. Once again, this week’s broadcast version of the New Media brings an array of items and guests for your consideration. As always, thanks to the technical wizardry and analytical skills of Skip, if you are beyond the broadcast area of Newstalk 1490 WEMJ, simply click here for instructions on how to connect and listen … Read more
Windmills on Gunstock? Why not? . In a June 19th post, the CarbonCoalition blog writes Holding our local businesses and corporations accountable for their greenhouse gas emissions is a necessary step in combating global warming I would add that local governments should be held to this same standard. As a matter … Read more
. Today in Bedford, NH, Republican presidential wannabee Rudy Giuliani released a list of "Twelve Commitments to the American People". Similar to the successful "Contract With America" that propelled the GOP into the majority in the US House after 40 years lost in the wilderness, it is a straightforward set of governing priciples that … Read more
. Once again, it’s the weekend, which is a great thing. It’s Memorial Day, so we will of course pay proper respect, unlike John Edwards. The other really great thing about the weekend is that it means it’s time for another two hours of Meet the New Press . People tell me that … Read more
. AT the very last minute, we find out that Mrs. Bill Clinton, NY Senator and Democratic presidential wannabee will be in our neck of the woods tomorrow (Laconia, NH) for a private meeting with the head of the local nonprofit medical industrial complex hospital and our local Democrat State Senator Kathy Sgambati. … Read more
Being the lone blogger in attendance at Monday evening’s Rudy Giuliani house party was a treat, indeed. As citizen journalists representing GraniteGrok, my wife and I were granted complete access right along side Tiffany Eddy and the WMUR NewsNine crew, NECN, Fox News Channel, and other major media. That speaks volumes to the level of … Read more
In this week’s radio address, President Bush discusses the passage of the outragous suplemental appropriations bill passed by Democrats over the objections of many people who believe we can win the war. He also talks about Democrat spending and looming tax increases that will result. He really slams the Dems hard in thiis one. If … Read more
With the ’08 presidential nominating season seemingly in full swing, the wannabees from both parties are deep in the hunt. As I’ve noted several times in prior postings, Mitt Romney is not really my cup of tea. This is mostly based on my review of his past actions, statements, and his governorship of that infamous … Read more
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
Mitt Romney formally announced his campaign for the Republican nomination today in Michigan. While regular readers know that I’ve been rather hard on Mitt in many prior postings, I do like the sentiment he’s put forth in his announcement speech. Friend Rich Killion, who works for the Romney team here in NH, was kind enough … Read more
In his radio address this week, President Bush speaks about energy. It all sounds good, but I can’t help but think that all of the planning that’s aimed at curbing consumption of oil and its refined products is ultimately going to consume greater amounts of my shrinking take-home earnings. My apologies for sounding so cynical … Read more
So I’m reading my NH Sunday News, (as I’ve done since 1985) pondering how much the Granite State has changed since then. When I moved here, it was the most Republican of states, and I was the envy of all the conservative friends I left behind in RI (well, I say "conservative", but heck, we … Read more
Attorney Ed Mosca submits the following commentary about the latest nonsense being bandied about as a "solution" to the ongoing education funding mess here in NH: NO SHAME AND NO SENSE In an Op-Ed in the February 2nd Union Leader, ersatz Republican Mark Carter called for a grand compromise on education funding: a constitutional amendment … Read more
I saw the headline and wondered if he wanted to take our temperature too: Burton takes public’s pulse I thought– "Has the eternal Executive Councilor taken a position at the county nursing home?" You know, to help pitch in. Or, has he fallen on hard times and decided to take a second job in the … Read more
When Duncan Hunter threw his hat in the ring for Republican nominee, I thought, "Hmmm. I wonder what this guy’s like?" Having seen him occasionally on the various talking heads shows, I recalled being generally favorable towards what he said and how he presented himself. I knew he was strong on defense and in my … Read more
As the dumbstruck Republicans continue their search for someone other than themselves to blame for their poor showing in the recent elections up and down the political food chain, evidence continues to mount that they might never figure it out. Call it "being unable to see the forest for the trees." Let’s review… . In … Read more
Back when Dick Cheney was getting excoriated for telling Pat Leahey to go "f" himself while on the floor of the Senate, I jumped for joy. Finally, somebody told the Vermont Senator something he needed to hear for a long time! Now THAT’S gravitas, I thought. . Behind every successful man is a good woman … Read more
Wait a minute… now I’m really confused- Yesterday’s Concord Monitor Online (NH) reported on a science teacher from Concord getting the "Teacher of the Year award from Wal Mart: Concord High School science teacher Phil Browne seized his five minutes of fame yesterday to talk about the environment. After being named Wal-Mart’s New Hampshire Teacher … Read more
With the oldest offspring in her senior year of high school, the spectre of choosing a college and sending her away from the nest looms large. While I did not attend, I have a number of friends who went to the University of Rhode Island (URI). That, combined with the fact that I am originally from … Read more
Living in the heart of central NH, home of the "almost first in the nation" presidential nominating vote, we always get a front-row seat view of the early political "ground game" as the race to the White House gets cranked up. With a month left until the mid-term elections, the various Republican hopefuls have been … Read more