From 2006 to 2011, Unions in the United States spent $4.4 Billion dollars on political activity, $3.3 Billion more than typically advertised. This astounding number comes from the Center for Responsive Politics, which collected data from a set of obscure annual reports that Unions are required to file with the Department of Labor regarding detailed … Read more
I really feel that it is demeaning to me to think that I need some individual to justify me and my existence. Look, I went through 22 years being in the military, I rose to the rank of Lt. Colonel, I have a bachelor and 2 masters degrees. And for these white liberals to … Read more
Well, more than just the “top” positions in the State (e.g., NH Governor,NH Senate, NH House) are being sought here in New Hampshire – and a few of those candidates did show up at the CNHT Annual Picnic. In order of appearance:
Frank Szabo (Sheriff, Hillsboro) Michael Tierney (NH Exec. Council, District 2)
This has to be one of my favorite screen caps this year. It is a facebook comment by Manchester Democrat Peter Sullivan. In it, he is simultaneously suggesting that an admitted atheist has more doctrinally in common with the Catholic Church than “Anything you will see from those homophobic nuts at GraniteGrok.” That is so … Read more
Even with all of other events going on, there were enough folks running for the NH House of Representatives to take quite some time as well! In order of speaking appearance at the CNHT Picnic:
Bill Walker, Plainfield Susan Olsen, Warner / Webster
Well, you DIDN’T think that we’d leave the NH Senate out, didja? And yes, there were a number of candidates and incumbents running for the NH Senate. Once again, in order of the speaking order at the CNHT Annual
“Who needs enemies when you’ve got Republican Surrenderists for Obamacare waiting in the wings?” —Michelle Malkin
Eleven days have passed since the Supreme Court Healthcare mandate ruling. And with breakneck lightening speed pundits on both sides took to the airwaves, spinning, expounding, pontificating, analyzing and finger-wagging. What was shocking to many in the pregnant pause of waiting for the decision was that it was Justice Roberts who was the swing vote to uphold the law.
For months, we heard a regular smorgasbord of talking heads on television, radio and in blogs predicting the mandate would fall and be declared “unconstitutional” by the nation’s highest court. The court’s upholding of the mandate drew a shockwave throughout the land. “Surprise, Surprise…”
Paul Westcott of WGIR and 90.7 The Wave has this excellent Kodak moment (below) posted at WGIR-AM.com. Yes, it’s a get out the dead voter drive. You may recall that we’ve covered this kind of thing here in the past. The New Hampshire Dead People Party (and here -NHDP), and here, and here, and … Read more
Manchester, NH – Two-term U.S. Sen. Gordon Humphrey today announced his support of Ovide Lamontagne for Governor. Sen. Humphrey represented New Hampshire in the U.S. Senate from 1979 to 1990. He declined to run for reelection in 1990, fulfilling a campaign promise to limit himself to two terms. He voted against the federal budget all … Read more
Our contemporaries are constantly excited by two conflicting passions; they want to be led, and they wish to remain free. As they can not destroy either the one or the other of these contrary propensities, they strive to satisfy them both at once. They devise a sole, tutelary, and all powerful from of government, but … Read more
Despite earlier promises the Manchester School district may now be refusing to bus charter school kids based on the argument that it will cost $82,000.00 in transportation costs to do so. From what I’ve been told so far, the original plan was to have them ride on the existing Catholic school bus routes, which would … Read more
You are who you take money from, so the narrative goes, which on a typical day makes Carol Shea-Porter (SEIU-Porter) a union thug and Ann McLane Kuster (The McKluster) and SEIU-Porter both the Bane of the Unborn (up to an including partial birth abortion), and meat puppets of left wing congressional leadership.
J Street is the offspring of gazillionaire George Soros largess, and funded by the Soros family (and other mysterious foreign donors). It lists itself as a Pro-Israel group, but its primary purpose is to funnel money into Left wing candidates and to promote anti-Israeli policy.
Claiming to support Israel’s right to self-defense, J Street since its founding has opposed every measure Israel has taken to defend its citizens. It opposed military action to stop Hamas’s bombardment of the Negev. It abandoned Israel in the face of the Turkish flotilla frenzy. And it had to be dragged kicking and screaming to embrace even mild congressional sanctions against Iran.
Yesterday was the annual CNHT picnic – a gathering that attracts right of center activists (Conservatives, Liberals, and fed-up Democrats) every year for the last 14 years. Well, we did try to live stream the CNHT (Coalition of NH Taxpayers) annual picnic but due to bandwith problems, the UStream servers kept complaining so I apologize … Read more
We are a busy bunch here at GraniteGrok – and sometimes we get behind in the post-production phase of one event because we have to go to yet another one – and such is the case here. This past Thursday, GraniteGrok took the opportunity to interview Susan Olsen who is running for the NH House … Read more
The second speaker of the afternoon was Jason Rink who Skyped in (via the technical abilities from Grokster Mike!). Associated with the Tenth Amendment movement, he directed and produced The Nullification Documentary – Nullification: The Rightful Remedy. What do we do when the Federal Government steps outside of it’s constitutional boundaries? Do we ask … Read more
When contemplating all of the videos, and doubtful that folks would want to see a post for each and every one, we’re going to follow a more functional approach. This post contains all of the folks that spoke for the various candidates for NH Governor on the Republican & Libertarian tickets. Sidenote: strange; I am … Read more
At yesterday’s CNHT Annual Picnic, there were a number of folks running for US Congress (both of NH’s Congressional Districts) that wanted to get their name out there and try to convince some of the activists there “Hey, look! You should back me!”.
In order of their speaking yesterday:
Congressman Charlie Bass (CD-2) Rick Parent (Candidate, CD-1)
I have watched US Rep (er, now Former US Rep) Thaddeus McCotter on Fox News’ RedEye show – not often but seeing that is is normally on at a 3am time frame, let’s phrase it “sufficiently often”. He certainly posses a very dry sense of humor and a very quick wit. He also came here to NH to speak at a few TEA Party events as well and other events (here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here); I found him to be very cerebral, more of a philosopher style person who wished to understand the foundations of an issues as well as the nits concerning it. He did run this cycle for President but didn’t gain any traction and bowed out.
Unfortunately, not only did he not gain traction, but he’s now also lost his Congressional seat from Michigan – he failed to gather enough names on petitions to get on the ballot there and those that were turned in are being “examined” by the State Attorney General for validity (or not).
Harvard has appointed Vanidy “Van” Bailey as the College’s first permanent director of bisexual, gay, lesbian, transgender, and queer student life. Bailey, the assistant director for education at the University of California, San Diego, will assume the new position on July 16.
Alas, this long overdue shattering of the BGLTQ ceiling was marred by The Harvard Crimson’s grossly insensitive coverage:
