GraniteGrok

Starting Saturday morning at 9 am!

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As usual, this week's broadcast version of GraniteGrok and AnkleBitingPundits brings an array of items and guests for your consideration-- ALL STARTING AT 9AM! As always, thanks to the technical wizardry and analytical skills of Skip, 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)

• Once again, Jeb Bradley will join us for an update from the campaign trail. As most readers already know, Mr. Bradley is NH's former 1st NH Congressional District representative currently seeking the GOP nod for the chance to unseat Democrat Carol Shea Porter in the November election. Phone calls are encouraged (as always) at 603-527-1490.

  One topic will be the ongoing NH HHS audit which can be found here at the NH official website: 

  Department of Health and Human Services Bureau of Elderly and Adult Services - Financial and Compliance Audit Report For The Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2007

• Peter Bearse is running as an Independent for the 1st Congressional seat, like Jeb, against the incumbent Carol Shea Porter. Says Bearse,

"The way the public’s business is now conducted in Washington is both backward and corrupt. It suffers from short-term-it is, ad-hocism, trading access to power for money, and over-reaction in response to problems that are long-term, systematic and in need of co-deliberation with the public rather than knee-jerk actions."

His answers to the 'Grok Congressional Questionaire can be seen here.

• Jean "Mike" Coutu will preview this year's Live Free or Die Rally which features, among other things, live music, camping, cannon blasts and, of course, political discourse. Sounds like our kind of event. Mike is a member of Citizens Alliance Against Creepy Government (CAACP) and is active in local government and promoting the use of the Right to Know law.

• Frequent MTNP guest Jen Rubin contributes to the American Spectator, Human Events, Commentary Magazine.com's Contentions blog, along with a host of other excellent magazines, websites, and news organizations. Michelle Malkin linked to her Friday with regards to Obama's Winnie the Pooh School of Foreign Diplomacy. We'll tie that in with some discussion of McCain's latest TV ad drawing disinction between him and the Illinois Senator. We'll also discuss that New Yorker mag cover and whether it was simply satire, or the truth be told...

• Matt Murphy of the Granite State Employee Freedom Coalition drops by the studio to discuss just that: employee freedom. He will explain that a private vote is the only way to ensure against intimidation, coercion, and deception; That so-called “card check” unionization is fundamentally wrong; And that the current unionization process, which is supervised by the National Labor Relations Board, is the best way to protect employees' freedom to make a decision free from pressure. Guess which of New Hampshire's candidates for the November US Senate seat is on the wrong side of these issues? (Hint: It's the one that's in the back pocket of big labor) Matt, while a new member and organizer of the Granite State Employees for Freedom Coalition, is a lifelong resident of Hampstead, New Hampshire.  

Wow! It all starts at 9AM EST Saturday. Tune in if you're in Central NH at NewsTalk 1490AM WEMJ or live on the 'Net here... The best radio (in our humble opinions) anywhere...