May 18th GrokTALK! Guest Segment – Jenn Coffey

In Segment three of this weeks GrokTALK! the Honorable Jenn Coffey talks about stand your ground, what it really means in New Hampshire, what you need to know about knife rights and a few other topics as well. Note: You can listen to Jenn Coffey every Wednesday at 6:20am on the Jenn & Jenn segment, … Read more

May 18th GrokTALK! Guest Segment – Ann Marie Banfield

Ann Marie Banfield from Cornerstone Policy Research talks about Education and Common Core in the state of New Hampshire and the nations; what it is really all about, and what we need to know to stop it and why.  Listen Here Download this segment here You can get links to other segments or listen to … Read more

Obama Aide on IRS Scandal: “The Law Is Irrelevant”

Turns out that the Obama aide Dan Pfeiffer shed some light on the Administration’s perspective on the IRS scandal.  This morning on “This Week”,  Mr. Pfeiffer cavalierly averred that the law is irrelevant with regards to the IRS scandal. Oh, well that clears things up.  What difference at this point does it make anyway, that … Read more

Mary Stuart Bile, er Guile, er Gile Schooled…

…by none other than Kate Baker, the extraordinary young woman who is the Executive Director of the Network for Education Opportunity. I swear, for the life of me I do not understand why Dems and Progressives are always ready to throw poor and disadvantaged children under the government school bus.

Belknap County Conservative Republicans’ Family Fun Day – interview with Don Walker

After doing GrokTALK! first thing in the morning in Concord, I headed up to Laconia to Funspot where the Belknap County Conservative Republicans were having their Family Fun Day – under the tent, free food, and opening up their arms to the public at large to talk about the Republican Party Platform, Constitutional values, and conservative values.  One example of their literature contained information on their mission, who they are, where they stand, and an answer to those that disagree that their group should even exist (full info after the jump).  While I was there, I took the opportunity to get a couple of interviews.  This first one with is long time conservative activist and co-founder of the group, Don Walker:

  

Technical note: normally I just use a shotgun mic on the camera but the ambient noise level was just too high for that configuration.  Instead, we were wearing headsets due to the noise level and then trying to pipe that into the camera via a soundboard – something I have seldomly done in the past.  Post-processing, it became clear that one of the cables used to do this went bad – I apologize to Susan Olsen and Colette Worseman as their interviews were too static-y to use, and I had to edit Greg Moore’s near the end as well.

You know, I can’t remember the last time that the “official” Belknap County Republican Committee had such an event – estimates were that between 125 – 175 people came over at some point during the day.

Our Mission:

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Abuse of Power Scandals Make the Case for Limited Government

I’m frequently bewildered when I observe the Big Gov pom-poms shaken, Big Gov banners unfurled, and its flags waved with roaring cheers and applause. I wonder if those doing the somersault splits have actually thought through what they are doing flips over. Have they thought beyond the obvious short term, immediate consequence of more Government goodies in their grab bags? Have they truly considered all of the aspects, long term, intended, and possible unintended consequences?

I don’t believe many of the Big Gov cheerleaders have really thought about the consequences of much of what they’re advocating, or perhaps they have and are simply insouciant about it. Because many of the “solutions” to problems the Big Gov folks advocate for, more often than not, distill down to more Government. Therein lies the problem.  Even Obama’s confidant David Axelrod admitted the other day that “we have a large government” and that the “government is so vast” to really know what’s going on down in its depths. So, how does making it bigger help anything? It doesn’t.

But it’s not just the size.  Big Government as defined by most on the right does not refer to its size

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GrokTALK! May 18th, 2013

This week on Grok Talk we are joined by Dr. Julianne Cooper who returns to discuss ADHD, the real ADHD, and the affects of these and other coding of children in public schools. The Honorable Jenn Coffey talks about stand your ground, what it really means in New Hampshire, what you need to know about … Read more

” ‘Is this still America?’ he asked him. ” But that is not the proper question

Grokster Scott had that quote from Congressman Kevin Brady at the IRS hearings:

“Texas Republican congressman Kevin Brady had the harshest criticism for Miller.

‘Is this still America?’ he asked him.

I put up the video of Congressman Mike Kelly voicing a similar tone, albeit different words:

…I am more concerned today than I was before and the fact that you all can do just about anything you want to anybody, you know you can put anybody out of business that you want anytime you want.

You talk about that you are a horribly run organization?  If you’re on the other side of the fence, you are not given that excuse.  When the IRS comes in, you are not allowed to be shoddy, you aren’t allowed to be run horribly, you’re not allowed to make mistakes, you’re not allowed to do one damn thing that doesn’t come in compliance and if you do, you are held responsible right then.”

The proper thought, the proper question is leading from  “Is this still America?” is that we all should be contemplating “is this the America of which we speak of in glowing terms the present, or the one of our past”?  Many on the Left are dumbfounded that the question is actually being asked – their answer is “Look at all the freedoms we have left!” and in comparison to many other countries, we do many more.  But that is not the proper response – the proper response is a more proper question:

“What freedoms have we lost?”

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May 18th GrokTALK! Opening Segment

Skip Murphy, Mike Rogers, Rick Olson, and Steve Mac Donald interject on the IRS scandal, “how about that tyranny we’ve been warming you all about,” North Korean’s Fishing with ICBM’s, the definition of “Shaheening,” the mystery of Obama’s ‘Permission Structures,’ why moral behavior should drive social behavior and not the other way around, Mark Sanford’s … Read more

May 18th GrokTALK! Guest Segment – Dr. Julianne Cooper

In this segment of GrokTALK! we are joined again by Dr. Julianne Cooper who returns to discuss ADHD,(the real ADHD), and the affects of these and other coding of children in public schools.  We also talk about discipline in education, parenting, and how they all relate.  Listen Here Download this segment here You can get … Read more

The answer, obviously if you had been paying attention, is “Yes!” (shades of SB11)

WMURHe keeps asking, so we keep answering.  This week, Pindell finally gives an UP to the TEA Party movement, along with a question:

Tea Party: The decentralized movement got a new reason for being this week with the news the IRS was targeting them. Since they were proven right on this does it mean everyone needs to take Agenda 21 more seriously?

After all, there is a difference between being paranoid (which many have place the TEA Party because of our warning of an incipient Tyrannical Government) and being what our Founders instructed us to do: be vigilant.  The problem is that while many Americans are familiar with Hard Tyranny in other countries (e.g., Soviet Union, Iran, third world countries with Strong Man despots masquerading as Democracies) they’re blinkered when it comes to Tyranny in other forms (i.e., the soft despostism of De Tocqueville moving onward to the medium Tyranny exemplified by Atlas Shrugged; good intentions that morph in to “you WILL do it because we know it is good for you”).

Much has happened with this IRS scandal – and it is becoming clear that the IRS has institutionalized an attitude that “we are above the law”.  Combine that with a Big Bureaucracy, a Public Sector Union mentality, and almost unlimited Power, you have seen an extremely

Sidenote:  YES, finally we see a real use for the word EXTREMISTS!

biased hierarchy willing to stomp on those that are perceived as a threat – not merely as a political one, but as an existential one.  One that has to be stomp on and stomped out.

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EMail Doodlings – SB11

SB11 – the bill ostensibly written to allow Exeter and Stratham to cooperate on a water system.  However, as we have written here on the ‘Grok, we have seen a lot of problems with the bill as it is too broadly written.  With the Feds and the NH regional planning commissions pushing the Federal “Sustainable Communities Initiative”, we see that as one of the possible on-ramps for totally losing that which makes NH special without any of us having much of a say so in favor of Planners’ solution to any future ill – a move from local control in towns and cities to ‘regional approaches’ (overseen, of course, by the NH Regional Planning Commissions).  Thus, I wrote to a couple of NH Senators a bit ago:

<redacted>, thanks for writing and letting us know.

To say that when Steve posted the news up on GraniteGrok about SB-11, it took my breath away – I had no idea it was even in the works. It looks just like legislation I would have expected to see coming from the Water Sustainability Comission. Why? They made it quite clear that during their “listening session” (how I HATE that phrase, as having been to some, there is no “listening” going on; only Cass Suntein style “nudging” to a determined outcome) that one of their stated aims was to remove water from being private property (“I BUILT that well”) to a publicly owned “common resource” with a handful of votes and the signature of a pen.

I crossed swords with them earlier this year – and look at the verbiage in the bill:

  • Therefore, the general court declares and determines that the waters of New Hampshire constitute a limited and precious public resource to be protected, conserved, and managed in the interest of present and future generations.
  • This requires careful stewardship and management of water and wastewater within the state
  • To maximize health and safety, ecological and aesthetic values, and the overall well-being of the people, the state of New Hampshire must enable municipalities to protect water supplies
  • In order to foster regional approaches
  • and authorize the establishment of charges to owners and users of property

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EMail Doodlings – SB11 Part 2

During an email conversation, I was emailed the NH Association of Regional Planning Commissions broad legislative support document – what the local RPCs want the towns and NH Legislature to do.  Again, I looked at what SB11 was supposed to do, compared that to what SB11 will allow planners to do, and looked at the agenda of how the RPCs with to “Fundamentally Transform” NH’s lifestyle simple because they know a more “efficient” way to “guide us” – as though New Hampshire hasn’t figured out how to do this over the last 400 years by ourselves.

But, we aren’t trained Planners, are we?  When I read over the bill again, I decided to compare what it was put up to be (to make it easier to allow Exeter and Stratham to do a water system together) with how expansive it seemed on the first read through it.  And then I read the NHARPC legislative document. So, I just casually put down every disparate area down.  Once again, I was floored:

On 5/7/2013 9:20 AM, Skip wrote:
Gee:

  • Lakes
  • recycling
  • water
  • energy
  • agriculture

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Schadenfreude, Mr. Morgan? Or is that just the scales falling off your eyes?

CNN’s Piers Morgan, the Brit Twit who decided that taking on Pro-Second Amendment folks during the run up to the Senate’s attempt to pass stricter gun laws to boost his ratings (er, #FAIL), is seemingly having a change of mind about it all.  You see, after poo-pooing (or screaming, taking your pick) that that these … Read more

Shaheening – 501(c)(4) For Me But Not For Thee?

Shaheening; to be Shaheend: Named after our soon to be former New Hampshire Senator Jeanne Shaheen, defined as either applying political pressure against the same thing you are simultaneous hoping to take advantage of for yourself, or being the victim of the pressure applied. Ex: While New Hampshire Senator Jeanne Shaheen and her Senate allies … Read more

Shaheen Received Money from IRS Employees Union

Open Secrets identifies the National Treasury Employees Union, which covers the IRS, as Liberal.  Go figure?

They only donate to Democrats, which includes New Hampshire Senator Jeanne Shaheen, according to this recent press release…

Senate Democrats received more than $570,000 from IRS Union

Washington, D.C. – This week news broke that Senate Democrats were guilty of pressuring the IRS to target many of the conservative groups that the embattled agency now stands accused of doing.  But, a closer look reveals further evidence of Jeanne Shaheen’s feigning outrage: Shaheen was reaping the benefits from Democrats’ close relationship with the IRS, receiving $5,000 from the IRS Employees Union.

“While Democrats were pushing the IRS to target conservatives and other political enemies, their campaigns benefited from more than half a million dollars in campaign contributions from the IRS union,” said NRSC Communications Director Brad Dayspring. “After years of pressuring the IRS to crackdown on their political opponents, Jeanne Shaheen and her Democratic colleagues must be honest with taxpayers and return the IRS union’s contributions immediately.”

Senator Shaheen has been backtracking, back-peddling, disavowing any partisanship on the 501(c)(4) IRS scandal, but given how partisan she is, that’s hard to swallow.  you’d be hard pressed to find her supporting the rights of TEA party groups anywhere, let alone New Hampshire.

So would you be surprised to know that she isn’t the only hyper-partisan New Hampshire Democrat who has taken issue with third party issue advocacy and targeted TEA Party groups (though  not in writing to the IRS–that we are aw are of) and has also taken money from their union.

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