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Let Carol Ann Shea-McKluster know that…now that we all know what’s in it – we still don’t want it!
Sheikh Abdul Latif Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh said Wednesday that Muslims who use Twitter or other social media have “lost this world and his afterlife,” as quoted byBBC News. Lost in the next world…they’re going to hell. But I bet…and I’m just guessing here..that if it is OK to lie, cheat, steal, kill, or do anything … Read more
…who has disappeared. This from The Atlantic: Members of Ukrainian feminist group Femen staged protests across Europe as they called for a “topless jihad.” The demonstrations were in support of a young Tunisian activist named Amina Tyler. Last month, Tyler posted…
(…whatever did I mean by that?) http://youtu.be/yJ4hmKGKjbM
From the yawning, gapped mug with wispy and unkempt hair typically found on an early morning slattern, which is a fitting comparison, comes the following line from a long soiled but disheartened receiver of O, who now seems to feel shame and no longer respected. The ever demur and reticent Chris Matthews on MSNBC last night courtesy of Politico:
President Obama “obviously likes giving speeches more than he does running the executive branch,” Chris Matthews said tonight. …
“What part of the presidency does Obama like? He doesn’t like dealing with other politicians — that means his own cabinet, that means members of the congress, either party. He doesn’t particularly like the press…. He likes to write the speeches, likes to rewrite what Favreau and the others wrote for the first draft,” Matthews said.
Is it me or is Chris really curious to find out what Obama likes?
For many, the answer is “er, somewhere in there”. For others, it’s an inside joke (watch and find out). I agree with the Professor – what has come to pass was never written at all. This is splendid discussion of what I have posited in the past – that perhaps it is time to bring … Read more
“While photographs may not lie, liars may photograph.” —Lewis Hine When Kristin Ruggiero assumed room temperature in prison by her own hand, She was one of those few people in life I thought was a fitting and just end. I quoted Gore Vidal on the death of Truman Capote when he quipped, “Good career … Read more
Belknap County Conservative Republicans Hear ye! Hear Ye! Calling All Conservatives! Belknap County is now home to a new political group in town, Belknap County Conservative Republicans. This political grassroots organization is dedicated to offering conservative solutions for contemporary issues. Don Walker, one of the founders of BCCR: “We believe that progressivism, in all of … Read more
The Bigger the Government, the smaller the citizen
Don’t worry, Jimmah – there’s an even worse dude coming in as your reliever!
I notice that Blue Hampshire has nothing / nada / zilch on the scandals (Front Page / All Posts) that have erupted since Friday stemming from the Obama Administration’s hubris of power – the DOJ going after the media (and expecting nary a sound from the sycophantic media), the IRS going after Conservative groups that held to or espoused to a form of government much less large than now and within a bounded fenced in area, HHS going after cash for Obamacare, the CIA / State Dept brouhaha over who didn’t say when about what concerning letting 4 American civilians get murdered…..a meltdown of super-major proportions.
Nary but a cricket sound from THE bastion of Progressivism here in NH otherwise known as the cheerleading squad for an ever increasing sized, ever increasing cost, and an ever increasing intrusive Activist Government that rejects the the notion of the Constitutional Republic (re: the rejection of enumerated powers, the activating of an income tax, and regulations that would make the Politboro blush) and a subsuming of the Individual into the Collective (except for in one’s bedroom – except that Sandra Fluke led the movement to demand that our wallets be present). And, oh yeah, Obamacare, the Progressivism capstone and Obama’s Legacy Schtick, really does seem to be the incipient political train wreck barreling down the tracks as little is operationally ready for the first train station stop in October. I really do hope that the Law is strictly held up to its own Law (yup, Alinsky’s own Rule to make them live by their own Rule Book – and the Rule Book ain’t a 1/4 done) – and I will admit: I do hope this House of Cards that is little more than a Old Western Town’s facade to the Temple of Progressivism comes tumbling down and tumbles hard. And before you Progs start screaming “you hateful person”, remember, not a single Republican voted for this pile of legislative doo-doo. You own it. You own the economy. You own the gridlock. You own everything.
And now, you are about to be blamed for it. Deservedly so, as Progressivism IS the Root Cause. Every single bit can be traced down to your philosophy. Enjoy – and weep.
As Steve alluded to yesterday, the beast is so swollen, engorged on coercive bureaucratic fat, that it finally burst, raining juicy Big Gov abuse stories all over the land. Though the forecast predicted the fallout, I didn’t think so many would hit in one week. (The cynical side of me thinks that many of these stories would serve as a nice smoke screen distraction to redirect attention from Benghazi, but that’s just my cynical side.)
Big Gov can’t help itself. The chemistry for abuse is intrinsic to the beast and pushes through its swollen veins, suffusing every crevice. Hubris and power and a naked zeal to do as one pleases is the toxic cocktail that explodes when mixed in vast, opaque, honey combed cubicles and goes unchecked. This is the nature of the ginormous beast and it is impossible to oversee and manage. There are going to be abuses. There is going to be waist and inefficiencies. It happens in every entity that grows beyond itself whether it’s a company, a corporation, a code base (sorry for the nerd out), or with government. The difference is that with government, it has the power of the state. The power to seize, coerce and apply violence to do so. The power to acquire individual information, property, and throw down demands that the individual must labor to meet in order to “qualify”.
And this is the result.
Quick take on the biggies:
Oy vay! This is getting badder and worser for Obama. After all, this guy is THE Alinsky accolyte and trainer and he knows EXACTLY what is going on now – and there’s not a durned thing he can do about it: RULE 5: “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.” There is no defense. It’s irrational. … Read more
1) 2) I didn’t know anything about it. 3) Someone else did it. 4) We will be ever vigilant in our pursuit of those responsible. 5.) Fore!
I wonder if anyone in the New Hampshire Democrat Party Political Machine had unathorized access to illegally obtained IRS infromation during the 2012 campaign, or at any point after the 2010 election cycle? Just a question.
…she made it to 99. We lost her almost two years ago.
Thanks for everything, Mom. I love you.
And so…that brings me to another subject.
Let’s talk about our society today. A society and culture in an age of narcissism….
So, you can’t make a gun out of a strawberry pop tart but you can use the word “bullet” in a letter to the Prez?
all these scandals in the Most Progressive Administration EVAH, if Progressives have been lying to themselves that men become angels when they start receiving a Government payroll check? This is their “Heaven on Earth”? Just another question…
Last night Skip observed that the progressive mouthpiece for the Democrat blogosphere in New Hampshire (Bleu Hampshire) had been awfully quiet given all the newsy tid-bits peppering the interwebs. Nothing to report on Benghazi, The IRS, HHS, DOJ seizing AP phone records, dead Americans, failed Middle East policy…nothing.
But there is good news. Blue Hamster has leave to react to at least one of the recent scandals…
The Soros funded, highly political (non-profit) Media Matters, has release instructions on how the Democrats should respond with regard to the Obama-DOJ seizing two months worth of phone records from the AP. (I have included them on the jump so that you wont have to be bothered with visiting their site to find out what they have been told to think.)
Not exactly a bastion of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy, US News connects the dots between public rhetoric and policy efforts by Democrat Senators that specifically mention right wing groups, with the ongoing partisan actions taken by the IRS against conservative and TEA party groups.
From “Senate Democrats pushed for Tea party snooping before criticizing it…”
“From Max Baucus to Chuck Schumer to Jeanne Shaheen, key Senate Democrats publicly pressured the IRS to target groups that held differing political views and who, in their view, had the temerity to engage in the political process. The IRS listened to them and acted. And other Democrat senators like Kay Hagan and Mark Pryor said and did nothing about it.”
Send this around to all your friends: The following video is about the Free State Project, a movement filled with good people who will eventually move to New Hampshire. It also features an underlying theme of…
On May 22nd, the NH House of Representatives will vote on Senate Bill 11. It was written to enable Exeter and Stratham to jointly form a water/sewer district — but that capability already exists in State RSA Chapters 53-A, 33-B, 38, and 36. These RSAs enabled the creation of the Merrimack Valley Regional Water District (7 towns).
The Bill is unnecessary and should be killed. It contains broad, far reaching language, including this;
“Therefore, the general court declares and determines that the waters of New Hampshire constitute a limited and precious public resource to be protected, conserved, and managed in the interest of present and future generations.”
The “waters of New Hampshire” could be broadly interpreted to mean all water resources are defined as public resources regardless of location (Public or Private Property), and regardless of source (lakes, rivers, streams, ponds, wells…).
This would set a dangerous unconstitutional precedent, severing ownership of water from private property. It could also lead to private wells and septic systems being taxed and “protected, conserved and managed” by newly created, powerful government bodies – whether or not you wish to participate in a water/sewer district.