Obama Golf Counter Update.

As Mr. Obama rides cross country attending more fundraisers and campaign events than any president in history (historic presidency indeed; historic campaigning, historic debt, historic deficits, historic unemployment; historic number of people on food stamps…yadda yadda yadda..)  he still seems to be finding time for Golf. That’s right people, “Fore” more years–he should have bumper … Read more

What $6.6 Million In Campaign Donations Buys You In Obama-Land

Jeffy Katzenberg bundles 6.6 Million for Campaign Obama and, coincidentally, manages to get a meeting with the Communist Chinese Vice President, after which Katzenberg is allowed to build a Studio in China.  But it gets better.  Apparently Obama is not the only socialist whose pockets he is lining.  The SEC is investigating whether Katzenberg may have bribed communist officials to ease the process of getting his new DreamWorks studio built in Shanghai.

Bribing is not uncommon in Communist China. but isn’t this off-shoring?  Is there a shortage of US officials Katzenberg could bribe aside from Obama?  And why is he building a huge studio in China?  California too expensive?

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Reason 2,301,456 why the Media is in the Democrat tank for Obama

Like I said here, the Mainstream Media always picks side in the political battles and will pretty much sink to the occasion of “fair and balanced” when spinning what should be straight news.  The graphic is right: In LIBYA for gosh sakes, where they just fought a major civil war and things STILL haven’t calmed down, there was no Marine contingent to protect US officials ON US SOVEREIGN SOIL?  What first seemed to be a “protest” has turned out to be planned, coordinated Al Qaeda operation over multiple locations?

You know, why is the MSM so taken with what ended up with an accurate portrayal of actual events by Romney and NOT what is important – why was this missed, why weren’t adequate steps taken for contingency planning (if this happens, do this; if that, do plan B – you know, doing some rudimentary “planning?), where was the intel lapse, why was Obama skipping out on his intel meetings, and so on?

Instead of substance, it was ‘surface” – it has all been a cover for Obama via “attack the messenger”?  This is not just a #FAIL for the Obama Doctrine and his Administration, but for the MSM for not just doing basic journalism – instead, they go all “opinion” on Romney’s butt as if this was all his fault.

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Nanny Staters / Progressives really do believe this – you ARE incapable of making rational decisions!

And they are happy to fix that situation….and in fact, demand that they be allowed to meddle in our lives.  After all:

Democrat NH House Rep. Kris Roberts of Keene uttered on the floor of Representative Hall these fine words concerning Government and his fellow citizens:

“Government has to protect us from our own stupidity.”

Many of the delegates at the recently completed Democrat National Convention agreed with this – they have no problem believing that people have the freedom to choose for themselves but only if they make the right decisions:

(H/T: Reason TV )

“I’m pro-intervention.”

Q: So people should only be allowed to make “good” choices?

A: No, people should make choices that have good results

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Londonderry Country Club Seeks to Ban All Outdoor Shooting

“If you can keep playing tennis when somebody is shooting a gun down the street, that’s concentration.” —Serena Williams

DISCLOSURE: I am the current President of the Londonderry Fish & Game Club, Inc., in addition to being a writer for Granite Grok. 

Jim Cates Pond at Londonderry Fish & Game Club, Inc. File: Rick Olson

Todays Edition of the Union Leader treated us to the pithy headline, Fairways Firing Ranges dont mix in Londonderry.  Interestingly enough, UL Correspondent April Guilmet, never contacted me for comment or input. She did today after the story was written and posted.

  Bread and Circus: A cliché aptly suited in describing the Londonderry Town Council.

Council Chariman John Farrell (not the John Farrell of Country Pond Fish & Game) granted Londonderry Country Club Owner Tom Kimball his wish for the Council to hold a council meeting at the Golf Club. The purpose of which is that the council can hear the gunfire from the Londonderry Police Range..er, the Londonderry Fish and Game Club..wait? which is it, Tom? Ah! both.

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Barack Carter on foreign policy deftness

When the 3am calls came in, Obama skips his intel briefing AND went to go collect more campaign dollars – Vegas, baby! Governing – why?  RUNNING for an office is so much more fun than dealing with, well, the real aftermath of my policies… (H/T: IBD)

Data Point – US median Household Income

Remember, the Obama Administration hailed the announcement that the US recession ended in 2009: Should it not have started back up by now? (H/T: Powerline )

Yeah, this fits

We’ve kinda left the Chicago Teacher strike alone thus far.  To be sure, I think it is rather emblematic of the Blue Social model – large public unions pulling more and more from the taxpayers via in-the-Union-Pocket elected officials.

In this case, we have the CTU members earning an average wage of approximately $71-76K / year where the average taxpayer earns around $46K / year.  The union has rejected a 16% raise by Rahm Emmanual, Obama’s former Chief of Staff and now Mayor of Chicago.  What the Union is NOT accepting is the whole notion of teacher evaluations and other reforms.

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Administration Knew Embassies Were Targeted 48 Hours Before Mobs Hit Embassies And Said Nothing

It’s official.  The feckless reach of the Obama administration is not constrained by borders.  As reported in the “The Independent”, the State Department had information 48 hours before the liberty loving rabid, revenge filled mob encroached upon the embassies and murdered Ambassador Stevens and three others, but decided that news wasn’t worth dispensing to the … Read more

Data Point – The Single most Accurate Indicator of Labor Market Health

Unleashing Democrat policies and fomenting Obamanomics results in a plague like disease seizing upon the Labor Market. The symptoms are oozing unemployment and fetid labor participation (i.e., how many people are actually trying to get a job).  From the Mercatus Center, George Mason University: The release of the June labor market data marks the third … Read more

Obamanation. The (ever growing) List

I should have done this long ago because it’s very difficult to remember the multitudes of  disasters achieved by Obama and Democrat rule.  So here’s the first edition of an obviously non-exhaustive list of achievements accomplished by Obama and the Donks.  I plan on updating this frequently as more comes to my memory (feel free … Read more

So, Ed Mosca has a bug up his **s, eh?

Ed Mosca Blog LogoFull Disclosure #1: We endorsed Josh Youseff for NH State Senate District 7.

Full Disclosure #2: Ed Mosca, the lawyer for Josh Youseff’s ex-wife AND the Legal Counsel for Office of the NH Speaker of the House.

Full Disclosure #3: Ed used to write here at GraniteGrok.  Then he started his own site: The Ed Mosca Blog (and I was sorry to see him leave)

Full Whining Alert #1: STOP WHINING, Ed!  Pull on yer Big Boy pants and consider that you’ve put yourself into this situation.

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Where the Publisher of the Laconia Daily Sun has to apologize for his reporter, Mike Kitch

I do feel sorry for Ed Engler, publisher of the Laconia Daily Sun, up here in the Lakes Region; but he’s ultimately responsible for the quality and correctness of the reporting and writing of his reporters.  He knows this blog post is going up because I just got off the phone with him.

While Ed is going to check to make sure, it seems that, even with the lack of a byline, the article above was written by (OF COURSE!) Mike Kitch – the guy with whom I’ve had words, most famously when he called me cold-hearted.

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Remembering Democrat Rule In New Hampshire – In The Beginning…

Tax Money down the toiletIn the 2006 Elections Democrats took control of the New Hampshire House for the first time in 95 years (giving them complete control of State government for what would end up being four years).  What happened after that must not be forgotten, for it is the doom of men that they forget.

They forget that the House Democrats first move was to turn budget policy on its head.  Instead of estimating realistic revenues so that the governor could have a guideline for his budget, they would let the governor request a 14% expansion of state government in February of 2007, to which they would pad or add their spending spree agenda items before figuring out how to tax New Hampshire citizens to pay for their wish list.

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RGA Releases Ad – Maggie Hassan is a Tax And Spend Democrat [Updated – Politco reports]

The Republican Governors Association (RGA) is not wasting any time. They ave released a new ad on the web site http://hassantaxhikes.com/ called ‘Deja Vu.’ And it gets to the heart of the matter.  Maggie ‘But Gurl’ Hassan is a NH Democrat, a tax and spender. She always has been. And her taking the tax pledge is no barrier to that.

Here’s the ad

[Update on the jump] Hint politico Headline “RGA Attacks Hassan in New Hampshire”

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NH Primary Night Open Thread – Updated as often as I can…

OK.  I or other Groksters will post votes and updates here when we get them or more likley see them.  Feel free to email me results at steve@granitegrok.com.

Final Update (Scroll down for earlier entries)

WMUR goes live at 10 with their primary coverage.  I’m done for now.  We’ll catch up in the AM unless the other Groksters have more to add.

I did want to point out that it looks like 20,000 more people voted in the GOP race for governor with about 50% in.  If that holds, the Democrats are doomed up and down the ticket.

 

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