HOLD ON TO YOUR WALLETS — LYNCH CAVES IN TO EDUCATION ESTABLISHMENT

Although Lynch’s initial budget proposed an unconscionable 14.1% increase in spending, at least he exercised comparative restraint when it came to runaway education spending, which he proposed to increase by 5%, rather than the much higher increase called for by the Gatsas funding scheme.  Well it didn’t take long for Governor Empty-Suit to cave to the … Read more

ONE REPUBLICAN WHO GETS IT

Kudos to Manchester’s Mike Biundo who understands that the so-called education funding issue has nothing to do with improving the quality of public education and everything to do with self-aggrandizement by a panel of five unelected lawyers in black robes.  Click here for Biundo’s recent op-ed.  Unfortunately, the NH GOP’s "leaders," i.e. Ted Gatsas and Mike Whalley, … Read more

NAME THE NAMES, FERGUS

"Cullen said Buckley accuser Rep. Steve Vaillancourt ‘is about as much a Republican as Anna Nicole Smith was a natural blond. The fact is, Ray Buckley was wronged.’" Kudos to Fergus for calling out a RINO; something his predecessors never would do. NOW SHOW SOME REAL POLITICAL COURAGE, Fergus.  What you said about Vaillancourt’s Republican … Read more

MORE STINKY POLICY FROM TED GATSAS

Ted Gatsas is proposing to combat higher property taxes by having the State issue credits to homeowners over the age of 65.  Click here.  Gatsas’ proposal treats the symptom, not the disease, which is out-of-control spending.  Repeat after me, Ted: low taxes are the result of low spending. Gatsas’ proposal will have at least two bad … Read more

Children of the state.

I started this post with the assumption, based on the absence of any news articles, that the NH Catholic Diocese, of which I am a member, had given up on any attempts at stopping the repeal of NH’s parental notification law. Further investigation revealed I was wrong, the Diocese has, in fact taken a stand and issued a letter stating its position. Good for them. A letter from the Bishop in this past Sunday’s bulletin might have been helpful, but unfortunately, that didn’t happen.
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As a believer in parental rights when it comes to children, the passage of NH HB 184, the repeal of the right of parental notification prior to a minor girl receiving an abortion, is something that must not happen. Call or email your state senators and representatives today. The clock is ticking.
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This is the letter from the Diocese:
Hon. David E. Cote, Chairman
Judiciary Committee
New Hampshire House of Representatives
Room 208—Legislative Office Building
Concord, New Hampshire 03301
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Dear Representative Cote and Members of the Committee:
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As Chancellor of the Diocese of Manchester and on behalf of Bishop John B. McCormack, I am writing to express our opposition to HB 184.  The Parental Notification Prior to Abortion Act recognizes the fundamental and constitutionally-protected role of parents in caring for their children and should not be repealed.
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The Catholic Church vigorously promotes the dignity and sanctity of both human life and the family as essential elements of human society.  The Diocese of Manchester strongly supported enactment of the Parental Notification Prior to Abortion Act.  Indeed, when its constitutionality was questioned before the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and the United States Supreme Court, the Diocese of Manchester, along with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, urged the Courts to uphold the law.
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Diocesan support is rooted firmly in the natural law that when any significant issue confronts a family member, the family should come together to resolve it.  A pregnant minor will benefit from parental involvement as she faces a life-altering decision that involves not only her unborn child, but also her own physical health and emotional well-being.  Parents have an equally fundamental interest in the welfare of their children as well as a right and a responsibility to care for them.

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Parental notification. Legs versus babies.

The following was written by Jenny Watson of Laconia, NH, who has graciously allowed me to post it here for GraniteGrok readers:
What if you read the following in your local paper?

Fifteen year old skier’s leg amputated without parents’ knowledge or consent

Skier Jason Borden’s left leg was amputated Saturday after he shattered it in a skiing accident. The surgery, which was not considered an emergency, was performed at Thomson’s General Hospital without his parents’ knowledge or consent. Physicians are currently debating whether such surgery was even necessary, citing experts who believe the boy’s leg could have been saved. Jason’s parents, Phil and Cindy Borden are outraged and are currently filing papers to sue Thomson’s.
After reading such an account, wouldn’t you be outraged? Wouldn’t you hope the Bordens would succeed in suing Thomson’s General Hospital out of existence? What if you also heard that the state legislature was considering a measure to allow all such operations to be conducted on minors without even the knowledge of their parents? Wouldn’t you be angry that the rights of parents who love their children and who will be the ones picking up the pieces after the surgery had been so cavalierly tossed aside? Wouldn’t you believe that the same state which requires permission from a parent before a child is allowed to take ibuprofen at school had gone insane?
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Fortunately, the above story is fictitious. Yet something analogous is happening in New Hampshire with regard to the surgical procedure of abortion, and our lack of outrage only shows that we can come to accept shocking events merely because they are commonplace.
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NH GOP AWOL (AT BEST) ON PARENTAL NOTIFICATION

Here is a front page editorial in the Union Leader on the expected repeal of the parental notification law, which is being championed by "Republican" Liz Hager.  Since I haven’t heard anything on the issue from the State GOP, I am left to assume that either the State GOP supports Hager or that it is … Read more

MEMO TO NH GOP — NO NEED TO “BE THE DEMOCRATS” TO “BEAT THE DEMOCRATS”

This follows up on my two posts below regarding parental notification and same-sex marriage.  I assume the NH GOP’s avoidance of these issues results from a fear of turning off independent voters.  I don’t think that accepting or adopting the Democrats’ far-left agenda is necessary to attract independents.  Most folks support parental notification and, regardless of their views on … Read more

Ann Coulter’s Britney Spears moment?

Sometimes a person can be too smart for their own good. There are times when, for some inexplicable reason, certain otherwise very intelligent individuals can say the stupidest things imaginable in some lame attempt at humor that in the end makes no sense to anyone else but them. Think John Kerry or George Allen for some recent examples you might recall making headlines. The medical term, I think is "SSS" ("Sudden Stupidity Syndrome"), or "triple-S".
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The latest public figure to become afflicted (some might say as a "relapse") with the scourge of "Triple-S" is, it pains me to say, Ann Coulter, who, giving a speech to CPAC, used the word "faggot" in reference to Democratic presidential wannabee John Edwards. (Click here to watch the video clip). I agree with RWN’s John Hawkins on this one:
the flip side of Ann grabbing headlines for herself is that she deliberately put the presidential contenders and the other people attending CPAC in a bad light (Left wing talking point: "See, that’s what Republicans really say when they’re together!") in order to draw attention to herself.

That makes her extremely selfish, especially since this is the second year in a row that she has said something particularly obnoxious and controversial at CPAC. What’s on tap for next year? Will she drop the N-bomb? Will she use the C-word to describe Hillary Clinton? Whatever her plans are, after being burned twice in a row, CPAC shouldn’t invite her back next year.

I really hate to do this, but for her stupid remark, there is no choice but to give Ann Coulter the GraniteGrok "Dope of the Week" award…

Even if she claims we’re all using the wrong definition of the word, she still shouldn’t have done it. Huh?

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BOOK REVIEW

I recently read Jan Crawford Greenburg’s Supreme Conflict: The Inside Story of the Struggle for Control of the United States Supreme Court.  Greenburg, who is a graduate of the University of Chicago’s law school and a correspondent for ABC News’ Washington D.C. bureau, based the book on interviews with current and former Supreme Court justices and their law clerks, federal appeals court judges, current and former White House officials, and the papers of Justices Marshall and Blackmun.  The result is an entertaining “behind-the-scenes” account of Supreme Court nominations beginning with Sandra Day O’Connor’s and of the internal dynamics of the “Rehnquist Court.”

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Global warming. Fixing it’s as easy as… well, raising taxes.

This past Saturday during our radio program, “Meet the New Press” (podcasts here) I gave co-host Pat Hynes (AnkleBitingPundits) the needle about “his guy”, John McCain, the latest politician to climb aboard the “man is the cause of global warming” bandwagon. As someone who refuses to buy into that notion, I am becoming more distressed by the day … Read more

This is just too delicious…

Every once and a while, a story comes along that just makes you go, "Yes!" You know- the one that that will be immediately understood for what it is… and what it says, by anybody that reads it. Consider this from the Tennessee Center for Policy Research: Al Gore’s Personal Energy Use Is His Own … Read more

Just say “No!” (to the United Way)

As if a person needed another reason to tell the United Way to "stick it" when they come calling… . Consider this little piece of news about United Way activities. Not content with bullying Boy Scouts, enticing companies to "shake down" their employees, paying exhorbitant executive salaries, and otherwise putting long-time charities out of business, now … Read more

More inconvenient truths for the global-warming crowd

I don’t know if it’s just me, but it sure seems like more and more scientists and weather & climate types are taking a more vocal, prolific stand against the notion that man’s activities are the primary cause of global warming. In a recent post, I noted a hurricane specialist that attributed the current more active … Read more

US taxpayers get rare piece of good news…

Regular readers might recall that some time back, I posted a lengthy piece (What, me worry? For some Republicans, it’s business as usual.) about how many Republicans, fresh off a stinging electoral defeat, didn’t understand why. It was (and still is) my contention that their big spending ways were a major cause. I wrote Missteps. Corruption. … Read more

Didn’t he get the memo?

I’m sure this guy will be out of a job before too long… Expert disputes storms’ link to global warming By Zane WilsonThe Sun News COLUMBIA – As population continues to grow on the coast and people build more structures, losses from hurricanes will go up drastically but it isn’t because of global warming, one … Read more

THE LEFT IS PANICKING

2008 is supposed to be their year.  But the polls show that Rudy Giuliani would handily beat Hillary "Mistress-of-Evil" Clinton.  So the left-wing media is already throwing mud at  Rudy.  Pravda-on-the-Merrimack, aka the Concord Monitor, has an article criticizing Rudy’s lifestyle and expressing concern about his temper.  Funny, I don’t remember Pravda-on-the-Merrimack too concerned with Bill … Read more

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