Tag: US Senate 2012

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

September 26, 2018October 3, 2011

by Rick Olson

**“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 Carol Shea-Porter, Shaheen brings home the bacon … To wit: a $1.4 million federal grant to pay for six new police officers; Providing four for Manchester and one each for Pelham and Claremont.

Not a new scheme at all. During the Clinton years we see how well it worked here in the Queen city the last time the Federal Nanny doled out money for cops. And as always, there is an end on the horizon for that funding which only segues the bitter fiscal fight also on the horizon. Police administrators, Union hacks and those in city government with a shameless fealty for tax and spend policies to keep those positions, will seek to have them funded on the backs of local taxpayers. Epic Fail. This latest grant is a mere redux of the same scheme.

Senator Shaheen is the epitome a big-government liberal. She does not respect local government, nor the people who elected her. This is a clear second example of such in just a few short months where Shaheen advocated for the Feds to contract locally with Planned Parenthood in the wake of the Executive Council’s vote not to fund Planned Parenthood services in the Granite State. Now she gives Manchester government a back-handed slap.

545 People Are Responsible For The Mess, But They Unite In A Common Con

September 26, 2018August 3, 2011

by Rick Olson

“Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.”~Plato, Ancient Greek Philosopher

Charley Reese retired July 29, 2001. Who was Charley Reese? He was a columnist, serving 30 of those years at the Orlando Sentinel. Characterized best by his plainspoken manner and conservative views, he was with the Sentinel from 1971–2001, serving as a writer and other such editorial capacities. King Features Syndicate distributed Charley’s column, which published up to three times a week.

On February 3, 1984 Charley originally published the column below. This column additionally republished as his final column. Rightfully so and despite being 27 years removed from its orignal publish date, it is no less relevant.

Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.

Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we have deficits?

Have you ever wondered, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, WHY do we have inflation and high taxes?

You and I don’t propose a federal budget. The President does.

You and I don’t have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. The House of Representatives does.

You and I don’t write the tax code, Congress does.

You and I don’t set fiscal policy, Congress does.

You and I don’t control monetary policy, the Federal Reserve Bank does.

One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one President, and nine Supreme Court justices equates to 545 human beings out of the 300 million are directly, legally, morally, and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.

I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that problem was created by the Congress. In 1913, Congress delegated its Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally chartered, but private, central bank.

I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason. They have no legal authority. They have no ability to coerce a senator, a congressman, or a President to do one cotton-picking thing. I don’t care if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash. The politician has the power to accept or reject it. No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the legislator’s responsibility to determine how he votes.

Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con regardless of party.

Must See Rubio On The Debt Ceiling

September 26, 2018July 30, 2011

by Steve MacDonald

Marco Rubio on The US Senate and the Debt Ceiling Debate

“When was the last time you saw a Hispanic panhandler?”

September 26, 2018July 19, 2011

That’s Texas GOP Senate candidate Ted Cruz. There’s this thing about Hispanics: By inclination they’re natural Republicans (that’s why you don’t see Hispanic panhandlers). Here’s George Will on Cruz and other Republican Senators: The three Hispanics elected to major offices in 2010 — Florida’s Sen. Marco Rubio, Nevada’s Gov. Brian Sandoval and New Mexico’s Gov. … Read more

What Steve Mac Donald said about NH politics below…

September 26, 2018January 4, 2011

…also applies to our national politics in Washington, DC. Those %*#@! Tea Partiers won’t shut up. Worse yet, having helped win a historic GOP landslide election that the Old Republicans could never have pulled off, they now won’t take their seats in the back of the bus like the establishment pols are telling them they must. … Read more

NH U.S. Senators Who Suck (with apologies to Tim)

September 26, 2018November 30, 2010

by Skip

Tim had the list right at the national level. True, the actual spending as a result of earmarks is miniscule when compared to the Federal budget overall. Heck, it’s not even a pinprick when compared to just Obama’s yearly deficit (running $1.4 Trillion / year). Problem is, we also have to look at the individuals – separate them out from the pack – and then simply using the Progressive’s own tactics against them (they aren’t too grooving to that – I can’t wait for our good friend Harrell over at the NH Democrat Party Central Committee to start yipping at this).

I notice that our (now) Senior Senator, Jeanne Shaheen pulled an Obama-1:

She didn’t even vote "present"

Yeah, she took a pass. Didn’t pull the lever. Didn’t let her constituents know what she thinks about earmarks. Didn’t publicly put herself on the record. Didn’t know which would hurt her worse – voting with her the majority of her Party, or voting to start the cleanup of Congress.

She did, however, just tell us here in 2010 what her intentions are for 2012. This ought to be fun!

Earmarks: the problem is the process. The problem is the mindset. The problem is the utter contempt of actually using the legislative system. The problem is in NOT DOING THEIR JOBS the way we elect them to.

We expect them to…