Archive for August 16th, 2011
These are my links for August 16th from 14:33 to 19:30:
- President 2012 Video: NBC News Caught Red Handed ‘Selectively Editing’ & ‘ Doctoring’ Video to Smear Gov Perry as Racist – Ed Schultz used a deceptive edit to misinform his audience about the content of Gov. Rick Perry's speech in Iowa yesterday. Schultz claimed that Gov. Perry was calling President Obama a "black cloud hanging over America" when in fact, the governor was talking about the national debt.
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Pretty egregious bias, no?
- FLASHBACK:In ’09,Obama used "dark cloud" metaphor – Using a selectively edited video, MSNBC host Ed Schultz, accused Texas Gov. Rick Perry of calling President Obama a "black cloud hanging over America," when in reality Perry was referring to the national debt. Yet Schultz's claim looks even more absurd when you consider that back in December 2009, President Obama used a similar metaphor during his speech on Afghanistan and Pakistan.
"And finally, we must draw on the strength of our values — for the challenges that we face may have changed, but the things that we believe in must not," Obama said. "That's why we must promote our values by living them at home — which is why I have prohibited torture and will close the prison at Guantanamo Bay. And we must make it clear to every man, woman and child around the world who lives under the dark cloud of tyranny that America will speak out on behalf of their human rights, and tend to the light of freedom and justice and opportunity and respect for the dignity of all peoples."
- Margaritaville Casino to hire 250 workers – Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011 | 4:22 p.m. – Las Vegas Sun – Yes! RT @LasVegasSun: Jimmy Buffett and the Flamingo are hiring at least 250 workers for a new Margaritaville Casino
- The Think Before You Click Campaign to Boycott Amazon.com Over Internet Sales Taxes | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – The Think Before You Click Campaign to Boycott Amazon.com Over Internet Sales Taxes #tcot #catcot
- Flap’s Dentistry Blog: Brighter.com Receives Additional Venture Captial Funding – Brighter.com Receives Additional Venture Captial Funding
- Capitol Alert: Internet poker backers launch TV ads; opposing tribes fight back – Internet poker backers launch TV ads; opposing tribes fight back
- Dilbert August 15, 2011 – Clue One | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Dilbert August 15, 2011 – Clue One #tcot #catcot
- Flap’s Links and Comments for August 15th through August 16th | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Flap’s Links and Comments for August 15th through August 16th #tcot #catcot
Tags: #catcot, #tcot, Obama, Perry, Pinboard Links, President_2012
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Amazon.com cheating California. Are you serious?
A coalition of advocates for improved health, welfare and social services is calling for a boycott of Amazon.com Inc. until the giant Internet retailer drops a referendum aimed at overturning a new law requiring it to collect sales taxes on goods purchased by Californians.
At a news conference on the steps of the state Capitol on Monday, the organization, dubbed the Think Before You Click campaign, asked Amazon shoppers to cancel their accounts with the Seattle-based company. The group has launched a website, www.thinkbeforeyouclickca.com.
“The $200 million in annual revenue that [the state of] California loses each year through Amazon’s tax loophole would have been enough to prevent the $90-million cut from California’s Adult Day Health Care program,” said Nan Brasmer, president of the California Alliance for Retired Americans.
The members of the coalition are Health Access, the Western Center on Law and Poverty, the California Immigration Policy Center and the California Partnership, which deals with senior citizen health issues.
The only way this campaign is going to get off the ground is with funding from the LEFT’S favorite foil, Wal-Mart.
How ironic, eh?
By the way, why aren’t they also boycotting Overstock.com or many of the other internet retailers who do not have a physical nexus in California?
Are they not cheating Californians too?
Really….how stupid.
Boycott efforts toward Amazon, no matter how well intentioned, might have trouble getting wide public support, said industry analyst Jordan Rohan of Stifel Nicolaus in New York City.
“I’m not sure if the emotional appeal is enough to keep people from saving money,” he said. “I don’t know how much traction they’re going to have on that…”
Tags: Amazon Tax, Internet Sales Taxes
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These are my links for August 15th through August 16th:
- President 2012: Rick Perry’s Serious Unforced Error – Today in Iowa, Rick Perry was asked about the Federal Reserve and, in a halting 45-second answer, went off on chairman Ben Bernanke: “If this guy prints more money between now and the election, I dunno what y’all would do to him in Iowa but we would treat him pretty ugly down in Texas. Printing more money to play politics at this particular time in American history is almost teacherous…treasonous in my opinion.” The clip is here. Liberals on Twitter exploded immediately in outrage after Think Progress posted it, with the economist Nouriel Roubini actually comparing Perry to the Norwegian mass murderer and saying he should be put in a mental institution.
I think it’s pretty clear from the clip that Perry was trying to play folksy straight-talkin’ populist guy while taking up a complicated issue, using colorful dirt-kicker language to connect to his al-fresco audience as he might in his home town of Paint Creek. And in the early going on Twitter, I suggested the harrumphers were knowingly making a mountain out of a molehill to bring him down a notch. I was wrong.
He’s trying to be the next president, and he needs to be judged on that standard. What Perry did was make a thoughtless blunder, an unforced error; we’re now going to spend a couple of days discussing whether he was summoning violence on Ben Bernanke’s head or not, which is of absolutely no use to Perry.
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Rick Perry has a record and he can run on it. This was a minor gaffe and a lesson to be learned by Perry as his campaign ramps up.
- Internet poker backers launch TV ads; opposing tribes fight back – The big-money debate over legalizing Internet gambling in California is heating up as the Legislature begins its final month of business for the year.
The California Online Poker Association, backed by the Morongo and San Manuel bands of Indians as well as many card rooms, has begun airing radio and television ads urging the Legislature to pass Senate Bill 40 by Sen. Lou Correa. The bill would make internet poker legal and tax it, potentially bringing hundreds of millions of dollars to state coffers.
"Unfortunately, nurses, police, fire and services for the poor and disabled will all be cut again if California doesn't find $4 billion in new revenue by December," the radio ad says. "There is a solution. By approving online poker, California has the ability to tap $250 million in new money immediately and billions in years to come."
The ad goes on to urge listeners to "tell the politicians in Sacramento to authorize online poker now. California needs the money and Californians need the jobs."
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Oh good another Indian tribe turf war driven by gambling.
what could go wrong?
- Ryan for President? | The Weekly Standard – RT @TheFix: Paul Ryan for president? Intriguing.
- President 2012: Why Rudy Giuliani Continues to Consider a Presidential Race | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – President 2012: Why Rudy Giuliani Continues to Consider a Presidential Race #tcot #catcot
- President 2012: Karl Rove Expects Sarah Palin, Chris Christie and/or Paul Ryan to Enter Presidential Race? | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – President 2012: Karl Rove Expects Sarah Palin, Chris Christie and/or Paul Ryan to Enter Presidenti… #tcot #catcot
- Flap’s Dentistry Blog: The Morning Drill: August 16, 2011 – The Morning Drill: August 16, 2011
- Day By Day August 16, 2011 – Liberals | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Day By Day August 16, 2011 – Liberals #tcot #catcot
- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-08-16 | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-08-16 #tcot #catcot
- President 2012 GOP North Carolina Poll Watch: Romney 17% Vs. Perry 17% Vs. Palin 17% Vs. Bachmann 9% | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – President 2012 GOP North Carolina Poll Watch: Romney 17% Vs. Perry 17% Vs. Palin 17% Vs. Bachmann 9% #tcot #catcot
- President 2012: Obama Offers Up His Excuses on Why the American Economy Sucks | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – President 2012: Obama Offers Up His Excuses on Why the American Economy Sucks #tcot #catcot
- President 2012 GOP Colorado Poll Watch: Romney 20% Vs. Perry 20% Vs. Bachmann 12% Vs. Palin 11% | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – President 2012 GOP Colorado Poll Watch: Romney 20% Vs Perry 20% Vs. Bachmann 12% Vs. Palin 11% #tcot #catcot
- Study: Menthol Cigarettes Make It More Difficult to Quit Smoking | Smiles For A Lifetime – Temporary (Locum Tenens) Dentistry – Study: Menthol Cigarettes Make It More Difficult to Quit Smoking
- President 2012 Poll Watch: Obama’s Weekly Job Approval at the Lowest of His Administration – 40% | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – President 2012 Poll Watch: Obama’s Weekly Job Approval at the Lowest of His Administration – 40% #tcot #catcot
- Flap’s Dentistry Blog: California Dental Board Fines Often Go Unpaid – California Dental Board Fines Often Go Unpaid
- Why Are Californians Fleeing to Texas? | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Why Are Californians Fleeing to Texas? #tcot #catcot
- WI-Sen GOP Poll Watch: Former Governor Tommy Thompson Leading | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – WI-Sen GOP Poll Watch: Former Governor Tommy Thompson Leading #tcot #catcot
- California Citizen’s Redistricting Commission Approves New Congressional and Legislative Districts | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – California Citizen’s Redistricting Commission Approves New Congressional and Legislative Districts #tcot #catcot
- Dilbert August 14, 2011 – Control Group | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Dilbert August 14, 2011 – Control Group #tcot #catcot
- Flap’s Links and Comments for August 15th on 10:07 | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Flap’s Links and Comments for August 15th on 10:07 #tcot #catcot
Tags: #catcot, #tcot, Bernanke, California, Internet, Perry, Pinboard Links, Poker, President_2012
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According to the latest Rasmussen Poll.
Texas Governor Rick Perry, the new face in the race for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, has jumped to a double-digit lead over Mitt Romney and Michele Bachmann with the other announced candidates trailing even further behind.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Likely Republican Primary voters, taken Monday night, finds Perry with 29% support. Romney, the former Massachusetts governor who ran unsuccessfully for the GOP presidential nomination in 2008, earns 18% of the vote, while Bachmann, the Minnesota congresswoman who won the high-profile Ames Straw Poll in Iowa on Saturday, picks up 13%.
Texas Congressman Ron Paul, who was a close second to Bachmann on Saturday, has the support of nine percent (9%) of Likely Primary Voters, followed by Georgia businessman Herman Cain at six percent (6%) and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich with five percent (5%). Rick Santorum, former U.S. senator from Pennsylvania, and ex-Utah Governor Jon Huntsman each get one percent (1%) support, while Michigan Congressman Thaddeus McCotter comes in statistically at zero.
Sixteen percent (16%) of primary voters remain undecided.
An Uh Oh moment for the presumed front-runner Mitt Romney.
Is there any wonder why Karl Rove said last night that he exepcted others to enter the race? In fact, rumors have been plentiful today that Representative Paul Ryan is now considering the race.
Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan is strongly considering a run for president. Ryan, who has been quietly meeting with political strategists to discuss a bid over the past three months, is on vacation in Colorado discussing a prospective run with his family. Ryan’s concerns about the effects of a presidential campaign – and perhaps a presidency – on his family have been his primary focus as he thinks through his political future.
Then, there continues to be the real wild card candidate, Sarah Palin and Rudy Giuliani who likely would run, if Palin does.
Stay tuned…….
Tags: Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, Polling, President 2012, Rick Perry, Rudy Giuliani, Sarah Palin
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Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, left, and Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky hold souvenir concrete chips as they celebrate the demolition of two lanes of the Mulholland Drive bridge over Interstate 405 ahead of schedule in Los Angeles Sunday, July 17, 2011. The event that many feared would be the “Carmageddon” of epic traffic jams cruised calmly toward a finish Sunday as bridge work on the Los Angeles roadway was completed 16 hours ahead of schedule and officials reopened a 10-mile stretch of one of the nation’s busiest freeways
Oh, I mean Mayor Villar has proposed to modify California’s Proposition 13 for business property taxes.
In what could be an initial foray into statewide politics, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa called Tuesday for a renewal of progressive politics in California in the nation, including an overhaul of the state’s iconic limit on property taxes, Proposition 13.
“Progressives have to start thinking – and acting – big again,” Villaraigosa declared in prepared remarks for the Sacramento Press Club, to counteract anti-tax and anti-government drives by the Tea Party and other conservative blocs.
“If the Tea Party in Washington and their counterparts here in Sacramento are intent on pitching jobs overboard in the mindless pursuit of ideology over country, we have to be willing to stand and defend our people,” Villaraigosa said, adding, “And yes, that means making a case for new revenue to sustain long-term investment.”
Villaraigosa was particularly critical of the spending cuts that Gov. Jerry Brown and the Legislature’s Democrats made to balance the state budget after their efforts to extend some state taxes were rejected by Republicans. Those cuts, he said, will damage California’s ability to educate its children and remain economically competitive.
“Governor Brown, I say we need to have the courage to test the voltage in some of these so-called ‘third-rail’ issues, beginning with Proposition 13,” Villaraigosa told the press club. “We need to strengthen Proposition 13 and get it back to the original idea of protecting homeowners, Proposition 13 was never intended to be a corporate tax giveaway but that is what is has become.”
Some Democrats have backed changes in Proposition 13 that would remove, or at least modify, its protections for business property, but Brown has not signed onto that drive. He was governor when Proposition 13 passed in 1978 and although he opposed it prior to the election, after its passage he declared himself to be a “born-again tax cutter” and became a champion of state tax cuts and spending limits.
Does Villaraigosa who is termed out for another term as the Los Angeles Mayor, really think he has a shot at the California Governorship? And, by going to the LEFT of Jerry Brown, Lt. Governor and former San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and/or Attorney General Kamala Harris?
I guess so.
But, Texas Governor Rick Perry must be licking his chops for all of the California businesses planning to move out of state, once this massive property tax increase hits the ballot.
Tags: Antonio Villaraigosa, California, Proposition 13, Rick Perry
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It seems that the Amazon.com signature gatherers are having little trouble obtaining voter signatures to place the issue on the ballot.
Despite radio commercials that try to scare voters not to sign ballot petitions, signatures calling for a referendum on the so-called Amazon tax law requiring out-of-state Internet companies to collect sales taxes from California buyers are piling up. The necessary signatures to put the referendum on the ballot will likely be in hand well before the 90-day deadline.
The eager response on an opportunity to stop a tax comes at a time when tax talk may come back to the state capitol. Hoping for new revenue, the state budget included a failsafe — a trigger to be pulled mandating further cuts if billions in expected revenue does not show up.
Given the condition of the economy and the recent gyrations of the stock market concern is that the hoped-for money will not materialize. A rumor circulated around the Capitol yesterday that to avoid the “trigger” cuts, the governor might call a special legislative session focused on taxation.
The recently passed California Budget is a joke and based on false assumptions, including Amazon Internet Sales Taxes. There is little doubt that some adjustments will have to be made by the Governor and California Legislature since Amazon will not be collecting and remitting any taxes pror to the October 1 deadline (since by obtaining the necessary signatures, the tax is suspended.)
Whether the rumor has any validity or not, the rapid collection of signatures on the Amazon referendum sends a clear message — taxes are not welcome.
True, Amazon.com has invested $3 million in the signature effort and some argue that the financial support is what is driving the successful signature gathering.
However, the uncertainty over the economy has voters lining up to sign the petitions. As one voter said, ‘Saving $5 in taxes buys me another gallon of gasoline.’
Look for Amazon.com qualifying the referendum in record time and next June, Californians will vote on the issue – repealing the tax. One other interesting fact is that next June may see a record GOP turn out since it is possible that with a multi-candidate GOP Presidential Primary field, California will determine the Presidential nomination.
Note, the tax was sponsored by FAR LEFT Legislative Democrats at the behest and support of Wal-Mart, Barnes and Noble and Target.
We will see if those corporations will want to team up with the LEFT (haven’t they opposed Wal-Mart store construction across California) to campaign against their Republican customers.
Tags: Amazon Tax, Internet Sales Taxes
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