We have several informal mottoes here at GraniteGrok. One is self-evident – “we annoy people” (mostly the ones that need annoying). The other one is a tangential off-shoot of what the late US Speaker of the House “Tip” O’Neill’s quote of “All politics is local” If it is happening here, it is probably happening in …
“…that the city is likely the last resort to fill the gap…” Read More »
This could also have been a BlogLine of the Day but requires a bit more thinking. So, here’s my information backdrop US Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan – Asserts that the amount of deviant behavior in American society has increased beyond levels the community can afford to recognize and that society has been redefining deviancy to …
Heroes matter. Guess who Progressives think are not – and who should be Read More »
Yep, this just about says it all (reformatted, emphasis mine): VA DEMOCRATS ACCEPTED DONATIONS FROM NORTHAM’S PAC AFTER CALLING FOR HIS RESIGNATION Four Virginia Democrats disclosed that they received donations from Gov. Ralph Northam’s political action committee despite having called for his resignation earlier this year, according to campaign finance data from Virginia Public Access …
This is why I keep saying to NOT listen to what politicians SAY but to WATCH what they do. From the Party that screams “but Bipartisanship” from the rafters when they’re not in power, here is their stance now that they have the power: For Immediate Release June 11th, 2019 Contact: 603-271-3665 House Republicans React …
SO, NH House Democrat Leadership – ‘splain how this is “Bipartisan”? Read More »
Yup, in our effort to better get the message out on how various locality’s Democrat NH State Reps are voting, here’s one about Nashua’s concerning the the Minimum Wage. It’s a topic that’s near and dear to my heart (and limited government philosophy) so when I saw it on Facebook in that “by invitation only” …
Facebook Doodlings – Where do they get these ideas on Minimum Wage? Read More »
And of course, they can’t. Not a single one. I was in high school back in the early 70s and at that time, there was a rumor that we were all gonna die – of COLD! A new Ice Age was coming and we’d better get our nuke plants ready because they’d be the only …
DISQUS Doodlings – Go ahead, give me ONE eco-apocalypse that has come true! Read More »
Sorta like the line that Jim Bender had when he ran for US Senate from NH a couple of election cycles ago (it drove his professional campaign staff to absolute HORROR!): “a government small enough to put into a burlap bag, wrap a rope around it, and drown it in a bathtub”. I can hear …
You know, because Liz McConnell asked for the Streisand Effect by trying to censor the Brentwood Newsletter, we’re just obliging her by continuing to share her voting record with her constituents. So this is what she did this week – and contrast that with your Republican State Rep, Josh Yokula. You have to ask yourself …
Brentwood NH – Do you know how your two NH State Reps voted this week? GraniteGrok does! Read More »
SHOT: Paul Waldman “Because if you believe women should have a right to an abortion, that right ought to have practical meaning for everyone. We believe that the Constitution’s right of due process requires that you have legal representation if you’re accused of a crime, but we don’t say that if you can’t afford it, tough …
If this unenumerated item is a Constitutional Right, what about this Enumerated one? Read More »
