Monthly Archives: April 2011

“Psst! Hey Buddy. Want to Buy A Train?”

The morning Union leader chides New Hampshire Governor John Lynch telling this to the Nashua Telegraph. “I think rail would be an economic driver for this region. Ultimately, we would realize more money than we could even contemplate at this … Continue reading

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No Labels – Why are All Their “Leaders” Leftists?

No Labels, the latest of many left wing funded efforts to drag the right into the middle and the middle leftward, is looking for you to help them spread their message.  But before you drop your values, abandon your principles, … Continue reading

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What Education Is About

Thanks to Ann Marie Banfield, Grok contributor at large, for posting this link on Facebook.  It is a letter  to the editor, in the Hollis -Brookline Journal, that needs no further exposition on my part: School’s function is education Friday, … Continue reading

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E-Books Top Print publishing Sales

The Financial Times is reporting (free sub. req.) that E-books have surpassed print books in total sales for the first time.  Sales of e-books in February tripled over the previous year to $90.3m, the Association of American Publishers reported, exceeding … Continue reading

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Big Ben, Parliament

Rumor has it Mr. Obama gave a speech yesterday about something. I didn’t watch it and with good reason. Been there, done that. Two faced, self contradicting, tired, and repetitive. Put another way, Big Ben, Parliament. Continue reading

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Merrimack Election Results. (No!)

As an obligatory followup to this, here are the results from Merrimack’s Town Elections yesterday. New fire station- no Restore 3 public safety positions, no. Upgrade wastewater facility, no. Town budget, no.(default is 2 million less, more or less) Reinstate … Continue reading

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Pelosi Doesn’t Want To Fix It

Greg Sargent from the Washington Post is reporting that Pelosi, in a call to bloggers, wants no part of a fix to Medicare. Pelosi — who is widely viewed as the person most responsible for ensuring that Dems drew a … Continue reading

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What If You Held An Election And Nobody Came?

I’d like to report to you the complete results from Merrimack’s Town Election yesterday, but I’m having one of those “If a tree falls in the forest…” moments.  Neither the Union Leader nor the Nashua Telegraph had any mention of … Continue reading

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Meet Terie “Billion Dollar Deficit” Vu.

NH Journal is reporting more fear-mongering from the left, and from the usual suspects.  Teri “Billion Dollar Deficit” Norelli (D- scaring women and children), is promising us that the Republican Budget will ‘put peoples lives at risk. The comments were … Continue reading

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Obama 2012

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