On Friday, January 20, 2006, Peter Ames, Director of Advocacy for the American Cancer Society, and Sheila Evans, Campaign Coordinator for "Clean Air Works for NH", joined Gardner Goldsmith in the studio of WNTK. They are both proponents of HB 1177, which would ban smoking in private restaurants and bars located in NH.

This is the exchange that took place, the first of two parts. Believe it or not, they all parted with smiles and handshakes.

Thank You for Smoking

More, on the insatiable state of the state.

For more of the current news from James Pindell, go to www.politicsNH.com.

Conspirators may want to watch this man and his handlers very carefully.

Many thanks to James Pindell, of www.PoliticsNH.com, for contributing to the analysis on "Against the Grain".

On January 17, 2006, the United States Supreme Court ruled that Oregon's 1997 "Death With Dignity Act" could stand, that a federal law did not supercede the rights reserved to the states to control "medical matters".

The following is a look at the ethics of physician assisted suicide, and the constitutional questions involved. Please refer to the longer written piece on the matter at the Liberty Conspiracy.

On January 17, 2006, the United States Supreme Court ruled that Oregon's 1997 "Death With Dignity Act" could stand, that a federal law did not supercede the rights reserved to the states to control "medical matters".

The following is a look at the ethics of physician assisted suicide, and the constitutional questions involved. Please refer to the longer written piece on the matter at the Liberty Conspiracy.

On January 17, 2006, the United States Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, ruled that Oregon's 1997 law entitled the "Death With Dignity Act", was not subject to the federal Controlled Substances Act of the 1970's. Despite John Ashcroft's protests, and Alberto Gonzales' attempt to portray the act of a state legislature legalizing doctor assisted suicide as contrary to US law, the majority on the Supreme Court ruled that federalism trumps federal law. This ruling is unusual, since the minority, composed of Antonin Scalia, John Roberts, and Clarence Thomas, is typically seen as supportive of states' rights, while the majority - Breyer, Souter, Ginsberg, O'Connor, Kennedy, and Stevens - is often on the side of broader federal power over the states. The majority ruled that the Bush Administration lacked the legal and medical authority to step in and overturn a state law regarding medicine. The Bush administration argued that the use of drugs to commit suicide was not a legitimate medical prupose, and thus was not protected by "traditional" recognition of states' rights over medicine laws.

Faith in Freedom: Libertarian Principles and Psychiatric Practices

On January 17, 2006, the United States Supreme Court ruled that Oregon's 1997 "Death With Dignity Act" could stand, that a federal law did not supercede the rights reserved to the states to control "medical matters".

The following is a look at the ethics of physician assisted suicide, and the constitutional questions involved. Please refer to the longer written piece on the matter at the Liberty Conspiracy.

The music comes to you via the talents of the Damned.

Faith in Freedom: Libertarian Principles and Psychiatric Practices

Damned Damned Damned

Smash It Up: The Anthology 1976-1987

Machine Gun Etiquette

Conspirators will want to note a number of bills currently being moved through the House of Representatives in Concord.

The first notable bill is HB 1737, whose most prominent proponent is Rochester Senator Richard Green (R). The bill would impose a two-cent tax on soda, juice or water containers of less than one gallon, and a five-cent tax on containers holding more than one gallon. This would push the price of a 12-pack of soda up 24 cents, and is estimated to collect $15 million a year from NH citizens. It is proposed that 30 percent of the plunder would be spent on the Land and Community Heritage Investment Program, a boondoggle created during the Shaheen administration that seizes tax money and spends it on specially favored historical sites or picaresque locations. How a "society values its heritage" is reflected by how much the individuals comprising the society spend on preserving it, not by how much politicians decide to take from their neighbors in order to preserve special interests. Voluntarism is the answer, not force.

On January 16, 2006, "Against the Grain" investigated the debate over the legacy of Martin Luther King. In addition to establishing in popular culture the principle that a man should be judged by the content of his character, rather than the color of his skin, King espoused socialism, was proven a documented plagiarist, and cheated on his wife. It is sad that a balanced investigation of a man's ideas and actions is seen as verboten in current American culture, and instead, the "cult of the personality" rules. This is the fourth of five parts discussing the legacy of King's work for social change, and his less than rosy scholarly and economic ideals.

Plagiarism and The Culture War : The Writings of Martin Luther King, Jr, and Other Prominent America

Vivid

On January 16, 2006, "Against the Grain" investigated the debate over the legacy of Martin Luther King. In addition to establishing in popular culture the principle that a man should be judged by the content of his character, rather than the color of his skin, King espoused socialism, was proven a documented plagiarist, and cheated on his wife. It is sad that a balanced investigation of a man's ideas and actions is seen as verboten in current American culture, and instead, the "cult of the personality" rules. This is the fourth of five parts discussing the legacy of King's work for social change, and his less than rosy scholarly and economic ideals.

Plagiarism and The Culture War : The Writings of Martin Luther King, Jr, and Other Prominent America

Vivid

On January 16, 2006, "Against the Grain" investigated the debate over the legacy of Martin Luther King. In addition to establishing in popular culture the principle that a man should be judged by the content of his character, rather than the color of his skin, King espoused socialism, was proven a documented plagiarist, and cheated on his wife. It is sad that a balanced investigation of a man's ideas and actions is seen as verboten in current American culture, and instead, the "cult of the personality" rules. This is the third of five parts discussing the legacy of King's work for social change, and his less than rosy scholarly and economic ideals.

Plagiarism and The Culture War : The Writings of Martin Luther King, Jr, and Other Prominent America

Vivid

On January 16, 2006, "Against the Grain" investigated the debate over the legacy of Martin Luther King. In addition to establishing in popular culture the principle that a man should be judged by the content of his character, rather than the color of his skin, King espoused socialism, was proven a documented plagiarist, and cheated on his wife. It is sad that a balanced investigation of a man's ideas and actions is seen as verboten in current American culture, and instead, the "cult of the personality" rules. This is the second of five parts discussing the legacy of King's work for social change, and his less than rosy scholarly and economic ideals.

Plagiarism and The Culture War : The Writings of Martin Luther King, Jr, and Other Prominent America

Vivid

On January 16, 2006, "Against the Grain" investigated the debate over the legacy of Martin Luther King. In addition to establishing in popular culture the principle that a man should be judged by the content of his character, rather than the color of his skin, King espoused socialism, was proven a documented plagiarist, and cheated on his wife. It is sad that a balanced investigation of a man's ideas and actions is seen as verboten in current American culture, and instead, the "cult of the personality" rules. This is the first of five parts discussing the legacy of King's work for social change, and his less than rosy scholarly and economic ideals.

Plagiarism and The Culture War : The Writings of Martin Luther King, Jr, and Other Prominent America

The Conspiracy continues its close analysis of bills to watch in the NH state legislature...

SB 131: This Senate bill would provide funding for a school voucher program in NH.

HB 1707: This House bill would provide funding for a school voucher program in NH.

HB 1390: Amends RSA 643:1, makes it a misdemeanor for a public official to deny Constitutionally protected rights.

HB 1559: A house bill that reduces the training requirements for licensure as barbers, cosmetologists, manicurists, and estheticians. The bill also requires topics of training adopted in rules of the board of barbering, cosmetology, and esthetics to relate to the protection of public health.