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Today, we had Liz Mair on the show and we discussed Hillary’s free trade leanings (she doesn’t, especially when compared to what Bill did when he was Prez) that she wrote about in her article in NRO. We ended up chatting about China, and the real problems that we have experienced lately with goods from …
This, I thought was rather interesting: OVERVIEW: An underappreciated accomplishment of the past six years has been the continued reduction in the number of people on welfare. The welfare caseload, after declining dramatically in the first four years after Welfare Reform was enacted, might have been expected to level off, or even rise slightly with …
. In recent years, I have come to appreciate and admire the marvel of American logistics and ingenuity that is Wal-Mart. Unfortunately, others don’t see it in the same light. In a number of posts stretching back over the past year and more, I have written quite a bit about the ongoing campaign against Wal-Mart by labor unions …
California union members assaulting Arnold supporter in 2005 . When it comes to pointing fingers at who’s to blame for the continuing exodus of manufacturing jobs to China and other such places, I have long believed that the hardcore union types should look in the mirror for a glimpse of at least one of the …
. Following Tuesday’s "Keep it Made in America" town hall style meeting here in NH, I had an opportunity to spend a few minutes with John Ratzenberger. We discussed the value of children doing things with their hands, playing outside away from the computers and videos, getting up early, and nurturing a "work ethic." We …
….…. . The GraniteGrok crew is here at the Palace Theater in Manchester, New Hampshire tonight where television and film star John Ratzenberger and the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) are hosting the ‘Keep it Made in America’ Town Hall Meeting. This is the first in a series of events, which will travel to seven cities …
This video, shot in a factory somewhere in China, shows a multiple- ton press making what appears to be metal pan-inserts one might find in a buffet-chafing dish. What you are watching is workers sitting in the press itself, in between the form punches & dies, moving the parts by hand in progression from start …
As readers of the ‘Grok are aware, we have been selected to receive and forward reader questions for candidate Fred Thompson to answer at some point. While we are still awaiting something from the campaign, the questions continue to trickle in. We got an email yesterday that happened to overlap with my prior posting about a possible …
. A new group, "Tax Payers Against a Wall Street and Mortgage Bailout", has started an online petition drive asking Congress NOT to bailout the financially ailing mortgage industry. I am fully supportive of this action. To take MY money to give to unscrupulous (or uncaring, knowing the "fix" would come at the right time) money lenders who made …
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Exasperation. Yeah, that pretty much sums it up. News organizations should be reporting the news – period. We hear about the sob stories, we hear about the meltdowns in different sectors of the economy (house sales, sub-prime, unemployment way up in certain areas, and the like). Think of bad news? Front and center! This is …
