Jul

05

2006

Skip Murphy!

by Skip

I was raised in Brockton, MA. Graduating from Brockton High in 1974, I went to BU and got a BA in in Biology in 1978 figuring on going to Med School afterwards. However, having started with a DEC PDP-8e while at BHS and moving on to an IBM 360 / 370 / 3033 while at BU, I ditched the idea of becoming an MD and and heeded the siren call of computers.  So, I pursued an MS in Computer Science (BU, 1984) and in so doing, disappointed Mom who wanted a doctor for a son. I’ve worked for a number of former computer giants (Honeywell Information Systems, Wang Laboratories, Digital Equipment Corp) that no longer exist, as well as a handful of smaller companies that died as well (isn’t technology change wonderful?). A strange journey indeed. Even owned a small business with my wife for a while. I’ve programmed, consulted, done pre-sales, taught, and done tech support. Currently, I am a technical analyst for a software company headquarted in California.

Met my wife-to-be during my first (and only full time) year as a graduate student – we’ve been married for 26 years. Two sons, now grown, leaving time for newer hobbies.

For most of my life, I was apolitical like most engineers – wrapped up in work, family, and for me, church (I am an Evangelical Christian attending an Independent [but conservative] Baptist church). I was in my own little bubble – the typical engineer – I just wanted to be left alone to code and live my life. However, I learned in my late 20′s that there were things other than coding that were important, especially those folks called politicians that could make drastic decisions about and my family without my input. Listening to this guy by the name of Rush Limbaugh and reading business magazines, things started to click (ok, slowly – but they clicked!), "stuff" percolated. Always thinking that I was a middle of the road person, I learned I really was a Conservative, Finally, fired up over a Letter to the Editor by a real liberal person besmirching the US, I wrote my first Rebuttal Letter to the Editor. Found out that I liked to factually refute silliness passing as opinion in addition to getting some nice comments on what I wrote, I continued on…..

Wrote a few more, and one was noticed by a local conservative radio host and was asked to come in for what I thought was one time shot, but turned out to be more.  The natural outcome of this was this blog, so I hope you enjoy it!

Doug and I also migrated to our own show (along with Pat Hynes of AnkleBitingPundits) called Meet The New Press – a two hour show on WEMJ 1490AM here in NH (and live streamed to the Web)

Who’da thunk it?

I appreciate you visiting us! Feel free to drop me a line or add a comment to any of the postings – join us!

-Skip

Contact:

Facebook: Skip Murphy
Email: Skip@GraniteGrok.com
Twitter: GraniteGrok

 

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by Skip Murphy

Co-founder of GraniteGrok, my concern is around Individual Liberty and Freedom (and how Government is taking that away from us). My fight, from a Conservative (with small "L" libertarian leanings) and evangelical Christian perspective, is with the Progressives that are forcing a collectivized and secular humanistic future upon us. As TEA Party activist, citizen journalist (and pundit!), my goal is to use the New Media to advance the radical notions of America's Founders back into our culture again.

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  • http://noriegablog@gmail.com Eric T.

    Hey skip! Sorry about that! Im still new to blogging… The blog is less than 3 weeks old! I figured blogger did download to its servers! But thanks for letting me use it so far.. Im actually out right now, so i cant do anything, but itll be the first thing i do when i get home… Besides… I figured that no one actually reads my blog anyways! When it said i had a comment… I got all excited! Anyways, my apologies again.. And ill take care of it!

  • Dave G.

    sorry but anyone who listens and learns from Rush Limbaugh is laughable.
    Cheers,
    DG

  • joe munuculus

    Factual? I read your blurb on the water release for the photo op for Gore and Sheehan. Where was the fact that the release was going to happen no matter what? It just was released an hour earlier for the op. Is that fact important or not? I guess when trying to make a biased point it isn’t.

  • David Fagan

    Doug: Just read your commentary on apologies accepted and political correctness. And I agree with you that friendship (by its definition) accepts apologies. Do you think that friendship excuses consequence for actions, however?
    Skip is a grown man. He’s worked in the real world for some time. He knows that in the real world that you can say you’re dumb, that you made a mistake but that doesn’t make the car accident you caused, the overdraft you wrote at the bank, or the abusive language you uttered go away. You can’t take back the moment. And a man has to live with the consequences of his actions and his words.
    It is not political correctness you should be addressing. It’s hate-mongering. The kind that lynched blacks and tied gays to fence posts. And those actions were the result of words which did not have consequences.
    Tell Skip that you are still his friend. And fire him. He needs to grow up before someone is hurt beyond healing or apologies.
    David Fagan

  • Jeff

    I am interested in helping turn the Tea Party movement into a third political party. I am not satisfied with the offerings of the Democratic and Republican Party. They have both spent the cities, states and country into insolvency. What has kept us going is the United States is seen as too big to fail. Trillion dollar deficits do not seem like a rational solution. If anyone has a similar interest in trying to organize a third party, or if it’s an ongoing effort, I’d like to meet with you. My email is pinatubo2007@yahoo.com

  • http://www.posterchildrenfortermlimits.com George Blumel

    I am seeing more comments like Jeff’s who want to co-opt the TEA parties into a political party. Big mistake! Think about it. We have two parties that can compete as laws are skewed against third parties to be able to compete. Therefore, if you start a third party that is conservative/libertarian you will split the Repub Party and further strengthen the Dem party. The Repub Party is where conservatives and libertarians can make a difference and those that sit on the sidelines and condemn Repubs for past slippage to the left don’t seem to understand that they can get in the Repub Party and make a difference. Third parties like the Libertarian Party, for instance, to the extent they are successful at all, only help the party they are most opposite of –they split the more freedom-oriented party and give the statist party victory.
    So, the answer is to get in the Repub Party and make a difference! It is made up of people like us, it is not a thing unto itself. We’re being successful in changing the party through groups like The Club For Growth, Jim DeMint’s group, the Republican Liberty Caucus, The Repub Study Committee, and many others. the 3rd party is a dead end.

  • Linda Rea Camarota

    I agree with George. Third party is NOT the way to go. Conservative constitutionalists ARE having an impact on
    the GOP. It knows we are a force to contend with. We are actively identifying and earmarking RINOs and making sure
    they do not get re-elected as OUR public servants. Check
    out NH 912 Liberty Action Team’s site and join us in this
    effort (www.nh912lat.com).

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