Skip, Author at Granite Grok

Quick Thought – another case of Trump’s Shiny Objects on top, actions underneath

December 17, 2019 Skip

Let me be clear: by “underneath”, I don’t mean under handed. I just meant while his tweets and his off-the-cuff speeches keep everyone looking at those “Shiny Objects” while he is accomplishing a lot underneath everyone’s radar (especially our “vaunted” MSM that he ties up in knots on just a mere whim). Example #1,849,456: This … Read more

A Good Guy With a Gun, Actually A Few!

December 17, 2019December 17, 2019 Skip

Democrats are hellbent on disarming the populace and chief amongst them here in NH is NH State Rep Katherine “you can’t shoot them but you can HIT them” Rogers (hitting a senior citizen lady while poll watching SIMPLY because Rogers hates the Second Amendment Rights that her victim stands for).

We prefer “snarky”, thank you very much!

December 17, 2019 Skip

Is this really an ad for the Media groups? They built this temple to themselves, called the Newseum, an all the time ode to themselves as to how great they are and how much democracy needs them.

BlogLine of the Day – A different name for Hunter Biden

December 16, 2019 Skip

The Democrats’ Massive Impeachment Fail. “To the surprise of no one who isn’t a blue city pol, a media hack, or an insufferable Fredocon sissy, the American people are not particularly impressed by the genius idea of replacing our president a year before an election because he allegedly expressed curiosity about why the coke-sniffing, stripper-impregnating, dead … Read more

Greta Thunberg – single use plastic / environmental hypocrite

December 16, 2019 Skip

So why do I keep picking on Greta Thunberg, this 16 year old Swedish girl whose claim to fame is to be an eco-socialist scold to world leaders and the rest of us? First off, I hate scolds, especially those that have little idea of what it takes to work a job, pay enormous taxes … Read more

Data Point – I would say that it looks like China is losing the trade war

December 16, 2019December 16, 2019 Skip

First point: U.S. trade deficit falls 7.6% in October to 16-month low on decline in Chinese imports. (12/5/19) Second point: US – China Trade War: Chinese Exports To US Fall 23% Amid Tensions Between Washington, Beijing. (12/10/19) Third point: Chinese official says Beijing wants US trade deal ASAP. (12/10/19) Fourth Point: Firms Withdraw From China … Read more

Concord Monitor shuts down commenting – lame excuses pour forth

December 17, 2019December 16, 2019 Skip

BUMPED and UPDATED (from 4/23/18): from the CM at the bottom of this post: In searching for something else (and this happens all the time; go figure, with almost 35K posts in here), this popped up so I decided to add on a bit.

Data Point – Trump’s Tax Cuts Push U.S. Burden Lower in World.

December 16, 2019December 16, 2019 Skip

Driven by the federal tax cut that Congress and Mr. Trump enacted at the end of 2017, U.S. taxes at all levels of government fell to 24.3% of gross domestic product in 2018, down from 26.8% a year earlier and 25.9% in 2016.

Notable Quote – Prof. Don Boudreaux

December 16, 2019December 16, 2019 Skip

… I offer here a handy guide to common misconceptions about free-market “economic orthodoxy” – or to use a less-loaded term, “market economics.” – Market economics does not hold that money is all that matters. Quite the contrary. Competent economists understand better than most people that individuals have a large scope for, and a deep interest in, … Read more

Dem NH State Rep Katherine Rogers is mandating your dog be inside all the time?

December 16, 2019 Skip

Just one more example of NH Democrats not trusting “We the People” to “behave” correctly. Katherine Rogers is a serial offender in this matter as she is telling all of New Hampshire that you can’t be trusted to treat your dogs right – even those that should be out in the cold as “working dogs”.

OK, he was Rocky before and now he’s Conan

December 15, 2019December 15, 2019 Skip

BUMPED and UPDATED: Important, too. It seems that the image I ORIGINALL used from Powerline is copyrighted – by NITZAHKON who is a loyal reader and commenter here at GraniteGrok. In fact, he has his own blogsite, RedPillJew and has been sending me stuff in hopes to put it up or mention them here. I … Read more

We demand that 2+2 = 5 – “‘Genital preferences’ are transphobic.”

December 15, 2019 Skip

The first time I read this post, I was very confused: gays, lesbians, and gender dysphoric males, gender dysphoric females. Attraction, sex, and epithets thrown all around because the different groups won’t play well with each other. It made my head hurt and I blame the Left for, once again, bastardizing our common language.

Sidenote: I’m tired of having to use the Left’s language in any kind of debate or discussion so I’m no longer going to use transgender. After all, he who controls the language, controls both the ideas, the debates, and the outcomes. So I refuse to play by their rules anymore. Deal with it. Other Conservatives should consider this idea – and then follow suit.

Notable Quote – B.b.b.but, you’re not listening to us WARNING you about him!

December 15, 2019 Skip

I wonder how many people are like me and sympathize with Trump because he is bullied. I never liked Trump and I didn’t vote for him, but the continual attacks on him make me sympathetic. If this were a movie, he would be the hero, and the attackers are the smug “cool” kids who will … Read more

“You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words”

December 15, 2019 Skip

Yeah, sure thing, Greta. This is the problem with the First World – problems we think are existential pale with those in the developing or Third World countries. Greta thinks her life is ruined? What about those other children shown in that collage below. Would Greta be willing to swap places with them? Very doubtful, … Read more

“Powerful Interests on the Left Want to Shrink Freedom of Religion”

December 15, 2019December 15, 2019 Skip

The above is the title of an address that US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell gave concerning Religious Freedom and the Right to Conscience. He’s right and there is no better example of it in the LGBT movement by militants attacking both at every level of Government. They’ve introduced new wording, phrasing, and new definitions … Read more

COP25: Poor countries want to loot rich countries and Greta Thunberg starts to realize her “15 minutes of Leftist use” is over

December 15, 2019 Skip

“We have been striking now for over a year, and still basically nothing has happened”

Yep, poor Greta is frustrated with adults. Boy, what a shame – they just won’t listen to her, this maladjusted 16-year-old school dropout autism-spectrum kid that believes that she IS that magic wand that can change everything at the snap of her fingers.

Data Point – November NICS data: we’re buying more guns!

December 14, 2019 Skip

And now we can say, once again, THANKS DEMOCRATS! The more you keep talking, especially Beto (who broke the civilian disarmament code of omerta), the more we keep buying. And when you live in Washington State with one infringing law after another, Virginia’s Governor Northam threatening to use the National Guard against Virginia counties declaring … Read more

Sorry, you’re wrong – leave the kids out of it.

December 14, 2019 Skip

I’ve said for years that kids shouldn’t be involved in politics on either side of the aisle and when politicians and partisans do so (e.g., elementary kids marching with signs for one argument or another and you KNOW they haven’t a clue). All they’re doing is using kids as political pawns and its wrong. The … Read more

Notable Quote – Prof. Don Boudreaux

December 14, 2019December 14, 2019 Skip

He [J.D. Rockefeller, Sr.] was also insistent that his massive philanthropy paled in importance beside the good he had done in creating jobs and furnishing affordable kerosene at Standard Oil. DBx: Rockefeller was correct. Wealth cannot be philanthropically given away unless it is first created. Nor can wealth be “redistributed” by the state unless it … Read more

“Are We Doomed?” Climate Chaos – not so much

December 14, 2019 Skip

But, as Stossel observes, the other side doesn’t want to debate, they just want to impose their will, without question. So why are politicians so eager to push all this on us? One word: control. (H/T: RedState)