1 April 2012 - Granite Grok

April 1, 2012

Money Perspective from Lucianne

Lucianne.com is just about my favorite for news aggregators and most days they have a political cartoon that just fits the bill.  Given that my hopes were crushed when MY numbers weren’t the winning ones in this week’s Mega-Million, this put things into context.  WE ordinary people look at that $640 million won (out of …

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GrokTV Special Interview: Pam Tucker-RNC Committeewoman Candidate. Question 9 – Will the NH GOP defend Grassroots Ideals?

OK, getting near the end of the questions.  This one was dear to me, coming out of the Conservative grassroots here in NH where many believe that the “Established” (sometimes called “The Five Families” right now) have some lip service but little regard for what “the little people” believe and work for in the trenches.  …

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An Airsoft Gun-Free Zone?

“Don’t carry a gun. It’s nice to have them close by, but don’t carry them. You might get arrested.” —John Gotti An Airsoft gun can be dangerous. Dangerous because if one gets hit in the eye with one of those plastic BB’s, an eye could be lost. Like the old saying goes, “It’s all fun and …

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Healthcare Insurance as a function of Pizza toppings?

NH has 46 mandates that State Government has decided that we citizens just cannot do without when we purchase health insurance.  Once again, I see that Democrats believe that I do not have the wherewithal to rationally decide how to purchase healthcare insurance on my own. And don’t worry, I haven’t forgotten about NH Republican …

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Earth Hour – I kept my promise!

I was the opposite of North Korea (thanks, Steve; I had forgotten about using that image!) – EVERY.LIGHT.IN.THE.HOUSE.WAS.ON!  I even bought TMEW a new DVD player – it streams movies much better than the old one – just another indication of what modern life can do for a better standard of living! Now that it …

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Data Point – Newspaper version of “Schumpeterian creative destruction”

“What goes up must come down” when an irresistible disruptive force invades your previously safe marketplace. 1950 – $20 billion in ad revenue 2000 – $63 billion in ad revenue 2011 – $20 billion in ad revenue Thoughts – it’s not just the Internet that has caused the disruption – many folks are missing the …

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EMail Doodlings – Changing the large minority Obamacare supporters to a much lesser minority one.

The question: Do you guys have any idea how we could potentially get more public support against Obamacare and toward a more free-market system so we can pass HB 1297 into law and stop this Democratic rhetoric from invading the hearts and minds of our citizens? I think we can truly improve the cost and …

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