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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.

Data Point – Republicans hate their Party

IMG_0271That is an astounding number: 6 in 10 Republicans feel “betrayed” by their Party.  Now betrayed is a very strong, emotionally laden word.  I know, I’ve used it before – years before – here on the ‘Grok.  And its cause is rather simple: they see that the elected Republican officials won’t act according to what they say they believe.  Let me put that another way: they say one thing and then do another.  Frank Guinta, Kelly Ayotte, Shawn Jasper – have they done EXACTLY what they campaigned on (ok, take the first two as Jasper is all in to his Democrat masters that handed the NH Speakership to him, but you can see that the Republicans under his leadership all but caved to what the Democrats wanted in the budget.  And oh yeah, let me not forget the NH State Senate Republicans Chuck Morse and Jeb Bradley for the biggest expansion of NH government evah by installing Obama’s Medicare Expansion)?

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Data Point – Americas are starting to fear their government

Almost half of Americans, 49%, say the federal government poses “an immediate threat to the rights and freedoms of ordinary citizens,” similar to what was found in previous surveys conducted over the last five years. When this question was first asked in 2003, less than a third of Americans held this attitude.  (H/T: Gallup)

Notable Quote – Professor Thomas Sowell

Pope Francis’ own native Argentina was once among the leading economies of the world, before it was ruined by the kind of ideological notions he is now promoting around the world. In 1900, only 3 percent of American homes had electric lights but more than 99 percent had them before the end of the century. … Read more

I think this observation is stunningly accurate about Progressives

From the Anti-Planner: Progressives believe that commonly owned resources are a good thing because they value the tragedy of the commons. Without the tragedy, there is no need for government intervention. Without a need for government intervention, the role of progressives is greatly diminished. And they continue to make more and more subject to “the … Read more

NHCCS Constitution Day – Ed Naile, Chair of CNHT: The Left’s Assault on American Freedom: Voter Fraud

Before the main Ballroom events at the Portsmouth Harborside Sheraton started, there were four breakout sessions held in other rooms.  One of the speakers was Ed Naile, Chair of the Coalition of New Hampshire Taxpayers, and his topic was an update on Voter Fraud.

  

Part 1                                    Part 2

Part 3:                                    Part 4:

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NHCCS Constitution Day – Rich Girard / Jane Cormier “Chester”

After the dinner time (ok, before it ended), Rich Girard bounded back onto the stage and set the schedule for the rest of the evening.  Then he introduced former NH State Rep Jane Cormier to give her rendition of our first national anthem: “Chester”.  After that, Pete Hinkle had some time to talk about general announcements for the NHCCS as well as to give the Loyalty award to Bill McNally.

  

Dr. Jehle followed that with his talk in “Interpositional Oration”:

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NHCCS Constitution Day – Dr. Edwin Vieira: “The Administrative State: Blueprint for Tyranny”

Following Ben Krim’s address, Dr. Vieira took the stage to talk about the changing of our representative Republic into that which I have written about for years (trust me, he makes the FAR more scholarly argument than I could EVAH hope to do): the warning about Progressivism’ Administrative State why by we no longer rule ourselves but by government bureaucrats that are both unelected and unaccountable.  And with the Obama Administration’s years, increasingly they are also unassailable by we ordinary folks.  Again, who is supposed to be the Public Master and the public servant?  His address is broken into 4 parts of about 15 minutes apiece.

  

Part 1                                                             Part 2

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Data Point – Climate models versus Reality

michaels-102-ipcc-models-vs-reality“…The fourth IPCC report [para 9.1.3] says : “Results from forward calculations are used for formal detection and attribution analyses. In such studies, a climate model is used to calculate response patterns (‘fingerprints’) for individual forcings or sets of forcings, which are then combined linearly to provide the best fit to the observations.”

And then the author talks about a number of “parameters” to which we know have impacts on climate, some small and some quite large, that because they are not fully understood, get left out of a lot of those models.  Yet, it is these models that are being used to determine major policy decision, taxation levels, spending allocations – and of course, redistribution from the wealthy “guilty” to the “innocent oppressed” (e.g., just don’t follow the money but watch those that want to be the ones that direct those money flows).

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Speaking of the Administrative State…

Of which Dr. Edwin Vieira spoke of during the NHCCS’s Constitution Day (see here).  And along, just when I need it, comes this from Instapundit: ACCOUNTABILITY IS FOR THE LITTLE PEOPLE: EPA Administrator: No One’s Lost Their Job Over Agency’s Mine Spill. Related: Watchdog: VA not firing officials for botched veteran care. As I’ve said about our … Read more

NHCCS Constitution Day – Diane Gilbert, Chair NHCCS, welcoming remarks

As well as intro ceremonies with the National Anthem sung by former NH State Rep. Jane Cormier (of Piccolo Opera) and with Master of Ceremonies, Rich Girard of “Girard at Large“!    Intro Ceremonies                                   Diane Gilbert Previous Video: NHCCS – Interview with Rich Girard of “Girard at Large” NHCCS – Interview with Diane Bitter of the 603 … Read more

NHCCS Constitution Day – Ben Krim: Defending the First Amendment

Ben is a senior at the New Testament Christian School in Plymouth, Massachusetts and was judged to be the best in NHCCS’s program for high schoolers.  His topic of his speech was “Defending the First Amendment”: Previous Videos: NHCCS – Interview with Rich Girard of “Girard at Large” NHCCS – Interview with Diane Bitter of … Read more

NHCCS Constitution Day – Interview with Rich Girard of “Girard At Large”

Long day yesterday but worth it the National Heritage Center for Constitutional Studies (“NHCCS”) Constitution Day.  Got the chance to finally talk with people roaming around a bit instead of always behind the camera but did get a couple of interviews while running around checking cameras in some of the session rooms (as opposed to just being in the ballroom where the main session didn’t start until 4pm).  It seems that the Master of Ceremonies, Rich Girard, had a similar problem – the subsidiary sessions had their on M.C.s so he and I sat down for a chat:

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NHCCS Constitution Day – Interview with Diane Bitter of the 603 Alliance

‘Grok friend, event coordinator extraordinaire, conservatarian activist, and former NH GOP Town Chair, County Chair, and NH GOP Secretary, Diane Bitter is now part of a conservatarian group, the 603 Alliance, that is seeking to get conservatives to do what moderate Republicans have done for years but in reverse – in a caucus type environment, … Read more

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