Steve MacDonald

Steve is a long-time New Hampshire resident, an award-winning blogger, and a member of the Board of Directors of The 603 Alliance and the National Heritage Center for Constitutional Studies. He is the owner of Grok Media LLC and the Managing Editor, Executive Editor, assistant editor, Editor, content curator, and more (yes, there's more) at GraniteGrok.com. Steve is also a former board member of the Republican Liberty Caucus of New Hampshire, the Republican Volunteer Coalition, and has worked for or with many state and local campaigns and grassroots groups, and is a past contributor to the Franklin Center for Public Policy.

GrokTALK! – Scott Brown Can’t Change a Tire

Did you now Scott Brown can’t change a tire? We also ponder the irony of Governor John Sununu’s book on George Bush I, there’s news about Bill O’Brien’s new job. Then it’s on to the driving records of spouses of presidential primary candidates, and whether it would be racist and or sexist to bring it … Read more

GrokTALK! What If You Don’t “Love The One You’re With?”

We explore the progressive habit of using immigration to supplant the uncooperative populations with those more inclined to vote for Democrats. This naturally leads to the question of property rights, as government needs to milk someone to finance it’s Welfare State Get-out-the vote immigration policies. Bill O’Brien Guest Hosts. Listen to the entire program here … Read more

Is The Competency Ed Cabal Coming At You From This Direction?

There is a story in the Union Leader today about some expensive student grading software that is supposed to make things easier and it is not.  What caught my eye was the reason the Tech Director gave for why it has become more of a burden than it needs to be.

Teachers have complained that inputting grades with Aspen has become labor-intensive and complex during the past school year. The complications led to quarterly report cards being issued a week late in the fall, which administrators attributed to the unforeseen consequences of an upgrade to Aspen.

Here it comes…

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GrokTALK! What If You Don’t “Love The One You’re With?”

We explore the progressive habit of using immigration to supplant the uncooperative populations with those more inclined to vote for Democrats. This naturally leads to the question of property rights, as government needs to milk someone to finance it’s Welfare State Get-out-the vote immigration policies. Bill O’Brien Guest Hosts.  

Take Note Hampton Falls and Seabrook…

Elaine Andres Ahern
Elaine Andrews Ahern

There is a special NH House election in Rockingham County district 20 on July 7th. The Republican is an energetic young man named Rio Tilton.  The Democrat candidate is  your typical partisan left-wing Democrat, Elaine Andrews Ahern.

We know she is a partisan left-winger because she has a voting record.  Elaine Andrews Ahern had one of the lowest NHHRA scores in the NH House.

The Elitest Elaine Andrews-Ahern is also a liberal snob.  Shortly after losing her House seat in 2014, she said this about the voters who wouldn’t re-elect her,

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Governor Rick Perry – Cookout Speech 2.0

This is the same Perry speech as posted here, but with better video – as in “a tighter shot.”  This is just the introduction and the speech, no crowd shots or other angles–Mike covered all that below. The audio is ripped out of Mike’s iPad version due to a technical problem.  (The video technician, me, … Read more

GrokTALK! – Murderers Row

Former NH House Speaker Bill O’Brien joins us for a discussion on running for office, the make up of legislatures, how Murderers Row in the New Hampshire House got its name, and why legislators should only serve a short time (no careerists) and then go home. Listen to the entire program here Follow us on … Read more

Nothing-burger Becomes Something Sauce

Hillary is chauffeured everywhere she goes so no driving record for her, but if there was something there, would some outside group like American Bridge be the one on record for having dug it up like they did for Rubio? Hilarious journalistic undertaking makes its way around the internet, is subjected to wholly justified mockery, … Read more

Baltimore Mayor’s Staff Heading For Exits

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has a problem. Sorry, she’s got a a lot of problems, not the least of which is herself.  No, this is a new problem.  Four ranking members of her staff (office of criminal justice) have quit without notice or reason. (A fifth has done the same since the linked story was … Read more

Big Unions

Plenty of big this or that but Big Unions are the biggest danger to us of them all…  

GrokTALK! – Murderers Row

Former NH House Speaker Bill O’Brien joins us for a discussion on running for office, the make up of legislatures, how Murderers Row in the New Hampshire House got its name, and why legislators should only serve a short time (no careerists) and then go home.  

#JHoMustGo

NHGOP Woodshed
This Woodshed is getting one heck of workout lately…

A topic of much discussion today on GrokTALK! were the recent remarks by NHGOP Chair Jennifer Horn.  She fired up the GOP unity bus (see attached video for J-Ho Go Team! Rah-Rah from the Rockingham County Republican Dinner just last Weekend) and publicly backed it over Congressman Guinta.

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GrokTALK! – Who’s The ‘Conservative’?

We opened yesterday with some discussion on Rick Perry’s entrance into the Republican primary, then on to some thoughts about the recent Scott Walker event, and how some Republicans call everyone a conservative (or even a good conservative) when to an actual conservative most of them come up short (and some shorter than others). Listen … Read more

Live Stream – Rick Perry Event in Nashua, NH

We are live at the Rick Perry cookout at Nashua Community College in Nashua. Live band, free food, and..Rick Perry.  As soon as the governor begins speaking we will focus on him,we promise. (We are also recording the event to post later) Video Live Stream Live broadcast by UstreamIf you don’t see it here, you … Read more

GrokTALK! – Who’s The ‘Conservative’?

We opened yesterday with some discussion on Rick Perry’s entrance into the Republican primary, then on to some thoughts about the recent Scott Walker event, and how some Republicans call everyone a conservative (or even a good conservative) when to an actual conservative most of them come up short (and some shorter than others).   … Read more

GrokTALK! Live Stream June 6th, 2015

Live stream for Saturday June 6th, 2015 from 9 am to 11 am EST . (Look for updates on Twitter @nhstevemacd or #GrokTALK) Audio Only Live Stream (starts 2 min before the program begins) Video Live Stream Live broadcast by UstreamIf you don’t see it here, you can always watch it at USTREAM.tv here. Today on … Read more

Portsmouth Drops Plastic ‘Bag Ban’ For Now

We’ll probably talk about this today on GrokTALK! so as a primer, the city lawyer indicates that, … While we maintain that the city might have the authority to adopt the plastic bag ordinance under the purview of solid waste regulation, without a clear source of enabling legislation, we are inclined to conclude that it … Read more

GrokTALK! June 6th, 2015

Former Speaker Bill O’Brien Co-hosts along with Skip and Steve with guests George Lambert, and Jane Cormier on too many topics to list.  Just check it out.  I promise, there is something here for almost everyone. Follow us on YouTube,USTREAM, Facebook, and Twitter …and take us with you oniTunes, iHeart Radio, Spreaker,TuneIn, or Stitcher.

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