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Poets cause trouble at U.S.-Mexican border fence
Nasheili, When picking up a delicate handmade kite is a crime, we have surely lost our way! I was so upset by the way you were treated that my husband and I left right behind you. It really is ironic that we waste resources on all of this nonsense to keep people apart when we supposedly don't have money for food stamps for the poor. I am not proud of the way my country behaves. On the Mexican side the poets could move freely up to the fence and no one was using security cameras to watch their every move. They wouldn't even let us use the portable sound system so we could actually hear one another's profound words. Perhaps our words are far more threatening to the status quo than we realize. Yes - "land of the free" - is seeming to be more of a misnomer every day.— August 28, 2013 4:33 p.m.
Filner imbroglio is all about greed
Don Bauder: What if there was a way to win an election without gobs of money? What if we have a once in a million years opportunity right now. A very short campaign timeline where big ships can change course fast enough but little ships can zig-zag all over the place, where disillusioned, apathetic voters might be wiling to risk "throwing their vote away" on something so outrageous that - well, what the hell, things can't get any worse... so outrageous the media would cover it because they'd think they were making fun of it - but hey, it's free publicity! - something so inspirational that it would go viral... Why does everyone just give up before even trying when all the money in the world is worthless against imagination and spunk?— August 3, 2013 9:31 p.m.
Filner imbroglio is all about greed
There is no denying that the special interests have come in for the kill. I will even concede that they had this planned. But to say this is all about greed oversimplifies our current situation and gives us an excuse to do nothing - to remain paralyzed with fear and helplessness - just what the downtown elite want. BUT that doesn't undo the fact that it was Bob Filner who blew it - and that his behavior is unacceptable and that he is no longer capable of running our city. There is no way to put that cat back in the bag. And it doesn't undo the fact that supporters and staff begged him to change his behavior and if he had listened to them, maybe this could have been averted. And that Filner is not going top fix a serious personality disorder with two weeks of therapy. And that this is tearing our progressive community apart and the longer Filner remains in office the worse it gets. And that the REAL culprits in this nightmare are NOT the Republicans who waited like alligators on the shore for the right moment to snatch their prize (That's what alligators do, so why act surprised?), but the Democrats who knew this was a problem and set him up as a target anyway because in their mindset, it's all about winning, not integrity. And they expected that the women being harassed and the staff being verbally abused would put aside their rights for the sake of advancing the common good. Hey, I'm always open to the possibility of a conspiracy. But here's the lay of the land: If we continue to cry "foul" about how this game has been played up until now, we are going to end up with exactly the scenario we fear. We MUST turn this around, and the first thing that must happen to do that is to unite in calling for Bob to step down and replacing him with someone who is as congruent with our values as possible in their personal and public life. And then work like hell to put them in City Hall. We need a survival strategy. Do it different. Be outrageously different. Be ethically strategic. Be congruent. Be fearless and passionate and unstoppable. The longer Bob waits to step down, the more fractured our community becomes, and the less chance we have to pulling together the people we need to make something wonderful happen. If he is really, at least politically, the man we all thought we voted for, he will put aside his ego and personal agenda and step down. We can't do anything until he resigns. His resignation opens the door for us to get to work and removes the thing that is dividing us now. Do we continue to feel used and betrayed, or do we get to work on turning this awful situation around? Do we stay in an abusive relationship just because the abuser has promised to never hurt us again or do we move on, even though the future looks scary and difficult? I never thought I'd have to make that choice again - but I sure do recognize the pattern.— August 3, 2013 2:54 p.m.
He chalks the line: City Attorney prosecutes man for writing anti-bank slogans in water soluble chalk
BoA is a Bully and Goldsmith is just doing their bidding. Time to nip this corporate attack on our First Amendment Rights in the bud. Only way to deal with a bully is to stand up to them. As far as I know San Diego doesn't have any ordinances against using chalk on our own clothing, or on our Facebook profile pics or... (get creative here. So I am suggesting we all wear black T-shirts with large chalk messages that state that BoA is a Bully and stand outside every BoA bank in San Diego County.Feel free to use the photo here as your FB photo. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jun/2…— June 27, 2013 4:48 a.m.