It is now the case that the general public, according to THIS Gallup poll, no longer believes that Government should be responsible for that aspect of life. In addition, that number support Government responsibility as such is falling, and falling FAST (and those opposing it rising as quickly)!
When that story of that 10 year old kid that is refusing to say the Pledge until gays can marry broke, thoughts keep coming to the fore: is Patriotism (love of country) now subject to any whim or perceived Political Correctness slight?
Is Patriotism "just is", or is it [...]
Filed under "Just can't make this stuff up"
Really - ask yourself - when properly attired, does it matter if there is a doll there or a few popsicle sticks or wires underneath that cloth?
OK, brand me "culturally insensitive", but I also know that the Islamic religion' [...]Sound familiar to our current situation?
A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and he carries his banners openly. But the traitor moves among those within the [...]
Guest Post by Andrew Hemingway:
Your Best Investment in 2010I am not a financial advisor, and am not going to give you financial advice. I am merely going to explain to you what I think will be your best investment in 2010.
As we all have seen and [...]
Dear Editor:
I recently read an article where Paul DeMinico [Superintendent, Gilford, NH SAU -Skip] argued in favor of adopting the International Baccalaureate Program. He seemed to be arguing against the many controversial issues that plague this program. It's as if he simply cannot admit that this program comes with [...]
From the LOTR:
"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve..."
- Bilbo Baggins
Slipping on the Ring, he disappeared from sight. Onward on his next journey, his Hobbit feet began; left' [...]
Saw this link over at Instapundit and wanted to see if it was some DIRT on Andy Stern, the power greedy, socialist that runs the SEIU. Turns out, it was a clip of some ordinary citizens that were trying to exercise their Free Speech concerning a political activity - [...]
Filed under Government Spending.
I had a meeting of our Town's Budget Committee last night as we were completing our review of the municipal budget - we start in on the School Board side in a couple of weeks. I was talking with another of the members, new this [...]
Thanks to Recovery.GOV, we here in NH now have new Congressional Districts as Grant reported on a couple of days ago (emphasis mine):
According to the summary of stimulus jobs “created or saved” in New Hampshire, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has created 3.2 jobs in the 6th District, [...]
Where Do Bloggers Get Their News?
Left and Right On The media Landscape, Robert Gills and Whether Newspapers Should Go Nonprofit
National Journal has done a poll of bloggers for quite some time. To review, they ask a number of bloggers from the Left and the Right the same [...]
Trolls - no, not the Norse ones that you see at Travelocity or in its commercials. More like one of these:
Internet Trolls - you know, the ones that can bring a robust comment discussion to a screeching halt or [...]
Well, getting used to being the only Grokster means shuffling things around a bit - it may take a little bit to readjust the schedule a bit for writing. That's fine - just know that posting may be a tad light for the next few days as I realign what [...]
It is no secret that I love computers - after working with them for over 30 years, it has been quite the ride from paper tape as a storage medium to gigabyte thumbdrives, from 300 baud modems to megabit FIOS to the curb, and when an IBM 360/370 filled an [...]
This is hard stuff - VERY hard stuff to do even as science fiction stories for years have made it seem simple (that genre of books was almost the ONLY thing that I read growing up - after I "ran the table" at the library on books on WW II.
It seems that at every opportunity, Obama consistently tells an "anecdote" of how America has been wrong in the past - I'm betting that the 'bads' far outweigh the 'goods' from his speeches (but I have no intention of going back and counting). He has also said that America should' [...]
I thought that Obama's promise was that the Stimulus was supposed to cap unemployment at around 8%?
Remember, he's never run anything before in his life - and he's voting only "Present" on this issue...
(H/T: Bill from the Sam Adams Alliance)
After a while, the continued back handed slaps by the President at his own country, our country, seems to be summed up by this:
(H/T: Michael Ramirez at IBD)
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Update and bumped: (H/T: RedState) Boy Scouts win!
Looks the utter arrogance of the local SEIU President, Nick Balzano, has done him in:
Allentown union official Nick Balzano has been a political punching bag all week because he threatened to file a grievance against the city for allowing a Boy Scout [...]
What does it take to make Islam bashers mend their ways? Why don’t these folks come to their senses and see Islam as a religion of peace and praise the God of Abraham for continuing his beneficence on humanity by sending Muhammad to guide and humanize [...]
Lloyd Marcus is a black singer that I first heard of as the TEA Parties were starting to roll along - he created the TEA Party Theme. He has been touring and writing. As a long time listener to Rush, I stopped post at American Thinker (which I seem [...]
This could have been filed under Healthcare - I chose Proper Role of Government instead. Tell me, what is the difference from one organization FROM AN INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM aspect that comes along and says:
"Pretty nice <insert your valued object here> you have here; a pity if something were to [...]As to the events of the last couple of days, I would again refer to my original statement:
Since the time I issued that, I have spoken to the several media that I was able to receive their calls. I have taken an honest and contrite approach [...]
"The road to serfdom."
"Once you accept money from the Godfather, you're in his debt."
"They may also be a paper that leans in the direction of big government, and so they don't see all the negatives associated with feeding at the same trough you're allegedly supposed to be critical of and skeptical' [...]
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'Grok contributor Ann Marie appeared on the most recent Capitol Access TV program to discuss the International Baccalaureate Programme being foisted on hapless students in some government schools.
Great job, Ann Marie!
This is how our friend Jane, a' [...]
Following today's MTNP Radio program, while the webcam was still streaming, I unleashed on a rant against NHDP chair Ray Buckley. Reacting to the fact that today is his birthday, and that a national gay rights group would be on hand to celebrate it--and the role he played in getting [...]
Continuing on from this at the NH level with HodesCare, we have a trained economist trying to eat her words (pre-being an Obama apologist):
According to Phil Klein of the American Spectator, Christina Romer, head of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers, had this to say today about the Senate’s [...]
-President Barack Obama, 1/20/09
Porkulus - that now famous (and [...]
"They are casting their problems at society. And, you know, there's no such thing as society. There are individual men and women and there are families. And no government can do anything except through people, and people must look after themselves first. It is our duty to look after ourselves [...]
Starting Saturday morning at 9 am! As usual, this week's broadcast version of GraniteGrok and Now!Hampshire.com brings an array of items and guests for your consideration-- ALL STARTING AT 9AM! Thanks to the technical wizardry and analytical skills of Skip, if you are beyond the broadcast area' [...]
OK, Hodes's spokesdude, Mark Bergman, has now decided to try to get the the "move" back (from what NHPoliticalReport is saying):
Found
Our friend Terry Stewart attended Carol Sheas Porter's visit to Alton, NH this morning, where she faced some 30 or so residents. Apparently nobody there was all too pleased with the Congresswoman or her fellow politicians' actions down in DC. I asked Terry to' [...]
Dear Emily,
I am writing to you today because it seems that I'm not going to have much luck in calling you today. Why do I say that?
Well, about 15 minutes ago, I called the NH Democrat Party headquarters in Concord, and a gentleman answered the phone; the conversation went mostly' [...]
You have two families: "Joe Legal" and "Jose Illegal". Both families have two parents, two children, and live in California .
Joe Legal works in construction, has a Social Security Number and makes $25.00 per hour with taxes deducted.
Jose Illegal also works in construction, has NO [...]
Voters Want Green… In Their Wallets
As the fallout continues to settle from the 2009 elections, among the more overlooked results was a ballot issue in Boulder County, Colorado that would have extended an existing sales tax to fund the acquisition of additional [...]
Listening to the radio yesterday, I heard a statistic noting that, of the world’s one billion Muslims, an estimated two hundred million of them subscribe to the radical Islamic strain. That’s no small number whether looked at in total, or as a percentage. The reason it’s [...]
I sent this to Jim Pindell (proprietor of NHPoliticalReport when he alerted me to this "We know what is best for you - shut up and like us" presser from the Hodes campaign about Kelly Ayotte's simple statements of "why increase the cost of insurance?" :
Good thing we take our politics seriously here. Local elections, special elections, gearing up for the mid terms, 2010 Federal....what could be missing....hmmmmm....oh, wait - nothing!
UL is reporting that Tim Pawlenty ("TPaw") is inbound:
Concord – Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty will unofficially launch the New Hampshire 2012 presidential campaign when [...]
...but the 'Grok ALWAYS (er, best of our ability, that is) stands by it's motto: "Thank'em when they're right and Spank'em when they're wrong." In this, Kelly Ayotte is doing the right thing. THere is NO way that the Hodes campaign can wiggle out of this one (I am' [...]
There is a new star in the GOP firmament and she is principled, savvy, articulate and beautiful. No, I don’t mean Sarah, though the former Alaska Governor has already demonstrated the ability of a conservative woman to connect with the voters.
The rising star is Michele Bachmann, [...]
Jack Kimball (GG file photo)
From the Jack Kimball for Governor Exploratory camp:
NEW HAMPSHIRE’S OWN GOVERNMENT BAILOUTState agrees to guarantee loan up to $187,500 for failing daily newspaper
PORTSMOUTH, N.H.—The Executive Council recently approved a working capital loan guarantee, which would secure 75 percent of a [...]
The 'Grok loves our vets and those that are still in uniform. THEY are the ones, at the tip of the spear, that protect us. We appreciate their willingness to sacrifice their lives, and the lives of their families, to keep us safe.
It takes a special type of person' [...]
At the end of Monday's press conference featuring State Senator Jeb Bradley and former NH HHS Commissioner John Stephen strongly condemning the effects of the House-passed "Pelosicare" Democrat health care "reform" bill, a spokesman for the NH Democratic Party faced the media. And GraniteGrok...
He was NOT very receptive to [...]
As you can see here, CO2 emissions world wide show a big up-tick - pretty much by "other than" industrialized countries. Given the slope of that rise, given the climate change models we keep hearing about, we should be seeing temps going up as quickly, right?
Problem is, what the models [...]
Time to Jump to Some Conclusions
Thirteen brave soldiers are dead today because the United States Army decided to put the tender sensibilities of radical Muslims above the personal safety of the American people.
An overstatement? Not hardly. And to make matters worse, [...]
State Senator Jeb Bradley, Manchester Mayor Frank Guinta, former HHS Commissioner John Stephen talk health care and the impact Democratic proposals will have on NH.
Earlier today, a key group of New Hampshire's Republican leaders, led by State Senator Jeb Bradley and former Health [...]
We, being political bloggers, go to LOTS of political events - this last Presidential election was almost non-stop. We found at almost every stop, the "Clipboard People" were present - and pretty much all on the Left side of the spectrum.
Now, we're known to turn a good phrase or' [...]
Guest post by Jeff Chidester
As New Hampshire continues to spend itself into bankruptcy, there are those who believe the answer to our financial woes rests in the false promise of gambling.
Gambling is nothing more than gasoline to be thrown on the fire of irresponsible spending; and [...]
Frank Guinta on Shea-Porter's "yes" vote on Pelosicare:
Manchester, NH – “The voters of New Hampshire yelled “stop" at the top of their lungs; but Carol Shea Porter didn't listen. Instead, Carol-Shea Porter has once again proven that she is more' [...]
Now, it seems to be, to my unsophisticated eye, that there are three sources of emissions, the US, the EU, and everyone else. A rough eyeballing of this looks like the US is twice that of the [...]
Er, that would "be needed"! From Radioactive Liberty:
Below are ten new slogans for the Republicans, I’d like to see.
Update: I wrote this before the final vote was taken last night. Politicians claim to want to solve problems - yet this post shows they can't. Engineers solve problems and attempt to do so in the simplest and most elegant way possible - Pelosi/ObamaCare is that that solution. Instead,' [...]
Skip posted the transcript here. Now watch the actual speech as delivered by "the great one" Mark Levin- author of Liberty and Tyranny, a Conservative Manifesto:
United States of America: Born, July 4th, 1776. Died, November 7, 2010. R.I.P.
[...]Updated and bumped: Political Correctness really is:
"Better screwed than rude"
Translation - Political Correctness forces some to treat that that are believed to be nice; the reality is that they are getting ready to hurt or kill you. It is self-deception at a societal level and basically states "we [...]
Ed Morrissey, blogger extraordinaire over at Hot Air (and formerly of Captain's Quarters) has this to say about the extraordinary efforts by Nancy Pelosi to get the US House Democrats to support her PelosiCare:
So either they have to face down their constituents or their Speaker. It says something [...]
During the last segment of the show today, we played the audio (here - second hour, last segment) of Mark Levin addressing the TEA Party crowd assembled in DC; I found the transcript here at Human Events:
Transcript of Mark Levin speech at the House Call on [...]
.Guest Post by Andrew Hemingway Not even 24 hours after the shocking events unfolded at Fort Hood, the BBC in all their journalistic integrity, published an article entitled Shooting raises fears for Muslims in US Army.
Really? There is an increasing fear for Muslims in the Military? [...]
Starting Saturday morning at 9 am! As usual, this week's broadcast version of GraniteGrok and Now!Hampshire.com brings an array of items and guests for your consideration-- ALL STARTING AT 9AM! As always, thanks to the technical wizardry and analytical skills of' [...]
State Representative Dan Itse was the sponsor of HCR6, a resolution affirming States’ rights based on Jeffersonian principles. While ultimately not passed, his proposal gained attention well beyond the Granite State's borders, with other states joining in. Rep. Itse even appeared on the Glenn Beck Show to' [...]
This is not something that we just give lip service to"
- President Obama, speaking at the Native American Conference, 11/5/09, 5pm
Not until about 2:28 into the event does President Obama, the Commander-in-Chief, say anything about the men and women under his command at Ft. Hood, Texas where US Army [...]
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When I most recently inquired as to the status of the so-called “International Baccalaureate Programme” (IB) and its implementation in my home town of Gilford, I was told that it had pretty much been shelved. This was certainly [...]
Jack Kimball (GG file photo)
From the Kimball Gubernatotorial Exploratory Committee:
CONCORD, N.H.—The AP reported a $12 million shortfall for New Hampshire revenues in October. This is further proof that, while national leaders and economists would have us believe the worst is behind us, the reality for [...]
Good news! After all, intolerant people should not deserve anything. From the Bangor Daily News, it seems that the gays are some upset - Mainers, get ready for a hate filled tirage and pogrom against you just as they did in California:
In a defiant speech to several hundred lingering [...]
I think Michelle Malkin sums it up well:
Here is one of the loudest messages of the 2009 off-off-year elections: Conservatives in America will no longer let their opponents define them out of the mainstream. They will not submit to Democrats. Or to the media. Or to Beltway Republican [...]
Jack Kimball, Lynne Blankenbeker, Shannon Shutts work Merrimack District 11 polls on Election Day
All in all, it was a pretty good day for Republicans in yesterday's "off-year" elections. With success in two major governorships nationally, and victories for smaller government candidates and [...]
Guest post by Bill Wilson
Call it a conservative conundrum.
Taxpayers who went to the polls last night are clearly outraged by a year filled with massive financial bailouts; the nationalization of the banking, mortgage, and auto industries; and proposed takeover of the energy and health care industries. [...]
Here is Mike Pence on the newly-released Pelosi healthcare "reform" plan seeking a government-takeover of the industry, courtesy of the Washington News Observer:
"The Pelosi Health Care Bill has emerged, and it's just another version of their government run health insurance plan that's a freight train of bureaucracy and mandates [...]
UPDATE: Just getting home from a long evening meeting (yeah, a political junkie out on an election night - and NOT at a political celebration / sorrow event!
Congratulations to Lynne! Looks like her opponent is going to get a recount but even with that, it is great to see that [...]
Guest Post by Jennifer Horn In the special congressional election in New York's 23rd District, the liberal Republican dropped out last week, leaving the Democrat to face a Conservative Party challenger backed by Sarah Palin and other notable conservatives. It sends a powerful message: Those who believe [...]
This year's insane yearbook policy running amok story (isn't there at least one like it EVERY year, someplace?) first came to my attention via Michael Graham's website. Using a picture of a young soldier wearing the combat uniform cap, and another of a Muslim woman wearing the' [...]
Penance? Say three Allah Akbars and take two in the hat...
Islam is on its march of death on many fronts. A very dangerous front has been recently re-opened at the United Nations (UN) by the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), the largest group of nations within the [...]
Our buddy John Hawkins of RightWingNews.com put out the call for his "2009 poll of your LEAST FAVORITE people on the LEFT" asking for an unranked list of 1-10 people that you LEAST like and respect on the Left. Bloggers were allowed to choose anybody on the Left or generally perceived to [...]
On Tuesday, October 27 the Republican Leadership in the New Hampshire House and Senate sponsored a SUMMIT ON SPENDING in Concord.
There were three excellent presentations from Steve Norton of the New Hampshire Center for Public Policy Studies, Charlie Arlinghaus of the Josiah Bartlett Center for [...]
I thought my Eldest was a demon on two little legs...but yesterday, he had to just go and prove it.
I'm so proud of him - he's proved me right (ears and all)!
Couple more after the jump:
Starting Saturday morning at 9 am!
As usual, this week's broadcast version of GraniteGrok and Now!Hampshire.com brings an array of items and guests for your consideration-- ALL STARTING AT 9AM! As always, thanks to the technical wizardry and analytical skills of Skip,' [...]
She drives the left nuts. George Will wrote about her in a recent column. What makes Michelle Bachmann catch peoples' attention? She's smart. She speaks in plain language. She doesn't engage in doublespeak or pander. THAT is what people want in their politicians...
The Washington News Observer had a [...]
OK, I did do a live blog of the Rochester GOP - I had taken some video with the Flip cam that should be better quality than the UStream (more of a function of my webcam rather than of UStream - I smell a new gadget toy coming soon....).
Anyways, I [...]
If voting for Pelosi’s partisan agenda 97% of the time didn’t convince you that Carol Shea-Porter is Pelosi’s puppet, then today’s news should.
Her partisan loyalty earned her a top spot in the unveiling of the Democrats’ trillion dollar healthcare legislation, a bill [...]
From the NHGOP:
Recall, GraniteGrok chased him up the steps of the LOB back during the end of summer recess...
[...]
In their 1975 album, “Wish You Were Here,” Pink Floyd sang of an all-knowing machine:
“Welcome my son, welcome to the machine. Where have you been? It's alright we know where you've been. You've been in the pipeline, filling in time…”
More recently, [...]
Obama has been targeting Fox News since almost his inauguration - they among the MSM are alone in (yech, I hate this Progressive phrase) "speaking truth to power" in denying them interviews, denigrating them; in short, denying them legitimacy. Then, going to the next step in trying to warn the [...]
...clueless. Why? Clueless Administrations like this one:
An 11-year-old Des Moines girl was at home on suspension Tuesday for bringing a handful of empty shotgun shells to school last week.
Jazmine Martin, a sixth-grader at Brody Middle School, picked up the shells as souvenirs during a family trip to [...]
A reminder of God's handiwork - accomplished by processes so complex that we can't fathom them and yet so simple in presentation, we can only stand agape at the beauty.
Fall is a great time to be in NH. Took this' [...]
I happened to catch Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty on Greta Van Susteren last night and, once again, I couldn't help but find myself groovin' to what he had to say.
On healthcare:
what we know for sure is this. Government-run health care is a bad idea. I hope it gets killed. [...]
Florida Congressman Alan Grayson has made a quick trip from obscurity to practically dominating the news cycle. Of course, his claim to fame is not due what most people would characterize as positive. In fact, as we all know, the [...]
UPDATE: The "speakers" part has ended and they are going into the biz part of the meeting so the live stream has ended.
I thank the Rochester Republicans for allowing me to visit!
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I was invited to the Rochester GOP meeting where they were going to have [...]
The State is awash in red ink. Everywhere you look there are new taxes and fees, while existing taxes and fees have been substantially increased. And to top it all off, the Legislature just held a “tax summit” to talk about how to take even more of our money. Yet [...]
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