Author Archives: Steve Mac Donald

About Steve Mac Donald

Husband, Dad, Dog Lover, Blogger, (sometimes) Radio Co-Host, Free Speech Facilitator, Climate Denier, Gun Owner, info-junkie, ...

Hidey-Hodes

The Hodes campaign has made its priorities clear.  I’m referring to the attack ads on Republican primary candidate Kelly Ayotte, whom they have for whatever reason anointed as the primary winner.   What does this tell us about Paul Hodes? … Continue reading →

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Harry Reid’s Innocent Victims

They are making hay and BS sandwiches over at Boo-Hoo Hampshire, this time about the latest unemployment benefits stalemate.   Dean was just waxing on CBS news coverage and decided to lament 30 years of GOP policy crushing the little guy, … Continue reading →

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Progressivism For Educators

From the Things we missed File     Monday-Tuesday – June 28-29, 2010 HSCC will host its annual spring Teacher Workshop on The Progressive Era & World War I in the Monadnock Region from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. for … Continue reading →

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Calvin Coolidge, July 4th 1926

In 1926 President Calvin Coolidge gave a speech, an independence day address.  It has just come to may attention, and  I enjoyed it so much I felt obliged to share it.  The excerpt below is from well within the body … Continue reading →

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Democrats Deem 2011 Budget Passed!

According to Human Events late last night the Democrat majority Congress attached a document which ‘Deemed as passed’ a 1.12 trillion dollar budget.  The document was attached to the War supplemental bill and approved on partisan lines (despite bi-partisan objection) … Continue reading →

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The End Of The Road

Hat in hand, governor Lynch is looking for the feds to bail him out of the accumulated disaster of his administration. On the matter of extending federal unemployment benefits (from this morning’s Union Leader) the governor was emphatic. Failure to … Continue reading →

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Carol Is Still Batting .980

Carol “98%” Shea Porter surprised several people when she offered to co-sponsor HR 1207, the Audit the Fed Resolution.  The bill, sponsored by Republican Ron Paul would require an audit of the not so independent “independent” central bank. The hobgoblins … Continue reading →

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Perspective

Perspective All you need to put the lefts complaints of a GOP “smear campaign” against Carol Shea-Porter’s Graduation propaganda-mailing to High School seniors or the question of how she got those addresses from local school districts can be summed up … Continue reading →

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Swett Turns A Phrase

In a recent email to supporters Katrina Swett puts a new spin on the thousand pound gorilla in the room.  The gorilla is the economy and K-Swett appears to have looked to the east for inspiration.  She also spelled the … Continue reading →

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Drop Dead Fed

… At present the interest rate is more political than sensible.  It is policy driven, affected by the governments desire to do something that natural economic forces would otherwise resist.  The most recent example was the governments desire to get … Continue reading →

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