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“Of course, the country’s split politically. Democrats and Republicans can’t get along. And it is hard to figure out if it is ever going to get back together. But I heard a story about a guy who was in a hot air balloon. He was lost and he lowered his altitude. He spotted a … Read more
No offense to the burger joint- great food, but after having been forwarded an op-ed in support of the current immigration scheme, how could I resist?
Beware Democrat Majority New Hampshire House Committees Bearing Revenue Estimates. The Union Leader headline says it all; “Committee ups revenue estimates as budget talks start” The House Ways and Means Committee Tuesday upped its revenue estimate for the next two fiscal years before House and Senate budget writers sit down Friday to begin negotiations over … Read more
‘The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.’
Political ideology can corrupt the mind, and science. —E. O. Wilson
When this issue broke on the radio talk show and blogosphere arena. I was absolutely sick to my stomach. Awash in disappointment and dismay, I just could not believe what I was seeing and reading…I read it again…and again. I found myself so disheartened that so many of my colleagues out there were characterizing Wounded Warrior Project in the column of people and causes I loathe and despise. “Somebody please…say it ain’t so!” I am begging here.
Yeah. Lets be more like them.
Before I expose the fraud perpetrated by Democrat Lee Nyquist in the Union Leader this past week, where he gushed about how Jeanne Shaheen is this respected, put together, moderate Senator, I have a quick question.
If George Bush can be blamed almost a decade later for the Obama Administration Bureaucracy engaging in unprecedented intrusions into peoples privacy then why can’t Jeanne Shaheen be held accountable for the IRS targeting Conservative 501(c) 4’s while she was actually asking them to go out and investigate 501(c)4’s?
Imagine what the Brits would have done with today’s NSA data mining / pattern seeking? Well, just look to your left and you can see what an enterprising data miner did with some Boston based Revolutionary data – who is talking to who. He had to put it together from a book:
I have been asked by my superiors to give a brief demonstration of the surprising effectiveness of even the simplest techniques of the new-fangled Social Networke Analysis in the pursuit of those who would seek to undermine the liberty enjoyed by His Majesty’s subjects. This is in connection with the discussion of the role of “metadata” in certain recent events and the assurances of various respectable parties that the government was merely “sifting through this so-called metadata” and that the “information acquired does not include the content of any communications”. I will show how we can use this “metadata” to find key persons involved in terrorist groups operating within the Colonies at the present time. I shall also endeavour to show how these methods work in what might be called a relational manner.
…However, our current Eighteenth Century beta of PRISM has been used to collect and analyze information on more than two hundred and sixty persons (of varying degrees of suspicion) belonging variously to seven different organizations in the Boston area.
…Surely this is but a small encroachment on the freedom of the Crown’s subjects.
A bit of a different Notable Quote; from The Volokh Conspiracy (emphasis mine): I noticed two anecdotes about the late Sen. Frank Lautenberg, both of which were meant to be complimentary but in fact speak volumes about the petty corruption of our political class and how inured to it we’ve become. The first was told … Read more
In a letter Monday to U.S. District Judge Edward R. Korman in New York, who has called the age restrictions “politically motivated” and “scientifically unjustified,” the administration said it would drop its appeal in the case and abide by Korman’s order to make Plan B One-Step contraceptive pills available to women and girls of any age without a prescription.
(H/T: The Home Front – Who Decided My Daughters are Women)
Plan B – the “emergency contraceptive”. Contraceptive – sure thing, bucko. The sperm and the egg have fused to create a zygote at that point – a new life HAS been created. Plan B kills that new life by keeping that zygote, that baby, from being implantable in the woman’s uterus. I disagree with those that say that a life never existed because without implantation, that zygote could never become a unborn baby as it would never become “a fetus”. All human babies need nourishment, care, and attention both before the actual time of birth / physical separation from the mom as well as after. If it is not cherished after the birthing, that baby will die as well, so I consider “emergency contraceptive” to be a “emergency canard”.
You know, Government should first do no harm. Yet, what harm will this do to the children, who for the sake of “reproductive rights”, who have been moved from being innocent children to being one of those “women of all ages” by simple dint of a judge’s order?
Kelly, another question for you. First, the background (just in case the actual whole bill has not yet been read, emphasis mine): Under the existing Senate immigration bill, immigrants who have been in the United States illegally can obtain a provisional legal status after paying fines and meeting certain preconditions. But this population would have … Read more
Even as he campaigned as being the anti-Bush on respecting Constitutional Rights: Hmmm, I have a question: which set of my lying eyes am I supposed to believe, given the Scandalpalooza we’re seeing lately? (H/T: Newsbusters)
Since illegal aliens essentially have to confess to being here illegally in order to get amnesty and since it is Constitutional to collect DNA from citizens who are not even convicted of crimes, it seems that it would be appropriate as part of the application process for applicants to be required to submit a DNA sample. Law enforcement can then use the DNA sample as part of the background check that we are told will be done before anyone gets amnesty (OK, we know that is a lie).
Does anyone think this is in the current bill? Do you think it is a good idea?
He lost me at: “… his strongest statement yet that legalization of the nation’s estimated 11 million illegal immigrants must happen before any new border security or internal enforcement measures are in place, and will in no way be conditional on any security requirements.”
And who was it made PSNH do this (additions mine)? “The company invested was forced to dump more than $400 million in unnecessary pollution-control systems that went online in 2011 at the PSNH coal-fired plant in Bow, and would likely be facing substantial losses if it had to sell the plant.” A skeptical person might think … Read more
“I put the costume on and said ‘It’s not very comfortable, but it looks amazing,’ so it’s all good.” —Chris Hemsworth
I awoke this morning and schlubbed my way to the Kitchen and poured myself a cup of coffee. The television was on and the ad caught my attention. Had some uniformed third-world tin-pot dictator had taken to the air waves to deliver a message to America? As I rubbed the sleep from my eyes, I learned the character was an unnamed police chief in another one of Bloomberg’s anti-Kelly Ayotte ads. His name was not given anywhere in the ad. A quick web search revealed however, the chiefly tin horn dressed in all the Gaddafi-styled regalia was
Finally, is not liberty the restricting of the law only to its rational sphere of organizing the right of the individual to lawful self-defense; of punishing injustice? —Frederic Bastiat
Around 2:45 am this past Sunday morning, a Lake Avenue resident called 911 to report individuals outside his apartment while arming himself with a handgun. Thereafter, the apartment door was kicked open, two men rushed in and charged at resident, according to Manchester Police . The resident open-fired killing one of the intruders. A second unknown intruder fled the scene and it is believed the second assailant was not shot.
High ranking members of the most transparent administration in history have already been tied to fake email addresses used to hide conversations from prying eyes and Freedom of Information act requests. Lisa Jackson at EPA was one of them. She used the alias Richard Windsor, a fake EPA employee, whose email address permitted Jackson to … Read more
ESPN reports that the New England Patriots have picked up Tim Tebow. I think Tebow is a good prospect for an offense that thrives on players who can perform in multiple rolls. Tebow can run well, catch, and passes better than most other utility players who might be asked to throw the ball down-field or … Read more
Kathy Sullivan seems to think she has the moral authority to attack Mike Biundo and Citizens for a Strong New Hampshire on ethical grounds, accusing them of hiding behind a 501(c)4 filing status so they don’t have to disclose donors who help them then expose the questionable policy decisions and the hypocrisy of elected Democrats.