NH Government

Ryan Marvin, et al, take a meeting with Manchester, NH, Mayor Frank Guinta on the topic of the Manchester police department's repeated overreaction to the peaceful exercise of Constitutional rights, 7/16/2008.

Merrimack Valley Porcupines July meeting at Murphy's Taproom, Manchester, NH; and the Coalition of NH Taxpayers' Annual Picnic, Hopkinton Fair Grounds, Hopkinton, NH, 7/5/2008

"The greatest threat to classic Republicanism is not liberalism; it's this new brand of libertarianism, which is social liberalism and economic conservatism, but it's a heartless, callous, soulless type of economic conservatism..."
Mike Huckabee, 5/2008

Either he's ignorant, or he thinks the voters are. There's no third choice.

"Now the Democrats are beginning to come back to [the] center, and the Republicans are becoming libertarians. We're losing elections in a grand way."
Mike Huckabee, 5/2008

Not 'cause you're "turning libertarian," Huck. Sorry. Oh, if only...

Dave Ridley again attempts the downfall of western civilization, now including enlisting the help of the vulnerable homeless in his dastardly crimes. Wanna guess...? 5/25/2008

Ahh, memories. I can't remember if this video had been isolated before, but figured it should be done. This is the House floor debate on HB1582, "prohibiting New Hampshire from participating in a national identification card system," NH's first (ultimately failed, but nevertheless glorious) attempt to opt out of REAL ID, from the afternoon session of 3/8/2006.

Golly. I didn't see that coming...

For the "instant gratification" crowd, we were probably half-way into the session before it finally hit me what appeared to be happening. The now-amended bill drops the plan-reporting requirement and creates a study commission, and even that barely earned an OTP recommendation, with an anemic 9-8 vote, 5/6/2008.

Dave Ridley threatens civilization, corrupts young, impressionable minds, and does it all on state property. Chaos ensues. Again, nobody notices. What's a guy gotta do to get arrested in this town...?

Next show planned for May 25th. Keep up with the latest at NHFree.com.

"Relative to home education of children." Is there anyone other than bureaucrats supporting this? How many represented voters have expressed support? How many have expressed vocal opposition? How many homeschoolers equal one bureaucrat, anyway? Gotta be fractional, doesn't it?

"Outlaw Puppeteer" Dave Ridley threatens civilization as we know it -- indeed, the very fabric of society -- with unauthorized capitalistic (and very handsome, I might add) puppets. Chaos ensues. Nobody notices...

Pertinent links:
NH RSA 286;
Keene illegal gambling disregarded by law enforcement;
NHFree.com for updates, of course;

"Relative to home education of children." I think the Chair grasps it all fairly well at about 1:09:15. Coulda sworn that was the primary argument for removing the requirement 2 years ago, wasn't it? Results-based (of the education process, not of the rule-making process) assessment? What's changed since then?

NH Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on HB1623, "marijuana decrim," 4/22/2008.

Some distress, some hope (surprisingly enough)...

Video (finally) here. Commentary (still) here.

... so profoundly full of shit, and/or simply profoundly -- and contentedly -- ignorant. Not that either condition stops them from pontificating, and endeavoring to control my life -- with my government's blessing -- of course. And me with so little capacity for mendacity tolerance. [Sigh...] If only they'd actually read the bill, HB686, they'd already know, just for example, that it's restricted to con-su-mer prod-ucts (and not, say, wholesale bulk drug containers for pharmacists to portion out).

... At this point, it's even politically easy. OK, this is essentially a
repeat, substantively embellished as it may nevertheless be. But as
SB434 goes to the full NH House, it's important to "send the right
message," right...?

To my Representatives,

NH is already in possession of an unrequested REAL ID "compliance extension." Nevertheless...