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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.

“Straight up racism”: Democrat Federal campaigns pay Blacks and Hispanics less than Whites

Inconsistency – and hypocritical as well. Nice to see that Democrats are adding to their own faux outrage of “Income Inequality” even as this issue is low on the “Big Issues” totem pole.  For all their jawboning that it is Republicans that are discriminatory, that Republicans don’t care about “the oppressed”, “the poor”, and “the … Read more

Notable Quote – Arthur R. Hogue

The doctrine of the supremacy of law implies that all agencies of government must act upon established principles; even the highest bodies and officials are not permitted to act upon arbitrary will or caprice. The supremacy of law means that all the acts of government agencies are subject to examination in the courts, which are … Read more

Blogline of the Day – Infantilism

“A constitutional republic caters to adults.  A socialistic democracy dictates to children. “ Go read what Marc Ruov has to say about  John Adams.  And look at what the Obama Administration thinks of us – a flannel onesie and a hot cocoa: What we are “allowed to do” – diktats?  See here, too.

Pro-Second Amendment / Anti-Scott Brown rally – a couple of thoughts

I learned a couple of things last night while at the rally:

  • The folks that came out last night are fired up – they DO take politics personally because politicians have been making legislation more and more personal
  • I think politicians on the Right are going to get caught by surprise at this – because while it has been the politicians on the Left that have made it personal (Progressivism: the personal is politics, politics is personal), they blame the Republican politicians for going along and allowing them to do it to them.
  • They feel they are being dissed by the Party that they feel should be standing up for them – a lack of loyalty.
  • They ask the question: “Why should I vote for you, or work for you, when you celebrate someone who does not respect ALL of our Rights?  Why should we sell out to you?”

And taking this personally, they personally are going to go out and let their family, their neighbors, and their friends know of their ire.  They are the influence makers that naturally should belong to the NH GOP – and the NH GOP absolutely needs them.  Instead, last night happened: 

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Pro-Second Amendment / Anti-Scott Brown rally – regular folks have a message for Scott Brown

I also learned one other thing last night – I realized how old my vidcam is given how fast the battery ran down in the cold – thus, the paucity of interviews from last night.  However, before it died, I did get the chance to ask a few folks two questions:

  • What question would you ask Scott Brown?
  • What would you tell Scott Brown if he came over?

Here is “Steve” whose sign caught my attention:

(Note to self – next time you interview someone with an interesting sign, please remember to at least take a pic of it, moron!)

In the mean time, a couple of other folks had something to say:

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Oh, one last thing from last nite – US Senator (R-NH) Al Baldasaro??

Maybe!  I didn’t get a lot of the speakers last night – hobbled by Nashua’s Mayor Donnalee Lozeau (R), there was no staging, podium, or lights (heck, no snow was supposed to be moved – hmm, it did look as if that snow moved itself).  Given the traffic and the parking, a number of the … Read more

Blogline of the Day – Scott Brown and Pork Chops?

Lots of reporters were at the Pro-Second Amendment / Anti-Scott Brown rally last nite and the Blogline comes from a report from Politico: His coming here is calculated disrespect, just as if he went to Saudi Arabia with pork chops in his suitcase,” said Jay Simkin, a 60-something economic consultant who lives in Nashua. “If … Read more

Pro-Second Amendment / Anti-Scott Brown rally – Rick Olson

Rick Olsen, to the readers here at GraniteGrok, is a writer here at the ‘Grok, was the MC for last  night and the first person I could grab for an interview.  However, he may be better known as a prior Marine, President of the Londonderry Fish and Game club, and President of the NH Wildlife … Read more

Pro-Second Amendment / Anti-Scott Brown rally – DaTechGuy!

The next person that I spotted was kinda in camouflage – normally it is his trademark Fedora hat I see but he had hidden it, given the season, under a red and white Santa hat.  To be honest, I was a bit surprised to see this MA based blogger (head of the DaTechGuy site and his Magnificent Seven as well as his syndicated radio show, DaTechGuy on Da Radio).  He with his DSL and I with the vidcam decided to interview each other (his post is here) – I think that he had a lot to say given that Scott Brown was his Senator and that Pete (DaTechGuy’s real name) has been covering NH politics for a while).

It was not QUITE what I expected – a cautionary note of alarm for the NH GOP:

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Pro-Second Amendment / Anti-Scott Brown rally – The Patriot Pastor

Certainly someone who looms large over the Conservative / Liberty and Freedom movement here in NH is The Patriot Pastor, Garrett Lear (at 6’8″, he literally does).  I am used to seeing him in his Colonial outfit but I noticed something this night that I had not seen before.  I keep mentioning him being a … Read more

Freedom to Travel? Papers [Obamacare], please!

As this Obamacare nightmare has been rolled out, it has been very hard to not see how limited coverages have become – doctor access limited, hospital access limited, and choice of the plans themselves have been very limited.  In fact, here in NH, only one insurer has actually been approved (although another one may be entering).  However, they are also limited to geography – while many comparisons have been made between the States, little has been brought up that the costs and the coverage of plans can also be limited to a given county resulting in even lesser coverage.

County level coverage – an unintended consequence (or was it? Or yet another “hemming in” tactic for Sustainable Communities Initiative where one of the desired outcomes is a restriction of travel options)  is the lack the ability to easily move your domicile; move too far and while you might enjoy your new digs, you might not be enjoying your current healthplan.  And then I saw this over at American Thinker (reformatted, emphasis mine):

ObamaCare May Devastate the Real Estate and Travel Industries

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Guest post by William Johnson: “One New Hampshirean thought”

Dear Scott Brown, Please and thank you for what you accomplished in Massachusetts. Your running for the senatorial seat by itself was meaningful, and more so was your vote against the AHCA. In your running, you made it clear that there are those in Mass that have at least a shred of knowledge about that … Read more

Data Point – about all that talk about the rise of renewable power sources?

All those assertions that renewables are expanding at 100%, 200%, x%?  Yeah, its possible when you start pretty much at zero: In other words, the Energy Department’s not expecting a lot of progress for renewable energies as a fuel source for America, even after almost 100 years of efforts from politicians like Obama and billions … Read more

Hey, Susan The Bruce – look what JR sent over for us!

It must be really difficult in being angry all the time, especially this time of the year.  We at the ‘Grok hope this will bring a smile (faint though it might be)! After all, what’s Christmas without a mini-gun in a one-horse open sleigh?? (H/T: SSD)

A new way to plant your gardens!

For the well armed horticulturist you love, a new way to have flowers! Shotgun Flower Shell – instead of ammunition that takes life, these ones spread it, in the form of a harmless flower seed. It’s essentially a 12-gauge shotgun shell, every bit like any shotgun shell you’d typically shoot, only instead of shot, this … Read more

Data Point – Snow Cover

snow-cover-dec-15-2013“Earlier this week, snow covered more than half of the continental United States, the highest this measure has reached for this date in a decade, according to government scientists.

As of Dec. 15, the white, fluffy stuff covered 53 percent of the lower 48, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported. That’s a significantly higher portion than in recent years. In 2006, for example, snow covered just 12 percent of the lower 48 states on the same date, according to Climate Central, a climate news website.

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Notable Quote – Prof. Don Boudreaux

We rightly condemn parents who teach children to envy the possessions of others; we properly censure parents who encourage children to steal rather than to produce and earn for themselves. If envy and thievery are antisocial, unethical, and worthy of condemnation when practiced at the individual level, they do not become social, ethical, and worthy … Read more

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