I Think She’d Say Something like this, Harrell!

Yesterday morning hapless Harrell ‘Jersey Shore’ Kirstein (The New Hampshire Democrat Propaganda Minister) tweeted this.

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PPP is left leaning and always suspect, with a tendency to over-sample for favorable Democrat outcomes, but maybe HK was just looking for a silver lining seeing as the UNH Poll, albeit with a smaller sample, came out with some contradictory results he chose NOT to share.

New Hampshire’s junior senator, Republican Kelly Ayotte, has also seen her favorability rating largely unchanged since February. Currently, 50% of New Hampshire adults have a favorable opinion of Ayotte, 25% have an unfavorable opinion of her, 9% are neutral and 16% don’t know enough about her to say. Ayotte’s net favorability rating is +25%, up from +23% in February. Her net favorability remains high among Republicans at +74% and low among Democrats where it is at -21%. Her net favorability rating among Independents has also stayed steady at +38%.

Emphasis mine… because in the UNH poll she owns Republicans, and most importantly …with independents she is +38.  No point in sharing that, eh Harrell.  But while we’re ‘sharing, that UNH poll had some other important news that might be of even greater concern to Democrats like Kirstein, given that Ayotte is not facing re-election next year and New Hampshire’s two Democrat congress-critters are.

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Bugs Obama, Yosemite Assad, Wile Iranians and Red Lines

The Charlatan in Chief blustered and threw down a red line last August to the Assad regime on chemical weapons.

Or so it seemed to his fans at the time.

He went forth to the adoring throngs with their laptops, tech Pad du jours, and cameras clutched and at the ready. Their attention hung on every bleated word as it made its way from the beguiling and Smartest President Evertm into their pixels and ink. Emotionally woozy, the reporters didn’t follow up for clarification; they just transmitted the text before the vapors overwhelmed them. “Ooooh, he’s so brave. He mentioned a red line. Did you hear that? He put down a red line… ‘scuse me I need to head to the restroom.”

Well, what he actually said was (emphasis mine):

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Gambling Addiction

From the Granite State Coalition Against Expanded Gambling…

The “no proof” meme was laid to completely rest yesterday at hearings before the community impacts subcommittee of the House special joint SB152 committee. Here is the Nashua Telegraph’s story on these hearings.

Dr. Rachel Volberg, the world’s most widely published gambling addiction expert, presented the most current data from her 2012 meta-analysis of all 202 gambling addiction studies worldwide conducted since 1975. These findings disappoint both pro- and anti-casino advocates, but the findings are abundantly clear:

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Some thoughts on the Pindell / Cline / Douglas criticisms of the Honor Your Oath Rally – Part 1

I’m not even sure that James Pindell, Chuck Douglas, and Drew Cline were even at the same rally I was from reading their criticism (one at the WMUR site, two Union Leader Op-Eds)  – or even bothered to watched the videos that were up at several sites.  Each of them decided to tear the folks apart that stood up for their beliefs without seeing what was, to me, the obvious.  In fact, I’m not even sure they even saw the obvious reason why 600 folks turned out to participate, volunteers doing the grunt work necessary to put on such an event, and the dozen or so speakers up at the podium.  Yes, when you put yourself out in public, this is what happens – others will take pot shots at you, at the rally, or the issue for a variety of reasons:  their sense of “professionalism”, their overarching specialized knowledge has been “violated”, their standing within their own specialized communities “demands” they take a stand, or they decided to reject the perceived issue out of hand as “being without merit”.  None of them seem to have caught the intense sense of importance of the actual subject to the speakers and the attendees.

Or, to put it simply, wielding a hatchet just because they have an audience to impress or a thinly veiled purpose that may be getting set for the future.  Or both.

Honor Your Oath.  It wasn’t about journalists worried about column inches, punctuation, and delicately chosen words and sentence structure; it is about keeping a promise.  It wasn’t about case law, or legal briefs, or court battles (even if from a former Supreme Court Justice);  it is about a man and the importance of his word.  It was not about bright lights, teleprompters, self-absorption, politics, or even the crowd; it is about judging a man and his bond.  It wasn’t about guns or self-defense or “Stand Your Ground” (although that’s all these three seemingly heard), it wasn’t about Right or Left; it is about answering the question “Do we trust this person when their actions do not match that Oath”?

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Notable Quote – Law Professors Daniel Farber and Philip Frickey

Ultimately, the health of the republic rested on civic virtue – that is, on the willingness of individuals to sacrifice private interests to the common good. This school of thought, which sought to revive the classical virtues of the Roman republic, has become known as republicanism…. The dark side of republicanism is its potentially totalitarian … Read more

Williams – Sonoma: the Dick’s Sporting Goods of the kitchen set?

Updated & Bumped: This is when you get caught being stupid.  From CNSNews:

Williams-Sonoma Releases Statement Apologizing for Pulling Pressure Cookers

“Pressure cookers are available at all our stores nationwide.

“In the days immediately following the tragic bombings in Boston a local decision was made to remove pressure cookers from the sales floor of the stores near where the bombing occurred. We apologize if we offended anyone by this action.”

Offended?  No, that’s not the word I would pick.  Cowardly?  Political Correctness junkies?  Just plain STOOPID in trying to put as much space as possible from even a HINT of being associated with the Boston Marathon Bombers.  I do wonder if this decision was from their Sr. Leadership (such that might exist) or from an avalanche of “dumbness” sent their way.

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Back in December, just after the tragedy of Sandy Hook, Dick’s Sporting Goods stopped selling AR-15s.  They screwed over customers and they screwed over their suppliers as they did not honor their contracts and did not honor transactions in process.  They didn’t care – their cowardly side showed over this particular style of modern sporting rifles.

But really, this??  From Big Government (emphasis mine):

Williams-Sonoma pressure cookerWilliams-Sonoma Pulls Pressure Cookers

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The Manhunt Evolves at Least One on Guns

Credit: msnbcmedia.mns.com

Growing up, Paula was afraid of guns and never wanted one in her home.

She recounts when an abstract belief reified itself; when the safety projected by modernity dissipated and revealed itself to be illusory.

Protection was always one phone call away, she didn’t expect that to change.

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Municipalities and martial law

“Of the many uncomfortable truths emerging from last week’s bombing and subsequent manhunt—including the fact that American cities are still vulnerable to Islamic terrorism—one of the most troubling but least talked-about is the fact that martial law may now become part of the municipal playbook.” Lockdown.  

Farmington New Hampshire Democrats…About That Hate Group Thing…

The Farmington New Hampshire Democrat Committee web page includes a post titled “Southern Poverty Law Center Report Finds ‘Patriot’ Groups Surge As Anti-Obama Fervor Grows.”  There is an image with a link to a HuffPo post written by Janelle Ross which quotes the the Southern Poverty Law Center, and concludes that…

The number of anti-government “patriot” groups, including paramilitary hate organizations, reached an all-time high in 2012, fanned by President Barack Obama’s reelection and talk of gun control following the Newtown, Conn., elementary school massacre, according to a report issued Tuesday by the Southern Poverty Law Center. (SPLC)

They are all hate groups now.  Nice.

What I found most interesting about all of this is that if you search the Farmington New Hampshire Democrat website for any reference to pro-LGBT activist Floyd Lee Corkins, who–based solely on the SPLC’s designation of  the Family Research Council (FRC) as a ‘hate group’–went there with the intention of “killing as many people as possible.”

What?  That’s not hate-enough for you?

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Senator Kelly Ayotte takes a good stand!

KellyAyotteSittingWe all know that the Democrat party is a wholly-owned subsidiary of our socialist-in-chief, Obama. I mean, this guy hates people having the means to defend themselves. That’s why the Democrats are in such a frenzy to ban guns. Here’s an example of what’s coming from the Democrat “community organizer” network (paid for, no doubt, by our tax money):

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Stellllllaaaaaaaa!

Democrats are not (NOT)  suggesting that Democrat Dick Patten resign–he is accused of stalking and what amounts to sexual harassment.

“A city man has received a temporary stalking order against Rep. Dick Patten, D-Concord, after the man complained Patten allegedly tried to kiss him and was repeatedly calling and texting him, according to the Concord Monitor, which broke the story Tuesday.”

(The Democrats may have managed to spike that story about Dick in major media so it would not outshine the Tremblay remarks that they wanted to push.  No comment on that either.)

Democrats did not suggest that Rep Cynthia Chase resign when she said straight out that Democrats and the state government could use the power of the state to”…make the environment here so unwelcoming that some will choose not to come, and some may actually leave.”  The Castro brothers would have loved that.   And that was awfully embarrassing to New Hampshire.  Chase is still in office isn’t she?  Oh yea…here she is, a few weeks ago, doing the “peoples” work.

But they are trying to get Rep. Stella Tremblay to resign for simply remarking on Glenn Becks web site that the government is somehow involved in the goings-on with the Boston Marathon Bombing.

So Dick may be guilty of a crime.   Cynthia Chase is guilty of fomenting legislative tyranny.  Stella is guilty of exercising free speech and not trusting the government.   It’s a typical day in the hypocrats tyrannical, left-wing, homosexual bullying neighborhood.

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Now that’s funny….

Regarding a stalking order issued against Dick Patten, Democrat, State Representative, Concord City Councilor, Democrat Speaker of the House Norelli issued a statement yesterday afternoon. “Before casting judgment we should make every effort to obtain all the relevant facts,” she said.

What about the Fourth Amendment…

…and “unreasonable searches and seizures”? Was the behavior of the police during the Boston lockdown and search reasonable? Was it necessary for the police to scream at people, push them around, and manhandle entire families? What if a homeowners had said “you can’t come in unless you have a search warrant”? But this was an emergency, … Read more

“Citizens With Guns:” Better Trained Than Police? Really?

“Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.”   —George S. Patton

Pistol_ClassI was at the State Senate hearing yesterday on HB 135. I heard a great deal of testimony. Senator Carson asked people not to read their testimony, Zandra Rice-Hawkins, boringly read hers. Other such liberals gave us the same old boring crap.

Alton’s Police Chief Ryan Heath, speaking in favor of passage of HB 135, told the committee that the average person simply isn’t trained to make these on-the-spot decisions regarding use of deadly force. He asserted that Police have training in the handling of firearms, use of force and it is part of their jobs.  And Chief Heath is correct. there is nothing incorrect about his statement. In fact, I had become so used to hearing it.

Something happened at that very moment. I received a text message question from an individual organizing a “training”

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Did WMUR Spike A Story About A NH Democrat In ‘Hot Water?’

I was cruising my news-reader and came across this story from WMUR, News 9 Manchester NH.

2 NH Reps in Controversy

Not long after that, (within the same hour) only slightly later chronologically in the news feed, we see this content posted by WMUR…

State Rep criticized for bombing comments

When you try to link to the first story, about both a Republican and a Democrat in hot water…that story no longer exists.  It was spiked.  All we have left are Stella and the fingerprints from a story about some Democrat we can no longer find.

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A plug for Network for Educational Opportunity

Network for Educational Opportunity  (aka NEO)

Why shouldn’t be all about Freedom in Education – moving the Power from the teachers unions, school boards, and the Edu-Industrial Complex to the Parents?  Why does Education have to be location dependent – why can’t we make it truly child centered?  Here is the mission from NEO’s viewpoint:

“Scholarships from the Network for Educational Opportunity are building a bridge, for each child, from a bad situation to a better situation, from a school where a child is struggling, to a school where they have a chance to succeed.

Does the school system need reform? Absolutely. But a promise to work hard on reforming the school system won’t do anything for that child who’s struggling today. A NH Bridge Scholarship can help a child right now.

Thanks to a law passed by the New Hampshire legislature, businesses can receive a substantial tax credit 85% against BPT and/or BET for contributing to NH Bridge Scholarships from the Network for Educational Opportunity and help a child now.”

Their Vision and philosophy:

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