13 November 2012 - Granite Grok

November 13, 2012

We let Democrats define the terms of our defeat

When Democrats set the terms of the 2012 campaign for state and federal offices, Republican leaders blew their horns about jobs and the economy and counted on their position of strength and the glaring weaknesses in their enemy’s lines to secure victory. Republicans lost because they forgot to tell the troops about the Democratic weaknesses. …

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Winter is Coming

Anyone who is a fan of  Game of Thrones will see the myriad meanings in that title, to both the story and to real life. As for the thing itself, if you have not yet seen the HBO version of Game of  Thrones I highly recommend it.  The entire first season is available on DVD, …

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Secession – It’s the Latest Fad

Since election day (private citizens from) 20 states have started petitions to secede from the United States.  I guess elections do have consequences. What began as a pair of parallel stunts appears to have gathered steam. Other than Louisiana and Texas, states with secession-related petitions pending on the White House website now include Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, …

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Guest post – Merrimack school district – salary portion of the budget

It can be fun when you see what you might have thought was a passing comment turn into a real outcome.  Gary Krupp writes: Ever since we spoke at the Defending the American Dream Summit down in D.C. [sponsord by American for Prosperity  -Skip] and you mentioned that InfoGraphics were all the rage, I had …

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Give a man a fish…

…and you feed him for a day.  Teach him how to fish and he feeds himself forever. Here’s a bit of a reality check for the expanded ObamaUSA welfareland that wants everyone to be equal in income and that you, Mr. / Mrs. / Ms Obama Voter decided to have over the alternative.  Enjoy that …

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“Less take-home pay” – Well, THAT didn’t take long now, did it?

“Less take-home pay”; Tim listed another things that the Democrats now “own” based on their election results.  Here in NH, Maggie “The Red” Hassan (the NH Governor-elect) is about to be sorely tempted to immediately sign a bill to institute a broad-based income tax.  NH Families for Education (“dedicated to advocating family involvement in education”) …

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