23 March 2015 - Granite Grok

March 23, 2015

Mammoth Methane

Well, it’s just another nail in the coffin for the Warmunists when Patrick Moore, co-founder of mega-NGO Greenpeace, comes in from shoveling his driveway and becomes a Global Warming denier. “I am skeptical humans are the main cause of climate change and that it will be catastrophic in the near future. There is no scientific proof of …

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Another UNH Foreign Language Department Scandal

Last time it was the German Professor, this time it is the Spanish and the French. In December of 2012, (UNH Associate Spanish Language Professes Marco) Dorfsman altered the student evaluations of his colleague, French lecturer Emilie Taplin, by lowering her student evaluation scores. Court documents state that Dorfsman changed the average scores for every …

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Passing the Buck(s)

This letter is addressed to the Republicans who plan to sponsor a budget amendment that will increase the NH State Gasoline Tax by 8 cents, paying for a DOT budget shortfall. It is also addressed to any Republican who votes for such an amendment. We read over the weekend that you are sponsoring an effort …

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Republicans want Every Student to get a Good Education

I share Leon R. Albushies’s concern (see his 3/11/15 letter in the Laconia Daily Sun, laconiadailysun.com) about our failing public schools and what that means for our society, freedoms, and prosperity.  Public education has been declining for at least the last 50 years, especially since the Federal Government has increasingly controlled public education. Why do …

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Democrat appointed Speaker of the NH House Shawn Jasper (R) – In favor of raising the Gas Tax?

I have said for years that the primary reason why the NH Highway Fund is in such a stupid financial position is that Politicians refuse to do the right thing – let that fund do what it is supposed to fund and stop raiding it.  And, instead of constantly using taxpayers to pay for the …

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Democrat appointed Speaker of the NH House Shawn Jasper (R) – threatening Free Speech in the House?

Once again with Spring, the little birdies start tweeting again – even if Spring is measuring 11 degrees outside and this is pretty good one.  So, one would think that the NH House Speaker Shawn Jasper (Democrat appointed, if you don’t already know) would be a fine upstanding supporter of Free Speech.  After all, not …

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