14 June 2013 - Granite Grok

June 14, 2013

Cost of Scandals: US To Supply Arms To Rebels, Do You Trust That Move?

U.S. will supply arms to Syrian rebels. CBS reports: The Obama administration has concluded that Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government used chemical weapons against the rebels seeking to overthrow him and, in a major policy shift, President Obama has decided to supply military support to the rebels, the White House announced Thursday. Okay, wait. Aren’t …

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Another Tourism Stake Through Their Global Warming Heart

As a quick followup to the Global Warming antics of Senator Jeanne Shaheen that I remarked on here, it looks like another sacred scaremongering cow in her misinformation crusade continues to lay down to die.  New Hampshire snow sports tourism is riding a ten year high… UL Alpine ski areas recorded a total of 2,276,370 …

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To Win, Republican Candidates better Listen to the People

As I read the Commentary titled, “Why Republicans should support immigration reform”, by five former New Hampshire Republican Party Chairman (see The Citizen of Laconia on June 11 and the Union Leader on June 6, 2013), I couldn’t help feeling that I was seeing why Republicans have lost so many elections lately.  No matter what …

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NHGOP Chair, By Jeff Beck

So, I was thinking about the way our party chair has herself over promised and under delivered for Friday and Saturday, and how there’s an ever-present danger that Karma will strike. See, Jennifer got Sharon Day in state for grassroots training on Saturday morning. She promised herself and Sharon Day for the Woman of the …

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Boy Scouts of America – and now it shows they “weren’t Prepared”

The “drip, drip, drip” begins…. “Be Prepared” – Boy Scouts are known for that.  What’s a scenario that could happen and be ready if it shows up.  As I have written before (here, here, here, and here) with their half scrambled decision on letting gay scouts in and gay Scoutmasters out, they showed that even …

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Blogline of the Day: ” the Lindsey Graham of the Tea Party”

Heh!  From Powerline, speaking on Rubio’s change JUST before the vote from “We secure the border first” to “All you illegals become legal first off”: For many years, I’ve been referring to Lindsey Graham as the “Arlen Specter of the South.” The idea is that, although Graham isn’t as bad as Specter was, he’s the …

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Five Guys Amnesty And Lies – A Tale of NHGOP Chairman and So-Called Immigration Reform – Part 2

“I only bring it up because it frames the context of the authors.  Are they delusional or deceptive?“ I’d go with “deliberately stupid” because like the Gang of Eight Republicans, they believe that simply having an “R” next to your nameplate while working in DC automatically makes you a member of the Smart People Club.  …

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