Monthly Archives: June 2008

Lynch’s new Dem Opponent wants more taxes. (?)

I like to see citizens getting involved in the process, but only a Democrat would run against another Democrat on a platform of more taxes.  From the Union Leader What drove Kathryn Forry, 67, a retired school teacher and education … Continue reading

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News from the NH / NE Blogosphere

Here are some quick shots of interest from around the New Hampshire and New England.    Hot from Granite Grok  Jeanne Shaheen Doesn’t answer some questions Here. Judd Gregg goes native and Co-sponsers the government take over of Health Insurance.  A must read. … Continue reading

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Rep Shea-Porter plays make-believe…

…about how she is helping out the middle class. A full color mailer graced my mailbox yesterday–pictured here–with the traditional extended family around the dinner table.  Without getting too wrapped up in the contradictions between Democrat policies which Rep Shea-Porter … Continue reading

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Take the train–you’re already paying for it.

Paul Hodes NH-02 and Carol Shea-Porter NH-01, voted in favor of spoon feeding another 14 billion in tax dollars into the Amtrak system with H.R. 6003.   Amtrak has been the recipient of much Federal largess over the course of its existence, and clearly has … Continue reading

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Lynch buys in to Cap and Trade and NH gets to pay

Governor Lynch, in signing a bill that adds New Hampshire to the Regional Greenhouse gas initiative, has just saddled us with a cap and trade emissions scheme not all that different from the one the EU has used for several years.  So … Continue reading

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New Hampshire’s Pelosi-Twins vs. change I can believe in.

There is an approximately 97.5% chance that when asked about Oil and Gas prices, the Pelosi twins will give you the stock Democrat talking points response.  This is Obama on CNBC courtesy of NRO, parroting the party line which both … Continue reading

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Hodes on the wrong side of “Middle-Class tax cuts.”

Paul Hodes (D- CA  NH ) is insisting that Obama is not planning on raising taxes for the middle class, but like most Democrat strategies, what sounds like one thing, smells like something else.  Obama’s plan at its simplest, which Hodes … Continue reading

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Creating Opportunity in NH?

This is a letter I wrote the Nashua Telegraph in response to an article in a Sunday edition back in late May.  As is generally the case–for The Telegraph at least–it was never published.   I wanted to start a section … Continue reading

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Jeanne Machine.

Jeanne Shaheen wants to be the next Senator from New Hampshire, but Jeanne is a typical democrat.  She supported Hillary Clinton and her big government dreams—ideas which candidate Clinton herself said, even the American people could not yet afford.   Like … Continue reading

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Live Free or Die still means something

We may argue the practical differences between Democrats and Republicans, conservatives and liberals, but at the core only one issue should matter.  Democrats want us as far from the decision making process as possible.  They believe government is best positioned … Continue reading

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