Yes, a lot of speakers were present at the First Annual NH Strong Conference – and they weren’t done yet!  Two more:

• Mike Rigas, Deputy Directer of Coalition Relations at the Heritage Foundation
• Hon. Marilyn Musgrave, former Congresswoman (R-CO) and Vice President of Government Affairs for the Susan B. Anthony List

Mike Rigas:

Hon. Marilyn Musgrave:

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And this wraps up the video from the NH Federation Republican Women’s annual meeting with Dr. Betsy McCaughey as the keynote speaker.  Here are the last questions of the evening along with a quick commentary from Ann Marie Banfield that intimates the real possibility that the humungous data mining effort from Obamacare will be tied to that of Common Core?  If you believe that the first requirement of Freedom is the notion of Privacy from Government, you’ll want to take a quick listen and then listen back to Question #7.

Question #7:

My kids are in middle school and the pediatricians are starting to ask questions I’m not used to like how do you spend your free time, do you have guns in the house, and where do you go on vacation.  Is this part of the data mining? Should I be concerned?

Takeaway – Teach your kids about privacy and that some things stay in the family.

Question #8:

I’m having a hard time getting my head around reporting on your tax return.  You have to report who you pay, what you pay, and what about all these people who don’t do an income tax return?

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The Keynote Speaker for the NH Federation of Republican Women’s annual meeting was Dr. Betsy McCaughey:

BETSY MCCAUGHEY, PH.D., is a constitutional scholar with a Ph.D. from Columbia University, a patient advocate and health policy expert, and a former Lt. Governor of New York state. In 1993 she read the 1,362-page Clinton health bill, warned the nation what it said, and made history. Today she is doing it again. With a Ph.D. in Constitutional History, she can actually tell us what the Obama health law says.

In 2009 medical excellence and freedom came under assault again, and McCaughey put her skills to work. She was the first to uncover the health provisions slipped into the February, 2009 stimulus bill. Members of Congress were stunned to learn the stimulus bill could limit care for seniors and dictate your doctor’s decisions.

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Yesterday, the ‘Grok was pleased to have been invited to the NH Federation of Republican Women’s annual meeting yesterday in place of doing our normal GrokTALK! podcast recording.  Even with the smallest room (and, as it turned out, a smaller PA system), they graciously gave us space to set up our normal “tv studio in a laptop” kit (microphones, headsets, cameras, soundboard…) for live streaming the entire event, do some interviews (as Grokster Steve has started to post the audio).  The keynote speaker was Dr. Betsy McCaughey (former Lt. Governor of NY, Constitutional scholar, and one of the nation’s premier Obamacare experts (and yes, she HAS read the entire bill!).

While much of the meeting may not be of tremendous interest to all, it is to these ladies so here are the videos of importance to them:

Intro Ceremonies (Invocation, Pledge, National Anthem, Awards, and Recognitions:

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Well, back at it.  Too many things going on at once and I’ve fallen behind on getting the video of the Alton Business Association’s Workforce Housing Forum this past week.  I put up the Intro, remarks by NH State Rep. Jane Cormier, and Part 1 of Ken Eyring’s presentation (the bulk of the time used by the Speakers) – see after the jump for the links.

Here is Part 2:

Part 3:

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While Ken Eyring did use most of the time allotted for speakers, he was by no means the only speaker: Alton taxpayer and conservative activist Sylvia French also spoke at the Alton Business Association’s Workforce Housing Forum (again, kudos to them for being willing to host such a forum – generally businesses steer wide of such politically loaded subjects).

In order of their speaking – Ric and Sylvia:

Previous Videos:

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The people who were in attendance at the ABA Workforce Forum just did not want to stop.  Normal for this kind of an event might be 15 – 30 minutes of a Question and Answer period – this one went well over an hour (with some fireworks as well!).  Well, people are fired up, had questions, and they wanted their say as well.  It is clear that this is going to be a topic that will be going on for quite some time – and GOOD for them!  A working democracy demands an involved electrate – and as we have seen lately, it takes an involved AND educated one at the local level to ensure that higher levels of government and various NGOs just plain butt out.  Sadly, those that would want to tell others how to live, and those that act as useful idiots for them,  must be beaten back with sticks (sigh – I do wish that tar & feathers, and the stocks, were still permissible).

Here is Part 1:

Part 2:

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Well, I said that there would be some fireworks – and there was.  Long time Planning Board member and long term Lakes Region Planning Commission member Mr. Tom Hoopes decided that he was going to take exception to the evening’s information.  Really, how did expect that he’d do arguing against the plain language of the HUD documents that Ken Eyring read and the RSA itself read by NH State Rep Jane Cormier?  Regardless of his intent, he did not fare well if one measured the “hoots, hollers, and snickers” from the crowd as he outright denied that what was read was wrong?

From the government docs themselves? That appears near the end of this video.

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It was a long night and a long meeting – but if a topic is important, isn’t it important to take the time to discuss it correctly?  It was obvious when looking at the faces of the attendees that a lot of the information was brand new.  It was also clear, when some of the ramifications of what the legally binding documents signed on their behalf by town officials (elected or appointed) might have for them going forward.  “Strings attached” to the money might well become chains (re: Westchester County) – and they are not happy.

Nor should they.  For too long, IMHO, too many citizens have taken the apathetic view that “Hey, those that are handling this will do the right thing by us!” – never realizing that by outsourcing ALL of their responsibilities for lack of time, they haven’t realized that those officials might not have the time, either, to keep up with documents upon documents upon documents layered like onions by full timers who seemingly are driven by an agenda of “social justice”.

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And the last video from the Forum, Part 5:

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Last night, the ‘Grok was asked to cover a forum in Alton being sponsored by the Alton Business Association.  I have to hand it to those folks to be willing to sponsor such a forum on this subject as it has, is, and will become more and more political.  Their stance, as iterated by the Chair in this first video, is that if a topic is important to the Town, it is important to them even as they are going to stay neutral on the subject itself.  The ‘Grok salutes them.

Please note – last night was a very long night lasting about 3 hours.  Thus, rolling out the video will take a coupla / few days with the main Speaker being Ken Eyring of Southern NH 9/12 Project.  Also, there was a “spirited Q&A” at the end – yes, the ‘Liar card’ was thrown!  But we’ll keep that secret zipper’d up for bit (wink!).

Part 1 – Introductory Remarks:

Part 2 – NH State Rep Jane Cormier

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