Category Archive: Senate/House

Oct
28
2010

My Not-UnBiased Guide to NH’s Important Mid-Term Races…

  Introduction My sister is the type of person who always asks me what I think about issues or candidates.  It’s not that she can’t form her own opinion, but she’s invariably curious as to my take on a given situation to see where it lines up with hers. There’s usually one person like that …

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Aug
24
2009

Rep. Shea-Porter to Hold Two NH “Faux Halls” Saturday…

According to the NH Political Report, Rep. Carol Shea Porter (D-NH 1) will finally hold meetings with constituents in person. The meetings are scheduled for this coming Saturday, August 29, in Manchester and Portsmouth.   11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.Norris Cotton Federal Building275 Chestnut StreetManchester, NH  03101 Doors open at 10:00 a.m.  2:00 – 3:00 …

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Aug
15
2009

What We’re Up Against…

Here’s some lovely feedback I received today.  Just thought I’d share… —–Original Message—– From: 98625@comcast.net   Sent: Saturday, August 15, 2009 12:19 PM To: Conservative Blogger Feedback Subject: Disagree Back in the day.  I thought I was a conservative.  I assumed to be conservative was to conserve natural resources, i.e. the planet.   Conserve energy, …

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Aug
14
2009

Reagan Speaks Out Against Socialized Medicine…

  No, not Nancy Reagan.  Ronald Reagan.  The man who would eventually become the 40th President of the United States of America.   In 1961, Reagan recorded a message on behalf of the American Medical Association’s  ”Operation Coffee Cup.”  This was the AMA’s effort to oppose the Democrats’ plan to socialize medicine for the elderly through …

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Feb
14
2009

Detailed “Stimulus” Spending…

Stimulus is spending, but not all spending is stimulus…especially when it’s the Government spending money on the Government. ProPublica.org released a list of all the government appropriations in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The appropriations section of the bill details spending in excess of $311 billion for programs ranging from Pell grants …

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Feb
13
2009

Taxation Without Representation…

1,071 pages and 8 inches thick. That’s how big the Obama Stimulus Package–the so-called “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009–is.   It’s a bill that, according to the Associated Press, stands to combine “$281 billion in tax cuts for individuals and businesses with more than a half-trillion dollars in government spending. The money would …

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