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President 2012 GOP Poll Watch: Perry 27% Vs. Romney 14% Vs. Palin 10% Vs. Bachmann and Giuliani 9%
According to the latest CNN Poll.
The survey, released Monday, indicates that 27 percent of Republicans nationwide support Perry for their party’s nomination, with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who’s making his second bid for the White House, at 14 percent. Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin follows at ten percent, with Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani at nine percent, and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, who’s making his third bid for the presidency, at six percent. Every one else listed on the questionnaire registered in the low single digits.
Another national poll, like Gallup, last week that shows Texas Governor Rick Perry as the front-runner.
The momentum has been clear and it is all Perry.
Wonder what Sarah Palin is thinking now?
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Fosamax Osteonecrosis of the Jaw Lawsuit Set for Trial September 7
Osteonecrosis of the Jaw (ONJ)
Another oral bisphosphonate (Fosamax with ONJ) lawsuit trial set.The next trial date for a Fosamax lawsuit involving jaw necrosis is scheduled to begin early next month.
The Fosamax trial will involve a complaint brought by Linda Secrest, of Florida, who alleges that Merck failed to adequately warn that side effects of Fosamax, the popular osteoporosis drug, can lead to severe jaw bone decay. Trial is scheduled to begin on September 7, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Fosamax is an osteoporosis drug that belongs to a family of similar medications known as bisphosphonates. Long-term use of oral bisphosphonates has been linked to an increased risk of serious and debilitating jaw problems, known as osteonecrosis of the jaw. The condition causes the jaw bone to decay and rot, often resulting in the need for surgery to remove portions of the jaw.
Merck currently faces more than 1,100 Fosamax jaw lawsuits, most of which have been consolidated and centralized for pretrial proceedings in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York as part of an MDL or multidistrict litigation.
There have already been several trials for Fosamax jaw necrosis lawsuits that have been held in the federal MDL over the last two years. While Merck has successfully defended its medication in three cases, one lawsuit resulted in an $8 million jury award for Fosamax jaw damage last year, finding that Merck failed to adequately research the potential side effects of warn about the risk of jaw necrosis from Fosamax.
A few more cases and Merck will probably propose some industry-wide settlement agreement.
Next up will be the lawsuits over bone fractures from Fosamax.
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Doesn’t Colin Powell Owe Scooter Libby an Apology?
Jen rubin explains why in this excellent piece on Colin Powell, Richard Armitage, Vice President Cheney and his Chief of Staff, Scooter Libby.The extent of the dishonesty is quite stunning. In a Cabinet meeting on October 7, 2003, the White House press corps bombarded President George W. Bush with questions about who the leaker was. Bush said he didn’t know, but there would be an investigation to get to the bottom of it. Powell, who had been told by Armitage just days earlier that Armitage was the leaker, sat there next to the president, stone silent. Not very loyal or honest, was it?
Moreover, the notion that Armitage’s slip was somehow inadvertent is belied by Bob Woodward’s taped interview in which Armitage repeatedly mentions Joe Wilson’s wife, evidently doing his best to get Plame’s identity out there. This was no slip of the tongue. Woodward testified that when he spoke to Libby sometime later that Libby never said anything about Plame.
At issue here is not simply Powell and Armitage’s deception and undermining of their commander in chief. There was a victim, one whom neither Powell or Armitage has ever apologized to. The person who ultimately paid the price for this was Scooter Libby. Had the president and the country known about Armitage, a special prosecutor would never have been appointed. Libby was eventually convicted on the basis of a he-said-he-said dispute between his recollection and that of the late Tim Russert. (Charges concerning Libby’s alleged comments to Judy Miller were dismissed, and he was acquitted on the count involving Matt Cooper.) A compelling case for Libby’s innocence can be found in this account by Stan Crock.
Powell may be peeved at being fingered by Cheney. But on this one Cheney has him dead to rights. The Plame is a blot on his record and that of Armitage. Maybe it is time to own up and make amends rather than bristling at Libby’s former boss.
Dick Cheney said that when his book, In My Time, was released that heads would explode in D.C. It appears that Colin Powell’s has and he should apologize to Libby and Cheney for his despicable conduct in the Valerie Plame matter.
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Day By Day August 29, 2011 – Bras Not Bros
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Flap’s Links and Comments for August 29th on 08:31
These are my links for August 29th from 08:31 to 08:55:
- Workplace Notice Poster for Worker’s Rights – WORKPLACE NOTICE
Worker Rights The National Labor
Relations Board May Not Tell You About
For additional information:
www.workforcefairness.org
The Right to Decide Workers have a right to decide whether or not
they want to be represented by a collective
bargaining unit.
A Secret Ballot Workers have a right to a secret ballot vote to
decide whether or not they want to form a
collective bargaining unit.
A Vote on Contracts Workers have a right to vote on contracts that
affect their salaries, benefits and workplace rules.
Workplace Fairness Workers have a right to know that penalties for
violating their rights will be assessed equally
against both employers and organized labor.
The Right to Decertify Workers have a right to vote via secret ballot to
decertify a collective bargaining unit.
You Control Your Dues Workers have a right to prohibit their dues from
going to organizations that use them for political
causes they do not agree with. - An EPA Moratorium – Since everyone has a suggestion or three about what President Obama can do to get the economy cooking again, here's one of ours: Immediately suspend the Environmental Protection Agency's bid to reorganize the U.S. electricity industry, and impose a moratorium on EPA rules at least until hiring and investment rebound for an extended period.
The EPA is currently pushing an unprecedented rewrite of air-pollution rules in an attempt to shut down a large portion of the coal-fired power fleet. Though these regulations are among the most expensive in the agency's history, none were demanded by the late Pelosi Congress. They're all the result of purely bureaucratic discretion under the Clean Air Act, last revised in 1990.
As it happens, those 1990 amendments contain an overlooked proviso that would let Mr. Obama overrule EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson's agenda. With an executive order, he could exempt all power plants "from compliance with any standard or limitation" for two years, or even longer using rolling two-year periods. All he has to declare is "that the technology to implement such standard is not available and that it is in the national security interests of the United States to do so."
Both criteria are easily met. Most important, the EPA's regulatory cascade is a clear and present danger to the reliability and stability of the U.S. power system and grid. The spree affects plants that provide 40% of U.S. baseload capacity in the U.S., and almost half of U.S. net generation. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or FERC, which is charged with ensuring the integrity of the power supply, reported this month in a letter to the Senate that 81 gigawatts of generating capacity is "very likely" or "likely" to be subtracted by 2018 amid coal plant retirements and downgrades.
That's about 8% of all U.S. generating capacity. Merely losing 56 gigawatts—a midrange scenario in line with FERC and industry estimates—is the equivalent of wiping out all power generation for Florida and Mississippi.
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- Eric Cantor – Memo On Upcoming Jobs Agenda – As you know, we released The House Republican Plan for America’s Job Creators earlier this year. While the debt crisis has demanded much of our attention, our new majority has passed over a dozen pro-growth measures to address the equally troubling jobs crisis, such as the Energy Tax Prevention Act and the Putting the Gulf of Mexico Back to Work Act. Aside from repeal of the 1099 reporting requirement in ObamaCare, however, each House Republican jobs bill now sits dormant in the Democrat-controlled Senate. You can view the progress of our jobs bills at MajorityLeader.gov/JobsTracker.
When we return next week, the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction will begin meeting to take an additional incremental step towards addressing our debt crisis. During this time, it is essential that the House continue our focus on the jobs crisis. Below are two areas of our jobs agenda that I want to bring to your attention for our upcoming fall and winter legislative schedule.
REPEAL OF JOB-DESTROYING REGULATIONS TO CREATE MIDDLE CLASS JOBS
Since passage of H.Res. 72 on February 11, our committee chairmen have been investigating and inventorying regulatory burdens to job creators. They’ve found many that have tied the hands of small business people and prevented job growth. By pursuing a steady repeal of job-destroying regulations, we can help lift the cloud of uncertainty hanging over small and large employers alike, empowering them to hire more workers.
Our regulatory relief agenda will include repeal of specific regulations, as well as fundamental and structural reform of the rule-making system through legislation like the REINS Act, the Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act, and reform of the Administrative Procedures Act (all three bills are expected on the floor in late November and early December).
The following is a list of the 10 most harmful job-destroying regulations that our committee chairmen have identified, as well as a selective calendar for their repeal. These regulations are reflective of the types of costly bureaucratic handcuffs that Washington has imposed upon business people who want to create jobs.
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- Workplace Notice Poster for Worker’s Rights – WORKPLACE NOTICE
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Amazon Tax, California Citizens Redistricting Commission, California Republican Party, California State Senate, Internet Sales Taxes
Update: Americans for Tax Reform Call AB 155 a Pledge Violation; California Republican State Senators to Support Internet Sales Taxes?
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Here is the latest from the Americans for Tax ReformI have a new post up over at Flap’s California Blog on the Flap.
Go here and read which California State Senators might FLIP.Kind of interesting that the California Republican Party is asking Republican donors to support a referendum to overturn the California Citizen’s Redistricting Commission’s State Senate Redistricting Maps and these Senators FLIP to support a Democratic position anyway.
I mean, why bother, when all of the Republicans become RINOS (Republican in Name Only)?
By the way, the legislation which will likely be heard in the California State Senate tomorrow, requires three (3) Republican Senators to FLIP (NB: none voted for the Amazon Tax when it first came through the California Legislature).
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Flap’s Links and Comments for August 26th through August 29th
These are my links for August 26th through August 29th:
- A Short Primer on the National Debt – With the national debt certain to be a front-and-center issue in the 2012 campaign, it is important to understand the true measure of its size. That size seems to vary considerably in news reports. Some news organizations use the debt held by the public, others use total debt. Still others report total future liabilities of the federal government, without making clear what, exactly, that means.
So, a few definitions. The total national debt of the United States is the sum of all federal bills, notes and bonds that have been issued by the Treasury and not yet redeemed. The publicly held debt is the sum of the Treasury securities held by individuals, financial institutions and foreign governments. (That's not just the Chinese, by the way. Both Great Britain and Japan are also major holders of U.S. debt, as are many other countries in lesser amounts.)
The intra-governmental debt is the sum of Treasury bonds held by agencies of the federal government, principally the so-called Social Security Trust Fund. The liabilities equal the future pensions, health care, Social Security payments, etc., that are promised under current legislation.
But while the Treasury securities bear the full faith and credit of the United States and any failure to pay the interest or redeem the principal in a timely fashion would be a default, the liabilities are liabilities only so long as current law remains unchanged. If, for instance, Congress were to adjust the formula by which Social Security cost-of-living increases were calculated or change the age of eligibility, future federal liabilities would shrink by trillions of dollars instantly.
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- An Open Letter to GOP NLRB Member Brian Hayes: Please Resign Immediately – Dear Member Hayes:
Our nation stands at the precipice of disaster, its future generations are indebted due to the overindulgent spending of politicians from both political parties. Our unemployment is untenably high, our welfare roles expanded beyond reason, both with no signs of easing. Meanwhile, our nation’s job creators are burdened with an over-regulating, activist government whose sole existence at this point is to appease special constituencies. It is for these reasons, and more, that you are urged to resign your position as a member of the National Labor Relations Board.
Given last year’s Supreme Court decision in New Process Steel, you know that the National Labor Relations Board must have three members to effectuate its rulings and decisions. You may recall the reason for the New Process Steel decision stemmed from Senate Democrats’ purposeful and calculating decision not to allow President Bush’s nominees to be confirmed as members to the National Labor Relations Board, as well as the blocking of any recess appointments.
With the expiration of Chairman Liebman’s term this past weekend, the NLRB is once again down to three members—two union appointees (newly appointed Chairman Mark Pearce and Member Craig Becker) and yourself. If you resign your position, the NLRB will become incapacitated—unable to wreak any more havoc on America’s job creators. Moreover, as long as Congress does not go into recess, thereby depriving the President the ability to recess appoint any more union extremists, America’s employers may begin to breathe with some ease again and, as a result, begin to create jobs.
With NLRB Member Becker’s recess appointment expiring in January, as long as Congress does not go into recess, the NLRB will be incapacitated anyway following the expiration of Becker’s recess appointment. However, the destruction that the union activists at the NLRB are capable of doing between now and January is without precedent, as evidenced by last Thursday’s NRLB mandate on all NLRB-covered employers to post union notices in their workplaces (or, as penalty, be charged with an unfair labor practice) that you and others have stated is without Congressional authority.
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- California Amazon.com Internet Sales Taxes – The Week to Come » Flap’s California Blog – California Amazon.com Internet Sales Taxes – The Week to Come
- Flap’s Dentistry Blog: Social Media Drills Bakersfield Pediatric Dentist Dr. Dove – Social Media Drills Bakersfield Pediatric Dentist Dr. Dove
- Day By Day August 28, 2011 – Cat Chow | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Day By Day August 28, 2011 – Cat Chow #tcot #catcot
- Dilbert August 28, 2011 – Honest Opinion » Flap’s California Blog – Dilbert August 28, 2011 – Honest Opinion
- California Legislators Push New Internet Sales Tax Bill to Thwart Amazon.com Referendum | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – California Legislators Push New Internet Sales Tax Bill to Thwart Amazon.com Referendum | Flap's Blog – Fullosse…
- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-08-28 | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-08-28 #tcot #catcot
- California Legislators Push New Internet Sales Tax Bill to Thwart Amazon.com Referendum | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – California Legislators Push New Internet Sales Tax Bill to Thwart Amazon.com Referendum | Flap's Blog – Fullosse…
- California Legislators Push New Internet Sales Tax Bill to Thwart Amazon.com Referendum | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – RE: I have heard from quite a number of folks about them leaving California for greener, lower taxed and lower regula…
- Arrogant Democrat Legislators Propose Changes to California Initiative Process » Flap’s California Blog – Arrogant Democrat Legislators Propose Changes to California Initiative Process
- Dilbert August 27, 2011 – Crimes » Flap’s California Blog – Dilbert August 27, 2011 – Crimes
- Day By Day August 27, 2011 – Cookin’ With Grease | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Day By Day August 27, 2011 – Cookin’ With Grease #tcot #catcot
- foursquare – Post six miles with Alice and Tara (@ Ronnie's Diner)
- Capitol Weekly: State Democratic Party targets mail vote to boost L.A. turnout – Capitol Weekly: State Democratic Party targets mail vote to boost L.A. turnout
- Capitol Weekly: State Democratic Party targets mail vote to boost L.A. turnout – Capitol Weekly: State Democratic Party targets mail vote to boost L.A. turnout
- Capitol Weekly: State Democratic Party targets mail vote to boost L.A. turnout – Capitol Weekly: State Democratic Party targets mail vote to boost L.A. turnout
- Capitol Weekly: Big Daddy – Capitol Weekly: Big Daddy
- Capitol Weekly: Big Daddy – Capitol Weekly: Big Daddy
- Capitol Weekly: Big Daddy – Capitol Weekly: Big Daddy
- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-08-27 | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-08-27 #tcot #catcot
- Capitol Weekly: State Democratic Party targets mail vote to boost L.A. turnout – Capitol Weekly: State Democratic Party targets mail vote to boost L.A. turnout
- Capitol Weekly: State Democratic Party targets mail vote to boost L.A. turnout – Capitol Weekly: State Democratic Party targets mail vote to boost L.A. turnout
- Capitol Weekly: State Democratic Party targets mail vote to boost L.A. turnout – Capitol Weekly: State Democratic Party targets mail vote to boost L.A. turnout
- Capitol Weekly: State Democratic Party targets mail vote to boost L.A. turnout – Capitol Weekly: State Democratic Party targets mail vote to boost L.A. turnout
- Capitol Weekly: Big Daddy – Capitol Weekly: Big Daddy
- Capitol Weekly: Big Daddy – Capitol Weekly: Big Daddy
- Capitol Weekly: Big Daddy – Capitol Weekly: Big Daddy
- Capitol Weekly: Big Daddy – Capitol Weekly: Big Daddy
- Gregory Flap Cole – Google+ – Looks like Facebook is on total tilt of Google+…. so much… – Looks like Facebook is on total tilt of Google+…. so much so they are changing their UI to match (or exceed) Googl…
- Capitol Weekly: State Democratic Party targets mail vote to boost L.A. turnout – California State Democratic Party targets mail vote to boost L.A. turnout
- Capitol Weekly: Big Daddy – Capitol Weekly: Big Daddy
- Capitol Weekly: Big Daddy – Capitol Weekly: Big Daddy
- Capitol Weekly: Big Daddy – Capitol Weekly: Big Daddy
- Capitol Weekly: State Democratic Party targets mail vote to boost L.A. turnout – California State Democratic Party targets mail vote to boost L.A. turnout
- Flap’s Links and Comments for August 26th on 18:21 | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Flap’s Links and Comments for August 26th on 18:21 #tcot #catcot
- A Short Primer on the National Debt – With the national debt certain to be a front-and-center issue in the 2012 campaign, it is important to understand the true measure of its size. That size seems to vary considerably in news reports. Some news organizations use the debt held by the public, others use total debt. Still others report total future liabilities of the federal government, without making clear what, exactly, that means.
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Amazon Tax, California Citizens Redistricting Commission, California Republican Party, California State Senate, Internet Sales Taxes
California Republican State Senators to Support Internet Sales Taxes?
I have a new post up over at Flap’s California Blog on the Flap.
Go here and read which California State Senators might FLIP.Kind of interesting that the California Republican Party is asking Republican donors to support a referendum to overturn the California Citizen’s Redistricting Commission’s State Senate Redistricting Maps and these Senators FLIP to support a Democratic position anyway.
I mean, why bother, when all of the Republicans become RINOS (Republican in Name Only)?
By the way, the legislation which will likely be heard in the California State Senate tomorrow, requires three (3) Republican Senators to FLIP (NB: none voted for the Amazon Tax when it first came through the California Legislature).
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@Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-08-29
- @RiceCreekDMD You have to develop a practice-wide strategy of positively engaging social media. e.g with your patients and friends in reply to RiceCreekDMD #
- @RiceCreekDMD That is why dentists should have an online social media consultant on call monitoring things. in reply to RiceCreekDMD #
- California Amazon.com Internet Sales Taxes – The Week to Come » Flap's California Blog http://t.co/wMKb0dv #
- Flap's Dentistry Blog: Social Media Drills Bakersfield Pediatric Dentist Dr. Dove http://t.co/jWO0iUn #
- Day By Day August 28, 2011 – Cat Chow | Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog http://t.co/2otK4gj #
- @SLOCband Thanks and yes I am as a matter of fact! in reply to SLOCband #
- California Amazon.com Internet Sales Taxes – The Week to Come http://t.co/wMKb0dv #
- USA wins Little League World Series over Japan. GG everyone! #
- @RightGirl Glad you liked it! Hehe in reply to RightGirl #
- Social Media Drills Bakersfield Pediatric Dentist Dr. Dove http://t.co/eJSgxxK #
- Day By Day August 28, 2011 – Cat Chow http://t.co/hU7cx94 #tcot #catcot #
- Dilbert August 28, 2011 – Honest Opinion http://t.co/FX7U8cX #
- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-08-28 | Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog http://t.co/4Z57GHi #
- California Legislators Push New Internet Sales Tax Bill to Thwart Amazon.com Referendum | Flap's Blog – Fullosse… http://t.co/k6X0W93 #
- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-08-28 http://t.co/1hy5zH2 #tcot #catcot #
- California Legislators Push New Internet Sales Tax Bill to Thwart Amazon.com Referendum | Flap's Blog – Fullosse… http://t.co/UsMmzAu #
- RE: I have heard from quite a number of folks about them leaving California for greener, lower taxed and lower regula… http://t.co/Y0O3enY #
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