6 August 2017 - Granite Grok

August 6, 2017

Celebrate the WWII Ending Atomic Bombs for the Millions of Lives Saved

War is horrible.  People are killed, maimed, emotionally destroyed.  Property is destroyed, wealth is consumed.  As we saw in WWI, even the winners lose in protracted wars.  As we’ve seen in Viet Nam and Iraq, trying to conduct a “gentle”, “compassionate”, or “politically correct” wars just prolongs the killing, suffering, destruction, and cost.  If you …

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$15 Minimum Wage Hurts People, as Democrats Intend

Democrat politicians ooze concern for the poor and promise wonderful sounding policies to win the votes of gullible, ignorant, and willingly deceived people.  But, in practice, Democrat policies hurt the people they are promised to help.  The Democrat demanded $15 minimum wage hurts young, uneducated, unskilled, and/or part-time workers. A recent University of Washington study …

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President Trump: Immigrants Will Not Be Able To Qualify For Welfare For Five Years

Prohibiting immigrants from collecting welfare for the first few years here is not a new idea, but it is an excellent idea, and not just because Democrats will hate it. And make no mistake. Democrats loathe it. “Just this week, we announced a historic immigration bill to create a merit-based Green Card system that ends …

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File this under “Accountability”: “GOP Donor Sues Party for Not Keeping Obamacare Repeal Promises”

The GOP ran on “repeal and replace” and raised millions of dollars from individual donors who believed in this promise. Politicians aren’t used to having to actually deliver on what they say on the campaign trail, but a Virginia attorney has filed suit against the Republican National Committee over the party’s failure to repeal and …

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John Hawkins lets LOOSE a wicked micro-rant on Liberals and Hate!

John was one of the first of the national level bloggers that linked to GraniteGrok during our early years from his RightWingNews site.  I later had the chance to meet and talk with him several time at various conservative events and get togethers to swap stories and just talk shop.  Interesting because early on, he …

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