Like I just said here, ‘Grok friend Ed Comeau (he of the “big honkin’ camera”) goes to a multitude of local and state boards and commissions to record their meetings.  I can tell you with great authority when someone sees that staring at them, knowing that someone is going to watch that video, you can literally watch attitudes and behaviors change.  Change – yes, Ed accomplishes change at  Government Oversite in doing just this.

He also issues RTKs – Right to Know demands under NH’s RSA 91 for when one thinks that someone in Government has pulled some kind of shenanigans. This is the Citizen’s way of going “WAIT A SECOND” – and it can change behaviors as well.  And that has a couple peoples’ panties in a wad (HEH! – reformatted, emphasis mine):

Two men elected to county commission refuse to take office unless protected from Right-to-Know lawsuits

OSSIPEE – The two men elected last month to seats on the Carroll County commission refuse to be sworn in until the county delegation agrees to provide them financial coverage in the event that a Right to Know lawsuit is filed against them.  The Right to Know law covers a wide range of governmental entities such as school boards, selectmen and county commissions. The commissioners’ insurance carrier, Primex, does not cover Right to Know lawsuits. The county commissioners already have one pending Right to Know lawsuit against them as individuals and the county.

Ha!  My first reaction was “don’t do stupid things – and if you see such by those that report to you, expose it!”  And here is where “the funny” starts as it becomes clear that Ed’s reputation rightly proceeds him: 

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Yesterday’s GrokTALK! was a FUN show to do – it is a fun time ANYTIME a bunch of Groksters get together.  Serious topics with lots of “Squirrels!!!” and side tangents along the way – and yes, some tomfoolery along the way.  Hey, none of us gets paid for spending all this time so why NOT have a “let the hair down” and “let it all out!” moments?  I’m not even going to try to “label” each segment as too much was covered and, like the ADD bloggers we can be, circling back around.  That’s just life as an “everything is connected” group of political bloggers!

Pre-Show:

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Last week James O’Keefe (founder of Project Veritas, the video investigative site that has bedeviled those that would turn the seams between policy and real world into deep, dark corners) came in for extra segments GrokTALK!.  I do have to apologize – I processed the video then, then got distracted, and then went “Oh Vay!” when I realized this morning that I failed to post them up last week.  Mea Culpas for not doing so.

James O’Keefe segment 1:

James O’Keefe segment 2:

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Did the nanny state obsession with regulation land crushing the individual kill Eric Garner…

[Greg] Gutfeld argued that comparing Garner’s case to the Michael Brown case was inaccurate, and that “it’s really not about cops versus blacks, but government versus citizens. The nanny state crushing the individual. The grand jury might have screwed up, the tape paints a grim picture, but who knows.”

He added, “the cop wouldn’t have approached Garner if the law didn’t make him. I don’t believe for a moment that any man, even a cop, wants to wrestle a 350 pound man over a single damn cigarette…policing is a series a tough spots requiring sensitive and constant assessment. So, why make it worse with idiotic, stupid laws?

Gutfeld concluded “unnecessary laws have consequences and in this case that consequence was death.”

Breitbart

Video on the jump.

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Seventeen States are Suing Obama over Executive Amnesty

Texas Governor-Elect Greg Abbott is leading a 17-state coalition in a lawsuit challenging the legality of President Obama’s plan to grant executive amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants currently residing within our borders.

There are three main parts to the lawsuit: first, that Obama’s Executive Action violates the power-limiting “Take Care” Clause of the Constitution; second, that the Administration ignored required rulemaking procedures; and third, that if allowed to go into effect, the order will “exacerbate the humanitarian crisis along the southern border, which will affect increased state investment in law enforcement, health care and education.”

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The lawsuit was filed by Alabama, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, West Virginia and Wisconsin. You can read the complaint here.

Video…

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