Triple Crown

All I can say is….“wow, we did it”. I attended the NH GOP State Committee meeting yesterday, at Pinkerton Academy in Derry, as a voting member and as a political commentator, and was thrilled to spend the entire day and evening among so many like-minded friends, patriots, colleagues, and acquaintances. In the last six months, New … Read more

NH GOP Annual Meeting – text of Phyllis Woods’s address.

I need to amplify what Tom said here before you read Phyllis’s words:

Ever-sympathetic to the grassroots, Woods was the ONLY speaker (aside from Jack Kimball), who praised the work of the activists and the "Tea Party", who helped make the successes of 2010 a possibility.  As time goes on, I find more and more reasons to appreciate Phyllis’ contributions.

Indeed on both counts.  She has been a tireless worker for Conservatism and hasn’t always received the thanks she has earned.  I also agree much of the self-aggrandizement said about the Republican victories on Nov 2 was totally unearned – the absence of the reality that Republicans were the beneficiaries of the TEA Party movement and the groups that worked hard to put Republicans into elected seats NOT because they were Republicans but because they weren’t Democrats.  I note with no small amount of irony that it was the Strafford County Committee, consisting of many Rochester 9/12ers, put the virtual smackdown on the person who should have been singing their praises (and I’m not talking about Ms. Bergeron).

Kismet.

Gosh, Phyllis is gonna kill me…

Guest post by Phyllis Woods, RNC Committeewoman from NH, at the NH GOP Annual Meeting:

The RNC is under new management!  The members of the Republican National Committee met in DC last week to elect a new Chairman. Reince Priebus is a young, dynamic, tireless fundraiser and proven leader. He’s already making changes and changing faces. He began work immediately on his plan to restore our donor’s faith in the RNC. He’s not a rock star – but he’s a rock-solid conservative. And today, as we mark the 38th anniversary of Roe v Wade, it’s notable that our new Chairman describes himself as a 100%, Psalm 139, pro-life Republican!

Congratulations on becoming a member of one of the largest Republican State Committees in the country! Ronald Reagan once said, “A political party is a mechanical structure created to further a cause. The cause, not the mechanism, brings and holds the members together.”  We stand united today because our cause is the very salvation of our Republic.

With our basic freedoms at risk, the stakes are high. We must elect a Republican president in 2012.  America can’t continue to slip toward becoming the land of the “partially free.” We took back our state last year; we’ll take back our country next year!

Our state will play a key role in this effort. The eyes of the country will be focused on our First In The Nation primary. We have a responsibility to…

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NH GOP Annual Meeting – one of the winners: “The Camera”

Heh!  One of the moments of levity was early in the day when the results of the Area Chairs (1 – 5, covering NH): Vicki Schwaegler Jack Thorsen J.P. Marzulo Rob Casper "The Camera" Heh again!  That would be Alan Glassman, who is as omnipresent with his love of taking stills with his camera (yeah, … Read more

NH GOP Annual Meeting – Intro Speeches

OK, let’s face it – when ever a bunch of political folks gather, people are going to give speeches (even those that aren’t running at that particular moment).  The NH GOP Annual meeting was no exception.  This year, NH State Senator Jeb Bradley, newly minted NH Speaker Bill O’Brien, newly minted Congressman Frank Guinta, and … Read more

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.

It’s GrokTalk! – At the Annual GOP Convention!

It’s GrokTalk! – At the Annual GOP Convention!
We may not be broadcasting live (or will we?) but whatever the circumstance we’ll be there from before the start until after the finish, recording and then pod-casting from inside and outside the Republican annual convention.

Jack Kimball Wins

Most everyone will know by now that the GOP convention was a rousing affair, very goodhearted and unifying overall, and that Jack Kimball is the New Party Chairman.

Is Leadership Opposing The Recall Bill? (HB 73)

Seal of the US SenateSources in the State House have suggested to me that Dan Itse’s HB 73, ‘An Act establishing a process for recall of US Senators from New Hampshire, may be opposed by the Republican House leadership.

This information comes quickly after an article in the Union Leader yesterday in which the usual suspects on the left assumed that the bill was meant as an attack on Jeanne Shaheen.  That thinking stems from the root of evil that is in side the Lefts party leadership.  If the democrats had proposed it, it would be to unseat a Republican Senator so they naturally assume that this is the intention.

Sorry.  We really do not think that way.

I am not Senator Shaheen’s biggest fan, but I agree with Dan Itse whose response to that was no.  It is not to unseat anyone. Six years is simply too long for any elected representative to be in office without any real sense of accountability and US senators, be they Shaheen, Gregg, Ayotte, or whomever, have far too much time to exercise far too much power without any regard for its actual relevance or effect on the state they are meant to represent in that body.  The history of the Senate since the institution of direct election is one of corruption, self enrichment, and political fiefdoms.

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Greg Carson For Republican Secretary

Greg Carson has a very impressive resume, one which makes him more than qualified to serve as the Republican Party Secretary. He has already served several years as the assistant secretary, the job I endorsed Pam Manney for yesterday.

Jack Kimball for NH GOP Chair – an endorsement

A guest-endorsement from Ted Maravelias, of Windham, NH.  Ted is a Conservative Activist, and has been a significant contributor to New Hampshire grassroots political action in recent years. *** Dear Fellow Committee Member, Recently, you may have received an email from Jim MacEachern citing his concerns aboutJack Kimball and a recent newspaper article concerning his candidacy … Read more

Is This The Worst Bagel Ever?

Making things taste like crap on purpose in not something the free market traditionally rewards unless it is popular-trendy “tastes like crap,” in which case all the finest people are buying it which encourages lesser mortals seeking aimlessly for some kind of identity to follow suit in the hope that they will become “better people” by association.

Loser 2: “Hey look, Chantelle puts blow-fish droppings on here arugula.”  Loser 3: “Wow, she is so hip.”

Into this confused world comes the Weight Watchers Basic Bagel, which I purchased not because I or anyone in my family is watching their weight, but because they were on sale.  How was I to know what would happen next?

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Jack Kimball for NH GOP Chair Endorsement

Guest-endorsement from the Hon. William O’Brien, Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, and State Committee member. *** January 21, 2011 Dear Fellow State Committee Members, I am writing to ask you to join me in voting for Jack Kimball tomorrow for NH GOP Chairman. Jack is a successful entrepreneur who has a proven … Read more

No Trespassing Sign “Authorized Replacement”

As I understand it, Ward Bird had posted his property and made it clear that trespassing was frowned upon.  After confronting a trespasser who would not stop trespassing, he brandishing his legally owned and obtained hand gun, and was arrested and sentenced to jail for it.  This was handled badly, he never should have been imprisoned, and while he has been granted a parole hearing to perhaps resolve the matter of the balance of his sentence it should not have come to this.

But I can’t help but wonder if a different sign might have helped? 

With that in mind, here’s a (viable?) alternative for anyone looking for more options to keep folks off their property so that they might avoid the same set of circumstances.  Just print off a few copies, and tack them around the perimeter. 

Although it does lose something when the hand painted sign is not made out of several different sizes of scrap wood.

(on the jump…)

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Gordon Humphrey endorses Jack Kimball for NH GOP Chair

Republicans won a landslide victory in November, because our message was conservative and it was clear:  we believe in freedom from excessive government and freedom from excessive taxes; we believe freedom best promotes widespread prosperity. If we are to deliver on our promises, we must now insistently stick to our principles.  We must insist those … Read more

Nottingham GOP Co-chairs – Jack Kimball for NH GOP Chair

Nottingham Republican Committee Co-Chairs Endorse Jack Kimball for NH GOP Chair. We, Mary Bonser and Brian Stucker, co-chairs of the Nottingham Republican Committee, would like to add our support and endorsement to Jack Kimball as the next New Hampshire GOP Chair. We got to know Jack during the 2010 NH Gubernatorial Campaign and were very … Read more

Republican Liberty Caucus of NH: Endorsements for the NH GOP Executive Board

At the Republican Liberty Caucus of New Hampshire (RLCNH), we have been working feverishly since well before the 2010 GOP primary elections to ensure that the number “New Republican,” conservative legislators is increased in the state house. As we know from the results of the mid-term election, then the subsequent Speakership and Majority Leader elections, … Read more

A request from Frank Guinta (R-NH) on the Debt Ceiling

We sent him to cut spending, cut the size of Government, and cut its intrusiveness as well.  Already, Frank and his staff are putting things into place to try to keep his promise: to be the peoples’ Representative. 

He completed one item – he voted to repeal the deficit inducing / Government Growing / Liberty killing Obamacare:

“I repeatedly told the people of New Hampshire last fall that I would vote against this misguided piece of legislation, and today I delivered on it…It exceeds the limits of the Constitution, places unfair and unrealistic burdens on small business owners, inserts the government into your relationship with your family doctor, and sinks Washington even deeper into debt.”

An associated item that Obamacare does is accelerates the growth of the Debt Ceiling (remember, it was sold on 10 years of revenue but only 6 years of spending – TILT!).  We are now over $14 Trillion in debt and the Obama Administration is on track to add another $1.3 Trillion this year – 3 years of Trillion+ dollar deficits!  The problem is that Obama is framing this as an all or nothing venture – either we keep spending at that rate or the Government shuts down.

Nonsense – they could do what my family does or when I ran a small biz when money got tight – line up the bills, schedule them as needed, pay those on time, and cut the rest.  Certainly, Obama could do the same thing; just ask yourself -> when it snows in DC, why are all non-essential US Govt workers told to stay home – and then DC looks like a ghost town?  If they are non-essential then, why have them the rest of the time?  If the jobs they do are not absolutely necessary (want, not need), isn’t that a sign that Govt is doing too much with too many at too high of a cost?

In this case, Frank is looking input:

  • Vote a higher debt ceiling?
  • Shut it all down?
  • A better answer?

Frank and his staff have reached out to GraniteGrok and asked us to spread the word – he wants to know what you think and how YOU would handle the problem in a typical NH common sense way.  We’ve asked, however, that if you do send in your ideas and suggestions, that he list them so you can see yours and your fellow NH citizens’ ideas.  You can be sure that the ‘Grok will be doing the same!

The request:

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Jack Kimball for NH GOP Chair…an endorsement

Guest-endorsement submitted by Jeff Chidester.  Jeff is a well-known New Hampshire political analyst and commentator and has his own radio talk show, New Hampshire Perspective, on WGIN and WGIR AM.  Jeff also has his own political blog. * * * While most kids dream of getting their drivers licenses, I could not wait to vote.  I … Read more

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