November 19, 2009

Good read

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

http://www.cobham.com

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

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 .

Epoch Gambling Meeting

“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!!!!

Police Chief Indicted

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.

tilt-shift

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.

USA Today Gallery

Maine Veterans For Peace

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. .

News

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.

Seacoast online article

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?

Loud Pipes Saloon Editorial

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