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Victorious Seals
Duhbya, I sat at the desk next to Mr. Godwin himself summer of 2008 while helping out at the WikiMedia H.Q. Do you think Carolyn knows that she automatically lost any credibility and the debate by invoking Hitler? Maybe we should educate her: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law Best, fred (BTW: Pete I'm sure is NOT a nazi...on the contrary, he'd have been one of the partisans hiding in the forest, aiding downed allied aviators, and attacking german convoys.)— January 3, 2010 12:30 p.m.
Fabiani pushes Chargers stadium at Tailgate Park
In the late nineties, the voices opposing subsidies for professional sports entertainment businesses were few and far between. It was lonely. Now there is some hope. While Don is correct that our voices will be outspent 100 to 1 in any election, maybe we aren't quite so naive as before. The proliferation of online media is something the Chargers cannot strangle, as was the case with the sports teams excercising their "partnership" power over television, radio, and newspapers in San Diego last time. Don, in future stories on this. (unfortunately, there will probably be many), please lead with the simple fact that we can use this money elsewhere. Arguing about HOW to finance a stadium is wrong. We need to state at the beginning, and repeat frequently, that San Diego has important needs. It's sad that so many otherwise healthy Americans find so much addictive and unhealthy pleasure watching athletic young men in tights playing with their balls. It's truly frightening that some families are so emotionally impoverished that only this kind of homoerotic athleticism turns them on. It's probably Tom's own bad parenting that has brought this sad state of affairs about. His love for the Chargers proves his hatred for San Diego, and his family doubtless suffers too.— December 25, 2009 6:58 a.m.
Mayor Sanders and Jeffry Wetzel
Politicians use religion to get into office. They've never been known to practice it once in office. As to the ten commandments, well we can skip half of them...the ones that natter on about having no other gods or making graven images, for example, are sorta stupid, and have nothing to do with morality.— December 17, 2009 8:47 p.m.
Let There Be Light
During the campaign a year ago November, both Whitburn and Gloria campaign supporters held up signs near this bridge during evening rush hour...but they couldn't be seen very well because the lights were out.— December 14, 2009 9:02 p.m.
This Is How Bad It Is in Tourism
This ilustrates the stupidity of investing our public money in the tourism business. We could have invested in providing real jobs, upgrading our infrastructure, ensuring a future water supply...instead we paid developers with public money to build luxury hotels. Those same hotels are now going under. Yet the same dolts, like the board of CCDC, are there in office making the same bad decisions. Today CCDC's chair Fred Maas is working around the clock to give away public money to the Chargers, expanding CCDC's power and condemning the rest of us to pay for these insider deals that benefit only the wealthy few. San Diego's tourist businesses have a lot of lobbyists and consultants in the halls of power advocating their interests. Who is there to speak for the residents of San Diego who have paid through the nose to subsidize these hotels that are now going bust?— December 11, 2009 9:51 p.m.
Heart-Rending Reunion
John, I don't get it... Are you saying that because this man prayed "as thoroughly as his obstructing intellect would allow" his son sold two paintings and the man was given a ride and twenty bucks? I don't mean to be disdainful or contemptuous, but what is your point? That prayer works? Come on... The invisible angry sky daddy must have also caused Burnham's heart problems and abandonment, made the police arrest him and then dump him on the streets again. This "god" is great, huh? Even to get a ride and twenty lousy bucks the poor man had to endure the rantings of an insane Jesus freak... No, John, this story does NOT illustrate the loving kindness of a deity who intervenes in our lives. What it shows is that carrying around a bible and thinking that's going to help you out of your problems is just plain foolish. If there were any "god" or if "Christianity" were real, then San Diego with it's religious right Board of Supervisors would have fully funded programs in place to help people like Mr. Burnham. Instead, our local government only helps a Burnham when his first name is "Malin". So, again John, what is your point? You've illustrated that life is unfair, bad things happen to good people, and some people feel the need to rant about their imaginary friends instead of just providing help where they can. Certainly there is no cause and effect relationship between prayerful begging and real-world outcomes...you've shown that clearly. So what is your point?— December 11, 2009 9:10 p.m.
A San Diego Charger football game is one thing, fandom is something else
Where's the humility Mister Peter Pistol? Hmmm? I'm tapping my foot and waiting. Fumber deserves your abject apology. Let's see some groveling, young man. (Be forewarned...Russl will be checking on your spelling, grammar, and punctuation.)— December 8, 2009 9:46 a.m.
A San Diego Charger football game is one thing, fandom is something else
No Pete, you just don't appreciate the sublime Fumber wisdom...he's trying to say that I had recently been born to a sorceress in a very vocal manner, and then left in a closet. This led me to hate, blatantly, anything "fun". As a consequence thereof, I'm quite interested in recycling sewage by rolling up old issues of the Reader and filtering the crap out to produce clean pure tap water. The only negative effect of this work is to fill my nose with debris, but it's worth it. Pete, it's poetry. Just reading it makes me a bit weepy, and I'm stunned you don't appreciate it, daring to suggest that one of his carefully chosen metaphical devices was somehow a typing error. Really, Pete. You should be ashamed. Apologise to my buddy Fumber right now!— December 8, 2009 8:09 a.m.
A San Diego Charger football game is one thing, fandom is something else
To be fair, I should include food in the comparison. Church potlucks and football tailgate parties -- the similarities are obvious.— December 3, 2009 11:13 p.m.
A San Diego Charger football game is one thing, fandom is something else
A very well written article. Awesome! Being a fan for a football team is so very like belonging to a religious denomination. You're a bolts fan because your family taught you to be one. Just like others are brought up Catholic, Baptist or Buddhist. Conversions happen, primarily through intermarriage and migration to another place where another religion (or team) is predominant. And just like religion, there's no logic or sense to it. Just mindless herding, fandom, wishful thinking, and a very unhealthy personality disorder that adopts the acheivements of others (an imaginary deity or televised football team) as one's own. Just like religion, it costs a lot of money, gives a sense of security and belonging, brings extreme emotions, and sometimes provokes violence. The article is very thought provoking indeed, Mr. Lickona. Isn't it sad how many people have to find meaning or identity in something so callow as professional sports -- or religion? The real world all around us is so much more rewarding. Best, Fred— December 3, 2009 8:59 p.m.