30 October 2015 - Granite Grok

October 30, 2015

Sen. Cruz: The Budget Deal Is a Corrupt Betrayal of the American People

Yes, he “speaks long” – but pretty much hits almost every point why conservatives libertarians in the Republican Party (or as some have done and I am almost to that point, have left the Party) are livid over what is being done and not done in our names (the word Cruz uses is “volcanic” – pretty …

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Email Doodlings: Hillary Clinton Hypocrisy: “…and my interns for free”

Ah yes, Hillary Clinton, that paragon of Income Inequality (“…we were dead broke when we left the White House”) that earns $225,000/hour when speaking at colleges (thus perfectly fine with incrementally making it just that much more expensive for poor students to go to that college) to have a net worth of $32-50 million.  And …

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Email Doodlings: NH – a shooting state. #dontmesswithMissNH

From an email from earlier this week: Hi Skip: My husband and son just returned from attending the NH Boy Scouts Jamboree weekend at the NH Motor Speedway.  They told me that Miss New Hampshire Holly Blanchard made an appearance then participated in several in several events.   Miss New Hampshire posted the attached photo on …

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Why not? “WHY NOT HOLD A CONSERVATIVE BLOGGER GOP DEBATE?”

That’s the headline over at Big Government.  Heck, I beat them to it – have been saying this for years and actually, for a general election, willing to do such with the Left of center bloggers here in NH (Blue Hampshire kept turning me down): https://twitter.com/GraniteGrok/status/659540905754365952 But Big Government has the right of it: Thus …

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Data Point: GOP Presidential Debates

Distilled down: Fox News’ Republican Debate in August, averaged 24 million viewers.  CNN’s Republican Debate in September, averaged 23 million viewers. CNBC’s Republican primary debate averaged 14 million viewers on Wednesday night, setting a new record for the business news channel And the reason, generally accepted, for these high viewership ratings? Trump even brought up …

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Patriots Grumble Thread – Week 8

We’ll keep it simple this week. The Revenge Tour continues as the Patriots beat the Dolphins 36-7. Check out Gronk’s post win Facebook update. (Video Highlights here) https://www.facebook.com/RobGronkowski/photos/a.252281454814059.64095.112797068762499/1006029792772551/?type=3