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Marine says ranger roughed him up
That's none of the ranger's business, PERIOD. IF the placard/plate matches the paperwork in the possession of the individual and matches proper identification, that's the END of it. Even if the "ranger" has an MD, which is highly unlikely, but even then, he or she must be that person's doctor, not merely a nosy one. Medical records are restricted from access except through formal legal procedures.— December 17, 2014 3:59 p.m.
Marine says ranger roughed him up
Don, your commentators usually make excellent comments and usually inform themselves before they shoot their mouths off. A few of them did comment here, but the fundamentals have still not been clearly expressed. 1. Medical records must be subpoenaed. No one, ESPECIALLY a "law-enforcement officer," has a right to know anything about anyone's medical record, PERIOD. Every person, handicapped or not, is not required to provide anyone, ESPECIALLY a sworn officer, with ANY medical information. 2. There was no violation. The "ranger," IF she was a sworn officer, has a right to see the handicapped person's identification and paper permit and check it against the number on the card or plate, and run the plate or placard, provided she or he has reasonable cause to do so. PERIOD. 3. Anyone transporting a person with a valid handicapped permit which is prominently displayed may park legally in a handicapped parking spot. It appears that the officer did the provoking, not the vet, and did so simply because she didn't understand the obligations she has to follow the law, not her emotions and opinions when she is using that badge. As far as the vet's reaction, he had a right to be outraged. Walk a few feet in his shoes. I'll trade my bad foot for any of you self-styled soothsayers who claim (without any factual foundation--show me) that those with handicapped placards/plates are faking it--provided the foot will allow me to back-pack again. Furthermore, there are lots of young people with debilitating diseases that don’t “show” (e.g., rheumatoid arthritis) who walk with great pain, and older people with and without handicapped permits who should be given the benefit of the doubt. We handicapped people do everything we can to do everything we can. It feels good to walk, almost normally, a few feet or a block even though we know we will pay a great penalty in pain, or even run the risk of a deadly fall. “Catch” us in one of those moments, and you might conclude that we don’t deserve a handicapped placard/plate or that we’re faking it. But these same people, to be able to go much farther, will need various combinations of canes, walkers, chairs, crutches, or other aids to our condition (some of which are hidden as much as we can (e.g. braces, internal pins and other hardware) after walking “normally” for a short distance. I look forward to your corrections. I especially look forward to your donations of a good foot so I can hike over Kearsarge Pass and backpack around Europe again. I thank those few who made some of the points I have repeated here. Harassment of the handicapped by police and other self-righteous hypocrites is something we have to live with, but it angers us.— December 17, 2014 2:47 p.m.
Attorney Mike Aguirre sues CityBeat for libel
. . . I'm a [little-d] Democrat.— December 17, 2014 1:48 p.m.
None worse than Detroit
J. Frank Dobie once said that the thing that differentiated Homo sapiens from the other animals was the unlimited desire for something for nothing. Again, I'd be interested in statistics on the lotteries . . . What I wanna know is: How much is enough?— December 17, 2014 1:46 p.m.
Lawsuits attack Bridgepoint's automatic dialing pitches
Aw, I wuz incinerating that despite the slangs and errers flung at jernalists when they actually practice their craft as it should be, that you are so #uckin smart that you are rollin' in dough anyways . . .— December 17, 2014 1:42 p.m.
CityBeat runs mea culpa — but buried
The biggest issue underneath all this (e.g., the Decker comments) is the herd of elephants hiding in the closet: Self-righteousness is all the same, in a pettin' party or a poker game--everything's gotta stop while they have their silly fit. Equally true "right" and "left."— December 17, 2014 1:34 p.m.
Appeals court sides with CPUC, denies intervenor fees
Mike's firm did it for us all; we owe it, and we've already paid the taxes to pay the fees. However, I'd be willing to chip into a fund to help Mike et al out.— December 17, 2014 1:18 p.m.
San Diego could thrive from pain
Abandoned malls are rotting away unused. The trend is up. On-line buying will increase, but we will soon hit a block wall in package delivery--especially by air.— December 17, 2014 1:11 p.m.
Quite the grand larceny, if proven true
Shocked--SHOCKED, I tell you! This is just one center of power (npi) among countless others. They know there are not enough Aguirres and Bauders out there to slay all such dragons. But again, no organized party that doesn't diffuse it strength by petty internal arguments exists to counter the power. They can wait us out. "The streets" are only places to vent. We will eventually run out of energy and go home. The real action--perhaps the real potential, may be "virtual." This is what I mean by The Corporate Feudal State and Culture Against Society. How the many can be controlled by the few. Bauder has his fingers in the dike and Aguirre has his sword, but the North Sea is overwhelming. Can we split the arrow? Can we break the arrow? This would not work if social ostracism existed (we have sold out our cooperative birthright for a mess of competitive pottage--we cannot BE social in such great numbers), but that can backfire too--just wait until all the little boys who haven't been socialized, who have been ostracized and must curl up with a video game, graduate to making video games, acting out video games, who are antisocial in the extreme, who are devoid of empathy, rise up in great numbers. Maybe this is what it will take--cyberassualts on the Kings and Earls of the commercial/industrial/military complexes; electronic spears through the chinks in their armor. An army that is not an army. Individuals in quiet places, moving ahead of the pursuers' goons--geeks is low places toppling the edifices of power . . . We must come to understand the real nature of the threats to truly social interaction and integrity; we fiddle while all the San Onofres burn, literally and figuratively. The trouble is, the Robin Hoods are just as corrupt in their way as the Kings and Earls. Maybe we will have to go out of our minds to come to our senses, but it won't be pretty.— December 15, 2014 9:59 p.m.
Gulp! Rancho Santa Fe is how thirsty?
Water supply from wells, such as in the Central Valley and the laughably-named Borrego Springs, is a different issue. Aquifers have been long over-tapped, and whomsoever doth drill the deepest, dries up the shallower ones. Besides there's subsidence . . .— December 15, 2014 8:28 p.m.