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@Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-09-27
- How Big-League Bats Are Getting Harder Than Ever | Playbook | http://t.co/994DK338 http://t.co/XswC4mgN #tcot #
- DCCC Moving TV Resources to More Competitive Races | At the Races http://t.co/waHwCNFP #tcot #
- How Big-League Bats Are Getting Harder Than Ever | Playbook | http://t.co/994DK338 http://t.co/FiqkzT7s #
- DCCC Moving TV Resources to More Competitive Races http://t.co/D7i3oiPy #tcot #
- Morning Jay: Are the Polls Tilted Toward Obama? | The Weekly Standard http://t.co/jEVQSuWM #tcot #
- The American Spectator : Spiking the Ball Early? http://t.co/d5P38LwY #tcot #
- Capitol Alert: Ami Bera says he will take congressional pay if elected after all http://t.co/AH4T8pG8 #tcot #
- Are the Polls Tilted Toward Obama? http://t.co/KaoRQrAi #tcot #
- @unicornmajik Knowing Jerry Moonbeam Brown he will ask Obama for a bailout = shared bumpy road. LOL in reply to unicornmajik #
- Spiking the Ball Early? Damn the polls — Ohio Republicans plan to fight Obama all the way http://t.co/m6sv65Rp #tcot #
- CA-7 Dem Ami Bera NOW says he will accept Congressional pay in flip flop since yesterday's debate = says he misspoke. http://t.co/0S8KhC0Y #
- Pennsylvania Senate in play for GOP? http://t.co/eqJ8DMbD #tcot #
- @unicornmajik Dems and Unions are out of control and have bankrupted the state. Love the weather and the coast though. KC is nice I hear in reply to unicornmajik #
- California Proposition 38 Launches Television Ad – Pushes Taxes http://t.co/Jw4nMIW5 #tcot #
- Flap's Dentistry Blog: WSDA Sponsoring its Own Mid-Level Dental Provider Legislation? http://t.co/osiBUyD6 #tcot #
- Day By Day September 26, 2012 – Hands On – Flap's Blog http://t.co/i1Z3j6af #tcot #
- @conservtivemom Funny! in reply to conservtivemom #
- @ConManBO I agree. Romney has allowed Obama to paint him as the guy at the Country Club that everyone loves to hate because of his success in reply to ConManBO #
- @ConManBO The trend line is pretty clear, but still close and Romney can turn it around. But, he needs to focus. in reply to ConManBO #
- RT @EWErickson: I think if the Romney team keeps up the harsher tone on Obama's economic perf they'll be clued in to winning finally #tcot #
- Anyone want to venture when Romney's decline began? How about the Olympics & the dancing horse? Top that off with 47% = coup de grace #tcot #
- Who is going to say that the GOP should have gone with Palin? #tcot #
- RT @gallupnews: #Obama Job Approval: Approve 51% (+1) Disapprove 43% (-). Get the full trend…http://t.co/3KOxgQI2 #tcot #
- RT @gallupnews: Presidential Election: Obama 50% (+2), Romney 44% (-1). Get the full trend… http://t.co/eZ5Lpkqh #tcot #
- More CA Gov't WasteRT @AP: BREAKING: University of California to pay total of nearly $1 million to 21 pepper-sprayed Occupy protesters #tcot #
- @unicornmajik Where do you live now? I bet Prop 30 and 38 both go down. Taxes have reached breaking point. in reply to unicornmajik #
- California Proposition 38 Launches Television Ad – Pushes Taxes http://t.co/IZl6MnpF #
- WSDA Sponsoring its Own Mid-Level Dental Provider Legislation? http://t.co/QAIthedw #
- Day By Day September 26, 2012 – Hands On http://t.co/v9qfBo2Y #tcot #
- Flap's California Blog @ Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-09-26 – Flap's California Blog http://t.co/noggyOht #tcot #
- @RightWingB I am glad you are optimistic but the conventional wisdom is that he needs a home run to win this election. Lost opportunities in reply to RightWingB #
- Didn't conservatives warn the GOP that Romney wouldn't be able to beat Obama? #Flawedcandidatefromstart #tcot #
- Romney way down in key polls, Ryan going rogue. Reminds me of another Obama campaign. #McCain Palin #
- Paul Ryan vs. The Stench http://t.co/Ev53eVpX #tcot #
- Criticism of Romney's Campaign Grows; Six in 10 Rate His Efforts Negatively http://t.co/974T4qus #tcot #
- Flap’s California Blog @ Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-09-26 http://t.co/lhyCQ2UZ #
- RT @PeterHambyCNN Ohio GOP strategist admits that auto bailout has been "a kick in the balls" for the Romney campaign > http://t.co/5RxkByMK #
- RT @verge Google Play celebrates 25 billion downloads with 25 cent apps, discounted books, music, and movies http://t.co/bJ8bwpxi #
- RT @nationaljournal Polls: Obama holds big leads in Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania. http://t.co/XTKb8t5B #tcot #
- RT @jamiedupree New CBS/NYT/Q poll has Obama +10 in Ohio; Obama has led in 21 of the last 25 polls in Ohio, Romney only in two #tcot #
- Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.
— George S. Patton
Happy Wednesday! #
- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-09-26 http://t.co/d9pJl71e #tcot #
- @erickbrockway Unfortunately, they would probably not accept me since I have not been writing about NASA. I will write some and then apply. in reply to erickbrockway #
- @erickbrockway Well, they might give a nod to someone who is actually a scientist or has a engineering background in reply to erickbrockway #
- @erickbrockway LOL…. I understand. I don't know if the Obama Administration's NASA would approve me either. in reply to erickbrockway #
- If Self-Driving Cars Are the Future Then Why California High-Speed Rail? http://t.co/ufxT9GgS #tcot #
- @erickbrockway Thanks Eric, I will give it a look… in reply to erickbrockway #
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Day By Day September 26, 2012 – Hands On
Chris, you are correct!
The POLS definitely want to play grab-ass with your wallet.
It is all about the campaign cash and re-election.
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@Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-09-26
- If Self-Driving Cars Are the Future Then Why California High-Speed Rail? http://t.co/sdBrjlCu #
- CA-Sen: Senator Dianne Feinstein Doesn't See The Point in Debating http://t.co/aN8XNNOx #tcot #
- CA-Sen: Senator Dianne Feinstein Doesn’t See The Point in Debating Republican Elizabeth Emken http://t.co/2I6yt5tw #tcot #
- RT @Dodgers: Our Followers to Retweet this tweet are eligible to win an Andre Ethier signed baseball! #DodgersTY #
- RT @WaltersBee: Bera and Lungren both oppose bullet train but Lungren sez Bera has switched on it #
- RT @RobStutzman: Bera loves to say he's a Dr. But makes his living as a landlord not as a Doctor #
- (404) http://t.co/CithfH56 http://t.co/gr21zfdU #tcot #
- US Army's senior neuropsychologist runs Olbermann fan site | The Daily Caller http://t.co/HXDFFAoj #tcot #
- (404) http://t.co/CithfH56… http://t.co/9SzKBEnZ #tcot #
- Sen Harry Ried says Mitt Romney has "sullied his Mormon faith" – any confirmation of quote? #tcot #
- Sorry bad link: US Army’s senior neuropsychologist runs Keith Olbermann fan site, takes pot-shots at Republicans http://t.co/8jUOvgKV #
- US Army’s senior neuropsychologist runs Keith Olbermann fan site, takes pot-shots at Republicans http://t.co/sy0vXMbw #tcotat republicans/ #
- Paradox: California Death Row Inmates Oppose Proposition 34 http://t.co/mrGqe2ce #tcot #
- Paradox: California Death Row Inmates Oppose Proposition 34 http://t.co/W2WvBVos #tcot #
- Flap's Dentistry Blog: The Morning Drill: September 25, 2012 http://t.co/reXhmQoy #tcot #
- Stock Investment Research & Education – Business & Financial News – IBD – http://t.co/g8QwzEHn http://t.co/zBim2xA4 #tcot #
- The Morning Drill: September 25, 2012 http://t.co/6bRAhgfi #
- Health Premiums Up $3,000 Under Obama; He Had Vowed $2,500 Cut – http://t.co/g8QwzEHn http://t.co/0eTjMm3y #tcot #
- McGurn: The Chick-fil-A War Is Back On – http://t.co/7okuFk7V http://t.co/Nk1hLumX #tcot #
- ObamaCare: Health Premiums Up $3,000; Obama Vowed $2,500 Cut http://t.co/UdhXSER2 #tcot #
- McGurn: The Chick-fil-A War Is Back On: Welcome to the new intolerance http://t.co/dW55G31j #tcot #
- Day By Day September 23 and 24, 2012 – “Being Grilled” and “Pharaoh” http://t.co/Me5KaF5c #tcot #
- Republicans to Pollsters: Too Many Democrats In Your Surveys http://t.co/7ka5X19h #tcot #
- GOP 12: Reed: Evangelical turnout will jump from 2008-levels http://t.co/EFJaIP3Y #tcot #
- Democrats’ Advantage in Voter Registration Slipping in Key States – By Jim Geraghty – The Campaign Spot – … http://t.co/jnpG7ZtK #tcot #
- RT @michellemalkin .@mattklewis I'm done with you. #tcot #
- RT @CPHeinze Ralph Reed: In four biggest battlegrounds, evangelical turnout will jump 7% from 2008. http://t.co/DAWEUWML #tcot #
- Three Reasons the Presidential Race Isn't Over http://t.co/LwozUlWt #tcot #
- Democrats’ Advantage in Voter Registration Slipping in Key States http://t.co/N0iokx8Y #tcot #
- RT @WSJ California's net outflow of population has topped 3.4M over the past two decades: http://t.co/MOXKKNDh #tcot #catcot #
- Flap’s California Blog @ Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-09-25 http://t.co/EZE4TCTN #
- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-09-25 – Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog http://t.co/Lek40SE8 #tcot #
- Civic Report 71 | The Great California Exodus: A Closer Look http://t.co/ZiSeVquj #tcot #
- Shallow men believe in luck, strong men believe in cause and effect.
–Ralph Waldo Emerson
Happy Tuesday! #
- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-09-25 http://t.co/42dPxEiu #tcot #
- Civic Report 71 | The Great California Exodus: A Closer Look http://t.co/M1CAbK3q #tcot #
- Civic Report 71 | The Great California Exodus: A Closer Look http://t.co/9tDERkLn #tcot #
- Civic Report 71 | The Great California Exodus: A Closer Look http://t.co/y4ErvezR #tcot #
- Civic Report 71 | The Great California Exodus: A Closer Look http://t.co/n7TpmGSp #tcot #
- Civic Report 71 | The Great California Exodus: A Closer Look http://t.co/iw9MZ4zp #tcot #
- Civic Report 71 | The Great California Exodus: A Closer Look http://t.co/964t55Tk #tcot #
- (500) http://t.co/MQPWtxJA… http://t.co/p53jJF8f #tcot #
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CA-Sen: Senator Dianne Feinstein Doesn’t See The Point in Debating Republican Elizabeth Emken
California U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein talking to the San Francisco Chronicle Editorial Board
Well, it is clear that Senator Feinstein will NOT be debating her opponent, Republican Elizabeth Emken.
California Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein, in the midst of a 2012 re-election campaign, said today that she has no intention of debating her GOP opponent, Danville activist Elizabeth Emken, because “I haven’t seen the point.”
Feinstein, who has served in the U.S. Senate since 1992, made the comments today during an hour-long Chronicle editorial board session.
Just weeks ago, California’s senior senator walked out on ABC 7?s Mark Matthews when he asked her about her decision this time to sidestep a debate. (“Some reporters get under your skin,” she laughed, when we noted that.)
I had DiFi’s previous refusal to debate Elizabeth Emken here, as Feinstein get testy with a reporter.
Here is today’s video:
[youtube]http://youtu.be/QQYChdau95I[/youtube]
I understand that the Senator is a long-standing and seasoned POL. Most Californians know her stands on the issues and she will win in a landslide.
But, to refuse to debate her opponent leaves a bad taste in most voter’s mouths, including mine.
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Paradox: California Death Row Inmates Oppose Proposition 34
The lethal injection table at San Quentin Prison, California
Go figure.
California death row inmates oppose California Proposition 34 which will abolish the death penalty.
Why?
Prisoner appeal rights would be dramatically curtailed.
Like other state prisoners, the 725 inmates on California’s Death Row can’t vote. But if they could, there’s evidence that most of them would vote against a November ballot initiative to abolish the death penalty.
It’s not that they want to die, attorney Robert Bryan said. They just want to hang on to the possibility of proving that they’re innocent, or at least that they were wrongly convicted. That would require state funding for lawyers and investigators – funding that Proposition 34 would eliminate for many Death Row inmates after the first round of appeals.
I grow tired with the anti-capital punishment crowd, including state and federal judges who obstruct the enforcement of California law.
I, too, will be voting for California Proposition 34 in November, but it won’t be to preserve inmate appeal rights, but to obtain justice for the many victims of these convicted criminals.
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Day By Day September 23 and 24, 2012 – “Being Grilled” and “Pharaoh”
Chris, I missed you the past few days! Glad to see you back online!
President Obama’s feckless foreign policy is on display at the United Nations this week. To think that former President Clinton is meeting with foreign leaders while Obama goes on “The View.”
Incredible.
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@Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-09-25
- (500) http://t.co/mM9JviJb http://t.co/TYMxTmpd #tcot #
- Civic Report 71 | The Great California Exodus: A Closer Look http://t.co/RgMoSg2P #tcot #
- White House pressed on why Obama UN itinerary doesn't include meetings with world leaders | Fox News http://t.co/yLXx4a5S #tcot #
- Poll: Americans Don't Want MORE Government Regulation of Business http://t.co/P4DFeoM0 #tcot #
- The Great California Exodus: A Closer Look http://t.co/wWXrx1HE #tcot #catcot #
- The View Over Netanyahu http://t.co/PrWa6hVE #tcot #
- Poll: Americans Don’t Want MORE Government Regulation of Business and Industry http://t.co/F1UP2mMk #tcot #
- Peggy Noonan: Conservatives Thanked Me for Throwing Mitt Romney Under http://t.co/WUiCYa7E #tcot #
- Peggy Noonan: Conservatives are secretly delighted that I am slamming Romney | Twitchy http://t.co/5LgfblnR #tcot #
- He's Back: Arnold Schwarzenegger to Release New Tell All Autobiography http://t.co/3kgxxYZh #tcot #
- RINO/DEMS Credit! RT @joemmathews: Give @Schwarzenegger credit. Opening panel at new USC: Crist,Daschle, McCain, Richardson, Ridge #tcot #
- @WilsonChambers Great idea! in reply to WilsonChambers #
- @JoRoAnderson You have it correct! in reply to JoRoAnderson #
- Peggy Noonan: Conservatives Thanked Me for Throwing Mitt Romney Under the Bus http://t.co/F8auA1BH #tcot #
- NOBODY thanked Peggy | RT @michellemalkin: LOL: Self-pedestalizing Peggy Noonan says unnamed conservatives thanked her http://t.co/0oRznDqQ #
- ABSOLUTELY! RT @michellemalkin: Thanks to @StevenErtelt for ALL his stalwart reporting/blogging for #prolife mvmt. #TCOT #
- @LeaPea2417 I won't be buying the book! in reply to LeaPea2417 #
- He’s Back: Arnold Schwarzenegger to Release New Tell All Autobiography http://t.co/WJDI4jgo #
- Dentist Sandy Crocker Searches for Mystery Love http://t.co/V2inTkz5 #
- MA-Sen: Elzabeth Warren’s Possible Practice Of Law Without A License Requires Full Disclosure Prior To Election http://t.co/55pLwXeu #tcot #
- Montana Sen Poll: GOP's Rehberg leads Dem Sen Tester in U.S. Senate race: http://t.co/gY5B4y8j #tcot #
- Republican poll analysis: Romney winning with middle-class families http://t.co/CU0nm7qe #tcot #
- Paul Ryan at the AARP – The real story is that he didn't trim his ideas and still won applause http://t.co/1v8YCYdl #tcot #
- Barack Obama, Mitt Romney essentially tied in Florida, new Times/Herald/Bay News 9 poll shows http://t.co/Es4nZJEJ #tcot #
- Michael Ramirez: Don’t You Have Something More Important? http://t.co/DvHeAbBH #tcot #
- Game Change = fiction RT @nationaljournal Moore wins Emmy for Palin portrayal & takes a shot at the former governor). http://t.co/gIX93zA0 #
- Obamacare: AARP's get-rich-quick scheme http://t.co/OgsMKUEv #tcot #
- Colorado Remaining Red Among Blue-Leaning Battlegrounds http://t.co/yZchnLih #tcot #
- Presidential Poll Watch: Skewed and Unskewed Polls http://t.co/Lmerv8dG #tcot #
- Flap’s California Blog @ Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-09-24 http://t.co/ZovvV8vN #
- Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling.
— Margaret Lee Runbeck
Happy Monday! #
- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-09-24 – Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog http://t.co/NLkAOOGn #tcot #
- Dilbert September 23, 2012 – The Other Approach – Flap's California http://t.co/eV1DD0N7 #tcot #
- 2012 California House: 30th District – Berman 32%, Sherman 45% (SurveyUSA 9/18-9/20) http://t.co/NfRiHK8n #tcot #
- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-09-24 http://t.co/s6zif586 #tcot #
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Poll: Americans Don’t Want MORE Government Regulation of Business and Industry
According to the latest Gallup Poll.
Americans say there is too much (47%) rather than too little (26%) government regulation of business and industry, with 24% saying the amount of regulation is about right. Americans have been most likely to say there is too much regulation of business over the last several years, but prior to 2006, Americans’ views on the issue of government regulation of business were more mixed.
The collapse of Lehman Bros., the failure of the secondary mortgage market, and other business problems in 2008 and 2009 might have been expected to increase Americans’ desire for more government control of business and industry. But that was not the case. Americans’ views that there is too much government regulation in fact began to rise in 2009, perhaps in response to the new Obama administration and new business regulation policies such as Dodd-Frank, reaching an all-time high of 50% in 2011 before settling down slightly this year to 47%.
There has been little change since 2003 in the percentage of Americans saying there is too little regulation of business. The changes that have occurred in recent years have involved shifts between the percentages choosing the “too much” and “about right” alternatives.
Congressional Democrats and President Obama are vulnerable on this issue and this is certainly exploitable by the GOP.
I, certainly, would have expected to see some national cable television ads on this subject. But, maybe, they will be hitting this issue hard in the coming weeks with their ad buys.
Even independent voters say there is too much government regulation of business.
Here is the chart:
What does this mean?
Despite what some observers call a pattern of excess by big business that helped lead to the 2008 recession, Americans continue to say there is too much rather than too little government regulation of business. In fact, over the 15 times since 1993 that Gallup has asked this question, never have more than a third of Americans said there is too little regulation of business and industry.
The increase in the “too much” viewpoint since 2008 largely results from Republicans’ increased agreement with this point — most likely reflecting their reaction to Democratic President Obama’s election and his policies once in office.
All in all, the results suggest that a call from Mitt Romney for a reduction in government regulations and red tape may strike a more responsive chord from the average American, particularly independent Americans, than a call from Obama for more regulation.
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Peggy Noonan: Conservatives Thanked Me for Throwing Mitt Romney Under the Bus
Peggy Noonan, columnist for the Wall Street Journal
Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan made as much news last week as either of the presidential candidates when she came out and advocated for an intervention to save GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney from himself. After calling the Romney camp a “rolling calamity,” Noonan was admonished by both Republican operatives and conservative commentators. However, on CBS’ Face the Nation on Sunday, Noonan claims that she privately received thanks from anxious conservatives who felt the Romney campaign needed some tough talk.
Peggy, who “jumped the shark” at least two Presidents ago, is a political legend in her own mind. Unfortunately, Peggy has become old, tired and crotchety.
Noonan hated McCain-Palin, hated Bush, hell she hates every Republican. But, she makes the case for Obama.
Time for Peggy to move along and start writing for Slate or the New Republic.
Watch her act on yesterday’s Face the Nation:
Peggy, don’t speak for conservatives, because you left us a long time ago.
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Michael Ramirez: Don’t You Have Something More Important?
Source: investors.com via Gregory Flap on Pinterest
Chris Muir’s Day By Day cartoon is down for a few days for upgrades, so I will bring you one of my other favorite cartoonists, Michael Ramirez.
Ramirez’s point is that shouldn’t the President be discussing more substantive issues with the state of the nation as it is?
But, remember Obama’s primary goal is to win re-election. Why talk policy if the media will allow you to do “fluff” interviews and coast to victory?
I am feeling that even should Obama win re-election, that he will be a “lame duck” the minute he is sworn into office. Now, can Mitt Romney step up his game in the next 43 days and hold Obama accountable?
Somehow, I doubt it.