NPR is dodging bullets at a time when it was already facing an uphill battle to justify continued taxpayer funding. So having an executive expose the network culture on hidden video is the last thing they needed.
Gilford, NH School Board Chair DEFIANT in face of Gilford vote?
Yep. That’s the title. The quote? "The law is very clear," said Webber. "The School Board makes the decision on how the schools will be run. We are not going to change our position." Ah yes, just like the present administration in DC who has, thus far, continued to steer a course of "voter will … Read more
Time for the GOP to go bare-knuckles? Uh…long overdue.
Is there a lesson here for the GOP super-majority in New Hampshire? Well yeah….
Yesterday the super-majority Republicans in the Wisconsin State Senate voted 18-1 to strip government employee unions of all collective bargaining rights. The unions now are essentially…not unions. For all intensive purposes, they have been outlawed. Good. The "Demorat" members of the Wisconsin Senate weren’t there to help their government union friends. They’re hiding somewhere in Illinois, denying the Republicans a quorum to conduct financial affairs. That’s why the vote was so lopsided: No Demorats present.
In the meantime, some say "It’s About Time." The GOP needs to man up and realize they’re in a war. A political and cultural war. They need to admit it, understand it, and act accordingly. Here’s a comment about the Wisconsin events from a RedState.com member:
Union Thuggery -Coming Soon To A State House near You.
I was just thinking back to all the loose talk from the left about ending the gun ban in the New Hampshire State House. How they imagined someone just unloading over testimony supporting same sex marriage–to use one example–kids getting cut down in the cross-fire. And how they fell over themselves trying to scare parents into keeping their children from ever visiting the place because it was now just too dangerous.
Then I look at the way the union run leftists in Wisconsin are acting. How they are storming the state house, climbing in through windows, and forcing people to flee for fear of their well being. These pro-union forces are pushing against state troopers trying to get past them. Maybe being let in by union cops. Just because they demand the ability to collectively bargain for benefits (not wages–they still have that privilege as far as I know.)
What is perhaps more instructive is that the left in New Hampshire supports them. I’d bet money you will not hear a peep in opposition to any of this from the state leadership of the democrat party. Nothing about State Senators running away like spoiled children. Nothing about the hate speech, the Hitler signs, the threats or the aggressive mob tactics and intimidation. They support that–and by their own rules support it through their silence.
So what of it?
Ruger Introduces New Pistol In Honor Of Obama
Ruger is coming out with a new pistol in honor of Obama.
NPR Video Sting 2.0
James O’Keefe has released a second video on NPR. In this latest installment NPR exec Betsy Liley discusses with someone she believes is with the Muslim Brotherhood front group, how he might best hide a 5 million dollar donation to NPR from the federal government.
Dear New Hampshire Democrat Party…
Given you gentle spleens when it comes to matters of incivility, we on the right would like you to comment on this email, sent by pro union left wing forces, to elected Republican legislators in Wisconsin.
“My toilets don’t work in my house and I blame you…”
US Senator Rand Paul continues to blaze an exciting yet "down to earth" path in that so-called "august" body. Here, during an Energy Committee hearing on consumer choice, he hoists an Obama Administration apparatchik on her own "pro choice" petard: "You restrict my purchases. You don’t care about MY choices… You don’t … Read more
Unions – about power. Yeah, that sums it up….
Own the politicians, own the power. Own the power, own the money. Spend the money on politicians. Watch that loop cycle over and over again. After all, it is your tax dollars that allow this nonsense to continue over and over and over again. (H/T: RedState)
The Triumph of the Political/Government/Ruling classes
This from Townhall.com, by Ben Shapiro: What happens when more of us work for the government — or receive paychecks from the government without work — than those of us who work in the private sector? We’re soon going to find out….The coming economic storm will be cataclysmic in its effects. Governments may topple. The … Read more
Drop Out Rate Result of Changing Methodology
The headline reads Dropout rates below 1%. Eight paragraphs into the love fest we find out what (pat on the back) I was just complaining about a few weeks ago.
Breaking News – WI Senate Votes to strip Collective Bargaining Rights without Dems
On Wednesday night, Republican senators convened and removed fiscal items from the bill so that they could vote on other issues, including the collective bargaining rights of public employee unions. The vote to pass the remaining bill was 18-1.
Socialized Medicine – here’s one take on it
Paul Hsieh is the owner of GeekPress that I visit on a regular basis – mostly short pointers to science / geeky tidbits of stuff and have posted some of the stuff he has found here. He is also a practicing doctor and has been writing, as of late, on the ills of socialized medicine. … Read more
It is (again!) time to get serious about energy
With gasoline prices rapidly climbing back to the $4.00 a gallon level, it is time to once again plead with our representatives in Washington to show the much needed leadership on the issue of energy policy. In the just completed election cycle, there was far too little attention paid to this critical economic and national security issue. As recent events have shown, we have left our economy hostage to the old boom bust cycle of the petroleum markets. At the same time, we have allowed ourselves to become hyper dependent on events in the Middle East and a number of other (usually highly unstable) underdeveloped countries around the world.
The cost and the risks of finding new oil are going up every day. We had a very dramatic display of this last year with the Deepwater Horizon Well in the Gulf of Mexico. That well, which caused at least $20 billion worth if damage, was in waters “only” one mile deep. Other rigs are currently drilling “ultra-deep water” wells that go several miles down. We are clearly having to take bigger and bigger risks to get to additional reserves and those risks will surely come back to haunt us, just as we are seeing today. It seems we have already forgotten the lessons of that terrible experience.
It is not that we do not have other options – we certainly…
Dr. Brennan Picks His Poison
Mid February 12-year-old Morgan Graveline had the front teeth knocked out of her head during school hours in the school cafeteria. Morgan’s mother Danielle Gauthier told the Union Leader neither medical assistance or the police were called. Gauther went on to tell the UL that no report was ever taken despite numerous calls to Police Headquarters and only after the story received media coverage.
The UL featured a follow-up story on Saturday, February 26 alleging that Morgan Graveline was the aggressor. Hassan Baruki, the father of 14-year-old, “tooth-knocker-outer, Abdi Karim Maalo, asserted his son to be a, “good boy” but added that his friend Ali is a “troublemaker.” Summarily, this becomes a, “She said-He said story. We need be less concerned about who said what to whom. A young girl received a concussion and the teeth knocked right out of her head. For all the preaching, policies and law changes, here is an example where nothing prevented this violence.
The UL’s Ted Seifer also included Danielle Gauthier’s brushes with the law and a bankruptcy filing in this story. What does that have to do with the price of eggs in China? Why? Does this inclusion effectively weight her “credibility?” Does Gauthier’s issues change any of the facts alleged here? In my view, the inclusion was a poor choice and reflected badly on Ted Seifer and the UL. But that is between Ted and his bosses at the UL. Enough said on that.
Is This The Hope And Change You Were Looking For?
So is this the hope and change you were waiting for?
Paul Hodes – Lobbyist?
The Concord Monitor is reporting that Paul Hodes has started a business consultancy. This will have him back and forth to Washington DC for the purpose of connecting northern New England to Washington DC; a lateral move from his role as congressman when he was trying to sign New Hampshire away to Washington DC.
GrokTALK! Special – Jim Babka for the Nullify Now!
Jim Babka is a writer, activist, and former radio talk-show host. He currently serves as president of the Downsize DC Foundation and DownsizeDC.org, which states as its mission: “We believe the federal government has grown too centralized, too intrusive, and too expensive. We believe in constitutional limits, smaller government, civil liberties, federalism, and low taxes. … Read more
Washington, DC: INSANITY REIGNS!
What are we going to have to do to stop these insane cretins who are running and ruining our country? These idiots are actually in charge! U.S. sets $223B deficit record…for ONE MONTH!
Common cause – Granite State Fair Tax Coalition with NEA and SEIU. Birds of a feather?
And when I talk about the Granite State Fair Tax Coalition (not to be confused with the Americans for Fair Taxation, commonly known as The FairTax, a group that wishes to get rid of the Federal income tax and the IRS and substitute a consumption / sales tax with a "prebate" in its stead). In fact, all protestations aside, the GSFTC does nothing BUT complain that NH’s property taxes are too high and its members / spokespeople are more than happy to give comparisons of NH’s ranking of property tax to other States (where NH ranks as one of the most highest). They are more than happy to point out that because "the rich" refuse to "buy big" with respect to property, their tribute to the State is less than what they would want from them on combined bended knees.
What they REFUSE to do, however, is to discuss OVERALL taxation rates and NH’s rankings with respect to a citizen’s TOTAL level of taxation – the lack of a sales tax, an income tax, and a whole host of other taxes that other States have – and NH ranks VERY well on the LOW taxation scale.
GSFTC won’t and can’t – as their secondary position also is clear; it is obvious that they believe that NH State Government is starved for income streams so as to be able to grow government and spend more. The reliance on property taxes at the local level prevents the State from having more. To me, that’s a feature and not a bug!
Now, up to now, it has been groups that I could consider to be genuinely concerned about the poor (even though they have tendencies that favor redistribution of other peoples’ money). However, they have now made common cause with:
- SEIU (state employee union)
- The NEA – the Teachers’ Union
as can be seen by this screen shot of the GSFTC page at the time of this posting: