10 February 2011 - Granite Grok

February 10, 2011

Can You Smell The Campaign Fires?

After two years of extravagance on the taxpayer dime. Week after week of high priced parties with expensive food and high priced entertainment. Date nights that shut down cities. Frivolous trips (in his and her jetliners complete with entourage) to various parts of the globe. Vacation, after vacation, after vacation. And despite the glamor of a designer wardrobe, pimped by the adoring media for the past 24 months, we are now supposed to be impressed by this?

Yes, More US Energy Use Equals More Output

This is not a theorem, or a rule, it is more of a guideline. That US Energy consumption produces equals output. I made this case back in 2008 when wackadoodles like Jeanne Shaheen, Paul Hodes and Carol Shea-Porter (among others milking the teats of the earth-mother for green votes) complained about how America used 25% of the worlds energy–or something close to it, and we were evil for using all that energy. The narrative was that we were domestic abuses of a child named “resources.”

The GOP: In Washington is it the “Stupid Party” or the “Con-man’s Party”?

I mean, what is WRONG with these people? Led by political-hacks in Washington, DC, the Republican Party is looking just as bad as ever. For instance, last year BEFORE the election (surprise, surprise) the DC Republicans came out with a "Pledge to America." It had lots of pretty color pictures, and in it they made promises. Lots of promises, …

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The New Hampshire House RINO Caucus

How a representative votes can tell you a lot about their priorities. These folks, who happen to run around with an (R) next to their name, think that state-crushing federal mandates like Obamacare should not be resisted by every means possible.