20 January 2015 - Granite Grok

January 20, 2015

Subcommittee Meeting On HB128 Tomorrow

There is a subcommittee meeting on HB128 tomorrow.  This legislation would allow individuals and small businesses in New Hampshire to purchase their health insurance plans across state lines. The hearing is at 9:00am  in LOB 302.   H/T to KBloom    

Looking For ‘Justice’ (In All The Wrong Places?)

We start with #Douchebarrels and so-called Black Justice protesters, pivot to economic freedom vs the #ObamaMoney mentality, then Max Abramson joins us for our legislative justice segment.   You can listen to the entire segment here. Follow us on YouTube, USTREAM, Facebook, and Twitter …and take us with you on iTunes, iHeart Radio, Spreaker, TuneIn, …

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Work Hard – Don’t Whine

Michael Keaton’s Golden Globe acceptance speech has been making the rounds.  The Message?  Work hard.  Be grateful.  Don’t whine.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=AxbLh1VQzfU

Well, here’s to hoping that Obama’s SOTU is as successful as last year’s for actual results

The Blaze put together a quick list of 10 things that Obama demanded of Congress but failed to do the shoeleather to actually make happen.  OK, let’s be real – it was chockfull of Expanding Government With Other Peoples’ Money so pretty much these proposals died.  Now with the Republicans owning both the House and …

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Blogline of the Day: former US Senator and current Heritage Foundation President Jim DeMint

“It comes from the idea that Washington should fix everyone’s problems instead of freeing them to solve their own.” With this, it skewers the idea that politicians should always be “Do Something!”; in fact, he (and all of us who belong to the Leave Us Alone Coalition) brings out the important insight that our Government …

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“Spark of Genius”? Yeah, Feminista hackles are gonna go beserk over this

In U.S. academia, fields that cherish sheer genius shun women.: “The fields whose members said they most valued sheer intellectual brilliance such as philosophy, physics and math were the most likely to have fewer women in their ranks. The disciplines in which the ‘spark of genius’ was least emphasized such as education, psychology and anthropology …

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BlogHeadline of the Day: this is what you will hear at Obama’s SOTU speech tomorrow night

“In the face of irrelevance, Obama buys attention with other people’s money” (H/T:  Washington Examiner via Betsy’s Page) Alternate title: “State of the Union is taxes” In other words, now that the election is passed, Obama is about to prove Romney’s 47% remark to be true.  Oh yes, just like the #WarOnWomen and the gender …

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