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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.

Bill Binnie, NH-Senator-wannabe: slightly vindictive?

A green story of another sort…and certainly begs a different answer to the famous Mr. Roger’s question “Won’t you be my neighbor?” I quite sure that Mr. Binnie’s neighbor has a very UN-Rogers like answer. (H/T: Paul)

WMUR 9 (NH) – Gubernatorial Debate

One last televised debate by WMUR – those seeking the Republican nod to be the person to take out Democrat John "Do Nuttin’" Lynch (who is already boasting in TV ads that he cut spending even as the overall spending by NH State Government rose by 17% and 11% over the last two budget seasons).  … Read more

Now, HERE’s a story that will tickle Tim’s fancy….WHO is in charge of WHO?

Filed under Proper Role of Government. This reminds me of the Rochester 9-12 debates (Congressional, Senatorial, and Gubernatorial) where the attendees / voters knew the Constitution better than the candidates: 4. U.S. Citizens Have No Obligation To Answer Questions. Ultimately, the cops let me go, because there was nothing they could do. A returning U.S. … Read more

“Don’t tread on me”

  The words on the Gadsden Flag – the unofficial flag of the TEA Party movement.  No one decreed it, no one ordered it, and no law / regulation / statute was passed demanding it be so.  It just became, it just IS.  The people spontaneously decided (with no controlling legal authority, Mr. Gore) that … Read more

We now have incident #2

Well now: same desired result: to silence our speaking out or about concerning given campaigns Same tactic: threat to report to and involved legal authorities so as to accomplish the above Two different campaign bullies: The first was Pat Hynes, of Hynes Communications (or as DiStaso of the Union Leader calls it, the "Patrick Hynes-David … Read more

“…single most important global institution…”

Oh really? And who funds most of its operation, dearie?  You should know – your boss signs the checks, right?  Or is that "far Left" (he is, after all, a true Lefty – watch him sign his name – a two-fer!) No, Madam Secretary – the UN is a mere Wild, Wild West town facade … Read more

WMUR 9 (NH) – 2nd Congressional District Debate – Rs

Tweeted out (see widget on the right sidebar or go here) Sorry, helping a client right up until the start…no analysis before hand. Will keep going through the Democrat debate – given that I don’t know either, it should be interesting. Behind the scenes, it seems to have been a case of "More Progressive than … Read more

WMUR 9 (NH) – 1st Congressional District Debate

Update II: WMUR: Guinta – A    Bestani – A    Ashooh – C     Mahoney – FAIL I disagree with #2 and #3, but vindicated on #1 & last place. Now the question is: will anyone drop out and throw support to another? Possible Predictions: Rich, to Frank (one gentleman to another) Bob, to Sean (little birdies … Read more

Email Doodlings – No, it’s not the Party – it’s the people in it that matter

In yet another email, my answer (posted here) was challenged as to why we Conservatives / TEA Party / 9-12ers / Liberty & Freedom type folks should be working from within the Republican Party:

Skip, it’s not about the party, it’s about the people…I may have lost faith in the party, but I’ll never lose faith in my ability and willingness to keep on fighting for what I believe is right in the best way I can…the party has so little meaning as I illustrated by saying what good is a platform (or a party for that matter) when there are no consequences for breaking the rules laid out by the party?…if the party is so loosely defined and controlled it becomes too difficult to actually fight for a common cause…this party (the GOP) appears to more interested in keeping the party together than it is serving the people…so then the cause becomes fighting for the party?…I’d rather fight for the people and for myself and my family…it’s about the people and not the party Skip…  

My answer was this (given that the Democrat Party, now controlled by their Constitutional value hating Progressive Wing):

First, read the Platform – really!  Then come back here and tell me where it is wrong (and…

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So, President Obama, how’s yer job policy making out?

Having lived under Communism and knows what a centralized planning society, Vaclav Havel knows of which he speaks with this warning for America as Obama takes it towards that State (H/T: The Corner): The government has embraced an arrogant ideology. They claim to know the key to prosperity. It’s analogous to communism. They thought the … Read more

Email Doodlings – apply this to “and if RINOs start complaining?”

Still culling emails (gosh, this could take a good long time!) and although written a while ago, it fits what I posted here concerning shaming RINOs (edited just a tad for posting):

>> Sensitivities

No one has the right to not be offended.  Period.  If you need a good telling off, deserves such, then don’t complain when someone delivers it to you.

When an elected Republican (like Doc Pilliod of Belmont, NH) is voting more in line with the Dems than with the Party Platform, I have no problem in pointing that out over and over and over again in public.  Sure, when two candidates in a primary are close to each other philosophically, and are pretty much in line with the Platform, the Party ought to either leave them totally alone or support each equally.  I don’t think anyone has a problem with that.

Now take a case of a Liz Hager (former Repub House Rep from Concord, NH) – she got primaried out – the proper thing to have done and much more conservative folks in that Concord district won in the primary.  Unfortunately, the reality is that Concord is a very liberal town  and they lost in the general election.  You can bet, however,  they demonstrably showed the chasm between them and her, her voting recording vs what they stood for.

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Detecting the heavy handedness of the Sean Mahoney / Pat Hynes duopoly?

Ah yes, the Bill Binnie of New Hampshire’s CD -1: Sean Mahoney!

It’s one thing to haul out the blunderbusses and have at it….Americans understand that…

For Immediate Release
September 3, 2010
For more information, contact Brett Bosse: (603) 995-9284

Guinta Statement on “Anonymous” Smear Campaign

Manchester, NH – Brett Bosse, spokesman for the Frank Guinta for Congress campaign, has issued the following statement regarding what appears to be an illegal smear campaign conducted over the phone.

“We appreciate the Rich Ashooh campaign for immediately contacting us on this matter. The people behind this ‘anonymous’ and illegal smear campaign clearly wanted to implicate Rich Ashooh by falsely attaching his phone number to these calls. Not only is this illegal, it is gutless. This is not the first time Frank Guinta has been the subject of false attacks. Recently, Sean Mahoney has lobbed numerous false attacks against Guinta to cover up his own record of supporting liberals and liberal causes. Frank Guinta has run a clean, issue-based campaign for more than a year. These kind of dirty tricks have no place in New Hampshire politics.  We have already lodged a complaint with the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office, and ask for an immediate investigation into this matter.”

What they despise are tactics akin to the punji sticks in the jungles of Viet Nam….

Underhanded, below board; this is the ethics that NH wants as a Congressman?  Sean Mahoney, smiling broadly in one venue with the stiletto in the other?

Worthy of Pat "even accusations of a crime are not below him" Hynes of Hynes Communications, that’s for sure….from his site:

The Hynes Difference

You don’t want to just get your message out, you want to win. You need to win, and your reputation is on the line. You’re looking at an uphill battle, and you need to find something new to put you over the top.

Winning at ALL costs?  Seems to be true…

Pat Hynes so sad

(GraniteGrok picture: Pat Hynes)

Over the top? 

Naw, under the slimey bottom seems to be more like it..so sad….

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You don’t know Jack – ?

GraniteGrok endorsed Jack Kimball for NH Governor a while ago – I think this video gives a good sense of who Jack is: what you see is who he really is.

A definition of the word “Shame” for the NH Elections

I was at a gathering of Conservative activists last night, and of course, the majority of the watercooler talk concerned that of the Sept 14 Primaries – US Senate, US Congress, NH House, NH Senate, and of course, NH Governor.

Which led me to put this up on FaceBook:

So, how many republicans here in NH are planning on voting for Democrat NH governor John "lied to us" Lynch while giving lip service to the Republican Candidate?   it’s time to bring the concept, accountability to, & the word "Shame" back to common usage.

Don’t tell me you hate where NH has descended to & be a "Great Enabler"…and vote for the Democrat leader here in NH.

Sure, he may be a nice guy – but he has overseen a 25% (-/+) rise in NH spending the last two cycles – THAT’S being smart?  The increase in the size of government – THAT’S being smart?  The enlargement of the Regulatory State (and resulting loss in freedoms here in the "Live Free or Die" state) –THAT’S being smart?

Remember this?

Nay, I say!  For those that publicly profess to BE Republican, to voluntarily decide to associate themselves with the Republican Platform, yet repudiate it semi-privately within closed groups and within the voting booth?

Shame on you!

I have no problem in voting your conscious – but be honest with yourself and the rest of of – if you care not for the consequences of your political donations and votes by supporting Democrat John "Do Nuttin’" Lynch, perhaps it is time to uncheck that R next to your name – and stop lying to both yourself and to others that may be depending upon you. 

Of course, this might be fun to publicly resort to this:

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About getting into Heaven…

Three guys die and go to heaven.

St. Peter says "Listen – we’re having a really busy century, so we need to manage admissions tightly. Right now we can only admit people who have died in horrible fashions, and those who have died in a more mundane way will have to wait in limbo, and it could take a decade or two to work you in."

So St. Peter takes aside the first man, and asks him how he died.

"Well, I’d been suspicious of my wife having an affair for some time now, so today I came home from work early. I just knew the guy was in my apartment, but I couldn’t find him. I looked everywhere and was just about to give up, when I went out on the balcony of my 23rd story apartment and there he was hanging over the edge! He was just barely hanging on, there was no way he could climb back onto the balcony. It was a really stupid place to try to hide. I was livid, so I started punching him and clawing at his fingers, but he held on. Finally I went to get a hammer and started pounding on his fingers, and he fell down. But what really angered me was that he landed in some bushes and fell to the ground dazed, but basically OK! I was so mad I grabbed the refrigerator, threw it off the balcony and it landed on him. Unfortunately I was so riled up by the incident I had a heart attack and died."

St. Peter was taken aback, and said "While you did die in a dramatic fashion, I think we need to look…

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“Ovide’s Oath”

Ovide Lamontagne, who GraniteGrok has endorsed, has just come out with his first TV ad: I just wish that he had said what it contained, but since he didn’t, YOU can just click here and saunter right on over and read it for yourself! Add this from Erick Erickson of RedState to the thought train … Read more

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