Town Election Today

If you're new in town, just report to the town hall between 8:00am and 7:00pm (9th), with a picture ID and a copy of your electric bill or other, and see the check list people and they will let you vote.

Mike Culver for Selectman

Mike Culver for Selectman

Mike is a young man who is tired of a one agenda majority selectboard. He comes to the town offering an approach to listen to both sides (landfill and others) to offer the best possible results and solutions that will benefit the town in a positive way. No more smoke and mirrors, as used by so many of the selectboard over the last several years. Mike comes with no hidden agenda,just good old honesty and trustworthiness with the towns people.
Mike was born in the north country,graduated from White Mountain Regional HS, Graduated from Saint Lawrence University in mathematics and computer science.
Mike is married with one child and is a homeowner and tax payer in Bethlehem.
Mike is employed by Garnet Hill of Franconia, and his wife is a school teacher here in Bethlehem.

The goal of Mike is to ALL work together,for a more positive future in Bethlehem.

Vote Dave Lovejoy MD

Vote Dave Lovejoy MD

Dr. David Lovejoy brings a new dimension to town politics. A professional in the medical field (orthopedic surgeon) Dave would like to see the town move on in a more positive direction. Having been here only a year plus Dave is troubled by the neglect,high taxes and the one agenda selectboard in power. Dave would bring to the town of Bethlehem sound judgment, honesty and a new direction. Please get out and vote for Dave Lovejoy.

Second Amendment (HB 1693) on March 8th

Article: Second Amendment (HB 1693)
Source: CNHT.org

Excerpt:

HB 1693 is a late filed bill by Rep. Chandler to strip the Facilities Committee of the power to control Firearms, knives, and other tools of self-defense within the State House complex, it also repeals the ban put into effect on December 21st of last year.

Town Minute: Stop Making Sense

Article: Town Minute: Stop Making Sense
Source: By Jon Greenberg; NHPR.org

Excerpt:

Voters in Bethlehem will vote on this -- "The citizens of New Hampshire should be." That’s all that was left of the gay marriage resolution after it passed through deliberative session. Bethlehem resident Stephanie Kimball.

KIMBALL: Even if it didn’t make any sense, it was legal to do if it was asked for, seconded and voted on and approved.

Oil firm owner faces bad checks charge

Article: Oil firm owner faces bad checks charge
Source: By LORNA COLQUHOUN; New Hampshire Union Leader Correspondent ; UnionLeader.com

Excerpt:

The indictment handed up last month named Bethlehem distributor KMJ Precision Fuels as the recipient of 12 checks that did not clear the bank.

Paul Ryan: Hiding Spending Doesn't Reduce Spending

The "Online Tax Revolt"

Join the virtual march on D.C. @ www.onlinetaxrevolt.com

Goats gobble up unwanted Christmas trees at Meadowstone Farm

Goats gobble up unwanted Christmas trees at Meadowstone Farm
Source: by Meghan McCarthy McPhaul; Littleton Courier; record-enterprise.com

Mittersill offers trip back in time

Article: Mittersill offers trip back in time
Source: By Marty Basch; boston.com

Excerpt:

Skier Preston Jones and rider Jake Rivers, 14-year-olds from nearby Bethlehem, N.H., were also venturing into Mittersill.

It's the Spending, America

Deathbed of Keynesian Economics Will Be in U.K.: Matthew Lynn

Article: Deathbed of Keynesian Economics Will Be in U.K.
Source: By Matthew Lynn; Bloomberg.com

Fannie and Freddie: The Last SIVs

Article: Fannie and Freddie: The Last SIVs
Source: WSJ

Philly Fed. Gov. Plosser Calls for Curtailing Section 13(3) of Federal Reserve Act

Article: The Federal Reserve System: Balancing Independence and Accountability
Source: Phil FRB

Comment: Thank Goodness!

Reference: Section 13(3) of Federal Reserve Act

Secret AIG Document Shows Goldman Sachs Minted Most Toxic CDOs

Article: Secret AIG Document Shows Goldman Sachs Minted Most Toxic CDOs
Source: by Richard Teitelbaum; Bloomberg.com

Ron Paul at Mises Circle

Franconia's Golden Boy

Article: Franconia's golden boy
Source: wcax.com

Excerpt:

We caught up with [Bode] Miller's mom Monday afternoon at work in Bethlehem. She did not make the trip to Vancouver.

Obama's Way or the Highway

Article: Obama's Way or the Highway
Source: By William Murchison; RCP

Obama's Latest Healthcare Bill

Harvard’s Rogoff Sees Sovereign Defaults, ‘Painful’ Austerity

Article: Harvard’s Rogoff Sees Sovereign Defaults, ‘Painful’ Austerity
Source: By Aki Ito and Jason Clenfield; Bloomberg.com

ObamaCare at Ramming Speed

Article: ObamaCare at Ramming Speed
Source: WSJ

It's alive, Alive!

Frezza: Pin the Bogeyman On The Tea Party

Article: Pin the Bogeyman On The Tea Party
Source: Bill Frezza; RCM

Excerpt:

From time to time one professional politico or another may try to jump out in front of the parade. But everyone knows that the Tea Party has no leader, and with a little luck never will. That's because it's not a political party. In the best tradition of the American Revolution, it's an angry mob. Hence, the name.

Malkin: Attention GOP, John McCain Is The Problem

Article: Attention GOP, John McCain Is The Problem
Source: By Michelle Malkin

ACORN Disassembles and Re-brands

Article: Empty On Funding, ACORN Shutters Around the Country
Source: By Edward-Isaac Dovere; cityhallnews.com

Re-branded:

In California, the remnants of ACORN have become the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment. In Massachusetts, they have become New England United for Justice. And in New York, they have become New York Communities for Change

Ron Paul Wins CPAC Vote

The Libertarian Republican wins the election.

More:
- The Anatomy of Boo: Ron Paul at CPAC

Only 21% Say U.S. Government Has Consent of the Governed

Article: Only 21% Say U.S. Government Has Consent of the Governed
Source: Rasmussen Reports

Excerpt:

The founding document of the United States, the Declaration of Independence, states that governments derive “their just powers from the consent of the governed.” Today, however, just 21% of voters nationwide believe that the federal government enjoys the consent of the governed.

Atlanta Progressive News fires reporter for trying to be objective

Article: Atlanta Progressive News fires reporter for trying to be objective
Source: by Andisheh Nouraee; blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf

MSNBC's Olbermann's Racial Smear Campaign

Olbermann Does the Tea Party Racial Smear
(Video edited to include fellow MSNBC hosts)


Response to Olbermann: 'People of color' at Tea Parties


The Point:

The point, expectedly, has been entirely missed by some. It isn’t that the Tea Parties aren’t racist because minorities attend them, it’s that the overwhelming majority of Tea Party members simply don’t care one iota for skin color. It’s an unremarkable attribute to a person. It’s neither here nor there. The issue at hand is government spending and politicians that won’t listen, not the shade of your epidermis.

More Info:

• Randy Haddock
  
• Olbermann Mocks Conservative Blogs, Repeats: ‘Where Are People of Color at Tea Parties?’ - NewsBusters
  
• Video: The Tea Party’s diversity - HotAir
  

White Mountains lags in NECAP scores, Groveton shines

Article: White Mountains lags in NECAP scores, Groveton shines
Source: by Jeff Woodburn; record-enterprise.com; Coos County Democrat

Excerpt:

Mike Kelly, Principal of Profile High and Middle School, in Bethlehem, said the NECAP is one of several measures as to how well students are doing. "It is an aspect," he said, "and we take it seriously and use it." Kelly so believes in transparency that he produces an annual report that explains all the available data. One general concern he has is the state-wide drop in performance that occurs between in 7th and 8th grade and 11th grade.

In Their Own Words: Environmentalists Out to Dismantle Capitalism

Article: In Their Own Words: Environmentalists Out to Dismantle Capitalism
Source: Heritage.org

Toyota and the Union-Backed Government-Led Witch Hunt

Article: Toyota and the Union-Backed Government-Led Witch Hunt
Source: by Brian Johnson; BigGovernment.com

Repeal the 17th Amendment. Restore Liberty.

Article: http://www.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2010/02/17/repeal-the-17th-amendment-restore-liberty/">Repeal the 17th Amendment. Restore Liberty
Source: by Walt Garlington; tenthamendmentcenter.com

Excerpt:

Under the 17th’s statewide electoral system, the individual voter is small and isolated, only one out of thousands or, in many cases now, millions of voters casting ballots. His influence in the election is marginal.

Honeymoons that won’t break the bank

Article: Honeymoons that won’t break the bank
Source: By Elizabeth Gehrman; boston.com

Excerpt:

Among the activities: hiking in Franconia Notch State Park, a canopy tour at Bretton Woods, shopping and antiquing in Littleton and Bethlehem, and trail riding in North Conway. Save money by cooking meals in your cottage kitchen or on the grill; for the occasional splurge, try one of the area’s many restaurants.

The Republican Party Began as a Tea Party Movement

Article: The Republican Party Began as a Tea Party Movement
Source: by Michael Zak; biggovernment.com

Harrisburg, PA set to Default on Municipal Debt

Article: Harrisburg excludes debt payments from 2010 budget
Source: reuters.com

60 Minutes on Scams: Pigeon Fever

Watch CBS News Videos Online

Suspect in Bethlehem stabbing captured in Woodstock

Article: Suspect in Bethlehem stabbing captured in Woodstock
Source: UnionLeader.com

Excerpt:

At about 4:30 p.m. last night, state police moved in to arrest Allan Bryson, 49, of Bethlehem, for allegedly stabbing England.

Marriage fight goes to the polls

Article: Marriage fight goes to the polls
Source: By BETH LAMONTAGNE HALL; UnionLeader.com

Excerpt:

Alstead, Bethlehem, Deerfield, Goffstown, Raymond, Rindge and Winchester opted against voting on the resolution at town meeting.

Using Lasers to Zap Mosquitoes

Article: Using Lasers to Zap Mosquitoes
Source: By JENNIFER 8. LEE; NYTimes Blog Bits

Comment: How About Black Flies?

U.S. government, on its way to bankruptcy

U.S. government, on its way to bankruptcy: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4
By Michael Pollaro; The Contrarian Take; trueslant.com

MvTv on G.S.

D.C. Snowmovers Find Their Dumping Ground

A Washington Winter Wonderland

Core Chicago Team Sinking Obama Presidency

Article: The Fearsome Foursome
Source: By Edward Luce; FT.com

Article: Core Chicago Team Sinking Obama Presidency
Source: By Steve Clemons; The Washington Note

Throwback Skiing: No Heated Gondolas

Article: Throwback Skiing: No Heated Gondolas
Source: By KATIE ZEZIMA; NYT

Mt. Washington Blog Pictures from the week 1-27-10 to 2-3-10

Article: Pictures from the week 1-27-10 to 2-3-10
Source: Brian Clark; Mt. Washington Blog

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) Delivers Weekly GOP Address On National Security Policy

About That Pension ...

Ron Paul: The Coming Political and Social Chaos

Ron Paul on the State of the Republic

Local couple hopes to put wind farm in Easton

Article: Local couple hopes to put wind farm in Easton
Source: by Jeff Woodburn; Littleton Courier; record-enterprise.com

Excerpt:

If the proposal wins the necessary approvals, the property owners, George and Sara Foss, of Bethlehem, plan to offer it to the town at bargain price.

The People of Massachusetts Are Taking Back Their Seats

Article: The People of Massachusetts Are Taking Back Their Seats
Source: by Mike LaChance; biggovernment.com

Chanos on China's Overbuilding

Cavuto and The Judge on Geithner And Paulson

Why has it taken almost 14 years for the WMO to verify the new world record?

Article: Why has it taken almost 14 years for the WMO to verify the new world record?
Source: Brian Clark; Mt. Washington Blog; accuweather.com

Budweiser's famous Clydesdales trot into town

Article: Budweiser's famous Clydesdales trot into town
Source: by Lorna Colquhoun; Littleton Courier; meredithnhnews.com

Excerpt:

A team scouted a number of areas around Franconia Notch before settling on Bethlehem, for what an Anheuser-Busch spokesman said is the quintessential New England landscape the crew was looking for.

US grants home schooling German family political asylum

Article: US grants home schooling German family political asylum
Source: Daniel Nasaw in Washington; guardian.co.uk

Senate permits gov't to borrow an additional $1.9T

Article: Senate permits gov't to borrow an additional $1.9T
Article: By ANDREW TAYLOR; Associated Press Writer; breitbart.com

Excerpt:

The party-line 60-40 vote was successful only because Republican Sen.-elect Scott Brown has yet to be seated. Sixty votes were required to approve the increase. The measure would lift the debt ceiling to $14.3 trillion. That's about $45,000 for every American.

NY FED and AIG

WREN still looking for Berlin site

Article: WREN still looking for Berlin site
Source: by Erik Eisele; Berlin Reporter; record-enterprise.com

Climategate Redux: IPCC Forced to Retract Alarming 2007 Warming Report

Article: Climategate Redux: IPCC Forced to Retract Alarming 2007 Warming Report
Source: By Michael Andrews; DailyTech.com

Congress's expense report for the Copenhagen Climate Summit

China to curb lending binge, regulator says

Article: China to curb lending binge, regulator says
Source: By JEREMIAH MARQUEZ; forbes.com

Excerpt:

"You have a banking system that has never really been through a down cycle," Scarff said. "This is the first time they're really facing these challenges as separate entities and modern financial institutions."

Comment: What could possible go wrong?

The LLC Tax Update

Article: Update on the stealth LLC tax that Gov Lynch is trying to implement
Source: GraniteGrok.com

Mike Dickerman: Winter musings from the snowy White Mountains

Article: Mike Dickerman: Winter musings from the snowy White Mountains
Source: Foster's Daily Democrat

Could a Republican Win Kennedy's Senate Seat?

Article: Democrats Anxious Over a Once-Safe Seat
Source: By ABBY GOODNOUGH; NYT

TurboTax Tim Geithner Must Go

Link: Geithner Must Go

A look back at 2009

Article: A look back at 2009
Source: by Art McGrath; Littleton Courier; winnisquamecho.net

Excerpt:

The new Profile School in Bethlehem.

A Rodney Dangerfield America?

Link: A Rodney Dangerfield America?

Bethlehem rejects NCES transfer station offer

Article: Bethlehem rejects NCES transfer station offer
Source: by Art McGrath; Littleton Courier; winnisquamecho.net

North Country natives remember simpler Christmas

Article: North Country natives remember simpler Christmas
Source: by Jeff Woodburn; Coos County Democrat; winnisquamecho.net

Excerpt:

"It was very different," remembers Bethlehem resident Pat Bonardi, a retired school teacher, who grew up in the 1940s and still lives in the same house in Bethlehem. "There was a lot more spirit. Now it's very commercial."

What's Buried Inside the Senate Health-Care Bill?

Link: What's Buried Inside the Senate Health-Care Bill?

Frustration Boils Over at LLC Tax Hearing

Brief: Frustration Boils Over at LLC Income Tax DRA Hearing
Source: newhampshire.watchdog.org

Behind the Curtain: Why AARP Supports ObamaCare

Article: Behind the Curtain: Why AARP Supports ObamaCare
Source: by Stage Right; BigGovernment.com

Excerpt:

By putting enormous price controls (cuts) in the Medicare Advantage program, many seniors will be forced to look to the other Medicare supplemental offer, MediGap. It just so happens that AARP sells MediGap coverage to its members. The income generated from those sales accounts for 60.3% of AARP’s revenues, ten years ago, this income only accounted for 10% of their budget.

Morgan Stanley "Walks Away" From Five Office Towers; Claims It Isn't a "Strategic Default"

Article: Morgan Stanley to Give Up 5 San Francisco Towers Bought at Peak
Source: Bloomberg

Excerpt:

“This isn’t a default or foreclosure situation,” Barnes said. “We are going to give them the properties to get out of the loan obligation.”

Olbermann: I’ll go to jail before I comply with health-insurance mandate

Article: Olbermann: I’ll go to jail before I comply with health-insurance mandate
Source: Hotair.com

Judd Gregg: We need truly bipartisan, fiscally responsible health-care refor

Article: Judd Gregg: We need truly bipartisan, fiscally responsible health-care reform
Source: By JUDD GREGG; UnionLeader.com

Howard Dean: Health Care Bill 'Bigger Bailout for the Insurance Industry Than AIG'

Article: Howard Dean: Health Care Bill 'Bigger Bailout for the Insurance Industry Than AIG'
Source: By HUMA KHAN and JONATHAN KARL; abcnews.go.com

Free Stuff From Sam

Article: Free Stuff From Sam
Source: By JOHN STOSSEL; RCP

Why Switzerland Has The Lowest Crime Rate In The World

Heavy snow arrives in New Hampshire

Article: Heavy snow arrives in New Hampshire
Source: unionleader.com

Excerpt:

PSNH towns affected by outages included Bethlehem, Windham and Derry.

The perfect tree is out there

Article: The perfect tree is out there
Source: by Jeff Woodburn; LITTLETON COURIER; meredithnhnews.com

Excerpt:

Christmas tree farms, like Finnegan's Fine Firs in Bethlehem, spend about seven years sculpting a tree before it reaches its prized shape and fullness.

Adair's 3rd Wine & Dinner Evening

Event: Adair's 3rd Wine & Dinner Evening
Date: Dec 10
Webpage: www.adairinn.com
Description: Chef Jeanne McCredie has prepared a special wine & dinner evening. Carefully selected wines, multi course menu, intimate atmosphere and a relaxing ambiance. All the ingredients for a great evening.

Ronald Reagan Speaks Out Against Socialized Medicine

Link: Ronald Reagan Speaks Out Against ObamaCare

Why NH Went From 12 Health Insurers to Only 5 Between 1994 and 1997

Article: Why We Have Few Choices in NH
Source: nhteapartycoalition.org

The Mess the Government Is Making

Article: The Mess the Government Is Making
Source: By Peter Morici, Senior Contributor; thestreet.com

Latest: Ron Paul vs. The Federal Reserve

Article: Ron Paul: The Fed Will Self-Destruct When It Destroys the Dollar
Source: By REP RON PAUL; lewrockwell.com

Article: The right reform for the Fed
Source: By CHM BEN BERNANKE ; WaPo

Sen. Bunning Grills Bernanke, With Response

MIT Prof. Lindzen on how The Climate Science Isn't Settled

Article: The Climate Science Isn't Settled
Source: By RICHARD S. LINDZEN; WSJ

The Wilding of Sarah Palin

Commentary: The Wilding of Sarah Palin
Source: By Robin of Berkeley; americanthinker.com

AGW is a Politician’s Dream

Postmarks add Pizzazz to Christmas Cards

Article: Postmarks add Pizzazz to Christmas Cards
Source: wcax.com

Excerpt:

It's a similar story in the little town of Bethlehem, N.H., where the office gets mail by the bagful from people who want their postmark to have the same name as the biblical birthplace of Jesus. Postal workers in Bethlehem will process between 50,000 and 60,000 Christmas letters.

10 Amazingly Wasteful Stimulus Projects

Article: 10 Amazingly Wasteful Stimulus Projects
Source: By Bianca Male; businessinsider.com

Global Warming For Dummies in 1:21 seconds....

5th-Graders Help Collect Trees For Troops, Families

Article: 5th-Graders Help Collect Trees For Troops, Families
Source: wmur.com

Excerpt:

It's become an annual tradition for children in Bethlehem -- sending Christmas trees to hundreds of military families in the region and to troops overseas.

Bethlehem Elementary School fifth-graders have been involved in the effort from start to finish. They help get donations, write out tags for the trees and load them trees into the truck.

Farage reprimanded for criticising new EU foreign minister: "certain expressions not acceptable"

With glitz, EU marks start of Lisbon Treaty rules

Article: With glitz, EU marks start of Lisbon Treaty rules
Source: By BARRY HATTON (AP)

Full Moon Snowshoe Event at the Adair Inn

Event: Full Moon Snowshoe Event at the Adair Inn
Date: Dec 3
Webpage: www.adairinn.com
Description: First of the season! Romantic moonlit evening starting at 5:30pm with a New England style buffet followed by a guided snowshoe tour with Nigel Manley of the neighboring Rocks Estate. We finish the evening with S' mores and hot apple cider at the fire pit.

Motive: Convince People There is a Climate Disaster Coming, Get More Money!

Article: Global warming industry becomes too big to fail
Source: By Timothy P. Carney; washingtonexaminer.com

Hide The Decline - Climategate