It is no secret that public education has been influenced by outside forces who have it geared more toward social engineering and the political restructuring of our country, and less toward the teaching of usable skills. Teachers who try to fight this trend [...] ]]> http://blognetnews.com/New_Hampshire/go.php?http://www.dartblog.com/data/2009/11/008786.php Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.dartblog.com/data/2009/11/008786.php Every so often we should sing the praises of peaceful Hanover, N.H. The following events were summarized in the most recent Yale Alumni Magazine; they took place in New Haven within an eight-day period in September:

In this post, I offered Dean from Blue Hampshire to a blog debate - we shall see if that will be accepted (I have my doubts - he seems to be more interested to yelling in the Liberal echo chamber than in [...] ]]> http://blognetnews.com/New_Hampshire/go.php?http://granitegrok.com/blog/2009/11/id_better_be_getting_a_merry_christmas_a.html Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:23:55 -0500 http://granitegrok.com/blog/2009/11/id_better_be_getting_a_merry_christmas_a.html

My friend, Warner Todd Huston, found and noted upon this over at Big Government (is there NO WHERE this "Sleep?  Who needs sleep??" dude DOESN'T blog):

- George Washington, First President of the United States, General of the Revolutionary War Army

(H/T: Star Parker)

How to get into the Manchester Republican Committee’s Christmas Dinner, featuring Frank Guinta and Kelly Ayotte.

How to attend the Londonderry Democrats’ Holiday Homecoming Brunch.

The Border Patrol increases security along [...] ]]> http://blognetnews.com/New_Hampshire/go.php?http://ourconcord.blogspot.com/2009/11/tree-lighting-postponed-until-saturday.html Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:23:00 -0500 http://ourconcord.blogspot.com/2009/11/tree-lighting-postponed-until-saturday.html Number of comments: 0
According to a post on his facebook site, City Councilor Dick Patten is telling people that he downtown tree lighting event has been postponed until Saturday at 4 p.m. due to all the rain. Hope to see you all there! [...] ]]> http://blognetnews.com/New_Hampshire/go.php?http://www.bluehampshire.com/diary/8799/the-nh-advantage-only-for-the-richest-1-that-is Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:29:15 -0500 http://www.bluehampshire.com/diary/8799/the-nh-advantage-only-for-the-richest-1-that-is Concord Monitor notices ITEP's study and the reality it exposed about our pledge politics:Poorer people pay more in New Hampshire.

...According to the study, New Hampshire families earning less than $25,000 pay 8.3 percent of their income in state and local taxes.

...The top 1 percent of earners, [...] ]]> http://blognetnews.com/New_Hampshire/go.php?http://ourconcord.blogspot.com/2009/11/great-piece-in-monitor-this-morning.html Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:39:00 -0500 http://ourconcord.blogspot.com/2009/11/great-piece-in-monitor-this-morning.html Number of comments: 0
Before I get back to work, I wanted to point out to readers that Chuck Douglas has a great column in the Monitor today about what came out of the Legislative commission studying the charter commission: ["One step closer to bringing our school charter home"]. [...] ]]> http://blognetnews.com/New_Hampshire/go.php?http://granitegrok.com/blog/2009/11/first_she_votes_to_take_500_billion_away.html Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:52:37 -0500 http://granitegrok.com/blog/2009/11/first_she_votes_to_take_500_billion_away.html Carol Shea-Porter, NH CongressCritter from NH's CD-1 (Democrat), voted with her mistress, Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, to take $500 Billion away from the Medicare program via Obamacare.

After all, the ONLY way to "bend the curve down" is to NOT pay for stuff and with the Boomer generation retirements starting [...] ]]>