America has always been accepting of the fact that we are made of many. Our motto is “E pluribus unum,” from many one. There was a reason that was important enough to put on our currency. But, we aren’t reading our history.
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Freedom
Still the Land of the Free? Maybe Not.
Before coronavirus and widespread rioting filled the headlines, there was the controversy over undocumented immigration and sanctuary cities. Advocates of open borders were using the Statue of Liberty and the words inscribed in her base to defend their argument.
Blog Question of the Day – Are we who defend Freedom….selfish?
We are fortunate to have some of the “smahtest” commenters in NH. From Ken’s post “Couple Under House Arrest After Testing Positive For COVID-19“:
Hey, New Hampshire – Here’s a Summary of How The Democrat Majority Legislature Voted this Session
Note – look at each vote total and ask yourself “Who Chooses”? Does this diminish MY right to choose for myself or does it enhance the State’s Power in making those decisions for me (i.e., reducing my Liberty and Freedom and others deciding “it’s good/best for you that WE decide”)? -Skip
FB Doodlings – Treehugger wants to make the Dodge Durango Hellcat illegal – Part 2
Another view into the mind of an eco-Socialist on Freedom with a full showing of how they would restrict your Freedom but still call it good. Freedom, the word and the ideal, is being turned onto its head – YOUR Freedom is always dependent from MY viewpoint and my feelings of how it is offending. … Read more
Independence Day – Observed
We just passed July 4th, what most people the world over consider American Independence Day. (That’s independence from the British Crown, for those currently in public school.)
Notable Quote – from Regina Barnes
Quote of the weekend, thanks to a dear friend for sharing some #wordtruth “If you cancel your 4th of July plans because the government is forcing you to, then you are missing the whole point of Independence Day“ –Regina Barnes (candidate, NH State Senate District 24)
Quick Thought: Hmmm – GraniteGrok Gives Jean Shaheen a “Thank You”?
We’re fairly harsh on our senior Senator to the US Senate and most of the time, we’re actively using the second part of one of our various mottos (“Spank’em when they’re wrong but thank’em when they’re right”) today.
GraniteGrok – and then there were a whole bunch more
OK, this intro of a project I’ve restarted (and to date, really haven’t settled on a really good name yet) isn’t going to drag on for much longer. But a “few more” became a LOT more. More than I ever thought: More than I ever thought when I finished coding up Version 1.0 of GraniteGrok … Read more
Notable Quote – George Will, Prof. Don Boudreaux
Can a federal government that acknowledges no limits to its scope, and that responds promiscuously to the multiplying appetites of proliferating factions, make choices that serve the society’s long-term interests? The answer, based on the avalanche of evidence from current governance, is an emphatic “no.” The evidence is in the rise of the administrative state … Read more
DISQUS Doodlings: Karens, Karens, Karens all around – even if they’re named Laureen
GraniteGrok would be FAR less of a place to be without our commenters. SMART, too. But there are exceptions. I don’t mind at all when people from the other side of an argument come over to present their point of view. In fact, I’m of the opinion that Conservatives MUST go out and do battle … Read more
Notable Quote – John Tierney
Higgs sees government, as usual, vastly expanding during the crisis, and he’s sure that it will not shrink back to its former scale once the crisis is over. It never does, as he famously documented in his 1987 book, Crisis and Leviathan: Critical Episodes in the Growth of American Government, and in later works exploring this … Read more
Notable Quote – Dr. Don Boudreaux
Freedom of exchange and production within a regime of private property rights and freedom of contract harnesses self-interest to the public good. Admiration and endorsement of free markets is not – contrary to much uninformed commentary – admiration and endorsement of greed or materialism. It is, instead, the reflection of an acceptance of the reality … Read more
Liberty and Freedom
Liberty and freedom are rare in human history. Human instinct is not to yearn for liberty. Rather, humans yearn to be taken care of.
Data Point – The “Live Free or Die” State isn’t all that Free w/respect to Coronavirus Restrictions
WELCOME to the 35th State in the Nation! Americans experienced unprecedented restrictions on their everyday life in order to fight the coronavirus, but now most states have partially reopened. In order to determine the states with the fewest coronavirus restrictions, WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 11 key metrics. Those … Read more
NH State Rep. Sallie Fellows joins Berni-Bro Socialist Volinsky as just another COVID Karen
Jim has his post on L’il Andru Volinsky who has made it clear that he’s one of those contra Live Free or Die folks who is very happy with the Socialist version of “Government over People”. And he makes it clear that under his reign, you VILL vear der mask.
What Government is ALLOWING you to do…
…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
Today’s Sununu Presser: “My job is to be the central economic planner for NH”
SHOT: Gov. Chris Sununu: “My job is to be the central economic planner for NH” That’s what a tipster just sent me a few minutes ago. The video is up on Facebook by WMUR here: https://www.facebook.com/wmur9/videos/vb.6439768716/1917626108370329/?type=2&theater. I was rather shocked at the quote so I went and listened to it from 1:04:00 as the tipster said. … Read more
What a condescending little person
Who happens to be the Governor of Colorado: The new safer-at-home order is in effect through at least May 27, meaning that Coloradans are expected to stay close to home past Memorial Day, the unofficial start of the summer and a popular weekend for camping and hiking. The fear is that visitors will either contract … Read more