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ACTION ALERT! NH House Democrats Vote to Kill Education Scholarship Program HB 370, the bill to repeal the educational choice scholarship program instituted in the last session for low-income New Hampshire families, was passed by the NH House last week Wednesday. Apparently the hour and a half of testimony and the nearly 500 education scholarship … Read more
Is this the pot calling the kettle black?
“In America, you have a right to be stupid, if you want to be, and you have a right to be disconnected to somebody else if you want to be. And we tolerate that – we somehow make it through that.” –John Kerry
And were it not for stupid people, we would not have professional politicians like…John Forbes Kerry (who served in Vietnam, by the way).
I’m not sure about that last part though–making it through?
Democrats lie about taxes, spending, and caring about the middle class, and two opportunities to prove that have recently 
presented themselves.
First, Nashua Democrat David Campbell, from whose progressive womb sprang the 15 cent per gallon gas tax, recently remarked in an email to Democrat party leadership that the Democrat gas tax was…
…”the gift that keeps on giving”
…
“As my father used to say, ‘Don’t spend it all in one place!” Rep. David Campbell, D-Nashua, chairman of the House Public Works and Highways Committee, wrote on Friday in explaining that his gas tax hike bill will generate “bonus monies” for purposes not directly associated with highways, roads and bridges.
Not directly associated is right.
The gas tax will screw you, your family, your small business, and the entire state economy out of millions more annually once fully implemented, money that will not go to wages, jobs, or anything but the Democrats government-first addiction.
Having Government Ownernship makes you, by definition, Socialists. Having Administrative control, by definition, makes you a Fascist. Really. (H/T: Liberal Logic 101)
President Obama and the fawning mainstream media want you to think that the “sequester” and the harsh “sequester” cuts are being forced on him by others. These are deliberate falsehoods.
The “sequester” was President Obama’s idea to pretend concern, in anticipation of his re-election campaign, for our huge deficits by agreeing to future (small, less than 3%) spending cuts.
Are the drastic cuts that President Obama chooses to make today the ones he envisioned when he proposed the “sequester”? Or, when he promised to veto any attempt to avoid it (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Crt5J3XM_zk)? If yes, then the “sequester” was a bad idea. If he envisioned less severe cuts, he should implement those cuts now.
Every businessman and family can handle a 3 percent budget cut without cutting essential services, why can’t President Obama? Just eliminating the $125 billion that Obama’s GAO says is WASTED annually exceeds the “sequester’s” savings. Or, Obama could reduce the $50 to $100 billion in annual Medicare and Medicaid fraud. He could cut less important services and rein in excessively expensive programs. President Obama refuses to do any of these.
It has been one of those days when I have been both very busy and completely uninspired by anything that is happening in the world (even though I now appear inspired–at least–by my lack of inspiration).
It is not exactly writer’s block–how could it be I am writing–but more like bloggers block. When you blog to blog, no pay, no freight, scant praise, and nothing to motivate you but the desire to share your opinion or to start a conversation, (or wind up some progressive), you never know what might get you motivated. Most days it doesn’t take much. Other days nothing, and I mean nothing, appeals. And if it is not interesting, you might as well try to coax an actual tax cut out of a Democrat for all the good it will do you.
It’s the Clinton Coffees and the Lincoln Bedroom writ large but with a bit more daylight. (Who says history doth not repeat?) OFA, Organizing For A**H***s, is stating right up front that you can buy access to the President. Just give them a big bucket of cash and they can get you in touch with the people who run … Read more
Saturday afternoon about 400 patriots met at the New Hampshire Capital to show their support for, and commitment to defending, the Second Amendment to the US Constitution: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
Many attendees, as an expression of their rights as law abiding American and New Hampshire Citizens, brought their weapons with them. If one listened to liberals, one would think that all these weapons, perhaps 300 of them, were broken because not a single person was murdered or injured or even threatened.
The fact is that the front of New Hampshire Capital was probably one of the safest places in the nation Saturday between noon and 2 PM. Of course, you are most likely safer in any place at any time in New Hampshire than in almost any other place in the nation, and our respect for the Second Amendment and our New Hampshire Constitution are certainly significant reasons for that.
One of the disturbing things we learned this afternoon is that New Hampshire Democrats are trying to restrict our Constitutionally guaranteed rights to bear arms. Democrats have submitted several bills to restrict the rights of law abiding citizens and impact their ability to protect themselves and their families.
NH State Representative Pam Tucker was the next up during the NH State House .223 Day of Resistance rally and brought her concerns as to what is happening in the NH House based on the anti-gunners in the Democrat / Progressive Party who are filing a number of bills that would restrict lawful abiding citizens … Read more
With Obama, other Democrats, and RINOs working to bankrupt our country it is nice to take a short break once in a while and smile. For me this was 4 minutes of smiles and beauty …. Thank you Fox News! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNj0T4uK3lE
Your thoughts and prayers of course…and here’s some video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZLWncP_rN8&feature=player_embedded H/T Breitbart (Photos, updates, and more.)
Continuing on the ‘Grok coverage of yesterday’s NH .223 Day of Resistance, here are two more of the speakers. I briefly had the chance to meet NH State Rep. Dan Dumaine before the event started (but ever so briefly) and then, since he spoke before I did, found out he “borrowed” some of Joe Biden … Read more
Yup, that’s me – the ordinary schlub from central New Hampsha that has happened to have shared a whole lot of his opinions on a whole lot topics since the ‘Grok’s doors opened in 2006. Lots of posts in fact: 6,353 to be exact. Had a leading regional radio show. Have participated on a few forum panels. But speaking? Especially when an event is almost a single issue one with multiple speakers ahead you on the agenda covers most of what you wanted to say.
Hey, I’m a blogger – just wing it. Hopefully, it was worthy of the other speakers and to the fundamental Rights that are at stake. Because, Mr. Vice President Joe Biden, is it NOT about guns at all. It is about who is in charge: the citizens or the Political / Government / Ruling Class.
Remember:
Live Free or Die – death is not the worst of all evils
The Bigger the Government, the smaller the citizen
Which do you choose this day?
You have to love former USMC First Sergeant Al Baldasaro (and now NH State Representative)! See problem – go straight ahead. Doesn’t care whose delicate liberal insensibilities get offended (and resulting loud crying) in the process. Here is a person, having served with honor after swearing an oath to the US Constitution, that understands that … Read more
The last speaker of the day at the NH .223 Day of Resistance was Jack Kimball. A powerful speaker (no one evah wants to follow Jack in a speakers roster!), there is always one constant in each and every speech: his patriotism shines through large and bright. He carries the weight of his oath to the Constitution that he swore when entering the US Navy – and that showed yesterday, loud and clear. In his mind (and should be in everyone else’s as well) that we owe an allegiance, not to a given Administration, but to the ideals interwoven in our founding documents. After all, we are a nation founded on ideals and not one based on geographical location, ethnicity, a given sect of religion, gender, or economic class (much to the consternation of Progressives who have adopted the class struggle argument of Marxists everywhere).
Donna Murphy was introduced to me during the event by Susan Olsen (the Event Organizer) to see if I could give her some time. Not on the roster to speak, she wanted to represent the One Million Moms against Gun Control, after the event was officially over, I was happy to record her speech and promised to post it here (consider it done, Donna!)
Jack Kimball Donna Murphy
Chair, Granite State Patriot Liberty PAC
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As the crowd drifted off, materials and gear packed away, and the snow coming down at a quickening pace, I corralled Susan Olsen to get a couple last questions in on how she felt the event went: Also, I caught up with the guy whose flag (the white “Come and Take Them”) has been featured … Read more
I could hardly believe Grokster Mike’s post about the charming gentlemen at LETs so I went to look for myself……..holey moley. I imagine they are only sorry they got caught.
There’s a fascinating story in today’s Union Leader about the Liberty Forum just put on by the Free State Project in Nashua this weekend. It seems that the current President of the Free State Project, Carla Gierke, fully expects that New Hampshire will be welcoming 20,000 liberty activists by 2018 at the latest. (Come and join … Read more
Today was the .223 Day of Resistance Rally day all over the nation – and NH was no exception. GraniteGrok attended the rally held on the steps of the NH State House in Concord NH. Even on a grey, dark day with intermiteant spitting snow (thankfully, the snow held off almost until the end of … Read more
Two more clips that can be judged to be part of the Opening Ceremonies. Father Christian Tutor of the All Saints Anglican Church gave the invocation with some additional remarks and Jeff Chidester (Conservative activist and host of of NH Perspectives radio show on WGIR 610) was introduced by Susan Olsen as the Master of … Read more