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.
From Liberty Unyielding: If world leaders could vote, who would they want as next U.S. president? And the post goes on to list what some “leaders” have said about OUR candidates. Yes, emphasis on OUR. From my perspective, I could care less what someone outside of the US considers “appropriate” for us, much less a … Read more
After all, the good Samaritan PERSONALLY attended to the victim and PERSONALLY paid the cost for the victim and PERSONALLY checked in on him. Progressives showed us, via enacting Obamacare, that they are all too willing to trade individual involvement for outsourcing that responsibility to “the collective”. Which, as we all know, means no one … Read more
In more than by a 2 – 1 (21 vs 10) margin, more insurance companies stopped offering /refused to issue coverage than those starting. This is recognition that when you try to compete in an artificial marketplace when Govt makes the rules, only Govt can win (unless you are part of the Crony Govt/Company Capitalism) … Read more
Yet another stellar video from one of our favorites – Bill Whittle:
“Left/right, Progressive/Conservative, Democrat/Republican… The names change and evolve but the core difference remains constant: The Collectivists vs. The Individualists. In his latest FIREWALL video, Bill Whittle — TruthRevolt commentator and Director of the Firewall at the Horowitz Freedom Center — shows how violence, disruption and intimidation have always been the tools of the Collectivists.“
Ivanpah is the multibillion dollar solar electrical generation plant that was built in the California desert a few years ago; we’ve written about it here, here and here. Well, there were doubts aplenty then about it and now the bill is about to come due. From MIT Technology Review (emphasis mine):
When it first came online in late 2013, the massive Ivanpah concentrated solar power plant in the California desert looked like the possible future of renewable energy. Now its troubles underline the challenges facing concentrated solar power, which uses mirrors to focus the sun’s rays to make steam and produce electricity.
Last week the California Public Utilities Commission gave the beleaguered Ivanpah project, the world’s largest concentrated solar facility, one year to increase its electricity production to fulfill its supply commitments to two of the state’s largest utilities (see “One of the World’s Largest Solar Facilities Is in Trouble”).
The Blue Social Model failure – because the Democrats / Progressives / Socialists have no limiting factor beyond which Government should not tread, their main goal is not helping people but finding / taking money to feed their ideologic fix (that Government must be all things to all people doing anything they want it to). So, they wage war and go where the money is…
…even it is from one of their main bases of support – the Ivory Tower. If you are a conservative, ya just gotta smile on this Blue on Blue $$ fight. After all, Progressives in Government truly believe they know better how to spend your money – even if it is from other Progressives that are churning out more Blue foot soldiers: Blue Civil War Escalates (emphasis mine):
Connecticut Democrats are going after Yale, for the same reason Henry VIII went after the monks and Willie Sutton went after the banks.
“How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy. The effects are apparent in many countries. Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of property exist … Read more
Ronald Reagan: Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. Doesn’t matter if it moves – if it doesn’t have a Government Asset tag on it, they tax it. And STILL … Read more
On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. 2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3 but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 4 While they were wondering about this, suddenly … Read more
Now that the NH FITN Prez Wannabe Beauty Contest is now long gone, we can start turning our attentions to what matters: NH (e.g., “screw DC, save NH”). That certainly means it’s time to start watching and evaluating NH specific races which certainly includes the Governor one. Ann Marie Banfield has an extensive email list to which I am on and this was one of her latest missives, pointing out Chris Sununu’s (current NH Executive Councilor and looking to upgrade to NH Governor) statement on NH’s continued engagement with Common Core (full content after the jump). I read it and found it strangely worded (not to mention at after reading it several times, it was not clear how he had voted).
“Today the Governor and Department of Education asked for a vote by the Executive Council for a retroactive contract renewal with the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium for statewide academic testing of New Hampshire school students. Parents and teachers across the state have raised serious questions about Smarter Balanced testing and Common Core standards, and whether this is the right path for New Hampshire. Yet by bringing the contract before the Executive Council seven months late, the state has been put in a position of having to accept these tests and standards or risk losing over $250 million in federal funding.
“This is yet another example of the federal government forcing their priorities onto states by threatening to withhold funding from anyone who does not toe the line. This is a failure of leadership at both the national and state level, and I am committed to restoringlocal control to New Hampshire schools…
It’ll be a great day when our military has everything it needs to fight effectively, and Obama has to have a bake-sale to pay for his luxury travel. Context: Marines Had To Scrounge for F/A-18 Parts at a Museum. (H/T: Instapundit)
Many commentators are convinced they know the real Donald Trump. He is, they think, so obviously shallow, insecure and garish that single descriptive words or phrases are all that is needed. He is, take your pick: “the Last of the Great Vaudevillians,” the “king of bad taste in a country that loves bad taste,” a “comic-opera demagogue.” Or, more seriously, a “con artist,” “a fascist,” “the latest in a long line of demagogues,” or a “bullying thug.”
Most of these characterizations are little more than name-calling masquerading as analysis. . . .
Business conducted at his level of play requires ambition, risk-taking, resilience, and the capacity to fight back — just like national politics.
A feminist picnic turned into a complete disaster yesterday after none of the women brought any sandwiches.
The picnic was supposed to celebrate the capabilities of women in a safe, women-only environment, but things didn’t quite go as planned. With the sun hanging high in the sky it seemed to be perfect weather for a picnic. But the seven proud feminist friends were in for a big surprise when none of them brought any food at all.
Capabilities….except when it comes to the comestibles at an outdoor event where they play a main role.
A question: why is it that we see that Muslims, when in the minority, are all about minority rights but once obtaining majority states, the talk of minority rights ceases? (H/T: Bearing Arms)
The latest spike in License to Carry gun applications is expected to take Texas past a significant milestone.
CHL Licensed Instructor Michael Cargill owns Central Texas Gun Works. He says the 140 percent jump in applications from December 2015 through February is caused by a combination of fears of terrorism brought on by the shootings in San Bernardino and President Obama’s proposed gun control laws.
“Then you have the new law that went into effect January the first (Open Carry)…all of that plays into it, and that’s why we’re seeing numbers. For the first time the State of Texas will actually go over one million licensed holders,” says Cargill.
