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Re: Nobel Peace Prize lost its prestige this year

mikem — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:40:25 -0000

Hi Sajwert,

No, being that I am not a native, I wouldn't have any firsthand knowledge Alan Thomier. However, I am sure that the Loeb family must of loved that sad individual.

But still, the point is that in today's climate in which our citizenry will not vote or become involved in the political process because many uniformally view their elected represenatives in distain, having unfit individuals like Mr. Ulery in Concord does not help the cause for an involved electorate.

Also, with all of the problems our commmunities and our state is facing, do we really need any elected representative that see his/her political office as a soapbox for fringe and irrelevant ideas,?

I would think not, since I feel that good governance is not there to entertain us, but to solve real problems in an adult, serious-minded and level-headed manner.

End of my soapbox.

Cheers.

Re: Nobel Peace Prize lost its prestige this year

tomgnh — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:37:49 -0000

Don Marquis was the Department Chair of the Social Studies Department when Thomaier was at his best. He and the librarian (Tommi Staples?) had frequent contact with him. (Do any of us know the real spelling?)

Alan wanted to "balance" the real world with the writings from his mentors on the Right. He would submit books to the library and to Don, requesting that the kids get the full story.

Finally Don offered Alan a chance to speak to the students, It fit in with the Cold War unit, and probably a hundred or more students came and listened to him explain his views and show his sources.

The next day the teachers de-briefed the kids; the almost universal reaction was "huh? Is he for real?"

After that Alan was apparently satisfied that he had had his chance, and it was no longer an issue in the department. (In all my personal dealings with him I thought Alan was a gentleman, but I was not present in those closed door meetings.)

That is the power of Free Speech. Those who listen get to evaluate the quality of the message if it is held to the pubic light and challenged.

That's the key. There must be someone to challenge a belief.

Don Marquis died last month, and I know many people appreciate all he did for Nashua.

Re: We expect too much from our government

Westchester — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:20:31 -0000

Is this a tribal warfare thing. My children have Indian blood. Their great, great grandmother was a full blooded Indian from Nova Scotia. I'm not familiar with the tribe in Nova Scotia. I am a full blooded Greek of Spartan/Arcadian ancestry. I am not a "he" and you could never be my grandmother unless you had children when you were six.

Re: We expect too much from our government

Westchester — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:31:15 -0000

I "spew nonsense." But you are The Oracle of Delphi.

Re: We expect too much from our government

Westchester — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:29:46 -0000

Thank you Lord!!!!!

Re: Nobel Peace Prize lost its prestige this year

Skiggley — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:12:54 -0000

I miss Alan Thomiar. Whatewver he ran for I voted for him. He was a TRUE American.

Re: GOP backed into opposing states’ rights

Genghis_Khan — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:11:37 -0000

Interesting. I advocate the destruction of an ideology - Obamunism. You advocate the destruction of a person - me.

Nice. Been to any Bund meetings lately?

Obamunism delenda est.

Re: GOP backed into opposing states’ rights

Sajwert — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:31:07 -0000

mjhealey, next thing you know, if you aren't careful with what you say to GK, you will wind up telling him where we also gather to plot our destruction of the country and how we are going to put Republicans into camps for brainwashing.

I'm beginning to think that you can't be trusted with any info. Next thing, you will tell him on what island that volcano is on. Shame on you.... :-)

GK delenda est.

Re: We expect too much from our government

Sajwert — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:21:43 -0000

tomgnh, believe me, if you want to see this country with only about 1000 people claiming to be Republican, just do away with SS. LOL You will find that every congressperson who voted for THAT to happen would be looking for a job, providing they were not set upon by angry mobs and pounded into the ground.

Whenever anyone talks about doing away with SS or changing it or doing something that might put it at any risk (Bush and the stock market as an example) believe me, you will see your first uprising in America.

Re: Not all worthy of praise on this Veterans Day

AlexF — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:16:09 -0000

My comment is mostly directed at this:

"And in particular, I would like to express my opinion of the corporations that have million-dollar or multimillion-dollar contracts with the Department of Defense that do not observe the Veterans Day holiday."

Although I would wonder if those companies truly don't have any internal observance or if it's just the writer assuming that they don't. There's really nothing patriotic about taking a day off. It's how you choose to reflect on the meaning of the holiday.

Re: Nobel Peace Prize lost its prestige this year

Sajwert — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:15:17 -0000

mikem, do you have any memory of Alan Thomier? He was on the BOE and I also believe he might have been an alderman (unsure about that, not in my district anyway) and his letters were marvelous works against anything and anyone that he considered remotely communistic. He railed and ranted almost weekly (the NT loved his letters as they usually got some response back in letters) and once even wrote how offended he was that the music being played on the July 4th celebration at Holman was written by a Russian. He said communist, but same thing to him.

He actually was against the Actor Singers presenting "Fiddler on the Roof" as it was ---- yep, you guessed it --- Communist. He didn't know S*** from Shinola about the story, the man who wrote the original story line, or a darn thing about it.

He was forever hounding the librarian at the Nashua High School for being "pink" since she didn't put up front and center all his books that he contributed showing how America was being duped by the Communists, and how the John Birch Society would show the citizens of America how to save the country. And it never, ever stopped. I made a project out of hunting down all that I could to counter what he wrote, and often it seemed as if he and I were doing hand-to-letter combat in the NT.

What I'm long-windedly saying is, this guy may be a thorn in Hudson's behind, but he has to go a long way to beat the late Alan Thomier IMO.

Re: Not all worthy of praise on this Veterans Day

Sajwert — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:04:07 -0000

AlexF, I think you missed the point that Mr. Heffernen was making. It isn't the people who work in the manufacturing of war equipment, it was the stores that have Veterans Day sales, and life going on as if it were just any other day.

After WWII, people honestly thought that war was pretty much over with, and the holiday was a big deal, with stores and almost everything else closed tight when Armistice Day came around.

We have had so many wars large and small (could Granada be any smaller war?) and this latest mess of 8 years and counting has worn many people down to the point that the day doesn't mean anywhere near what it did, and many of us have become numbed to the idea of once again waving flags and hurraying for it all.

And, please, spare me any comments about patriotism etc.

Re: - NashuaTelegraph.com

Sajwert — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:52:03 -0000

Article: "Steele instructed staff to inform the insurance carrier that the RNC wanted to opt out of elective abortion coverage, RNC spokeswoman Gail Gitcho said. She said the policy has been in effect since 1991."
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IN EFFECT SINCE 1991? NO KIDDING? THAT LONG AGO?

Article: "The Cigna employees said the RNC didn't choose to opt out of abortion coverage when given the opportunity, Politico.com reported."
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THEY DIDN'T OPT OUT WHEN THEY WERE HOUNDING PRO-CHOICE PEOPLE?

What MY inquiring mind wants to know is this: How many of these RNC employees took advantage of this little insurance coverage and went for those elective abortions? And don't try and tell me that NO ONE ever did. I would have to see absolute irrefutable proof before I would believe it.

Re: Two hurt in crash on Route 101

Sajwert — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:41:20 -0000

I agree with you. It has, however, gotten to the point that only in controlling the horrible driving of mindless idiots like this U-turn driver from doing harm to others, we are almost forced to widen roads, put in barriers, etc. etc.

Re: Two hurt in crash on Route 101

Sajwert — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:39:09 -0000

mmm65, I bet that unless he has a really good insurance company and has an excellent driving record, he won't have any insurance after this stupid trick.

Re: We expect too much from our government

LeftyRighty — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:17:47 -0000

My ancestors came in throught the Front Door not the back illegal door.

Re: Ghosts of the Civil War- Veterans Day 2009

DonH — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:15:11 -0000

Part of the plan if we stay in the home, which I'm not sure we will, is to renovate that part of the house. The door would be replaced and secured somewhere else in the house to be displayed.

Thanks for sharing your own story. Fascinating.
-Don

Re: We expect too much from our government

louisa goyait — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:07:35 -0000

You are right. It was just wishful thinking on my part that we could go back to living simple basic lives.
I just get so sick of all the bitching about paying high taxes when we receive so much in return. I don't know how my letter started all the letters regarding corporations and all that. I know our government is corrupt, as far as I can tell, all governments are. But we have so much in this country. I guess I should have written a letter about that instead.

Re: Nobel Peace Prize lost its prestige this year

mjhealey — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:47:02 -0000

Well the Telegraph feels an obligation to get two takes on this issue. In this case the Telegraph chose someone who hates Obama and someone who REALLY hates Obama.

Jordan is a New Hampshire State Representative for Hudson. They really have their hands full with him. He just loves the party line and regurgitates it when ever he gets a chance.

Re: We expect too much from our government

JD — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:36:28 -0000

"whatistruth, Saj here, and believe me, JD has bupkas to offer in the way of explaining in any way, shape or form what in hell you and he mean when you say we are losing our freedoms."

whatistruth, the problem is people like this are extremists. They support their Party first and everything else comes a VERY distant second. The Ends Justifies the means.

They are not clueless about the loss of freedoms (they complained when Bush was Pres) but now they ignore such thing and resort to mud throwing and spewing hate. They willingly let their freedoms be taken for the advancement of the elites who control their Party (both R and D)

Its pretty sad.

Re: Nobel Peace Prize lost its prestige this year

Sajwert — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:49:43 -0000

mjhealey, didn't we do this very subject of the Nobel Peace Prize some time back? Seems to me that we had enough comments running for days. Where was this person at that time? Why on earth write a letter NOW when everyone has long moved on to another subject with which to denigrate and demean our president.

Anyway, I remember this guy. He seems to be about 6 cards short of a full deck IMO whatever he says.

Nashua is lucky he is a rep of Hudson.

Re: Not all worthy of praise on this Veterans Day

Sajwert — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:04:11 -0000

Mr. Heffernen, I understand your disappointment and frustration. I remember when this was a more hallowed day, but that was long ago. Our country has built itself into the megagiant business and even one day of everything except the necessities and the basics (mostly hospitals and such) shutting down would probably make our present economic disaster even worse.

When I railed and ranted against how even on Christmas Day so many places were doing business, I was reminded that 1) not everyone celebrated Christmas and 2) those restaurants and businesses that remained open were doing a service for those who had no other places to eat or get immediately needed items.

Over the years as I grew away from religion, I still feel that way about Christmas, but have, for the last two years, eaten Christmas dinner at the Lilac Garden. Go figure.

We simply have to make these special days more important by our own forms of observation and rememberance, and ignore the rest.

Re: We expect too much from our government

Sajwert — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:56:21 -0000

mikem wrote: "And of course, Ms. Goyait when she reaches the age of 62 and later, 65, will show her true "independent" and "honest" colors when she turns down those two superfluous government services for "undeserving" seniors called Social Security and Medicare."

YOU REALLY THINK SHE WILL?

Re: We expect too much from our government

Sajwert — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:52:19 -0000

Tesha, have you ever noticed that when a comment is not answerable with reason and logic or even with some honest personal info, that the tendency of people like whatistruth uses words such as "you are angry" and "arrogance" and "BS" and some others I just love are "you need to grow up" (said to someone they KNOW is old enough to be their grandma) and "your are so childish" all fit.

And just call a commentor on something that they really, really meant to be snarky but didn't have the balls to put it in snarky terms, and then they try and weasel out of it by claiming they had NO intention of anyone understanding it as they meant it.

It is obvious as heck that he was trying to make a snarky statement that obliquely insinuated that you might NOT be a citizen.

I come originally from Cherokee Indian country in North Georgia.

Re: We expect too much from our government

Sajwert — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:40:13 -0000

whatistruth wrote: Have you read the stimulus bill? I haven't but plan to research it. I hear there are some nasty little tidbits of lost "freedom" neatly tucked inside. Why not check it out rather than attack me. Not as much fun to seek out the truth. Much more fun slapping me down.
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Let's see. You haven't yet read the stimulus bill but "plan to research it." Meanwhile, you have heard from some unnamed, undocumented, unproven source that there are "some nasty little tidbits of lost "freedom" neatly tucked inside."

You ask me why I should not check it out. My answer to that is this: I'm unaware of ANY unnamed, undocumented, unproven source in my sphere of knowledge that tells me there is some "freedom" I'm going to lose. Therefore, I have no reason to want or need to check it out, as I have no paranoia over losing anything but my time plowing through something only a lawyer will understand anyway.

And it is fun seeking out the truth. But not the crap you call "truth", and as to slapping you down with any comments I make, you are impossible to shut up, slap down, or silence because you haven't the ability to know when to stop spewing nonsense.

But I know when I've had enough, so this will be my last reply to you.