Rush Limbaugh will go down, like Andrew Breitbart, as one of the very few on the Right that will continue to be an influence long after his Golden Mic has been ensconced in its glass presentation cabinet at the front of the Limbaugh Broadcast Museum.
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Blogline of the Day – Yes, Indeed, They Are Mental Midgets
“I’ve long been fascinated by the Left’s need to pull down all giants of the past. It’s as though they know they’re intellectual midgets who can never measure up, and at the same time are trying to hide it from everyone else.”
From Dangerous Documentaries: A Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution
The Politically Incorrect Guide, a project of Dangerous Documentaries and the Capital Research Center, kicked off this morning, releasing its first episode, “The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution.”
Data Point – Outlooks have changed on George Floyd’s death
He was the Black man that Minneapolis. Police Officer Derek Chauvin has been charged with his death by keeping his knee on Floyd’s neck. Subsequently, toxicology results showed that it was more likely that he died of drug overdoses from fentanyl, meth, 4ANPP, and Norfentanyl.
So, how DO I get started?
Lots of people are moving from “I vote” to “How do I get more active? How do I get started?” It can be rather bewildering (even though it may seem rather straightforward). I got an email from a new reader asking this very question (emphasis mine):
Notable Quote – How much are you willing to pay for ‘safety’?
And am I supposed to pay for your idea of what is “safe”? Even if I am willing to accept a higher level of risk / danger than you? If safety fanatics are allowed to kill the goose that lays the golden egg, that can also kill people. Already safety crusades are cracking down on … Read more
GrandFamilies Study Commission
As many of you may remember, I was part of the Senate Grandfamilies Study Commission that was tasked on creating a report for the Legislature on steps that Government can do (or in getting out of the way!) of Grandparents who suddenly are now responsible for their grandchildren (as we were with then new born Grandson thirty years after raising our own).
Josiah Bartlett: Why Are We Still Debating School Openings?
President Biden on March 2 announced a goal of administering at least one vaccine to every educator in the United States by the end of the month. The head of the American Federation of Teachers praised the announcement, saying, “vaccinations are a key ingredient to reopening schools safely.”
Data Point – Now if only the Fed employment had followed suit
For someone that believes in a more limited government doing less (and thus, allowing we individuals to do more in a “Permission-less” Society). The more that an entity grows headwise, the more the need for that head count to justify its existence. Yes, legislators are always creating more and more statutes that requires more “work” … Read more
Palate Cleanser – Some random thoughts
Sent to me by a Loyal Reader – and just in time, I might add! Some thoughts for the Day: Having plans sounds like a good idea until you have to put on clothes and leave the house. It’s weird being the same age as old people. When I was a kid I wanted to be … Read more
Friday Open Thread – From SHAMPEACHMENT to Sham Insurrection
From Impeachments rising from sheer political hatred of Trump to Fortress Pelosi because she hates all of us, what to do? Giving rotten food to the National Guard protecting her shriveled butt in DC is no way to reward her SHAM Praetorian Guard isolating our betters from we, the Great Unwashed.
A word about Christopher Maidment besides “Welcome back!”
As many of you know, Christopher “graduated” from GraniteGrok and got a “real” gig over at NH Journal for a while; we wished him good luck even though we knew his byline would be laid to rest. Oh, WAIT!
Notable Quote – Calling Gov. Sununu! Calling Gov. Sununu
Humility not required, it seems: … I have never met an advocate of government intervention who did not admit, inadvertently, his own capacity for commissariat functions. He always has a plan, to which others must submit, and his certainty that the plan will produce the contemplated results does not permit him to brook criticism. Always … Read more
Data Point – Compare and Contrast
SHOT: Steve’s post on the Golden Globe ratings crash: The annual event lost 60% of its viewers compared to last year. It was down to 5.4 million viewers CHASER: Ratings for Donald Trump’s address at CPAC: In contrast, this report: “31 million viewers for Donald Trump’s CPAC speech. And that was just online.” (H/T: Instapundit)
Notable Quote – So you think the State is really that SMAHT? Versus the Markets?
The premise of superior foresightedness in the State, and the premise of the harmlessness of imposing its will coercively, is as we have noted in orthodox economics about a century old.
Summing Up Democrat Proclamations vs Democrat Actions
Most of us know about the USS Enterprise and the Starfleet that built her. Yes, a television show several times over with movies as well. But Starfleet, and the Enterprise’s mission, besides “To go where no man has gone before” has always been about the BEST of humanity; peace, understanding, helpfulness, and the like.
Another “Native American” Decides to Push His Tribe Into Obscurity for “Honor’s” Sake
I just bought two containers of Aunt Jemima syrup yesterday at Walmart. No, not that “rebranded out of fear of the PC Cancel crybabies” Pearl Milling Company version.
Data Point – Contrast and Compare.
SHOT: Steve’s post on the Golden Globe ratings crash: The annual event lost 60% of its viewers compared to last year. It was down to 5.4 million viewers CHASER: Ratings for Donald Trump’s address at CPAC: In contrast, this report: “31 million viewers for Donald Trump’s CPAC speech. And that was just online.” (H/T: Instapundit)
Is Franklin ‘Mayor’ Olivia Zink, Using That Office to Shill for Her Progressive Left-Wing Action Group?
Is Franklin, NH mayor, Olivia Zink, using that office to shill for her progressive left-wing action group? Karen Testerman has some observations about the electioneering of Mayor Zink, who is also the Executive Director of Open Democracy here in NH.