3 February 2014 - Granite Grok

February 3, 2014

Stop the Party I Want to Get Off

We affiliate with or join political parties to support ideas that we believe in. We say, “I’m a Republican”, “I’m a Democrat”, or, increasingly, “I’m an Independent”, based on our core principles. Each political party has a platform. New Hampshire Democrats have theirs and New Hampshire Republicans have theirs. These platforms are unsigned contracts between …

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Prager U – Lower Taxes, Higher Revenue – Understanding the Laffer Curve

This course from Prager U is so easy to understand that even a Liberal out to be able to grasp the concept.  Or am I being presumptuous? Should Taxes Be Higher? It’s the million dollar question! Up? Down? No change? Where in the world should taxes go?  In election years, the question of tax rates …

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I Got To Second Base with a TSA Screener

In recent years, both my wife and my Mother-in-law earned ‘the right’ to wear this t-shirt while travelling. The TSA also scared the crap out of my pre-teen daughter, who was with them. Thank you TSA. (The young lady pictured is not my mother-in-law, wife, or daughter, in case you thought to ask.)

Welker Curse Moves To Denver

Wes Welker leaves for Denver.  Denver has a great season, gets to the Super Bowl and chokes. It’s the Welker Curse. It’s.  It’s…Un-Manning.

GrokTALK! – Interviews at Andrew Hemingway Event in Manchester

Last Thursday, Andrew Hemingway made a formal announcement that he was challenging Maggie Hassan for Governor of New Hampshire.  GraniteGrok was there, and ICYMI, here is some GrokTV! video of Andrew’s announcement,. (Video of other speakers can be found here.) We also recorded three interviews, with Rogers Johnson, Joe Kenney, and Andrew Hemingway. There were …

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Press Release: “The NH Department of Education Overreach in Common Core”

  Press Conference “The NH Department of Education Overreach in Common Core”  When: Thursday, February 6, 2014 10:00 am – 10:20 am Where: Legislative Office Building, 33 N. State Street, Concord First floor lobby. Bring your friends! Who: Rep. Jane Cormier; Doris Hohensee, NH Families For Education; and Michelle Levell, NH Liberty Alliance Speakers will …

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Remember, it was the Democrat Party that instituted Jim Crow laws, created the KKK, and Dixiecrats that kept the Civil Rights Law from passing

And remember, one of the “sainted” Progressives in the Progressive Hall of Fame wasn’t much of a civil rightist now, was he?  All he did was to send us further in Viet Nam and micro-managed the effort to defeat and started the Trillions of spending on the War on Poverty that has done diddly to …

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The Non-Objective Progressive masks slips in the media: “Reprehensive Party of FL”

From Big Journalism: “NBC does it again, this time through a Miami affiliate that broadcast a graphic (see above) that read: “Reprehensive Party of Florida.” You have to ask yourself what kind of culture there is at NBC News that makes staffers believe that dehumanizing Republicans in this way is okay. This isn’t a one-off. …

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NH HB1589 Gun Grabbers? – you’re not solving ANY problem according to the Feds

“among state prison inmates who possessed a gun at the time of [their] offense, less than 2 percent bought their gun at a flea market or gun show.” Which says that the Democrats behind HB 1589 only purpose is to CONTROL people – not guns.  Gun show loophole, gun show loophole, gun show loophole.  That’s …

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So much for that Progressive meme that a Prius is a chick magnet…sorry, Crunchies!

Heh! According to a new survey by Insure.com, women say that attractive men tend to drive black Ford pickup trucks. The survey of 2,000 men and women asked what type, brand and color of vehicle are driven by the most fetching members of the opposite sex. Women ranked these styles as cars that attractive men …

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