Monthly Archives: January 2011

Got Civility? The “Beheading Sarah Palin” Edition

The most recent rhetorical left-wing bridge to nowhere comes courtesy of a wide-brush narrative that swept across the progressive talking points the way “teenage girls falling in love with bad-boy vampires” recently consumed the media-verse. Continue reading

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Not Afraid of Change

I am fooling around with the look of this page.  It’s not quite right yet but it is a bit cleaner and more efficient.  Do not be surprised if you drop by an it has changed again.

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Would You Rather Just Play Politics?

Yesterday NHBR.com (New Hampshire Business Review) included GraniteGrok in its content. One of it’s staff writers or editors (there is no by-line) commented on how the GOP establishment was not the only one taking shots from their right. Continue reading

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Pic-O-The Day Redux (WTF?)

Inspired by this mornings Picture of the Day (over at GraniteGrok.com) the NH Tenth Amendment Center’s Dan Kanna, one of our on-air guests from last Saturday’s GrokTalk! at the GOP committee meeting, took to the digital palette and crafted a new and improved version for us. Continue reading

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A Modest (Budget Cutting) Proposal

There are plenty of towns like mine trying to figure out where they can cut costs.  But every conversation seems to end at cutting education or safety services.  While I find it hard to believe that there is nothing else … Continue reading

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Guns vs Progressives

For those reading this from police states like Massachusetts, New York or New Jersey…Venezuela, Cuba and so on, you might be asking what the hell am I talking about? Allow me to review. Continue reading

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How About Them Nazis?

Given how touchy the New Hampshire Democrat Party (NHDP) leadership is about comments relating to Jews and Nazis I wanted to wait a few days before addressing the words of Tennessee House Democrat Steve Cohen to see if they had … Continue reading

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Mark Fernald as “Hugh Jihass”

Does Democrat Mark Fernald do the letters to the editor follow up over at Fosters Daily Democrat or is he just complicit? Amidst a series of letters posted on January 14th at Fosters.com is a smarmy bit of left wing drool authored by one Hugh Jidette. Fernald liked the letter so much that he shared it on his email distribution list saying… Continue reading

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Nashua Telegraph Snubs GOP Committee Meeting

The Nashua Telegraph’s progressive tendencies are frequently on display but never more so than in this mornings Sunday print edition.  There is not one mention of the Republican State Committee meeting that went on for five hours, nor the election … Continue reading

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NHRVC Endorses Jack Thorsen For GOP Area 2 Vice Chair

As you may have heard, NHRVC endorsed candidate for Area 2 Vice Chair, Chris Buck has decided to drop out of the race.

Jack Thorsen, who entered this race several weeks after we endorsed Chris, is now NHRVC’s endorsed candidate for this position. As most of you already know, Jack is a solid conservative and a hard working activist who has been a longtime member of our group. Continue reading

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