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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.

GrokTALK! – Podcast page for 10/22/11

Podcast – week of 10/22/11 GrokTALK! Streaming Live! from GraniteGrok To play (or "stream") a clip now, just click on it.  To download it to your PC, right click on it and tell the process where to save the file for you. When we are live – join in by emailing us at GrokTALK@GraniteGrok.com or … Read more

A working definition of “social contract” for the rest of us

As seen on Instapundit: “The social contract exists so that everyone doesn’t have to squat in the dust holding a spear to protect his woman and his meat all day every day. It does not exist so that the government can take your spear, your meat, and your woman because it knows better what to … Read more

Data Point – Cost of Iraq War vs Fed Deficits

Ending the Iraq war by fiat will not save President Obama much on his yearly deficits.  I’m betting that when we have to go back to Iraq, the price will be much higher. (H/T: GatewayPundit)

Niel Young: “While I am angry still, what I could not understand was why?” Er, let me give you a clue….

The short answer is still best summed up by Larry Frates commenting on Niel Young’s behavior: 

"It’s all about you, Neil"

And his assumptions are wrong to boot. The news in my local area is that there is a new talk radio show, The Tom Brown Show. Being that it is a late night / early morning show, I haven’t listened yet but I should give the podcasts a chance.  Yes, I know Tom personally as he has been a Republican activist in the local area; we are friendly and I should give the show a shot.  But that’s not the reason for this post.  Now Tom is now experiencing what Doug and I did when we had the chance for our own show with friend Pat Hynse.

Well, Niel Young, yet again, just can’t stand the fact that yet another person has left his show (Tom was a regular, just as Doug and I were years ago) and is delivering the same kind of coded vitriol he normally reserves for Liberal Democrats.  Simply, Niel is a control freak, it IS about him and his mission, and no one else is allowed to be front and center.  Normally, I would have let this go, but since Niel Young just can’t seem to help himself and decided to take a whack at the past, I figured that I’d give a response.

From his column in the Weirs Time (P14):

For many years I had a regular radio guest.  Being that my in studio roundtable participants usually share the same views – not because it is required.  I had protected THAT regular from any comments and discussion of Pro-Life and Parental Notification issues/legislation.  I value life – oppose abortion on demand – an believe at least one parent should be notified that their teenage daughter has chosen to abort a pregnancy.  Unfortunately there is nothing a parent can do to alter that decision.

OK, Niel sets himself up as the kind, selfless defender, willing to take the arrows that were mostly in his own mind.  And then, as Obama does, knock down the now display of ingratitude.  But then we find the real reason of his ire – he’s selfish (bolding mine):

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GrokTALK! – Podcast page for 10/15/11

Podcast – week of 10/15/11

GrokTALK!

Streaming Live! from GraniteGrok

To play (or "stream") a clip now, just click on it.  To download it to your PC, right click on it and tell the process where to save the file for you.

When we are live – join in by emailing us at GrokTALK@GraniteGrok.com or call our listener line at 603-524-7478 (Click here for the promo page)

Hour 1      Hour 2

Grokster Mike started off the show, and what else?  We talked Presidential Primary politics, the death of CLASS (Obamacare long term care proven to be insolvent), Iranian terrorist attack FAIL, demographics, Occupy Wall Street really believes it can get rid of a basic human trait: Greed?  Part 1    Part 2 

Buddy Roemer, former LA Congressman and Governor and running to be the Republican nominee for President, came on for to talk about his candidacy and why he went to visit the Occupy Wall Streeters in New York City.  A banker by profession, he agrees with the OWS movement about crony capitalism (by both Big Government & Big Banks) but disagrees with the remedy!   Part 1

Nick Mignanelli, Comm. Director for the UNH College Republicans came on.  We talked about a LOT of things – a very articulate and involved guy (we will have him back!). Yes, student conservatives get beat about the head by Liberal Professors who have taken out their ire with poorer grades and the resulting "lay low" – all in the ONE place that advertises itself as the place for the free flow of ideas.  And yes, the UNH College Republicans are working on  Presidential campaigns, and other issues as well.    Part 1    Part 2 

Closing out the show was Grokster Steve.  He brings up the connection of NH’s own US Senator Jeanne Shaheen to the Occupy Wall Street, political donations, and NH Wind farms development.  We also talk about Jeanne Shaheen’s utter contempt for NH making its own rules and having the Feds directly fund Planned Parenthood. That led to the Health Care Compact!  Part 1

Video recording after the jump

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Quick! Someone get him another TOTUS!

It’s like a little kid without their Teddy Bear – he IS lost without it! BAD men who carjacked poor TOTUS’s truck….but yields comedy gold!

Notable Quote – Dr. Thomas Sowell

One of the sad signs of our times is that we have demonized those who produce, subsidized those who refuse to produce, and canonized those who complain. – Dr. Thomas Sowell, economist

Occupy Boston – an amalgamation

My friend Kevin spent the weekend in Boston showing a friend from England what Boston was like, and kept ending up around Dewey Square where the Occupy Boston (a la Occupy Wall Street) had sent up a camp.  Upon returning, they stopped in and offered them to put up here (Thanks Kevin and Jack!)

The video is an amalgam of some short clips shot with a DSLR:

Some stills after the jump (and more to follow afterwards)

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In the mail – Democracy Denied by Phil Kerpen

Phil Kerpen, Vice President for Policy at Americans for Prosperity (and an Honorable Mention for RightWingNews Conservative of the Year), has a new book out called "Democracy Denied" which is all about the process by which our democratic way of self- government is at risk.  No, not the way that the #Occupy Wall Street folks … Read more

How many troops do we have overseas anyways?

A timely post by Marc Thiessen over at The Enterprise Blog has the list.  Given that Ron Paul (and a few other Republican nominee candidates for Prez) are saying "Bring them all home"), the question is "how many are there really"? Here’s the count (reformated): Belgium 1,234 Bahrain 1,894 Germany 54,198 Diego Garcia (UK) 286 … Read more

A Grievance Hearing: Oct 20, State Capital

Guest post for Frank M. Handibode

 

UNFAIR PROPERTY ASSESSMENT? COME TO A GRIEVANCE HEARING

If you, dear readers, feel as I do that the current property assessing and taxing practices in New Hampshire are often unfair and inequitable, then I invite you to join me at an upcoming grievance hearing in the NH House on October, 20th.  

I believe that my property is not fairly taxed so I appealed for redress to the NH Legislature in Concord. They granted me a hearing which is set for Thursday, October 20th at 10 a.m. in Room 303 of Legislative Office Building, the LOB, (directly behind the state house with the gold dome.)

Representative Duffy Daugherty, Coos District 1, has presented my petition. Among other things, Mr. Daugherty, on my behalf, is attempting to stop the towns and assessors from applying “separate subjective factors such as those related to views as indicated on current property cards.”

Yes, I am referring to the odious “View Tax.”

Let’s face facts. If five non-collaborating assessors come to a property on five different days, it is almost certain that five different tax values will result. The reason is simple. There are no written guidelines for assessing views leaving assessors to play the “I’ll know its value when I see it” game.

This is the sort of arbitrary tax that Mad King George the 3rd of England would have loved to impose on the subjects in the colonies! We all know how that story ended.

I cannot imagine that I am the only property owner in the state who feels this way. If you believe that your own property is not fairly assessed, for any reason, I invite you to come to Room 303, LOB in Concord on October 20th. This discussion on a potentially dull subject should prove to be pretty interesting.

Frank M. Handibode
Hebron

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Tonight’s Republican Debate

No, am not tweeting the debate as I am trying to catch up on other things (like audio from the last two GrokTALK! shows).  However, just before the debate started, I ran across the the RomneyCare story that was being discussed (food fighted?). It is simply awful: Lauren and Nick Destito had a wonderful life … Read more

More dufusness from the dim bulbs of Congress

Oh, yeah, thanks to Congress, I guess I can’t say "dim bulbs" – they’ve outlawed them starting the first of the year.  Hmmm, "dim LEDs" just doesn’t have the same ring to it. Anyways, more stupidity: On the eve of the World Series, four Democratic Senators Dick Durbin (IL), Frank Lautenberg (NJ), Tom Harkin (IA) … Read more

Picture (and joke) of the Day – Parrot?

I took my dad to the mall the other day to buy some new shoes (he is 66). We decided to grab a bite at the food court. I noticed he was watching a teenager sitting next to him. The teenager had spiked hair in all different colors – green, red,orange, and blue. My dad … Read more

Ah! So is what Obama does is called the wasta?

From Time Magazine (emphasis mine): Like a solid plurality of Palestinian voters, they thought the Islamists would provide clean government, in contrast to the corruption-riddled Fatah that had ruled for years. Then Ayyash’s mother applied for a teaching job. She was offered it immediately: to the Hamas official who interviewed her, all that mattered was … Read more

So, the Left thinks that OWS is their TEA Party?

Really? They believe that about the Occupy Wall Street crowd?  Last I knew, the TEA Party folks always pulled the proper permits and paid all the fees – and left public property by the designated times.  OWS?  Not so much  Last time I looked, too, this never happened with the TEA Party:     September 18 … Read more

USA: our economic freedom is diminishing. Who is to blame?

Freedom.  The choice to make our own decisions.  And as been recently said, our personal freedom is also tied to our economic freedom – how free are we with respect to financial decisions? So, time to pick up the pitchforks and muskets, and charge those that are in charge of creating "the level playing field"; … Read more

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