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BlueSouthPark

Filner did all the right things the wrong way

Gee dbat, thx for the "tip." You need to start an advice column. I avoid all organs, organisms, and organizations. Worry not: None will ever give me any $$ nor get mine if I can stop them. Last one I encountered way too up close and personal, Greater Golden Hill Community Development Corp, abetted by Jerry Sanders/Jan Goldsmith, took money from me by force. Took a lawsuit to get my $$ back. They had nonprofit status but they and city both profited from my money. So there.
— July 30, 2013 7:41 a.m.

Filner did all the right things the wrong way

Don, The website www.legistorm.com (free registration to view pdf files) has three pdf trip reports http://www.legistorm.com/pdf/trip_38053.pdf on file for three congress people who attended the Paris rally in support of Iranian democracy. In the files, OIAC officials provided signed docs stating the following: "Organization of Iranian-American Communities (OIAC) is a non-profit organization which represents the network of Iranian-American organizations in 38 U.S. States that advocate for democratic change in Iran and uphold the rich heritage of the Iranian culture." Not sure why it would matter to Filner whether the 501(c) status has been obtained by OIAC; their official org docs claim they are nonprofit. They are among many 501(c) Iranian-American groups who sponsor attendance to the annual rally. This is the first time for OIAC to be a sponsor. Perhaps they are one of the many orgs that have had their 501(c) status delayed by the IRS. In the past, as a congressman, Filner was sponsored by other 501(c) Iranian-American orgs.
— July 29, 2013 4:16 p.m.

Filner did all the right things the wrong way

Truly. I would love to witness any of the rat pack who are in a frenzy of declaring Filner psychotic and criminal, declaring Bauder vile and in a "fugue state," making ageist remarks, etc., spend instead endless online hours going after congressmen who are probing women's vaginas and denying them the right to decide what happens to their own bodies. Instead, the rat pack are in a frenzy over simplistic insults to grown, mature women who know full well how to address any kind of insult lobbed at them. As Ronne Froman has said many times, "put your big girl panties on!" The fainting spells because of gyrating "moral compasses" at hearing the word "bitch" (and I'd love to know who was called that, because I've sure called a few women that myself) make me wonder: did the rat pack grow up entirely in Mr. Rogers Neighborhood, or was the worst trauma in life having a time out and being denied video-game time? What a bunch of PC opportunists and twits. I just keep asking myself, what would Frank Zappa say about these idiots?
— July 28, 2013 3:55 p.m.

Filner did all the right things the wrong way

In the latest *New York Magazine*, Jonathan Chait has an article on the Republican Congress' sabotage of Obama. No matter how ridiculous the accusations against Obama (muslim, fascist, communist, socialist, racist, liar, Chicago-style thug), the relentless hysteria set up a narrative that supported total gridlock and calls for impeachment for Obama's first 2 years. Though the San Diegans who consider themselves the rightful owners of the top local offices are amateurish in comparison to congressional Republicans and their media shills, there are parallels. Currently, only a few recent stories are available online that recount the closed session set-to, in June, which outrageously led to a thinly veiled accusation that Filner engaged in racism by getting angry at Andrew Jones. (We all remember: Filner is famous for fighting racism all of his life, and Andrew Jones is an African-American.) The most recent recounting of Andrew Jones' complaint is found in a July 15 World Net Daily report. Jones says, "*This was shocking… I am the first African American to ever hold a position this high in the city attorney’s office. I had not said a word, he attacked me with no provocation. ... That’s a violation of the law, and it goes far beyond the pale of (what) any decent human being would expect.*" Importantly, Jones' original lament, that he self-identified with Rosa Parks, is not mentioned in WND. That's a good clue that someone realized too late the racism card not only could never work against Filner, but that it was also a total embarrassment to even play it. The whole stupid ginned-up run-in worked, however, to reinforce the "bully" narrative that was constructed by Filner's enemies from Filner's first day in office. And so now, here we are, with Filner's tough, hardball, schmaltzy persona opening the door wide to the next set of complaints. As Chait says, "*the nature of [the] opposition ... has proved impossible to modulate. ... The caricature justified the hostility, and the hostility, in turn, has authenticated the caricature*."
— July 28, 2013 1:09 p.m.

Laura Fink's campaign role with Todd Gloria

You are the best! Best, BSP
— July 27, 2013 3:31 p.m.

Laura Fink's campaign role with Todd Gloria

Don, yes, "randy" is one description of Filner's pathetic attempts to hit on older women. I think a better descriptor is the Yiddish "schmaltzy." In an interesting article on Filner's early life http://tinyurl.com/k35rwhx Filner reveals that into his college years he was introverted and nerdy (his academic accomplishments are to be admired). Sometimes people who lack social skills will try to engage by overcompensating in an equally flawed way. None of the accusations against Filner merit the hysteria (RDot now has a Psych degree: he called Filner a psychopath) that is being generated by those who want him gone. Filner is a good person, is not evil or dangerous, and his life is filled with good works. He has done nothing deserving of this public trashing by a bunch of Salem-era moral witchhunters who equate boorish, kludgy, schmaltzy behavior with that of a truly sick, dangerous, amoral sexual deviant. I am greatly relieved that Filner is not resigning and is going to begin a personal journey to try to address his compulsive behavior. He deserves credit for enduring the public humiliation with a measure of grace and for his resolve to try to change at this late stage of life (not easy for most +70-yr-olds). I might point out, however irrelevantly, that at least three women in Filner's life have responded positively to his schmaltzy come-ons: wife 1, wife 2, and recent fiance (the latter thinking that it is appropriate for her to demand he quit his public job because of their failed personal relationship).
— July 27, 2013 9:45 a.m.