Tag: Volume 267 | No. 9 - Page 3 - The New Hampshire Gazette

Sun, Jan 15

2001—Wikipedia goes live. 1992—George H.[H.]W. Bush, in N.H. for votes, says “[W]e are blessed. So don’t feel sorry for … don’t cry for me, Argentina.” 1989—TV guest Donald Trump asks host Larry King, “Do you mind if I sit back a little…your breath is very bad.” 1989—The Gipper, on MLK Day, says some civil rights leaders are “doing very well…keeping alive the feeling that they’re victims of prejudice.” 1977—Bill Murray makes his debut on SNL; the host is Ralph Nader. 1970—The Washington Monthly tells U.S. citizens 1,000 U.S. Army spies have been watching them since 1965. 1968—SP/5 Dwight H. Johnson earns the Medal of Honor …

Well, Republicans have gotten their meat hooks on the House of Representatives. God help the Republic as they set to work. No one is more likely than a Republican Member of Congress to posture as the soul of common sense, that elusive quality best summed up by the adage, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Yet here we are, just a few days into the 118th Congress, and the GOP is clearly taking a different tack. Perhaps they’re trying to plagiarize Disney’s movie “Wreck-It Ralph,” but got lost in the plot. The things they say they’ll fix are those few that are still working—which …