6 March 2008 - Granite Grok

March 6, 2008

No, not even a partial success – for the taxpayers, anyways

Tuesday night, Doug and I went to the Belknap County Public Hearing on the proposed budget.  To say that I was not amused is putting it lightly with respect to the actual outcome. Why?  Essentially (and without getting mired in NH minutia), the County Commissioners had set their budget and then the County Convention (the …

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No, not all cultures are equal

Everywhere I go, I see and here "Celebrate Diversity" and "we must respect other cultures".  Too often, the latter is often judged to be more along the lines of "other cultures are better than ours" and that our Western culture is at fault at every intersection. Horse-puckey! I’m tired of these politically correct platitudes.  As …

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Sen Judd Gregg Blogger Call- Discussing the Budget. Part One

[Note: This is the first of a 2 part posting on the call. The detail and amount of material, while seemingly mundane budgetary matters, has ramifications of great consequence for all of us. More people need to become aware of the alarm bells being sounded by Senator Gregg.] This week I had the opportunity to participate in a …

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