16 March 2013 - Granite Grok

March 16, 2013

Should all information be freely available?

Even computer files that can be used to “print” guns with the emerging technology of 3D printing? A team of young libertarians led by University of Texas law student Cody Wilson says yes. “South-by-Southwest” (aka “SxSW”) is a conference and festival in Texas that “offers the unique convergence of original music, independent films, and emerging technologies.” …

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So, which do YOU think is the correct philosophy?

US President Ronald Reagan (R-CA): “Government exists to protect us from each other.  Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves?“ NH State Rep. Kris Roberts (D-Keene):  “Government has to protect us from our own stupidity.” One takes the attitude that Citizens are stupid and must be herded …

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Belknap County Republican Committee (3/13/13) – Vesta Roy, Belknap County Budget

Well, these should have gone with the “intro” post, but that’s OK – blogging means never having to recycle pixels if you don’t want to.  The Vesta Roy is a training program for Republican women and given that the Belknap County Convention just finished setting up its budget (along with cry baby Commissioners), NH State …

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Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter (Progressive-NH) blows off constituent concerns; deja vu all over again?

Heck, I’m still waiting for her to fulfill her promise that she made to me during her first time in Congress – so why am I not surprised?  After all, back in 2008 she told a Republican woman, a member of one of NH’s “main Republican families”, to her face that “You are not my …

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GrokTV: NHListens / Granite State Future – MicroInterview with Tim Carter

This past Thursday, the Granite State Future project (the project that the Federal Departments of HUD, EPA, and DOT are using locally to Federalize  the local zoning codes here in NH via their “Sustainable Communities Initiative”).  The “purpose” is ostensibly to “listen” to the public and get their input as to what the future of …

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Notable Quote – Bobby Jindal

If our vision is to better manage the disaster that is the federal government, you can count me out. I won’t sign up for that. (I don’t want to) slow-manage the decline of America. That’s why we have Democrats. – Bobby Jindal, Governor of Louisiana (R) at CPAC