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Skip Such an honor – two Presidents fighting for the title of President Malaise: H/T: Remix by radio talk show hostess Laura Ingraham)
"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 A while ago, I had posted that the US … Read more
GrokTalk! Saturday July 15, 2011 Live Streaming local and National News with opinion you could only get from GraniteGrok. EMail: GrokTALK@GraniteGrok.com or Call us! 603-524-7478 This week, 9-11AM… Grokster Rick will be on to talk about his latest installment of the RINO of the Week Former LA Governor and Congressman Buddy Roemer will be … Read more
Podcast – week of 07/15/11 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 … Read more
From Business Insider: Basically, it looks at total issuance of AAA-rated credit by year. You can see there are twin peaks: First in 2005 and 2006, during the worst of the housing-related excess, when garbage was repackaged into AAA, and then following that AAA-rated issuance peaked again when governments bailed out the financial sector. So … Read more
GraniteGrok was on the Morning show with Justin and Jennifer (Jeff was feeling under the weather) promptly at 6:08am. Topics: Well, there IS a good use for that $600 Million the Fed spent on $1 Billion on dollar coins no one else wanted – Frequent Flyer Miles! Is the homosexual agenda trumping First Amendment Rights … Read more
This past Saturday was the CNHT (Coalition of NH Taxpayers) Annual Picnic. The videos are up of the speakers (just keep scrolling down) but we also had the chance to interview a number of folks (in order): Congressman Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI, Presidential Candidate [and yes, he DID follow me around all weekend – heh!]) … Read more
Even if it is a campaign ad, this first one from Congressman Ron Paul is well timed, given the the debt ceiling debate in DC: Of all issues, the fiscal one is his strength; this has a message that will resonate beyond his campaign followers and into the mainstream. (H/T: The Corner)
Podcast – week of 07/09/11 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
Along with Congressman Thaddeus McCotter speaking at the CNHT picnic this past Saturday, a number of other candidates had "surrogates" (designated people, be they volunteers or paid staffers / consultants / operatives) stand up and speak for them. Again, this event is all about the politics and each of the candidates knew that they had … Read more
Not all of the speakers were politicians or about political campaigners. Here is the end result, as Tammy Simmons read the result of the CNHT Presidential Straw Poll:
Other activists after the jump:
OK, if CNHT was the second event of this past weekend, the Rye Republican Family Fair was number four. Hey, ‘Grok friend Diane asked and who could turn down an event located at an old fashioned grass airstrip (think old style Piper Cubs, tricycle landing gear, small Robinson helicopters, and a sport biplane – Hampton Airfield!).
Introductory Ceremonies:
Speakers:
Intro Ceremonies here; the rest of the videos after the jump
OK, I THOUGHT I was going to be able to live stream the Coalition for NH Taxpayers annual Picnic on Saturday. Well…I have to apologize as right after I posted this, people started coming over to our table, sat down, and expected to yak with us. So, we talked – and I never got the … Read more
Another speaker at CNHT’s annual picnic was NH GOP Chair, Jack Kimball: Note: he was one of the speakers that command the attention of almost all of the activists gathered at the Hillsborough VFW (down some from last year, but still a VERY respectable couple to three hundred turning out to meet, greet, gab, and … Read more
Continuing on with those that spoke at the CNHT annual picnic was Phyllis Woods. While she is the NH GOP’s Committeewoman to the RNC, Phyllis is revered in the Conservative movement in NH for her dedication to Conservative ideals and her efforts to get more Conservative women to become candidates and to run (and win) … Read more
Another speaker was Ovide Lamontagne. Narrowly losing to (now US Senator) Kelly Ayotte in the Republican Primary, Ovide has not left the political stage – he has continued to be present at Republican and Conservative events all over the State. And yes, as was said yesterday "Lord willing and Betty’s approval", he may well be … Read more
While this is an "off year", the race for the Republican nomination for President is in now in second gear and ready to shift to third. Normally, one might have thought that there would have been a number of the actual candidates to show up but while there were surrogates to speak for several of … Read more
Over the years, the Liberals have had this thing about spending on the military has always been put above that of helping the poor. During the last Presidential, we ran into "The Cookie Lady" (sponsored by NH Priorities who in turn, was funded by the ice cream barons, Ben and Jerry) who would hand out … Read more
A bolt from heaven! Lightning Almost Hits Christie Foe On TV: MyFoxPHILLY.com (H/T: The Corner)