Skip, Author at Granite Grok

Notable Quote – Richard Wagner

February 25, 2020 Skip

A word to Bruce Currie, a frequent liberal commenter here at the ‘Grok whokeeps on insisting that a marketplace can ONLY exist with Government overseeing and regulating it. So, how is it possible for democracy to conflict with liberty? Democracy is a scheme for governing human interaction. But so is liberty, which is a system … Read more

So I just emailed the NH House Criminal Justice and Public Safety committee on NH State Rep Jan Schmidt’s doxxing a private citizen

February 25, 2020 Skip

UPDATE II – the bill has been sent to Interim Study by a vote of 14-6. I’m betting that we had, at least, some influence on that vote. I’m REALLY willing to bet that NH State Rep Jan Schmidt and Deb Steven’s collective utterances about others had much more to do with it. Instead of … Read more

Palate Cleanser: I guess this is frowned on?

February 24, 2020 Skip

Context is everything – and timing as well. And in this case, size and mass, too. Common sense? Well, if this meme exists, think about it. How many people have actually done this? (H/T: Powerline)

603 Alliance: upcoming candidate training sessions

February 23, 2020 Skip

Calling all Candidates… The 603 Alliance will be holding our first 2020 Candidate Training on Saturday and Sunday, March 21st and 22nd in Manchester, NH. The 603 Alliance provides training and ongoing support for candidates who are committed to limited government and fidelity to the US and NH Constitutions. Our 2018 trainings received consistently positive … Read more

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: No Evidence “Assault Weapon Bans” Impact “the Incidence of Fatal Mass Shootings.”

February 23, 2020 Skip

This has gotta hurt. Bloomberg’s minions, Everytown for Gun Safety and Mom’s Demand Action, in defenestrating the Second Amendment may well want to ignore their “sister” organization’s findings.

So, how has Berni-Bro-ette NH State Rep Jan Schmidt voted lately?

February 23, 2020February 23, 2020 Skip

And I’m pointing her out as she is a sponsor of HB1159 which is meant to shut GraniteGrok simply because we: Disagree with her politically, triggering her inner “Cancel Movement” Keep putting up her voting record, triggering her “How DARE YOU!” Always publishing what she says and does, triggering her violent Berni-bro ness (such as … Read more

Notable Quote – George Will

February 23, 2020February 23, 2020 Skip

The political class has prospered by hiding from the public the cost of the public’s appetites. By making vast deficit spending not an occasional counter-cyclical recourse but a constant governing strategy, it has made big government deceptively cheap, giving today’s public a dollar’s worth of goods and services and charging them only about 80 cents. … Read more

Data Point – small biz owners approval of Trump

February 23, 2020February 23, 2020 Skip

Sixty-four percent of small business owners approve of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president, the highest approval rating for Trump among entrepreneurs since CNBC and SurveyMonkey began conducting a quarterly survey in 2017.

Palate Cleanser – Up and OVER!

February 24, 2020February 23, 2020 Skip

Sometimes, it’s enough to just sit back and watch someone else do something cool! pic.twitter.com/BrLo90zTP7 — Unusual Videos (@UnusualVideos) February 20, 2020 (H/T: PJ Media)

I’m betting that Trump could use this ad, too

February 22, 2020 Skip

I was watching the Democrat Prez Debate in Las Vegas and I think that this was a special moment that really brought out the deer-in-headlights of all of the Prez Wannabees: Warren, Sanders, Biden, Buttegieg, Klobuchar; asked by Hizzoner Nanny Bloomberg who else up on that stage had ever actually added to our economy by … Read more

And you don’t think that the country is having an ideological split?

February 22, 2020 Skip

Sure thing, Democrat Prez Wannabees – there ain’t no way, no how, that you can “unite” the country. You’re all so Left you might as well be stationing yourselves off the mainland and in the Pacific. Do you really thing that just because you would be King Queen an Imperial President that those of us … Read more

And the Democrat Party finally returns to its ideological Founder

February 22, 2020 Skip

Yep, that’s right. At least now. When you see the bills they are trying to pass in both Concord and DC, you know from whence they came. A Constitutional Republic depends on a number of things but most of all, adherence to The Rule of Law, Equality before the Law, the Right to Private Property, … Read more

So, NH State Rep Liz McConnell is at it again? “Silence, you rotten Brentwood Newsletter”. And her latest voting record

February 22, 2020 Skip

What IS it with Democrats – why have they become the Party of Censorship? It has come to my attention that NH State Rep Liz McConnell (D-Brentwood) is, once AGAIN, trying to silence and have the Brentwood Newsletter defunded (it is supported, in a small way, by Petition Warrant in Brentwood) and shut down? Do … Read more

Bernie and AOC keep saying “Democrat Socialism” is different than plain Socialism. It isn’t

February 21, 2020 Skip

It comes down to “Who Chooses”? With Socialism, in that everything is owned by “all” and the majority ALWAYS overrules the minority (and the smallest minority is YOU), the Government chooses (whether you like it or not). You are only a cog in a collective. With Capitalism and our Representative / Constitutional Republic, that adheres … Read more

Michael Bloomberg: can millions/billions fix his candidacy?

February 21, 2020 Skip

For a guy that is rich enough to have already spent $409 million on national campaign ad buys (and most likely millions more on staff payroll and expenses), he just plain sucked last night. “What the heck did his staffers do to prep him for the obvious attacks” has been the refrain I’ve seen all day long.

Notable Quote -Stephen Kruiser

February 20, 2020 Skip

…What I love about these rallies is that they provide such a stark contrast to the vision of America that the Democratic candidates keep describing. The story they’re selling is that these are dark times in a country that’s being run by a lawless autocrat. The rallies are filled with thousands of happy people who … Read more

Data Point: Poll – Trump vs Democrat Prez Wannabees

February 20, 2020February 20, 2020 Skip

This was done yesterday morning; wonder what it would be if taken now? By a 52% to 48% margin, Trump is leading the generic “Democrat” in the race when voters were asked “Who do you think will win,” a significant margin for a president who just beat back impeachment to stay in office. The latest … Read more

Thoughts on the Democrat bat-wielding, shiv-shoving, face-slapping slugfest Debate. HAPPY TIMES!

February 20, 2020 Skip

30 seconds into it, I was already crying from laughter. THIS was a Democrat version of the WWE’s WrestleMania. Verbal fists were flying, back kicks were landing in nether regions – everyone finished with black&blues, scratches, and more than a few limping off the stage. As a Conservative, it was GLORIOUS! No, I didn’t watch it … Read more

Notable Quote – Prof Don Boudreaux

February 20, 2020 Skip

SHOT: Matt Ridley ( The Rational Optimist) The future will feature ideas that are barely glints in engineers’ eyes right now – devices in space to harness the solar wind, say, or the rotational energy of the earth; or devices to shade the planet with mirrors placed at the Lagrange Point between the sun and the … Read more

Data Point – Nationally, There are Now more Registered Republicans than Democrats

February 19, 2020 Skip

As many of you, our loyal readers, know, I have been an Independent for a number of years now. Ever since NH GOP elected politicians decided that expanding the cost of Government, the intrusiveness of Government, the size of Government, and going along with Obama’s Obamacare in the form of Medicaid Expansion, was a bridge way, WAY too far for me to go.