Once again, GrokTALK! was live this morning from 9-11am.  Given the wonderful weather, that it is SUMMAH!, we know that more of you are listening on YOUR time and not ours.  Steve has the audio here for downloading to listen when and where that suits you.  Video – a bit more convoluted, but here it is:

• Pre-show: we kvetch about tech difficulties but thanks to Dave downstairs, we have new keys so we can get into the office when WE want to!
• Segment 1 – Groksters Steve, Kimberly, and Skip talk about the news of the day and week and intro our new “segment”: Whisky Tango Foxtrot and Scott Brown was served up.
• Segment 2 – Greg Moore from Americans for Prosperity / NH comes on to talk about the issue of Obamacare, past NH healthcare insurance history, and Medicaid Expansion. Grokster Mike calls in from California and we talk, in part, about the Israel and Gaza,
• Segment 3 – Dan Hynes comes in studio to talk about why he is running for NH State Senate.
• Segment 4 – Conservative / TEA Party activist  (and ‘Grok friend) Jack Kimball comes in to talk about the 2014 Senatorial Primary here in NH as he is the campaign manager for former US Senator Bob Smith.

Pre-Show

Read more

The Founders' belief that self-interested branches would protect their own appears to have been their single, fatal miscalculation.

— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) July 9, 2014

I have been saying this for a number of years now – that Congress has been following in the footsteps of the Roman Senate – still having the self-righteous words, the rhetorical flourishes – in that it has killed it self by a thousand cuts bills.  More and more, and solely for the sake of their re-election careers, deliberately fail to do their jobs.  They won’t make the hard choices, the difficult decisions that we expect our elected legislators to make. 

Read more

Most of us on the Right remember this lady upon Obama becoming President: “I wouldn’t have to worry about putting gas in my car. I wouldn’t have to worry about paying my mortgage. You know – if I help him, he’ll help me.”.  A lot of us were fearful, for we did believe him when he told Joe the Plumber that wealth was better when it was spread around – with the insinuation that he (Obama) would do so.  And he has kept his promise, just not quite the way that Ms. Joseph thought.  To refresh:

And her tune today – hmmm, it seems to have changed quite a bit: straight out of the Wizard of Oz:

Read more

And the last couple of questions made to Walt Havenstein at this past Wednesday’s Belknap County Republican Committee meeting.  Also, and in keeping with the GraniteGrok policy of always putting up everything (which has been done, chopped only for the time for each topic), the complete time is after the jump (with some breaks ONLY because the camera has been starting to fail and I “stopped/started” the recording so as to not get corrupt recording files).

• Question 4 – An apology is needed, sir!
• Question 6 – Do you support Right to Work (RTW)?

Question 4                                                                   Question 6

Quick Result:

• None is going to be offered
• Yes

The whole schmear:   

Read more

Having finished with the candidates for the NH State Senate, it is now time to turn to those activists that are now going to run either for re-election or for the first time:

• Frank Edelblut – Hillsborough District 38
• Michelle Levell – Rockingham District 7
• Nick Zaricki – Hillsborough District 6

Frank Edelblut                                                      Michelle Levell

Nick Zaricki

Previous Video:  

Read more

The “I don’t work for Scott Brown before he WAS working for Scott Brown” person that decided he was going to record a group of us that were protesting the “Scott Brown event at GONH meeting” across the street – and had a “moment” when we decided to return the favor.  Here, he introduces himself to the folks at the Belknap County Republican meeting this past Wednesday:

And as a reminder:

Read more

And the last of the candidates – and again, they are running for the NH House of Representatives:

• John Burt – Hillsborough County District 39
• Lawrence Cheetham – Hillsborough County District 7
• JR Hoell – Merrimack County District 23
• David Murotake – Hillsborough County District 32

             John Burt                                                         Lawrence Cheetham

JR Hoell                                                              David Murotake

Previous videos:   

Read more

And I bet that NH State Rep Dan Itse doubts that it is this:

NH State Rep Leigh Webb (D): “The role of government is to legislate behavior“

Regardless of what Progressives want to believe (and force upon us), that is not their Constitutional role.  Find out:

Previous Video: 

Read more

Certainly, there are many more candidates than just those that have already spoken; there are plenty more to come.  Vying for either the NH State Senate directly as the NH GOP nominar (they do not have a primary) or will be striving to be that after September 9th (the day of the NH Primary).  Here are three – all in the same District (and obviously, in the same Primary):

• Gary Daniels, NH State Senate District 11
• Dan Hynes, NH State Senate District 11
• Maureen Mooney, NH State Senate District 11

Gary Daniels                                                                Dan Hynes

Maureen Mooney

Previous Video: 

Read more

Dang, I THOUGHT I might be able to get these up before Steve gets the audio up.  Yes, we had a late start as we couldn’t get into the building at our regular time, so our start time was 9:30am and then ran late on the other end.  BUT!  A good show with

The Pre-Show – we grouse a bit.

• Segment 1 – former US Senator Bob Smith (R-NH) who is seeking the NH GOP nomination for US Senate
• Segment 2 – Matt Murphy with Citizens for a Strong NH
• Segment 3 – Jazz Shaw, the weekend Editor of Hot Air joins with the Groksters
• Segment 4 – Groksters Assemble!  Normally Segment 1, we talk about issues of interest to us.

Pre-Show

Segments 1 – 4 after the jump:

Read more