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Steve MacDonald

Steve is a long-time New Hampshire resident, blogger, and a member of the Board of directors of The 603 Alliance. He is the Managing Editor and co-owner of GraniteGrok.com, a former board member of the Republican Liberty Caucus of New Hampshire, and a past contributor to the Franklin Center for Public Policy.

Obama’s New “New” Civility?

He who speak from both sides of his mouth… Efforts to counter violent extremism will only succeed if citizens can address legitimate grievances through the democratic process and express themselves through strong civil societies. – Brrrockobama Meanwhile, back in America, political opponents who are branded as extremist are intimidated out of the process, whenever possible, …

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Nothing Can Dissuade Obama’s True Believers from Their Heroic Narrative

That’s Jim Geraghty’s title to this bit from the Morning Jolt.  My thought? Someone needs to start a Kool Aid Drinkers anonymous program in DC. Nothing Can Dissuade Obama’s True Believers from Their Heroic Narrative David Axelrod, Tuesday: “And I’m proud of the fact that basically you have had an administration in this place for …

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NAEP, SMARTER BALANCE, NECAP, ETC…What are we doing to our kids?

Kathy Dunton | GrokWatch News Desk If you’re a parent of an 8th grader in Rochester, you may have received a letter from the Rochester Middle school last month, informing you that your child has been “selected” to take the NAEP mathematics, reading or science assessments.  These assessments were to begin on February 10th, but …

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UNH President Has His Finger on The Trigger

nhpr.org is reporting that UNH El Presidente Mark Huddleston has 4000 “advocates” ready to contact their legislators.  About what?  A desperate University systems desperate want. They want $100 million dollars in taxpayer handouts and they are $40 million short.  The governor’s lousy budget, the one that throws the elderly and mentally handicapped under the bus, …

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Is the Litchfield School District Trying To Pull A Fast One?

The school district clerk in Litchfield can’t certify the ballot for upcoming town elections.  He tells me that the default budget number does not appear to be correct and no one in the School district would talk him through his concerns to a straight answer.  If the ballot is not correct he wont sign off …

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Greg Moore – Governor Hassan’s Budget Priorities

Greg Moore from Americans For Prosperity – NH comes on to talk about NH Gov. Maggie Hassan’s just released budget and why it has the wrong priorities.    Listen to the entire Podcast here Follow us on YouTube, USTREAM, Facebook, and Twitter …and take us with you on iTunes, iHeart Radio, Spreaker, TuneIn, or Stitcher.

What is ‘Rich’? and What is ‘Fair’?

UCLA Professor of Economics, Lee Ohanian, has some fascinating and unexpected answers with regards to ” what do you mean by rich? And how much is fair?”  And yes, the answer will make progressives mad.   Prager U

Hello, Cultural Marxism:

[Quote] Hello, Cultural Marxism: In 1919, Georg Lukacs became Deputy Commissar for Culture in the short-lived Bolshevik Bela Kun regime in Hungary. He immediately set plans in motion to de-Christianize Hungary. Reasoning that if Christian sexual ethics could be undermined among children, then both the hated patriarchal family and the Church would be dealt a …

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