15 August 2013 - Granite Grok

August 15, 2013

Dennis Miller Tweets And I laugh…

I needed a laugh.  Here’s five of them for you from Dennis Miller’s Twitter Feed (Oprah, Obama, The Clinton’s, The Economy, and College Graduates) https://twitter.com/DennisDMZ/statuses/368039528495198208 Here’s a few more from Mr. Miller…

Where pigs fly, Hell is selling ice cubes, and I can’t believe I’m agreeing with him

Can I PLEASE put this under “even a stopped clock is right twice a day”?  Here’s the news at which, I have to admit, I just grimaced: Senate President Peter Bragdon, R-Milford, on Tuesday accepted the $180,000-a-year job of running the Local Government Center, the controversial nonprofit that manages health and other insurance plans for …

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Notable Quote – Radical Moderate

I just put this up about perceived differences between how Conservatives see people vs Progressives.  A frequent commenter by the name of Radical Moderate just left a great illustration: The economy has collapsed and the country is thrown into chaos. A conservative and progressive who haven’t eaten in days are walking down a country road …

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Bad News Bears

The LENCO Bearcat Armored Law Enforcement Tactical vehicle.  Seats 10-12 fully-equipped officers.   Price tag approximately $285,000. Used to be, only the large urban metropolitan areas had a SWAT team.  Then, smaller cities got them.  Now, many small and medium-sized towns are thinking about it, working to raise the funds to buy gear, equipment, and …

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War on Coal – battleground Ohio

The EPA is nothing more than Obama’s own “hatchet man” that is implemented his policy of Determined Weakness (TM) in the energy industry. Since he is above the Law and above the Constitution, our Constitutional Lecturer (and he has never stopped lecturing us) President, Obama can and is simply ignoring the fact that Congress never …

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How old were they really??

I always thought that they were relatively old – or as my sons now say – my age.  Progressives denigrate them as old white guys (have have no moral standing because of slavery or kicking the American Indians off their land or something) – emphasis on Old.  Founding Fathers kinda denotes “older” but here’s a …

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