Skip Murphy

Last call at the .223 Rally – 2015 Defending Your Rights: Skip Murphy and Susan Olsen

by Skip February 23, 2015

Last call, last post.  Last speaker – that would be me.  Do our Rights come from God, or as CNN commentator Chris Cuomo holds, from men in collective compromises?  Always remember: The Bigger The Government, the smaller the citizen And Susan Olsen, organizer of this .223 Rally – 2015 Defending Your Rights event, closed out […]

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.223 Rally – 2015 Defend Your Rights: Intro ceremonies

by Skip February 21, 2015

Once again, intrepid and persistent Susan Olsen (and Grokster!) keeps the tradition alive with this year’s rally.  Cold, grey, breezy – the number of folks that attended was lower than last year to be sure but they took the time to come up on a freezing day – the hardiest of the hardy (and appreciated!).  […]

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Where I Disagree with Skip, Who Was Only Slightly Disagreeing With Me

by Steve MacDonald July 31, 2014
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Skip remarked on my post about Jeanne Shaheen’s Senate vote to keep the gas tax money the feds scoop out of all 50 states in DC, instead of returning it back to the states where it belongs.  In those remarks he says he slightly disagrees over who is pulling whose strings…. Where I slightly disagree […]

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GrokTALK! May 24th, 2014 Democracy Alliance Money in New Hampshire

by Steve MacDonald May 25, 2014
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We begin with uber-progressive, millionaire funded, Democracy Alliance and the now publicly available list of their donors and network as well as how much influence they are wielding in New Hampshire.  We also explore some potential congressional NH Democrat pay to play, chat about the State Republican Party, the NRSC, with plenty of references to […]

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We’ve Been ‘Brown-Listed’

by Steve MacDonald May 21, 2014
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Rick Olson gives a great example of what it means to be “Brown-Listed.” “Last night, I went to Concord to the Holiday Inn for the Gun Owners of New Hampshire monthly meeting to challenge Scott Brown on his Second Amendment Positions. Just to be clear, I was personally invited by GONH President Mitch Kopacz. Upon […]

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GrokTALK! May 17th, 2014 Black Mass, Free Speech, and A Canadian Warns Us About ObamaCare

by Steve MacDonald May 17, 2014
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Canadian Health Care Refugee Shona Holmes had to come to America to treat a brain tumor and since then she’s been a patient advocate fighting for health care rights in Canada; she’s got some observations for us, and a few warnings about ObamaCare.  Before that State Rep Jane Cormier joins us to talk the decline […]

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GrokSHOTS! Pete Ingemi Renders Skip Speechless…

by Steve MacDonald March 26, 2014
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Pete Ingemi renders Skip speechless.  How? Skip want’s to know why, if Scott Brown made it past the primary, and we were left with him or Jeanne Shaheen, what difference would it make? Pete Ingemi (who supports Karen Testerman, by the way) has a very good answer… Why Scott Brown?..(1 min. 54 sec) Listen to […]

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For Skip: Determined Weakness

by Mike March 4, 2014
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GrokTALK! Feb 22, 2014 – Your Votes Are Being Suppressed

by Steve MacDonald February 26, 2014
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Ed Naile, the Chairman of CNHT, brings a new name to the non-resident voter fraud rogues gallery.  Alexandra Isabel Perez-Caballero from South Carolina claimed residency while here for just a few weeks before the 2012 election.  She voted absentee as a Democrat from the same Manchester address where Alana Biden stole your vote, then vanished […]

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For Those Interested in Sharing Links From GraniteGrok On Facebook…

by Steve MacDonald January 31, 2014

…We believe we (by that I mean Skip) have resolved the issue that was preventing the Facebook API from correctly seeing images from Granite Grok. The default image should now be a Grok Logo, but if there are multiple images available to include from the site in the status update (you’ll see translucent arrows on […]

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A Little WMURphy for You.

by Steve MacDonald August 5, 2013

I think I know why WMUR was miffed at us.  No, not becasue Skip fingered them for media bias, though I just did that here again and on Red State, so we should probably expect another letter from their lawyer.   I think it’s becasue, well, let me show you. Skip MURphy W MUR If Mr. […]

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Quick Thought – Oh Skip…What about the Bubbles?

by Steve MacDonald July 9, 2013

I think Skip misses a key element of my brilliant and breathy prose (cough-cough) when he said this…about this. And that first snippet answers the dangling idea that I just left – that Steve thinks that Progressives think that everyone thinks like them.  Nein, mon amigo!  Skip knows me better than to think that.  So […]

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Tune-In to GrokTALK! Tonight.

by Steve MacDonald June 5, 2013

Just a reminder…GrokTALK! is re-broadcast every Tuesday evening on AC Nation Radio  from 8-10pm. This week our guests are Rick Olson Jr., President of the New Hampshire Wildlife Federation and the current President of the Londonderry Fish & Game Club,  New Hampshire Republican House rep JR Hoell, along with Susan Olsen, Mike Rogers, Skip Murphy and […]

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GrokTALK! June 1st, 2013

by Steve MacDonald June 3, 2013

This week on Grok Talk!… Skip, Susan and Steve talk about the upcoming CNHT Picnic, the Obama Bus, Press scandals, SB11, Anti-globalists, Harrell Kirstein, Patrick Abrami, Granite State Futures and their listening sessions, Jerry Garcia, enabling legislation, and microphones that are not golden. JR Hoell, New Hampshire Republican House rep,  stops by to talk about […]

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May 4th GrokTALK! Segment Four – More From Skip, Steve, Susan Olsen, Mike Rogers and Rick Olson

by Steve MacDonald May 5, 2013

Here’s segment Four of the May 4, 2013 Grok-a-Saurus, Grok-a-Topia, GrokTastic, Grok-a-Palooza. In the Fourth segment Skip and Steve have been joined by GrokBloggers (Groksters) Susan Olsen, Mike Rogers, and Rick Olson. Some of the topics include, not being punished with a baby, Benghazi talking points, honoring the dead, Barrett Austin, the customs sequester, currency, […]

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May 4th GrokTALK! Segment Three – Skip, Steve, Susan Olsen, Mike Rogers and Rick Olson

by Steve MacDonald May 5, 2013

Here’s segment Two of the May 4, 2013 Grok-a-Saurus, Grok-a-Topia, GrokTastic, Grok-a-Palooza. In the Third segment Skip and Steve have been joined by GrokBloggers (Groksters) Susan Olsen, Mike Rogers, and Rick Olson. Some of the topics include, the Blue Lagoon, Iceland’s Geezers, Making America safe for 6th grade Sex, The Bible, de-nuclearization of families, Sex […]

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May 4th GrokTALK! Segment Two – Skip, Steve, Susan Olsen, and Mike Rogers…

by Steve MacDonald May 5, 2013

Here’s segment Two of the May 4, 2013 Grok-a-Saurus, Grok-a-Topia, GrokTastic, Grok-a-Palooza. In the second segment Skip and Steve have been joined by GrokBloggers (Groksters) Susan Olsen and Mike Rogers. Some of the topics include Stephen ‘Scared’ Shurtleff, HB135 and little old ladies, Bloomberg meets the Pizza Nazi, range practice, Armed and Fabulous 2013, trying […]

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May 4th GrokTALK! Segment One – Skip, Steve, Susan…

by Steve MacDonald May 5, 2013

Here’s segment one of the May 4, 2013 Grok-a-Saurus, Grok-a-Topia, GrokTastic, Grok-a-Palooza. In the first segment Skip and Steve are joined by GrokBlogger (Grokster) Susan Olsen. Some of the topics include Plan B, Stella Tremblay, Erica Lafferty, Kermit Gosnell, Trolls wishing death upon you and your family, Donuts, grand-kids as petri dishes and more.  Segment […]

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May 4th GrokTALK! The Complete Podcast

by Steve MacDonald May 5, 2013

It’s the Grok-a-Saurus, Grok-a-Topia, GrokTastic, Grok-a-Palooza. This week the award winning bloggers at GraniteGrok were joined by more Bloggers from GraniteGrok; Susan Olsen, Mike Rogers, and Rick Olson. What did we talk about? Muslims, Stella, Plan B-as part of a complete breakfast, Shertleff, The Flu, Anonymous hate-spewing left wing trolls, death threats, Mountain Dew, Gosnell, […]

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This Week on GrokTALK! Grok-a-Palooza!

by Steve MacDonald May 4, 2013

It’s Grok-a-saurus, Grok-a-Topia, GrokTastic, Grok-a-Palooza. This week the award winning bloggers at GraniteGrok are joined by….more bloggers from GraniteGrok. Rick Olson …is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps, and a graduate of Southern New Hampshire University with a BA in Social Science. Rick subsequently attended Massachusetts School of Law in Andover MA and […]

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April 20th GrokTALK! Snippets – Segment Two: Seacoast Freedom Festival, Honor Your Oath, NHGOP and more…

by Steve MacDonald April 21, 2013

With our apologies to Max Abramson who, unknown to us, was at the door but could not get in.  We have no idea how that happened but we’ll get him back in soon.  Sans Max, Skip and Steve promote the Seacoast Freedom Festival, talk about hot the media got last weeks honor your oath rally […]

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April 20th GrokTALK! Snippets – Segment One: CNHT, Bombs, Drones, Liberty, Immigration…

by Steve MacDonald April 21, 2013

Skip and Steve talk about…bombers, the honoring your oath ralley–and how the media keeps getting it wrong, getting kicked out of NH-GOP meetings, GrokDrones, Immigration, setting people up to fail, and a lot more… Note: Individual guest segements will be posted throughout the day today.  You can hear the entire podcast here. Please support this […]

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All New GrokTALK! April 20th, 2013

by Steve MacDonald April 21, 2013

This week on GrokTALK! – Dr. Julianne Cooper visits to talk about a Liberal education, Common Core, Teenage brains, surviving 25 years in the White Tower, Learning 9 to 5, and how those ‘new’ progressive ideas you keep hearing about are not as new as you think. – We talk with Josh Youssef about HB […]

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“Honor Your Oath” Rally – Skip Murphy, co-founder GraniteGrok

by Skip April 14, 2013

Yeah, they let me speak as well and I was asked to speak on “self-responsibility” in terms of “Honoring Your Oath”.  Unlike most that spoke, I gave mine as a locally elected official in my town – and yes, I paid attention to it twice and I still do today.  I tried to do what […]

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NH .223 Day of Resistance – GraniteGrok Co-Founder, Skip Murphy

by Skip February 24, 2013

Yup, that’s me – the ordinary schlub from central New Hampsha that has happened to have shared a whole lot of his opinions on a whole lot topics since the ‘Grok’s doors opened in 2006.  Lots of posts in fact: 6,353 to be exact.  Had a leading regional radio show.  Have participated on a few […]

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Granite Grok’s Top Twenty Posts For 2012

by Steve MacDonald December 31, 2012

Hot Air does this every year, so I figured I’d give it a shot.  It is a compilation of the posts that got the most comments in 2012.  That’s right, this is comment based. And I can tell you, since I have a few posts on this list, that how well you write, or how […]

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GrokTV – Panel Discussion: Making your vote count – The Panelists

by Skip December 9, 2012

As stated in the last post, four panelists spoke as Diane Bitter, Rye Republican Chair moderated.  Again, the panelists: Jack Thorsen (Portmouth City Coucilor andNH GOP  area vice-chair) – The 11/6/12 General Election – results of the voting process and how the counting is handled NH State Rep. Regina Birdsell – Voting Laws, who is […]

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Who is Missing Chairman Jack Kimball Right About Now?

by Mike November 7, 2012

D’ya think we needed a fighter at the NHGOP this year?

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RNC 2012 – Summary and Aggregation

by Mike August 31, 2012

After an exciting week at the 2012 Republican National Convention, this seems like a good time to aggregate and summarize our coverage – one stop shopping for those catching up, if you will. Groksters Mike and Mar-Mar were lucky enough to be invited to join the NH delegation as guests, and had a birds-eye view […]

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GrokTV Event – CNHT in review – The “Specials” edition!

by Skip July 9, 2012

Well, more than just the “top” positions in the State (e.g., NH Governor, NH Senate,  NH House) are being sought here in  New Hampshire – and a few of those candidates did show up at the CNHT Annual Picnic.  In order of appearance:    Frank Szabo (Sheriff, Hillsboro)                                     Michael Tierney (NH Exec. Council, District 2) […]

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