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JR Hoell, New Hampshire Republican House rep, stops by to talk about education, Charter Schools, the New Hampshire budget, Unions, and how we need need to help people understand when government policy is hurting them and their children. Listen Here Download this segment here You can get links to other segments or listen to the … Read more
Rick Olson Jr., President of the New Hampshire Wildlife Federation and the current President of the Londonderry Fish & Game Club, joins us to talk about the fireworks row in Londonderry, thin skinned selectman, dealing with state and local agencies, and more. Listen Here Download this segment here You can get links to other segments … Read more
Steve, Rick, Mike and Skip fill in for Andrew Hemingway, who could not be with us, on…Andrew Hemingway, database projects, building a better GrokTALK!, the governments move to downsize your life, Detroit- the Democrat policy poster-child, and a few other topics as well… Listen Here Download this segment here You can get links to other … Read more
This week when we assemble in Concord, New Hampshire to record the next edition of GrokTALK! out guests will be… JR Hoell is a prominent Republican in the New Hampshire House of Representatives, and is currently the engineering lead for Segway. You can learn more about JR at jrhoell.com Richard Olson Jr. is is the … Read more
This week on Grok Talk!… Kate Baker, the Executive Director at The Network for Educational Opportunity, to talk about New Hampshire’s Education scholarship Program, parent and student rights, and value of education choice. Laura Condon, New Hampshire State Director of Advocacy for the National Vaccine Information Center stops by to talk about vaccines, vaccination, New … Read more
Skip Murphy, Mike Rogers, Rick Olson, and Steve Mac Donald interject on the IRS scandal, “how about that tyranny we’ve been warming you all about,” North Korean’s Fishing with ICBM’s, the definition of “Shaheening,” the mystery of Obama’s ‘Permission Structures,’ why moral behavior should drive social behavior and not the other way around, Mark Sanford’s … Read more
In this segment of GrokTALK! we are joined again by Dr. Julianne Cooper who returns to discuss ADHD,(the real ADHD), and the affects of these and other coding of children in public schools. We also talk about discipline in education, parenting, and how they all relate. Listen Here Download this segment here You can get … Read more
In Segment three of this weeks GrokTALK! the Honorable Jenn Coffey talks about stand your ground, what it really means in New Hampshire, what you need to know about knife rights and a few other topics as well. Note: You can listen to Jenn Coffey every Wednesday at 6:20am on the Jenn & Jenn segment, … Read more
Ann Marie Banfield from Cornerstone Policy Research talks about Education and Common Core in the state of New Hampshire and the nations; what it is really all about, and what we need to know to stop it and why. Listen Here Download this segment here You can get links to other segments or listen to … Read more
It’s only an outrage when Dems don’t like it:
I was cruising my news-reader and came across this story from WMUR, News 9 Manchester NH.
Not long after that, (within the same hour) only slightly later chronologically in the news feed, we see this content posted by WMUR…
When you try to link to the first story, about both a Republican and a Democrat in hot water…that story no longer exists. It was spiked. All we have left are Stella and the fingerprints from a story about some Democrat we can no longer find.
In my honest opinion the amalgam of Establishment Republican Leadership in New Hampshire, which includes the shadow party “leadership” that makes the phone calls behind the scenes, decides whose turn it is, puts pressure on people to do their bidding or get out, and claims to control the money, are about as effective politically as … Read more
Ron Paul recently said “My presidential campaign proved that standing for freedom brings people together. Liberty is popular, regardless of race, religion, or creed.” On January 10, 2012 Ron Paul came in second in the New Hampshire GOP primary, garnering 23% of the vote. He never came close to that vote percentage in any subsequent primary.
Mitt Romney, speaking at the Al Smith Dinner….very funny stuff.
I like to pick on Senator Jeanne Shaheen because she is a left-wing hack, particularly when it comes to Global War-ming. Today’s installment takes us back to her 2008 Senate race during which she claimed, and I quote…(long since scrubbed from her Senate campaign site…)
REVERSE GLOBAL WARMING
Reversing global warming is an economic, environmental and health imperative for New Hampshire. If we don’t act to reverse global warming, New Hampshire’s snow season is projected to shrink by almost 50 percent by mid-century, severely impacting our skiing and snowmobile industries. Increasing temperatures also will negatively impact fall foliage tourism, the hunting and fishing industries, and maple sugar production
Since Greene Shaheen spoke these prognostications, we have had years with record snowfalls, years with record maple syrup production, and as this year comes to a close–one that has already been called one of the hottest years in US history–the NH Tourism industry has some frightening news for us.
It’s not the first time that reports have reached my ears of obvious political bias in the classrooms of the Merrimack School System. Tales of Middle School English teachers using their classrooms to promote the “science” of global warming we’re not uncommon, and while annoying not prevalent enough to demand action. The most recent circumstance … Read more
In April of 2011 I wrote about trying to institute Pay As You Throw in Merrimack. Seeing as this comes up every year, I figured it was time to re-post it. One point I would add; If any division of the town government intends to continue making a case for costs/burden related to actual use they should be prepared for an all out assault on school taxes (you are still taxing the elderly, childless, and parents with kids out of school), Hydrant fees (we all pay them but who ever uses them), and much, much, more.
by Steve MacDonald – Originally posted on April 22,2011
The Merrimack Town Council bent to the will of the voters and scrapped plans to institute a pay as you throw program. That would have required residents to buy special bags for trash at $1.00 or $1.50 per bag, and you could only use those bags at the town dump.
But we’ve been warned. This is an issue that will be revisited. Or so we have been told.
Well, screw that, let’s look at it now.
The New Hampshire Republican Volunteer Coalition (NHRVC) was founded in the wake of the November 2008 elections to recruit, train, and support GOP activists and campaign volunteers in New Hampshire. Our mission was to build a grassroots coalition of highly motivated activists working to elect principled Republicans who stand for low taxes, fiscal responsibility, free enterprise, individual liberty, and most importantly, the U.S. and NH Constitutions.
We grew from just a handful of people trading emails on a Yahoo group to over 4000 members of our Facebook Group, an accomplishment for which I take no credit myself. But as we have grown, and each of our lives has changed, other factors have made it imperative that we find new and efficient ways to coordinate and consolidate these efforts. It has also become apparent that we are duplicating work being done by other grassroots groups in New Hampshire. So while the mission is still as relevant as ever, to continue that mission effectively the NHRVC must adapt.