NH's First Transgender Rep Elected

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Thursday November 08, 2012 · 12:21 PM PST

2012/11/08 · 12:21

The teabag/"free state" Republican legislature headed by Speaker Bill O'Brien was sent packing by NH voters this past Tuesday. Also notable: NH has the first all female congressional delegation, a woman governor, an openly gay state senator and executive councilor. Now add to the mix the state's first openly transgender rep.

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Tuesday February 14, 2012 · 4:32 AM PST

2012/02/14 · 04:32

Last week there was a rally held at the New Hampshire State House to repeal the marriage equality law. Organized by Rep. David Bates (R-Windham), who has made repeal a personal goal, spending thousands and thousands of his own dollars on mail campaigns to get people on his side. At the rally, one of the featured speakers was the Speaker of the House William O'Brien, who was taken to task in today's Concord Monitor for his "ugly rhetoric".

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Sunday January 08, 2012 · 2:00 PM PST

2012/01/08 · 14:00

I had an idea in mind when I volunteered to write the diary for today. It was going to be about being a direct support worker, meaning I help an intellectually disabled (aka mentally retarded) man with his daily living, self-care and activities. It is intense, low paid work--although I must admit I am better paid than most others in the field. I work only two days a week, but they are two eight and a half hour days. And the man I work with is not easy. He has a great deal of anxiety, even though he takes meds for it. He has an awful time with transitioning from one activity to another, even when he enjoys the activities. He is often inappropriate in public, but I take him places anyway. Oh, and did I mention I have a child with an intellectual disability? He is much better off than the man I work with because his disability is not as severe, and special education laws were put into place requiring schools to educate all children regardless of disability. The man I work with was not so lucky. I could write volumes about him, but that will wait for another day.

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More below the fold.

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Tuesday November 22, 2011 · 4:45 PM PST

2011/11/22 · 16:45

New Hampshire has been hopping with birther activity lately. Birther Queen herself, Orly Taitz, was in the state last Friday for a hearing of the Ballot Law Commission. Taitz, along with several state representatives, were there to observe a vote as to whether President Barack Obama can be on the New Hampshire primary ballot. Taitz tried to have him removed because she says his birth certificate is forged. The Ballot Law Commission, which is chaired by a Republican, unanimously voted to keep Obama on the ballot. Then all hell broke loose. Not Taitz, but several New Hampshire State Representatives started yelling and screaming, threatening an assistant attorney general and the assistant secretary of state. It was videotaped:

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Tuesday April 05, 2011 · 11:31 AM PDT

2011/04/05 · 11:31

In the department of WTF, NH State Representative Gary Wheaton (R-Seabrook) resigned his seat after being stopped for reckless driving while his license was suspended. From WMUR,

Police said Wheaton made a U-turn and went around a construction barricade when the officer tried to pull him over. When Wheaton stopped and the officer approached his car, Wheaton identified himself as a state representative and made some other comments to the officer, but police wouldn't say what those comments were.

NH state reps have special legislative license plates. Wheaton's car did not have them at the time of the stop.

Wheaton was also charged with a traffic control device violation, which is typically issued to a driver accused of running a stop sign or traffic light or failing to yield. His license was suspended on Jan. 28 after he pleaded guilty to recklessly endangering the lives and safety of the public in Londonderry, according to court documents.

Wheaton was originally charged with driving under the influence of liquor back in September , but that charge was dropped and he pleaded guilty to the lesser charge.

This is the hammer, though:

Wheaton said that he does not want to accuse anyone, but he's concerned that the traffic stops happened because he is a Republican who voted against collective bargaining.

Yeah, right. He is accusing the police of having ulterior motives. Well, he joins the rep who wanted to send the disabled to Siberia, the majority leader who called the Bishop of Manchester a pedophile pimp because he spoke out on behalf of the poor, the rep who said cancer patients should hold fundraisers to pay their medical bills...on and on. How low can it go? I don't know.

Breaking: NH House Republicans to End Collective Bargaining

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Tuesday March 22, 2011 · 4:07 PM PDT

2011/03/22 · 16:07

This is very hot off the presses, but New Hampshire Democratic Party Chair Raymond Buckley reports that NH House Republicans have added an amendment to the state budgetthat takes away collective bargaining.

It further illustrates that ending this fundamental right of workers is a national initiative funded by the Koch Brothers, whose Americans for Prosperity, New Hampshire Chapter, sponsored Nullify Now which was to feature the Speaker of the NH House, Bill O'Brien and NHGOP Chair Jack Kimball. The pair didn't show, however, caving to public scrutiny and outrage.

In other news, three members of the NH House have been identified as members of a hate group that wants to repeal the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution.

We have our work cut out for us to win back majorities in 2012, but we have to do it. Future generations are counting on us.

NH State Rep: Let Cancer Patients Hold a Bake Sale to Pay for Treatment

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Friday February 04, 2011 · 2:33 PM PST

2011/02/04 · 14:33

New Hampshire State Representative Jeannine Notter (R-Merrimack) was videotaped during a committee hearing telling cancer patients to drum up "community support" via bake sales to pay for treatment. This was during a hearing for HB 440, a bill that seeks to remove New Hampshire from federal health care reform and join the lawsuit against it.

This is what got swept in during the red tide of last November. Hopefully, it will get swept out again, but in the meantime, damage will be done.

WHEE: 21 Days Later

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Friday January 22, 2010 · 6:50 AM PST

2010/01/22 · 06:50

My husband and I decided to purify our digestive systems for the New Year.
We ate a very restrictive diet for three weeks, supplemented by nutritional shakes and vitamins and herbs. Follow over the fold for observations:

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Thursday December 31, 2009 · 3:51 AM PST

2009/12/31 · 03:51

Here's a New Year's Eve WHEE diary to ring in the new year with a re-newed digestive system. (I hope)

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Thursday December 10, 2009 · 4:09 AM PST

2009/12/10 · 04:09

Yeah, so I've been reading diary after diary, comment after comment.

"Health care reform sucks. I've been working for this for two years. I'm done".

"Afghan War sucks, I helped Obama get elected. No more".

"DOMA wasn't repealed yesterday. Obama hates gays. I'm through."

And on and on and on.

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Monday December 07, 2009 · 12:41 PM PST

2009/12/07 · 12:41

This diary was born from a comment I made in an earlier She Kos diary about women, family and work (among other things)

Welcome to SheKos! SheKos is a diary series for all Kossacks to explore issues related to feminism, women's history, and equality. We seek to find solutions within and beyond the Democratic Party to improve the lives of women -- and men -- regardless of race, sexual orientation, or economic status. We believe that women's rights are human rights and human rights are women's rights.

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Saturday November 14, 2009 · 1:19 PM PST

2009/11/14 · 13:19

Today is Ray Buckley's birthday. He is the first openly gay male vice chair of the DNC and the only openly gay chair of a state Democratic party.

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