What is WRONG with the Left in trying to excuse any of their tax increases by simply stating “it’s for the common good” and “what’s fair”? And we go “How MUCH is fair?”. And we never get an answer – well, except for one person.
Skip
And the NH GOP Annual Meeting Hits Keep Coming – Unbidden
It seems that by publishing that first post on “NH GOP Annual Meeting Observations”, Pandora’s Box got opened – and keeps getting wider: Hi Skip I cannot agree more, with your comments on Maya Harvey’s role in choosing the press outlets covering the annual NH GOP mtg on Saturday. I sat in the front row … Read more
Blogline of the Day – Socialist/Communist Hypocrisy
It’ll Cost You $95 to Hear Bernie Sanders Tell You Why Capitalism is Bad
Yeah, right. This is the guy that has always advocated for Government to be bigger and more intrusive, has said that if he had the power, he’d get rid of all charities (Government should do EVERYTHING), and honeymooned in Moscow.
Gilford Selectmen Meeting – 1/25/23 – Where a Selectman Announces “I Adore You, Skip!”
I’m a bit late on this but since I went to the meeting, I figured I’d post the bits that I was interested in: Town Beach Regulation (beach pass policy “returned” back to be residents (+ their guests) and not STR (Short Term Rentals like AirBnB, VRBO, et al, and hotels. The town culvert failure … Read more
Another Observation From Another NH GOP State Committee Member about Saturday
Like before, another submitter has asked to be anonymous – which is perfectly fine by me. And yes, some light editing by me but not in changing the message. Emphasis mine -Skip Hi Skip, I saw your GG piece about being denied entry into the GOP meeting. FYI, I was a State Committee Member so … Read more
Notable Quote – It’s Meant to Create Societal Chaos
This is something that has been irritating me for a long time, and has now reached the point that it pisses me off. What is ‘this’?
Dang! I’m Not Going to Have Treehugger as a Foil Any Longer
I received word from Lloyd Alter yesterday that DotDash-Meredith, Treehugger’s corporate head, had decided to “go in a different direction” and has laid off all of the staff and writers.
Quick Thought – Maya Harvey’s Press Gallery at the NH GOP Annual Meeting – a Quick Question
Someone called me last nite a wee bit more than upset saying (paraphrased) “What, the ONE media outlet in NH that truly is all about Republican ideals and philosophy, GraniteGrok, was not allowed at the NH GOP Annual Meeting? How stupid was that?”. Well, we appreciate the sentiment – and we have been Consistently on … Read more
And with NH GOP Big Meetings, Flaws Emerge from the Smaller Ones
There are times that I post something and I get feedback. Other times, they just come in. Given some of the issues encountered during yesterday’s NH GOP Annual Meeting, this came in unbidden. I’ve re-written parts of it to protect the sender to “jumble up” the writing style a bit. If Chris Ager wishes to … Read more
Breaking News: NH GOP Elections (UPDATED with Results)
The new NHGOP Chair is Chris Ager. He immediately announced new committees for outreach:
Of COURSE the NH Municipal Association Was Working Behind The Scenes on an Anti-Right-To-Know Bill
Concord Monitor: “The New Hampshire Municipal Association helped Cahill draft the bill at the request of its members.” This would have been HB1611: AN ACT allowing a public body or agency to charge a fee for costs of retrieving public records under the right-to-know law. And “Cahill” is Newmarket Democrat Michael Cahill (Rockingham District 10) … Read more
Quick Thought: Why is NH Senate Staffer Maya Harvey Controlling the NH GOP Media Invites for Today?
Somebody just called asking if we, too, were not going to be at the NH GOP Annual Meeting where Trump is speaking, which had me asking, “what, you were denied as well?”.
Quick Thought – Ding! Ding! Ding! Commenter Allen Was Right! GraniteGrok Authors Were Not Credentialed For the NH GOP Annual Meeting and Trump’s Speech.
As soon as I had put up Maya Harvey’s press release that Trump was going to be speaking at the NH GOP Annual Meeting where new officers are chosen by the new NH GOP State Committee Members, I put in a request for 5 Groksters to be credentialed. That post was here: “Breaking News – … Read more
Data Point – IQs of Graduates Is Dropping
So, what’s in the water? The failure of academic rigor in the early grades? Social dismissal of “merit” or “achievement” as a social good? Work ethic dropping? Peer pressure not to stand out (you know – EQUITY!!! in which everyone has to be exactly the same?)? (click to embiggen) This is a striking series—the IQ … Read more
Quick Thought: So What Is Government Good For? Treehugger Commenter Would Make a Good Progressive
TreeHugger, either the writers nor the commenters, ever want to discuss what should be a fundamental question within Society: WHAT is the role of Government? So when someone there decides to squeak out an opinion on this, I jump all over it. In a post (“The Comeback of Small Cars and Trucks Is Good for … Read more
Steve Beat Me to the Punch – Another Democrat Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud
There used to be a commenter here, whose name I forget but was a Bernie-Bro, that I used to ask one simple question when it came to taxes and Government spending:
Data Point – NH Is Finally Out of Drought
I’ve been watching the Drought status for NH for a number of months. This new fascination was due to WMUR constantly harping that we’re in a terrible situation with respect lack of precipitation. Most of that time, the southern border, especially the south-eastern, was in sever rought. The north was pretty much normal. Most of … Read more
Merrimack County Republican Committee – Vax Victims Resolution to the NH Attorney Genera
NH State Rep Jason Gerhard has proposed a resolution to be voted on at the NHGOP Annual Meeting titled “Resolution for Investigation by New Hampshire Attorney General.”
Data Point – Notice which Price Changes Can Be Associated with Government Meddling in that Marketplace?
Ding! Ding! Ding! We have WINNAHS as they know the answer to the question: Which of these Marketplaces has Government inserting itself? Hospital Services? Think Medicare and Medicaid subsidies. College Tuition? Think Government “loan” subsidies. And College textbooks are in that as well (but they’ve always been expensive). Childcare & nursery school? Think Headstart (whose … Read more
And Microsoft Will Become “This” by Dragging All You XBox Customers with Them – Like It or Not?
Let’s cut to the chase: The company’s environmental impact goals consist of “being a carbon negative, water positive, and zero waste company by 2030.” Fair enough – if you wish to change your operations in support of your internal goals (er, what the heck is “water positive”??), have at it. Train your employees, give them … Read more