Oh yeah, let’s not forget about “They don’t need it” argument – the foundation for Redistribution

That’s another tenet of Liberalism / Regressivism Progressivism to go along with “You don’t do the right things with it” meme.  They look at the well to-do, the rich, and the uber-rich and think “we can take it because they won’t miss it and they don’t need it”.  Really?  You can take it because YOU feel they don’t need it?  Really, how much closer to a bad rationalization do you have to make keep from letting your better side from realizing “er, isn’t that stealing“?  Just because someone has WAY more than you have means that it is perfectly legitimate for you to just take what they own for your own Progressive purposes?  Not only is this wrong, it is the absolute epitome of the definition of selfishness.  How hollow it must be to publicly be saying “look at what we give to people” all the while working hard (or being very dismissive) to not square the cognitive dissonance that the possible freedom they give to some in a material way is far outweighed by the tyranny laid upon those from who they take on the other side of the equation.

Sure, it is always posed as “We are merely asking that the rich give a little more“.  Absolute nonsense – as the top 10% of income earners pay 70% of all income taxes, how much more should they be paying?  There  is no “asking” (which implies one can say “no” as an acceptable answer) and there is no “giving” (which would be voluntary).  Such sophistry and solipsism: any “asking” is really a legal demand while the “giving” is merely paying a tax bill – or landing in the Old Pokey with nice steel bars around you.  There is no “voluntary” about it.  Oh, to be sure, there will be commenters that will jump all over this with that silly “We all belong to the Goverment as the one thing we do” or we all have to pay taxes.  Oh, to be sure, we do have to pay taxes – but Progressives want Government to overspread and take over Society such there there is only Government, and that takes more and more and more in taxes (in which, Progressives act just like, and are no better with respect to Private Property, Willy Sutton).

Truly, Progressivism is a morally bankrupt philosophy.

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Indeed – the next President will inherit a mess

A loyal reader sent this in: Obama has made a habit of blaming everything that has gone wrong during his Administration on his immediate predecessor. This will be fun to watch for a little bit, as we all circle and swirl around the drain if Obama get re-elected… (H/T: Dan)

Ask A New Hampshire Democrat…Can I just Show up and Vote as a Delegate at Your State Convention?

Today, in Dover, a judge will hear complaints from the League of Women voters and the ACLU about New Hampshire’s law regarding proof of domicile and voter ID.  Their premise is that out of state students should not have to act like they live here to vote here. That requiring them to at least pretend to live here is some kind of suppression or violation of their rights.

I wonder if that works for other things as well?  Does my mere presence on the floor of the New Hampshire House make me a legislator?  Do I get to vote on the House floor for say, Dover, or Portsmouth, just because I want to?

Better yet, how about if I just show up at the Democrat state party convention, you know, me and a few hundred people…will you let us vote as delegates?  Let us choose your chairman and officers, vote on your party platform?  We don’t want to join the Democrat party, we don’t even want to pretend to join, we just want to vote on everything that defines it and everyone who leads it.

Ask a New Hampshire Democrat….Would that be ok?

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New Hampshire: Romney 48% Obama 45%

Rasmussen Reports shows Romney leading in its most recent poll in New Hampshire. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in New Hampshire shows Romney with 48% support to President Obama’s 45%. Four percent (4%) prefer some other candidate, and three percent (3%) are undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.) My personal … Read more

TMEW and I are very much dog folks

and we have three. Ivan and Kiah are in the pix; just can’t find one with them with Meeka, the newest that is inbetween the two in size. Ivan is 15 years old and we almost lost him about 6 months ago to what appeared to be kidney failure (which is why we got Meeka … Read more

A new site from ‘Grok friend, John Hawkins – PicaQuote!

John is one of the few independent professional bloggers that I know and his first blog, RightWingNews, was one of the first of the national level blogs that started linking to us when we opened the doors here at GraniteGrok.  He was also a favorite guest on our radio show “Meet The New Press”.  Since … Read more

Blogline of the Day – Professor Paul Rahe

I watched Susan Rice, Obama’s Ambassador to the UN on the Sunday morning shows making a complete asshat of herself by: By even trying to try to make us all believe that some poorly done movie short could be the sole reason for her fellow Ambassador’s assassination (really, what kind of a “protest” comes fully … Read more

Classroom Political Bias in Merrimack New Hampshire

It’s not the first time that reports have reached my ears of obvious political bias in the classrooms of the Merrimack School System.  Tales of Middle School English teachers using their classrooms to promote the “science” of global warming we’re not uncommon, and while annoying not prevalent enough to demand action. The most recent circumstance … Read more

The Newspaper Ad Revenue Collapse

This more or less speaks for itself. Feel free to form up into work groups and report back after lunch. Or you could just lean back in your chair and bask in the glow of alternative media (aka-choices) beating up the dinosaur media like an SEIU thug on a Tea Party Protester.

Democrats Celebrate Turkish Air Force at Convention

An apology is likely forthcoming, after it is revealed that, like the Soviet Black Sea Navy ships sailing behind the speakers at the Democrat National Convention, the fighter jets pictured above…not US either.  So their tribute the military was essentially…a complete fail.  (#FAIL)

The Daily Caller nails them on this here.  The jets are Turkish F-5 fighters.

You’ve got to hand it to the Democrats though.  Had complete control of the government for two years.  They still control most of it with the Democrat Controlled Senate still blocking anything and everything that might embarrass Obama.  Their candidate for President is the current commander and chief for the US military, and always the Smartest Guy In The Room™ ,but they still can’t manage to use photos of actual US military hardware in their convention for his re-election.

It’s priceless.

In case you forgot, the picture is on the jump…

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Our government is spinning out of control….

Skip wrote about it yesterday HERE. It’s worth revisiting to see the updated comments. Brownshirts. In the middle off the night. On trumped up charges. With plenty of TV cameras there. This sucks. Our President does too. He is…something other than what a President should be. This is simply disgusting.

Constitution Day 2012

Constitution Day

This Monday, September 17, 2012, marks the 225th anniversary of the US Constitution.  Each year, the United States celebrates Constitution Day (even Constitution Week), when we take time to honor, and to consider the importance of the document that does not give us our rights (as many incorrectly think), but puts words to paper that protect our rights, as well as establishing our remarkable form of government.

Now, many of us actually do take time to study and understand the Constitution, but it is clear that today’s youth do not have a working understanding, much less an appreciation of the document – part of this fault lies with parents, part of it with our schools.

Most people do not realize that any school that accepts federal funds (and let’s acknowledge that most do, these days) must implement some form of Constitution Day program or lesson:

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Ask A NH Democrat – About Free Speech

Free Speech FlagA private citizen made a lousy YouTube video about six months ago.  A few days ago islamo-fascists used it as a vehicle to inflame Muslim uprisings.  Under the cover of same, Americans were killed, or in some cases executed.  The Obama Administration’s response to the killings was to send the police out in the dark of night and collect the man they believe responsible for making the video.

Muslims, living in third world arm-pits, are familiar with this strategy.  People disappearing in the night when they have displeased those in power by saying something that has made them look bad.  They do not have free speech.  But we do.  Well, we are supposed to.

So ask a New Hampshire Democrat…

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Fall is the time for yard sales…..are you doing one for Obama??

Ugh.  First, the audacity of asking that in lieu of a wedding gift as you and your spouse start your new life together, consider having them just send money to a political campaign (Obama’s).  I know Michelle all wants us to move more and eat less better, but to skip a meal and then send … Read more

Data Point – US Crude Oil Reserves, 1955 – 2010

Er, weren’t we supposed to be running out (Peak Oil theory) instead of increasing (and one of the reasons why Enviro-wackos want to keep us from using more now – “it’s for future generations!“).  It just goes to show that the Malthusians amongst the Enviros never seem to consider the idea of human ingenuity in … Read more

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