Granite State Pundit

• Seven Obama narratives that may be ...

  Seven Obama narratives that may be taking hold in the public mind, all of which would be very politically difficult for the President to overcome. I think if only one or two become hardened into the public consciousness, the Democrats will suffer at the polls (and I think that [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 8:14am EST
  

• Some amazing aerial photographs from World ...

  Some amazing aerial photographs from World War II.
  
  Some perspective on the coming financial collapse of Dubai.
  
  Tiger Woods has some 'splainin' to to do, whether he likes it or not.
  
  Peggy Noonan wonders if the bow to the Emperor of Japan is [...]
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  Posted: November 28, 2009, 10:19am EST
  

• HAPPY THANKSGIVING

  Here is Abraham Lincoln's Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1863 which established the Thanksgiving holiday as we know it today.
  
  President Obama will commit the U.S. to emissions reductions. Politically, that is an easy thing for him to do. It makes him look good to the environmentalists and to [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 9:23am EST
  

• Someone needed to say it...John Bolton ...

  Someone needed to say it...John Bolton was right about Iran, after all.
  
  The Democrats find themselves way behind on the generic ballot among Independents. The tsunami is coming.
  
  President Obama has decided on a strategy in Afghanistan, which he will announce next week. This story [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 10:01am EST
  

• Some Conservatives, Libertarians and Liberals find ...

  Some Conservatives, Libertarians and Liberals find common ground on the issue of the criminalization of just about everything. I have long been concerned with the expansion of government power, and this is just another aspect of the phenomenon. I'm heartened by the fact that more and more people across' [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 8:03am EST
  

• More happy news from the debt ...

  More happy news from the debt and deficit front as Treasury officials are warning about the wave of debt payments that are coming due, and the probability of an increase in interest rates that will make financing our debt even more difficult.
  
  Meanwhile, Paul Krugman is disappointed [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 7:53am EST
  

• At last we are getting somewhere on ...

  At last we are getting somewhere on the issue of climate change. It seems some scientists, looking at real data, are puzzled that the global warming trend has come to a screeching halt in the last ten years. But wait...there's more! It seems the global warming proponents have [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 9:17am EST
  

• Charles Krauthammer writes about the perverse ...

  Charles Krauthammer writes about the perverse logic put forward by the Attorney General as a justification for trying KSM in a civilian court, but trying other terrorists in front of military tribunals. I pity anyone who has to serve on the jury for this trial.
  
  Despite the fact [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 7:41am EST
  

• Ralph Peters is unhappy with the ...

  Ralph Peters is unhappy with the generals, who he says are not giving the President all of the options for Afghanistan.
  
  Tony Blankley says if we are not in it to win it, we should bring the troops home.
  
  Nicholas Kristof says the Republicans are [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 7:52am EST
  

• A new poll shows the only ...

  A new poll shows the only way Americans want to pay for health care reforms is to tax the wealthy. "We won't tax you, we won't tax me, we'll tax the man behind that tree".
  
  Speaking of taxes, John Stossel says the out-of-control spending is worse than' [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 7:46am EST
  

• Liberals continue to obsess about female ...

  Liberals continue to obsess about female Conservative firebrands. I hope this continues, because the more energy they spend examining these women and their more provocative comments and political positions, the less energy they will have to recognize the real danger they face, which is the tsunami of Independents which [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 8:06am EST
  

• Dear Coach Belichick...the Greeks called it ...

  Dear Coach Belichick...the Greeks called it Hubris. I wish I had gone to bed at halftime.
  
  Why Chimerica was a Chimera, and how it could make the world economic situation even worse. I expect the Chinese to continue on their 'beggar thy neighbor' course, and I [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 7:54am EST
  

• In a dramatic example of the major ...

  In a dramatic example of the major philosophical difference between Liberals and Conservatives on the issue of Islamist terrorism the Attorney General of the United States has announced that Khalid Sheik Muhammed and some other Al Qaeda types who planned the 9/11 attacks will be tried in a Federal [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 8:50am EST
  

• The Boston Globe editorial staff is ...

  The Boston Globe editorial staff is happy to see Lou Dobbs out at CNN. They also praise the decision by the folks at CNN to emphasize 'straight news'. I'm tempted to laugh at that one, but the real problem is that CNN will continue to fall in the ratings' [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 7:55am EST
  

• James Pethokoukis believes, based on work ...

  James Pethokoukis believes, based on work done by some notable economists, that unemployment may well reach 12 or 13 percent. If it does, the Democrats can kiss their majorities in Congress goodbye.
  
  Of course, if an asteroid hits us, as one almost did on Friday, it may [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 7:51am EST
  

• According to a new Gallup poll ...

  According to a new Gallup poll Republicans have now moved ahead of Democrats in the generic Congressional ballot. The only good news for the Democrats is that they have 12 months to reverse the trend before people go to the real polls and cast real ballots.
  
  David [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 10:19am EST
  

• Ralph Peters doubts we will hear ...

  Ralph Peters doubts we will hear the words "terrorism" or "Islam" when President Obama visits Fort Hood.
  
  The FBI and the military knew that Major Hasan was in communication with a U.S.-born, radical Islamist cleric now living in Yemen. They ignored it.
  
  We just, as [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 7:50am EST
  

• As investigators look into Major Nidal's past, ...

  As investigators look into Major Nidal's past, including the fact that he worshipped at the same Washington-area mosque at the same time as two of the 9/11 hijackers, and may have known a radical imam at that mosque who preaches jihad against the West, Mark Steyn examines the' [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 7:55am EST
  

• POLITICAL CORRECTNESS KILLS

  As the Army continues to investigate the Fort Hood shooting spree, and they refuse (properly) to rule out a conspiracy, and new details emerge about the courageous woman police officer who brought Major Nidal down in an exchange of gunfire, Ralph Peter hits the nail on the [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 10:05am EST
  

• There will be a great deal of ...

  There will be a great deal of speculation about why a career Army doctor who had risen to the rank of Major would take a pair of handguns and blast away at his fellow soldiers, killing a dozen and wounding over 30 others. Was it because he was a [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 8:05am EST
  

• MORE ELECTION FALLOUT

  Here are some links to articles about the election results...
  
  Their poor performance in the suburbs is a very bad sign for Democrats. I agree.
  
  The "Permanent Democratic Majority" seems to be unravelling. I never believed in the 'permanent' majority, anyway. Of course, I never [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 7:43am EST
  

• ABOUT LAST NIGHT...

  One can expect quite a lot of ink and hot air to be expended over the coming weeks as highly paid political pundits and analysts (as well as a few slobs like me) pore over the results of last night's major political contests and try to determine what, if' [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 8:59am EST
  

• It is election day in many places, ...

  It is election day in many places, like a congressional district in upstate New York that could elect a Conservative to Congress. The results in NY-23 could say something about the national electorate, especially the conservative and Republican part of the electorate.
  
  It seems that some [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 7:35am EST
  

• Some real interesting polling data as we ...

  Some real interesting polling data as we approach the elections for governor in New Jersey and Virginia. In Virginia, it seems McDonnell (the Republican) is well ahead. In New Jersey, which should be a good state for the Democrats, the race is neck-and-neck. Meanwhile, in the special [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 9:03am EST