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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.

Quick Thought: NH Conservatives, listen up for a sec

Chris SununuBy the time you read this, Governor Chris Sununu may have already signed HB139 – the latest Bathroom Bill.  We at GraniteGrok helped to defeat the last couple. If he does, the act will be complete the process of the Republican Party alienating one of its most active and supportive wings of the Party. After all, why should people donate to or work for a Party which just made it almost a certainty that both speech and faith Constitutional Rights will be rent in two?  So why does Gov Chris Sununu want to become the next Colorado Civil Rights Commission in ramming a secular faith down our throats? King Nebuchadnezzar.

So here’s the thought that I, a social conservative, had late last night. Let me know your thoughts:

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Tales from the Budcomm – they don’t want to do their jobs?

BudgetI’m a bit late on commenting on this – the last meeting was on May 24th.  While the entire 2 hour video can be seen here (and if you are concerned with openness and transparency, there’s quite a dollop of it, care of moi), I’ve clipped out the part that had my eyebrows up over my head (it starts up around 40 minutes for a better context).

The heart of what a good Budget Committee does (and is mandated to do) is to go over the budget at the General Ledger line item level (GL Account, or “line item” as it is often referred to). But rookie BudComm member Joe Wernig (a hard Progressive who ran on a platform that NOTHING should be cut from government, especially the School District budget) actually said that he isn’t going to do what he was elected to do; “I don’t want to do that!” (at 2:16, below):

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Breaking: Gov. Chris Sununu signs HB1319 – the newest Bathroom Bill

So Governor Chris Sununu just told his Conservative and Faith-Based base to buzz off.  You just told those that brung you to the dance that you’re in love with another.  OK, buzz off we shall – like a buzzsaw.  You asked we’ll deliver.

Good to know, good to know.  I’m betting now that Aaron Day is going to start winding his campaign up a few notches.  I’m even betting that an R might show up to cause Baby Huey to have to spend time and money during the Primary season on an effort that he ordinarily could have avoided.  EASILY avoided.

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Data Point – down about the news cycle.

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The latest Pew Research Center survey found that nearly three-quarters of the nation feels worn out by the fast pace of news.

“Almost seven-in-ten Americans (68 percent) feel worn out by the amount of news there is these days, compared with only three-in-10 who say they like the amount of news they get. The portion expressing feelings of information overload is in line with how Americans felt during the 2016 presidential election, when a majority expressed feelings of exhaustion from election coverage,” said Pew.

Even though I’m a self-admitted and self-described news and political junkie, I’m

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Data Point – “it’s the economy, stupid”

Rising Economy

…Americans love such tales in which the downtrodden succeed, and underdog stories make for great cinema. In real life right now, a lot of economic underdogs in America are growing into a prosperity they did not think possible just a few years ago. Simply put, it’s time for the little guys, the underdogs, to shine. For example, while government dependency expanded massively during the slow growth of the last decade since the Inauguration of Donald Trump almost 2 million people have dropped off of food stamps.

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Oh Good Lord – are the DC Republicans THIS bad that they don’t know what to do???

upside down GOP logoEven this headline from the Daily Mail (yep, a BRITISH newspaper)should make one think: truly, can they govern (reformatted, emphasis mine)?

Senate Republicans are unsure what to do between now and November – so they’re polling THEMSELVES for ideas

Republican Senators are unsure of what to do between now and the November election so they’re polling – themselves. Senators Ted Cruz and Lamar Alexander are quietly circulating an unusual ‘survey’ of their colleagues to ask about their level of support for various legislative proposals, some of them highly controversial. Among the ideas, trying once again to repeal Obamacare, attempting another round of tax cuts, defunding Planned Parenthood, expanding gun rights, and many others. But the odds of any of these proposals coming to the Senate floor for a vote are slim, insiders told Politico, which reported on the unusual poll.

Well, here’s one fer ya – how about just doing the job we expect you to do – like:

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GraniteGrok reports: Annual Belknap County GOP Lake Winnipesaukee Cruise – Steve Negron

Following Brian Belanger was his friend, Steve Negron.  Both are running for the US House of Representatives in NH’s Second Congressional District.  Like the others, Steve addressed the crowd on the M/S Mount Washington on Lake Winnipesaukee.

Note: it seems that a number of the candidates are prior military – many of them Air Force such as Steve Negron (Major, retired, Missile command).  Turns out that David Webb, the MC, is a prior Marine – and was egged on a bit by Al Baldasaro.  I think you’ll enjoy that the inter-branch rivalry that was brought up.

Full Disclosure: GraniteGrok has endorsed Steve in this election.

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DISQUS Doodlings: Both Jonathan Baird and Dan Williams are wrong about the First Amendment and the NFL

Level the playing fieldBackground: Jonathan Baird works for the Social Security Administration, Dan Williams is a government teacher.  Both work in union dominated workplaces; my opinion stems from that and that both of them get the new NFL policy wrong from different viewpoints.  Mine?  The owners own the teams – they can make policies that their employees have to follow; Baird disagrees (reformatted, emphasis mine):

The new policy outlined by Commissioner Roger Goodell that requires NFL players to stand during the national anthem did not come out of any collective bargaining agreement between the owners and the players. It was a unilateral assertion by management. Up until now, there has been no NFL rule that prohibited players from demonstrating during the national anthem. I am at a loss to understand how the owners think they can enforce a unilateral declaration.

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Quick Thought: One would think that all Republicans would be voting FOR more Individual Freedoms…use your vote against them

Right to workFrom the NH GOP Platform:

  • Support legislation to allow workers to decide the allocation of the portion of their union dues used for political purposes
  • We believe in free people, free markets and free enterprise

To that latter point – if unions have the mindset that they can prevent competition and lock potential workers out of jobs, that’s no longer a free labor market. And those locked out of a job because it is a closed shop are no longer free to compete. On those two points,  Americans For Prosperity NH (“AFP”) is now about to do the job that the NH GOP continuously fails to do – holding RINOS that stray to supporting the Democrat agenda accountable. From the Union Leader (emphasis mine, reformatted):

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Blogline of the Day – when you throw traditional social mores to the curb…

Related: In the middle of a Twitter thread on the MSM’s increasing penchant for doxxing, a Twitter user who goes by the handle “Thomas H. Crown” writes, “Journalists have happened on the fastest way I can identify to drive Americans to say, ‘No, please, rando with a webpage, tell us all about this journalist’s family … Read more

GraniteGrok reports: Annual Belknap County GOP Lake Winnipesaukee Cruise – Eddie Edwards

Every year the Belknap County GOP has their annual fundraiser on the M/S Mt. Washington that cruises Lake Winnipesaukee.  People talk, they eat dinner, they talk some more, candidates for various offices get a chance to speak, political activists are still talking, more candidates, political activists still talk….you get the picture. This year, the candidates … Read more

Quick Thought: At least Landrigan gets our name right!

Kevin LandriganActually, two quick thoughts. Many people don’t get our name right – it shows that Kevin Landrigan is paying attention.  We thank him for not typing “Granite Grok”; there’s no space there that many put in. Just a bit of a nit, but it’s nice to see he cares about us!

State Rep. Steve Negron, R-Nashua, continues to steadily gain support among the very conservative base of the Republican Party for his 2nd Congressional District candidacy.

GraniteGrok, the conservative political blog, has chosen sides and went with Negron over former Manchester Veteran Affairs Medical Center whistleblower Dr. Stewart Levenson of Hopkinton and former Army officer and ex-Concord state representative Lynne Blackenbeker

“We not only unearthed every stone — we threw a few at him too! Did he answer ALL of our questions in a satisfactory manner? Honestly, no, but then again, very few politicians can. However, in the end, we believe that he earned our votes for an endorsement — we now ask you for your vote come September for Steve Negron,” GraniteGrok posted Tuesday.

The other quick thought: I wonder – where does that “very conservative base”

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No, Google isn’t biased against conservatives. It just calls the GOP Nazis

Google calls CA GOP Nazis
To be precise, it was the California GOP (not exactly the MOST conservative of state-level GOP organizations) that Google labeled as Nazis:

Less than a week before the California primary, Google listed “Nazism” as the ideology of the California Republican Party.

In the “knowledge panel” that provides easy access to information next to search results, Google was showing “Nazism” as an “ideology” of the party as of Thursday morning. The word “Nazism” was hyperlinked to a secondary page that shows “Nazism” alongside other “ideologies” of California Republicans like “Conservatism,” “Market liberalism,” “Fiscal conservatism,” and “Green conservatism.”

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