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Palate Cleanser – So, You Want To Clue Your Boyfriend for Gifts?

December 19, 2022 Skip

After all, sometimes guys just don’t know what or worse – know how to ask. Especially if they are one of those 8 pm Christmas Eve “Lord help me once again” shoppers as the fear in his eyes is palpable. Have mercy upon his soul – or shake his procrastination butt into motion. Here’s an … Read more

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We, Who the Biden Administration Are Trying to Shift from Being Citizens to Being Ruled, Are Starting to Make Our Ire Known

June 5, 2022 Skip

I’ll be recording yet another “out of sequence” Skip’s Sauntering Snippets this afternoon. Silly me – thinking I could have some at the ready for when I had writer’s block. I’m finding out the hard way that events are too many and going along too fast. Part of it will be about that those citizens … Read more

Legal or Illegal VS Right or Wrong

April 11, 2022April 11, 2022 Ray Cardello

I am Pro-Life. I said it, and I will defend my stand against anyone. I am the father of two and the grandfather of the same. I saw rudimentary ultrasound images of my unborn daughter and son. But I did not need to see pictures to know they were yet to be born people my … Read more

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Notable Quote – If It Saves Just One Life – Balderdash!

March 3, 2022 Skip

Choices have consequences – and costs. But why should, according to Prof. Thomas Sowell, only Government determine if it is “too much for you”?

It’s EASY to Make Shared Misery “Equitable”! – Freedom vs Coercion

February 17, 2022 Skip

With ad hom attacks thrown in. Yes, I’m getting more militant on Treehugger – time for us ALL to heed Glen Reynold’s admonition to Conservatives and Libertarians to “punch back twice as hard” and that’s what the deal is here. Take the eco-socialists words and turn them right back on them. Make them come out … Read more

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TO THE WOMEN OUT THERE!

October 13, 2021 Op-Ed

This letter is to the women out there. I need to ask you something. Are you feeling it? That lump of anxiety in your chest suspended over a hollow feeling in your stomach. Something is happening, and our children are in danger.

Let People Decide on Masks and Vaccines for Themselves

August 26, 2021August 26, 2021 Steve Earle

Over the last couple of weeks, some letter writers have felt it is their job to condemn other citizens regarding the choice of not taking vaccine shots. How about leaving other adults alone to decide for themselves instead of the heavy-handed guilt trips being pressured?

Notable Quote: Just Leave Us Alone, We Can Figure Out What’s Best for Ourselves

August 25, 2021 Skip

Emphasis mine: “The belief that processes which are consciously directed are necessarily superior to any spontaneous process is an unfounded superstition.”

Opposite Day? – Public Unions Want Workers to Have a Choice When it Comes to The Jab™

August 23, 2021 Steve MacDonald

We’ve passed legislation prohibiting the mandatory vaccination of public employees in New Hampshire. They can volunteer for the Jab but cannot be made to get one. South of our border, however, is a different story. Gov. Baker wants them all jabbed, and the unions are pushing back.

Listen. Just Listen. In Fact, make it a Mandatory Listen.

April 25, 2021April 24, 2021 Skip

It is the Left that is the cause of all the chaos that we now find ourselves in. Their tool? Hate. Plain and simple. They hate that we can still choose for ourselves.

Education is Broken … Don’t Simply Shrug and Move On

January 24, 2021January 24, 2021
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Who runs our K-12 education? Local and state government schools, right? It’s not capitalists, billionaires and bankers. It’s our government paid experts.

Notable Quote – reinforcement for my previous post on Free Markets

December 16, 2020December 15, 2020 Skip

My previous post. Simply because it fits and too many people believe that a cabal of rulers can run our economy better than we ourselves can (emphasis mine): A liberalism – no slaves, the right to say no – is built into [Adam] Smith’s argument at the outset. You decide, not the government or the community, not the … Read more

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“Winning Is Only a Precursor – What You Do Afterwards Is More Important”

November 4, 2020 Skip

The headline is a quote from moi, your’s truly. And it really does matter. Most Establishment Republicans seem to hold that winning is Job 1 and Job 2 is…yeah…just…whatever. To activists or those good souls that see something wrong and want to right it, the second part IS the most important.

DISQUS Doodlings – Kudos to the 47 Republican Reps that Refused to be Assimilated by the Democrats

September 17, 2020September 17, 2020 Skip

Once again, New Hampshire Democrats try their hand at “Freedom Shaming” against those resolutely refusing to be assimilated by the Ray Buckley Borg (a Star Trek reference for the uninitiated).

Agreeing with Biden: If We Elect Joe, ‘No Miracle is Coming’

September 10, 2020 Percy Blakeney

Joe Biden has an uninspiring assessment of America’s current situation. He has no hope. He has no vision. But at least if we elect him he promises to double our taxes.

Moral Certitude in America

September 5, 2020

Moral Certitude is the confident agreement to or approval of something after consideration. In this case, the matter considered is human conduct. We make such assessments based on people’s normal and predictable responses. Those responses include certain needs, abilities, and motivations.

If Your Local NH Public School Reopening Plan Doesn’t Fit Your Needs There Are Alternatives

July 21, 2020July 17, 2020 Op-Ed

The families of New Hampshire K‑12 students face a school-reopening predicament. For many, the plans of the local public school will not fit well with their needs and preferences for education and health. Parents need to know that there are multiple alternatives:

What Government is ALLOWING you to do…

May 16, 2020May 16, 2020 Skip

…versus what it is DEMANDING you do. Or, at least those “behind” government. “Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.” ― Joseph Stalin Stalin? Democrats? They ARE all about who counts the votes. Ask yourself, WHY is it that it is just Democrats that are absolutely WAILING for all voting … Read more

Watch The 5pm White House Coronavirus Briefing on GraniteGrok.com

March 25, 2020March 25, 2020 Steve MacDonald

The President’s COVID-19 approval ratings are too high so the media, which has been lying non-stop, scaring people, and sharing crap data to try and shut down the economy, has said it may stop airing the daily White House briefing.

A New Path to Careers for NH High School Students

February 28, 2020 Op-Ed

When we talk about students who are not succeeding in our current education system, we often say that they “slipped through the cracks.” Well, what if we filled in those cracks so that students could move seamlessly from high school to college to the workforce?