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"We eneded up with a hybrid system."
John McCain has voted with Bush over 90% of the time. He is NOT an independent thinking maverick.
McCain said in 2005 that he opposed Bush' tax cuts because they were too tilted to the wealthy. Now he supports them.
McCain supported the Lieberman/Warner legislation to combat global warming. Now he doesn't.
McCain went from saying he would not support repeal of Roe v. Wade to supporting the repeal, even in cases of rape or incest.
McCain criticized TV preacher Jerry Falwell as an agent of intolerance in 2002, but then gave the commencement address at Falwell's Liberty University in 2006.
McCain said before the war in Iraq that we will win this conflict easily. Four years later, he said he knew the war in Iraq was going to be long and hard and tough.
When Barack Obama talked about going after terrorists in the Pakistani mountains McCain criticized him for it. He's since come to the same conclusion.
On immigration policy, McCain announced in February, 2008 that he would vote against his own bill! Say what?!
Maverick...or confused and pandering? Give them four more years? I don't think so!
As for Obama, he plans to reach across the aisle and appoint Republicans to some high posts. “I think America deserves the best person for every job and so we are going to be canvassing far and wide if I am fortunate enough to be elected,” he said. He will be drawing on the expertise of independent Republicans such as Hagel and Lugar, who is regarded by Obama as a potential secretary of state.
Larry Korb, a defense official under President Ronald Reagan who is backing Obama, said: “By putting a Republican in the Pentagon and the State Department you send a signal to Congress and the American people that issues of national security are above politics.”
Korb recalled that President John F Kennedy appointed Robert McNamara, a Republican, as defence secretary in 1961. “Hagel is not only a Republican but a military veteran who would reassure the troops that there was somebody in the Pentagon who understood their hopes, concerns and fears,” he said.
The voices against the Washington conservative establishment are vox populi.
Thanks to McCain, Palin and their GOP colleagues, we must not only foot the bills for useless weapons systems, bridges to nowhere, government extragavance, and endless, needless wars, WE MUST PAY THE INTEREST on the money they are borrowing to finance the party.
Anyone claiming that McCain-Palin are fiscally frugal can only be providing comic relief.
your Aunt Mary is so proud of you! to all BG students and staff: Kristi is a championship shopper too!
my neighbor didn't greet me and welcome me into the neighborhood they went to the Town of Hudson and made a complaint I was living in a multi-family home, I'm running a business, and stated I live in an r2 zoning districk.
Well it's septembor 22,2008 my neighbor is taking the town of Hudson to court septembor 29,2008 to over turn the long battle I went through in the eye's of the public and october 2,2008 the neighbors are taking my daughter to court for bad chose of words which they recorded without our permission and this is not the first time they recorded people on my property in fact I belive with today's techlogy the are also listening in on privite conversations. I believe if there is a crime going on record it but for all other matters leave your camers and tape recorders on the shelf .
Am I wrong?
By the way, many, many typos!
Your system is a thing of beauty. I've only reached that level of organization a few times in my life, but I'm determined to get back there, ha ha!
Water vapour is the most important green house gas followed by methane. The third important greenhouse gas is CO2, and it does not correlate well with global warming or cooling either; in fact, CO2 in the atmosphere trails warming which is clear natural evidence for its well-studied inverse solubility in water: CO2 dissolves in cold water and bubbles out of warm water. The equilibrium in seawater is very high, making seawater a great 'sink'; CO2 is 34 times more soluble in water than air is soluble in water.
Correlation is not causation to be sure. The causation has been studied, however, and while the radiation from the sun varies only in the fourth decimal place, the magnetism is awesome.
“Using a box of air in a Copenhagen lab, physicists traced the growth of clusters of molecules of the kind that build cloud condensation nuclei. These are specks of sulphuric acid on which cloud droplets form. High-energy particles driven through the laboratory ceiling by exploded stars far away in the Galaxy - the cosmic rays - liberate electrons in the air, which help the molecular clusters to form much faster than climate scientists have modeled in the atmosphere. That may explain the link between cosmic rays, cloudiness and climate change.”
As I understand it, the hypothesis of the Danish National Space Center goes as follows:
Quiet sun → reduced magnetic and thermal flux = reduced solar wind → geomagnetic shield drops → galactic cosmic ray flux → more low-level clouds and more snow → more albedo effect (more heat reflected) → colder climate
Active sun → enhanced magnetic and thermal flux = solar wind → geomagnetic shield response → less low-level clouds → less albedo (less heat reflected) → warmer climate
That is how the bulk of climate change might work, coupled with (modulated by) sunspot peak frequency there are cycles of global warming and cooling like waves in the ocean. When the waves are closely spaced, the planets warm; when the waves are spaced farther apart, the planets cool.
The ultimate cause of the solar magnetic cycle may be cyclicity in the Sun-Jupiter centre of gravity. We await more on that. In addition, although the post 60s warming period is over, it has allowed the principal green house gas, water vapour, to kick in with humidity, clouds, rain and snow depending on where you live to provide the negative feedback that scientists use to explain the existence of complex life on Earth for 550 million years. The planet heats and cools naturally and our gasses are the thermostat.
Check the web site of the Danish National Space Center.
http://www.space.dtu.dk/English/Research/Resear...
He will have done more for the Republican Party than any republican in recent memory."
Let's look at Lynch's two most important appointment decisions - Attorney General and now US Senator. Both seats have gone to Republicans, both to Republican women. Like my GOP colleagues I value personal responsibility as well as "Party Responsibility"... NH Republicans need to figure out their brand and they need to find their own leaders (not get a political bailout from a Democratic Governor).
.The situation we are witnessing is sooo ironic - Gov. Lynch (D) will have done much of the GOP heavy lifting/repairing a party in message and money shambles - he has appointed credible Republicans who could never win a Republican primary in NH because the base is so reactionary and unfocused. And to add method to madness, Lynch has gifted the NH Republicans with leaders who are more "electorally friendly" with access to a state and national bully pulpit (ie. invaluable Free Media) - that would never have happened if the party was left to their own devices. (I am searching my brain to find a democrat he has appointed to any position that comes close to the visibility and stature of Ayotte and now Newman - none come to mind.)
aside. The last time in US history a Gov. appointed someone from another party who was not required by law to do so was in 1960 - it was the Governor of Oregon and the US Senator had died in office...at least that time there was no deal with the Senator.
Arnie Arnesen
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THE PROBLEM WITH A DOWN TOWN STATION IS TRAFFIC. TRAFFIC GOT BACK (IT WAS AT A STAND STILL0UP ON BRIDGE AND EAST HOLLIS STREET COMING IN OR GOING TO HUDSON ,WHEN THE PREVIOUS COMMUTER TRIAN WAS OPERATING. THE GATES WERE DOWN ON BOTH STREETS AT THE SAME TIME,WHEN THE TRAIN WAS WAITING AT THE OLD STATION THAT WAS LOCATED BETWEEN THE TWO STREETS. I FEEL A STATION AT A MORE REMOTE LOCATION AS THE OTHER TWO WOULD BE MORE BENEFICIAL
My question is simple: Why would the Editors of the Nashua Telegraph then delete my comments and/or seek to modify them by adding to or deleting from them? The purpose of a Free Press and the First Amendment is to "report news" as opposed to squelching it via your personal and/or political bent and/or leanings toward Political Correctness.
I am amazed at the behavior of the Press both here and at other larger papers such as the Herald and the Globe. You hire and publish work from illiterate Journalists and wonder why Readership, Sales and Advertising Revenue continually decline. You then systematically and illegally squelch First Amendment Rights to Free Speech by deleting posts and comments from blogs on critical issues; instead preferring to cater to the Mindless Masses and the Braindead.
Did you recruit your editorial page staff in Massachusetts?
The pro-government extremists in Washington DC have passed so many unconstitutional laws it's impossible to count them all.
Yet any proposal to curb their power in any meaningful way is considered radical to you.
And the Supreme Court you worship as the final arbiter of justice became a JOKE to me (and I think to millions of Americans) the moment they ruled in the Kelo case that your local government can seize your *home* if a shopping mall will generate more tax revenue!!
Frankly I was hoping the principled New Hampshirites who felt the same way would seize Souter's home just to make a point.
Three cheers for this brave legislator!
The federal government is nothing more than an arrogant bully who needs a punch in the nose -- if not far more.
I am so thankful to have heard Angel is no longer in ICU. It is such wonderful news! We have been praying for you daily.
I just found this site today, and wanted to let you know we are thinking of you constantly. I have been getting updates over the telephone from family.
We will keep praying! Our love goes out to you all!
Love, Aunt Jo, Uncle, Dick, Sarah, Matthew, Patty and Joleen.
I understand that you are a liberal newspaper but you are stretching the truth a bit too far.
Enjoy. I will not be renewing my Telegraph. You can go the way of the NY Times for all I care. I get better news in the FREE paper on Fridays. Looks like I will be getting the Union Leader from now on...
Regarding your second claim, I encourage you to consider the oil needed to transport full, glass bottles of water to market. You’ll be surprised which is more eco-friendly.
I never know if a post will "stick" to the site or not. In all cases, I Logon to Disqus prior to making a post.
It could be said this was not a wise plan, however, I needed to see progress albeit a bite-size at a time. I managed to feed the kids, keep the house, and earn a very good credit rating.
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Me, too? The below comment to "Published: Sunday, May 10, 2009
Guest Commentary
Individual rights a hot issue for the state's lawmakers this session
By JOHN KNOWLES " is being blocked.
Please let me know when I can post. Until then, I'm posting it on my blog with a link back to the article and a note that the commenting system on that article is acting flaky. Thanks; Hazumu
"Zoe, you are as the lone voice crying out in the wilderness.
I doubt that those who believe HB415 to be 'the bathroom bill' (and federal S.909 and H.R.1913 the 'pedophile protection act') will pay attention to your facts and figures -- no matter how accurate and scientific they may be, and how rigorous you are in presenting only tested, supportable information.
These are people who would outlaw the teaching of Evolution in favour of creationism, who would ban educating teenagers on all but abstinence as a method of birth/STD control, who would implement christian 'sharia' law, who would 're-educate' LGBT under penalty of law if they but could.
Something from my youth -- I remember being denied the opportunity to compete fairly with other 'classmates' in intellectual activities. I was capable of making significant contributions to a group that was, say, working on a project for science class, or researching a topic for history. I could make a significant contribution, but I was marginalized. The Alpha members of the group would either ignore my contributions or take them and claim them as their own work (don't worry, I learned how to fight back and sabotage their efforts after a few such experiences.)
The point of this is that it is as if a portion of society wants to 'win' against transgenders disqualification, leaving them the scraps of a menial minimum-wage job.
Zoe, do you have information on the median IQ of the transgender community? We've produced some pretty outstanding people, in spite of the artificial hobbling we as a community have received from society.
Lynn Conway contributed the way to millions of transistors per 'chip' which is embodied in the laptop I use to write this. And the successes she posts on her site are from highly professional career fields.
It must be that there are those who need a bogey-man. They are the ones who are labeling us things that we are not, and treat us as untouchable castes in other societies past and present, doing the unpleasant things and leaving the 'betters' feeling good about themselves.
Well, if we provide them such a service, what would a fair, respectable and equitable compensation be?"
Even though Dr. Craven was absent that week, his presence was obvious. For parents of children at this HS, we all know that Dr. Craven is very much a part of the HS. He plays an active role with students and his level of visibility is unmatched. Thank you to Dr. Craven and his team of professionals for preparing proactively for this type of tragedy. It is obvious to all in the community that there was a well though out crisis plan in place, it was executed perfectly and the student body and parents were offered every ounce of support available.
As the parent of a son at the MMS, I was disappointed by the lack of response from the middle school. I hope in the future that the superintendent works with the middle school administration to better address any future tragedies.
Thank you again to the MHS staff for your response. Our children are in a great school.
Elaine
Lets be fair and balance.
As for the rationale of Gay Marriage, "You have to be kidding"! What a totally absurd joke by the Libecrats of NH!
thanks
Damon Kiesow
Of course, only the absolute necessities for these stalwart women.
Cap and Trade “would be the equivalent of an atomic bomb directed at the U.S. economy—all without any scientific justification,” said famed climatologist Dr. S. Fred Singer. It would significantly increase taxes and the cost of energy, forcing many companies to close, thus increasing unemployment, poverty and dependence.
Cap and trade represents huge taxes and cost increases, which will hurt mostly the poor and the middle class. Cap and trade will give dictatorial powers to Obama and will further enrich his billionaire friends (Gore, Soros, Goldman Sachs, Obama’s Chicago Climate Exchange friends, General Electric, the United Nations, etc.) -- all at our expense and at the expense of our children and grandchildren.
Those brainwashed to the point of wanting to destroy the economy to "prevent global warming" are behaving like the most primitive human beings who were duped into believing that human sacrifices would ensure them good weather. Human beings don't have the power to control climate! And killing the economy will not help the environment. Poor countries can’t protect the environment. Just look at Haiti!
More and more scientists and thinking people all over the world are realizing that man-made global warming is a hoax that threatens our future and the future of our children. More than 700 international scientists dissent over man-made global warming claims. They are now more than 13 times the number of UN scientists (52) who authored the media-hyped IPCC 2007 Summary for Policymakers. http://www.climatechangefraud.com/content/view/...
Additionally, more than 30,000 American scientists have signed onto a petition that states, "There is no convincing scientific evidence that human release of carbon dioxide, methane, or other greenhouse gases is causing or will, in the foreseeable future, cause catastrophic heating of the Earth's atmosphere and disruption of the Earth's climate." http://www.petitionproject.org
We pray that honest leaders – both Democrat and Republican - are able to save us from Obama's criminal ACES Act (cap-and-trade) scam.
For you to call Obama's validly taken position "criminal" is itself at least as criminal.
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The United States have been gifted with educated individuals waiting to fix America's problems. Many gifted scholars are just waiting for a chance to replace the incompetent stockmarket staff.
My guest is that most of the individuals working in the stockmarket weren't hired based on qualifications, but on who he or she knows or what family he or she was born into.
"Main Street" pay attention! You as taxpayers are share holders in all those banks that have received bailout money. You have the rights to demand the banks to return their borrowed money with Interest or start putting that money back into the economy by lending the money.
Why aren't the banks lending any of our tax money by giving out loans required by the Federal government, It is called be incompetent, that is why they want to spend billions of our tax dollars to hire talent by giving bonuses.
Growing up, my home town did not have a minor league team to watch. I certainly wish I had the opportunity to attend minor league games as a child. Fast forward to today. Exciting, fan friendly, fun, minor league baseball is played in front of adoring fans in nearly every substantial town or city in America.
I had a chance to watch the Defenders last weekend. I must say I enjoyed the experience at Historic Holman Stadium. Granted the team only won one of the three games that I saw, but I encourage the citizens of Nashua and the environs to come out to support the team.
Trust me, we have a communtiy treasure in Holman Stadium. I have not seen such a historic, natural, quaint and well maintained ball park as Holman. It is a gorgeous place to watch a game. I have been in over a dozen minor league parks and I have yet to see one that can match Holman!
Hey, our team isn't going to win every game, but they play hard and compete well in the competitive Can Am League. And it is FUN. Just this past weekend, we had firewords, promotional give aways, fan/kid/family friendly on field activites, a pre-game concert by a band, AND the on-field wedding of one of the Defenders. Not to mention some exciting baseball!
Manager Brian Daubach and his staff have done a great job with this team. The Telegraph has published a number of human interest stories on the players. It is a interesting and talented group of young men, representing us well every night through the summer. Some of our citizens of Nashua are acting as "host families" to the players.
Granted, the organization has made some mis-steps, and they, too, have been well chronicled in this publication. And some of them are unfortunate. But with Dan Duquette taking a more active role in the club, look for the Defenders to continue to make progress under his watch.
Folks, a "dark" Holman, a gorgeous park without a team, is just unconscionable. Let's all get out to watch some games, have some fun and support the team. Tickets are cheap, come on out to the games. What is more American in the summer than packing up the family and kids and attending minor league baseball? Bring your friends, talk up the team in your family and work places and come out to Holman for an evening of fun with the Defenders.
Businesses, get behind the team, too. They will appreciate your support!
Let's all show our civic pride right here in Nashua! Get behind the Defenders and I promise you will have a pleasant and fun night watching our players pursue their baseball dreams in historic Holdman Stadium! Let show our friends in Lowell and Manchester that Nashua is a great town for minor league baseball. Let's show our support by coming out to the games to back our Defenders.
Thank you,
philfever76
Tony:
I appreciate your common sense approach. I do not appreciate the trendy, uninhibited use of taxpayer money to spread around in various zombified companies of the banking and auto industries.
But this cash for clunkers flash in the pan seems to have caught the public imagination, so maybe it works better than all that hidden money that lurks electronically somewhere between the Fed, the Treasury, and Detroit or New York.
And so maybe the cash for clunkers pump-priming is beneficial in its overall contribution to the ailing notion that our economy can recover.
Let the dealers burn through that cash in the time it takes to burn a tank of gas, and we'll see what stimulatory effect it has. It's just a drop in the tank anyway...a billion here, a billion there....
Carey Rowland, author of Glass half-Full
Thanks and Regards
and take charge. both of our present national parties pay more attention to lobbyist and getting re-elected than they do to the voters/tax payers.
many in congress have been in washington way too long and have gotten rich at the tax payers expense.
we need term limits,but that won't happen while they are in office so we need to vote for new people, fresh ideas. I would support a third or fourth national party with a new ideas. the size of government has to be reduced
along with the taxes fees tolls etc to support this huge mess.
stop voting for the same old bozos they will only give us more of what we have, a mess.
Government never closes or sunsets a program, once inacted into law the program and money /overhead needed to fund that program goes on forever, that has to stop.
since 1966 we tax payers have thrown trillions of dollars into the "war of poverty" yet today we have more poverty than ever, why is that ?
Because you can't solve social issues/probems by throwing money at the problem. if you could we should have no poverty after spending trillions of dollars to fix the problem.
there is an axiom in economics which states " What you tax you get less of, what you substize you get more of"
there needs to be new faces ideas parties in washington with a top to bottom review of the budget close out old outdated ideas programs reduce taxes and gov spending.
this needs to happen at the state, county and city level of government also. Govenment has gotten too large and expensive, it takes too much money out of the national economy
the paper should publish a list ( and its long) of all of the taxes,fees,fines,
tolls,licenses,surcharges,excise taxes etc inacted since 1960.
I have a copy in my computer once you see the list you will see just how much money government takes and waste.
& swimming in a NE body of water before June 21 is deadly too even if it is a 98 degree day in april." We can use this as a teaching moment, telling kids over & over "don t let "so called friends" talk you into a crime you will end up throwing your life away" Constant repetition may hopefully yield some results, "Be your own Man not a sheep"
I cannot fathom right now what you both are going through. I am so sorry for your loss.May God, your family, and friends but most of all you both
comfort each other, talk to each other, don't leave any thought unsaid. If it
hurts then you cry and at that moment a very slow healing process has started. Act on this and keep it going.
May God Bless you and give you both the strength to go forward as Kimberly would have wanted you to.
Thanks
Damon Kiesow
Managing Editor
There have been many studies on the benefits of reduced class sizes. Smaller classes and better learning opportunities would be a sound investment in the future of Nashua.
Closing a school would be extremely short-sighted.