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Mental Recrement 5-31-12 “Got Big Plans?”

September 26, 2018May 31, 2012 Steve MacDonald

Got Big Plans? The United States Senate Federal Credit Union would like to help you save for them. Even if they happen to be…um…large firm breasts. They don’t actually say that, but a recent mailer (focus of which accompanies this post to the left) suggests that the USSFCU (no connection to the actual US … Read more

GrokTV Special Interview: Andrew Hemingway, Chair, 4RG

September 26, 2018May 31, 2012 Skip

Andrew Hemingway has started a new PAC here in NH called 4RG. He takes a few minutes to talk with GraniteGrok about its mission (For a Republican Governor) and why the election of either of the two Left wing extremist Progressives, Jackie Cilley or Maggie Hassan, would be a disaster for constitutional governance and limited … Read more

Veto of HB 1549 by NH Gov. John Lynch – does anyone ever really proof this stuff?

September 26, 2018May 30, 2012 Skip

HB 1549’s official title is “AN ACT prohibiting the use of motor vehicle records for any federal identification database.”

There were three changes to RSA 260:14

III. Motor vehicle records may be made available pursuant to a court order or in response to a request from a state, a political subdivision of a state, the federal government, or a law enforcement agency for use in official business. The request shall be on a case-by-case basis. Any records received pursuant to this paragraph shall not be further transferred or otherwise made available to any other person or listed entity not authorized under this paragraph. No records made available under this section shall be used, directly or indirectly, for any federal identification database.

Changes the ID of a Federal form (I-151 to I-551) – NH has no control over this

Change United States Citizenship and Naturalization Service to United States Citizenship and Immigration Services – NH has no control over this

The latter is a simple change reflecting the name change that the Feds have done to themselves. The first is basically saying – we continue to no support the REAL ID program (which NH has never agreed to participate in). See for yourself – here is the entire bill:

AN ACT prohibiting the use of motor vehicle records for any federal identification database.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Motor Vehicle Records. Amend RSA 260:14, III to read as follows:

III. Motor vehicle records may be made available pursuant to a court order or in response to a request from a state, a political subdivision of a state, the federal government, or a law enforcement agency for use in official business. The request shall be on a case-by-case basis. Any records received pursuant to this paragraph shall not be further transferred or otherwise made available to any other person or listed entity not authorized under this paragraph. No records made available under this section shall be used, directly or indirectly, for any federal identification database.

2 Employment of Illegal Aliens Prohibited. Amend RSA 275-A:4-a to read as follows:

275-A:4-a Employment of Illegal Aliens Prohibited. No employer may employ an alien whom the employer knows is not a citizen of the United States and not in possession of Form [~~I-151~~] I-551, Alien Registration Receipt Card or any other document issued by the United States Citizenship and Immigration ~~[and Naturalization Service~~] Services or the Attorney General of the United States which authorizes him or her to work.

3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Gov Lynch (or his speechifiers), in his veto, decided that instead of supporting this narrow, limited prohibition in participating in REAL ID-by-another-name, they decided to drag in irrelevant issues in order to beclown Gov. Lynch (hey, he has a few short months – don’t waste that time crisis!):

Ask Jeanne Shaheen – Where’s The Oversight?

September 26, 2018May 30, 2012 Steve MacDonald

According to this video (from Obama Isn’t Working.com) Mr. Obama has blown through $16 billion ($16,000,000,000.00) on public equity green energy gambles that have cost jobs and lost our money, much of it to Big Obama donors, and cronies.

So here’s a question? New Hampshire Senator Jeanne Shaheen cut her teeth in her first Senate race by raging about taxpayer hand outs to big oil. These “Handout’s,” as it turns out, were actually incentives that reduced how much of those Oil companies legal profits would be taxed. Less taxes on the oil companies money, not handing them billions of our money. Most people don’t know the difference, they just see the spin.

So how does that compare to Mr. Obama and his Department of Energy giving direct grants and loans (of our money), totaling tens of billions, to companies that are all going bankrupt or out of business? (No Spin.) Does it make a difference that Senator Shaheen is a huge supporter of Green energy boondoggles, sits on the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, as well as three Energy Subcommittees on Energy, Public Lands and Forests, and Water and Power, who would presumably have some interest in how that money is being wasted?

Where is the legislative oversight Senator Shaheen? We are out 16 Billion (so far), and I can’t recall hearing a peep out of you about that.

Video on the Jump.

Venture Capitalism. Obama really wants to put up his record?

September 26, 2018May 30, 2012 Skip

Really? Does Obama truly believe that just because his outlook is a “government-centered”, that his version of venture capitalism using public tax money is better than private money? Sure does – he keeps spending more and more of it. Problem is, like many Progressives, he places more importance on the intent than the results:

(H/T: Hot Air )

It is rather amusing to watch the official Prez Press Flack Carney twisting behind the podium to explain this:

Piling on Jeanne Shaheen’s Greenie green suck

September 26, 2018May 30, 2012 Skip

And as Steve points out here (and mine), being Green means having LOTS of green – and just watching it swirl down the toilet (data points via The Enterprise Blog):

…candidate Obama promised to create 5 million green jobs, at the low, low cost of only $15 billion per year

Obama spent $90 billion of his stimulus package on green energy projects, including weatherization of buildings and development of electric vehicles. Yet, by the end of last year, just 16,100 people landed new jobs in the so-called green industry, Labor Department statistics show, far short of the 200,000 jobs the White House projected it would help create each year.

It is amazing to see just how badly the government can do at these things: 16,000 jobs out of 200,000 predicted is about 8%—a mere 92% underperformance rate.

Steve had this observation:

New Hampshire Senator Jeanne Shaheen cut her teeth in her first Senate race by raging about taxpayer hand outs to big oil

So, what does this do to her campaign strategy – Did Obama just skewer a rerun of her campaign issue against big oil again (NY Times):

Steve isn’t paranoid, I AM following him! This time, his Gendercide post – an update

September 26, 2018May 30, 2012 Skip

First, taxpayer funded Green (both definitions). This time, his post on Planned Parenthood getting caught AGAIN in their abortion-at-any-cost-any-condition. The update: the staffer has become the scapegoat.

This spokeswoman for Planned Parenthood Federation of America also told The Huffington Post that the organization condemns seeking abortions on the basis of gender, but its policy is to provide “high quality, confidential, nonjudgmental care to all who come into” its health centers. That means that no Planned Parenthood clinic will deny a woman an abortion based on her reasons for wanting one, except in those states that explicitly prohibit sex-selective abortions (Arizona, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Illinois).

Like I said – anywhere they can get away with it. SURE, they can “condemn” all they want, but their actions matter more than their words. That second sentence obviates the first – status quo – killing babies for any reason wanted unless prohibited by law (and like with voter fraud, until they get caught).

A Planned Parenthood spokeswoman told The Huffington Post on Tuesday the staffer in the video “did not follow our protocol” for dealing with “a highly unusual patient scenario.”

“Planned Parenthood insists on the highest quality patient care, and if we ever become aware of a staff member not meeting these high standards we take swift action,” she said in a written statement. “Within three days of this patient interaction, the staff member’s employment was ended and all staff members at this affiliate were immediately scheduled for retraining in managing unusual patient encounters. Today opponents of Planned Parenthood are promoting an edited video of that hoax patient encounter.”

The Hot Air post goes into fisking this, so go read it (re: “we got set up!”)

(H/T: Hot Air)

Oh, and a bonus Blogosphere Line of The Day:

The ‘Bain’ Of Green Boondoggles

September 26, 2018May 30, 2012 Steve MacDonald

Following Skip, who followed me, here is White House Propaganda Minister Jay Carney attempting to articulate the differences between private venture capitalism (Romney/Bain/private money/80% success) and Green Venture Corporatism (Obama/Cronyism/ Public money/ Billions lost for nothing). From Allahpundit c/o Hot Air For one thing, Bain evidently did due diligence on the companies it bought instead … Read more

Evil Energy Speculators

September 26, 2018May 30, 2012 Steve MacDonald

Thanks to commenter JackL for the reminder; that Jeanne “no oversight” Shaheen, Barack ‘Boondoggle’ FauxBama and the Democrats have always relied on the lie that rising energy prices were the result of “Evil Oil Speculators.”

Evil Speculators…speculators…

Isn’t what Mr. Obama, Secretary Chu, and Senate Energy Committee maven Greene Jeanne Shaheen have done, energy speculation? Aren’t they energy speculators? What else do you call investing tens of billions in the future value of green energy? It’s energy speculation.

Well how is that working out so far?

Gay Justice

September 26, 2018May 30, 2012 Steve MacDonald

Homosexuals filing lawsuits against businesses that do not wish to cater to them, Wedding photographers and Dating Services come immediately to mind, are now legend. But is turnabout fair play? Gay bars are banning Bachelorette parties. Looks like owners of gay bars are uncomfortable hosting parties of heterosexual bachelorette’s and their randy little penis paraphernalia … Read more

Governer Sununu Takes It To The Hole

September 26, 2018May 30, 2012 Steve MacDonald

Governor Sununu looks a bit too much like Mr. Magoo here, but he’s running on all cylinders. Why are you at CNN bringing up the birther debate when Governor Romney’s position is clear? Why don’t you care about what Bill Maher does or says as an Obama advocate? Why is CNN bringing up yesterdays left … Read more