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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.

“You Didn’t Build That” Means ‘You Didn’t Earn It Either’

If someone in your family passed away how much of their property–what percentage of its total value–would their neighbors be entitled to? Is it thirty percent?  How about fifty percent? Do strangers in your neighborhood, people you may not even know casually, have a right to take half your stuff from your family without regard …

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John Wayne on Liberals

I grabbed this from the Blaze.  I found it very…interesting. This is audio of John Wayne talking about liberals.  He talks about how they treat people who disagree with them, all kinds of things. What is interesting is that he could be saying this today, about the Democrats who run and are in the party …

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Manchester Passes On Common Core

Courtesy of Ann Marie Banfield – Facebook. Congratulations to the residents of MANCHESTER. Tonight the School Board voted to DEVELOP MANCHESTER ACADEMIC STANDARDS!!!! We saw real leadership tonight when Mayor Ted Gatsas said he wanted the BEST standards for the students in Manchester. The board listened to the concerns in the community and decided to …

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The Sun Rises, Water is Wet, and NH’s Medicaid Commission Signs Off on Expansion

Everyone loves a good show but the decision of New Hampshire’s Kangaroo Court medicaid Expansion Commission, tasked with determining if the state should take the Federal bait and make Medicaid bigger, was always a foregone conclusion. State Rep. Cindy Rosenwald, D-Nashua, credited the nine-person panel with staying focused on the task at hand. “Even though …

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Obama In Wonderland

When you can’t find time to write, you share. Ed Lasky has a piece at American Thinker that points out what should seem obvious.   Obama Inc. is either completely out of touch or being malicious in its insistence that what happens as a result of their policies never really happened. We have heard President Obama …

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Who is Keeping the Government “Shutdown?”

Who is keeping the government “shutdown™” again? 1. Roll Call 478 on H.J. Res. 59 (September 20, 2013) Earlier in September, House Republicans voted to fund the government at current spending levels while strengthening our economy and protecting millions of American families by defunding ObamaCare. Senate Democrats killed the bill, and President Obama threatened to veto it. …

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New Hampshire’s Congressional Delegation Applauds Deal…

NHPR’s complete title is…”NH’s Congressional Delegation Applauds Deal To End Shutdown.” A more appropriate title might be, NH’s Congressional Delegation Applauds Spending Another Trillion of the Backs of Your Children, Plus Interest!” Or how about “Democrats Craved, Republicans Caved, Future Generation’s enslaved.” Senator Ayotte, you will note–if you read the NHPR piece, is very excited …

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