12 February 2013 - Granite Grok

February 12, 2013

Shawn Millerick: kettle, black

You know, I ALMOST forgot about this line: ——– Original Message ——– Subject:     Kuster?? Date:     Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:39:47 -0500 From:     Shawn Millerick <shawn.millerick@gmail.com> To:     skip@granitegrok.com <skip@granitegrok.com> How is it the biggest opportunity to bash a Democrat/Liberal comes along and you guys have stories about snow storms on your site? …

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Hey! Dufus! Why the Hell Aren’t You Covering “This!?”

Shawn Millerick, the head of the political fiction section at NH Journal, wanted to know why we at GraniteGrok were not covering the real world story about Ann McKluster Kuster not paying her property taxes.  The appropriate response was to provide a link to the story I actually wrote on February 5th about how Ann …

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When does a President become a dictator?

This from today’s Washington Post: President Obama is considering a series of new executive actions aimed at working around a recalcitrant Congress….One of the first orders is expected this week….The moves underscore Obama’s increasingly aggressive use of executive authority….. Query: Does the U.S. Constitution provide for a President to bypass “a recalcitrant Congress” when it …

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Gun Control is about Obama’s Political Agenda, not Saving Lives

President Obama says, “If it only saves one life….” Then he promotes gun restrictions that will kill more law abiding Americans than they save. If it were really his goal, President Obama could do many things that actually save lives. Closing the border and removing the incentives for people to come or stay here illegally …

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Here we go again – immigration time

“Neither side trusts the other. In the case of immigration the sides are not really the Republicans and the Democrats, but rather our pro-amnesty, post-American elites, on the one hand, and the public, on the other. The public doesn’t believe the elites accept Israel’s right to exist America’s right to enforce its sovereignty, and the …

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Biden: “if it only saves one life!” Firearm used to defend against three robbers

Progressives actively wish to disarm the populace – some, like Diane Feinstein and NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo (where this takes place) would happily come in and remove firearms from any owners home – it is ONLY the peskiness of that hated US Constitution to get in our way of Getting Something Done!  That would be …

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Where Shawn Millerick beclowns himself – again.

It is clear that the Editor of NH Journal doesn’t like this bastion of Conservative / Libertarian news and commentary, given that his veins run blue with Establishment Old Guard and all.  After all, we’re just a bunch of ordinary schlubs here at GraniteGrok, bitter clingers to our guns, Bibles, and Conservative / Libertarian viewpoints …

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The Spiral Begins – Competitive Devaluation, AKA Currency Wars

Updated and bumped: Less than 24 hours after we brought you this warning, we read that The world’s biggest banks are begging the leaders of the G20 nations to avoid a currency war. From The Blaze: The world’s biggest banks on Monday begged the Group of 20 economic powers to work together to avoid a …

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