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The NH GOP generally has something to say about any reasonably important political happening.  I surely expected to have email missives from them from yesterday on the Obamacare decision.  After all, it is in the Statement of Principles:

Support the repeal of Obamacare and oppose its implementation in New Hampshire

Why isn’t NH GOP Chair Jennifer Horn shoving out any message concerning the decision yesterday?  Leading the fight, rallying the troops! After all, it is her responsibility in defending those Principles, right?  But not even a slight squawk?  Oh yeah,

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While most of the other GOP 2016 contenders have urged resistance to the Supreme Court’s Friday ruling on same-sex marriage, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) said Americans “must abide by the law.”

In a statement on his website, Rubio said he believes in traditional marriage as central to a strong family life, but then added:

While I disagree with this decision, we live in a republic and must abide by the law. As we look ahead, it must be a priority of the next president to nominate judges and justices committed to applying the Constitution as written and originally understood.

Rubio is missing big time on the sentiment that is starting to grow on the Right – while the Left (abiding by the Rule of Alinsky) has adopted “the end justifies By Any Means Necessary”, and we see the signs and actions of this all over by Democrats not abiding by The Law, they are starting to ask themselves “Why should I – to my own detriment? Why should I not be able to defend my values, my traditions, against those that are actively moving to take them away”?

And as I have said before, faith in the Republican Party to

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 “The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works — whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified.” – President Barack Obama, Inauguration, 1/20/09

This has gone past “not working” but outright rebellion of a federal agency against those constitutionally bound to oversee them.  In other words, the IRS is using Congress as its snot rag in being as obstructionist as possible in defending itself in the TEA Party targeting case.  Rule of Law?  Nope; this shows that the IRS continues to believe that it is above the Law (even as it would use such to crush you if its attention turned your way; emphasis mine):

IRS Deleted Hundreds of Back-up Tapes Containing Thousands of Lerner Emails After Congressional Subpoena Was Issued

This used to be called obstruction of justice and tampering with evidence.

According to new information from the House Oversight Committee, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration [TIGTA] Russell George and Deputy Inspector General for Investigations Tim Camus, the IRS deleted hundreds of backup tapes containing thousands of emails belonging to former IRS official Lois Lerner, the woman at the center of the conservative targeting scandal. The tapes were destroyed nine months after a congressional subpoena was issued to the agency demanding they be preserved and turned over.

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A somewhat more extended summary is that Congress may explicitly lie to the public even in the very words it uses in its statutes, and robed legislators will excuse and reinforce these lies.

– Prof. Don Boudreaux

Yes, one more big step towards complete Statism – the Progressives’ wet dream of Utopia by which our Elites tell us exactly how to live our lives.  You know, the Marxist version of Sharia Law. Because HEALTHCARE (and nothing is better than commanding you how to act so you can live longer under our ministrations for your own good). 

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He’s running to replace the disgraced Aaron Schok from Illinois’ 18th District.

Shot:

Campaigning: ‘I’ve Been Very Critical of D.C. GOP.’

Chaser:

Fundraising: ‘Come Hear Boehner, Scalise Endorse Me For $1000s a Plate.

I’ve seen LaHood’s name around the blogosphere before.  Like his Dad (Ray, huge Nanny Stater, Obama’s Transportation Secretary), an

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“The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works — whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified.” – President Barack Obama, Inauguration, 1/20/09

Emphasis mine:

Mercy Health Fires 347 Workers Due to Obamacare

Mercy Health announced Thursday it will fire 347 workers due to “increasing challenges to our reimbursement structure as we adjust to reductions mandated by the Affordable Care Act,” the company said in a statement.  President and CEO of the Mercy system, Lynn Britton, said the Obamacare-induced layoffs are taking a toll on workers and their families.

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Remember this political video of Hillary passing out presents?  From 2008 when she lost to King Obama; sitting there all pretty like and an attitude of “look at ALL the pretty things I will give you when you give me your votes”:

It’s as if she knew then how rich she and Bill were going to get from his speaking fees from all those countries she visited as Secretary of State!  Man, that’s generous – and she seemed VERY happy to deign to be giving us all those things….oh wait!

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Yes, I have been on a bit of a sabbatical lately and it will continue as I realized that life, after 9 years of GraniteGrok, had just tipped way over in being out of balance.  I’ve said often that this hobby, over time, became more of an obsession, and then went beyond and when I noticed that my first post was 9 years and 5 days in the past, I went “uh-oh”.  One only had to look at my house to see the effects of benign neglect because of what became so important that it literally overruled almost everything else.  So for the last month or so, I’ve been rebalancing things to a more “sustainable” situation (heh!) and that will continue – but I will put up a few posts now and then – and besides, Steve asked for some content as his son’s graduation  (Congrats, Steve!!) was more important than writing, so a few posts from me will go up.  So here’s one:

TMEW and I like to frequent the local establishments, even in this age of online.  I stopped by one very successful business and as we were sitting, the owner stopped by.  Knowing each other, we immediately started to talk about the Prez wannabees and we traded some observations.  Then he asked:

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“she has a choice: either avoid discussion of the issue or resign.”

Will she listen to the people who know her best, Republicans in Cheshire County, and remove her name?  Decisions have consequences and NH State GOP Committeewoman Bergeron is now learning that her decision to sign an amicus brief with other “Republican luminaries” supporting gay marriage to the Supreme Court (running counter to just about every State level GOP Platform affirming traditional marriage is between one man and one woman) has really riled up her Cheshire County constituents.  As my last post indicated, why can’t our so-called “leaders” listen to the voters that put their butts into their seats based on Republican ideals and act that way?

With her action, Bergeron put HER agenda before that of her Party’s Principles – and now they have reacted to that selfish action.  Jim McConnell called and let me know that this resolution / request of an action was introduced into the Cheshire Republican Committee for consideration.  It will be published in their newsletter and will be voted upon at their next meeting (emphasis mine):

RESOLUTION

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“Political unions don’t fall apart because of dissidents and heretics; there are always dissidents and heretics. Political unions fall apart because the Establishment, the leadership, the allegedly cool hands at the wheel, prove themselves to be incompetent and let once-mendable tears and rips become irreparable.”

Printed in its entirety, read the whole thing!

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From Bearing Arms, there was a line in here that made me laugh out loud (reformatted, emphasis mine):

A Hamilton Township, Ohio couple didn’t exactly rise to the occasion Saturday night as they attempted to deal with an attempted home invasion.

Witnesses said a naked male was acting irrationally and attempted to break into two homes around the 10000 block of Murdock-Goshen Road, according to police.  Witnesses said he was beating on doors, yelling and screaming, according to Hamilton Township Police Chief Jon Wheeler.  911 was called after he approached a house, but wasn’t able to enter, Wheeler said.  Wheeler said evidence suggests that the man was able to enter the second home he approached.  Witnesses reported to police that the man threatened a woman living in the home, and the man was then shot outside by the homeowner with a shotgun.

The male suspect was hit in the abdomen. The female living at the home was also “seriously injured by the gunfire,” police said.

The account provided above dispassionately describes the turn of events, and in so doing, undermines the urgency of events.

It was the conclusion of the author that cracked me up:

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You know, I had all but finished writing about Mr. Al Letizio – you remember the one, yes?  He’s one of the two Windham Clown Princes of Politics on their School Board – and the good folk bounced the two of them (the other being Dennis Senibaldi) from said Board after the scandal that Kimberly wrote about (yes, the Examiner.com rolled over at the wisp of a legal retaliation by them like a two day old puppy that had lost control of itself) the no bid, not read, “energy saving” contract that was, IMHO, worthless.

I have no idea why I thought of it tonight (whilst having dinner out with TMEW), but I remembered that someone came up to me during the 603 Alliance event and told me that Al Letizio was passing word around and saying that I was lying about him in my previous posts.  That he was calling others as well and telling them others too.  Hmm, I still have all those emails…

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