26 February 2012 - Granite Grok

February 26, 2012

GrokTV Event: Ovide Lamontagne House Event Q&A-Q5: How to make healthcare costs more consumer friendly?

It seemed that healthcare was on the mind of the voters that gathered at the home of NH State Senator Jeanne Forrester who hosted an event for Ovide Lamontagne ( who is running to be the NH GOP nominee to be the next NH Governor).  This one, for a change, from ‘Grok friend Henry, asked …

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GrokTV Special Interview: Cliff Hurst running for NH GOP Vice-Chair (Question 6)

Questions?  We have questions?  The only thing of which we have a higher quantity of than questions is opinions (go ahead, try us – I dare you!).  So, in talking with Cliff Hurst, I had a few more questions for him than I normally do ask in these kinds of “micro-interviews” (which, with this question, …

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Yeah, and if I could turn sand into oil, I could replace up to 100% of our needs…..Oh Wait!

Obama (emphasis mine): “We’re making new investments in the development of gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel that’s actually made from a plant-like substance, algae — you’ve got a bunch of algae out here,” Obama said at the University of Miami [yesterday]. “If we can figure out how to make energy out of that, we’ll be …

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Favorite pastime in New Hampshire? VOTE FRAUD!

This from former state representative and former Dover City Council member Dave Scott, a Harvard MBA and bilingual former CEO of a multi-national corporation: I am certain we have illegal registration in towns near the University of New Hampshire in Durham.  We identified over 100 that voted improperly in Dover three years ago. We sent …

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Introduction to the Constitution (Updated Video Link)

As a followup to Skip’s post on the Hillsdale College Constitution 101 class, I wanted to make you aware of some excellent video-lectures called an “Introduction to the Constitution,”  that you may want to watch before you proceed to ‘Constitution 101.’   You’ll have access to these if you register for the free Constitution 101 …

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On the Road Again: Stacy McCain Follows the Campaign Trail to Super Tuesday

Grok friend, Robert Stacy (The Other) McCain, a devotee of the Hunter S Thompson school of Gonzo Journalism, is on the road again in pursuit of news and unusual angles along the primary trail to Super Tuesday. (Thanks to Bob Belvedere at Camp of the Saints for the picture.) True to the Gonzo style, Stacy …

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There Is No Recovery

Time to put another nail in the Obama recovery coffin.  The recovery that started when the recession “ended” in June of 2009.  The recovery that is not growing jobs faster than the rate of population growth. But that is hardly the worst of the Democrat’s problems.  The bigger problem is that they are selling trillion …

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