LTE's from Undergrounders

[AlanM]

I am considering running in '06. Doug Scamman is in my district. I would love to knock him off. He has a lot of people around here who don't like him. I don't think he was the top vote getter, if I recall correctly.

[Russell Kanning]

Hey being known is half the battle Jane...the only other thing you have to do is promise to bring home the pork.

[CNHT]

Hey being known is half the battle Jane...the only other thing you have to do is promise to bring home the pork.

The only pork I'm promisin' to bring BACK home is the money that needs to be returned to the taxpayers.

And do not confuse Doug Scamman, his real name, with Michael Scanlon, Rep-R from Bedford who has EARNED the nickname 'SCAM-MAN'

He has never met a micro-management scheme he didn't like.

[CNHT]

By the way, I had 13 Karma, twice, but someone must have hit the 'Smite' button and knocked it back down to 12. Perhaps they are a victim of triskaidekaphobia? <eg> I rather liked it.

[Kat Kanning]

There ya go.

[AlanM]

Hey being known is half the battle Jane...the only other thing you have to do is promise to bring home the pork.

I'll bring the pork, if you bring the beans.

[Pat K]

Hey being known is half the battle Jane...the only other thing you have to do is promise to bring home the pork.

I'll bring the pork, if you bring the beans.

I'll bring beer.Bottled I hate cans.

[AlanM]

Hey being known is half the battle Jane...the only other thing you have to do is promise to bring home the pork.

I'll bring the pork, if you bring the beans.

I'll bring beer.Bottled I hate cans.

Sounds like we got ourselves a Porcupine Party. 

[CNHT]

Yeah I can cook too, but don't tell anybody! 

[Dave Ridley]

Seth thanks, I think you're on the right track and should get support on this...with one reservation. 

It's better to talk up good reps than talk down bad ones.  Most reps suffer more from lack of name recognition than they ever would from being attacked.   Better to talk up the good ones than talk down the bad ones, unless you're talking to a pro liberty crowd.

For instance here in Keene there are a lot of good things to say about Tom Eaton lately, although in his case he isn't on the report card with a rating.  In most districts there are good reps to talk up...so you can hit two birds with one stone rather than one bird and one pet cat with one stone.
  Very cool to see you cranking out LTEs again though Kat, well written.   I[ll be the first to admit the most important thing is activity, not "perfect activity"

I'm also glad to see this cooperation between us rabid undergrounders and the more work-within-the-system NHLA folks!  I hope we can do that more... btw Don and Rich from NHLA were on WGIR and did a great job thursday!

[SethCohn]

Seth thanks, I think you're on the right track and should get support on this...with one reservation. 

It's better to talk up good reps than talk down bad ones.

I agree... Should have made that clearer in my initial post:  Bring up ALL of your Reps, good and bad... in your LTE... It perfectly fine to say "Hey, look what our Reps did (for good or bad).."  Sadly, in some areas, it's all bad... or mostly bad.

btw Don and Rich from NHLA were on WGIR and did a great job thursday!

They were great... They'll (at least Rich) will be on Keene radio next week (Monday?), CNHT Radio on Thursday, and Belforti's show in Portsmouth the next Friday.  Working on a few other media things too... Listen this Friday on Gardner's show, no idea what will happen yet...

[Dave Ridley]

I sent this to UL today:


Dear folks at the Union Leader:

In response to your April 21 article "Schools reverse 'need improvement' status:"
You mentioned the state's Board of Education and indicated that it is making rulings
regarding which school district meet the standards of No Child Left Behind.   

I want to know:  Why is the state actively participating in the enforcement of an
unconstitutional Federal mandate?   How much does this enforcement "service"
cost our taxpayers?   

Article 10 of the U.S. Constitution reads:  "The powers not delegated to the
United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved
to the States respectively, or to the people."   

Where in the Constitution is education oversight delegated to Washington?  And when
are New Hampshire's state-level representatives going to assert our right to be
free of such oversight?

[Dave Ridley]

Dave Mincin LTE for Laconia Citizen

Dear Editors at the Citizen: 

Thanks for your opinion piece supporting state rep Neal Kurk's effort to close Medicaid
loopholes.  As long as the state government is pretending to be a charity and dispensing
our tax dollars for the purpose, we might as well have someone watching the money
like a hawk.   I'm not sure anyone is really up to that challenge; the system is
probably going to be riddled with abuse as long as it exists.  But at least Kurk
(a Hillsborough Republican) is trying.

By the way, to my surprise, Kurk earned an "A" this month from the New
Hampshire Liberty Alliance in their 2005 Interim Legislator Report Card (nhliberty.org/research).
That means that he has consistently voted for smaller
government during the current session.  Representative Kurk if you're reading this...thanks

[Dave Ridley]

Mincin LTE to Telegraph (I think this may have been an earlier draft and that the one he sent has minor changes)

With regard to the case of Tony Nader, the gentleman who successfully chased off
a would-be robber in Nashua with his handgun on April 25th...

It's great the police are apparently not giving Nader any trouble, great they arrived
on the scene so fast and also great that Nader wanted to shoot the robber.   I understand
he withheld fire only to avoid risking the life of the person who was standing next
to him. 

It's *not* so great that police are actively trying to talk us average folk out
of defending ourselves.  I don't know if I would have the stones to risk death for
an opportunity to foil one bad guy, but Nader did and God bless him for it.  I don't
see how his actions can help but deter crime.  Everyone who hears about this is
hearing a reminder that criminals have a lot to fear here, a lot more than they
do in Mass. 

If things had played out just a little differently, Nader could be dead; I realize
this.  But if they had played out a little differently in the other direction, the
*criminal* would be dead, injured or jailed.   That's an outcome which would have
prevented even more crime and protected more lives, and Nader was apparently willing
to risk the first to try and obtain the second.  That's what good cops and soldiers
do.   And people rightly revere them for it.

Defending your property is a risk you take with your own life that many others may
be protected.   It's a public service.   So our public servants shouldn't discourage
us from doing it.     

[Dave Ridley]

I just sent this to the Citizen (Laconia)

Attorney General threatens arrest over manicure

For those of you who run small businesses and are fed up with the excessive regulation loosed upon you by state authorities, Monday May 9 is your opportunity to do something about it.  At noon that day, Newmarket entrepreneur Mike Fisher will stand in front of the state Board of Barbering (2 Industrial Park Drive, Concord, NH) and defy one of the many unjust laws it enforces.  Regardless of the legal risks, he will administer a manicure without a license. 

Fisher's planned civil disobedience has already triggered an arrest threat by the attorney general's office, but Fisher is undeterred.  His goal is to draw attention to the many "commerce-prevention regulations" that affect *all* businesses in New Hampshire.

However he needs your help.  I urge you to do what I am doing.  Attend the event and spread the word about it. No one will expect you to violate the law or risk arrest; we'll just be glad to have your company.  We are also low on video cameras, so if you'd like to come videotape the event that would be of special value.   For more details and a fuller explanation of Fisher's reasoning, just drop by NHfree.com.  Let's roll!


and this version went to the keene sentinel:

Dear folks at the Sentinel:  Here's a letter-to-editor for you; you may publish it if you like.   Thanks much for the ones you've published in the past from me!

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Attorney General threatens arrest over manicure

For those of you who run small businesses and are fed up with the excessive regulation loosed upon you by state authorities, Monday May 9 is your opportunity to do something about it.  At noon that day, Newmarket entrepreneur Mike Fisher will stand in front of the state Board of Barbering (2 Industrial Park Drive, Concord, NH) and defy one of the many unjust laws it enforces.  Regardless of the legal risks, he will administer a manicure without a license. 

Fisher's planned civil disobedience has already triggered an arrest threat by the attorney general's office, but Fisher is undeterred.  His goal is to draw attention to the many "commerce-prevention regulations" that affect *all* businesses in New Hampshire.

However he needs your help.  I urge you to do what I am doing.  Attend the event and spread the word about it. No one will expect you to violate the law or risk arrest; we'll just be glad to have your company.  We are also low on video cameras, so if you'd like to come videotape the event that would be of special value.   For more details and a fuller explanation of Fisher's reasoning, just drop by NHfree.com.  Let's roll!