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Flap’s Links and Comments for October 20th on 06:31
These are my links for October 20th from 06:31 to 10:48:
- Cain’s troubles multiply – This time Over Abortion – This is simply bizarre. He’s eloquently described his “pro-life” views as synonymous with the standard pro-choice argument. Santorum leapt, releasing this statement: “Herman Cain said that he believes life begins at conception, but that it’s up to the individual to decide whether or not to terminate that life. And I find it gravely troubling that Herman believes it’s a life, but that he doesn’t consider it a life worth fighting for. As the author of the partial birth abortion ban and other pro-life pieces of legislation, this is the exact mentality myself and other true pro-life advocates fought against. In fact, Herman’s pro-choice position is similar to those held by John Kerry, Barack Obama and many others on the liberal left. No, Herman, it is not ‘whatever they decide,’ this is an innocent human life. It is unconscionable for Herman to run for the nomination of the Party that stands in defense of Life while showing disregard for the sanctity of Life. You cannot be both personally against abortion while condoning it – you can’t have it both ways. We must defend the defenseless, period.”
As with his 9-9-9 plan, it’s not clear Cain understands his own position on abortion. Once again, we have seen, not surprising to many of us, that a total political novice wilts under even mild scrutiny in a presidential race.
Moreover, this one will hurt him badly in Iowa, where his Christian conservative credentials were a major reason many voters supported him. Cain’s stumbles, like those of Texas Gov. Rick Perry, may become one long slide down in the polls. Unfortunately for him, he has neither the money nor the staff to help him correct course.
- Hillary Clinton and Hamid Karzai chuckle over Herman Cain – Secretary of State Clinton and Afghan President Hamid Karzai put international diplomacy aside Thursday during their meeting in Kabul to have a few laughs at Herman Cain’s expense.
According to the Associated Press, the two leaders began their meeting in the Afghanistan capital with a discussion about how the GOP presidential candidate recently responded to how he would handle “gotcha questions” from the media on foreign policy.
“When they ask me who’s the president of Ubeki-beki-beki-beki-stan-stan, I’m gonna say, ‘You know, I don’t know, do you know?’” Cain responded, raising eyebrows about his lack of foreign policy credentials.
Karzai told Clinton that Cain was talking about “all the ‘stans,” to which Clinton laughed and waved her hands, saying, “All the ‘stans places,” the wire said.
“That wasn’t right, but anyway, that’s how politics are,” Karzai responded.
The two leaders moved on to have a more serious discussion. According to the AP, Clinton called for a new partnership between the U.S., Afghanistan and Pakistan to fight insurgents and described a “fight, talk, build” strategy for the three countries.
- Teacher in famous Christie YouTube video running for N.J. Assembly – Marie Corfield didn’t know what to expect when she confronted Gov. Chris Christie at a town hall in Raritan last year.
The 52-year-old art teacher left Robert Hunter Elementary during her lunch break and walked across the street to the municipal building, where Christie was holding court.
"I said ‘Well, now’s my chance. Better go speak my mind,’" Corfield said.
She did, and the ensuing 10-minute argument would soon become a YouTube sensation for Christie, helping him burnish his national image as a tough talking, no nonsense executive. But it also touched off a groundswell of publicity for Corfield, making her a sort of unofficial spokeswoman for aggrieved New Jersey public school teachers and, eventually, a candidate for Assembly.
The September 2010 confrontation reverberated across the internet after the governor’s staff posted it to his YouTube channel. Corfield took to the mic and ripped into the governor’s cuts to school funding and what she saw as his rhetoric against teachers. - Will Moving Out of a Poor Neighborhood Bring Down the Levels of Obesity and Diabetes? | Smiles For A Lifetime – Temporary (Locum Tenens) Dentistry – Want to avoid Obesity and Diabetes = MOVE:
- Flap’s Dentistry Blog: The Morning Drill: October 20, 2011 – Today's Health and Dentistry Headlines…..:
- Obama struggling in Ohio – Public Policy Polling – RT @ppppolls: Obama can only hope for a Perry resurgence. Perry's fav in Ohio is 21/61! Obama leads him 50-41:
- 40 balloons for my 40th
– YouTube – > Happy Birthday! RT @justin_hart: Family surprised me with a 40-balloon salute: video here: - Flap’s California Morning Collection: October 20, 2011 » Flap’s California Blog – Today's California Headlines……:
- Flap’s Links and Comments for October 19th through October 20th | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Today's sad morning American economic headlines….:
- Cain’s troubles multiply – This time Over Abortion – This is simply bizarre. He’s eloquently described his “pro-life” views as synonymous with the standard pro-choice argument. Santorum leapt, releasing this statement: “Herman Cain said that he believes life begins at conception, but that it’s up to the individual to decide whether or not to terminate that life. And I find it gravely troubling that Herman believes it’s a life, but that he doesn’t consider it a life worth fighting for. As the author of the partial birth abortion ban and other pro-life pieces of legislation, this is the exact mentality myself and other true pro-life advocates fought against. In fact, Herman’s pro-choice position is similar to those held by John Kerry, Barack Obama and many others on the liberal left. No, Herman, it is not ‘whatever they decide,’ this is an innocent human life. It is unconscionable for Herman to run for the nomination of the Party that stands in defense of Life while showing disregard for the sanctity of Life. You cannot be both personally against abortion while condoning it – you can’t have it both ways. We must defend the defenseless, period.”
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President 2012 GOP Iowa Poll Watch: Cain 28% Vs. Romney 21% Vs. Paul 10% Vs. Bachmann 8% Vs. Perry 7%
According to the latest Rasmussen Iowa Caucus Poll.
A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Iowa caucus-goers shows that Cain is in front with 28% followed by former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney at 21%. Congressman Ron Paul is a distant third at 10% followed by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich at 9%, Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann at 8%, and Texas Governor Rick Perry at 7%. The sixth place finish for Perry is a sharp decline from early September when Perry was the frontrunner both nationally and in Iowa.
Only one-third of the caucus-goers (32%) are certain of their vote and don’t expect to change their mind. Among these voters, 30% prefer Cain, 22% Romney, and 17% Paul.
Among those absolutely certain they will show up and participate in the caucus, Cain leads Romney 31% to 18%. Many have criticized the Cain campaign for not having a strong organization in Iowa which is seen as essential to turning out the vote. According to such conventional analysis, Cain might be at risk of raising expectations too high and then underperforming.
Unanswered questions in Iowa are:
- Does Mitt Romney run ads attacking Cain or does he allow him finish off conservatives Bachmann and Perry?
- Will Perry contest in Iowa or wait until South Carolina and who does he attack: Romney or Cain?
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Flap’s Links and Comments for October 19th through October 20th
These are my links for October 19th through October 20th:
- Jobless Claims Straddle Key Level; Big Upturn Still Elusive – New claims for unemployment benefits fell last week and a gauge of labor market trends hit a six-month low, a government report showed on Thursday, pointing to an improvement in the jobs market.
Initial claims for state unemployment benefits slipped 6,000 to a seasonally adjusted 403,000, the Labor Department said, from an upwardly revised 409,000 the prior week.
Economists polled by Reuters had forecast claims falling to 400,000 from the previously reported 404,000.
The claims data covered the survey week for the government's closely watched nonfarm payrolls count for October.
- An Unprecedented 26 Million Americans Are Now Underemployed – While the number of unemployed workers has held steady at around 14 million in recent months, another telling measure of frustration in the labor market—the number of underemployed individuals—rose for a third consecutive month in September, by almost a half of a million people.
Almost 9.3 million Americans are considered underemployed, defined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics as working part-time for economic reasons, such as unfavorable business conditions or seasonal declines in demand.
That's up from just over 8 million in July, but down from a peak of about 9.5 million in September 2010. In addition, about 2.5 million individuals are considered "marginally attached to the labor force," meaning they were not in the labor force, wanted and were available for work, and looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. (They are not counted as unemployed because they had not looked for a job in the past four weeks prior to the survey.)
- US ‘Misery Index’ Rises to Highest Since 1983 – An unofficial gauge of human misery in the United States rose last month to a 28-year high as Americans struggled with rising inflation and high unemployment.
The misery index — which is simply the sum of the country's inflation and unemployment rates — rose to 13.0, pushed up by higher price data the government reported on Wednesday.
The data underscores the extent that Americans continue to suffer even two years after a deep recession ended, with a weak economic recovery imperiling President Barack Obama's hopes of winning reelection next year.
Inez Stallworth, an underwriting assistant for a financial services company, recently gave up her car, in part because of rising costs for gasoline and groceries.
"I can't fit it in," said the 27-year-old Chicago resident, who said most of her extended family was getting by "paycheck-to-paycheck." Consumer prices rose 3.9 percent in the 12 months through September, the fastest pace in three years.
With gasoline prices high, consumers have less to spend on other things.
Moreover, a rise in overall prices saps economic growth, which is typically measured in inflation-adjusted terms.
The last time the misery index was at current levels was in 1983.
- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-10-20 | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-10-20 #tcot #catcot
- Update: Ad Pulled – President 2012: Mitt Romney Releases Rick Perry Debate Blopper Video Which Asks: Is Perry Ready to Lead? | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Romney Pulls Perry Attack Ad which ridiculed his debate performance bloopers:
- President 2012: Mitt Romney Releases Rick Perry Debate Blopper Video Which Asks: Is Perry Ready to Lead? | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – President 2012: Mitt Romney Releases Rick Perry Debate Blopper Video Which Asks: Is Perry Ready to Lead? #tcot #catcot
- President 2012: Rick Perry Attacks Mitt Romney on Immigration – Really? | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – President 2012: Rick Perry Attacks Mitt Romney on Immigration – Really? #tcot #catcot
- Flap’s Links and Comments for October 18th through October 19th | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Flap’s Links and Comments for October 18th through October 19th #tcot #catcot
- Jobless Claims Straddle Key Level; Big Upturn Still Elusive – New claims for unemployment benefits fell last week and a gauge of labor market trends hit a six-month low, a government report showed on Thursday, pointing to an improvement in the jobs market.
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Day by Day October 20, 2011 – The Show
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@Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-10-20
- I swear tweeps I was just posting a corrected post and was watching the World Series and listening to Joni Mitchell – now Perry V. Romney #
- @MelissaTweets Romney was going for a knock out blow against Perry! Afraid of all of his campaign cash. in reply to MelissaTweets #
- @LizMair People perhaps don't remember the 2008 Presidential campaign and Romney's ads/tactics against Huckabee #FAIL in reply to LizMair #
- @MelissaTweets Typical Romney. He did some pretty nasty ads against Mike Huckabee if you recall in 2008 in reply to MelissaTweets #
- Romney Pulls Perry Attack Ad which ridiculed his debate performance bloopers: http://t.co/Cu4f101G #
- Update: Ad Pulled – President 2012: Mitt Romney Releases Rick Perry Debate Blopper Video Which Ask… http://t.co/vrDrtt4O #tcot #catcot #
- President 2012: Mitt Romney Releases Rick Perry Debate Blopper Video Which Asks: Is Perry Ready to Lead? | Flap… http://t.co/LKErZ5Dh #
- Bill Burton is such a weasel. He tells Bill O' that Rick Perry won the Las Vegas debate last night….. No Cred on this spin #
- Mitt Romney releases Rick Perry attack video ridiculing his debate performance – going to get nasty quick now.: http://t.co/0YOe6R4O #
- President 2012: Mitt Romney Releases Rick Perry Debate Blopper Video Which Asks: Is Perry Ready to Lead? http://t.co/QSyKoGQw #tcot #catcot #
- President 2012: Rick Perry Attacks Mitt Romney on Immigration – Really? | Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog http://t.co/DUI759MJ #
- Flap’s Links and Comments for October 18th through October 19th | Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog http://t.co/G7h2yjLB #
- Probably not the smartest campaign move by Rick Perry……: http://t.co/GgkazTTQ #
- President 2012: Rick Perry Attacks Mitt Romney on Immigration – Really? http://t.co/7LkXac07 #tcot #catcot #
- Issa: NLRB is Acting as a Rogue Agency http://t.co/B9OhH0ZV #
- WI Dems kick out reporter during recall Walker training http://t.co/2WnXl5HD #
- Amnesty by Any Means http://t.co/TpMJ2lAS #
- Flap’s Links and Comments for October 18th through October 19th http://t.co/0M9pmi0v #tcot #catcot #
- Couple On The Run http://t.co/FpcR6mZ7 #
- Untitled (http://t.co/4MWsK6pZ) http://t.co/9tYrCMmu #
- Photo of the Day: Obama’s Canadian Made Bus | Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog http://t.co/mYuPDkYg #
- > Nice Jeff RT @JeffGalloway: I was honored to write an "afterword" for a great new book about couples running to…: http://t.co/w5cmZkZF #
- > Not good news for T.O. ! RT @vcstar: Amgen is cutting 226 jobs in Thousand Oaks, 380 jobs worldwide http://t.co/P2Yk42Ft #
- @savvyconsumer7 Here is an example re: Romney vulnerability: http://t.co/VUp795RJ in reply to savvyconsumer7 #
- GOP Ad Ties Democrat Rep. John Garamendi to Obama and a Bankrupt Solyndra | Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog http://t.co/rCAfuw8s #
- Photo of the Day: Obama’s Canadian Made Bus | Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog http://t.co/M9te59NU #
- NRCC Ties Rep. John Garamendi to Bankrupt Solyndra and Obama….: http://t.co/HDT3Cv0F #
- GOP Ad Ties Democrat Rep. John Garamendi to Obama and a Bankrupt Solyndra http://t.co/uNYnuF53 #tcot #catcot #
- Full-Court Press by California Republican Party for State Senate Redistricting Referendum » Flap's California Blog http://t.co/bL69o1fC #
- Photo of the Day: Obama’s Canadian Made Bus | Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog http://t.co/MwJ76mkT #
- MORE Facebook Friends Linked to BIGGER Brain Areas? | Smiles For A Lifetime – Temporary (Locum Tenens) Dentistry http://t.co/ZeZLzFSL #
- Full-Court Press by California Republican Party for State Senate Redistricting Referendum http://t.co/bL69o1fC #
- Dilbert October 19, 2011 – Feed the Werewolf » Flap's California Blog http://t.co/j7vugLM7 #
- Photo of the Day: Obama’s Canadian Made Bus | Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog http://t.co/WqcnwHZv #
- Will the California Republican Party overthrow the State Senate Redistricting Maps?: http://t.co/FxhsbArl #
- MORE Facebook Friends Linked to BIGGER Brain Areas? http://t.co/ZeZLzFSL #
- More FB Friends = A BIGGER Brain? : http://t.co/3MqOTEhM #
- Dilbert October 19, 2011 – Feed the Werewolf http://t.co/j7vugLM7 #
- Don't Feed the Bears or Werewolves?
: http://t.co/4ChZwuud # - RE: I think Sen. McCain has been criticized for that as well. http://t.co/bPeXqqZh #
- @savvyconsumer7 Also, most of my tweets are archived over at flaspblog.com as well in reply to savvyconsumer7 #
- @savvyconsumer7 I have already written quite a bit about most of them over at flapsblog.com and criticized them over many years. 🙂 in reply to savvyconsumer7 #
- @savvyconsumer7 All of the 2012 GOP Presidential candidates are flawed with regard to policy = lesser of a few evils #cnndebate in reply to savvyconsumer7 #
- (500) http://t.co/qkeXPYsR http://t.co/B1hea19C #
- President 2012 GOP Poll Watch: One Word that Comes to Mind – Oh My Rick Perry! http://t.co/0Le1wljP #tcot #catcot #
- President 2012: Las Vegas GOP Debate – Winners and Losers | Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog http://t.co/MZioinN6 #
- The Biggest Loser was the American people after last night's Las Vegas Presidential debate: http://t.co/ppZyBJZ2 #
- President 2012: Las Vegas GOP Debate – Winners and Losers http://t.co/o7K4VWos #tcot #catcot #
- Flap's Dentistry Blog: The Morning Drill: October 19, 2011 http://t.co/2qbxkOvB #
- The Morning Drill: October 19, 2011 http://t.co/1lpfpN4F #
- Flap’s California Morning Collection: October 19, 2011 » Flap's California Blog http://t.co/teSDhZn2 #
- Day By Day October 19, 2011 – Gaming the System | Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog http://t.co/H0BRi6H8 #
- Politics, Political News – http://t.co/0DyCUcvJ http://t.co/4qyTeNaR #
- Flap’s California Morning Collection: October 19, 2011 http://t.co/teSDhZn2 #
- The five S's of sports training are: Stamina, Speed, Strength, Skill and Spirit;
but the greatest of these is Spirit.
–Ken Doherty # - Today's California Headlines…..: http://t.co/xrFTA2Xm #
- Chris Muir and Day By Day point out how Americans have been gamed….: http://t.co/71JgI2Tm #
- Day By Day October 19, 2011 – Gaming the System http://t.co/mz9pGM3h #tcot #catcot #
- Rick Perry vs. Mitt Romney: Now it's personal – Jonathan Martin and Ben Smith – http://t.co/0DyCUcvJ http://t.co/XyxlA36d #
- News from The Associated Press http://t.co/00xlN3Xk #
- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-10-19 | Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog http://t.co/grybXJfo #
- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-10-19 http://t.co/XUcNg9wu #tcot #catcot #
- http://t.co/briORGgz International – Breaking, World, Business, Sports, Entertainment and Video News http://t.co/qTViPlhJ #
- http://t.co/briORGgz – Transcripts http://t.co/1aoZkoKh #
- Rick Perry Wrote Letter Urging TARP Passage | National Confidential http://t.co/Jsb8TcJa #
- BBC News – John Lennon's tooth expected to make £10,000 at auction http://t.co/EijedsTK #
- @RBMiller82 Nice chatting with you – heading to bed with a book. See you tomorrow! in reply to RBMiller82 #
- @RBMiller82 Cain MAY come out of Iowa much like Huckabee in 2008. I am hoping that Newt can come close in Iowa and Florida. But prob not. in reply to RBMiller82 #
- @RBMiller82 If Cain wins Iowa, a big if, it will be a small %, since Romney will swamp him with ads .Romney wins Nevada, Florida et. al. in reply to RBMiller82 #
- @RBMiller82 No, he won't. But the NE and majority of early delegate states are not real conservative. Christie and Rubio will help Mitt. in reply to RBMiller82 #
- @RBMiller82 You are on. I like Starbucks French Roast (Bold). Romney will win NH, Nevada, Florida & wipe them all out in NE & Super Tuesday in reply to RBMiller82 #
- @RBMiller82 BHO is sitting on a bunch of $$$ and he will whip Romney like cream. Bain Capital and outsourcing jobs. Cain & Perry will fade in reply to RBMiller82 #
- @RBMiller82 Yep baggage but I would trust him with the nuclear codes. In the end it will be Romney and Obama will win a second term. in reply to RBMiller82 #
- @RBMiller82 I think Newt will emerge as the only one left against Romney. I will vote for him, if he is still around by the CA primary in reply to RBMiller82 #
- @RBMiller82 You also gave a reason why some others should consider running. Come on is the best USA has to offer? Obama and those fools? in reply to RBMiller82 #
- @RBMiller82 You have the right track. Who in that bunch could you trust with the nuclear codes? Hot head Perry? Bachmann? Flipper? Help us! in reply to RBMiller82 #
- @RBMiller82 I am all for a good parody. But, wait that = the entire Las Vegas GOP debate. The USA really lost tonight…. in reply to RBMiller82 #
- @RBMiller82 Good question! But, would there be a market for it? Ummmm probably not #cnndebate in reply to RBMiller82 #
- >FWIW RT @michellemalkin: FYI: CNN has full transcript of the GOP brawl in Vegas http://t.co/pLDlc6Yj #
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Update: Ad Pulled – President 2012: Mitt Romney Releases Rick Perry Debate Blopper Video Which Asks: Is Perry Ready to Lead?
+++++Update+++++The video previously released by the Mitt Romney campaign has been pulled.“Disgusting” isn’t too strong a word to use here. The ad isn’t a hit on policy or another candidate’s record in office. It’s a very personal hit, meant to suggesting without saying outright that the other candidate is a blithering idiot, by using selective video editing. That kind of treatment can literally be done to anyone who has ever spent any amount of time in the public eye over the past half century. It’s funny when Conan O’Brien does it as a comedy bit. Not so much, when a candidate does it to a competitor to suggest that another candidate is a fool.
I think Mitt was pissed off that Rick Perry mentioned the “illegal” gardener at the Las Vegas GOP debate last night and shot a message across the bow of Team Perry.
But, this won’t be the last nasty and ugly ad from Romney or Perry.
Republicans need to nominate someone who can challenge President Obama in a debate. Can Rick Perry?Mitt Romney ridicules Rick Perry’s debate performances in this back-handed slap of a web video.Looks like Mitt wants to go for a Perry knock out and early knock out at that. Well, after all, Perry is sitting on all of that campaign cash. Why give Perry any opening?
The airwaves are going to get nasty, personal and ugly pretty quick now.
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President 2012: Mitt Romney Releases Rick Perry Debate Blopper Video Which Asks: Is Perry Ready to Lead?
Republicans need to nominate someone who can challenge President Obama in a debate. Can Rick Perry?Mitt Romney ridicules Rick Perry’s debate performances in this back-handed slap of a web video.Looks like Mitt wants to go for a Perry knock out and early knock out at that. Well, after all, Perry is sitting on all of that campaign cash. Why give Perry any opening?
The airwaves are going to get nasty, personal and ugly pretty quick now.
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President 2012: Rick Perry Attacks Mitt Romney on Immigration – Really?
Rick Perry and Mitt romney take off the gloves regarding illegal immigrationPut it this way, Cain, Bachmann, Santorum and the rest would be thrilled for Perry to talk about immigration all day long. Perry, probably out of personal pique, doesn’t seem to understand that his real problem is not Romney but the other Tea Party-friendly candidates who have eaten his lunch and taken his voters.
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Flap’s Links and Comments for October 18th through October 19th
These are my links for October 18th through October 19th:
- Issa: NLRB is Acting as a Rogue Agency – House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa snapped at National Labor Relations Board general counsel Lafe Solomon for openly defying his congressional subpoena.
Not complying with congressional subpoena is technically an illegal act, and Solomon could be charged with contempt of Congress if Issa, a leading Republican, chooses to proceed down that path.
“Your continued personal obstruction, lack of compliance with a validly issued congressional subpoena and false statements to the committee are unacceptable,” Issa said in a Monday letter to Solomon. “The NLRB is acting as a rogue agency that believes it does not have to fully answer to Congress.”
Issa’s subpoenas relate to the NLRB’s ongoing case against the Boeing Company. The NLRB has echoed allegations by the International Association of Machinists union that Boeing committed an “unfair labor practice” by opening a new production plant in South Carolina instead of in Washington State, where the company’s other production lines are located. Since the allegations were made, Boeing has added more jobs in both Washington and South Carolina, but the Machinists union and the NLRB think the company’s chosen location for the new line was a “retaliation” against the union because South Carolina is a right to work state.
- WI Dems kick out reporter during recall Walker training – The campaign to recall Gov. Scott Walker may be a grassroots effort as its organizers insist, but it proved less than transparent Tuesday evening when Wisconsin Reporter showed up to report on a recall training session.
Graeme Zielinski, a Democratic Party spokesman with a history of threats against Wisconsin Reporter, ranted at the news organization’s reporter in attendance by phone and threatened Wisconsin Reporter again.
More than 100 supporters turned out to the event at the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees Council 40 office on Madison’s west side. The session, led by the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, is designed to ensure that recall volunteers know how to collect signatures properly.
Within minutes of arriving, however, a Wisconsin Reporter journalist who identified herself as a member of the media was asked to leave by an organizer who cited the campaign’s desire to keep the information out of the media.
The reporter agreed to leave, but asked to speak with the person making the request. The reporter was then put on the phone with Zielinski.
Zielinski called the reporter unprofessional, accused her of sneaking into a party function and then threatened to discuss the incident Wednesday with the statehouse press corps, of which Wisconsin Reporter is a member.
“Get out,” Zielinski shouted. “Don’t come to our party functions anymore.”
He then hung up the phone.
The Wisconsin Reporter staff writer had signed up to attend the event on the Democratic Party of Wisconsin’s website, using her name and wisconsinreporter.com email address.
Tuesday wasn’t the first time Zielinski has threatened Wisconsin Reporter. - Amnesty by Any Means – Analysis of a series of leaked memos from within the Department of Homeland Security’s highest ranks shows that the Obama administration has sought for the last year and a half to form a strategy to achieve amnesty for the illegal population without input from Congress. The goal? Ultimately, according to a June 2010 memo, the administration seeks to “reduce the threat of removal for certain individuals present in the United States without authorization.” Well aware of the potential political fallout among both Congress and the American people, the administration provided internal briefs on the pros and cons of varying strategies to gain an administrative amnesty.
The course eventually decided on appears to be the now infamous June 2011 “prosecutorial discretion” memo issued by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director John Morton. This memo, embraced by the White House a few weeks ago, sets a course that prevents the enforcement of immigration law, provides a de facto amnesty, and is effectively worker authorization for much of the current illegal population. The current course of non-enforcement is in contrast to the initial proposed strategies of proactive immigration law rewrites.
In this memo is a thorough analysis of the extent the Obama administration is willing to go to deceive America into accepting unprecedented executive branch immigration law rewrites and changes in immigration processing to get around their federal responsibility to enforce immigration law. Obama administration actions taken to peel back visa interviews abroad, reduce enforcement on our physical borders, replace worksite enforcement to worksite audits, take actions against states seeking to enforce the law but no action against sanctuary cities, and support of only two immigration enforcement programs — Secure Communities and E-Verify — make sense when placed against the backdrop of these memos. On September 29, 2011, more evidence that this agenda is on track came in a Washington Post front page story describing the Obama administration’s overt actions to discourage states from attempting to get their illegal populations under control:
- Photo of the Day: Obama’s Canadian Made Bus | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Photo of the Day: Obama’s Canadian Made Bus | Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog
- Couple On The Run – > Nice Jeff RT @JeffGalloway: I was honored to write an "afterword" for a great new book about couples running to…:
- Untitled (http://www.vcstar.com/news/2011/oct/19/amgen-is-cutting-226-jobs-in-thousand-oaks/) – > Not good news for T.O. ! RT @vcstar: Amgen is cutting 226 jobs in Thousand Oaks, 380 jobs worldwide
- Photo of the Day: Obama’s Canadian Made Bus | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Photo of the Day: Obama’s Canadian Made Bus | Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog
- GOP Ad Ties Democrat Rep. John Garamendi to Obama and a Bankrupt Solyndra | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – GOP Ad Ties Democrat Rep. John Garamendi to Obama and a Bankrupt Solyndra #tcot #catcot
- Photo of the Day: Obama’s Canadian Made Bus | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Photo of the Day: Obama’s Canadian Made Bus | Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog
- Full-Court Press by California Republican Party for State Senate Redistricting Referendum » Flap’s California Blog – Full-Court Press by California Republican Party for State Senate Redistricting Referendum
- Photo of the Day: Obama’s Canadian Made Bus | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Photo of the Day: Obama’s Canadian Made Bus | Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog
- MORE Facebook Friends Linked to BIGGER Brain Areas? | Smiles For A Lifetime – Temporary (Locum Tenens) Dentistry – MORE Facebook Friends Linked to BIGGER Brain Areas?
- Dilbert October 19, 2011 – Feed the Werewolf » Flap’s California Blog – Dilbert October 19, 2011 – Feed the Werewolf
- Photo of the Day: Obama’s Canadian Made Bus | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – RE: I think Sen. McCain has been criticized for that as well.
- (500) http://flapsblog.com/2011/10/19/president-2012-gop-poll-watch-one-word-that-comes-to-mind-oh-my-rick-perry/ – President 2012 GOP Poll Watch: One Word that Comes to Mind – Oh My Rick Perry! #tcot #catcot
- President 2012: Las Vegas GOP Debate – Winners and Losers | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – President 2012: Las Vegas GOP Debate – Winners and Losers #tcot #catcot
- Flap’s Dentistry Blog: The Morning Drill: October 19, 2011 – The Morning Drill: October 19, 2011
- Flap’s California Morning Collection: October 19, 2011 » Flap’s California Blog – Flap’s California Morning Collection: October 19, 2011
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GOP Ad Ties Democrat Rep. John Garamendi to Obama and a Bankrupt Solyndra
John Garamendi supported President Obama’s failed stimulus, which took bets with taxpayer money and recently lost $535 million on the Solyndra scandal.California Democrat Rep. John Garmaendi has a Solyndra problem and the NRCC (National Republican Congressional Committee) is calling him and President Obama out.The National Republican Congressional Committee is sending an early signal that it intends to compete in California in 2012.
The committee is launching an ad Thursday against Rep. John Garamendi, a Democrat serving his first full term and running in the redrawn, Sacramento-area 3rd district. His district got considerably more competitive in the state’s independent redistricting process, and he was outraised by his Republican opponent in the third quarter.
The 60-second ad, which launches Thursday and will run on cable for two weeks, ties Garamendi to President Barack Obama and his support for Solyndra, a California-based solar power company that went bankrupt after receiving a $535 million federal loan guarantee.
“John Garamendi supported the Obama policy that loaned Solyndra money,” the announcer says in the ad. “Garamendi backed Obama’s failed stimulus economic policy. John Garamendi and President Obama are making our economy worse.”
Garamendi’s top GOP opponent is Colusa County Supervisor Kim Dolbow Vann, who raised $125,000 in the third quarter and had nearly all of that left in the bank at the end of September. Garamendi raised just $93,000 and had $113,000 in cash on hand.
The district is one of six potential California targets for the NRCC. Democrats are still expected to gain seats in the state next year, but how many will depend on whether the GOP can pick up some of the more competitive districts such as the 3rd.
It should be an interesting Congressional election season with the new Congressional districts drawn by a citizen’s commission. Also, the top two vote getters in the June primary election, then move on to the general election in the Fall.
Obviously, the NRCC views Garamendi, a long-time Democratic POL in California, as vulnerable.
And, he may very well be, especially of voter turn out for President Obama is low.