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THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, October 22, 2015
VOLUME 24, NO. 43
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A Meeting With Senator Ted Cruz
Republican presidential candidate Senator Ted Cruz takes a question from Weirs Times publisher Bob Lawton during a recent editorial board meeting. A classic photo of two young pumpkins taken at a Funspot Halloween Party. Elizabeth Recently, the editorial the candidate. Euiler (left) and Brittany Rideout are both now twenty-six years old. The Halloween Party board of The Weirs Times What is your feeling on has been a Lakes Region tradition since 1980 and this is the 35th year of the fun family had the opportunity to sit down for Q & A with Re- New Hampshire and the event.
from 6-10pm. This year’s party could be the biggest in years as it falls on the same day as Laconia’s first ever Pumpkin Festival as well as various other related events happening throughout the area. “We always anticipate a big and happy crowd,” said Funspot owner and General Manager Bob Lawton, A lot of planning and preparation always
goes in to making it the most fun imaginable. It’s my favorite night of the year. Just to see the smiles on the faces of the children and their parents when they come through the doors always makes my sixty plus years in the business worth every minute.” Among the events planned for the big 35th party are a return by faSee funspot on 30
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The largest arcade in the world is getting ready once again to host the largest Halloween Party in the Lakes Region for the thirty-fifth year. The Funspot Family Entertainment Center in Weirs Beach, recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s largest arcade, will be welcoming kids of all ages to the party on Saturday, October 24th
first in the nation primary? It’s a great thing that the people in New Hampshire really take their politics seriously and spend a lot of time vetting the candidates and it is very much doing a national service. If you started a presidential race in a city like New York or in California it would just be all slick Hollywood cam-
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publican presidential candidate Senator Ted Cruz. A true student and scholar of the U.S. Constitution, Cruz is adamant in his fight as a senator to stop what he calls the lawlessness of the Obama Administration and democrats as they pursue their agenda while ignoring the Constitution and the laws of the land. In the short time we had with Senator Cruz, he articulated very clearly who he is and what he stands for and why he feels he is truly the most conservative candidate running for the Republican nomination. What follows is a synopsis of our discussion with
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22nd Annual Harvest Craft Fair
Somersworth High School, Somersworth. 9am-3pm. The fair features over 150 of the best crafters in all of NH, Maine, Vermont, Mass and RI. Free admission. Plenty of free parking. www.nhfestivals.org 6925869
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Photo ID Day with Laconia Museum & Historical Society
Taylor Community’s Woodside Building, Union Ave, Laconia. 9am4pm. The Laconia Historical & Museum Society will share some of the many images from their collection which they need help identifying, including people, places and events. 366-1400
10K & 5K Run/Walk – The Runaway Pumpkin
Pumpkin Carving and Coloring
Minot-Sleeper Library, 35 Pleasant Street, Bristol. 4pm. Pumpkin carving for young adults, and pumpkin coloring for young children. 744-3352
Bristol Historical Society, Old Town Hall, Summer Street, Bristol. 7pm. Presenter Dudley Laufman brings this tradition to life with stories, poems and recordings of callers, musicians and dancers, past and present. Free and open to the public. 744-2751
Circle Program Arts Collaborative
Arts Collaborative, Meredith. 4-7pm. This year’s event, “Girl’s Eye View”, showcases the work of 32 Circle Teens as they express themselves through photography, shadow boxes and poetry. Public is invited. Light refreshments will be served. www. circleprogram.org
Classical Pianist Charles Jones - Concert
Brewster Academy’s Anderson Hall, 205 South Main Street, Wolfeboro. 7:30pm. $20pp at the door. High school students with ID will be admitted free of charge. 569-2151
Funspot’s Annual Halloween Party
Barnstormers Theatre, Main Street, Tamworth. 7pm. Join the fun and cast your votes for the night’s best Shakespeare-and-song. $10pp at the door. 520-1491
Downtown Laconia from 10am8:30pm. Food court, Ferris wheel and pumpkin park are just a few of the exciting things planned for Pumpkin Fest! Lighting of the pumpkins begins at 4pm. For a full schedule of events check out www.pumpkinfestival.org
Laconia High School, Laconia. 6:30pm. Free admission. 50/50 raffle. Proceeds benefit the Lakes Region Scholarship Foundation. 527-3533
Inter-Lakes High School Auditorium, Meredith. The October concert “To Russia with Love” features the winner of the 2015 Student Cocerto Competition, Justin Zhou, a 13-year old cellist from Hanover. $15/adults, $8/students. www.lrso.org
Tilton Masons Public Breakfast and Bake Sale
Pumpkin Festival
2015 Community Spelling Bee
Lakes Region Symphony Orchestra Concert
Laconia Athletic and Swim Club, Laconia. 9am. A community fundraising event effort led by the employees of the Laconia Clinic to benefit WOW Trail & Greater Lakes Region Children’s Auction. Register by October 8th to receive an event shirt! www.runawaypumpkin.com
Funspot, Route 3, Weirs Beach. 6-10pm. Costumed guests will receive free tokens and goodies! www. funspotnh.com or 366-4377
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Enjoy appetizers, lasagna, salad, bread and homemade desserts. BYOB. Door prizes and a 50/50 raffle. Cash prizes awarded to the Bet Lasagna and the Most Creative Lasagna! Tickets are $15pp. 7070206
Moultonborough Historical Society Lasagna Cook-Off
Moultonborough Lion’s Club Hall, Old Route 109, Moultonborough. 5:45pm.
Masonic Building, 410 West Main Street, Tilton. 7am-9:30am. $8pp. Proceeds benefit various charities the Lodge supports. 524-8268
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Superhero Buddy Bash – 1/2K, 1K or 5K Run/Walk
Trails in the Woods, Intervale. Registration 9am-10am, Race begins at 10am. $20pp. Wear your Superhero costume!
Louis Ramey, Steve Scarfo and Jim Whitman – Live Comedy
Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. $15pp. BYOB. www. pitmansfreightroom.com or 527-0043
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Moulton Farm, Quarry Road, Meredith. Noon-4pm. Enjoy free tractor rides around the farm, pick a pumpkin and get lost in the corn maze while you visit! 279-3915
Great Pumpkin Drop
Moulton Farm, Quarry Road, Meredith. 4pm. Hundreds of pumpkins will fall about eight stories from the top of a crane. www.moultonfarm.com 2793915
Monday 26th Pleasant Street Toastmasters Open House
Dolloff Building, Hugh Gallen State Office Park South Campus, Concord. 11:45am-1pm. Experience a Toastmasters meeting and chat with current members. 568-7904
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Pumpkin Festival in downtown Laconia on Saturday October 24th from 10am - 8:30pm. For a full list of activities visit www.pumpkinfestival2015.org and see map on page 17.
Saturday October 24th & Sunday October 25th Pumpkin Express Train Experience the first-ever Pumpkin Express, the Winnipesaukee Scenic Railroad will be departing from the Pumpkin Tower and will be riding along the lakes at 11am and 1pm. - www.hoborr.com Corn Maze Challenge your friends and family to navigate through the twists and turns of the WMUR voted best corn maze in New Hampshire at Moulton Farms in Meredith. There will also be tractor rides, corn mazes and delicious food from their farm bakery and kitchen. www.moultonfarms.com Gunstock Mountain Resort Enjoy beautiful views on the longest zip line in the US or enjoy the fall foliage on the Chair Ride to the top of the summit in Gilford. - www.gunstock.com Kellerhaus Come and make chocolate at this family-owned and operated business that has been proudly making the finest quality ice cream and candies in Laconia since 1906. - www. kellerhaus.com Beans and Greens Farm See the animals and explore the store for fresh produce, baked goods and much more. Get lost in the Corn Maze, which is designed for difficulty. - www.beansandgreensfarm.com Pumpkin Drop Sunday October 25, Moulton Farm in Meredith, will be hosting their annual pumpkin drop at 4pm, it’s a smashing good time. Extreme Chunkin Saturday and Sunday, come watch as teams use machines such as trebuchets, catapults and air cannons to launch pumpkins and other extreme items into the air at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon. - www. nhms.com/events Tanger Outlets Make same-day purchase of $250 or more in Tanger Gift Cards at the Shopper Services, you’ll receive a free ski pass to Pats Peak, while supplies last. - www.tangeroutlets. com/tilton
After Dark Events! Funspot Dress up for the 35th Annual Halloween Party at the Funspot Family Entertainment Center in The Weirs. The biggest and best Halloween Party in The Lakes Region Saturday, October 24th, from 6-10pm and all are invited. All guests who come in costume will be given free tokens to play any of the over 600 games at Funspot including 200 prize games and a big redemption center.Costume judging will be held in many different age categories starting at 7pm: 4 and under, 5-7 years, 8-10 years, 11-14 years, 15-18 years and finishing with ages 18+ with prizes for the winners. The Mo Show will also be on hand with lots of balloon buffoonery.Door prize drawing will also be held during the evening and free cookies and cider will be available in the Braggin’ Dragon Restaurant. Funspot is located on Rte 3 in The Weirs. For more information call 603366-4377 or visit them online at funspotnh.com Radio Hamlet Friday and Saturday, Radio Hamlet, a 1940s haunted play by Shakespeare will be showing at the Winnipesaukee Playhouse at 7:30pm in Meredith. - www.winnipesaukeeplayhouse.org/schedule.html Halloween Masquerade Ball Join a ship full of spooky characters on a fun cruise aboard the M/S Mount Washington. Departing from Weirs Beach, this is your chance to be someone else for a night or just get creative from 6pm-9pm on Saturday. - www.cruisenh.com Ghost Encounters Canterbury Shaker Village is hosting a Ghost Encounter experience from 3pm to 8pm on Saturday October 24th in Canterbury. This special night has something for everyone, scroll the village for trick-or-treating, contests and much more. - www.shakers.org Haunting in the Birches Prepare to be scared as you make your way through the haunted birch grove inhabited by spooky witches, zombies and creatures at the Branch Brook Campground in Campton, Saturday from 6:30pm-9:30pm. www. campnh.com
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Carson Deserves Our Praise To The Editor: “Do not go gentle into that good night but rage, rage against the dying of the light.� - Dylan Thomas That is just what retired Army veteran Chris Mintz did as the mass murderer was killing and wounding students at an Oregon college. He rushed the killer, getting wounded several times and likely saving more students from injury and death. In Lt. Col. David Grossman’s very instructive book, “On Combat�, he mentions the “sheepdog�. “It can walk into the heart of darkness, into the universal human phobia, and walk out unscathed.� Now, many of us are not able to combine aggressive courage with a relentless love of country and freedom. However, what Dr. Ben Carson said in making his generalized comment, is that we can all at least try to be mentally prepared to react the way Chris did. How the many can overwhelm the attacker so that less harm and death will come to the whole group. Of course, none of us actually knows how we would react in such a life or death situations. Training, nature and our innate fight or fight response will factor into that equation. But, isn’t Lou Dobbs correct when he asserts that congratulations should go out to Dr. Carson for wanting citizens to think about how they would
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react to a life threatening situation? The corrosive, leftist leaning mainstream media immediately concluded that Dr. Carson was purposely being insensitive toward the victims and survivors. The progressive left proves once again that it is loathe to believe that this country’s citizens can be self-reliant and being willing to sacrifice. Oh no, their socialist proclivities believe that government reliance, dependency and victimhood are what a society should embrace in their “sheepish�, utopian and pacifist world. Lou Dobbs goes on to say that Dr. Carson’s “action over acquiescence� should inspire all of us rather than frighten us. Lou wonders if there are enough of us who still feel that this country stands for independence, selfreliance and sacrifice. I think that we still do, though I admit we may be nearing the tipping point. That point where acquiescence and dependence supersedes the glorious “live free or die� attitude that has been imbued within our psyche since the dawn of our Constitutional Republic. There is one phrase that made a huge impact on me years ago when I decided to take a perilous internal journey when life was looking particularly bleak. “What goes on around you - - - - compares little with what goes on inside you.� - Ralph Waldo Emerson. That is true of all of us individually and pain-
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fully true for all of us as a country today. We must decide if we still want to be that courageous and compassionate beacon on the hill or if we will give in to the progressive left. The side that threatens to fundamentally transform us into just one more powerful country that thought it could survive the ravages of the totalitarian socialists. My daily prayer is that we as citizens will not let the light of liberty flicker and die and that we will “rage against the dying of the light�. Are you with me, Dr. Carson, Lou Dobbs, Chris Mintz and all of our soldier “sheepdogs�? Remember, the wolves are at our door. Russ Wiles Tilton, NH.
Putin It To Obama To The Editor: President Putin just put it to President Obama concerning the situation in Syria. They had a discussion about military involvement in Syria, and Putin convinced Obama the Russian air units in Syria would help with attacks on ISIL. However, Putin never considered attacking ISIL because his military forces are in Syria to bolster the Assad regime, and therefore they are bombing the U.S. backed anti-Assad rebels; and Russian ground forces are attacking the anti-Assad forces. See mail boat on 26
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Now that the race for governor of New Hampshire is wide open, I’m feeling pretty confident about my chances this year. This year marks a very special and emotional campaign for me. This will be my tenth consecutive attempt at winning that corner office at the State House. (I hear the bathrooms are spectacular, but that may be just a rumor.) I will call this my decennial campaign. It has a nice patriotic ring to it. In the past, I have used a variety of unique campaign strategies that have not worked, which is obvious since if I did I wouldn’t be here typing this but would now still be governor, or maybe even senator or even running for president of the United States. (Well, at the very least I’d be out on a very successful tour promoting my latest book with some catchy title like “Me The People� that would make it obvious I would like to be president someday.) This year’s campaign, which I’m pretty sure will be my last if I don’t win, will be looking to build a wider tent of support, bringing people into my fold that would never have considered joining me before. I am calling it “A Campaign Of Promises.� The only way to do that is to promise really big things, something for ev-
eryone. It doesn’t matter that I may never be able to accomplish these things once elected, it’s just giving people a sense of what could be (but probably won’t) that stirs their emotions and gets their vote. First off, I am going to use a campaign strategy I used years ago. It got me a few votes and will probably again. Now that selfies in the voting booth are legal here in New Hampshire, I will hold a contest on election day. Every photo sent to me showing a write-in vote for me will be entered in a drawing if I win. The grand prize will be a 64inch HD Smart TV, with two year subscriptions to Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime. (You can win a new subscription in the next election). For those of you who are disgusted at the idea of me bribing people to get their vote on election day, I truly understand, that is why I am promising the following things that might persuade you to cast your ballot for me all the same. I will have the New Hampshire Lottery Commission adjust their scratch tickets so that they pay out even better odds so that it will take even longer for you to lose your money and giving you a satisfying but false sense of prosperity. (Who wouldn’t love that?) I will make it mandatory that all state representatives be required to carry extra change with them and be available 24/7 when called by a constituent who just pulled into the vacuum stall at the local car wash, went to the bill changer to get quarters, only to find out it is out of order and not an attendant in site. (I hate that!!) State senators will also be required to take phone
calls from constituents not just to give their canned answers to state issues but to also provide information on five-day weather forecasts as well as helping with technical issues you might be having with your home computer. I will have Skype installed in voting booths so that voters can contact friends and family to help them figure out just what the heck those ridiculously worded amendments on the ballot really mean. I would also like to see local restaurants hired to set up mini bars at polling places to soothe the crowds while the booths are tied up with folks Skyping. (Free soft drinks for those 18-20.) I will have state liquor store employees, who are now required to use a book to suggest to customers drink ideas in helping them make a selection, also now explain to customers different foods and recipes to complement each liquor and wine as well as suggesting a good movie to watch after dinner. This is just a very small sampling of some of the great ideas I will be running on in this “Campaign Of Promises.� I am not going to give you them all here since I keep coming up with new ones every day, but they will all be available in my soon to be published pamphlet entitled: “Something For Everyone. Campaign Promises For The People.� I am looking forward to this decennial campaign. This is my time, I have waited long enough. Brendan is the author of “The Flatlander Chronicles� and “Best Of A F.O.O.L. In New Hampshire� which are available at www.BrendanTSmith. com
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Obama Lied, My Health Plan Died ... Twice! It’s deja screwed all over again. In the fall of 2013, our family received notice from Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of by Michelle Malkin Colorado that we could no Syndicated Columnist longer keep our private health insurance plan because of “changes from health care reform (also called the Affordable Care Act or ACA).” We liked our high-deductible Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) plan that allowed us to choose from a wide range of doctors. But Obamacare wouldn’t let us keep it. Reluctantly, and after great bureaucratic difficulty, my hubby and I enrolled in an individual market plan with Rocky Mountain Health, which offered a much narrower provider network than the Anthem PPO plan we had before the feds snuffed it out. Thanks to “reform,” our two kids’ dental care was no longer covered, and we had our post-Obamacare insurance turned down at an urgent care clinic -- something that had never happened before. This summer came another bombshell. In August, we were informed of the “discontinuation of your Rocky Mountain Individual and Family plan effective December 31, 2015.” Over the past month, we have received several bold-faced notices alerting us that “IMPORTANT ACTION IS REQUIRED: YOU MUST CHOOSE A NEW INDIVIDUAL & FAMILY PLAN TO MAINTAIN YOUR HEALTH COVERAGE IN 2016.” The clock is ticking: open enrollment begins Nov. 1. The coerced choices are pretty
damned crummy. Individual market PPOs have evaporated. We are being shoved once again toward the Obamacare government health insurance exchange vortex known as Connect for Health Colorado (which should really be called “DISconnect from Health Colorado). Or into a narrow regional HMO. So much for “If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor, period. If you like your health care plan, you’ll be able to keep your health care plan, period. No one will take it away, no matter what,” eh, Mr. President? Obama lied and our health plan has now died -- twice. “Progressives” sneered at millions of us who received the first round of individual market health plan death notices. Mother Jones called it the “phony canceled health insurance scandal” when I first reported my 2013 health plan homicide by Obamacare. But it’s real, it sucks, and we know we are not alone among the estimated 22 million other Americans who purchase health insurance directly on the ever-shrinking individual market. In Illinois, Blue Cross announced it was eliminating its most popular individual plan with the largest network of doctors and hospitals of any of its offerings, Blue PPO. More than 170,000 enrollees will have to scrounge up an alternative. Customers are panicking, and insurance broker Mike Troha told the Chicago Tribune last week: “I wouldn’t be shocked if all the PPOs are gone in a few years in the individual markets.” Last month, the Maryland Insurance Administration approved premium rate increases for small group and individual health insurance plans effective next year, with some rates spiking by double digits thanks to “significant changes
The House Republican Meltdown
At least they aren’t brawling the way they do in the South Korean parliament -at least not yet. by Rich Lowry House RepubSyndicated Columnsit. licans have over the past month seen their speaker, John Boehner, announce his imminent resignation under pressure and his heir apparent, Kevin McCarthy, suddenly give up on trying to succeed him -- all while the party enjoys a comfortable majority and faces no external threat from Democrats. The Republican nervous breakdown is entirely self-inflicted. Understanding the House caucus is less Politics 101 than scorpions in a bottle. The right of the caucus hates and distrusts the leadership, while most of the rest of the caucus hates and See malkin on 26 distrusts the right, and no one
has the standing to bring all sides together in a semblance of unity. With McCarthy, the current majority leader, shocking the political world by giving up his speaker bid, it’s not clear who can pick up the pieces. Some even speculate (although this is far-fetched) that Republicans will have to go to Democrats to forge a bipartisan coalition to fill the office, which would be a humbling concession that Republicans aren’t capable of governing the House on their own. McCarthy is a pol’s pol who has good personal relations with other Republicans. He had a strong majority of the caucus backing him for speaker, but that wasn’t enough. He needed to get 218 votes on the House floor, a threshold that gave the several dozen members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus the ability to block See lowry on 25
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THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, October 22, 2015
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annual selection process, the full General Assembly has picked five countries to serve as nonby John J. Metzler p e r m a n e n t Syndicated Columnist members on the UN Security Council. Importantly, Egypt, Japan and Ukraine as well as Senegal and Uruguay were chosen as the new members who will serve two year terms on the powerful fifteen-member Security Council. Though none of the seats faced elections this year, the process of diplomatic musical chairs allows for both regional representation as well as all countries to have an opportunity to serve on and influence Council proceedings. Thus each year, five states are selected/ elected among the UN’s 193 members. The countries participate alongside the permanent members Mainland China, France, Russia, United Kingdom and the United States. So let’s take a look at the new members representing the regional groups. Africa: Egypt has been selected for a seat. Though a UN founding member and a political powerhouse in the Arab world, surprisingly the Cairo government has not had held the coveted Council seat this century; the last time
Egypt was on the Council was back in the 1990’s . Egypt’s political importance is unquestioned; the country hosts the regional Arab League. Egypt’s government under General al-Sisi has played a key role against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and Islamic extremism throughout the Middle East. Senegal a West African democracy was selected too. A close ally of France and a prominent member of the Francophone group of French-speaking states, Senegal plays a positive regional role. Egypt and Senegal will replace Chad and Nigeria soon leaving the Council. Asia: Japan has been re-elected to a non-permanent role to the Council. Japan, the second largest donor state to the United Nations, has been a regular rotating Council member and served as recently as 2010. Though Japan remains committed to the peaceful resolution of disputes, global development, and foreign economic assistance, Japan’s government has taken a more robust political posture in a number of disputes with Mainland China. Japan replaces Jordan whose tenure was marked by astute and pro-active diplomacy. Latin America/Caribbean states: Here’s a surprise. After fifty years, Uruguay is back on the Council. Uruguay, a Latin American democracy, was last on the decision making body in its 1965-66 session. Though largely in the shadow of Latin American
giants such as Argentina and Brazil, little Uruguay nonetheless has been a major contributor to UN peacekeeping operations. Chile, a regional democracy, is exiting the Council at year’s end. Eastern Europe: In what’s a
surprise, Ukraine wins the Eastern European seat. Though serving on the Council in 2001, Ukraine was not then in a politico/military conflict with neighboring Russia, a veto holding Permanent
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The ‘Gun Control’ Farce President Obama’s intrusion into the mourning community of Roseburg, Oregon, in order to promote his political crusade for stronger gun by Thomas Sowell control laws, Syndicated Columnist is part of a pattern of his using various other sites of shooting rampages in the past to promote this long-standing crusade of the political left. The zealotry of gun control advocates might make some sense if they had any serious evidence that more restrictive gun control laws actually reduce gun crimes. But they seldom even discuss the issue in terms of empirical evidence. Saving lives is serious business. But claiming to be saving lives and refusing to deal with evidence is a farce. Nor is the Second Amendment or the National Rifle Association the real issue, despite how much the media and the intelligentsia focus on them. If there is hard evidence that stronger gun control laws actually reduce gun crimes in general or reduce murders in particular, the Second Amendment can be repealed, as other Amendments have been repealed. Constitutional Amendments exist to serve the people. People do not exist to be sacrificed to Constitutional Amendments. But if hard evidence shows that restrictions on gun ownership lead to more gun crimes, rather than less, then the National Rifle Association’s opposition to those restrictions makes sense, independently of the Second Amendment. Since this all boils down to a question of hard evidence about
plain facts, it is difficult to understand how gun control laws should have become such a heated and long-lasting controversy. There is a huge amount of statistical evidence, just within the United States, since gun control laws are different in 50 different states and these laws have been changed over time in many of these states. There are mountains of data on what happens under restrictive laws and what happens when restrictions are lifted. Statistics on murder are among the most widely available statistics, and among the most accurate, since no one ignores a dead body. With so many facts available from so many places and times, why is gun control still a heated issue? The short answer is that most gun control zealots do not even discuss the issue in terms of hard facts. The zealots act as if they just know -- somehow -- that bullets will be flying hither and yon if you allow ordinary people to have guns. Among the many facts this ignores is that gun sales were going up by the millions in late 20th century America, and the murder rate was going down at the same time. Among the other facts that gun control zealots consistently ignore are data on how many lives are saved each year by a defensive use of guns. This seldom requires actually shooting. Just pointing a loaded gun at an assailant is usually enough to get him to back off, often in some haste. There have been books and articles based on voluminous statistics, including statistics comparing gun laws and gun crime rates in different countries, such as “Guns and Violence” by Professor Joyce Lee Malcolm of George Mason University. Seldom do these factual studies back up what the See Sowell on 26
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Welcome to fall colors and a never-ending supply of new beers for this season. It seems New Hampshire comes alive in the fall, partly due to a change in climate and leaf color, and partly for the reason to drink different style beers. Octoberfest is upon us and so is pumpkin beer. But we are here to talk about bolder beers and we now focus upon stout... 603 Brewery, located in Londonderry, NH, offers year-round beers as well as seasonal beers matched to their climate change. Less than 36 months old, 603 has made a momentous mark in the NH craft beer a 30 AND 60 barrel brew scene. Starting as brewing house exclusively sold in friends from college, these NH and distributed widely folks decided to jump in throughout the state in to the emerging brew in cans, 22 oz. bottles, growlâ&#x20AC;&#x153;Top craft 3 Restaurants NH for 2009â&#x20AC;? niche with gusto, creativers Union (halfLeader gallon bottles) and -Manchester ity and a keen angle on kegs for restaurants and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Top 20employBest Seacoasttaverns. Restaurants NH beer styles for 2010â&#x20AC;? -Visit Taste Magazine ing names and places them at their webaround NH â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hottest as their Dishbeer in NHâ&#x20AC;? site at www.603brewery. varieties. They are today com - 2007 & 2008 NH Magazine
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I used Jeff’s magic wedge for a tee-shot and hit my shot onto the green, for an eight foot birdie putt. “How much do you want for the wedge?” I asked Jeff. “Not for sale,” he replied. COWBOYS AND PATRIOTS On Sunday, Billy took us to a downtown sports bar to watch NFL football―four games simultaneously on big flat screens. As he walked into the establishment, a Miller Lite was immediately placed into his hand―Billy being a well-known, successful Nantucket businessman. New England was playing at Dallas, and the Patriots were obviously the local favorite. But of course, our group had a Cowboys fan. As with Yankee fans, there’s always one in every crowd. Matt rolled up his sleeve to display a Cowboy tattoo, and then he shared that he had a son named Troy (as in Troy Aikman). He predicted a Cowboy
Born Today ... That is to say, sports standouts born on Oct. 22 include baseball sluggers Jimmy Foxx (1907) and Ichiro Suzuki (1973). Sportsquote “Don’t play too much golf. Two rounds a day are plenty. ” ― British golf champion Harry Vardon Sportsquiz Answer Ken Griffey Sr. and Ken Griffey Jr. of the Seattle Mariners.
Matt’s Cowboy tattoo. win. But the history was soon written―New England 30, Dallas 6. BACK TO N.H. The ferry boat ride back to Hyannis was not as crowded as it was on the trip over. Maybe some folks just decided to stay in Nantucket. (There are worse places to be!) The long drive from the
Cape back to Loudon was uneventful, and as much as I enjoyed the frenzied sports weekend on Nantucket, I was happy to be back in the more familiar Granite State. It was late when I got home and I just fell into bed. I unpacked the next morning, and as I returned my golf clubs from my travel bag to my regular bag, I saw that I had the
magic wedge! I must have inadvertently put it into my bag instead of Jeff’s on the 18th hole. It was an honest mistake! “Crony honor!” Sports Quiz In 1990 a Major League Baseball player hit a home run. Then his son stepped to the plate, and like his dad, also hit a home run.
Michael Moffett is a Professor of Sports Management for Plymouth State University and for NHTIConcord. He recently coauthored the critically-acclaimed and award-winning “FAHIM SPEAKS: A Warrior-Actor’s Odyssey from Afghanistan to Hollywood and Back” (with the Marines)—which is available through Amazon. com. His e-mail address is mimoffett@comcast.net.
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a little effort a fine view down the valley. Half ways up outlooks open over the side of Linda Ledge. We continued on and we noted that a recent re-route of the trail went around a steep area taking out a section of old trail that required scrambling up ledge. More outlooks open and we stopped to admire the view of the ledge and that we would be hiking along its ridge. Great care must be taken near the ledges because they are high steep ledges. We enjoyed the wide vista that had remarkably little to no sign of man. We could see the waters of the Magalloway River too and
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paign ads and only those with the most money could compete. What distinguishes you from the other candidates? We have a terrific field of candidates who are good people. I think primary voters are tired of campaign conservatives. I think they are looking for a consistent conservative, someone who is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. For example, just about every republican candidate says they want to stand up and fight Washington. That’s great. I think the natural next question is: “When have you actually stood up and fought Washington?” At the last
debate just about every republican candidate talked about how they wanted to stop funding for Planned Parenthood and stop the Iranian Nuclear deal. Yet, when the fight was being waged in the US Capitol, not one of them was there. I was leading the fight. Not a one of them stood and led. If you haven’t stood up to Washington in the past there’s no reason to think you are suddenly going to start when you arrive at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
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as President to replace or repeal Obamacare? What is your approach to Healthcare? We should repeal every single word of Obamacare
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truth is that a lot of politicians, including a lot of Republicans, are largely resigned to Obamacare being a permanent feature of our economy. The only way to change that is that I plan to make the 2016 election and referendum on repealing Obamacare. To come out in November 2016 with a mandate from the voters to repeal Obamacare and also to adopt a simple flat tax and abolish the IRS. Those are the two major legislative initiatives I am campaigning on. I think health care reform should follow the principles of expanding competition, empowering patients and consumers to make health decisions and consultations with their doctors and disempowering government from getting between us and our doctors. We should allow people to purchase health insurance across state lines which is currently illegal. If you want more people to be able to afford health insurance what you want is more choices and lower costs. Obamacare has fewer choices and higher costs. This would enable people to purchase low cost catastrophic health care insurance which would broaden access dramatically. We should expand Health Savings accounts and we also need to delink health insurance from employment. Not many know the history of how it came to pass we get our health insurance from our jobs. It arose coming out of WWII where you had wage and price controls in effect and
employers couldn’t attract new employees with higher wages so they began offering perks and offering health insurance and the tax laws incentivized that. The problem is we don’t live in the 1950s anymore. We don’t live in an economy where people tend to go to work for one company for forty years and then retire and get a gold watch. We are a mobile and transitory society where people move and if you lose your job you don’t lose your car insurance and house insurance. You don’t lose your life insurance so there’s no reason you should lose your health insurance and it’s the worst one to lose because that creates much of the problem with preexisting conditions. They lose their insurance when they switch jobs and can’t get a new one because of an injury or illness. Everyone of these reforms empowers patients and keeps the government from getting in between us and our doctors. Tax Code/Tax Reform We spend about 500 billion dollars a year on tax issues. From lawyers to accountants to paperwork in dealing with the IRS. Every bit of that is a dead weight loss, it doesn’t produce anything. That is about the budget of our entire military. You look at the IRS code, there are more words than there are in the Bible. Riddled with loopholes and exceptions and just about every one is a result of a lobbyist getting special treatment for their clients which in turn benefits incumbent politicians who extract campaign contributions for every one of those loopholes. The virtue of a flat tax is that all of the favoritism, all of the Washington politicians extracting support from the private sector, extorting really, is taken away if everyone is paying the same uniform tax, it disempowers Washington politicians. Every American should be able to fill out their taxes on a postcard and that would produce economic growth. My number one priority if elected and in the See cruz on 23
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senate is economic growth because growth is foundational to everything else. Every time we pursue tax and regulatory reform like in the 1920s under Calvin Coolidge, the 1960s under JFK or the 1980s under Ronald Reagan, the result has been incredible economic growth. I think we are at a place in time where real change is possible with the tax code. Something has changed significantly in the last six and a half years. We have seen the Obama administration succeeding in what Richard Nixon tried to do, using the IRS to go after and target their political enemies. That, I believe, has changed this issue to make it a powerful, populist issue. To padlock the IRS and to removed that power from government so that we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to fear getting a knock on the door from the IRS. We will take that power out of Washington. I am working with my economic team on the specifics of the Flat Tax and will come out in the coming weeks and months with a very specific plan. What do you think is the biggest threat to our country today? Looking abroad I think the single greatest threat to our national security is the threat of Iran acquiring nuclear weapons. This is a nation led by a theocratic zealot who chants â&#x20AC;&#x153;Death To Americaâ&#x20AC;? and calls Israel â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Little Satanâ&#x20AC;? and America â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Great Satanâ&#x20AC;? If history teaches us anything it is that if somebody tells you they want to kill you, you should believe them. I have pledged that if elected, on the first day in office I will rip to shreds this catastrophic Iranian nuclear deal and make unequivocally clear that under no circumstances will Iran be allowed to acquire nuclear weapons. Domestically, I think the greatest threat is the assault on the rule of law and the Constitution. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had six and a half years of a lawless president who has repeatedly, blatantly and nakedly disregarded the law, ignored the law and claimed the power to
Republican presidential candidate, Texas Senator Ted Cruz, addresses the crowd at Funspot. unilaterally change the law. If you have a president who can pick and choose which laws he follows, you no longer have a president. I would use President Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own words when asked in 2012 whether he would grant executive amnesty to people here illegally he responded: â&#x20AC;&#x153;No, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have that authority under the constitution. I am not an emperor.â&#x20AC;? Then just months later, right before the election apparently he became an emperor because he did what he just said the constitution doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t give him the power to do. That is a profound threat to our liberty if the
president is not obliged to follow the law. What could congress do and did you do anything? Congress can do a great deal and should. Unfortunately, there is a feeling of fear and timidity among the Republican leadership in Washington and they have abdicated their responsibility to defend the constitution and defend
the authority of congress. In the preceding Congress I was the ranking member on the constitution committee, the senate judiciary committee. In that capacity I put out a series of reports chronicling the lawlessness of this administration detailing seventy-six lawless acts taken by President Obama and this administration disregarding the law. Detailing the twentytwo times the US Supreme
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defend the constitution. It has been a lifelong passion of mine. Going back to when I was in High School and was part of a group called the Constitutional Corroborators and spent
hundreds of hours studying the constitution and memorized a shortened version and toured the state of Texas speaking that. Serving for five and a half years as the Solicitor General of Texas, the chief
lawyer for the state in front of the US Supreme Court, where over and over again we led the nation defending conservative principles and won a series of landmark victories. When it comes to fighting for the constitution and defending principles of Federalism this has been a lifelong calling and not a new idea discovered on the presidential campaign trail. Gun Control As the Solicitor General of Texas I led a coalition of 31 states in front of the US Supreme Court defending the individual right to keep and bear arms and won a landmark decision 5-4 upholding that fundamental right. It linked to the 2010 Carter-Knight Freedom Fund Award given by the NRA, given each year to one of the leading defenders of the second amendment in the country. Obama used Sandy Hook not to go after violent crimi-
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Funspot owner and Weirs Times publisher, Bob Lawton, talks with Ted Cruz’ wife, Heidi and their two girls. nals but to infringe the constitutional rights of law abiding citizens. I led the fight against President Obama and Harry Reid and the democrats trying to infringe on our 2nd amendment rights. I led the fight in the Senate and we defeated every one of Obama’s unconstitutional efforts to infringe on our right to keep and bear arms. The Gunowners of America has endorsed me for having the strongest record by far of any candidate in the field defending the second amendment. How do we deal with the increasing number of people becoming dependent on government? I think the democrats plan is to make as many Americans as they can dependent on government so they will be a permanent voting sector to keep democrats in power. That’s a real danger but I don’t think we are there yet. Are there really people truly lazy who don’t want to work? Yes, but I think it is a much lower number than many of us fear. A great many people right now dependent on the government are trapped in dependency and still want to stand on their own feet and have the dignity to still want to provide for their families and kids. I try to view every issue from the perspective of my dad who fled Cuba 58 years ago. He came to America in 1957 at 18, couldn’t speak English and had 100 dollars in his underwear. He washed dishes for 50 cents an hour, worked full time, paid his way through school and went on to start a small business. I try to
think how policy issues today would have impacted my dad. If he were washing dishes today the odds are high he would have lost his job because of the Obama economy and if he hadn’t lost it he may have had it cut to under 30 hours because of Obamacare. I often think, Thank God some well meaning liberal didn’t put his arm around him and say “Let me take care of you, let me make you dependent on government and give you a government check. Let me sap your self respect and your dignity and by the way, don’t bother learning English, I respect your culture so much I will lock you out of the educated and professional classes in this country.” That would have been the most damaging thing that could have happened to my dad. So, I think the social safety net should be a trampoline and not a hammock. Income inequality had increased dramatically under Obama. The top one percent they demagogue earn a higher share of our income since 1928. The rich do great under big government. Lowest percentage of Americans working since 1977. Median income has stagnated for 20 years. The way we win this election is to run a populist campaign of working men and women who want to believe again in the promise of America and we run it against the bipartisan corruption of Washington that Hillary Clinton embodies. We can get back to the promise of America.
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gun control zealots are saying. Why would an ultimately factual question about the consequences of gun control laws divide people along ideological lines? Only if at least one set of people were more devoted to their vision than to the
laughing all the way to the banks. Once again, President Obama has placed the national security of the U.S. in jeopardy in order to placate another country. This subservience
syndrome will embolden our potential adversaries in the world to test our military posture.
their access to specialists. In New Mexico, the state Obamacare exchange ended all of its PPO offerings in favor of HMOs. And in Arizona, Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna and Meritus are all dropping PPO plans offered to tens of thousands of individuals and families. As the Arizona Republicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s editorial board noted this weekend, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rosy predictions of cost savings bandied by advocates five years ago are now running into the harsh economic reality of unanticipated consequences.â&#x20AC;? Hospitals are consolidating. Doctors are quitting their private practices
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facts. This shows up when gun control zealots are asked whether whatever new law they propose would have prevented the shooting rampage that they are using as a stage from which to propose a new clampdown on gun ownership. Almost always, the new
law being proposed would not have made the slightest difference. That too is part of the farce. A deadly farce. So is the automatic assertion that whoever engaged in a shooting rampage was a madman. Yet these supposedly crazy shooters are usually rational enough to choose some â&#x20AC;&#x153;gun-free zoneâ&#x20AC;? for their murderous attacks. They seem more rational than gun control zealots who keep creating more â&#x20AC;&#x153;gunfree zones.â&#x20AC;? Gun control zealots are almost always people who are lenient toward criminals, while they are determined to crack down on law-abiding citizens who want to be able to defend themselves and their loved ones.
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