John Cornyn – so far off base, its a ludicrous “demand”.

Yeah, this will certainly inspire the base:

That’s from US Senator John Cornyn – a demand. I’d suggest that you click on over.  I really do wish that Party officials do so and read the responses; pretty much all of them should start to given the GOP great pause and great worry.  For you readers, this will be nothing new as we’ve been saying it for quite some time: EARN our vote, show us that you deserve it – stop taking it for granted.  Stop thinking “well, where else will they go” (er, see after the jump, one more time).  Making a demand for it, or stating over and over that “ANY Republican is better than any Democrat” is no longer making it.  The Internet has made it clear that there are too many Republicans that are shams – and many of us are no longer willing to spend one of the most precious coins of American Citizenship, our priceless vote, on frauds.

Who is a Republican fraud?  Someone who votes equally or more often with Democrats than with Republicans.  Someone who continues the incremental slide to the Left, to Socialism, instead of the original status of maximum Individual Freedom and Limited Government.  Someone who looks at the Constitution and the Platform – and just sniffs and votes away from it.  Like these “Republicans” (the lowest of the House Republican Alliance scores):

HRA Scores - lowest

According to the data, Brown [Scott Brown, former US Senator from MA, trying to be next one from NH  -Skip] , who took office in February 2010, sided with a Democratic majority on 22 percent of votes in his first year, ranking him seventh among all senators.  The next year, he voted with Democrats 46 percent of the time, trailing only Sen. Susan Collins of Maine. In 2012, he rose to the top of the list, siding with a Democratic majority close to 62 percent of the time, according to the annual report, which was printed in the January 21, 2013 issue of CQ Weekly.

The Senator tries to conflate two things that are not true –

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A question about our ever increasing Entitlement Society:

  When those that are productive and industrious see that it no longer pays enough to work, that it is no longer worth the risk, what WILL happen?  Consider this an open ended question. (H/T: Liberal Logic 101)

OUR State Project: What is it about “Free” that has Zandra Rice-Hawkins and Cynthia Chase’s panties in a bunch?

Adding a bit more from Steve’s post on the hysterical OUR State Project Progressives that believe that people who seemingly just want to be left alone by Government are THE existential threat to NH!  Remember, this from people who are out of staters themselves and depend on outside money to attack these people who just want to be left alone.  Is their urge and psychological urge to control and be controlled that bad, that the whole idea of Freedom is repugnant to their very being?  Or that the Free Stater Project folks will totally overturn their narrative that we can only exist by utilizing the heavy hand of Government into every nook and cranny of our lives?   From the Concord Monitor:

Fight against Free Staters:

A curious new account popped up in the world of New Hampshire political Twitter this week: @OurStateProject. The account’s description reads, “Exposing the Freestater threat to New Hampshire politics,” and the URL ourstateproject.com links back to the New Hampshire Democratic Party.  The problem is, no one knows where the account came from, and the Democratic Party says it’s not associated with it. There is a group of Democratic elected officials and politically involved people that has been meeting and calling itself the Our State Project, but they insist they’re not behind the account.

Zandra Rice-Hawkins, executive director of the left-leaning Granite State Progress, confirmed that a “loose-knit” group of people has been meeting at Granite State Progress offices on a monthly basis to discuss strategies for informing communities about

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GrokTALK! May 24th, 2014 – The Videos

Full audio by Steve here.

  • Pre-Show – Groksters Steve and Skip dabble with the equipment and shoot the breeze (no, not literally….)
  • Segment 1 -Grokster Mike rolls in to add his observations and we try to entertain Michelle Levell as she shows up early
  • Segment 2 – We wind down the entertainment and get serious with Michelle Levell with her announcement that she is running the for the NH House from Rockingham District 07 (Windham) as she talks about her top issues.  Her website is here: http://michelle4nh.com/
  • Segment 3 – Joe D’Aleo of WeatherBELL Analytics comes back on to yak about his rebuttal to the Obama Administrations 2014 National Climate Assessment.  Tip:
  • Segment 4 – Talk show host and Conservative activist Jeff Chidester comes on and we talk about what’s on his mind

Pre-Show

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Wait! Wait! Isn’t this a similar description of Tuesday’s GONH meeting?

Another senator who attended the meeting said Obama’s advisers refused to provide lawmakers with answers about whether the president plans to keep U.S. troops in Afghanistan after the war formally concludes later this year or about the Pentagon’s efforts to find nearly 300 kidnapped Nigerian school girls. Unsatisfied, some of the lawmakers started to leave … Read more

US Congressman Steve King (R-Iowa) fires back at Dem US Senators Reid & Schumer

From Hot Air: Senators Harry Reid and Chuck Schumer have taken it upon themselves to single out Rep. Steve King on the floor of the Senate for having the courage to stand for We the People against open borders. As we noted yesterday, the party has refused to defend him, and top NRSC aides are involved in an ad campaign against him. Well, when nobody in the party defends you, a man’s got to do it himself. King took to the House floor to respond to them. You can watch the full clip here.

That’s because the National GOP is showing all the signs to selling out the blue collar (and high tech) American workers by joining with the Democrats in granting Amnesty (look, enough with the “pay a fine, pay back taxes” crap – if illegal aliens are not above stealing American SS #s, how the heck are you REALLY gonna do all that and more?  Do you really think we are all that stupid (yes, this goes to my jr. Senator, Kelly Ayotte, too)?  Our total unemployment rate, U3 and U6 is north of 12% – and you want to legalize and allow in MILLIONS more to compete for jobs at the un- and low skilled jobs?

The GOP has the opening to take away the mantle of

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For U.S. Navy Rear Admiral William H. McRaven, it’s the little things that show the Principles at UT Commencement speech

U.S. Navy Rear Admiral William H. McRaven is also the Commander of the US Navy’s SEAL special operator forces.  And a SEAL himself so he knows of what he speaks:

I have been a Navy SEAL for 36 years. But it all began when I left UT for Basic SEAL training in Coronado, California.  Basic SEAL training is six months of long torturous runs in the soft sand, midnight swims in the cold water off San Diego, obstacles courses, unending calisthenics, days without sleep and always being cold, wet and miserable.  It is six months of being constantly harassed by professionally trained warriors who seek to find the weak of mind and body and eliminate them from ever becoming a Navy SEAL.  But, the training also seeks to find those students who can lead in an environment of constant stress, chaos, failure and hardships.

To me basic SEAL training was a life time of challenges crammed into six months.

My personal writing outlook is to take a particular current or political event and bring it back down to a given (or set of given) principles.  After all, it does tend to make things simple (and validates what we say as well).  Lots of other people do the same so it was nice to see how someone else does it:

  • If you want to change the world, start off by making your bed.
  • If you want to change the world, find someone to help you paddle.

Here are more of the points; go to BI and read the explanations for each.  Many thanks for your service, sir!

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Right, President Obama – how many people LOVE their political Boss?

Steve beat me to the meme that the Democrats GAVE to the Right – and of course, it was to up the visibility of the LightBringer.  Good on him as I am the pits with Photoshopping anything (I barely do Jr. High intermediate stick figures).  But really, calling him “Boss”?   I happen to like my boss – but a whole … Read more

Data Point – Global Drought 1982 – 2013

  Color scheme: D0 (yellow) = abnormally dry; D1 (orange) = moderate drought, D4 (red) is extreme drought. “Unless my eyes deceive me, it looks like there is no net change in global drought area for 30 years. The graph shows the proportion of the planet in drought, by intensity, 1982-2012. The graph comes from … Read more

GrokTALK! Live Stream May 24th, 2014

This week on the GrokTALK! Live Stream our guests are New Hampshire’s Michelle Levell; Meterologist Joe D’Aleo joins us to discuss his rebuttle of the Obama Administrations 2014 National Climate Assessment; and Radio talk show host Jeff Chidester stops in to help us pick some weeds out of the local and national political landscape. Live … Read more

We Aren’t The Champions

(North Hill Elementary) ROCHESTER, Mich. – If you don’t understand the phrase “cultural Marxism,” this is a good example. The purpose of the day is for our school to get together for an enjoyable two hours of activities and provide an opportunity for students, teachers and parents to interact cooperatively. Since we believe that all … Read more

Selective Disservice on VA Accountability

The US House overwhelmingly passed a bill on VA accountability that would make it easier to remove incompetent Veterans Administration bureaucrats, but Harry “Road-Block” Reid’s  Senate managed to just barely block the measure as 33 Senate Democrats opposed the Bill. It’s not remarkable unless you note that none of the dissenting Democrats appear to be … Read more

Democrat Party – Obama’s Apparently Doing Something…Like A Boss.

The Democrat Party timed this just right.  (c/o Hot Air)  Another big scandal, Obama voted ‘present’ for five years on the VA issue, and now he’s doing something….

I’m thinking (maybe) he’s passing the buck ‘Like a Boss’ so I made some changes.  Democrats love change, right?(on the jump)

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I always have answers for WMUR Political Scoop (no matter its inanities)!

WMURWell, it’s Friday and once again WMUR Political Scoop has questions and lots of softballs were served up.  So I have answers…and in a couple of cases, I question the question or perceived observation:

If you watched Marilinda Garcia, the national Latino rising star, on CNN en Español to check out her Spanish speaking skills… well the station uses an interpreter because she speaks in English.

Isn’t it rascist to think that just because someone has a Spanish derived surname that they should be able to

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Words have meaning

“Smurfdaddy (n.) Also smurf-daddy, 1. A small, elderly man who lavishes money, protection and connections on convictionless political hopefuls; in return, he requires that you kiss his ring. 2. (Slang): A variant of sugar-daddy for the political realm. A former politician who still yields enormous power within the political realm and has overt control over … Read more

New Hampshire’s Version of ‘Hassanpfeffer’ Has “Turkey” In It

turkey-flagHasanpfeffer is rabbit stew.  In New Hampshire we have something different.  It is called ‘Hassanpfeffer.’  It is made with a New Hampshire Democrat, “Turkey,” and hypocrisy.

Governor Maggie Hassan, your typical light-weight, two-faced tax and spend liberal, has discovered that contrary to Democrat party talking points the economy is not that hot.  In response to revenue issues, some of which–admittedly–were a long time coming, she’s announced a spending freeze for all of the Granite State that includes out-of-state travel paid for from the general fund.   A freeze that does not apply to Maggie Hassan.

The governor has booked a ‘Trade Mission” to the Hassan Homeland that will cost the taxpayers about  $15,000.00 dollars.  Citizens for a Strong NH has issued a Right to Know Request regarding the expenses related to the trip, and considering the Governor’s own executive order moratorium on such spending that seems appropriate, but I have another question.

How can a cultural talking-points, Progressive narrative slave like Maggie Hassan validate a regime that consistently denies rights to women and the LGBT community, and where is the outrage from local advocacy groups for same (who have a prominent presence in our state) in opposition to her trip?

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