29 September 2012 - Granite Grok

September 29, 2012

Notable Quote: Adam Smith

It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their own interest.  We address ourselves, not to their humanity, but to their self love, and never talk to them of our own necessities, but of their advantages.  Nobody but a beggar chooses to …

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“Hello There, Voter!”

This is really funny. Michele and I went to a great movie yesterday afternoon with Bruce Willis in it (Looper). When we came out, I found a little…sticker on my van’s driver-side window. You know, one of those little Post-It notes you use in the office? Here it is….

As the people of California destroy their state…

…could there be a place for their escaping businesses in New Hampshire? Read an interesting book review of “Crazifornia: Tales from the Tarnished State — How California is Destroying itself, and Why it Matters.” (As is often the case, the commentary following the article is even more enlightening than the review itself.) (h/t to Instapundit.)

How to start a Fight – Part 3

My wife was hinting about what she wanted for our upcoming anniversary. She said, “I want something shiny that goes from 0 to 150 in about 3 seconds.” I bought her a bathroom scale. And then the fight started……

Cardinal Dolan Teaches “The Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God” to the Democrats

After the Democrats had dug themselves a hole, by first deciding to hold an Islamic Jumah at the DNC, and piling on by Obama refusing to have Cardinal Dolan say a prayer at the event before relenting, and then the shameful exclusion of references to God and Jerusalem from the Party Platform, and even more …

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