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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.

Let’s put the taking of Federal Income taxes from you into an absurd scenario

I normally do not put up entire posts from other folks, but Neal Boortz has this one down pat.  In it, he demonstrates the absurdity of the what Federal Govt does by taking away, via taxes, that is a good sum of money that for most middle class Americans.  It demonstrates the angst of the …

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GralkTALK! – Time to get back and be serious

GrokTALK! Saturday morning at 9 – 11 am!   GrokTalk! A mixture of politics, culture, current events, and well, politics, it is an Internet Radio show streaming live audio and video directly from GraniteGrok.  Using a solidly Conservative and Rational Libertarian lens, we’ll take on almost any topic and have notables from the news, political …

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The ‘Grok interviews Bill O’Brien – Part 9

This is Part 9 of GraniteGrok’s interview with Bill O’Brien who is running for Speaker of the NH House of Representatives from the "Liberty and Freedom" wing of the NH GOP. Question asked:  Thoughts on the concentrated power in the Speaker of the NH House position?

So, why again, is Obama and his Prissy Pack of Progressives pushing us plebes to Socialism?

Over on Big Government, is a 5 minute interview (from Reason.TV) with the leader of the second biggest political party in Norway.  As one might know, the Scandinavian countries (like Norway and Sweden) went "Full Monty" on the socialist democracy movement – a highly regulated society with high taxes under the guise of providing an …

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So again, tell me: WHO has benefited from higher Educational spending

From these graphs by Cato, it certainly hasn’t been the kids…. With all of the massive spending (taking from all levels of educational spending, it is now larger than military spending – in the middle of two wars):   And why, please tell me why, costs are up almost 100% since 1970 when enrollment are …

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Democrat John “Do Nuttin'” Lynch – the spotlight is on you….

Sure, as Steve points out, he decries the ‘out of state’ groups now arrayed against him – even as he sought out the ‘out of state’ gay money to keep himself in money.  Looks like this John is simply caught in a lie. And, as Americans for Prosperity is pointing out, not exactly making it …

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The ‘Grok interviews Bill O’Brien – Part 8

This is Part 8 of GraniteGrok’s interview with Bill O’Brien who is running for Speaker of the NH House of Representatives from the "Liberty and Freedom" wing of the NH GOP. Question asked: what influence does the average voter have on the choice of Speaker?

Live Blogging – Frank Guinta for Congress with Tim Pawlenty (for President?)

Well, I took a little break from the whirlwind of the campaign trail – back on it today.  The ‘Grok has been invited by the Frank Guinta for US Congress (NH CD-1) to attend this lunchtime fundraising event in Manchester at the Radisson.  As usual, if WiFi is available and accessible, we’ll live stream the …

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