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Take your choice! Here’s a nice little explanatory essay by state Representative (and Free Stater) Andrew Manuse, entitled “We’re All Free Staters Now!”:
Sidenote: Still have power but Internet is REALLY, REALLY slow (lots of flickering but still have power – have not turned on the generator). But blogging? Measure response time in geological timeframes. Heh! Obama said “This was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow” during his campaign back in 2008. Blogline … Read more
Much worse in other states, to be sure. But with 1.3 million people in the state, almost a quarter million customers are out of power. Including many of the Groksters, so consider this your “blogging will be light today” notice. Just from PSNH, a map of their outages: Pray for the folks in along the … Read more
A Harley biker rode by the zoo in Washington, DC and saw a little girl leaning into the lion’s cage. Suddenly, the lion grabbed her by her jacket and tried to pull her inside as her parents screamed. The biker jumped off his Harley, ran to the cage and punched the lion on his sensitive nose. Whimpering from pain the lion let go of the girl. The biker took the girl back to her terrified parents. A reporter saw the whole thing and says to the biker, “This was the bravest thing I’ve seen in my life. I’m a journalist, and tomorrow’s paper will have this story on the front page. What do you do for a living and what’s your political party?” The biker replies “I’m a U.S. Marine and a Republican.” The next day’s Washington Post headline:
There’s LOTS of folks doing polls this year. I know this personally as every day I am getting between 2 and 8 calls / day wanting to know what I think (silly people, asking this ordinary schlub from Central New Hampsha, as if it mattered – heh!). Of all the polls, I generally trust Rassmussen the most as they consistently ask likely voters versus just adults or registered voters. Likely voters are the important ones, as they, of the three groups, will actually get into the car, drive to the polls, and actually cast their opinions to be tallied – remember, our voting percentages are nothing to raise a “Huzzah!” about in the vast majority of elections. So getting those that do so give more accurate results. Not only that, the others often end up with likely voters in their “election season ending” polls but use the other groups earlier on (it’s cheaper). Thus that is why you start seeing all of the polls start to congregate around the same numbers a week or two before the election – like we are doing now.
So, here in NH, what does Rasmussen say about the top races?
Disclosure – I got called for this poll. Also, I notice that Rasmussen also has 1% choosing another candidate. Given the large number of Libertarians and rabid Ron Paul supporters in NH, I have consistently raised an eyebrow as to this low number (which has varies 1 – 5%). That said, it’s a toss up. I have not “gotten out” this season like I have in the recent past (for a number of personal reason), so I’m not so sure that I have a handle on this one. Certainly the Margin of Error for both says “Toss Up!”. Certainly the absolute blizzard of political ads by both sides has injected name recognition into peoples minds (conscious or not) so I don’t think that this will be THE factor.
(H/T: Instapundit)
Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you. – Pericles (430 B.C.)
Doing the political blogging since 2005, I’ve had the opportunity to meet a lot of the folks that go to Concord that make decisions that affect you and your family. In that time, as well, I have become interested in the shooting sports. as well as the importance of my Constitutional Rights and the values with which the Founders originally crafted as the our basis of our Laws. Well, every location seems to want to toy with the Second Amendment – ranging from those in Chicago and D.C. (which effectively ruled out the ownership of guns by the ordinary person) to that of Vermont (wanna conceal carry? Make your day and do so – no govt interference needed).
Now, I’m not a member of the NRA – I have a problem with them only speaking up and wielding their Big Political Stick when THEIR right is threatened but rather silent when any of the other Rights come under attack from Progressives, Socialists, Liberals, and Democrats that wish for Big Government to become more controlling (and thus, making individual citizens smaller). However, they did survey the folks running for the NH House as to their feelings about the Second and gun rights in general. So, I went through the list and pulled out the folks that I happen to have struck up friendships. it turned out to be a long list, but let me start with a Grokster with a great NRA grade:
So, if you live in Warner or Webster, we at GraniteGrok ask that you please vote for Susan Olsen (R, NH House Merrimack District 7)! And we do so for the rest of the folks in the following list:
I am still without power so content from me will be thin at best until further notice. But that doesn’t mean I can’t try to start a row with 16 seconds of video. Yes, It’s that simple. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enC0eFJgmpA&feature=player_embedded Hot Air
This story from Politco paints a picture of preparedness from the experts in the White House. Want an update about the Hurricane, just check the internet…
When President Barack Obama urged Americans under siege from Hurricane Sandy to stay inside and keep watch on ready.gov for the latest, he left out something pretty important — where to turn if the electricity goes out.
There’s more…
As Steve said, READY.gov is only good as long as you can reach the ‘Net. However, if that isn’t possible, rots of ruck. However, the Private Sector (which can react far faster and more efficiently than the lumbering mechanisms of govt) has an answer and you’ll be hearing more about this in a series of … Read more
We already lost power at my house. Not surprising. Anyone want to start guessing how long it will take to get it back? Update from Skip: 1/2 hour ago, PSNH reported about 10,100 customers out. Just now, 20,100. Guess what just arrived!
New Facebook page alert. There is now a page called MOM’s Against Maggie Hassan. Why? Maggie is against mom’s, that’s why. Don’t beleive me, check out her voing record. Maggie thinks the abortion lobby is more important than mom’s knowing if their underage daughters are seeking those services. Maggie objects to homeschooloing, k-12 scholarships, or … Read more
The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works — whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified.”
– President Barack Obama, Inauguration, 1/20/09
In this case, Ronaldus Magnus’s words, with Hurricane Sandy about to make landfall, come to mind: “Government is not the solution to our problem, it IS the problem”. He was talking about the Jimmy Carter “malaise” that permeated the American psyche at the time – I’m only talking about gas. No, not the drilling, the refining part – more of the “how do they expect me to transfer gas with this stupid EPA Mandated gas container spout??? This is ‘helping’??” Now, what are most people thinking about doing with gas containers right now? Well, yesterday I saw a lot of folks leaf blowing and cutting their lawns – with gas power blowers and tractors. My intent, however was different – having bought some new containers a bit ago and filled them up, it was time to top off the new 4X4 and get the new generator ready and then fill them back up again. That part was fine – just take off the spouts and fill them up.
Sidenote: sigh….I just turned the age where the pharmacy no longer puts the “kid-safe” tops on my med bottles. Nice to see that the EPA decided that we’re never too old, and never responsible enough, to be able to take the cover off of a commonly used liquid container in an easy fashion – they don’t trust us!
Life used to be easier, years ago. If you needed to keep some gas on hand for the lawnmower, the leaf blower, the tractor, ( generator!!) and other misc. small gas engine powered implements, you used one of these. Simple design – when not in use, the spout is kept inside. Go to use it, reverse it AND undo the “air hole” at the back so that the gas doesn’t do the “chug-lug” that makes it hard to pour that stuff out be eliminating the partial vacuum that happens. Then the EPA decided that they just HAD to “improve” our lives in the name of our safety and to “protect the environment”. And this ended up being the result:
You can tell when the Dems are either at the top of their form or are scared out of the wits. With either extreme, they go back to the old trick in their book – roll out “the kids”. Now, the Adults in the Room (pretty much, Conservatives and Libertarians) are pretty much disgusted with this, but the Dems keep thinking that this is smart politics – playing on Society’s and parents’ emotions. If “Forward!”doesn’t get to you …”It’s for the kids” should. After all, they are our future (and paying for our Social Security checks and checking us into our final nursing homes, right?) as if that is supposed to cover all ills – and ideologies. Sure, we want to protect our kids and provide for them, but for Dems, they often are just mere political props.
Sidenote: “FORWARD!” – The new Obama campaign “phrase” updated with “!” as if that is supposed to make it more imperative to vote for Obamessiah. You know what it makes me think of immediately?
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Ever wonder where all our stuff comes from? Probably not, if you’re blind to reality and totally ignorant about economics. The truefeminist.com video below is exceedingly clear and instructive. That is to say, you don’t have to be a statist idiot to be a feminist. The narrator, Sam Sorbo, is the wife of the former Hercules star, … Read more
Selwyn Duke at American Thinker gives us more evidence that Mr. Obama is a liar of first resort. That politics and preservation, the accumulation of power come before all else. The most recent example is Benghazi and Duke visits that point, but here’s the bit that caught my attention.
Appearing before a mostly black audience and speaking Ebonics-style (despite never having lived in a black community), Obama accused the federal government of showing cruel indifference to the primarily black victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Here’s Ann Coulter, starting with a defense of New Hampshire’s own John Sununu. We already knew it—she’s damned good—but it’s well worth repeating…and well worth watching.
Obama, Biden, and Democrats in general continue to lie about sequestration–it was the Obama Administrations idea, sold to Harry Reid, pushed by the media, with the standard the world will end if we don’t do something from the same people who refuse to pass a budget that would make all of this unnecessary.
Up until now, all the chatter has been about what ti could, would, or would not do to the us military, but according to Joel Pollak at Breitbart, the cuts, detailed on pages 94 through 96 of the White House’s sequestration proposal, dig deep into FEMA and state and local emergency programs.
The White House sequestration proposal also warns: “The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s ability to respond to incidents of terrorism and other catastrophic events would be undermined.”
When your well being plays no role. At all. No Benghazi-Gate here. (H/T: RedState) Update from Ace of Spades HQ comment: “Think of this the next time we see a photo of Obama with his feet on the desk in the Oval office.”
….if you can look at THIS SET OF PICTURES on the Internet, and not laugh out loud. That’s right. I said “out loud.” Go on. Look at ’em. Then tell me. Here’s an example: