23 November 2008 - Granite Grok

November 23, 2008

Grok ‘n Roll Sunday: “All we need is just a little patience”

This song by the original Guns ‘n Roses lineup called it right, for sure, because it’s what their fans have needed: a …little patience, mm yeah, ooh yeah, Need a little patience, yeahJust a little patience, yeahSome more pati… (ence, yeah)I’ve been walking these streets at night Just trying to get it right (Need some patience, …

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What is a Conservative?

Conservatives are portrayed as a lot of things nowadays – right now, as losers, dispirited, and irrelevant.  Their opponents decry that they only have the same old rhetoric that dates from the Reagan era and is no longer applicable. And sometimes, we fall for it.  But that is not what Conservatism is.  Rather, it is …

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A principled stand against political correctness indoctrination

It is now common that political correctness has become a scourge upon the land.  We are not to say certain things because of it; we are only to think "correct" thoughts because of inanity of it.  I see it in the local papers when somebody (usually saying something "conservative") writes something that "insults" the intelligence …

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Another state decides that health insurance is too cheap

Once again we see a small class of people have persuaded politicians that their situation is so grave that their misery should be paid for by other people.  Illinois is once again proving that economic literacy is rather rare with politicians, ignoring the fact that by distorting the healthcare marketplace (and adding to the 1,600 …

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