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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.

Prager U – The Government vs. The American Character

At Prager University Over the past 50 years, the purpose of the American government has radically transformed. Whereas it’s main goal in domestic matters used to be to protect liberty, it is now an entitlements machine, transferring over $2 trillion per year from some people’s pockets to others. Nicholas Eberstadt of the American Enterprise Institute …

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Notable Quote – ‘The Mysterious Hand of the Legislator’

They have taken it for granted that if abandoned to their own inclinations, men would only occupy themselves with religion to arrive at atheism, with instruction to come to ignorance, and with labor and exchange to be extinguished in misery.  Happily, according to these writers, there are some men, termed governors and legislators, upon whom …

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This Week On GrokTALK! April 19th, 2014

This week we’ve got Kimberly Morin from Examiner.com, Senator Bob Smith–candidate for US Senate, and former NH House Rep Jerry DeLemus will talk with us live from the Bundy Ranch in Bunkerville, Nevada.

If You Like Your Tourism Industry You Can Keep Your Tourism Industry

I woke to Skip’s post quoting the proprietor of Gunstock Ski Resort about how the cost pressures put on his business by DemocratCare (The un-eponymous affordable Care Act) will affect winter tourism.   It will shorten the season.  He wont be able to operate as long.  Had he realized the impact he would not have built …

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GrokTALK! Live Stream Feed for April 19th 2014

This week we’ve got Kimberly Morin from Examiner.com, Senator Bob Smith–candidate for US Senate, and former NH House Rep Jerry DeLemus will talk with us live from the Bundy Ranch in Bunkerville, Nevada. Live broadcast by Ustream

Winter Tourism Post Belated Picture

Alternate title: “Jeanne Shaheen said that if I voted for John Sununu NH’s Ski Seasons might get shorter…and she was right.” This post needed this picture, I just didn’t have time this morning before GrokTALK! 

GrokTALK! April 12th, 2014 with Andrew Hemingway – Candidate for Governor of NH

Andrew Hemingway joins us to talk about his campaign for governor of New Hampshire. We touch on some issues important to the state and before he joins us — his new primary opponent, Walter Havenstein–with some filler about money and speech. Listen to Segment Four Listen or Download this segment here Here Listen to the …

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“But We Have To Do Something” Lobby Passes Bill That Will Do Nothing…

The “But We Have To Do Something” Lobby has successfully ushered a hand-held cell phone ban through the New Hampshire legislature, sort of.  The NH Senate voted to pass the legislation with an amendment that will send it back to the House before it can make its way to the governor; who will have to …

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SB 120 Update – They Need Another Workgroup Session Before They Try To Deny You Your Rights

Thursday the New Hampshire House held a workgroup session on Senate Bill 120 – an effort to institutionalize political speech within the ruling class.  Read this if that concept or this bill is new to you–or even if it is not. The result of that was a decision to hold another session next week. ( …

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Breaking News: NH State Senator Bob Odell is Retiring

Alternate headline.  Bob Odell – “My work here is done.” After trashing New Hampshire by guaranteeing a future broad-based tax to pay for his embrace of Medicaid expansion (see also ObamaCare), too-long term State Senator Bob Odell has reportedly announced his retirement— days after JP Marzullo announced he would challenge Odell in a primary. (Happy …

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