6 March 2013 - Granite Grok

March 6, 2013

Quote of the Day

From Ace: ‘Obama has three aspects which make the path of the tyrant likely: 1. He has a monstrous narcissism and actively encourages a pseud-religious passion in his followers. 2. He’s a socialist, and therefore believes in the totalizing power of government and politics. 3. He’s incompetent, and therefore can never solve a crisis and …

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Cynthia Chase Plays Solitaire During Floor Debate at NH State House.

NH For Liberty has this great picture of Rhode Island transplant and ideological xenophobe Cynthia Chase (Democrat) playing a game of Solitaire on her nice, big, shiny tablet, during a House floor debate. Great job whomever– (I did not see a photo credit or I’d provide one.) I’ll be sure to send this up the ladder like …

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How About A “Little” Tax Increase Scarecrow?

The motion to suspend rules and introduce an amendment that would require funds raised for highways and bridges to be spent on Highways and bridges failed, with 51 Republicans voting with the Democrats against the motion. The following vote to raise New Hampshire’s gas tax 83% which includes funding things other than roads and bridges, passed 207-163, …

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Google Gives Us A Hint About Warrentless Electronic Searches

  From CNET Google today became the first Internet company to shed light on a highly secret — and controversial — warrantless electronic data-gathering technique used by the FBI. The technique allows FBI officials to send a secret request to Web and telecommunications companies requesting “name, address, length of service,” and other information about users …

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From The Edge Of Sequestration…We’re Walking, And We’re Walking, And We’re Stopping. [Updated]

In an effort to make sequestaria appear like a real crisis neither the White House nor the Vice Presidents residence will be conducting tours in the foreseeable future… because the evil Republicans voted for Obama’s bill and wouldn’t cave like the Democrats had planned. In response to this  Rep Louie Ghomert, Texas, has proposed an amendment to HR 933 that would force …

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Kevin Sorbo again! Smart actors vs. low-information statists…

Well, well! There’s a hostile remark to my blog post the other day about Kevin “Hercules” Sorbo (a rare movie star who isn’t an economic and political ignoramus). See, I said Sorbo was spot-on when he observed that “everything government touches they destroy” (you can see that blog post HERE; his observation about harmful and pernicious …

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Franklin Pierce Day in New Hampshire

“The only difference between a politician and a shopping cart is that a politician holds more liquor…” —Unknown House Bill 576 would establish  a “Franklin Pierce Day” in New Hampshire on Each November 23rd…the day following the anniversary of the death of another President. The bill states, The governor shall annually proclaim November 23rd as …

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