I know they won’t listen to me but if only Charlie Brown was here to tell the Establishment Republicans not to try and kick the ball the Democrats are holding for them. But there is no talking sense to people who are scared of their own shadow and principals. Here we go. Bill O’Brien is … Read more
On a positive note, there were 11 states whose governors ranked worse than Maggie Hassan. New Hampshire Maggie Hassan, Democrat Legislature: Divided Grade: D Took Office: January 2013 Governor Hassan’s tenure as New Hampshire governor is moving the state in the wrong fiscal direction. In 2013 she proposed a cigarette tax increase of 30 cents … Read more
It is difficult to keep track of all the Obama firsts but someone took the time and we should thank him. This list is quite comprehensive and even broken out into six sections, so you can find the perfect ‘First’ to shut-up that Democrat-talking-points-chowder-head who just wont stop. Complied by Doug Ross – list on … Read more
NH Journal is reporting that Bill O’Brien (R- Mont Vernon) will run for the House again. O’Brien has also stated that if the Republicans get the majority he will run for Speaker. NH Democrat state party Circus Master Ray Buckley was ahead of the curve on this. He started fundraising on the rumor last week. … Read more
You could do a lot of good with a growing economy that results in a state with a nearly Billion Dollar Surplus. Meanwhile, here in New Hampshire, Democrats are already spending that Medicaid Money and looking for new taxes. Limbaugh cited an Associated Press report run Wednesday on page A14 of the New York Times … Read more
Someone, bless their heart, has compiled a well-sourced (their words) list of 519 examples of Barack Obama’s lying, corruption, law-breaking and cronyism. I am posting it as is with the understanding that it may take me days or even weeks to go through it, if I ever do manage to get through it. I encourage … Read more
Fraud supporting Nashua Democrat Cindy Rosenwald has submitted the Medicaid expansion amendment to avoid having to holding public hearings or any actual legislative discussion about a multi-billion dollar entitlement expansion in New Hampshire. Nashua Rep Cindy Rosenwald. You remember her? She’s the Democrat who let the cat out of the bag regarding that $802 million … Read more
Everyone loves a good show but the decision of New Hampshire’s Kangaroo Court medicaid Expansion Commission, tasked with determining if the state should take the Federal bait and make Medicaid bigger, was always a foregone conclusion. State Rep. Cindy Rosenwald, D-Nashua, credited the nine-person panel with staying focused on the task at hand. “Even though … Read more
Here’s a feather for your cap, Democrat Party. Party of the middle-class. The compassionate party of Hard Working American Families™. You guys, having had a majority control of congress for almost five years now, two of them with total control, are the first President and party in US History to preside over gas prices in … Read more
New Hampshire Democrat Cindy Rosenwald should have become infamous for her remarks on the Patch in which she admitted that the departing Democrat legislative majority, and party leadership, knew there was an $800 million dollar hole in the New Hampshire budget and that they (Democrats) knew they would have to cut. This was all forgotten … Read more
Beware Democrat Majority New Hampshire House Committees Bearing Revenue Estimates. The Union Leader headline says it all; “Committee ups revenue estimates as budget talks start” The House Ways and Means Committee Tuesday upped its revenue estimate for the next two fiscal years before House and Senate budget writers sit down Friday to begin negotiations over … Read more
“Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing. And even if you don’t come up with a picture to cure world poverty you can make someone smile while they’re having a piss.” — Banksy, Banging Your Head Against a Brick Wall The Union Leader on line this morning featured the … Read more
AFP-NH’s Greg Moore observed recently that NH Governor Maggie Hassan’s Budget is bad for growth and and burdens small businesses. Hassan spokesman Marc Goldberg responded, “The governor’s balanced budget proposal begins restoring critical investments in the priorities needed to create good jobs and build a more innovative economic future, such as higher education, economic development, … Read more
No one should be surprised to see Maggie Hassan’s budget has millions of dollars in revenue from a source that does not even exist. In this instance it is gambling, but a few years ago Senator Hassan was part and parcel to repeated budget balancing fiascoes that relied on non existent revenue. She voted for budgets “balanced” with revenues … Read more
Nashua New Hampshire Democrat Cindy Rosenwald is back in the spotlight. If you recall, she’s the one who admitted that her party not only knew it had left an 800 million dollar hole in the budget, but they planned to cut spending to fix it. Well, now we find out that she knew there were … Read more
Bipartisanship: When a Democrat lets a Republican do something no Democrat would ever do in Return. Candidate for NH-GOP Chairman Jennifer Horn is slated to hand (now ex) Governor John Lynch the Salvation Army’s Person of the Year Award in February. If she is elected to the position she will be giving the award–to a … Read more
Hot Air does this every year, so I figured I’d give it a shot. It is a compilation of the posts that got the most comments in 2012. That’s right, this is comment based. And I can tell you, since I have a few posts on this list, that how well you write, or how … Read more
This was originally part of my previous post on pull quotes I found amusing but turned into something else that would have distracted from the previous post being purposefully short and the other quotes getting a shot a some discussion. … In the Union Leader article, “Free State Movement Not Embraced by All Granite Stater’s” … Read more
Skip broke the news (on the Grok) about New Hampshire State Government’s department heads making budget requests that would increase state spending by 26% in 2013. If you had any delusions about who or what state agencies represent, you just got your answer. It ain’t you. It’s them. In the current economy, with no regard … Read more
Is this a sucker’s bet? That Maggie is already set to ratchet up the spending (and the taxes to support them) – and this is the excuse she’ll use (emphasis mine)? CONCORD – Gov.-elect Maggie Hassan issued an upbeat but sobering call for agency heads to lower their expectations as hearings on a new, two-year … Read more