27 June 2013 - Granite Grok

June 27, 2013

Everything You Need To Know about The Claim the IRS “also” Targeted Progressive Groups

Remember that the IRS is supposed to look at groups in the normal course of approving their non-profit status and that some percentage of them will get extra scrutiny by default.  And as the left looks around the IRS scandal Desert for cover, remember what the Inspector General has to say about it. He said …

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Defining Victory on Marriage

Here is a brief summation of the real impact of the Supreme Courts decision on DOMA..so far. 50        The number of states whose marriage laws remain the same after the Court’s marriage decisions. 38        The number of states with laws defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman. That includes …

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On Budgets, Uncivil NH Democrats, And How They Still Don’t Trust You With Your Own Money

On page A2 of the “Manchester Paper” there is a long write up about the nearly unanimous support for the new state budget.  If you read it with a discerning eye and ear, however, something becomes obvious.   While Republicans are quoted as happy with the results and view the budget as a responsible reflection of …

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Blogline of the Day – About that Supreme Court…

With respect to Citizens lacking standing in suing to support Prop 8 because their elected officials decided not to defend a legally passed amendment to the CA Constitution: Question: What’s worse than our robed masters striking down an affirmation by the citizenry of the traditional, virtually universal definition of marriage? Answer: One robed master doing …

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Castle Doctrine Prevails

“The Second Amendment does protect the right to people to possess weapons for self-defense in the home. That’s what the Supreme Court said.”   —Laurence Tribe In the Union Leader today, the headline read, “AG says Manchester man justified in shooting home invader.” In my post on this incident on June 11, “Castle Doctrine, NOT Stand …

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A microcosmic example of a much larger problem – the Bureaucratic “So?”

I took a vacation day for a specific purpose dealing (second hand) with Government – and a bureaucrat made the time, effort, and gas all for naught.  And a cost to my currently unemployed Youngest a very dear $25 of his money.  For nuttin’. I have oft been posting about my concern about a growing …

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