Over the weekend, as previously reported, a Nashua activist created a Facebook page that is devoted to sharing the public commentary and actions of Nashua Alderwoman and New Hampshire State Representative, Jan Schmidt. Schmidt is an elected official who apparently doesn’t like anyone to hold her accountable for her words or actions. New Hampshire Democrats … Read more
Tagging onto Susan’s post about the Democrats dancing on the bloody shirt of the victims of what seems to have been by Leftist shooters; they’ll be at it again during the Trump rally. Yes, I’m on their email list so I get all of those sordid tales of victimology and Collectivist wailings. Collectivists – and … Read more
by NH State Senator Harold French |
The proposed state budget created by House and Senate Democrats and vetoed by Governor Sununu increases taxes. It increases spending by an unsustainable 13.2 percent. And it makes promises to local taxpayers that it cannot keep.
This is why I keep saying to NOT listen to what politicians SAY but to WATCH what they do. From the Party that screams “but Bipartisanship” from the rafters when they’re not in power, here is their stance now that they have the power: For Immediate Release June 11th, 2019 Contact: 603-271-3665 House Republicans React … Read more
The economy is booming here in NH – unemployment is low, wages are rising, and companies are expanding and local towns and cities are opening their doors (er, mostly) for new companies to set up camp. Also, this State is known for this kind of industry – good work at good wages. The kind of … Read more
Since Democrats took over a majority in both the New Hampshire House and Senate, they have been on a drunken late-night ‘Amazon Prime’ spending spree with YOUR tax dollars. And of course, they have to RAISE TAXES even more to pay for all of their ridiculous spending, to the tune of $417 MILLION new taxes … Read more
Yesterday, several Republican State Representatives coined an OP-ED in the Concord Monitor claiming they will continue to practice their right to protect themselves by carrying concealed firearms at the state house, despite a draconian ban by newly empowered Democrats. From the Monitor: There are times when the acts of a majority are so repugnant to … Read more
Democrats yammer all day about about diversity this, diversity, there, diversity there…but I’m wondering how “diverse” their voting records will be for all that talk about “diversity”? Do that really mean diversity in thought? Diversity in legislation?
No, “Diversity” on the Democrat side is only skin-deep on the outside and mono-thought culture on the inside:
I bring that, partly as a younger person. I’m also a Latino and we could also use some more diversity in the Legislature from that perspective as well.
My question is this: Why? If you are a Democrat, and you speak like a Democrat, and you vote like a Democrat, what does being a Latino have to do with anything? What does having others around you look like you have to do with anything if you all act the same in the Democrat mode? From my perch outside of both Parties, it simply devolves to
Aaron Alexis’ choice of the Biden Boomstick for his evil deeds brings up an important point that we have not yet addressed. Cargo pants.
“Let your family, staff, and friends know that you’re still the same person, despite all the publicity and notoriety that accompanies your position.” —Donald Rumsfeld
Kathy Sullivan, in an opposite editorial yesterday asked in the Union Leader, “Is Bill O’Brien really better known than Franklin Pierce? Naturally, this was yet another hit piece on Bill O’Brien. Ben Franklin once quipped, “Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain – and most fools do.
Politics meets social science. Result? A conflation of unintended consequences… the outcomes of which were neither foreseen nor intended. It was the
As we know, Rep. Cynthia Chase and others are known to periodically vent their spleens and their bigotry by raising awful alarms (!) about “the invasion of the Freestaters!” This supposedly monolithic anarchist horde is going to sweep through the state and end government as we know it (!). Well, three strikes and those idiots are out, as follow:
1. The first “Freestater” elected to the NH State House of Representatives, where he holds a seat today, was and is Rep. Joel Winters…elected as…
“Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of (the Legislature); but I repeat myself. —Mark Twain
Timmy HAD TO KNOW when this UL Editorial hit, we here at the Grok would be all over it. This editorial…”Civility in question: Rep. Horrigan shamed again.” So we all have to ask…”what drew the ire of the Union Leader Editorial pages?”
Seems its nothing new for Timmy…the same thing he resigned over the last time: Making bothersome comments, to be kind and judicious.
In 2010, Rindge DemocRAT Keith David Halloran quipped on his Facebook wishing that Sarah Palin and her daughter’s former boyfriend were the
Making eye contact with adults while dressed as a clown is risky. —Doug Coupland Awesome. You just cannot make this stuff up. A hat-tip goes to the Union Leader’s Tim Buckland for getting this quote from State Democratic Party Chairman Ray Buckley. When asked, “What is an assualt weapon, Ray said: “It’s generally a gun that’s more … Read more
Here are two pull quotes from the New Hampshire Union Leader that I wanted to share. One is about trust, the other about safety. I think you’ll find them…interesting.
In an article on 2013 LSR H-0451 regarding a proposed change to the right to know law, New Hampshire House Democrat Majority Leader Steve Shurtleff, D-Penacook, said of local elected officials having more opportunities for private executive sessions meeting out of public view…
“At some point, you have to trust these officials not to abuse it,.”
Now that is funny, right there, I don’t care who you are.
and…
Oh, one other thing that Steve Duprey said to John DiStaso about NH GOP State Member fundraising: Duprey said that especially after a poor GOP showing on election day, “Anyone who thinks you don’t need adequate resources in what has become a purple state is dreaming.” Agreed that there is a need, but it is … Read more
The New Hampshire Democrat House Majority has chosen their previous Democrat House Sepaker Terie ‘Billion Dollar Deficit‘ Norelli as their new Speaker for the 2013-2014 session. This is good for lots of reasons. Deficits, spending, taxes, accounting gimmicks, bathroom remodels, bathroom bills, and a dedication to back-benching and marginalizing anyone who does not pull the lever for her far-left agenda.
As a blogger, I couldn’t be happier. Nothing makes my hobby easier than the likes of Terie Norelli. I look forward to watching her repeat the same mistakes again.
Of course this time around she doesn’t have a completely compliant Democrat majority Senate to help cover her tracks. She has a slim and squishy potentialy compliant Republican majority in the Senate, with whom she may have to barter a bit. How much barter, as well as what the GOP willingly gives up, remains to be seen.
When the economy got rough my employer had to cut back staffing. By the time they were done we had dropped about 70% of our staff, down to the bare minimum needed to operate each department. We kept the best people and asked them to do a lot more for the same money, and sometimes less. We went to smaller quarters. We re-thought everything. We looked for fat and cut it. We analyzed how we did things when we were busy and a bit lazy and got into shape.
As it turns out, there were better, faster, and more efficient ways to get the same things done with fewer people, while spending less money. We needed to do that, we did it, and we are surviving. And if ever it comes time to grow again, then we’ll expand with more care and efficiency than before.
If we apply the way Democrats approach Government to business (our lemonade stand) it is the exact opposite.
Effective October 1st, 2012 (that means it started last week folks)… Hospitals who re-admit patients within 30 days after they were discharged will now have to, under an Obamacare provision, pay fines as of October 1, 2012, which could force hospitals to slash programs that help the elderly, the poor, and the chronically ill. According … Read more
Democrats have tried to lay claim to New Hampshire values but that’s not going to happen. New Hampshire is about liberty, Live free or Die, local control, small government, and no broad based taxes, just like the TEA party. Tea Party values are about defending the Constitution and rule of law, small and accountable government, low taxes and free markets. NH Democrats are keen on painting a different picture, not just because they can’t run on their own records but because the root for their values is too freighting for them to acknowledge…
They have Nancy Pelosi Values.
New Hampshire Democrat values are Nancy Pelosi values, extreme left social and economic values that just two years ago they were actually proud of. Values that are nothing like New Hampshire values…so what has changed in the past two years? Nothing. But they will do or say anything to get back into power.
Yes, this is going to keep coming up. All the way to November. (excerpt on the jump)