24 April 2010 - Granite Grok

Guess Carol Shea-Porter, Paul Hodes, and Jeanne Shaheen ain’t groovin’ to this music

by Skip / 24 April 2010 26 September 2018

Nope (from RedState): National Health Care Spending to Increase by $311 Billion, Says New Report Those vulnerable Democrats whose votes for health care reform were predicated on the conceit that it would not add to the nation’s bloated deficit have today found themselves in a precarious position, as a new report by federal regulators indicated …

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A bit more on that new Arizona immigration law

by Skip / 24 April 2010 26 September 2018

Tom has a nice post here on the newest law on the books in Arizona. Here’s a bit more information about it: This is how the Associated Press summarizes the Arizona statute: Makes it a crime under state law to be in the country illegally by specifically requiring immigrants to have proof of their immigration …

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Democrat Future – one place ain’t lookin’ too hot…

by Skip / 24 April 2010 26 September 2018

Yeah, this should not give ANY Democrat in the nation the warm and fuzzies….this is not happy news: You Think You Had a Bad Quarter? You know who had a rough fund-raising quarter? The Democratic committee in Burlington County, New Jersey: “The Burlington County Democratic Committee is deep in debt and raised no money during …

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Right – a law to help enforce a law about entering our country illegally is – illegal???

by Skip / 24 April 2010 26 September 2018

Guest post by Tom Flaherty I’m sure we all get it. Every once in a while, you see or hear Obama making a statement and it gives you heartburn; you can feel your blood pressure and your body temperature rise. It happened to me today, in the car, as I heard him remark on the Arizona …

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OK, can you all get your story straight? I’m getting whiplash…

by Skip / 24 April 2010 26 September 2018

Engineers have a great definition for the word "interesting" – intellectually stimulating but boy, it’s gonna! Sure, a chance to get the creative juices flowing, but there will be hours / days / months lost and a lot of heartache in getting something new operational under tense conditions. Politics? Seems to be a far different …

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Notable Quote – Skip Murphy

by Skip / 24 April 2010 26 September 2018

On the notion that it is Experience that teaches us caution" No, it is not simply Experience that teaches caution; rather it is Wisdom that should come with age that does so. That said, Wisdom is often attainable without having lived a long life as well as with one. Experience is a tempering edge to …

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More on Romneycare vs Obamacare

by Skip / 24 April 2010 26 September 2018

Smart as a whip, successful in business far beyond the reach of all but a tiny handful of folks, Mitt Romney has a track record of turning around stuff that has gone bad in a very bad way. And becoming a Republican Governor in my home state of Massachusetts is not always an easy task, …

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