13 May 2013 - Granite Grok

May 13, 2013

Obama Justice Department Grabs Phone Records for….The Associated Press?

Heck of week for the most transparent administration in history; Benghazi cover up, IRS targeting political opponents, and now this… WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news cooperative’s top executive called a “massive and unprecedented intrusion” into …

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Blogline of the Day: Sir Winston Churchill on the Obama IRS Scandal?

As Steven Hayward of Powerline points out, this speech by the British Prime Minister during WWII given while campaigning to retain that position after the war’s end, points out that a Socialist Government brooks no dissent. Yes, the title of this post is a wee bit over the top (after all, Churchill is no longer …

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Guest Post by Cornerstone Executive Ashley Pratte: Statement on Gosnell Trial Verdict

Statement on Gosnell Trial Verdict (Manchester, NH) Today the jury in the Dr. Kermit Gosnell trial, found Dr. Gosnell guilty of murder in the first degree. Ashley Pratte, Executive Director of Cornerstone, released the following statement: “The unimaginable horrors that came to light during this trial was shocking and appalling. This trial serves as a …

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Notable Quote – Prof. Dan Boudreaux

for the “Progressive,” to insist on spending your own money, and only your own money, is considered to be greedy and shallow, but to insist on spending other people’s money is considered to be selfless and enlightened. Truly strange. – Prof. Dan Boudreaux

Whatever Happened to HB 330?

A reader wrote me and said 1) the only info he could find on HB 330 was my post from February and 2) whatever happened with the bill? HB 330 was (at that time) the latest effort from New Hampshire Democrats at a backdoor broad-based income tax.  Democrat Reps Burridge and Robertson, of Cheshire County, proposed …

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Benghazi and the depravity of our leadership

I blogged recently about the Benghazi disaster, about Mark Steyn’s column, and what was said about the column at Cold Fury. I want to re-emphasize it now: We have elected these people to positions of national leadership. Obama twice. Here’s Steyn, from his column, “The Benghazi Lie”:

URGENT! HELP STOP COMMON CORE

From Doris Hohensee c/o Facebook URGENT! HELP STOP COMMON CORE Manchester Board of Education meets at 7pm this evening (Monday, May 13th) at City Hall.  NH DoE Chief of State and Director of Instruction, Heather Gage, will be making an emergency presentation to the school board on Common Core. Remember how it was inappropriate for …

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The Return of The Bride of The Son of SB 11 [Date of vote confirmed]

New Hampshire Senate Bill 11 will get a formal vote in the House this week, according to a post at CNHT.org.   The post states the full vote is May 22, but was sent to me with an update: the vote will be held this Wednesday, May 15th. (Note: We received confirmation.  The vote is Wednesday …

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