June 2013 - Granite Grok

June 2013

NH Top Cops Outraged at Bloomberg Bus Naming Would-Be Cop Killers as “Victims”

From the deck of the Manchester paper, top NH Police Chiefs are outraged at the Bloomberg Name that Criminal create more victims bus tour.  My description, their outrage. Chief Michael Sielicki, president of the New Hampshire Association of Chiefs of Police and Sheriff Scott Hilliard, president of the New Hampshire Sheriff’s Association, called it “deeply …

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About Sarah Palin’s Third Party musings…

…this just in from a member of the NH state House of Representatives (who shall remain unnamed, thankyouverymuch); s/he responded to my posting about third party musings by Palin (see the post below): Tim, I agree with you. I am a conservative more than a Republican. However…

Palin and the possibility of a Third Party….

I’m a Republican through-and-thr0ugh, so I don’t endorse the idea. In fact, it could ensure endless Democrat electoral victories…but I’m wondering what everyone else thinks. At 3:55 in the video below Sarah Palin reflects on what might happen if the Republican  Party “continues to ignore conservatives”; what do you think?

When Liberals Talk About Guns: No Experience Necessary

Barry Snell, while at Iowa State Daily (College paper), wrote a lengthy article back on May 3rd, about guns and the gun debate.  Over on his blog he has the tag line, “Former college newspaper columnist. Accidental Second Amendment advocate. Almost Internet famous.” Almost? Not only does he do an excellent job of covering the …

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“Who” Read Tamerlan Tzarnaev’s Name?

“No psychologist should pretend to understand what he does not understand… Only fools and charlatans know everything and understand nothing.”   —Anton Chekhov People keep asking, “Who read Tamerlan Tzarnaev’s name when ‘No More Names’ came to Concord?”   ANSWER: A duly elected member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives. Several anti-gun State Representatives stepped …

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When Exaggeration Hurts Us

“Exaggeration is truth that has lost its temper.”   —Khalil Gibran On May 27, 1999 a month after the Columbine Massacre, Father of student Rachel Joy Scott, lost to the Columbine Massacre,  Daryl Scott presented this statement to the House Judiciary Committees’ sub-committee on crime.  This statement is over fourteen years old. Remarkably though,  so …

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GrokTALK! Rewind Weekend – June 29th 2013

This week on GrokTALK! we took the week off.  So here are four guest segments form previous programs that are well worth listening to again. Greg Moore, the state director for AFP-NH talks about Medicaid and the New Hampshire budget, the failure of Medicaid in general, UNH sabbaticals, Lobbying,  funding, conferences, and more. Bill O’Brien, …

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