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UCSD's Gary Jacobson frets about polarization
Never forget this #1 Fact: The U.S. Military plus our police and fire personnel are the only true Heroes and Patriots who risk their lives daily to protect and preserve American Democracy today. Whereas politicians and their Special Interest masters are the same breed of Tory traitors who tried to destroy American Democracy before it was even created. It's time for a new Declaration of Independence, and Don Bauder is the best person to promulgate v.21C. It's time for We The People to "pledge our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honour" once again to restore American Democracy.— October 16, 2009 4:56 a.m.
UCSD's Gary Jacobson frets about polarization
Response to post #1: Hate to disappoint you Visduh, but neither political party has given Special Interest status to We The People for far too many decades, as Don keeps documenting. It's time for a new Declaration of Independence v.21C. My Nonpartisan Organization (since it doesn’t seem quite right to designate it as a Party) needs leadership like Don Bauder to restore We The People Democracy, or whoever Don nominates to be the new George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Dwight Eisenhower, and Franklin Roosevelt when we need them most once again. Otherwise The Reader generations have nothing to look forward too now that both the Republicans and Democrats have betrayed the legacy of The Greatest Generation and created a Decline and Fall of American Democracy scenario.— October 15, 2009 12:35 p.m.
SDG&E wants money for fire insurance
Response to Story, posts #4, #7, etc.: Don, once again I must emphasize, based upon reading and thinking about decades of your excellent investigative reporting on the Decline and Fall of San Diego, IT'S TIME TO FIGHT BACK! One model for action is the Free Speech Movement at Berkeley in the 60s when students stimulated advancements in civil rights, diversity and gender equity in California, as well as America. QUESTION: How do we get The Reader to motivate your core constituency to save their future by making the right things happen with a sense of urgency? It's time to stop the decline and fall of San Diego first, then maybe Californians and Americans will follow-up on our ideas and actions once again.— October 9, 2009 3:50 a.m.
SDG&E wants money for fire insurance
As the new saying goes --- Whatever More jobs lost everyday and no one fights back against the republicans who spent the last nine years causing all the economic problems we have today. NORC Great setup for social chaos now that our political and economic institutions have betrayed us, while our religious and educational institutions have failed us completely.— October 8, 2009 1:09 p.m.
SDG&E wants money for fire insurance
Don, time for all San Diegans to face the facts that you yourself have documented so well for decades. FACT #1: The Age of American Democracy/Capitalism/Land of Opportunity is over. While the GOP is now wholly owned and controlled by “Special Interest,” the Democrats just watch and do nothing to stop the Rape of We The People, while our judges are padding their retirements with “favors” from special interests that have overruled the Rule of Law. Capitalism is no longer in the Shareth mode, Wall Street pigs have emptied the Wealth of America trough and they are now in the Taketh Away mode with Madoff as their role model. And the Land of Opportunity has been exported to Asia. That should just about explain the Whys of almost everything you write about. San Diegans are faced with two alternatives: Find a way to escape our No One Really Cares cultural value, or Fight Back Like Hell For Ourselves. Unfortunately Californians gave away our Democracy to the Initiative process that is totally controlled by Special Interests, so we have to end the era of Taxation Without Representation once again or wait for rising global warming sea levels to wash San Diego away and firestorms turn everything that stays above sea level into America’s Biggest Pile of Ashes, until the clean water supplies disappear completely and turn San Diegans into Anasazi v.21C that is. Have a nice day anyway.— October 8, 2009 5:24 a.m.
Cock an Eyebrow at September Job Loss Data
Thanks for the excellent feedback to my post #14 Don, Fish and SurfPuppy619. Now it's time for Reader to start a campaign to restore American Democracy and the American Way of Life that was totally derailed by the Bush Autocracy, while the Democrats watched and did nothing to prevent it that is. Most sadly, the legacy passed on to us by The Greatest Generation was allowed to be destroyed by our generations that took advantage of that legacy. Don, how about starting the "Fight Back For America" Campaign with a series of Reader issues focusing on achieving the needs of your core constituency so they can have an acceptable quality of life like you and I have enjoyed but failed to pass on?— October 4, 2009 12:11 p.m.
Cock an Eyebrow at September Job Loss Data
One has to wonder at this point, after so many institutional failures to protect and perpetuate quality of life levels that we achieved in the 20th century, what is truly possible to achieve lasting recovery? We are bogged down in wars and hate without end, overwhelming population and diminishing resources. One must also wonder if it is possible to have any successful leadership at all in this incredibly destructive political era, leadership that can change us from being destroyed by greed and hate in time to prevent ongoing climate changes from devastating our planet. Are you certain of anything that can put us on a course to lasting, acceptable quality of life Don?— October 3, 2009 4:27 a.m.
Utilities Commission Denies SDG&E's Power Cutoff Plan -- Leaving an Out
Sempra needs to do a lot more with their engineering design, construction and maintenance to prevent fires in the first place. It is way too expensive to put the lines underground, but there has to be a lot more that can be done to make the power more fireproof that cost a lot less. Also, since lives are the highest priority, fire departments must have the responsibility to make the call on whether power lines must be shut down to prevent fires under firestorm conditions, not a regulated public utility with a corporate owner that is focused on maximizing their profits as their highest priority. Interestingly, the Heidi Incident may have exposed one of Sempra’s cultural values and it most likely that Heidi reports directly to Felsinger for strategic planning and legislative action at least.— September 11, 2009 5:17 a.m.
Union-Tribune Axe Falls Again. Kittle Reportedly Out
Even though the U-T Editorial Page, including "Deranged Rant" Kittle and "Ballot Recommendations" have done more harm to San Diego than any other reason except the San Diego Republican Party itself, traditionally Editorials go back to before Ben Franklin and the Revolutionary War. Editorials should however be non-partisan, especially in this increasingly destructive political era of GOP Neocon Hatemongering that those like Kittle kowtowed to. If American Democracy fails to survive the most current GOP attacks against America, then the U-T and other Neocon newspapers will be as responsible for that failure as Ben Franklin’s newspapers were in creating American Democracy in the first place.— August 13, 2009 6:12 a.m.
GateHouse Sues Copley for Breach of Contract
SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE: Interesting story on Abraham Sauer, San Diego Herald publisher and editor in late 19th and early 20th centuries, who ran a headline: "Brainless Mayor and Spineless Council Take Orders from Greedy Merchants" So it is no surprise that today in 21st century San Diego is suffering the consequences of another historical lesson never learned with three brainless, spineless and corrupt mayors in a row. Golding, Murphy and now Sanders still continue the San Diego political tradition of selling out quality of life in San Diego to "Greedy Merchants."— August 6, 2009 12:05 p.m.