Gather round, everybody. It's time to "Meet the New Press"!
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..Pat Hynes Skip Murphy Doug Lambert
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Once again, this week's broadcast version of GraniteGrok and AnkleBitingPundits brings an array of items and guests for your consideration. As always, thanks to the technical wizardry and analytical skills of Skip (the GraniteGrok media empire's secret weapon), if you are beyond the broadcast area of Newstalk 1490 WEMJ, simply click here for instructions on how to connect and listen on the Internet via livestream. (Podcasts here)
- All politics is local... Al Hume is from Moultonborough. Some time back, he was among citizens in that town that were mad as heck & weren't gonna take it anymore. He got together with his fellow residents and formed the Moultonboro Citizens Alliance- the MCA. Since then, much like the activities of Skip and I, along with members of our own Gilford Taxpayers Coalition, they have shaken the status quo. The days of conducting "business as usual" are history. When reviewing government structure, you discover that everybody gets an association. Why not the taxpayers? We'll get a brief history of the catalyst for action in Moultonborough and compare it to other NH towns. We'll talk about the value of a budget committee coupled with the Official Ballot (SB2).
- Outside agency funding-- so-called NGOs (Red Cross, New Beginnings, etc.) Should property taxes fund such groups? Why not the NRA?
- The value of the Internet/New Media, communications & technology in the hands of ordinary people as they reclaim their local government.
- Michael W. Cutler, a Fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies, (CIS) a Washington-based think tank, is a Contributing Expert on the nexus between immigration and terrorism for the Counterterrorism Blog, an advisor to the 911 Families for a Secure America and also advises the American Council for Immigration Reform as well as Family Security Matters on issues concerning immigration issues that relate to national security.
- We'll discuss the new report by CIS that examines the size, growth, and characteristics of the nation’s immigrant, or foreign-born, population as of March 2007. The report provides a detailed picture of overall immigrant population, and of the illegal immigrant population specifically.
- Illegal immigration & the prez campaigns-- What about the Dems?
- Does massive illegal immigration provide cover for a criminal/terrorist pipeline into the US?
- "My God- she's married to one of our people." That was Michael's quote as found in the New York Post story about the "FBI fraudster Nada Nadim Prouty" who is married to a "State Department employee who has held sensitive posts in Middle Eastern embassies." Michael talks with us about the broken system that will supposedly offer tamper-proof cards. If we can't trust the card-issuer, how can we trust the card-holder?
- Manchester Mayor Frank Giunta checks in to talk about his endorsement of Rudy Giuliani. We'll get an update on his prospects here in the Granite State & beyond and whether the fallout from this week's revelations about security billing practices will be damaging in any big and lasting way. We'll also get the newly re-elected Mayor's take on GOP prospects next November both here in the Granite State and nationally.
- Will you do as Ray Burton admonishes and call the Governor & state legislature & ask to have gas taxes increased? I didn't think so...
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