28 April 2014 - Granite Grok

April 28, 2014

Harrell! Can you ask Jeanne Shaheen this question about Obamacare for us?

Yes, Harrell Kirstein, that would be you.  Former Flack for the NH Dem Party, then for Organizing for Obama America Action, and then both.  Now, on a “leave of absence”, he’s over at US Senator Jeanne Shaheen’s campaign for re-election this year.  Thus, you are well suited (in a variety of ways) to answer this …

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“Depends on our education…”

“Our liberty depends on our education, our laws, and habits . . . it is founded on morals and religion, whose authority reigns in the heart, and on the influence all these produce on public opinion before that opinion governs rulers.”    – Fisher Ames  (do you know who is is?*  After the jump) Every time …

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GrokTALK! April 26, 2014 Segment One – Is There Someone at BLM Named Putin?

There was plenty to talk about the BLM trying to grab more land in Texas and Oklahoma, and what those states had to say about it.  As an afterthought I had to wonder–just now as I write this–with all this land grabbing going on…is there someone at BLM named Putin, or perhaps Vladimir? This leads …

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Mike Pence Looking Strong For 2016

I’ve written about Mike Pence before: About how I’ve admired his humility and his principled voting record, about his gravitas and speaking ability, and how he carries himself with the dignity becoming of a Presidential contender. In my prior article, I mentioned his stellar record with the Center for Individual Freedom (CFIF), and, it turns …

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Entrepreneurship cannot happen by Government decree – it must be fostered

This adds onto my post here on Capitalism in talking about Entrepreneurship: The ultimate source of our prosperity is a set of institutions and cultural attitudes (along with what Deirdre McCloskey calls “habits of the lip” that give dignity to the bourgeoisie) that encourage innovative commercial and industrial activities. The bicycle was improved not by “technological …

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Who Is Trying To Buy the Senate to Get a “Special Break?”

I can’t help thinking that the  Democrat “big oil is trying to buy the senate thing” is an opportunity for us to make a very important point about the fundamental flaws in Democrat thinking about energy and special breaks. First, we ought to be able to agree that any business or individual that is taxed …

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Doomberg Losing Crew – Tom Ridge Jumps Ship

Mayor Doomberg thought he had scored a coup for his anti-gun PAC “EveryTown for Gun Safety” when he signed former Bush Homeland Security Secretary, Tom Ridge to the board of the organization. However, the true color of the Beast (right) soon became clear, and like several Republican former members of the precursor organization, “Mayors Against …

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