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Andru Volinsky has an Op-Ed (full piece after the jump) that is about “shared values”.  Unfortunately, he’s not honest enough to say “these are Progressive values” and instead tries to hide them as “commonsense New Hampshire values” trying to make readers think “well, how COULD you argue with these?” as they cock their heads to the side going “huh – what?”.  Sure, there are long term NH values,  but they are summarized with our State motto – “Live Free or Die”; Volinsky, like all Progressives, is working to change those values in his run for the NH Executive Council.   I’m not going to regurgitate the whole thing but outline a couple of wrong headed ideas as well as point out “He’s not from the traditional self-reliant leave-me-alone” community – instead, his guiding principle is more of the communitarianism that is foreign to this State (as well as traditional American values).  Instead, he’s happy to further install that foreign European socialist political philosophy that socialist leaning Americans hide behind the “Progressive” facade”.

• There is one other point to consider when it comes to community values.

It’s always about the community – what about

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Guest post by a good friend of the ‘Grok:

FREE DOG IN AMERICA

No, not giving our dog away. Rather sharing some thoughts on dogs.

We have Goldens and have had for quite a few years. The dog fits us to a “T”. Sure she sheds. The pickup truck, dog’s truck, is full of swirling hair when we opt to drive with all the windows down. The bride starts waving her arms in survival mode and I know to roll up all the windows and turn on the AC. But it is the dog’s truck. Not the family “truckster” or a vehicle we pick friends up at the airport. Hundred and ninety thousand miles and not an oil leak. Burns some oil but has been a 100% vehicle for everyday living and hauling. The dog is free to come and go with me all the time and usually does. We both like getting out of the house and we never worry about the mess. A bi-annual clean up of the truck is in order though. It is our truck!!

Here on the hill the dog has free rein. She rarely—RARELY-

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Or, why do we think there there is only a Fusion Party?  Because they act no differently than the Democrats when they don’t think we’re looking.  Take the appropriations for the Office of Civil Affairs and its meddling over transgenderism by its own re-manufacturing of law and definition replacing the meaning of what was passed originally by Congress (emphasis mine, reformatted) and the Republicans didn’t stomp on its brakes – they mashed its accelerator down (“very generous budget increase last year”) in “fundamentally transforming” traditional mores:

…OCR is perhaps the most left-wing office in the federal bureaucracy. Bankrolling it that way Congress did was an egregious error (for which they were rewarded with the transgender guidance). This would be understandable if Congress were in the hands of the Democratic Party. As Republicans rule the roost, however, this seriously discredits congressional Republicans.

And it is actions like this have the Republican asking “what good are they???”

Fund puts it this way: “If Republicans in Congress wonder why so many conservatives are frustrated with them, here is one reason: GOP lawmakers generously fund the Obama administration’s most out-of-control elements while slapping down the conservatives who try to warn them away from such misjudgments.”

And then they wonder why the base rebelled by voting for Trump? They keep forgetting that “burn it all down” is a viable political phrase. And that only exists because they keep showing us why we can’t Trust them.

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I was watching the Olympics when in Michael Phelps’ last individual event of this Olympics (the 100M butterfly), there was a three way tie for second at 51.14.  At the time, I thought that odd – certainly timing equipment can easily get down to thousandths of a second, right?  And then Regressing talked about that and why it isn’t the timing equipment or calibration – it’s the pool (reformatted, emphasis mine):

…Modern timing systems are capable of measuring down to the millionth of a second—so why doesn’t FINA, the world swimming governing body, increase its timing precision by adding thousandths-of-seconds? As it turns out, FINA used to. In 1972, Sweden’s Gunnar Larsson beat American Tim McKee in the 400m individual medley by 0.002 seconds. That finish led the governing body to eliminate timing by a significant digit. But why?

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After all, it was President Obama who said to judge the Feds (and his Administration) on whether it works – or not:

“The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works — whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified.”  – President Obama, Inauguration (2009)

Instead of a one-by-one series that I’ve done, here’s a few:

Secret Service faces questions about child sex abuse

The U.S. Secret Service is under scrutiny after a batch of newly released documents revealed that a special agent was accused in 2012 of using a date-rape drug to molest boys. The revelation, stemming from a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, raised questions about whether the Secret Service and Department of Homeland Security, which oversees it, as well as its investigative arm, took sufficient action when confronted with the allegations.

And yet, Progressives keep telling us that Government is filled with experts that are non-partisan and only have everyone’s best interest at the forefront.  Again, what were those boys’ best interests in getting molested by Federal Government employees?

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ANALYSIS: TRUE. In Venezuela, It’s not a ‘Humanitarian’ Crisis. It’s a Socialist Crisis.

The disaster unfolding in Venezuela is entirely the fault of the Venezuelans who elected first Hugo Chavez and then Nicolas Maduro. But check out the way CNN Money frames what’s happening. . . . Read the whole thing and notice the one word you don’t see in the article. Go ahead, I dare you.

(H/T: Instapundit) Absolutely right – you get what you deserve as decisions have consequences – you get the government you deserve.  And reap the downside as well. It can’t be a humanitarian crises when you have brought it upon yourselves – ACTIVELY and with DELIBERATENESS.  You had alternatives – but you voted for the “free money” and the “free stuff”.  That’s what socialists do – it’s their version of crack.  Get you hooked, reel you in, and put you on your knees until they give you your next fix. Decisions have consequences and you’ve already made that decision.

And this is what Hillary, Bernie, and the Socialist Democrat Party is now offering America with evil grins. They know you want free stuff; they know they want that control over you.  Is “free stuff”, or making somebody else pay for you, worth your Freedom? And yes, Freedom comes with responsibility for yourself.  Adults accept that responsibility – you?

Recap: blowout screaming match with Michael Kitch that we wouldn’t raise OUR taxes to send the “surplus” to Democrat controlled cities and states that had run themselves into fiscal ruin:

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