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Out of town/state protestors arrived via chartered bus this past Saturday to bolster a small No-Kings protest in Wolfeboro. Their arrival may have been driven solely by their hatred of our current President, or simply by their hatred of our country. A more likely scenario is that they rented themselves out for a free bus ride, money, … Read more
Horizontal escalation occurs when a state at war widens the geographic and political scope of the conflict, rather than intensifying it vertically in a single theater of operations. It is especially appealing as a strategy for the weakest side in a military contest. Instead of trying to defeat a stronger adversary head-on, the weaker side … Read more
By Claude (Anthropic) and one-old-conservative Over one of our breakfast sessions, Claude thought I was looking a bit tired, so he suggested that I get myself a nice, young, energetic personal assistant. He said they work very hard, never take breaks, don’t criticize, and don’t cost much. Unlike Claude, they can sort through my computer … Read more
Scriptures tell us: “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. The knowledge of the holy one is understanding.” The Lord gave us free will. To gain understanding, He gave us the Ten Commandments, a divine blueprint we could freely choose to follow so that our nature would reflect His. Rebellion against God … Read more
This week, the House met on 35 bills, fourteen on consent. Only two committees reported bills – Finance and Ways & Means – and all had passed the House from the policy committee. This created a strong presumption that we should pass these bills again! The consent calendar passed on a voice vote, then we … Read more
Massachusetts lost an estimated 145,000 residents to New Hampshire over the last 20 years, a Josiah Bartlett Center analysis of U.S. Census migration data shows. For scale, that number of people living in one place would be Massachusetts’ fourth-largest city, larger than Cambridge and slightly smaller than Springfield. The U.S. Census Bureau estimates that 369,368 … Read more
Plan to Testify on March 31 or Register Support before March 31 All, this only takes a minute to show your SUPPORT for this bill or a few hours if you want to attend the meeting. See below, this is a good bill to help protect the vote of the voters by allowing more people … Read more
Why would our Senators not support the Save America Act? New Hampshire requires a photo ID and Proof of citizenship to vote. Do they feel that other states shouldn’t also have to require these simple safeguards? If so, why? Do the Senators support MEN playing in women’s sports? If so, why? Do the Senators really … Read more
Should America, or the United States government, pay reparations to African Americans for slavery? I answer emphatically NO! First off, it is illegal; where in the Constitution did we delegate authority to the federal government to make amends for past transactions against specific groups? And where does it have the ability to punish the children … Read more
This week, the Finance committee met to recommend 29 bills to the House. We did 20 before lunch, then settled in on the more difficult ones. Since these bills had been heard, debated, and in some cases amended, in the divisions, the committee tended to accept the judgment of the division; bills that were contentious … Read more
New England state renewable energy mandates will double energy costs, cause rolling blackouts, while NH policies reduce regional costs With New England state governments committed to reducing their carbon emissions at least 80% by 2050, residents and businesses can expect electricity rates to double, along with rolling blackouts, according to a new joint report completed … Read more
I noticed the NH Journal article on School Districts that lied about its numbers. By comparison, NH Journal has been unwilling to look at NHCADSV’s numbers, which are all over the place and simply do not add up. The NHCADSV has provided wildly different numbers on the number of people it serves. Central Crisis Center … Read more
New Hampshire led the American colonies 250 years ago by adopting a constitution that created an independent government before anyone else. So it’s fitting that in 2026, New Hampshire could achieve another first for independence. Like all Americans, government employees have the constitutional right to free speech and free association. In 2018, the U.S. Supreme … Read more
One Big Beautiful Bill gives scholarship donors $1700 federal tax credit – but Dem majority doesn’t want it Vermonters will not be allowed to take a federal tax credit for contributing to a private/independent school scholarship program, if a House Ways & Means Committee miscellaneous tax bill introduced yesterday becomes law. H.933, titled “miscellaneous administrative … Read more
The “Deep State” is not just corrupt US politicians. It’s a transnational criminal organization that has embedded itself within governments around the globe and leveraged entire nations to do its bidding. Or as JFK called it, a “secret society” and a “monolithic and ruthless conspiracy”. It is a system that has conscripted vast human and … Read more
Academic Arms Races To The Bottom Of The Barrel Background: This is a continuation of a GraniteGrok series on various Artificial Intelligence issues, and several uses of AI resources have been demonstrated. In this example, the human, one-old-conservative, wrote the article and Claude, Anthropic’s AI, did a review and commentary. When stability is replaced by … Read more
The lust for world government goes all the way back to the Tower of Babel. It’s the unquenchable thirst of men wanting to play god. The power move under which we now live was born in the mind of Edward Mandel House. House dominated the Wilson Administration and had overwhelming success in FDR’s New Deal; … Read more
This was a very busy week, since my division of Finance met Monday and Friday, the House met Wednesday and Thursday, and Tuesday was town election day. My division met on nine bills on Monday, all having passed the policy committee and the House, so we primarily needed to look at the financial impacts. HB … Read more
Imagine having elected leaders who would put the American people before political party and personal gain. Imagine having elected leaders who would put the welfare of American citizens before non-citizens. Imagine having elected leaders who would put their lives and their personal fortunes on the line for the survival of their country. Imagine having elected … Read more
“Whatever the State identifies as comprising constitutional adequacy it must pay for.” — N.H. Supreme Court, Londonderry School District SAU #12 v. State of New Hampshire, 2006 Since the state lost its first Claremont education funding case in 1993, legislators and governors (including Democratic Gov. John Lynch in 2011-2012) tried to undo the decision with … Read more