These are my links for July 10th through July 16th:
- Obama – ‘If you’ve got a business — you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen’- President Barack Obama addressed supporters in Roanoke, Virginia on Friday afternoon and took a shot at the business community. President Obama dismissed any credit business owners give themselves for their success:There are a lot of wealthy, successful Americans who agree with me — because they want to give something back. They know they didn’t — look, if you’ve been successful, you didn’t get there on your own. You didn’t get there on your own. I’m always struck by people who think, well, it must be because I was just so smart. There are a lot of smart people out there. It must be because I worked harder than everybody else. Let me tell you something — there are a whole bunch of hardworking people out there. (Applause.)If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you’ve got a business — you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen. The Internet didn’t get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet.
The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together. There are some things, just like fighting fires, we don’t do on our own. I mean, imagine if everybody had their own fire service. That would be a hard way to organize fighting fires.
- Speculation mounts on Romney VP pick – Speculation about who Mitt Romney will choose as a running-mate intensified over the weekend as a buzz around the unlikely name of Condoleezza Rice proved a welcome distraction from Democratic attacks over his Bain Capital record.
Kelly Ayotte, a Republican senator from New Hampshire who is herself mooted as a possible vice-presidential choice, said on TV that the former secretary of state under George W. Bush would be an excellent choice.
“She’s very qualified. She’s excellent. She’s tested. Yes,” Ms Ayotte told ABC’s This Week. - Has Mitt Romney Selected His Vice President? – Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Has Mitt Romney Selected His Vice President?
- Flap’s California Morning Collection: July 16, 2012 – Flap’s California Blog – Flap’s California Morning Collection: July 16, 2012
- Flap’s Dentistry Blog: ABC News Investigative Report: Death, Greed at the Dentist: American Children at Risk – ABC News Investigative Report: Death, Greed at the Dentist: American Children at Risk
- Day By Day July 16, 2012 – Signs of the Times – Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Day By Day July 16, 2012 – Signs of the Times
- Welcome to California: America without Republicans – “I believe that if we’re successful in this election,” President Obama told campaign donors in Minnesota last month, “that the fever may break, because there’s a tradition in the Republican Party of more common sense than that.” Apparently Obama believes that if he wins this November, Republicans on Capitol Hill will all begin to act like Chief Justice John Roberts by betraying their conservative beliefs and signing on to Obama’s unprecedented expansion of the federal welfare state. But what would America look like if the Republican “fever” did break? We already know. It would look a lot like the state of California, where no non-cyborg Republican has been governor since 1996. Democrats have also enjoyed complete control of the state legislature since 1997. And they have governed exactly the way you’d expect Democrats to govern.
- Flap’s California Blog @ Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-07-16 – Flap’s California Blog – Flap’s California Blog @ Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-07-16
- Sarah Palin Still Waiting for Romney Invite to Tampa – Mitt still hasn’t invited Sarah to the GOP’s nomination assembly in Tampa, and the Tea Party is livid. Peter J. Boyer on how the snub could sabotage Romney’s tenuous ties to the grassroots—and why Palin is keeping the week open, just in case.
- Sheldon Adelson gives $5M to Eric Cantor-backed super PAC -
- Report: Former Rep. Weiner considering run for office – The Hill’s Blog Briefing Room – Good Grief! RT @thehill Report: Former Rep. Weiner considering return to political life #tcot
- Romney Has Decided on Running Mate – RT @politicalwire Romney has decided on a running mate and may announce as soon as this week… #tcot
- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-07-16 – Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – @Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-07-16
- Log In – The New York Times – Log In – The New York Times
- Log In – The New York Times – Medicaid’s New Tug of War – Economic View -
- Medicaid’s New Tug of War – Economic View – NYTimes.com – Medicaid’s New Tug of War – Economic View
- ‘Monica, Monica’ chants taunt Clinton in Egypt- US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was taunted by chants of “Monica, Monica” by tomato-throwing demonstrators as she visited the Egyptian port city of Alexandria on Sunday.The chants, referring to the Monica Lewinsky scandal when her husband, Bill Clinton, was president, were heard outside the US consulate as she visited for its reopening.An embarrassed Egyptian security official said they were chanting “Monica, Monica” and “Irhal, Clinton” (Get out, Clinton.)
Tomatoes, shoes and a water bottle were thrown at part of Clinton’s motorcade as it pulled up, protected by riot police, although a US official said Clinton’s own vehicle was not hit.
- Medicaid’s New Tug of War – Economic View- THE new health care law’s individual mandate — the provision pushing people to buy insurance, and upheld last month by the Supreme Court — has garnered huge attention. But about half the planned expansion of insurance coverage under the new law comes from another source entirely: growth of the Medicaid program.Many Governors Are Still Unsure About Medicaid Expansion (July 15, 2012)
Yet Medicaid has never been especially popular, and when its expanded role becomes more widely understood, it is likely to become less popular still.Medicaid beneficiaries have limited means, and their low incomes usually translate into below-average political influence. The joint federal-state financing of Medicaid reflects its lack of broad support among the more affluent. Neither the federal government nor the states wish to pick up the entire tab, and many state governments — and not just Republican administrations — would prefer to spend more on education, roads and other programs. Yet the federal subsidy for Medicaid expenditures keeps many states locked in — the Feds usually pick up at least half the cost — at levels they would not have chosen on their own.Those are signs of a program ripe for cuts, and yet the law is bringing a major Medicaid expansion. Will it stick? The additional federal subsidy is probably high enough to induce most states to expand Medicaid in the short run. (Under the Supreme Court decision, states can back out of the Medicaid expansion and lose only the new federal subsidy rather than all of their Medicaid funds.)
The greater likelihood is that, over time, American voters will rebel against Medicaid and dismantle the subsidies that keep the states locked in, and will prefer instead to spend the money on other programs.
- July panic for Obama — for good reason- So the Obama team has shot its wad. Its opponent has more ammo and more money now. Romney hasn’t been mortally wounded. And there isn’t money from Obama to keep up the 4-to-1 spending barrage. In fact without it, Obama might well have fallen behind in the race. So the Obama team pleads for money and turns up the volume of the attacks. (After calling Romney a criminal in July, what’s left for September and October?)Obama is now committed to a strategy that isn’t working. He’s left to unleash his attack dogs and to pray for a miracle. Maybe the economy will rebound. Perhaps Romney will implode or pick a Sarah-Palin-type for vice president.The reason, you see, that Obama’s camp has become so frantic in July is that its ineffectiveness in the summer subjects its side to grave risks. Having to defend his record, rely on his debate prowess and be evaluated on the economy over the last three years is as risky as, well, as sending thousands across a vast, empty field as enemy fire rains down upon them.
- Gregory Flap @ Ronnie’s Diner – foursquare – After 8 miles with Alice and Nancy. (@ Ronnie’s Diner w/ 3 others) [pic]:
- Flap’s California Blog @ Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-07-15 – Flap’s California Blog – Flap’s California Blog @ Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-07-15
- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-07-15 – Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – @Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-07-15
- Flap’s California Blog @ Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-07-14 – Flap’s California Blog – Flap’s California Blog @ Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-07-14
- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-07-14 – Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – @Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-07-14
- Is Mitt Romney Too White for NAACP Address? – Flap’s Blog – Is Mitt Romney Too White for NAACP Address? – Flap’s Blog
- Is Mitt Romney Too White for NAACP Address? – Flap’s Blog – Is Mitt Romney Too White for NAACP Address? – Flap’s Blog
- Flap’s California Blog @ Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-07-13 – Flap’s California Blog – Flap’s California Blog @ Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-07-13
- Is Mitt Romney Too White for NAACP Address? – Flap’s Blog – Is Mitt Romney Too White for NAACP Address? – Flap’s Blog
- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-07-13 – Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – @Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-07-13
- Is Mitt Romney Too White for NAACP Address? – Flap’s Blog – Is Mitt Romney Too White for NAACP Address? – Flap’s Blog
- Is Mitt Romney Too White for NAACP Address? – Flap’s Blog- RE: @Flap Poll tax?What are you talking about?African Americans have been lock step voting with the Dems for man…
- Quirkydude – BB Episodes
- YouTube – >>> save for future reference: CBS Big Brother episodes on Youtube, posted fast by @quirkydude #bb14 - Flap’s California Blog @ Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-07-12 – Flap’s California Blog – Flap’s California Blog @ Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-07-12
- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-07-12 – Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – @Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-07-12
- Bananas As Good As Sports Drinks During Exercise? – Dr. Gregory Cole – Bananas As Good As Sports Drinks During Exercise?
- Drink Coffee and Have Lower Risk of Death? – Locum Tenens Dentist – Drink Coffee and Have Lower Risk of Death?
- Is Running a Marathon Bad for Your Heart? – Locum Tenens (Temporary) Dentist – Gregory Cole, D.D.S. – Is Running a Marathon Bad for Your Heart?
- Report: Thousands fled Canada for health care in 2011- A Canadian study released Wednesday found that many provinces in our neighbor to the North have seen patients fleeing the country and opting for medical treatment in the United States.The nonpartisan Fraser Institute reported that 46,159 Canadians sought medical treatment outside of Canada in 2011, as wait times increased 104 percent — more than double — compared with statistics from 1993.Specialist physicians surveyed across 12 specialties and 10 provinces reported an average total wait time of 19 weeks between the time a general practitioner refers a patient and the time a specialist provides elective treatment — the longest they have ever recorded.
In 2011, Canadians enrolled in the nation’s government-dominated health service waited long periods of time for an estimated 941,321 procedures. As many as 2.8 percent of Canadians were waiting for treatment at any given time, according to the Institute.
“In some cases, these patients needed to leave Canada due to a lack of available resources or a lack of appropriate procedure/technology,” according to the Institute. “In others, their departure will have been driven by a desire to return more quickly to their lives, to seek out superior quality care, or perhaps to save their own lives or avoid the risk of disability.”
- Flap’s Dentistry Blog: The Morning Drill: July 11, 2012 – The Morning Drill: July 11, 2012
- Flap’s Dentistry Blog: The Daily Extraction: July 10, 2012 – The Daily Extraction: July 10, 2012
- Flap’s Dentistry Blog: The Morning Drill: July 10, 2012 – The Morning Drill: July 10, 2012
- Dilbert for July 11, 2012 – Flap’s California Blog – Dilbert for July 11, 2012
- Day By Day July 11, 2012 – Curtains – Flap’s Blog – Day By Day July 11, 2012 – Curtains
- Flap’s California Blog @ Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-07-10 – Flap’s California Blog – Flap’s California Blog @ Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-07-10
- Flap’s California Blog @ Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-07-11 – Flap’s California Blog – Flap’s California Blog @ Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-07-11
- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-07-11 – Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – @Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-07-11
- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-07-10 – Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – @Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-07-10
- Is Mitt Romney Too White for NAACP Address? – Flap’s Blog – Is Mitt Romney Too White for NAACP Address?
- President 2012 Poll Watch: Obama 47% Vs. Romney 47% – Flap’s Blog – President 2012 Poll Watch: Obama 47% Vs. Romney 47%
- Dem. Chair Invested in Swiss Banks, Foreign Drug Companies, and the State Bank of India- Disclosure forms reveal that Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a member of Congress from Florida, previously held funds with investments in Swiss banks, foreign drug companies, and the state bank of India. This revelation comes mere days after the Democratic chair attacked presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney for holding money in Swiss bank accounts in the past.”Americans need to ask themselves, why does an American businessman need a Swiss bank account and secretive investments like that?” the DNC chair, a chief surrogate for President Obama’s reelection team, said on Fox News Sunday two days ago. “Just something, a thought, that I’d like to leave folks with.”It’s been a consistent theme of Obama’s reelection strategy: Attack Romney for foreign investments he held, especially in Swiss bank accounts, “to try to promote his wealthy, out-of-touch businessman persona.”
But disclosure forms reveal that in 2010, Wasserman Schultz invested between $1,001-$15,000 in a 401k retirement fund run by Davis Financial Fund. As the fund discloses, it is invested in the Julius Baer Group Ltd. and the State Bank of India GDR Ltd., as well as other financial, insurance, bank institutions.
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