9 July 2013 - Granite Grok

July 9, 2013

The Youngest was a “Nintendo gunner” in Afghanistan – this COULD be better!

While with the 101st, he was the lead in his platoon for running and taking care of the crew served weapon system that sat on top of some of their vehicles – and firing the automatic weapons safely ensconced inside with a screen and Nintendo type control (instead of being “up top” standing in the …

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Quick Thought – Oh, Steve…..

Two snippets from Grokster Steve’s post “Lunch Racists Bail On Michelle-O” caught my eye (emphasis mine): The Government limits the choices by force of law but human nature (and natures laws) trump man made laws every time so the kids end up skipping the Michelle-O in favor of quick alternatives.   So the law effectively creates …

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Still Waiting for Shaheen to Have IRS Investigate the NHCAA

The New Hampshire Citizens Alliance (NHCA) and the New Hampshire Citizens Alliance for Action (NHCAA) have been pretending to operate as a grassroots, non-partsian, group with tax exempt status for years.  This is not only untrue it is virtually impossible. The NHCA and NHCAA are the local chapter of USAction which.. … empowers our state …

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Obamacare Premise (or promise?): “we’ll eliminate the fraud that insurance companies allow”

Remember that argument?  That Government spends far less on administrative costs, 2-3%,  so that ALONE is a good thing (with the implied meaning that the Government can do as well as private insurance (who were around 20-25%).  What they didn’t ever want to talk about was the fraud in the Government’s Medicare / Medicaid system …

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Just think – the IRS only has our SSNs and financial records – for now. Add in your Healthcare records soon

“The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works — whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified.” – President Barack Obama, Inauguration, 1/20/09 Uh-oh – this isn’t going to help “the Government …

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