New Hampshire: The Real Facts

Spending on Taxpayer-Funded Trips Rises Tenfold; From Italy to the Galápagos

By BRODY MULLINS and T.W. FARNAM

WASHINGTON -- Spending by lawmakers on taxpayer-financed trips abroad has risen sharply in recent years, a Wall Street Journal analysis of travel records shows, involving everything from war-zone visits to trips to exotic spots such as the Galápagos Islands.

The spending on overseas travel is up almost tenfold since 1995, and has nearly tripled since 2001, according to the Journal analysis of 60,000 travel records. Hundreds of lawmakers traveled overseas in 2008 at a cost of about $13 million. That's a 50% jump since Democrats took control of Congress two years ago.

IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America

When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

Court rulings this month might bring the Legislature back

Yesterday was the first day of a new fiscal year and there is already concern the state budget might be short $119 million.

July 1, 2009

It was a shock to see the White House Press Corps put the noose around Robert Gibbs. Could it be the media is sick and tired of being pone for this administration...?

Helen Thomas Robert Gibbs You Tube

http://news.lalate.com/celebrity/home.html?task=videodirectlink&id=787

Tuesday, June 09, 2009
[Elaine Donnelly]

On Monday the Supreme Court denied a petition requesting review of a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, which had upheld as constitutional the 1993 law regarding homosexuals in the military. This decision is good news, but the case reveals a basic contradiction in the position of the Obama administration with regard to the 1993 law.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thR-lVuztIY

You're neighbors in Keene and America voted for this?

NOW IS THE TIME TO BE HEARD

It's protest time. I know the 4th of July is all about family picnics--but it was about independence from tyranny first. Looks like we've got to go back to fighting that battle. So...let's see if we can carve out some time on that day from 12-2PM and make a racket. Because--Lord knows--what happened yesterday with the Cap & Trade, what happened with the NH State Budget & what is about to happen with healthcare is certainly worth rallying against.

KEENE'S 4TH OF JULY TEA PARTY

12:00 noon - 2 PM

Central Square

Interested in helping? EMAIL Ken LaCoille at teaparty@ne.rr.com

June 28, 2009 6:00 AM
One thing is certain as we move into the new biennial budget in New Hampshire: Its success, or failure, rests with the Democrats. They cannot blame the economy, they cannot blame Republicans and they can no longer crow about being the party that best protects middle-class families in New Hampshire.

Many Democrats continue to say they prefer an income tax. Yet they flinched at the opportunity to have a proper, thoughtful debate on it, despite having a mandate for change and a solid majority for the second consecutive term. Instead, they enacted a slew of new and expanded taxes and fees that regressively impact working-class individuals and families.

http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20090628-OPINION-906280312

Our State and Country are Being Trampled into Disrepair

As I impatiently await the downloading and installation of new software, I find myself with pen in hand and a need to get out my fears regarding the future of NH and our country.

Governor Lynch, a congenial man with a delightful smile, has no idea what he is doing, nor any understanding of how he has trampled our state into disrepair. I know he has to follow the powers of the Democrat Party, but to do so at the expense of his conscience. He appears not to have an ounce of regard for the future employment of thousands around the state. Not to flinch when he has just put a yoke around the necks of small business owners is beyond comprehension.

Such a nice friendly man...

Spinning Budget Myths

Supporters of the recently enacted State of New Hampshire budget were quick to claim that it was responsible and that they made tough decisions during difficult economic times. Talk about myth and spin - this budget fits the bill - literally!

Theodore Roosevelt's ideas on Immigrants and being an AMERICAN in 1907.

JOIN US:

SUNDAY, JUNE 28 from 1:30 ON

at THE HOME OF FRED & RUTH WARD IN STODDARD, NH (take rte 9 towards Concord. Go right on Rte 123 E towards Hancock. Look for balloons on the right)

Hot dogs, hamburgers, veggie burgers will be supplied. Please bring something to share such as a salad, an appetizer, and your beverage.

Dessert will be Walpole Creamery Ice Cream Sundaes.

Please join us for fun and conservative conversation...heaven knows we have plenty to talk about!

VICCTORY NH
June 25, 2009

Congresswoman Michele Bachmann on the Auto Bailouts

Should we have bailed out the auto industry?

Click on the link below for Congresswoman Bachmann's take on...

- The problems with President Obama's approach

- What we should learn from the bailouts

- The long-term impact on the industry

- Why Indiana filed a lawsuit to stop the Chrysler sale

- The Unions' role in the Chrysler and GM bankruptcies

Click here to read the 60 Second Auto Bailout Update...

http://tinyurl.com/kjsj2q

http://60secondupdates.com/bachmann-news

Harry Levine
Co-Founder
Victory NH
Phone: (603) 624-8253
Fax: (309) 431-4424
hlevine@60SecondUpdates.com
www.60SecondUpdates.com

By Michelle Malkin
June 24, 2009

Why do they want Obamacare? An internal ACORN memo I obtained from August 2008 makes the motives clear: "Over our 38 years, health care organizing has never been a major focus either nationally or locally for ACORN," wrote ACORN Philadelphia regional director Craig Robbins. "But increasingly, ACORN offices around the country are doing work on health care." The goal: "Building ACORN Power."

The memo outlines the ACORN/HCAN partnership and their strategy of opposing any programs that rely on "unregulated private insurance" -- and then parlaying political victory on government-run health care "to move our ACORN agenda (or at least part of it) with key electeds that we might otherwise not be able to pull off."

New Hampshire House of Representatives

REPUBLICAN OFFICE

Concord--Today House Republican Leader Sherm Packard (Londonderry) stood with HB
1 & HB 2 Republican House Conferees to discuss the impending budget vote and to
propose several alternatives.

“Representatives Kurk and Scamman offered several spending reductions in the
conference committee budget, some were accepted and most were ignored,” stated
Packard. “The fact of the matter is that budgets across the country have seen an average
2% decrease in their state spending and the Democrat majority in Concord has increased
state spending by an unconscionable 7.7%.”

“Republicans were not fully involved in this budget process and while a suggestion or

By Bill Dedman
Investigative reporter
msnbc.com
updated 4:54 p.m. ET, Tues., June 16, 2009

The Obama administration is fighting to block access to names of visitors to the White House, taking up the Bush administration argument that a president doesn't have to reveal who comes calling to influence policy decisions.

This is a disgrace!!

No Naval Swords for USNA Graduation this year - Threat to the Dear Leader (Source: Inside the Beltway - Washington Times)

No Weapons for Anyone

You couldn't make it up if you tried file.......Obama's protectors have ordered graduating Midshipmen....and I suppose Commissioned Officers through Flag rank...to leave their swords at home. Full Dress White includes "wear sword". More to the point...those badges of office have been earned in a manner Obongo and his minions just wouldn't begin to understand. Important traditions that inspire are kind of lost on the red banner crowd, apparently.

By LIZ SIDOTI
Associated Press
Published: Monday, June 22, 2009
WASHINGTON — Don’t have health insurance? Don’t want to pay for it? Too bad.

It’s looking like President Barack Obama and the Democratic-controlled Congress are going to require you to pick up the bill.

In Washington-speak, it’s called an individual mandate — or a requirement that people who don’t already have health insurance to purchase it, much like most states require drivers to have automobile insurance.

By TOM FAHEY
State House Bureau Chief
Sunday, Jun. 21, 2009

ALL IT TOOK was some late-night taxing and cutting, and the state got a balanced budget package early Friday.

The joint House and Senate budget committee passed $85 million in tax hikes and enhancements in the space of about two hours late Thursday night.

The budget spends about $11.6 billion overall, but so many changes went through the system late in the process that the Legislative Budget Assistant's office was forced to work into the weekend to finish an analysis. One thing for sure: There's no room for error. Back-of-the-envelope calculations show a projected surplus of $5 million over the two years, well less than one-tenth of a percent.