"Rep Kuster tax controversy"
You mean the controversy over Kuster paying her taxes?

Or are you talking about Republican Leader Jennifer Horn's unpaid taxes?

Both should be kicked to the curb!

I second that, Celia!

Kuster's taxes are all paid up! She paid them in person. How's Jennifer's tax bils doing?

As most of the conservatives here would say, Horn's tax situation is inexcusable and indefensible...But that doesn't excuse Kuster, who is even more damning as she is an elected official legislating OUR tax dollars...

But that is for a different forum I would guess.

"Does the Patch publish any drivel-laden article that someone is willing to put there name on??"

Well, thanks to you we know they'll publish any drivel-laden comments at least...

You're wildly misinformed. We have the Republicans to thank for the approaching sequestration.

"It started with the 2011 standoff over the U.S. debt ceiling, when Republicans in Congress demanded spending cuts in exchange for giving the Obama administration the needed legal headroom to pay the federal government's obligations to its bondholders." http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/06/politics/cnn-explains-sequestration

Nice attempt at revisionist history David!
I've seen a few of your posts---it appears as though you may take the honors, or at least neck and neck with Sonia, for drivel laden comments!
Although, it would probably be fun to have a few drinks at your monthly events...are opposing views welcome there?

I think you are dumb like a fox in your misinformation that you spew.

CNN is far from an impartial source for articles and would be happy to point you to a more left leaning Investigative reporter by the name of Bob Woodward.
i don't think many can accuse him of being a Republican shill given his resume.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/obamas-fanciful-claim-that-congress-proposed-the-sequester/2012/10/25/8651dc6a-1eed-11e2-ba31-3083ca97c314_blog.html
I know it would be convenient for you to have it be the fault of the republican Congress, however, it is your dear idol, Mr. Barack Obama, who is responsible for the suggestion of sequestration!
Nice try!

@ Apl

"The battle over raising the debt ceiling consumed Washington in the summer of 2011, with Republicans refusing to agree to raise it unless spending was cut by an equivalent amount."

THAT is what started it all. The GOP playing chicken with the economy.
Raising the debt limit is routinely done. Regan did it 18 times. Dubya did it 7 times.
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/jul/26/barack-obama/obama-says-reagan-raised-debt-ceiling-18-times-geo/

Raising the debt limit allows the country to pay the bills CONGRESS ALREADY ran up.

If the GOP hadn't been playing stupid games with our economy and credit rating for political gain, we wouldn't even be discussing sequestration now.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/richardsalsman/2013/01/17/debt-ceiling-gimmickry-is-unbecoming-a-rational-government/

Please Aplejack, honor and shower us with your knowledge and intelligence by telling us who you think is the more fair and balanced news station? Aplejack rants "I think you are dumb like a fox in your misinformation that you spew.CNN is far from an impartial source for articles" CNN hosts Repubicans all the time on their news shows for interviews; today they quoted a Fox survey, so how impartial are they? http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/02/14/poll-clinton-and-rice-top-list-of-who-would-make-a-good-president/?hpt=hp_bn3
They also won the most fair and balanced...msnbc being too left, Fox being too right.http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2012/02/on-television-cnn-wins-the-election-114137.html

@David,
Ooh, a little parry and thrust...yet done so in quite an adult fashion! (very refreshing-well done!)
I should be with my sweetheart in front of the fire, but...
I agree, the debt ceiling limit HAS been raised before, albeit far too many times that it has become kneejerk.
It has become too routine and at some point, it endangers our credit rating:
http://reason.com/blog/2013/01/17/weve-raised-the-debt-limit-many-times-be

If you look at the presidents first budget, mostly W's fault but partially Obama's as well, there was a large increase. While the president hasn't grown it by much, he has done little to decrease it.
problem is, tax revenues are down and therein lies the problem.
I can't blame the president for what he inherited, but he hasn't done much in the way of improving the situation either...
I think it politically convenient to blame Repuplicans for allowing the president's proposed sequestration option when they were trying to be somewhat fiscally responsible!

Sonia,
I am not a Fox News junkie. Actually, I don't spend too much time with television news, unless there is some sort of "high news event" being covered.
I prefer a combination of sources, some print, some network/cable and some internet.
I have enjoyed some of the opinion programs on Fox (which mostly all are right leaning of course).
I find that much of the news is fair and balanced.
CNN also has a similar news presentation but I think most of their opinion pieces are "left leaning" and I would watch more for a counter-point to much of my opinions.
I cannot even stomach MSNBC for more than a few moments. Maddow, etc... they give me heartburn.
I think the best is to read from many sources and try and discern fact from rhetoric (not always easy).
David included a link that was an opinion piece, no different than if I were to include a link that was also opinion. Not all CNN stories are as such and I was merely stating a fact with regards to this one article.
The link wrongly put the notion of sequestration on the Republicans and that isn't factual, it is Democratic spin.

Tony,
Thanks for the reply, I guess it was more rhetorical in nature...
It is just that this was written like it was from a MadLibs book and had little fact and a many opinion-driven falsehoods.
We could randomly cut and paste any politicians name, any locale, and a handful of various issues into the copy and it would be equally factual.

Maurice, follow the money. NRA, Private schools, Ayotte praised Sen. Gregg for earmarks; but pledges against them(Oct 2010), wants to lower taxes for corporations when many don't pay any taxes.....see the money trail here? Any guesses who she'll work for when she's done here and how much she'll get paid? When you save corporations billions and pet the NRA, you get big financial rewards now and later.

and and and how's the occupy movement in nashua ? Get a job yet ?

Thanks for the link, she is awesome!!

Ah, hit a cord! Let the Tea Partier name calling begin when you point out a few facts about Kelly Ayotte! You can look up how she voted on all topics, it's public knowledge Mike Balog!

@Sonia Princeess: NO, HOE HOE Supporter, You didn't hit a cord. You are
Politically Tone Deaf. Guess What. I am an Independent and don't belong to the TEA PARTY. Nor do I belong to the Communist Party or GLAD Either. I don't Owe you Squat "Mz princess". Go back to High School Debating Class where you and your minions belong. I earned the right to my Opinion as a LEO and wore my officers uniform with pride, What Have your done for MY Country except act as a Leftist Troll and Spout your leftist radical PC Hate Propaganda. Madam Ayotte was a damn good prosecutor known to all in law enforcement. Other then being an OW(L)S Supporter What the Hell Have You Done to Defend This Nation. Not Afraid of You Keyboard Warriors When You Mature and maybe Grow Up, You'll be an Adult..

"Gerbol," eh? You righties never get any smarter. Four more years! :-)

Gerbol would be a promtion for non thinking democrat stooges.

Can always count on Mike for immature name calling instead of making a point with facts and backing.

Just thought you'd like to read how you really sound Mike...no points, just ranting and name calling: "Sonia, sounds like you are one of the OW(L)S Princesses ,.,, [Out of Work Lazy Socialists]. Maybe you should read American History instead of Marx's Communist Manifesto or Alinsky's Manual for Radicals. More like you read Gerbol's Propaganda Texts, the More Lies you Tell, the more you Think People will believe them."

Sonia,
Somewhere there's a coo-coo clock missing its bird. (Mike Balong needs to get back to his station so we know when it's at the top of the hour).

Ray, we can always count on your mature comments. You obviously don't have kids, otherwise you'd realize you sound like you are 7.

Sorry Sonia,
even 7 year olds have a sense of humor.

Ray, Sonia, you are both on the same side and don't know it. Internet misunderstanding.

Sit back and watch, you will have Hillary Clinton as your next president. She's running and will win. Polls show even Republicans like her, which means independents will vote her in, along with all the women who've ever been demeaned because they were a woman (you know, all that "war on women" you think doesn't exist. Let's see how that plays out for you in 2016. The women will surely let you know loud and clear)

Blood on Hillary's hands?11 embassies attacked, yet Bush got free pass. I would like to remind everyone that during the George W. Bush administration, there were 11 attacks on U.S. embassies, resulting in 53 deaths and 90 injuries.Where was all that concern for our men and women serving in embassies and consulates across the globe when all the other attacks and killings occurred?
Like in 2002 when the US Consulate in the Karachi, Pakistan, was attacked and 10 were killed? Or in 2004 when the US embassy in Uzbekistan was attacked and two were killed and another nine injured? How about in 2004, when the US Consulate in Saudi Arabia was stormed and 8 lost their lives? There is more: In 2006, armed men attacked the US Embassy in Syria and one was murdered.Then in 2007 a grenade was thrown at the US Embassy in Athens.In 2008, the US Embassy in Serbia was set on fire.In 2008, bombings in the US Embassy in Yemen killed 10. Notice the dates, all before the Obama administration.
http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/13333916-number-of-embassies-attacked-during-the-bush-years-before-benghazi-many

Oh it's the Bungling Ho Ho Supporter again... Blaming Bush is Getting OLD LADY, The Present Situation was and is the Fault of this Current Admin. Not one in the Past. It is the Responsibility of the THEN Sec. of State CLINTON. Hilliary has Blood on her Hands for the VINCE FOSTER MURDER, Her Fingerprints were found on
Files Stolen From His Office Wall Safe, weeks after the Official FBI investigation began. They were Found in the Presidential Suite on a table, used by "First Lady Hilliary". Not to mention the Other Mysterious Deaths covered up by Doctored Medical Examiners Reports which turned out to be murder. People close to that prior Admin, who were whistle blowers ended up Missing, Found Dead at stop signs, car running and bullet wounds indicative of a Hit. Famous case of RON BROWN, Clinton's DOT Cabinet Post Head. Was to have testified in Federal Grand Jury Corruption Case Against Both Clinton's and Bill's Impeachment Trial. He was on a flight back to the U.S. when it crashed in mountains in Europe. Rescue Teams were brought in. They found someone beat them to it. Ron's Body was found and it was determined he lived thru the crash.BUT Examination of the body proved he was shot in the back of the head, execution style with a Military issue 9 MM bullet. I know this because I spoke with USAF Nurse who did the X Rays. She was transferred shortly afterwards. Of course this was Before YOUR time. All a Cover Up. Power Corrupts, Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely. Orwell 1984.

"It has been 8 years Plus since the end of the Bush Admin." I see you are from the future, this explains your great insight!

@Bill from Merrimack: Thank you for your compliment. Yes, it has been 8 years since the Democrats were in control of Congress who Voted in favor Bills, Laws,
Treaties and of Course the WAR(s) in the Middle East, which by their actions, have
funded and has caused the compounded trillions upon trillions of national debt
and the bubble economy.

And along with Faux Statistics from the Congressional Office of Management and
Budget and the Faux Economic Council Czars in the White House. Who are in daily
denial while feeding statistical lies to the nation thru the Corporate Media structure.
Meanwhile hiding behind closed doors a Bill was drawn up which would establish
CCC Camps that were in existence during the Great Depression. You have to Ask
Yourself. Or Rather Ask the Current Crop of Elected Officials, IF this Nation is in
such a Great State of National Recovery. How come a Bill such as this was written
?

ALSO For the Democratic Leaders, If there is such a thing as a Republican War
On Women. WHY Did you Authorize the U.S. Armed Forces to Establish a Dangerous Change of Allowing Our Daughters, Our Wives, Our Young Mothers
who volunteered to join the U.S. Armed Forces, to be assigned to ground Combat
Units ? What better way to cull the Patriot American Citizens, Now both Male and
Female from the general population whom you know will not only not submit to
Tyranny, Not Vote in Favor of Extended Abuse of Power, And not Sign a Faux
Loyalty Oath which would allow them to be Ordered to Shoot their fellow American
Citizens on the orders of Constitutional Tyrants or Traitors ? I signed an Oath to Support the United States of America, to Support and Defend the U.S. Constitution against all Enemies, Foreign and Domestic as an officer. I have never recanted that Oath.Which I raised my right hand and Swore to uphold, So Help Me God.

I think you've hit that point where you should put all this in a blog. It comes off odd in the comment section of a story not related to most of what you're talking about.

Apljak> I support all that Mike says,and you and he really tore that heterophobic,commie libtard,SONIA,a new one! Thanks,Mike,for your Service to our Country. And standing up,again,and sharing your views to expose SONIA as the waste of human life she really is.

Sorry to burst your bubble Celia, but just a reminder, the majority do not agree with you which is why most of the democrats and President Obama got elected by a good margin this year. If Kelly was running in this last election, she would have lost like the rest of the Republicans who voted like her and represent anti-everything values.

Sonia,
He won by one of the slimmest margins of any incumbent president in nearly a century: about 3.6%, or just half of his 7.3% winning margin in 2008.
Anyone with any realistic sense of math (or politics) would not refer to that as a "good margin" not a political rout!
The most striking change in the results this election involved a precipitous and alarming decline in voter participation, a drop-off that stemmed from a deliberate strategy by the Obama campaign and almost certainly provided the president with his margin of victory.

Dear Aple Jack: Obama had a vote total well in excess of 62 million;Mitt Romney’s 58.8 million.The president’s popular-vote margin is excess of 3 million.Obama has won FL with a margin of 75,000 votes.That’s more than 100 times the alleged margin of victory for Bush in 2000 in that state. w FL, Obama has 332 elect votes,compared with 206 for Romney.1.Obama has won an overwhelming majority in the Electoral College,a daunting majority of the popular vote & a majority of the nation’s states—including most of the country’s largest states & states in every major region of the republic:New England,the mid-Atlantic,the Great Lakes,the South, the Southwest, the Mountain West and the West. 2.Obama has won more popular votes than any Democratic candidate for president in history—except himself in 2008. 3.Obama is the first Democratic president to win more than 50% of the popular vote in a re-election run since Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1944. 4. Obama is the only Democratic candidate for president since FDR to twice win more than 50% of the national vote. 5.Obama has,in both of his presidential runs,won a higher % of the national vote than any Democratic nominee since Lyndon Johnson in his 1964 landslide victory. Add it all up and Obama has a mandate from this year’s presidential election that is significantly greater than those afforded John Kennedy in 1960, Richard Nixon in 1968, Jimmy Carter in 1976 or George W. Bush in 2000 or 2004.

How about the Facts., Or is that something YOU People Don't Understand? Such as Massive Vote Fraud, Intimidation, Manipulation at the Polls across this Nation during both past elections. [1] Massive amounts of Active Duty Service Members Voted using Paper Ballots sent before the election. These were Delibertly Delayed
getting back to the U.S. to be Counted. And were on Naval Ships docked as well as aboard Aircraft on the ground, Ordered Not to be Delivered. In some cases shipped back to Middle East Forward Bases along with Supplies. These Ballots were Never Counted and Would have Changed the Outcome of the Election. [2] There is a little town in Maine, in which there are only 100,000 people registered to
vote. After the Ballots were Counted, it appears 146,000 People Voted. OK Genius. Where did the Other 46,000 Votes Come From ? VOTE FRAUD PERIOD.

Sonia,
You must be dizzy from spinning so much.
I stand by the facts and a 1.5 million voter swing is quite far from a mandate.
But keep repeating it over and over and maybe you might even begin to believe your rant!

Obama won 62,611,250 to Romney's 59,134,475. That is 50.6% to 47.8%, a 2.8% advantage.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/election-map-2012/president/

Romney got more votes than McCain had in 2008. Obama had 66,882,230 votes in 2008; he lost 4 million voters between elections...
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/president/

Mike; You speak of FDR like He was someone you admire but you spit on him with your balderdash and BS against his very principles and good works.

There is way more than fear on its own to fear. I would Gladly take you and yours for a dance with the devil himself if it means that I protect my country and President from ignorant propagandist such as your self. That doesn't bother to check your facts.Thats a promise. I'm rightly pissed that all the money I put in Social Security was stolen by bought off thieving Republicans bent on destroying our country and killing off our children. You're worried about them taking your guns and forcing you to pay taxes. It's not them you need to worry about peeling your weapons from you cold dead hands. It's your own that can't wait to shoot you in the back and steal your living.

Good Lord! Get over yourself, and calm down before you have a heart attack.

@SoxPats: Get Over Yourself ? What NERVE,. That's the Best You can Come Up With? You cannot respond with Facts or Reason. Then Don't Try to debate me. Go
Back to watching you Big Screen TV at the Sports Bar....I am Not even upset or mad.Do yourself a Favor, To Read and watch what I suggested. Then you'll Understand. Have a Nice Day....

ha ha, here's Mike Balog "responding with fact or reason" as he describes below....Just thought you'd like to read how you really sound Mike...no points, just ranting and name calling when I state some fact about Ayotte: "Sonia, sounds like you are one of the OW(L)S Princesses ,.,, [Out of Work Lazy Socialists]. Maybe you should read American History instead of Marx's Communist Manifesto or Alinsky's Manual for Radicals. More like you read Gerbol's Propaganda Texts, the More Lies you Tell, the more you Think People will believe them."

@JimC NO It Doesn't All Go Out the Window. The U.S. Military Votes were Never Counted from Overseas. An Act of Vote Fraud on massive proportions. This also
happened back in 2008. Info from Maine was sent down to me. Problem Still the Same out of 146,000 Votes in one checked area, only 100,000 registered voters were on the records. Period. Going by Circular Logic All the Liberal Posts are also
"RANTS". Also, Not a "Professional PATCH Reporter" Either no Journalism Major. I have seen every Presidential Admin. Since President Eisenhower and have followed each Admin since. Massive Internal Corruption is allowing this Nation to be Destroyed from Within. This is not the same Nation I recognized after Vietnam War was over. Too much Social Decay, Too Many Aparchnicks and Traitors and those who commit Misprison of Treason to the U.S. Constitution, Globalist Lobbyists, and Apologists, Politically Tone Deaf go along to get along and Socialist Dogmatic Parrots responsible for CURRENT State of DisUnion. When I was Younger, We had Johnny Cash, Bob Hope. Now we Have NO Cash, No Hope and only change in our pockets.

@ Jim C

"However, it all goes out the window for me when I find inaccuracy in statements of fact, no matter by whom."

Agreed. That's why it's reasonable to expect a poster to provide links to sources. It lends credibility to the argument. It's one way to tell the information posted isn't just the poster's recollection of whatever a radio show host blathered into a microphone that day. No link, no cred.

Mike, It DOES all go out the window. You're kidding yourself if you think it doesn't. I read your post up to where it says " Info from Maine was sent down to me.".

I read no further because, as David V commented, "no link, no cred", and that goes for everything you say, once some of it is shown to be false. Even more so when you insist with a statement like that.

I see zero value in debating you so, as they say on Shark Tank, "I'm out".

SoxPats,
Poor Mike Balong, he's let his emotions run wild.

@SoxPats... See you are Hiding your real name behind a moniker. Either Get the
Name Right or SHUT UP. No, was NOT Letting Off Steam, GO back to your Sports
Channels have a Nice Life....

Come on Sox, if you are so proud, say your name and put your money where your mouth is! Big talk; but hides.

All of a sudden you care about Benghazi? Where was all your concern for our men and women serving in embassies and consulates across the globe when all the other attacks and killings occurred under Bush? Like in 2002 when the US Consulate in the Karachi, Pakistan, was attacked and 10 were killed?
Or in 2004 when the US embassy in Uzbekistan was attacked and two were killed and another nine injured?
How about in 2004, when the US Consulate in Saudi Arabia was stormed and 8 lost their lives?
There is more: In 2006, armed men attacked the US Embassy in Syria and one was murdered.
Then in 2007 a grenade was thrown at the US Embassy in Athens.
In 2008, the US Embassy in Serbia was set on fire.
In 2008, bombings in the US Embassy in Yemen killed 10.
Notice the dates, all before the Obama administration.

FYI Obama was the lowest spender since Eisenhower, Bush was second highests.... http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2012/05/24/who-is-the-smallest-government-spender-since-eisenhower-would-you-believe-its-barack-obama/

Sonia Prince. The snarky name-calling author brought up the "Benghazi Express". Obama's lying and covering up to get through the election is pretty obvious now. I thought it was a valid point. "Bushes fault" is an argument I refuse to counter. And I dont believe Obama is the lowest spender since Eisenhower. In Obama's previous year a supposed one-time TARP bailout that inflated the federal baseline and the next president grows that and wants credit for being "lowest spender since Eisenhower".

It's OK Jack. You will believe what you want to, regardless of facts. Here's a little more proof for your eyes. Hopefully you can understand. http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2012/may/23/facebook-posts/viral-facebook-post-says-barack-obama-has-lowest-s/

Nothing is ever Baraq's fault. No, no, no!! Anything that goes wrong is the fault of the Republicans or George Bush. Anything that seems to be going well is, of course, the result of something Baraq did. The sad part of that is that there are hoards of ignoramuses out there who believe this crap. They remind me a lot of the Jim Jones crowd.

Proud Conservative: Actions speak louder than words....Bush acted on Iraq, crushed the economy....Obama had to come is when we were loosing 700 000 jobs a month, had to deal with the party of "no" and got re-elected...you figure out the rest.

I guess.

Mr./Ms SoxPats,

Ms. Prince and the rest of the "Namers" only go after those posters that disagree with their opinions and posts and usually will pull the "Name Card" as thier last feeble rebuttal to that poster.

Now if you always agree with Ms. Prince and the rest of the "Namers" they will leave you alone.

Hilltopper, look up the word "debate", usually people don't share the same opinions and disagree.

Ms. Prince

What does the definition of "debate" have to do with your crusade of demanding full names from those posters that disagree with you and giving a free pass to those poster who don't use their full names but agree with you?

Hilltoper says below that I "only go after those posters that disagree with their opinions and posts"; hence why it's a "debate". I'd have nothing to say if I agreed with you, it would already be said.

Ms Prince,

Put one of your feet on the ground to quit spinning

When does debate include you going beyond debating the issues to demanding a poster who disgarees with to provide their full name?

Hilltopper, it's just that many including News Flash keep saying dumb stuff without backing and when you kill them with facts, they end up name calling in a very disturbing way...They love to spew out nasty name calling but hide. If you are going to attack people by calling them outrageous names, then yes, you should say your name....it's easy to feel big and tough and bully/call people nasty names when they don't show their names....instead of simply debating!

Ms. Prince,

If that is truly your posistion, why then are you not challenging the posters that use monikers and exhibit the same behaviors and name calling as News Flash, except for the fact they agree you?

If his behavior or posts do not meet the criteria of Patch, I belive the moderators and Ms Robidoux would step in.

It is obvious that it is a personal vendetta that you have against him based on your and his partisian views.

They are just words. Educated Adults know this
.

Hilltopper, you obviously don't read the posts that News Flash, Proud Patriot, etc are posting...randomly saying insults off topic....Ms. Robidoux can't fix immature; for all we know, they are probably teenagers. Doesn't mean we can't respond. You are just angry that some of us don't agree with your conservative views and think none of the people who disagree with you should call them out.

Ms. Prince,

Those posters are no more gulity or immature than the ones on your side of the aisle.

Angry? Quite the contrary. I am happy and amused to sit back watch your immature and hypocrital "response" against posters of opposite opinions based on what they use as a moniker as last rebuttal in debate.

I also don't get "angry" if you or anyone else do not agree with me and would never go to the point of trying to silence posters with different opinions by taunting and bullying them for their choice of moniker use.

For all we know they may not be teenagers as some teenagers act like adults and some adults act like teenagers.

Ms. Prince the difference between my philosophy and yours, is quite simple.

If I don't like or agree with a poster, I respect their right to post it. I don't try to silence them by going after trivial things like thier monikers.

If you don't like or agree with a poster you will do anything, no matter how trivial to silence them .

Kinda like "Mom make him stop staring at me". "Mom, he called me a name!"

Whatever makes you feel better Hilltoper. Tell yourself whatever works. You are free to ignore my posts as well and you don't; but yet so much judgement.

Ms. Prince

No judgement by me, just facual observations of your hypocritical behavior, which it appears that it "works" for you. Judgement can be by others or yourself.

Isn't it time for you to let go of this insanity Seamus?

Use the google.... One name is all you need for my husband. If you google me you'll find my campaign site and my FB page and you'll see his name. No one is hiding anything, no one is claiming anything...

And my final point... It doesn't matter Seamus... Atlant has his own opinions and I would never ever try to tell him what to think. He and I are individuals.

Look for you? We find TP Patriots... Do you reveal this? Who is your wife? What's car do you drive? See... Stupid questions... Just like your selective outrage.

Some who post here don't stand up for what they say, don't have the courage of their convictions. Some have real experiences of being bullied, others use this forum to bully others.

Nothing will change this, and it's a shame...

Right. Elected officials do not need to identify themselves as such as there is always Google. Campaign managers : Google. First names : just Google. I guess the Namers just object to names that are not whole names or first names. I wonder if just a last name would be OK?

Seamus, you really got to get a life buddy! What is your real name?

A NH state rep (D-Nashua) calls a citizen insane. So much for a more cordial tone in state government... I will continue to speak truth to power.

My real name is Seamus Carty. Seamus is the Irish form of James. Of course according to Jan, only a first name is needed so I have provided more than is required.

Why so protective Seamus....you want to know so much about everyone else, especially obcessed with Jan and Atlant! Are you even in NH?

Seamus seems to think if he bullies people he can get them to shut up.

No one here places their life story in every post. It isn't necessary. So why does he continue to blather about it? He must just be fascinated by me... I am honored...

I do not want to know everything about everyone else... I don't care what name anyone uses to post. I do find it inconsistent when someone chides others for not using their real name (monikers like "hilltopper" and "proud conservative") when their own husband uses just his first name...

I also believe that government officials should identify themselves as such when discussing political issues.

And this is not for my benefit. Think of the casual reader of the forums of the first time reader. They are not going to even think of using google to check to see if a poster is an elected official, a campaign manager, or the spouse of the elected official.

So, either we should go with full transparency or stop attacking those that use a moniker.

And as for me, Sonia, yes, I do live in NH. Amherst to be specific. Love living in NH. Never going back to MA...