Single young women: You can marry young if you want to! NOOO! Don’t do it!

This girl is baaaad! Believes in marriage! Run her out of town!
This girl is BAD! Believes in young marriage! Run her out of town!

(Well, Skip said I could write about anything that interests me. Sooo…here goes.)

Sheesh. My interest was piqued this morning when I ran across an article by young Julia Shaw in Slate. Published just two days ago, Ms. Shaw’s thesis for women in their 20’s is that “you don’t have to wait till you’re 30 or older to get married. If you find the right guy, it’s okay to get married young…even desirable!” (Hmmm and…uh oh.)

That’s interesting, I thought, not least because I’ve got a millennial-generation daughter myself. But whew! The article—entitled “I got married at 23. What are the rest of you waiting for?”—set off a virtual conflagration! I mean…

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Deceitful Claim: 97% of Climate Scientists Think Humans Contribute to Global Warming

97 percent- just dont lift the hat
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After I posted a quote from the Economist regarding flat temperatures over the past 15 years, one of the commenters on that post went all 97% on me.  What is that?  It is the years old, pre-programmed,  AWG/Media narrative response to any challenger (see ‘denier’) of the so-called settled science of human driven climate change.

But the number is based on a bad survey, poorly employed, and aggressively tweaked, based on a sliver of respondents, from only a few countries, who just happened to pick the correct answers, to achieve a desired outcome– much like the so-called science of Global Warming itself.  (Delete the emails, hide the decline, block opposing research!).

Having invoked the 97% fraud discussion was no longer going to be an option.

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I doubt you’ll see this on doubleyouemyouare:

“CO State Rep. Diana DeGette (D) “I will tell you these are ammunition, they’re bullets, so the people who have those now they’re going to shoot them, so if you ban them in the future, the number of these high capacity magazines is going to decrease dramatically over time because the bullets will have been … Read more

IDPA – yeah, we’re ditching Colorado too

Colorado has now put some of the nation’s most draconian guns laws into place thus far (yes, California and New York are right there with them, and soon joining them, Connecticut).  Magupul and a number of other firearms and accessory manufacturers have announced they, their payrolls, their spending, and their tax monies are leaving Colorado posthaste.  Both Grokster Steve and I posted that sportsmen of the hunting nature have started to cancel their money bringing trips in lieu of more gun friendly climes.

And it is not just the hunters any more as other shooting sports are showing “solidarity” (such a distastefully unionista / socialist word, that) with the hunters: from the International Defensive Pistol Association:

Rocky Mtn Regionals - IDPAGRAND JUNCTION, Colo. – Organizers of the Rocky Mountain Western States Regional IDPA Championship, initially scheduled to take place July 4-6 in Montrose, Colorado, have announced that the match is being canceled in the wake of Colorado’s recently passed gun control laws.

An estimated 300-plus shooters from the neighboring states and across the country were expected to attend the three-day competitive shooting event. This is the second shooting competition to abandon the state after a recent announcement by firearms maker Ruger that it was moving the 2013 Ruger Rimfire Challenge World Championship out of Colorado.

“With these new Colorado laws going into effect July 1, and based on the ambiguous way in which they were written, we have decided to cancel the Rocky Mountain Western States Regional IDPA Championship,” said event organizer Walt Proulx of Grand Junction.

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NH Constitution: Part 1, Article 28-A

NH Constitution:

[Art.] 28. [Taxes, by Whom Levied.] No subsidy, charge, tax, impost, or duty, shall be established, fixed, laid, or levied, under any pretext whatsoever, without the consent of the people, or their representatives in the legislature, or authority derived from that body.

November 28, 1984

During my second term as a Budget Committee, I started to ask a question of both the Town leaders and of the School Board: “how many programs is the State forcing us to do and for which they send no or not enough money?  Hey, why are we doing all these things for free?  Has anyone ever said “No” (or even bothered)?  Sadly, those that were elected had never even contemplated such a thing and when I pursued the question, no one could even answer the question.  Worse, when I started to dig in my heels on this, I got outvoted when I made a motion – nobody cared and the Selectmen and School Board did not want be bothered.  It was not worth their effort to say “look at the money we can save” and be willing to use the NH Constitution as a defensive shield (which is what this article is supposed to do to protect the taxpayers against predatory politicians).

Thus, I was somewhat cheered when I read this in the Laconia Daily Sun:

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Immigrant Do-gooders want others to care for those they bring – yeah, that’s responsible

From the Union Leader:

Ready or not, the refugees are coming

The state’s refugee resettlement program is expected to spread from Manchester to Nashua in the coming weeks, with 50 refugees headed toward the Gate City. Officials in both cities are expressing concern over the plans.

“I was talking about my concerns with the head of the International Institute, and the next communication I have from them is to say that they (the refugees) are coming, and we’ve found housing for them,” said Nashua Mayor Donnalee Lozeau. “I asked, ‘Where? When? Who’s coming? Are there any children?’ No one has any answers. The concerns I raised were real ones, and I feel like they weren’t addressed at all.”

The International Institute of New Hampshire (IINH) has been working for months to resettle another 200 refugees in Manchester, despite a sometimes frosty relationship with city officials. Mayor Ted Gatsas wrote a letter in 2011 to the U.S. State Department, which oversees the refugee program, faulting its “complete and utter lack of consideration for the local resettlement community.”

Actually, that headline should read:

Immigrant Do-gooders bring refugees to places where they are not

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First New Yorkers, and now those in Connecticut

Well, it looks like the Esteemed Leaders in Connecticut have decided that they can no longer trust law-abiding citizens with what are standard capacity magazines for modern sporting rifles (AR-15s):

Connecticut lawmakers announced a deal Monday on what they called some of the toughest gun laws in the country that were proposed after the December mass shooting in the state, including a ban on new high-capacity ammunition magazines like the ones used in the massacre that left 20 children and six educators dead.

The proposal also called for background checks for private gun sales and a new registry for existing magazines that carry 10 or more bullets, something of a compromise for parents of Newtown victims who had wanted an outright ban on them, while legislators had proposed grandfathering them into the law.

The package also creates what lawmakers said is the nation’s first statewide dangerous weapon offender registry, immediate universal background checks for all firearms sales and expansion of Connecticut’s assault weapons ban.

PMagReally, and how many gun owners are going to come in to register their magazines? How is law enforcement supposed to know how many mags someone really has? Are you, Connecticut politicians,  going to be like that Politician in Washington State that would have a Sheriff come and inspect gun owners’ homes unannounced and without warrants to ensure compliance with this infringement (“er, just here to see if you are storing your guns safely – because we don’t trust you to do it right”)?

How far this country has fallen when those that govern us:

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Tweet of the Day – really, FORTRAN?

It seems that there was a Tweet fight between singer Duncan Sheik (supposedly, a one hit wonder back in the 90s – I certainly can’t remember it) and Greg Gutfield (host of “The Five” and “Redeye” on Fox. Hey @TheDuncanSheik you’re the fortran of pop music.— GregGutfeld (@greggutfeld) March 31, 2013 Zing! FORTRAN? Back in … Read more

“D” stands for “downshifting”

“The choice is not between the governor’s budget and a better plan,” said Scott McGilvray, NEA New Hampshire’s president. “The choice is between Gov. Hassan’s budget, and one that slashes funding to our university system and shifts costs to already overburdened taxpayers ….” Easy for Mr. McGilvray to say as, according to GuideStar.org, NEA’s past … Read more

Is the NH Economy So Good That We Can Afford To Grow State Government by 16%?

NH Democrats cram 16% increases in budget down taxpayers throats

I know what you were thinking while you were paying almost four dollars a gallon for gas, or looking at your utility or cable bill, or thinking about how much more it costs to do the grocery shopping these days.  You were thinking, “Hey, times are so good, lets grow the size of the state government by 16%!”

You must have said that because someone in Concord seems to think they heard you say it.

What?  You weren’t thinking that?  Well you’d best get in touch with your legislator and tell them because the Democrat majority House is preparing to vote on a budget that will make your state government cost you 16% more.

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Portsmouth NH Lawyer Says “Let’s Socialize The Gun Industry”

obamadunce -Democrat says nationalize guns
Image credit: Sodahead

Terrie Harman, Democrat, a New Castle resident and  lawyer in Portsmouth, has an opinion letter published at Seacoast online today that is quite a winner.

Let’s nationalize the gun and ammunition industries. Those industries look for bottom-line profits. So, of course, they will advocate for sales of guns to teachers, to janitors, to cafeteria workers, to students, to anyone. A gun sold is a dollar made.

Imagine that.   A Democrat who is a lawyer wanting to socialize the gun industry.

Harman’s reason?  Our children are dead.  So the industry has to be nationalized cuz that’ll fix er.  Really?

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Small Government best protects the Peoples’ Liberties

I was happy to see, in his letter of March 26th (http://issuu.com/dailysun/docs/lds3-26-13), that Johan Andersen agrees with the historic and current conservative position that humans can be evil and corruptible.  I wonder if he understands the implications of his position.

Our Founding Fathers struggled to create a government that protected peoples’ liberties.  Their focus wasn’t with evil people who slander, beat, rob, rape, and murder.  Knowing that power corrupts even well-intentioned people,  the Founding Fathers’ objective was to protect the liberties of the people from evil/corruptible people who control government power.

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Carol Shea-RUNAWAY!

Rep-Carol-Shea-Porter - I missed voting with Pelosi 100% by this much
I came this close to having to answer a question no one had given me the answer to

Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter continues to endear herself to her constituents by running away from questions she has not been taught how to answer.  Today’s example comes from Citizens for a Strong New Hampshire…

(Manchester – April 2, 2013)  Yesterday afternoon at a local senior center, Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter (NH-01) repeatedly avoided questions on two important issues that, if implemented, would severely impact Granite Staters. 

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A “be careful for what you legislate” moment…

Sheriff Badge - El Paso…being brought to you by people who hate the idea that there are some in those that actually put the Constitution first.  The first set of folks are those that are trying to put more gun control legislation into place.  The latter set of folks are those that are saying that they will not enforce laws they feel are unConstitutional.  The most vocal of these are County Sherrifs who have made it quite clear that they will defend the Rights of their Citizens (Groksters Rick, Tim, Steve, Tom, Don, and Mike have chipped in on this here, here, here, here, here, here and here).  The Political Class is getting frustrated that more gun controls have not been put into law fast enough.  They are apoplectic that where they have been, as in Colorado and New York, they are getting massive pushback (“c’mon, what’s with the Sheeple!”) – King Obama just can’t issue a proclamation, the Legislative process can’t roll fast enough, formerly friendly poll results are starting to crash, and then there’s that pesky thing called the Constitution and those pesky people that keep reciting it in Congress (i.e., Cruz, Lee, and Paul),  and back to these durned Sheriffs that won’t do as we tell them.   They refuse to follow the law. The White House has said, via Press Flack Jay Carney (and got a response):

“I think as a general proposition we think that people ought to follow the law,” Carney told CNSNews.com. “As an absolute matter of fact in my view, and I think many other constitutional experts, there’s not a single measure in this package of proposals the president has put forward that in anyway violates the Constitution. In fact, they reflect the president’s commitment to our Second Amendment rights.”

(Yeah, this from the guy whose boss’s Administration conducted Fast & Furious (the illegal gun running operation into Mexico) and Obama illegally making appointments that should have gone through Senate approval – simply the EPITOME of legal behavior, eh?).  So, what’s the other shoe to drop?

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Will Al Gore Have To Cancel His Subscription Now?

The Economist is a highly regarded global news source, though with admittedly left leaning tendencies.  Its archives provide a global and international perspective on events here in America going back to before the American Civil War.  And until recently it has been a proud sponsor of the intellectual argument for Climate change, formerly known as global warming.  But their sensibility (at least on this issue) may have finally caught up with them.

OVER the past 15 years air temperatures at the Earth’s surface have been flat while greenhouse-gas emissions have continued to soar. The world added roughly 100 billion tonnes of carbon to the atmosphere between 2000 and 2010. That is about a quarter of all the CO2 put there by humanity since 1750. And yet, as James Hansen, the head of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, observes, “the five-year mean global temperature has been flat for a decade.”

If the weather man says it is “raining” but no one bothers to look out a window….? So somebody looked out a “window” then, did they?

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Be on the Lookout. It Might Be Coming for You….

Will it creep up on you like a Democrat looking for new taxes in the night…or barrel toward you like a Mack truck, air horns blaring! Whichever it is, it is coming soon to a podcast near you.   Only we know for sure when, but soon — you’ll know too.

Governor Maggie Hassan Nominates Joseph Foster for N.H. Attorney General

Joseph Foster nominated for NH AG
Image Credit – New Hampshire Union Leader

I guess the good news is that Governor Hassan did not nominate gambling Lobbyist Lucy Hodder.  Instead, the Union Leader reports today that Joseph Foster is her pick for NH Attorney General.

Foster is a former NH House rep 1994-1998, former State Senator from 2002 to 2008  (D- Nashua), in the employ of McLane law in Portsmouth.  (I’ve never heard of him so I have culled a few things from the Internet– but feel free to add anything in comments we should know or explore moving forward.)

Here is a quick overview of his personal details and professional experience, and here is a link to his large dollar political donation history.

The only details we have of his political preferences, short of digging through his legislative voting record, are his Liberty Ratings from 2006 to 2008 and a Project Vote Smart political survey completed in 2004.

State Senator Joseph Foster’s Liberty ratings…2006 D+, 2007 D, 2008 – Constitutional threat. (Well, isn’t that promising?)  Oh, and it does look like Foster has experience as a lobbyist, I’m just not sure representing whom exactly.

The complete Project Vote Survey is on the jump.

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Quote of the day – PJ O’Rourke

“At the core of liberalism is the spoiled child – miserable, as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied, demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic and useless. Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats.” H/T Jagged Rose

Confessions of an Unrepentant Realist – Part 2

Credit: anomalousmaterial.com

…continued from Part 1

It is the crowd that is asleep.  The crowd that is in denial.

Some in the crowd are unpersuadable.  These are the Jacobins and 21st century Robespierre’s supporting their varietal “Committee for Public Safety”.  They are already lost.  They’ll only come round as Robespierre finally did when he caught the blade’s gleam as it raced towards his neck.

But there are others in the crowd.  Others that would be receptive to corrective action if they understood the dire reality we all face.  But they’re steeped in apathy, indifference, or self absorption.  It is these people in the crowd that need to be awakened and sobered.

And it can be done.

I have seen glimpses of the rheumy eyed clear white.  

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