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Brown on debt and the “nonexistent” Soviet threat: “The national debt waits like a hungry tiger to pounce on President Clinton’s new programs. Despute urban despair and ecological disaster, Congress won’t appropriate money even when it’s clearly needed. Yet Reagan
Read MoreFuzzy Math Lessons
The Sacramento Bee reported this morning that 79 schools in Sacramento are finding errors in their new $1.9 million math books. What is truly amazing is that the districts piloted for math books for one month before deciding to use
Read MoreAmateur Carly
I was perusing a Web attack ad by Carly Fiorina: Boxer and Campbell both Supported the Gas Tax Boxer and Campbell are both Wrong for California But at the top of the Web page — the part above where it
Read MoreFighting Without Skin in the Game
Usually when two sides fight over a contentious issue, both have skin in the game. But when the government fights American citizens, it’s with bully tactics, intimidation, threats and not about the well-being of anyone. Which is probably one of
Read MoreRemember Jerry's radio show?
One thing I’m looking forward to in this campaign is what Meg’s campaign finds out about Jerry’s radio show in the 1990s. Before he re-launched himself into politics, in the 1990s Jerry Brown was an excellent talk show host, one
Read MoreCops as revenuers
Expect more stories such as this one in the Sacramento Bee today, in which an 18 year old man was fined $500 for riding a bicycle without a seat (it was stolen) and without brakes. Other news reports suggest that
Read MoreJob Creation Means Unions Jobs
I recently gave a speech to two-hundred Republican women on the current state of politics in California and how businesses are being destroyed by the majority party’s regulations, taxes and now, global warming laws. During the speech I asked the
Read MoreThe Pandernator
Sometimes, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s ability to pander amazes and awes even me. One week it’s the environmentalists, the next it’s the firefighters. Everybody needs help, everybody needs some special exemption or set-aside. This week, it’s Vietnam Vets. Specifically, it’s our
Read MoreWhy biz leaders don't change politics
Given all the business talent in America, you would think we could promote some of those pros to the top political positions and let them fix everything. Indeed, in California three are running for those positions now, all claiming that,
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Poizner's crashing TV ad.
If you wonder why Steve Poizner isn’t gaining traction against Meg Whitman, just look at his lame ad of a car crashing, then somehow being revived. It looks a 1987 Buick Le Sabre of the type I used to own.
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