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Education: Some Rules for Changing the Rules

October 3, 2023 Ian Underwood

The following is an open letter to Frank Edelblut, Commissioner of Education, and Drew Cline, Chairman of the Board of Education, regarding a document that is making the rounds offering the public a chance to comment on proposed changes to the Ed Rules that govern public schools in New Hampshire. Dear Commissioner Edelblut and Chairman … Read more

This Should Be the Democrat Party Tag Line – “Have Less, Do Less, Be Less.”

October 23, 2021October 22, 2021 Steve MacDonald

Take a look at what the tone-deaf US government is spending 3.5 million of your (great-grandchildren’s) tax dollars on in the middle of this inflationary nightmare—making bicycles more affordable in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Citizens for a Better Nashua: The Board of Aldermen Should Strengthen Its Voice as a Voice and Not as an Echo.

September 26, 2021 Op-Ed

As the 2021 Fall election approaches, it is time for the citizens of Nashua to take a close look at their City government and the elected officials running it. In doing so we have found a lot to like but also some glaring deficiencies.

Biden has Snookered Bullets for Butter….in the Union Leader?

May 19, 2021 Skip

Most of us on the Right have heard of “Butter over bullets.” It’s about Government spending priorities and the ramifications of putting one ahead of the other.

Education today – Why is Academics THIRD in this list of Responsibilities?

August 16, 2020 Skip

This is an ad that was put into the Laconia Daily Sun. Now, I expect for many communities, there are going to be a lot of ads for teachers and such due to staff not wanting to physically to return to the schools (and some not wanting to even do Remote Learning as well.

How Can Anyone Believe for Even a Moment That The Left Cares About Black Americans?

July 23, 2020 Steve MacDonald

If we are to believe the experts, people of color are drawn to large urban environments with social infrastructure. Those are the words of Rogers Johnson, the president of the NH Seacoast NAACP. The Democrat party wants that too. But current events suggest it is not to help blacks or black lives.

COVID-19 Coronavirus Scare – Proof That for Democrats Politics Always Comes Before People

March 11, 2020 Steve MacDonald

Unless you contracted it, were hospitalized, or knew someone who died, most American’s have forgotten about this feature of the first two years of the Obama Presidency. They also don’t recall the slow response or how ill-prepared we were for 2009 A H1N1 – Swing Flu.

Blogline of the Day – there’s a reason behind “Dumbing down”

March 2, 2020 Skip

How modern education has destroyed the next generation’s soul — students are taught self-esteem and sexual promiscuity more effectively than science and civics. Not just their souls – the ability to be leaders. To be able to be rational, thinking citizens. Our education system, by accident or deliberately, has gone to a side rail. We … Read more

Democrats Care More About Illegal Aliens Than…

February 15, 2020

Why do Democrats care more about illegal aliens than homeless Americans in the streets? That’s the Scot Presler question. Mr. Presler is the man who has been voluntarily cleaning up garbage accumulated in Democrat-run cities. He’s not drawing big crowds, but the question is still pretty poignant.

We Got More Checks… Just There’s No Money In the Account

July 22, 2019

Authorizing spending is not the same thing as making a budget. If you don’t recognize a responsibility to not spend more than you take in, it is not a budget. The United States has not had a budget in more than a decade. The federal government is behaving like a teenager with a checkbook. It … Read more

House Democrat Says Focus on Kitchen Table Issues – Which Means What to a Democrat?

April 30, 2019 Steve MacDonald

A House Democrat in charge of the Caucus Congressional Campaign Committee has a suggestion for her party. Stop focusing on the outrage of the day. Pay attention to kitchen table issues. That got me thinking. What does that even mean to Democrat’s, especially here in New Hampshire?

Did some of those HB617 Republicans not like that Flashlight that shined brightly? Good – Mission Accomplished

September 26, 2018March 22, 2013 Skip

OK, I know this is a couple of days old, but still worth posting as an object lesson. We here at the ‘Grok raised a fuss and a big ‘ole stinkeroonie as we figuratively shined our flashlight into a dark corner – the kind of one where taxpayers end up paying for the mistakes that Government makes, either in actuality or in priority (e.g., not doing what it should be). We berated those Republicans that voted to raise the gas tax (that Pike Industries loves so much) that would hurt ordinary working folks.

Well, our motto is to “Spank’em when they’re wrong and Thank’em when they’re right”; we did the former and now time for the latter:

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March 19th, 2013
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House Republican Leaders Comment on Gas Tax Increase Bill

CONCORD – Today House Republican Leader Gene Chandler (R-Bartlett) and House Republican Policy Leader Laurie Sanborn (R-Bedford) offered the following statements on the committee vote on HB617, a bill that would raise the gas tax. The House Ways and Means committee voted 11-7 to recommend the bill ought to pass with amendment. The committee amendment would raise the gas tax by 67%. Republicans on the committee were unanimous in their opposition to the bill.

Remembering Democrat Rule – No Taxes Means More Taxes

February 6, 2025September 15, 2012 Steve MacDonald

In 2007 New Hampshire Democrats assumed complete control of state government. And much like the Democrat rhetoric in the current 2012 campaign, back in 2007, their first budget, New Hampshire’s first budget over 10 billion dollars, was billed by the Democrats as a budget that “addresses our state’s priorities without new taxes.” Addresses our ‘State’s’ … Read more