David Brooks – strong American values are leading to “incredibly backward-looking campaign”

David Brooks is “the conservative columnist” for the New York Time (“NYT”); the adjective “Conservative” would never be used as a modifier to his name here in NH – and am most assuredly positive that my sentiment would be replicated  with many others in other states.  But even as he opines as a New Yorker, he is Beltway Republican through and through.  In this column, he talks about how reporting on Prez campaigns has changed: used to hobnobbing with the candidates themselves, he now studies the people (you know, the ones that actually vote and to whom elections are not just an intellectual curiousity) that show up to the events to hear the candidates.  Given that the “Johnny on the spot” report was from South Carolina, he also spent a fair amount of time critiquing the candidate.

But this is emblematic of what is wrong with the Republican Establishment:

I was also struck, as in New Hampshire and Iowa, by the mood of this year’s rallies. Republican audiences this year want a restoration. America once had strong values, they believe, but we have gone astray. We’ve got to go back and rediscover what we had. Heads nod enthusiastically every time a candidate touches this theme.

I agree with the sentiment, but it makes for an incredibly backward-looking campaign. I sometimes wonder if the Republican Party has become the receding roar of white America as it pines for a way of life that will never return.

Oh, so right he is – that “icky stuff”, the stuff that speaks of the heart,Values, is just so retro! Er, no, he’s dead nuts on wrong.

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Data Point – Yeah, those Republicans have certainly slowed down spending, eh?

“What cannot go on, won’t” It shows that the Republican takeover in the House has not had a net downward trend – we still are spending too much as the deficit spending continues.  It also shows that Republicans have worked (effectively) alongside Democrats in never really slowing the rise of spending previous to 2010 either. … Read more

Dunbarton Gets a New Police Chief

“I decided that if the police couldn’t catch the gangsters, I’d create a fellow who could.” —Chester Gould The Town of Dunbarton welcomed the arrival of Daniel Sklut as its’ new Police Chief.  I wish him well, best of luck and success in his service to Dunbarton residents. Being a police chief in New Hampshire … Read more

Glen Reynolds (“Instapundit”) interviews Mark Levin on his new book: Ameritopia

“Author and radio host Mark Levin joins Glenn Reynolds to discuss the utopian dystopia. Levin wants to know why students are learning about utopian beliefs and not about great philosophers like John Locke? Do utopian visions depend invariably on a totalitarian government? Could Obama’s rainbow to paradise really deliver a tyrannical state? Find out.”   … Read more

Data Point – Public vs Private pension contribution ratios

And the Public Sector union still haven’t a clue why taxpayers (the Private Sector) is upset at the lack of “equity” for retirement plans?  All one has to do is look at the absolute difference in the ratios.  They always yammer about “fairness”, except it seems, when the fairness tilts way to their side… (H/T: … Read more

Phyllis Woods? Yeah, for sure.

From Distaso: WILL PHYLLIS RUN? Long-time Republican National Committeewoman Phyllis Woods told the state Republican Party executive committee on Monday night that she’ll decide within the next several days whether to run for a second full-term in the post. Keene businesswoman and former Cheshire County Republican Chair Juliana Bergeron announced during the weekend that she … Read more

2012 Presidential Primary – Intensity, Part III

I’ve previously had Parts I and II, but now that the field has narrowed, we’ve gone from graphs to a simple chart.  To be honest, I was very surprised at the results – a couple of thoughts:

  • Very surprised that Mitt & Santorum are the highest rated for intensity.  That said, if you click on I & II above, their intensity scores have actually dropped a tad, but still equal with each other.
  • Huntsman – Given that he’s out (but that this poll was done before he dropped) shows that his support was, well, pretty bad.  And this does not signal good things for Rick Perry with a similar score.
  • Newt – as the Gallup post points out as well, his was the biggest drop since the last time I had looked.

However, all reports agreed that Newt, hands down, was the large winner in this last debate, it will be rather interesting to see if that changes anything here.  And of course, the poll that will mean the most will be Saturday when South Carolina heads to the polls.

Nope, not going to make any predictions.  Sure, it seems Romney like Romney and Santorum are leading right now, but this is why the game is played.

Still, the gap shows that when people pick, they stick for for the top two (mostly) which means there’s a whole of people who may be straying from the others…

(H/T: Gallup )

 

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Liberals promote Government Not Liberty

To the Editor,

Leo Sandy’s December 11th letter in the Laconia Daily Sun shows how  commonly understood terms can be used to mislead people.

While each form of government has a unique aspects, the key issue is  government‘s authority over people.  At one end of a spectrum are governments which have absolute control over citizens, where, in practice, people have no rights (despite perhaps a showpiece Constitution).  If you are arrested and executed or your property taken without a real trial, it doesn’t matter if the government calls itself a dictatorship, Kingdom, Socialist, Fascist, National Socialist (Nazi), Democracy, Republic, Communist, etc.

Would it  make any difference if you were being murdered by Hitler, along with about 10 million, or Stalin, with about 20 million, or Mao, with 80 million fellow citizens (or Che or Fidel who killed thousands)?  Each murderer claiming it was for “the good of the people“.

At the other end of the spectrum is no government, anarchy, where people have total freedom.  Anarchy never lasts long, strongmen normally take total control over people.  (Our Constitution defines a government intended to ensure each person’s freedom except when it infringes on another’s freedom and leaving ultimate control of government in the hands of the people not government officials.)

Whether you want to put Fascism on the left or right of the spectrum, it sits with other dictatorships, Communist, Socialist, Nazi, (traditional) Kingdoms, etc., and these forms of government are opposed by all American  Conservatives, “right wingers”.

The American supporters and admirers of Socialist and Communist governments are liberals.  They will quibble over definitions, ownership of the means of production, etc.,  but from the standpoint of average citizen’s rights versus the government, there is no meaningful difference between Communism and Fascism.

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Even to a Mushroom, Facts Are Stubborn Things

I encountered a Tweet-Hole yesterday.  Some liberal mushroom thought they had something to add to the vote fraud debate and sent me this.

what about vote fraud in Iowa

The link takes you to a Media Matters article in which the author loosely speculates about close races and claims of voter fraud.  We are apparently meant to assume that fraud has occurred because the race is close.  Media Matters, the Soros funded left wing mouth piece of the Democrat party, is simply trying to create conflict between factions to cause division.  Sasha2000 seems to think that this non-issue in Iowa is the same thing as New Hampshire poll workers, caught on video, giving ballots to whomever walks up to the table and provides a name that happens to be on the checklist.

More likely sasha “the mushroom” 2000 has only heard the left wing spin on the video.  What follows is both predictable and priceless.

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Perry Drops Out

Not sure I need to say much more, but when has that ever stopped me? Perry had a huge advantage but squandered it by being too casual about the public debate personae.  The end result was the crash and burn of an otherwise competent conservative with far fewer negatives than the rest of the field … Read more

Data Point – Prime spenders to decrease….

“…pointed us to this worrying trend.  The alarm is being sound by Harry Dent, who notes that the demographic of those in their peak spending years (age 46 to 50) has been on the decline since 2009. Based on Census data, this trend should continue until 2022.  This is is bad news when you consider … Read more

They call it Cramming Costs Down, I Call it Returning Local Control (and Local Responsibility)

We sent a Republican super-majority to the New Hampshire State House to deal with the profligate spending and incompetent accounting of the Democrats.   We can all disagree on the specifics of the outcome but one fact is clear–they did what we sent them there to do.  State government is no longer growing in excess of our ability to pay for it.   Spending is in line with revenues.  Real cuts have been enacted to state government.    No more Left wing lead Midnight tax and fee jamborees, searching the Granite couch cushions for new revenues to replace the “missing” ones.  Frugality is more the order of the day.  Without Democrats at the levers, the oppressive power of the purse has stopped accumulating in the State Capitol.

And if you had not noticed, the progressives in both parties are very unhappy about that.

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Democrats And Voter Fraud

“Voter Fraud is an accepted way of winning elections here…”—Unnamed Democratic Election Worker “This is an ongoing scheme and it occurs on both sides of the aisle…What appears as a huge conspiracy to non-political persons is really a normal political tactic.” — Democratic City Councilor Anthony Defiglio to NY State Police. http://youtu.be/Mc51hyhp33o Glad there’s no voter … Read more

Ray Buckley’s Punchlines on Voter ID

This morning’s Union Leader features State Democratic Chairman Raymond Buckley calling for “bipartisan support” for prosecuting those who used the names of dead Granite Staters to receive ballots during the presidential primary.

Not at all surprising. In fact, many have wondered how long it would be before we heard from “Buckles the Clown” regarding the ongoing saga of Democratic advocacy of Vote Fraud in the Granite State.  Just another punchline from “Buckles.” Seriously. When has Raybo ever done anything for a higher bipartisan purpose?

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Heritage Action Score Card – New Hampshire

The Heritage Foundation, a cool place Conservatives love, has a legislative scorecard that they update regularly.  So I figured I’d scoot over and take a look.  I admit I was disappointing by the results.   NH NH Sen. Kelly Ayotte R 80% NH 1 Rep. Frank Guinta R 73% NH 2 Rep. Charles Bass R … Read more

Remember When The Tea Party Threw Smoke Bombs At the White House?

From Jonah Goldberg yesterday, over at NRO’s The Corner. Remember When The Tea Party Threw Smoke Bombs At the White House?  Neither do I. The Secret Service was responding Tuesday night to an escalating protest that may have involved one or more smoke bombs being thrown over the White House fence. I know Suckley and … Read more

And sometimes, Voter Fraud is committed not by voters but by Govt: Bedford School Board Lump at the Dump

Project Veritas showed the “seams” of the voting system here in NH could easily lead to Voter Fraud – and bloody hell broke out from the entrenched Political Class that for years sternly told us time after time after time that such a thing could not or would not happen (as if we were mere children sitting behind our wooden desks being given our lessons).

Well, that was for voters, but what about the flip side – those running the voting?

So, who is this guy and what is he trying to accomplish?  The answer is that this is the Bedford School District Clerk, 11/1/2003, who set up a polling place at the dump to give out absentee ballots to “enhance” the vote on a school bond.  Why the outpost at the dump?  In order to get the “privilege” of spending other peoples’ money, they needed > 50% of the voters to turn out to a special meeting so he was letting people “vote” at the dump.  He has a checklist on the table in front of him.

The AG “investigated” and said it was “highly irregular but not unlawful.”  Irregular, eh?  It violated multiple state statutes:

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Wrong About RINOs

“I don’t make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.” —Will Rogers

Representative Julie "The Mad Hatter" Brown, Strafford, District 1 RINO of the Year

When I began doing the RINO Report, I had opined initially that RINO’s don’t really care about my musings on whether or not he or she is a RINO. I was wrong about that. I am finding out that RINO’s do care. Fact is, I am finding out that some I have labelled as RINO’s are actually…well, quite thin skinned.

The true test of how well-read the blog has been, is evidenced by the number of people who stop on  by to call me a MORON.  Such viscera is good for the inner constitution.  And, Despite being negative, it’s still feedback.  When I get such feedback I am reminded of 28 years ago…back to the year, 1983, when I was a recruit at Third Battalion H Company at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island. As the Senior Drill instructor

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The RLCNH Report: STOP OBAMACARE edition

Top action item this week on the RLCNH Report is to stop Obamacare implementation here in New Hampshire: ACTION ALERT! STOP OBAMACARE NOW! One main feature of Obamacare is the requirement that each state setup health exchanges. These exchanges are the meat and potatoes of Obamacare—and it includes a total takeover of the health insurance market by … Read more

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