This is rather interesting: DALLAS, Nov. 15 /U.S. Newswire/ — A United States citizen who now lives in Great Britain has joined with the country’s leading gun owner rights organization in a federal lawsuit that says nonresident citizens are unfairly being targeted by existing laws that restrict gun ownership to those who live in the … Read more
Some stories are just too delicious to pass up. Guns N’ Roses canceled a performance in Portland, Maine this week after being told by state officials that the band could not drink on stage. . Inspectors from the state fire marshal’s office gave the band the no-drinking order when they came to look over the … Read more
President Bush commemorated veterans, warned our enemies not to misread the results of the elections, and challenged the Democrats, so very critical of his every move throughout the new world war, to cough up some ideas of how to win. Got that Democrats? WIN… not retreat. THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. This weekend we commemorate Veterans … Read more
Holly Ramer writes in today’s Concord Monitor New Hampshire Democrats emerged from today’s elections more powerful than they’ve been in 94 years with a landslide in the governor’s race, upsets in both congressional races and strong gains in the Legislature. Tom Fahey and Riley Yates write in the Union Leader Democrats took control of the … Read more
The "big" news this week was President Bush’s "admission" that Iraq might be like Vietnam while on ABC News. WASHINGTON, Oct. 18, 2006 — President Bush said in a one-on-one interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos that a newspaper column comparing the current fighting in Iraq to the 1968 Tet offensive in Vietnam, which was widely seen as … Read more
This is my weekly column for today’s Laconia Daily Sun. Exercising the First by Doug Lambert Tag, dodge ball and jihad. At what point will we ban childhood itself? While I’m all in favor of modern innovations like good helmets for children (and adults- if they choose) when bike riding and skiing, more and more lately, … Read more
In his weekly radio address, President Bush rightfully remembers the sad events in the Amish community of Lancaster, PA. . He then goes on to discuss education in the country, and more specifically, the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). I’m not wild about ANY federal involvement in education, and I can’t get over the … Read more
Living in the heart of central NH, home of the "almost first in the nation" presidential nominating vote, we always get a front-row seat view of the early political "ground game" as the race to the White House gets cranked up. With a month left until the mid-term elections, the various Republican hopefuls have been … Read more
As we do every week, GraniteGrok prints the transcript of President Bush’s weekly radio address. This week he discusses moderate reformer leaders from the broader Middle East. I’m not sure I completely agree with his take on Abbas… THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. This week, I traveled to New York City to address the United Nations … Read more
Every week, President Bush delivers a radio address, a-la- the famous "Fireside Chats" by FDR. Because of the vast differences in our daily lives since the Roosevelt administartion, most people no longer gather ’round the radio for news and entertainment, especially on the weekends- which means you, like most Americans, didn’t hear what the President … Read more
(UPDATE: Analysis of results click here.) Today is primary day here in NH for state and national elected offices, many of which remain safely held, as they have for years, by Republicans. The major primary races such as the US Rep seats will undoubtedly remain the possesion of the incumbents. Jeb Bradley and Charlie Bass (no conservative, he) … Read more
Today is the fifth anniversary of the most devastating attack on our homeland since December 7th, 1941. The events of both days demonstrate again history’s ability to repeat itself. .Following the Pearl Harbor attack, in his December 9th radio address to the nation, President Roosevelt explained the state of war thrust upon the country: “The … Read more
The family of the woman killed in the "Big Dig" tunnel ceiling failure has filed the inevitable lawsuit that quite naturally follows an accident of this nature. . Today is the one year anniversary of the post-hurricane Katrina flooding of New Orleans. People can still be heard blaming President Bush for the complete failure of the … Read more
The state of New Hampshire has thus far resisted the siren’s call to broad-based taxes. Proposals to enact an income tax or a sales tax have spelled doom for many a gubernatorial candidate through the years. While our state still spends much more than it should, a degree of caution is generally exercised when approaching budgets. Because we … Read more
Today’s USA Today reports Mexicans with little education and limited English skills are leading a wave of newly arrived immigrants who are increasingly fanning out from traditional gateway states, Census data released Tuesday indicate. .The dispersal of new immigrants to parts of the Southeast and Midwest that are unaccustomed to foreign-born populations in large numbers … Read more
This week’s events of 61 years ago should not go unnoticed, or unappreciated. On August 6th, 1945 and again on August 9th, the United States dropped atomic bombs on Japan. Prior to that, on July 26, 1945, the Allies, in setting the conditions for ending a war that they did not start, called for the … Read more
THIS HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE. JUST IN CASE YOU HAVEN’T SEEN IT. The famed "Bill of No Rights" was written in 1993 by Lewis Napper, a self-described amateur philosopher and from Mississippi who ran for a U.S. Senate seat in 2000 as a Libertarian. =============== "We the sensible people of the United … Read more
Like a really bad tune that just won’t stop buzzing around in your head, I give you former Democratic vice- presidential nominee Jonathan Edwards. The trial lawyer with "nice hair" doesn’t seem to ever go away… News Advisory: — Former Vice Presidential Democratic Nominee, Sen. John Edwards, To Hold Special Townhall Meeting as Part of … Read more
The emerging battle against wind generated power rages on. As I noted in this earlier posting on the topic, President Bush says our nation is "addicted" to foreign oil and that we must pull out all the stops in a quest for alternative energy. What could be better than harnessing the wind? We must all work … Read more
Consider the nightmare vision, as presented by House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi as she addressed the 97th annual NAACP convention July 18th: Democrats are proposing a New Direction to take our country forward for all Americans, not just the privileged few. And when we do take back the Congress, the Congressional Black Caucus will lead … Read more