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Another great video on education destined to make the public school union folks bleed out their eyes. Here’s the blurb from PJTV and Next Generation TV. Victor Davis Hanson joins Col. Allen B. West to discuss our modern system of education. In the zero sum game of educating our children, Dr. Hanson asks, who is … Read more
There are reports from Russia that as many as 900 people have been injured, and many windows shattered (see possible effect and then cause relationship there) after a meteor(s) exploded just above the ground in the Ural region.
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When Government is going to do something, and that something has a drastic impact on a lot of citizens lives and freedoms, isn’t there a moral obligation on the part of those making the decisions to ensure that those actions would actually accomplish a purpose (rather than being just for show – substance over surface)? … Read more
From the Daily Caller. A charter schools advocacy organization in New Hampshire has captured video showing (New Hampshire) Democrat Mary Stuart Gile, who chairs the education committee in the state’s House of Representatives, apparently changing her position on charter schools in a four-minute flash. Opponents of the bill want to see the bill fail because … Read more
Yes, I have always liked Rand Paul, in case you were curious, and he is my kind of Republican…so in keeping with that, here you go; Rand Paul’s response c/o the Tea Party (though not necessarily as the Tea Party) to El Presidente’ Obama’s State of Delusion the Union Speech.
Fire…in slow motion…what’s not to like? (H/T: Gizmodo)
Right from the chicken to the pancake plate! How can you NOT like Rube-Goldberg devices with genuine NH maple syrup? (H/T: Instapundit)
I used to play a lot of table tennis (“ping-pong”) quite a bit in college in the dorm as there were a lot of Chinese students coming over. No, I didn’t win hardly ever against these guys – they humored me. At some point, I started to actually win some points (vs them just really … Read more
Prager Universitie’s latest great video is “How Teachers Unions Hurt Schools.” I’m in a hurry so I’ll just snag some context from Breitbart for now: ” ‘How Teachers Unions Hurt Schools is narrated by Stanford Professor Terry Moe. Moe explains how the Obama administration’s admissions that the education system is broken contradict their pro-union stance. “Union … Read more
Obama’s political promises all come with expiration dates – every.single.one.of.them. It seems that his political taunts do as well – at least those that can help him if he conveniently forgets that he used them against his enemies earlier. Like when being a non-profit was BAAAD for Americans for Prosperity and but now good for his campaign organization assuming the exact same non-profit structure (it will allow him to hide the identity of HIS donors – malfeasance he accused AFP of during the campaign).
AFP certainly noticed the hypocrisy:
Today Americans for Prosperity, a nationwide organization of citizen leaders with over 2 million activists and 34 state chapters, released a new video poking fun at the president for his new non-profit, tax exempt group.
I do have to put up the RAM truck ad from the Super Bowl – while people figured out it was a Dodge Ram ad, the star that every one has talked about since was the monologue on farmers that the late Paul Harvey gave and served as the narrative for the ad. Very well … Read more
Leon Panetta testifies to that which we already knew…
Panetta said that, save their 5 o’clock prescheduled meeting with the president the day of September 11, Obama did not call or communicate in anyway with the defense secretary that day. There were no calls about the what was going on in Benghazi. He never called to check-in.
So what about Hillary?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkjIMxf0VyU “Why does anyone need…” Always, the Progressive not understanding that Freedom does not require a need to obvious to anyone other than the person who wishes to possess or do someting.” Uncle Ted’s line of the interview: “Would you leave us the hell alone!” I really do wish that Progressives would stop trying to … Read more
The Gentleman from the Black Robed Regiment speaks to the Liberty & Freedom oriented crowd (that knows this is not about guns at all).
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This past Thursday was a Line in the Granite – People who take the Second Amendment of the Bill of Rights of the US Constitution AND Article XX of the NH Constitution very seriously. They gathered on the steps of the NH Capitol this past Thursday to let the politicians under the Golden Dome know of their seriousness and willingness to fight for that Right – especially for efforts that will result legislation that will not solve the problems they purport to address.
Certainly there were a number of folks addressing the crowd (estimates ranging from 250 to over a thousand; I’ll stick with about 6-700 for a good show of folks on a poor weather work-day afternoon). Unfortunately, I could not be there due to work – thanks to Bill Wynne of the G
Here, Jack Kimball, Chair of the Granite State Patriot Liberty PAC, speaks:
“Jack Kimball presents – Life, Liberty and Freedom – This production is Jack Kimball’s speech, one of 9 made at the event today, 31 January 2013. Jack is the Chairman of the “Granite State Patriots Liberty PAC. Please visit them on line at http://www.gsplpac.com
And here are two more videos from the rally on Thursday:
Bob Guida NH State Rep. Dan Itse
(H/T: Video courtesy of Bill Wynne of GoffstownToday.com)
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Addressing the crowds on Thursday at the Defend Your Gun Rights Rally were three more folks supporting the Second Amendment:
Karen Testerman NH State Rep. Al Baldasaro
NH State Rep. Dudley “Dan” Dumaine
(H/T: Video courtesy of Bill Wynne of GoffstownToday.com)
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This was just a pretty good thing to watch – a female Citizen telling a male Senator to “stuff it”. “You are a large man…“You are not a young mother who has a young child with her,” she said. “And I am passionate about this position because you cannot understand, you are not a woman … Read more
That question is reserved for parents talking to their children (either in a pique generated by the kids or in trying to teach them to think about the whys and wherefores) or to a boss questioning how a purchase is going to further the goals of that company (we’ll come back to both in a bit – the parent teaching a child to think or in setting limits or talking about limits). My favorite (and most important) political question that I keep asking is “What is the Proper Role of Government?”. While the issue at hand is gun control, the question really is meant to be asked at a higher level. During this highly contested topic, all I hear from those that would take yet another slice of Freedom away from Citizes is “You don’t need that….I have no idea why anyone needs that” when talking about the kinds of weapons they do not deem appropriate for Joe and Jane Sixpack. Now when a pundit or an ordinary citizen decides to “chastise” a gun owner over the issue of wanting or possessing a modern sporting rifle, that’s fine.
My beef is in hearing that from Constitutionally inept Progressives (or, really, wish to dispose of the Constitution altogether) who are elected officials keep asking “why do you NEED that?“. I don’t hear them say that to those that would require more services from government, do I? I don’t hear them say that to those that require more tax money from government, do I? But yet, I do hear that when normal citizens that are pulling the wagon for the rest of Society start to say “why are you trying to take yet something more away from me?” And those Politicians’ response seems to always be to belittle those that disagree with their “proper notions” to the point ranging from “plain dumb” to “flat out evil”.