Dec
19
2012
In today’s NH Journal:
Ignoring the fact that the concepts of spelling and grammar often seem foreign to our ‘Blogger of the Month’ ……That said, it also seems like we should note who Steve Macdonald keeps company with.
‘That’s cause I “gradgeated” the sixth grade, ma’am. Only took three years.’
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Dec
19
2012
From the PJ Tatler:
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) on Wednesday afternoon urged people to turn in their guns, arguing it would be an appropriate response to last week’s mass shooting in Newtown, Conn.
“I would personally just say to those who are listening, maybe you want to turn in your guns,” Jackson Lee said on the House floor. “Oh no, I’m not going to take your guns. But look at what Dick’s Sporting Goods did … they wanted to be part of the solution and part of America.”
I am shocked at Representative Jackson Lee’s appalling lack of knowledge of the history of the state in which I – unlike Ms. JL – was born and which she purports to represent.
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Dec
19
2012
I may have been a bit premature when I titled my first Blog “NHJournal – Where Spelling Is More Important Than Integrity.”
Just for a refresher, Shawn Millerick thought it would be funny to point out how I left a letter out of his first name and misspelled Pat Hynes last name (My spell checker keeps trying to change it to Haynes by the way). Typos! -Going for the jugular. And I pointed out that I could fix the typos but that his lying to his readers, for what I can only assume was as a favor to the NH-GOP political establishment power-brokers, might not be so easy to fix. (And if he just did it for kicks and not the GOP would that be better or worse?)
While integrity is still an issue (now and forever) it turns out he has some other problems as well, and they are pretty damn funny considering. Pull quotes from Mr. Millerick’s piece please…
On Tuesday, the New Hampshire chapter of Americans for Prosperity bestowed upon GraniteGrok’s Steve MacDonald the lofty title of ‘Blogger of the Month.’
Actually, the news release is dated the 17th, which was Monday, not Tuesday. Calendars were invented before 1925, right? It’s also a national award from AFPhq, reported through the New Hampshire chapter if you must know.
And I did mention spelling…
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Dec
19
2012
I have to admit that Shawn Millerick got me good when he said I couldn’t spell. Actually the problem is that I am not terribly adept at typing and I try to squeeze out posts before work and after the kids go to bed. I’m not always thorough. But on a positive note, I don’t make up meetings out of thin air to smear my political opponents.
Millerick would also like you to believe that I am insulting a female candidate (Jennifer Horn) when I use the word pimping. I apologize if I was unclear. I’m actually insulting him, NHJournal, and whoever it is in the GOP establishment that is yanking his pull string.
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Dec
19
2012
the New Deal settlement has been reshaping Americans’ expectations about the nation-state’s reach and role. Consequently, the U.S. federal government will continue to provide a social safety net, regulate the economy, and shoulder a substantial share of responsibility for safeguarding the social and economic bases of political equality.
The State is responsible for two things:
Even with some of the most restrictive gun laws in the nation,
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Dec
19
2012
First it was private equity house,Cerebus, unloading its Bushmaster gun company – I merely noticed it knowing that the California Teachers Retirement fund was vested in Cerebus and therefore, a part owner in Bushmaster. Such a PR faux pas was not going to last long – and it didn’t as it is now set for “divestiture”. Then Dick’s, a major sporting goods retailer, decided to pull all of its “black rifle” inventory off the shelves nationwide after the news came out that kiddie murderer Adam Lanza had tried to purchase a rifle there (which failed as Dick’s personnel followed the law, started to do the background check, and Lanza didn’t complete the transaction when the seller behind the counter told him there was a 3 day wait via CT law). What they should have done is spotlight the employee AND themselves for doing the right things according to the Law.
Well, I needed a few things, so before work this morning, I went to Cheaper Than Dirt, an internet retailer of firearms and lots of other stuff, to buy them. I’ve used them in the recent past, bought quite a bit of stuff, and their shipping and accuracy was spot on. Well, imagine my surprise to what I found and the email I dashed off to them:
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Dec
19
2012
Dec
19
2012
Over at Breitbart is a post with this headline: “Coal Use Set To Surpass Oil In A Decade: IEA“. I used to go over and post comments over at TreeHugger, as regular readers of the ‘Grok know, and bring the Lefty Enviro-wacko stream of consciousness back here just so that you see what the mindset is (which is, pretty much, you all HAVE to get with our program to save GAIA from our destructive ways). Smaller is better, and that less is best. Pretty much, everyone needs to be shoved into tiny apartments into urban areas because, after all, we have to be conscious firstly and always with the energy we are using and the carbon footprint we are using to stomp on future generations lives. And of course, “white European Developed Nation Guilt” plays a large role in their sackcloth living mantra. Betcha there’s much wailing and rending of said sackcloth at this:
Coal is set to surpass oil as the world’s top fuel within a decade, driven by growth in emerging market giants China and India, with even Europe finding it hard to cut use despite pollution concerns, according to a report published Tuesday.
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Dec
19
2012
That would be Senator Joe Manchin, Democrat. Who famously used a rifle during a campaign commercial vowing to kill the EPA Cap N Trade bill. He certainly has touted his NRA credentials. However, just like most Liberal politicians, he’s stuck the wet pinkie in the air and pivoted so quick his feet are 6″ in the ground now that the Progressives have turned a sad tragedy into a political cause celebre. Sure, he said “I don’t know anyone that needs 30 rounds in a clip to go hunting“, but he certainly seem to enjoy himself while shooting this tricked out semi-automatic AR-15 WITH AN EXTENDED MAGAZINE. Throw in a red dot sight, and he’s ready to go hunting too.
Once again, we see someone taking advantage when it benefits him and throwing it under the political bus when he realizes it would kill him politically.
Consistency? Hardly ever when it comes to Democrats. He knows that he’s become a poster child for gun control simply because he’s made a big deal of his NRA credentials – so if HE says so-called assault rifles with big mags should be banned, well, that should be the end of the discussion.
Tell me, if you are looking down the north end of a rifle, wouldn’t you be thinking that ALL rifles would be “assaulting” in that scenario regardless of what it looks like?
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Dec
19
2012
Peter Berkowitz of the Hoover Institution recently wrote in The Wall Street Journal that “big government is here to stay. This is particularly important for libertarians to absorb. Over the last two hundred years…
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