Skip, Author at Granite Grok

NHGOP Annual Meeting: NH House Leader Dick Hinch and NH Senate Minority Leader Chuck Morse

January 26, 2020 Skip

These kinds of meetings break down like this: Intro Speeches / Reports from NH GOP leadership positions Speeches from candidates (Federal, State wide) NH GOP elected official races Bylines / Platform fights Here are more of the NH GOP “notables”: NH State Senate Minority Leader Chuck Morse and NH House Republican Leader Dick Hinch: We’ll … Read more

NHGOP Annual Meeting: Intro ceremonies and remarks

January 26, 2020 Skip

Yesterday was the 2020 Annual NH GOP Annual Meeting and certainly GraniteGrok was representing: I was there “in uniform” but Jim Kofault, Norm Silber, and Judy Aron were present. One thing was for sure – there were going to be some lively debating going on and I wasn’t talking about the NH GOP Committeeman race … Read more

That would be Leo Plante: “Dublin Republican seeks state office in Cheshire House District 9”

January 24, 2020 Skip

A defense of the true meaning of “Life Free or Die”. I was surprised to see that the Keene Sentinel ran a rather even handed piece on a rather new ‘Grok Friend of ours (he even asked us to come and speak to the Dublin Area GOP!), Leo Plante. It’s tough out there in that … Read more

Tammy Simmons: Steve Duprey PAID a lot to support your House race – vote for him for NH GOP Committeeman

January 24, 2020January 23, 2020 Skip

I dunno if this was given a “green light” by someone or if this was just Tammy Simmons (past Chair of the Manchester Republican Committee) shoving this out there in order to “guilt” people into voting for Steve Duprey. Emphasis mine: From: Tammy Simmons <xxxxxxxx@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2020 10:34 AM To: undisclosed-recipients: Subject: … Read more

“The Sham is over”

January 22, 2020 Skip

New Impeachment Video ????: The Senate Exists for Moments Like This #HoldTheLine pic.twitter.com/k1Bif5M2JR — Senate Republicans (@NRSC) January 21, 2020 If one goes by the strict interpretation of “Impeachment”, it cannot start until a President starts his term. Yet, before Trump was even sworn in, the Democrats started the process and laying down their Narrative … Read more

Data Point – Consumer Confidence highest in nearly 20 years

January 22, 2020 Skip

From Bloomberg: U.S. consumer confidence advanced last week to the highest level in more than 19 years on increased optimism about the economy, personal finances and the buying climate. Bloomberg’s index of consumer comfort rose to 66 in the week ended Jan. 12, the best reading since October 2000, from 65.1, according to a report … Read more

DISQUS Doodlings: Carbon footprint this, carbon footprint that; this is worse than the old Weight Watchers

January 22, 2020January 22, 2020 Skip

Count this calorie, count that carbon unit – always in fear of doing the right thing. At least for weight loss, it can be a right thing IF you’re not obsessing over it. With the eco-Socialists, this obsession in calculating your carbon footprint is well past annoying (and well passed Annoying Nannyism as well). Don’t … Read more

Recycling – I’ll say it: it’s just Economic Insanity

January 22, 2020January 22, 2020 Skip

I’ve been blogging about what has been going on in my home town that just put up the “Scott Dunn monument to Economic Illiteracy” and the Mandatory Recycling mandate in order to make “The Plan” work. You can’t use the new Recycle Center (“RC”), just built for the amount of $1.3 Million dollar, unless YOU … Read more

GrokEndorsement: Chris Ager for NH GOP Committeeman to the RNC

January 21, 2020January 21, 2020 Skip

We see this just like the Platform fights – a stark difference to make and a question to be answered: who is the Party for? Is it for the perennial NH GOP Elites, or is it for the rank-and-file delegates, activists, and voters?

Honor your Oaths of office? When you get compared to this….

January 21, 2020January 21, 2020 Skip

…it looks like Politicians, as an entire class, are being seen for how they act. Imagine that! Compared to Criminals who break laws. Actually, in a lot of cases, that sign is apt. We see elected officials all the time, on both sides of the aisle here in NH, break not only their actual oaths … Read more

What a wuss. Heck, I did this to myself!

January 21, 2020 Skip

This LA Law prof ( John Villasenor (UCLA)) “…It’s not that I don’t recognize the advantages of recording. For a student forced to miss class for a legitimate reason, such as illness, having access to a video can make it easier and more efficient to catch up. I also recognize that in large lecture-hall courses … Read more

Jack Wilson: “I killed evil. I took out evil.”

January 20, 2020 Skip

Jack Wilson was the man that stood up when the murderer in his church killed two of the parishioners. Jack stopped him with one shot to the head. A Sheepdog, a hero. He, and the others that were armed that Sunday morning, were willing to lay down their lives to protect their flock. Yes, their flock.

Hmmm, I’m unenrolled – should I go “Operation Chaos” as well?

January 20, 2020January 20, 2020 Skip

Shades of Rush Limbaugh, all over again. Years ago, he tried to have his follows work a miracle for Hillary Clinton against Barack Obama in the primaries: Republicans to vote for her, where possible, in the Democrat primaries. Why do I bring this up?

Blogline of the Day – But is it made of Chinese plastic now from the toy department?

January 20, 2020January 20, 2020 Skip

Meghan Markel’s Dad on #Megxit: She’s ‘Turning Royal Family Into Walmart With a Crown.’ (H/T: Instapundit) UPDATE: Wow, just wow about the lack of irony: In hilarious self-own, Warren asks ‘How could the American people want someone who lies to them?’

Even “The Dude” is getting in on the quid quo pro game

January 20, 2020 Skip

I just don’t understand how Biden’s self-admission ON VIDEO of withholding $1 billion from Ukraine if the state prosecutor that was investigating his son (Hunter) wasn’t fired (“son of a b****, he got fired!”) just hasn’t gotten much play.

We don’t have to bow down and play that “unreality game”

January 19, 2020 Skip

So, we now have another Transracial person in the news: “I’m not white Hispanic, I’m black!” Well, given that “white Hispanic” really only became a thing when the MSM decided.

After all, it seems that the Left believes anyone can be anything, right?

January 19, 2020January 19, 2020 Skip

Transracial, Transgender, Transage? The Left not only believes that anyone can and should be something they aren’t but wants the rest of us to not only believe the same but to affirm this unreality as well.

Richard Johnson, M.D. : prohibiting biological males from being on biological girls teams

January 18, 2020 Skip

At this week’s hearing on HB1251, I went up to Dr. Richard when the hearing was closed and introduced myself. I was intrigued by his testimony and his presentation style. While I’m waiting for the video to be processed, I’m going to put up his testimony now.

Notable Quote – Richard E. Wagner

January 17, 2020 Skip

Yet democracy and liberty cannot be complementary political values, at least not without significant effort at constitutional reconciliation. At base, democracy embraces the principle that majorities dominate minorities. In contrast, liberty is a principle of non-domination whereby interaction among people is governed by principles of private property and not by majority rule -Richard E. Wagner … Read more

Tales from the BudComm – The “two bites at the apple” edition

January 17, 2020 Skip

Last night, again, was the public hearing for the Town and School District; my previous post covered the discussion of getting the Budget Committee to endorse siphoning off peoples’ tax monies to “charities” that live off government tax monies (else they’d go belly up). This was is about the School Board trying to have their … Read more