21 January 2011 - Granite Grok

January 21, 2011

Nottingham GOP Co-chairs – Jack Kimball for NH GOP Chair

Nottingham Republican Committee Co-Chairs Endorse Jack Kimball for NH GOP Chair. We, Mary Bonser and Brian Stucker, co-chairs of the Nottingham Republican Committee, would like to add our support and endorsement to Jack Kimball as the next New Hampshire GOP Chair. We got to know Jack during the 2010 NH Gubernatorial Campaign and were very …

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Gordon Humphrey endorses Jack Kimball for NH GOP Chair

Republicans won a landslide victory in November, because our message was conservative and it was clear:  we believe in freedom from excessive government and freedom from excessive taxes; we believe freedom best promotes widespread prosperity. If we are to deliver on our promises, we must now insistently stick to our principles.  We must insist those …

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“Bad form, Facebook”

Well, an update to the Facebook ad caper that I blogged about here and that John Distaso picked up.  I have received but a small amount of satisfaction: Hi Skip, The ads in question that were using your photo and name without permission have been removed from our system. Political calculus – one day before …

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No Trespassing Sign “Authorized Replacement”

As I understand it, Ward Bird had posted his property and made it clear that trespassing was frowned upon. After confronting a trespasser who would not stop trespassing, he brandishing his legally owned and obtained hand gun, and was arrested and sentenced to jail for it. This was handled badly, he never should have been imprisoned, and while he has been granted a parole hearing to perhaps resolve the matter of the balance of his sentence it should not have come to this.

Is This The Worst Bagel Ever?

Making things taste like crap on purpose in not something the free market traditionally rewards unless it is popular-trendy “tastes like crap,” in which case all the finest people are buying it which encourages lesser mortals seeking aimlessly for some kind of identity to follow suit in the hope that they will become “better people” by association.

Jack Kimball for NH GOP Chair – an endorsement

A guest-endorsement from Ted Maravelias, of Windham, NH.  Ted is a Conservative Activist, and has been a significant contributor to New Hampshire grassroots political action in recent years. *** Dear Fellow Committee Member, Recently, you may have received an email from Jim MacEachern citing his concerns aboutJack Kimball and a recent newspaper article concerning his candidacy …

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friday Humor – Senior texting

Sure, we’ve all been there.  As teens, we had our slang that our parent had clue zero about.  We laughed. Then we had kids.  We heard them laughing at us, especially as they verbalized their slang, and the the texting shortcuts became the slang. So, we fight back – why CAN’T we make them go …

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Greg Carson For Republican Secretary

Greg Carson has a very impressive resume, one which makes him more than qualified to serve as the Republican Party Secretary. He has already served several years as the assistant secretary, the job I endorsed Pam Manney for yesterday.