We may be paying too much attention to the upcoming national GOP convention to be held in Tampa. The Democrats, perhaps trying to steal our attention back, have just released a schedule of their ceremonies and festivities to be held at their convention in Charlotte, North Carolina as follows:
Did Maggie Cilley Ever Denounce Bill Clinton? (Video Added)
While we’re on the topic of denouncing things, not long ago, Bill Clinton, impeached perjurer and accused serial rapist and sex offender, came to New Hampshire to endorse Maggie Cilley for Governor. Maggie Hassan, the actual object of the endorsement, stood on stage next to the accused rapist, as have almost every New Hampshire Democrat … Read more
GrokTV Special Interview: Sue DeLemus
I have known Sue for a few years now as a TEA Party / Rochester 9-12 Project member – and an utterly devoted person to her Bible, the US and NH Constitutions, and her guns (and her hubby, Jerry). I guess that the Obama Administration and the NH Democrat Party would call her a bitter, clinger, extremist. Me? A Patriot!
A first time NH House Legislator this session (R-Rochester, Strafford 1), the ‘Grok caught up with her at last night’s Rochester City Council meeting (concerning Public Input on The Granite State Future Plan that is supporting the Obama Administration’s Sustainable Communities Initiative (spearheaded by the money carrots to change local zoning ordinance to suit the EPA, DOT, and EPA; listen to Grokster Tom as he speaks here).
I asked some questions of her – listen up!
She also testified in front of the Rochester City Council on both the Granite State Future Plan as well as the decision by the Rochester City Council to spend $9,400 to help underwrite the 2012 Presidential Campaign of Obama (after the jump):
GrokTV: “After Testimony” interview with – Sue DeLemus, Warren Groen
Both NH State Representatives Sue DeLemus and Warren Groen, testified before the City Council (against the Granite State Future Plan); both agreed to talk with GraniteGrok afterwards about whether or not they had words that didn’t get said, or items they wished to emphasize, like: “These people worship at the alter of Energy Conservation…they want … Read more
GrokTV: Rochester City Council Public input on “Sustainable Communities Initiative”- Ken Eyring
Ken’s mission at the Rochester City Council meeting( as it sought Public Input on its signing onto the NH version of the Federal Government’s Sustainable Communities Initiative (“SCI”), also known locally as The Granite State Future Plan) was to start connecting the dots between all of the groups that are pushing, advocating, and agitating for the passage of the Granite State Future Plan (to supplant local control of zoning ordinances with those mandated by the Federal Govt’s HUD, EPA, and DOT).
To wit: the Conservation Law Foundation (a partner in the Granite State Future Program) also runs the New Great Bay Coalition that is advocating for a new regional water treatment plant (which is going to cost Rochester mega buckeroonies) under the Water Sustainability Commission, whose final report will be incorporated into the Granite State Future Plan (Otherwise known as: a circular taxpayer firing squad hosted by NGOs and bureaucrats!).
Ken related a comment made during one of the Water Sustainability Commissions:
“Water and sewer rates are too cheap in the State” and at that point, a few of the Commissioners alluded to the Great Bay sewerage treatment project and chuckled that…
“The residents in those towns in that project would soon learn that water and sewer is not cheap.”
He also brought up the fact that the Planner for Rochester, Kenn Ortmann, has a conflict; he is also the Vice Chair of the NH Housing Finance Agency and has a fiduciary responsibility that supersedes that of his responsibility to the City of Rochester. Any further testimony by Ortmann needs to be challenged.
Data Point – Blue state or Red State – who is more charitable?
This is exactly what I thought it would be – the Redder, the more charitable. Mix in the religious fervor in a state, and this chart was pretty much what I thought it should be. For instance, New Hampshire voted for Obama in the last election – and was all Blue (Democrat, Left) in 2008. … Read more
Didn’t He Pledge To Cut the Deficit In Half By Now? What Went Wrong?
Four years ago, President Obama said, “… I’m pledging to cut the deficit, we inherited, by half by the end of my first term in office”. (See for yourself, at about 1:30 in.) Reported today: “The Congressional Budget Office made it official today, projecting a $1 trillion-plus budget deficit for the fourth straight year”. What … Read more
GrokTV: Rochester City Council Public input on “Sustainable Communities Initiative”- Tom Flaherty
Another of the folks that spoke out against the Federal Govt’s move to further do social engineering via the Sustainable Communities Initiative / Granite State Future Plan was Tom Flaherty. He stressed that the key entity is HUD – it gets the final say via operating through the 9 Regional Planning Commissions under contract. One statement from them:
“Given that our State’s population can fit within the boundaries of many of the nation’s cities, we are presented with the unique opportunity to create a truly integrated approach to planning not just in one city or region but across the State as a whole.”
Who the hell do they think they are – to view citizens as mere lab rats? So, it is the unelected and unaccountable Planners that get to determine how our State is going to look like? How many citizens understand this? And the chutzpah – it seems that Planners are thinking “look at what we can do!” without never thinking “er, maybe Citizens are happy in what they are doing now?” I guess not – Utopians never do…
Anyone Dissapointed That Annie Kuster Didn’t Ask Maggie Hassan to Drop Out?
It didn’t take long. Congressional candidate Ann McLane Kuster (I call her McKluster) expressed her disappointment at Charlie Bass for having better things to do than jump in to the circular firing squad against Todd Aikn, of Missouri.
“In New Hampshire, Annie Kuster rapped one of Democrats’ top targets, GOP Rep. Charlie Bass, saying she was ‘‘disappointed’’ Bass hadn’t yet called for Akin to leave the Senate race.”
Like most desperate Democrats with no coat tails to ride in on, McKluster took out the rhetorical bat against her Republican opponent, Charlie Bass. It is, after all, his responsibility as a congressman to denounce everything any other Republican does (or says, or can be said to be thinking…). So by extension, where is it I can find candidate McKlusters call for Maggie Hassan to drop out of the Governors Race.
SEIU Tells You Which Republicans You Should Avoid…by Endorsing them.
The SEIU has just informed Republicans who NOT to vote for. For this, we are thankful.
The SEIU (SEA-NH), Obama’s shock troops, the same folks who beat up black conservatives ( or refuse to denounce such behavior), have endorsed the following “(r)epublicans” in New Hampshire.
In Belknap District 8, SEA/SEIU has endorsed Rep. Peter Bolster (R), of Alton. Bolster is train wreck. He barely votes with his own party half the time. If you want a Republican you should be voting for Jane Cormier, to get Bolster out of the House and with any luck, out of our Party.
Palate Cleanser – Superman Dumps Lois Lane?
Now this is important. It looks like Superman and Wonder Woman are going to be an item. The New 52 Justice League issue 12 has them kissing in an air-born embrace. And how perfect is that.? He doesn’t lie so that lasso of truth thing will never be a problem. There is, of course, the … Read more
The Obama Campaign Cat Burgler Pays Another Visit To New Hampshire Tax Payers
Americans for Prosperity has some details about the cost to local towns of the most recent incursion of the Obama campaign. Candidate Obama visited New Hampshire—in the capacity of a candidate–to reinfect the local Obama Zombie population with a fresh batch of socialist Rage Virus. Wouldn’t want them to lose that lovin’ hope-changey, “beat Republicans with a bat,” kind of union thugocracy feeling.
As with previous candidate visits, local towns have been forced to cover any extra costs resulting from the candidates court passing through their local municipalities, even when anonymous donors rise up from the Zombie herd to make an unofficial campaign donation to cover the costs. So how much did it cost this time around (seeing as there are no anonymous donors this time around)?
In America today, we are living in a time of tribulation. WHAT DO YOU DO…
…when you are faced with the poisonous policies and politics of Obama, the Democrats, and their henchmen in government, in the media, and elsewhere? http://youtu.be/S6h9IJ15rdQ
Educating With Hassan
Maggie “Louisville Slugger” Hassan has a banner ad running over at the Concord Monitor with the pull quote…’I’ll Stand up to anyone who wants to cut Education.’
This is a dirty lie.
Any effort to expand education outside that narrow corridor of Democrat political influence will be blocked. Any existing programs that support education without government directed taxpayer dollars should expect to be cut given the chance.
But Maggie Hassan will stand up…to anyone who tries to educate their kids without public schools staffed by members of the Teachers unions (or outside of pricey private schools for the “fiscally gifted,” that are beyond the reach of all but the very wealthy). Hassan will stand up to defend statist, top-down, government managed, public education. She’ll stand up to spend more of your taxpayer dollars on the inefficient state university system. And like most Democrats she will do anything and everything in her power to protect that government monopoly by cutting into or cutting off any competition.
GrokTV: Rochester City Council Public input on “Sustainable Communities Initiative”- NH State Rep. Warren Groen
Last night the ‘Grok was invited to attend the Rochester City Council meeting as it sought Public Input on its signing onto the NH version of the Federal Government’s Sustainable Communities Initiative (“SCI”, also known locally as The Granite State Future Plan). The folks in Rochester have already been through a previous expensive Federal boondoggle … Read more
“It wasn’t THAT bad!”-where Democrat TJ Jean tries to justify Rochester’s costs for Obama’s campaign visit
Heh! While most of the public input at last night’s Rochester City Council was concerning folks warning the City Council not to sign on, Democrat Mayor TJ Jean spent the first part of the meeting trying to justify the City’s expenses (as in “Wait! It really wasn’t THAT bad”) when Obama came to town not … Read more
Republican extremists: Martin Luthur King, Jr. and Barry Goldwater
Democrats today love name-calling about Republican “extremism.” I’t not getting much traction, but it does have a distinguished history. So…with a hat tip to a recent column by George Will, here’s what Dr. Martin Luthur King, Jr. had to say about “extremism.” In his “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” he wrote as follows:
Return to the 2008 Obama Campaign Strategy (Updated and Bumped-Link Added)
(Link Added- Controlling the Message: None of that random messaging that might embarrass us.)
In 2008 the Obama Campaign hid or at least disguised his lack of experience or skill by controlling the message. He did lofty speeches, and some softball interviews in the safest of places and conditions, but anything about policy–what there was of it–was recorded in a controlled environment, by Obama or a policy advocate, and posted on line. When reporters had questions, they were directed to the appropriate video, or speech, which allowed the campaign to control the message.
The media was too in love with the cult of personality to dig any deeper than what the campaign-spin spoon fed them and the end result was the least experienced and least qualified president in American history…a guy who is good at running for office but not good at holding office.
It’s Time For A Smell Test (Update and Bumped – Democrats spent 1.5 million to elect Akin)
A Republican Candidate for the US Senate in Missouri said something stupid the other day.
“It seems to me, first of all, from what I understand from doctors, that’s really rare. If it’s a legitimate rape the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down,” he said.
Akin said later, in a statement, that he “misspoke,” claiming that his comments did not “reflect the deep empathy I hold for the thousands of women who are raped and abused every year.”
He’s referring to the frequency (infrequency) of unwanted pregnancies from rape, measured against his opposition to abortion.
OK. But it sounded really stupid the first time around.
The Question For Our Time
In the historic Presidential tradition of leaving phrases imbued into the mind of the citizenry to echo for generations, one of the phrases for this era is crystallizing. Remember Kennedy’s, “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country”, or Reagan’s, “Mr. Gorbachev, Tear down this wall”, … Read more