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CPAC Dispatch (sorta) – Part 3 Pointers to Grok Friends DaTechGuy and “The other McCain” reporting from CPAC

February 10, 2012

Both Pete and Stacy, ‘Grok friends both, are at CPAC along with Grokster Mike and thousands of Conservatives and Libertarians. Here are a couple of their posts (text, photos, and videos): Stacy McCain It Was Almost My Pulitzer Moment Covering #Occupy, But Then It Turned Into A Madison Rising Groove Is This CPAC, Or A [ Read more ]

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At the same time CPAC is going on, so is the Washington and Lee University Republican Mock Convention of 2012

February 10, 2012

GraniteGrok extends it’s thanks to Scott McGrath for reporting from this event that is dovetailing with CPAC 2012! Day 1 of Washington and Lee University Republican Mock Convention 2012 Event started with a debate between Ann Coulter and James Carville,  The respective podiums were equipped with Red and Blue boxing gloves,    As such I expected [ Read more ]

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CPAC Dispatch – Part 2 New Directions Foundation

February 10, 2012

New Directions Foundation: A think tank defending conservatism in Europe.  Simple truths like hard work, opportunity, individual responsibility.  Reagan and Thatcher shared a belief in their nations and peoples, not governments.  Geoffrey Van Orden, president, was a Brigadier General in the UK, and notes that Thatcher is the patron of their organization. Noted that Thatcher [ Read more ]

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CPAC Dispatch – Part 1 Rick Santorum Speech

February 10, 2012

Grokster Mike is at CPAC and is attending a number of the keynote speeches and workshops.  He’ll keep us up to date as the weekend goes along – here is a shot of Rick Santorum from the lobby: Signs of the times. The lines to get into the Santorum speech this morning were so long [ Read more ]

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“The debate in the Republican Party should be between the conservatives and the libertarians.”

February 10, 2012

So says Sen. Jim DeMint, and he’s right. Here’s why Republicans must become more libertarian.

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If the economy is getting better…(Part 6)

February 10, 2012

…then why has the number of children living in poverty in America risen for four years in a row? Isn’t it all about the children?  It is.  And in a startling bit of irony, according to the Foundation for Child Development at least, the number of children living with families at or below the poverty [ Read more ]

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Data Point – how is US Manufacturing really doing?

February 9, 2012

“1. U.S. manufacturing corporations are on track to earn record profits in 2011, of about $600 billion based on data available from the U.S. Census through the third quarter (see chart above). That’s an increase of 22 percent from 2010, and more than four times the 4.8 percent increase in profits for all U.S. corporations [ Read more ]

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Gee – I wonder if this ties into the current brouhaha over free contraception / abortions vs First Amendment religious Freedom?

February 9, 2012

Free Stuff… …except, in the end, it is never really free, is it?  There is ALWAYS a price to be paid by someone at some time.  As Robert Heinlein said: TANSTAAFL (There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch). (H/T: Looking Spoon)

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Correct. We Men Have Nothing To Say About Reproductive Rights

February 9, 2012

“Ah, yes, divorce… from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man’s genitals through his wallet.”  —Robin Williams Again, My associate Steve Mac Donald hits another home run with today’s entry. In the wake of the  Komen for the Cure Planned Parenthood funding controversy, Steve recaps for us what the die-hard blow-hardettes had to say. [ Read more ]

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Men Have No Say? Then Why Make Them Pay?

February 9, 2012

The short lived Komen for the Cure controversy over funding for Planned Parenthood ignited more than a few debates in the verse, more of them about abortion as it turns out than breast cancer screening. And we (men) were “reminded” of a few things.  Not only does funding “women’s health issues” continue to be successfully [ Read more ]

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Gambling? Seriously?

February 8, 2012

The success of any move to add Casinos to New Hampshire will hinge on the Libertarian Republicans currently crowding the House and their ability to override a likely Lynch veto.  While I am on their side in almost every other case, when it comes to casinos we part ways, and not for the reasons you [ Read more ]

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Cilley Jackie Enters The Governor’s Race

February 8, 2012

“The problem with political jokes is they get elected.”—Henry Cate MANCHESTER — Former District 6 Democrat state Senator Jackie Cilley has thrown her hat into the gubernatorial ring for the Granite State’s Corner Office. Joining Maggie “the Marxist” Hassan, she seeks to replace Governor John “Lefty” Lynch who will not seek another term. “Silly” Jackie [ Read more ]

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If the economy is getting better…(Part 5)

February 8, 2012

…then why has the number of self-employed Americans fallen by more than 2 million? It’s one thing to say you support small business, but Democrats attaching the word jobs, small-business, or main-street to every bill that comes out of congress doesn’t make it happen.  But after 2008 every press release about every vote manged to [ Read more ]

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Mr Clean Makes a Sweep, Thankyou BarryO

February 8, 2012

As the final caucus results roll in on this first Tuesday night in February, it is looking more and more like  Rick Santorum will sweep Missouri, Minnesota, and come close, if not first in Colorado. Santorum trounced poor Mittens by 30% in MO, 18% in MN, and was running neck and neck in CO, with [ Read more ]

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America’s Democrat Mayors Ruining the Country for Decades

February 7, 2012

“In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.” —Tacitus Forbes.com’s  Kurt Badenhausen detailed America’s Most Miserable Cities, 2012 last week.  In formulating his thesis, Badenhausen writes,  We looked at the 200 largest metropolitan statistical areas and divisions in the U.S. to determine America’s Most Miserable Cities. The minimum population to be eligible was 256,000. [ Read more ]

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Blue Hampshire: Title 1-When the Logic Train runs off the rails Title 2: Your right to “Choice” ends at my wallet (and your use of Govt to open that wallet).

February 7, 2012

Remember: the Bigger the Government, the smaller the citizen.  And we are seeing this played now in the MSM as it is too explosive of a hack job by Obama to go unnoticed.  This is not a topic that is going to go away any time soon – given the nature of Obama and HHS [ Read more ]

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Project Veritas just wants to let you know (on the day of the Minnesota Caucuses) – Voter ID for Tim Tebow and Tom Brady? Not needed in MN to register

February 7, 2012

You want to register?  No ID needed.  Even if you use the names of star quarterbacks!   Lovely! “We are not the police“……  Who else is getting disenfranchised today?  After what happened here in NH, why hasn’t the MSM been digging into this with all of their armies of investigative reporters, fact checkers, editors, and political [ Read more ]

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Sen. Ayotte thinks she’s helping. She’s not.

February 7, 2012

The federal government is spending over a trillion dollars into debt every year—a trillion dollar deficit every year!—and Sen. Ayotte wants more federal money spent on a “job corps center” in Manchester…just without the unions getting their place at the trough. She misses the point: The “job corps center” shouldn’t be built at all. We [ Read more ]

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If the economy is getting better…(Part 4)

February 7, 2012

…then why is the percentage of Americans living in “extreme poverty” at an all-time high? Nothing says economic recovery like rising poverty.  Not just poverty but extreme poverty.  What, you hadn’t heard about that? Then maybe you hadn’t heard this either.  Joblessness begets dependence, begets poverty, begets slaves to the will of the government.  Big [ Read more ]

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Why did M.I.A. Flip off my 11 Year Old Daughter?

February 7, 2012

I know that media and entertainment people live in intersecting bubbles where hordes of grovelers kiss their backsides 24/7/365 for the chance to ride on the coat-tails other peoples fame.  I get that even the most grounded among them will begin to believe that everything they do and say is as great as all the [ Read more ]

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