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THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, May 21, 2015

VOLUME 24, NO. 21

THE WEIRS, LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE, N.H., THURSDAY, May 21, 2015

COMPLIMENTARY

EDITORIAL

Foreign Policy is Domestic Policy, Rubio Advises

Last September, on the summit of Mount Tecumseh, the American flag was raised as part of the Flags on the 48 Memorial Hike in memory of those that lost their lives on September 11, 2001. When it comes to the proper etiquette of displaying the U.S. Flag, there are rules. Do you know what they are?

Flag Etiquette -Do You Know The Do’s And Dont’s?

Historical legend credits Betsy Ross with the creation of the first American Flag. Though there is no physical verification that Ross, a Philadelphia seamstress who did make flags, actually made the first flag, a story told by her grandson,

William Canby, tells of Ross explaining to him how it came to be, has been the source for the history of the flag’s creation. Meeting with General George Washington, Robert Morris and George Ross in 1776, Ross was presented

with a sketch that featured 13 red and white stripes and 13 six-pointed stars and asked to make a flag that looked like it. She agreed, but suggested a few changes, including arranging the stars in a circle and reducing the points on each

star to five instead of six. This recounting was printed in Harpers Magazine in 1873 and soon became part of history, though there are some historians who doubt that was what actually hapSee flags on 30

NEW YORK--In a stirring and substantive foreign policy address, Senator Marco Rubio (RFL) presented his presidential vision for a new America. Calling for transby John J. Metzler formative leaderSyndicated Columnist ship in the 21st century, the Republican primary hopeful spoke passionately about the need for a reinvigorated American policy posture at a time when as he said, “Foreign affairs never mattered more.” Addressing an overflow audience at New York’s prestigious Council on Foreign Relations, Senator Rubio (43) painted a broad-brush vision in which a renewed American military and economy would face global challenges. He warned that during the Obama administration military levels have dropped precipitously, to where the U.S. Army is smaller than before WWII. Invoking American leadership in the post-war era from President Truman through Kennedy and Reagan, he intoned, “American strength is a means of preventing war, not promoting it. Weakness is the friend of danger and the enemy of peace.” “The Prosperity of our people now depends on their ability to interact freely and safely in the international marketSee Metzler on 9

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Thursday 21st Lakes Region Camera Club Meeting

Trinity Episcopal Church, Route 25, Meredith. 7-9pm. Critique of Member Images. Persons of any experience level are welcomed. www. lrcameraclub.com

Cooking with Gretchen

Castle in the Clouds, Moultonborough. 10:30am-1:30pm. Join Castle in the Clouds Executive Chef Gretchen Shortway in this cooking class at the Carriage House Restaurant. Learn to cook vegetarian friendly fare from salads to entrees to desserts. Enjoy the fruits of your labor after class! Space is limited. $60pp/$50/friends of the castle. 476-5414 or www. castleintheclouds.org to register.

13th Annual Rock ‘N Race Run/ Walk

The 5k sanctioned event begins on North State Street, Concord, in close proximity to the State House Lawn at 6pm. Registration will be at the State House Plaza from Noon-5:30pm. Along the route, grab a bite to eat or a cool beverage from one of the many vendors. For more info contact the Concord Hospital Trust at 225-2711 ext. 3076 or register online at www. rocknrace.org

NH Mah Jongg Tournament

First Congregational Church, 115 South Main Street, Wolfeboro. 10:30am registration with a Noon start. $20 registration fee. Call Donna for info at 569-3139 or blueberry25hill@ aol.com

“Spring Dust Off” – Family Cruise Night

Gilford Community Church, 19 Potter Hill Road, Gilford. 5pm. This event brings together the best of all car hobby vehicles. Admission to the event is free for both participants and spectators. Pulled pork BBQ is available at 6pm for $12pp in advance only. Tickets are available at the Gilford Community Church until May 19th.

NH Insurance Dept. Invites Public to Meet with Commissioner Sevigny

Inter-Lakes High School Auditorium, 1 Laker Lane, Meredith. 5:30-7pm. NH Insurance Department is looking for feedback on what NH residents need to know about health insurance and how they can better provide that information. Do you have questions on pricing, quality or networks? Do you have an individual or small-group plan? The Department will collect feedback with the goal of improving their services and communication to the people of NH. RSVP to js@lkarno. com or 224-5566

Saturday 23rd Rochester Museum of Fine Arts – Film Shorts

Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. 7pm. The RMFA’s bi-annual celebration of movie-making excellence brings together film enthusiasts, filmmakers and artists to discover the best in contemporary cinema. The museum will screen 16 short films highlighting filmmakers from around the globe. $8pp. 3351992

2015 Model Train Show

Bartlett Elementary School, Route 302, Bartlett. 10am-4pm. Vendors, operating model railroads, snacks and raffles! $3/adults, $3/ages 6-14, children 5 and under are free. 7592173

Memorial Weekend Craft Show

North Conway Community Center, 2628 White Mountain Highway, North Conway. 10am-5pm. 70 exhibitors displaying an array of portraits, pillow quilts, glass art, pottery, fine jewelry and much more! Free admission. Live music and food. 528-4014 or www. joycescraftshows.com

Friends of Lincoln Library Annual Plant Sale

Under the tent beside the Lincoln Library, Lincoln. 9am-2pm.

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Preserving the past, to educate the future. 58 Cleveland Hill Road, Tamworth Village, NH 03886 603-323-7591 . www.remickmuseum.org

First Congregational Church of Meredith’s Historic Pageant

First Congregational Church, 4 Highland Street, Meredith. 7pm. The Pageant, written by Peter Ayer and Pastor Russ Rowland, and performed by various church members, continues the celebration of the Bicentennial and will highlight all 200 years of church history in approximately one hour! Free and open to the public. Ice Cream Social to follow.

Squam Lakes Association’s – Spring Pancake Breakfast

Squam Lakes Association Resource Center, Holderness. 9-11am. All-youcan-eat pancakes, bacon, fruit salad, oatmeal, coffee, tea and more!$10pp, kids under 5 are free. 968-7336

Contra Dance – The Fiddling Thomsons and Caller Don Heinold

Ossipee Town Hall Gymnasium, 55 Main Street, Center Ossipee. 7-10pm. The first half hour will be a brief overview of the basic steps of a New England Contra Dance. Fun for all ages! $7/adults, $5/students and seniors, $3/children under 12. 3445009

6th Annual Veterans Memorial Cruise

Aboard the M/S Mount Washington, Weirs Beach. 6pm. “Salute to Service”! $40pp includes dinner, live music, dancing, cash bar, silent auction and more. Sponsored by Cruise the Mount Washington & Marine Corps League Detachment 542. www.cruisenh.com or 1-888-THE MOUNT

Free Frozen Event!

Kellerhaus, Route 3, Weirs Beach. 3-5pm. Calling all Princesses, Princes & Subjects! Don your most Royal attire and visit with Elsa for a free frozen treat, pictures and sing-a-long! Event is free and open to the public. 366-4466

Chris Beard – Prince of the Blues

Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. 8pm. Catered dinner buffet available before the show. Please call 527-0043 for dinner reservations. www.pitmansfreightroom.com

Wildcat Regiment Band Concert

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Preserving the past to educate the future, through year-round activities, events, classes & workshops! Happy Memorial Day!

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We’re proud to be a Blue Star Museum! Active duty military personnel and their families, including National Guard and Reserve, as well as veterans and their guest, may visit Remick for FREE during these dates: Tuesday, May 26 – Saturday, September 5. Thank you for your service.

More in May…

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A farm-fun hour for young children. Meet a farm animal & enjoy a related learning activity. One Friday a month. Next Club: Friday, May 29. Get to know COWS! 10–11 a.m. $5/child, ages 2–6. O

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Riverside Park, Penacook (rain venue will be Washington St. School). Noon. Free. 753-6715

World-wide March Against Monsanto

38 Countries, spanning 6 continents and 428 cities are expected to participate in this event. In NH, the MAM will take place in four locations: Concord at the State House at 11am. In Rochester at Parsons Main Statue in the Center of Town at 2pm. In Littleton in front of the Court House at 12:30pm and in Portsmouth from Farmers Market to Market Square at Noon. The purpose of these peaceful events is to raise public awareness and to encourage citizens everywhere to get involved in the political process and bring pressure on our elected officials to do something about Monsanto’s practices. www.nhrighttoknowgmo.org

Sat. 23rd – Mon. 25th 24 Annual Memorial Day Weekend Craft Festival th

312 Daniel Webster Highway, Meredith. Sat. 10-6, Sun. 10-5 and Mon. 10-4. Juried craftsmen from all over New

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James Montgomery At Wolfeboro Inn On Sunday May 24th, James Montgomery will be performing at the Wolfeboro Inn. Doors Open at 2pm Show starts at 3pm. Blues legend James Montgomery who has played with everyone from the Allman Brothers and Johnny Winter to Bruce Springsteen and the Rolling Stones will be backed by local favorites Bruce Marshall and the Nor’Easters. Bruce has performed with the likes of Lynard Skynard, BB King and Charlie Daniels among others as a member of the Toy Caldwell Band (founder of Marshall Tucker Band). Opening act will be Eric Ray Gufterson winner of the 2014 Granite State Blues Challenge. The show will be held outside on the lawn under the tent at the beautiful Wolfeboro Inn. Tickets are $25 for reserved seats and $20 for lawn. Only 100 reserved seats available. Tickets are available at the Wolfeboro Inn or reserve them by calling the Inn at 569-5376. A portion of the proceeds will go to local charity End 68hrs. of Hunger. People are encouraged to bring a nonperishable food item the day of the event.

Free Frozen Event at Kellerhaus Visit with Elsa & Free Frozen Treat

This Saturday, May 23rd from 3 - 5pm Kellerhaus in the Weirs will be hosting a free event for all princesses, princes and subjects to say goodbye to Frozen Winter. Event organizers urge attendees to “don your most Royal attire!” Everyone is invited to visit with ELSA for a FREE frozen treat (free soft serve cone), pictures and a sing-a-long.

Republicans Hosting Cruise on M/S Mount Washington

Mix and mingle with potential presidential candidates along with past and current elected officials on the Belknap County Republican’s Lincoln Day First-In-The-Nation Presidential Sunset Dinner Cruise. Cruise Departs from The Weirs Pier in Laconia on Friday May 29th @ 6:00 pm Sharp! Boarding begins at 5:30 pm. The cruise will feature live entertainment, silent auctions and raffles all being emceed by Fox News Contributor & Sirius Patriot Radio Talk Show Host David Webb. Individual tickets - $50, payment in advance required. Tickets will not be sold at the dock!! Includes dinner buffet - Chef-Carved roast sirloin, baked stuffed chicken breast and strawberry shortcake. Tickets and sponsorship information email BelknapGOPCruiseTickets@gmail.com, call 603-3649780 or purchase online at www.BelknapCountyGOP.org

Free Fishing Day In NH

On Free Fishing Day, Saturday, June 6th, you can fish anywhere in New Hampshire - freshwater or saltwater without a fishing license. Plan to get out and enjoy the day fishing with your family and friends. Both state residents and nonresidents may participate. All other fishing regulations must be followed on Free Fishing Day, including season dates and bag limits. “Free Fishing Day is a great opportunity for anglers to take someone interested in ‘testing the waters,’ or for families wishing to engage in an outdoor activity,” said Jason Smith, Inland Fisheries Chief for the N.H. Fish and Game Department. For details on fishing rules for various waters, consult the 2015 N.H. Freshwater and Saltwater fishing digests, available at www.wildlife.state.nh.us/fishing/publications.html. You can find lots more information about fishing on the Fish and Game website at www.wildlife.state.nh.us/fishing, including waterbodies that have been recently stocked with fish, trout waters, lake depths, fishing reports, public access sites and more.

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Save The Food Pantry To The Editor: Ladies and Gentlemen I am writing today to pass along some information about a local necessity that is in jeopardy of shuttering its doors. The Center Harbor Food Pantry has served over 400 families a month for close to 18 years. It was recently brought to my attention that after decades of service, the pantry will close its doors unless it can come up with close to $90,000 to repay loans taken to stop the auction of the property a year ago. Pastor Bob, still very active at the young age of 76, has worked tirelessly to provide this service and has dealt with more than his fair share of roadblocks. The services provided by the food pantry go beyond simply food on the table, though that itself is something we all take for granted. Pastor Bob has helped people to receive basic toiletries, clothing, and furniture, and does so free of charge. I have volunteered with the Center Harbor Food Pantry for over a year now. It can’t be explained as to how important this pantry is to the Lakes Region and if it were to cease how many families will be looking to other already overloaded food pantries further away. What we need is money. What we really need are ideas to save this diamond in the rough so that those affected by this economy

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Troops Needed In Afghanistan To The Editor: The Obama administration finally listened to our military leaders, and they are now planning on leaving 9800 troops in Afghanistan through 2016 and probably beyond. Originally they were going to draw down to 5500 troops. The Taliban continues to pose a threat in Afghanistan and ISIS could rear its ugly head. Our troops could be needed to quash enemy attacks in the region. Compared to our prior strength of 100,000 troops, the U.S. troops remaining in Afghanistan might not have the numerical strength to counter the Taliban throughout the country, and we cannot count on the Afghan Army to stand up to the Taliban. General Joe Dunford, Commander of U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan, stated Afghan troops will not be capable to conduct meaningful operations in Afghanistan once U.S. forces leave. We should keep the 9800 troops in

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.

Afghanistan until the end of 2017 and then reevaluate the situation. We need ongoing capabilities to conduct special operations and surgical air and missile strikes to support the troops. The release of five top level Taliban terrorists from Guantanamo will come back to haunt us when they return to Afghanistan to continue their destabilizing activities and attacks on our forces and Afghan citizens. Our national security is partially dependent on maintaining a significant military presence in Afghanistan. Donald A. Moskowitz Londonderry, NH

Warm and Fuzzy To the Editor: Congressman Frank Guinta has suddenly decided that it’s politically useful to embrace the “warm and fuzzy� and to act as if he loves animals. He’s made a big deal out of sponsoring a bill against horse slaughter, a very worthy bill that should not be used for political gain. That bill was around in 2007 when it was one of the first bills that newly elected Congresswoman Carol SheaPorter cosponsored, and she was still a cosponsor in 2014. Let’s look at the facts and do a comparison. Congressman Guinta in See mail boat on 44

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Brendan is on vacation this week so we are reprinting this article from September 26, 2013. It is also one of the over forty columns in his new book “The Best OF A F.O.O.L. In New Hampshire� which will be out next week. As I reach the winter of my fifty-seventh year I admit that I don’t have the get up and go that I had when I was seventeen. In fact, I don’t have the get up and go I had when I was forty-seven. For a lot of men my age, “get up and go� is something that they deal with a few times in the middle of the night. I think that too much “get up and go� at the wrong time leads to not enough actual get up and go when it is really needed. Of course, it is important as you age that you try to keep up some sort of exercise regime. Getting exercise and moving around is more important as we get older. (Note: for you men “get up and go� does not count for exercise.) I have, through my life, always been aware of the need to exercise. That doesn’t mean I’ve always done it, it just means I have been aware of the need. Recently, we purchased a treadmill and put it in the basement. Legend has it that people buy treadmills with the best intentions but then soon lose interest. This can be verified by going

to any yard sale. Nine out of ten times you will see a used treadmill or some other expensive piece of exercise equipment for sale. It is easy to negotiate a price with the owners, who are usually at the yard sale eating doughnuts, since they will do anything to get rid of the beast and not have to drag it back into the house. In fact, getting the damned thing out of the house and onto the lawn in the first place is most likely the most exercise they have gotten with the machine in a few years. Up to this point, we have made good use of our treadmill. If we are not walking or running on it, we occasionally use the handles to hang wet clothes that are not meant for the dryer. It’s been almost a year since we bought it and I use the treadmill a good four or five times a week. I do enjoy it more than when I used to belong to a gym. Buying a gym membership is similar to buying an exercise machine. It is usually done with great intentions but then, after a few tries, other things get in the way, like the new season of “American Idol.� Unfortunately, you cannot get rid of a gym membership at a yard sale. I was never much of a weight guy when I was at the gym, but I would occasionally drift into the Nautilus Room. This is where you could, using odd-looking machines and equipment, tone up parts of your body you didn’t know you could tone. “Man, look at the muscles on that guy’s index finger.� “Ears are looking good, Joe!� The Nautilus machines are stressful. If you don’t adjust them properly, it is all for naught. Once, I was using a chest machine for

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Gullfoss is a grand waterfall and is one of Iceland’s more famous and popular natural attractions. We were almost blown away by gale force winds while we were there. Gullfoss means “golden falls� because the glacial sediment turns the falls golden in the sunlight. Ice still surrounded the falls and the mist turned to ice and stung our faces. In the summer months tourists hike down along the falls and feel the roar of the water up close. “Iceland, really?� yes it is true. Charlie and I went to Iceland to compete in Iceland’s premier Worldloppet cross-country race on May 2nd. May 2nd is our friend Wes’ birthday and last summer he asked us to go with him and his wife Linda to celebrate by skiing in the Fossavtnsgangan in the Wild West Fjords of Iceland. Iceland’s Fossavtnsgangan is the last event of the year on the Worldloppet race calendar. The first event for next year’s calendar is the Ushuaia Loppet on August 8th, in Argentina. The USA Worldloppet event is the American Birkebeiner in Wisconsin and Canada’s Gatineau Loppet held in Gatineau Park near Ottawa. We flew out of Boston on Thursday night via WOW airlines. This is a new discount Icelandic airline that is no frills; you even have to pay for water. The five hour flight went by quickly and their new Airbus was nice (its carpet reads WoW and when leaving the plane

it reads Mom). In Iceland it is four hours earlier so we arrived at 4:30 am on Friday. From the Iceland international airport (KEF) we took a 45 minutes taxi ride to the domestic airport in Reykjavik (RKV). We waited with a few Russian skiers outside in the cold wind for more than an hour for the small airport to open. About 15 minutes before our 8am flight they opened up the desk, grabbed our luggage, gave us a seat assignment and had us walk on to the plane. I slept for the one hour flight to Isafjordur (IFJ). The airfield is on the water of the fjord. We rented

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Obamacare Exchanges on Life Support At a recent White House science fair celebrating inventors, a Girl Scout who helped design a Legopowered pageturning device by Michelle Malkin asked PresiSyndicated Columnist dent Obama what he had ever thought up or prototyped. Stumbling for an answer, he replied: “I came up with things like, you know, health care.” Ah, yes. “Health care.” Remember when the president’s signature Obamacare health insurance exchanges were going to be the greatest thing since sliced bread, the remote control, jogger strollers, Siri, the Keurig coffee maker, driverless cars and Legos all rolled into one? The miraculous, efficient, costsaving, innovative 21st-century government-run “marketplaces” were supposed to put the “affordable” in Obama’s Affordable Care Act. Know-it-all bureaucrats were going to show private companies how to set up better websites (gigglesnort), implement better marketing and outreach (guffaw), provide superior customer service (belly laugh), and eliminate waste, fraud and abuse (LOLOLOL). You will be shocked beyond belief, I’m sure, to learn that Obamacare exchanges across the country are instead bleeding money, seeking more taxpayer bailouts and turning everything they touch to chicken poop. Wait, that’s not fair to chicken poop, which can at least be composted. “Almost half of Obamacare exchanges face financial struggles in the future,” The Washington

Post reported last week. The news comes despite $5 billion in federal taxpayer subsidies for IT vendors, call centers and all the infrastructure and manpower needed to prop up the showcase government health insurance entities. Initially, the feds ran 34 state exchanges; 16 states and the District of Columbia set up their own. While private health insurance exchanges have operated smoothly and satisfied customers for decades, the Obamacare models are on life support. Oregon’s exchange is six feet under -- shuttered last year after government overseers squandered $300 million on their failed website and shady consultants who allegedly set up a phony website to trick the feds. The FBI and the U.S. HHS inspector general’s office reportedly have been investigating the racket for more than a year now. In the People’s Republic of Hawaii, which has been a “trailblazer” of socialized medicine for nearly four decades, the profligate state-run exchange demanded a nearly $30 million cash infusion to remain financially viable after securing $205 million for startup costs. The Hawaii Health Connector accidentally disconnected hundreds of poor patients’ accounts and squandered an estimated 8,000 hours on technological glitches and failures. Enrollment projections were severely overinflated like a reverse Tom Brady scandal. After failing to secure a bailout, Hawaii announced this week that its exchange would be shut down amid rising debt. In Maryland, a state audit found that its health insurance exchange “improperly billed the federal government $28.4 million as former Gov. Martin O’Malley’s administration struggled to launch

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Political Posturing Kills Good Legislation On Thursday, May 14, the New Hampshire State Senate took up two important life bills. HB 403 would have repealed the current by Jane Cormier unconstitutional Hooksett, NH. Abortion Buffer Zone law here in NH. This bill recently passed the NH House, but was unfortunately, killed in the NH State Senate by two Republican senators, Sen. Nancy Stiles and Sen. Jerry Little. The vote was 12-12 upon which Republican State Senator Jeb Bradley (sponsor of the original Buffer Zone bill) quickly motioned to table the bill, thereby effectively killing the bill. In July 2014, the US Supreme Court unanimously voted down the Massachusetts Buffer Zone law as unconstitutional. The NH law is strikingly similar and is already being challenged in the court system. By repealing this law, the NH State Senate could

have potentially saved the NH taxpayer millions of dollars in litigation costs while supporting our Constitutional First Amendment rights. In Massachusetts, litigation costs were over $1.2 million in payment of just the plaintiff attorney fees. One has to wonder why Republicans have so much difficulty supporting their own platform. Republicans in the NH State Senate enjoy a majority (14 -10). The NH GOP platform is very pro-life and pro-liberty. This type of voting is just inexplicable. Rep. Kathleen Souza, R-Manchester, the prime sponsor of House Bill 403, which would have repealed the law, said this vote could be very expensive for the state and others involved. “It’s a question of do we settle it now here in New Hampshire, or later and at greater expense in Washington,” Souza said. “I think the outcome will be the same. I am confident.” What an opportunity lost. See cormier on 40

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Foreign Policy is Domestic Policy, Rubio Advises ... continued metzler from 1

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place…turmoil across the world can impact American families almost as much as turmoil across town. Today as never before, foreign policy is domestic policy, ”Rubio advised. Regarding the incumbent Obama Administration, the Senator stressed, “From his reset with Russia, to his open hand to Iran, to his unreciprocated opening to Cuba, he has embraced regimes that systematically oppose every principle our nation has long championed. “ Rubio added, “This deterioration of our physical and ideological strength has led to a world far more dangerous than when President Obama entered office.” The Senator stressed, “We’ve seen China rapidly expand its military capabilities and take aggressive action in the South and East China seas. We’ve seen North Korea expand its nuclear arsenal and continue its brutal human rights violations.” Rubio put special focus on Islamic Iran, “we’ve seen Iran expand its influence throughout the Middle East and threaten to annihilate Israel as it moves closer to a nuclear weapons capability.” He added that President Obama’s proposed deal with Tehran “will likely lead to a cascade of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East and could force Israel to take bold action to defend itself.” As to the pending nuclear deal with Iran, Senator Rubio warned

“President Obama’s desperation to sign a deal, any deal, has caused him to elevate politics over policy, legacy over leadership, and adversaries over allies.” Significantly Senator Rubio said that the U.S. should have offered support for Iran’s “Green Revolution” democracy movement which rose in reaction to the Islamic Republic’s fraudulent presidential elections in 2009. Rubio, the charismatic son of poor Cuban immigrants, spoke of “Cuban dissidents devastated by the President’s concessions to the Castro regime for nothing in return.” He emphasized the importance of U.S. policy towards Latin America, something largely neglected by the current Administration. Addressing the challenge from presumptive Democrat Party nominee Hillary Clinton, the Florida Republican opined, “We simply cannot afford to elect as out next president one of the leading agents of this administration’s foreign policy, a leader from yesterday whose tenure as Secretary of State was ineffective at best and dangerously negligent at worst. The stakes of tomorrow are too high to look to the failed leadership of yesterday.” He did not mention Hillary by name, nor did he address the Benghazi, catastrophe or the current Clinton cash scandals. Rubio presented his three-pillar plan which focuses on American strength through military

modernization and refunding, second, the Protection of the American economy in a globalized world which would include signing the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. The third point would be moral Clarity regarding America’s core values. He stated, “Just as Reagan never flinched in his criticisms of the Soviet Union’s political and economic repressions, we must never shy away from demanding that China allow true freedom for its 1.3 billion people. Nor should we hesitate in calling the source of atrocities in the Middle East by its real name, radical Islam.”

This is an early stage on the long road to the presidential primaries and then the 2016 election campaign. Yet, Rubio’s clear, if hawkish, stance offers a coherent policy platform. He’s a serious contender for a marathon which ends at the White House on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. ********************** John J. Metzler is a United Nations correspondent covering diplomatic and defense issues. He is the author of Divided Dynamism The Diplomacy of Separated Nations: Germany, Korea, China (2014)

Baltimore, A Great Society Failure Thomas Sowell is on vacation this week. President Barack Obama responded to the Baltimore by Rich Lowry Syndicated Columnist riots with a heartfelt bout of self-righteous hectoring. Supposedly, we all know what’s wrong with Baltimore and how to fix it, but don’t care enough. Not only is this attitude highhanded, it rests on a flagrantly erroneous premise. President Obama doesn’t have the slightest idea how to fix Baltimore. His solutions fall back on liberal bromides going back 50 years. Dating back to the Kerner Commission after the riots of the 1960s, the left’s go-to solution to urban problems has been more social programs. Since then, we’ve gotten more social programs -- and just as many urban problems. Exhibit A is Baltimore itself. The city hasn’t been “neglected.” It has been misgoverned into the ground. It is a Great Society city that bought fully into the biggovernment vision of the 1960s, and the bitter fruit has been corruption, violence and despair. This is a failure exclusively

of Democrats, unless the root causes of Baltimore’s troubles are to be traced to its last Republican mayor, Theodore Roosevelt McKeldin, who left office in 1967. And it is an indictment of a failed model of government. The city has been shedding jobs and people for decades, including in the 1990s when the rest of the country was booming. Baltimore is a high-tax city, with malice aforethought. “Officials raised property taxes 21 times between 1950 and 1985,” Steve Hanke and Stephen Walters of Johns Hopkins University write in The Wall Street Journal, “channeling the proceeds to favored voting blocs and causing many homeowners and entrepreneurs -- disproportionately Republicans -- to flee. It was brilliant politics, as Democrats now enjoy an eightto-one voter registration advantage.” To counterbalance the taxes, they note, developers need to be lured to the city with subsidies, and the developers, in turn, contribute to politicians to stay in their good graces. This makes for fertile ground for the city’s traditional corruption. At the same time, the city has failed at the basic functions of government. Mayor Kurt Schmoke, in See Lowry on 40

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These components are what you use to disguise the epoxy. I’ve used epoxy for years to repair all sorts of things and I know it works well to bond things to concrete. Blacktop is nearly identical to concrete because the stones and sand in blacktop are the same used to make concrete. I applied the epoxy carefully into the crack, making sure I left it about 1/8 inch below the surface. I found it best to caulk about 1 foot of crack at a time. While the epoxy was fresh, I carefully embedded the stones into it, pushing them into the product and making them flush with the adjacent stones. I made sure to mix the sizes so everything looked like it was original. Once most of the epoxy was covered with stones, I then broadcast the sand over the crack. The sand completely hid the gray epoxy, making it invisible. I’m very confident I won’t be repairing any blacktop cracks for a very long time! Try it yourself and see.

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lings and bringing them home. Since that time, the myth has become fact for many people and created hardships for baby birds everywhere. Admire the nesting season as it progresses in your backyard from a distance and marvel at nature’s world of birth and wonderment. Enjoy your birds! Wild Bird Depot is located on Rt 11 in Gilford, NH. Steve is a contributing author in major

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You Know; Dorothy is Right! Albert Schweitzer Humanitarian, Theologian, Philosopher, Physician, Nobel Peace Prize 1952: “I by Niel Young have alAdvocates Columnist ways held firmly to the thought that each one of us can do a little to bring some portion of misery to an end.� ************************ Barack Hussein Obama, Nobel Peace Prize 2009, worse president ever, created revival of race wars, put small businesses out of business who did not kneel to special laws for different people, ruined the dream of being successful, by his war on inequality by redistributing wealth from those who are educated and willing to work hard for what they have. Meanwhile there will be plenty of misery through law and executive orders! ************************ Edmund Burke, Irishborn British statesman, parliamentary orator, and political thinker: “All that is necessary for evil to triumph, is for good men to do nothing.� And for far too many Americans that is just what they are doing! Albert Einstein Physicist and Professor, Nobel Prize 1921: “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would fully suffice.� ************************ Dorothy Thompson 1894-1961:�When liberty is taken away by force it can be restored by force. When it is relinquished voluntarily by default it can never be recovered.� Exactly, Dorothy!

My friend former Representative Fran Wendelboe now pens a biweekly op-ed in The Concord Monitor. Here is one paragraph from Fran’s hard-hitting Sunday 5/17 piece: Planned Parenthood’s Mother’s Day message last Sunday was the same kind of in your face, spitting in the wind type of public statement that went beyond tacky and bad taste to reprehensible to many Mothers, and not just pro-life ones. In a series of four cards, celebrating mothers across the globe, Planned Parenthood urged their supporters to share their favorite card on Facebook. One quoted “Being a mother makes me very appreciative for our rights: all women should have the choice to do what they want with their own body.� Another proclaimed, “I’m grateful for Roe V. Wade, I’m grateful for birth control, I’m grateful for quality health coverage. And I’m thankful for the women before me who’ve fought for and defended the right to be a mom by choice.� While so many mourn those millions of unborn children, is it really smart to rub salt in the wound? Women who have lost children to illness or accident always have a really tough time when Mother’s Day rolls around. How do you think those grieving mothers felt seeing planned parenthood celebrating their supporters being able to end the life of their unborn child? ************************ Reading thesignal.com last week reminded me of that monster Philadelphia murderer Gosnell. “Today marks the second anniversary of the conviction of Kermit Gosnell, the late-term abortionist who brutalized women and routinely killed living, breathing infants in his rundown West Philadelphia clinic.�

“The House of Representatives has voted YES on the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, H.R. 36, which would limit late-term abortions after 20 weeks, include stronger informed consent requirements and additional protections for children born alive after failed abortions.� “Gosnell is currently serving a life sentence for first-degree murder in the deaths of three infants who were born alive after botched abortions. Among more than 200 other criminal counts, he was also found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Karnamaya Mongar, a 41-year-old woman who died from an overdose of anesthetic drugs during an abortion procedure.� Where is that Republican in Washington, D.C. who will represent me, and say NO to funding abortions with our money? It may be the woman’s body, but it is OUR money, and this is not a health problem.I thought this was settled two years ago. Well, just another reason to hate politics. You know what, I did learn something from this fiasco. When you are a fellow republican and need encouragement, don’t call Kelly Ayotte! Did you see her on TV last Friday night? I would have said, Kelly did not, that Cong Giunta will work through this reoccurring problem, and there is so much to worry about with the job at hand; Obama’s plan to ruin America, Kelly voting wrong way too often, Senators trying to use Obamacare as their health insurance carrier (right Kelly?), Illegal Aliens in our country to harm us as a group, or randomly, the women’s club where ladies form both sides of the isle in the Senate have their girls club when voting on important issues, and of course there was the Scott Brown thing.

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Stop The Spread Of Invasive Species! Another purpose of the Lake Explorer Quest program is to promote the “Clean, Drain & Dry� practice to prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species. Yes, even paddlers can transport invasive species from waterbody to waterbody, so please consistently and thoroughly inspect, clean, drain and dry your canoe, kayak, or other paddle boat, before and after boating. Here’s How To “Clean, Drain & Dry� Your Paddle Boat: Clean: Inspect your boat rudders, hull, cockpit, storage compartments and gear thoroughly and remove all dirt, plants, and other materials. Dispose of these in a trash can or upland area where they won’t be washed into a nearby waterbody. Don’t forget to inspect and clean your paddles and anchor, too! Even better, wash your boat with clean water – the higher the pressure and higher the temperature of the water the better – just be sure that the rinse water does not flow into a nearby waterbody. See quest on 19

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Drain: Tip your boat to drain out all water from the interior and hatches. Dry: It’s best to allow your boat and gear to dry for at least 5 days before launching into another waterbody. If you don’t have 5 days, it is especially important to pressure wash your boat and then wipe down the inside and outside of the boat, all paddles and gear with a towel before visiting another waterbody.

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TUESDAY, JUNE 2 AT 7PM

Maine Boy Goes to War – Lecture and Book Signing by Author Paul Marshall

TUESDAY, JUNE 9 AT 7PM

The Rockin’ Daddios 4-man acappella group performing Doo Wop & more.

TUESDAY, JUNE 16 AT 7PM

World War II Motorcycles – Lecture by Mike Hashem

TUESDAY, JUNE 23 AT 7PM

A World War II Hero of Conscience: The Sousa Mendes Story – Presented by Douglas Wheeler

TUESDAY, JUNE 30 6:30 -8PM

The American Schindler, Varian Fry – Lecture by Rev. Dr. Virginia Jones-Newton

WEDNESDAY, JULY 1 AT 1PM

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TUESDAY, JULY 14 AT 7PM

Harpsichord Recital by Peter Sykes Members $12.00; nonmembers $15.00.

TUESDAY, JULY 21 AT 7PM

Norman Rockwell’s Four Freedoms and the World War II Era – Lecture by Tom Daly

TUESDAY, JULY 28 AT 7PM

The Ghost Army of World War II: How One Top-Secret Unit Deceived the Enemy with Inflatable Tanks, Sounds Effects and Other Audacious Fakery – Lecture and book signing by author Rick Beyer

TUESDAY, AUGUST 4 AT 7PM

Last Shots for Patton’s Third Army – Lecture and Book Signing by author Robert Fuller

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5 & THURSDAY, AUGUST 6 10:30AM -5PM

The 2nd Annual Wright Museum Film Festival Ho ll y wo o d F i lm s o f World War II – Introduced by Michael Culver

TUESDAY, AUGUST 11 AT 7PM

The Homefront: Songs & Stories from World War II – Performed by Judith Black

TUESDAY, AUGUST 18 AT 7PM

Music of WWII – Musical Presentation by Ramblin’ Richard

TUESDAY, AUGUST 25 AT 7PM

The Story of a FiveYear-Old Holocaust Survivor – Kati Preston

TUESDAY, SEPT. 1 AT 7PM

“The Changing Fortunes of War . . . “ – Lecture on FDR by Jeff Urbin

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Comics go to War: Cartoons, Superheroes, and Graphic Culture in the World War II – Lecture by Marek Bennett

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Popular Music During WWII: Using Propaganda to Boost Morale – Presented by Calvin Knickerbocker

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American Art of the 1930s and 1940s – Lecture by Michael Culver

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Bud and Betsy Booth in honor of Orrin D. Judd, Meredith Village Savings Bank, Jamestown Distributors and the New England Chapter of the Antique and Classic Boat Society. In kind support for the program comes from Winnipesaukee Lumber, Maine Coast Lumber, Jamestown Distributors, MAS Epoxy, Lowes Home Improvement in Gilford, and JC Signs. The program is always looking for volunteers to assist boat builders. Training is provided for volunteers who can contribute a few days up to a few weeks depending on your schedule. To learn more about volunteering call the Museum at 5694554. If you have any questions or want to receive a sign-up form or scholarship information in the mail, please call the Museum at 569-4554. Applications are available online for downloading at www.nhbm.org.

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openings. “What really makes Ride the Wilds unique is that it provides a direct connection to many of northern New Hampshire’s fantastic attractions, lodging, dining and shopping opportunities,� said Karl Stone, Marketing Manager for New Hampshire Grand. “To that end, Ride the Wilds has played a monumental role in driving economic activity throughout Coos County.�

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Ryan Montbleau Band At The Flying Monkey in Plymouth On Friday, May 29th, singer/songwriter, Ryan Montbleau and the Ryan Montbleau Band will be at the Flying Monkey in Plymouth at 7;30pm Although he received his first guitar at age nine, it was not until attending college at Villanova University that he seriously began to focus on his playing and songwriting. After college, Montbleau began playing on his own at the House of Blues in Boston, where he started working in 1999. Eventually, Montbleau began performing his original music on-stage at the House of Blues The Ryan Montlbleau Band is coming to the Flying Monkey in Plymouth. and other Cambridge, Somerville, and Boston area ing vocals) Laurence Scudder sixth member, Yahuba Gar- the addition of guitarist Lyle coffee shops, folk (viola, backing vocals), Jason cia Torres (percussion, back- Brewer. The Ryan Montbleau and music venues, Cohen (piano, organ, clavinet, ing vocals) toured frequently Band plays upwards of 200 developing a local Moog synthesizer) and James with the band. In February, gigs per year.[ fan base. He occaCohen (drums). In 2006, the 2011, the band announced This gifted singer and his sionally performed group released its first collec- the departure of viola player, band have built their catalog his music with a tive album, One Fine Color. A Laurence Scudder, and also the old-fashioned way, by inpercussion player, under the duo name “Palabra”, before building what would become the Ryan Montbleau Band Montbleau eventually joined up with Matt Giannaros (acoustic upright bass, electric bass, back-

troducing new songs to their live set, then bending and shaping them over dozens of performances before committing a definitive version to the hard drive. “Songwriting sits at the center of my life, basically. I always look at life through the lens of songwriting and poetry. I tend to get little scraps of writing done constantly throughout each day and night of my life. The real challenge is to build and create finished pieces and to uncover the truth of a particular song. The words have to be just right and I don’t stop until I get it right.” For tickets and more information on the show or other shows at the Flying Monkey visit www. flyingmonkeynh. com or calll their box office at 603536-2551.

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Hallgrimskirkja is a Lutheran Church and one of the tallest structures in all of Iceland; its observation tower is open to the public. The church is designed to resemble the basalt lava flows of Iceland’s landscape. The large statue of Viking Explorer Leif Eriksson was a gift in honor of the 1930 Alpingi Millennial Festival celebrating the 1000th anniversary of Iceland’s parliament founded in 930 AD. patenaude from 7

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shop wax their skis. Next we were off to find our Hostel and we had to drive through a 6 mile long tunnel under a mountain to another fjord. 3 miles of the tunnel was a single lane with pullouts every tenth of a mile, crazy. Our hostel was located in the tiny fishing village of Flateyri and only opened to host us for the race. Tourist season doesn’t begin for another month. Eleven skiers from Germany, Japan, the UK and the USA shared the house with two bathrooms; bunk beds for everyone. Truly it was wonderful and the sun didn’t set until 11:30 pm (sorry no Northern Lights when

the sun barely sets). The next morning the ride back through the tunnel (we had the right of way this time) and the bus ride up to the start line were exciting. The wind was blowing and it was snowing in the mountains. We learned that the 50k (32 miles) race would be two laps of 25k for our safety instead of one lap deep into the mountains. Wes and I joined the 9 am mass start for the 50k and we skied up into the blizzard. At times the long line of skiers disappeared and I could barely see the person in front me. The tracks blew away. Wes and I skied together and See patenaude on 35

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Charlie was 6th overall in the half-marathon 25k distance and 1st in his age group. patenaude from 34

before he skied off ahead of me he told me he might drop out after the first lap if the blizzard continued. Charlie entered the 25k and Linda the 10k and their start was delayed to send the groomer back out to try re-set tracks. A funny thing happened just before I started out on my second lap. The sun came out for only 10 minutes. Wes confessed the sun was out just long enough to make him decide to do the second lap. In fact the second lap was Wes and Linda enjoying the après cross-country ski race tougher than the first. “Cake Buffetâ€? at Iceland’s first ever Worldloppet event held I skied hard at my own

pace, enjoyed warm energy drinks and kept on kicking and gliding. I was comfortable and having fun and I hoped Charlie and my friends were too. At the finish line I could hear Charlie and Linda cheering. My time was four and half hours, a good time for a tough ski and Wes finished about

“in the beautiful mountains and surrounding wild nature of Isafjordur, Iceland.� We discovered sharp snow covered mountains rising right from the ocean and small villages nestled near the shore of the fjords, we felt like we were at the edge of the Earth.

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horses look like shaggy rugged ponies and are the only horses in Iceland. No other horses are imported and if one leaves the island it cannot return. Our morning ride was a thrill. The horses carried us along the mountains, over snow, through rivers and along the fjord’s beach. I held on tight and managed not to fall off the sure footed trotting beast. Once in Reykjavik we rented a car and found our hotel. We walked all over the city, went up to the top of the famous church tower and enjoyed a fabulous meal down at the waters edge. We hit the road early again and were off to experience some of Iceland’s famous natural attractions. We hiked a couple miles up and over some big hills to reach the Steaming Valley and we soaked in the Hot River. Charlie and Wes went up close to a boiling pool and ran away quickly after it spit hot mud up in the air. We were lucky we had the place to ourselves and on our return we passed several dozen hikers making their way up. Next we drove to the Geyser and every 4 to 8 minutes the blue bubble formed and it exploded! After watching it blow a half dozen times we drove further to the grand waterfall, Gullfoss. The spectacular falls isn’t quite as big as Niagara Falls but they claim a See patenaude on 37

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Bristol Historical Society Special Display

Bristol Historical Society Museum, located in the old fire house at the intersections of 3A and High Street, Bristol. Doors will be open after the Bristol Memorial Day Parade and will remain open until noon. The display is a special recognition of the service men and women from Bristol and will include newspaper articles, photos, ration papers, Civil War items and more. 744-2751

Tuesday 26th One-Woman Play: Meet Eleanor Roosevelt

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Thursday 28th Cooking with Gretchen

Castle in the Clouds, Moultonborough. 10:30am1:30pm. Join Castle in the Clouds Executive Chef Gretchen Shortway in this cooking class at the Carriage House Restaurant. Learn to cook vegetarian friendly fare from salads to entrees to desserts. Space is limited. $60pp/$50/ friends of the castle. 476-5414 or www.castleintheclouds.org to register.

Bookcraft: A Bookpage Bouquet

Gilford Public Library, 31 Potter Hill Road, Gilford. 6:30-7:30pm. Assistant Librarian Kayleigh Mahan will teach you how to make your own paper flower “bookpage bouquet� using recycled book pages. These paper flowers make great gifts for booklovers everywhere! Free and open to all Gilford Library cardholders. Sign up at the circulation desk with your library card. 524-6042

“Lake Level Management: A Balancing Act�

Carriage House at the Inn at Church Landing, Route 3, Meredith. Spend the evening listening to James Gallagher, Chief Water Resource Engineer of the NHDES Dam Bureau, discuss the challenges of lake level management in NH. Free but pre-registration is required at nhlakes.org/events/lakescongress

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Small Farmers Club: Get to Know Pigs

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Belknap County Republican’s Lincoln Day First-in-the-Nation Presidential Sunset Dinner Cruise

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Church Yard Sale

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Chain Maille for Teens & Tweens Class

League of NH Craftsmen, 279 DW Highway, Meredith. 10am12:30pm. In this class you will learn the secret to transforming a pile of jump rings into an awesome bracelet using the Byzantine knot technique. Class taught by juried artist, Deb Fairchild. $20pp must be paid in advance plus an additional $12 materials fee. Pre-registration required. Class for ages 11-15 years old. 2797920

VynnArt, 30 Main Street, Meredith, just above Mill Falls Marketplace. Gallery opens at 10 am with the Artist reception from 1-3pm. Danielle Arceno and Kyle Roby, two 17 year old High School students will be presenting their art to the public. Some select pieces will be for sale. The exhibit will remain on display until Sunday, June 7th. 279-0557

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Maine Boy Goes to War – Lecture & Book Signing by Author Paul Marshall

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New England Lyman Group “Rendezvous and In the Water Boat Show”

Wolfeboro Town Docks, Wolfeboro. 9am-3pm. See beautifully restored antique and classic wood boats at the 16th Annual New England Lyman Group Boat Show. All Lyman and other lapstrake-style boat owners are encouraged to participate, and there is no fee for participation and dock space. The show is open to the general public who are invited to walk the docks to visit and talk with the Lyman owners. All are welcome to take part in the nautical-themed raffle and silent auction. 485-7355 or www.newenglandlymangroup. org

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The Little Church Theatre, Route 113, Holderness. 5-6:30pm. Exhibit of juried student artwork from schools throughout central NH. Free and open to the public. 968-2250

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office for three terms beginning in the late 1980s, was notoriously soft on crime. As urban experts Fred Siegel and Van Smith write in City Journal, “During the ‘90s, tolerant Baltimore’s crime rate, much of it drug-fueled, rocketed upward (75 percent of the city’s murders were drugrelated); tough-on-crime New York’s plummeted.� Under Mayor Martin O’Malley’s subsequent, more strenuous policing, malkin from 8

what would become one of the most troubled websites in the nation,� The Baltimore Sun reported in late March. That’s in addition to the $90 million the state blew on technical problems. The state scrapped its junk website and forced enrollees to resubmit to the tortuous sign-up process all over again. Last week, federal prosecutors subpoenaed the Massachusetts Obamacare exchange after whistleblowers there exposed what a “technological disaster� its “Health Connector� program was. Boston’s Pioneer Institute senior fellow in health care, Josh Archambault, released a report on Monday detailing the “complete incompetence� of the state’s

the crime rate dropped. But it is still a violent city. Baltimore has the fifth-highest murder rate among cities with a population of 100,000 or more. The schools, predictably, are a disaster, run by and for the teachers unions. On top of all this, twothirds of births in the city are out-of-wedlock. What is Obama offering in response to this deep, decades-long decline? Among other things, more pre-K education and

job training, even though these programs have a long history of ineffectiveness. The imperative in Baltimore should be to think and act anew. But the left’s takeaway will be that there’s an urgent need for more of the same, as Baltimore and places like it continue to rot.

health bureaucrats from Day One. But taxpayers would be lucky if incompetence were the only sin After firing the tech boneheads of CGI, the same company behind the federal healthcare.gov meltdown, Massachusetts officials “appear to have lied to the federal government to cover up mistakes� made by both the state and the IT company. “In at least two instances we uncovered,� Archambault revealed, what the state told the feds “was either in direct conflict with internal audits or highly improbable given what was being said in the audit and what whistleblowers said was happening at the time.� As health care analyst Phil Kerpen of the free

market group American Commitment points out, Massachusetts “already had a functioning state health exchange� but “after receiving $179 million from federal taxpayers� to reconstitute it under Obamacare, “they were able to break that existing exchange beyond repair.� An amazing feat. Lesson for inventive Scouts and students wondering about what people in Washington, D.C., prototype: Government bureaucrats don’t make things, kids. They break things.

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