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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.

He still has some ‘splaining to do about that CR vote, but I can get on board with this:

Just got this flash from Frank Guinta’s office: For Immediate ReleaseContact:  J. Mark Powell(202) 226-8530 GUINTA CO-SPONSORS BILL TO RESCIND$45 BILLION IN UNSPENT FEDERAL MONEY   “The money just sits there, doing nothing.  It’s wasteful, it’s totally unacceptable and it must stop now.” (WASHINGTON – March 17, 2011)   Taxpayers would save $45 billion under a … Read more

Notable Quote – Con Colacho

The left claims that the guilty party in a conflict is not the one who covets another’s goods but the one who defends his own. – Nicolás Gómez Dávila (aka Don Colacho) (H/T: Don Colacho’s Aphorisms)

It is not sufficient to just blog….

The actions of a single person often make a difference – but for the actions of that person, history could been much different. I’ve watched elections decided by a single vote, I’ve seen what a single, fired up person can accomplish when they see that their foundational principles are being violated – and refuse to … Read more

Obama ain’t feelin’ the love today

From Rasmussen: Pretty much, I follow this daily.  Lately, it bodes ill for Obama for 2012 as it falls: it means that more people strongly dislike Obama than strongly like him  – and it is getting worse.  Instead of merely plying the political winds where ‘ere they blow, the Republicans in DC ought to be … Read more

Change…a loss of a “moral middle”?

Quick thoughts…. Have we changed as a country?  Have we changed because of a collective moral loss?  It used to be a steadfast stance to be self-reliant, or a reliance on family, then to friends and neighbors. Pride in doing for oneself was the rule and not the exception. It seems, over the last few … Read more

You think that THIS has something to do with…

…that? Energy is the ability to work.  I keep hearing all the time that we have to go clean, go green.  Problem is, all of these energy sources have their own problems, least of which that they are so bad at what they do, nobody would be involved with them without massive government subsidies.  Take … Read more

We’ve been invited! Grafton County Republican Committee Lincoln Reagan Dinner – special speaker: Rick Santorum

Lincoln Reagan Dinner Sponsored By:Grafton County Republican Committee Monday March 28, 2011Indian Head Resort – Lincoln, NH 603-745-8000 I-93 exit 33  –  http://www.indianheadresort.com/  :   Social Hour: 5:30 to 6:30:Buffet: 6:30; beef, fish, pasta, turkey, salad and dessert:  $45 pp Sen. Rick Santorum: Senator from Pennsylvania from 1994 to 2006. As Chairman of the Senate Republican … Read more

“I was sent to Washington to restrain spending and exert some fiscal discipline.”

Yes, those were Congressman Frank Guinta’s words as Fox News Shannon Bream paraphrased his campaign words as "When you get to washington, you’re going to cut and then cut some more."

Yes, you were.  The TEA Party types, like GraniteGrok, expected you to lead – not follow. 

And not be told where to go, either.

You said, over and over, that Federal spending was unsustainable (about the only word from the greenies that seems to actually be applicable right now).

We expected Congressional life in DC to be hard.  We expected it to be a pressure cooker for you like most of us cannot imagine (with all those hands and pleas and yells to give people money that used to be other peoples’).  We expect that you would be surrounded not only by the Progressives (typified here in NH by Zandra Rice-Hawkins).  We expected, being a TEA Party backed candidate, that the DC Establishment (especially the Repub kind) were going to rub their hands in glee as they joyfully said "ah, new red meat to grind up and mold OUR way."

We expected you to lead.  Really, we did.  And do. We sent you because of your fiscal promises to cut the spending and cut the size of government.  And to it quickly.  We believed you.

I have said since Nov 2 that we had to watch your backside and protect it from the Progressives and Establishment types, with pikes.  Like these guys (<—-). 

I also said that we would hold you accountable – that those pikes might be pointed at your backside.  You said "Please do".

So, when I heard that the second short term Continuing Resolution was being voted on (because the Democrats in the last Congress couldn’t even vcarry out their basic reason for being there – passing a budget), I decided to look who was leading to cut government and Federal spending.  I looked at the list of Republicans that decided enough of this fiscal tomfoolery and decided to lead:  GOP Reps. Jeff Flake (Ariz.), Justin Amash (Mich.), Jeff Duncan (S.C.), John Fleming (La.), Tim Huelskamp (Kan.) and Allen West (Fla.) have all said they will vote against the new measure.

Oh wait – a name was missing!

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Obama – kinky

 Obama’s energy policy:     After all, he declares that it is GOOD for us! While Rahm may now be ensconced at another money loosing proposition (new mayor, Chicago), will his words "Never waste a crisis" ever leave the Obama Administration? (H/T: Michael Ramirez)

GrokTV Event – Tim Pawlenty at Granite Oath PAC (3/10/11)

As I pointed out in the interview with Harold Turner (NHBizReport), Ovide Lamontagne’s Granite Oath PAC is bringing in the various Presidential Candidates (to be?) in to give them a forum in which to speak with various activists (and given his latest run and the resulting publicity afterwards, Ovide CAN deliver what every candidate wants – crowds of people who are politically active).

This past Thursday, Tim Pawlenty (R-MN, Governor) was his guest.:

Part 2 and the Questions and Answers (on ethanol, foreign policy, social issues) after the jump.

Note: yes, bad lighting (REALLY bad lighting) – blame me; I had just received the camera about 2 hours before heading down to the event; got it right here with Harold – not so much with Tim.  Apologies!

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GrokTV Event – Michelle Bachmann at the Granite State Patriot Liberty PAC

Yesterday afternoon, the entire Grok crew descended upon to Turbocam International in Barrington, NH where they opened their facility so that the Granite State Patriots Liberty PAC could host an event with Michelle Bachmann, Republican Congresswoman from Minnesota and TEA Party favorite. 

We thank both Jerry Delemus, chair of the GSPL PAC for the invite and for making sure (along with ‘Grok friend, Diane!) that we had a great place from where to record, live stream, tweet, and Facebook the event!

Opening remarks by Turbocam Founder, Marion Noronha and closing remarks by Jeff Chidester (NH radio host, political activist, and good friend) after the jump:

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GrokTALK! – Podcast page for 03/12/11

Podcast – week of 03/12/11 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 at either GrokTALK@GraniteGrok.com or call us … Read more

Ovide Lamontagne at the Belknap County Republicans

At this past Wednesday meeting of the Belknap County Republican Committee, Ovide Lamontagne was the featured speaker.  It is clear that unlike what may have transpired before, he is going to stay active in politics and is "making the rounds" of the GOP groups (among others).  Having started the Granite Oath PAC, it is obvious … Read more

GrokTV – Special Interview with Harold Turner

GraniteGrok was invited to Ovide Lamontagne’s Granite Oath PAC on going Presidential House Party Series; at this house event, Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty and his wife spoke to a packed crowd at Ovide’s.  At that event, we met up with Harold Turner, entrepreneur and now, proprietor of NHBizReport.com.  I asked him about his thoughts about … Read more

Live blogging – Mike at a Herman Cain event

One of the staples of the "retail politics" that has been "forever" here in NH is the house event; put on by interested folks or supporters of one candidate or another, it gives the ordinary person a chance to get the measure of a given candidate up close and personal.  Questions, after a while, become pretty much similar – but they are good to go to as sometimes, somebody IS going to think of one that just makes somebody else squirm. And we try to get one of the Groksters to get to as many of these as possible (given that we all work for a living, is not always the easiest thing to do).

Nope, not one of those posts – but the events happen ALL the time AND at all times.  Right now, Herman Cain is the guest at a house party where a number of friends and homeschoolers are having the chance to yak with Mr. Cain.

Grokster Mike is at the event and just sent this snapshot of ‘Grok friend John Difenbach posing with Herman just after giving him a great shirt:

More pics from the event:

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Gilford, NH School Board Chair DEFIANT in face of Gilford vote?

Yep.  That’s the title.  The quote? "The law is very clear," said Webber. "The School Board makes the decision on how the schools will be run. We are not going to change our position." Ah yes, just like the present administration in DC who has, thus far, continued to steer a course of "voter will … Read more

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