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Flap’s Links and Comments for August 26th on 18:21
These are my links for August 26th from 18:21 to 18:39:
- California State Democratic Party targets mail vote to boost L.A. turnout – Los Angeles County is crawling with Democrats – 2.3 million, in fact, far more than the six San Francisco Bay Area counties combined and the foundation of blue clout in an overwhelmingly blue state.
But all those L.A. Democrats have a peculiarity: They don’t like voting by mail.
In part, that stems from county election officials who over the years were not aggressive in developing a vote-by-mail system, Democrats say.
“First, it’s because (former registrar) Connie McCormack made it very difficult for vote by mail and, second, minorities are less trustful in general of voting by mail,” said Democratic consultant Steve Maviglio.
“It’s a giant county and you literally have to open all those things (mailed ballots). In terms of manpower, it’s difficult,” he added. “But a lot of counties have figured out that vote-by-mail actually saves money.”
The logistics of L.A. are daunting, particularly for those Democrats who may have long commutes and longer work days, and who find it difficult to get to the polls.
Getting a ballot to them could make a major difference, said Eric Bauman, chair of the Los Angeles County Democratic Party.
“The voting day is over by the time they get home,” Bauman said. “That’s the kind of voter, the occasional voter, that you have to work hard to get out to vote. So the solution is to put a ballot in their hands, and that’s the starting point.” That means mailing registration forms to their addresses, then following up with a personal knock on the door.
Another approach: Go to the swearing-in ceremonies for new citizens and encourage voter registration. For Democratic registrants, some nine out of 10 newly registered Democrats opt for vote-by-mail, Bauman said.
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- Capitol Weekly: Big Daddy – Hey Big Daddy,
So, finally, for the first time in modern history, there may be two-thirds Democratic majorities in each house after next year’s elections. Are you happy?
–Wondering in WestminsterDear Wondering,
I’m so happy I could spit.It’s been a long-time coming, as my favorite pock-marked singer noted in the 1960s. When you follow the money, as I do feverishly with every waking moment, the only way you get to Heaven is with two-thirds majorities, although it helps to have a Democratic governor to make sure you’re spending enough. But lately, Heaven has had to wait. Looks like 2012 may be a magic year.
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- The Cohabitation Revolution – The great divorce revolution of the 1960s and 1970s has faded. The great cohabitation revolution has begun.
The divorce rate for married couples with children is almost back to the levels of the early 1960s, before the run-up that crested in the early 1980s. Considering the decades of social turbulence buffeting the institution of marriage between then and now, this is a notable restoration.
But it only means that marriage is unraveling in a different way. According to a new study by the Institute for American Values and the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia, cohabitation has increased 14-fold since 1970. About 24 percent of children are born to cohabiting couples, more than are born to single mothers, while another 20 percent experience a cohabiting household at some time in their childhood.
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- California State Democratic Party targets mail vote to boost L.A. turnout – Los Angeles County is crawling with Democrats – 2.3 million, in fact, far more than the six San Francisco Bay Area counties combined and the foundation of blue clout in an overwhelmingly blue state.
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Flap’s Links and Comments for August 26th on 06:03
These are my links for August 26th from 06:03 to 14:40:
- Take Texas out of cross-state air pollution rule – Remember the rolling blackouts during the extreme cold this winter? Are you ready for more of the same all summer long? Are you ready for job cuts? Are you ready for businesses to stop coming to Texas costing us new jobs? That's what is likely to happen if the Environmental Protection Agency does not reconsider including Texas in its cross-state air pollution rule.
We've heard the threats of rolling blackouts this summer because of hot temperatures and record power usage. If you take away a significant percentage of the state's capacity to produce electricity a threat becomes a reality and we start losing power on a regular basis.
The state will lose that capacity because the EPA's cross-state air pollution rule would force Texas lignite coal-fueled power plants to shut down or reduce output, eliminating perhaps as much as 10 percent of the state's capacity to produce electricity. The EPA figures that those plants could just import low-sulfur Wyoming coal. The EPA figures wrong. It would take a long time to convert and permit the necessary changes to those plants, and cost ratepayers a lot of money. Plus right now there is no excess production of coal in Wyoming to meet the additional demand and the impacts of getting that coal to Texas have not even been considered.
What happens to your bottom line? We will all pay higher electric rates. It's supply and demand. For businesses still trying to recover from some really bad economic times, that could mean layoffs. For those businesses looking to move to Texas from other states, this might just make them decide to stay put. Who wants to come to a state where the rates are high and the lights go out every time it gets hot? I wouldn't.
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- New Jersey Governor Chris Christie to Speak at the Reagan Presidential Library » Flap’s California Blog – New Jersey Governor Chris Christie to Speak at the Reagan Presidential Library
- President 2012 GOP South Carolina Poll: Rick Perry 31% Vs. Mitt Romney 20% Vs. Michele Bachmann14% | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – President 2012 GOP South Carolina Poll: Rick Perry 31% Vs. Mitt Romney 20% Vs. Michele Bachmann14% #tcot #catcot
- Poll Watch: 65% of online adults use social networking sites – Fully 65% of adult internet users now say they use a social networking site like MySpace, Facebook or LinkedIn, up from 61% one year ago. This marks the first time in Pew Internet surveys that 50% of all adults use social networking sites.
The frequency of social networking site usage among young adult internet users under age 30 was stable over the last year – 61% of online Americans in that age cohort now use social networking sites on a typical day, compared with 60% one year ago. However, among the Boomer-aged segment of internet users ages 50-64, social networking site usage on a typical day grew a significant 60% (from 20% to 32%).
“The graying of social networking sites continues, but the oldest users are still far less likely to be making regular use of these tools,” said Mary Madden, Senior Research Specialist and co-author of the report. “While seniors are testing the waters, many Baby Boomers are beginning to make a trip to the social media pool part of their daily routine.”
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Who says you cannot teach an old dog new tricks?
- Flap’s Dentistry Blog: Weight Loss: The Best Approach? – Weight Loss: The Best Approach?
- Flap’s California Morning Collection: August 26, 2011 » Flap’s California Blog – Flap’s California Morning Collection: August 26, 2011
- President 2012 Poll Watch: Tea Party Supporters Are Backing Rick Perry | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – President 2012 Poll Watch: Tea Party Supporters Are Backing Rick Perry #tcot #catcot
- Flap’s Dentistry Blog: Video: Federal Investigators Auditing Texas Dental Medicaid Over Orthodontic Treatment for Tens of Thousands – In this tight money economy? What an abuse of the system.:
- California RINOS to Meet this Weekend » Flap’s California Blog – California RINOS to Meet this Weekend
- Speaker John Boehner Assails Obama Over 4,257 New Regulatory Actions | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Speaker John Boehner Assails Obama Over 4,257 New Regualtory Actions #tcot #catcot
- Los Angeles Roadrunners: Run/Walk 5 for 2012 » Flap’s California Blog – Los Angeles Roadrunners: Run/Walk 5 for 2012
- Weight Loss From Reducing Calories Can Lead to Unrealistic Expectations | Smiles For A Lifetime – Temporary (Locum Tenens) Dentistry – Weight Loss From Reducing Calories Can Lead to Unrealistic Expectations
- Flap’s Dentistry Blog: The Morning Drill: August 26, 2011 – The Morning Drill: August 26, 2011
- California Online Sales Tax Proponents Move to Invalidate Amazon.com Sponsored Online Sales Tax Referendum » Flap’s California Blog – California Online Sales Tax Proponents Move to Invalidate Amazon.com Sponsored Online Sales Tax Referendum
- Flap’s California Blog » Flap’s Comments On His Home, California – California Online Sales Tax Proponents Move to Invalidate Amazon.com Sponsored Online Sales Tax Referendum #tcot
- Dilbert August 26, 2011 – Again? » Flap’s California Blog – Dilbert August 26, 2011 – Again?
- Day By Day August 26, 2011 – Kulture King | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Day By Day August 26, 2011 – Kulture King #tcot #catcot
- Take Texas out of cross-state air pollution rule – Remember the rolling blackouts during the extreme cold this winter? Are you ready for more of the same all summer long? Are you ready for job cuts? Are you ready for businesses to stop coming to Texas costing us new jobs? That's what is likely to happen if the Environmental Protection Agency does not reconsider including Texas in its cross-state air pollution rule.
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President 2012 GOP South Carolina Poll: Rick Perry 31% Vs. Mitt Romney 20% Vs. Michele Bachmann14%
According to the latest Magellan Strategies survey.
Magellan Strategies today released the results of an autodial survey of 637 likely 2012 Republican primary voters in South Carolina. The survey finds Rick Perry leading Mitt Romney by 11 points. Among all voters, Rick Perry has 31%, Mitt Romney has 20%, and Michele Bachmann is third with 14%. The rest of the Republican field rounds out with Herman Cain with 9%, Newt Gingrich with 5%, Ron Paul and the “Other Candidate” with 4%, Rick Santorum and Jon Huntsman with 2%, and 9% undecided.
Texas Governor Rick Perry has zoomed to the top of the polls. If he can beat Bachmann in Iowa, she may drop out before the South Carolina Primary election. But, then again, if Romney does not win New Hampshire by a substantial margin, he may be dead coming into South Carolina too.
Remember Republicans like to end their Presidential primaries EARLY.
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President 2012 Poll Watch: Tea Party Supporters Are Backing Rick Perry
According to the latest Gallup Poll.Rick Perry’s candidacy has attracted strong initial support from Republicans who identify themselves as supporters of the Tea Party movement. Perry leads by 21 percentage points over the closest contenders among this group, Mitt Romney and Michele Bachmann. Among Republicans who say they do not support the Tea Party movement, Romney and Perry are essentially tied.
These results are based on an Aug. 17-21 Gallup poll, which showed Perry overtaking Romney as the front-runner for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination among all Republicans nationwide.
The poll finds that 58% of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents identify themselves as supporters of the Tea Party movement, with 36% saying they do not consider themselves supporters. Included among the group of Tea Party supporters is a smaller group — representing 12% of Republicans — who say they are “strong” supporters of the movement. Among this smaller group, Perry’s lead is even greater, 46% to 16%, over Bachmann, with all other candidates in single digits.
Since his announcement, Texas Governor Rick Perry has consolidated his voter support and leaped into the lead in most polls. Perry has frozen out Michele Bachmann as the leader of the Tea Party and may have forestalled a run by Sarah Palin (but we will see about that on September 3rd).
Perry has immediately become the preferred Republican nomination candidate of Tea Party movement supporters and, by extension, those who view government spending and power as the most important issue. He also demonstrates strong appeal to moral values voters, and is competitive with Romney among Republicans rating business and the economy as the most important issue.
Perry will attempt to consolidate the support of these constituencies in the coming months as he begins his nomination campaign in earnest, including participating for the first time in candidate debates next month. Whether he is able to solidify his status as the new front-runner, or whether it turns out to be a temporary response to the excitement generated by his entry into the race, will become apparent in future Gallup updates of Republicans’ nomination preferences.
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Speaker John Boehner Assails Obama Over 4,257 New Regulatory Actions
Yeah, the Obama’s Administration lame ateempt to cover their tracks on business and job killing regulations is laughable.
And, Speaker Boehner is happy to call out the President.
That 4,257 in the headline looks like a made-up number but, it isn’t. It is the actual number of new regulatory actions underway at the moment. The number comes from the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs web site. Speaker Boehner’s letter requesting information about these 4,257 regulatory actions comes as the Obama administration is publicly claiming that it is cutting red tape to save Americans money and reduce the government’s footprint. That claim does not square up very well with the fact that the administration has 4,257 new regulatory actions in the works. And of that staggering number, more than 200 may have an impact of $100 million or more.
Wonder if the Obama Administration will EVER respond?
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Day By Day August 26, 2011 – Kulture King
Day By Day by Chris MuirThe ridicule of Mitt Romney as a “weird” Mormon and Rick Perry as a “stupid” Texan has already started in the Lamestream Media. The LEFT hopes for the same result as with Sarah Palin.The Alinsky tactic is becoming worn…..
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Flap’s Links and Comments for August 25th through August 26th
These are my links for August 25th through August 26th:
- President 2012: My Rick Perry Problem — and Ours – Let’s cut through the clutter: A lot of people on the East and West coasts are bigots and snobs about “flyover types.” They equate funny accents with stupidity, and they automatically assume someone who went to Texas A&M must be dumber than someone who went to Yale. Overt displays of religion trigger their fight-or-flight instincts, causing them to lash out irrationally.
My favorite example? When John McCain picked Palin as his running mate, University of Chicago professor Wendy Doniger wrote that Palin’s “greatest hypocrisy is in her pretense that she is a woman.”
When I read such idiocy, it’s impossible for me not to love Bush, Perry, Palin, et al. for their enemies.
But here’s my problem: I find the prospect of another four or eight years of defending these cultural distinctions to be intensely wearying.
My weariness is hardly a major consideration for anybody, but I think it reflects a larger problem. Conservatism is starting to have an identity-politics problem all its own. I think conservatism needs to spend less time defending candidates for who they are, and more time supporting candidates for what they intend to do.
Bush’s inability to articulate arguments had nothing to do with his Texan-ness or his Christianity, but a lot of folks on the right defended him as if that were the case. “He speaks American, don’t you get it?”
To which I’d reply: “No, he speaks badly.”
Perry’s not a bad speaker, and I’m trying to keep an open mind. I suspect I agree with him more than I did with Bush, whose compassionate conservatism I loathed.
Nor do I mind folksiness per se. Mississippi governor Haley Barbour can talk seriously and colorfully at the same time. But this time around, folksiness isn’t a substitute for seriousness, and I have very little patience for those who pretend otherwise.
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- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-08-26 | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-08-26 #tcot #catcot
- President 2012: The Problem With RomneyCare | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – President 2012: The Problem With RomneyCare #tcot #catcot
- President 2012: Conservative Bloggers Feud Over Perry and Palin – The presidential politics angle to the spat started to become apparent when Erickson wrote an additional blog post, in which he accused conservative blogger Dan Riehl of leaking the email to Politico. As evidence, he noted that Riehl had taken issue with RedState over its disparagement of conservative commentator Michelle Malkin’s condemnation of Perry’s 2007 push, as Texas governor, to mandate the vaccination of young girls with Gardasil — which was developed to prevent HPV, the most common sexually transmitted disease in the U.S.
“I get he’s upset and/or jealous of RedState and thinks, I suppose, that we should be in the tank for Palin or should not have let Perry announce at the RedState Gathering or whatever the reason du jour is,” Erickson wrote of Riehl in an update to his post.
Less than 20 minutes after the original Politico story was published, Erickson also posted an item in which he pointed to recent polling to suggest that Palin’s potential entry into the GOP field “would not shake up the race terribly at this point.”
“All of the above suggests, if Palin got in, it would not be hers for the taking as many of her supporters might think,” Erickson wrote. “Instead, she’d struggle for third place and not be guaranteed, even in Iowa, of a strong finish.”
Eighteen minutes after Erickson’s post went up, Riehl published his own blog item, which he titled “Perry Versus Palin,” and observed “how various voices and forces seem to be aligning themselves as relates to their support for Rick Perry or Sarah Palin.”
“For what it's worth, I'm getting a sense that, within the conservative movement, Perry may come to more represent the old line conservative movement, much of which is seriously compromised as a result of having been established in Washington for so long,” Riehl wrote. “At the same time, I'm getting a sense that if the movement is to truly be re-energized and move forward from something it's been for decades — something already bound up in Washington — it may take a Sarah Palin to move forward along that path. If that does become the case, the two paths do lead to a different place.”
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First thing is Sarah Palin has to enter the arean. Otherwise, this is all just noise.
- For When You Have Too Much to Say – No chance for this tennis coach RT @FlashReport: RT @udrawthelines: New Candidate for Ventura congressional seat
- California Bureau of State Audits Releases Report: Investigations of Improper Activities by State Agencies and Employees – July 2010 Through March 2011 » Flap’s California Blog – California Bureau of State Audits Releases Report: Investigations of Improper Activities by State Agencies and E…
- RealClearPolitics – Rick Perry Assembles Iowa Team – RT @RealClearScott: Rick Perry assembles Iowa team, nabs longtime GOP operative Bob Haus & WH vet Ruth Haus:
- President 2012 GOP Florida Poll Watch: Romney 51% Vs. Obama 43% Or Perry 46% Vs. Obama 45% | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – President 2012 GOP Florida Poll Watch: Romney 51% Vs. Obama 43% Or Perry 46% Vs. Obama 45% #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 #tcot #catcot
- President 2012 GOP Iowa Poll Watch: Perry 24% Bachmann 22% Romney 19% | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – President 2012 GOP Iowa Poll Watch: Perry 24% Bachmann 22% Romney 19% #tcot #catcot
- Flap’s Dentistry Blog: 91 Year Old U.K. Dentist/Athlete Seeks Olympic Bid – 91 Year Old U.K. Dentist/Athlete Seeks Olympic Bid
- American Obesity Rates Remain Higher Than 20% in ALL States | Smiles For A Lifetime – Temporary (Locum Tenens) Dentistry – American Obesity Rates Remain Higher Than 20% in ALL States
- President 2012: GOP Primary Election Calendar Still NOT Set | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – President 2012: GOP Primary Election Calendar Still NOT Set #tcot #catcot
- Flap’s California Morning Collection: August 25, 2011 » Flap’s California Blog – Flap’s California Morning Collection: August 25, 2011
- Flap’s Links and Comments for August 25th on 08:58 | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Flap’s Links and Comments for August 25th on 08:58 #tcot #catcot
- President 2012: My Rick Perry Problem — and Ours – Let’s cut through the clutter: A lot of people on the East and West coasts are bigots and snobs about “flyover types.” They equate funny accents with stupidity, and they automatically assume someone who went to Texas A&M must be dumber than someone who went to Yale. Overt displays of religion trigger their fight-or-flight instincts, causing them to lash out irrationally.
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@Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-08-26
- RT @KQED_CapNotes: Group called "Taxpayers 4 Justice" says it'll file Nov 2012 initiative to overturn #deathpenalty after delay of #SB490 #
- Yawn RT @CapitolAlert: Anti death penalty advocates say they'll pursue 2012 ballot initiative in wake of SB 490 being shelved 4 this year #
- President 2012: Conservative Bloggers Feud Over Perry and Palin http://t.co/SdkdOQ9 #
- No chance for this tennis coach RT @FlashReport: RT @udrawthelines: New Candidate for Ventura congressional seat http://t.co/0c0JxZw #
- California Bureau of State Audits Releases Report: Investigations of Improper Activities by State Agencies and E… http://t.co/Lsb8Vlh #
- RT @RealClearScott: Rick Perry assembles Iowa team, nabs longtime GOP operative Bob Haus & WH vet Ruth Haus: http://t.co/agebNI2 #
- Hold Forever RT @KQED_CapNotes: Assembly Approps Cmte. makes #SB490 (Hancock), to abolish CA #deathpenalty put on hold until 2012. #
- President 2012 GOP Florida Poll Watch: Romney 51% Vs. Obama 43% Or Perry 46% Vs. Obama 45% http://t.co/CyoTWtR #tcot #catcot #
- California Legislators Push New Internet Sales Tax Bill to Thwart Amazon.com Referendum http://t.co/z58eabo #tcot #catcot #
- Calif Bureau of State Audits Releases Report: Investigations of Improper Activities by State Agencies/Employees http://t.co/qPSUXBt #
- California Legislators Push New Internet Sales Tax Bill to Thwart Amazon.com Referendum #tcot #catcot http://t.co/IOIqwne #
- What Republican Legisltaors are going to vote for this tax increase? Inquiring minds want to know? http://t.co/Eqj0Qwu #
- President 2012 GOP Iowa Poll Watch: Perry 24% Bachmann 22% Romney 19% http://t.co/epDi3XU #tcot #catcot #
- Flap's Dentistry Blog: 91 Year Old U.K. Dentist/Athlete Seeks Olympic Bid http://t.co/RKVm7rE #
- American Obesity Rates Remain Higher Than 20% in ALL States | Smiles For A Lifetime – Temporary (Locum Tenens) D… http://t.co/V0gIkg4 #
- President 2012: GOP Primary Election Calendar Still NOT Set | Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog http://t.co/D9zzNGG #
- California Bureau of State Audits Releases Report: Investigations of Improper Activities by State Agencies and E… http://t.co/NcghxE0 #
- Texas Gov. Rick Perry Announces Participation in CNN/Tampa Tea Party Express Debate – Sept 12 #tcot #teaparty #
- 91 Year Old U.K. Dentist/Athlete Seeks Olympic Bid http://t.co/jVXYcWX #
- American Obesity Rates Remain Higher Than 20% in ALL States http://t.co/HBtwRdG #
- President 2012: GOP Primary Election Calendar Still NOT Set http://t.co/mcEP9Tb #tcot #catcot #
- Flap’s California Morning Collection: August 25, 2011 http://t.co/7kwKyPr #
- Texas Railroad Commission urges AG to challenge EPA cross-state pollution rule http://t.co/xxBUWKJ #
- EPA's Looming Blackouts http://t.co/o6YUTs3 #
- Flap’s Links and Comments for August 25th on 08:58 http://t.co/dFVGQAb #tcot #catcot #
- The Morning Drill: August 25, 2011 http://t.co/MQvoK6X #
- Obama’s Big Labor problem http://t.co/Q1jmhdd #
- Flap’s Links and Comments for August 24th through August 25th http://t.co/oWV52pA #tcot #catcot #
- Day By Day August 25, 2011 – Prince http://t.co/x5lXWx8 #tcot #catcot #
- RT @MattMackowiak: Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) is on Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) now. Listen live here — http://t.co/yt73cYh #tcot #RS #
- Dilbert August 25, 2011 – Changes http://t.co/7D8nBC6 #
- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-08-25 | Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog http://t.co/Us9ES9c #
- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-08-25 http://t.co/1A2AeJJ #tcot #catcot #
- RT @RobStutzman: 8.5 months into term RT @KQED_CapNotes: Gov. Brown's ofc says he'll announce a #cajobs plan tomorrow morning in Sac. #
- Video: Will A Cavity-Filling Fluid Replace the Dental Drill? | Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog http://t.co/hnHOznv #
- California Falls to 50th in New Business Startups | FlashReport http://t.co/Yaejw6P #
- Hookah Use on the Rise as Fewer Californians Smoke Cigarettes » Flap's California Blog http://t.co/skJpOBj #
- Gallup GOP Poll: Ron Paul leading voters 18-29, Rick Perry beats Romney and Paul in all of the other age brackets http://t.co/rrbKeBy #tcot #
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