President Bush to members of the House: Empower the trial bar, or empower the intelligence community.

Pres Bush (GG file photo by Doug) In his radio address this week, President Bush again implores the House to pass legislation protecting valuable intelligence tools necessary to fight a resourceful and determined enemy. I hope Carol Shea-Porter and Paul Hodes are listening! THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. This Thursday, Laura and I returned from an … Read more

“At this moment, somewhere in the world, terrorists are planning a new attack on America”

President Bush in Stratham, NH August 2004 (photo by Doug) In his latest radio address , President Bush rightfully cranks on House Democrats for skipping town after a grueling 2-1/2 day workweek without reauthorizing the FISA legislation– an important tool in the fight against those who would do our Nation harm… THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. … Read more

Dragon Soup: Front page of USA Today reports: 75% of Baghdad Secure

Colonel Ricky Gibbs, commander of the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, talks to Iraqi children in the Masafee neighborhood of East Rashid, Baghdad during a recent visit there. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Kirk Luedeke, 4IBCT Public Affairs)   Kudos to USA Today reporter Jim Michaels, whose front page story in the … Read more

John McCain rips the bark off of Romney!

… . Wow! As many of you might have figured out, I’m the kind of guy that LOVES the heat of political battle. I can’t get enough of those able to deliver the conservative message in such a way that it becomes for all intents and purposes indisputable to all those who hear it. Additionally, … Read more

NH DOT Funding Follies cont’d: Say NO to the Lynch/ GOP toll hike.

… . Regarding the ongoing NHDOT spending mess and proposed tax increases on the hapless citizenry, I was pleased to see that NH GOP chair Fergus Cullen had the gumption to put up a petition at the state party website saying that Governor Lynch and the Democrats in Concord need to prove to taxpayers that they … Read more

Rachel Carlson: Guilty of genocide? “Silent Spring” released 45 years ago.

. In this post from a little over a year ago, I wrote Ever since I can remember, my Dad was complaining about the demise of the pesticide DDT. "There were no mosquitos back then," he still says to this day. He always insisted that the reasons used by the environmentalists to create the near panic … Read more

Campaign ’08– GraniteGrok Analysis- A View from Central NH. Part 1: Republicans

Given the crop of presidential wannabees all jumping into the fray in the past two weeks, I’m beginning to think that perhaps it’s time for me to throw my hat in the ring as well. The way things are going, if I don’t hurry, I may be the last guy in America that ISN’T running for … Read more

We ARE succeeding in Iraq – by one who knows

The following is an address given by the US Ambassador to Iraq, Zalmay Khalilzada. Summary (and Conclusion) In my remarks, I have explained the path to success in Iraq – the actions that the Iraqi government, the United States, and other members of the Coalition see as the keys to achieving the strategic goal of … Read more