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No I.D., No Comment
Oh, now, SDaniels...that's kind of you. Though some would dispute that I originated in this solar system, I think it's universally recognized that I do indeed refrain from oral-rectal gratification at the behest of local journalists. :-)— January 16, 2010 6:11 a.m.
Wall Street is feasting off Main Street’s pain
Anyone who thinks we're starting the recovery is going to be deeply disappointed. Commercial real estate, consumer debt, over leveraged businesses that cannot refinance...all ready to collapse. The cheerleaders in the press who just recycle sunny forecasts should be ashamed. They're the same ones who rah rah'ed the bubbles of the past decade, and they still have their jobs. It's truly sad to see what my country has done to itself. San Diego is a microcosm of the same rot. Unfortunately, when change finally comes I doubt it will be a "velvet" revolution...more like the French Revolution, I'm afraid. We should learn from the Romans, and ask "cui bono?" O tempore, o mores!— January 16, 2010 3:42 a.m.
No I.D., No Comment
Don "Slaughter" Bauder enters the ring and rushes Scott "Lefty" Lewis. But Lewis drops into a crouching mantis stance and sends Bauder flying into Dave "Maasacre" Maas. The crowd goes wild... Maas recovers, and pulls out his poison pen. Lewis slaps the Matt, and Potter jumps into the fight with a stack of government files which he flings into the ref's face. Blinded, and groping wildly, the referee blows his whistle...enter the Watchdog from the UT, who proceeds to growl and bark...until Maas points to its erroneous numbers. Humiliated, the Watchdog lies down and whimpers about how it's been misunderstood. Will "I Could Care Less" Carless jumps up from his poolside seat, thows down his umbrella drink, springs into the ring, and brandishes the Freedom of Information Act. Ian Trowbridge and Pat Flannery, from their box, grumble about how they've seen this all before, and how in the good old days the combatants wore tights and masks. Suddenly, the loudspeakers begin blaring a Dvorak symphony. Bauder pulls himself off the floor and delivers a flying roundhouse kick...it connects, and Bob "Bowtie" Kittle skittles into oblivion. The bell rings, the crowd cheers, anonymously of course, and round two is over...— January 15, 2010 10:52 p.m.
San Diego community colleges – larger classes, higher tuition
Way back in 1994 I ran for Community College Board, and proposed a transfer credit database. The idea is relatively simple: 1. Student identifies the school they're attending, and the school/major they wish to attend in the future. 2. Database provides a list of courses that transfer. The school counselors and teachers unions were outraged. "Students are too stupid. They'd just be confused." My opponent was given tens of thousands of dollars to falsely claim that I was a crypto-republican-religious-right-zealot. He won. I lost. Here we are, a decade and a half later, and there is still no such system in place. As a result, how many students have wasted time, effort, money on classes they neither wanted nor needed to take?— January 15, 2010 10:38 p.m.
A Way with Words
It's interesting how in some cultures, children using "adult" words is just not an issue. In Czech, it's not at all uncommon to hear little kids saying "hovno", "pico", "do prdele", and so on. Nobody bats an eye...— January 15, 2010 9:33 p.m.
No I.D., No Comment
VOSD is doing great work. The fact that both Scott and Will commented on this erroneous story speaks volumes about their openess and willingness to engage with the community. Do I agree with everything they write? No! Have a look. I never hide behind a pseudonym, on VOSD, Reader, UT, or CityBeat. I'm glad that VOSD has done away with anonymous commenting because I think people should be held accountable for their views. I appreciate ALL of the local media in San Diego. Each has a role to play, and the more light they shed on local government the better. I do wish they'd stop this back and forth of criticizing each other though. The CityBeat/Reader Josh Board thing is a real shame, because the result was losing a provocative local voice. Rather than trash talking the competition, they ought to be putting their time and effort into reporting news. Can y'all declare a truce already? You know what I'd love to see? A weekly video of Dave Maas, Scott Lewis, and Don Bauder discussing local politics. THAT would be awesome...— January 15, 2010 9:30 p.m.
Hobnobbing at the Hob Nob
SDaniels, it's the word "fascist". See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law BTW: I got nothing but love for you, my friend...even if you don't want that necklace I so "generously" offered. :-)— January 15, 2010 2:28 a.m.
Sorry, Citizen Journalist
I updated the joke. It comes from Yakoff Smirnoff, and was originally Reagan and Gorbachev. What's strange is the city's Kremlinesque paranoia and blacklisting of journalists... Contrast that with his hiring two former UT writers to spin the news. America's Finest Potemkin Village...— January 15, 2010 2:24 a.m.
Sorry, Citizen Journalist
I'm reminded of an old joke: USA and Russia are just the same. In the USA, you can go to the White House and say, "I don't like Obama." In Russia it's the same. You can go to the Kremlin and say, "I don't like Obama." Dave and Carolyn, I'm glad you're putting some light on this situation. It's absurd that the Mayor says he's bringing "openess" to San Diego's government, while he's blacklisted the Reader, demands silence, and punishes dissent. Orwell is rolling over in his grave.— January 15, 2010 2:01 a.m.
My Agent Says
I'm not usually a poetry fan...but this is very good stuff.— January 15, 2010 1:25 a.m.