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Rochester Historical Society Program on Amos Main

Charlie Gunn at the finish of the Dobbiaco/Toblach to Cortina cross-country ski race. The 42 kilometer classic race from Dobbiaco/Toblach to Cortina finishes here in the center of Cortina, Italy. Many villages in the Dolomites have Italian and German names and the street signs post both names. Dolomiti Nodicski boasts 1,300 kilometers of groomed trails and is Europe’s largest cross-country area.

Italian Dolomites, Harris Hill, Winter Wild & More Winter Fun by Amy Patenaude

Weirs Times Outdoor Columnist

I just heard an ad on the radio that began, “Now that winter is half over…” What, it can’t be! There are too many more things I want to do! I need

more time, more snow. I am thankful for February and I have been very busy having fun. I don’t want it to stop anytime soon; late April would be okay. We just returned from visiting our good friends

in Germany. We crosscountry skied, raced and ate a lot of wonderful cakes at three o’clock in the afternoon. The highlights of the trip were the Dolomites, quite possibly the most beautiful mountains in the world.

Austria is lucky that Italy shares them. We were amazed at the number of places you can downhill or cross country ski in the Italian Dolomites. Dolomiti Nordicski is See patenaude on 18

On Thursday, March 14, at 7pm at the Rochester Historical Society Museum on Hanson Street, David P Miller will present, “Parson Main’s View of Rochester’s Central Square in the 20th Century.” The bronze statue honoring Reverend Amos Main was erected on a pedestal of Concord granite in 1896 in the heart of downtown Rochester. As the plaque on the monument says, Main was a well loved minister, teacher and friend from May 9, 1737 until his death on April 5, 1760. For more than 100 years the Victorian monument erected in Main’s honor has been silently surveying the changing scenery in downtown Rochester. This illustrated talk will explore some of those changes. All are welcome to attend. There is no charge for admission. Refreshments will follow the meeting. For more information please call 330-3099 or email rochesterhistorical@ metrocast.net.

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Feb Thurs. 28th - March 9th To Kill a Mockingbird

Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. 335-1992

Thursday 28th Winter Tales of a Feather

The Loon Center, Lee’s Mills Road, Moultonborough. 3-4pm. Enjoy an hour of storytelling with Angela Klinger. Free for members, $5 non-members. 476-5666

Poets in the Attic

The Country Bookseller, Durgin Stables, N. Main Street, Wolfeboro. 7-9pm. 539-4472

Mike Stockbridge Jazz Trio

Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. 527-0043

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Laconia Middle School, Laconia. 8am5pm both days. 224-5022

Friday 1st

Headliners Comedy Club

Capitol Center for the Arts, Main Street, Concord. 225-1111 Lavina’s Relaxed Dining, Center Harbor. 5-7pm. Reservations and payment up front required. 476-5666

Pete Mamos – Master Hypnotist and Entertainer

Blackstone’s Lounge at the Margate, 76 Lake Street, Laconia. Doors open at 6:30pm, show at 8pm with D.J. Tim to follow. $15pp. Tickets available at Café Déjà vu, Greenlaw’s Music and Patrick’s Pub. 998-1418

Wild Winter Walk

Squam Lakes Science Center, Holderness. 10am-noon. Guided tour of the Gephart Exhibit Trail. $8/ member, $10/non-member. 968-7194

Sunday 3

Cabin Fever Lecture Series

The Wright Museum, Wolfeboro. 2pm. “Unifying a Nation: WWII Posters from the NH State Library”. RSVP encouraged. 569-1212

Saturday 2nd Danbury Grange Winter Market

Danbury Grange Hall, across from the fire station in the center of Danbury. 9am-1pm.

The Clancy Legacy Quartet

Brewster Academy’s Anderson Hall, 205 S. Main Street, Wolfeboro.

Jean’s Playhouse, 10 Papermill Drive, Lincoln. www.papermilltheatre.com or 745-2141

Saturday 9th Bob Marley

The Flying Monkey, 39 South Main Street, Plymouth. 536-2551

Sports Card and Collectible Show

Leavitt Park House, 334 Elm Street, Laconia. 9am-1pm. Free Admission. 520-4680

Jim Barnes, Balladeer & the None of Us Is Irish Irish Band Franklin Opera House, 7:30pm. $15. 934-1901

Squam Lakes Science Center, Holderness. 1-3pm. Guided tour of the Gephart Exhibit Trail. $8/member, $10/non-member. 968-7194

Monday 4th “Ladies of the Lake” – Exhibit Reception

Laconia Public Library, Laconia. 7pm. 527-1278 . www.laconiahistorical.org

Wednesday 6th “Touching Peace” with Thich Nhat Hahn

Sanbornton Town Library, Sanbornton. 6:30-8:30. 286-3018

Thursday 7th

Gilford Community Church, Gilford. 6pm. $10. Reservations required. 524-6057

Wild Winter Walk

Squam Lakes Science Center, Holderness. 10am-noon. Guided tour of the Gephart Exhibit Trail. $8/ member, $10/non-member. 968-7194

Sunday 10

A Tribute to Duke Ellington

Capitol Center for the Arts, Main Street, Concord. 225-1111

Cabin Fever Lecture Series

The Wright Museum, Wolfeboro. 2pm. “African American Submariners of WWII and Beyond”. RSVP encouraged. 569-1212

Thursday 14th Athletic Performance Series – Dynamic Stretching & Injury Prevention

Inter-Lakes Medical Center, 238 Daniel Webster Highway, Meredith. 6-7:30pm. Pre-registration required. Free. 527-2997

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Fri. 15th – Sun. 17th “Can’t Take it With You”

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Fundraiser For Children’s Auction The Cafe Deja Vu Pub Mania Team is hosting Pete Mamos, Master Hypnotist and Entertainer for a night of entertainment. The show is Saturday, March 2nd at 8pm at Blackstone’s Lounge at the Margate, 76 Lake Street, Laconia, NH. Doors open at 6:30pm with DJ Tim to follow the show. There will be Door prizes and 50/50 raffles. Tickets are $15.00 and available at Cafe Deja Vu & Greenlaws Music and Patrick’s Pub. This is a Fundraiser to benefit the WLNH Children’s Auction. For more info call 998-1418.

CR Helicopters Flies Back To Snodeo One of the most exciting parts of the NH SnoDeo is returning for this year’s event. CR Helicopters of Nashua, NH will be giving helicopter rides throughout the SnoDeo weekend to benefit the Swift Diamond Riders Club and SnoDeo. Rides averaging 10 minutes per ride are only $30 per person with a portion of each ticket sold going to the club and the event. CR Helicopters’ owner and chief flight instructor, Bob Cloutier pilots the helicopter for the weekend. Cloutier stated, “This is one of our favorite events to fly at. The views of the North Country are spectacular and it’s not unusual for us to see wildlife like moose from the sky.” Swift Diamond Riders Club president added, “A lot of our SnoDeo crew go for a flight every year. It never gets old.” CR Helicopters is located at the airport in Nashua, NH. They train recreational and professional pilots, as well provide scenic flights all over New England to the general public. The Swift Diamond Riders Club is a snowmobile club based in West Stewartstown, NH. The club boasts nearly 800 members. Named one of Snowgoer Magazine’s “Top 10 must experience snowmobile events” in the U.S., the SnoDeo is held March 1 & 2 and benefits the club for trail maintenance, as well as other club activities that promote snowmobiling in New Hampshire’s North Country. To learn more about the event and the club, visit nhsnodeo.com, facebook.com/ nhsnodeo or twitter.com/nhsnodeo.

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Zach Benton has been playing music since he was 12. He released his first EP last year and is working on a new album courtesy Photo called “Hollywood Blue.” those recordings,” said Zach. Presently Zach is working on a full-length album called “Hollywood Blue:” and hopes to have it ready for release later in 2013. Zach continues to hone his craft by playing live in the Keene area. Once part of a band that played as far south as Salem and as far North as Errol, Zach finds performing by him-

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Bani School in Sanbornton called “A Pirate’s Mum.” “We did twelve songs and I wrote the lyrics,” said Zach who also wrote the script and performed in the play. In 2007, at the age of 19, Zach took his guitar and his own music to a new level when he performed at the Meadowbrook Musical Arts Center in Gilford on the second stage before a Beach Boys concert. “Even though we weren’t on the same stage I was on the same bill as the Beach Boys and that was pretty cool,” said Zach. Zach pursued a lot of songwriting after that experience and after his graduation from Keene State (Zach still lives in Keene) he thought that he would get into some real studio recording and rented time at a studio in Jaffrey in 2011. Zach put together a foursong EP during those studio sessions called “Mr. Roberts Epiphany” where he plays all the instruments and sings all the harmony. He released it in 2012 and can be downloaded through itunes. Amazon also offers the EP as a download and as a hard copy CD. “I really saw myself as a performer after finishing

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Belknap County Commissioners Misapprehend Republican Delegation To The Editor As I read the editorial pages of the Laconia Sun, I must admit, I find the recent animus from the County Commissioners of the Republican delegation members troubling. All representatives to the legislature, Republican and Democrats- have a duty to perform in the best interest of all the County taxpayers and not just those of the municipalities where they reside. Additionally, the commissioners’ recent admonishment in the press of the Republican members of the delegation, for structuring a public meeting in their pursuit to reduce the county debt, is counterproductive and unprofessional. The failure of the commissioners to honestly distinguish between what is good public policy for both county services its agencies and the county taxpayers is in my opinion, blatantly deficient. Furthermore, the commissioners clearly “misapprehend” the delegated duty the republican members owe, not only to the county agencies, but equally to those citizens who pay the bills. In summary: the facts show the commissioners “understand wrongly” the Constitutional duty the Republican delegation members owe to he

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county. The citizens and taxpayers of the county should be thankful they have those elected members of the delegation with an ever-present vigil of restraint on unnecessary county expenditures. George Hurt Gilford, NH.

Merits of Default? To The Editor: Liberal idealogues breath the rarefied air of a delusional world in which they claim both the moral and the intellectual advantage. In the real world: while always well-intentioned, they consistently think on a superficial tunnelvision level and they’re seemingly bereft of any capacity to function on the level of first principles as did the Founders. These deficiencies resulting in ubiquitous hypocrisy, contradiction, and double standards in their opinions and a disturbing frequency of “unintended consequences” in their politics. Just watch Obamacare unfold, or as Milton Friedman said: “One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.” So do liberals get elected on their merits or by default? Surely the latter. Generations of leftist progressives have come to dominate public education, academia, and the media. Politically unmotivated voters have only to align with this neo-

This newspaper was first published in 1883 by Mathew H. Calvert as Calvert’s Weirs Times and Tourists’ Gazette and continued until Mr. Calvert’s death in 1902. The new Weirs Times was re-established in 1992 and strives to maintain the patriotic spirit of its predecessor as well as his devotion to the interests of Lake Winnipesaukee and the Cocheco Valley area with the new Cocheco Times. Our newspaper’s masthead and the map of Lake Winnipesaukee in the center spread are elements in today’s paper which are taken from Calvert’s historic publication.

intelligentsia. No need to support your position with facts, study, or critical thinking; just quote from the “Handy Liberal Handbook of Put-downs and Platitudes” and the “right people” will nod their approval. It’s a perpetual motion machine for political ascendancy in a culture that is fast becoming economically and historically illiterate. Robert E. Hood Center Harbor, NH.

Baseless Attack To The Editor: Since President Obama took office in 2009, one of the most enduring attacks we’ve heard from Republicans has been aimed at his alleged “reckless”, “out-of-control” spending. It’s a baseless attack, since actual spending has gone down during Obama’s first term. However, where was the Republican outrage when the steepest rise in spending over the last 30 years occurred during the Bush era? In fact, in 2006 they voted without fuss or tantrum to raise the debt ceiling to an unprecedented $9 trillion. Contrary to what Republicans want us to believe, government spending has gone down and is under control in the Obama era. The US government took in more revenue than it spent and ran a budget surplus of $3 billion in January, according to the Treasury Department. See mail boat on 30

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As you may or may not know, I have run for Governor many times under the banner of the Flatlander Party. I always made it clear that I was doing it for the money; over a hundred grand a year and you really donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to do a thing if you choose not to. And, if you really fool the people, you can get elected a few times. Still, there is a certain amount of power that you have that would be cool to have. For example, our new governor has decided that New Hampshire will get a lot of their money this year from casino gambling, even though casino gambling is presently against the law. So, it looks like we will have casino gambling, because she said so. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the kind of cool power I would have liked to have used if I were elected governor. If it was me I would have told everyone we were going to raise more money by making everyone in the state chip in a buck every time the temperature went below 15 degrees. We would have raised a lot of money this year. But now that the governor has decreed that there will be casino gambling, I still think there need to be some new ideas. You see, there is a lot of casino gambling around. You can go to Foxwoods in Connecticut, go to Maine and soon to Massachu-

setts. So, I think that if (and when, as far as the governor is concerned) we do have casinos here in New Hampshire, we should make them a little different in order to attract gamblers who are tired of losing their money the old-fashioned way. A casino in New Hampshire should forget about just having slot machines and use some real casino gambling ideas to bring in the people. And I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean just blackjack and roulette and craps; Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m talking about some new and exciting ways for people to wager. One great idea would be betting on boxing matches between legislators. You get two out-of-shape lawmakers, put them in the ring together, put up some odds, and let them go at it while the crowd bets and screams for blood. I know there are plenty of lawmakers, the ones who have made it their unselfish mission for years to have casinos, who would gladly participate. They believe it is such a great financial boon for the state, that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m convinced theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be more than willing to step into the ring for a few bouts. (If not them, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sure some lobbyists would be willing to take one for the teamâ&#x20AC;Ś and their wallets.) I know there are some gamblers out there who would feel a little uncomfortable with strange new ideas like this, so I think a couple of variations on some casino standards might draw some interest. They could have the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Live Free And Winâ&#x20AC;? room which would be run by the folks at the New Hampshire Travel and Tourism Dept. They could use their incredibly expensive marketing campaign where businesses have to choose one of the state approved

words to finish the phrase â&#x20AC;&#x153;Live Free Andâ&#x20AC;Ś..â&#x20AC;? to market their business. They could list these words on a giant wheel where gamblers could vote on which one will come up. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Câ&#x20AC;&#x2122;mon Live Free and Giggle!â&#x20AC;? There is a lot of hubbub about why the governor and some lawmakers only want one casino. Some claim that it has to do with some great kickbacks from the one out-of-state group that can actually afford the 80 million dollar licensing fee. But I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t buy that. I think the governor and lawmakers intentions are truly for the good of the state. (Disclaimer: I was paid to write that.) But, why stop at a single casino, or even a few. There are other great opportunities out there for the state to make on gambling. Why not have a rolling jackpot on top of the tollbooths throughout the state. You go through with your EZ Pass at just the right time and you set off the bells and win the jackpot. For those who refuse to buy an EZ Pass, the state could have year round poker runs where you would collect a playing card each time you pay the toll, hoping for that straight flush for the million dollar jackpot. Even a straight would get you five bucks. Think how this would encourage people to make various trips through the tolls in the hopes of winning the jackpot. Not only would it bring more money into the road fund but it would also force people to buy more gas, thus, paying more gas tax. It would be a bonanza for the state. I hope the governor listens to a few of my ideas. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m full of them and ready to share to do my part.

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From The State House The Argument For Fiscal Conservatism “We don’t have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven’t taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much.” —Ronald Reagan by Rep. Jane Cormier

Time is fast approaching for town elections. Unfortunately, history tells us the number of participating voters in local elections is rather dismal. But, if Belknap County wants to stem the tide of roaring spending and deficits, then we need residents to vote fiscal conservatives into office! You may ask, what exactly should we be looking for in a “Conservative” candidate? Here are some of my guidelines (there are others to be sure – I can only speak to mine): Belknap District 8

1. POLITICIANS WORK FOR US. We need to remember our political parties are merely VESSELS. These “vessels” only hold the power we give to them or give UP to them. We are responsible for educating ourselves and others with regard to reaffirming our governance over OUR Republic. Any public servant who doesn’t wholly recognize “We the People” or espouses “the Constitution is only a guide” will NEVER get my vote. Period. 2. LOCAL IS ALWAYS BETTER. When you begin to recognize our country is in dire financial straits, you will understand local is always better. Our fiscal situation proves that when we allow large government policy to take over (always on the heels of “necessity”), we inevitably lose more and more of our liberties in payment of “security”. And pay we See cormier on 28

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Why Do Democrats Hate American Manufacturers? He r e ’ s t h e latest example of head-splitting cognitive dissonance in Washington: President Obama used his State of the Union adby Michelle Malkin dress to cruSyndicated Columnist sade for a revitalized U.S. manufacturing sector. But while he pays lip service to supporting businesses that build their products on American soil, Obama and his left-wing operatives are hell-bent on driving a key sector of the U.S. manufacturing industry six feet under: the American firearms and ammunition industry. The White House is pushing new government spending to “spur economic growth,” protect manufacturing plants and “create good-paying jobs” to help America’s middle class. Yet across the country, with aggressive lobbying by the White House itself, Democrats are working to destroy tens of thousands of good-paying jobs and the firms that created them. Assault rhetoric has lasting real-world consequences. In New York, Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo imposed radical, ineffectual gun-grabbing measures that are backfiring in more ways than one. Nearly half a dozen gun companies have now announced that they will no longer sell their products to police in the Empire State. In protest of Cuomo’s gun-control regime banning citizens from owning semi-automatic rifles or shotguns because of cosmetic features deemed “militarystyle,” Washington-based Olympic Arms “will no longer be doing

business with the State of New York or any governmental entity or employee of such governmental entity within the State of New York.” According to USA Today, other companies including “LaRue Tactical, York Arms, Templar Custom and EFI, as well as sporting-goods retailer Cheaper Than Dirt” have also joined the sales boycott of New York. Worse news for New York citizens: At least one local manufacturer, the storied Remington Arms Company founded in Ilion, N.Y., in 1816, is in dire financial danger as a result of Cuomo’s draconian regulations. The company’s innovations in weaponry and ammunition have been used in sporting, self-defense, law enforcement and warfare for two centuries. Now, as a result of hysteriainduced government pandering, nearly 40 percent of Remington’s weapons can no longer be sold to citizens legally. Its small-town plant employs more than 1,300 people in a town of 8,000 and generates revenue of an estimated $400 million from sales in the U.S. and 55 other countries. As an Ilion local official noted, “Remington is not only a major employer, but it’s a historic employer. It’s been part of our very fiber for 200 years.” And so it is with the rest of the industry. Despite tough economic times, firearms and ammunition companies have created nearly 27,000 well-paying jobs over the past two years alone, according to the National Shooting Sports Foundation. Businesses in the United States that manufacture, distribute and sell firearms, ammunition and hunting equipment employ nearly 100,000 people in

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Who’s Paying and Not Paying the Bills at the UN? UNITED NATIONS—It’s long

been an economic truism that the United States pays the lions share of the UN budget. Moreover by John J. Metzler the European Syndicated Columnist Union (EU) countries contribute the largest bloc of dues of the 193 member organization. Well, there’s good and bad news. The USA’s budget assessment is no longer as large as the 25% it once was, but spiraling budget costs still add up for Washington and about a dozen other countries. Let’s look at the UN’s budget bottom line at Turtle Bay. The $2.8 billion annual budget is based on the mandatory fixed assessments of member states. As one expects gross national product and current accounts play a role in determining the assessment scale. Thus richer countries such as the United States and Japan logically pay the biggest sums. Conversely many member states pay the minimal assessment which translates to 0.001% or $28,113 annually. Thirty-six member states are assessed at 0.001% and an additional ten countries pay 0.002%. Most of these countries from Togo to the Tonga Islands are terribly poor and I’m not at all hinting that they pay more. Yet under the rules, each paid-up member state still has a vote in the General Assembly as does the U.S. or Canada. Though such realities have long defined the budget math at the UN there’s been a perceptible but generally unnoticed change which has seen some economically successful countries South Korea, Brazil, China, India and Turkey pay a larger budget share. Let’s look at the numbers. As mentioned the USA’s assessment has fallen from 25% to 22%. This is due to reforms a decade ago. Yet the actual dollar sum for 2013 still comes to $618 million. Without question the United States is the largest single contributor to the UN system. This is for the regular budget account

and does not include additional assessments for Peacekeeping ($2,098 billion) which have risen dramatically for the USA or Voluntary contributions to UN agencies such as UNICEF or the UN Development Program (UNDP) which comes to another $327 million for the current year. (this will be the grist of a future column) Equally 27 European Union member states form the single largest sum of contributions at approximately 38% of the regular budget and 40 % of peacekeeping. At the same time the super rich petro-dollar states, let’s name them, Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, still pay laughably little to the budget despite riding on a sea of petroleum wealth. Bahrain’s assessment stands at 0.03% and $1 million, Kuwait’s assessment is 0.27% or $7.6 million while Saudi Arabia logs in at 0.86% or $24.3 million and Qatar at 0.2 or $5.9 million. Talk about paying a fair share? Yet some of the traditional financial heavyweights such as Japan and Germany no longer pay the outlandish assessments since there is wider equity among most countries dues. For example Japan’s share of 19.4% in 2006, was trimmed to 16.6% in 2009 and 10.8% for 2013. The Tokyo government is still slated to pay $305 million but this is a far cry for having to foot nearly 20% of the budget. Germany too has seen its assessment fall from 9.82% in 2000 or $102 million to 7.14% today but with an actual cost of $201 million. Thus despite the lower assessments, the actual spending has risen. Interestingly commensurate with the organization’s budgetary dependence on Japan’s and Germany’s financial contributions, there has been a parallel desire by both countries to play a larger role in the UN politically as prospective permanent members of the Security Council. The reason some of the top-tier assessments have been trimmed is that there are many members such as South Korea who given their economic success, can afford to pay. For example in 2001, Seoul was assessed 1.72% or $18 million. Today the Republic of

Korea has a 1.99% assessment but pays $56 million. As a point of comparison, communist North Korea is assessed at 0.006% or $168,000. Mainland China has seen a long overdue jump in its assessments.

Despite years of economic growth and wealth creation, Beijing’s assessment stood at 2.05% in 2006. In the current assessments China is rated at 5.1 % with gross

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Guns and Pensions A nation’s choice between spending on military defense and spending on civilian goods has often been posed as “guns versus butter.” by Thomas Sowell B u t u n d e r Syndicated Columnist standing the choices of many nations’ political leaders might be helped by examining the contrast between their runaway spending on pensions while skimping on military defense. Huge pensions for retired government workers can be found from small municipalities to national governments on both sides of the Atlantic. There is a reason. For elected officials, pensions are virtually the ideal thing to spend money on, politically speaking. Many kinds of spending of the taxpayers’ money win votes from the recipients. But raising taxes to pay for this spending loses votes

from the taxpayers. Pensions offer a way out of this dilemma for politicians. Creating pensions that offer generous retirement benefits wins votes in the present by promising spending in the future. Promises cost nothing in the short run -- and elections are held in the short run, long before the pensions are due. By contrast, private insurance companies that sell annuities are forced by law to set aside enough assets to cover the cost of the annuities they have promised to pay. But nobody can force the government to do that -- and most governments do not. This means that it is only a matter of time before pensions are due to be paid and there is not enough money set aside to pay for them. This applies to Social Security and other government pensions here, as well as to all sorts of pensions in other countries overseas. Eventually, the truth will come out that there is just not See Sowell on 26

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There are few things in life that are as frustrating as being in pain. Pain, whether minor or severe, can ruin your day, make you feel depressed, and keep you from activities you love. At our offices, we don’t consider chiropractic care to be about pain or any condition for that matter. We adjust (gently move the bones of the spine) with the hope of helping the individual obtain better spinal alignment so that they will function better. It could be connected back to a very simple idea: structure dictates function. Our goal is to help the structure of the body to be as correct as possible, and then let the body heal itself. People tend to have less pain and see a whole host of other positive changes. It’s for pain concerns that most people seek out chiropractors initially and this is understandable. Back pain can be horrible and it is very common. WebMD puts it this way, “back pain affects 80% of Americans at some time in their lives”. Now not only will most of us be affected, but when it does it can be a major problem beyond simply dealing with pain. If a person is dealing with pain it can be difficult to work and it can be expensive to attempt to find a fix. In the July 1999 issue of the American Journal of Public Health it is stated that individuals with work-related low back pain missed 101.8 million work days. In a

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;If it were up to me, I would tell Mr. and Mrs. America to turn them inâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; turn them all in.â&#x20AC;? - Sen. Feinstein, discussing guns, CBS 60 Minutes interview, 1995 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mr. and Mrs. Americaâ&#x20AC;? are not Bonnie and Clyde. By and large, they are law abiding citizens of a nation where their right to bear arms â&#x20AC;&#x153;shall not be infringed.â&#x20AC;? Sen. Feinstein knows that undermining that right and disarming them would not reduce gun violence. Luckily, the bedrock of our nation does not rest on Feinsteinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s whim. Our Founders experienced life under a monarch, without a Bill of Rights or an elected head of state. They knew the word for political leaders who think like Feinstein: tyrant. The senator and her ilk target â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mr. & Mrs. Americaâ&#x20AC;? precisely because they are law-abiding, making them easy targets for tyrannical impulses. Criminals will ignore her efforts to ban guns just as they ignore current gun laws. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why they â&#x20AC;&#x201C; not â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mr. and Mrs. Americaâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; should be in the sights of politicians seeking to reduce murder rates. But dealing with our violent criminal element would require Progressives like Feinstein to confront inconvenient truths about the demographics of crime. Most gun murders are

singular affairs. They happen every day across America, predominately in urban areas. The guns used are not the long guns Feinstein labels â&#x20AC;&#x153;assault weaponsâ&#x20AC;?; they are mostly handguns, often acquired illegally in cities with strict gun laws. Many killings are gang-related or occur during the commission of other crimes. Victim and perpetrator are likely to be â&#x20AC;&#x153;of colorâ&#x20AC;? out-of-proportion to racial demographics. The statistics are grim: Our 50 largest metropolitan areas account for 67% of firearm murders, though they make up only 54% of our population. Some American cities have murder rates seen in El Salvador, Congo, or South Africa. Chicagoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gang population outnumbers police 4:1, and 80% of murders there are gang-related. Nationally, though blacks make up only 13% of the population, they account for more than half of our homicide victims. The vast majority of those victims were young men, as were most of their killers. Their deaths rarely make national news, though taken in aggregate there are more of them in a week than in a yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worth of mass shootings. Newtown was headlinegrabbing, but mass shootings account for a fraction of gun murders. The shooters are often white men, and their victims are often white and middle class â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the types of people Feinstein can relate to and upon whom her power depends. They look like campaign contributors and grassroots activists; people who can swing elections. So why do gun control advocates focus on weapons that kill far fewer people owned largely by the law-abiding? Why tar-

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bleached Out of Our DNAâ&#x20AC;? A m I wrong, or is there a hint of frustration that is finally waking up true American citizens? Since Baby Niel Young rack One Advocates Columnist arrived at the Oval Office there has been this uneasy feeling that our country and the people would not be happy in 2012. Well, the 2010 midterm election gave us hope that Husseinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;changing America agendaâ&#x20AC;? was moving, though very slowly. We hung on, and last November the people of this great country nearly threw America in the trash heap of countries that had it going on, and let it slide away- for an easier life- in many cases; government subsidized everything! What a shame, what happened to us? My generation turned on our military in the early 60â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. The USA military has always had my support. Not LBJ, McNamara, Kissinger, and Nixon. Our America has survived Watergate, the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Blue Dressâ&#x20AC;? in the White House, the â&#x20AC;&#x153;War on Terrorism, and the Obama war that cannot be real, because he was given the Nobel Peace Prize soon after being elected. And in my opinion, if the media would do their job, there would be at minimum, impeachment charges against Barack Hussein Obama. Starting with; where did you hide the US Constitution? Barack, have YOU read the Obama Care legislation? What is going on over at the IRS? ******** Weekly Standard: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Barack Obama met with Al Sharpton and other â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;African American leadersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; to discuss the presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;plan to strengthen the economy for the middle class and continue to build

ladders of opportunity for those striving to get there,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; according to the White House.â&#x20AC;? Reverend Al, why? Did Rev. Al bring Tawana Brawley with him to vouch for his character? Probably better to bring Cong. Jesse Jackson, Jr., maybe not. ******** There are callers to The Advocates radio program expressing the disappointment of Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;my way or the highwayâ&#x20AC;? leadership, and the amoeba Republican leaders in D.C. and journalists, who are activist opinion writers pretending to be reporters, including GOP lapdogs. ******* Rep. Pam Tucker cochair of the NH House Republican Alliance: â&#x20AC;&#x153;At a time when working families are struggling to pay their bills and make ends meet, nearly doubling the gas tax is a crushing blow to our residents. Right now, we need leaders who will fight to protect our taxpayers from raids on their hardearned money, not politicians whose focus will simply be on growing more and more government. Coming when gas prices are currently at historic highs, now is the worst possible time for this massive tax hike. The HRA will actively oppose this new tax that undermines the New Hampshire Advantage and adds an additional burden onto the backs of our citizens.â&#x20AC;? Always good to know some Republicans are truly looking out for us. ******** Erick Erickson: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had to look twice. Then I looked one more time. The American Conservative Union has released its annual scorecard. It is supposed to be a scorecard for a measure of conservatism on Capitol Hill. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So you will be as surprised as I was to find that Mitch McConnell, the Senate Republican Leader with a history of undermining conservatives in the Sen-

ate, has a 100% score for 2012 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; higher, in fact, that either Jim DeMint or Tom Coburn. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had to laugh. I have to hope someone on the ACUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Board has some sense of shame. Chairman Al Cardenas, in his letter introducing the 2012 scorecard, writes, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;our ratings have become the most important conservative measuring stick in American politicsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.â&#x20AC;? The NH HRA puts out a scorecard based on the votes important to the public. Those misbehaving will find their names in this column. NOTE: The Weirs Times is available in many locations in coastal, central, and northwest NH and on the internet. They can run, but they canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hide! ******* Two colleagues: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dems are winning by living in the moment. GOP is losing by trying to talk about the future. A nation that canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see beyond today has no tomorrows. The longer we delay in changing our trajectory, the harder it will be and the less likely we will succeed. I have no faith that we will succeed.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dems are winning by ignoring reality. The 51% donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t care about economics, facts, or reality. I will truly enjoy watching the coming crash. Our country deserves everything it is about to receive. One more point, I neglected previously. You are 100% correct to have no faith in our country having any more success. We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t deserve any more success. We deserve punishment as a country for arrogance, vice, and stupidity. Our country is fat, dumb, and happy, and lazy too. What made us great and different has been bleached out of our DNA. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pestilence, friends, and its mortality rate is 100%. Like a dog finding deer guts in the fall, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re rolling in it as a people.â&#x20AC;?

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the U.S. and generate an additional 110,000-plus jobs in supplier and ancillary industries. “These are good jobs, paying an average of $46,858 in wages and benefits,” the NSSF reports. In addition, “the firearms and ammunition industry was responsible for as much as $31.84 billion in total economic activity in the country ... (and) the industry and its employees pay over $2.07 billion in taxes including property, income and sales based levies.” In my adopted home state of Colorado, where unemployment hovers near 8 percent, nearly a dozen businesses are being forced to consider leaving their home state because of extremist gun-control proposals. Vice President Joe Biden himself leaned on Democratic lawmakers to support an arbitrary 15-round limit on ammunition magazines. So, what have Sheriff Joe and cormier from 6

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do. Unfortunately, for NH residents, state imposed taxes and fees are going to be increasing at an alarming rate. If your candidate believes that growing governmental policies is the answer to deficit spending, then your candidate is not conservative. I, personally, will never vote for a candidate who embraces growing government. 3.HONESTY IS THE GLUE WHICH HOLDS OUR REPUBLIC TOGETHER. Without personal integrity and honesty, nations come apart at the seams. What does our value system say about our culture, priorities, or morals? As a nation, we are ensconced in an enti-

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his gun-grabbing pals wrought? Denver-based ammo magazine manufacturer Magpul served notice that it will take its 400 full-time employees and subcontractors somewhere else. Magpul generates some $85 million in spending in the state. As the Denver Post reported, the privately held company makes an array of consumer products in addition to sales to the military, law enforcement and gun owners. And because Magpul has made a conscientious effort to support other Colorado companies, the ripple effect could reach far beyond the gun industry -including several cuttingedge innovators in the plastics-injection-molding business. One of Magpul’s most important contractors, Denver-based Alfred Manufacturing Co., employs 150 residents. It, too, will “relocate part or all of our operations out of state” if Democrat Gov. John Hickenlooper

enacts the stringent guncontrol regime pushed by Biden and company. The company has already put expansion plans on hold. Smart lawmakers from Texas, Michigan, Oklahoma, Arizona and South Carolina are now courting Remington away from New York and Magpul away from Colorado. For now, these states can offer business-friendly, Second Amendment-defending climates that support a demonized industry. But how much longer will it be until Obama and the projobs hypocrites on Capitol Hill find new, more nefarious ways to obstruct this innovation-driving, wealth-producing sector of the American economy? Make no mistake: Gun-control demagoguery is a lethal weapon.

tlement mentality. America has become a society which teaches us to covet that which doesn’t belong to us. We have become a people easily distracted and easily appeased. This is NOT what our Founding Fathers wanted for us. Integrity and honesty can solve many problems, but we have to demand such from our public servants. (And ourselves, of course.) If a candidate is not honorable in their personal and public dealings, they will not get my vote.

local issues. Does your candidate understand that budgets need to be balanced? Are their interests and ideas fiscally sound? Ask your neighbors and colleagues what they know about the candidates and local issues. Try to be as informed a voter as you can be. Honest Abe says it best: “Elections belong to the people. It’s their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters.” OUCH!

If you want to be an “educated” voter, go to your local town/city hall and pick up a ballot and familiarize yourself with who and what is on it. If you can, ask your candidates about

Michelle Malkin is the author of “Culture of Corruption: Obama and his Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks and Cronies” (Regnery 2010). Her e-mail address is malkinblog@gmail.com.

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Salome’s Stars Horoscope ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Your softhearted self is drawn to a tempting offer. But your hard-headed half isn’t so sure. Best advice: Do it only after every detail is checked out to your liking. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Your inventive mind should help you find a way to get around an apparently impassable barrier and make yourself heard. Your efforts get you noticed by the right people. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) You’re enjoying this creative period. But by midweek, you’ll need to emphasize your more pragmatic talents as you consider a risky but potentially lucrative move. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) An unexpected rejection could turn into something positive if you pocket your pride and ask for advice on how you can make changes that will make the difference. LEO (July 23 to August 22) Your Lion’s heart gives you the courage to push for answers to

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a job-related situation. Stay with it. You’ll soon find more believers coming out the ranks of the doubters. VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Your curiosity pays off this week as you push past the gossip to find the facts. What you ultimately discover could lead you to make some changes in your plans. LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) A new sense of enthusiasm helps get you out of onthe-job doldrums and back into a productive phase. Family matters also benefit from your more positive attitude. SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) A bit of nostalgia is fine. But don’t stay back in the past too long or you might miss seeing the signpost up ahead pointing the way to a new opportunity. SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) If you feel you need to take more time to study a situation before making a decision, do so. Don’t let anyone push you into acting until

80 Blowup, in photog. 81 - Lingus 82 Elk’s call 85 Rebs’ gp. 86 Paw bottom 87 Riddle, part 5 91 Sharp insults 93 Municipal reg. 94 Verdugo or Kagan 95 Repetitious learning 96 Moroseness 98 Hopes that one will 101 Lube again 102 End of the riddle 107 Apple line 108 “A,” in Arles 109 - offensive (1968 attack) 110 Gehrig and Gossett 111 Very little 114 Bacon slices 116 Riddle’s answer 119 Saint- - (Loire’s capital) 120 Six Flags attractions 121 Unable to tear oneself away from 122 Most tightly packed 123 At - of (priced at) 124 Energy-draining things DOWN 1 Crows’ calls 2 In need of a massage 3 Thinks through logically 4 “Boston Legal” fig. 5 Tiki bar drink 6 “The show’s starting” 7 Cigna rival

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CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) As the Great Advice Giver, the Goat really shines this week as family and friends seek your wisdom. Someone especially close to you might make a surprising request.

With meager funding, the Brewster Academy Polo Team is poised for what should be a winning season. -Jeff Allen, Rochester, NH.

AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) Spiritual concerns dominate part of the week before more worldly matters demand your attention. An old promise resurfaces with some surprises attached. PISCES (February 19 to March 20) You’re in a highly productive period and are eager to finish all the projects you’ve taken on. But don’t let yourself get swamped. Take a breather now and again. BORN THIS WEEK: You have a gift for learning new things quickly and applying your knowledge to best advantage where needed.

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Runners Up Captions: Before they built trucks, the Dodge brothers and their Rams. -Marvin Dale, Bristol, NH.

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