6 August 2014 - Granite Grok

August 6, 2014

Maggie Hassan’s On-going Culture of Corruption

NH Governor Maggie Hassan’s may be leading one of the most unethical administrations in recent history. Before she was even elected there was a large illegal campaign contribution, happily accepted by Hassan until they were told–reluctantly I am sure–that they had to give most of it back.  She was captured on video agreeing that Democrats …

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Celebrate Gary Lambert’s Rigorous 40 Days and 40 Nights of Campaign Finance Review

On July 22nd John DiStaso at NH Journal posted a story about some questionable contributions received by the Lambert campaign.  One-term NH State Senator Gary Lambert is in a primary to challenge Democrat Ann Kuster for congress in NH-CD2. Lambert for Congress accepted a $1,000 contribution on June 30 from The Palmier Foundation, which is …

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Comment Board Doodlings:
Israel Didn’t Scorch Enough Earth In Gaza!

Reacting to a borderline anti-Semitic piece on ZeroHedge (normally a good economic blog) which lamented Israel’s scorched earth tactics without context, I penned the following: The inhabitants of Gaza deserve what they get, and they haven’t been punished enough yet. Given a vote, they chose terrorist overlords instead of a government. Given aid, those overlords …

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Israel Didn’t Scorch Enough Earth In Gaza!
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Blogline of the Day – Israel vs Hamas

If Hamas got its way in Gaza, it would look a lot like the Islamic State in Iraq. If Israel got its way, Gaza would look a lot like Santa Monica. Just sayin’ . . . – Glenn Reynolds, Instapundit

So, Hamas keeps denying they shoot rockets from civilian areas?

I keep thinking that the Israeli-Hamas war is like that between the idea war between Republicans and Democrats.  Both Hamas and Democrat / Lefties are good at emotional demagoguery relying on both heartstrings and low info population and both pretty much use “its for the children” (albeit in somewhat different ways).  But occasionally, facts do crop up …

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And herein is why I hate the dumb idea of so-called smart guns

I really don’t care for the arguments that those that wish to neuter the Second Amendment with a Trojan Horse: The only “smart gun” that exists in even a semi-viable form is the $1,800 iP1/iW1 Armatix combination. It is an electronically neutered 10-shot semi-automatic pistol in .22LR mated to a bulky watch. For the system …

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Manchester Parents are fighting back against Mayor Gatsas’ “Broken Promises”

    The flier above is what’s being dropped around Manchester so that parents and members of the community are aware of the egregious votes that are going on at the Curriculum and Instruction Committee (C&I) and will appear before the Manchester School Board on August 11th.  Members of both the C&I and the school …

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Indeed – Has our Government stripped away the value of American Citizenship?

Certainly as this trucker goes through a Border Patrol checkpoint, one can hear the dishearted question and answer: Sadly, they both may be right.  Ask yourself – what advantage does the ordinary middle-class American have over an illegal alien?  What part of American Citizenship is valuable anymore than just being here?  Used to be that: …

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