22 April 2010 - Granite Grok

April 22, 2010

2nd Amendment: Don’t mess with a Helicopter Pilot

  Retired Marine and former Pan Am/Delta Pilot John Lovell is top gun at Subway sandwich shop Plantation, Florida: Last week police were called to investigate an attempted armed robbery: The 71-year-old retired Marine who opened fire on two robbers at a Plantation, Florida, Subway shop late Wednesday, killing one and critically wounding the other, …

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No Gambling

In the smoldering ruin of SB 489–this years gambling bill, even after a massive campaign by Millennium gaming and its big-money FixItNow NH campaign quarter-backed by their Public relations goo-roo Richard Killion, (whom I suspect is this guy), we get comments like this, from this morning’s Union Leader. “What’s clear is that today’s vote runs …

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So now you know what the Tea Party crowd is thinking in the way of declared candidates.

The NH TEA Party Coalition conducted a "straw poll" last week on the candidates that have so far declared themselves.  Here’s the writeup from the NH TEA Party Coalition (with a bit of formatting by moi): Here are your Coalition of NH Taxpayers Tea Party Straw Poll results with an explanation of how the straw …

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The results of Dependency, or a preview of the Politicization of and by Obamacare

Filing under the Proper Role of Government:  In yesterday’s Laconia Daily Sun was this Letter.  In some ways, it is laughable, in some ways dismal, but totally relevant as it shows a mindset that I find, well, rather week.  To put it into context, the Letter is from prominent Democrats (Morrison being a former NH …

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Maybe a caveman WILL do it….

Actions have consequences, and this certainly has – from NRO: D. C. Douglas, the voice-over guy for all those GEICO commercials — no, not the Cockney lizard, the "15 minutes could save you 15 percent or more" guy — has been fired after it came out that he left an harassing voicemail message with the …

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Now the Mexicans are upset with us again

Has anyone told Mexico, lately, that we have the civil right to create and enforce our own laws? MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government criticized Wednesday a tough immigration law approved this week by Arizona legislators, saying it could result in rights violations and racial profiling and affect cross-border relations. Mexico’s Foreign Relations Department …

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