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.
The unions will have been responsible for helping the process of killing off more entry level jobs, given their insistence that entry level jobs that require no to little skills pay the same as midlevel skilled jobs. An economically bad play – except to buff the image of such ilk like the SEIU (the most socialist / totalitarian of the union thug movement). Now, that which was already in process in the EU is now coming here – so, will the unions “for” the fast food employees apologize for losing those jobs? Emphasis mine, reformatted:
McDonald’s Corp. outlined plans for what it called fundamental changes to its business as it reported one of its worst quarterly profit declines in years, driven by problems in nearly every major part of its business.
From Betsy’s Page: Don’t buy the Democratic accusations that it is the Republicans’ fault that there is no Surgeon General. Remember that Harry Reid changed the rules in the Senate so that the Democrats could push through any nominee they wanted. The reason Reid hasn’t brought Obama’s nominee up for a vote is because there are … Read more
“Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.” – John Quincy Adams, President of the United States But then again, Ed Mosca is also one that is rhetorical screaming that some of us are valuing our votes more than he (no, … Read more
Changing the Paradigm: not just for a “win” but as an extremely valuable part of Speech concerning one’s values
Winning is merely a precursor; it is what is done afterwards that is most important
How often, as we stroll through life, are we insistent that things be “just barely good enough” or are willing to settle for even less? Do we step up to the shopkeeper’s counter and roundly demand “give me something that doesn’t rise to excellence – sorta ok is swell with me. Oh, and spare no price in doing so”! Hardly. We do not willingly settle for that which does not perform up to the task – or breaks under pressure.
No, we expect things to work, function, or taste to high standards (and if one is very well off, that “spare no price” really comes into play). No, we do demand and expect the best that we can. Our standards in our personal lives (for most people) are that once having expended time, talent, and money, that what we obtain will actually do the job for which it is specified. It should work well, wear well, or taste well. We expect our relationships with friends and acquaintances be healthy and satisfying.
Sorry, but here at the ‘Grok, if you tell us one thing during your campaign for office (adamantly anti-Illegal Alien Amnesty) and then flip on the issue for no discernable reason (other than what the picture shows to your left) (yes, she was then for it after being against it), we tend to take notice – and are keeping our flashlights on. You see (like we are trying to educate EdMosca about), Principles matter to us – a LOT! What IS the principle for you, Kelly? Is it a strong one, resting on Granite? Or the wind of political expediency? After all, strong words AGAINST before election against, then strong words FOR a bit down the track.
But then when our Southern Border started looking like chicken wire, your Amnesty words fell silent. You see, Kelly, we promised to watch – and listen. Silence SHOUTS loudly.
USCIS Contracting will be posting a solicitation for the requirement of Card Stock used by the USCIS Document Management Division. The objective of this procurement is to provide card consumables for the Document Management Division (DMD) that will be used to produce Permanent Resident Cards (PRC) and Employment Authorization Documentation (EAD) cards. The requirement is for an estimated 4 million cards annually with the potential to buy as many as 34 million cards total
“In other words, the safety of the American people takes second place to the goal of helping people overseas.”
“…may be overlooking the possibility that he has different priorities than the protection of the American people and America’s interests as a nation“
To recap: Erick Erickson’s Obama theorem:
The world will be more safe if the United States is less safe.
The world will be more stable if the United States is less stable.
Act against one and two only when polling demands it and only then in a way that does not actually undermine one and two.
Professor Thomas Sowell (Ph.D Economics), a well respected economist and political commentator (e.g., not someone given to wild antics) goes into a bit more depth using this worldwide scare of Ebola that we now find ourselves (reformatted, emphasis mine):
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is both a danger in itself and a wake-up call for Americans — about President Obama, about the institutions of this country and, most important, about ourselves.There was a time when an outbreak of a deadly disease overseas would bring virtually unanimous agreement that our top priority should be to keep it overseas. Yet Barack Obama has refused to bar entry to the United States by people from countries where the Ebola epidemic rages, as Britain has done.
We see his face on T-shirts all the time (especially on college campuses) as examples of “Communist Chic”. Viva la Revolucion! Problem is, he words quite pithily sum up the Left’s philosophy and THAT we should never forget: “We reject any peaceful approach. Violence is inevitable. To establish socialism, rivers of blood must flow.” – … Read more
The Democrats always point to the Republican controlled US House of Representatives when they utter the words “Obstructionists!!!”. In this, they absolutely depend on the LIVs – Low Information Voters whose knowledge of current political events is as deep as the last 30 second sound bite that passes through their right ear and out their … Read more
We’ve talked / blogged that we at GraniteGrok keep getting yelled at for not being behind the NH GOP push for Scott Brown. Look, we just don’t think that he’s the right Republican guy for the job simply because he’s wishy-washy on OUR important issues – and those are not fringe ones but main stream Republican ones. Simply hearing him proclaim that he’s the “Anti-Shaheen” and the only one that can beat her doesn’t make it – we’ve grown weary of listening to politicians whose words don’t match their actions. We demand Champions, not second / third / fourth losers. We have researched his voting records and they simply come up real short.
We also keep getting told that we HAVE to vote for Scott Brown to get rid of Harry Reid as the US Senate Majority Leader.
Remember My Obama Theorem to Understand the President’s Handling of Ebola
So many of you seem confused and confounded by what President Obama is doing. You really just need to remember my theorem about Barack Obama to understand him.
The world will be more safe if the United States is less safe.
The world will be more stable if the United States is less stable.
Act against one and two only when polling demands it and only then in a way that does not actually undermine one and two.
President Obama entire Presidency can be explained by this theorem.
There is no “tolerance” in the militant gay movement – there can only be acceptance (even if forced). President Obama’s Obamacare Mandate is forcing Christian companies to provide abortifaciants in their healthcare policies against their religious beliefs and conscious – this is Tyranny in which Government decides what thought is allowed – and what is not. Christian small business owners are forced to participate in “religious” ceremonies that they consider sinful – with fines and threats of literal “re-education”. This is the Land of the Free under the force of Diversity?
Seattle just raised its minimum wage to $15 / hour and that also include small biz – the Mom & Pop type operations – as well as the big ones. One of the biggest yellers at the time was the Socialist Freedom Party that was jumping up and down demanding others pay more for goods and services and using the force of Government (hey, what ELSE do nascent fascists and socialists do when they believe that Government should have total control over the private sector).
Do “hypocrisy” much, Socialist Freedom Party? Or do WANT to live “fine for thee but not for me!”?
Socialists AND Feminists – what a combo (er, what am I thinking – both live to use Government to make a living hell for the rest of us). Full ad after the jump:
Seriously? Oh sure, just send Air Force One – he can use the backup one for a bit. Sheesh, every time I think that we have reached the limits of lunacy, something else pops up. So, US Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Congressman Annie Kuster (D-NH), and Congressman Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), what think you of your Party’s President? Yikes! From Judicial Watch – a really, really serious site – this is NOT the Onion! Emphasis mine:
Obama Plans to Let Ebola-infected Foreigners Into U.S. for Treatment
Washington, DC – Judicial Watch has learned that the Obama administration is actively formulating plans to admit Ebola-infected non-U.S. citizens into the United States for treatment. Specifically, the goal of the administration is to bring Ebola patients into the United States for treatment within the first days of diagnosis.
It is unclear who would bear the high costs of transporting and treating non-citizen Ebola patients. The plans include special waivers of laws and regulations that ban the admission of non-citizens with a communicable disease as dangerous as Ebola.
Actually, I’m clearing out some older posts that have accumulated – but this from Jim Treacher still fits: “Modern journalism is all about deciding which facts the public shouldn’t know because they might reflect badly on Democrats.” Indeed; Democrats with bylines.
“Yes; we’d be better off than where you’re taking us” This from a guy who’d be without a jacket if petroleum was left in the ground. When it comes right down to it, folks like him and his co-sojourner Environmental-wackos that want this dreamed about life-style are too enarmoured with the idea of “The Noble Savage” … Read more
Haven’t done this for a while but decided to use the flyswatter one more time before putting it away for the season on a couple of the questions just laid out there in the breeze:
Anyone else notice that the Steve Vaillancourt comments on Kuster got more play in national media than it did in local media?
Er, it is because we all know what the rivals look like? Or is it is that there is just no contest “there”?
What did striking Fairpoint workers learn from the Market Basket protests over the summer?
Nuthin…
Will any state Senate contest begin to get attention?
The unions will have been responsible for helping the process of killing off more entry level jobs, given their insistence that entry level jobs that require no to little skills pay the same as midlevel skilled jobs. An economically bad play – except to buff the image of such ilk like the SEIU (the most socialist / totalitarian of the union thug movement). Now, that which was already in process in the EU is now coming here – so, will the unions “for” the fast food employees apologize for losing those jobs? Emphasis mine, reformatted:
