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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.

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This is how the Left works: by covering its attack on the past by using the values of the present in order to command the dialogue of the future. The essence of Christianity is forgiveness, but clearly George Washington and Thomas Jefferson must be made to suffer for their sins, even if they weren’t regarded … Read more

Quick Thought: Feds Approve NH Medicaid Expansion ‘Work Requirement’

Obamacare-ScrewedSteve beat me to the punch on the announcement that the able-bodied recipients will have to work or be bettering themselves in order to continue to get free healthcare.  The Hill added this:

The waiver program will also require co-pays for Medicaid recipients who make more than 100 percent of the poverty level.

“Work requirements help lift able-bodied individuals out of poverty by empowering them with the dignity of work and self-reliability while also allowing states to control the costs of their Medicaid programs. They help people gain the skills necessary for long-term independence and success,” New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) said in a statement.

People don’t always value “free” when other people are paying for that “free” thing on an institutional things. I’ve seen it up close when running our daycare.  When one has to put their own skinny into the picture,

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Blogline of the Day:

This is how the Left works: by covering its attack on the past by using the values of the present in order to command the dialogue of the future. The essence of Christianity is forgiveness, but clearly George Washington and Thomas Jefferson must be made to suffer for their sins, even if they weren’t regarded … Read more

“Actors Cold Read Facts on FEMINISM Off of a Teleprompter”

Things generally aren’t always cracked up for the Left when facts enter into the equation: “Near the conclusion of the video, another of the actresses, apparently feeling duped, says, “I thought this was like, feminism. … I’m realizing what this is now.”” (H/T: The Blaze)

A good guy with a gun…another DGU

Liberal Gun control like drunk dirivngOK, a good LADY with a gun stops a burgler – a Defensive Gun Use:

“First I thought I was dreaming, and then I looked out the window, outside. I was still hearing the banging, banging, banging, so I yelled to whoever, ‘Who’s that on my door? Get off my door, get off my door.’” That happened at about 4:30a Saturday morning, but Philadelphian Maxine Thompson was very much awake. Despite her warnings, the alleged burglar didn’t stop and continued to smash her dining room window and enter the house. Thompson, going into survival mode, grabbed her late mother’s handgun and shot at the suspect. She told Fox 29 it was her first time using the gun.

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So much for “we don’t want your guns” – this Democrat goes the full gun Monty

MolonLabeAndXerxesBan assault weapons, buy them back, go after resisters: Ex-prosecutor in Congress

…Reinstating the federal assault weapons ban that was in effect from 1994 to 2004 would prohibit manufacture and sales, but it would not affect weapons already possessed. This would leave millions of assault weapons in our communities for decades to come. Instead, we should ban possession of military-style semiautomatic assault weapons, we should buy back such weapons from all who choose to abide by the law, and we should criminally prosecute any who choose to defy it by keeping their weapons. The ban would not apply to law enforcement agencies or shooting clubs.

…The Parkland teens have taught us there is no right more important than every student’s right to come home after class. The right to live is supreme over any other.

At least Eric Swalwell is being honest where the majority of Democrats refuse to be.  Instead, they always talk about “compromise”.  The problem is that the compromise they offer only goes one way: they want, we give.  It’s time to get in their faces and go “and what are YOU willing to give up in return?!?!?!”; it is time to stand up and tell these Anti-Constitutionalists “No further”.

The commentors ripped Salwell to shreds. For starters: “Eric Sawlwell, You need to Volunteer, Bulk Up, Man Up and be the first one in my door to take my rights!”.  There was also a Progressive anti-gunner by the name of Jacqueline Blaszka Campbell that that decided the old phrase “better to remain quiet than to speak out and remove all doubt” didn’t apply to her (emphasis mine):

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Notable Quote – Samuel Adams

Jacqueline Blaszka Campbell falls into this failure: “A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy. While the people are virtuous they cannot be subdued; but when once they lose their virtue then will be ready to surrender their liberties to … Read more

Quick Thought – Another view of “Neal Kurk’s Assault on the Truth” – Amelia M Keane is economically illiterate

Tweet Kurk 1Ed does a good job at taking apart NH State Rep (and House Finance Chair) Neil Kurk who deliberately wanted SB193 to fail and used all kinds of #FullOfShiff reasons to deliberately state untrue (IMHO) crap to persuade the ignorant-of-the-real-workings of the bill. You’d think that he’d think the whole thing over even if just from a political aspect – the more teachers, the more in the unions (because school districts / school boards have been “union captured”) means more money for the unions in dues.  And where does that dues money go?  Yes, a lot of it (the NEA and the ATF have historically been amongst the unions giving heavily to Democrat issues and Democrat candidates.  So, go thank your local Republican for making it harder to elect Conservatives/Libertarians to replace Democrats in office.

That’s one thing out of the way – back to Amelia who showed her ignorance (or is lying – take your pick) on how taxes get applied.  She’s absolutely wrong.

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Tales from the SDGANH

Ah yes, another series like my Tales from the Budcomm.  SDGANH (logo coming soon) is the School District Governance Association for NH; consider it the Conservative / Libertarian alternative to the Socialist / Collective leaning School Board Association of NH (who have already made it clear they will brook no dissent or competition from the Right).  Today is their Annual meeting and I’ll have a few bon mots as it goes along. This is their second Annual meeting (at the Nackey Loeb School of Education).

If you are a Conservatarian (or leaning) and on a School Board or a Budget Committee dealing with a School Board, this is the place to be you need to be here. If you think that the School Board is supposed to represent the taxpayers instead of being boosters of the Superintendent, you need to be here.  If you know that you are supposed to be representing your taxpayers and not just the school system / SAUs, you need to be here.

Remember

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Quick Thought: “Medicaid expansion passes NH House on voice vote”

That’s the headline at the Union Leader on the NH Republican elected officials continuing Obamacare in NH, one of the most contentious pieces of legislation over the last five years.  What a weseal way of passing such legislature!  Nice, easy way to keep your constituents from holding you accountable for a package that may well lead to … Read more

Data Point: Diversity on colleges only goes skin-deep

Emphasis mine: A new study shows liberal bias on campus by the numbers, revealing a startling gap between Democrats and Republicans among college faculty. Nearly 40 percent of the colleges surveyed had zero professors who identify as Republicans. Using a sample of 51 top-ranked liberal arts colleges, the study looked at 8,688 full-time, Ph.D.-holding professors and found that … Read more

Why? Because the Left has redefined the word “tolerance”

…to mean that they only tolerate those that agree with them.  Other people, certainly not so much; they’re vaunted “Anti-Bullying” program goes out the window (isn’t that right Dan Williams, when it comes to Libertarians?).  This LtE (Letter to the Editor) caught my eye this morning:

To The Daily Sun,

Why do Democrats attack conservative women? Why do Democrats bully conservative women? Why do Democrats hate successful conservative women? An example of this was the attack by the so-called comedian on Sarah Huckabee Sanders. The so-called comedian attacked her looks not her beliefs, she embarrassed her in public, abused her and intimidated her. Democrats attacked Condoleezza Rice on her hairstyle and her choice of wearing black jackets. Conservative women have endured bullying remarks like:

— She is not a woman
— She is a little child
— She is not educated
— Let’s make fun of her accent
— Killing babies is a joke; you need to knock them out

We were in tears seeing a lovely person like Sarah Huckabee Sanders bullied, intimidated and embarrassed on TV. Jimmy Kimmel thought it was funny.

I do not understand why Democrats are bullies and mean to conservative women.

Jim Mayotte
Sanbornton

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Data Point – NAEP scores show failure of government schools

“Sixty-five percent of the eighth graders in American public schools in 2017 were not proficient in reading and 67 percent were not proficient in mathematics, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress test results released by the U.S. Department of Education.”

2017 NAEP national scores - flat results

And yet, we continue to force children to go to those sub-standard, poorly performing

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Data Point – Democrat Party starting to lose Millenials

Very interesting – is this the reason why the heads of the Democrat Party came out in full roar in following Pelosi’s description of the Republicans’ Tax Reform that’s allowing workers, including Millenials, to keep more of their money.  My, my – they’re getting a taste of what Capitalism is supposed to be and they … Read more

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