October 2013 - Granite Grok

October 2013

Trick or Treat

If any of you take your kids out Trick-or-Treating, do me a favor.  Pay attention to see who if anyone is handing out those letters from Michelle Obama about how some kids shouldn’t be out getting their ‘Fair Share” of the free candy and goodies.  Write down their addresses and email them to me. I’ll …

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As a Matter of Fact – We Can Drill Our Way To Cheaper Energy (So Drill baby Drill!)

How many times do we have to say it?  There is just so much our Democrat Friends ‘Believe’ that just isn’t so.   And we can add drilling our way to lower gas prices to the list.  (I can’t believe we even have to make the case that increasing the supply of anything can and typically …

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Abound Solar Bankruptcy Leaves Toxic Wasteland for Taxpayers To Clean Up

A Solar Plant didn’t just go bankrupt after wasting millions in Democrat backed Green energy stimulus, it left a hazardous wasteland for taxpayers to clean up as well… The Abound Solar plant, which got $400 million in federal loan guarantees in 2010, when the Obama administration sought to use stimulus funds to promote green energy, …

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Obligiatory Red Sox Win World Series Post

I’ll Keep it short.  Facing lights-out Cardinals Pitcher Michael Wacha, the Sox chase him out of the game in the fourth, get six runs.  Everyone does their job.  Game over.   Your browser does not support iframes.

I Am A Gun Owner…entry #1

A while back, the good folks over at The Truth About Guns (TTAG) asked their readers to submit pictures and a note telling a little bit about themselves.  The response was overwhelming, so much so that the photo gallery was continued onto a facebook page. We thought it was a wonderful idea to put stories …

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Lacking Facts Progressives Resort to Made-up False Charges

The recourse of people without facts or principles is to make false charges, often calling opponents liars and users of hate speech.  An example is Denise Doyle’s letter of October 29, 2013 in the Laconia Daily Sun. (Alternate link) Ms. Doyle’s letter was published just after NBC documented (and Marilyn Tavenner, the head of federal …

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Notable Quote: Father Ray Leonard

From a Catholic priest that ministered to Tibetan people in the Peoples’ Republic of China, then returned to be a chaplain to our military: “We expected the Communist Party to interfere and block religious services. They were very clear that they despised religion and they would do that. There was no question. But the great …

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