January 2012 - Granite Grok

January 2012

Running for Selectman And Saying What One Means

“An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town-meeting or a vestry”  —Thomas Jefferson Letters to the Editor, no matter what newspaper features them, are always fodder for intrigue, strange ironies and unintended humor. Other times, …

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Rightwingnews: Pre-Florida Conservative blogger Presidential Poll

John Hawkins over at RightWingNews does a lot of polling of Conservative blogsites and the ‘Grok as picked to participate in his latest one.  One day ahead of the Florida Presidential Primary, he wanted to know where over 250 bloggers stood on the remaining candidates: Right Wing News polled more than 250 right-of-center bloggers on …

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Letter to the Editor – Professor Leo Sandy is wrong on all counts

His two Letter are after the jump – here is my Letter discussing his “points”: Leo Sandy may be “amused by writers who chide me for violating bad laws” but I’m reduced to guffaws at his latest letters attempts to not only re-write history but also declare what are enforceable laws and facts. For an …

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RLCNH Report: Action needed on pension reform

RLCNH Report for the week is available. Lots going on—continuing Obamacare fight, stopping location tracking without consent, requiring police accountability, decriminalization of small amounts of marijuana—but the most important bill this week is pension reform. ACTION ALERT! Fix New Hampshire’s Pension System SB 229 is the pension reform bill that we’ve all been waiting for, because after …

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HB 1440 – Making Drivers Ed Affordable Act?

In New Hampshire, Parents are not recognized, by themselves, as adequate driving instructors for children under age 18.  State law requires new instruction through a certified drivers Ed course.  As is the case in any such arrangement, the price for this instruction is not cheap, not even through the public school system.  While I would …

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Quick thought on a line from Obama’s political hack, David Axelrod

On Meet The Press, David Axelrod had this to say about Romney and Bain Capital: His philosophy suggests that his emphasis is on creating profit for himself and his partners and his investors and not creating jobs. Er, that would be right.  Socialists believe that the primary role of companies is to supply jobs.  Progressives …

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Notable Quote – Spike Lee

On being called the next Dr. Bill Cosby (noted black entertainer who berates the black community on it culture and on education issues): “I am from the pre-crack generation. When I was growing up, we never, ever, never ridiculed someone because they were a good student,” he said. “Your generation, they now equate intelligence with …

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