2 September 2014 - Granite Grok

September 2, 2014

Guest post by Rep. Bill O’Brien: New Hampshire Supreme Court’s Decision in Duncan v. State of New Hampshire

This came in on Thursday and missed it first go around – apologies: Speaker Candidate Rep. William O’Brien’s Statement on the New Hampshire Supreme Court’s Decision in Duncan v. State of New Hampshire Contact:               Rep. William O’Brien Tel. (603) 620-8710 Email: WilliamLOBrien@gmail.com In 2012 the New Hampshire legislature overrode Democrat Gov. Lynch’s veto and …

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Shame on AFP / NH for getting partisan in the NH Republican Gubernatorial Primary

Yeah, this is a “bite the hand that fed ya” type of post – I was named AFP’s National Activist of the Year back in 2011 and Steve was named AFP’s National Blogger of the month in December 2012.  I would like to point out that this post also shows that while we have friends, we must …

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Liberal PAC Stabs NH’s Maggie Hassan In The Back

I was on my way home and heard a commercial paid for by NextGen Climate Action.   The radio ad focused on a Republican candidate for the US Senate in New Hampshire, Oil, out-of-state-energy-influence peddlers, and (oil-drum-roll) the Koch brothers. It was your typical left wing boilerplate, yes, but the ad emphasized how New Hampshire, …

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NH GOP Anticipation that a Republican Wave is not going to happen? Their command: YOU MUST VOTE!

I’ve been saying it for a while now – no way that I’m betting that 2014 is going to replicate 2010 and a large reason why is, IMHO, that the Establishment Republicans joined with the Democrats in excoriating the TEA Party / Libertarian wing of the Party.  That would be the same people that dragged a …

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Palate Cleanser – “Ring of Fire” Slo-mo

Most of us are familiar with muzzle flash – the fire coming from the barrel after firing a firearm.  However, this slo-mo shows that the “cloud” devolves to a ring of fire.  Of course, watching the stuff acting as targets is always fun too! (H/T: The Truth About Guns)

Abe Lincoln – A Citizenry that has a government is responsible for it Constitution

…and not the other way around.  The Constitution is also a STANDARD – one that, in the last resort,  must be protected as well. For those that would pervert the meaning of the Constitution have already perverted the Government it describes.  The Constitution – Abe Lincoln says it is up to US, the people, to …

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Notable Quote – Dwight Lee

You can tell for whose benefit an institution is run by looking at who gets the closest parking spaces. At universities the students get the most distant spaces, administrators and faculty the closest. At Wal-Mart, they ask the employees to park away from the entrance. – Dwight Lee, economist Public Servants or Public Masters – go to …

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