tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post4828354626857772043..comments2023-09-15T04:27:57.129-04:00Comments on Commentarama: San Francisco Diary--Journal Of An ExileAndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-20522816088710874202010-04-23T01:56:07.091-04:002010-04-23T01:56:07.091-04:00LATE NOTE: The Alameda County (Oakland) District ...LATE NOTE: The Alameda County (Oakland) District Attorney has decided that there will be no hate crime allegations in the murder and assault and battery case. The lame excuse is that "the young men had been drinking, and they were full of teenage rage." That clearly eliminates any possibility that this was a hate crime. Oh, brother! It reminds me of the European newspapers that report a crime was committed by "restless Asian youths" when in fact it was Muslim murderers attacking Jews. No hate crime there, either.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-56039258504512240922010-04-22T17:16:18.967-04:002010-04-22T17:16:18.967-04:00Bev: And happy earth day to you. Our local homel...Bev: And happy earth day to you. Our local homeless are celebrating the day by being particularly dirt-y.<br /><br />I can't get my mind around this thing of beating up old people. And when you see some of the videos, you can tell these gangsters think it's a really fun game. They aren't angry, and there are very few actual robberies involved. They're just having a little fun. It's damned sick and damnably inhuman.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-49977541673335973962010-04-22T16:05:54.076-04:002010-04-22T16:05:54.076-04:00Happy Earth Day! I ride public transportation eve...Happy Earth Day! I ride public transportation every day so I can be smug knowing that I do not add a carbon foot print. I also only exhale every 4th breath just to make sure...really, I do.<br /><br />You have to be special breed of reprehensible to beat up old people. And, you are right LawHawk, until we start calling it what it is, it will never stop.BevfromNYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14953050916932306270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-72047606639191719382010-04-22T14:54:42.118-04:002010-04-22T14:54:42.118-04:00Tennessee: It's all very sad. Black people a...Tennessee: It's all very sad. Black people are no more genetically predisposed to violence than any of the rest of us. But they're brought up all too often in fatherless and violent environments. I understand some of the behavior, but I don't endorse or forgive it either. Only when it is made clear that nobody, and I mean nobody, is going to tolerate lawless behavior and violence, is this problem ever going to improve. "It's a cultural thing" is just a facile way of making sure that racial relations never improve and that violence will be tut-tutted, but never quelled.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-88286861240835625812010-04-22T14:11:03.951-04:002010-04-22T14:11:03.951-04:00Great picture, Hawk - The story of the tragic murd...Great picture, Hawk - The story of the tragic murder of the elderly man reminded me a little of the Clint Eastwood picure Grand Torino. It probably seems like I am a racist, but I really get tired of black on black, white, yellow, crimes and someone always making excuses.<br /><br /> If you want a really senseless violence story, locally we just had a 72 year old who had been drinking continuously laying on his horn to a 67 year old guy who was driving his golf cart down the road from the course back to his house after playing a round of golf. I guess the man in the car was in a hurry and foul mood. The other guy stopped his golf cart, went back to confront the guy in the car and was shot in the chest at point blank range and killed.<br /><br />The shooter had previously worked at the golf course on two seperate occasions, had been laid-off once and subsequently fired, and apparently required to receive anger management counseling, yet he had a valid "carry permit." Pretty bizarre, no?Tennessee Jedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10604275115906776992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-47271935558314641562010-04-22T13:56:21.291-04:002010-04-22T13:56:21.291-04:00Andrew: The children? Forget them. Think of poo...Andrew: The children? Forget them. Think of poor Kitty Kelly. Every time they fly about six feet over the roof of my apartment, she disappears under the bed for days. I have to do my own writing and editing while she hides. That alone should be enough reason to stop them!LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-42035633187570018862010-04-22T12:49:47.109-04:002010-04-22T12:49:47.109-04:00Lawhawk, That may be, but I think it should be sto...Lawhawk, That may be, but I think it should be stopped. Think of the children?AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-72256601462441805132010-04-22T12:37:08.998-04:002010-04-22T12:37:08.998-04:00Andrew: It's only by accident. The Blue Ange...Andrew: It's only by accident. The Blue Angels perform as part of Fleet Week. Fleet Week is very popular because it allows a substantial portion of the population to utter the classic words: "Hi, sailor, new in town?"LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-61810607283522266352010-04-22T12:33:30.017-04:002010-04-22T12:33:30.017-04:00CrisD: Ah, we forgot to tell you. San Francisco ...CrisD: Ah, we forgot to tell you. San Francisco is not part of earth, <i>ergo</i>, no need to celebrate earth day.<br /><br />True story: About ten years ago, the National Chamber of Commerce held its convention here at Moscone Center. The chairman opened the convention with the following words: "Greetings to the people of San Francisco from the people of Earth."LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-42124379934845819632010-04-22T12:29:58.716-04:002010-04-22T12:29:58.716-04:00StanH: Although the most horrific and public atta...StanH: Although the most horrific and public attacks have been on elderly Asians, the vast majority have been on recent immigrants with few English skills. So there is some explanation based on the limited ability to communicate their fears, plus a likely old world fear of the police. What mystifies me is that in San Francisco in particular, the Asian community, largely the Chinese, is not some helpless, tiny minority. The recently retired chief of police is of Chinese descent. They are a major political force, and a large portion of the population. I don't know why they are so willing to allow this to go on.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-42027200506220253792010-04-22T12:18:22.277-04:002010-04-22T12:18:22.277-04:00Wait a minute! They are allowing military flights...Wait a minute! They are allowing military flights over San Francisco?<br /><br />First, that reeks of patriotic militarism. . . how wrong!<br /><br />Secondly, how can we waste such money when it could be better spent on giving homes to the homeless and zoos to the zooless! Tsk tsk.<br /><br />Shocking!AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-62776822029896740692010-04-22T11:28:56.640-04:002010-04-22T11:28:56.640-04:00That's right. Stan! I got on just to make sure...That's right. Stan! I got on just to make sure I wished LawHawk a...<br /><br />Happy Earth Day!!<br /><br />And no news from San Fran's Earth Day celebrations???CrisDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-82627241560054818982010-04-22T10:07:43.355-04:002010-04-22T10:07:43.355-04:00I love to see the Blue Angels, an amazing display ...I love to see the Blue Angels, an amazing display of flying skill, with a heavy dose of patriotism.<br /><br />It would seem that the Asians are trying to appease a bully. This will only make them marks for future crimes. <br /><br />If the governor of Arizona signs that way overdue bill into law, perhaps that will be the beginning of real immigration reform, enforcing American sovereignty, wouldn’t that be a novel approach. <br /><br />By the way it’s “earth day!” Be sure to turn all electrical appliances on.StanHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07395708786509590321noreply@blogger.com