Take the Poll!!Would You Let Your 4th Grader…

…go to the State House now that it is not a gun free zone? Hell yes! (or my 5th grader, or 8th Grader or 9th Grader…..) The Londonderry News has a poll on their front page, about half way down on the right side.  Go.  Take it.  Make their server crash with your votes!

NH GOP Annual Meeting – a few pictures

Well, a couple of folks took the time in taking pictures of us at the NH GOP Annual meeting – if they were willing to take the time, we’re willing to take the time to post them!

This by Bob Jursik is really neat:

 Grok at NH GOP Annual meeting overhead

Top left is Jorge Mesa-Tejada being interviewed by me, Tom Flaherty is at his laptop talking to a couple of passerbys.  I got there real early and kinda" commandered this spot as being best suited for our special edition of GrokTALK! all day long – mixer, cameras, mics, et al – and we thank Mike Rodgers for the comms gear and expertise to keep us up pretty much all day long (no Wifi).

And Alan "The Camera" Glassman took this and the two after the jump:

I’m yakking with Steve as Phyllis Woods, RNC Committeewoman from NH, stops by to say hello (and yes, we did talk with her as well).

Many thanks, sirs!

Oh yeah – many people thought this was amusing as I wore it all day long:

I am not the second coming of Ryan Williams

(in reference to the rumor that I was going to be the next Comm Dir of the NH GOP – Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!)

 

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Rebuttal to a Letter to the Editor – civil society?

In one of the local papers was this Letter to the Editor:  Editor, The Citizen: Just another thought on current events both locally and nationally: Why is gun ownership necessary to live in a civilized society? Dianna BabcockSandwich My response was this: I will answer Ms. Babcock’s question of 1/22: Why is gun ownership necessary … Read more

More on the SOTUS tonite

While you are playing cards, courtesy of Steve, Boortz has a few things for you to consider:

Here is just part of the reality of Barack Obama as he prepares for the SOTU tonight.

  • He still dislikes the free markets and private enterprise
  • He still believes that the economy should be planned by a central government
  • He still believes that our nation is no more exceptional that, as he has said, Greece.
  • He still harbors an intense resentment toward America for what he believes to be it’s role in the colonization of Africa.
  • He still believes that America’s greatness comes from government, not from free people living and producing together under the protection of the Constitution.
  • He still believes that the Constitution is an inconvenient document
  • He is still a man who spent his childhood years being raised in cultures where American history was not part of the learning experience, or a footnote at best.
  • He still believes that the tax code should be used to seize one person’s property to give to another out of a sense of "fairness."
  • And … perhaps most importantly … Barack Obama is still a man who believes it is his mission to "Radically Transform The United States of America."
  • He is still, therefore, a radical. 

Obama’s poll numbers were getting crushed before Nov. 2 but are rising right now.  Ask yourself:

  • Is that due to the latest pronouncement from Obama and the rhetoric he has been using?
  • Has he changed his philosophical underpinnings that much solely for political reasons i.e., getting re-elected)?
  • Do you believe he means what he says (concentrating on jobs now) or is it more saying what he thinks you will believe (hopey changey)?
  • Or is it because simply because the Firewall (Republican tsunami on Nov 2) that are giving people a sense of relief?

In his speech tonite,  does it sound like:

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More on “it’s not mine to give”

More on the meme – is the use of property taxes really charity? (earlier here and here). From the Laconia Citizen, 1/14:  Rebuttal to Laura DiFonzo

By all means, all of the charities (which you call service organizations) you list do good work; no one on the Gilford Selectboard or Budget Committee have stated otherwise. What they have said, if I maybe so bold (as I am an elected Budget Committee member but do not speak for the Committee here), is that it is rightfully up to the citizens of Gilford to make that  decision, via the ballot box, whether or not to use their tax money AND that of their neighbors’ to support them. 

Personally, I am against the practice of sending tax monies and plan on voting no on these warrant articles.  Why?  I do not have the hubris to demand that my neighbor, or my fellow citizens in Gilford, to be forced to support any given charity no matter how good the intention even if I believe they should. At that point, it is no longer charity – it is forced giving.  Charity is an act of individual kindness and responsibility; using tax monies is neither. Someone is declaring their disrespect for the property of others (i.e., their money) when they advocate someone else’s money should be used for a purpose that they might not otherwise support.  

It should be up to the individuals of the town to make their own decisions whether or not to reach into their own wallets and no one else’s.  Ms. DiFonzo asks the question of "what is a NH Citizen to do?" The answer is exactly what she is doing – as a United Way volunteer who works diligently to persuade individuals to be charitable and part with their money for her cause, she asks individuals as it should be.

Is she now advocating that people should no longer have a choice in how their money is to be spent?  Does she believe that politicians should now be in charge of who receives charity – and who doesn’t?  And by her Letter, is she signifying that all should be forced to give to those she supports?

In my estimation, these charities have lost their way and have become too professionalized as well as too dependent upon government monies.  Perhaps, as the United Way does, they should return to the roots of charitable contributions – seeking funding from the actual public instead of from the individual town Public Treasuries.

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America’s Coming “Great Depression II”

Don’t think it can happen? Think again. Here’s why: "Atop her dynamic and productive people, America’s County, State and Federal governments squat like rogue leviathans excreting tens-of-thousands of new laws and regulations every year. Choked by bureaucracy and debt, The United States of America is in no position to save the world from this crisis this … Read more

Live blogging: SOTUS thoughts

 Update: Incoming from Rep. Frank Guinta’s office, if you are so inclined:

 Representative Frank Guinta will be interviewed live on the C-Span cable TV network’s “Washington Journal” program about his reaction to President Obama’s State of the Union address.  He will be interviewed by host Greta Brawner, and viewers around the country can call in their questions.

WHO:     Representative Frank Guinta (R, NH-01)      

WHAT:   Live interview on his reaction to State of the Union speech      

WHEN:   Wednesday, January 26,  9:10-9:30 a.m.       

WHERE: C-Span’s “Washington Journal” cable TV program

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Thoughts on SOTUS (oldest first):

  • Empty seat – for Gabby Giffords – totally appropriate.
  • Robust debate?  Gee, didn’t he stifle a debate with the Republicans with a quick phrase "I Won"?
  • Common beliefs?  Not all that sure of that…
  • "Work together tomorrow" – consiliatory or a challenge?
  • Shared Responsibility – gee, does that mean he’s going to make a "shared sacrifice"
  • No sir, the stakes ARE in who wins the next election.
  • Progress – small biz guy growing his biz?  Such irony as they cut to Soldis, Sec. of Labor.  Reminder – the NLRB is cracking down on small biz that doesn’t want to unionize.
  • TMEW – Why is Biden’s mouth corners downturned?  Is he always mad?  Me – looks an awful lot like  Jeff Dunham (the ventriloquest) dummy – Walter
  • Oh, here we go with the "invest" word….
  • International competition – no, it is not the international competition that is scaring biz; it is their government and the unknown that it brings.
  • The future is ours to win.
  • Uh-oh; a fault of the free enterprise system that govt HAS to spend for.  Internet, chips, space – doesn’t he realize that those were related not to the private market but to defense (a proper role of govt)?
  • Invest in biotech, IT, clean energy – here we go with the Govt-centric economy…  
  • Yeah, solar shingles – but what happens when the subsidies run out – I saw this ALL back in the 80s when I tried to get that stuff fixed after the companies went under when the govt $$ stopped.
  • 1,000,000 electric cars by 2015?  Is he insane?  Has he looked at the latest sales figures?  Crap – he’s going to tax the oil companies.

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That’s It for Me: No More Obama State-of-the-Union Speeches

I just can’t see wasting an hour or more of my time listening to this President recite a litany of statements so utterly divorced from reality as to be fairly characterized as outright B.S. The nation stands on the precipice of financial ruination, and our President is talking about all the wonderful things the federal government is … Read more

How About Them Nazis?

Given how touchy the New Hampshire Democrat Party (NHDP) leadership is about comments relating to Jews and Nazis I wanted to wait a few days before addressing the words of Tennessee House Democrat Steve Cohen. Cohen made a few, lets call them ‘off-hand remarks’ about propaganda, Republicans and Nazis. He then did it again with spin. And again. (and..Zzzz)

Mark Fernald as “Hugh Jihass”

Does Democrat Mark Fernald do the letters to the editor follow up over at Fosters Daily Democrat or is he just complicit?  Amidst a series of letters posted on January 14th at Fosters.com is a smarmy bit of left wing drool authored by one Hugh Jidette.  Fernald liked the letter so much that he shared it on his email distribution list saying…

Here’s an excellent letter from Foster’s Daily Democrat.  I encourage all to write their own letters to expose what the right wing is up to.

Mark Fernald

Forget what the right wing has been up to, what has Fosters and Mark Fernald been up to? 

Hugh Jidette is a false name.  Huge Jidette (Huge Debt) appears as a fake Presidential Candidate to deliver awareness ads about out of control spending and the risks of borrowing on the scale the democrats embraced.  Hugh was all about borrowing money.  But Some on the left spun that and sold it to their peeps as proof that the Republicans were lying about taxes and using the campaign to justify slashing the deficit to punish hard working civil servants.  That exact same theme has found its way here in the letter published in Fosters, by a Hugh Jidette from Rochester, but with a local spin. The national left wing meme viewed through a granite state filter.

But we have no way of knowing if it was written by Fernald himself, Kathy Sullivan, Ray Buckley, The Center for American Progress, ‘Norris Cotton’ over at Red Hampshire, or by Fosters Editorial Staff.  

One thing we do know is that the person vetting letters over at Fosters should change their name to Hugh Jihass, and that by forwarding it as if it were written by an actual local resident, Fernald looks like a Hugh Jihass as well.

 

Once you have finished giggling, and before some democrat named Huge Jidette from Rochester comes forward to take credit, the text of Fernald’s Email is available on the jump, followed by an example of some original video put out in the debt awareness campaign.

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Nashua Telegraph Snubs GOP Committee Meeting

The Nashua Telegraph’s progressive tendencies are frequently on display but never more so than in this mornings Sunday print edition. There is not one mention of the Republican State Committee meeting that went on for five hours, nor the election of any officers including the new Chairman Jack Kimball.

NH GOP Annual Meeting – Micro-interview with Leigh MacNeil

Leigh MacNeil, Merrimac GOP Chair, sat down with GraniteGrok at the end of the NH GOP Annual Meeting to dicusss the day’s happenings with Jack Kimball being elected the new NH GOP Chair, possible future scenarios, and the upcoming event with Tim Pawlenty on Monday night at the Grappone Center in Concord, NH  

“Bold & Brash” loses to “Send me reinforcements!”

A tale of two tales – "Bold & Brash" was the phrase that Gov. Sununu tried to use to characterize Jack Kimball as being unfit to be his replacement.  "Send me reinforcements" was the battle cry of NH Speaker of the House Bill O’Brien (who also noted that Jack is the guy that the NH Democrats fear most) gave in nominating Jack to the next Chair of the NH GOP.

  

  

On the left is Gov. Sununu’s last Chairman’s speech.  While he did review the immediate past good results, he spent the majority of the time speaking to the future in that the minutiea is of the prime importance and needs to be managed, that the "watch is now ticking well".

Unfortunately, that "future speak" very much also included his determination to determine the outcome of that that day’s upcoming election to replace him.  Several times, it was evident that he was disparaging the Liberty & Freedom candidate, Jack Kimball, by using the phrase "Bold & Brash" and by the "below the surface" political slur" meme that Prez candidates might not be welcome in NH due to a litmus test (picked up from NH Journal in a political questionaire that was then used against Jack).

On the right is NH Speaker of the House Bill O’Brien’s nominating speech for Jack.  The obvious comparison almost does not need mentioning (but hey, why not?): where Sununu’s could be construed as "anti-Jack", O’Brien completely avoided the negatives of either candidate and was a rousing "Pro-Jack" stemwinder.  He realizes that we are still in a war against the Democrats and they will try anything to regain power.  Bill knows Jack, knows his stances, and agrees with the political philosophy.  He realizes that in this time to come with attacks on the way, the NH GOP needs a person on the parapets willing to take on all comers and defend the Party as the "face of" the Party.

The Sununu’s contention was that…

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NH GOP Annual Meeting – Gov Sununu announcing the New NH GOP Chair: Jack Kimball!

Yesterday was the 2011 Annual Meeting of the NH GOP Party where several internal Party positions were up for grabs including the Chairman’s position (Sununu was retiring).  Here is the announcement:

And yes, the entire auditorium EXPLODED in cheers – I apologize for the quality of the video as I also got caught up in the moment…

We’ll leave this one up on top for a bit…

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NH GOP Annual Meeting – Nominations for NH GOP Chair: Lynn Blankenbeker, Peter Angerhofer, Maureen Mooney

I already posted the nomination of Jack Kimball for NH GOP Chair that NH Speaker Bill O’Brien gave here.  Each of the candidates, however, had two folks nominating them for the position: Lynn Blankenbeker for Jack Peter Angerhofer and Maureen Mooney for Juliani Bergeron Lynn Blankenbeker   Peter Angerhofer    Maureen Mooney The "seconding" nomination … Read more

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