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GrokTV Special Event: Granite State Patriot Liberty PAC TEA Party – Intro Ceremonies

Yesterday the ‘Grok went to the Granite State Patriot Liberty PAC (“GSPLPAC”) “Jack is Back!” TEA Party. Meant as the start of a rallying point, a number of conservative candidates and speakers talked to a crowd that was double that which was originally expected. Sure, most of the TEA Party rolled up its sleeves and went to work politically to effect the changes it knew had to be done – and the 2010 elections were the results.  Even with that amazing result, the Dems and media kept kvetching about “well, where are you” (even as I kept saying “and the huge rallies by the Democrat / Socialist leaning Occupy Wall Street movement are – where?”.

We can be an obliging bunch.  As I said here, the expectation was 100.  I’ve been told by “official counters” that the actual attendance was just about 200 – far more than my lower range estimate of 150.

Sidenote: although not present at the rally, Jerry Delemus was mentioned often with many thanks for stepping up and stepping into the GSPLPAC Chair when Jack had his run at the NH Governorship.  GraniteGrok extends its thanks to Jerry for taking on a hard job with no notice and getting the PAC into the fray!

This video is of the intro ceremony: Invocation, Moment of Silence in honor of the slain Greenland, NH Chief of Police (Michael Maloney who died protecting his men), Honoring our Veterans, Pledge to the Flag, and the singing of the National Anthem:

Right after that, Jeff Chidester (host of “NH Perspectives” and Conserva-tarian [Conservative / Libertarian] activist) stepped into the role of Master of Ceremonies and had some introductory remarks:

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GrokTV Special Event: Granite State Patriot Liberty PAC TEA Party – Conservative / Libertarian candidates make their case and ask for support

No one can accuse Ovide Lamontagne, candidate for NH GOP nomination for NH Gov.,  of sitting and waiting for that nomination to come to him.  He doesn’t feel entitled to it – he knows he as to earn it.  Here at Saturday’s GSPLPAC  TEA Party, Friday night at the AFP/NH Conservative of the Year award for Kelly Ayotte – he’s working!  He brought a message that fits the TEA Party philosophy (and the worst nightmare of Democrats / Socialists / Statists everywhere):

  • Free Markets
  • Limited Government
  • Constitutional outlook

The TEA Party can always count on the support of Ovide.

There were also others looking for TEA Party support:

  • Dennis Lamare (Republican nomination for Congress,  NH-CD2)
  • Brendan Kelly (Libertarian nomination for Congress, NH-CD1)
  • John Hikel (Republican nomination for NH Senate,  District 20)

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GrokTV Special Event: GSPLPAC TEA Party – The Speakers: Natalie Healy, Gold Star Mom, and Dr. Joe Tarta

I am a double Blue Star dad which means that I have had two children serve in our Armed Services (the Eldest a Marine who did a tour in Iraq and the Youngest a tour in Afghanistan with the 101st Airborne).  I consider myself lucky and blessed – they returned home safely with just some wear and tear….but they are home.

A Gold Star Mom (and Dad) is different, for their child made the ultimate sacrifice for our Country, and in Nat’s case, for his Navy SEAL buddies.  Sr. Chief Petty Officer, US Navy SEAL Dan Healy didn’t have to go on that last helicopter ride to rescue his buddies on that Afghanistan mountain – but he did not hesitate.  But let’s let Nat tell the story far better than I:

Dr. Joe Tarta, retired physician, also spoke on Obamacare and why it won’t work as President Obama has promised.  He also talks about some of the practical bad outcomes that are already taking place and that are being noticed:

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GrokTV Special Event: AFP/NH 2012 Conservative of the Year Award – Intro ceremonies

This past Friday, we live streamed the Americans For Prosperity / NH’s Conservative of the Year Award given to US Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) for those who could not be there (either for scheduling or financial reasons).  Well, if you missed it, the entire live stream is after the jump.

Sidebar: On GraniteGrok 1.0, I could more easily put in multiple videos into a post in a side-by-side format.  I have YET to figure how that technique would work here in Grok 2.0 so I’m just going to do two or three videos per post (mostly two).

Here are the intro ceremony: Invocation, Pledge to the Flag, and the singing of the National Anthem (led by Kevin Smith, candidate for the Republican nomination for NH Governor).

Kevin also introduced Corey Lewandowski, Executive Director of AFP/NH, who served as the Master of Ceremonies:

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GrokTV Special Event: AFP/NH 2012 Conservative of the Year Award – AFP/NH Executive Director Corey Lewanowski’s introductory remarks

“It’s my party and I talk if I want to!”  Heh!

Of COURSE Corey got to speak – he and his assistant Joy Lutes put a lot of time and effort into setting this up right and I think it came off well – I believe that every seat was filled in the large ballroom at the Grappone Conference Center in Concord, NH.  And while the night was all about US Senator Kelly Ayotte receiving the award, make no mistake, Corey let some chips fly concerning issues that are near and dear to AFP’s heart.  He had no hesitation on letting loose about the NH GOP SuperMajority in the Senate failing to back issues as RGGI (Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative), Right To Work, et al (good for him and well deserved whacks at NH Senators Bragdon and Bradley)

The Presidential candidates (including Obama, which draw guffaws from the crowd) were invited.  However, no one showed up (as opposed to last year’s award for Ovide Lamontagne) other than former NH Governor John Sununu who acted as a surrogate for Romney:

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In answer to James Pindell: how many?

Over at WMUR Political Scoop, James has a weekly feature of Up and Down on which he comments on the political waves of the week past as well as what he can see from the top of yardarm (and we shan’t posit on the method by which he was hoisted up there); this week he … Read more

GrokTV Special Event: AFP/NH 2012 Conservative of the Year Award – Ovide Lamontagne, candidate for NH GOP nominee for NH Governor

AFP is, no doubt, a conservative organization that supports limited government, free markets, and lower taxes in the pursuit of enhanced individual freedom and liberty (full disclosure – I was selected to be AFP’s 2011 National Activist of the Year for GraniteGrok’s new media activities; I believe in these foundational ideas).  In being such, it … Read more

From the Democrat Socialists of America: We are working like crazy…………………..Granite State Patriot Liberty PAC: oh, really?

Bumped:  We getting ready to saddle up and head downrange to Dover for the event: BE THERE!

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From the Democratic Socialists of America in the language of Occupy Wall Street:

The 99% Spring Offensive is coming. Will you be there?

Groups from every corner of the progressive movement – inspired by the everyday heroes of Occupy Wall Street and Madison, Wisconsin – are planning a massive campaign of bold nonviolent direct actions to explain who REALLY brought on the Great Recession, and make the voices of the 99% impossible to ignore.

Their stated aims are aligned with Obama – the total transformation of the United States of America (where one goal is that Government, not Citizens, are in control).  And they are energized and working hard at doing just that.  Well, there is one group here in NH that is saying “Over our dead bodies!” – The Granite State Patriot Liberty PAC!  Jerry Delemus, who took over the PAC (in addition to his shepherding of the Rochester (NH) 9/12 Project) as Chair when Jack Kimball decided to run for NH Governor, has returned those reins to Jack Kimball.  And at a meeting of the GSPLPAC last night, Jack made it clear that the group is regrouping and come out fast and furious:

Granite State Patriot Liberty PAC logo

The Granite State Patriots Liberty PAC

sponsors a

Save-Our-Republic

Tea Party

Saturday, April 21

2-4 p.m.

Guppey Park

168 Portland Ave. (Rt. 4), Dover

ALL Patriots, Liberty Groups, 912 Groups,

And Tea Parties are invited to participate

For additional information

www.GSPLPAC.com

The ‘Grok will be there to cover the event – see you there!

Updated: a message from Jack Kimball, Granite State Patriots Liberty PAC Chair

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HB 1403 – an Act relative to International Baccalaureate program

In my little hamlet, we fought the implementation of the IB program in our high school mostly on the idea that we believed that our students should be American students first and then be knowledgeable “the world”.  But the biggest thing was the philosophy bias and that it would have meant a total loss of local control – use the SEARCH function with “IB” to see what we’ve written about the program in the past.  Well, there is a bill is now being considered in Concord – HB 1403:

HOUSE BILL 1403

AN ACT relative to providing pupils with curriculum and instruction regarding state and national sovereignty and establishing a committee to study the implementation of the International Baccalaureate program in New Hampshire.

SPONSORS: Rep. Pettengill, Carr 1; Rep. Cohn, Merr 6; Rep. Cox, Merr 6; Rep. Hill, Merr 6; Rep. Kreis, Merr 6

COMMITTEE: Education

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill requires that school curriculum and instruction shall only meet school approval standards if such curriculum and instruction promotes state and national sovereignty and is not subject to the governance of a foreign body or organization. The bill also establishes a committee to study issues relating to the International Baccalaureate program in New Hampshire.

I am all about local control, but I also know that the Educational Establishment in a lot of towns start pushing it in their towns – and don’t always take the truthful, the ENTIRE truthful, road in explaining what’s what with the program to parents that trust them implicitly (that implicit trust is oft not the right thing to have – instead, a bit of cynicism would better serve them).  Rep Seth Cohn, one of the sponsors, found out personally as he caught the “Educational Establishment” lying to him.

So in this case, I support this Act.  I also support this petition process:

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Obama for America – FL: Wonder if they will report us to AttackWatch?

Every once in a while, something absolutely hilarious comes over the transom – this came in over Twitter: As Steve said about the question: Gee, I hope so. ‘Course, why are those Southern boys awantin’ to follow us Yankees?  Or are the OfA-NH tribe being lazy?

Data Point – Taxmageddon

Well, Obama DOES want high gas prices and high taxes!  And if the Democrat Harry Reid led Senate continues their do-nothing ways, this will be the Democrat Party’s New Year’s gift to us all. (H/T: Business Insider)

BE BREITBART: DoIT Right To Know Request : Outbound Internet traffic summarizations

We are a persistent bunch here at the ‘Grok:

Good morning,

We, as taxpayers in the State of NH, are requesting certain electronic records concerning the outbound Internet traffic emanating from the State of NH’s computer network.

Please review the following RSA 91-A request; we stand ready to work with you concerning this issue.  Please find a copy of the request below as well as two attachments (the same request, in Microsoft WORD and OpenOffice formats)

Kindest Regards,

-Skip

David “Skip” Murphy for myself, Steve Mac Donald, and Ed Naile (citizens of the State of New Hampshire)

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Right to Know Request
as per
RSA 91-A
April 20, 2012

To:     Stanley “Bill” Rodgers, Commissioner and CIO, Department of Information Technology, State of NH
Thomas S. Burack, C, Department of Environmental Services, State of NH

In light of the final response of April 19th concerning our first Right To Know request (re: political postings by State Employee Richard de Seve during regularly scheduled work hours contra to the policies of both the Department of Environmental Services (“DES”) and the Department of Information Technology (“DoIT”) filed on March 11, 2012), we are making the following RSA 91-A request.

As noted in that final response:

When a user enters a URL or IP address for a particular web page, the outbound request passes through the state’s internal network until it reaches the internal firewall. There, the request is routed through DOIT’s web filtering software. That software categorizes web sites based on historical content. Agencies establish filter policies that determine which categories are accessible or blocked. Based on a user’s login information, the software is able to associate a user with his or her IP address and based on the policy assigned to that user, determines whether the requested page is allowed or blocked. If allowed, the software permits the requested web page to be sent from the requested server to the user for viewing. The date, time, and destination of the outgoing request, as well as all IP information sent to the user from the destination web page, are recorded by the web filtering software. The actual content of what was either sent or received is not recorded.

We hereby request,

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Free Speech Rights? Not if you disagree with Greenpeace USA!

On their site, they have a page of “FAQs” about why you can’t believe any who is a “climate change denier”, and this page is calling Exxon their personal bogeyman (I notice that no mention of ClimateGate and the MBs of emails and bad data is mentioned – and I just giggled when I read … Read more

BE BREITBART: Update 10: DES Right To Know Update : DOIT and DES – a “gentle” (eh?) response

Well, my first reaction to the “final response” was this quick note fired off to the RTK Dude:

Sidebar: slightly edited here as it turned out the copy outbound had a few less words than here – brain saying the words and the fingers went partially deaf.

Mr. Demas,

I am in receipt of your alleged  final response – I can assure you it will not be a final communication.  I find the logic contained herein to be  very convoluted and tortured to conflate computer communication data packets with a personnel policy. While such a policy depends entirely on having such data records available, it is not a fact that those records are, in whole, subservient to that single purpose. Indeed, while the personnel policy is entirely dependent on those records, there are many other functions that those records could service as well and thus should not be considered exempt from our Right To Know request.

In fact, I thought of a half dozen in the space of 2 seconds – and I wasn’t trying hard.

In fact, we have already proven that the stated written policies of both DES and DoIT have not been followed either in respect to their letter of such nor their spirit. In fact, it is clear that your personnel policy does not even require using those records to take action in this case; I find with no small amount of irony that it is our records (where Mr. de Seve admitted his guilt to GraniteGrok and not to the State) that are serving as the bulwark of any actions that DES takes in dealing with Mr. de Seve. If it were not for GraniteGrok, he still would be breaking both DES and DoIT’s policies with impunity.

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“The Power of Profit” by my favorite economics professor

Dr. Walter E. Williams is one of my favorite people to read and listen to – able to take complicated issues, strip them down to their essence, and tell the story in a way that brings out the important stuff that others don’t even think of.  This video is a great example – an explains … Read more

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