13 November 2009 - Granite Grok

November 13, 2009

MTNP Radio. It’s our DUTY as citizens to stay informed…

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 of Newstalk 1490 WEMJ, simply click here for instructions on …

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Great – this continues to bolster my confidence in the Obama Administration

The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works — whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified." -President Barack Obama, 1/20/09 Porkulus – that now famous (and utterly unprovable) phrase "jobs created …

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Notable Quote: Margaret Thatcher

"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 and then, also, to look …

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I really wish that Hodes and the NH Dem Party could make up their minds…if they had one to share….

OK, Hodes’s spokesdude, Mark Bergman, has now decided to try to get the the "move" back (from what NHPoliticalReport is saying): "Kelly Ayotte’s plan will help insurance companies continue to deny care to New Hampshire families while eliminating New Hampshire protections that require insurance companies to cover breast cancer treatment, prenatal care, and diabetes coverage. …

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Shea Porter in Alton

  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 write a quick take on the event…  I had a …

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Friday Humor. Well, not really…

  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 Social Security Number, and gets paid $15.00 …

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As goes Colorado, so goes the country?

  Voters Want Green… In Their WalletsGuest Post By Howard Rich 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 "open space." Obviously, this regional issue didn’t …

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