Fairly new Grokster Ray Cardello had a post ‘The Left Only Sees Gun Control.’ “Over the weekend, we saw Biden resort to his old claim that the Second Amendment is not absolute. That is his interpretation and certainly not shared by many.
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Maintenance In Progress – Ads, Subscribers, Newsletter
Ads – Commenter Anon yesterday let me know (and I experienced it myself) that the left and bottom pop-up ads were glitching in that it took TWO tries at closing (or “X-ing out”) those ads. I contacted the ad server vendor and it seems that is now fixed.
It’s Filing Season for Elected Offices. Look within Yourselves and Ask “I Should Be Making a Difference, Right”?
June 1st through the 10th is “Filing Season” in New Hampshire. It’s when you have that short window of time to decide (if you haven’t thought about it yet – and you should have if you’ve been reading GraniteGrok!) to run for elected office.
Laconia School Administrator Gave Master Key to Dozens of Students for “SR. Prank”
Almost every High School, come graduation time, has a Senior Prank that is pulled. Sometimes successfully, sometimes not. But given what just happened in Uvalde, TX, where there was much consternation over an open door by a teacher (was it? was it not?) and those sworn to protect Society twiddling their thumbs outside as innocent … Read more
A Response to NH State Rep Amy Bradley – Slam This! What a Hypocrite on “Sanctuary”!
We all know that the Democrats were all about creating Sanctuary States, Counties, Cities, and Towns when Republicans held the Presidency and were actively enforcing the Law concerning illegal immigration.
A Response to Drs. Hoffer, Shessler, and Chapman: How about Your Demand That Schools Break Trust with Parents over Their Children??
The analogous situation to what you are advocating is to see a child and then, without saying a word to the Parent, whisk that child off to surgery for an hours, maybe a day long, procedure. And like the Florida case, return to the Parent and say “Sorry, she didn’t make it”, turn around and … Read more
Quick Thought: About Schools, Bug Spray, and School Approved Minor Children’s Sexual Identity
We got an email from the Grandson’s kindergarten about this coming week. In it were some instructions for the rest of the school days: We will be enjoying lots of outdoor learning this week so please have your child wear sneakers every day and put on bug spray at home. We cannot apply lotions or … Read more
New NH GOP Deputy Comms Sheriff in Town? Is Stepanek Now Only Going to Give Her One Email At A Time?
(old TV reference there – a single bullet. Wonder if she’d “get it” being not from the age when dirt was being created like me?) Someone on the NH GOP State Committee (there are ZILLIONS of them! And many of them like GraniteGrok) sent this to me. Wow, just wow. I responded back in utter … Read more
Blogline of the Day – Consider Them to Be Mentally Ill – And Demand that You Join or Affirm Them
It’s all about the Left trying to be people they really can’t be and are unable to admit their wrongness to themselves. Because they can’t be, their efforts are spent trying to persuade you they are what they aren’t. And if they can’t persuade you voluntarily, they have no problem in working to change Society’s norms out from underneath you to MAKE you accept who they aren’t.
Skip’s Sauntering Snippets #8 – Why Won’t Government Stay In Its “Lane” and within in Its Boundaries?
It really comes down to PEOPLE ignoring such restrictions, doesn’t it? People who have decided that the rules don’t apply to them anymore. Worse, are those people that are in CHARGE of enforcing such rules (e.g., Laws, the Constitution) deciding that they don’t have to anymore. Doesn’t matter to them that Legislatures have said “you … Read more
Skip’s Sauntering Snippets #8 – Why won’t Government stay in its “Lane” and within in its Boundaries?
It really comes down to PEOPLE ignoring such restrictions, doesn’t it? People who have decided that the rules don’t apply to them anymore. Worse, are those people that are in CHARGE of enforcing such rules (e.g., Laws, the Constitution) deciding that they don’t have to anymore. Doesn’t matter to them that Legislatures have said “you … Read more
Promoted from the Comments – Conservatives Need to Understand That Their Opposition Is Not Seeking Compromise, but Conquest
I really liked Michael Graham’s piece that says America can’t fix anything lately – and Kurt Schlichter’s (Notable Quote) amplifies it. As always, I’m scanning the comments to both see what the temperature of our readers is while looking for thoughtful remarks that make good points. Agent Liberty left such a comment here on Graham’s piece.
Notable Quote – And This Is How They Will Destroy America
I don’t get chances to abstract much from Kurt Schlicher’s columns even as I read them all the time – he writes in a style that DEMANDS the entirety be read in toto and it’s hard to excise a part to be standalone; all of the sections are required to get the gestalt of his point. This, I hope, stands alone in part, especially when combined with Michael Graham.
So, Hillary Seeger, What Is That “Severe Misinformation about Gunstock” about Which You Accuse GraniteGrok – And Me?
I’ve been collecting a bunch of LtE’s (Letter to the Editor) from the Laconia Daily Sun. Having built up quite a number, it’s time to start answering a few. This one is from Hillary Seeger (see below), a veteran and was (is?) quite active in the Laconia Veterans of Foreign Wars – this day, Memorial … Read more
DISQUS Doodlings: Are You Willing to Pay My Larger Marginal Costs That You Wish to Foist upon Me?
OK, over at Treehugger on this older post, I got more than a little pointed. I’m tired of the virtue-signaling of these Eco-Socialists and their nonchalant /passive-aggresive manner of telling people what they are supposed to be doing in prostrating themselves before GAIA in earning their way into No-Carbon Nirvana. No matter how much it costs those of us on the wrong end – mandatory indulgences.
“Michael Graham: Solve Gun Violence?” America Can’t Fix Anything Lately
It does seem that America can’t even tie its own shoelaces anymore so this piece by Michael Graham at NH Journal hit home. I emailed him if we could cross-post his piece entitled “GRAHAM: Solve Gun Violence? America’s Pols Would Rather ‘Fight’ Than ‘Fix” with this:
Save Us, Obi-Wan Kanobi, from This Troublesome Priest!
Never thought I’d write a title that would combine Star Wars and King of England Henry II but there you go! Good ole Henry (ok, not so much) and the priest was Thomas Beckett who had excommunicated a number of bishops that supported Henry.
Blogline of the Day – She said the quiet part out loud (e.g., Parents, back off!)
This isn’t the quiet part yet, but sets the stage:
“Meg Tuttle, president of the NEA-NH, the state’s largest teacher’s union, said it is dangerous to let parents get between teachers and students when it comes to talking about sex.”
Got that?
Data Point Updated: – For All the Talk That Trump Is Now Fading, He’s Got a Great Candidate-Picking Track Record (Part 2)
I wrote back on the 18th that while the Left, Never-Trumpers, and the Media are all casting shade on Trump and his role in the Republican Party primaries, he’s actually been very good at endorsing candidates. The problem is that these latter political dumpster divers are all trying to focus on what he hasn’t gotten … Read more
Friday Open Thread – A Pox on All Their Republican Houses! Is There Anything More Important than Parents?
So Government has decided, in the form of School Boards, Teachers Unions, and Democrats, that it has the Power to stand between Parents and their children. That Parents count less than both Government and their own Children. Isn’t this a form of “Taking”? Oh Wait! Republican have sided with them! Whose Party Platform states: We, … Read more