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THE WEIRS TIMES, Thursday, February 4, 2010
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Fe a t u r e s
Hi s t o r y
Historical Society News .... 12
Po l i t i c a l/oP i n i o n
The Mail Boat.... 4
Advocates ....... 5
Open Letter To Sen. your parents ever tell you
Michelle Malkin .... 6
Oliver North ....... 6
Shaheen “We the American People”
that nothing good ever hap-
pened after midnight? You
Thomas Sowell...... 7
John Metzler ........ 7
Dear Senator Shaheen: To The Editor: should have remembered
It seems as if it was only As I ponder over the people that when you passed the
li f e s t y l e /Hu m o r
yesterday when a young we sent to Congress rep- Senate health care bill at
On The Trails & Summits.. 1
Senator took the oath of resenting, “We the Ameri- 1am.
Apron Tales................. 3 office for President of our can People”, it became To all those voters who
Here There & Everywhere... 13
great country on a cold clear in my mind, that were raised in families
Church Meditations.... 20
January day in 1961. He the one thing that doesn’t who voted for Democrats
Renovation Psychology... 23
Home Improvement 101.... 24
inspired all of us to “Ask abide majority rule is because the Democrats
not what your country can a person’s conscience. were the party of the work-
sP e c i a l se c t i o n s
do for you, but what you Politicians need to un- ing class, I say to you,
Your Money............. 15
can do for your country.” derstand that Democrats, Republicans and, oh the Democrats are now
Be My Valentine......... 18-19 I would like for you to tell yes, the ever growing majority who call themselves the party of the class that
Home Services.... 21
me why we now seem to Independents, I being one of them, put you there to does not work. Please let
Out On The Town... 22
be asking “my government do the will of the American people. To do otherwise capitalism work. It’s what
Real Estate Guide.... 31
needs to do more for me means an abrupt end to your career in public service made this country work
mi s c e l l a n e o u s
because I can’t seem to do come the elections in 2010. Make no mistake about and prosper. We don’t
Classifieds ........ 26
enough for myself.” Why? that. need socialism.
The Puzzler Page .... 27
You can well remember Like most Americans, we just want you to get it
The Funnies ....... 28-29 when you were Governor right. Truth, honor, integrity and looking out for “We Jeffrey Lynn
of New Hampshire, you the American People” should be the hallmark of your Wolfeboro, NH.
Ou r st O r y
passed the Healthy Kids term in office. Contrary to what some of you may be-
Act. At that time my wife lieve, we are not asleep at the wheel. We are keenly
The Weirs Times was first published
and I were raising four aware of what’s going on in the Congress and, more
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newspaper, then named Calvert’s
Weirs Times and Tourists’ Gazette, was
insurance premiums were to our country and the average American. To The Editor:
published until Mr. Calvert’s death in 1902. $217 per month with a Massachusetts sent Scott Brown to represent them Recently Rep. Maureen
One of the most remarkable features $5,000 deductible. Upon in the U. S. Senate. Just maybe, the floodgates are
Mann explained to the
of the publication was a map of Lake
passage of the bill, many about to open and many more Browns, Smiths, and Budget Committee that
Winnipesaukee which occupied the
center spread of the paper. Readers insurance companies left Jones will be coming to Washington, D. C. to set
the legislature voted last
will find the same map reprinted on the
the State of New Hamp- things right and do so with a deep sense of honor year to make raises of
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The new Weirs Times was re-established
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patriotic spirit of its predecessor as well
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as his devotion to the interests of Lake
Winnipesaukee and vicinity.
kids all grown and on their young men and women who are visionaries, honest, make all public employees
own, are over $8,500 a trustworthy and abide by our constitution, doing on a step and track con-
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year with twice the deduct- what is right for America. That’s not rocket science tract have permanent rais-
O O d st u F F ible. We are facing the pos- - it’s the American way of life. es? This means without a
sibility of now not having vote to give a contract the
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publication is devoted to printing the
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Is this what good govern- Concord, NH. pay the raises no matter if
make New Hampshire the best place ment provides? they vote No on a contract
in the world to live. No, none of the
daily grind news will be found in these
Your interference in the for teachers.
pages, just the good stuff.
capitalistic way has truly care and Medicaid all head- would you, as a Senator, If so, I believe this is a
30,000 copies
Advertise with confidence. cost us plenty and will cost ed for bankruptcy, do you give up your government violation of Article 28-a in
are distributed
Circulation Verified by
us untold more. Please, really think the taxpayers run no cost plan and join the NH Constitution which
every week
in the Lakes
please stop the meddling. can afford a government the one you propose? states no new mandates
Region/Concord
With social security, Medi- run health care plan and And, by the way, didn’t without furnishing the
area. 15,000
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