Indeed, many Conservatives have and are using them

See?  Alinsky is not just for Commies anymore!  I’ve had an “Abridged” post on his Rules for years – let me reproduce them here in honor of the General:

RULE 1: “Power is not only what you have, but what the enemy thinks you have.” Power is derived from 2 main sources – money and people. “Have-Nots” must build power from flesh and blood. (These are two things of which there is a plentiful supply. Government and corporations always have a difficult time appealing to people, and usually do so almost exclusively with economic arguments.)

RULE 2: “Never go outside the expertise of your people.” It results in confusion, fear and retreat. Feeling secure adds to the backbone of anyone. (Organizations under attack wonder why radicals don’t address the “real” issues. This is why. They avoid things with which they have no knowledge.)

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If the Internet is a ‘Public Utility’ You Can’t Just Ban Alex Jones

I don’t pay any attention to Alex Jones. It’s not a value judgment he’s just not anywhere in my top-ten, twenty, or perhaps even 100 (500?) political talkers, writers, or thinkers for whom I make time. I am aware of him but not overly familiar.

Others think he’s the bee’s knees. I’m not here to tell you one way or another, but recent actions by social media tech giants against Mr. Jones have demonstrated another potential layer of liberal hypocrisy worthy of our exploration.

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Why Wasn’t Feinstein Spied On When the FBI Discovered her Driver was a Chinese Mole

A few years ago the FBI notified a ranking US Senator on the Intelligence committee that her long-time Chinses driver was, in fact, a spy. The individual was fired though we’ve no idea how many sensitive conversations they shared over those many years.

I bring this up because that’s what the FBI does, or did until they discovered ‘Carter Page’ a man accused of having ties to the Kremlin when he was in the orbit of the Trump campaign.

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What You Didn’t Know About National Defense, Obama, and Amazon.com

Maybe you know this; perhaps you do not. But before Mr. Obama retired from the Oval Office, he had a deal cooking to give Amazon.com a sole-source one-vendor contract to manage and control the entire US Defense Department Cloud. One ring to rule them all.

No redundancy. No backups. Just Amazon. Arranged by a guy named Deap Ubhi, hired by Obama, and planted in a serpentine new department of techs doing progressive techie things from their techie swamp, for their former employers. Ubhi spun the Amazon deal. Ubhi’s last job was Amazon Web Services, the Cloud Storage arm.

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Congressional candidates, what is your plan?

swamp

I mean, of course, your plan for dealing with the issues raised in the remarkable, and remarkably disturbing, Facebook series The Swamp.

For those who haven’t yet seen it, the series follows a group of idealistic, newly-minted members of the House of Representatives as they head to Washington, DC, to help drain the swamp.  Spoiler alert:  They drown.

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Taxes vs Personal Spending: shouldn’t this be flipped?

Is it moral to be paying more to Government than spending on your family? Reformatted, emphasis mine:

America spends more on taxes than on food, clothing, and housing combined. A LOT more.

  • Housing: $2.3 trillion
  • Clothing: $0.4 trillion
  • Food: $1.7 trillion
  • TOTAL: $4.4 trillion
  • Federal Taxes: $3.4 trillion
  • State and Local Taxes: $1.8 trillion
  • TOTAL: $5.2 trillion

Do you think, as a country, we’re getting our money’s worth from all that taxation?

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Dan Hynes – Republican Candidate for State Senate in District 9

Dan HynesBy Dan Hynes,

My name is Dan Hynes, and I am running for State Senate in District 9 covering Bedford, Dublin, Fitzwilliam, Greenfield, Hancock, Jaffrey, Lyndeborough, Mont Vernon, New Boston, Peterborough, Richmond, Sharon, Temple, and Troy. I will be a strong conservative voice in Concord. While a State Representative, I received a score of 100% from the American Conservative Union Foundation.

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First Black Unemployment, and Now Hispanic Unemployment Hits a Record Low

Employment for ‘people of color’ continues to set records under President Trump. Back in April 2018, we reported on record-low 5.9% unemployment for black Americans. That’s the lowest its ever been. Ever.

In June 2018, Hispanic-Latino unemployment (ages 16 and up) reached an all-time low of 4.6 percent. The lowest since records were kept. And this isn’t just a one-month thing.

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Keith Erf – candidate for NH State House, Hillsborough County 2 (Weare/Deering)

I’m Keith Erf, candidate for state representative in Weare and Deering. I’m running for State representative to champion limited government. I’ve lived in Weare for 37 years. My wife, Louisa, and I raised four children here where they attended Weare schools.

I started my business, KyTek, in 1991 developing automated systems for the publishing industry. As a small business owner and member of the Weare Finance Committee, I’ve seen firsthand how NH business taxes, property taxes and expanding government negatively impacts our communities. We need representation in Concord that fights for our best interests, limiting government and taxation so current and future generations can afford to live and work in our community.

As a member of the Weare Finance Committee, I look to find a taxpayer-friendly balance between the needs of the town and schools and the costs to our residents. From the vantage point of the Finance Committee I have learned that we need representation in Concord that will avoid legislation that places costs on Weare and Deering requiring us to increase our local property taxes.

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GraniteGrok – the next level

A lot is going on behind the scenes as we are ramping up in our goal to serve the Conservative and Conservatarian base better than we have in the past.  We are adding new writers and we are enhancing our ability to cover more events that matter to you folks – that’s what the above is all about (and there will be more announcements about that in a while).  I’ll be announcing the first GraniteGrok meetup next week – it will be held in either Concord or Manchester.

Sidenote: while I am familiar with some venues in both, I am open to suggestions!

So, what is that thing in that image?  It’s a Padcaster…

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Cornerstone Releases Its 2018 Legislative Scorecard

Cornerstone has released its scorecard for the 2018 Legislative session.

Cornerstone’s 2018 legislative scorecard selects 14 roll call votes in the New Hampshire Senate and 18 roll call votes in the House from the 2017-18 legislative session. The Raw Score is the score that most closely reflects how the actual percentage a legislator’s votes aligned with Cornerstone’s agenda. 

Three State Senators and twenty-five members of the NH House earned a 100% ‘Heroes of the Family’ Rating.

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From Laurie List to Cop Blockchain

cloud cabinet

Kudos to the Union Leader for using Right to Know laws to obtain a (heavily redacted) copy of the Exculpatory Evidence Schedule (EES), often referred to as the ‘Laurie List’, and for making the list available online.

This is a list, maintained by the Attorney General, of police officers around the state who have ‘credibility issues’ that would prevent them from being effective witnesses at trial.

If you take the time to look at the list, and at the procedures governing its use, it should quickly become apparent that there are several glaring problems that need to be addressed. 

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NH House Candidate Denny Ruprecht is Jeff Woodburn’s Campaign Manager. What Did He know, and When Did He Know it?

Denny Ruprecht Jr. (pictured above, far left) is quite the Progressive political climber. He’s hob-knobbed with Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, retiring Democrat Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter, and for several months he was a finance intern for CD-2 Democrat Ann Kuster. And he’s only a Freshman at UNH.

Dennis ‘Denny’ Ruprecht is also a candidate for State Representative for Grafton District 15, and he is State Sen. Jeff Woodburn‘s Campaign manager (May of 2016 – Present). Woodburn has been arrested for multiple counts of domestic and sexual abuse.

So what did Denny know and when did he know it?

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David Hogg Continues to Protest Gun Rights with Armed Security

The NRA took a few “free shots” at the Media Hogg after he showed up to “protest” the NRA with armed security.

“Our social team chatted up the crowd and ended the day with ice cream paid for by @Everytown! Stay tuned for video interviews,” the NRA wrote.

Kyle Kashuv, a Parkland high school shooting survivor who supports gun rights, chuckled on Twitter, “When @NRA employees take ice cream from @Everytown to own the libs.”

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Throwing the race card

I should do a post on it but it seems that the New York Times decided to hire an Asian lady (/sarc) that hates whites as part of their Editorial Board. Essentially, the NYT finally came clean and said that it was ok to be racist against whites, well, because by definition, only whites can be racists. OK, then!

Er, no – racist is racist no matter what amount of melanin you have in your skin.

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Didn’t Wiley E. Coyote used to jump off cliffs as well?

Go ahead, Socialists (there is no such thing as a “Democrat” Socialist just as there are no “Progressives” – they are just all Socialists now as Newsweek once said) feel free to jump off that cliff.  Just remember – we Normals don’t want to go with you.  Just leave us alone.  Go to Venezuela and … Read more

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