I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
First?
Mmmmm. . . gaybait. Oh. Sorry.
We're here, we're not queer, and it's not exactly clear why we're here.
No No, just stepping foot in the Tenderloin or the Castro makes you teh gay,
like Haight Ashbury makes you a hippie, right?
There's a petulant quality to this. They're trying to find something to cling to with the other 28% .
Lots of people travel there for tourism, not . . . because they want to experience forced gayness
Huh.
Then that brochure was a fake?
I just had a tofurkey sandwich, and now I have a strange urge to run out and buy leather chaps.....
We were sometimes queer, in college, but that was a long time ago, and a lot of things have happened. But.
not because there are costumed mice
so there are or aren't costumed mice in San Francisco?
My parents went to San Francisco and all I got was this lousy second mommy.
I thought W called everything "faaaAbulous" because forced gayness was his policy?
When I rooted for the 49ers, I caught teh ghey.
Let's see: Great restaurants, tolerance, famous churches like Glide Memorial, terrific views. They're bring all that to the rest of America? Sounds good.
People who diss San Francisco have never been there.
It's one of the most wonderful cities in the world.
Meanwhile, here in the Philly area, Grown men will be marching down the street strumming banjos, decked out in feather costumes that would make cher jeleous.
Until I read some comment or post that said it referred to being gay, I thought that the term "San Francisco values" was intended to mean that they were a bunch of rich elitists that were detached from the concerns of ordinary Americans.
Spinoza--pass the Scotch.
It won't help Monsieur's eye, but it'll help me deal with it.
Meanwhile, here in the Philly area, Grown men will be marching down the street strumming banjos, decked out in feather costumes that would make cher jeleous.
Atrios and his Philadelphia values. Remember, it is the "city of brotherly love." How gay is that?
"People who diss San Francisco have never been there."
Or maybe they've visited and are jealous that they can't afford to live there.
Until I read some comment or post that said it referred to being gay, I thought that the term "San Francisco values" was intended to mean that they were a bunch of rich elitists that were detached from the concerns of ordinary Americans.
John Lott |
I wholly agree with John Lott. His research is impeccable, and no one could ever logically think that FoxNews was talking about San Francisco liberal= Teh Gay
Rice-a-roni - the San Francisco Gay Treat.
It's one of the most wonderful cities in the world.
And ethnically cleansed.
I live in San Francisco. I'm tired of being forced to wear paper-towel rolls around my dick when I walk to the store ala 'codpiece' fashion.....
it's pelosi's fault.
It won't help Monsieur's eye, but it'll help me deal with it.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere | 01.06.07 - 1:05 pm | #
what happened to Monsieur?
It won't help Monsieur's eye, but it'll help me deal with it.
Special 18 year old MacRetina.
I've been threatening, but...
Noonday Demons
... and, more kitty photos in a few. Have company coming this evening, so must crack the whip on the French maid, y'know. 
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the chinese army will not be celebrating gay values day this year------a boa shortage in taiwan has forced cancellation of the festivities.
like Haight Ashbury makes you a hippie, right?
mdhatter
I have a great pic of the Teens when they were wee ones standing at the foot of the Haight Ashbury sign. That was the summer we (me and two toddlers) took Amtrak from FL to Berkeley (not recommended), and they attended the Berkeley YMCA free day care all summer while I took some classes. It was a blast.
HellKitty--he's got fluid accumulation behind the retina. He's seeing a retinal specialist on Tuesday. Right now, he can't see well and he's pretty depressed about it.
San Francisco = gay just like Kentucky = barefoot and inbred.
Hence, i send my barefoot, no-forks-in-the-family-tree greetings to my future Gay Overlords of S.F.
Cynicus, Kentucky Blue
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Atrios and his Philadelphia values. Remember, it is the "city of brotherly love." How gay is that?
NTodd, Massive Ego And Cock
Watch what part of town you order a large steak "wit". You might be in for a surprise.
Until I read some comment or post that said it referred to being gay, I thought that the term "San Francisco values" was intended to mean that they were a bunch of rich elitists that were detached from the concerns of ordinary Americans.
John Lott
That's funny, that's exactly what I think when I read about "conservative values".
HellKitty--he's got fluid accumulation behind the retina. He's seeing a retinal specialist on Tuesday. Right now, he can't see well and he's pretty depressed about it.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere | 01.06.07 - 1:08 pm | #
Oh my, I hope he will be all right.
Jeffraham--the dynamics of a pair of cats are very entertaining
The city definitely liberalized me. I didn't even know what a latte was until I moved there in '87.
conservative colorado values.
conservative florida values.
haggard and foley.
I'm still waiting for them to 'hook up' and 'see what happens later.'
Watch what part of town you order a large steak "wit". You might be in for a surprise.
Perhaps I should expand my Tastee Freeze franchise...
New Orleans was teh gay, too, which is why God smote it.
Pat Robertson told me so. In a dream.
Spinoza--please tell me it doesn't contain formaldehyde.
Ihe failures of Hurricane Katrina are a warm up for the next big SF earthquake.
sallyh, I'm so sorry to hear that. best wishes to you and Monsieur.
Thanks for assssssssking!
Spinoza--please tell me it doesn't contain formaldehyde.
So? Tsing Tao beer does, and it's pretty good.
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Sallyh, maybe something in the cannabinol line would work?
New Orleans was teh gay, too, which is why God smote it.
Pat Robertson told me so. In a dream.
Rmj, Street Credentialed | Homepage | 01.06.07 - 1:10 pm | #
I used to live in NO, and my brother-in-law lives in SF. No wonder I'm such a dirty hippy!
The city definitely liberalized me. I didn't even know what a latte was until I moved there in '87.
tbk
That's the first step toward communism, ya know.
And other preversions.
TJ--thanks. I've taken him to Jules Stein, which is the Mercedes Benz of retinal treatment centers.
http://pageoneq.com/news/2006/
da...dadt010507.html
stroking out?
New Orleans was teh gay, too, which is why God smote it.
Pat Robertson told me so. In a dream.
Rmj, Street Credentialed
Indeed. It's all the fault of Southern Decadence.
I used to live in NO, and my brother-in-law lives in SF. No wonder I'm such a dirty hippy!
rorschach, 4th-Tier Atriot
When God finally gets rid of California, America will be saved!
TJ, Amtrak isn't SO bad. That soudns like a heck of a summer.
Thanks for assssssssking!
watertiger
The Ass King? by Counting Crows?
Pat Robertson told me so. In a dream.
I've never understood why God talks to Pat Robertson more than the pope. I mean, he seems to be calling Pat up at least once a year for a chat. I think we need to have his phone tapped because Pat may be embellishing the conversations.
It isn't just teh Gay. It's a city that has a very high percentage of non-White residents.
I'm doing my own home repairs today - does that make me a lesbian?
It isn't just teh Gay. It's a city that has a very high percentage of non-White residents.
Roxanne
Yes, but as long as we don't mention that, we aren't racist.
So....
That's funny, Lie Man was on TV last night, saying America's values are pro-gay and that the Muslims don't like that.
"I'm doing my own home repairs today - does that make me a lesbian?"
Only if you scratch and spit a lot.
So... we should be expecting a hurricane to hit the Vatican soon, I suppose?
Even though it had previously criticized writer Oscar Wilde for his homosexuality, the Vatican honored the Irish poet in a recent literary collection.
Several aphorisms from the iconic playwright and poet -- who was once sent to prison for gross indecency over an openly gay relationship -- were featured in a collection from one of the Pope's closest aides, The Times of London reported.
In contradiction of the Vatican's earlier stance toward Wilde, Father Leonardo Sapienza added such famed Wilde sayings as "The only way to get rid of a temptation is yield to it" to his collection of quotes for Christians -- "Provocations: Aphorisms for an Anti-conformist Christianity."
It isn't just teh Gay. It's a city that has a very high percentage of non-White residents.
Non-whites are gay?
I'm doing my own home repairs today - does that make me a lesbian?
watertiger
only if you enjoy it and do them right
I'm doing my own home repairs today - does that make me a lesbian?
watertiger
Where I come from, just the fact that you live in New York City....
I've said too much.
"I've never understood why God talks to Pat Robertson more than the pope. I"
Ever seen "Weird Science"
'... and stop masturbating so much'
Pat Robertson told me so. In a dream.
Rmj, Street Credentialed
Janeane Garafolo came to me in a dream...
She smacked me in the head and told me to stop dreaming about her.
I'm doing my own home repairs today - does that make me a lesbian?
Could you post video?
I ♥s my kitties!
First webcam: TODAY. TONIGHT. SOMETIME soon.
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"I'm doing my own home repairs today - does that make me a lesbian?"
--watertiger
Not necessarily. Might make you either self-sufficient or poor.
Their vision is dying like a weak flame in a strong wind.
"Addy, weel you keese me goodnight?"
"I'm doing my own home repairs today - does that make me a lesbian?" --watertiger
is a film crew there?
Non-whites are gay?
NTodd, Massive Ego And Cock | Homepage | 01.06.07 - 1:15 pm | #
Also, non-gays are white.
The Pantload just linked to this wankfest. It's only for the strong-stomached:
http://nwanews.com/story.php?pap...l&
storyid=48781
The writer believes "these five individuals — more than anyone else — represent the voices that will build the foundation for a new conservative movement in this new year." Guess who they are?
1. James Taranto
2. Newt Gingrich
3. Doughy Pantload hisself
4. Bill O'Reilly (how original!); and
5. oh jebus Michelle Malkin, Our Lady of the Concentration Camps.
only if you enjoy it and do them right
Ohmigod, I'm GAY!
Also, non-gays are white.
Are gay whites non?
The writer believes "these five individuals — more than anyone else — represent the voices that will build the foundation for a new conservative movement in this new year." Guess who they are?
Same song, 32nd verse. Like Bush, they still haven't gotten the memo.
Could you post video?
is a film crew there?
"I'M BILLY MAYS, AND I'M SHOUTING FOR NO PARTICULAR REASON!"
"Also, non-gays are white."
unless they eat soy.
Are gay whites non?
NTodd, Massive Ego And Cock | Homepage | 01.06.07 - 1:18 pm | #
Gay knights are wan.
I can't believe how cool it is to have TWO kitties!
So much fun. Such joy they bring me.
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The writer believes "these five individuals — more than anyone else — represent the voices that will build the foundation for a new conservative movement in this new year." Guess who they are?
1. James Taranto
2. Newt Gingrich
3. Doughy Pantload hisself
4. Bill O'Reilly (how original!); and
5. oh jebus Michelle Malkin, Our Lady of the Concentration Camps.
Yeah, but how do you come up with a catchy contraction of the name "National Anti-Socialist American Wankers Party"? The NatAn Party?
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"these five individuals — more than anyone else — represent the voices that will build the foundation for a new conservative movement in this new year." Guess who they are?
1. James Taranto
2. Newt Gingrich
ssssshhhhh...... If this encourages Gingrich '08, let's let it slip under the radar. I just want one FoxNews Democrat to point out to Newtie, on live TeeVee that SAN FRANCISCO LIBERAL NANCY PELOSI's one and only marriage has lasted long than all of Newtie's put together. They respond to cash incentives, so it's not impossible
you know NTodd, if you flip your nym to Massive Cock & Ego it would sound much more Dublin Pubish
Morning/Noon greetings, rational people.
Sallyh, I'm sorry to hear about Monsieur's eye problems, but you're right: you took him to the best in the business.
I went to high school in San Francisco. There was racial bigotry and gay-bashing aplenty. (Same as anywhere else, really.) So to me, those are "San Francisco values."
What's this about Monsieur's eye...?
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Could you post video?
is a film crew there?
Are you wearing a tool belt and crouching down a lot?
you know NTodd, if you flip your nym to Massive Cock & Ego it would sound much more Dublin Pubish
Will that get me babes?
TJ, Amtrak isn't SO bad. That soudns like a heck of a summer.
mdhatter
It was the summer that Amtrak had a promotion where kids rode free. So we didn't have a sleeping compartment. It took almost four days to get from Winter Park, FL to Berkeley. The train broke down numerous times, and eventually we were so late they shuffled us onto Greyhound to catch a commuter train to Berkeley. The commuter train ran over somebody who had lain down on the tracks to die, so then we waited for hours while the police came. Eventually, they were forced by pending revolt to buy us all food, so we got (yummy!) nasty greasy buckets of KFC and eventually arrived in Berkeley around 1 am.
The trip back was slightly better, and I met some cool folks. But the trip there, oh man what a nightmare.
Ever seen "Weird Science"
'... and stop masturbating so much'
mdhatter
I think you mean "Real Genius"
Anyway, God sure has bad timing. Katrina hit *before* Southern Decadence. If he wanted to wipe us out, he sould have waited a few more days.
What's this about Monsieur's eye...?
He sees gay people.
like Haight Ashbury makes you a hippie, right?
mdhatter |
I hitchiked to the Haight, long ago,
guitar in hand, hair blowin' in the wind, and was directed to The Free Store to find a temporary place to stay.
They sent me up on Fillmore to a place called the Fortune Society,
A Half-way house for Black prison inmates re-acclimating to freedom.
Got more education in one night than the previous 17 years,Experienced Soul food for the first time,And got to play back-up guitar for 2 old bluesmen. I was scared shitless at first, but they welcomed me as a brother.
And none of them were Gay, as far as I could tell....
you know NTodd, if you flip your nym to Massive Cock & Ego it would sound much more Dublin Pubish
Hellkitty
"Dublin Pubish" I think I may have to change my nym.
Leggo my Ego™.
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Will that get me babes?
NTodd, Massive Ego And Ego | Homepage | 01.06.07 - 1:21 pm | #
depends on the babe.
Dublin Publish.
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JP, Those are two gorgeous kitties, all right. I'm glad to see them getting on so well.
It is envy. San Francisco is one of if not THE most beautiful city(ies) in the World, let alone this country. In terms of gayness, the Florida Keys is waaaaay more gay, and nobody mentions West Hollywood at all. What it boild down to is that in the 70's, the gay movement behind (heh heh, I said behind) Harvey Milk - and the 80's "Gay cancer" - brought attention to the Castro district, and SF happened to be one of the first cities to pretty much say, "What's the big deal?" There were and are a lot of folks in SF that hate gay people, but as a whole, folks in the big city tend to not worry so much about that, since it doesn't really affect them. What affects them is getting shot at, and having homeless folks asking them for money on the streets. Gayness in SF is more entertainment among the other things like watching Chinese women carry live chickens on the bus and that guy that hides behind a bush scaring people for money.
1. James Taranto
2. Newt Gingrich
3. Doughy Pantload hisself
4. Bill O'Reilly (how original!); and
5. oh jebus Michelle Malkin, Our Lady of the Concentration Camps.
Surprised Dennis Miller didn't make the cut.
like Haight Ashbury makes you a hippie, right?
mdhatter
The Haight isn't "stuck in the 60s." It's stuck in the 80s.
The Haight is stuck in the grunge 90's.
sheets
OT--Molly Ivins is once again kicking some ass. Love that woman:
The president of the United States does not have the sense God gave a duck -- so it's up to us. You and me, Bubba.
I don't know why Bush is just standing there like a frozen rabbit, but it's time we found out. The fact is WE have to do something about it. This country is being torn apart by an evil and unnecessary war, and it has to be stopped NOW.
This war is being prosecuted in our names, with our money, with our blood, against our will. Polls consistently show that less than 30 percent of the people want to maintain current troop levels. It is obscene and wrong for the president to go against the people in this fashion. And it's doubly wrong for him to send 20,0000 more soldiers into this hellhole, as he reportedly will announce next week.
What happened to the nation that never tortured? The nation that wasn't supposed to start wars of choice? The nation that respected human rights and life? A nation that from the beginning was against tyranny? Where have we gone? How did we let these people take us there? How did we let them fool us?
It's a monstrous idea to put people in prison and keep them there. Since 1215, civil authorities have been obligated to tell people with what they are charged if they're arrested. This administration has done away with rights first enshrined in the Magna Carta nearly 800 years ago, and we've let them do it.
This will be a regular feature of mine, like an old-fashioned newspaper campaign. Every column, I'll write about this war until we find some way to end it. STOP IT NOW. BAM! Every day, we will review some factor we should have gotten right.
Between this and the "soy makes you teh gay" that was making the rounds a few weeks ago, you'd think someone was trying to make it a point to convince the south that all asians were gay.
Oh, wait, you mean the Bay Area ISN'T the nation's largest concentration of Asian people? My bad.
Oh, wait, you mean the Bay Area ISN'T the nation's largest concentration of Asian people? My bad.
I don't know, is it? LA has a LOT of Asian people...Long Beach has a huge population of Cambodians and Laotians, and I can't speak for NY except that is has like a billion people living there and stuff.
Hey watertiger and res, roy edroso's got a really good post up right now about the transformation of NYC and Bloomberg's plan for the City.
http://alicublog.blogspot.com/
Just in case you hadn't seen it.
"When my man and I shop for wedding gowns
we were mocked and shunned and pushed around,
but yesterday we found a place to be gay, I'm going to marry my Harry in Springfield town.
Gay-o, it's okay-o, tie the knot and spend all you dough.
Gay-o, come stay-o. Visit our website for further info."
http://tinyurl.com/wfloo
My daughter just moved there, and guess what??? She pays her taxes and contributes to the economic prosperity of the nation! It's a beautiful city with a rich history, and oh yeah, it's part of AMERICA. WTF is wrong with these people?
I would love to visit San Francisco someday.
Not only for its beauty, but the fact that the fundies and rightards don't like it.
I remember when Auggy Asshole tried to insult me by calling me a "lesbian."
And I said "And that is supposed to offend me HOW?"
100 hours to make America into San Francisco!
Hannity, please don't make promises that can't be kept.
It's just not fair, San Francisco gets cable cars, PCC trolley lines, electric trolley buses, BART, accordian buses, and ferries for public transportation and my hometown in Wisconsin has a 5 bus lines that run once an hour.
100 hours to put the trolleys back in?
100 hours to rebuild the North Shore Line (Chicago, North Shore, and Milwaukee) and extend it to Green Bay?
100 hours until the return of the Goodrich Steamship line?
Try 100 years.
Charles
San Francisco: nice urban gardens, nifty architecture, public transit, completely excellent ethnic food of all imaginable types.
Please, Nancy, enforce this upon the exurban voids of Texas and Florida. I beg of you.
It looks like they've come up with a way to find more troops for the McCain/Lieberman escalation (via BBC):
US Army urges dead to re-enlist
The US Army is to apologise to the families of officers killed or wounded in action who were sent letters urging them to return to active duty.
The letters were sent to more than 5,100 Army officers listed as recently having left the military.
But this figure included about 75 officers killed in action and about 200 wounded in action.
Demonize San Francisco, one of the finest cities in the world, and promote a shithole like Crawford, Texas. Only a lost nation like ours could perform such feats of stupidity.
"Until I read some comment or post that said it referred to being gay, I thought that the term "San Francisco values" was intended to mean that they were a bunch of rich elitists that were detached from the concerns of ordinary Americans."
The deal with San Francisco is, it's the smallest big city in the world. (I should know I haven't been anywhere else). And unlike other parts of the country, in San Francisco wealth doesn't totally isolate you from the problems of society.
i DO mean 'Real Genius'
and I'm quite old enough to know better.
gibbon.
It's the second smallest big city.
You ever been to boston?
Noe Valley, Bitches!
Bring it!
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My wife and I are currently staying in San Francisco, where she just received a liver transplant at one of the top transplant centers in the country. Her surgeon, a Japanese American, is recognized as one of the best in the country. The quality of care, at all levels, is vastly superior to most other parts of the country, including our home town.
Why? Because SF is a liberal city, extremely diverse.
As a result, only the best and the brightest from every ethnic group can make a living here. The cutting edge in business, medicine, technology is here, as in New York. I love San Francisco, and am convinced that the rest of the nation could benefit greatly by adopting "San Francisco Values"
MoDo's repulsive musings begin today with a clueless and maligning slap at "America's Favorite City" (and we are by the way, just check your tourist dollars). MoDo disses Nancy's pitch-perfect swearing in by describing it as tye-died (wtf!?) because there were children and Wylciff Jean there. As the Howler puts, script has been written.
By the way, Nancy is the farthest thing from being a hippy (for real or the limousine kind). She's the essence of Pacific Heights (a compliment) with her Armani suits and chic, innate style. (Repeatedly named bessed-dressed woman in the House by the way).
What is MoDo's problem? You think she'd be proud for about half a second instead of resorting to the usual catty put-downs...
Mo Do is an idiot.
That is all.
Atrios writes: "It's a pretty nice place."
Wrong!! It is an incredibly fantastic place. Even for heteros.
Atrios does hit the nail on the head when he calls this for what it is: Gay Fear.
I am always hesitant to give creedence to stereotypes but what the hell. Gay people, in general, have impecable taste in selecting great locations to live and play. In any city in this country if you want your property values to go up make sure you buy property where gay people are. It is a sure fire way to make a fortune plus if you are smart enough to live among them you will enjoy first class restaurants, cultural entertainment, clean streets, considerate neighbors, lovely parks, spectacular scenery and a great quality of live. This hetero says Hooray for Gay Folks ... and I vote!
To tag Speaker Pelosi as somehow the avatar of the beautiful, laid-back city of San Francisco is to completely miss the essence of her political acumen. While a child in Baltimore, one of her jobs was to keep her daddy's (Mr. Mayor to the rest of y'all) book of favors given and received. Yes, she knows how to dress well and get all grandmotherly. In her heart-of-hearts, she's a good old ward boss. Dismiss her lightly at your peril.
I think 'Amerka' just hates anywhere that has decent food. That explains it all.
(And let me say, as a New Yorker who has eaten around a bit, there's a restaurant in San Francisco, and I've only eaten at two or three there, that makes my top ten.)
SF is my 2nd favorite city (other than my hometown NYC), but here are some things I DONT like about it:
1)Astronomical rents (even compared to NYC)
2)I hate their NFL teams
3)the whole earthquake thingy
Maureen Dowd:
There was a touch of parody to the giddy Democrat takeover this week: Nancy Pelosi indulging her inner Haight-Ashbury and dipping the Capitol in tie-dye, sashaying around with the Grateful Dead, Wyclef Jean, Carole King, Richard Gere, feminists and a swarm of well-connected urchins.
Would the baby boomers please fucking die already so we can put to rest these cliches and stereotypes that are 40 years out of date?
"Non-whites are gay?"
Well DUH!
"San Francisco Values" means:
Track lighting
Window Treatments personally inspected by Paul Rudnick
A copy of Judy Garland at Carneige Hall in each and every domicile.
Adult Education classes in "Remedial Ann Miller"
The insistence that "Me and My Town" from Anyone Can Whistle be performed at will.
and plenty of
HOT MAN-TO-MAN ACTION!!!!
Gimme those San Francisco values! NYC ones, too!
Similarly, "New York liberal" is winger dog whistlese for "Big Jewy Jew Jew," and both "San Francisco liberal" and "New York liberal" also mean "Nigger-lover."
Yep, wi-fi always makes me swishy.
It seems the GOP is intent on becoming the party of the redneck South. They really want to alienate everyone (if they haven't done it already).
Personally, I love NYC. I used to live in the suburbs of Chicago, where I would encounter "values" voters, who, despite the fact that the GOP economic model screws them, would vote for the Republicans anyway, because of fags and abortion.
Hey, people go for the tourism. They STAY for the forced gayness.
I'm kidding, I'm kidding!
Also, gays forced me to write that. They are very powerful people.
It's good to know what the wingers mean by 'civility.'
Would the baby boomers please fucking die already so we can put to rest these cliches and stereotypes that are 40 years out of date?
superdude
Oh, dry up. "Baby boomers" aren't responsible for Mo Dowd or her cliches.
You apparently don't remember how Chicago was demonized in Nov-Dec 2000. The syllogism went: all Chicago politicians are corrupt; Gore's campaign manager, Bill Daley, is from Chicago; therefore, Gore is trying to steal the election in Florida.
And the wingers lapped it up.
I live in San Francisco, and aside from a few other west coast cities, the rest of America is just insufferable for more than a few days at a time once you start living the western life.
I'm not saying that San Francisco is perfect, or even great all the time. But there a lot of small businesses (no Wal-Mart or Target) and lots of worthwhile bars, restaurants and cafes, and lots of cool people (along with lots of uncool people), and it's a very immigrant town so it's probably the most diverse cluster of 700,000 people anywhere in the world.
Any hillbilly from some redneck highway stop might as well hate on SF; I've been to lots of those places and they suck and are boring.
Lots of people travel there for tourism, not because they want to experience forced gayness, but because they hear it's a fun place.
To be fair, I went there for both reasons.
Atrios writes: "I still think this kind of regional demonization the GOP has been doing for years just doesn't have the broader appeal it once did."
I sure hope you're right. I was frankly worried about it when I went on a week-long business trip to Dallas, TX a couple months ago. Thankfully, everyone I met in Dallas was on good behavior, and I wasn't on the receiving end of any regional demonization.
It would be really nice if I didn't have to worry anymore that having a San Francisco accent is likely to get my head cracked open in Wyoming.
Charles writes: "Hannity, please don't make promises that can't be kept."
And this, my friends, is what that chyron is really all about. Not teh fagz. Somebody pin on a medal on Charles— he's the man.
Garrison Keillor had a great article on San Francisco-bashing by the Republicans in June. Favorite passage:
People who want to take a swing at San Francisco should think twice.
...the Bay Area is the cradle of the computer and software industry, which continues to create jobs for our children. The iPod was not developed by Baptists in Waco, Texas. There may be a reason for this. Creative people thrive in a climate of openness and tolerance, since some great ideas start out sounding ridiculous.
Gazooks! I thought I was the only one that was troubled by that law. But when I hosted that conference in that Ol' City By The Bay, I found that "when in Rome"... Well, it was diplomacy...
I still think this kind of regional demonization the GOP has been doing for years just doesn't have the broader appeal it once did.
They were on Boston, the cradle of our democracy, for a long time.
Am I taking this wrong? I thought this was appalling:
Similarly, "New York liberal" is winger dog whistlese for "Big Jewy Jew Jew," and both "San Francisco liberal" and "New York liberal" also mean "Nigger-lover."
Septic Tank
My guess is Septic Tank is just that, a spetic tank with a mouth. Gads! Please! How revolting!
I picked this up a few months back in another blog:
Did you hear that O'Reilly invented the slur "San Francisco values"? Yeah, he also thinks he invented sliced bread and fire.
But let's talk about "San Francisco values", you know -- tolerance, entrepreneurship, and creativity.
Since O'Reilly boycotts everything he hates, I look forward to his boycott of all Bay Area-origin products. Same with every conservative who bashes San Francisco and the Bay Area. So no iPods or anything Apple. No HP computers. No Google. No Yahoo. No eBay. Those conservative bloggers using Blogspot, MovableType, or TypePad? Sorry. Those products are Bay Area-based.
Also no Adobe or Macromedia products. No computers, either, since most run on AMD or Intel. No tax preparation using Intuit products. Cancel your Netflix subscription. Cancel your TiVo subscription. Remove your Network Associates or Symantec virus protection software from your computer. Unplug your Netgear wifi router.
Don't wear Levis (or any kind of jeans), Gap, Banana Republic, Old Navy, or buy your kids Gymboree. Avoid LeapFrog learning toys. Boycott Pixar movies. Boycott any movie using George Lucas' ILM special effects shop. Stay away from Treos and other Palm devices. Don't let Charles Schwab manage your portfolio. Don't bank at Wells Fargo.
Yeah, those "San Francisco values" sure are dragging the region down. Making it weak as it falls behind the rest of the country -- the parts that don't share "San Francisco values" -- economically and socially.
Or, maybe -- just maybe -- it's made the region a magnet for the world's smartest, most innovative, most entrepreneurial individuals and an incubator of the world's most dramatic technological advances.
I just might add that San Francisco is the most popular vacation spot in the US year after year. I suggest all red stater whiners to forgo their San Francisco vacations and go to Kansas City.
Am I taking this wrong? I thought this was appalling:
Similarly, "New York liberal" is winger dog whistlese for "Big Jewy Jew Jew," and both "San Francisco liberal" and "New York liberal" also mean "Nigger-lover."
Septic Tank
Vicki,
Septic tank is being ironic/sarcastic. Sam Seder and other East Coasters have made the same remark about NYC. It's all about codewords with the right. Dredd Scott anyone??
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