16 October 2013 - Granite Grok

October 16, 2013

New Hampshire’s Congressional Delegation Applauds Deal…

NHPR’s complete title is…”NH’s Congressional Delegation Applauds Deal To End Shutdown.” A more appropriate title might be, NH’s Congressional Delegation Applauds Spending Another Trillion of the Backs of Your Children, Plus Interest!” Or how about “Democrats Craved, Republicans Caved, Future Generation’s enslaved.” Senator Ayotte, you will note–if you read the NHPR piece, is very excited …

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Who is Keeping the Government “Shutdown?”

Who is keeping the government “shutdown™” again? 1. Roll Call 478 on H.J. Res. 59 (September 20, 2013) Earlier in September, House Republicans voted to fund the government at current spending levels while strengthening our economy and protecting millions of American families by defunding ObamaCare. Senate Democrats killed the bill, and President Obama threatened to veto it. …

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Obama In Wonderland

When you can’t find time to write, you share. Ed Lasky has a piece at American Thinker that points out what should seem obvious.   Obama Inc. is either completely out of touch or being malicious in its insistence that what happens as a result of their policies never really happened. We have heard President Obama …

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Notable Quote – John Hayward

There is nothing more pernicious than the illusion of liberty surviving, or even flourishing, alongside growing government power. It doesn’t work that way, not once you get past the transition from anarchy to lawful government. Personal liberty does not exist in a state of anarchy, because individuals can be defrauded, robbed, and killed at will …

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Really, you don’t have to go all that far to find a religious war being waged

Battling Headlines: Sen. Paul: ‘Worldwide War on Christians is Being Waged by a Fanatical Element of Islam’ DOD Still Barring 50 Priests from Administering Sacraments, Locks Up Eucharist, Priest Sues AFA Classified as a “Hate Group” By US Army Army Training Material on ‘Religious Extremism’ Lists Evangelical Christians, Catholics and Some Jews Alongside KKK, Al-Qaeda …

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And one Constitutional reason why the Republicans SHOULD not cave

Our Constitution is under assault like never before – Progressives see it, along with traditional families, the value of self-reliance, and God, as the last impediments to transforming America into their version of Dystopia Utopia.  Congressman Tom McClintock (R-CA) has the following observations on the current Continuing Resolution to keep the Government open (as the …

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