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Your State House 05/13/22: Winding Down

January 12, 2025May 16, 2022 Carol McGuire

This week, the House met to agree (or not) on Senate amendments to House bills and set up Committees of Conference on those we want to either learn more or compromise between the House and Senate positions. SB 200, congressional redistricting, went to Committee of Conference, as expected. My committee asked for a conference on … Read more

Quick Thought – Laconia School District Superintendent Steve Tucker – such a MAHVALOUS Staff Manager, He is!

May 16, 2022 Skip

Ayup, we’ve been blogging a bit about his skills with people – Steve Tucker, the Curriculum Director reject from the Gilford School District is now, as word has come to me, 3-0 on managing and encouraging his School Principals working at Laconia’s Elementary Schools. Three for three… …he encouraged them to quit. Leave. Vamoose. So … Read more

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Nationalism vs. Globalism

May 16, 2022 Ray Cardello

The alternate title for this post is America First Vs. America Last. There could not be two opinions or philosophies that are more diametrically opposed. Sovereignty Vs. Open Borders. Limited Government Vs. Central Government.

So McDonald’s Thinks It Can Force “Ordering Compliance”? The Follow Up – Part 1

May 16, 2022 Skip

Although I finished my previous post concerning the bad Customer Service experience we had, as well as emailing its contents to the two entities whose dreary jobs must be in handling complaints, late last night, I kinda figured that some kind of contact would be made by now. After all, one (that would be me) … Read more

America is Suffering from Political Malpractice

May 16, 2022 Op-Ed

The year was 1992. It had been thirteen years since college graduation and the newly board-certified Urologic surgeon finally had achieved society’s green light to care for human beings. Thirty years later he had seen much of what the medical world could offer; surviving the journey by relying on his training, continued learning, and a time-tested medical method to solve complicated problems.

So McDonald’s Thinks It Can Force “Ordering Compliance”?

May 16, 2022 Skip

Last week, the Grandson had to have a tooth removed (lower front as his permanent tooth had erupted behind that baby tooth) and a couple of cavities filled. TMEW promised him that later on that day, we’d take him to McDonald’s. Well, that didn’t happen as he, like many kids his age, bit his lower … Read more

Announcement: GilfordGrok is now LakesRegionGrok!

May 16, 2022 Skip

When Doug and I started GraniteGrok, things were fine and dandy as we were blogging about State and National level issues (for the most part). Then we discovered that wasn’t holding water any more as we found, under the rubric of “What’s happening in our town is happening in yours”, we took a look backwards and saw that we were doing more Gilford politics than not. Figuring that folks might not like that emphasis, we started our first “MicroGrok” (even as we didn’t think of it in that fashion) in starting GilfordGrok. We now announce that it is growing up: LakesRegionGrok.

New Post-Psaki Era is Not Good News

May 16, 2022May 15, 2022 Ray Cardello

I am not a fan of outgoing White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki. She was condescending and arrogant. She lacked credibility for someone who claimed to represent the most transparent administration in history, and her comments were often rebuked. She often gave the impression that she was not the spokesperson but was calling the shots. … Read more

Sunday Spotlight: Tulsi Gabbard

May 15, 2022 Ray Cardello

Each Sunday, I want to take a step away from daily politics and focus on someone who has done extraordinary things or who we may need to know a little better. This week’s focus is on Tulsi Gabbard.

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Gender Pay Gap Compromise – a Company Funded Junket to an Abortion Hotspot

May 14, 2022 Op-Ed

I was recently reminded that I was attacked at a candidates’ event several years ago for telling the truth about the so-called “gender gap.” You can’t just divide the total number of women working by their salary and compare that to the total number of men working divided by theirs.

Flip Flop on Right Called Evolving on Left

May 14, 2022 Ray Cardello

When a Republican changes their mind on any subject, they are said to Flip Flop. Some feel that you should never reassess your position even if new data comes to light.

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18 US Code §1507

May 13, 2022 Ray Cardello

Unfortunately, we live today in a fractured society where people on the fringe feel a need to take things into their own hands. We see too many instances of violence, but we usually see the results of a violent act rather than preventing them.

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Heating Oil Costs Are Rippling across My Life and Family

May 14, 2022May 12, 2022 Op-Ed

Today, I had an eye-opener, reality check, slap in the face, call it what you want, can you guess what it was? It’s the cost of heating oil. Heating oil is now up to $6.50 per gallon. If you were to get a delivery of 200 gallons that fill-up will cost $1,300. A year ago, … Read more

I Want to Give Liberals a Break. I Cannot

May 12, 2022 Ray Cardello

I am approaching my 500th post. The negativity we have experienced in the last fifteen months has been overwhelming.

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Representative Richard Littlefield – I am running for re-election to the NH House from Laconia!

May 14, 2022May 12, 2022 Op-Ed

I want to start this letter out by giving thanks to the 3,854 voters in Laconia for believing in me when they elected me to the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 2020. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. When I ran, I made promises to my constituents like fighting for religious liberty, protections for … Read more

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By Golly, We’re Living in a Perfect Storm

May 12, 2022 Op-Ed

Not long ago, many of us saw the movie ‘The Perfect Storm’, where a surprisingly perfect storm pattern of battling low-pressure systems catches some commercial fishermen unaware and puts them in mortal danger, washing one ship and crew away forever. Today, we, in America, are living in another perfect storm,

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An open letter to Gunstock Area Commissioner Gary Kiedaisch: Resign

May 14, 2022May 11, 2022 Op-Ed

For months you have been at the epicenter of conflict between the Belknap County Delegation and the Gunstock Area Commission. You have garnered public support through falsehoods and outright lies. Now that the GAC legal bills have become public, the general public can compare the legal activity that you have initiated to the timeline of … Read more