9 December 2012 - Granite Grok

December 9, 2012

Blogline of the Day – just because you are elected

“being democratically elected doesn’t mean everything you do thereafter is by definition democratic“ My mind immediately filled in the next line that could have been there: “Being elected as a Republican doesn’t mean everything you do thereafter is by definition, Republican in philosophy” (H/T: Twitter via Instapundit)

Government or Private: Really, which is “investment” and which is just spending?

Remember, there is a reason why the Left is redefining the language that Government no longer “spends” but “invests”.  They hate the idea that investments in the private sector can do far better than Government spending, so they (as in many other areas) try to equate the two so as to totally blur any difference …

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GrokTV – Panel Discussion: Making your vote count – Q&A Part 2

Continuing on with the Q & A session from yesterday’s Panel Discussion: Request to GraniteGrok: can you do some video lessons on how to do”voting stuff”? Frustration with the NH GOP Losing the vote due to the culture in the Government schools A shoutout to GovernmentOversite.com which is doing yeoman’s work on covering the Federal …

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GrokTV – Panel Discussion: Making your vote count – Q&A Part 1

I have chopped up the videos of the Question and Answer period into different posts (as there were a number of topics on which there were questions).  Please note that sometimes the video title “might” not be quite accurate in that often, as these things go, the discussion of the original question quickly morphs to …

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GrokTV – Panel Discussion: Making your vote count – The Panelists

As stated in the last post, four panelists spoke as Diane Bitter, Rye Republican Chair moderated.  Again, the panelists: Jack Thorsen (Portmouth City Coucilor andNH GOP  area vice-chair) – The 11/6/12 General Election – results of the voting process and how the counting is handled NH State Rep. Regina Birdsell – Voting Laws, who is …

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GrokTV – Panel Discussion: The Election Process in N.H. – making your vote count

The Rye Republicans held their second set of discussions concerning the Nov 6th vote and invited to be on that panel addressing a packed room of Rye area Republicans were the following and the topics they were asked to cover: Jack Thorsen (Portmouth City Coucilor andNH GOP  area vice-chair) – The 11/6/12 General Election – …

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