8 January 2015 - Granite Grok

January 8, 2015

“You have made them not care”- NH GOP Elite? Pat yourselves on the back – three MORE just took the Exit door

My previous post on Pat Caddell’s observation on the anger among the GOP grassroots (“up to one-third of Republicans are ready to call it quits as members of the GOP“) elicited an inbound email  directed towards the NH GOP (emphasis mine) – a real life example of calling it quits: Just finished your article on Republicans …

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NH House Rep. Max Abramson’s Court Case Details (Re-posted)

On July 13th, 2013 Max Abramson joined us on GrokTALK! to share the details of his court case.  Given recent events in the NH House and Max’s circumstances making the news, I thought it might be useful to re-post this so folks could hear from Max the circumstances leading to the charges, the original 911 …

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Why Wouldn’t Shawn Jasper Want Any Witnesses?

From “The Desk” of Rep Max Abramson (re: Democrat Elected Speaker Shawn Jasper) After responding to your office’s request for meeting, I was disappointed that you would not meet with me to discuss the issue of committee assignments with a witness present, either Representative Baldasaro or House Leader William O’Brien… I was strongly cautioned by …

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Debt-Free Govt? What a CONCEPT!

The problem is that the vast majority of politicians and those in Govt are often SO quick to start the groupthink of “hey, paid this off – that’s the signal to turn around and buy more debt!”.  It always seems to be the mindset that Govt should always be funding itself more INSTEAD of thinking “Hey, …

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David Pope Nails The Religion Of The Perpetually Offended

Australian cartoonist David Pope was kept awake by thoughts of Charlie Hebdo’s staff being murdered for their drawings and writing, so he sketched this epic shot at Islamic extremists. For me, it echoes the words of “Charb”, the editor of Harlie Hebdo: “I don’t feel as though I’m killing someone with a pen. I’m not …

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My Charia Amour: J’Aime Charlie Hebdo!

With apologies to Mark Steyn for ripping off his signature song title… Steve alluded to this incident when he made fun of unarmed French police fleeing the scene after encountering armed terrorists, but there’s much more to it… Turns out that the armed terrorists were attacking the Paris offices of satirical magazine “Charlie Hebdo”, whose …

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