“In 1991, Mohamed Akram wrote a memo for the leadership of the Muslim Brotherhood that explained its work in America as "a kind of grand jihad in eliminating and destroying the Western civilization from within and ‘sabotaging’ its miserable house by their hands and the hands of the believers so that it is eliminated and … Read more
Life in Obama’s Amerika… Sleep tight little babies. Until the men in the shiny black jackets come in the middle of the night. With ski masks. [H/T Jane]
. I will be joining Alex and Kevin on their Voice of Liberty radio show on BlogTalkRadio tonight starting at 8PM EST. The topic of discussion will be the militarization of our local police forces thanks to the "generosity" of the Feds, and the abuse that happens when some law enforcement officials lose sight of the … Read more
Regular readers know that here at the ‘Grok, we believe that transparency in government is of paramount importance– in ALL levels of government. Because one cannot fight or alter basic human nature, whenever power is given to anyone in government, it must be closely watched, lest it get abused. And, based upon observing events … Read more
.. As reported in last week’s Citizen newspaper by reporter Gail Ober, some Central NH citizens have filed a lawsuit questioning a small sliver of the "stimulus" funds flowing from the Federal government. Local activists Doug Lambert and Thomas Tardif have filed a fourth lawsuit against the Belknap County Commission and the Delegation, this time … Read more
.. Regular readers know that the rise of quasi-public "special operations groups" (SWAT teams or "SOG") within the Granite State law enforcement community has caught our attention. In this prior post about a raid in Bristol, NH involving some 20 masked police officers, I mentioned two other events involving overwhelmingly excessive force given the circumstances. One … Read more
Is it over? Is it really the end of the line for America? "Over? Did you say ‘over’? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!" No! It’s not over till WE say it’s over! Starting Saturday morning at 9 am! . …. .Pat … Read more
Unless, of course, you’re one of THEM… So I’m reading the caselog report of the local (Laconia, NH) district court in last Saturday’s Citizen newspaper and I came across this: Christopher A Gibbs, 29 of Mudget Hill Road, Loudon, pleaded guilty to reckless conduct for allegedly driving in a sleep-deprived state, resulting in an accident on South Barnstead … Read more
Regular readers know that the rise of quasi-public "special operations groups" (SWAT teams) within the Granite State law enforcement community has caught our attention. In this prior post about a raid in Bristol, NH involving some 20 masked police officers, I mentioned two other recent events involving, what is in my opinion, an overwhelmingly excessive … Read more
How many times have you heard someone say this? "If you get in an accident, and you know you’ve been drinking, go someplace close by and, in view of many witnesses, proclaim how distraught you are from the event and pound several stiff drinks. THEN, go back to the scene." And of course, the thought … Read more
Starting Saturday morning at 9 am! . …. .Pat Hynes Skip Murphy Doug Lambert As usual, this week’s broadcast version of GraniteGrok and AnkleBitingPundits brings an array of items and guests for your consideration– ALL STARTING AT 9AM! As always, thanks to the technical wizardry and analytical skills of Skip, if you are … Read more
Welcome to New Hampshire… the Live Free or Die Police State. Welcome! You’re guilty! Now, I’m all for gettin’ the bad guys, so don’t get me wrong as you read this post. What I’m NOT for is an ever expanding POLICE State, with growing powers of law enforcement creating an inverse shrinking of our freedom. … Read more
As certain people remain unsure about voting for John McCain, asserting that he is somehow not conservative enough for their liking, they MUST take a serious look at the alternative, and the consequences of a Barack Obama presidency. In addition to what will most likely still be a Democratic-controlled US Congress, classic anti-gun rights liberal … Read more
*see below… Starting Saturday morning at 9 am! . …. .Pat Hynes Skip Murphy Doug Lambert As usual, this week’s broadcast version of GraniteGrok and AnkleBitingPundits brings an array of items and guests for your consideration– ALL STARTING AT 9AM! As always, thanks to the technical wizardry and analytical skills of Skip, if … Read more
To protect and serve? For many years, visitors to my former business location might have noticed a picture on the wall– torn from a newspaper– of a “police” checkpoint in Serbia. What captured my interest was the caption telling the reader that the picture was of a “police volunteer” manning an urban checkpoint in the early … Read more
For the nearly two years that GraniteGrok has been open for business, we have written a fair amount about the ongoing union assault on successful American companies like Wal-Mart. We have covered both the philisophical questions raised by such tactics in a free-market society as well as exactly who comprises the instigators behind such ongoing attacks. … Read more
Terror in London, Conflict Imminent, Public Unprepared ("Eyewitness" Part III) History provides interesting parallels. In September, 1939, United Press war correspondent Henry Tilton Gorrell arrived in London on assignment. He found the British government unprepared for war. The Germans were well on their way to overrunning Poland, and Britain had pledged to protect the Poles, … Read more