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Ray's Hot Links

Here are all the HOT LINKS you hear Ray talk about on the morning show!
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Looking Forward To That Bright, New Carbon-Free Future? Our Legislators and Governor Are.
My Suggestion To You, Flounder, Is To Start Drinking Heavily. 'Cause Here's What Were In For
  http://www.city-journal.org/2008/18_2_californias_environmentalism.html
 
Know Thyself. This Link Provides All Types Of Ways For You To Get Acquainted With What You're All About- From Personality Type To Best Career Choices To Intelligence
 http://testdex.com/personality_tests.html

College Tuition Increases Are Outpacing Inflation, Yet Much Of Your Tuition Dollar Doesn't Go To The Classroom
Learn More Here
http://www.collegeaffordability.net/

Is Today Your Birthday? Go Here To Find Out What The Nation's Number One Song Was On The Day You Were Born. BTW- This Works For Any Birthday
http://www.joshhosler.biz/NumberOneInHistory/SelectMonth.htm

Are Rising Energy Prices Getting You Down? Robert Samuelson Has A Common-Sense Suggestion While We Wait For The Magic Of Windmills
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/29/AR2008042902394.html

Sports Illustrated Ranks Major League Baseball Parks
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/specials/fansurvey/2008/index.html?eref=T1&eref=T1


A Number Of Apartment Fires In Norwich Has Stretched Thin The Resources Of  The Charter Oak Chapter Of The American Red Cross.  You Can Support Their Efforts By Making A Donation Here
http://charteroak.redcross.org/index.php?pr=Donate

With The Increase In Food Prices, Hundreds Of Thousands Of Haitians Are Facing Starvation. A Norwich-Based Charity Has Served This Impoverished Nation For Decades. Click Here To Help
http://www.haitianhealthfoundation.org/

WTIC's Own Kara Wolters Is A Member Of This Year's Class Of Inductees Into Connecticut Women's Basketball Hall Of Fame. Learn More Here
http://www.ctwomensbasketballhalloffame.com/

As Usual At The State Capitol Junk Science Is King.  Some Legislators Want To Ban Certain Chemicals In Children's Toys
First- The Latest On Bisphenol A
http://www.acsh.org/publications/pubID.1033/pub_detail.asp

And Then There Are The Dreaded Phthalates
http://www.phthalates.org/resources/index.asp

If You Have A Boy Or Girl In Little League, You'll Enjoy This
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Nbkbss7i5s&eurl=http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/08/video-best-game-ever/

Have A Question? This Site Has Many Of The Answers
http://www.straightdope.com/index.html


How Smart Is Your Dog? Here's A Doggie IQ Test
http://www.newsnet5.com/family/15521227/detail.html

Okay, This Is Stupid, But Still Funny
http://www.wintrest.com/if-celebs-moved-to-oklahoma/

Ban Plastic Bags...Save Sea Turtles..Uh....Not Really
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article3508263.ece

You Can Have Fun Eating, And Lose Weight At The Same Time. From Men's Health: Eat This, Not That
http://www.menshealth.com/eatthis/index.html

Elections. They're About Ideas, Candidates, Passion, And Money. Who's Putting Their Bucks Behind Those Who Are In The Race? 
Find Out Here. (Updated Monthly)
http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/index.asp?cycle=2008

How Come We Haven't Seen This On The Front Page? Oh..Right. It's Climate Change, Not Warming (Unless We Hit A Hot Spell, In Which Case It  Is Warming)
http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/2008/02/09/jan08-northern-hemisphere-snow-cover-largest-since-1966/

America's Middle Class Is Disappearing, Right? Watch This Feature From Drew Carey
http://reason.tv/video/show/61.html

In A Campaign, A Lot Things Are Said That May Or Not Be True. This Website Will Definitely
Help Distinguish Fact From Fiction
http://www.factcheck.org/

Heathcare Is One Of This Campaign Season's Hot Topics. Some Promote Single Payer, Modelled On Britian's NHS, As Cheaper and More Effective. Maybe Yes- Maybe No
 
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=aRXJhrzR9yzc&refer=europe

A Couple Of Links Of Interest Concerning The Current Sub-Prime Problems:
First A List Of The 10 Worst Examples Of Overpriced California Homes From Dr. Housing Bubble
http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/special-edition-real-state-of-genius-today-we-salute-you-california-with-our-real-home-of-genius-award-10-homes-throughout-the-golden-bubble-state/

And This From Countrywide Mortgage. US Counties Listed By Mortgage Risk. You'll Have To Scroll Way Down To Find Connecticut Counties
https://www.cwbc.com/ContentManaged/files/SoftMarkets.pdf

What's To Know About Pizza? Crust, Cheese, Tomato Sauce..Right? Wrong! A Site Devoted To Regional Pizza Styles
http://slice.seriouseats.com/archives/2008/01/a-list-of-regional-pizza-styles.html

Turn And Face The Strange...Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes. It's This Year's Campaign Buzz Word
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEaS-K3j3M8

What Do Hard Times Really Look Like. Check This Compilation Of Photos Taken During The Great Depression
http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/sets/72157603671370361/

A New Movie, 27 Dresses, Tells The Story Of A Woman Who Has Been A Bridesmaid 27 Times, And In The Process Has Collected 27 Ugly Dresses. Here's A Real-Life Site Devoted To Just That Subject
http://uglydress.com/

What's The Best Drug For What Ails You? Consumer Reports Helps You Get The Biggest Bang For Your Buck
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/health-fitness/drugs-supplements/best-medicines-for-less-1-08/overview/best-buy-drugs-ov.htm

A Wonderful Site To Help You Decide What To Do With Those Leftovers On Hand. Just List The Ingredients You Have And..Presto!  A Recipe Appears
http://supercook.com/

What's Been Recalled Today? Find Out Here
http://www.recalls.gov/

All You Need To Know About Candy
http://www.typetive.com/candyblog/

So It's Getting Warmer. Is It Global Warming, Or Something Else?
http://www.norcalblogs.com/watts/weather_stations/

If You Love To Dine Out, You Need These Guys
http://www.zagat.com/.

Behold! Calorie King! Nutritional Information on Tens Of thousands Of Foods.
http://www.calorieking.com/ 

It May Seem Like Hours, But How Long Does It Really Take to Clear Security?  This Website Let's You Know Average TSA Waiting Times At  Most US Airports.
http://waittime.tsa.dhs.gov/index.html

Having Trouble With Your Health Insurance Carrier? This Agency May Be Able To Help
http://www.ct.gov/oha/site/default.asp

Get The latest News On TV Ratings, Personnel Changes And Other Inside Stuff Right Here.
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/

Be Your Own News Director. Newslink Connects You To The Websites Of Nearly Every Newspaper, Radio Station, Magazine, and Television Station In The United States And Beyond.
http://newslink.org/

Just The Facts. Stats is a website devoted to analyzing scientific reports appearing in the press. From what I can tell, they seem to present a family balanced examinations of the pros and cons. See what you think!
 
http://www.stats.org/

A Great Source Of Aviation-Related Photos. (I Use Them For Desktop Wallpaper)
http://www.airliners.net/

 


 
 
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