that determined that the IRS can only issue tax credit subsidies to Obamacare plan holders IF they purchased their Obamacare plans from an Exchange that was created by a State and NOT the Federal Government.  Here, the Progressive academician from MIT, Jonathan Gruber takes a question and confirms what the language in the Obamacare Law states – totally opposite of the regulation that the IRS tried to apply (that EVERYONE was to get a tax credit if they met the criteria):

Oh, OOPSIES!  The White House (and Prof. Gruber) are trying to walk that back, a verbal typo (a “speak-o”?).  Problem is, there is another instance of him saying the exact same meme (audio only) – the driving idea was to force States to put up their own Exchanges by leveraging (and creating) anger in those citizens whose States did not do their own Exchange (e.g., using the Community Organizing technique of getting people mad at others:  “WHY ARE YOU PREVENTING ME FROM GETTING OTHER PEOPLES’ MONEY?!?!?!?!?”): 

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A bureaucracy that openly plots to overcome Congress's oversight is not a partisan issue, it is an honest-to-God threat to the Republic.

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

We have seen the IRS stall Congress over the targeting of TEA Party groups to silence / harass them before the 2012 Presidential election – specifically the emails of Lois Lerner.  We have seen that the EPA has done the same thing (“we lost the emails”….we had disk crashes”) .  DOJ has done the same over Fast and Furious (and now, Operation Choke Point).  We see the same recalcitrance now with ICE over the invasion of illegal alien kids – no one knows exactly how many, lower level govt and communities are not told when they are just bussed or flown in (many diseased, and many are not “kids” but mid to late-teens, and if the pics are to be believed, gang members).  It goes on and on.

Here, we see signs that the IRS coverup is starting to unravel:

These words are appropriate: 

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…Putin has made Obama’s words to Mitt Romney during the debate “the 80s called and they want their policies back” look stupid, hollow, mocking, trite, and callow.

Schnadenfreude.  And for those of you who are trying to forget those “triumphalism words” (gee, wasn’t that the term you Dems used against Romney??), here’s a little reminder:

(cartoon H/T: Liberal Logic 101, video H/T: Instapundit)

Oh, and there is this from Time Magazine….80s anyone? 

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One of the things that Michelle McManus was adamant about was that she wanted an event where all of the candidates at her home were those that her town could actually vote for.  Here are the candidates that are running to be the next folks running to be the NH State Reps from Bow and Dunbarton:

• NH State Rep JR Hoell (seeking re-election)
• John Martin (first time candidate)
• Bill Kuch (first time candidate)

            JR Hoell                                                                          John Martin

Bill Kuch

Previous videos:  

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Given that the event was for and organized by Jane Cormier in her run to unseat the Republican Establishment’s choice in the primary for NH State Senate, Dave Boutin (who most unRepublican like voted FOR an increase in the gas tax and voted FOR enlarging NH State Government ever by voting for Medicaid Expansion).  Here she makes it quite clear that values matter, that Principles matter – not the Party.  Jane believes that our State is headed in the wrong direction and that by actually implementing the conservative and Liberty & Freedom agenda, it can be turned around:

Also speaking at the event was former US Senator Bob Smith (who is running against both Scott Brown and Jim Ruben in the 2014 Senatorial Primary).  He, too, believes that Conservative values as espoused in the Constitutions (US & NH) and the NH GOP Platform need to be implemented – that decades of ignoring them have brought our country to the peril that now faces it.  Plain speaking, willing to take questions from anyone and answering them directly (favorable or unfavorably), he certainly is the person that NH should be looking at:

Previous videos: 

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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

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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. 

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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:

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