Thursday, July 20, 2006
Political Dodgeball - Ducking The Truth
Apparently in response to a barrage of criticism in several
Orange County blogs - and the fact that the mayor and mayor pro
tem disavowed him at the last council meeting - the guy who
resembles my theoretical character, Your Neighbor, has posted a
rambling explanation on his blog, denying any association of any
type with any politician. In his words, "There is no connection.
I have no close friends in politics and I intentionally make
this the case." He probably could have stopped after the word
"friends".
For those who only have his blog as a frame of reference, his "explanation" might seem plausible. Of course, it's a pack of lies!
He denies any type of relationship with any politicians, yet has made a big deal of getting them elected - and un-elected, in the case of the inept Chris Steel - in his blog and before various public bodies. He's threatened those he's helped to get elected in the past with non-support when they voted "the wrong way" on issues.
He denies that his library of internet essays has any relevance to Costa Mesa, yet has referred to our city by name over and over again in his racist rants. His exact phrase was, "And, what I mostly write about in my national writings--which have very little practical relevance to Costa Mesa--are the big philosophical questions of life".
Well, among those is an essay he entitled "The Struggle for the Soul of Costa Mesa", which was published in 2000 on the American Patrol web site, in which he writes in very specific terms about specific situations and specific individuals in this city. Far from addressing the "big philosophical questions of life", this essay bemoans the conditions in our city at that time.
Another more recent essay entitled "Stinktown Blues", with the subtitle of "(Eminent domain isn't always bad and it isn't always the little guy who gets screwed)", was published a year ago on the same site and others and parodies Costa Mesa (Stinktown) and Newport Beach (Goldtown).
In November of 2002 he wrote an essay, also published in a variety of online locations, entitled "Candidate who opposes job center elected.", which contained a Costa Mesa header and heralded the election of our young jailer/mayor, Allan Mansoor, to the city council. This is hardly one of those "big philosophical questions" - it was a cheerleading piece to give his angry, frustrated, intolerant apostles hope.
On May 11, 2001 The American Patrol web site published a rambling rant entitled, "Setting the Record Straight", in which he attempted to defend himself against what he considered "smears" by our local newspaper of record, the Daily Pilot. It was, theoretically, a letter he sent to the Daily Pilot which, to my knowledge, was never printed in that publication.
Your Neighbor asks us to actually believe that the racist drivel he publishes for nationwide consumption is irrelevant when it comes to local issues. He asks us to believe that the views he expresses with such skill and venom are not foundational to his actions in this town.
Please, Mr. Neighbor - not all of us who read your stuff and watch you in action are dolts! Some of us can actually add two and two and come up with the right answer. Some of us can see through your veil of lies and understand your true meaning. Bigotry and hatred are not rocket science, so it doesn't take a rocket scientist to recognize it.
That alleged triple digit IQ you condescendingly waive in our faces from time to time might imply that you're intelligent, but it doesn't mean you're right. Just because you've found a fertile field of frustrated, angry, gullible people on the Westside of this town in which to plant your seeds of intolerance doesn't mean that the rest of us - what was your term, "knuckle dragging, slack jawed haters"? - buy into your line of bull. You and your apostles can deny your relationship all you want. We read what you write, hear what you say and watch what you do. As I've said many times before, denial is only denial - it's not the truth. No amount of Mensa pontificating will change that.
The kind of obfuscation we are now seeing from the dark forces of intolerance is what we can expect as the campaign season rumbles along. Our young jailer/mayor and his pal, the arrogant mayor pro tem, realize the tremendous political liability any association they might have with Your Neighbor will be. Your Neighbor, smart fella that he is, also realizes that the spotlight is on them all now, and his influence over events in this city through his chosen disciples has become obvious. So, to escape that light, they're all scurrying for cover like cockroaches in the basement. All I can say is, it's about time!
They need to understand, however, that we know they are still there, skittering around in the shadows, waiting for the lights to dim again so they can further infest our city with their views and implement their plan to drag this city backward a half century. They need to understand that we won't let that happen. Enough is enough!
4:15 pm pdt
For those who only have his blog as a frame of reference, his "explanation" might seem plausible. Of course, it's a pack of lies!
He denies any type of relationship with any politicians, yet has made a big deal of getting them elected - and un-elected, in the case of the inept Chris Steel - in his blog and before various public bodies. He's threatened those he's helped to get elected in the past with non-support when they voted "the wrong way" on issues.
He denies that his library of internet essays has any relevance to Costa Mesa, yet has referred to our city by name over and over again in his racist rants. His exact phrase was, "And, what I mostly write about in my national writings--which have very little practical relevance to Costa Mesa--are the big philosophical questions of life".
Well, among those is an essay he entitled "The Struggle for the Soul of Costa Mesa", which was published in 2000 on the American Patrol web site, in which he writes in very specific terms about specific situations and specific individuals in this city. Far from addressing the "big philosophical questions of life", this essay bemoans the conditions in our city at that time.
Another more recent essay entitled "Stinktown Blues", with the subtitle of "(Eminent domain isn't always bad and it isn't always the little guy who gets screwed)", was published a year ago on the same site and others and parodies Costa Mesa (Stinktown) and Newport Beach (Goldtown).
In November of 2002 he wrote an essay, also published in a variety of online locations, entitled "Candidate who opposes job center elected.", which contained a Costa Mesa header and heralded the election of our young jailer/mayor, Allan Mansoor, to the city council. This is hardly one of those "big philosophical questions" - it was a cheerleading piece to give his angry, frustrated, intolerant apostles hope.
On May 11, 2001 The American Patrol web site published a rambling rant entitled, "Setting the Record Straight", in which he attempted to defend himself against what he considered "smears" by our local newspaper of record, the Daily Pilot. It was, theoretically, a letter he sent to the Daily Pilot which, to my knowledge, was never printed in that publication.
Your Neighbor asks us to actually believe that the racist drivel he publishes for nationwide consumption is irrelevant when it comes to local issues. He asks us to believe that the views he expresses with such skill and venom are not foundational to his actions in this town.
Please, Mr. Neighbor - not all of us who read your stuff and watch you in action are dolts! Some of us can actually add two and two and come up with the right answer. Some of us can see through your veil of lies and understand your true meaning. Bigotry and hatred are not rocket science, so it doesn't take a rocket scientist to recognize it.
That alleged triple digit IQ you condescendingly waive in our faces from time to time might imply that you're intelligent, but it doesn't mean you're right. Just because you've found a fertile field of frustrated, angry, gullible people on the Westside of this town in which to plant your seeds of intolerance doesn't mean that the rest of us - what was your term, "knuckle dragging, slack jawed haters"? - buy into your line of bull. You and your apostles can deny your relationship all you want. We read what you write, hear what you say and watch what you do. As I've said many times before, denial is only denial - it's not the truth. No amount of Mensa pontificating will change that.
The kind of obfuscation we are now seeing from the dark forces of intolerance is what we can expect as the campaign season rumbles along. Our young jailer/mayor and his pal, the arrogant mayor pro tem, realize the tremendous political liability any association they might have with Your Neighbor will be. Your Neighbor, smart fella that he is, also realizes that the spotlight is on them all now, and his influence over events in this city through his chosen disciples has become obvious. So, to escape that light, they're all scurrying for cover like cockroaches in the basement. All I can say is, it's about time!
They need to understand, however, that we know they are still there, skittering around in the shadows, waiting for the lights to dim again so they can further infest our city with their views and implement their plan to drag this city backward a half century. They need to understand that we won't let that happen. Enough is enough!
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