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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.

Negotiations

Obama wants America to think this is all the Republican’s fault but if that were true, how come they all showed up to find a way to prevent the shutdown….and not one single Democrat could be bothered? Because Obama told them not to show up.   He wanted it.  Make him own it.

Idea for a T-Shirt: “Obama Shut down the Federal Government And All I got was my Freedom back.”

One  DoE affected by the Shutdown™, the Department of Education, not to be confused with the Dept. of Energy, has a $70 Billion dollar budget it spends primarily on nothing that has anything to do with teaching children.  (It is, as are most federal agencies, an Oasis for lobbyists, rent-seekers, and the handing out of …

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Make Sure To Bow Before the Duchess of Madbury the Next Time You See Her Highness.

Did you know that House Republicans sent three Continuing Resolutions to the Senate before the October Deadline? And did you know this as well… The Republicans in their CR to fund the government expressly reiterated that Members of Congress and their staffs, as well as the President and Vice President and top Obama Administration political …

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Spin

Observe the Spin. Harry Reid has blocked every budget for four years running.  The Democrat Senate has obstructed every effort to manage the fiscal needs of the nation in an orderly manner.  The only things that get action are politically driven, press-headline grabbing, last minute, temporary resolutions and machinations about raising the debt ceiling.

GrokTALK! 9-28-2013 Guest Segment – Kevin Bloom and Kirk McNeil

Kevin Bloom, founder of the Informal University, among other credits, drops buy with Lobbyist Kirk McNeil to discuss legislative priorites for the next session; Kevin tell us what office he’s planning to run for; we talk about the Bearcat, asset forfieture, Industrial Hemp, License-plate cameras, suspicionless checkpoints, and more… Listen to segment Two, with Kirk …

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Don’t Forget…You Usually Can’t Call 911 Until After A Crime is being Committed.

If you call 911 before there is an “emergency,” or more to the point, in the absence of one, you can get in a lot of trouble.   You can even be charged with a crime.  (Even if McDonald’s is out of McNuggets.)  So 911 does not exist to secure your property or person.   911 does …

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