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I say Go Ahead–Run on that.

by Steve MacDonald

Democrats are trying to frighten people by insisting that we can’t go back to how things were when Republicans were running things.  And I can see their point.  They will certainly need to do better. But how wise is it to frighten people with the risk of 5% unemployment and budget deficits under 500 Billion … Read more

Must See TV

by Steve MacDonald

OK.  It’s not TV, but it’s close.   Red State – Caleb Howe

Will You Kneel Before The Government?

by Steve MacDonald

Kneel Before Zod!I was watching the online web cast of Hillsdale College’s commemoration of the Kirby Center (on Constitution Day) in Washington DC, and Dr. Charles Kessler of Claremont McKenna College.  Dr. Kessler is a constitutional scholar and early on in his speech he makes the following observation about the current clash between the government and the people, and the rise of the Tea Party

‘Either the government will have to kneel to the people….or the people will have to kneel to the government.’

We should think about that because Dr. Kessler is correct.

 

 

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Reid Wasn’t Looking To Repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”

by Steve MacDonald

Yahoo! News has a morning headline titled "How Democrats Lost ‘Don’t Ask’ Repeal."  (You can read it here).  It focuses almost entirely on the "Don’t Ask" repeal provision and to some degree on the tactics that epitomize Ried’s Senate antics.  He takes a defense authorization bill, adds Don’t ask don’t tell, then stuffs amnesty for illegal immigrants into it, and then refuses to allow Republican amendments.

The article,  and most of those that I have seen on the subject, all focus on the failure to repeal "Don’t Ask" as if that were actually the point.  But this had nothing to with that. It was a tactical political media ploy.  Think about it.

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Housing Bubble Comes Home To Roost

by Steve MacDonald

I’m not sure why there is still any debate about who is responsible for the housing bubble and the ensuing crisis–which includes the recession that followed and the stagnation we are in now.  The Democrats new bill of rights, going all the way back to FDR, includes the right to own a home.  Since that … Read more

Medical Marijuana

by Steve MacDonald

New Hampshire On The Potomac

by Steve MacDonald

Paul Hodes is trying desperately to change his image to that of a fiscal hawk and independent voice, but Paul has some monumental hurdles to get that line past the party base and into the general populace.  First, if he want’s anyone without Kool aid stained lips to buy into the fiscal song and dance … Read more

How To Save The World–Vote Out Democrats

by Steve MacDonald

The economic relationship between government, the private sector, and the people, has been the object of much debate as democrats try to convince people that spending trillions we don’t have has some kind of payoff at the other end. The fact that we can’t see that "end" and none of their predictions have come true fuels the fires of the opposition while encouraging proponents to claim we just need to wait a bit longer–or spend a few trillion more.

So here’s the rub.

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The Government Can!

by Steve MacDonald

(H/T Biggeekdaddy) (H/T to one of my facebook friends for the link–I lost you in the feed.)

By The Numbers

by Steve MacDonald

Have You seen how full of Sh*T I am?--It's all right here in this reportPaul Hodes is trying to restyle himself as a fiscal conservative.  As a Washington outsider.  But Washington outsiders don’t get huge campaign donations from the left wings senatorial elite Like Dan Inoyue, Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer and Bob Menendez. Paul Hodes does.

Fiscal conservatives don’t manage to come in 45th out of 435 in 2010 earmark requests.  Hodes did, then played at fiscal prudence, calling for reform only after having racked up more earmarks than 390 other House members.

In 2008 Hodes took a 10,000.00 dollar contribution from American Crystal sugar–a business looking for a way to break into ethanol production without burdensome upfront costs–the same year Hodes passed masive Ethanol hand-out farm bill mandates which he voted for, then overrode a veto to make it the law of the land.

Mr Hodes has the distinction of being in congress and voting for a budget and spending that resulted in a 400 billion dollar deficit, then campaigning as if he had nothing to do with, and then voting to triple that deficit to 1.4 trillion in the very next budget.

If you can believe it…there’s more on the jump.

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Tony Duh-Fruscia

by Steve MacDonald

Anthony DiFruscia is a democrat from Massachusetts who snuck north and infiltrated the GOP.  (Not an uncommon problem for the Granite State). No one had the stones to call him out on it, and year after year he has managed to keep his seat in a Republican leaning district from which he has meddled in other republican races to keep real conservatives from getting elected.

He recently flirted with the idea of leaving the GOP and going with an (I) instead of an (R), but for some reason he’s still a republican and permitted to call himself one.

In response to this a vocal group of actual republicans have risen up to exercise their first amendment rights–making "incendiary" claims about how Mr. DiFruscia’s voting history and the actual GOP platform cannot be brought into alignment without first drinking yourself blind.  And they have this crazy idea that the platform actually means something, and that failing to even get close–maybe 80% of the time–is grounds for a much needed "correction."

Their evil plot?  Use the primary process for its intended purpose and inform the electorate about the records and choices of the people running to represent them.

In response to this free speech assault the bastion of conservative and constitutional (cough-cough) values that Duh-Fruscia presents to the electorate, has penned a letter which you can read after the jump..

 

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More Trouble Than They Are Worth

by Steve MacDonald

This would have to be filed away as a classic, not just because of its age–it’s a few years old–but because it reminds us of why we don’t want congress and congressman, working–and the busy-body ruling class in general–spending too much time in the swamp.  They cause more problems than they solve.     (Another … Read more

Following Mahoney’s Money Part I

by Steve MacDonald

The recent polling done by CrossTarget for Americans For Prosperity (AFP) has too many links to Mahoney to be taken seriously as an outside poll.   And while trying to research the poll and the people connected to it, I discovered an almost incestuous collaboration of professional political consultants, and insiders to the Mahoney for congress checkbook that all circle around Americans For Job Security.

CrossTarget, the polling organization, was created by Stephen DeMaura and Patrick Hynes, both connected political insiders.  DeMaura is no fan of Guinta, and Hynes works for Mahoney.   So why would AFP choose CrossTarget for a poll given these obvious questions of conflict?  I have no idea why, but it was a bad call by Lewandowski and it questions AFP’s neutrality on the race if there even is one.

As for Hynes and DeMaura, they have connections to a more complex relationship with current and former members of AJS (maybe there’s no such thing a a former member of AJS) that conveniently lead repeatedly back to Sean Mahoney’s campaign expense report.

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NH House Dems Travel To Oz

by Steve MacDonald

The New Hampshire House democrats have themselves a new web page and I think someone needs to contact the Attorney General; they are guilty of false advertising.

Obama’s Department Of Injustice

by Steve MacDonald

 

Yeah, sure, I'll check your status

 

I have a friend who lives in Arizona.  He has connected me with some private business owners in the state.  When they are not "biting their thumbs" at the lackluster feds, and warming up the courtroom for another battle for state sovereignty they–and to be honest all American business–should understand that even if they are not in Arizona, they may have this to contend with.

Have you heard of the E-verify system.  It’s gotten more attention lately than that pretty new girl who just started at the local high School.   Both sides of the aisle (and plenty of the folks squatting in the aisle) are taking the opportunity to suggest that using e-verify is a better solution to the "undocumented worker situation" than new laws, the National Guard, or even M1 Abrams tanks and Constantino wire.

By using e-verify–or so the theory goes–you cut the illegal immigrant off from their reasons for being here (unless of course they already have a career in kidnapping, murder, and drug trafficking). But the fly in this ointment is enormous–and probably not well known; if you are a business and you use e-verify, let me preface what follows by quoting Gomer Pyle, Surprise! Surprise! Surprise!

From my contacts in Arizona…

…a business is in violation of the discrimination act if they don’t hire an employee because of e-verify.  Lawsuits have already been lost based on discrimination.

Did your right eyelid just start twitching uncontrollably?  Read on…

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Let’s Regulate Barney Frank’s Pay

by Steve MacDonald

Posted by David Boaz “Rep. Barney Frank, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, said Tuesday that he will hold a hearing this fall to examine whether regulators are being tough enough in curbing pay practices at Wall Street firms that can lead to excessively risky practices,” writes Zachary Goldfarb in the Washington Post. Hmmm. “Pay practices that can … Read more

How Many Employees Do You Have?

by Steve MacDonald

After posting this on Wednesday–the discovery that New Hampshire has the third highest number of welfare employees per 100,000 residents in the nation (More than California by the way which, if you noticed is a tiny bit bigger than New Hampshire)–it occurred to me that this may not be the only circumstance in which the … Read more

Stark Differences

by Steve MacDonald

  (H/T Moe Lane RedState)

What About Bob?

by Steve MacDonald

What About Bob?Congressional Candidate Bob Bestani is what you might call a well-connected ruling class insider.  He has spent years as part of the evil international banking community and he is proud of his work for the Asian Development Bank (ADB).  According to his Campaign site Bio

Until May of 2008, Bob served as the Director General of Private Sector Finance at the Asian Development Bank, a multilateral bank dedicated to alleviating poverty in Asia. In the six years in which he served in that capacity, ADB’s private sector financings and earnings grew by over 40 times their 2001 levels, while portfolio quality and earnings steadily improved. Working closely with most of the countries of Asia, the Private Sector Department grew from the smallest of ADB’s departments to the largest and most successful operating unit of the ADB. In March of 2008 the Bank’s Board adopted private sector financings as the leading priority of the ADB for the years ahead.

So what’s the big deal?  Bob worked at a major international bank that is dedicated to alleviating poverty?  Well it seems to me that if you are going to use alleviating poverty to advance your political credibility people deserve to know the potential downside of how that actually plays out in the real world.

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Barney Frank’s Housing Bubble

by Steve MacDonald

We need to be reminded that every time someone tried to stop the expansion of the GSE’s and to try to prevent an expanding housing bubble Chris Dodd or Barney Frank stood up and said there was no reason to worry. They were wrong. But why have they not paid for the mistake? http://biggovernment.com/jdunetz/2010/08/11/blame-barney-frank-for-the-recession-not-george-bush/

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