Notable Quote – Glenn Reynolds

“If I lived in Venezuela, I’d find out where the guardsmen lived, and shoot them when they walked out the door in the morning. That is, of course, the proper response to dictators and their minions of every stripe, even Hollywood-backed socialists.” – Glenn Reynolds, law professor, proprietor of Instapundit, syndicated columnist, and prolific writer … Read more

Michelle, how’s ’bout you turning it over to the pros?

Michelle hashtag BringBackOurGirlsI know that Steve is having great sport (here, here, here, here, and here) with the utter stupidity that seems to inhabit both the White House (see left) and the upper echelon of the State Department; sorry but just “saying” it is insufficient to “doing it”.  After all, God can do that (did that!) but He refrained from imposing His version of Utopia upon us (Obama will be learning the meaning of the word hubris soon).

In the mean time, the adults over at Black Five decided to give the right answer: 

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Data Point – Net Oil Imports 1985 – 2014

From AEIdeas:

Net Oil ImportsI got my license right after OPEC declared war on the US with an oil embargo so I remember the outcry that the US had to become “Energy Independent”!  And for the last 50 years I have listened to politician after politician say “I WILL DO THAT!” during every election cycle – and all we ended up with was higher net oil imports from unfriendly countries and a Department of Energy that has failed its basic mission.  Instead, it has been the PRIVATE SECTOR that has created that downslope (via fracking on private lands).

“According to data recently released by the Energy Information Administration, America’s net petroleum imports fell to 28.4% during the first three months of 2014 (see chart above, data here). That’s the lowest dependence on foreign sources of petroleum since 1985,

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GrokSHOT! – [Teachers] “…They truly don’t think you know what you’re doing with your child”

During Dr. William Baer’s talk at this past Monday night’s Rochester 9/12, a long term education person brought up an observation that I have seen myself:

I video’d teachers and other “educational professional’s before – here at a meeting of the Moultonborough School Board – to the point where a parent called them out over it: “you’ve crossed a line”.  I’ve seen / heard the same thing around the blogosphere.  One such post was a recent one by Kyle Olson over at The Blaze (emphasis mine, reformatted):

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Rich people railing against…..rich people?

Yup.  ‘Grok friend John Hawkins of RightWingNews has a column up at Townhall giving a few examples of some Liberals  (the real rich people) that have made it into the 1%, and then try to pull up the drawbridge behind them:

You don’t think it’s true? You don’t think the liberals are engaged in a huge scam designed to pull the wool over the eyes of gullible socialists and low information voters who don’t know any better? Well then, maybe you’ll change your mind after seeing all these quotes from filthy rich liberals railing against “the rich.”

2) “This book is about how Washington is rigged to work for those who can hire armies of lobbyists and lawyers and make sure that everything that they want gets done in Washington. The game is rigged to work for those who already have money and power.” — Elizabeth Warren. Net Worth: 14.5 million.

3) “If you’ve got a business, you didn’t build that.  Somebody else made that happen.  The Internet didn’t get invented on its own.  Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet.” — Barack Obama. Net Worth: 11.8 million 

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“Amazing Grace” – dedication at the 9/11 Museum at Ground Zero

“LaChanze, a Tony Award-winning Broadway performer whose husband Calvin Joseph Gooding was killed in the September 11, 2001 attacks, sang an a cappella version of “Amazing Grace” during Thursday morning’s dedication of the 9/11 Museum in New York City. There are no bad versions of “Amazing Grace,” but some are more stunning than others.” (H/T: … Read more

Notable Quote – Kirsten Powers

Welcome to the Dark Ages, Part II. We have slipped into an age of un-enlightenment where you fall in line behind the mob or face the consequences.

How ironic that the persecutors this time around are the so-called intellectuals. They claim to be liberal while behaving as anything but. The touchstone of liberalism is tolerance of differing ideas. Yet this mob exists to enforce conformity of thought and to delegitimize any dissent from its sanctioned worldview. Intolerance is its calling card. 

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Rochester 9/12 – Karen Testerman

Given that Karen is running for US Senate and was the only Senatorial candidate present Monday night at the Rochester 9/12 meeting, I have pulled out her speech in talking about US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid calling Jerry et al “Domestic Terrorists” while others truly are (e.g., Army Major Hassan shooting soldiers at Fort … Read more

Sanbornton – Workforce Housing: discussion and voting results

Yes, mea culpa – I spelled Sanbornton wrong in every single one of the following videos; I apologize!  On Thursday, May 1st, the Sanbornton Planning Board held a session in which the town’s residents could ask questions about the upcoming voting on zoning Amendments, especially as Workforce Housing (e.g., low cost, higher density, clustered developments).  It was clear, especially when the Town Planner had an outburst of “YOU HAVE YOUR FUTURES!  YOU HAVE YOUR AGENDA 21s!!!” in trying to deny NH State Rep Jane Cormier a few minutes to speak (Ah yes, the retaliation of our betters against “the rabble”, eh?) that the board was attempting to “stack the meeting’.  While a couple of folks seemed to be in favor of the WFH oriented Amendments, most were not.  All videos after the jump.

In fact, the voting on the amendments yesterday showed that the whole concept got a huge thumbs DOWN as evidenced by the article in today’s Laconia Daily Sun (emphasis mine, reformatted):

WORKFORCE HOUSING AMENDMENTS TAKE BEATING IN SANBORNTON

…All six zoning ordinance amendments failed as town residents said no to so-called workforce housing.

Pretty it wasn’t for those that were for these.  As I listened to the entire meeting from the 1st, I mentally kept checking off in my head – yup, this is the EPA / HUD / DOT’s Sustainable Communities Initiative.  Yes, as you can hear the Planner’s outburst and

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Blogline of the Day – it speaks for itself

 IowaHawk:  “If I understand college administrators correctly, colleges are hotbeds of racism and rape that everyone should be able to attend.” (H/T: Instapundit)

I AM old enough to know there is evil in the world…

And I am old enough to have seen Evil and experienced it.  First, there are those that only know naked force that they would use against me, my family, my friends, and my property: And then there are those that relish using naked political force, through the stroke of a pen, that can wreak even more … Read more

Rochester 9/12 – Part 4: Cliven Bundy ranch (3 & 4)

Continuing on in reporting from Monday’s Rochester 9/12 meeting are Parts 3 and 4 of Jerry’s recounting of the events he and his friends experienced out at the Bunkerville, Nevada ranch owned by Cliven Bundy:

  

Part 3                                                               Part 4

Next up: Dr. William Baer (aka Billy Baer) and Josh Youseff bring up Billy’s arrest at the behest of the Gilford School Board!

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Rochester 9/12 – Part 5: Dr. William Baer and the Gilford School Board (Parts 1 & 2)

The last major update of the night was from Dr. William Baer (aka Billy Baer) and Josh Youssef on Dr. Baer’s arrest at the behest of the Gilford School Board as they tried to stonewall his efforts to get answers from them on why they permitted Teen Porn to be part of the curriculum that his freshman daughter was forced to read:

  

Part 1                                                                    Part 2

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Rochester 9/12 Meeting – Part 1

Last night I traveled southeast to video the monthly Rochester 9/12 meeting.  Haven’t been for a long while but since Jerry and Sue Delemus asked, I went!  The place was packed – and a boisterous crowd at times as well.  The main draw was the reporting by Jerry (and with some of his friends that … Read more

Rochester 9/12 – Part 2 CVA (Concerned Veterans of America)

Continuing on from the previous post, next up during the meeting was a presentation by Matt Spencer, a team leader with the NH Chapter of the Concerned Veterans of America. Turns out, a great place to be as it seemed that 1/3 to 1/2 of the audience (did I tell you that the place was packed??) were vets (and a good deal more associated with vets).  Discussions were about upcoming events, advocacy, the absolute tragedy of the VA denying medical care to vets simply to make their “numbers” look good, and the mental illnesses that vets are experiencing and how other vets can help:

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Rochester 9/12 – Part 3: Cliven Bundy ranch (1 & 2)

The co-main event of the evening (main event by length of time) was a report by Jerry Delemus (along with his friends who were there  in Bunkerville, Nevada with him) from his time at the Cliven Bundy ranch.  A lot went on and some of it was different than what was reported in the media, … Read more

GrokTV: Rockingham Repub Dinner – US Senator Marco Rubio (Part 2)

This is the second part of US Senator Marco Rubio’s speech to the assembled Rockingham County (NH) Republican Committee at the annual Washington /Lincoln / Reagan Dinner

After finishing his speech, Rockingham County Republican Committee Chair Regina Birdsell said thank you to her volunteers that had assisted in putting the dinner together: 

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GrokTALK! 5/10/2014 – Dr. William Baer and the Gilford School Board

We had an extended segment with Dr. William Baer (aka, Billy Baer) that was arrested at this past Monday’s Gilford School Board simply because the Gilford School Board decided that they had to use their Power to stifle an angry parent’s ire about them allowing Teen Porn into his daughter’s Freshman class (taught by Gail Hutchinson).  This has gone viral nationally (and we have been writing about it here, here, here, here, here, here, and here for starters – and for a bonus, here’s an older post (same cast of characters) of the Gilford School Board antics – head over to GilfordGrok and do some searches as well.  While it has been dormant for a while, topmost post also shows uber-government bootlicker, Joe Wernig on display – he was the guy badmouthing Dr. Baer while saying “Hey, the school wants to make my daughters read Teen Porn – NO PROBLEM!  School over parents is his mantra, I guess).

Anyways, here is our first segment (of three) with Dr. Baer:

Next two after the jump: 

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GrokSHOT! – “The first trick of NH Politics is…”

NH Politics: Jeff Chidester was the Master of Ceremonies at this past Friday’s Rockingham County Republican Washington / Lincoln / Reagan Dinner where US Senator Marco Rubio was the keynote speaker.  While folks were milling about during the dinner break, and Jeff was trying to get the event moving again, he made an astonishing (heh!) … Read more

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