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Jeanne Shaheen: “Porking” Those Tax Increases Down Our Throats

by Rick Olson / 3 October 2011 26 September 2018

“If Thomas Jefferson thought taxation without representation was bad, he should see how it is with representation …” —Rush Limbaugh Today’s Union Leader Editorial, entitled, “Free Cops!” points once again to the ills of having a big-government Democrat like Jeanne Shaheen serving the Granite State in the U.S. Senate. Like her liberal counterpart, former Congressperson …

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Londonderry Seeks to Ban Shooting on Public Land

by Rick Olson / 20 September 2011 26 September 2018

“A critic is someone who never actually goes to the battle, yet who afterwards comes out shooting the wounded.” —Tyne Daly Londonderry Town Councilors drafted an amendment to an ordinance that already prohibits activities such as smoking on town-owned property to include a ban on target or skeet shooting, reports the Derry News. Councilors invited …

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WILL LIVING OFF THE GRID BE ILLEGAL SOON?

by Rick Olson / 4 September 2011 26 September 2018

“Doesn’t the fight for survival also justify swindle and theft? In self defence, anything goes.” ~Imelda Marcos USA Today reported back in April 2006, that 180,000 families were living “off the grid” Moreover, USA Today in that same story reported that that rate has jumped to upwards of 33% a year for a decade according …

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WILL MANCHESTER SCHOOL COMMITTEMAN JOE BRIGGS DEFINE “WHITE TRASH” PLEASE?

by Rick Olson / 13 August 2011 26 September 2018

“Oh I feel so delightfully white trash. Mommy, I want a mullet.” ~Stewie, on “The Family Guy” White Trash n. Offensive Slang 1. Used as a disparaging term for a poor white person or poor white people. 2. Used as a disparaging term for a white person or white …

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Evil Landlords Who Pick On Tenants

by Rick Olson / 27 July 2011 26 September 2018

“I like to think of my behavior in the sixties as a ‘learning experience.’ Then again, I like to think of anything stupid I’ve done as a ‘learning experience.’ It makes me feel less stupid.“ -P.J. O’Rourke I was at a housing office today dropping off some “required paperwork.” As I sat waiting to review …

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William Jasmin The Beer Hunter

by Rick Olson / 23 July 2011 26 September 2018

“He uses statistics like a drunk uses lamp-posts, more for support than illumination…” ~Romano Prodi “(Attorney B.J. Branch) acknowledged that Jasmin had been drinking on the day of the accident but said he had only consumed one 16-ounce Pabst Blue Ribbon beer and was at or below the legal limit for intoxication. He added that …

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Manchester City Politics and Swimming Pools

by Rick Olson / 7 June 2011 26 September 2018

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