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Go Ahead, Tell Us How Socialism Works

February 19, 2019

Simply brilliant. President Trump is spanking socialists with their own playbook. He is calling out socialism. Big and bold. If you have studied leftists, as I have since moving to a liberal town in NH run by leftists from CR, NJ, NY, MA, (and some other liberal locations) you can see exactly what President Trump … Read more

Civilian Disarmament bills: Those that stand up for Liberty, Freedom, and Rights

February 18, 2019 Skip

…No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms. …The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government. –Thomas Jefferson In opposition to my earlier post, this one is of the testimonies given this past … Read more

Civilian Disarmament bills: Those that would limit your Rights because EMOTION and SAFETY

February 18, 2019February 18, 2019 Skip

Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety -Benjamin Franklin Consider this post, as a good example of how the Left despises your Right to keep and bear arms and what and how they will frame their arguments in order to legislative do to make … Read more

GrokInterview: Frank Edelblut, NH Commissioner of Education – Part 7

February 18, 2019 Skip

This is the final episode of the interview that I had with Frank Edelblut this past Friday at the NH Department of Education in Concord. The topic? Learning Everywhere – the newest idea on the idea that kids can and will learn from everywhere and in doing a lot of things (pay attention to his … Read more

Civilian Disarmament bills: Progressives don’t care about results, only intent

February 18, 2019 Skip

HB101 and HB564 have to do with gun restrictions in school zones (or as I call these kinds of bills the Second Amendment’s death by a thousand cuts). NH Rep Sharon Nordgren’s testimony was reading a letter from a bunch of Progressives (and remember, Progressives is just a focus group redo of “Socialists”). This gave … Read more

Civilian Disarmament bills – The Groksters respond

February 18, 2019February 18, 2019 Skip

And respond with guns blazing (heh!). This past Wednesday the Education Committee heard testimony from LOTS of people on: HB101 having to do “This bill allows a school district, school administrative unit, or chartered public school to adopt and enforce a policy regulating firearms, firearms components, ammunition, firearms supplies, or knives within its jurisdiction” HB564 … Read more

GrokInterview: Frank Edelblut, NH Commissioner of Education – Part 6

February 18, 2019February 18, 2019 Skip

Why, Skip, is GraniteGrok (especially you) spending so much time on education lately? Is there nothing better to be talking about? The short answer, the plain answer, is no. It IS one of our culture’s “High Ramparts” that the Left decided to target and they were willing to spend decades in influencing, capturing, taking over, … Read more

GrokInterview: Frank Edelblut, NH Commissioner of Education – Part 5

February 18, 2019February 18, 2019 Skip

And yes, I put NH Commissioner of Education Frank Edelblut into a prickly position on this but hey, GraniteGrok is NH’s leading and most influential political blogsite – of COURSE this was going to come up. Andru Volinsky – no interview about education should take place without a mention that Andru Alinsky Volinsky was responsible … Read more

GrokInterview: Frank Edelblut, NH Commissioner of Education – Part 4

February 18, 2019February 18, 2019 Skip

The next “micro-topic” that Frenk Edelblut and I discussed is one of my most favorite parts of the NH Constitution: Article 28-A in combination with the incorrect idea that education in NH is all about local control by one’s School Board. Thus, we talk about unfunded mandates, the “Statification” of local control and the “Federalization” … Read more

GrokInterview: Frank Edelblut, NH Commissioner of Education – Part 3

February 18, 2019February 17, 2019 Skip

Is Education meant to educate a Citizen of our State and Republic? Or is the major thrust of Education simply to prepare someone to enter the workforce in some capacity? It is a question, as NH is wrestling with Town Meetings and First/Second Deliberative Sessions (the latter if you are in an SB2 style town), … Read more

GrokInterview: Frank Edelblut, NH Commissioner of Education – Part 2

February 18, 2019February 16, 2019 Skip

With Part 2, I broach the subject that comes up here and again at GraniteGrok: “Curriculum and political bias in the classroom”. Given that in Part 1 we discussed the appeal process, I was curious as to how often this happens here in NH: It does happen – the teacher in Gilford showing her class … Read more

GrokInterview: Frank Edelblut, NH Commissioner of Education – Part 1

February 18, 2019February 15, 2019 Skip

This afternoon I sat down with Frank Edelblut, the current NH Commissioner of Education, for an hour long interview. Having video’d him several times in the past along with his announcement of the NH Dept of Ed’s Learning Everywhere, I thought it was time to sit down and have a conversation about the state of … Read more

NH House Education Committee – HB101 & HB564: Every House has its Nut and the Nut found its way to the hearing

February 14, 2019February 14, 2019 Skip

While NHSBA Exec. Dir. Christina made jaws drop with his pronouncement, this next guy, Harold Rosen’s words were just too good to leave for later. Everyone was talking his words but NOT for the same reason as Christina’s. If he is to be believed, it is the Lottery that’s behind all of this! Yeah, eyebrows … Read more

NH House Education Committee – HB101 & HB564: The NHSBA just made everyone’s jaws drop to the floor (THUD!)

February 14, 2019 Skip

As I said earlier, GraniteGrok and our cameras were in Concord (NH) at the State Legislative Office Building to cover two sets of hearings having to do with bills being heard that would impact gun rights. Two have been given to the NH House Education Committee: HB101 having to do “This bill allows a school … Read more

Hold The Line – GrokInterview with Susan Olsen

February 14, 2019 Skip

Before all of the testimony on the Democrat Second Amendment infringing bills started, I caught up with the Womens’ Defense League honchos (and Groksters!) Kimberly Morin and Susan Olsen who graciously agreed to spend a few minutes with GraniteGrok. Here, Susan Olsen shares her thoughts with me what these bills would do to the Live … Read more

Hold The Line – GrokInterview with Kimberly Morin

February 14, 2019 Skip

Before all of the testimony on the Democrat Second Amendment infringing bills started, I caught up with the Womens’ Defense League honchos (and Groksters!) Kimberly Morin and Susan Olsen who graciously agreed to spend a few minutes with GraniteGrok. Here, Kimberly Morin shares her thoughts with me AND sends a message to Gov. Chris Sununu … Read more

Rep. Liz Cheney Asks Green New Deal ‘Experts’: How Did You Travel to Washington?

February 14, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Ending Transportation as we know it is a feature of the Green New Deal. What we’ve come to consider modern vehicles like planes, trains, and automobiles would be mothballed. So, when four “experts” arrived in Washington to speak to Congress on the plan Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney had a question. How’d you get here?

Florida School Guarded by Combat Vet with Kel-Tec “Bullpup” rifle and a Glock 19X

February 13, 2019February 13, 2019 Steve MacDonald

New Hampshire Democrats are looking for the fastest way to allow local school districts to turn their campuses into target practice. But at the Palmetto Manatee School in Florida, they are taking defending their students seriously. Harold Verdecia, 39, was an infantryman in the U.S. Army, completing tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. He has been shot … Read more

When Asked College Students Attribute Almost All of Hillary’s “Scandals” to Trump

February 12, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Higher learning? Not so much. Campus Reform took to the “streets” to test some of the nations matriculators. Students were read a statement off a card and asked to whom who it referred. Who does it sound like would have said or done that? Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton? How well informed were these future leaders … Read more

SDGANH: “Preparing for the Future of Schooling” – Question and Answer time

February 7, 2019February 7, 2019 Skip

After both Ian Underwood and NH Commissioner of Education Frank Edelblut were finished with their talks on “Preparing for the Future of Schooling, there was a good half hour time by the audience in asking both questions about their topics and what they are seeing back in their own districts. Part A: Part B: