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Thanks to Fairmind over at Red Hampshire we have this story. A regular contributor at Boo Hoo Hamster posted what amounted to a death threat against Speaker Bill O’Brien. “I was just in Cahncid driving down Main St. and my car tried to speed up when I saw Speaker O’Lien in the crosswalk…thank God my … Read more
The UNH College Republicans are going to be attending the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in February. We were very active in helping campaigns this past fall, and CPAC helps energize Our group has been fundraising and we are almost to our goal. With your help, this trip will be a success. Donations can be … Read more
In an interview with Think Progress, New Hampshire Congressman Frank Guinta states that he will not be taking the Health Care portion of the benefits package afforded to members of Congress. Snippet taken mid-interview. TP2: He’s referring to the Federal Employees Benefits Plan that all members receive. GUINTA: Well, I think there’s a difference between … Read more
The democrats are probably already crying like a toddler who just lost their balloon. (Ironic that they wont have to pay a fine.) But we should look at this seriously and in a context that the progressives understand.
Reading the Constitution to progressives on the floor of the US House is like a priest reading from the bible at an exorcism. They scream out and writhe, swear, insult, spew hatred, and do everything in their power to intimidate you before you can get to the end. They started screaming days ago, actually.
There’s a little bit of a story behnd the NH GOP bumper sticker introduced in the GraniteGrok posting below. The design was originally going to be "New Hampshire" on the top line, with "New Republican" on the bottom line. But some people whom I respect greatly were a little bit chary about whether the words "New Republican" could be misconstrued. Here’s some of what passed between us….
In a front page story from the Wednesday Union Leader the group AIDS Services for the Monadnock Region has run into trouble. After a presentation at a local High School they offered ‘safe sex kits’ to students. The distribution approved by the school’s administration stopped after learning that flavored lubricant and candy were included with the condoms that are—dare I say traditionally?—handed out. Neither parents nor administrators were pleased by the message that “flavored lubricant” sends to 14-year olds.
The money shot, I’m sorry quote, comes from Monadnock School Board member Bruce Barlow.
“You can’t hand something like that to a 14-year-old boy and expect him to respond to it as an adult would.”
Seventy-thousand years of human history passed us by and somehow we missed this until now?
As for “bringing the party together,” it is not a notion in a vacuum nor desirable if the product moves us in the wrong direction. Unity, more often than not, is the product of a force of nature whose clarity about the goal or mission is so clear that people gather round to listen and then feel compelled to act. Julianna Bergeron may be faithful and competent from the perspective of a party insider, but so is a good accountant. That does not make them capable of leading and inspiring a movement.
…also applies to our national politics in Washington, DC. Those %*#@! Tea Partiers won’t shut up. Worse yet, having helped win a historic GOP landslide election that the Old Republicans could never have pulled off, they now won’t take their seats in the back of the bus like the establishment pols are telling them they must. … Read more
Constitutional Rights are no rights at all if constrained unnecessarily; today, the Second Amendment was re-affirmed. I talked about this here – and now it has come to pass. Via Facebook: Good news – By a vote of 11-1, the Joint Legislative Facilities Committee, which sets policy for the State House complex, reversed … Read more
Last Thursday I taped a segment of Capital Access with Denis Goddard out of Concord – and I royally enjoyed myself. Ever get into "the zone" and everything seems to work from "pretty good to "Yo, Baby!")? Yeah, that good: What does the Tea Party movement mean? What is the proper role of government? Can … Read more
The day after we celebrated the birth of Christ the Nashua Telegraph treated us to a report that birth rates among teens had declined. If you poked around beyond the confines of the Telegraph piece you would discover that New Hampshire was one of the states leading the way. And there were some very amusing thoughts on the decline, but no one even suggested an increase in chemical or surgical abortions as a cause.
From Doug Giles at Townhall.com….
Let’s have some fun in 2011 and "Annoy the Left 365"! Heh! And not to worry: God will help us. Why would He, you ask? It’s obvious! As Doug Giles explains….
This weeks Merrimack Journal was actually the Bedford Journal. They called it the ‘New Years’ Journal, but with a few minor exceptions, everyting in it was about Bedford. The letters to the editor were from Bedford. The news and sports…Bedford.
Long day, full day; this is the first chance I’ve had a chance to set fingers to keyboard – and not long enough! So, a quick clip from ABC – Mr. Guinta leaves for Washington! We’ll be watching! Early in her short tenure as a Congressman, Carol Shea-Porter famously told a Republican lady that she … Read more
Just two months ago, you and I went to the mid-term polls and overwhelmingly (with the exception of outliers in Massachusetts, California, and New York) chose to give Republicans a chance to stop the destructive momentum of the Progressive, ultra-Liberal agents in the White House, Congress, and the NH Legislature. We did this because we … Read more
Guest post by Karen Testerman, founder of Cornerstone and candidate for NH Governor
Now that New Hampshire has changed from blue to red, will the political reporters and those prevailing Republican elected officials heed the very strong message sent by the voters? What were the voters looking for when they cast their ballots this past November?
When making a choice the informed voter looks at what distinguishes one candidate from another. The rhetoric of speeches, written statements and answers to questions provides some information. The letter behind the name indicates a governing philosophy or view of government reFlected in the platform of the candidate’s party. Thus, the voter expects the prevailing candidates will promote the advertised governing philosophy.
The NH Republican Platform begins, “We, New Hampshire Republicans, are united by our belief in God, individual liberty, personal responsibility, limited government, limited spending, limited taxes, economic opportunity, homeland security, compassion for the truly needy and our conFidence in the strength of families, places of worship, communities and volunteerism.” This appears to reFlect those underlying principles of the Declaration of Independence upon which America was founded, the “unalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”
Later this month, the Republican State Committee will be electing new officers, the most publicity going to the selection of their Party leader. According to the retiring Chairman, John H. Sununu, “the next chairman must have a real commitment to conservative Republican principles.”– those principle articulated in the party platform.
Additionally, reviewing the party website, one might expect…
A DBD Cartoon, by Chris Muir.
Florida’s new reformist Republican Rick Scott hever held political office before he won the governorship in the November election. His ideas sound like a good approach for us in New Hampshire too, even while noting the twin evils that menace society, "the permanent bureaucracy and government unions":
