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Notable Quotes – Ronald Reagan

July 31, 2008

From Ronaldus Maximus (1964 – A Time for Choosing): Are you willing to spend time studying the issues, making yourself aware, and then conveying that information to family and friends? Will you resist the temptation to get a government handout for your community? Realize that the doctor’s fight against socialized medicine is your fight. We [ Read more ]

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‘Grok Endorsement – NH Congressional District #2

July 29, 2008

The ‘Grok is a conservative blog – no doubt about it.  The philosophy that drives us includes individual responsibility, limited government, free markets,adherence to the Rule of Law and property rights, and an open and transparent government that is frugal with taxpayer money. Government can not, and should not, try to be all things to [ Read more ]

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Your tax dollars literally up in smoke!

July 28, 2008

Is this in the US? Nope! Over at CNSNews, I see that our lovely bureaucrats love our money that they are literally letting it go up in smoke – in foreign countries: U.S. Spends $1 Million Researching Syrians ‘Hooked on Hookahs’ ‘Hoookah,’ ‘nargile,’ ‘hubbly-bubbly’ — all names for the waterpipe, a smoking instrument typically found [ Read more ]

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Guest Post: Only one question need be asked of homosexual behavior…

July 26, 2008

Warning: Some of the supportive material in the following post is somewhat graphic, and definitely not for small children. Let this be a note of caution as to what medical conditions we’ll be enabling subsidizing paying for should we adopt universal healthcare as a nation… (although we probably already pay for much of it, now that I think about [ Read more ]

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Welfare Reform after Ten Years: New Hampshire Fails to “End Welfare as We Know it”

July 25, 2008

Our friend Karen Testerman at Cornerstone Policy Research sends the following sad news about opportunity lost here in the Granite State: New state-by-state survey ranks, grades states by the successof their anti-poverty efforts and by the reform policies they adopted When President Bill Clinton signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, [ Read more ]

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Ridin’ the rails. Clickety Clack…

July 24, 2008

“I’ve been workin’ on the railroad, All the live long day. I’ve been workin’ on the railroad, Just to pass the time away. Don’t you hear the whistle blowing? Rise up so early in the morn. Don’t you hear the captain shouting ‘Dinah, blow your horn?’” Quaint words from a bygone era, no doubt. Unfortunately, [ Read more ]

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False hopes about energy. “The disconnect is really profound.”

July 23, 2008

  . ….. At one point during the last blogger conference call with representatives from the oil and gas industry (American Petroleum Institute-API), the conversation shifted to the amount of lead time needed from proposal to study, drill, and bring product to market and whether, in the face of promised new alternatives, it was even [ Read more ]

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Notable Quotes – Lord Thomas MacCauley

July 22, 2008

"A democracy cannot survive as a permanent form of government. It can last only until its citizens discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority (who vote) will vote for those candidates promising the greatest benefits from the public purse, with the result that a democracy [ Read more ]

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Those that can, do. Others teach… And for bloggers:

July 22, 2008

the flip should be – Those that can’t do more, blog….otherwise start DOING more! Ok, Ok, calm down!  The message here is that while blogging is great to get a message out (that’s why we do what we do here at the ‘Grok), it is better to blog AND do.  I’d like to think that [ Read more ]

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Granite State Dem Leaders: If you listen closely, you can almost hear them as they plot to tax us in ways unimagined only a short while ago…

July 21, 2008

No matter whose interpretation you accept, you know that at the end of the day, Biundo’s take is accurate, and most thinking persons will know this. What am I talking about? This video: Here’s what Michael Biundo, Chairman of the NH Advantage had to say about what was caught on tape: As Chairman of the [ Read more ]

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“Don’t HOPE for More Energy. Vote for it…”

July 21, 2008

Nice… You know drilling here is part of the answer. Don’t let the libs fool you… like Obama. They LIKE gasoline at these high prices. This forces their green desires down our throats…    

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“Pig in a Poke”– Some facts about oil company leases from the US government

July 21, 2008

. As noted in this prior post, I recently participated in a bloggers’ conference call with oil and gas industry experts from the American Petroleum Institute (API). While I highly recommend listening to the entire podcast or reading the entire transcript here, I thought I’d post the section with the discussion about the existing oil [ Read more ]

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Sounds like OUR kind of Republican – pointing fingers regardless of the party

July 21, 2008

There are times that Doug and I are not always all that welcome within Republican circles locally.  Why?  We act out of and on top of principles; simple – walk the talk.  If you SAY you are FOR limited government, just don’t talk about it – fight against legislation and regulations that grow it.  If [ Read more ]

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“Safe” risky behavior? What’s maddening is that I’m among the enablers. So are you.

July 18, 2008

More thoughts on the “Teen Family Planning” poster found pinned to the bulletin board in the Gilford, NH Post Office. That would be the one enticing teens to seek various “services” that cater to continued sexual carelessness and promiscuity: For those that missed my point, let me just say that while I feel that there are alternatives [ Read more ]

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Lynch can do nothing and still get a two-fer!

July 17, 2008

Updated and bumped: This bill will reduce the cost of health insurance because it focuses on prevention of catastrophic diseases."  I’m not picking on Bob Clegg here.  What I do wish is that when any politician says the above and it is made into law, that there is always a clause that says the law [ Read more ]

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Competition is ALWAYS good for the consumer!

July 17, 2008

  (H/T: Greg Mankiw)

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Shaheen, Hodes, Shea-Porter, and their comrades among those who obviously “don’t understand how the industry operates”

July 17, 2008

..   Last week I actually got a rare opportunity to ask the ever-elusive Jeanne Shaheen an unscripted question when she took phone calls on our friend Judy’s morning radio program in New London. I explained that even with new technology on the horizon, many people, myself included, are stuck with our present automobiles for [ Read more ]

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Congratulations – you are now finally working for you!

July 16, 2008

  From the Americans for Tax Reform: Cost of Government Day! Cost of Government Day (COGD) is the date of the calendar year on which the average American worker has earned enough gross income to pay off his or her share of spending and regulatory burdens imposed by government on the federal, state and local [ Read more ]

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The “Artful Dodger” strikes again. Jeanne Shaheen and her human campaign shields…

July 15, 2008

In what is an interesting story, given their oft-stated claims to the contrary, these videos demonstrate that the Democrats aren’t "holier than thou" when it comes to the filming of their candidates at meetings. Recall that Republicans have received flak on more than one occasion for seeking to ban members of the opposition party from [ Read more ]

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Pro Life, Pro Death Penalty

July 15, 2008

“They really, really tortured them beyond a normal killing." This story, as reported by Michelle Malkin is why, despite being pro-life, I am pro-death penalty. I was nearly ill when I read it. I pray for the families and take solace in the hope they are now living at peace with the Lord… There is [ Read more ]

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