherine Martinko, has decided that having a carbon footprint is not a sufficiently heavy hammer to use on the rest of us “unenlightened” to get us to change our ways (or have Government change our ways for us). Nope, now she is adding another hammer: water footprint. How much that you consume uses up our precious water – you selfish person, you!
…Beverages:
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Does this surprise anyone, given how he talks versus his actions? (H/T: Liberal Logic 101)
(H/T: Business Insider)
Kimberly Houghton at The Union Leader is reporting that Nashua Police Commissioner Thomas Pappas has submitted his resignation. “He regrets greatly his role and the events of Dec. 23,” Attorney Jim Rosenberg said of Pappas. “He is deeply saddened by the fact that he is resigning his post now.” This news comes just two days … Read more
Jonathan Tanguay probably thinks so.
The 10-hour program, called Pono Choices (pono is a Hawaiian word that translates to “the right way”), is designed for youth aged 11 to 13. It has been taught to 1,700 Hawaii middle school children through an $800,000 pilot program.
… that it teaches children about topics such as anal sex, sex with multiple partners and how to put on a condom — using a cucumber or wooden replica of a penis.
So many jokes, so little time…
I made an off-hand joke a few weeks back that decriminalizing pot would probably result in an increase in slow-speed, early-morning collisions, in front to 24 hours convenient stores. Say it with me. “Look Dude, Buuurrreeeettttto’s.” Well, a study has just been released, in which New Hampshire crash data were part of the sample. (California, … Read more
Welcome to the Democrat’s Health Care Revolution… The Obamacare subsidy cliff is so steep that if you earn just $1 above the threshold, you could end up paying anywhere from a few thousand dollars to $20,000 more for insurance, depending on your age. Take the case of a couple of 55-year-olds living in St. Croix … Read more
This is just as valid now as when I first stumbled across it back on 5/26/2011; the money graph (emphasis mine):
“I ask him what, precisely, he thinks is the proper role of government as it relates to business.
“Invisible,” he says. “I know there are things the government has to do. But they need to find a way to do them without people like me having to bump into a new regulation every time we turn a corner.” He reflects for a moment, then finds the analogy he seeks. “Government should act like my assistant, not my boss.”
Indeed. The previous part of the post talked about the uncertainty that Big Government keeps creating – why the middle sized business owner won’t hire new employees, won’t expand to new locations, what kinds of regulations are going to be forced upon him (including those that make the claim “Oh, this will be less expensive for you to do it this way over the long term”). In fact, he brought up something that I used to think about all the time when I used to sign the front of my payroll checks (going to employees):
After spending the entire program claiming our segment four guest is Michael Boldin, we get to Michael Maharrey, also from the Tenth Amendment Center, for a great discussion on the state of the nullification movement across the nation. They are currently tracking 67 different nullification bills across the nation, including state efforts to address NSA … Read more
H/T Walter Royal
Its not often a selectman gets arrested in NH so I keep track.
Bartlett, NH has lost a selectman due to an arrest for possessing kiddy porn -RSA 649-A. The Concord paper “covered’ the story with an AP piece.
Not much of a detailed story, but when I looked for a past history on the former Selectman, Jonathan Tanguay, there seems to be more to it. Mr. Tanguay, in his pre-verdict defense, tried to argue his homosexuality should not enter into a kiddy porn case, but it did.
It turns out the homosexual man he was “involved with” turned him in to the police.
That sounds familiar…
“Uncommon valor was a common virtue.” —Chester W. Nimitz
James “Doc” Marron III has made it clear that he is running for the New Hampshire House. Would it not be great to send Doc Marron to Concord, working side by side with Al Baldasaro? This simply needs to be done.
Juxtaposed by the present representation by Lisa Whittemore, arguably one of the most liberal progressive members of the current house delegation from Londonderry New Hampshire. It happens; They do slip by. More importantly, though, Whittemore has not only supported, but advocated for every leftist policy and measure coming from outside the Granite State…and make no mistake about it, that is from where they come. She clearly is a darling of the left.
“I don’t have a position on whether the Keystone Pipeline should be built. That is for the secretary of State and the president. But I will say that the decision on whether the construction should happen was a political one and not a scientific one.” OGJ.com c/o Powerline
There’s no pleasing some people. “…in compliance with state law (House Bill 0183), schools, churches, government agencies and liquor stores statewide will be posting 4-by-6-inch stickers reminding the public, particularly those with a concealed-carry license, that there are limits on where a gun can be carried.” School officials are unhappy because the required ‘No Gun … Read more