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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.

Jeanne Shaheen profiting From 4th Largest Oil Company on the Planet.

Jeanne Shaheen is a hypocrite.  But you knew that.  She objects to domestic energy but takes money from petroleum lobbyists.  She plays the party line on CO2, but parties with left-coast hedge fund managers who get rich on thermal coal.   She complains about SuperPAC’s and outside money but does not object to Billionaire Tom Steyer …

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Michelle Bensingor – Dual Voter Worked In NH on Shaheen For Senate

Michelle Bensingor worked for the New Hampshire Democrat Party in 2008.  She worked for Shaheen for Senate in 2008.  She registered to vote and voted in Manchester in 2008. Ed Naile and Girard at Large are reporting that Michelle Bensingor has been an active registered voter in Maryland since 2003 and still is…   Many …

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GrokSHOT! Personal Responsibility vs. The State

  We need to have George Lambert on GrokTALK!  more often.  Just listen to this GrokSHOT!, in which you will grasp the simplicity of the argument for personal responsibility in New Hampshire relative to the role of government…in less than two minutes. 100 Seconds   Please Like, Link and Share!

Aint That the Truth!

  As the state has increasingly infringed on our privacy, it has increasingly shielded it's activities from public scrutiny. — Mark Newgent (@MarkNewgent) September 18, 2014

Palate Cleanser: How Stupid Must You Be?

Three individuals in Darlington County, South Carolina, simultaneously filed insurance claims, with the same company, for benefits as a result of being relived of all four limbs. From ‘Lowering the Bar‘ This particular case was prosecuted in Darlington County (near the city of Florence). Because the three men named were prosecuted together in the same …

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AFL-CIO Lists NH Democrats Who Support The Wage Cartel

Artificially defining the value of labor makes Democrats feel good.  Not because they forced someone to pay more than that hour of labor is worth, though I suspect they enjoy the feeling of power such arbitrary expressions of authority represent.  They feel good because they know it will grow the size of government. The Unions …

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Why Are They Hiding?

Citizens for a Strong New Hampshire has a new Web Site up called, Why Are They Hiding.   If offers some introspection into the backgrounds on four New Hampshire Democrats (Jeanne Shaheen, Maggie Hassan, Carol-Shea Porter, and Ann Kuster), who continue to hide from the public.  Check it out…

Notable Quote – Jonah Goldberg – War! Huh!

[su_quote cite=”Jonah Goldberg”]The administration has struggled with the W-word. The President had to try several times to articulate a coherent position, working through terms like “degrade,” “destroy,” “manage,” etc. The secretary of state insisted that “war” wasn’t just the wrong term (he preferred “counterterrorism operation”), but it was wrong even to analogize this new military …

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For Obama, A Successful Terrorism Strategy Is….

[su_quote cite=”Jonah Goldberg”]For Obama, a successful counterterrorism strategy is one that simply saves him from having to talk about terrorism. That’s the approach that led to the rise of Islamic State. As for the “success” in Yemen, on Monday the Wall Street Journal reported: “Scores of al-Qaeda militants have moved into Yemen’s capital Sanaa in …

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