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With all of the talk of the Fed shutting down because our chuckleheads in DC are pontificating and prevaricating and putting on political aires instead of saying we ARE on the cusp of a crisis like never seen before! And they have no one else to blame but themselves – it is their watch! So, …
Data Point: Debt Ceiling? Paying for it? Somebody already is. Read More »
Podcast – week of 04/16/11 GrokTALK! Streaming Live! from GraniteGrok To play (or "stream") a clip now, just click on it. To download it to your PC, right click on it and tell the process where to save the file for you. When we are live – join in at either GrokTALK@GraniteGrok.com or call us …
GrokTALK! – Podcast page for 04/16/11 – The TEA Party Edition! Read More »
A while ago, ‘Grok’s friend NH State Representative George Lambert started a thread discussing NH SB1 which would repeal to the Evergreen Clause (now passed). Simply put, Evergreen meant that all union contracts compensation agreements would remain in force if the two parties could not agree on a new contract. I jumped in after seeing …
FB Doodlings – Evergreen Clause, public unions, educational quality Read More »
Podcast – week of 04/23/11 GrokTALK! Streaming Live! from GraniteGrok To play (or "stream") a clip now, just click on it. To download it to your PC, right click on it and tell the process where to save the file for you. When we are live – join in at either GrokTALK@GraniteGrok.com or call us …
During the First World War, in May 1918, President Woodrow Wilson approved the suggestion of the Women’s Committee of National Defenses recommending that American women should wear a black band on the upper left arm adorned with a gold star. Each star representing a family member who had given his or her life for their …
(H/T: Bill)
This should have been done last night, but family issues come first. After the TEA Party rally last Saturday, I had the chance to sit, along with fellow Grokster Mike, and talk with some of the speakers. Here are those interviews: Jeff Chidester (NH Perspective) Dr. Julianne Cooper …
Steve posted this chart on Wednesday. Well, yesterday, the creator of that chart added a bit more info to it: Highlights: Top 1% income earners ($380K / year) earn 20% of all the wages They pay 38% of all Federal income taxes Proportionally, I would say that is more than their "fair" share. Agree? Interesting …
TO: US Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) US Congressman Charlie Bass (R-NH) US Congressman Frank Guinta (R-NH) US Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) FROM: GraniteGrok SUBJECT: Vote NO to raising the Federal Debt Ceiling Seventy Four – the number of times that the National Debt Ceiling has been …
74? No more! GraniteGrok endorses a “No” vote on raising the Federal Debt Ceiling Read More »
Yeah, it is all but spring (40 degrees? Spring?) and I’m continuing to clean up the "ripped pages" from long ago read mags (like here) – this one from Fortune, Jan 17, 2011 where they did an auto review – the Nissan Leaf. Now, it is small, maybe cute, but the overriding feature is that …
