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• SHOCKING: Obamanomics Stimulus assessments overly optimistic
  he Obama administration claimed this week that $100 billion invested in innovative technologies under the economic stimulus law is "transforming the American economy" by putting the nation on track for technological breakthroughs in health care, energy and transportation.

  But an examination of details in the 50-page report unveiled Tuesday by Vice President Joe Biden reveals something a bit different: a collection of rosy projections that ignore many of the challenges, pitfalls and economic realities in all those areas.

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  Not!

  Read the exaggerations at the link.

  (tags: Obamanomics economic_stimulus)
• CA-Gov Poll Watch: Meg Whitman 48% Vs. Jerry Brown 40%
  The tie is broken for now, with Republican Meg Whitman, coming off last weekend’s state GOP Convention, moving out to her best showing yet in the race to be the next governor of California.

  The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in California finds Whitman earning 48% support, while Democrat Jerry Brown picks up 40% of the vote. Six percent (6%) prefer some other candidate in the race, and six percent (6%) are undecided.
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  Meg Whitman will win this race.

  Jerry Brown is too old with OLD Left Wing Ideas.

  (tags: Meg_Whitman Jerry_Brown)
• Taxing E-commerce: Measure would drive away innovation
  By considering the so-called “Amazon tax,” lawmakers in Sacramento are dangerously close to making a tough economy even tougher for many of California’s struggling tech employers.

  Like many states, the California Legislature has sought to wring revenue from e-commerce many times by taxing companies with no physical presence in the state – a measure the U.S. Supreme Court prohibited in 1992. The latest scheme is an end run around the Constitution that would only chase legitimately taxable e-commerce revenue out of the state. Taxpayers, California Internet companies and their employees will certainly be worse off if this measure passes as part of the 2011 state budget.

  The fact is that this proposal would not close the tax gap – it would drive ad revenue away from affiliates based in California and toward affiliates based in other states.
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  And, drive away my ad revenue from my blog.

  Read it all – we don't need more taxes!

  (tags: internet)
• CA-Internet Taxes: ‘Affiliate nexus tax,’ a sales tax, won’t help economy
  The current economic climate in California simply cannot afford to put 25,000 small businesses at risk. Yet a current proposal within the budget process will do just that. Legislators are debating an ‘Affiliate Nexus Tax’, a sales tax scheme that has enticed legislators because on the surface it looks like free money for the struggling state economy. However, in fact, it has a design flaw that will threaten thousands of small California businesses, at the same time netting the state zero dollars in new sales tax revenue. We know this for a fact because it was passed in New York, North Carolina and Rhode Island with disastrous results.

  It starts with the legislature’s desire to get out-of-state Internet retailers to collect sales tax for purchases made online by California consumers.
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  Read it all

  (tags: Internet_Taxes)
• Democrats privately fear House prospects worsening – Say Good Bye to Speaker Nancy Pelosi
  Top Democrats are growing markedly more pessimistic about holding the House, privately conceding that the summertime economic and political recovery they were banking on will not likely materialize by Election Day.

  In conversations with more than two dozen party insiders, most of whom requested anonymity to speak candidly about the state of play, Democrats in and out of Washington say they are increasingly alarmed about the economic and polling data they have seen in recent weeks.
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  The Dems will lose control of the House

  (tags: democrats GOP)
• PA-Sen Poll Watch: Pat Toomey 41% Vs. Joe Sestak 31%
  A new Franklin & Marshall poll in Pennsylvania shows Pat Toomey (R) leading Rep. Joe Sestak (D) in the U.S. Senate race among likely voters, 40% to 31%.

  The contest is closer among all registered voters, with Toomey leading by only 3 points.

  Said pollster Terry Madonna: "The Democratic Party's difficulty in this election is their voters do not have the same motivation and they're less likely to vote. That is a huge problem for them."

  Key finding: 35% say President Obama is doing a "poor" job, while only 37% feel he is doing an "excellent" or "good" job as president.

  The Hotline: "It's hard to see how Sestak wins his Senate match up against Toomey if Obama remains so unpopular."
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  Wonder if Arlen Specter would have matched up better?

  Probably not – just a thought.

  (tags: pat_toomey joe_sestak)

Yes, I will be participating in the Los Angeles Roadrunner’s program again this year to prepare for the March 2011 Los Angeles Marathon.

It may feel as though you just finished the Honda Los Angeles Marathon presented by K-Swiss.  You might have, and you should be proud of that.  No matter, it’s now time to start training for the 2011 event, and our Roadrunners program kicks off on September 11th.  This year the program runs in two locations:  Venice Beach and Chino Hills.  This is a terrific way to train for and complete the LA Marathon, whether it’s your first or your tenth.  We provide the training plan, the guest speakers, the pace leaders an the other great folks to train with.  You bring your effort and energy.  For all the details, see the Roadrunners section of our website.

Why don’t you join Alice and me in Venice?

Funny, as I was writing this post, I received an e-mail from my Roadrunner Pace Leader, Leah.  Here is a photo from last year:

With Rahm Emanuel in the White House, I guess he isn’t there to save these more conservative Democratic Congressmen in their re-election races. So, they have taken matters into their own hands and started to repudiate the Far Left policies of President Obama and Nancy Pelosi.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., called them her “majority makers” – the moderate to conservative Democrats in right-leaning districts whose election in 2006 made her Speaker.

And now many of them – and other Democrats in competitive districts — are fighting for their political lives in a harsh environment and have found it necessary to distance themselves from their leaders and Democratic policies.

Can you blame the Democrats? I mean they are scared that President Obama who is crashing in popularity will cost them their seats.

Top Democrats are growing markedly more pessimistic about holding the House, privately conceding that the summertime economic and political recovery they were banking on will not likely materialize by Election Day.

In conversations with more than two dozen party insiders, most of whom requested anonymity to speak candidly about the state of play, Democrats in and out of Washington say they are increasingly alarmed about the economic and polling data they have seen in recent weeks.

Guess these Democrats should have done their own policy thinking and voted for their American constituents instead of the European Social Democracy that Obama is peddling as his own.

Alabama Democrat Congressman, Bobby Bright, featured in the ad above, has come up with a novel way to distance himself from Speaker Nancy Pelosi even more – HER DEATH.

U.S. Congressman Bobby Bright was heard having a little fun at U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s expense during his recent participation in the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce’s Eggs and Issues.

Bright, who is is in his first year in Congress and facing a battle against Montgomery City Councilwoman Martha Roby this fall, joked that Pelosi might lose her own election, decide not to run for the speaker’s job or otherwise not be available.

He suggested, jokingly he insisted to his audience, that Pelosi could fall ill and die in coming months. That remark drew laughter from the crowd.

Though he has a reputation as the second most independent member of Congress, he has been routinely blasted for voting for Pelosi to be speaker.

Wow!

DEMOCRAT Representative Bobby Bright REALLY wants to win.

• Election 2010 Poll Watch: New Forecast Shows Democrats Losing 6 to 7 Senate Seats #tcot #catcot #cagop http://icio.us/3kczax #
• CA-Sen Poll Watch: Barbara Boxer 44% Vs. Carly Fiorina 43% http://bit.ly/aIYQR6 #tcot #catcot #
• CA-Sen Video: Barbara Boxer’s Clock http://bit.ly/9oDgSt #tcot #catcot #
• Election 2010: Tea Party Senate? #tcot http://icio.us/lcnrcl #
• Maria Sharapova: Her Way Back http://bit.ly/bnwcAX #tcot #catcot #
• AK-Sen: Senator Lisa Murkowski faces possible GOP primary upset #tcot http://icio.us/00zyiy #
• I awoke this morning and looked for the Alaska Senate result and am pleasantly surprised. Who says Sarah Palin is not a PLAYA? #tcot #
• Day By Day August 25, 2010 – Free Think http://bit.ly/buZS1z #tcot #catcot #
• Good Wednesday morning/afternoon/evening Flapsblog.com, Smilesforalifetime.com, Twitter, FriendFeed and Facebook friends – hot today #

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