http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200606u/carroll-interview
So that’s it for me for a couple of weeks. I am going to see if the library has this book.
November 19, 2009
Really, it’s almost too much
The week that I get my legs under me. The week I make a personal decision. I look out and see an alien landscape. I think people would work making death rays if a check was involved.The politicos beaming. It’s frightening. There is no point in my beating a drum of peace. I really think something is wrong.The other side is that so much of this stuff doesn’t even perform in theater. Rat hole spending. With the help of the team at Cobham and our tax dollars we can make sure every hillside is bristling with sensors. That the planes have the best sensors ” I think that was a wedding party, the sensor must of been wrong”
Cobham is a British Co. They have a Retired US General on their Board.
The Blog is going to observe a couple of weeks of silence .
http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20091118-BIZ-911180335
November 19, 2009
Miss Maggie
State Rep. Donna Schlachman, D-Exeter, said she was concerned about “the quality of jobs” Rockingham Park would bring to the state.
“Not all jobs are good if people can’t in fact earn living wages and live in the communities they want to stay in,” she said. “We have a preponderance of low-paying jobs (in this state).”
I agree with Donna.
Does anyone in NH follow the news? Really I’m sorry but c’mon. Vegas is giving away hotel rooms. Big stumble on the meeting disclosure by Senator Hassan. Clumsy.
Debated the moral implications? Geesh
Did Matt order a beer or a martini?
63% of the losers would come from Massachusetts so that makes it ok .
“In response to some representatives’ concerns about the possible repercussions to communities with gambling facilities, Wortman presented letters from officials in the Pennsylvania town where the Meadows is located, and said the police chief there told him there has been “no discernible increase in crime” since the Meadows opened.”
It’s in East Mifflin PA.
Oh c’mon mike this story is 2 years old!!!!
This next one is more recent.
Fraud Story.
Mike
November 19, 2009
Lilliput effect
This is new for me and perhaps for you. In making real images appear as models it really has a strange effect on self perception.
Yes, Paris is nice. I had one weekend there with the gang and we stayed up late.
Mike
November 18, 2009
Focus
So tonight I was over to the ribbon cutting at the Marriott. Nice, Julie Gilman was there. On the way out I grabbed a USA Today. I was just going through it. They have this gallery of photos. All retired military officers. All branches are represented. All Generals, Admirals, no Audie Murphys but some have been wounded, you can wiki em if you are at all interested. One guy is making 946K , another 750K. They have this way of circumventing ethics rules, calling themselves “mentors”. That revolving door is spinning. I have decided to give this subject a regular airing . Do my part to inform and perhaps change this awful mess.It is a mess. If you work in a defense(misnomer) plant you will be hard to convince.If you have allowed your local economy to become dominated by the “Mill” you need a replacement industry.. I am concerned that we have allowed the military and industry to do just what Eisenhower warned us about.My sense is that with the two wars in progress no one is minding the store. It’s really sad these stories. Remember Duke Cunningham and his fall from grace.
Mike
November 18, 2009
forget about water on the moon
For you and ours and theirs and theirs ……. this is it.
Mike
November 18, 2009
Pease & Poop
There is some news on the continuing issues with the Pierce Island(Portsmouth) sewerage treatment plant. .
There is little mention of the outfall pipe location from an environmental perspective after moving the poop to Pease. It is unacceptable to move the outfall pipe up river. It is beyond the pale to suggest it. The only option is to pipe the poop to Pease, treat it, then send it back to Pierce island and the existing outfall. It is so interesting to me that again Pease pops up. The Pease cracker jack team says , oh we have no problem with you sending poop. We know that you will do the right thing. That you will build a state of the art sewerage treatment plant. What is the current state of the Pease plant , does anyone know? I would like to know.
You cannot put an outfall up the River. The tide would carry it all the way back. Any gains the Great Bay has experienced will be erased.
The outfall pipe is the story.
This Post of mine received little interest back in May. Many people I have spoken with had scant or zip knowledge of this innovative solution. It can take all that storm water that cause CSO’s and treat it slowly. It takes huge pressure off the WWTP. I bet this method is also able to store &transport sewerage. Chicago uses a huge tunnel I believe.The tunneling technology is knocked.
Mike
November 18, 2009
WASTE, WASTE, WASTE
http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20091117-NEWS-911179975
This is beyond the pale. Is the entire State of New Hampshire asleep?. Any of you that would defend this spending should be ashamed. This is why that active squadron was placed there just recently. A ploy, pure and simple. We are being played day after day. This is down the rat hole money. How can anyone complain about these earmarks when you accept them yourself ? Pease is being propped up by Gregg. The ANG should be absorbed into the Air Force Reserve. That is a widely held view by many including the military. We could do everything we want or need to do if we simply stopped the military from wasteful spending. I knocked Carol Porter the other day to a buddy. He defended her, I said ok, I will give her a shot. Here is your opportunity Carol. What do you say about 10 million for these two installations? Is this critical spending? Are you “onboard” on this one?
Mike
10 million for what again? I can’t even bring myself to reread the article.
What a way to start the day
Mike
November 17, 2009
Annoying bridge
Photo by PortsmouthNH.com
The condos at this site are going up. I used to dock there when it was a restaurant. Portsmouth could use more dock space for transients.
The completed project will be for 4 condos, nice just four lucky souls. Now if they could get that bridge condemned they really would be sitting pretty. If you look at the conceptual drawing you don’t want a condo on the bridge side. The walkers on the bridge could be so annoying. That bell ringing every time they raise the bridge( every half hour 7am -7pm). Maybe a really bad performance of Grease could be torture if you took the Prescott Park side, decisions decisions.
Let’s not forget all the hell that Susan Conway had to go through to get the deal done.
This article below mentions Malcolm McNeill. I love any chance to spotlight ( even a blast from the past) this fellow. Whose strategy was the biker bar ploy?
Update
Here are the options from the Save Our Bridges site. Interesting that removal is on the list huh? I found this after writing the post.There is lots of potential for funny business on this deal. One Harbor Place Condos has some players that might want the bridge issue resolved. The Judd&Cyrus Harbor Tunnel? Let’s think big people.
http://www.portsmouthbridges.com/News.cfm
For the Memorial Bridge, the options that remain are:
- Rehabilitate the Bridge (Funding for this option has been applied for under the Stimulus Program)
- Replace the Bridge (Remove the existing bridge and build a new bridge of similar design to replace it)
- Replace with a Bridge downstream from existing bridge (Build a replacement bridge 60 feet East of the existing bridge before removing the existing bridge)
- Close and remove the Bridge (leaving no crossing between Kittery, Badgers Island, and Portsmouth)
- Replace the Bridge with a Pedestrian/Bicycle bridge (Remove the Memorial Bridge and build a new span)
Mike
November 19, 2009
Strand Theater Dover NH, SOLD
It sold today, the auctioneer is not back yet, so the fellow on the phone had no numbers.I am posting this shred of information as lots 0f people have been sniffing around the Crier for updates.
Mike
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