9 February 2007 - Granite Grok

February 9, 2007

Meanwhile, back at the new world war… “10 slaps in the face”

Regular readers know that I’ve long maintained that the new world war in which we are engaged began in November, 1979 with the taking of the American embassy in Tehran. Since that time, much like the Cold War, we have not fought the enemy in an overt fashion, but instead parlay through a series of proxy …

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AAAARRRRGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!

I am declaring GraniteGrok an Anna Nichole Smith- free zone! No Fox News for me for a while…

KUDOS TO THE NEW HAMPSHIRE SENATE

for voting to eliminate straight ticket voting.  You can read about the vote here.  I have advocated eliminating straight ticket voting for some time.  If you’re interested in why, click on "continue reading" and you will find something I wrote on the subject about a year ago.  And thanks to Skip and Doug for letting …

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Too much work, not enough of the important stuff

Living in central NH, I can attest small town politics is alive & well. This week featured the "deliberative session" portions of our annual town & school district meetings (visit our local blog, GilfordGrok). Both were fairly late events that Skip and I attended. That, combined with general work obligations have caused posting to be somewhat lighter …

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