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

58,000 NH homes, businesses go dark

Article: 58,000 NH homes, businesses go dark
By MICHAEL COUSINEAU; New Hampshire Union Leader Staff

Excerpt:

State Police said police reported multiple accidents along Interstate 93 from Bethlehem to Pittsburg on Friday evening, including a three-car crash in Bethlehem.

The Fraud of Global Warming "Science"

Article: Global Warming With the Lid Off
Source: WSJ

Article: Climate Science and Candor
Source: WSJ

Has the Global Warming Crusade Been Setback?

Our Comment: Don't let your guard down!

If SNL Gets It, Then Who Doesn't?

It Was Warmer 1000 Years Ago Than Now

More: The Global Warming Religion - A Modern Day Crusade: Do You select The Cause or Does the Cause Select You?

Small Business, Bottle Recycling and Big Government

Holiday festivities cropping up all over New Hampshire

Article: Holiday festivities cropping up all over New Hampshire
Source: By ANN KENNARD; nashuatelegraph.com

Excerpt:

Owned and operated by the Forest Society, the 1,400-acre Rocks Estate Christmas Tree Farm in Bethlehem, with its abundance of cut-your-own Christmas trees (plus panoramas of the snow-capped Presidential Range), is a getaway not to be missed during the holiday season.

New EU president wants Copenhagen to give us “Global Management” (aka New World Order)

Link: EU president wants Copenhagen to give us “global management”
Link: New EU president confirms New World Order desire (19Nov09)

The Decline: The Geography of a Recession

Article: The Decline: The Geography of a Recession
Source: americanobserver.net

SEIU vs. an Eagle Scout

Article: SEIU Union Boss to Boy Scout: How Dare You Serve Your Community!
Source: nrtw.org

Open Carry in CA

Climate Skeptics See 'Smoking Gun' in Researchers' Leaked E-Mails

Article: Climate Skeptics See 'Smoking Gun' in Researchers' Leaked E-Mails
Source: FoxNews.com

Article: Do hacked e-mails show global-warming fraud?
Source: HotAir.com

Also: Hacked: Sensitive Documents Lifted from Hadley Climate Center
Source: WSJ

More: ClimateDepot.com

Beware The Ice Age Cometh: Hackers Prove Global Warming Is A Scam

Article: Beware The Ice Age Cometh: Hackers Prove Global Warming Is A Scam
Source: globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com

More: "Global Warming" SCAM - A Further Look
Source: market-ticker.denninger.net

Truth and Consequences of the Massive U.S. Government's Federal (Credit Card) Debt.

HT: The Market Ticker

Paul-Grayson Amendment Passes Committee (HR 1207)

Reference: Liberty Maven

Comment: For all the nonsense in Congress these days, it's good to see one piece of legislation that aims to bring sunshine to Washington, but dark clouds for the ruling class. However, being out of committee is still a long way to becoming law. Will Pelosi allow this to come to the floor for a vote?

Climate Center Hacked

Article: Climate Centre Hacked; Data Manipulation Revealed
Source: InvestigateMagazine.com

Also: Global Warming Scam - Hack/Leak FLASH

Congressional Black Caucus Exasperated by the Obama's Handling of the Economy; Unexpectedly blocked one his top priorities

Angry Congress lashes out at Obama
Source: By Brady Dennis, Zachary A. Goldfarb and Neil Irwin; WashingtonPost.com

Coverup by White House at AmeriCorp?

Article: Congressional Report: Rhee did 'damage control' after sex charges against fiance Kevin Johnson
Source: by Byron York; WashingtonExaminer.com

More: Was Walpin on the trail of hush money when Obama fired him?

The Opaque Federal Reserve

Article: Americans Deserve a Transparent Fed
Source: by Ron Paul and Jim DeMint; WSJ

Article: Audit The Fed Effort Under Threat In House
Source: by Ryan Grim; HuffingtonPost.com

Article: Economists Opposing Fed Audit Have Undisclosed Fed Ties
Source: by Ryan Grim; HuffingtonPost.com

Videos:

Amazing Pictures, Pollution in China

Article: Amazing Pictures, Pollution in China
Source: Lu Guang; ChinaHush.com

Comment: Now that's pollution! In America, we quibble about "parts per million" because most our pollution has been cleaned-up and/or exported. If you were wondering where it went, now you know. China has a real pollution problem.

Obama Bows to Japan’s Emperor, Snubs Adam Smith: Caroline Baum

Article: Obama Bows to Japan’s Emperor, Snubs Adam Smith: Caroline Baum
Source: by Caroline Baum; bloomberg.com

Excerpt:

Every morning I’m confronted with more evidence that the world has gone mad.

Aptly put.

Mike Dickerman: November's mild weather in evidence atop Mt. Washington

Article: Mike Dickerman: November's mild weather in evidence atop Mt. Washington
Source: fosters.com

Excerpt:

The new Campton facility also allows the WMNF to streamline its operations, with three former sites now centralized in one location. With the opening of the new headquarters, the Forest Service has closed its former Supervisors Office in Laconia, the Pemi Ranger District office in nearby Holderness, and the former Ammonoosuc Ranger Station in Bethlehem

Kiss Your Freedoms Goodbye If Health Care Passes

Article: Kiss Your Freedoms Goodbye If Health Care Passes
Audio: Kiss Your Freedoms Goodbye If Health Care Passes
Source: Andrew Napolitano | November 16, 2009; reason.com

Laurence Fink on Regulation , Unintended Consequences of Bucking Contract Law and an Unanswered Question

Five ways to make a dollar go further in New England this holiday season

Article: Five ways to make a dollar go further in New England this holiday season
Source: by Tom Johansmeyer

Excerpt:

For the next big event, skip the mayhem of Times Square (or the boredom of watching the ball drop on television), and go to Adair Country Inn & Restaurant in Bethlehem, New Hampshire.

A Red-Ink Train Wreck: The Real Fiscal Cost of Government-Run Healthcare

'Political downsizing' is latest weapon for voters

Article: 'Political downsizing' is latest weapon for voters
By Rick Hampson, USA TODAY

Pelosi On Jail Time For No Health Care: "The Legislation Is Very Fair In This Respect"

Link: Pelosi On Jail Time For No Health Care: "The Legislation Is Very Fair In This Respect"

GOP Congressman: If Healthcare Bill Is So Fabulous, Why Criminalize Those Who Want To Opt-Out?

H.R.3962,ObamaCare/PelosiCare, Passes U.S. House: 220 - 215

H.R.3962, ObamaCare/PelosiCare, Passes U.S. House: 220 - 215

Congressman Paul Hodes: Voted Yes

The "Costs" of Medical Care

The "Costs" of Medical Care: Part I
The "Costs" of Medical Care: Part II
The "Costs" of Medical Care: Part III

By Thomas Sowell

CBO: New House Health Bill Spending Estimate, $3 Trillion over 10 Years, says Senator Gregg

Link: CBO: New House Health Bill Spending Estimate, $3 Trillion over 10 Years
Source: Dan Perrin

PELOSI: Buy a $15,000 Policy or Go to Jail

Link: PELOSI: Buy a $15,000 Policy or Go to Jail
Source: republicans.waysandmeans.house.gov

PelosiCare Means Huge Tax Increases for NH Residents; Congressman Hodes All For It

Article: PelosiCare Means Huge Tax Increases for NH Residents
Source: nhteapartycoalition.org

Link: Congressman Paul Hodes Announces His Support for the House Health Care Reform Bill
Source: hodes.house.gov

Six in ten independents say they oppose Obama’s health care proposals

Link: Public now opposes ObamaCare, 45/53
Source: HotAir.com

Operation Health Freedom - Daniel Hannan

Can It Be? A Party for Capitalism?

Article: Can It Be? A Party for Capitalism?
Source: By David Harsanyi; RCP

Excerpt:

... I do know that the single ideological bond that holds together all factions of the right is a belief in capitalism and economic freedom. Or, at least, it should be.

In fact, as Arthur C. Brooks, American Enterprise Institute president, summed it up, "there is a major cultural schism developing in America. But it's not over abortion, same-sex marriage or home schooling, as important as these issues are. The new divide centers on free enterprise -- the principle at the core of American culture."

Pelosi Plan Exposed: 12 Truths about PelosiCare and Republican Alternatives

Link: Pelosi Plan Exposed: 12 Truths about PelosiCare and Republican Alternatives

Hurdles Ahead for Democrats and Same-Sex Marriage

Doctors Call on AMA to Drop Support for ObamaCare

Henninger: The Permanent Tea Party

Financial Stability Act “single worst not-yet passed piece of legislation”

Here's a Primer:

• A permanent class of GSE's!
• A blank check to the Executive Branch with unlimited bailout authority!
• Too-Big-To-Fail on Steriods!