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Co-founder of GraniteGrok, my concern is around Individual Liberty and Freedom and how the Government is taking that away. As an evangelical Christian and Conservative with small "L" libertarian leanings, my fight is with Progressives forcing a collectivized, secular humanistic future upon us. As a TEA Party activist, citizen journalist, and pundit!, my goal is to use the New Media to advance the radical notions of America's Founders back into our culture.

And Obama is still trying to convince us that Obamacare is “affordable”

Mmmm, yeah, and I kept my doctor, too:

“And most folks can find coverage for $50 to $100/month. That’s probably less than your cell phone bill.”

Yeah, we’ve heard that line as well.  Of COURSE it’s affordable – when someone else is paying for it (and not when it’s not).  Now, my cell bill, for two lines, is much less than $100 but a bit more than $50.  But tell me, WHO else has health insurance for that amount of money – if they have to pay for it themselves?  Especially as Chief Proctologist & Hectorer-in-Chief (in politics, that is) Zandra Rice-Hawkins (who is rather upset because REPUBLICANS ARE SABOTAGING Obamacare – who would EVER think that??):

Sidenote: WHY is Rice-Crispies being quoted in the Charlotte Observer?  Why would they down there care about what’s happening here in NH?

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Quotes

Notable Quote – Karl Popper

For in our own time, the earlier, naturalistic revolution against God replaced the name ‘God’ by the name ‘Nature’. Almost everything else was left unchanged. Theology, the Science of God, was replaced by the Science of Nature; God’s laws by the laws of Nature; God’s will and power by the will and power of Nature (the natural forces); and later, God’s design and God’s judgment by Natural Selection. Theological determinism was replaced by a naturalistic determinism; that is, God’s omniscience and omnipotence were replaced by the omniscience and omnipotence of the Natural Sciences.

Hegel and Marx replaced the goddess Nature, in her turn, by the goddess History. So we get laws of History; powers, forces, tendencies, designs, and plans, of History; and the omniscience and omnipotence of historical determinism. Sinners against God are replaced by ‘criminals who vainly resist the march of History’; and we learn that not God but History will be our judge.

-Karl Popper (A Pluralist Approach to the Philosophy of History)

Yep, the Progressives’ “Arc of History” bit – a crock in its entirety.  History just “is” – it is just what has happened in the past and has no agency, in and of itself, to sway the agency of actual live humans.  A recording, yes, but nothing more (regardless of the nonsense that Obama spewed in using it). Same with nature – nature is also “just is”

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Oh Wait! Wasn’t that all supposed to make it go down??

The Democrats want complete civilian disarmament such that only The State has the ability to utilize Force. So they pass law after law to make that happen because SAFETY AND SECURITY! Which of course, the rest of us know will never happen.  Of course, these Safety folks have no regard for the flip side: Rights and Freedom.  Which, I point out, they don’t care about.  And yet, this happens (reformmated and emphasis mine):

Of course, watch the meltdown when you point out that the state with the most strict gun control had it’s already high homicide rate jump up nearly 18 percent from 2014 to 2016. California, a state with every gun control imaginable, witnessed an 18 percent rise in firearm homicides from 2014 to 2016. This rise in firearm homicides comes despite the fact that Democrats, gun control groups, and the establishment media constantly claim that states with the strictest gun controls see lower rates of violence and death.

Ayup – the thought of “mice and men” streams through my head at this. And yet, it is never enough. EVAH!

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SJWs – Holding student grades over a statue; er, about that Power Imbalance they keep yammering about?

It is the end of the semester; my students did their final semester project Presentation and last night I finished up with the giving them their final grades.  One more “activity” done – six still left on the plate but this really will free up a lot of time (about a day to 2 days a week). Another month and one more will be done as well (but much less time has been spent on that this year).  So, in surfing around, it looks like others are also tallying up their students’ grades – and one set of SJWs are looking to use their students’ grades as a political cudgel (translation: no boundaries in conducting political warfare and it doesn’t matter who they hurt; reformatted, emphasis mine):

Teaching assistants at the University of North Carolina have threatened to hold up to 2,200 grades if school officials do not reconsider their plan for the controversial “Silent Sam” statue. This past Monday, UNC officials announced the memorial to Confederate soldiers would be housed in a new campus facility. That evening, protesters took to the streets to voice their displeasure. On Friday, activists announced online that 79 teaching assistants had signed a petition in opposition to the Silent Sam plan, and indicated they would “withhold [the] grades” if Chancellor Carol Folt and the UNC Board of Trustees did not relent.

I believe that the operative word is extortion – and they should be legally treated as extortionists!  All over the “Silent Sam” (an unknown Confederate soldier) statue that was toppled by student / SJW vandals because SLAVERY!  Anything they deem to be “wrong” must be destroyed, erased, and thrown down the Memory Hole – not just put somewhere else.

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Palate Cleanser: how steady are YOUR hands!?

Having flown over 500K air miles in my career, I used to rack up all kinds of frequent flier miles – the vast majority on United.  Last 10 years, though, have basically stayed home and flow very little.  I did fly a bit on Delta but not enough to get a freebie so over the … Read more

Data Point – Climate change is mostly about virtue-signaling, not actually doing (unless you are the US)

About that “Paris Accord”? Reformatted, emphasis mine:

Nineteen nations “believe” in climate change. How are they backing up their statement of faith? China was praised for signing on to the Paris Climate Agreement and in Argentina reaffirmed its commitment to controlling greenhouse gas emissions. Last year, however, China increased those emissions by 1.7 percent. India, the fourth largest source for CO2, saw their emissions grow by 4.6 percent in 2017. Luckily for them, they too were praised for signing that “nonbinding communiqué.” Overall, the European Union raised their CO2 output by 1.5 percent. France, home of the Paris Agreement, is leading the diplomatic effort to save the planet. They increased their greenhouse gas emissions by 3.6 percent. . . .

If the nations paying lip service to climate change aren’t meeting their goals, imagine how poorly the oil-drilling, coal-mining Americans must be doing.

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Attributes of “you will be assimilated” Social Justice Warriors that can’t just leave well alone.

It’s like they feel they’re on a mission from God.  Oh wait, they don’t believe in God, do they?  OK, in their own minds, they ARE their own god.

We make sport of Social Justice Warriors all the time because, well, they make themselves easy targets.  The problem is that they act in the typical Collectivist fashion – tick them off and they don’t just attack back but at the slightest slight, pre-determine that you must be destroyed.  We’ve seen it, experienced it, and written about.  They are the equivalent (yep, I’m about to break Godwin’s Law) of Societal Nazis – no dissent allowed, no apology accepted, and anything other than complete acceptance of their view is heresy.

The Right Geek has an interesting take between “Leftists” and SJWs and it is WAY more than just degree or intensity:

So what makes an SJW? What’s the difference, for me, between standard leftists and those I believe are clear and present dangers to me and mine? Quite simply, monstrous leftists do the following:

  • They deny that truth is objective and universally accessible. They tell me, for example, that I can’t discuss race relations in the U.S. because I’m white — or that I can’t discuss the transgender issue because I’m “cis.”…
  • They don’t respect boundaries. They block traffic, destroy property, harass and intimidate opponents…
  • They’re censors.
  • They magnify offense — and then respond with no sense of proportion.  Unintentionally insensitive remarks or actions cannot be socially engineered out of existence…

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Data Point: How to “correct” the Income Inequality between the US and the rest of the world?

After all, when you consider the basis point of not just “99% vs the 1%” in the US (as the Marxist / SJWs complain, who want to use Government to “equalize” everyone and thing) but instead, judge the world against the US, we ARE the 1% of the world and the rest of the world hates it and thinks, like American SJWs, that we “stole” all that wealth. So, how to “level” that field?

As has been said before “make us all serfs again”.  DC Whispers has an interesting take on this (emphasis mine, reformatted slightly); I add the Progressive doxology “from whom all blessings flow?”:

…The “Before Obama” and “After Obama” figures make clear how the millennials were targeted for what has to rank as one of the most damaging bait and switch frauds in human history. Feed them easy money for college courses that have no application in the real world, give them a near-worthless piece of paper at the end, and charge them tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars for being victims of the scam.

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NH Federation of College Republicans Address was a Success

[Republicans not settling for status quo: fighting back, just what I like to see -Skip]

Date: 12/08/2018
Press Contact: Kaylyn Marcotte, comsdirector@nhfcr.gop

College Republicans Prove Millennials are Behind the Republican Party

Manchester, NH – Today, the New Hampshire Federation of College Republicans (NHFCR) convened at Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) for their second annual State of the NHFCR Address. At the Address, Chapter Chairmen from across the Granite State give updates about their chapter’s achievements and goals for the upcoming semester. State Chairman Dan Passen follows the Chapter reports with a Federation report. Former Republican Congressional nominees Eddie Edwards and Steve Negron were also present. State Chairman Dan Passen stated the following after the Address has concluded:

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Marijuana

Blogline of the Day – if you’ve got it, they’ll spend it

Government expenditures will expand to exceed revenues.

A story of pot when the taxes paid for pleasure end up enlarging Government.  Which, here in NH, has been the reason why the Democrats have pushed for a casino (or two).  Not for the sake of letting a corporation separate one’s money from one’s wallet – it has always been about Government demanding money from that corporation for…..well, Government doing nothing with respect to “value added”.

Same thing with pot but with MUCH higher margins – for Government for doing…..well, nothing again for “value added”. So now you know why the NH Democrat Party has instituted a plank calling for decriminalization of it (and as mentioned before, a two-fer: those buying pot legally under NH law will no longer be able to buy guns as pot is still Federally illegal). Smoke pot, no Second Amendment for you!

Background on it “will expand“:

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Quotes

Notable Quote – James Buchanan

Once a governmental program is instituted, a specific clientele is born, with clearly defined interests in both the maintenance and expansion of the program’s benefits. These interests make themselves felt politically, with the familiar concentration of pressures toward expansion as opposed to the dissipated opposition reflected in the generality of the taxes used to finance … Read more

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Educator-Parent Supports Options

Several weeks ago, we were contacted by a woman who sought educational options for her daughter who is experiencing relentless bullying at her local school. Even though she is an educator herself, the staff is unresponsive to the mom’s concerns and continues to place her daughter in stressful conditions. Children deserve to have their educational … Read more

If this is happening in your place (Louisiana), it’s most likely happening in our place: Medicaid Expansion fraud

That’s right – a take off on what Doug and I used to say all the time on Meet The New Press: “if it’s happening here, it’s happening where you’re at, too” (which was a take off on former US Speaker of the House Tip O’Neal’s maxim “All politics is local”.  So I don’t know who did the deed in Louisiana but we all certainly know who to look at here in NH, eh?

‘Stunning’: 80% using Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion are ineligible, Louisiana report finds

Louisiana’s legislative auditor wanted to know how the state’s expansion of Medicaid under Obamacare was doing, so he picked 100 people who were deemed eligible under the rules. He found that 82 of them made so much money that they shouldn’t have qualified for the benefits they received. Auditor Daryl G. Purpera, who issued his findings last month to little fanfare outside of Louisiana, figured if those statistics hold true for the rest of the expanded Medicaid population in his state, then the losses to ineligible beneficiaries could be as high as $85 million.

And how large is 80% is the NH Medicaid Expansion population?  That would be 40,000 – and millions of wasted and fraudful (to coin a word) money.  “Oh, but it’s not NH money!” exclaim

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Stone cold, she is

She seethes believing that it WAS her turn and Trump took it away never understanding that, sometimes, a bit of grace is required. Especially when lots of cameras are trained on her. I’m thinking she just blew her 2020 chances (which were close to nil in the first place). (H/T: American Thinker)

Once again, Republicans refuse to stand up for…..Republicans

You can be sure that if this was on the other foot, that it was a Republican that had won with “uncertain” residency credentials, NH Dem Party Chair would be threatening to bomb the Hague NH State Senate chambers. But once again, we see limpness of elected Republican spines in the face of confrontation (reformatted, emphasis mine):

There’s no chance Republican senators will challenge the credentials of newly elected Democrat Jon Morgan, according to Sen. Chuck Morse, R-Salem, who will serve as Republican minority leader when the Senate reconvenes for the new year. As far as Republicans are concerned, the matter was settled when Morgan’s opponent, Republican incumbent Bill Gannon of Sandown, withdrew his complaint to the Ballot Law Commission just before its Monday meeting, Morse said. Gannon’s challenge, based on constitutional residency requirements, conjured memories among some longtime political observers of a case involving Gov. Sununu — not the incumbent, but his father, Gov. John H. Sununu, who served from 1983 to 1989.

I really don’t care about the Papa Smurf historical anecdote except for one thing he has common with Trump: he fights.  Chuck Morse comes out looking like a beta male in this.

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Data Point: China agrees to reduce their tariffs on American cars

President Donald Trump said on Sunday that China had agreed to “reduce and remove” tariffs on U.S. cars below the 40 percent level that Beijing is currently charging on American-made vehicles. A day after he and Chinese President Xi Jinping called a 90-day cease-fire in their trade war to allow time for negotiations, Trump said on … Read more

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Quick Thought: Karen Hewes

From the Union Leader Op-Ed on what we call “Dems hating on Rich Girard” was this gem: Meanwhile, the student and her parents have a lawyer, who apparently missed the law school class on free speech and the First Amendment. If Girard doesn’t “immediately stop discussing’’ the student editor on public TV or at any … Read more

“Unasked for tax cuts result in unanticipated tax revenues”

This past Wednesday I traveled down to Manchester for an early morning meeting.  Normally, I’ll listen to Pat Kelly and Peter St. James on “Good Morning NH” on WEMJ  on my way down for my irregular attendance (at least lately) to this meeting and I have been known to call in from time to time.  I’ve … Read more

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