tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post1868659922407740528..comments2023-09-15T04:27:57.129-04:00Comments on Commentarama: San Francisco Diary--Journal Of An ExileAndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-20124837232221587582009-08-14T11:56:57.021-04:002009-08-14T11:56:57.021-04:00Andrew: They say that politics isn't beanbag....Andrew: They say that politics isn't beanbag. Then why do my reps look like beanbags?LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-37105459555212650742009-08-14T11:56:05.795-04:002009-08-14T11:56:05.795-04:00Monica: Try living here. All three of my reps ar...Monica: Try living here. All three of my reps are among those females. Feinstein looks like one of those souls in hell on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Boxer looks like she's auditioning for the part of the wicked stepmother in a local stage production of Cinderella. And Pelosi looks like a fast-frozen shark. The RINO Republican ladies look positively jolly by comparison.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-1125411468433955722009-08-14T08:48:20.127-04:002009-08-14T08:48:20.127-04:00Monica, Politics seems to be going through a parti...Monica, Politics seems to be going through a particularly nasty, angry phase right now and nasty is rarely attractive.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-84836343737714665082009-08-14T03:06:31.133-04:002009-08-14T03:06:31.133-04:00It may be just me, and no offense (which means I&#...It may be just me, and no offense (which means I'm about to say something completely offensive), but do you guys agree that we have some seriously scarily ugly women in politics right now? And it's not even so much their faces as the horrible scowls they're constantly being photographed wearing. What happened to smiling? **Pretend I never mentioned this if I really am the only person thinking it.**Monicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09635470162351335341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-35546245919476342542009-08-13T14:08:45.877-04:002009-08-13T14:08:45.877-04:00DCAlleyKat: I have to scream into a thick pillow....DCAlleyKat: I have to scream into a thick pillow. Otherwise, the neighbors will hear me and call the Pelosi Patrol.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-42551634772785470232009-08-13T13:57:47.828-04:002009-08-13T13:57:47.828-04:00I always enjoy reading you LawHawk, but when it co...I always enjoy reading you LawHawk, but when it comes to the Speaker of the House, lately just the mention of her name is enough to ignite my anger to just below the rage level. I lock myself in the bathroom, turn on the shower music and scream....love that 'primal therapy' stuff!DCAlleyKathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13595521064453455995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-35943605592039759482009-08-13T13:20:49.855-04:002009-08-13T13:20:49.855-04:00Andrew: I don't know how the new chief is goi...Andrew: I don't know how the new chief is going to enforce the law when the Mayor and the Board constantly thwart any serious effort at law enforcement. Rudy Giuliani and his chief cleaned up New York City by applying the concepts contained in James Q. Wilson's "broken windows" theory. San Francisco, on the other hand, has a Mayor and a Board of Supervisors who actively block the enforcement of "quality of life" laws. As a result, NYC's major crime rate, particularly murders, dropped through the floor while San Francisco's went through the roof. Chief Gascon is going to find he's expected to fight crime with a velvet glove covering a velvet glove. I know a lot of the local cops, up to command level. They're good cops, tough and ready to do their job. And they're hopelessly frustrated by years of being treated like third-class citizens who exist solely to spoil all the fun.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-82622017783640967282009-08-13T13:08:24.972-04:002009-08-13T13:08:24.972-04:00Tennessee: I agree on Pelosi. Waters has only he...Tennessee: I agree on Pelosi. Waters has only her own loyal ethnic constituency in one area of Los Angeles. Her race-baiting gets her things just because the rest of L.A. wants her to shut up and spin her conspiracy theories in the dark where they belong. Pelosi has a whole City to love her. Along with Feinstein and Boxer, the left has the whole Bay Area as their playground. They're crazy like a fox. Morford is just plain crazy.<br /><br />StanH: Poor new chief. The guy seems genuine. He has a very good track record. His idea of getting desk jockey commanders off their duffs and back on the streets is a proven success in other cities. But San Francisco isn't other cities. This is a town that thinks that crime is cute, thuggish antisocial behavior is social protest, and common decency is an outmoded concept produced by oppressive old white males. I'm afraid he'll find himself shoveling sand against the tide.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-19974433573871333482009-08-13T12:00:28.363-04:002009-08-13T12:00:28.363-04:00Lawhawk, Mesa to SF sounds like it's going to ...Lawhawk, Mesa to SF sounds like it's going to be one heck of a culture shock! "We locals wouldn't be surprised to see a drug deal go down at the altar during Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral" -- LOL!<br /><br />Frankly, I'm surprised SF still has a police force. Wouldn't an enlightened city just send those cops home -- cops cause criminals rights?<br /><br />You could got from being the city of free love to the city of free stuff.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-57216064949464157532009-08-13T11:50:47.389-04:002009-08-13T11:50:47.389-04:00SNAFU in “The City by the Bay.” Don’t you just lo...SNAFU in “The City by the Bay.” Don’t you just love the crusading Chief of Police, good luck, right. E…gad Nancy Pelosi, maybe the folks in the Red States can help you Lawhawk and flip the house back to Republican and then that witch can only terrorize her constituency, sorry Hawk Great report from the parallel universe that is San Francisco.StanHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07395708786509590321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-66094384636662363582009-08-13T09:20:29.703-04:002009-08-13T09:20:29.703-04:00good morning, Hawk. Always enjoy your diary update...good morning, Hawk. Always enjoy your diary updates. I do think that Pelosi is the most unlikable politician I have ever come across with the possible exception of Maxine Waters. This health care issue is the holy grail for liberals because if they gain control of it, they have us by the short and curleys. They may have gotten away with it this time too, but I think the way they slammed through porkulous put people on the defensive and more willing to demand "details."<br /><br />Mark Morford appears to be an incredible dweeb. Like a lot of guys my age, I smoked my share of pot in my college days. Like most people, I tended to "grow up" and gain responsibilities that didn't fit all that well with the prior lifestyle. The government probably did lose some credibility in demonizing it via films like "reefer madness" which may have caused some to take chances with more dangerous substances. As you point out, guys like Morford with a specific agenda do nobody any good when they don't report independent facts rather than just the ones which support their agenda.Tennessee Jedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10604275115906776992noreply@blogger.com