They Have a Right to Build the Ground Zero Mosque…

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Sure, the US Constitution asserts the right for any religion to build a facility, even if it’s in a location that instigates, insults and disrespects the sacred plot where almost 3000 people were slaughtered in an act of cowardly terrorism.

Fine.  Americans have to deal with this all the time.

As a firm believer and follower of our Constitution, I will never say "they can’t build it".  I will, however, protest and argue, in an attempt to influence public opinion, perhaps applying enough pressure to force them to build it elsewhere.

I will ALSO advocate acts of reciprocation, similar to those shown below…

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Email doodlings – thoughts on the 17th Amendment and why it needs to be repealed

Still more from from an email thread:

It is a tough sell – but if one is going to go Constitutional, and not be 1/2 way about it, you do have to accept that sometimes "tough love" has to be a part of it.  Until I saw Greg’s depiction of what the Amendment had done, I merely thought that a Senator was just like a Congressman – albeit with a different title and only 100 of ’em.  Given what the political climate is today, and the ills that have been set upon us by that repeal (states rights and all that portends), I’d be willing to give up my direct vote to put that part of the Republic back in.

People often whine that Americans are ungovernable – the Founders deliberately made it difficult to get things done and now with Obama and the Progressives ramming all this stuff through, it should be obvious why – and why the brakes have to be reset.  From Betsy’s Page:

That supposed stimulus bill that the Democrats passed yesterday to help fund state workers carries strings telling the states how they must use the money.Specifically, the bill stipulates that federal funds must supplement, not replace, state spending on education. Also, in each state, next year’s spending on elementary and secondary education as a percentage of total state revenues must be equal to or greater than the previous year’s level.

Governor Haley Barbour of Mississippi did the math and figured out his state will be…

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Under Norelli’s Rule

Guh!?Yesterday Terie Norelli celebrated my Birthday by taking to the pages of the Keene Sentinel to talk about what a great job the New Hampshire democrat party has been doing with the state.  One of the things she’d like you to believe is that they have created (or saved?) a job friendly environment that has allowed the Granite State to recover more quickly than other states.  But is that really true, and do democrats have anything at all to do with it?

It is a matter of fact that under the left New Hampshire has grown the size of state government and its regulatory nature.  They have increased taxes and fees.  While Ms. Norelli opines all the additional regulations they have added to inspire growth in the job market—and thus the economy—this is like someone handing you a tiny cup of water to put out a raging fire they started and then expecting you to thank them.

About the only thing they can claim is having inherited an ages old State formula that used to create jobs and growth.  One they have tinkered with to the point of destruction.  And things are not–as Norelli would like you to believe– heading in the right direction.

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EMail doodlings – we must be our own leader

Steve put up the video on Ronald Reagan – Stark Differences.  Indeed, the difference shown by the rhetoric of Reagan matched against that of current Progressive Leaders is stark in both syntax and semantics.

It also points up, however, a question: where is today’s Reagan?  There are those that continue to look for "The Next Reagan" and point here, there, and somewhere else.  Then there are those, not seeing a Reagan-to-come throw out the whole notion – AND his conservative philosophy as espoused in that quick clip as well (NH: think Fergus Cullen and others of that ilk).  The latter is just plain stupidity at worst and at best, sound like Democrats when they talk about the Constitution is a "living document" – either way, totally wrong on both counts.  The former is problematic at best, in my eyes, it shows an unwillingness to stand up and shoulder a responsibility that is incumbent upon us all – and not to be placed upon a single leader, as I wrote a bit ago (emphasis added): 

I would turn that around a bit – WE need to become our own leaders as our current ones, by definition, have already failed us.  The one thing that I have learned is that the old adage still rings true: if you want something done right, go do it yourself.

In other words, we have to do it – you have to lead, and I have to lead.  We can no longer shuffle that off to someone else; we must, if we are return to that Founders Vision that made this the greatest country on the face of the earth, all lead – there is no more sitting back onto the couch and no more just being a lowly soldier in the movement.

No more can we just let government, after casting our ballots, run on auto-pilot...

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Of Mosques and Men…

Guest post from Robert Jursik…

For a man seemingly incapable of going fifteen minutes without saying "Let me be clear," President Obama evidently has an uncanny knack for being  misunderstood.  Following the iftar dinner hosted at the White House Friday night, headlines in every major newspaper in America – and even the New York Times – screamed something similar to "President Backs Ground Zero Mosque."  Within twenty-four hours came the update: "Uhh, no he didn’t."

Now we are told that he actually meant he supports the RIGHT to build a mosque but would not actually comment on the WISDOM of it.  Horse hockey.  The "eloquent" Harvard-trained lawyer-turned-best-selling-author-turned-president knows exactly what he meant: he wants everyone to think he agrees with them.  It should not be that difficult to come down on one side of this question or the other.  The debate we’re seeing in this country now proves that without question.  Given the choice between progressive liberalism and libertarian constitutionalism, I choose…neither.

In fact, I choose – as I always do – conservatism…

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There’s a reason why…a bloodbath may be coming

It seems that with effectively a one Party rule system in power (i.e., the Progressive Democrats that have been taken over by the hard left Progressives (and remember, Progressivism is nothing except incremental socialism)), all of the  ‘wet dream’ social engineering ideas of theirs have been slapped against the heart of of the American public.  

Individual resourcefulness?  We’ve got a Big Government bureaucrat for to do that for you! Self-governance?  We’ve got a Big Government policy to remove that pesky idea!  Want Government to leave you alone?  Oh, now THAT they have no answer for (except an emphatic "NO! WE have to take care of you!").

I swear, the Progressive favorite phrase has to be "Government intrusion: super-size it!".  After all, their ideas are just. so. great, right?  They think so – the rest of us ain’t groovin’ to it at all:

This has GOT to be giving Progressives that twisted feeling -President Hopey Changey has a rather large problem:

Rasmussen: 

  • 45% of Americans STRONGLY disapprove of Obama
  • 65% of Americans are angry at the Federal Government
  • 60% want Obamacare repealed (w/50% holding repeal is best for the economy) 
  • Generic Republican Congressional candidate has a +12% advantage over Generic Democrat

One of the foundations of Progressive / Liberal thought is that we should allow ourselves to be governed by an elite cadre of "management scientists" that best know what is both good for us and what needs to be done to have an "efficient" society.  It is obvious that they have done everything than can in the time they have had (with Obama’s Presidency and having controlled Congress since 2006).

It is also rather obvious that most of us don’t agree – but the Progressives…

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Pilots And Patriots Defending The Constitution

Christopher Hill is the founder and driving force of Pilots and Patriots defending the constitution, a grass roots group focused on attracting professional pilots (Chris was a fighter Pilot in the Gulf War), and just about anyone who can be a convincing patriot (they accepted me). "Pilots and Patriots Defending the Constitution" is a growing … Read more

Email doodlings – a brief definition of a RINO

In an email thread I’m on, I was asked (since I missed it the first time):

So, I will ask again, What is a true conservative?  What is a RINO?

Here was my brief answer – in two parts:

Here in NH, a RINO is someone that votes contrary to the principles of the NH GOP Platform 70% of the time.  Votes that violate the major precepts of nominal GOP stances (less taxes, less government, more freedom, adherence to the Constitution) on multiple occasions warrants that title as well.

I am willing, at times, to give passes to our representatives on bills that have "traps" in them set by the opposition, whereby a vote that is seemingly cast against the platform was done to keep a worse evil from happening.

A conservative hews to traditional political values known as Constitutional.  Further, traditional cultural values are in the forefront of a conservative’s actions and mindset – which also includes those values stemming from our traditional Judeo-Christian national heritage.

There is the political – AND, in this time of a concentration on fiscal policy and laws made contrary to the Constitution, there is the social.

Go ahead, explain how being a fiscal conservative also allows for such an expansive liberal mantra as our burgeoning welfare / entitlement State? I posit…

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What About Bob?

What About Bob?Congressional Candidate Bob Bestani is what you might call a well-connected ruling class insider.  He has spent years as part of the evil international banking community and he is proud of his work for the Asian Development Bank (ADB).  According to his Campaign site Bio

Until May of 2008, Bob served as the Director General of Private Sector Finance at the Asian Development Bank, a multilateral bank dedicated to alleviating poverty in Asia. In the six years in which he served in that capacity, ADB’s private sector financings and earnings grew by over 40 times their 2001 levels, while portfolio quality and earnings steadily improved. Working closely with most of the countries of Asia, the Private Sector Department grew from the smallest of ADB’s departments to the largest and most successful operating unit of the ADB. In March of 2008 the Bank’s Board adopted private sector financings as the leading priority of the ADB for the years ahead.

So what’s the big deal?  Bob worked at a major international bank that is dedicated to alleviating poverty?  Well it seems to me that if you are going to use alleviating poverty to advance your political credibility people deserve to know the potential downside of how that actually plays out in the real world.

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Rockingham Looks For A Sherriff

There are some interesting developments in the race for Rockingham county Sheriff.   Candidate David Lovejoy was involved in a ruckus in East Kingston over the placement of some campaign signs—this from Seacoast Online.com  (More here) The guy on the other side of the alleged altercation was local farmer Jeff Walker, who might want to watch … Read more

Character Bass-assination

  So how does this work for Charlie Bass? Back in 2005 C-Bass lead the school in an effort to get Tom DeLay to step down as Majority leader because of possible connections to Lobbyist Jack Abramoff. That’s not exactly a way to instill confidence or support in the guy.  Well the DoJ just announced … Read more

Americans for Prosperity “Free Summer Cookout” this Wednesday

This Wednesday, August 18th, starting at 5pm, Americans for Prosperity’s NH chapter is hosting a "Free Summer Cookout", at Sargent Park, behind Holman Stadium, Nashua.

Free food, candidate meet-and-greets, family fun!

Wed Aug 18th, 2010
5pm
Sargent’s Park, Nashua NH (behind Holman Stadium)

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Press Release

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For Immediate Release – Monday, August 16, 2010
Contact: Corey R. Lewandowski (603) 894-5881 or (202) 550-7839

E-Mail: CLewandowski@afphq.org

 

Americans For Prosperity To Host Free Summer Cookout In Nashua Wednesday
Gubernatorial, US House candidates invited to join public to discuss issues

 

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In case you missed this endorsement…

In case you missed it earlier this year, Laura Ingraham endorsed Ovide Lamontagne for US Senate from NH, on her nationally syndicated radio show. Pass this on, to those who may never have know that this took place.

An Open Letter to the TEA Party, Libertarians and 912 Patriots

Guest post by Derek "Mac" Kittredge, Rochester Republican City Committee

The TEA parties grew out of the accurately perceived observation that our nation was under attack from the very agency created to protect it from enemies, foreign and domestic ~ our own government! And many state and municipal governments were going rogue as well. Political auto-immune disease, if you will, with gangrene and Stage 4 bureaucracy.
     
The Marxists couldn’t win elections on their own merits, so they did the next best thing, they took over the Democrat Party. By 1944, Norman Thomas, a former Socialist candidate for President announced that it was no longer necessary for him to run since the Democrats had adopted his platform. Actually, the Democrats were already primed for this as they had been the party of class oriented slave owners and the Ku Klux Klan (Sen. Bob Byrd, WV(D) was the Grande Kleagle of the Klan he organized). Whereas the Republicans were the Abolitionist wing of the Whigs (1853), supporters of Universal Suffrage and abolishers of Jim Crow. We are the Constitution and Liberty party. Today, the Democrat party is totally Marxist on its way to Stalinist fielding Manchurian candidates and those useful idiots posing first as liberals then progressives. Commissars follow Tzars all too soon.
     
The Republican Party’s biggest problem is that the MSM, Hollywood, TV and our public education system have re-written the GOP story and hidden its mission statement by the inspired use of clever propaganda. The result is, that many Republicans become disaffected, discouraged and stay home. And lose elections. Sure we’ve had our share of opportunists and fools, but remember where the revelations of our collective faults come from. The MSM lies, slants and cherry-picks the stories. Now they are doing this to the TEA party. And America! Think what 90 years of Koolaid has done to the Republican brand. The answer isn’t purges, it’s education! And action.
     
Realizing this, I joined the Rochester 912 group and told them several things:

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“Gov. Lynch To Business Community: NH To Reward Employee Theft”

Guest post by Andy Sanborn – small business owner and candidate for NH Senate, District 7, and has been endorsed by GraniteGrok because of stances such as this:

Governor Lynch says stealing is OK, just don’t take a lot, but if you do steal and get caught, don’t worry, the State will take care of you…  As a business owner, employer and someone who believes we should maintain a rational moral code, I can’t wrap my arms around this latest law enacted by our Governor and the legislature in Concord.  For anyone who wonders if our current crop of leaders in Concord is out of touch, maybe this is the hand in the cookie jar, so to speak.

This is just another perfect example of how twisted the perception of right and wrong is in Concord, and why so many of us want to see a change in this disappointing leadership.

Last week, the Governor signed Bill HB1168 into law, effective September 6, which will force business owners to reward employees caught stealing.  The law, filed under RSA 282-A: 35 states that an employee only commits “Gross Misconduct” if they steal more than $500 from their employer.  So, under this new law, if an employer fires an employee for stealing, the State will allow that employee to collect unemployment checks, of which that money comes from a tax assessment of all business owners in the State.

And, it’s not just if an employee steals from the boss, same thing if an employee is caught stealing from a customer, another employee or the cancer donation jar on the counter.

Until now…

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John And Terry Try To Suppress Free Speech?

Granite Grok- Supporting racist vandals?Someone sent me a picture of a campaign sign with a sombrero on it.  It was a Mahoney for Congress sign.  It was, well…kind of funny, given that Mr. Mahoney stated on video that he was basically supporting the Grahamnesty path to amnesty.  He has flip flopped since then, and insists he’s for a border fence first, but it’s a campaign thing…who really knows.   But that didn’t make the sign any less amusing.  So I posted it.

As with most things a blogger posts, not everyone agrees.  And that’s kind of the point. We encourage that, but somtimes the comments are not well thought out.  For the record I posted the photo in question with no supporting text.

Comment number one on the jump

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