Crazy Politicians from New Hampshire... [View all]

[catnhatnh]

Yesterday there was a post about a state representative who stated she believed the Boston Marathon bombing was a government conspiracy. Ever wonder why NH seems to have so MANY loons? From Wiki:

" The House of Representatives consists of 400 members coming from 204 legislative districts across the state, created from divisions of the state's counties. On average, each legislator represents about 3,300 residents. If the same level of representation were present in the U.S. Congress, that body would have approximately 99,000 members, according to current population estimates. Members are paid a salary of $200 per biennium, as are New Hampshire state senators."

That's right-here in NH we believe so much in comprehensive representation that we elect a few of every specimen of strangeness from the broad swath of human experience. Picture an ironic Noah gathering a pair of each political persuasion on earth. So ask not how we gathered so many exotic species, ask only how the US House managed to outshine us so wildly with just 435 slots...