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For some as yet inexplicable reason, this quote, from one of my 5 all-time favorite movies, Conan the Barbarian, popped into my head today… Mongol General: "What is best in life?" Conan: "To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women." I dunno. I’ve always thought … Read more
Insight of a Sergeant Major (The author, J.D. Pendry, is a retired Army Command Sergeant Major who writes for Random House.) NO PUNCHES PULLED HERE Jimmy Carter, you’re the father of the Islamic Nazi movement. You threw the Shah under the bus, welcomed the Ayatollah home and then lacked the spine to confront … Read more
In this week’s radio address, President Bush talks about Christmas, and in particular, reminds us not to forget our troops afield during the holiday season… THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. As families across our Nation gather to celebrate Christmas, Laura and I send our best wishes for the holidays. We hope that your Christmas will be … Read more
Put me on this guy’s Christmas card list… WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 /U.S. Newswire/ — An armed sleigh-borne Santa Claus zeroes in on Iranian and North Korean nuclear missiles in a postal Christmas card sent this month to government officials and others. . John M. Snyder mailed the cards to the president, vice president, Cabinet and … Read more
From my favorite comedy movie of all time, Stripes: Cruiser: I joined the army ’cause my father and my brother were in the army. I figured I better join before I got drafted. .Sergeant Hulka: Son, there ain’t no draft no more. .Cruiser: There was one? . Bob Jones of Meredith, retired Marine and tireless … Read more
The headline from The Telegraph (UK) sums it all up: More women have abortions as it loses stigma And why not? First came "casual sex". Then the occasional "casual baby" without the "old fashioned" marriage, and, as heralded by pop culture’s Murphy Brown, sans full-time father/ "man about the house"- excepting the usually short-lived "stray-cat" … Read more
Friend Ed Naile of the Coalition of NH Taxpayers (CNHT) writes Ouch!!!!!!!!! Having been at the Ward 3 Manchester polls from 6:30 Am to 7:00 pm I have no idea what was going on around the state other than very somber phone calls late last night. Here is your chance to email back what happened in … 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
With the oldest offspring in her senior year of high school, the spectre of choosing a college and sending her away from the nest looms large. While I did not attend, I have a number of friends who went to the University of Rhode Island (URI). That, combined with the fact that I am originally from … Read more
I originally posted the following here on the ‘Grok on September 18th. The piece was part of my weekly Laconia Daily Sun (unavailable online) column published on the 14th: Never underestimate the ability of the hardcore political left in their attempts to indoctrinate America’s youth. There is no end to the hidden tricks the liberals … 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
In this previous posting, I applauded Mitt Romney’s stance regarding Sunday’s lecture in Massachusetts at Harvard’s Institute of politics. Today’s Boston Herald published a letter from Daniel Wolfson of Brookline, MA expressing a similar sentiment to mine on the upcoming visit of the former Iranian leader and Gov. Mitt Romney’s refusal of the use of … Read more
It was only a matter of time before this was bound to happen. From the August 14th Sun Online of Britain: Security sources confirmed last night that alleged “baby bombers” were among those arrested over the plot to massacre thousands by downing transatlantic flights. . Those being quizzed included a husband and wife with a six-month-old … Read more
With this Posting, GraniteGrok is happy to welcome Bob M! We have enjoyed his Letters to the Editor in the local papers for a while now as they have been factually based and logically written. He will be seen here, hopefully, more than occasionally. Thanks Bob! -Skip ============================================== Concerning the response by Israel to the … Read more
On July 19th the New York Times ran an article headlined: "With Israeli Use of Force, Debate Over Proportion." I can’t say with certainty that the Times has never run an article headlined "With Islamic Terrorist Use of Force, Debate Over Proportion," but it seems improbable given that paper’s track record. "Proportion" has become the … Read more
From the LA Times, I just stumbled over this article discussing the meltdown of those Protestant denominations (the "mainline churches"). Much has been written here in NH, due to the ascendancy of Gene Robinson to bishop of the NH Episcopalian church (openly gay, recently admitted to a rehap facility for alcohol abuse). As an Evangelical … Read more
A Liberal once wrote a piece that was obviously against the war. In it, the writer asked three questions: Where in our constitution does it say that the purpose of our military is to invade sovereign nations for the purpose of deposing their leaders and changing their political system? Truthfully, would you have supported this … Read more
What is the connection between Ann Coulter (a conservative not well liked by prickly Liberals everywhere) and with what are known as the Mohammad Cartoons (REALLY not liked by prickly Muslims everywhere)? The Danish newspaper "Jyllands-Posten" created a controversy last year. The Editor felt that a curtain of silence was descending upon Danish society in … Read more