Strings Attached Archives

SMITH: Trojan Horse Contracts

September 29, 2026 Julie Smith

Last night, username GASTON called attention to a WMUR story about Granite Staters suddenly being harassed by the registry for unpaid out-of-state tickets that were issued decades ago. If a prosecutor or plaintiff can’t unleash litigation over crimes and grievances that long ago, why should the registry get to? I wanted answers, and the WMUR … Read more

SMITH: At what Price Should NH Sell its Liberty?

February 7, 2026 Julie Smith

On the heels of the executive council blocking an extension of that rent-seeking Gordon-Darby contract, it was pointed out that NH receives $330M of federal highway money each year. Sure, that’s a lot of money, but I still say “so what.” This isn’t the first rodeo, so to speak, with NH and DC. One could … Read more

Open Letter Denouncing Chuck Morse

July 14, 2022 Op-Ed

The NH Supreme Court recently heard a challenge to the legislatures determined resolve to only afford the rights they find necessary in the NH Bill of Rights. In the challenge before the court, the lawyers for the state legislative branch talked of the constitutional right to ignore the constitution.

Skip’s Sauntering Snippets-#13-Biden: Affirm Transgenders in School or Poor Kids Get No Lunch

June 12, 2022 Skip

Or, Biden’s willing to let poor kids go hungry to force transgender affirmation on schools. Talk about strings attached! The US Department of Agriculture just mandated that if a school wishes to receive Federal money meant for school lunches for poor and low-income students, those schools MUST implement all of the Biden Administration’s “anti-discrimination” policies concerning LGBTQ, especially those experiencing gender dysphoria (transgenderism).

NH GOP/RNC: Politics Over Your Rulebook? The Joe Kenney Edition

December 13, 2021 Skip

One of our mantras is “Thank’em when they do right and spank’em when they do wrong so, step right up, (my) District 1 Executive Councilor Joe Kenney. And no, this isn’t a thank you letter so you only have one choice left as to why I’m writing this.

It Is Time for a Much-Needed Reality Check, School Boards

October 27, 2021 Steve Earle

Seems that the school board down in Loudoun Virginia has finally awakened American parents to how irresponsive and arrogant these petty tyrants have become and the pushback has started.

So, You Thought This “Takeover of the States by Contract” is Something New? I learned Something

October 24, 2021 Skip

Courtesy of Dan Richard (the man about the Remonstrance – which is STILL working its way through the court system). He did some digging and research and from 1933, the time of the Great Depression and FDR’s attempt to “prime the US Economy pump” (in which people actually DID have to prime their hand-driven mechanical parts, especially in rural areas) and came up with this (emphasis mine):

Free Cheese – or Free Men?

October 19, 2021 Op-Ed

I attended the Executive Council meeting with Governor Sununu on 10/13/21 at the Police Standards and Training campus in Concord.

300 citizens concerned with $27Million in Federal Covid Vaccine Funds with strings attached attended the meeting.