So yesterday, I went down to Concord for two meetings. The first was a luncheon meeting of the SDGA of NH: School District Governance Association. Think of it as a conservative alternative to the NHSBA (NH School Board Association) which trends from “liberal” to “militant Progressive”, especially concerning its Policies.
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So, Tim McGough Has Circled ‘Round Now That He’s a New NH House Rep – A Website in Chinese? Some ‘Splaining to Do in Your Future?
Yeah, this is the guy, I’m told, that was making the claim on the campaign trail that he was going to be the new Vice-Chair of the NH House Commerce Committee. Keith Ammon is not amused (heh!). But that’s just an aside. A tipster sent me some information that I just can’t make heads or … Read more
A Tutorial: How to Create a Right To Know to Hold Your Government Accountable – A Quick Practicum and Example
So in the previous posts, I have been explaining the first parts of what NH’s RSA 91-A, the Right To Know Law, covers – definitions, who or what it can be “pointed” to, and what kind of meetings it covers. However, all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy and I’m going to … Read more
A Tutorial: How to Create a Right To Know to Hold Your Government Accountable – Part 4
In Part 3, we talked about the definitions of what’s important when trying to work within the RSA 91-A strictures – WHO can you demand something from, WHAT can you demand, and “Body this and Body that”. Not in tremendous detail but enough to get started with. Now, we start to get in on “Meetings” … Read more
Palate Cleanser – The Left Has Little Sense of Humor for Their Theology Being Confronted – Especially This One
I thought this is hilarious – but it also makes a great point: Yes, being a pre-teen and teenager is hard and can be VERY hard. Yet, more and more evidence is coming in that “going trans” isn’t from an internal mental illness that needs to be carefully taken into account but from those suffering … Read more
Promoted from the Comments – a Grab Bag. And More Moderating
I really like reading comments from you readers – witty, smart, and on point. I have to admit and apologize that I kinda fell down on reading and moderating the last couple of months, though. We had a volunteer that took over moderation for a number of months for me so I could write more, … Read more
Promoted from the Comments – The UniParty Collusion at the Top over SCOTUS?
Over at Ed’s “And Yet They Claim They’re NOT The Reason There Was No Red Wave …“, Commenter James “Vito” Lanese had a longish comment that caught my eye that I thought was worthwhile to promote to the ‘Grok Front page to cast a bit more light on it: Before the election on the tube, … Read more
Promoted from the Comments and Blogline of the Day – Finally, a “Supremicist” That the Right Can Use
A TWOFER! From Amil’s post “We No Longer Have a Country“, Commenter Jamie nails who really is the “invader” against our traditional and Normal American Society (emphasis mine): If the Democrats weren’t anti-Constitutional enough, now we have the “Woke Supremacists“. A most SPLENDID new category in my estimation! There is just SO much future usage … Read more
Data Point – Cameras vs Smartphones
Unless you are a serious amateur or professional, you are using your smartphone to take photos or videos. I decided that for most GraniteGrok work, I decided to get a high end smartphone instead of a new prosumer video camera.
Second Amendment Happy Ending of the Day – Three Go In, Only Two Go Out. They Assumed Wrongly
Americans have been buying more than a million firearms a year for the last few years. Latest estimates of firearms is over 400 million arms in our population. So that’s a lot of homes that could conceivably house a weapon that could be used to defend its inhabitants. And these three miscreants decided to play … Read more
Notable Quote – On the Left, It Is Always about the Revenge
Emhasis mine: Since the French Revolution, leftwing politics, as distinct from the liberal sort, have been essentially about revenge, including in Great Britain with the founding of the Labour Party in 1900, an event recently characterized by the Daily Telegraph as an act of vengeance. Then, leftist vengeance meant class vengeance. While it remains so … Read more
Disqus Doodlings – A Full on Assault and Defense of Capitalism vs a “Guided Economy”
Yep, I have a few of these to catch up on. What started as an observation by TreeHugger author Lloyd Alter that Germans were “gamifying” the use of less energy (“Germans Are Competing With Each Other to Save Energy“), my first thought was “oh, competing to see who could have a worse standard of living … Read more
Palate Cleanser – I Used to Have to Do This Back in the Day
Yes, a blast from my past. I was playing with these things when it was common to have to do this: Standardization? Sure – but only to a point. Frankly, I hated printer cables. Period. And serial cables were often on my “oh, crap” list especially when Device A HAD to connect to Device B … Read more
Blogline of the Day – And I’ll Add To This That The Uniparty, Once Again, Can’t Do Their Basic Job of “Regular Order”
SLEEP TIGHT TONIGHT, FOLKS, YOUR CONGRESS IS ON THE JOB: Illegal immigrants are flooding across the border, China is kicking our butt around the world, the government faces a $31 trillion debt and today Congress is working getting rid of gendered pronouns from the U.S. Code. “Regular Order” is passing the appropriation/spending bills on a department by … Read more
A Maine School Counselor ‘Transitioned’ a 13-Yo W/Out Parental Knowledge and More! – Stack of Stuff #34
I am having a private conversation with a mental health specialist who declared that part of their practice deals in this issue (we do not see eye to eye). I sent that person this story and am awaiting the response. I, however, believe that this makes the case, along with the hundreds of other “news … Read more
A Tutorial: How to Create a Right To Know to Hold Your Government Accountable – Part 3
Having dealt with the Purpose of an RSA 91-A demand and showing its Constitutionality, this post bringing up Definitions. As I said in Part 2: Next installment will talk about Definitions. While it may seem mundane and you might think “I’ll wait until Skip gets to the “meat of RSA 91-A”, Definitions MATTER. And they … Read more
A Tutorial: How to Create a Right To Know to Hold Your Government Accountable – Part 2
Part 1 is here. This second installment (and afterwards for a while – it’s looking like merely two posts is not going to do this topic justice) is to talk about the salient points of the text of RSA 91-A. That is, the DOs, the DON’Ts, and the GOTCHAs. Later, I’ll talk about strategy and … Read more
Don Surber’s Point #2: Normal Parents Reaction to Teachers’ Sexuality
Part 1 was the reveal by Don Surber, while letting the info drop that I’d been looking for some time (where did the policy on “Transgender and Non-conforming” originate?). But as I said at the end of that post, Surber also made another observation I think is important, one that I think all Normal people … Read more
A Tutorial: How to Create a Right To Know to Hold Your Government Accountable – Part 1
People have asked if I would create a post or two on how to craft an RSA 91-A demand. This is also known here in NH as a Right To Know, and it is specific to all government agencies (and often, non-governmental bodies that receive tax monies but only in some cases).
Palate Cleanser – So, You Want To Clue Your Boyfriend for Gifts?
After all, sometimes guys just don’t know what or worse – know how to ask. Especially if they are one of those 8 pm Christmas Eve “Lord help me once again” shoppers as the fear in his eyes is palpable. Have mercy upon his soul – or shake his procrastination butt into motion. Here’s an … Read more