Category Archives: National Politics & Policy
Obama’s Magic Cash Cow.
Seems Obama has been receiving significant numbers ofcampaign contributions from overseas. Here is a link I found while browsing, with some interesting details and some important questions. Like why would one person give 112 separate donations to Obama, 34 of them on the … Continue reading
Hodes teaches us the ‘New Math.’
In the Saturday Union Leader John DiStaso has an article in which NH-02 Rep Paul Hodes pins the “tax cuts for the rich”canard on John McCain, and declares his economic policies as detrimental to the middle class. You see McCain has … Continue reading
Posted in Local NH Politics, National Politics & Policy, taxes
Tagged NH-02, Obama, Paul Hodes NH-02, politics, Tax cuts, taxes
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Oil Drops
New Hampshire’s Democratic Reps, and former NH governor, tell us they have great ideas on how to resolve the high cost of energy, how to help the “struggling” middle class with the costs associated with it. But they never seriously relate the two … Continue reading
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Tagged Drill, Energy Policy, New Hampshire, oil, politics
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Shaheens stem cell “Surge”
Governor Jeanne has launched a counter attack against the Republican War on Science. This surprised me because I didn’t even know we had one. But My curiosity was rewarded when it became clear that the forefront of this war–at least from … Continue reading
Outrage we can believe in
Obama’s campaign is offended again. (OMG!) I just picked this up from the from the Concord monitor online. It’s the latest cover of the New Yorker on which “radical positions” appear projected upon a caricature of the Obama’s–presumably in the living room … Continue reading
Posted in National Politics & Policy, Uncategorized
Tagged 2008 Election, Obama, politics
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Secret Balloting not in the cards.
Imagine that this November, instead of going to your local polling place, three guys from “The Party” come to your house, hand you a ballot, tell you to put your name on it, and wait while you complete it. They … Continue reading
Posted in Local NH Politics, National Politics & Policy
Tagged Card Check, Carol Shea-Porter, Jeanne Shaheen, Labor, Paul Hodes, Unions
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Congratulations on your new job.
I was over at Monster.com and no matter how hard I tried I could not find a job or occupation whose benefits included extra payroll deductions to help fund the Federal Government. Can you imagine? There are no businesses looking for … Continue reading
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Tagged New Hampshire, Obama, taxes
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Independence ‘from Democrats’
Democrats are talking about ‘Energy independence’ as if it is attainable. When were the words “Democrat” and “independence” ever linked successfully in any stated policy of the left? Aren’t liberals obsessed with taking money from people who are financially independent … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, National Politics & Policy
Tagged Choice, democrats, Energy Policy, Independence, politics
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Souter gets a room all his own. Too bad it isn’t padded.
Supreme Court Justice David Souter attended a ceremony at the New Hampshire Supreme Court today, where a conference room was dedicated to him. It was not padded, nor do I beleive did it have metal bars. Pity. “I don’t think David … Continue reading
Change we can…Change!
Obama’s slight stagger–stumble, fall, trip, stagger–ever so slightly towards the center has required him to “tweak” so many of his earlier positions that he’s turned into some kind of policy drunk. Let’s call it “Change we may have had a bit too much … Continue reading
The New Media Militia 