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My friend Kelly, a Mission Valley prostitute?
It's, "woe is me", not "woah is me". And "you're", not "your". "It's" And capitalize the first letter of each sentence.— September 26, 2012 1:15 p.m.
Life Insurance Pitch to Marines Violates Instruction 1344.07
Umm... wait a minute. We already have one huge problem... these Marines are, supposedly, adults. They're 18, can vote, serve on a jury, and have clearly taken an oath and signed a contract to put their lives on the line for our country. But we already have a problem where they cannot legally get a beer or buy a handgun. WTF??? But now, we're going to also hold their hands over life insurance??? Part of being an adult is making mistakes and learning from them. I have nothing but contempt for an insurance salescreature that would sell overpriced or unnecessary coverage to a soldier or sailor or Marine. But if they're adults, let's not treat them like children, and let them learn on their own. It's one thing to try to protect society in general from "predatory practices", but to single out members of the armed forces and say they're especially unable to make a correct decision here? Can we also "protect" them from bad decisions like buying sports cars and fast motorcycles? Promulgate an order that they can only buy four cylinder, four-door sedans, for their own good? Anyone is free to refuse to sign up for any given insurance policy.— September 26, 2012 1:13 p.m.
Say Bye to Tijuana’s Turnstile Entryway
Umm, what was the justification for checking their IDs? What law was being broken? Thank God that idiotic policy was long gone by the time it was my turn to head down to Tijuana for a perfectly-legal evening of barhopping and debauchery.— September 26, 2012 1:06 p.m.
Government Funded San Diego State University Foundation Gives Big to Jerry Brown's Tax Hike Campaign
No big surprise here. More greedy, entitled public "servants", abusing their position to enrich themselves at the taxpayer's expense. YES on 32!!!— September 26, 2012 1 p.m.
My friend Kelly, a Mission Valley prostitute?
Clearly, we need to outlaw prostitution. And drugs! They're BAAAD! And the piles of money we pour into "help" aren't big enough! This story comes down to one thing... Kelly makes bad choices. Period. I know, the blubbers about, "Oh, she's mentally ill, she needs sympathy you SOB!" are coming. Where was the crazy behavior before she started taking drugs? Anyone who REALLY cared could keep her in a locked inpatient facility for longer than a few days... but, I know, "That's too expensive, who's going to pay the bill for us?" If she "can't help herself", and her family won't help her, why should I have a gun pointed at me and have to do it for them? I have to goggle just a little bit at someone who sells themselves and takes piles of drugs feeling "distressed" and "betrayed" because someone wrote a story about it. That's just more deflection of responsibility.— September 25, 2012 12:58 p.m.
Sweetwater Interim Superintendent Ed Brand Resigns
How much of a pension will he be running away with?— September 25, 2012 12:20 p.m.
Man Threatens to Jump onto I-8
It would be better if it showed him being shot with a tranquilizer or net gun. Even better still if it showed him in front of a judge in shackles, about to be sentenced to a long prison sentence for his selfish disruption of thousands of peoples' lives. This keeps happening because it's a great way for someone to lash out and make the world pay attention to them. None of these pseudo-jumpers are "suicidal", or they would do it. Nope... none of them jump, they all sit up there screeching, "Look at me, pay attention to me, ha ha screw all of you, you have to sit there on my time" Instead of weeping and wringing our hands over these creeps, throw them in prison for ten years. Do that, and the "jumpers" will find another way to fill their empty, meaningless days.— September 25, 2012 12:16 p.m.
Chula Vista East Side's Mello-Roos Mess
"Many feel the funds should stay in the areas where they’re collected." Huh... do they feel that way about property taxes collected in La Jolla and Rancho Santa Fe, or is that "different", and it's good to move that money away from the area where it's collected... and into their own district? What's good for the goose is good for the gander.— September 25, 2012 12:08 p.m.
Longtime Kaiser employee claims wrongful termination
Huh? For no reason at all, there's this mysterious conspiracy to make it look like she isn't doing her job? Sorry, but if she engenders that level of hatred in the workplace, she's got to go.— September 25, 2012 12:05 p.m.
Worker payroll deductions fuel Qualcomm's corporate PAC
The issue isn't "paycheck deductions". The issue is, are they voluntary or not? In the case of Qualcomm, it appears that they are, and prop 32 won't affect them. The public employee union shills will contend that their paycheck deductions are voluntary, too... in which case Prop 32 won't affect them, either, and one has to wonder why, exactly, they oppose Prop 32 so stridently. Yes on 32, NO on 30 & 38— September 25, 2012 12:03 p.m.