GrokTALK! May 11th 2013

This week the award winning bloggers at GraniteGrok are joined by the New Hampshire state director for American’s for Prosperity-Greg Moore; Jack Kimball from the Granite State Patriots Liberty PAC; and Activist Kevin Bloom and NH House Rep George Lambert. What did we talk about? The New Hampshire state budget, the effort to pass a … Read more

Once again – base vs Establishment. Pindell thinks Establish Reps should tell the base to buzz off – will they?

Sosnik notes that many Republicans are more concerned about losing in a primary than a general election, which makes compromise harder.

That’s a quote from Politico on a piece that a Democrat strategy claiming that the Democrat Party is in decline (especially after Obama).  The thrust of it, given the entire piece, is that Republicans are not worried about the Democrats – but are worried about what their base is thinking about them.  Now contrast that with this:

WMUR

Will the Republican establishment stop fighting with their base and just start ignoring them?

 

from James Pindell at WMUR’s Political Scoop.  Now, part of Pindell’s job (or seemingly, most journalists these days) are to either act as Democrat mouthpieces (like in “how much of the Gosnell killing-aborted-but-born-alive-babies murder trial?  Or in MSNBC’s “journalists” in toeing the WH line concerning Clinton’s “What does it matter now?” with Benghazi?).  So Politico is outright saying that politicians are paying more attention to their base for re-election, and WMUR is say “Hey Establishment Republicans – blow off your base“?  Such a dichotomy of awareness of the politics are playing: complete opposites.

The Dems here in NH kept the corner office, captured the Exec. Council, “waved” the House and came within two of a majority in the Senate.  Sosnik may be right in that without Obama and his machine, Doom might be the operative word on the Left.  But how much does WMUR’s Pindell believe the Establishment Rs can afford to lose of their disaffected base and still beat the Dems in the next election?

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IRS Admits to Targeting Tea Party Groups

This deserves more coverage than I’ll give it here but I am leaving for Concord to record GrokTALK!   We” consider this a primer. The right accused the IRS of targeting TEA Party groups for exception grief and scrutiny while ignoring similar groups on the left. The IRS has officially admitted to do doing this. The … Read more

Who could oppose flatbread AND hugs?

“NHARL is asking its supporters to ask the organizers of the Be Kind Fest in Mount Washington Valley to halt the Hope Takes Flight Monarch butterfly release on May 18 in Schouler Park in North Conway Village. The release is part of the three-day Kindness Weekend, a free event that includes musical performances, flatbread pizza, … Read more

Coming Up On GrokTALK!

This week on GrokTALK! our Guests will be… Greg Moore – AFP-NH State Director Jack Kimball – from Granite State Patriots and Kevin Bloom returns.   The following Week, May 18th we’ll have… From Liberty Harbor Academy -Dr. Julianne Cooper is back Former NH House Rep and Activist Jenn Coffey and Cornerstone’s Education Guru – … Read more

Questions Relating to SB 11

Senate Bill 11 made its way to the House consent Calendar without resistance.  It was there that it the bill was then pulled from consent and  briefly debated the following day, and put on probation for two weeks.  It will be back. But how did it get as far as it did given language so … Read more

NH GOP RINO’s, State Representative Stella Tremblay, and the Destructive Democrats….

Stella Tremblay: In error, but better than any Democrat
Stella Tremblay: Maybe in error, but still better than any Democrat….

High-level NH RINO’s (“Republicans In Name Only”) are at it again: Jennifer Horn, Gene Chandler, Steve Duprey, and Fergus Cullen are all in a tizzy over state Rep. Stella Tremblay’s recent thoughts on whether the Boston bombing might have elements of an “inside job.” In the Union Leader today, Cullen called Rep. Tremblay “delusional.” Well, whatever error in judgment she may be making, it is less egregious than “Republican leaders” who go out of their way to publicly attack a sitting Republican member of the State House. Here’s what I said today in response to a Union Leader article about it:

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Now we Know the Answer – None of the Above [Updated]

During the 2008 primary Hillary Clinton asked the question, will Barack Obama be the guy who can answer that all important “3am phone call?” We’ve seen repeatedly that the answer to that question is no but the point of the ad was to infer that if you voted for Hillary the answer would be yes. … Read more

CIA Warned of Terrorist Threat Before Benghazi; 12 Talking Point Revisions by State Dept.

Hillary Clinton loses it Drudge BenghaziABC News is breaking a story by Jonathan Karl.  It turns out there is a cover up and it’s bigger than suspected.  Not only did the Administration know that the Benghazi attack was a terrorist attack and not due to any video, but the CIA also put out warnings about the terror threat in Benghazi before the attack. The State Department revised the Benghazi Talking Points used by the Administration to address the American public and media about the attack on the American Embassy in Benghazi on September 11, 2013.  The State Dept. removed all references to Al-Qaeda and all references to CIA warnings of attack in Benghazi because of politics 12 revisions show.  The Administration said initially that only one word had been changed and just this week Jay Carney White House Press Secretary stated that nothing substantive was changed.  He lied.

The following paragraph was deleted entirely from the talking points.  From ABC News (emphasis mine):

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From the Desk of Representative William O’Brien

From the Desk of Representative William O’Brien If you don’t think that State Government should grow at 5% a year while the economy is growing at 2% a year, resulting in a two-year 10.2% increase in state spending, $263 million in new taxes, $31 million in revenue overestimates, $7 million in cost downshifting to local … Read more

Press Conference: Families of Dead Seal Team Six Members

We’ll be talking about this tomorrow on GrokTALK! – (Podcast is posted on Sunday.) Whether you listen to our dicussion or not, find some time to watch this if you can.  It is long so watch it in segments if you must.  But please try to make time to watch at least some of it.

A quick retort to Joe “two shotgun shell” Biden – no, it isn’t about “dignity”

From Big Government, we have these pithy words from Vice President Joe Biden:

There are a lot of tough decisions that have to be made. In some countries, that means, as we say in this country, that the elites have to pay their fair share, pay for the police in the streets and the basic services for the poor. In other places it means taking on corruption head on. In the United States, that means reforming our immigration system – 11 million undocumented men, women and children being able to come out of the shadows and be full participants in American life. Granting them the dignity — my father would say, “It’s all about dignity’ – granting them the dignity and respect that they deserve. Without doing that, it’s hard to make the case in my view to 600 million people in the hemisphere that we genuinely respect you all, but we do not show respect for 11 million people – people here in America who hail from the very countries we talk about… I don’t know how that’s done.

No, it is not about “dignity”!  As the second highest elected official in the land, first most,  it should be about honoring your oath concerning the Constitution and its values – one of which is The Rule of Law that sets us all Equal Before The Law.  Which means that everyone in this land, the United States, needs to respect it, apply it, and live it.  That has been one of our hallmarks as a country.  Without it, we are just a throwback to the pre-Founding Fatherss times of Elite Rule (Monarchy, Royalty, Strong Man, or Mobs) to which Progressives wish to return us.

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So what WOULD the difference between a Citizen and non-Citizen be?

First we have California wanting to let non-Citizens to be on juries – our “peers” that COULD eternally deprive us of my Liberty when they may still adhere to the historical and legal precepts held over from their country of origin?  How would THAT serve us well as a society?  I talked about Progressives forcibly trying to blur the lines between Citizens and non-citizens, that their sense of “Community” overrides the actual legalities of the obligations of Citizenship.

Now, we see the next shoe drop – if non-citizens are allowed to vote, what is left of the notion of what a citizen is?  From the Left  Coast to the virtual Left Coast of New York City:

New York City is poised to become the first major city to grant non-citizens the right to vote.

The New York City Council’s committees on immigration and government relations will today hold joint hearings on a proposal that would allow non-citizens to vote in city elections, and backers of the effort say they have a veto-proof majority, according to the New York Daily News.

Citizenship is currently a requirement for voters throughout New York State, but this legislation, “Voting By Non-Citizen Residents,” would change that, allowing immigrants who are “lawfully present in the United States” and have lived in the city for longer than six months to vote.

“This is extremely important, because it’s based on the founding principle of this country and that was, ‘No Taxation Without Representation.’ All of the people who would be included in this and would be allowed to vote are paying taxes, they’ve contributed to society,” Councilman Daniel Dromm, a co-sponsor of the proposal, told Talking Points Memo.

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It’s about the children…

“Manchester says that loss would “cause irreparable harm to all students attending school in Manchester, as it equates to losing between 10 to 15 full-time teachers in the district.” So, 60 students required 10-15 full time teachers? What am I missing here?  

A Green Game of Chess

New Hampshire Governor Maggie Hassan has written a letter to Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy, objecting to a legislative effort in the “Nut”-meg state to redefine what Connecticut will view as ‘green energy’ to meet their renewable portfolio standard.

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Book Burning Climatologists… aka Religious Zealots

SJSU Department of Meteorology and Climate Science chairperson Dr. Alison Bridger and assistant professor Dr. Craig Clements , “test the flammability of the book”. Credit wattsupwiththat.com;

Fevered religiosity when perturbed sometimes manifests itself with a ruddy face, engorged veins running beneath a purple forehead, and trembling that’s even detectable by a Seismometer.  The fever stricken often respond with quixotic obtuseness with a flavor of blind stupidity and succumb to behavior often not naturally found in their temperament.

Which brings us to hallowed and sacred ground of San Jose State University wherein  Gorean disciples practice their fealty. 

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Obamacare Humor (or is it?)

The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, “Hello.” … ”Mrs. Sanders, please.” ”Speaking.” ‘Mrs.. Sanders, this is Doctor Jones at Saint Agnes Laboratory. When your husband’s doctor sent his biopsy to the lab last week, a biopsy from another Mr. Sanders arrived as well. We are now uncertain which one belongs to … Read more

And They Can All Go Down Together

We should keep track of who among our Democrat ‘friends’ comes to the aid of Hillary Clinton.  It is known that she knew it was an attack not a protest.  A terrorist attack.  It involved al Qaeda.  That there were assets in range to help.  And she did nothing.  Obama did nothing.  Unless orchestrating a cover-up counts as doing something.  For weeks at a time.  On National Television   In ads played in foreign countries.  Even in front of the caskets of those who died as a result of their….um…leadership.

“We’ve seen rage and violence directed at American embassies over an awful Internet video that we had nothing do to with.”

Make note of who serves the left’s masters like ideological chattel so they can all go down together.

Video on the jump.

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