Vol. CCLII, Live Free! or Die No. 19 The New Hampshire Gazette First Class U.S. Postage Paid June 13, The Nation’s Oldest Newspaper™ • Editor: Steven Fowle • Founded 1756 by Daniel Fowle Portsmouth, N.H., Permit No. 75 2008 PO Box 756, Portsmouth, NH 03802 • [email protected] • www.nhgazette.com Address Service Requested
The Fortnightly Rant Over a Barrel Last Friday, June 6, the price Exchange is about $25 trillion, of oil shot up eight percent in a that means $750 billion dollars single day. A gallon of gas now vanished that day. costs four bucks. That is four In Pentagonese, Wall Street times what it cost early in 2002, was acting as a “force multiplier” before the Bush administration in this case, making a bad situ- began rattling its saber at Sad- ation a whole lot worse. At the dam Hussein. current rate of expenditure, the money that evaporated could have covered the Pentagon’s ex- penses in Iraq War for another six years. Technically, of course, none of this is news. Not anymore. It happened a week ago, and every news outlet in the country has Cost of Gas, 2001 - 2008 beaten it to death. So, here’s the news: Dr. Mam- in the oil business, it would be downward pressure on prices Pope Alexander’s Line of De- That same Friday, the Labor douh Salameh, an oil economist now. Presuming, of course, that might result from increasing our marcation, and the lost lives of Department released the unem- whose clients include the World he or she were honest and intel- domestic oil supply by a whop- tens of thousands of enslaved ployment rate for May. It jumped Bank and the UN, was quoted on ligent. Back on this planet, before ping 3.9 percent. Indians and African miners, al- half a point in a single month. May 27, in the (London) Inde- President George W. Bush flew But only the most resolutely lowed Charles the First of Spain That hasn’t happened for nearly pendent, saying “the price of oil east on Monday to annoy the Eu- gullible person would look to this to originate the boast, “in my a generation. * would now be no more than $40 ropeans, he offered his solution president for sensible guidance. realm the sun never sets.” But The Dow Jones Industrial Av- a barrel, less than a third of the to the problem of high oil prices: Just a few months ago, on Febru- Spain’s fortunes declined due to erage responded to this one-two record $135 a barrel reached last put oil rigs in the Arctic National ary 28, a reporter mentioned to bureaucratic sclerosis and pri- punch by dropping almost 400 week, if it had not been for the Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) and Bush that analysts were predict- vateers like Henry Morgan. No points, or three percent. Since Iraq war.” on the continental shelf.** ing $4 a gallon gas. In a moment longer an empire, its Gross Do- the cumulative value of the stocks We have long suspected that If Congress OK’d drilling in reminiscent of his father’s bedaz- mestic Product (GDP) is now traded on the New York Stock George W. Bush’s optional, pre- ANWR, 2013 would be the ear- zlement when first beholding a one-tenth that of the U.S. emptive, under-false-premises liest oil would begin to arrive at supermarket checkout scanner, A line of British monarchs lat- * As we were writing this, that old devil curiosity grabbed ahold of us yet again. “Just invasion of Iraq was the first U.S. refineries. America’s daily the younger Bush replied, “That’s er appropriated Charles’s conceit how long,” we wondered, “is a generation?” domino in the current world- consumption of oil in 2013 is interesting. I hadn’t heard that.” and applied it to their own em- So we went looking for an answer. According to RaptureReady.com, there wide financial panic, but we’re currently estimated at 22.5 mil- 4 pire. It later succumbed to the were 42 generations between Abraham and not global experts. lion barrels a day. The highest In May of 1493, Pope Alexan- one-two punch of a couple of Christ, over a period of time that spanned On Monday, we searched estimate of ANWR’s potential der VI drew the Line of Demar- World Wars. Now a mere United about 2,160 years. They therefore conclude that a generation averages about 51.4 years. Google News for “Mamdouh daily output is about 876,000 cation on a map of the world. The Kingdom with a loosely config- Modern-day genealogists disagree. Salameh.” So far as we can tell, barrels a day. So if we take Mr. line determined which far-flung ured Commonwealth, its GDP is Typically they consider a generation to be outside of Alternet.org, where Bush’s advice, we might hope to regions belonged to Portugal, but one-fifth of ours. about 25 years, deriving their calculations from their family trees, rather than the we found it, we’re the first Amer- see results five years from now, and which to Spain. Spain got Since the War to End All Wars Bible. ican news medium to pass along in the form of whatever slight the better half; Alexander was a in 1918, the U.S. has ridden the Based on the principle that, like everything else, they don’t make humans Dr. Salameh’s finding. Valencian by birth. (This was a internal combustion engine to like they used to, we’re siding with the 4 ** Perhaps out of deference to Senator Ted busy year for Alexander—he also victory over the bones of earlier genealogists on this question. If ever there were a time when Kennedy, just released from the hospital hosted a decadent Vatican wed- empires, but it looks like our sun The last time unemployment jumped after brain surgery for a malignant tumor, half a percent in a single month was 22 you might hope it would help to Bush stopped short of specifically endorsing ding for his thirteen year-old is about to set. We’ll get used to years ago. have a president with experience oil wells in the waters off Hyannis. daughter, Lucretia Borgia.) it. Spain and Britain did.
News Briefs Rep. David vs. President Goliath The second week of the - fort ing on Kucinich’s impeachment out ammunition, without trade.” tion are flying across the sky with expiate hardcore sins. Consider- night got off to an uncommon- resolution “would create a divi- “[A] continent of 1000 miles sea such frequency and velocity that ing what’s gone on the past eight ly good start, with Rep. Dennis sive battle,” and be “a distraction” coast” would be helpless “defend- we really need an air traffic con- years, this looks like a growth Kucinich (D-OH) launching that “would ultimately fail.” ing themselves without one ship trol system to track them. genre for the publishing racket. a cluster-bomb of a resolution The Pelosi/Elshami argument of war against 500 Battle ships In our May 30 issue we barely Ari Fleischer, Bush’s first press Monday night, containing 35 in- for ignoring George W. Bush’s completely manned and fitted.” managed to mention that former secretary, had a lean, hungry, and dividual article of impeachment history of high crimes and mis- Unless we were certain of vic- Bush press secretary Scott Mc- intelligent look about him. He bomblets targeted at President demeanors rang a faint bell in the tory, it would be foolish to stand Clellan has written a book: What seemed smarter than his boss, George W. Bush. On Tuesday, dim recesses of our editorial nog- on principle and fight. Far better, Happened. We haven’t read it, but which may be why he bailed out Rep. Robert Wexler (D-FL) be- gin. A bit of rummaging in the he thought, to be practical. The even so it reminds us of How to shortly after the U.S. invasion of came a co-sponsor. As press time archives refreshed our memory. colonies should knuckle under, Rig an Election, Allen Raymond’s Iraq. McClellan was Fleischer’s approached, however, it appeared On January 9, 1766 Daniel and submit to the abritrary de- memoir of his sordid political ca- antithesis on all three counts. that the insurgency had spread Fowle, the founder of this pa- pradations of Parliament and the reer, up to and including his role Plodding and unimaginative, he no farther. per, published a letter asking the King. * in jamming Democratic phone could stand at the podium in- Speaker of the House Nancy question, “Can we gain Indepen- What [The #@%&] Happened [?] lines for the New Hampshire definitely, repeating inanities and Pelosi (D-CA) had previously dence?” Further, it asked, “If we Bits and pieces of the incred- GOP during the 2002 election— absorbing slings and arrows, un- and pre-emptively declared that gain [independence] can we sup- ible exploding Bush administra- another hard-cover attempt to til finally he went blind staring impeachment was “off the table.” port ourselves in it?” The letter * Daniel was not endorsing Junius’ House tell us no more about this dispute. into the headlights of the White A response to the impeach- was signed “Junius.” argument, just publishing his letter to fulfill We do know that publication was suspended House press corps. McClellan ment resolution was issued by “[A]ll Great Britain” was “unit- the paper’s responsibility to carry the public for four months, and that Daniel’s former was perfect, as long as he stayed debate. But the New Hampshire House, apprentice Benjamin Dearborn publicly Nadeam Elshami, a spokesman ed to subdue us,” warned Junius. then meeting in Exeter, was infuriated by assumed the role of editor for a time after it on the reservation. Then sudden- for Pelosi. The Speaker was - ap “[W]e depend wholly on our- this performance of civic duty. On January reappeared. We’d love to know what Daniel ly he was traitorous scum. 17 they passed a resolution demanding that thought of being raked over the coals by parently attending to other du- selves.” If we attempted to gain he appear before them to “give an Account the New Hampshire legislature, almost ties, perhaps under a desk. our independence, we would be of the Author of said piece” and “answer for ten years after being illegally jailed by the News Briefs Mr. Elshami warned that act- “a country without arms, with- his Printing” of it. Sadly, the records of the Massachusetts House. to page two Page - The New Hampshire Gazette - June 13, 2008
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News Briefs, Continued report that Mr. Waxman’s com- from page one mittee has turned up a great deal This makes him a bit of a dicey of evidence to the contrary. hero for Bush-haters, of course, According to a summary by Ja- but after eight years in the wil- son Leopold, published on Con- derness, they’ll take what they sortiumnews.org, “Abramoff, can get. who pleaded guilty two years ago The Return of to corruption charges, had 485 The Man in the Black Hat lobbying contacts with White Rep. Henry Waxman (D- House officials between January ture taken with the guy,’ Bush (D-NY) and Sen. Jay Rockefeller perhaps another potential cause CA), in his role as chairman of 2001 and March 2004, including said. ‘I don’t know him. I can’t (D-WV) in particular, had voiced deserves investigation: spontane- the House Oversight and Gov- 170 meetings over meals and 16 say I didn’t ever meet him, but I similarly misleading claims. In ous architectural combustion. ernment Reform Committee, meetings over drinks,” the report meet a lot of people. … I’ve had plain English, they screwed up McCain’s Record on has been snooping around for said. my picture taken with a lot of by believing Bush and Cheney. Veterans’ Health Care months prying into the affairs of “Committee chairman, Rep. people.’” The Texas Gubernatorial [Note: We received the following Jack Abramoff. Henry Waxman, D-California, Senate Intelligence Report, Conflagration from John J. Thyng Jr., the - Cam Abramoff was formerly a fre- also complained that his investi- Phase II The Texas governor’s mansion paign Director for New Hampshire quent exerciser of his right to gation was hampered by six un- As we said—so much going was badly damaged by fire early for Health Care, a project of the petition the government on be- named individuals who asserted on we can’t keep up. On June 5, Sunday morning. The Associated Service Employees International half of paying clients such as In- their Fifth Amendment privilege the Senate Intelligence Com- Press reported on the day of the Union. For more information see: dian tribes wishing to become against self-incrimination, in- mittee arose from its torpor fire that the state fire marshall nhforhealthcare.org.—The Ed.] wealthy through the operation cluding three White House of- and, much like Scott McClellan, suspected the cause might be ar- “Coalition of the Waiting” of gambling casinos, and sweat- ficials. told us what we have known for son. Built in 1856, the mansion — McCain Leaves Vets Behind shop owners wishing to get rich “Waxman’s committee released years: the Bush administration is the oldest continually-used Senator John McCain’s visit to by continuing to pay starvation six photographs of Abramoff purposely manipulated intelli- executive residence west of the New Hampshire this week will wages to desperate Pacific Island- and members of his family pos- gence, downplayed intelligence Mississippi. Before housing the no doubt include conversations ers barred from forming unions. ing with Bush at GOP fundrais- that didn’t suit its belligerent present president for six years, about the Coalition of the Will- He has been a guest of the feder- ers and White House functions. purposes, and generally misled it sheltered such historical fig- ing—but campaign speeches al government at a federal prison Some of the photos were auto- the Congress, the public, and the ures as Sam Houston, “Pappy” continue to overlook the grow- in Maryland since November of graphed by the President. world. In plain English, they lied O’Daniel—the only man ever to ing Coalition of the Waiting at 2006. “In January 2006, when one to drum up support for their in- beat Lyndon Johnson in an elec- home. During Abramoff ’s trial and such photograph surfaced, Bush vasion of Iraq. tion—and Miriam A. “Ma” Fer- Among the waiting are 47 mil- since, the Bush administration dismissed it as meaningless and Republican members of the guson, the second woman gover- lion Americans without health has energetically maintained that insisted he barely knew the man. committee complained bitterly nor in American history, during care coverage, and an increasing it hardly knew him. “‘You know, I, frankly, don’t in a minority report that some its 152-year history. Consider- number of veterans whose once- We are shocked—shocked—to even remember having my pic- Democrats, Sen. Hillary Clinton ing its relatively recent indignity, reliable Veterans Affairs health Eliot Auto Used Cars - Reasonable Market Square Jewelers Service & Towing, too Peter T. Henry & Joan K. Henry Rt 236 Eliot, Me (207) 439-0263 12 Market Square, Portsmouth, NH 03801 163 Islington St ~ 436-7330 (603) 430-9587 Estate Jewelers Buy • Sell • Trade Loose Gems • Antique Restoration • Repairs Gold • Silver • Costume • Bead Restringing
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Nancy Grace, authorities have Seattle, WW I veterans threat- care system is now failing them. fairs by $1.98 billion and desig- In 2006, McCain voted against returned a few hundred children ened Emma Goldman if she Senator McCain, a veteran and nate it as emergency spending. an amendment to make veter- of uncertain lineage back to the spoke publicly; but she spoke respected war hero, has repeat- Over half of the funding would ans’ health benefits a mandato- loving arms of their hyperfun- anyway, and no harm came to edly voted against fully funding have gone to veterans’ regional ry program, spending $104 bil- damentalist, polygamous par- her. the VA. And as a candidate for health networks and to provide lion over five years. The funding ents. Which leads us to wonder: Lynn Johnson called from Do- president, McCain is proposing mental health care and treat- would have been offset by clos- what if the parents had been hip- ver to gently remind us that in to dismantle the VA health care ment. Amendment failed 46-54. ing corporate tax loopholes and pies? “Texas authorities returned 1912, WW I had not yet begun. system, giving veterans a voucher [HR 1268, Vote #89, 4/12/05] rolling back the Bush tax cuts for hundreds of children today to a As we told Lynn, we’re not sure or debit card and leaving them to McCain Voted Against A $10 millionaires. Amendment reject- remote compound outside Aus- how we managed to get that so fend for themselves against the Million Increase In Readjustment ed 46-54. [SCR 83, Vote #63, tin, where tie-dyed, pot-smoking wrong, but we’re grateful to her insurance companies. That would Counseling for Veterans—In 2005, 3/16/06] communards of all ages practice for pointing out our error. be the end of VA health care— McCain voted against an amend- The Religion Desk free love … ” That’ll be the day. Hang On To Your Hat the end of America’s promise to ment that would provide an ad- An obscure Catholic priest We apologize for this issue, The weather seems as erratic care for our veterans throughout ditional $10 million for the Re- stood up at Barack Obama’s hastily thrown together at the and out of control as the econ- their lifetime. At a time when adjustment Counseling Service, church recently and made some last moment. The Editor learned omy. In Portsmouth last Friday record numbers of veterans are offset with a $10 million reduc- disparaging remarks implying recently of the teachings of the temperatures were in the mid coming home from war with tion in the HealthVet account. that Hillary Clinton had har- prophet Yisrayl (née Buffalo Bill) 50s. For early June, that counts stress disorders and complex in- The amendment failed 48-50. bored feelings of entitlement re- Hawkins, in Abilene, Texas, and, as cold and raw. The next day the juries, we need to know why: [HR 2528, Vote #242, 9/22/05] garding the Democratic nomina- though he hadn’t gone so far as to thermometer shot up thirty de- McCain Was One of 13 Senators Two Days After Iraq Invasion, tion, possibly tinged with a soup- change his last name to Hawkins, grees. Sunday, a full-blown heat To Vote Against Increases In Veter- McCain Voted Against A $1 Bil- çon of racism. Senator Obama as many other followers have, he wave started. It was like going ans’ Health Care—In 2006, Mc- lion Increase For Veterans—Two promptly resigned from the was struck by the power of the from April directly to August— Cain voted against an amend- days after the invasion of Iraq in church in which he was married. prophet’s revelation that a glob- three weeks before summer offi- ment to add $430 million for 2003, McCain voted against an That seems to have quieted, if not al nuclear war would begin on cially began. outpatient and inpatient health amendment that would increase satisfied, the critics. Good thing, Thursday, June 12. He concluded Portsmouth got lucky. Thanks care and treatment for veterans. spending on veterans’ programs too—the only step left for him to that preparing a newspaper for to a sea breeze we dodged the Amendment passed 84-16. [HR by approximately $1 billion and take to signify his complete repu- publication the next day would thermal bullet Monday and 4939, Vote #98, 4/26/06] put the same amount toward def- diation of everything ever associ- be an offense in the eyes of the Tuesday, but folks inland con- McCain Voted Against a $2 Bil- icit reduction. The amendment ated with that church would have Lord, thus having to hurry when tinued to suffer. While weather lion Increase In Veterans’ Emergen- failed 49-51. [SCR 23, Vote #74, been to burn the place down. it didn’t end. maps showed much of the coun- cy Funding—In 2005, McCain 3/21/03] Meanwhile, in Texas, amidst Department of try in the color of a boiled lob- voted against an amendment McCain Voted Against Rolling howls of outrage from paragons Historical Inaccuracy ster, relentless rains caused wide- that would increase funding for Back Tax Breaks for the Rich to of virtue such as Headline News’s In our May 30 paper, on page spread flooding in Wisconsin the Department of Veterans Af- Fund Health Care for Veterans— Screeching Harridan of Justice™ eight, we wrote that in 1912, in and Indiana. Page - The New Hampshire Gazette - June 13, 2008
Moving Pictures You Don’t Mess With The Zohan by Rodman Philbrick boy, Billy Madison, Happy Gilm- and said “Hey! Desperately un- ( John Turturro) and then suf- You Don’t Mess With The Zohan ore—based on his ability to play funny place! What a challenge! fers the indignity of seeing him are front-loaded. The Middle Stars: Adam Sandler, John a child trapped in a man’s body. Let’s make a screwball comedy!” released in a prisoner exchange. East comedy action stuff is fun— Turturro; Screenplay: Adam Almost as a sideline he some- His premise is based on the be- That confirms Zohan’s secret- weirdly filthy but fun—and then Sandler, Robert Smigel, Judd times veers into adult roles like lief, deeply held by some Israe- ly held belief that nothing wll veers into one can-you-top-this Apatow; Director: Dennis Du- Anger Management, Reign Over lis and many Americans, that change in the Middle East, that gross-out scene after another gan; Rating: [PG-13] Me, and Spanglish, as if to dem- Mossad, the Israeli secret service, he’s really not making a differ- when Zohan finally gets to pur- onstrate that despite all the baby is invincible. They rescued the ence, despite his prowess at de- sue his dream as a hairdresser. If ive Manchester’s own talk, he has real actor’s chops hostages at Entebbe, they killed feating his adversaries, bedding you think urinating in a cat box— Adam Sandler credit: he’s to spare. As does, for that mat- the Black September assassins, an inexhaustible supply of hot and on the cat—is funny you’ll be probablyG the only bankable star ter, his hero Jerry Lewis. Being therefore they are not only invin- chicks, and demonstrating his blowing popcorn through your in Hollywood who would dare funny for any extended period cible, but infallible. uncanny abilities at both butt- nose. If not you may be cover- to use the ancient rivalries of the of time—say for more that three Sandler takes this notion and clenching and hacky sack, other- ing your eyes as Mr. Sandler, clad Mideast—Palestinians Vs. Israe- seconds—requires not only great and runs with it, making his wise knows as “footbag.” (Typical in bulging codpieces (call it junk lis—as material for a gross-out, timing, but the ability to perform Mossad agent obviously super- Yankee fan in that regard—not comedy) and a variety of goofy goofball comedy. Yuck it up with in such a way that the audience human. Zohan catches bullets in the hot chicks, the butt-clench- wigs, makes boom-boom with the suicide-bombing terrorists! is convinced it’s effortless, that his teeth—okay, not his teeth, ac- ing and footbagging). But Zo- the very elderly females who line Cheer on those Israeli assassins! the comedy just somehow “hap- tually, his nose. Zohan can leap han’s real secret, as he moons up for what he calls “a cut and a And to give him even more cred- pens.” from tall buildings in several ath- over a Paul Mitchell catalogue, is bang.” it, a lot of the material actually One assumes the idea for You letic bounds. Zohan is not sim- his desire to move to New York On the other hand, if you does manage to elicit laughter, Don’t Mess With The Zohan may ply double or even triple joint- and become a hair-dresser, thus think a good laugh is worth, say, however painful. have been sparked by a visit to ed, he apparently has no joints fulfilling his desire to make- ev at least a quarter, then at nine Sandler, once the multi-tal- Israel, where Mr. Sandler took a at all. Zohan can weave his en- erybody silky and smooth. bucks a pop (the current price of ented boy wonder of Saturday look around, absorbed the local emies into human pretzels. The For this viewer (older by sev- admission), You Don’t Mess With Night Live, has had a string of cultures, dipped his middle finger amazing Zohan easily defeats his eral decades than most of those The Zohan is sound value, cat box big screen megahits—The Water- in the ubiquitous hummus pot, Palestinian rival “The Phantom” in the audience) the best bits in and all.
More Hate Mail, &c. because he and his campaign re- but not good enough for us free Bush years and have, after fifty pére, don’t even get us started … from page seven sorted to illegal activities and as a thinking Granite Staters. years, changed parties from Re- Oops! Too late! result people went to prison for it What makes Jeanne Shaheen publican to Democrat. Remem- Quickly, before we forget, your director, was sentenced to seven (see above). Also, he happens to different? I don’t know about you, ber—if it weren’t for the con- reference to “Senior” and “Junior” months for his role. be the son of a recognized politi- but when I vote in November to victed felons who jammed phone is, we believe, technically inaccu- “Raymond alleged that James cian in New Hampshire. He has send someone to Washington to lines on behalf of Sununu’s cam- rate. The elder Sununu, John Hen- Tobin, Northeast field direc- the name not the resumé. represent me in the U.S. Senate, paign last time, Jeanne Shaheen ry, named his son John Edward, tor for the National Republican John Sununu is the son of John I don’t want a rubber stamp. I would be our U.S. Senator. And I which we believe precludes the use Senatorial Committee, master- Sununu, who served as Chief want a free thinker and someone know that the tax breaks for the of those terms. minded the plot. In December of Staff to the President of the who has earned her stripes. We oil companies and our troops in- If we had the resources, we’d dig 2005, Tobin was convicted of two United States and was Gover- all know that Jeanne Shaheen is volvement in Iraq would be dif- into the hidden archives of pow- federal felonies arising from the nor of New Hampshire, also a much more qualified as a school ferent. er and expose the back room/board phone-jamming and sentenced former school teacher. No ques- teacher, state senator, and gover- I will work and vote for Jeanne room maneuvering that resulted to ten months in prison but that tion that John Sununu (Senior) nor (numerous terms). I couldn’t Shaheen for the United States in Big John being plunked into the conviction was reversed after To- was very qualified, but what has be prouder to send someone to Senate and I hope you will, too. Corner Office in 1983 like a toad bin’s lawyers appealed. A new tri- “Junior” on his resumé? Prior to Washington to represent us than Joel Saren plopped onto a dinner plate. al was scheduled for jury selec- being elected to the U.S. Senate Jeanne Shaheen. East Hampstead, NH The motive was obvious: defeat tion February 20, 2008.” (Source: he accomplished nothing. Since This November we get to Joel: the smelly, dope-smoking hippies, wikipedia.org) being elected he has been a pawn choose between former Gover- We’re not convinced that the and get Westinghouse’s over-priced This November we get to elect and rubber stamp, a wash rag to nor Jeanne Shaheen and not for- phone-jamming was decisive in the monstrosity, Public Service Com- our U.S. Senator from New the Bush White House. He is mer Governor Sununu—we get 2002 Senate race. But we have no pany of New Hampshire’s Seabrook Hampshire. That person should not what I would call a true rep- his son who hasn’t done anything doubt that that tawdry incident is Station, up, running, and spitting be Jeanne Shaheen. Let’s com- resentative of the Granite State. to build respect except by being a perfect example of Lord Acton’s pare the candidates. Whatever Bush says is good George Bush clone and rubber prophecy about absolute power cor- More Hate Mail, &c. John Sununu, Jr. was elected enough for our Senator Sununu, stamp. I have had enough of the rupting absolutely. As for Sununu to next page
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Northcountry Chronicle Fire Starter by William Marvel governor’s pet judge then as- nary claim that a national cri- tion Act to bar all but the most press freedom by modifying Lin- signed a public defender to mis- sis gave him special powers to bland and ineffectual criticism; it coln’s mail restriction. Starting he first American newspa- handle the case sufficiently for suspend or ignore the Consti- was even illegal during his con- last July, they adopted a rate plan per, Publick Occurrences, ap- conviction, but a well-known tution. When editors argued spicuously unsuccessful “war to designed by the country’s largest pearedT in Boston in 1690. Be- Philadelphia lawyer volunteered that Lincoln had no reason or end all wars” for newspapers (or publishing conglomerate, Time cause it took a satirical view of to prove the truth of Zenger’s ac- right to interfere with South- anyone else) to make fun of the Warner. Like every other sweet the colonial government of Mas- cusations. The judge decreed that ern secession, he simply refused ridiculously uncomfortable army deal between George Bush and sachusetts, said colonial govern- the truth didn’t matter, contend- them access to the public mail, uniform. Now, there’s freedom to the major corporations his party ment allowed only one scathing ing that the remarks were libel- which then served as the prima- fight for. represents, it gives all the advan- edition to appear before closing ous even if they were true, but ry means of distribution. Criti- Those who have an interest tages to the big boys while forc- the paper down, arresting the ed- the jury disagreed. Zenger’s 1735 cal newspapers were prohibit- in controlling information have ing the small fry out of the mar- itor, and destroying every copy acquittal provided the spark for ed in army camps, and soldiers found less controversial ways to ket altogether—and this from His Excellency’s troops could the foremost right in the Bill of (acting entirely on their own, suppress dissident speech. First, the folks who claim to worship find. Rights. of course) frequently destroyed they buy up all the means of dis- competition. More than forty years passed Several presidents have tried to the offices from which Demo- tributing the news: that feat has Now, pabulum-filled maga- before another newspaper on stifle the First Amendment. With crats published their opposition already been accomplished in zines like Time, Sports Illustrat- this continent dared to show its the aid of his Federalist majority viewpoints. District command- television, and to a great extent ed, and People enjoy lower post- teeth in the face of intimidating in Congress, John Adams cre- ers often arrested the more defi- in radio, as the truckling cov- age rates than ever before. Even government oppression. George ated the positively un-American ant editors and forced them to er-uppage of the Iraq war’s first more to their liking, the rates for Washington was still a toddler Alien and Sedition Acts, which close up shop, but Lincoln de- months demonstrated. News- small, independent, boat-rocking when a newspaper editor and a essentially made criticism of clined to interfere until a fire- papers are also the object of ob- publications have skyrocketed, liberty-loving lawyer combined Federalist officeholders a crimi- storm erupted after one general sessive acquisition, with Rupert driving many to bankruptcy or to strike what some consider nal act. One Congressman from suppressed the Chicago Times, Murdoch and a few other right- hand-delivery. It was ingenious, the first blow of the Revolution Vermont actually went to prison the most widely read paper west leaning tycoons controlling all really. All that was necessary was in the pages of an “alternative” for publishing a screed against of the Alleghenies. but a few of the big dailies. That control of the executive branch weekly. Adams, but an angry public soon Successors have used Lincoln’s leaves primarily small newspa- and a complete lack of scruples. Through his New-York Weekly dumped Adams and never again pernicious precedents to further pers and magazines to present Why raise a fuss over the First Journal Peter Zenger excoriated elected a Federalist president. the assault on the First Amend- something other than an estab- Amendment when you can just the corrupt royal governor, who Abraham Lincoln, the Christ ment, outlawing dissident speech lishment view of the world. manipulate the public’s own mail dismissed the chief justice and figure of American politics, at the very moment that critical George Bush’s postal regula- service to keep embarrassing in- replaced him with a lap dog be- shamelessly repressed critical debate is most important. Wood- tors finally figured out how to formation and opinions out of fore jailing Zenger for libel. The newspapers on the extraordi- row Wilson used his own Sedi- crush even that last bastion of the public’s hands?
out money (along with radioactive Chief of Staff, take a federal limo sible. In the meantime, we can cludes a 3.9 percent pay raise for for military spouses, as well as an waste, of course). from Washington, DC to a Chris- count on U.S. Rep. Carol Shea- the troops, more than $25 billion amendment with Congressman The method was clear: use the tie’s auction in New York to buy Porter to help make troops’ lives for the Defense Health Program, Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) to cre- Republican Party and the Nation’s rare postage stamps. safer and more comfortable, as and a number of legislative pro- ate a behavioral health care hot- Most Infamous Newspaper™ to Our favorite fact about him is well as grow the New Hamp- visions. line for Reservists. roll right over the hicks. that he suffered the indignity of be- shire economy and strengthen In addition, Rep. Shea-Por- Rep. Shea-Porter also under- Somewhere behind those undeni- ing fired by George W. Bush. our borders. ter also secured $12 million for stands the needs of New Hamp- able, blatant facts is a story so sor- The Editor Rep. Shea-Porter is a Member cold weather clothing gear for shire and added measures to the did, so disgusting, that we’d pay al- 4 of the House Armed Services the Navy and Marine Corps. The bill that secured millions of dol- most anything a publisher asked if CSP: Against the War; Committee and sits on the Sub- Cold Weather Layering System lars for jobs and research at the we could just buy it in hardcover. For the Troops committees on Military Person- for the Marine Corps and the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. The only redeeming thing John To the Editor: nel and Readiness. She secured Multi-Climate Protection Sys- Overall, the needs of our coun- Henry ever did was recommend A lot of people think if you are $35.3 million in the Nation- tem for the Navy will help keep try, our military and our state are David Souter to George Herbert against the war, you are against al Defense Authorization Bill, our men and women safe and at the heart of everything she [Hoover] Walker Bush for the Su- the troops. That is definitely not which passed overwhelmingly in warm until they can return home. touches in Washington, D.C. preme Court. the case! We love our troops and the U.S. House of Representa- And to help those at home, Rep. Many thanks to you Carol! The most characteristic thing he want them home with their fam- tives through a bipartisan effort Shea-Porter also added an edu- Sherri Basso ever did was, while White House ilies and friends as soon as pos- at the end of May. The bill - in cation and job training program Hampton, NH
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reer counseling. Anyone in need the Senate votes to override the Mash Notes Hate Mail And Other Correspondence of a job—victims of downsizing President’s veto, Senator Gregg , , in this trickle down, out-sourced will have one last opportunity to GOP economy, or college gradu- either show his support for the years ago we could simply vote • Troops’ Pay Raise of 3.9 per- ates just starting out—might do troops or his blind allegiance to for a Republican and you would cent, well to consider a career in re- the empty rhetoric of this ad- get a fiscally responsible candi- • $25 billion-plus for the De- constructive rhinoplasty. ministration. Senator Gregg, date. Obviously that is no longer fense Health Program, Why? I plead with you give the New the case. Many Republicans have • $12.0 million for cold weath- Because there’s gonna be one Hampshire Reserve and Na- embraced liberal ideology of big er clothing gear, helluva large number of people tional Guard soldiers who have government and big spending. • An education and job train- walking around who’ve cut off served valiantly in Iraq and Af- The answer is not to go with ing program for military spous- their noses to spite their face. ghanistan an opportunity to get party of big spenders and big es, Alan Grossberg an education. government that will give us • Creation of a behavorial Memo to the Clintonistas Durham, NH Joshua David Denton more of the same, but to pick and health care hotline for Reserv- To the Editor: 4 VoteVets.org New Hampshire choose candidates who stand out ists, So, the seemingly endless cam- Gregg’s Acne Deferment State Team Captain from the crowd. Thank you Carol Shea-Por- paign for the Democratic nomi- To the Editor: Portsmouth, NH John Stephen does that. He ter for really helping to “Support nation has miraculously ended, On May 22, with a vote of Joshua: still supports Conservative val- Our Troops!” and a decided majority of Clin- 75-22, the United States Sen- You’re a bit harsh on Sen. Gregg. ues and therefore with John, we Barbara A. Brockelman ton supporters are, to put it mild- ate passed the Post-9/11 Veter- He not only suffered from acne, but do get real change. We get real Stratham, NH ly, livid. So much so that at least ans Educational Assistance Act. had bad knees as well. Remarkably, change because our country is 4 thirty percent defiantly claim This 21st Century GI Bill will between youth and middle age, his being led by liberal ideology and Carol Shea-Porter! they’ll vote for John McCain cover the cost of any state school knee trouble went into remission not conservative ideology. To the Editor: over Barack Obama. for a period equal to the amount enough to permit him to ski in sev- It’s time for real change, and we As the wife of a former Army I would like to offer a bit of of time a service member served eral highly publicized competitions, get that in John Stephen. officer, our Congresswoman Car- humble advice to all the down- on active duty for tours in Iraq or as Governor of New Hampshire, Ann Marie Banfield ol Shea-Porter understands the trodden, diehard Clintonistas: Afghanistan. against rival Governor Howard Bedford, NH importance of a strong national First, take a deep breath, chill Every Senator from Maine to Dean of the Peoples’ Republic of Ann Marie: defense. As a result Carol spon- out, and know that the Clintons as far south as Virginia and west Vermont. Thank you for this reprise of Re- sored seven projects meeting the will, for better or worse, be back. as Pennsylvania voted for the The Editor publican talking points. However, needs of our military in the Na- If there’s one thing this primary bill with the exception of Judd 4 we fail to see an argument in your tional Defense Authorization campaign has taught us, it’s that Gregg. Senator Gregg is a po- Re: John Stephen For Congress argument. “[O]ur country is being Bill that recently passed the U.S. Hillary Clinton can now be add- litical scion who was able to af- To the Editor: led by liberal ideology and not con- House of Representatives. ed to Cher and cockroaches as ford to attend the exclusive pri- I am supporting John Stephen servative ideology”? Perhaps we Carol secured funds to acquire the sole survivors of any world- vate institutions of Columbia for U.S. Congress. I, like most should repeal the Bill of Rights and cold weather clothing gear for the ending event. University then law school at Americans, are [sic] pretty dis- bring back slavery—would that Navy and Marine Corps. Money Second, for those Democrats Boston University. When called gusted with politicians who go make America conservative enough for the Army’s hostile fire indi- who stubbornly forgo all log- to serve his country in a time of to Washington and spend money for you? cator was also included by Car- ic either to vote Republican or war Gregg received a deferment like it’s growing on trees. Money The Editor ol in the bill. This indicator will just sit this one out, a bit of ca- from Vietnam due to having bad does not grow on trees and our 4 allow Army helicopter crews to acne. Senator Gregg, I can barely elected officials are mortgaging Three Cheers for detect small arms fire and, as a afford to attend UNH with my our children’s future. Carol Shea-Porter! result, take evasive action. Carol student loans, and my acne got I know that people are up- To the Editor: also placed in the bill an educa- worse while I served in Iraq. set with the Republican party. I It’s easy to talk the talk but tion and job training program President Bush has threatened too find the party to be in - dis how about walking the walk? for military spouses, reporting to veto the new GI Bill. When array and in need of new leader- It’s easy to say, “Support Our requirements for private securi- ship that goes back to the basics Troops!” and wave the flag, but ty contractors and a behavioral which included fiscal responsi- how about giving our troops a health care hotline for reservists. Beach Dog bility. raise, improved health care, prop- Several of the projects Carol Gifts, Garden Many people are turning to er gear, support for their spouses, sponsored will have a direct im- Where the grass is & Pet Accessories always greener. Democrats in hope that it will and support for our Reservists? pact on New Hampshire’s Sea- 6 Main St. bring about “change.” The prob- Congresswoman Carol Shea- coast. Carol secured $10.68 mil- Natural/organic York Beach 207-363-8470 lem is, there will be no change in Porter has walked the walk. lion for a Consolidated Global fertilizing programs Democrats as they’ve proven to She has secured seven projects Submarine Component Facil- ALL SEASON LAWN CARE 10% off be big spenders and big govern- in the National Authorization ity and $1.45 million for a Wa- PO Box 645 ment supporters. One might say Bill, which has passed in the U.S. terfront Support Facility to be Cape Neddick, ME 03902 with this ad! that Republicans have proven to House of Representatives, in a constructed at Portsmouth Naval (207) 361-1500 be the same. I agree. However, bipartisan effort, which includes: Shipyard.
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Hate Mail And Other Correspondence sneaking across tightly patrolled Mash Notes borders into Thailand. , , The Music Hall Unfortunately, many uprooted Two other important proj- rent U.S. Senate candidate. migrant workers from Myanmar, ects sponsored by Carol will also Of course, there’s one other whose sole goal is to find legal JUNE 15, 16, 17 @ 7:30 boost the economy and create difference between the two gov- employment to meet their own A documentary about Sydney, Australia suburb jobs on the Seacoast and at the ernors, at least so far. In propos- basic needs and to create better Maroubra's notorious surf-gang, the Bra Boys. Shipyard. The Swimmer Detec- ing a sales tax in her third term, future lives for their beloved fam- Depicting their success in professional big wave tion Sonar Network was autho- Shaheen succumbed to pres- ilies, become exploited victims of surfing and exploring their reputation for hard partying, rough justice and their running battles rized $5.5 million and $2.0 mil- sure from the left wing of her unscrupulous human trafficking with authorities. R, 90 mins, Aus, 2007 lion was included in the bill for own party and broke her pledge and smuggling brokers, border- Autonomous Underseas Vehicles to veto a broad based tax. Will line corrupt immigration offi- (AUV) research. Lynch do the same if he’s elected cials, myopic, outdated policies JUNE 18 @ 7:30 By her actions, Carol was not to a third term or will he follow regarding job seekers and dis- tired of this kind of partisan spin, The idyllic life of Tarzan and Jane is challenged by only able to strengthen our na- Shaheen down the broad base criminatory policies which deny where any investment in Ameri- men on safari who seek ivory - and Jane. Johnny tional defense, but also enhance path? universal civil rights and social cans and American infrastructure Weissmuller & Maureen O’Sullivan reprise their roles economic conditions within her Rep. Steve Vaillancourt, Hills. welfare protections even though is labeled a waste, but the billions from 1932’s Tarzan the Ape Man. NR, 104 min, US, 1934 district! She needs our votes. 15 constitutional laws cover every- spent on Bush’s failed policies are »Pre-Censorship – contains brief nudity« Please consider her closely and Manchester, NH body on Thai soil. A well-coor- conveniently ignored. We aren’t help re-elect her in the fall. Steve: dinated proactive plan, under the listening to you play politics with Janet Sweeney “Mrs. William Shaheen (aka auspices of ASEAN, must ad- important issues anymore. JUNE 19, 20, 21 @ 7:30 Hampton, NH Jeanne)”—how wonderfully, pre- dress this problem now! This November, let’s have a real A Connecticut-based college professor travels to New York City to attend a conference and finds a young 4 dictably, Republicanly conde- Dr. Charles Frederickson conversation about what’s worth couple living in the apartment he rarely visits. By House Dems Slam Shaheen scending of you. No wonder New Bangkok, Thailand our money and what’s not. I, for actor and filmmaker Tom McCarthy (The Station To the Editor: Hampshire Democrats find it such 4 one, trust Jeanne Shaheen to do Agent). PG13, 108 min, US, 2007 Democrats in the New Hamp- a pleasure to carry on the peoples’s Rudman’s Wrong on Sununu, so far more than Sununu and the Show and Tell Follows JUNE 19 Screening shire House yesterday leveled a business in Concord. Sununu’s Wrong on Policy rest of Bush’s cronies. serious charge of fiscal irrespon- You may be just the person to pro- To the Editors: Tammy Siekmann JUNE 22, 23, 24 @ 7:30 sibility against their party’s pre- pose a bit of legislation we feel would I read Warren Rudman’s op-ed Londonderry, NH Francois Truffaut's first feature is one of the most sumptive candidate for U.S. Sen- nicely sum up the Republican posi- about John Sununu’s so-called 4 intensely touching stories ever made about an ate, Mrs. William Shaheen (aka ton on solving New Hampshire’s record of fiscal responsibility, and The Facts adolescent. Inspired by Truffaut's own early life, it Jeanne). perennial tax problem: a Consti- I am outraged at how dumb he Speak For Themselves shows a resourceful boy growing up in Paris and apparently dashing headlong into a life of crime. In voting to railroad Gover- tutional Amendment providing must think the voters are. To the Editor: R, 99 min, France, 1959 nor John Lynch’s unprecedent- complete and permanent exemption Sununu supports the Bush ad- “In June 2004, former Repub- ed “government by crisis” pro- from any taxation whatever for all ministration’s fiscal policy that lican consultant Allen Raymond posal through a special session those upon whom God has bestowed has led to record government pled guilty to jamming Demo- JUNE 25 @ 7:30 of the House, Democrats on the his obvious favor, as evidenced by spending and a record debt. Su- cratic Party lines set up to get A strong-willed woman stands up to protect four House floor acknowledged the high income or net worth. nunu voted repeatedly to contin- New Hampshire Democrats to young girls from ritual mutilation in this powerful state must balance its budget at The Editor ue the Iraq War, which is costing the polls in 2002, an action that glimpse into the struggles of women in modern Africa. NR, 124 min, Senegal, 2004 the end of the two-year bien- 4 $343 million of our tax dollars a some (most notably former Sen- Show and Tell Follows Screening nium, not necessarily at the end Help for Nargis Victims day. He supported no-bid con- ator Bob Smith, whom Sununu of the first year. They acknowl- To the Editor: tracts for companies like Halli- had defeated in the Republican JUNE 26 LIVE EVENT: Michael Franti & Spearhead edged that when Shaheen was Cyclone Nargis has forced out burton that have led to millions primary) believe may have con- governor back in 2002, a deficit many homeless and hapless eth- of dollars wasted and unaccount- tributedPo r tot s Shaheen’smouth narrow Portsmouth was carried into the second year nic Burmese, Mon and Karen ed for. Sununu also continues loss. C A a judgend lle sentencedCo.. 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Portsmouth is bounded on the north caused by the moon. The other major tanker trucks.) and on towards Great Bay. This spec- to rejoin the ocean. This is when the buoy, at the upstream end of Badger’s work their hardest. Ships coming in and east by the Piscataqua River. De- player is a vast sunken valley, about ten The moon’s meddling creates a rov- tacle can best be seen when the chart Piscataqua earns its title for xth fastest Island, bobbing around in the current. heavily laden with coal, oil, and salt pending on which tour boat captain miles upriver. Twice a day, the moon ing hydraulic conflict as incoming sea below shows the tide rising. A good current. A good place to observe this That buoy weighs several tons, is nine generally do so at high tide, for max- you believe, it’s the second, the third, drags roughly seventeen billion gal- and outgoing river collide. The skir- place to watch is the little deck near is from Bow Street, up by St. John’s feet wide, and it bobs and bounces in imum clearance under their keels. or the fourth fastest-flowing navigable lons of salt water from the ocean, up mish line moves from the mouth of the sterns of the tugboats, off Ceres church. Look up the river, from one the current like a cork! The river also When they leave empty, riding high in river in the country. the river, into Great Bay. (If the moon the river, past New Castle, around the Street. Twice a day, too, the moon lets of the little parking lots between the has its placid moments, around high the water, they tend to go at low tide, The Piscataqua’s remarkable current ever stopped moving that water for us, bend by the old Naval Prison, under all that water go. All the salt water that buildings. (Don’t try to drive or park and low tides. Often when the river for maximum clearance under Memo- is caused by the tide which, in turn is it could be replaced with 2,125,000 Memorial Bridge, past the tugboats, just fought its way upstream goes back there, that won’t work.) You’ll see a red rests, its tugboats and drawbridges rial Bridge.
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2002—Accounting firm Arthur 2002—Bill Maher’s TV show 1982—“God’s banker” Roberto 1989—RIP I.F. Stone. 1967—Muhammad Ali is con- 2005—Veep Dick “Dick” Cheney 1994—As Jose Martin and his Anderson is convicted of ob- “Politically Incorrect” is can- Calvi is found hanging under a 1967—On stage at Monterey, victed of refusing induction into tells Larry King the insurgency wife are driving near Madrid, a 3 structing justice by impeding an celled for living up to its name. London bridge. CA, Jimi Hendrix lights his gui- the U.S. Army. in Iraq is “in the last throes.” pound meteorite crashes through investigation into G.W. Bush’s 2000—The Department of En- 1972—Richard Nixon’s thugs tar on fire. 1954—Warned by Sen. Styles 1973—An American F-14 their windshield, bends the steer- top financial contributor, Enron. ergy finds two missing top se- break into Democratic HQ at 1961—On a Soviet sub, radia- Bridges (R-NH) that his son’s Tomcat shoots itself down with ing wheel, and lands in the back 1992—Vice President Dan cret computer hard drives in a the Watergate. They’re caught tion leaks with fatal consequenc- homosexuality would be exposed a Sparrow air-to-air missile. seat. She is unscathed, he gets a Quayle ensures his rightful place location which had already been thanks to an alert black Vietnam es for 14 sailors. if he did not resign, Sen. Lester 1972—“Sinister forces” erase broken finger. in history by advising a spelling searched twice. vet working as a security guard. 1961—Eddie Gaedel, only C. Hunt (D-WY) shoots him- 18.5 min. of Oval Office tape. 1989—The U.S. Supreme Court bee contestant to add a superflu- 1992—Ronald Regan’s Secretary 1958—New Hampshire’s own midget to get a base on balls in self dead in his Senate office. 1963—A “Hot Line” is estab- rules flag-burning a legal form of ous ‘e’ to ‘potato.’ of Defense Caspar Weinberger is Sherman Adams, Ike’s Chief of major league play, dies at 36 of a 1953—Julius and Ethel Rosen- lished between the White House political protest. 1967—Calif. Gov. Reagan signs indicted for lying to Congress. Staff, admits he accepted a vicu- heart attack after a mugging. berg become the first native- and the Kremlin. 1977—Nixon aide H.R. Hal- a bill liberalizing abortion laws. 1991—Atlanta’s Otis Nixon na coat from Boston industrialist 1959—Louisiana Gov. Earl born Americans to be executed 1962—For the second time in deman moves into the Crowbar 1940—France surrenders to steals six bases in one day. Bernard Goldfine. Long, though committed to a for espionage. about two weeks, a Thor rocket Hilton. Germany. 1972—Peace activists encircle 1954—The government of Gua- mental hospital, continues to 1898—The U.S.S. Charleston malfunctions and drops an A- 1964—Civil rights workers Mi- 1920—Three black men are the Pentagon. temala is overthrown in a CIA- govern. shells Guam. The island’s Span- bomb into the South Pacific. chael Schwerner, Andrew Good- lynched in Duluth, MN. 1959—George “Superman” supported coup, leading to de- 1954—Vietnamese Emperor ish governor, unaware that he’s at 1953—A U.S. military mission man, and James Chaney are 1917—Emma Goldman and Reeves dies of a gunshot wound cades of civil war. Bao Dai names Dgo Dinh Diem war, apologizes for having insuf- arrives in Saigon. murdered by the KKK in Mis- Alexander Berkman are arrested to the head. 1939—France’s guillotine is used Prime Minister. ficient powder to return the sa- 1943—KKK and pals attack sissippi. and charged with conspiring to 1918—Eugene V. Debs deliv- in public one last time. 1954—In Alabama, Albert Full- lute. striking African-American auto 1877—The Molly Maguires, “induce persons not to register” ers a rousing anti-war speech in 1933—Four G-men and one er murders Alfred Patterson. 1893—Lizzie Borden gets off. workers in Detroit; 34 die, 1,300 fourteen coal miners arrested for the draft. Canton, OH, for which he will hood die in the Kansas City Patterson, Democratic candidate 1879—General William Te- are arrested. by a private detective agency 1913—At Bud Bagsak in the later be arrested Massacre, three of shotgun for State Attorney, had vowed to cumseh Sherman, at the Mich- 1941—The recently refurbished and prosecuted by private attor- Philippines, gun designer John 1904—In Dublin, James Joyce wounds; lawmen carried the only rid Phoenix City of vice, appar- igan Military Academy, tells his sub U.S.S. 0-9 sinks east of the neys for the coal companies, are Browning tests his new .45 cali- meets Nora Barnacle; they go for shotguns present. ently alarming Fuller, a former audience, “There is many a boy Isles of Shoals, with 33 aboard. hanged by Pennsylvania officials, ber pistol on Moro rebels. a walk. 1932—Thousands of disgruntled sheriff. here today who looks on war as 1923—Pancho Villa dies, saying, private executioners being ap- 1904—The side-wheeler Gener- 1882—In Dubuque, Iowa, a 1.75 WW I vets mass in front of the 1916—In Australia, 6,000 rally all glory, but, boys, it is all hell.” “Don’t let it end like this. Tell parently unavailable. Pardons for al Slocum burns to the waterline lb. hailstone falls. U.S. Capitol as the Senate votes against conscription. 1865—More than two years af- them I said something.” two arrive minutes too late. during an excursion on the East 1873—Susan B. Anthony is ar- not to pay their bonuses. 1898—The New York Times’ critic ter the Emancipation Proclama- 1868—Algernon Charles Swin- 1788—New Hampshire com- River. Of the 1,300 aboard, more rested for voting. 1775—The Battle of Bunker says George Bernard Shaw’s ca- tion went into effect, slaves in burne offers a reward for the re- pletes the ratification of the U.S. than 1,000 die. 1871—Clement L. Val- Hill is fought on Breed’s Hill reer has no promise. Texas are freed. The day is now turn of his manuscript of Both- Constitution. 1785—Balloonist Jean-François landigham, who ran for Gov- with New Hampshire men un- 1880—Mrs. Shakuneala Devi observed as “Juneteenth.” well, which he’d left in a cab. 1783—Congress moves from Pilâtre de Rozier and a passen- ernor of Ohio from Canada in der Gen. John Stark, using pow- multiplies two 13-digit numbers 1864—The Portsmouth-built 1818—Connecticut is the first Philadelphia to Princeton to ger achieve immortality by be- 1863 after being banished for der pilfered from Portsmouth’s in her head in 28 seconds. Kearsarge sinks the Confederate eastern state to abolish the prop- avoid confronting disgruntled coming the first known victims expressing his anti-war views, fa- Fort William and Mary. 1869—Henry J. Raymond, raider Alabama off Cherbourg, erty requirement for voting. Revolutionary War vets. of a fatal aircraft accident. tally shoots himself while dem- 1497—At the Battle of Deptford founder of the New York Times, France. Portsmouth native and 1789—The French Nation- 1611—In Hudson’s Bay, famed 1752—Ben Franklin conducts onstrating at a trial how a defen- Bridge, about 10,000 Cornish expires at 49 after suffering a Kearsarge carpenter’s mate Mark al Assembly takes the “Tennis explorer Henry Hudson is set his famous experiment proving dant’s alleged victim might have rebels are defeated by 25,000 sol- stroke while entertaining his G. Ham is later awarded the Court Oath” not to disband until adrift in a small boat, eventually lightning is electricity. shot himself. diers loyal to King Henry VII. mistress. Medal of Honor for his bravery. France has a Constitution. to die, by his disgruntled crew. 10:06 10:13 10:54 10:56 11:37 11:36 12:17 12:14 12:54 12:50 1:30 1:26 2:05
3:50 3:51 4:37 4:36 5:20 5:17 6:00 5:56 6:38 6:34 7:13 7:11 7:49 7:49 Sunday, June 22 Monday, June 23 Tuesday, June 24 Wednesday, June 25 Thursday, June 26 Friday, June 27 Saturday, June 28 12:00 2002—Enron execs admit they 2005—Roller coaster safety ex- 1994—Air Force Lt. Col Ar- 2003—Lester G. Maddox, high- 2002—A federal appeals court 2006—Gutless pinko bastards 2005—Carroll County Sheriff ’s hid $1.5 billion in illegal profits pert Richard H. Brown, 64, dies thur Holland, hot-dogging dur- school dropout, bigot, proprietor in San Francisco declares the in the Senate fail by one vote to deputies pull an odiferous Gary gouged from California ratepay- of injuries received in a fall in his ing air-show practice maneuvers, of the Pickrick Cafeteria, and Pledge of Allegiance unconstitu- pass a Constitutional Amend- Moody, 45, from the tank under ers. own driveway. crashes a B-52 at Fairchild AFB Democratic Governor of Geor- tional because of the words “un- ment™ banning flag-burning. a women’s outhouse on the Kan- 1977—John Mitchell, once the 1995—During a soundcheck, in Washington State. gia (1967-1971) succumbs to his der God.” 1989—A federal appeals court camagas Highway in Albany, U.S.’s No. l lawman, begins serv- Dan Rather joins R.E.M. in 1982—On a British Airways own inherent loathsomeness. 1987—Denying R. Reagan is se- reverses Reagan crony Lyn NH and charge him with crimi- ing 19 months in an Alabama “What’s the Frequency, Ken?” 747 en route from Malaysia to 1996—A bomb kills 19 U.S. ser- nile, Sen. Alan Simpson says, “I Nofziger’s conviction for illegal nal trespass. prison. 1972—With his own damned Australia, all four engines fail af- vicemen in Saudi Arabia. even saw him do a cowboy doo- lobbying, on the grounds that, 2004—The U.S. grants “limited 1970—The 24th Amendment tape recorder running, Richard ter flying through a cloud of vol- 1973—John Dean spills the Wa- dle the other day. He used to do in this case, ignorance of the law sovereignty” to the Iraqi “gov- gives 18 year olds the vote. Nixon tells H.R. Haldeman to canic ash. After fourteen min- tergate beans to the Senate. that when he was in his prime.” was an excuse. ernment,” assuring a rapid return 1969—In Ohio, the Cuyahoga order the CIA to block an FBI utes of gliding, pilots are able 1962—Supreme Court ends 1985—At Jack Russell stadium 1986—The Intgernational Court to normalcy. U.S. death toll so River burns for 20 minutes. investigation of Watergate. to re-start the engines and land prayer in schools. in Clearwater, Fla, organist Wil- of Justice rules the U.S. was out far: 971. 1964—The U.S. Supreme Court 1973—Dwight Eliot Stone be- successfully. 1950—The Korean War begins. bur Snapp plays “Three Blind of line in funding the Contras. 1994—The U.S. Department of rules the Post Office can’t ban comes the last American drafted 1971—Nixon’s Special Counsel 1940—France surrenders to Mice” after a dubious call by 1954—CIA-sponsored rebels in Energy admits that hundreds of Henry Miller’s Tropic of Cancer. prior to the expiration of the Se- Charles Colson circulates the Germany. ump Keith O’Connor. O’Connor Guatemala overthrow the elect- U.S. citizens were unwittingly 1959—U.S. launches its tenth lective Services Act. first White House Enemies List. 1906—At Madison Square Gar- ejects Snapp. ed government. used for radiation experiments Vanguard missile. It is the eighth 1950—A Douglas DC-4 and all 1970—The Senate repeals the den, designed by Architect Stan- 1954—Emperor Bao Dai ap- 1925—Emma Goldman mar- during the Cold War. failure for the rocket. 58 aboard disappears without a Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. ford White, White is shot dead points Ngo Dinh Diem premier ries James Colton, an elderly an- 1975—Rod Serling enters an- 1941—Germany invades the trace over Lake Michigan. 1968—General Earle G. Wheel- by Harry Thaw, with whose wife of South Vietnam. archist, on her 56th birthday to other dimension. USSR. 1947—Congress overrides Tru- er, U.S. Army Chief of Staff, tells White had been taking liberties. 1947—Mayor James Michael obtain a British passport. 1972—Richard Nixon cleverly 1922—During a coal-miner’s man’s veto of the anti-labor Taft- an audience in Long Island, “The 1899—Four Denver dailies run a Curley starts running Boston 1919—Emma Goldman turns announces that no new draftees strike in Herrin, Illinois, 36 Hartley Act. enemy has lost whatever chance hoax cooked up by idle reporters: from a federal prison cell after 50 in prison. will be sent to Vietnam, further workers are killed. 1937—Having been shot in the he had of taking South Vietnam Chinese authorities were taking his conviction for mail fraud. 1918—Emma Goldman turns eroding the anti-war cause, al- 1893—HMS Camperdown ac- jaw and seen the Communists by military force.” bids from American companies 1918—In Canton, Ohio, Eugene 49 in prison. ready weakened by the lottery. cidentally rams and sinks HMS suppress anarchists, George Or- 1968—More than 14,000 gather to demolish the Great Wall and V. Debs is arrested for making an 1905—On the Black Sea, sailors 1971—The Supreme Court Victoria, flagship of the Mediter- well and his wife flee Spain. in Seabrook, NH to protest a nu- build a road in its place. The story anti-war speech. on the Russian battleship Potem- overturns Muhammad Ali’s con- ranean Fleet. Lost are 358 sailors 1917—After Babe Ruth is clear power plant. is reprinted as fact by papers as 1917—A miner’s strike begins in kin mutiny. viction for draft evasion. including the fleet commander. thrown out for punching an um- 1968—The National Guard is far off as Europe. Bisbee, Arizona. 1905—The International Work- 1969—At about 1:20 a.m., in 1848—Riots begin in Paris in pire, Ernie Shore takes his place called out to defend the nation’s 1876—Lakota, Arapahoe, and 1863—Secretary of War Edwin ers of the World forms in Chi- NYC, gays and lesbians begin response to the closing of the and shuts out 26 batters. capitol from the people. Cheyenne warriors wipe out M. Stanton promises Medals of cago. violently resisting a police raid at Nation Workshops. 1888—Frederick Douglass’ name 1947—Private pilot Kenneth General George Armstrong Honor to every soldier in the 1898—Joshua Slocum sails his the Stonewall Inn. 1633—The Catholic Church is placed in nomination for Pres- Arnold reports “flying saucers” Custer, his brothers Thomas and 27th Maine who extends his en- boat Spray into Newport Harbor, 1968—Party animal Lyndon “convinces” Galileo Galilei that ident of the U.S. over Washington state. Boston, and the rest of the Sev- listment. having single-handedly circum- Johnson signs a law converting he was wrong about the Earth 1868—As he is delivering a fare- 1902—Struggling to meet his enth Cavalry at Little Big Horn. 1812—In Massachusetts, the navigated the globe. Memorial and Veterans days orbiting the Sun. well address to the Vasser Col- deadline, Joseph Conrad up- 1798—Congress passes the sec- governor declares a statewide fast 1844—Joseph Smith, founder into three-day weekends. 1622—The Catholic church lege Board of Trustees, founder sets an oil lamp and accidentally ond of the Alien and Sedition to protest the war. The legislature of the Mormon Church is jailed 1919—The Treaty of Versailles founds the College of Propa- Matthew Vasser dies of a heart burns the second installment of Acts, authorizing deportation of proclaims the war is against the in Carthage, Illinois, and subse- resolves World War I and sets ganda. attack. The End of the Tether. potentially dangerous aliens. public interest. quently lynched. the stage for World War II. 2:03 2:42 2:42 3:21 3:25 4:03 4:13 4:49 5:05 5:39 6:03 6:32 7:04 7:29
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