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Was Filner's office bugged by long distance microphone?
Don, when are we going to learn that our civilization is in grave jeopardy without morality? The media makes billions from 24/7/365 sensationalist reporting, focusing on immorality and the destructive worldwide consequences of our never-ending failures to actually practice Golden Rule. With our overpopulation, destructive climate changes, resource supply degradations and failures, lusts for power and avarice, out of control pollution, poverty, corruption, immorality and religious hatreds, our legacy for future generations is looking more and more like the gift from hell. We must all ask ourselves, what would we do to Filner if he ever treated any of our wives and daughters like Filner has treated 14+ women? Filner must be punished in a way that proves San Diegans shall not tolerate social and cultural immorality any longer.— August 14, 2013 1:07 p.m.
Was Filner's office bugged by long distance microphone?
monaghan, one thing is for sure, Master San Diego Puppeteer Manchester is laughing his ass off over the discussions we are having here. Filner is Pope Doug's dream democrat and his political/media power just keeps getting stronger as long as the democrats keep failing to fight for women's, civil and voting rights as if the future of American Democracy depended on it. Filner just opened up Pandora's Box with his brain-dead moral failures. Make no mistake about it, American Rights are the most important cause we must focus on and fight for today.— August 12, 2013 2:27 p.m.
Was Filner's office bugged by long distance microphone?
JustWondering, excellent comments. Another source to shed light on a major root cause of all this was published in a column in the L.A. Times on Friday by Sandy Banks "What took them so long to speak out about Filner?" http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-banks-fil… It could be concluded that if powerful Washington demos like Feinstein, Boxer and Pelosi had demanded Clinton's resignation during his impeachment, like they finally got around to doing with Filner now, maybe this wouldn't have happened. Powerful women are just as responsible for the failure of the ERA as powerful republicans who are attacking civil, voting and women's rights today. As Sandy concluded "--- we shall overcome only when women are willing to speak up."— August 12, 2013 1:22 p.m.
Who's investigating Filner? It's who's NOT investigating him
Don, I remember Pogo's declaration during the first Earth Day when he said something like "We have met the enemy and he is us!" Along that same line, there appears to be an increasing realization that when it comes to achieving women's rights, women are their own worst enemy. Sandy Banks wrote a very interesting column in the L.A. Times this morning "What took them so long to speak out about Filner?" Her conclusion was "we shall overcome only when women are willing to speak up." This is way much bigger than Filner.— August 10, 2013 2:52 p.m.
Who's investigating Filner? It's who's NOT investigating him
Don, I must admit that I have found it most interesting that Feinstein, Boxer, Pelosi et al. jumped on the Filner Resignation Bandwagon, but totally failed to demand Clinton's resignation after his sexual crimes against a mentally challenged intern. Women like these are as guilty of failure to protect women's rights as anyone. Have a nice day.— August 10, 2013 12:18 p.m.
Who's investigating Filner? It's who's NOT investigating him
Don, if investigative reporters had always defended women's rights as vociferously and tenaciously as you defend Filner, this may never have happened. Reporters in Washington always look the other way because sexual assault by male politicians is traditional, so Filner just joined the crowd.— August 9, 2013 11:28 a.m.
Who's investigating Filner? It's who's NOT investigating him
Don, on Sunday Professor Diane Winston of the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism published an Opinion in the L.A. Times on “Pope Francis’ woman problem” where she documented some problems that women have relative to the church, but I submit that these problems actually go far beyond religion into worldwide social and cultural practices. I expand the application of what she said to generalize that far too many women in America and around the world are “neglected, disenfranchised and marginalized” enabling “sexism, misogyny and exploitation” resulting in “global reverberations in unwanted pregnancies, female poverty and sexual slavery.” This is the reality of what we are dealing with today, and Mayor Filner is just one more example of our never-ending cultural failure, in a male dominated world, to protect and respect women’s rights. We must not allow this to continue or our legacy to our newest and future generations shall be totally unacceptable.— August 7, 2013 3:27 p.m.
Who's investigating Filner? It's who's NOT investigating him
As reported: Sanders statements about possible law enforcement action against Filner came Monday on U-T TV’s Roger Hedgecock Show. “It’s sexual assault in cases,” Sanders said. “If you touch somebody else in an unwanted place in an unwanted way, that’s not harassment, that’s assault. It’s a crime.” So the #1 question is, why hasn't Filner been arrested if what Sanders said is true?— August 7, 2013 3:23 a.m.
No known witnesses yet in Jackson lawsuit, says Filner's lawyer
Don, I believe the women leaders who reported Filner's unwanted sexual attacks on KPBS, and I accept the judgement of the democratic party's women leaders who have asked Filner to resign immediately. One of the most destructive failure modes for our society is that far too many men fail to respect and protect women and refuse to demand equal rights for women. A most important historical fact of life is that male leaders in all institutions (social, political, economic, religious, scientific, education, etc.) around the world have failed the tests of humanity. It is time for women to achieve leadership positions in all institutions today or our newest and all future generations will have a legacy that will provide them with a totally unacceptable quality of life.— August 1, 2013 2:22 p.m.
No known witnesses yet in Jackson lawsuit, says Filner's lawyer
Don, Filner's lawsuit that he did it because no one told him not to means he should be locked up in a chimpanzee cage as a threat to public safety for the rest of his life. If he hasn't learned by age 70 he'll never learn.— August 1, 2013 12:11 p.m.