Two Minutes of Hate in NH
Today is Ray Buckley's birthday. He is the first openly gay male vice chair of the DNC and the only openly gay chair of a state Democratic party.This was reported on Blue Hampshire as well as...
View ArticleSheKos: Paid Family and Sick Leave, Not
This diary was born from a comment I made in an earlier She Kos diary about women, family and work (among other things)Welcome to SheKos! SheKos is a diary series for all Kossacks to explore issues...
View ArticleOn Commitment
Yeah, so I've been reading diary after diary, comment after comment."Health care reform sucks. I've been working for this for two years. I'm done"."Afghan War sucks, I helped Obama get elected. No...
View ArticleWHEE: Starting the New Year with a Digestive Cleanse
Here's a New Year's Eve WHEE diary to ring in the new year with a re-newed digestive system. (I hope)WHEE (Weight, Health, Eating and Exercise) is a community support diary for Kossacks who are...
View ArticleWHEE: 21 Days Later
My husband and I decided to purify our digestive systems for the New Year. We ate a very restrictive diet for three weeks, supplemented by nutritional shakes and vitamins and herbs. Follow over the...
View ArticleNH State Rep: Let Cancer Patients Hold a Bake Sale to Pay for Treatment
New Hampshire State Representative Jeannine Notter (R-Merrimack) was videotaped during a committee hearing telling cancer patients to drum up "community support" via bake sales to pay for treatment....
View ArticleBreaking: NH House Republicans to End Collective Bargaining
This is very hot off the presses, but New Hampshire Democratic Party Chair Raymond Buckley reports that NH House Republicans have added an amendment to the state budgetthat takes away collective...
View ArticleNH State Rep Says Cop Stopped Him Because of Vote Against Collective Bargaining
In the department of WTF, NH State Representative Gary Wheaton (R-Seabrook) resigned his seat after being stopped for reckless driving while his license was suspended. From WMUR,Police said Wheaton...
View ArticleBirthers Gone Wild in New Hampshire
New Hampshire has been hopping with birther activity lately. Birther Queen herself, Orly Taitz, was in the state last Friday for a hearing of the Ballot Law Commission. Taitz, along with several state...
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KosAbility: Attitude Adjustment
I had an idea in mind when I volunteered to write the diary for today. It was going to be about being a direct support worker, meaning I help an intellectually disabled (aka mentally retarded) man with...
View ArticleNH Speaker: "Gays Seek to Destroy Society"
Last week there was a rally held at the New Hampshire State House to repeal the marriage equality law. Organized by Rep. David Bates (R-Windham), who has made repeal a personal goal, spending thousands...
View ArticleNH's First Transgender Rep Elected
The teabag/"free state" Republican legislature headed by Speaker Bill O'Brien was sent packing by NH voters this past Tuesday. Also notable: NH has the first all female congressional delegation, a...
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