18 December 2012 - Granite Grok

December 18, 2012

Univ RI Professor Erik Loonis- Oops, Sorry, He Spells it Loomis

There is so much hate and vulgarity spewing from the Twitter account of University or Rhode Island professor Erik Loomis that I am reluctant to post any of it here.  But I have no objection to you going here to see for yourself. Let me just prepare you.  University professor.  Anti second amendment.  Newtown.  Hate.  …

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Notable quote:

“Nothing appeals to intellectuals more than the feeling that they represent ‘the people.’ Nothing, as a rule, is further from the truth.”  —Author and historian Paul Johnson. Just a thought.

A Conservative Solution to The Public School Lunch Circular Firing Squad

Federal mandates made school lunches cost more and forced foods into them most kids don’t care for so the Derry School District Lunch program is pondering why overall receipts are down. “The food service numbers are significantly less on student sales,” Simard said. She said the food services department is still working to determine the …

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The Ten-Piece McNugent

I often have passing thoughts for which there is no suitable blog in which to fit them.  This is one of those. Introducing the Ten Piece McNugent. Made from the freshest venison, elk, caribou, mountain lion, wild turkey, or any number of other beasts.  There’s really no way to know.  The only guarantee we can …

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Notable Quote – George Will: observation and advice to Progressives

Many liberals who, with solemn self-congratulation, call themselves “pro-choice” become testy when the right to choose is not confined to choosing to kill unborn babies. They say the right to choose is not progressive when it enables parents to choose their children’s schools or permits workers to choose not to fund unions’ political advocacy. Democrats …

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Notable Quote – – Daniel Webster

“There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters.”  – Daniel Webster   “but they mean to be masters” – They be called “Progressives”