Archive for March 25th, 2011
These are my links for March 25th from 20:01 to 20:09:
- The Speech Obama Hasn’t Given – What are we doing in Libya? Americans deserve an explanation. – It all seems rather mad, doesn't it? The decision to become involved militarily in the Libyan civil war couldn't take place within a less hospitable context. The U.S. is reeling from spending and deficits, we're already in two wars, our military has been stretched to the limit, we're restive at home, and no one, really, sees President Obama as the kind of leader you'd follow over the top. "This way, men!" "No, I think I'll stay in my trench." People didn't hire him to start battles but to end them. They didn't expect him to open new fronts. Did he not know this?
He has no happy experience as a rallier of public opinion and a leader of great endeavors; the central initiative of his presidency, the one that gave shape to his leadership, health care, is still unpopular and the cause of continued agitation. When he devoted his entire first year to it, he seemed off point and out of touch.
This was followed by the BP oil spill, which made him look snakebit. Now he seems incompetent and out of his depth in foreign and military affairs. He is more observed than followed, or perhaps I should say you follow him with your eyes and not your heart. So it's funny he'd feel free to launch and lead a war, which is what this confused and uncertain military action may become.
What was he thinking? What is he thinking?
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The White House announced late Friday afternoon, that the President will address the american people about Libya on Monday night.
- Antiwar Senator, War-Powers President – President Barack Obama has again flip-flopped on national security—and we can all be grateful. Having kept Guantanamo Bay open, resumed military commission trials for terrorists, and expanded the use of drones, the president has now ordered the U.S. military into action without Congress's blessing.
Imagine the uproar if President Bush had unilaterally launched air attacks against Libya's Moammar Gadhafi. But since it's Mr. Obama's finger on the trigger, Democratic leaders in Congress have kept quiet—demonstrating that their opposition to presidential power during the Bush years was political, not principled.
Mr. Obama's exercise of war powers in Libya is firmly in the tradition of American foreign policy. Throughout our history, neither presidents nor Congress have acted under the belief that the Constitution requires a declaration of war before the U.S. can conduct military hostilities abroad. We have used force abroad more than 100 times but declared war in only five cases: the War of 1812, the Mexican-American and Spanish-American Wars, and World Wars I and II.
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Tags: Libya, Obama
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These are my links for March 25th from 19:37 to 19:55:
- Former GOP Senate candidate Chuck DeVore joins O.C. supervisors’ race – Former Assemblyman Chuck DeVore, a conservative candidate who lost the GOP Senate primary to Carly Fiorina last year, announced Thursday that he is running for the Orange County Board of Supervisors.
The 2012 contest will be a raucous competition among two well-known Republicans and former state legislators. DeVore’s opponent is former Assemblyman Todd Spitzer, who already served on the county board and has a healthy campaign war chest.
In an email to supporters, DeVore focused on the state’s unfunded pension liability and accused Spitzer of being part of the problem in Sacramento — where he served in the Assembly — and Santa Ana.
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From U.S. Senate to OC Supervisor. Wow! What a demotion…..
- Birthing tourism: San Gabriel maternity center for Chinese women shut down – From the outside, they looked like other recently built San Gabriel townhouses — two stories, Spanish style, with roofs of red tile.
Inside they were maternity centers for Chinese women willing to pay handsomely to travel here to give birth to American citizens.
Southern California has become a hub of so-called birthing tourism. Operators of such centers tend to try to blend in, attracting as little attention as possible.
But on quiet, residential Palm Avenue, neighbors had noticed an unusual number of pregnant women going in and out, and some complained about noise.
On March 8, code enforcement officials shut down three identical four-bedroom townhouses functioning as an unlicensed birthing center.
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Anyone now want to change birthright citizenship?
Tags: birthing, Chuck, DeVore, illegal, immigration, tourism
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These are my links for March 25th from 10:27 to 14:02:
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Dr. Tommy Murph extracts lower anterior teeth 24 – 27
Again, Dr. Tommy Murph makes short work of these lower anterior teeth, using the 301 elevator and 151 forcep. Patients will, also, understand when the dentist says he will call you back and that he is with a patient, he may be very well be busy.
Here is the pre-operative radiograph (x-ray):
And, a pre-operative photo of the teeth:
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According to the latest PPP poll:
Job Approval Vs. Disapproval:
Favorabile Vs. Unfavorable
- Mitt Romney – 37% Vs. 45%
- Mike Huckabee – 36% Vs. 45%
- Newt Gingrich – 27% Vs. 57%
- Sarah Palin – 31% Vs. 61%
- Scott Walker – 22% Vs. 37%
Head to Head:
- Obama – 48% Vs Romney – 41%
- Obama – 50% vs. Huckabee – 41%
- Obama – 53% Vs. Gingrich – 37%
- Obama – 55% Vs. Palin – 35%
President Obama won Michigan in 2008 with a 16 point margin. He is not leading by that amount this time but GOP candidates are underperforming.
Obama could be vulnerable in Michigan for sure. But consider this- despite that weak 78% approval with Democrats, he gets 85-90% of the Democratic vote against each of these five Republicans. There are enough Democrats who don’t like Obama that a Republican could get the support necessary across party lines to win the state- it’s just far from clear that any of these Republicans could get the support necessary across party lines to win the state. Obama may not win the state by as much as last time but for now Michigan’s looking like a second tier swing state.
Agreed. Republicans always hope for a pick-up in Michigan. But, unless the GOP nominates someone other than the four in this poll, they will lose again.
The entire polll is here.
Tags: Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Polling, President 2012, Sarah Palin
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These are my links for March 25th from 07:02 to 10:15:
- California Census: O.C.’s ‘most Republican’ status continues to slip – Orange County is still the 800-pound gorilla of California Republican politics, thanks in good measure to the size of the county and the number of major donors. But O.C. continues to slip in its ranking of the state's most GOP counties. And that gorilla may be shedding a few pounds.
In 1999, the party fell below 50 percent of all county voters for the first time since 1984. In 2001, it lost its spot as the California county with the highest percentage of GOP voters. By 2007, it ranked ninth among the 58 counties.
It is now 18th, with a 43-percent share of registered voters, according to Secretary of State rankings released last month. And the slide could well continue.
The party has had difficulty attracting the Latino vote statewide – Meg Whitman won among non-Latino whites in last year's governor's race, but only garnered about 20 percent of the Latino vote. And the Latino population is growing faster in Orange County than statewide, with Latinos projected to become a majority of the county population by 2040.
GOP strongholds
Smaller counties now carry the highest GOP saturation. Modoc County Republicans lead the list, with 49.5 percent of voters, followed by Placer County with 48.2 percent, and Lassen County with 48.1 percent.
Alameda County leads the list for Democrats, with 56.7 percent, follow by San Francisco County with 56.1 percent and Marin County with 54.9 percent.
Orange County Democrats, with 31.9 percent share, rank 10th from the bottom.
Statewide, Democrats have a 44 percent share to Republicans' 31 percent.
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The Census demographic shift away from a white or anglo population has been ongoing for decades.
Now, it will affect politics as racial groups are polarized to vote against Republicans.
But,will it last?
- Flap’s Dentistry Blog: Connecticut Dental Board Reviewing Whether Teeth Whitening Should Be Classified as "Dentistry" – Connecticut Dental Board Reviewing Whether Teeth Whitening Shuld Be Classified as "Dentistry"
- President 2012 GOP Poll Watch: Mike Huckabee Has a Slight Edge.. But.. | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – President 2012 GOP Poll Watch: Mike Huckabee Has a Slight Edge.. But.. #tcot #catcot
- Video: Why Sarah Palin Calls a Truce With LAMESTREAM Media? | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Video: Why Sarah Palin Calls a Truce With LAMESTREAM Media? #tcot #catcot
- The American Spectator : AmSpecBlog : DeMint’s Defense of RomneyCare is Ignorant…And Dangerous – Sen. Jim DeMint's Defense of RomneyCare is Ignorant…And Dangerous
- Tea party leader says he’d endorse Daniels | The Indianapolis Star | indystar.com – President 2012: Tea party leader says he'd endorse Mitch Daniels
- The American Spectator : Scapegoating Mitch Daniels – President 2012: Scapegoating Mitch Daniels
- Flap’s Links and Comments for March 25th on 06:38 | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Flap’s Links and Comments for March 25th on 06:38 #tcot #catcot
- Flap’s Links and Comments for March 25th on 06:38 | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Flap’s Links and Comments for March 25th on 06:38 #tcot #catcot
Tags: #catcot, #tcot, California, Census, Demographics
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Yes and President Obama will exploit it in 2012.
Hispanic population. Latinos made up half of all U.S. population growth in the past decade, by far the fastest growing group. Hispanics have nearly doubled to make up 16% of the country. We’ve said it here before, and now with the new Census numbers out it’s worth repeating: Latinos are already a serious political force in America and their influence will only get bigger. And that could be problematic for Republicans on a presidential level, because overwhelmingly right now, they prefer Democrats. Obama won Latinos 67%-31% in 2008, and they made up just 9% of the electorate. In the 2010 exit polls, when Republicans swept Democrats out of the U.S. House, Hispanics still preferred Democrats by a similar 64%-34% margin. And they made up just 8% of the electorate. In fact, look at the states out West with large Hispanic populations and how Democrats performed out West vs. the Midwest. In states with high Hispanic populations, Democrats were able to keep their losses to a minimum, holding on to Senate seats in Colorado and Nevada, keeping California fairly blue and holding on to House seats in Arizona they should have lost. As one Republican operative said to us in April 2010: “We have problems, clearly, with Hispanics,” the operative said. “If we do not manage an immigration bill appropriately, and we alienate Hispanics, Obama’s going to run up his numbers in the 70s [with Hispanics]. That is not a sustainable model to win.”
The national GOP will soon have to decide on a strategy to reach out to the growing Hispanic population of voters. It will have to be a multi-faceted voter outreach program, while at the same time isolating the growth of illegal immigration, which in turn results (in a decade or so) more Hispanic voters.
As you can see, this will take some finesse.
Or, the GOP can write off most of the Hispanic vote and try to isolate the effects of their numbers to a few states.
There is danger to the Democrats as well, since too much pandering to African-American and Hispanic voters will label them as the NON-white party.
But, for now, President Obama has the advantage going into 2012 and you won’t be seeing too much GOP Presidential campaigning in California.
Tags: Census, Hispanic Vote, President 2012
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