Senator Shaheen is not beyond the  idea of applying pressure to ensure favorable outcomes.  The IRS Scandal continues unresolved after she and other Democrat Senators wrote repeatedly to the IRS to crack down on non-profits.

The IRS answered the call, with trails leading all the way back to the White House.   Dozens of conservative groups are still lined up waiting for approval thanks to Shaheen while left-leaning non-profits and groups like Hilltop Public Solutions commit vote fraud and coordinate dark money support for Democrats with little fear of action from the federal level and no press coverage when states try to respond.

So we have to ask.  Now that Democrat Senator Mark Udall from Colorado has been implicated in a scandal in which his office may have applied pressure to state bureaucrats to downplay estimates of people who received cancellation notices and lost coverage due to ObamaCare, has Democrat Jeanne Shaheen or any other Democrat made similar moves here in New Hampshire?

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But no United States of America – ostensibly, “the Land of the Free” – in the latest version of  Economic Freedom Report.

“You know, if you like your freedom, you can keep it. Or maybe not,” said Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) at an Index panel hosted by the Heritage Foundation on Tuesday in Washington, D.C. “This year the United States slips in a ranking for economic freedom. Why? Because economic freedom is inversely proportional to the size of your government. And government continues to grow at an alarming pace.”

“The government takeover of health care is a significant loss of freedom,” said the senator. “In fact, I would argue that Obamacare involves the largest loss of freedom of choice in 50 years.”

It isn’t just the laws that are passed –

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Global Warming has never been about warming.  It is a scheme to use “energy” and the environment to direct behavior toward a socialist system of central planning, even if that “system” is contrary to the stated objective of climate alarmism.

If you need proof of that take a look at this.

United Nations climate chief Christiana Figueres said that democracy is a poor political system for fighting global warming. Communist China, she says, is the best model.

China may be the world’s top emitter of carbon dioxide and struggling with major pollution problems of their own, but the country is “doing it right” when it comes to fighting global warming says Figueres.

I challenge anyone, with a straight face, to explain how communist countries are cleaner and better for the planet–environmentally–than the United States or even the semi-socialist western Democracies in Western Europe.  You can’t.  So the goal is communism–or something like it–even though it is also the fastest way to ruin the planet.

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“.and giving Obama the ability to whine “I can’t wait for Congress“.”

A “do nothing Congress”?  How ’bout obstructionist Senate – Leader, that is:

Moderate Republicans who occasionally vote with Democrats and help broker bipartisan compromise are annoyed as well. Senator Lisa Murkowki of Alaska told the New York Times she was “kind of fed up” with Reid’s obstructionism. “He’s a leader. Why is he not leading this Senate? Why is he choosing to ignore the fact that he has a minority party that he needs to work with, that actually has some decent ideas? Why is he bringing down the institution of the Senate?”

Allowing a “reasonable number of relevant amendments” from the minority party has not always been considered a concession in the Senate. It was once referred to as “regular order.” Despite Reid’s claims that he has been “very generous with amendments,” the number of amendment votes per year (not counting non-binding budget amendments, which by law cannot be limited) has declined from 218 in 2007, when Reid became majority leader, to 67 in 2013. Since July of last year, Republicans have been allowed a grand total of four amendments.

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(H/T: Mediaite, reformatted, emphasis mine):

Jimmy LaSalvia, the founder of the conservative gay advocacy group GOProud, has officially announced his departure from the Republican Party. “Today, I joined the ranks of unaffiliated voters. I am every bit as conservative as I’ve always been, but I just can’t bring myself to carry the Republican label any longer,” LaSalvia wrote. “You see, I just don’t agree with the big-government ‘conservatives’ who run the party now.”

I grow weary of them, too. Good choice, maybe, but now it will be harder to change it from the inside.  Trust me, I know the feeling – which way is the better one?

He also cited the GOP’s “tolerance of bigotry” as a reason for his departure. “The current leadership lacks the courage to stand up to it,” he lamented, “I’m not sure they ever will.” LaSalvia remarked upon his successful efforts to “create an atmosphere on the right where conservatives can openly support gay Americans and even support same-sex marriage,” but noted there is “more work to do” to “root out the anti-gay and other forms of bigotry in the party.”

I grow weary of this, too.  Three axis to contemplate: 

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It’s the cover-up that is the real story, right?

The Telegraph is reporting, and kudos to them for following the real story, Nashua police have released audio and transcripts relating to the case of Nashua New Hampshire Democrat David Campbell.

Here are my articles to date (mowing, no contest, fled the scene, Duck Irony) following the story, which looks like this.

NH Democrat David Campbell had drinks at the Crown Plaza Hotel on the night before the night before Christmas.  He left to move his BMW into the parking garage while perhaps a bit too tipsy. “I’m just moving my car into the garage, I’ll be fine.  What could go wrong?”

On the way there he mows down five mallards in front of at least one witness, who is feeding the ducks he just killed.

The guest follows him to confront him because the driver did not stop, as if he either didn’t know he killed the ducks or he did and realized his circumstances.  Campbell parks his BMW, retreats to his office in the nearby office park (on foot) and calls a friend, who just happens to be a Nashua Police Commissioner.  The commissioner sweeps by, scoops up Campbell, who is then ferreted away to an as yet undisclosed location from where he is conveniently “unable to contact police” for a really really long time.

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“If I were a magician, I’d hand out broken compasses. It’s all about misdirection.?”  —Jarod Kintz

The Hearing on Senate Bill 244, “[R]equiring the names of certain persons to be reported to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System Index,” came to hearing Tuesday before Senate Judiciary.

The hearing process puzzled me. As is the custom, the Bill’s sponsors came and testified (and their testimony hardly reflected any model of brevity) Then came Pro-Gun New Hampshire in support of the Bill. Evan Nappen is an attorney who is thoughtful, articulate and I am certain he has gun owners interests at heart. But lets face it, (and I am reasonably certain he would agree) any petition filed in any court in New Hampshire is going to take a great deal of time and money. Evan said the cost to avail oneself of this would be around $1,000. I am skeptical and do not think so. But I will elaborate more on that later in this post.

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No, not the once almost but not quite (a few times) Super bowl team from Western New York, I am referring of course to the Bell ringing Hunchbacked steeple denizen tolling the hour of misery.

The Bells the Bells!!

No.  That’s not it either.

I refer to the avalanche of New Hampshire legislation pouring our way (at all of us), begging for some attention.  And is it just me or is there an above average number of crappy bills this session?

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From Gallup:

So, We the People think Government is “the worst of all evils” (thanks, General Stark!) as we continue to lose freedoms (the power to choose for ourselves).  Obamacare is taking our choice away in the area of healthcare.  Dodd-Frank (financial sector) is now starting the nationalization of the banking sector (more on ObamaLoan later).  Who decides on the type of car you can drive?  The kinds of houses you can live in?  The energy you can use?  The lights you can use?

Do you think that the Republicans would be doing more on this front?  Of COURSE, you’d be right – with the exception of folks like Cruz, Lee, Paul, Amash, and a handful of others, what seems to be the topic du Jour for DC Republicans?  Well, let me give you a hint – Big Biz is shoving them (via the US Chamber of Commerce as well as pro-biz (vs pro Free Market) special interest groups) into Immigration, especially in granting Amnesty.  Yessiree bob!  With a U6 level of Unemployment of 13%, the Party that is trying to be “the Party of the ordinary guys” is about to shaft those self-same folks: the lower skilled blue collar white & minority workers and those trying to get a start in the Economy.  What do you think is gonna happen when 12 million illegal aliens get Amnesty and then be able to compete openly in the marketplace?  Sure, the American Citizen, with a family and a mortgage, is going to get screwed over. 

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