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.

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 … Read more

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 … Read more

AFL-CIO Lists NH Democrats Who Support The Wage Cartel

Minimum wage ladder rungsArtificially 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 feel good because it gives them leverage to ask for higher wages for skilled workers, whom they can then charge more in dues to line their own pockets.

But best of all (for Democrats at least) raising the minimum wage makes people most in need of jobs and skills unemployable, forcing them to turn to the state for assistance.

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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 … Read more

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 … Read more

Windham NH School Board ‘Eventually’ Accepts Constitutions

Someone donated 2800 Constitutions to the Windham public School District but the Windham NH school board didn’t want them at first. @GraniteGrok Windham School Board Vote NO 3-2on a donation of 2800 U.S. Constitution handbooks for Constitution Day May @Michelle4NH — Bruce R.Breton (@bbretonwindham) September 17, 2014 At some point later on the board changed … Read more

How Many NH Democrats Fell For This One…

I guess it all depends on what you mean by “Ended?” RT @BarackObama: President Obama kept his promise to end the war in Iraq: pic.twitter.com/pQlzux9q — The Democrats (@TheDemocrats) November 6, 2012   Twichy

GrokTALK! Sept 13th, 2014 With George Lambert

GrokTALK!

NH State Senate Candidate George Lambert joins us in-studio to talk about the issues and his race against Democrat Donna Soucy in State Senate District 18.

We start with how Soucy is giving George free advertising when she campaign’s against him. Then we discuss personal responsibility with regard to risk and why the state so often over steps its authority on the matter, people’s understanding of what laws actually govern them, what makes up district 18, and the over under on the General election.

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Understanding The Vote For Scottish Independence

From Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Scottish Independence Very funny, with some adult language, and a decidedly liberal host, but an “essential?” analysis for Americans, from someone who actually lives in the UK.  You decide.

With Republicans Like These…

No More RINO's - RLCNH puts up the records they must run onBack in July we were warning people about the influences of (so-called Republican) Bill Greiner (with much respect and admiration to the years of similar warnings that preceded ours).

There are plenty of stories about Bill using his money and political influence to undermine Republicans for office in Bedford or elsewhere, so no one should be surprised to see his name attached to another round of stories about ‘Republicans” supporting Democrats.

Greiner is implicated in putting up signs for Democrat Executive Council candidate Chris Pappas on his commercial property,  along with signs for Republican gubernatorial candidate Walt Havenstein, with ties to similar pairings around the town of Bedford.

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Jeanne Shaheen Voted to Repeal The First Amendment

FREE SPEECH ZONEJeanne Shaheen recently voted to make dissent illegal.   She, and 47 other US Senators, all Democrats, moved to empower congress to decide what, when, where, and how often, someone could engage in dissent. (aka; political speech they do not like.)

Democrats in New Hampshire were predictably mum.  No outrage.  But why would they be outraged?  They’ve been trying to silence dissent for years.

The Democrat objection to the TEA party is not just ideological–most Democrats have no clue what the TEA Party supports.  They have been told that the TEA Party opposes something Democrats want so they must be silenced.

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GrokTALK! Sept 13th, 2014 Andrew Langer – Institute for Liberty

GrokTALK!

In this segment we are joined by Andrew Langer, president of the Institute for Liberty. The institute for Liberty engages in small business advocacy and exposing executive branch overreach.

In today’s interview we discuss the limiting effect of the current cable televisions broadcast monopoly, broadcast rights, local control, and how content providers and creators could thrive in a more open marketplace. We also explore the cost of the regulatory state on small business, consumers, and the economy.

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NHCCS Celebrates Constitution Day in NH

we the people - ConstitutionThis Sunday at the Grappone Center in Concord, New Hampshire, the National Heritage Center for Constitutional Studies (NHCCS.org) is celebrating Constitution Day 2014.

Doors open at noon and the event runs from 1pm to 8pm.   You must pre-register, which you can do here.

There are two seminar sessions.  Dinner will be served.  Michigan Circuit Court Judge Michael Warren will speak, as well as Constitutional Atty., Joe Bartozzi, and CNHT Chairman Ed Naile.

Vendors welcome.

GraniteGrok will also be there so come to Concord for Constitution Day and stop by our table to see us while you are there.

A pdf of the the flyer and the program are available on the jump.

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