9 January 2013 - Granite Grok

January 9, 2013

Gun Control In Australia: Watch What Happens When Guns Are Banned

   “If you talk to any of my Democratic colleagues who lost that year, they would tell that gun control was one of the major contributory factors in the loss of their seats…”   —U.S. House Rep. John Dingell, (D) Michigan 12th District http://youtu.be/OyS3CEIbpJo

We must ban guns to stop the violence!

I just received this list, ostensibly from the World Health Organization, involving the latest murder statistics for various countries in the world. I haven’t cross-checked the statistics and information, but the list would seem to logical and only common sense….

NH School Tax Credit Challenged

I don’t have time to fisk the particulars yet but the ACLU and Barry Lynn of American’s United for the Separation of Church and State have filed a suit declaring the recently passed new Hampshire School Scholarship tax credit unconstitutional because it would (could) divert tax dollars to be spent at Religious schools. Actually. .. …

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I have a question for Republican politicians in the NH and DC Houses and Senates:

With the Democrats falling all over themselves in paroxysms of one-upmanship to see who submit laws to nullify a law-abiding Citizen’s exercise of the Second Amendment the most or the fastest (or, in the case of Diane Feinstein and others – simply take them, and in the case of a few others – threats to …

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ObamaCare provision Prevents Government from Collecting Information on Gun Owners

CNN reports that Harry Reid slipped a mickey into the Patient Affordable Care Act to keep the NRA on the sidelines. Senate amendment 3276, Sec 2716, part c “Protection of Second Amendment Rights” Government cannot collect: “…any information relating to…(A) The lawful ownership or possession of a firearm or ammunition” Lucky for Nancy Pelosi and …

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Forward is the New Backward

Reality thy name is payroll tax cut, or more to the point the absence of same.  That’s right, the federal government will no longer be subsidizing your lifestyle.  The “holiday” is over.  They are taking back that which is theirs.  And all of our paychecks are going down as a result. Effective January 1st the payroll …

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What Are The Amherst New Hampshire Selectman Hiding?

The Amherst New Hampshire Town Selectman are trying to use the state’s Right to Know Law to hide something.  Town Administrator Jim O’Mara has been put on administrative leave and the selectman are refusing to answer any questions. Calling it a personnel issue, selectmen refuse to comment on O’Mara’s status as a town employee. Bruce …

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Of Hand Wringing Hoplophobes, and Hollow Points

“Freedom isn’t for wimps.” —Neal Boortz On Sunday, January 6, The Nashua Telegraph featured a, Letter to the Editor from Andrew Mazer of Hollis. Ordinarily, letters like Mazer’s are piss-poor subject matter for any edifying blog. But painfully, the nation is rife with Middle-aged sensitive new-aged progressive guys like Andy Mazer. We use to call them, “Whiners,” …

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More and more, are Progressives pushing for a different kind of “Cliff”? Careful what you fear monger…

I put this post up yesterday (“I really hope that Kelly Ayotte, BFF with John McCain, is not playing this game”) after seeing what Captain’s Quarters had posted about a possible end run around the US Senate rules as they stand right now – but it would lend itself to passing all kinds of mischief …

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