16 October 2017 - Granite Grok

October 16, 2017

Meet The Press was no better than the Concord Monitor on the insurance bailouts

Yesterday, Meet The Press (MTP) was no better than the Concord Monitor on the insurance bailouts, and it was quite clear, right from the start, that this was going to be nothing more than a Trump bashing and it was clear why. MTP shows its journalistic bias just as clearly as the Concord Monitor. Chuck Todd …

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Trump’s Draft HHS Strategic Plan Recognizes Life, Beginning at Conception

This is going to push the “all abortion all the time” Democrats over the edge. It is from the HHS 2012-2022 Strategic Plan. Mission Statement The mission of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is to enhance the health and well-being of Americans, by providing for effective health and human services and by fostering …

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DISQUS Doodlings – Like environmentalists, Treehuggers upset we do things they don’t like

Treehuggers want Government to use force to get the rest of us to get in line. They are just blind to the fact that they keep proving the phrase Watermelon Environmentalists – ostensibly “green” on the outside but Red on the inside (the old political version for communism/socialism): Why plastic straws should be taxed Plastic straws.  …

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DISQUS Doodlings – Treehugger believes we must bow down to “planners”

Ah yes, the technocratic Administrative State “experts” that get bewildered when we Normals blow them off? Once again, a sterling example of the wide divergence of opinion of Who Is In Charge from Treehugger – that bastion of Environmentalism crossed with Big Government: Eric Reguly on how self-driving cars will kill cities, not save them …

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Bias: Concord Monitor burying the lede on Trump’s action on Obamacare?

The headline over the weekend on a post about Obamacare: Trump’s blow to Obamacare jolts health consumers, politics President Donald Trump’s abrupt move to cut off federal payments to insurers jolted America’s health care and political worlds alike on Friday, threatening to boost premiums for millions, disrupt insurance markets and shove Republicans into a renewed …

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Notable Quote – Cicero

“It is human nature that what starts as gratitude, becomes dependency and ends as entitlement.” -Cicero Hey, instead of overdosing on “self-esteem”, can we get schools to push gratitude instead of cutting out the middlemen and gong right to entitlement? (H/T: Watts Up With That)

NH House Rep. Sponsors Constitutional Amendment to Guarantee “Community Rights”

Newmarket, NH Democrat Ellen Read has proposed we add a ‘Community Rights Amendment’ to the New Hampshire State Constitution. What is that, you ask? According to its proponents it, “…would guarantee local communities the authority to protect the health, safety, and welfare of individuals, communities, and nature.” Authority to protect Nature? Danger Will Robinson, Danger!!!