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Hodes = Wrong

A little less than a year ago, Paul Hodes voted to kill funding for abstinence education in the 2010 Budget.  (I wrote about it here.) He hailed it as a necessary cost cutting measure even though 75% of all HHS money for teen sex programs already went to promoting condom and contraception use.  By his … Read more

Hypocrites!

I was brought up in 1950’s America. My mom stayed home to raise my sister and I. My dad went to work at two jobs to make ends meet. One of the many principles that my parents taught me was the principle of personal integrity. This principle dictates that your own personal conduct must always … Read more

Evil in New Hampshire. TV shows about serial killer? No problem. Song derived from Christian roots in Gov’t Schools? BIG problem.

  More and more news is coming out regarding the monsters disguised as human beings responsible for the hideous murder and attempted murder of a mother and daughter in Mont Vernon, NH.  The Nashua Telegraph reports that one of the suspects, “Christopher Gribble updated his Facebook status: ‘had an awesome time with steve and autumn! … Read more

NH Dems: A good time to create death panels

  After attending a hearing with the Judiciary Committee this morning, one thing’s for sure, the Democrats are back at it again.  They are trying to push through MORE radical legislation this year.   The Judiciary Committee met today to hear proposed amendments to HB 304 which is a physician assisted suicide bill.   Yes, in the … Read more

Generation Y. Saving America from the ravages of the Boomers?

 

Guest post by Andrew Hemingway

There is so much happening in our world today that children and teens in the US really have no chance of keeping up. There is every imaginable toy, song, gadget  you can think of to keep them from the reality that is their life, and when they are not listening to headphones, they are texting their friends. I sound like an old man here. I am on the leading edge of what they call Generation  Y. There is in every society cycles, cycles of good (boomers) and cycles of bad (depression era), but not just in our own history, but in the history of civilization this has been true. Some generations ride on the coat tails of others, and some generations wake up to find themselves having to fight to retain their freedom.

Now, before you turn me off and think this is a young man bemoaning his lot in life- Think Again! My generation is the first generation that will not earn enough to pay for our parent’s entitlements. You see we are unfortunate to have parents in the Boomers. It is mathematically impossible for us to pay for them as the entitlements stand today. We can not pay for it! The upside is that like it or not FINALLY some politicians are going to have to acknowledge this and try to address it. I know you are laughing thinking of all the ways politicians over the years have lightly stepped around this issue leaving it for the next guy, as more and more seniors begin drawing on the system. 

As a member of this special generation, the generation that is being robbed blind. Yes we are being robbed blind! The Federal Government has spent all the money that generations before us could ever earn, and with each new “Fantastic” program they are working on spending all of our money. They are taking from us not just our money, but they are taking our ability to start businesses, and our ability to graduate from college and find jobs, they are taking away from us the most important thing to any Liberty loving society- Freedom. Our government, in the name of “humanity”or being “green” or what ever other reason they can possibly think of are, bill by bill, stealing from us our freedom.

My generation is not graduating from college with high hopes, we are not our starting businesses as generations before us have. We as a generation, and as a country are on the path that only leads to one end- Tyranny. Soon we will not choose a college, or a career they will be chosen for us. And if your grades are not that great you will be sent to work with your hands and others will be chosen to go ahead of you. We are very quickly approaching this.

 

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Book Review: The Israel Test

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Noted author John Wohlstetter, a national security and foreign policy expert with expertise in the Middle East and Israel, has written an excellent review of George Gilder’s new book, The Israel Test, for the American Spectator. We are pleased to share the piece with our readers…

Israel Inside 

The Israel Test
By George Gilder
(Richard Vigilante Books, 296 pages, $27.95)

This latest book from one of the planet’s intellectual titans of the past generation is one of his most important. Given George Gilder’s astonishing range and foresight — including family structure, welfare, the practical and moral case for enterprise capitalist wealth creation, the transformation of the computer and telecommunications industries — this is saying a lot.

What Gilder sets out to do in his poetic prose is show how Israel’s accelerating migration over the past twenty years from a socialist to a capitalist economy has transformed the Jewish state from an economic basket case to a powerhouse player in the world economy. Gilder then applies the implications of this metamorphosis to the prospects for finding a way to settle the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Israel has become such a huge driving force in computing and telecommunications that Gilder intellectually riffs off the "Intel Inside" logo that sits on the exterior case of countless millions of personal computers, and says that today’s Internet and computers should be labeled "Israel Inside." Now Israel is making major moves in biotechnology, including drugs for plants used in agriculture. Symbolic of the more agile Israeli economy, one CEO noted: "The process is faster for drugs because the plants don’t have lawyers."

Calling Israel the central front in the war dividing two global camps, Gilder begins his book by framing the divide:

The prime issue is not a global war of civilizations between the West and Islam or a split between Arabs and Jews….The real issue is between the rule of law and the rule of leveler egalitarianism, between creative excellence and covetous "fairness," between admiration of achievement versus envy and resentment of it….

The test can be summarized by a few questions: What is your attitude toward people who excel you in the creation of wealth or in other accomplishment? Do you aspire to that excellence, or do you seethe at it? Do you admire and celebrate exceptional achievement, or do you impugn it and seek to tear it down?

The Palestinians, needless to say, epitomize the wrong side of these juxtapositions, while Israel and America generally are on the right side. But now America must look toward Israel, whose Prime Minister exemplifies the right side of these divides, whereas the newly elected American President is on the wrong side — despite his having been richly rewarded by the society he now wishes to turn away from its historical celebration of private capitalist enterprise.

 

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And they said Bush and Rudy couldn’t refer to their own experiences about the events of September 11 because to do so would be for “political gain”…

  What about those who use the actual events of September 11, 2001 for FINANCIAL gain? Or Katrina? And I’m not talking about retelling a story in book or movie fashion, per se, which is still the act of creating, when you come down to brass tacks. Anyway… So I’m reading this interesting article in WSJ.com … Read more

Drip. Drip. Drip. Slow but steady goes the decline…

 

 

Guest post by Karen Testerman

What Happened?

I have been pondering a question recently posed to me asking what happened to my state?  What is happening to our nation?  I was reminded – "My people perish for a lack of knowledge."   Hosea 4:6 But what knowledge?

Do you wonder why the polls of our youth today show a leaning in favor of homosexuality?   Perhaps we can find a glimpse of an answer here.  Just recently the National Education Association (NEA) passed an action item that amounts to an endorsement of same-sex marriage – as well as a call to oppose national laws protecting one man, one woman marriage.

The NEA is described as the largest professional organization and largest labor union in the United States,[1][2] representing public school teachers and other support personnel, faculty and staffers at colleges and universities, retired educators, and college students preparing to become teachers.   And they the people who teach at our public schools, have just passed an action item to endorse same-sex marriage.

Jeralee Smith is the founder of the NEA Conservative Educators Caucus.  Jeralee declared that the resolution will not stop at just endorsing gay unions. 

The NEA, financially supported the attempt to defeat Proposition 8 in California last year. Voters passed Prop. 8, which defines marriage as between one man, one woman.

The teachers have two alternatives. . . Teachers who do not want their money being used to support the organization’s liberal agenda can attempt to become a religious objector – someone who can show that their faith puts them in conflict with what the union is doing. They can file to have at least some of their dues redirected to causes that do not conflict with their faith.  Oh really?  What about the recent legal cases challenging the teachers for religious expression?

A better alternative for these teachers is to join an alternative union that does not support causes that conflict with their deeply held beliefs and values. Tracey Bailey, director of education policy with Association of American Educators, said he wants teachers to know his group can also help with any legal issues.

But what can we as parents do?  How do we combat the "tolerance" mantra when we ask as did David Parker and Rob Wirthlin to opt our children out of these instructions?  Is it really legal to displace parents?

 

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Fourth of July. Are we even worthy?

New national bird to replace Bald Eagle?

As we prepare to celebrate yet another Fourth of July, I cannot help but feel a bit melancholy as I review and contemplate the Declaration of Independence, and think about the birth of this “great experiment”, known as America. Have we reached the end of the line, as far as our belief in and adherence to the principles upon which this Nation was founded? When reading the beautiful and eloquent words as created and agreed to by the Founding Fathers, how can you not feel a sense of distance and unfamiliarity when comparing them against the realities we see today.

Consider what is unquestionably the most famous part of the Declaration:

“We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness…”

Are there any “self evident truths” and “unalienable rights” here in the new Age of Obama, or are these things just merely quaint, outdated ideas from a bygone era? Do these words somehow mean the “Creator” gives a woman the right to “terminate” pregnancies? As she exercises “choice,” what about the unborn child’s right to “life?” President Obama has famously declared that that he wouldn’t want his young daughters “punished” with a pregnancy. So much for the unalienable right to life for his grandchildren– Such a fine example set by our “dear leader.” What part of the Fourth does he honor?

In our supposed enlightened age, how many Americans even acknowledge some sort of “Creator,” anyway? While many claim to believe, they willingly turn a blind eye as the rights given us by the Creator are systematically stripped away—even to the point of a knowing chuckle or two at those who suggest that much of what our present government does is immoral. “What old-fashioned notions,” they say. “Don’t be so melodramatic.” One must conclude that if they actually believed in a God as a giver of rights to begin with, they would be more vehement in the defense of such. Think about that—why would a person go to the mat for something he or she doesn’t believe in?

Does “pursuing Happiness” give a person the right to the fruits of the labor of others? I suppose one could be happy with getting an extra “slice of the pie” that somebody else has paid for. But what if you happen to be the person that actually earned the “pie?” How happy will you be at the prospect of watching more and more of your just due taken and distributed to others? Is this not what’s happening on a grand scale all around America today? No matter where you look– whether it’s the federal, state, county, or local government—it’s all the same: all are poised to take an even greater share of the fruits of our labors through taxation. They say money can’t buy happiness, but it sure does help. No matter what consists of “happiness” for a person in 2009, the fact is, it’s going to cost more.

 

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LGBT Americans: “great and lasting contributions”

Just when we thought that we might put the gay agenda in the back of ours minds as we head into summer before regrouping to decide what to do next here in the Granite State, along comes Barack Obama to smack us back into reality… a reality that demonstrates the gay movement never stops. It never rests, and will … Read more

Lynch lied. Marriage died.

Welcome to the Gay State. What’s next? An income tax? That’s all that’s left. Well, other than helmets and seatbelts. Big whoop.  

His word is as good as…

Today, our friends at CPR-Action in conjunction with the National Organization for Marriage launched the new television ad “His Word”. Commenting on the ad, CPR-Action Executive Director, Kevin Smith, stated, “From the very moment the Governor introduced this amendment, we believed he did so as cover for having flipped his position on gay marriage.  Much … Read more

Lynch Lied. Marriage Died.

New TV ad from Cornerstone running in NH through Wednesday:     Commenting on the ad, CPR-Action Executive Director, Kevin Smith, stated, “We’re running this ad to remind New Hampshire’s citizens that Governor Lynch broke his word by misleading voters to believe that he opposed gay marriage.  It is also our intent to inform the … Read more

No matter how many times you try, some things cannot be “fixed”

  Our friends at Cornerstone Policy Research write: Late yesterday, Governor Lynch announced that he will SIGN the same-sex marriage bill if the House and Senate agree to make some changes, despite having told the New Hampshire public time and time again, that he opposes gay marriage. Governor Lynch has proposed a "cover" religious exemption … Read more

Welcome to the New Moral Order…

Guest Post by Representative Paul Ingabretson As we are carried full speed into the legitimization of homosexual marriage in New Hampshire those of us who have tried and failed again to resist find ourselves once again examining the direction in which we are now moving as a society.  Unless the Governor actually vetoes HB436 we … Read more

Lynch Statment on Gay Marriage

CONCORD – Gov. John Lynch released the following statement today regarding same-sex legislation in New Hampshire: "The gay marriage debate in New Hampshire has been filled with passion and emotion on all sides. "My personal views on the subject of marriage have been shaped by my own experience, tradition and upbringing. But as Governor of … Read more

Guest Post: Turning NH Upside Down

upside doown

by Karen Testerman

According to Noah Webster, "The moral principles and precepts found in the Scriptures ought to form the basis of all our civil constitutions and laws."  

Yet, today, the schools are a haven for forcing values instead of basics, and a worldview in contention with that of the original intent.  After a few generations this leads to a people who lack the knowledge and background to defend the Truth.

The 6-12 Project of GLAD (Gay Lesbian Advocates and Defenders) is but the latest focus in the quest to silence the defenders of morality.  Their goal is to force homosexual (counterfeit) marriage in all six New England states by 2012. 

Spurred on by their progress to gain acceptance in Massachusetts and Connecticut, Lee Swislow, GLAD Executive Director, stated, "We can make New England a marriage-equality zone by strategically combining existing legal, electoral and on-the-ground know-how to fast-track marriage in every New England State.  By 2012, we not only can have marriage equality throughout New England, we can have a road map for the rest of the country."

And, this is not just some small grassroots group hoping to do this, it is part of a well funded, multi-faceted plan that is in the game for the long haul.  A case in point is Tim Gill, an open homosexual and considered the number one funder and political strategist in the nation.  Frustrated by the lack of acceptance and change in the political climate achieved by using his donations to non-profit organizations, Quark software mogul, Tim Gill, organized a conference of supportive donors to strategically target state and local political races.  His goal is to produce more change in political make up of the policy makers at a fraction of the cost.  Beginning in his home state of Colorado, Gill took advantage of the libertarian political leanings to unseat strong pro-family legislators.  

According to a 2007 Time magazine article (pdf),

"Another formidable element of Gill’s power is his network of deep-pocketed allies in the mountain states. An hour south of Laramie, in Ft. Collins, lives medical equipment heiress Pat Stryker, who is, along with Gill, known in local political circles as one of "The Four Millionaires." (Actually, Stryker is a billionaire; her brother Jon is gay and both give generously to gay causes.) The two other members of the quartet are Bluemountain.com entrepreneur Jared Polis, who lives in Boulder, and Denver’s Rutt Bridges, who made his fortune in petroleum exploration and runs the Bighorn Center for Public Policy."

The "Four Millionaires" then stealthily began changing the political landscape over the next several election cycles to topple those strong pro-marriage legislators in several locations around the nation including New Hampshire, Iowa and Colorado, and flipping the political make up of the legislatures in those states. 

 

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New ad asks Gov Lynch keep true to his word…

Today, CPR-Action in conjunction with the National Organization for Marriage launched the television ad, “Our Trust” aimed at  informing the viewer on where Governor Lynch has stood on the issue of same-sex ‘marriage’ throughout his tenure as Governor.  The ad shows a series of statements made by the Governor, including one from a debate in … Read more

KKK in New Hampshire!?

UPDATE:  Skip here:  I have taken a screen capture of Ms. Larsen’s blogsite and posted a JPG of it AFTER the jump to this post.  You can also click here (just search on "klan") and see the original HTML page as well.

KKK, eh?  Thanks for the compliment, President Larsen.  After all, if Alinksy’s Rule 13 says to demonize anyone that opposes you; just call them a "hater" to win the argument!

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Senate President Sylvia Larson compares Pro-marriage Defenders to Ku Klux Klan legacy!

As first reported at Now!Hampshire.com, On Friday, May 1, Senate President Sylvia Larsen wrote in her blog on the official State Senate website, remarks about the passage of same-sex ‘marriage’ and the defeat of the so-called ‘transgender rights’ bill.  Senator Larsen, in comparing the ‘marriage equality’ rights of gays and lesbians to the segregated south in the 1960’s, then wrote the following comments inferring pro-traditional marriage advocates are carrying on the legacy of the Ku Klux Klan:

 “Passing a law does not end discrimination by itself. One has only to look at the legacy of the Ku Klux Klan to see that. It takes fair laws and changing public attitudes…”

Larsen then continues the analogy while drawing on examples from the recent defeat of the transgender “bathroom” bill.

In a statement to the press, Kevin Smith, Executive Director of CPR-Action, reacted to the comments,

“Senator Larson has just heightened the rhetoric on this issue to an intolerable level with her hideous and offensive comments inferring that the thousands of traditional marriage supporters in this state are equivalent to the Ku Klux Klan.  Further, it is the height of hypocrisy for Senator Larson to demonize those who opposed the transgender bill when the Senator herself voted against it!”

Smith added,

“I call on Senator Larson, as President of the Senate, to apologize to the thousands of New Hampshire citizens, who support traditional marriage, for her irresponsible and reckless analogy.”

Oh, and this isn’t the first time a NH Democrat has invoked the "those who oppose are like the KKK" mantra. Remember Manchester state representative Lily Mesa?  She ended up resigning. Should Ms. Larsen perhaps follow suit? At the very least, she needs to hear how outraged you are at her assertion. Call her at 271-2111 or email her at sylvia.larsen@leg.state.nh.us and demand she, at the very least, apologize. Then, for good measure, call Governor Lynch at 271-2121 and ask he renounce her comments.

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Welcome to the Gay State. It’s all up to…

What WILL he do? Now that the Democrat-controlled Senate has followed in their House comrades’ footsteps and passed gay marriage for New Hampshire, the hot potato lands in Gov. Do-Nuthin’s Lynch’s lap. The big question is whether he will remain true to his word and stop this garbage? The NHGOP Chair John H. Sununu puts … Read more

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