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Let's let nations like China invest in infrastructure and mass transit and prepare for the future while we in the U.S.A. stay on the "cutting-edge" by building more roads so people can sit in traffic longer even into the future when other nations will have already solved many of their transport problems. Not.
Do you work for SANDAG by chance? You seem to have the same pro-car, anti-anything else sentiment that they do (I also read your posts in the article about bike lanes).
Are you not at all concerned we are falling behind what were once considered poor, traffic-clogged cities?
Delhi and Bangkok are two examples.
Known for decades for their unruly traffic, both have invested in infrastructure (BKK's sky train and Delhi's Metro).
Today, it's easier to get around Delhi and Bangkok than it is Los Angeles or San Diego.
Is that something you enjoy seeing? Seeing our cities fall behind the 3rd world?
While I'm in favor of expanding to UTC/UCSD, I find it absurd and unacceptable that there are no plans to link downtown with uptown.
A line up the Park Boulevard Corridor that would link the densest areas in our urban core - Downtown with North Park/Hillcrest area.
Parking is so bad in both downtown and uptown that people who live in Hillcrest and want to visit downtown or vice-versa would use this often.
Also, connecting Balboa Park and the zoo with downtown where most major hotels are located would seem like a basic route.
It's ridiculous that we will have the trolley going all the way from the border up to La Jolla, but you still won't be able to jump on it to go from downtown up to the museums/Zoo/Balboa Park/Hillcrest/North Park areas.
Shame on you SANDAG for keeping our urban core so fragmented and detached!!
It's particularly troubling to see the repeat attacks on specific U.S.interests under Bush.
The American Embassy in Karachi attacked 3 times and the American Embassy in Sana'a twice.
Was a Congressional probe and a series of hearings in congress held to determine why the initial attacks at these Embassies weren't heeded and sufficient security/intelligence focus placed the first time??
Of course not, because President Obama was not in office so people lie Issa didn't really care by people were dying in repeated attacks overseas.
Embassy and Consulate attacks under GW Bush admin. :
June 14, 2002, U.S. consulate in Karachi, Pakistan Suicide bomber kills 12 and injures 51. February 20, 2003, international diplomatic compound in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Truck bomb kills 17.
February 28, 2003, U.S. consulate in Karachi, Pakistan Gunmen on motorcycles killed two consulate guards.
July 30, 2004, U.S. embassy in Taskkent, Uzbekistan Suicide bomber kills two.
December 6, 2004, U.S. consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Militants stormed and occupied perimeter wall. Five killed, 10 wounded.
March 2, 2006, U.S. consulate in Karachi, Pakistan Suicide car bomber killed four, including a U.S. diplomate directly targeted by the assailants.
September 12, 2006, U.S. embassy in Damascus, Syria Gunmen attacked embassy with grenades, automatic weapons, and a car bomb (though second truck bomb failed to detonate). One killed and 13 wounded.
January 12, 2007, U.S. embassy in Athens, Greece A rocket-propelled grenade was fired at the embassy building. No one was injured.
July 9, 2008, U.S. consulate in Istanbul, Turkey Armed men attacked consulate with pistols and shotguns. Three policemen killed.
March 18, 2008, U.S. embassy in Sana'a, Yemen Mortar attack misses embassy, hits nearby girls' school instead.
September 17, 2008, U.S. embassy in Sana'a, Yemen Militants dressed as policemen attacked the embassy with RPGs, rifles, grenades and car bombs. Six Yemeni soldiers and seven civilians were killed. Sixteen more were injured.
Let's not forget, of course, 9-11also occurred on Buh's watch.
I didn't see Issa and the other right-wing ghouls in Congress holding hearing father hearing on any of these.
Not best buddies and I stand by my criticism fom the election, but I think it's good he's doing this. Doesn't mean I lie his politics, it means I think we have a better shit if he's spearheading this.
Brown has been so resistant to the court’s findings, let's have a look at how HE is profiting - either politically or economically - from California's gigantic prison-industrial complex.
I have been following this prison controversy lately, and I find it funny just how skewed "normal" is to mainstream American politicians and the public.
The United States IS the world's prison state.
Not China, not Russia, not North Korea, not Iran.
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
We have, by far, a larger percentage of our population locked up than any other country on earth, including the before mentioned nations that Americans often accuse of being tyrannical prison states.
It's estimated that 1 in 32 Americans will, at some point in their lives, be serving some sort of government criminal sentence (i.e. jail, prison, or probation).
This isn't normal.
But, it has become the normal in our nation today.
Despite the horrendously high amount of money we spend to imprison such a large percentage of our own people, crime statistics show no benefit.
Now let's circle back to what's happening in California today.
A court is (and rightfully so) telling California that if we are going to imprison so many people, we have to do so in a way that still upholds basic human rights such as healthcare, sanitation, and no extremely dangerous overcrowding.
Instead of heeding this court decision as a chance to look at our laws and change some of these ridiculous "minimum sentencing" guidelines and laws that lock up non-violent offenders, politicians are playing the fear card and claiming the court is jeopardizing public safety.
As a Democrat and former Brown supporter, I have been disgusted with the way our governor has handled this.
Why can't any of these idiots admit we have too many people locked up?
Instead they fight court findings that are trying to protect against mistreatment of prisoners, something the U.S. is all too willing to scold OTHER countries about.
If it were up to many politicians and many in the public, prisons in America would be allowed to operate like the garment buildings in Bangladesh that are crumbling and killing people.
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Public Review Set To Begin For San Diego Trolley Extention Project
Yes, Alex, HSR is sooooo evil.
Let's let nations like China invest in infrastructure and mass transit and prepare for the future while we in the U.S.A. stay on the "cutting-edge" by building more roads so people can sit in traffic longer even into the future when other nations will have already solved many of their transport problems. Not.
Do you work for SANDAG by chance? You seem to have the same pro-car, anti-anything else sentiment that they do (I also read your posts in the article about bike lanes).
Are you not at all concerned we are falling behind what were once considered poor, traffic-clogged cities?
Delhi and Bangkok are two examples.
Known for decades for their unruly traffic, both have invested in infrastructure (BKK's sky train and Delhi's Metro).
Today, it's easier to get around Delhi and Bangkok than it is Los Angeles or San Diego.
Is that something you enjoy seeing? Seeing our cities fall behind the 3rd world?
May 16, 2013 at 12:21 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Public Review Set To Begin For San Diego Trolley Extention Project
While I'm in favor of expanding to UTC/UCSD, I find it absurd and unacceptable that there are no plans to link downtown with uptown.
A line up the Park Boulevard Corridor that would link the densest areas in our urban core - Downtown with North Park/Hillcrest area.
Parking is so bad in both downtown and uptown that people who live in Hillcrest and want to visit downtown or vice-versa would use this often.
Also, connecting Balboa Park and the zoo with downtown where most major hotels are located would seem like a basic route.
It's ridiculous that we will have the trolley going all the way from the border up to La Jolla, but you still won't be able to jump on it to go from downtown up to the museums/Zoo/Balboa Park/Hillcrest/North Park areas.
Shame on you SANDAG for keeping our urban core so fragmented and detached!!
May 16, 2013 at 12:14 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Grand Jury Report: San Diego Needs To Be More Bike-Friendly
Do you people hate pedestrians as much as you hate bikers?
May 15, 2013 at 8:28 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Benghazi Review Leader Offered To Testify On Capitol Hill
It's particularly troubling to see the repeat attacks on specific U.S.interests under Bush.
The American Embassy in Karachi attacked 3 times and the American Embassy in Sana'a twice.
Was a Congressional probe and a series of hearings in congress held to determine why the initial attacks at these Embassies weren't heeded and sufficient security/intelligence focus placed the first time??
Of course not, because President Obama was not in office so people lie Issa didn't really care by people were dying in repeated attacks overseas.
May 10, 2013 at 2:30 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Benghazi Review Leader Offered To Testify On Capitol Hill
Embassy and Consulate attacks under GW Bush admin. :
June 14, 2002, U.S. consulate in Karachi, Pakistan
Suicide bomber kills 12 and injures 51.
February 20, 2003, international diplomatic compound in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Truck bomb kills 17.
February 28, 2003, U.S. consulate in Karachi, Pakistan
Gunmen on motorcycles killed two consulate guards.
July 30, 2004, U.S. embassy in Taskkent, Uzbekistan
Suicide bomber kills two.
December 6, 2004, U.S. consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Militants stormed and occupied perimeter wall. Five killed, 10 wounded.
March 2, 2006, U.S. consulate in Karachi, Pakistan
Suicide car bomber killed four, including a U.S. diplomate directly targeted by the assailants.
September 12, 2006, U.S. embassy in Damascus, Syria
Gunmen attacked embassy with grenades, automatic weapons, and a car bomb (though second truck bomb failed to detonate). One killed and 13 wounded.
January 12, 2007, U.S. embassy in Athens, Greece
A rocket-propelled grenade was fired at the embassy building. No one was injured.
July 9, 2008, U.S. consulate in Istanbul, Turkey
Armed men attacked consulate with pistols and shotguns. Three policemen killed.
March 18, 2008, U.S. embassy in Sana'a, Yemen
Mortar attack misses embassy, hits nearby girls' school instead.
September 17, 2008, U.S. embassy in Sana'a, Yemen
Militants dressed as policemen attacked the embassy with RPGs, rifles, grenades and car bombs. Six Yemeni soldiers and seven civilians were killed. Sixteen more were injured.
Let's not forget, of course, 9-11also occurred on Buh's watch.
I didn't see Issa and the other right-wing ghouls in Congress holding hearing father hearing on any of these.
This is clearly a political witch-hunt.
May 10, 2013 at 2:24 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Romney Meets With Filner, Agrees To Help Olympics Bid
Excellent. I want this to be a bi-partisan effort.
If these two can work together, then TJ and SD can make the world's first bi-national Olympics happen.
Get TJ's leaders involved as well.
May 8, 2013 at 9:06 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Olympic Rules May Disallow San Diego-Tijuana Bid
Ok, I SWEAR the spelling error above was autocorrect on my iPad :-). Should be 'better shot'
May 8, 2013 at 9:03 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Olympic Rules May Disallow San Diego-Tijuana Bid
Not best buddies and I stand by my criticism fom the election, but I think it's good he's doing this. Doesn't mean I lie his politics, it means I think we have a better shit if he's spearheading this.
May 8, 2013 at 9:01 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Steinberg: Addressing Mental Health Can Reduce Prison Overcrowding
KPBS needs to follow the money.
Brown has been so resistant to the court’s findings, let's have a look at how HE is profiting - either politically or economically - from California's gigantic prison-industrial complex.
May 8, 2013 at 2:43 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Steinberg: Addressing Mental Health Can Reduce Prison Overcrowding
I have been following this prison controversy lately, and I find it funny just how skewed "normal" is to mainstream American politicians and the public.
The United States IS the world's prison state.
Not China, not Russia, not North Korea, not Iran.
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
We have, by far, a larger percentage of our population locked up than any other country on earth, including the before mentioned nations that Americans often accuse of being tyrannical prison states.
It's estimated that 1 in 32 Americans will, at some point in their lives, be serving some sort of government criminal sentence (i.e. jail, prison, or probation).
This isn't normal.
But, it has become the normal in our nation today.
Despite the horrendously high amount of money we spend to imprison such a large percentage of our own people, crime statistics show no benefit.
Now let's circle back to what's happening in California today.
A court is (and rightfully so) telling California that if we are going to imprison so many people, we have to do so in a way that still upholds basic human rights such as healthcare, sanitation, and no extremely dangerous overcrowding.
Instead of heeding this court decision as a chance to look at our laws and change some of these ridiculous "minimum sentencing" guidelines and laws that lock up non-violent offenders, politicians are playing the fear card and claiming the court is jeopardizing public safety.
As a Democrat and former Brown supporter, I have been disgusted with the way our governor has handled this.
Why can't any of these idiots admit we have too many people locked up?
Instead they fight court findings that are trying to protect against mistreatment of prisoners, something the U.S. is all too willing to scold OTHER countries about.
If it were up to many politicians and many in the public, prisons in America would be allowed to operate like the garment buildings in Bangladesh that are crumbling and killing people.
May 8, 2013 at 2:38 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )