In NH, public servants now have exclusive rights the peon public do not have.

NASHUA – A man who once claimed to be God has become the first person to be convicted under a new state law lowering the threshold for what can be considered a threat against public officials.

A disclaimer: I do not endorse ANY form of threat made against ANY citizen. However, public “officials” are no better or different or more deserving of special laws and protections, than the very PUBLIC they are serving.

Michael Rezk, 44, will face up to seven additional years in prison for threatening to kill a Rockingham County Superior Court judge last September. In a single-day jury trial this week, prosecutors only needed to show a threat was made. Because of the new law, there was no burden to prove the threat was also meant to “terrorize.”

Mr. Rezk made a stupid choice. He threatened a Judge.

It was always illegal to threaten a public official, but what was in the past generally considered a misdemeanor in most cases was also upgraded under the new law to a Class B felony. The change makes jail time more likely for those convicted of threatening the current and former governors, legislators, judges and a variety of other public officials and their families — even if the public official has no reasonable fear for his or her safety.

Average people, peasants as we are, don’t deserve the same special reactions when we’re threatened? When Joe Blow threatens Sally Citizen it’s still just a pesky little nuisance. But when it’s a Judge, or a governor, or any other “public official” the rules change.

We can thank the Democrats in the NH House for this elitist law.

“This is a new addition to the criminal code,” said Senior Assistant Attorney General Jane Young. “It’s a new crime.”

Yeah. A new crime? I don’t think so. We’ve always had laws on the books about threatening others. What’s new is the class of crime and therefore, the punishment.

Threaten Joe Blow and watch what happens. (Nothing) Ask the police how many citizens go to them with complaints of threats- and ask the cops what they do about it (besides laugh at you)…

Threaten Judge Joe Blow and expect to be arrested, charged, trialed and face jail time.

We live in times where political correctness overrides clear thinking.
What’s to stop a humble public servant from feeling “threatened” every time a citizen questions their vote, their actions, their word?
What’s to stop a public servant from making of “feeling” threatened by the presence of a gun carrying pesky citizen who happens to verbally inform said servant of disagreement on issues?

What’s to stop our public servants from feeling threatened by blog posts such as this one? Or editorials in our newspapers that highlight state house stupidity?

What is the threshold here? As Bruce asks, are we heading down slippery slopes? I think so.

What’s good for the servants should be good for the public. ALL the public. Since the public PAYS the servants, we must stand up and demand equality under the law.

9/11 date to be placed as star on crescent and star flag

Not all of us can make it to Pennsylvania next week to help Tom Burnett Sr. stop the re-hijacking of Flight 93, but if anyone needs another reason to try…

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How eerie.

What is going on here? Is the Obama campaign so stupid it cannot see how bad all this has become?

As I was leaving for work yesterday afternoon, things got a little wet.

I mean downpour WET! And thunder. And lightening. For hours.

After the rain ended, some fog rolled up the hills near my work.

Did I mention that I love rain??

I haven’t written lately about the shop everyone loves to hate- Wal Mart. I guess I stopped writing because the “issue” hasn’t been news in the past year or so. Of all the bad press, Wal Mart still out performs every other retailer 10:1…and people like to spend less money on items they want and need. Working class peons such as myself depend upon Wal Mart’s low prices to keep us afloat. I believe people are simply stupid to not shop at Wal Mart.

This lady writes of being forced to shop at the big evil retailer, and discovers its not all that bad after all.

It’s a long story — one that involves a darling family of ducks, a semitrailer and me — but the upshot is that for the first time in three years, I have a car payment.

And in order to make those payments and fill my car with gas — I almost wept when I paid $4.29 a gallon the other day — and have enough left over for my ever-increasing bills and save some for emergencies, I’ve had to make some changes.

I’ve begun shopping at Wal-Mart.

She says with some shame, I suspect. NOT ME. I proudly admit I shop at the Wal Mart supercenter up the road, every week, for groceries and other stuff. Always have, since the place opened up over 10 years ago.

The lady whines-

For a long time, my biggest complaint about Wal-Mart was its vibe. Nothing about the store makes me feel special — though I suppose the greeter tries — and whether you admit it or not, most of us want to feel special when we buy something new.

Uuhh….special? Feeling special is how we’re supposed to feel when we shop or buy something? This is a big problem with people: This over dependence of shopping as a form of therapy. Fertheloveofhawd. You don’t shop to feel good. You shop to get the stuff you need.

The checkout lines tend to be long. There’s too much chatter over the public address system. I think the store is poorly organized. And it felt oddly behind the times, its 1970s-esque yellow smiley face sincere, rather than retro, the way it might be at the hipper Target.

I’ve been to the local Target as well and I don’t like the place. There aren’t a lot of choices; everything looks the same - a couple months ago I noticed how the women and men clothing sections had all the same color themes; even the handbags and jewlery echoed the colors (brown, red, beige, yellow…eeeck!) As we wandered thru the store we noticed, ammusingly how the candles and linens all matched the clothes. Hmm. Hipper? I don’t think so.

A couple weeks ago I spent $2.50 on a Wal-Mart plant that was $4.99 at the nursery up the street.

I stumbled upon DVDs for $5 and I’ve stashed away the fairly new releases to give as Christmas presents.

And my favorite fat-free sugar-free Jell-O instant pudding mix is 25 cents cheaper than at my regular grocery.

And the selection!

At Wal-Mart, I can buy a bag of red lentils, hummus in a can, lint screens for the hose on my washing machine, and, should I ever feel the need, scrapbooking materials from the store’s new Martha Stewart crafts line.

Yep…one can buy almost everything they need in one stop…saves time, gas, money. Selection is great if not superior to any other retailer in the world.

Suddenly, shopping at Wal-Mart makes me feel smart.

Well you should feel smart..cause you are. Now.

Shopping at Wal Mart is not only smart, it’s an investment. Into one’s own bank account of savings.

Some early history about New England, and NH in particular.

Uugh, grossly we used to be part of Massachusetts.

New Hampshire continued a part of Massachusetts until 1679, when the king separated them. He joined them again in 1686; but they were finally separated in 1691, and New Hampshire again became a royal province, the president and council being appointed by the Crown and the assembly elected by the people. Until 1741, however, the governor was but a lieutenant under the supervision of the governor of Massachusetts.

New Hampshire grew very slowly for many years. The chief cause of this was the fact that the heirs of Mason claimed the right to the land, and their infinite disputes and litigations with the settlers concerning the land titles repelled home-seekers. At last, after a hundred years of controversy, the Mason heirs were satisfied (1749) by the purchase of their claims.

In 1719 a colony of Scotch-Irish immigrants settled in New Hampshire and founded the town of Londonderry, so named from the city in Ireland from which they came. These people were thrifty, and they soon began an industry which they had learned in Ireland — the raising of flax and manufacturing of linen goods. The goods made by means of the old spinning-wheel in these humble cabins in the forests became famous over all New England, and even in the mother country.

My ancestors resided in Londonderry and were of Irish decent. But they came to the US long after these first people; my ancestors came during the Irish Potato Famine of the 1840’s and 50’s. I have the names and locations, births and deaths- the family tree- and most came to Londonderry after living in Boston for many years…they left Massachusetts in favor of the greener pastures and freedom of NH.

S. S. Minneapolis

Tonnage: 13,443 tons gross,
Length: 600.7’, Beam: 65.5’,
Builder: Harland & Wolff, Belfast,
Launch Date: 1900, Maiden Voyage: May 10, 1900,
Destruction: Torpedoed March 23, 1916,
Operated by A.T.L.: 1900 - 1916.
Notes: Official Number: 110515. Twin screws, quadruple expansion engines by builder with cylinders of 30″, 43″, 63″ & 89″, stroke 60″. Steam pressure 180 lbs, 1,227 n.h.p. 16 knots. 250 first class passengers. Depth of hold, 39-5’. Sisters: Minnehaha, Minnetonka, Minnewaska, Mongolia, Manchuria, Arabic.

Minneapolis was the first of the four sisters ordered and cost $1,419,120 (£292,000) to build. She evidently had largest registered tonnage of any ship afloat excepting the Oceanic, and she and her sisters were the largest vessels the Port of London could accommodate. During her trials Minneapolis reportedly “made 17 knots by observation and 19 knots according to the record by revolutions of the propeller… her time across the water is intended to be eight days.”

Unusually, her maiden voyage took her across the Atlantic sailing in ballast. She collected her initial cargo and passengers in New York and arrived on the Thames for the first time on May 1, 1900. She is recorded in the Morton Allan Directory of European Passenger Steamship Arrivals making a grand total of 155 voyages to New York for the A.T.L. passenger service between May 1900 and February 1915.

The British Government was not slow to take advantage for Minneapolis was one of the ships engaged to ferry units of the British Expeditionary Force to France on the outbreak of war in 1914. She is recorded sailing from Southampton with the 1st Buffs on September 8, 1914 and arriving at St. Nazaire the following day. She resumed her regular work on the North Atlantic for the A.T.L. in December but made only two voyages before becoming a British Military troopship early in 1915.

She crossed the Atlantic on the New York run a total of 155 times before being requisitioned. Minneapolis is known to have brought reinforcements of artillery (”B”, “C” and “D” Batteries 59th Brigade RFA with a dozen 18lber guns) to Gallipoli in August 1915. But her government service was tragically brief because she was torpedoed and sunk by U-35 195 north east of Malta on March 23, 1916 with the loss of 12 of the 189 people on board. Minneapolis evidently remained afloat for some hours after the attack and an attempt was made to tow her to Malta, but it had to be abandoned and she sank.

This is called Papri Chaat…an Indian dish that is just YUMMAY and we had some yesterday over in Rye (NH).

I wasn’t sure I’d like it cause the ingredients are of a different mix: homemade chips, lentil dumplings, garbanzo beans, potatoes, yogurt, chutney & spices. mmMMmm

IT WAS DELICIOUS and I bought a couple tins to bring home so we can snack on it later.

This is damn freakin hilarious.

DENVER | Throwing the “greenest national political convention to date” is easier said than done, as Democrats are learning the hard way.

Amid much fanfare, Democratic National Convention officials have for months promoted their commitment to an environmentally sustainable event.

They’ve hired a first-ever “director of greening,” set an ambitious recycling goal of 85 percent, and banished plastic water bottles and plastic foam cups from the premises.

BWAHAHA…

With the convention a little more than one month away, however, it’s apparent that some Democrats are greener than others. Only three state delegations have agreed to eliminate entirely their carbon footprints by purchasing travel offsets, despite the pleas of convention organizers.

The heavily vegetarian “Lean ‘N Green” menu has touched off a slew of gripes, ranging from caterers who can’t find enough Colorado-grown organic vegetables to Denver City Council member Charlie Brown calling menu planners “the food police.”

When I think of Denver, and Colorado, I think STEAKS AND other beefy foods. Don’t they raise Angus cattle out there? The wild west is all about good food, not girly man veggie freak food. Carbon footprints? Go away.

The biggest environmental disaster to befall the convention hit two weeks ago, when the Barack Obama campaign announced that the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee would make his acceptance speech at Invesco Field at Mile High stadium.

HE is theeee MESSIAH. We must never forget that. He’s teh rock stah of politics and no one need question him on these venue choices. If he had his way he’d probably demand to to accept his nomination at Mecca where tens of thousands more peasants can be seated in glowing bow to him.

The decision to move to the stadium threw a Chernobyl-sized wrench into the sustainability plan. Switching the venue from the Pepsi Center, which seats fewer than 20,000, to Invesco, which holds 78,000, threatens to saddle the convention with the Shaquille O’Neal of carbon footprints.

WELL!! Where’s Albore on this? How come he hasn’t come out and screamed green hot air over these plans? Oh wait…that’s right. The Borian is trying to save the other world, the one the rest of us live on and not the world the Dems live on.

This is just another example of out-of-control the Dems really are. They cannot come together on much of anything so this should not surprise anyone. The party controls the House and we see the lowest approval numbers in history, and this party out in Denver ought to be a Comedy Central show piece of epic proportion.

On Albore’s latest antics:

Say, Al, I know you are a bit busy running around the world to exotic vacation spots like Bali, and cruising in your private jets and luxury sedans and SUVs, but, you do know that we went in to Afghanistan, right? Or, are you just a sore loser? But, hey, building a coalition of grassroots activists will surely solve the energy problems we face, what with them sitting around and chanting, you know.

(Thanks Teach for giving me a coffee-spill moment!)

More evidence of the media growing tired of the Obama-Messiah Factor.

JUST LIKE the Obama girl, Obama has a crush on Obama.

Barack Obama always was a larger-than-life candidate with a healthy ego. Now he’s turning into the A-Rod of politics. It’s all about him.

He’s giving his opponent something other than issues to attack him on: narcissism.

A convention hall isn’t good enough for the presumptive Democratic nominee. He plans to deliver his acceptance speech in the 75,000 seat stadium where the Denver Broncos play. Before a vote is cast, he’s embarking on a foreign policy tour that will use cheering Europeans - and America’s top news anchors - as extras in his campaign. What do you expect from a candidate who already auditioned a quasi-presidential seal with the Latin inscription, “Vero possumus” - “Yes, we can”?

Obama finds criticism of his wife “infuriating” and doesn’t want either of them to be the target of satire. Tell that to the Carters, the Reagans, the Clintons, and the Bushes, father and son.

Ouch.

But what about McCain?

Republican John McCain has the opposite challenge. As a candidate, he’s shrinking, thanks to a series of gaffes, stumbles, and generally uninspiring speeches.

But McCain has one thing going for him: the appearance of modesty.

Part of it is physical. McCain is stiff and awkward, the result of age and injuries from his years as a prisoner of war. That, too, is a contrast to Obama’s sleek physique, the consequence of youth and a George W. Bush-like passion for working out.

But with McCain, there’s also the sense of a man who made mistakes in life and acknowledges them.

McCain’s humility comes through in his book, “Faith of my Fathers,” which he wrote at age 63, after completing a career in the US Navy and moving onto politics. Obama wrote the more self-reverential “Dreams from My Father,” after he was elected president of the Harvard Law Review.

The McCain campaign is beginning to jump on the ego issue. “I don’t know that people in Missouri are going to like seeing tens of thousands of Europeans screaming for The One,” a McCain aide quipped in response to Obama’s upcoming visit abroad.

I’ll give McCain the salute he deserved for what he has been through- much more than the well mannered, well manicured and soft hands of the Messiah.

The ONE is too arrogant. He hasn’t lived with any real humility or humbleness and this is becoming more clear to people. These issues, and his steadfast disrespect for all things patriotic, could end his chances of winning the THROWN he believe he is entitled to. Obama fits right in with the rock stars and Hollywood half witted but self-loving, larger than life, surreal folk. Perhaps he should consider a career in acting.

Ahh…nothing like the feel of bare feet in hot beach sand.

My tired achy feet getting some therapy.

Did you know?
* 3 out of 4 Americans experience serious foot problems in their lifetime.

* The foot contains 26 bones, 33 joints, 107 ligaments and 19 muscles.

* 1/4 of all the bones in the human body are down in your feet. When these bones are out of alignment, so is the rest of the body.

* Only a small percentage of the population is born with foot problems.

* It’s neglect and a lack of awareness of proper care - including ill fitting shoes - that bring on problems.

* Women have about four times as many foot problems as men. High heels are partly to blame.

* Walking is the best exercise for your feet. It also contributes to your general health by improving circulation, contributing to weight control, and promoting all-around well being.

* Your feet mirror your general health. Conditions such as arthritis, diabetes, nerve and circulatory disorders can show their initial symptoms in the feet - so foot ailments can be your first sign of more serious medical problems.

* Arthritis is the number one cause of disability in America. It limits everyday dressing, climbing stairs, getting in and out of bed or walking - for about 7 million Americans.

* About 60-70% of people with diabetes have mild to severe forms of diabetic nerve damage, which in severe forms can lead to lower limb amputations. Approximately 56,000 people a year lose their foot or leg to diabetes.

* There are 250,000 sweat glands in a pair of feet. Sweat glands in the feet excrete as much as a half-pint of moisture a day.

* Walking barefoot can cause plantar warts. The virus enters through a cut.

* The two feet may be different sizes. Buy shoes for the larger one.

* About 5% of Americans have toenail problems in a given year.

* The average person takes 8,000 to 10,000 steps a day, which adds up to about 115,000 miles over a lifetime. That’s enough to go around the circumference of the earth four times.

* There are currently more websites on the Internet having to do with foot fetishes than with foot health.

Thatisall.

I’ve always thought the ObamaMessiah was too confident and arrogant and it would all come back to slap him upside his big head. I think people are starting to see this fool for what he really is. More than a few handfuls of Obama fans up my way have began to question the qualifications and experience, or lack of. And many are getting annoyed at the Rock Star and Groupie like behavior they perceive Obama has become.

I read this yesterday with amusement because it’s so true and in a way, very humorous.

Barack Obama wants to speak at the Brandenburg Gate. He figures it would be a nice backdrop. The supporting cast — a cheering audience and a few fainting frauleins — would be a picturesque way to bolster his foreign policy credentials.

What Obama does not seem to understand is that the Brandenburg Gate is something you earn. President Ronald Reagan earned the right to speak there because his relentless pressure had brought the Soviet empire to its knees and he was demanding its final “tear down this wall” liquidation. When President John F. Kennedy visited the Brandenburg Gate on the day of his “Ich bin ein Berliner” speech, he was representing a country that was prepared to go to the brink of nuclear war to defend West Berlin.

Who is Obama representing? And what exactly has he done in his lifetime to merit appropriating the Brandenburg Gate as a campaign prop? What was his role in the fight against communism, the liberation of Eastern Europe, the creation of what George Bush the elder — who presided over the fall of the Berlin Wall but modestly declined to go there for a victory lap — called “a Europe whole and free”?

One lady I know actually mentioned the JFK speech- she was young and politically active at the time and felt JFK deserved to grace that space with his speech. Granted the world was different back then, but she did tell me that Obama has done nothing to rate such attention. She’s as liberal as they come. Bless her soul.

Americans are beginning to notice Obama’s elevated opinion of himself. There’s nothing new about narcissism in politics. Every senator looks in the mirror and sees a president. Nonetheless, has there ever been a presidential nominee with a wider gap between his estimation of himself and the sum total of his lifetime achievements?

Obama is a three-year senator without a single important legislative achievement to his name, a former Illinois state senator who voted “present” nearly 130 times. As president of the Harvard Law Review, as law professor and as legislator, has he ever produced a single notable piece of scholarship? Written a single memorable article? His most memorable work is a biography of his favorite subject: himself.

Yes, Obama thinks rather highly of himself. Arrogant? Big ego? Over confident? Has someone talked him into this whole thing? Some of my liberal friends are starting to think this is the case. Arrogance, a big ego and over confidence aren’t always viewed as good traits. Obama needs to change this image so many have of him now. He needs to drop the halo and come back to Earth.

For the first few months of the campaign, the question about Obama was: Who is he? The question now is: Who does he think he is?

The serious question people should be asking is WHY is OBAMA running for President? Is he really trying to change the world with all his gainful wisdom? Is he using his admired but still questioned life fairy tale as proof he is THE ONE to save the world?

I think Pinky and the Brain would do a better job.

Sitting out on the patio this noon, sipping some gross disgusting wine and admiring my first me-made bouquet of wild flowers from my garden, I have some thoughts.

I’ve always had **issues** with religion, Christians and what not. To me it’s always been preach one thing but behave in another. Do as I say. Not as I do. I try not to post about these things, BUT I need to do so once in awhile.

This is from a religious blog:

For too long already we have failed to recognize the great dignity of feminism in our society where nothing is sacred, much less the female body. We’ve replaced sacred femininity with modern day “feminism” where women work to become more like men. Abortion has destroyed the maternal love of women and the widespread and accepted indulgence of lust coupled with the use of contraception has lead many women to allow themselves to be objectified - used and abused for the physical gratification of another.

Woman! Recognize your dignity! Our bodies are made so clearly sacred and precious to the eyes of the Lord - never to be subject to the lustful desires of men.

You know what this reminds me of? Islam. HATE to say. But that’s not my point here.

AND why can’t women be lusted for? Please tell me.

Explain to me why is it the men who seek the porn? Who post images of objectified young women on their blogs- where the last post might be some religious rant? Why is it the married men who seek the services of prostitutes far more than any other group of the male species? How can a single man call himself religious and attend church and all that- and go out and sex it up/do the one night thing with women he has no intention of having a relationship with? <–as a habit. Why do these men preach one thing and turn around and do exactly what they tell others NOT to do?

Why are religious people so hypocritical? Surely this God they all bow down to, pray to- doesn’t approve of all these humanly human antics and behaviors? Or, is it that modestly rules apply only to women? Does God approve of men of being sexual beings only?

Either way, I don’t like it and more and more I am finding myself blessed NOT to subscribe to religious beliefs. The hypocrisy is so loud and deafening I can’t stand it.

For all you burly manly men out there, who hate women, here’s a set of blogs for you. Actually I think the person who authored these “blogs” is a stupid fuck who doesn’t realize (s)he could have, should have just put these all up as individual posts on ONE BLOG- but alas not all are smart…

For Men Marriage Is A Lose/Lose Prospect

Things You Need To Know About Women

Start Living A New Life!

The Strong & Independent Woman

The Problem With Women In The Workplace

The Solution To Every Problem

The Problem With Women Today

Not All Women Are ‘Like That’

WHO AUTHORED these masterpieces? I dunno his name but I got his picture.

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“I hope I’ll see your face again baby…”

Thanks to Muslims Against Sharia for putting together a short video on the re-hijacking of Flight 93:

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I don’t like to advocate the profiling of any people. I support it, however, when it comes to the safety of others. As usual, Muslims deserve more scrutiny than others. We already know that young men of middle eastern decent should be watched with very open eyes. Now, we should also be aware of doctors and other medical professionals who are Muslim.

When Iram Qureshi of Dublin, Ohio was dismissed from the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine last month after having to repeat her first year and then failing two “systems” in her second year after she stopped attending classes, she did what any normal American Muslim woman would seem to do these days – she called the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) and sued.

Tragically, perhaps fatally one day for one of her future patients, a Kanawha County Circuit Court judge has granted her a temporary restraining order so that she could resume her “studies” and clinical rotation beginning this month while her dismissal appeal is reviewed, the Charleston Gazette reports. Curiously, the Charleston Gazette waits until half-way through their article before telling readers that the cause of her dismissal was poor academic performance, not religious discrimination.

Her academic failure, however, hasn’t stopped her attorney, James McQueen, from making a series of allegations of religious discrimination in her defense, including her reluctance to conduct chest and pelvic examinations on male subjects. She claims that her alleged persecution grew so bad, she stopped attending classes altogether and is now forced to take anxiety medication.

Oh puleeze. If a person who wishes to be a doctor (or a nurse or any other medical carer) refuses to “work” with certain classes of people, they need to re-think their career choices. Think about this for a moment: A Muslim doctor is treating you. How can you be sure this person is qualified to do so? After all, they can claim religious discrimination in their training and still manage to get their degrees and credentials…and licenses to practice. All without the absolutely vital hands on training and skill sets required. We can thank CAIR for this.

Beware of the health care providers who appear to be of middle eastern decent.

About the two big F’s.

The federal government is one of limited powers. It may only constitutionally engage in behavior that is specifically authorized in the Constitution. The Constitution’s General Welfare Clause requires that all the federal government’s expenditures be for the general welfare, such as a highway, or a national park, or a military installation; something from which everyone can directly benefit. Shareholders of Freddie, Fannie, and Bear Stearns are a small limited class of persons whose well-being hardly enhances the general welfare.

How can we be a nation of laws when our government constantly violates it’s own set of rules? Sure, the homeowners might be called the “general” here, but they are not. The reason, and never forget this, for this bail out was to protect the investors. At tax payers expense.