16 June 2013 - Granite Grok

June 16, 2013

Notable Quote – George Orwell

“In philosophy, or religion, or ethics, or politics, two and two might make five, but when one was designing a gun or an aeroplane they had to make four.” George Orwell, 1984  

No Grok Allowed! David Chesley Bullies The Ladies Of NAFRW

Saturday lunchtime: Your Grok was invited, nay, cajoled, to record the NH Federated Republican Women’s “Woman Of The Year” event, to preserve it for posterity, especially as Betty LaMontagne was the honoree this year. (This has been common practice – DaTechGuy covered last year for the NAFRW.) Arrangements were made with the Nashua Area FRW …

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Happy Fathers’ Day!

“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life’s realities.”  —Dr. Seuss The world’s worst deadbeat dad is now a Tennessee man …

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PorcFest: Surprise Keynote Speaker – Michael Boldin

  This Friday, at PorcFest X, the TENTH PorcFest, the keynote speech will fittingly be given by Michael Boldin, founder and Executive Director of the TENTH Amendment Center – 10th + 10th = 110% effort defending our freedoms. This is a speech you won’t want to miss!

Self-Sufficiency: Sovereign Living, By Cat Bleish and John Bush

You may have met these energetic young folks at the Nullify Now Conference in March 2011, or perhaps you’ve seen them online. They are tireless activists for our right to live free of government interference. It is fitting then, that they are working an a reality show/documentary series titled “Sovereign Living” which will be featured …

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Data Point: And let’s not leave out Congress when we talk about Trust

  Lest I be accused to only be about picking on the Executive Branch, let’s swing over to the Legislative Branch – how much do we, the American Public, trust Congress?  Here’s a chart from Gallup – I’ll make it easy for you.  Just go to the last line. Combine that 10% approval with only …

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Data Point – Does no one trust Obama anymore?

— 56 percent of voters believe Obama did not try to rescue the doomed garrison in Benghazi, Libya because he didn’t want to risk his re-election. — 62 percent agree that Obama’s NSA phone surveillance constitutes “an unacceptable and alarming invasion of privacy rights.” — 63 percent believe that Obama’s Justice Department seized reporter’s records …

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