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The Dallas-Fort Worth area was one of four major metropolitan areas that grew by more than 100,000 people between the years of 2007 and 2008, according to a new U.S. Census Bureau Report.

The report says in the span of a year, the D/FW metro area added 147,000 people, while Houston added 130,000 people. Phoenix and Atlanta followed, adding 116,000 and 115,000 people, respectively.

Dallas-Fort Worth also was home to the ninth-ranked fastest growing county: Rockwall.

When evaluating the fastest growing counties, 94 of the top 100 were located in either the south (71 counties) or the West (23 counties), with the remaining six counties located in the Midwest.

Fort Worth is credited for growing by 41,000, which accounted for a significant portion of the Metroplex’s population gain.

Bring it on, bring it on! If Texas were it’s own nation again we’d be the 6th wealthiest country in the world and Chuck Norris wants to run for President of the Republic of Texas! The festivities begin this Friday the 13 at 4p CST!

From NBC5:

It’s a rare moment in our lives when we wake up and something that looks like brilliant satire is as true as Chuck Norris’ ability to fly and slay dragons with a single round house kick, in 1294 A.D. If you don’t understand that statement, don’t ask. That’s just how powerful he is.

We hesitate to bring you this story because, when Chuck Norris is the president of our newly seceded state-turned-country, he might find out about it. Would you want to be on Chuck Norris’ bad side? But I continue because that’s just how dedicated to advancing the banner of truth in journalism and defying danger to bring information to you lovely people that I am (adding this to my resume).

Ahem.

Chuck Norris is running for president. So soon, you say? Didn’t we just have an election? What month is it? Well, that’s just the thing, there aren’t any official dates for the election of the president of Texas.

The idea came to him when he joked he should run in a discussion about his frustrations with the national government on Fox News’ “The Glenn Beck Show” recently. The concept apparently stuck, and he then used this quip as a headline on a piece he published Monday, the day before his 69th birthday, for World Net Daily, balancing somewhere between byline and battle cry.

The piece (which also popped up on Wonkette) uses a great deal of historical examples and contains an outline of a case for why it would be ok to express disagreement with certain policies through force and violence. Quotes from Founding Fathers highlight how far he believes our current government has strayed from their true intentions. His sincere desire for advancing conservative values and not bankrupting the country are evident, though he offers a rather extreme solution.

Though you might have thought the Republic of Texas murmurings were constrained to a few lone biker clubs or trailer-sized headquarters somewhere, Norris says the undercurrent of separatist fervor runs thicker than anyone knew,:

“Anyone who has been around Texas for any length of time knows exactly what we’d do if the going got rough in America. Let there be no doubt about that. As Sam Houston once said, ‘Texas has yet to learn submission to any oppression, come from what source it may.’”

To take this notion even further into the physical plane of reality, Norris and Beck are urging others to unite with them as well as “thousands of cell groups around the country” on March 13 at 5 p.m. ET, 4 p.m. CT and 2 p.m. PST, in “solidarity over the concerns for our nation.” They will host a live telecast, “We Surround Them,” and Beck’s Web site encourages anyone who agrees with 7 out of 9 listed principles to send in their photos, although what exactly they will do with them or what the content of the program will be was not made clear.

Today is it….Election Day.

To find your voting location visit: http://www.maps.google.com/vote

Economy got you down? November 4 is turning into a bonanza for bargain hunters who cast a ballot in the national election.

Participating Krispy Kreme stores will offer a free star-shaped doughnut (with red, white and blue sprinkles) to any customer sporting an “I Voted” sticker on Tuesday.

Ben & Jerry’s will provide voters with one free scoop of ice cream.

Anyone who casts a ballot Tuesday is also eligible for a free “tall” cup of coffee from your neighborhood Starbucks barista.

And if your Election Day is all about “change,” New Look Laser Tattoo Removal in North Dallas is offering a free eradication session (up to 4 x 4 inches) with your “I Voted” sticker.

If you’ve procrastinated on taking advantage of early voting, today is your last opportunity. Polls will be open until 7p.

As of last night, Dallas County has seen a record number of early voters - almost 500,000. Some precincts have had more than 60% of their registered voters take place in the early voting so far.

To find out one of the locations where you can vote early - regardless of your precinct you can vote at any of these locations - visit this site: http://www.dalcoelections.org

If you are procrastinating and not taking advantage of early voting, then this is an easy way of finding out exactly where you need to be on November 4.

Just visit: http://www.maps.google.com/vote and enter your street address and zip and voila — you’re good to go.

Usually those of us that participate in early voting have no problem walking in and quickly getting the task done; however, today, there were record numbers of voters lining up even before the doors opened at 8a and continued to have waiting lines throughout the day. Shortly before 4 p.m., 28,217 votes had been recorded at early voting sites.

It appears this may be a banner year for voter participation.

What does this mean to you?

Get out and VOTE EARLY!

With these type of record numbers this early in the election process, Election Day looks to have heavy lines. If you vote early you can go to any of the early voting locations but if you wait until Election Day you can ONLY vote at your assigned precinct location.

Before election day, PLEASE go to http://www.dalcoelections.org to check and see where your polling place is