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NHTPC NewsBlast

Saturday, March 27th, 2010

Friends,

This is an abbreviated version of our NHTPC March 27 eblast — most events are the same as last week’s so I left them out, except for the addition of the campaign school from the Reagan Network. Any new items added can be found on the EVENTS page of the NHTPC website and/or the NHLC.

OBAMA COMING TO MAINE

APRIL 15, 2010 TAX DAY TEA PARTY IN MANCHESTER – OFFICIAL NHTPC EVENT

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MARCH 31 – BEDFORD
Carol Shea-Porter will hold a town hall in Bedford at the High School Cafeteria on March 31 at 5:30 PM.

MARCH 31 – MERRIMACK
Carol Shea-Porter will hold a town hall in Merrimack at the Middle School Cafeteria on March 31 at 7:30 PM.

APRIL 1 – ALTON
Carol Shea-Porter will hold a town hall in Alton at 1 Monument Square Alton, NH 03809 at 5:30 PM.

APRIL 1 – LACONIA
Carol Shea-Porter will hold a town hall in LACONIA at 7:30 PM at Laconia City hall – 45 Beacon St East

MORE DETAILS TO COME
April 7th Ossipee
April 8th Londonderry
April 9th (TBD)
April 10th Hampton
April 11th Moultonborough and Northwood

APRIL 3 and 10 – CONCORD
The NH REAGAN NETWORK is offering a two-day Candidate Campaign School
on April 3rd and April 10th.
The Draft, Concord NH
9:00 AM- 5:00 PM both days
Cost is $25 including lunch on both days

AUDIT THE FED
Please call Senator Gregg at (202) 224-3324 and request that he stand with the nearly 80% of Americans and nearly 100% of House Republicans who support a FULL audit of the Federal Reserve.

REPEAL UNCONSTITUTIONAL OBAMACARE
At the same time, Senator Gregg should be praised for leading the effort to REPEAL OBAMACARE and he should be supported in this effort.

Please always be polite when speaking to your elected officials. Senator Gregg is the only one we have that is working in any way to help us at this time.

Please always be polite when speaking to your elected officials. Senator Gregg is the only one we have that is working in any way to help us at this time.

Obamacare worth the price to Democrats

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

Mark Steyn

So there was President Obama, giving his bazillionth speech on health care, droning yet again that “now is the hour when we must seize the moment,” the same moment he’s been seizing every day of the week for the past year, only this time his genius photo-op guys thought it would look good to have him surrounded by men in white coats.

Why is he doing this? Why let “health” “care” “reform” stagger on like the rotting husk in a low-grade creature feature who refuses to stay dead no matter how many stakes you pound through his chest?

Because it’s worth it. Big time. I’ve been saying in this space for two years that the governmentalization of health care is the fastest way to a permanent left-of-center political culture. It redefines the relationship between the citizen and the state in fundamental ways that make limited government all but impossible. In most of the rest of the Western world, there are still nominally “conservative” parties, and they even win elections occasionally, but not to any great effect (Let’s not forget that Jacques Chirac was, in French terms, a “conservative”).

The result is a kind of two-party one-party state: Right-of-center parties will once in a while be in office, but never in power, merely presiding over vast left-wing bureaucracies that cruise on regardless.

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Special Investigation

Monday, March 8th, 2010

NH GOP

NH GOP DEMANDS HOUSE DEMS CALL FOR ETHICS INVESTIGATION OF EATON

Dem House Majority Floor Leader’s Intrusion Into Liquor Commission Probe Raises Serious Ethical Questions

CONCORD – The New Hampshire Republican State Committee called on House Speaker Terie Norelli to ask the Legislative Ethics Committee to investigate whether Representative Daniel Eaton (D-Stoddard) violated ethics guidelines when he allegedly interfered with a State Liquor Commission investigation. The NHGOP also demanded that Speaker Norelli immediately remove Representative Eaton from his House Leadership position pending the outcome of an ongoing criminal investigation into the same incident being conducted by the New Hampshire Attorney General’s office.

“The allegations made against Representative Eaton are serious and raise concerns that he may have abused his office by trying to influence a State Liquor Commission investigation on behalf of a political ally. Representative Eaton’s actions have called into question the ethical standards of the House Democrat Leadership and impaired his ability to successfully discharge his duties as House Majority Floor Leader,” said NHGOP Communications Director Ryan Williams. “In order to preserve the integrity of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, Speaker Norelli must remove Representative Eaton from his leadership position and immediately call for an ethics investigation into his dubious actions.”

According to a report in the Union Leader (3/6), New Hampshire State Liquor Commission Enforcement Director Eddie Edwards claims that Representative Eaton tried to “stymie” an investigation of a Keene tavern owned by one of his political allies. Jerry Flynn, Executive Director of the New England Benevolent Association backed up Mr. Edwards’ accusations, claiming that Mr. Eaton “harassed” two state liquor inspectors that went to the bar and “made it very well know that he was a high-ranking public elected official.”

The Nashua Telegraph (3/5) also confirms that Representative Eaton intruded into the Liquor Commission probe when he participated in a clandestine meeting with the tavern owner and Commission Chairman Mark Bodi.

According to Legislative ethics guidelines, New Hampshire legislators are prohibited from “threaten[ing] reprisals or promis[ing] inducements of any kind to influence another so as to obtain special personal benefits for the legislator, the legislator’s immediate family, or for certain constituents which would not be available to others under similar conditions.” They are also barred from “conduct[ing] private negotiations with any governmental agency in an attempt to obtain a decision on a pending matter which would result in special personal benefit to the legislator, to the legislator’s immediate family, or to certain constituents which would not be available to others under similar conditions.”

Representative Eaton’s alleged “harassment” of Liquor Commission inspectors and his secret meeting with Commissioner Bodi during his department’s investigation raises serious questions about whether he violated these ethical guidelines.

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Senator Judd Gregg warns of financial meltdown

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

US senator warns of ‘financial meltdown’ risk
By Edward Luce in Washington

The US is heading for a debt-driven “financial meltdown” within five to seven years, according to Judd Gregg, the outgoing Republican senator for New Hampshire.

In a robust and at times testy video interview for the Financial Times’s View from DC series, Mr Gregg also complimented China for showing rising alarm about the US’s mounting levels of public debt.

Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. You may share using our article tools. Please don’t cut articles from FT.com and redistribute by email or post to the web.

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Obama Espoused Radical Views in College

Monday, February 8th, 2010

Obama Espoused Radical Views in College
Feb 8, 2010

As a college student, Barack Obama expressed Marxist views, including the need for a new socialist U.S. government, according to a student who says he shared the future president s opinion at the time. Such views by a college student may not be surprising. And like most…

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Senate Bill 472 Kimberly L. Cates Law

Monday, February 1st, 2010

On Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at 2:00 pm in Room 103 of the State House, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a public hearing on Senate Bill 472, the Kimberly L. Cates Law. This bill, if passed, will classify home invasions where death is intended and death results as a capital crime. Among its local legislator sponsors are Senators Bragdon and Roberge, Representatives Mead and Holden, as well as myself.

The text of the bill can be found here: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2010/SB0472.html

The Senate Judiciary Committee is comprised of five senators, one of whom is Sen. Roberge. Please come to the committee hearing on Tuesday and let them know of your thoughts and opinions on the bill. You can do that by oral testimony, submitting written testimony (a statement), signing in on the bill, or your mere presence.

Please tell your neighbors to come as well. Unless this bill passes and it gets to the House of Representatives, this hearing will be the one opportunity the public has to be heard.

If you have any questions, please contact me.

Thanks,

Rep. Bill O’Brien
Hillsborough District 4 (Lyndeborough, Mont Vernon, New Boston, Wilton and Temple)
Tel: 673-6610

Letter from Rush to the President

Saturday, January 30th, 2010

Letter from Rush to the President

“Because Mr. Obama, I think it’s time we had a heart-to-heart talk. Let me be the father that you never had or never really knew, because I think you need some guidance. It’s time to man up. It’s time to grow up. That speech last night was an embarrassment. You couldn’t focus, you lashed out in all directions, you refused to accept responsibility for your own actions, and you were angry.”

Scott Brown Brings Freedom to Massachusetts and the Country

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

January 19, 2010
One can not help but watch the replay of last night’s victory for the Republican Party and the Country. The “Kennedy Dynasty” has been broken.

Without of prayer Scott Brown set out to let the people of Massachusetts know that they are not alone in their fear of how this current administration is bringing down the country by imposing a health care program that will only end up making the people of the country ill. That is right ill. A bill that will put the country trillions of dollars further in debt as the democrats and the president are insisting on pushing the reprehensible health care bill down our throats.

Brown will be a voice of caution, reality, and common sense as the “41” Republican vote in the US Senate. Brown’s ardent belief that the democrat version of health care is nothing more than a means to raise taxes on the citizens across this country, it will hurt Medicare and Medicaid recipients, along with strong beliefs that our country needs to continue a vigilant watch over the terrorist that want to bring our country down are the issues that brought Scott Brown over the finish line.

As Brown rolls into D.C. with his trusty GMC pickup, we pray this man will not be swept up in the Washington machine, but will remain true to himself and the Republican Party.

Marilyn Huston, President
CRWC