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U-T Saw Ryan Leaf as a Savior
Thanks for the correction, Don. And your answer helped explain why I got confused. I did write a letter to the U-T after the Chargers signed Leaf to that contract. In my letter, I expressed disbelief at paying an unproven athlete that kind of money, and stated I would prefer to do yard work rather than watch the Chargers. They gave the letter the tag line "From Leaf to leaves."— April 20, 2012 11:24 a.m.
Brendan O’Rourke attacked Carlsbad's Kelly Elementary
And how much more difficult to implement would his "nutty mission" have been if he had not had a gun?— April 19, 2012 10:36 p.m.
U-T Saw Ryan Leaf as a Savior
I'm sure I'm not alone in thinking how odd it was that Mark Fabiani went from his position in his book *Major League Losers*, telling everyone what a bad idea publicly funded pro sports facilities are, to promoting public funding of the Charges (to one extent or another).— April 19, 2012 10:26 p.m.
Dig a Hole: Dick Clark
Are outtakes from a blooper show ironic, or something else?— April 19, 2012 10:37 a.m.
Sheryl Oring to Stimulate Dialogue at Lindbergh Field
Exactly. If you can't tell my "cage full of typewriters" from Onring's, it's not art.— April 19, 2012 10:30 a.m.
Brendan O’Rourke attacked Carlsbad's Kelly Elementary
Yet another example of a crime that would not have happened but for the ready availability of guns.— April 19, 2012 10:26 a.m.
U-T Saw Ryan Leaf as a Savior
I recall another bit of BS regarding San Diego sports (although off-topic to the article). During the run-up to the downtown stadium for the Padres, it was asserted (by whom I don't recall) that such a stadium would be a tourist draw. Anyone with half a brain realizes there are only two reasons a sports team and venue combination would be a tourist draw: the team is one of storied tradition (e.g., the Yankees) or the venue is (e.g., Fenway Park). I would bet there's not a single person who has ever chosen San Diego as a tourist destination primarily because of either the Padres or Petco Park.— April 19, 2012 10:24 a.m.
Lawyer, Mother Convicted in Mortgage Scam
Not a bit surprised. And I'll also be surprised if they get any serious time (depending on one's definition of "serious time"). Steal $100, go to prison for 10 years. Steal $100,000,000, go to prison for 3 (that's just my characterization of the situation, not based on any review of statistics).— April 19, 2012 10:06 a.m.
Happiness Guru Tony Robbins Bemoans Deficits
A quick off-topic comment: if someone says walking on hot coals is a feat of mind-over-matter, challenge them to walk on a sheet of copper heated to the same temperature as the hot coals. The argument that something should not be done towards solving a problem simply because it will not solve the entire problem is a rather cliched rhetorical device, but people still trot it out.— April 19, 2012 9:57 a.m.
Why San Diegans like Ron Paul
The problem with Libertarianism is "Whose is the Libertarianism is the best?" Opposition to intellectual property laws, legalizing prostitution and illegal drugs, getting rid of corporate welfare, for example, are Libertarian positions I can get behind. Many Libertarians demonstrate an incredible naivete regarding the so-called "free market," however. No market, literal or figurative, can exist without the government, yet many Libertarians and other "free marketeers" seem to think that the free market is some universal force which exists outside of society, like gravity or the speed of light. And as for "sheep," in my experience, the person who calls another a sheep is most likely the sheep him- or herself, because projection is a wonderful thing. "But shouldn’t there be regulation of unethical companies that might put dangerous products on the market? 'I think that’s a social function,' says Koehl." Here's that naivete in action. Is she really saying it's better to wait until something bad happens and *then* we shame the company?— April 15, 2012 8:46 a.m.