It is now the case that the general public, according to THIS Gallup poll, no longer believes that Government should be responsible for that aspect of life. In addition, that number support Government responsibility as such is falling, and falling FAST (and those opposing it rising as quickly)!
When that story of that 10 year old kid that is refusing to say the Pledge until gays can marry broke, thoughts keep coming to the fore: is Patriotism (love of country) now subject to any whim or perceived Political Correctness slight?
Is Patriotism "just is", or is it [...]
Filed under "Just can't make this stuff up"
Really - ask yourself - when properly attired, does it matter if there is a doll there or a few popsicle sticks or wires underneath that cloth?
OK, brand me "culturally insensitive", but I also know that the Islamic religion' [...]
The Fox news flap is lingering in my memory. I''m trying to reconcile how the White House, which continues to insist it is interested in ideas and opinions "from all sides" can justify calling a news channel an extension of the Republican party--as if this is a bad thing--and still [...]
There is a very contagious virus going around; but, no one can diagnosis it, it is a stealth/secret virus. It is mostly carried by politicians and it is transmitted by biting them in the butt. The behavior of the politicians is they all want to do things behind closed doors [...]
At the end of July 2009 PSNH instituted a rate increase of roughly 10.3%. It was the first major increase since the beginning of the year and reflects (according to PSNH) 2008 Ice storm recovery costs and other costs of doing business. What is more important is that PSNH has [...]
Paul ‘the reaper' Hodes said he will fight, that’s right fight to remove a provision from the House Health Care reform plan that bans the use of federal funds to cover abortions. (Did anyone tell him the Senate already gave Kathleen Sebelius that power?) We could weigh in on all' [...]
Friday’s Union Leader includes an ‘In Brief’ piece from the AP on a movement within the UN to push for a global Blasphemy treaty. The primary purveyors of the initiative are the 56 member Organization of the Islamic Conference. AP suggests that such a treaty will meet with resistance from [...]
Sound familiar to our current situation?
A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and he carries his banners openly. But the traitor moves among those within the [...]
Dear Editor:
I recently read an article where Paul DeMinico [Superintendent, Gilford, NH SAU -Skip] argued in favor of adopting the International Baccalaureate Program. He seemed to be arguing against the many controversial issues that plague this program. It's as if he simply cannot admit that this program comes with [...]
Guest Post by Andrew Hemingway:
Your Best Investment in 2010I am not a financial advisor, and am not going to give you financial advice. I am merely going to explain to you what I think will be your best investment in 2010.
As we all have seen and [...]
Dear Editor:
I recently read an article where Paul DeMinico [Superintendent, Gilford, NH SAU -Skip] argued in favor of adopting the International Baccalaureate Program. He seemed to be arguing against the many controversial issues that plague this program. It's as if he simply cannot admit that this program comes with [...]
Audiophilia, check. Hello, photography. My latest expensive entry into a new science--this makes up for the quantitatively destitute nature of my daily, written work; I imagine that it keeps both halves of the brain agile--is optics. Like many a man who eventually let Leica into his wallet, I have always [...]
I have commented in past posts on the striking taste and texture difference between milk straight from the cow and industrial-dairy milk, and the superiority of unpasteurized apple cider over the pasteurized sort. And one day I might voice at length my regret that [...]
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Panel Votes to Audit Fed
Sign the petition. HR 1207 and S 604 would audit the Fed. But most agree that the private bank that prints the money should be abolished.
Evidence found on computers in the form of emails between scientists pushing for global warming and Al Gore, who won a Nobel Prize for a power point presentation that was fraught with errors, seem to indicate collusion and construction of data to skew the results in favor of the climate [...]
Today in the Mass Media class I teach, when discussing movies, I mentioned my wife's hypothetical idea for a fiction about Atlantis. Here is an expanded version:
Atlantis 10,000 years ago was in a period of decline much like we are experiencing today. Overreaching government had created an entitlement mentality [...]
From the LOTR:
"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve..."
- Bilbo Baggins
Slipping on the Ring, he disappeared from sight. Onward on his next journey, his Hobbit feet began; left' [...]
Saw this link over at Instapundit and wanted to see if it was some DIRT on Andy Stern, the power greedy, socialist that runs the SEIU. Turns out, it was a clip of some ordinary citizens that were trying to exercise their Free Speech concerning a political activity - [...]
Filed under Government Spending.
I had a meeting of our Town's Budget Committee last night as we were completing our review of the municipal budget - we start in on the School Board side in a couple of weeks. I was talking with another of the members, new this [...]
Thanks to Recovery.GOV, we here in NH now have new Congressional Districts as Grant reported on a couple of days ago (emphasis mine):
According to the summary of stimulus jobs “created or saved” in New Hampshire, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has created 3.2 jobs in the 6th District, [...]
Here is an excellent website that rates the educational health of each state in the nation.
US Chamber of Commerce Educational Report Card
Where Do Bloggers Get Their News?
Left and Right On The media Landscape, Robert Gills and Whether Newspapers Should Go Nonprofit
National Journal has done a poll of bloggers for quite some time. To review, they ask a number of bloggers from the Left and the Right the same [...]
Trolls - no, not the Norse ones that you see at Travelocity or in its commercials. More like one of these:
Internet Trolls - you know, the ones that can bring a robust comment discussion to a screeching halt or [...]
There was lovely quote from President Kim in today's D about yesterday's reorganization of responsibilities for campus planning, real estate, facilities, environmental health and safety, and sustainability:
"It just made sense to put all these responsibilities under the supervision of someone who is actually a professional in the field," Kim [...]
I wonder if John Rassias would get tenure today, or even be hired by Dartmouth. Though he is routinely trotted out as one of the College's superstars, his relations within his own department have not been easy. Why?
As we all know and love, for Rassias literary' [...]
Part I of II - Ed and Steve talk about NH and National Issues.
[...]Part II of II - Ed and Steve talk about NH and National Issues.
[...]Here is the recording of the Budget Committee (before, during, and after):
Here is Doug Lambert's resignation letter:
Addressed to Richard Hickok, Chair, Gilford Budget Committee:
Please accept this letter as official notice of my resignation from the Municipal Budget Committee effective immediately. Given my recent inappropriate and hurtful remark [...]
One of the things I’m continually trying to improve on is my cooking. I’ve had some successes with casseroles and quiches. My attempt at a pot roast was like my attempt to run for State Representative three years ago against then incumbent Rep. Martha McLeod from Franconia.
Excuse my french, I [...]
This incident I think shows what is wrong with the NH Rail Authority and more specifically, its leader former Senator Peter Burling.
The various news accounts reported the extent of the derailment which was seven loaded coal cars “on the ground” and the disruption of motor vehicle traffic in the greater Nashua area [...]
This Bud Comm meeting tonite may have a few more attendees than normal - hopefully is will not turn into a circus. For that reason, I'll be live video streaming (provided the Town Hall WiFi system is up) as I have the last few meetings.
There has certainly been a lot' [...]
I love the smell of leadership in the morning. President Kim continues to clean house: today's "reassignment" of responsibilities has as its target another charter member of the Wright Olde Guarde, Executive Vice-President for Finance and Administration Adam Keller, who is, shall we say, moving on to new' [...]
Some “lifestyle” choices are superior to others and your government is more than willing to tell you which ones it plans to advance by writ of law. Case in point, congressman James Oberstar D-MN, has offered up the Surface Transportation Authorization act (STAA). STAA is a wet spot on the [...]
Hats off to the Washington Examiner. They created a map looking into claims of jobs created or saved by the billions spent in the stimulus package to determine the validity of the claim. You can find the map in full HERE.
While they do not have any jobs listed from [...]
Well, getting used to being the only Grokster means shuffling things around a bit - it may take a little bit to readjust the schedule a bit for writing. That's fine - just know that posting may be a tad light for the next few days as I realign what [...]
RGGI carbon allotments have been trending steadily downward in the first twelve months of New Hampshire's participation in RGGI, from a high of 3.51 per ton, down to 2.19 per ton. To date some $15,250,316.16 has been spent on allotments (or credits) for New Hampshire. The next auction is on [...]
Many governments of the world's countries have been demanding an equalization of the world's economies by virtue of the institution of a global currency.
Slate
Wall Street Journal
CBS News
Reuters
Would this ever happen and if so, what would it do to our dollar?
Here is what one financial expert [...]
Think the $200 toilet seat was a waste of money? Just wait 'til you read this... The Obama administration is spending $18 MILLION, yes I said MILLION dollars on updating the recovery.gov website -- the place where imaginary job creation numbers and fake districts abound.
And they wonder why we're outraged?!?
ABC [...]
It is no secret that I love computers - after working with them for over 30 years, it has been quite the ride from paper tape as a storage medium to gigabyte thumbdrives, from 300 baud modems to megabit FIOS to the curb, and when an IBM 360/370 filled an [...]
I have often been asked why it is that so many businessmen who run small and medium size companies are skeptical about the growth of government's role in our society. I think that the question is a pretty easy one; the answer breaks down into two parts:
Firstly, business people at' [...]
The Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy marks the one-year anniversary of its Watchdog Project by launching a news and information website designed to deliver the Center's ground-breaking reporting, commentary, and features. NewHampshireWatchdog.org will publish stories from investigative reporter Grant Bosse, Center President Charlie Arlinghaus's weekly column for the [...]
One year ago today, the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy launched the Watchdog Project, promising to bring investigative journalism back to New Hampshire government. Over the past year, we've provided the best coverage of the state budget, the JUA lawsuit, and New Hampshire's implementation of the stimulus package.
A UK man guilty of bringing a gun he found in his back yard to the police station faces at least 5 years in prison, the FDA going after alcohol & caffeine drinks, the Downsizer Dispatch, single mother faces court martial because she has no one to take care of [...]
This is hard stuff - VERY hard stuff to do even as science fiction stories for years have made it seem simple (that genre of books was almost the ONLY thing that I read growing up - after I "ran the table" at the library on books on WW II.
It seems that at every opportunity, Obama consistently tells an "anecdote" of how America has been wrong in the past - I'm betting that the 'bads' far outweigh the 'goods' from his speeches (but I have no intention of going back and counting). He has also said that America should' [...]
I thought that Obama's promise was that the Stimulus was supposed to cap unemployment at around 8%?
Remember, he's never run anything before in his life - and he's voting only "Present" on this issue...
(H/T: Bill from the Sam Adams Alliance)
Bow students were sent to Copenhagen to influence the United State’s support for the UN’s climate change treaty.
NHPR has the story…
Doug Lambert said something stupid, he in turn apologized for it, but yet NH Democrats will not let it drop. Even after he stepped down from writing for the Grok website he continues to remain the focus of NH Democrats. What makes this mostly insignificant man writing for a site [...]
The budget process continues to resemble a group hug, with everyone invited to join in and, I guess, buy in. Provost/Dean of the Faculty Carol Folt and Kim Majordomo Steven Kadish seem to believe that everyone will pull together to make major sacrifices for the good of the institution... This [...]
Rep Shea-Porter.
It occurs to me that as both a constituent and a political activist opposed to your agenda I have yet to receive an apology from you for having been called a ‘tea bagger.’ Since you do not seem inclined to apologize on your own despite the obvious free time [...]
Rep Shea-Porter.
It occurs to me that as both a constituent and a political activist opposed to your agenda I have yet to receive an apology from you for having been called a ‘tea bagger.’ Since you do not seem inclined to apologize on your own despite the obvious free time [...]
Professor of Economics Andrew Samwick, who is the director of the Rockefeller Center, has been selected as the New Hampshire Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.
Professor Samwick wins my [...]
After a while, the continued back handed slaps by the President at his own country, our country, seems to be summed up by this:
(H/T: Michael Ramirez at IBD)
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VS.
The Boy Scouts have had it rough the last few years - their Right to Assembly as a private group has been under attack for a number of years now. A traditional values type group, how does one argue specifically [...]
What does it take to make Islam bashers mend their ways? Why don’t these folks come to their senses and see Islam as a religion of peace and praise the God of Abraham for continuing his beneficence on humanity by sending Muhammad to guide and humanize [...]
Dartblog's post the other day about Football Coach Buddy Teevens '79 has elicited multiple expressions of heart-felt support, including the following two missives from parents of players. They quite rightly put emphasis on Buddy's human and pedagogical qualities, which I insufficiently noted on Monday.
From: Bob Patek
E:mail:
Hi Joe,
I enjoyed' [...]
A political apology often looks like this one that came in two parts:
"It was a one-line wry comment that popped in my head, and I said it... You're on TV a lot of times and you end up saying things, and some of the things you regret and some you'" [...]
The House Education Committee (HEC) will meet this Thursday, November 19, at 10:00 a.m. in LOB 207, to hear reports from the five committees that have been assiduously studying home education in New Hampshire, after which there will be a special meeting of the HEAC to discuss the recent rule [...]
The House Education Committee (HEC) will meet this Thursday, November 19, at 10:00 a.m. in LOB 207, to hear reports from the five committees that have been assiduously studying home education in New Hampshire, after which there will be a special meeting of the HEAC to discuss the recent rule [...]
Lloyd Marcus is a black singer that I first heard of as the TEA Parties were starting to roll along - he created the TEA Party Theme. He has been touring and writing. As a long time listener to Rush, I stopped post at American Thinker (which I seem [...]
First the caveat. November is by far the least significant month for revenues coming into state coffers. In fact, a negative amount is built in for business taxes (due to refunds) and we’re already ahead on that front.
However, after being exactly on pace for October, real estate transfer taxes (which [...]
Responding to rash of errors in its tracking of the $787 billion stimulus package, the Obama Administration has mounted a defense of its $84 million web boondoggle.
Obama special adviser G. Edward DeSeve writes on the White House website that the errors are minor compared to the overall to the [...]
The way to a legislator’s heart is through his/her stomach.Â
If nothing else, the Las Vegas based Millenium Company, trying to foist a megamillion casino scheme on New Hampshire’s unsuspecting populace has learned that. Not content with the legislative luncheon it offered on veto day, Millenium is at it again, [...]
NH Senate Republicans have released the following list of legislative priorities for the upcoming session. All quotes are attributable to Sen. Peter Bragdon. (Study guide: try to find any mention of spending cuts):
Economic Development and Job Creation
Reduce taxes for the smallest of companies, as well as those who hire new [...]
Peaceful Tea Party Protesters are attacked and beaten by pro-amnesty supporters with signs bearing the likeness of Che Guevara.
Attackers were members of the anti-capitalist pro-open borders group "ANSWER Florida" and they had responded to this email which said in part:
"That is why we are calling on all people to come" [...]
According to the The Revolutionary Catechism Rule #11: "When a comrade is in danger and the question arises whether he should be saved or not saved, the decision must not be arrived at on the basis of sentiment, but solely in the interests of the revolutionary cause. Therefore, it is" [...]
In short, I am environmentally conscious and believe in sound conservation concepts such as recycling. I don't think we should be dumping chemicals into drinking water supplies or burying mercury in the back yard. I think we should be careful how we dispose of any of the byproducts of production,' [...]
Bill McMorris, who I quoted in this morning's story on the 440 phantom Congressional Districts that received funding under the stimulus.
The site’s monitors, however, are not too savvy about America’s political or geographic landscape. More than $2 million was given to the 99th District of North Dakota, a [...]
This could have been filed under Healthcare - I chose Proper Role of Government instead. Tell me, what is the difference from one organization FROM AN INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM aspect that comes along and says:
"Pretty nice <insert your valued object here> you have here; a pity if something were to [...]
Manchester Mayor-elect Ted Gatsas has talked to aldermen and school board members about making some changes that might generate better cooperation between the boards. He wants to invite school board members to aldermanic meetings and vice versa. He also wants to change the school board’s fiscal committee from five members [...]
You try to say what you mean. You use whatever words or technique suits the subject matter or the audience, or the thrust of the editorial. Sometimes you wander off the reservation. But you must always be prepared to stand behind it, defend it, or correct it if it [...]
According to the federal government's Recovery.gov database, which tracks how state governments are spending the $787 billion stimulus package approved last year, 92.5% of all New Hampshire jobs "created or saved" by the legislation are concentrated in the State Capital of Concord.
[...]The NY Times reports on the engagement of my old employer, management consultants Bain & Company, to ferret out cost-cutting opportunities at educational institutions. You will recall that the Wright Adminstratin had McKinsey & Co. come to Hanover a few years ago to evaluate the size of Dartmouth's' [...]
As to the events of the last couple of days, I would again refer to my original statement:
Since the time I issued that, I have spoken to the several media that I was able to receive their calls. I have taken an honest and contrite approach [...]
Last week the proposed bailout of The Claremont Eagle Times by the State of NH was discussed on FOX’s Glenn Beck Show, by Judge Andrew Napolitano.
The Governor and Council are meeting again this week, Wednesday, 11/18/2009 at the Statehouse. Councilor Ray Wieczorek may be bringing this issue up for [...]
ARLINGTON, VA – As I type from my basement apartment over 800 miles separate me from Adam (in WI) and 2,600 miles stand between me and Jason (in CA). Despite our geographical separation and the conclusion of the on-the-road portion of MHD we’re not done yet! We’ve each had more [...]
ANOTHER RED HAMSPHIRE EXCLUSIVE
Not only will Manchester Mayor-Elect Ted Gatsas endorse former State Rep Terry Pfaff of Hooksett for Gatsas’s District 16 State Senate seat tomorrow, but Gatsas will also serve as campaign chairman for Pfaff.
The announcement will come at the Market Street offices which served as the Gatsas [...]
What does it say about the mainstream media and their liberal attack dogs when they can’t even scare away a couple of what once would be called “15 minutes of fame” characters?
Carrie Prejean has had the entire tar bucket tossed at her and you have to say she is still [...]
For a while there the hounds were baying for Buddy's head, but the football team's strong showing at Brown and its two wins in its last four games seem to have shut them up. However, let's put the question out there again, but ask it from' [...]
I had missed this story on Friday. The New York Times reports that the Food and Drug Administration blames to ban alcoholic beverages with caffeine, unless the manufacturer can prove to federal bureaucrats that they are safe.
In a statement, the Food and Drug Administration said it had told [...]
On route 2 in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont in the town of Danville there is a fairly good sized farm with an incredible view of the mountains. As an example of how good this view is, on a clear day I believe it is possible to see the ski slopes [...]
Dear readers, one more picture from Saturday: a picture of the PoMo subter Corbu flim-flam Napa compound of the wine which presuming no one locates and auctions at Bonhams & Butterfields a case of Falernian possesses the very lowest quality-to-price quotient in all viticulture: Opus One--the wine that makes [...]
Aristotle International Inc, a political campaign technology company, reports that almost 19,000 of the voters registered in the Granite state are, in fact, dead.
In New Hampshire, there are 18,816 dead people on the voter registration rolls, or 2.5 percent of the total registered voters. There are 105,472 voters that [...]
Aristotle International Inc, a political campaign technology company, reports that almost 19,000 of the voters registered in the Granite state are, in fact, dead.
In New Hampshire, there are 18,816 dead people on the voter registration rolls, or 2.5 percent of the total registered voters. There are 105,472 voters that [...]
by Ed Naile
I wonder, was it vocal noise?
Was she racing her Volvo engine or practicing duck calling?
Could it be flatulence?
In any case, inquiring minds want to know.
Why was Madeline Scheck, 21, of 15 Wood Brook Lane, Croton-on-Hudson, New York arrested on October 22, 2009 in [...]
In light of the recent New York Times piece on ROTC in the Ivy League -- in which the College was not mentioned -- let's take a look at our ROTC program, of which I am a current member. I have previously written about ROTC [...]
The late Julian Simon once bet doomsayer Paul Erlich that the price of a set of five precious commodities would drop from 1980 to 1990. Erlich thought that our limited resources would dwindle in the face of surging populations. Simon thought that human ingenuity would find ways to improve [...]
