The latest announcement from Steve Scalise has opened up the way for Jim Jordan. This decision that he has withdrawn from the race for the House Presidency was announced during a Republican conference meeting on Thursday night. Scalise had previously clinched the nomination for the post after narrowly beating Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, following a vote by the Republican conference on Wednesday.
Time for Me to Get Back to Holding Government Responsible Again …
We used to use the phrase “Bring Big Flashlights” when we first started, but like many things, there were lots of “Shiny Objects” that captured my attention over the years. And after my latest DCYF-induced hiatus of several months, I am starting to rev back up again.
The Rise of the Vaccine Hesitant? – 98% of American’s Have Not Received the Latest COVID “Booster”
A quick shout out to all the “Vaccine Deniers™” in the house we call ‘Merica. You should be proud of yourselves. In a nation with over 300 million people, not counting the tens of millions of unvaccinated illegals, DHHS says only 2% have lined up for the latest COVID booster.
Can Progressives Not Recognize Evil
When Rashida Tlaib was confronted with a request for a comment about Hamas’s atrocities committed on women and children, she avoided the reporter and refused to answer the question.
Since We’re Spending so Much in Ukraine, How about a Little Russian Military 101…
Back in Jr. High and High School, I was a WWII military nerd. Anything to do with the militaries involved in the war (pretty much everyone), I read. In fact, I read every book in the Campello library (part of Brockton, MA, where I grew up) and then started in on the main library downtown.
Bomb, Bomb, Bomb … Bomb, Bomb Iran … Lindsey Graham Is A Lunatic
What does a lunatic sound like? Well … listen to Lindsey Graham and you will know exactly what a lunatic sounds like. He wants Biden to wage war on Iran … apparently without a Congressional declaration of war … if, in his view, there is an escalation (which he does NOT define) by Hamas. Graham … Read more
Don’t Give Up Before You Even Get Started
I was recently accused of ‘having a lot of good ideas that are impossible to get done’.
I’m glad that at least some people think they’re good ideas. But I’m sad that those people so often dismiss the ideas as being impossible.
They Put Themselves into This Situation. It is Not My Mistake Nor My Job to Help Them
We start with a “blast from the past. My screaming match (several years ago) with former Laconia Daily Sun reporter Mike Kitsch over “financial compassion” while I was on my Hamlet’s budget committee. A reprise about our “chat” in a very public parking lot of the Mills Falls hotel that sets up the rest of the post.
As The FITN Republican Primary Approaches, where are the Op-Eds For “Other” Candidates?
GraniteGrok has a full-service woodshed. We’ll take anyone out there and give them a verbal thrashing regardless of political party or lack thereof. Democrats often, Republicans, almost as much. Everyone else, as needed. The Principles are more important.
Vermonters Really Don’t Support State Energy Policy
The Vermont Department of Public Services conducted a poll and a series of focus groups over the summer regarding state energy policy, specifically support for or opposition to using more renewable energy. They just released the 87-page report on what they found out.
Dems Are Mad as Hell – New State Law Requires Election Boards to Be Half Democrat, Half Republican.
The Party of Unity, Civility, and Equity – the self-proclaimed anti-discrimination advocates – has a messaging conflict. North Carolina Republicans just overrode their Dem Governor’s veto of a bill that required election boards to include members of both political parties.
Housing Costs vs Renting
It’s simple. Supply vs Demand, with the Government artificially manipulating the marketplace because it controls the third leg of the housing marketplace – interest rates.
Iran Played Biden Like A Stradivarius
Last month, on September 11, which is as important a day to America as December 7, President Joe Biden released $6 Billion in frozen assets for Iran in exchange for five American hostages held by the evil empire of Iran. Biden bought the freedom of these Americans for $1.2 Billion each and established the market price for hostages in the future.
Not So Pretty in Pink – Contradictions in the Culture War
This may be an ICYMI, but the cultural battlefield being what it is, it seems appropriate to revisit or, in the event this is new to our pages, share it. The clip is short but makes a critical point we’ve visited more than once. The Left’s agenda is once again riddled with hypocrisy.
First, We Caught Public Schools Indoctrinating Our Children, And Now …
Public schools have been indoctrinating our children, and it is our tax dollars that are making this possible. Our own money is being used by those who hate us against us and our children. You know that. You know about the library problem. But did you know this?
Ayatollah Khamenei: We Didn’t Help Hamas But if Isreal Resists Things Will Get Worse
There is much speculation about Iran providing weapons and material support to Hamas. Or is there? Iran’s Mullahs proudly finance the “resistance” against Israel. They send them weapons. Fund their activity. But not this time? Seriously?
Kfar Aza: Tell Those Who Want My Guns To Explain 40 Beheaded Infants
When I lived in California, the gun control lobby was very powerful. And very aggressive. I listened very intently to their arguments as to why I should be denied my Second Amendment rights, but they never really made any sense.
Make The Hamas Induced Palestinian Rubble BOUNCE
They have been under attack by the surrounding Arab countries since the 1948 creation of the State of Israel, but Jews have been under attack for centuries as a people. Most notably under the Third Reich with Adolph Hitler’s genocide of them (the Holocaust).
Hamas Deserves No Sympathy For The Price They Will Pay
Lindsey Graham does not always get it right. Graham often angers the Right by making comments that do not align with Conservative thinking. But when Graham gets passionate about Israel and the attempts by certain factions of the world that want to take her down, you can usually take his comments to the bank-they are gold.
Some Clarity: Groktoberfest is About Funding GraniteGrok to Pay Full-Time Staff to Get us To The Next Level!
We have an event coming up on October 28th, and there is some confusion I’d like to clear up. This is a ‘Grok event; the 603 Alliance is only helping plan and execute the Event. The Event’s sole purpose, besides fun, is to raise money to pay staff to run and grow GraniteGrok.com.