Pigs fly and the San Francisco Chron has three negative articles about Democrats, Leftism and Obama’s lies
Bookworm on Aug 24 2009 at 11:12 am | Filed under: Media matters, San Francisco
Truly, I never thought I’d see the day, but the San Francisco Chronicle has three common sense articles today that discuss lies, Lefties and San Franciscans turning against their former loves.
The first article is one by a Chron Staff Writer speaking in very derogatory terms about the outrageous City budget — both its silly Leftist line items and the enormous costs it imposes on San Francisco residents:
San Francisco’s current $6.6 billion budget – the largest in city history – dwarfs the annual spending of some small states and pays for everything from police officers to art exhibits to solar panels. But its size comes at a price: If you own a home, run a business or spend money in the city, you probably pay more in taxes than you would elsewhere because most things – from houses to beer – cost more here.
City officials just closed the largest deficit in history – $576 million – but the worst isn’t over, and finding ways to cut costs is only getting more difficult because much of the government is untouchable due to voter mandates and the power of special-interest groups, nonprofits and unions.
The price? The city shells out millions annually on unique programs: Laguna Honda is the largest public nursing home in the nation; $6.5 million a year goes to the Human Rights Commission to ensure fair employment and business practices; and the $20.5 million given to the M.H. de Young, Legion of Honor and Asian Art museums is five times what San Jose spends on six cultural facilities.
Yet basic city functions such as repaving streets and repairing rundown parks have been put off or paid for by high-interest borrowing.
Read the rest here and, if you’re a City resident, weep a little over the unusual premium you pay to live in the lovely city by the Bay.
The second article explains that Mayor Gavin Newsom, who reached a political peak when he opened San Francisco’s City Hall to gay marriages, is not well-situated for a run as California’s governor — especially amongst his own San Francisco constituents:
Not only is San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom trailing state Attorney General Jerry Brown statewide in the Democratic race for governor, he’s pulling up short with the very voters who know him best – San Franciscans.
Whoops. I guess it’s not just enough to be a pretty face beloved by the national media — or, at least, in the wake of Obama’s free-fall, it’s not enough.
The third article, which is part of a paper blog devoted to things green, explains that the Obama administration lied about the cash for clunkers program:
An analysis of purchasing data conducted by Edmunds.com found that the top models purchased under the Cash for Clunkers program were not small foreign cars as government data suggested, but SUVs.
[snip]
Whoops, again. You’ve got a problem when even your staunchest friends can’t defend you anymore, Mr. President.
Let me say preemptively that I recognize that all three of the above are news stories, and there is no reason they shouldn’t show up in the Chron. What’s so amazing, though, is the tone they take. The love is gone. There’s no exculpatory language. Instead, the attitude is almost nasty. That’s new.
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No one is more vicious in their attacks than the disillusioned believer. Their hopes, their dreams are transformed into screams.
The Dems out of power so long (essentially since ’94) were able to spin a yarn about their utopia. Any failings were the result of “those people” who just didn’t get it. Now in charge, they are “those people” and reality bites.
Let’s assume most people become politically aware at 19. That means that anyone younger than 34 has never seen the lefties wield power to any extent. Add in those older Dems who kept the faith with the Clintons Now throw the rudder over to Left full with empty ballast and fuel tanks. She’s heeling hard over and hanging there. It doesn’t take long to realize you’ve got to shift starboard before the next big wave hits.. That’s a lot of disappointed acolytes who will be striking out to hide their embarrassment. Alex P. Keatons all around.
Power and cable lines all over the Bay Area must be snapping from all that extra weight.
At work here may be the mind-clearing imminence of the Chronicle’s demise.
It’s one thing to be a toady hack when the newspaper is flush with ad revenue and all you have to do is put yourself on autopilot and preach predigested socialist pap to a fat and sassy choir.
It’s another to realize that in light of the Chron’s 30% circulation loss in 3 years, maybe you should actually practice real journalism because a.) the only readers left are drooling ostrich leftists and b.) you’re going to want some legitimate clips to show when the paper collapses and you’re looking for work at another publication.
Newsom’s fall from grace doesn’t really surprise me. Most outsiders and many San Franciscans see him for what he is—a handsome metrosexual who loves to indulge his appetites and is not really a very well read, thoughtful or informed man. California is way past the point where being a nice looking hood ornament qualifies you for governor.
“A nice looking hood ornament….” Giggle, giggle, guffaw. Thanks!
Charles M #3:
> you’re going to want some legitimate clips to show when the paper collapses and you’re looking for work at another publication.
LOL, awesome! No, wait, they don’t need to show legit clips when they can always work for the NY Times… no, wait, the NY Times isn’t exactly hiring these days, is it?
Giggle, giggle, guffaw myself! Oh, it’s not very nice to enjoy the misfortunes of others, even when they are sooooooooooo deserving. Media bias is a sword that cuts both ways. Or should I say, it’s a very sharp knife that can turn in the hand that is wielding it and cut deeply. And oh my, it appears to be the case!
But Republicans in D.C. shouldn’t get complacent. As Instapundit noted:
“The irony here is that the Republicans played little role in their recovery, and are instead the innocent and passive beneficiaries of a grassroots (and radio-inspired) insurgency that, if they examine it carefully, may yet bite them as fiercely as it has bitten the president and his congressional allies.” Yes, those who think the Tea Party crowds are inherently pro-Republican are missing something.
That is definitely the case with me. The Republicans have yet to indicate that they deserve my vote. I am still waiting for signs of enough conservatism to pull me back into the fold.
I am still waiting for signs of enough conservatism to pull me back into the fold.
I already have in mind certain stratagems, which don’t really involve waiting per say, to usher in the new model republican force.
Crowder, the white guy on PJ TV, is a self-identified Christian Republican that says Sarah Palin doesn’t speak for him or represent him. Obviously that’s true on one level, since he ain’t ever been a citizen of Alaska, but his context was that of a more national front.
Now if purges were simply about ideology or loyalty, then he might or might not have to go if there was a cult of personality around Palin like Obama’s. But a purge of the Republican party involves concrete benefits in organization and strategy. It is not based upon subject criteria. Since Crowder is performing a benefit on the propaganda front, excommunicating him or attempting to do so, would be counter-productive. The risk outweighs the rewards, so to speak, of a purge. And besides, there is also the feasibility factor. He’s an employee of PJ TV, just like Rachel, and not a denizen of the Republican political elite circles like the RNC chair or someone like Peggy Noonan.
This is about the truth. I don’t really care what they get offended by. After all, Crowder can get offended by charges of limousine and wine sipping elitists all he wants, but he thinks there aren’t any truth to the charges about the Republican party. That’s an indictment on his inexperience and lack of political savvy, not an indictment on those of us making the charge concerning wine sippers being against Palin on class issues. It’s too idealistic and I believe part of that has to do with youth, naive youth. It’s born of someone that hasn’t seen the Chicago Machine in action. Corruption is not limited by party lines.
To defeat the enemies of the United States Constitution, one must first recognize what that enemy is. And that enemy isn’t the Democrat party. The power of the Democrat party is used to further the destruction of the US Constitution, but our enemies are ideological and not political. It is not that there is a political difference between people like me and people like Pelosi, that could somehow be resolved through compromise where we both get what we want. No, that’s not how it goes. And if that is true for the Democrat party and us, then it is also true of the Republican party and us. Corruption, after all, is powerful because of its ability to get even good men entangled in webs of deception. And Republicans have been, for the most part, more naive and more ready to be soft on enemies than Democrats have been.
It was not a Republican that started America’s involvement in WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam. The Left doesn’t talk about Lincoln and Republicans starting the Civil War because that’d be something that blacks shouldn’t hear, from their perspective.
I’ll mostly leave convincing people of the truth to people that are best at reasonable argument, like Book and Neo. They have had a life experience with such things, talking to former and current fake liberals. I, on the other hand, learned a more direct way of handling certain issues in my formative years. I don’t really like sitting around with Leftists or conservatives or Republicans trying to convince them that what they knew wasn’t so. I’d much prefer to study them in order to catalog their weaknesses and vulnerabilities for a future strike.
I’ve tried my hand at debate, as best as I could. I learned much from the conflict of interest over Iraq amongst various debates and meta-arguments. It was something people had to at least try to do, in order to learn its advantages and disadvantages. Given the opponent that we had, Al Qaeda or the Democrat party, the disadvantages of simple argument was a bit too much for me.
Newsom’s fall from grace doesn’t really surprise me.
Grace? Did Newsom try to get a sugar daddy and spoke to the wrong divinity?
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