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Skip

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.

So, the Democrats hated married women when they passed this law!

Ah, yes, once again, we see what happens when clueless politicians (in this case, the Democrats who rammed the Credit Card Act) plant their noses squarely into the cement wall that is called the Law of Unintended Consequences?  Wall Street Journal (emphasis mine): The suggested measure is "intended to enhance protections for consumers and to …

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Notable Quote – Ronald Reagan

  We must reject the idea that every time a law’s broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions. – Ronald Reagan, President of the United States   (H/T: Cathy G.)

See what happens when Legislators apply their own “tax caps”?

Here in NH, tax caps are fairly common in the news.  For readers in other states for which this may be unknown (think Illinois, California, or New York), these legal instruments put into place by votes of the general citizenry of the various local governments that limit the growth of spending by elected officials. Why?  …

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With Obamacare, just THINK of all of your private information they will have…

You can TRUST your government!  They won’t tell anyone about your private secrets!  Oh wait: "The US government’s 11-page document on how to get various US government agencies to prevent future leaks has been leaked. It doesn’t get any more ironic than that. After the various leaks made by WikiLeaks, the US government understandably wants …

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