November 2017 - Granite Grok

November 2017

Mr. Speaker, be careful what you wish for…….

From the well this afternoon, newly-elected NH House Speaker Gene Chandler is reported – by Democrat Katherine Rogers – to have said “I promise to do the right thing and if not, come up and give me a wrap [sic] aside of the head.” I’m not sure how to tell you this but ….

We Should Just Make Murder Illegal, Then People Will Stop Getting Killed

The entire premise behind stricter gun laws, regardless of what they presume to accomplish, is that the law will in some way result in “better” behavior than before the limitation was passed. But we already made rape, robbery, assault, and murder illegal and (guns or not) people continue to commit these crimes. So anyone who thinks that …

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CNN Fires Jake Tapper’s Senior Producer For…

And in still more harassment news: @cnn tells me it dismissed Teddy Davis, senior producer of @jaketapper's "State of the Union" program, over behavior "that does not align with the standards and values of CNN." Three women had complained about Davis. — Paul Farhi (@farhip) November 29, 2017

Tales from the BudComm – we’d be better off sending them to private shools

After all: Children do not deserve a public education – they DO deserve a publicly funded education.  The money should follow the child, directed by parents and a building in a given zip code should not treat it as an entitlement Well, after my TANSTAAFL post from the BudComm, I’ll just leave this here: Total …

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Tales from the BudComm – “raised by taxes”

Each year, the Budget Committee devolves into sub-committees to handle each area or department of both the Town and the School District.  Yesterday was dedicated to three such meetings for me on the School Board budget: Federal Projects, Food Service, and “District Wide” maintenance. Now those of you that have been reading the ‘Grok for …

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Laconia Daily Sun Aids Belknap County Budget Shell Game Deceptions

by Rep. Mike Sylvia The shell game continues on County Drive. It’s understandable that this sleight of hand would lead to errors in the Laconia Daily Sun’s article covering the Belknap County budget. Commissioner DeVoy, according to the Sun, said: “…it was poor budget management on the part of the delegation that helped create the current …

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If Hypocrats and the Media Worked This Hard to Cover for Democrat Sexual Predators What Else Are They Hiding?

In the wake of Matt Lauer’s termination, and the self-immolation underway on the left, the news is littered with exciting tidbits from long-time liberal hypocrites about other long-time liberal hypocrites, like this. On ABC News’ “This Week,” veteran journalist Cokie Roberts made a rather revealing admission in the wake of accusations from women that far-left Rep. …

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NBC Fires Matt Lauer for “inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace”

The left’s Sexual Harassment catharsis continues, this time claiming long-time liberal media mouthpiece, Matt Lauer. “Matt Lauer has been terminated from NBC News. On Monday night, we received a detailed complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace by Matt Lauer. As a result, we’ve decided to terminate his employment,” according to a tweet from …

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Some Fascist/Anti-Fascist Fun From The People’s Cube

No one makes fun of the left like The People’s cube, and in keeping with that tradition they provided the above image as a guideline to help the regular folk figure out the difference between your run-of-the-mill left-wing fascist and your run-of-the-mill leftist ‘antifascist.’ Antifascists movements, historically, are communist/socialist affairs, who operate identically; use intimidation …

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