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Re: NHPrimary.com: Pamphlet urges Catholics to use conscience when voting

Jan — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 18:39:48 -0000

First... the IRS should be notified that an organiation that is exempted from taxation is involving itself in politics.

Second.... the person that decided on the image to be used with the article should be reprimanded. They as-good-as pushed the pamplet out to the entire world.

And as for the philosophy - if you put war and hunger and education and health and jobs and global climate change and immigration and all the other issues facing our next president as secondary - then you're hurting us all.

Throw this terrible thing away and find out for yourself who would be the best person to bring our country out of our current decline.

Re: Nashuatelegraph.com: Something to talk about

Jan — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:07:56 -0000

The Union Leader had a very positive article based on this same event. Nowhere did they even imply "Many left the event in disgust." In fact there were standing ovations- both for the entertainment AND for Edwards.

I went for the music, I found the guy who should be our next president.

Re: Nashuatelegraph.com: Reader defends Hodes on earmark support

Jan — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:30:03 -0000

Mr Brown was off by a little huh? - 9 hundred thousand vs. 9 million. A math problem maybe? It appears all the $$ he earmarked was for NH, and for good causes. Sounds like Mr. Hodes is doing good work, I think we should keep him.

Re: Nashuatelegraph.com: No lack of outrage over al-Qaida tactic

Jan — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 12:39:39 -0000

As it turns out, of course, the women were *NOT* mentally handicapped; our military has now retracted that claim.

See:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationwor...

Re: Polar bears are neither endangered, threatened

Jan — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 19:51:14 -0000

You mention that you've read 2 whole books on the subject. Perhaps you can come back and give us another book report after you've read a few books that support the theory of global warming?

Honestly! Blindly believing that we can go on treating the earth like a garbage can is just insane.

Re: Term limits needed now more than ever

Jan — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:48:59 -0000

A quote from CNN "Stevens (now under indictment), the longest-serving Republican senator in history, has been a lightning rod for critics of pork-barrel spending in recent years." Like the Billion$BridgeToNowhere, remember that little gem?

It's not arbitrary time-tables that we need to set - it's our attention to what they're doing - You can't just vote for a person because he's a member of your party or you feel you could have a beer with him, you need to really know what they're doing. I propose a scorecard for each serving politician - all that they voted for and against, all they accepted in bribes from lobbyists, all they invest in companies they get deals for. Why throw out all of them when it's just a few bad apples?

Re: Biden selection as VP sours Obama backer

Jan — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:31:55 -0000

Wait, let me get this straight.
You would have voted Dem if someone who voted against this had been chosen? But instead you're going to vote GOP... because.... you like...... what?
The VP - except for shoot-em-up Cheney ,who most likely ran the whole shebang for the last 7+years - is the person they send out to state funerals. Obama isn't on death's door, and isn't in his declining years... I can understand why you dislike the legislation, but my goodness! Isn't this one thing like a needle in a haystack?

I am sorry if this has affected you personally - divorce is difficult - but when there are kids involved it's painful, and when the other party is cruel - it just plain sucks.

Re: McCain-Palin to flush big-spending GOP ways

Jan — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:27:33 -0000

Oh, and look at HOW she spent as mayor- this is from a citizen of Wasilla as reported by NPR.

"She inherited a city with zero debt, but left it with indebtedness of over $22 million. What did Mayor Palin encourage the voters to borrow money for? Was it the infrastructure that she said she supported? The sewage treatment plant that the city lacked? or a new library? No. $1m for a park. and $15m-plus for construction of a multi-use sports complex -- - - "

Do we need another Bush-Cheney type in Washington - you know - the borrow and spend - spend - spend kind.

Re: McCain keeps up the 'pattern of deceit'

Jan — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:44:11 -0000

Eight years ago I voted for McCain in the primary - I really thought he was a straight-talker, a good and honest man who would do the right thing, not the easy thing. Perhaps he was - then - but he sure isn't now. It really looks like he's sold his soul to become president, and it's so darned sad to watch. If he were to become the leader of the free world - who who he owe - and what would be the cost to us as Americans?

The question we all should ask Mr. McCain is "If you're the right choice for president, why do you have to lie?"

Re: McCain-Palin to flush big-spending GOP ways

Jan — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:09:58 -0000

Re: Obama taken to task over use of stadium

Jan — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:26:44 -0000

More than 75,000 people attended the celebration, and record breaking numbers of viewers tuned in to see history being made. A positive, hopeful, forward-looking promise of the future of America displayed for us all - even you Harold, even you are invited to be part of it. Take off your grouch hat and join us.

Re: Catholics should vote their faith at the polls

Jan — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:54:30 -0000

Can we assume then that you cannot vote for McCain because he supports torture when our government says they think it's ok, nor Obama because he supports a woman's right to make her own decisions regarding her body.

Why don't you let God decide who gets punished for disobeying? Why don't you vote based on who can properly run a country? Didn't you believe Bush would be wonderful because he SAID he believed these things - then he ran our country into debt - into war - and into thousands of people losing houses, jobs and, health?

Voting for the leader of the free world based on such narrow considerations is just wrong.

Re: Lawmakers wrong on gender bill

Jan — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:44:59 -0000

Comparing a human adult who is different from you as being like a criminal - calling a person immoral because they don't follow your idea of perfect - is wrong folks, just wrong. We have rules about access for all of our citizens, not just the citizens you approve of. No one is asking you love them, just give them the same respect you give anyone else.

Re: Nothing cowardly about United States

Jan — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 07:21:57 -0000

Mel, I don't think you read or heard his comments directly from Mr. Holder, my guess is you heard it in bits perhaps, and for sure from another source.

This is what he said - and he's right......

"Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot in things racial, we have always been, and we, I believe, continue to be, in too many ways, essentially a nation of cowards," Holder said at the Justice Department in Washington, D.C. "Though race-related issues continue to occupy a significant portion of our political discussion, and though there remain many unresolved racial issues in this nation, we, average Americans, simply do not talk enough with each other about things racial."

Re: What’s In A Name? You Have No Idea …

Jan — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 02:12:09 -0000

Before posting a letter, the research team might just check to see if this name is used by more that one person in that town. If it is, ask the sender to use some identifier to make them stand out as THAT person and not another. Their choice, age or address or email. No more confusion!

Re: Saturday To Feature Online Comments

Jan — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:17:17 -0000

I love the idea of having local voices in the paper. Being selective will be the difficult part for you tho' - some of the stuff in the forums can be just folks parroting the talking heads, some of it is just mean-spirited without cause, but some of it is brilliant. I vote yes, and best of luck in bringing our voices to print.