New Hampshire
updated
2:22 a.m.
This is almost too good to be true. Sprintin' John Sununu's first TeeVee ad highlights... actual sprintin'! (he doesn't bother to waste any of the thirty seconds on issues, but hey, would you, if you were George W. Bush's handmaiden for the past eight years in House and Senate?) But here is the best part, by far. Something about the utter vapidity of the piece, combined with th...
Blue Hampshire - 2:22 a.m.
The "Grand Old Party" is no longer grand. It's just old. Brilliant. So proud to see him get an unbelievably prime speaking slot. ...
Blue Hampshire - Wed 8:04 p.m.
The granite blue state of New Hampshire, home of Governor John Lynch and Congressman Paul Hodes: New Hampshire, a leader in electing women, celebrates the election of Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter, House Speaker Terie Norelli, Senate President Sylvia Larsen, the State Senate female majority, and in November, the election of Jeanne Shaheen to the United States Senate. In January, New Hampshire...
Blue Hampshire - Wed 5:21 p.m. - 3 clicks 
(Crossposted from Daily Kos, except for the hometown crowd I named Meg Hassan.) I've already written about the experience of walking into the convention hall. So what happens next? In the New Hampshire delegation at least, last night at least, people are settled in. A bag of popcorn and a pack of gum get passed around, and in addition to talking about politics, people reminisce about, say, b...
Blue Hampshire - Wed 5:21 p.m. - 3 clicks
I hate to break into this beautiful coverage of the convention that Laura and Mike are providing, but I just got an interesting message from Jaime Contois from Working Families Win. Apparently they will be hosting three workshops on political activism tactics on September 3, 10, and 17, from 6:30 to 8:30 PM at its office in Keene, 15 Eagle Court. This is a old idea, but a good one. It's a...
Blue Hampshire - Wed 3:23 p.m.
Things are electric! A palatable sense of excitement. The band is jamming, music is loud. Tonight is the night you will hear Ray Buckley as Delegation Chair cast the votes for NH. Will capture as much as I can and share it as quickly as I can. Let's use this as our live thread. Update (Dean): Carol Shea-Porter will be on the stage at 6:55 EST tonight right now (7:25 EST)! If the TeeVee show...
Blue Hampshire - Wed 3:23 p.m.
(Crossposted from Daily Kos) My grandfather was a politician. Not a governor or member of Congress or anything like that, but it's how he made his living for most of his adult life -- he was sheriff, treasurer, probate clerk. He died before I was born, but to the end of her life my grandmother identified strongly as a political wife. About a month ago, as I was talking to my parents about my ...
Blue Hampshire - Wed 12:47 p.m.
It's been apparent to me for some time that the war on terror is a smoke screen for the effort to roll back the civil and human rights protections achieved by the American people in the 1960s and "secure" the population from enforcing their own laws. ...
Democracy for New Hampshire - Wed 10:47 a.m.
State Rep. Candidate Patrick Arnold To Appear on INSIGHT NH with Senator Lou D'Allesandro Manchester -- State Representative Candidate Patrick Arnold will appear on Insight NH, hosted by Manchester State Senator Lou D'Allesandro this week. The show will air Thursday, August 28, 2008 at 6pm on MCAM TV-23, Manchester's Public Access station. The show will also be viewable online at www.mcam.org....
Democracy for New Hampshire - Wed 10:47 a.m. - 6 clicks
This morning, I had the opportunity to talk briefly with New Hampshire Governor Jeanne Shaheen about her U.S. Senate race this year, against incumbent Republican John Sununu. Unsurprisingly, the Governor is very gracious, articulate, and pleasant in person. She stressed the point that while polling has been overwhelmingly favorable for her campaign, she is concerned about Democratic overcon...
DailyKos (New Hampshire) - Wed 10:47 a.m. - 6 clicks
WARNING This video post contains the truth. Pundits and/or other media outlets interested in maintaining the zombie narrative of "Party Division" are advised to avert their eyes and reduce the volume. Obama NH Co-Chair Mary Rauh and Clinton NH Co-Chair Kathy Sullivan on the "Discord" (lack thereof) within the NH Delgation. A bit long for a vblog but worth the watch. ...
Blue Hampshire - Wed 10:47 a.m. - 3 clicks
CSPAN and PBS cover the podium most. Governor Sibelius was just on - what a different, emotionally cooler experience it would be with her on the ticket instead of Biden! Federico Pena now up. Warner coming, then Chelsea introduces Hillary. ...
Blue Hampshire - Wed 10:47 a.m.
So desperate to drain the tired Clinton-Obama story to the dregs, the tradmed is warping the truthiness of even respectable outlets like McClatchy : "In the end, things will come out fine," said Jeanne Shaheen, former New Hampshire governor and a Clinton backer. ...
Blue Hampshire - Wed 10:47 a.m. - 6 clicks
Momocrat Julie Pippert sits down with Jeanne Shaheen for a few minutes at the convention: To be fair: I'll add vid of Sununu at the RNC. Oh, wait, I forgot. He's too afraid to admit he's a Republican, and has sprinted away from that association. ...
Blue Hampshire - Wed 10:47 a.m. - 4 clicks
Hi. It's Brian from the NH Obama staff. I wanted to share this great night with you... Thursday night, at the American Legion Sweeney Post in Manchester, New Hampshire a group of Veterans met at a roundtable to discuss Senator Barack Obama's stance on Veteran affairs and benefits. Medal of Honor recipient and Vietnam veteran, Captain Paul "Bud" Bucha, joined them to kickoff the New Hampshire Vete...
Blue Hampshire - Wed 10:47 a.m. - 6 clicks
(Crossposted from Daily Kos) Walking around the vicinity of DNC-related events, there's one thing I have been unable to escape: Free condoms. Planned Parenthood is distributing pink-wrapped "Protect yourself from John McCain" condoms with a series of 10 fun facts about McCain's positions on women's health. Collect all 10! Inside the initial convention perimeter you can go to the Trojan di...
Blue Hampshire - Wed 10:47 a.m.
A post coming to you tonight from " The Big Tent " Blogger Lounge. It is quite a scene here with probably 200 folks wifi'd in and typing. Laura and I finally ran into one another here, she has the golden ticket to be on the floor with the Delegation tonight. Thing are so go, go, go that its hard to put a lot of context/narrative around things. Hope you are all ok with the random bits we are able ...
Blue Hampshire - Wed 10:47 a.m.
by brownsox Tue Aug 26, 2008 at 12:45:27 PM PDT This morning, I had the opportunity to talk briefly with New Hampshire Governor Jeanne Shaheen about her U.S. Senate race this year, against incumbent Republican John Sununu. Read the rest here: http://www.dailykos.com/storyo... ...
Blue Hampshire - Wed 10:47 a.m. - 3 clicks
Defenders of democracy unite! Just in time for the crucial 2008 presidential election, Starz Edge and Starz Cinema present the world television premiere of Uncounted: The New Math of American Elections , the documentary that shows how election fraud changed the outcome of the 2004 election, led to even greater fraud in 2006 and now looms large over 2008 presidential race. The film wil...
Democracy for New Hampshire - Mon 2:40 p.m.
Letter to the Editor While the tornado is fading news in many people’s minds, the residents of stricken towns are still working long, hard hours to repair the damage wrought by the storm. Barnstead’s response to this disaster reflects their strength as a community. People have worked hundreds of hours to help each other and to return their town to normalcy. At a selectman’s meeting I attended...
Democracy for New Hampshire - Mon 9:00 a.m.
This post will no doubt produce howls of objection for the vendors that read it. Black Box Voting is encouraging all individuals with a technical background to search and apply for temporary tech ELECTION SUPPORT jobs for the November 2008 election. Hiring is underway for temporary technicians to help with voting machines this fall. Vendor dependence is undermining the structure of US electio...
Democracy for New Hampshire - Mon 9:00 a.m.
SOURCE: After Downing Street Article of Impeachment 29 Article XXIX - CONSPIRACY TO VIOLATE THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965 In his conduct while President of the United States, George W. Bush, in violation of his constitutional oath to faithfully execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the Unit...
Democracy for New Hampshire - Mon 9:00 a.m.
Investigative reporter Bob Fitrakis and the EON team interview Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs-Jones in 2005 on her historic challenge with Senator Barbara Boxer of the 2004 Ohio presidential vote and on the new voters'rights movement in America....
Democracy for New Hampshire - Sun 4:50 p.m.
The City of Portsmouth’s Public Works Department is encouraging residents to make greater use of the waste cooking oil recycling program at the city’s recycling center. The waste oil recycling program, which started in 2006, has reclaimed more than 1,000 gallons of grease and oil (I estimate I’m responsible for only 6 ounces of the total). [...]...
Seacoast NRG - Sat 2:32 p.m. - 15 clicks
OLYMPIA - I find myself once again neglecting my post at Quabbin Qountry, so for posterity here I go with a quick update. I am heading to Denver tomorrow morning to cover the Democratic convention, followed by a road trip up to St. Paul for the Republicans, a town that "must have been designed by drunken Irishmen" according to the sainted Jesse Ventura. Can't wait. Life on the road, Kage. I'll b...
Quabbin Qountry Queries - Sat 1:48 p.m. - 2 clicks
One has to ask when a Senator of the United States has to admit that he's not permitted access to the mortuary on an Air Force base in his home state. On CBS News's "Face the Nation" yesterday, (June 19, 2005) Senator Joseph Biden (D-Del.) told Bob Schieffer that the Defense Department policy forbids him from paying his respects to fallen soldiers as their coffins return to the US thro...
Democracy for New Hampshire - Sat 11:08 a.m. - 2 clicks
And yes, Diebold's spokesman is named Mr. Riggall . SOURCE: USATODAY.com Ohio Voting Machines Contained Programming Error That Dropped Votes Company acknowledges voting machine error COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A major voting machine maker has notified its customers in 34 states that a programming error discovered during testing may cause votes to be dropped when they are uploaded...
Democracy for New Hampshire - Fri 11:24 a.m. - 2 clicks
cross-posted at BlueHamphire Meet Chet Edwards , US Congressman from the TX 17th district which includes Crawford, TX. I taped his remarks to a crowd at the VFW post in Manchester just last Sunday. He was stumping in NH with Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH) and the focus of the day was vet issues. Edwards is extremely knowledgeable on Vet issues and a tireless champion for their interest...
DailyKos (New Hampshire) - Fri 11:24 a.m. - 17 clicks
Seacoast Local and RiverRun Bookstore, along with co-host South Church’s Green Sanctuary programs, present Alan Weisman, author of “The World Without Us“, as part of the popular “Making the Connection” series. This event will take place on Friday, September 5, at 7 pm. Weisman’s book, which I definitely recommend, is a very interesting thought experiment [...]...
Seacoast NRG - Thu 5:03 p.m. - 19 clicks
SOURCE: New York Times Considered a liberal, Ms. Tubbs Jones was a co-sponsor of legislative efforts to broaden health care coverage for low- and middle-income people and of programs supporting the re-entry of convicts into their communities. She was also the author of legislation requiring certification for mortgage brokers and stiffer penalties for predatory loans. In June, Ms....
Democracy for New Hampshire - Aug 20 - 8 clicks
ELECTION OUTLOOK 2008 "Moles in the Garden: Vendors Undermine U.S. Elections: Who is Holding them at Bay, and What More Can be Done in 2008?" Pt. 3 of "The Good, The Bad, The Unbelievable" Tonight, "Voice of the Voters" continues a series of reports on election readiness in various states. 8PM ET Wednesday, August 20 Voice of the Voters! Every We...
Democracy for New Hampshire - Aug 20 - 8 clicks
The next meeting of the Kittery Energy Advisory Committee will take place on Monday, August 18, at 7 pm. This meeting will be held in the Kittery Town Council chambers, at 200 Rogers Road, in Kittery. All KEAC members and the general public are welcome. The meeting agenda and minutes from last month’s meeting are [...]...
Seacoast NRG - Aug 17
If you should decide to read Jerome Corsi’s attack book, The Obama Nation, please also read the rebuttal published by the Obama campaign (pdf), which contains 29 pages of factual corrections to Corsi’s claims. Corsi, who also wrote similar book four years ago, swift-boat attacking John Kerry, is published by Threshold Editions, an imprint of Simon & Schuster [...]...
Seacoast NRG - Aug 16
Thomas Friedman’s column in the Sunday’s NYT provides some interesting background to Denmark’s success in changing its economy since the 1970’s energy crises. Denmark has managed to reduce its imports of Middle East oil–which accounted for 99 percent of the country’s energy in 1973–down to zero. Of course, Denmark’s share of the North Sea oil strik...
Seacoast NRG - Aug 11
Popular Mechanics is reporting that the Air Car, an automobile originally developed for use in India, will soon be coming to the US. Zero Pollution Motors (ZPM) is licensed to build and market a six-passenger model of the air-driven car in the US, with sales launching in late 2009 or early 2010. The Air Car uses a [...]...
Seacoast NRG - Aug 9
Amy Kane, who blogs as Atlantic Avenue, reports some good news: the National Resources Defense Council, in its annual survey of water quality at selected US beaches, has given Hampton Beach its highest rating, 5 stars. The rating reflects the high water quality found at Hampton Beach, and the good practices used there for monitoring water [...]...
Seacoast NRG - Aug 7 - 2 clicks
Having finally seen the movie, Who Killed the Electric Car, I have to wonder, which business decision, when viewed 10 or 20 years hence, will be seen as GM’s greater blunder: filing a lawsuit against the California Air Resources Board in 2001 and subsequently killing the GM EV1 electric car program in 2003; or GM’s 1999 acquisition [...]...
Seacoast NRG - Aug 5
The Princeton Review recently added a Green Rating to its annual ranking of the best colleges and universities. Among the only 11 colleges nationwide that received a perfect score in the green ranking are the University of New Hampshire in Durham; Bates College in Lewiston, Maine; and College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, Maine. Directly from [...]...
Seacoast NRG - Aug 3 - 16 clicks
Continuing a seven-month downward trend, the Federal Highway Administration reported recently that the vehicle-miles driven by Americans during the month of May was down, compared to that of May 2007, by almost 10 billion miles. This decrease is the third-largest monthly drop in the entire 66 year history of recording that vehicle-miles data. All three [...]...
Seacoast NRG - Aug 1