Heh! Stacy hits The Charles Johnson Special!

Over at The Other McCain is this really short video – you have to watch carefully to see that blazing fedora whiz past: Doff that fedora, Stacy! Unless you’ve been in the blogosphere for a long time, you would not know that Pam Geller and Robert Spencer are hated by Charles Johnson.  And who is … Read more

Be Breitbart

Glen over at Instapundit has put up a fair amount of posts and words concerning the passing of Andrew Breitbart and passes this comment from one of his readers along: I attended my first caucus today. It was a great experience. We filled a middle school cafeteria to the brim, there must have been almost … Read more

Beggars CAN be Choosers

Sandra Fluke as Veruca Salt - I Wan't it Now!
I want Contraception Now Daddy!

Welcome to Veruca Salt Nation where beggars can be choosers.  Where  a 30 year old “law school student” aka-professional activist gets trolled before the fawning media by DC’s Democrat party leadership, (right on time!) to pretend she is a victim.  Her name is Sandra Fluke, the new face of the Democrat Parties Veruca Salt Nation.

“I want my taxpayer funded contraception now, daddy.”

And why not?  We are the 99.   Children up to age 26 are encouraged to seek a free ride, extended to age 30 (apparently) in Ms. Fluke’s case.  Just another step on the ladder to full dependency.  And while you are asking for things why not a constitutional right to Monistat–along with hot tubs, tropical getaways, and rooms for two–because if you are going to waste taxpayer funded contraception dollars the way the government wastes everything else, you should do it someplace nice–but the occasional yeast infection might be more than just a fluke.

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Why President Obama “can’t” fix high gas prices

President Obama says he cannot do anything about high gasoline prices.  It seems to me that lowering gasoline prices should be a lot easier than President Obama’s claimed ability to “slow the rise of the oceans and heal the planet”. Democrats demanded that President Bush do something about high gasoline  prices by releasing oil from … Read more

If You Have An Erection Lasting Longer Than Four Hours…

Ed Morrissey, over at Hot Air, has a quote worth sharing.  On the matter of Reason TV’s Nanny of the Month–an Arizona Legislator wanted to add disclaimers to air-brushed images–he makes a point about disclaimers in general and how they have become fuel for our amusement. I already laugh at the pharmaceutical ads that go … Read more

Gilford Steamer a Government Watchdog? Nope – lapdog is more like it.

I have been absent for a couple of days here at the ‘Grok as I have been spending time with my “other ‘Grok”.  That would be GilfordGrok that covered only issues that affected my home town.  With Doug going into political retirement, it was all I could do to keep up with this site, so GilfordGrok, over the last couple of year,  turned into my abandoned red-headed step-child version of a blog-site (pretty much, all I did was post up video of the meetings of the Budget Committee).

Sidenote: every town needs a ‘Grok to do the work that the mainstream press can’t or won’t do.  And what we see happening in DC, what happened in Concord, happens everywhere including your town or city.  And with the passing of that conservative firebrand Andrew Breitbart, we ALL need to be Breitbarts!

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Endorsement (for my Gilford readers)- Doug Lambert for Gilford School Board

I have submitted the following to the local papers:

First, the School Board decided to flaunt the will of Gilford voters, who voted 2-1 to not have a new Superintendent (hiring one the day before the election). Then, the Board decided to not hold the Special Meeting as petitioned by Gilford residents because of this action (and in violation of NH law). Then at the Gilford Candidates Night, the current Chair and past Chair (Kurt Webber and Sue Allen, respectively) insisted simply by saving $11,000 on busing costs was a superb reason to start up full day kindergarten – again, showing complete disdain for Gilford voters who had previously voted NO (video at GilfordGrok.com). Kurt Webber has further doubled down by stating he had cut the School Board’s budget (even though expenditures have grown) – and showing that the bureaucrat-ese of “Washington budgeting cuts” (where a “cut” = “increasing, but at a slower pace”) has been brought to Gilford.

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This is not political…but it’s eerie as hell….

When Skip Murphy dragooned me to blog with GraniteGrok, I said “Okay, whatever…but what do you want me to write about?” He said “Whatever interests you.” Okay, that’s mostly politics, especially in New Hampshire…but every once in a while….

Something comes up. Like this. The picture on the left. The human heart. That is, something that may be on the verge of being obselete, and in the process the  human species may end the necessity of having…any heartbeat.

I know. Science fiction, right? But an article that just appeared in PopSci.com surely blew my mind. Here’s the deal….

In late 2003 Dr. Bud Frazier—a famous heart doctor at Texas Heart Institute implanted a newly approved…uh…”turbine pump” in the chest of a young man from Central America. It was designed to assist his diseased heart, not replace it. He was told to come back to the hospital for “frequent checkups,” but neither he nor his family was fully conversant in English, so “the young man walked out of the hospital and disappeared. When he finally showed up eight months later…

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Guest post by Peter Bearse, Ph.d and a former Congressional candidate

THE RISE of a NEW POPULISM

A rising new populism can become the heart of an America rising anew. What, after all, do liberals and conservatives have in common? It’s the recognition of “We the People” as more than the opening lines of our Constitution. “Power to the People” is the title of a conservative book, not just a leftist line. “The American Way” and “The American Dream” resonate with those on both sides of the political aisle. Some commentators have recognized that there is a common core of concerns animating both Tea Party and Occupy movement activists. The core concern is failure of political “business as usual” to serve more than the “One Percent” of insiders, crony capitalists, the “Best and the Brightest”; and other elitists who frequent Wall Street, Washington, D.C. and foster the incestuous interconnections between and among them.

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Democrats Do Not Want You To Be Free

According to Dr. Larry Arnn, President of Hillsdale College…

“Limited Government is necessary if you are going to have a representative government.  You can’t have a representative government unless you have a big, strong, independent, vibrant society, that can be represented, that is independent of the government that represents it.”

With people being who people are, this makes perfect sense.  We are not angels.  And human beings are not to be trusted in the defense of their own cause because they are prone to take advantage or each other.   And history has shown time and again that bigger governments inevitably result in fewer freedoms.  So we can see who favors less actual freedom–not the false rhetorical, hopey-changey, social justice variety–by looking at who encourages dependence on a larger central government.

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Obama’s enemies list…why was it horrible when Nixon did it, but okay when Obama does it now?

From the Powerline blog, via Instapundit: “WHY CAN’T THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION MAKE ITS CASE WITHOUT DISSEMINATING HATE?” “Have we ever had an administration like Barack Obama’s? An administration that tries to benefit from pitting Americans against one another? An administration that uses its billion-dollar slush fund, not to mention the resources of the Executive Branch, … Read more

Andrew Breitbart, RIP

  He was a very nice guy when I met him. A very regular human being. Not full of himself at all. Very down to earth. He thought the Free State Project was a neat idea too. Although he didn’t know much about the FSP, he had heard about it prior to when I showed … Read more

Introduction to the Constitution (Conclusion)

Here is the concluding session of the Hillsdale College Introduction to the Constitution. (Part 5) To see earlier versions posted on Granite grok, here is  Part One,  Part Two,  Part Three, and Part Four.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JJnWoDskkHU   (Sorry – MP3 Version was too large to add to the post) Please visit Hillsdale College and register … Read more

My Buddy Ed “Nailes” Middle East Policy.

My friend Ed Naile, blogger at NH Insider, and Chairman of the Coalition of New Hampshire Taxpayers, in a recent blog post titled I’ve Been Working On My Own Middle East Policy!, posits a solution to the problem of Muslim extremist attacks on Americans wherever they may be.

If we are going to deal with Islamists on a regular basis like we have since 1805 or so, maybe we should use some tactics that may be more on their level of understanding, like Thomas Jefferson did.

If by accident or by mistake some Korans get burned and it results in week long riots and murder of Americans, then apologize like hell about the Korans.

And when it comes to Islamic terrorists killing Americans WE should go nuts.

How about some huge marches on American cities objecting to any slight against an American? (Photo shop the marches, they will never figure it out.)

Open up some silos, arm some fighter jets, float a battleship up next to some coveted object, bomb some power plants, harbors, refineries, dams, or other modern structures real Islamists don’t really need in the first place.

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“The Peoples’ Voice” – with our own Susan Olsen!

Now on WSMN 1590am Thursday mornings, 10am – 11am, is Grokster Susan Olsen’s new radio show called “The Peoples’ Voice” with ‘Grok friend, Karen Testerman: Susan Olsen and Karen Testerman (both above) and   of Smart Girl Politics in NH present The People’s Voice, every Thursday at 10am. Whether it’s local, state or national politics, this … Read more

Breaking News – Michigan GOP Changes Allocation Of Delegates

ABC News headline states: “Michigan GOP Changes Delegate Rules, Gives Primary Edge to Romney” and the Associated Press states “Michigan GOP changes delegate award after vote.” Last night there was an unannounced closed-door secret meeting of the Michigan Republican Party credentialing committee. During the meeting, they voted 4 to 2 to allocate delegates differently than … Read more

Our Bodies Ourselves…Your Tax Dollars (Updated)

This book has been around forever.   My first girlfriend in High School had it way back in the seventies.   And while it has had several new covers over the years,  given the current circumstances I took it upon myself to make a new cover art “suggestion” for the next printing.

 

Our Bodies Ourselves - Your Tax dollars

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I won’t even bill them for the copy writing.  Consider it a donation.

(Updated…)

It occurred to me that this might be a better option and I wanted to make sure everyone had a “choice.” (on the jump)

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Anonymous Calls For Armed Rebellion

Anonymous declares war on USThe Obama Administration has been itching for an Internet foe to distract us from our current “non-social issues” related difficulties. (No jobs, no growth, that sort of thing.) Anything at all will do.  So how about this?

Anonymous has officially declared war on America by calling for an armed rebellion against the U.S. government. Not redneck militia.  Not TEA party patriots or former Military. Not even people with Gadsden flags in their windows or Ron Paul bumper stickers on their rusty Volvos.  It’s Anonymous.

DaTechGuy Blog has the links to the original reports, and some commentary about the perceived threat– but what I want to know is…how does the invertebrate progressive establishment even respond to this?

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