Thursday, December 11, 2008
My response to liberal moral superiority
I recently received an Email from a liberal neighbor who enclosed an article by liberal author and NPR commentator Garrison Keillor. Mr. Keillor joyously celebrates the election of a “46 year old Prince” and the defeat of “pompous yahoos" and “sour right-wingers.” Keillor added: We no longer need to look Canadian abroad." (Because of our shame of being American)
My liberal friend asked me: “Mike I hoped you can read this article with an open mind.” (Apparently she does not believe Republicans have open minds)
(See Keillor article below)
We should ALWAYS respond promptly and with competence and confidence to attacks on the party. The following is my "open minded"20response:
_______________________________________________________________
Dear (name withheld)
I’m gratified you have some hope that a "sour right-winger" who votes for "Yahoos" (according to Garrison Keillor) can read his article with an “open mind.” Therefore I put aside "my bible and my gun" and I read it--here's my "open-minded" response:
Garrison Keillor personifies the Pharisee who went to the temple and prayed loudly for everyone to hear: “Oh God, I thank thee that I am not like others; I care for the widow and the poor etc.” (Luke 18: 9-14) That Pharisee was the first liberal to advertise his moral superiority- but definitely not the last.
Today Keillor and righteous liberals like him advertise their moral superiority at dinner parties on Pacific Heights and in Noe Valley, etc. Liberal elites usually don't attend temple or church services -its declass. They advertise their concern for the poor etc best while while sipping $175 La Sirena Napa Cabernet and nibbling on Arugula.
You can be certain Democrat Mayors Brow n and Newsom and Governor Schwarzenegger know that Republicans have "open minds." That's why they have appointed Mike Antononi, Donald Casper, Timothy Simon and Mike DeNunzio from the Central Committee and other Republicans to city and state commissions and other positions.
You can also be certain Republican "open minded' competence is respected by Democrats in Sacramento and San Francisco. (Except for some liberals who cannot forgive us for opposing child molesters from working in pre schools, and other crazy right wing views-like parental notification, and public power..
But even our vast right wing open mind has limitations. We Republicans DONT disguise ourself as “Canadian” like Keillor' s self loathing liberal friends do when in Europe. We don't give a damn what the Euros think-Remember the French and Germans did business with Saddam Hussain while he was=2 0butchering children. These are the French that collaborated with Nazis to kill 6 million Jews, now they want us to close Gitmo.
Our Republican "open mind" has disagreed strongly with, but has NEVER PUBLICLY DENIGRATED American presidents - Truman, Kennedy, Johnson, Carter for mishandling Korea, Cuba, Vietnam and Iran, or even the predator Bill Clinton who was impeached for lying about his 20 year old liberal moron whore.
We Republicans will support President Obama (not "Prince' Obama) as Keillor calls him. Unlike liberals, we want our president and our country to succeed. You can be certain we will never give Obama the same level of support liberals gave President Bush- whose policies of so called "torture and wiretapping" have kept them safe to denigrate him and their country -while a 100,000 troops were in harms way.
The next time Keillor visits France he should visit the ELEVEN American cemeteries and see the 100,000 GRAVES of the GIs who gave their lives to liberate that disgusting country liberals love so much.
Mike DeNunzio
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Mike
I hope you can read this with an open mind
Subject: Reflection on Obama Victory
A BIG SOMETHING TO BE GRATEFUL FOR
By Garrison Keiler
Be happy, dear hearts,20and allow yourselves a few more weeks of quiet exultation. It isn't gloating, it's satisfaction at a job well done. He was a superb candidate, serious, professorial but with a flashing grin and a buoyancy that comes from working out in the gym every morning. He spoke in a genuine voice, not senatorial at all. He relished campaigning. He accepted adulation gracefully. He brandished his sword against his opponents without mocking or belittling them. He was elegant, unaffected, utterly American, and now (Wow) sudde nly America is cool. Chicago is cool. Chicago !!!
We threw the dice and we won the jackpot and elected a black guy with a Harvard degree, the middle name Hussein and a sense of humor-he said, "I've got relatives who look like Bernie Mac, and I've got relatives who look like Margaret Thatcher." The French junior minister for human rights said, "On this morning, we all want to be American so we can take a bite of this dream unfolding before our eyes." When was the last time you heard someone from France say they wanted to be American and take a bite of something of ours? Ponder that for a moment.
The world expects us to elect pompous yahoos, and instead we have us a 47-year-old prince from the prairie who cheerfully ran the race, and when his opponents threw sand at him, he just smiled back. He'll be the first president in history to look really good making a jump shot. He loves his classy wife and his sweet little daughters. At the same time, he knows pop music , American lit and constitutional law. I just can't imagine anybody cooler.
It feels good to be cool, and all of us can share in that, even sour old right-wingers and embittered blottoheads. Next time you=2 0fly to Heathrow and hand your passport to the man with the badge, he's going to see " United States of America" and look up and grin. Even if you worship in the church of Fox , everyone you meet overseas is going to ask you about Obama, and you may as well say you voted for him because, my friends, he is your line of credit over there. No need anymore to try to look Canadian.
My liberal friend asked me: “Mike I hoped you can read this article with an open mind.” (Apparently she does not believe Republicans have open minds)
(See Keillor article below)
We should ALWAYS respond promptly and with competence and confidence to attacks on the party. The following is my "open minded"20response:
_______________________________________________________________
Dear (name withheld)
I’m gratified you have some hope that a "sour right-winger" who votes for "Yahoos" (according to Garrison Keillor) can read his article with an “open mind.” Therefore I put aside "my bible and my gun" and I read it--here's my "open-minded" response:
Garrison Keillor personifies the Pharisee who went to the temple and prayed loudly for everyone to hear: “Oh God, I thank thee that I am not like others; I care for the widow and the poor etc.” (Luke 18: 9-14) That Pharisee was the first liberal to advertise his moral superiority- but definitely not the last.
Today Keillor and righteous liberals like him advertise their moral superiority at dinner parties on Pacific Heights and in Noe Valley, etc. Liberal elites usually don't attend temple or church services -its declass. They advertise their concern for the poor etc best while while sipping $175 La Sirena Napa Cabernet and nibbling on Arugula.
You can be certain Democrat Mayors Brow n and Newsom and Governor Schwarzenegger know that Republicans have "open minds." That's why they have appointed Mike Antononi, Donald Casper, Timothy Simon and Mike DeNunzio from the Central Committee and other Republicans to city and state commissions and other positions.
You can also be certain Republican "open minded' competence is respected by Democrats in Sacramento and San Francisco. (Except for some liberals who cannot forgive us for opposing child molesters from working in pre schools, and other crazy right wing views-like parental notification, and public power..
But even our vast right wing open mind has limitations. We Republicans DONT disguise ourself as “Canadian” like Keillor' s self loathing liberal friends do when in Europe. We don't give a damn what the Euros think-Remember the French and Germans did business with Saddam Hussain while he was=2 0butchering children. These are the French that collaborated with Nazis to kill 6 million Jews, now they want us to close Gitmo.
Our Republican "open mind" has disagreed strongly with, but has NEVER PUBLICLY DENIGRATED American presidents - Truman, Kennedy, Johnson, Carter for mishandling Korea, Cuba, Vietnam and Iran, or even the predator Bill Clinton who was impeached for lying about his 20 year old liberal moron whore.
We Republicans will support President Obama (not "Prince' Obama) as Keillor calls him. Unlike liberals, we want our president and our country to succeed. You can be certain we will never give Obama the same level of support liberals gave President Bush- whose policies of so called "torture and wiretapping" have kept them safe to denigrate him and their country -while a 100,000 troops were in harms way.
The next time Keillor visits France he should visit the ELEVEN American cemeteries and see the 100,000 GRAVES of the GIs who gave their lives to liberate that disgusting country liberals love so much.
Mike DeNunzio
______________________________________________________________________________
Mike
I hope you can read this with an open mind
Subject: Reflection on Obama Victory
A BIG SOMETHING TO BE GRATEFUL FOR
By Garrison Keiler
Be happy, dear hearts,20and allow yourselves a few more weeks of quiet exultation. It isn't gloating, it's satisfaction at a job well done. He was a superb candidate, serious, professorial but with a flashing grin and a buoyancy that comes from working out in the gym every morning. He spoke in a genuine voice, not senatorial at all. He relished campaigning. He accepted adulation gracefully. He brandished his sword against his opponents without mocking or belittling them. He was elegant, unaffected, utterly American, and now (Wow) sudde nly America is cool. Chicago is cool. Chicago !!!
We threw the dice and we won the jackpot and elected a black guy with a Harvard degree, the middle name Hussein and a sense of humor-he said, "I've got relatives who look like Bernie Mac, and I've got relatives who look like Margaret Thatcher." The French junior minister for human rights said, "On this morning, we all want to be American so we can take a bite of this dream unfolding before our eyes." When was the last time you heard someone from France say they wanted to be American and take a bite of something of ours? Ponder that for a moment.
The world expects us to elect pompous yahoos, and instead we have us a 47-year-old prince from the prairie who cheerfully ran the race, and when his opponents threw sand at him, he just smiled back. He'll be the first president in history to look really good making a jump shot. He loves his classy wife and his sweet little daughters. At the same time, he knows pop music , American lit and constitutional law. I just can't imagine anybody cooler.
It feels good to be cool, and all of us can share in that, even sour old right-wingers and embittered blottoheads. Next time you=2 0fly to Heathrow and hand your passport to the man with the badge, he's going to see " United States of America" and look up and grin. Even if you worship in the church of Fox , everyone you meet overseas is going to ask you about Obama, and you may as well say you voted for him because, my friends, he is your line of credit over there. No need anymore to try to look Canadian.
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Monday, November 24, 2008
Thank you for your support
FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS, ASSOCIATES,
THANK YOU!
I thank all friends, neighbors and associates for their good wishes and financial support of my campaign for supervisor in District 3 and also the homeowner and tenant associations, and other groups that sought my views.
All eight candidates knew the crowded field would impact chances. Yet everyone conducted their campaign with respect and professional competence.
I have spoken with Supervisor-elect David Chiu. He welcomes my views and we will meet to discuss some issues. I’m especially concerned about public safety, planning and development, and the funding of services. (The 2009-10 budget deficit is estimated at $225 million, and it will increase)
Many voters also expressed concern about three election procedures. They said:
1-District Elections “balkanize” city issues. (They do.)
2-Ranked Choice Voting is “confusing.” (It is)
3- Public Financing “takes from the needy.” (It does)
NOTE: In this election the City gave 19 candidates $1.2 million to fund their campaigns, but cut $4.8 million in health and social services.(This is WRONG!)
The local political parties cannot tackle these issues effectively. I encourage all friends, neighbors and associates to join and support the various neighborhood associations. It will require a non-partisan coalition to achieve objectives.
I will to continue to work with individuals and groups for fiscal reforms and policies to protect public safety, the neighborhoods, and city services for everyone.
I thank you again for your support and always welcome your views on issues.
Mike DeNunzio
391-9667 or 317-0155.
http://www.competencematters.org
THANK YOU!
I thank all friends, neighbors and associates for their good wishes and financial support of my campaign for supervisor in District 3 and also the homeowner and tenant associations, and other groups that sought my views.
All eight candidates knew the crowded field would impact chances. Yet everyone conducted their campaign with respect and professional competence.
I have spoken with Supervisor-elect David Chiu. He welcomes my views and we will meet to discuss some issues. I’m especially concerned about public safety, planning and development, and the funding of services. (The 2009-10 budget deficit is estimated at $225 million, and it will increase)
Many voters also expressed concern about three election procedures. They said:
1-District Elections “balkanize” city issues. (They do.)
2-Ranked Choice Voting is “confusing.” (It is)
3- Public Financing “takes from the needy.” (It does)
NOTE: In this election the City gave 19 candidates $1.2 million to fund their campaigns, but cut $4.8 million in health and social services.(This is WRONG!)
The local political parties cannot tackle these issues effectively. I encourage all friends, neighbors and associates to join and support the various neighborhood associations. It will require a non-partisan coalition to achieve objectives.
I will to continue to work with individuals and groups for fiscal reforms and policies to protect public safety, the neighborhoods, and city services for everyone.
I thank you again for your support and always welcome your views on issues.
Mike DeNunzio
391-9667 or 317-0155.
http://www.competencematters.org
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Monday, November 17, 2008
"Wounded - Not Slain"
I’m only wounded, I am not slain. Just lie me down to bleed a while, and I will rise to fight again.” (St. Barton’s Ode)
In 1964 Senator Barry Goldwater received only 38% of the vote and lost 44 states to president Lyndon Johnson. Yet 48 months later Richard Nixon was in the Oval Office. The Republican renaissance can start today with a "21st Century" agenda for national security, energy independence, immigration, taxes, spending, health care, and the environment.
It was evident 2008 would be a Democrat year. Only once in 60 years has a party received a third term, as in ’88 when Bush Senior was elected to succeed Ronaldus Maximus." The Republicans mistakenly abandoned their successful “Reagan product” that won five of the last seven presidential elections and adopted “Democrat Lite.” In return , the voters abandoned the GOP and In 2006 bought the “real thing, " and why not; the Democrats are the experts at wasting tax dollars.
The GOP sealed its fate in 2008 when moderates, laden with country club guilt, nominated John McCain, the GOP’s worst candidate to face a Democrat demagogue. Meanwhile the Democrats, overwhelmed by innate liberal guilt, abandoned their best product- “Clinton Mendacity” and America’s party of tax, spend and surrender nominated the least qualified candidate in U.S. history for President and Commander in Chief.
McCain, the perennial “officer and gentleman” proved the axiom: “You can always tell an academy man, but you can’t tell him much.” He refused to expose Obama for what he truly is, and with prodding of the biased media, the voters elected an inexperienced leftist, with a feckless European worldview. Today, Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, and Islamic Jihad are delighted.
Senator McCain did one thing right - as amply evidenced by the vitriol heaped on Governor Sarah Palin by the media and guilt -ridden liberal women. Sarah Palin was a threat who “connected” with voters and gave McCain a 3 point lead until the September 15 economic meltdown ended the election. (A meltdown precipitated by Democrats, that pushed bad loans, etc.) Yet McCain blamed “greedy Wall Street" and SEC Chair Chris Cox "--not Democrats.
The GOP renaissance must start with county and state leaders, as well as national leaders like Sarah Palin, Bobby Jendal, Michael Steele, etc. who believe in “American exceptionalism.” It has created the most tolerant, generous and successful society in human history.
Meanwhile, Republicans should give President Obama the same respect and support the Democrats gave to President Bush.
In 1964 Senator Barry Goldwater received only 38% of the vote and lost 44 states to president Lyndon Johnson. Yet 48 months later Richard Nixon was in the Oval Office. The Republican renaissance can start today with a "21st Century" agenda for national security, energy independence, immigration, taxes, spending, health care, and the environment.
It was evident 2008 would be a Democrat year. Only once in 60 years has a party received a third term, as in ’88 when Bush Senior was elected to succeed Ronaldus Maximus." The Republicans mistakenly abandoned their successful “Reagan product” that won five of the last seven presidential elections and adopted “Democrat Lite.” In return , the voters abandoned the GOP and In 2006 bought the “real thing, " and why not; the Democrats are the experts at wasting tax dollars.
The GOP sealed its fate in 2008 when moderates, laden with country club guilt, nominated John McCain, the GOP’s worst candidate to face a Democrat demagogue. Meanwhile the Democrats, overwhelmed by innate liberal guilt, abandoned their best product- “Clinton Mendacity” and America’s party of tax, spend and surrender nominated the least qualified candidate in U.S. history for President and Commander in Chief.
McCain, the perennial “officer and gentleman” proved the axiom: “You can always tell an academy man, but you can’t tell him much.” He refused to expose Obama for what he truly is, and with prodding of the biased media, the voters elected an inexperienced leftist, with a feckless European worldview. Today, Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, and Islamic Jihad are delighted.
Senator McCain did one thing right - as amply evidenced by the vitriol heaped on Governor Sarah Palin by the media and guilt -ridden liberal women. Sarah Palin was a threat who “connected” with voters and gave McCain a 3 point lead until the September 15 economic meltdown ended the election. (A meltdown precipitated by Democrats, that pushed bad loans, etc.) Yet McCain blamed “greedy Wall Street" and SEC Chair Chris Cox "--not Democrats.
The GOP renaissance must start with county and state leaders, as well as national leaders like Sarah Palin, Bobby Jendal, Michael Steele, etc. who believe in “American exceptionalism.” It has created the most tolerant, generous and successful society in human history.
Meanwhile, Republicans should give President Obama the same respect and support the Democrats gave to President Bush.
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Sunday, November 2, 2008
SF District 3 Supervisors Forum
San Francisco District 3 supervisor candidates took part in a forum at ABC7 on September 10, moderated by Carolyn Tyler. You can watch it by clicking District 3 debate.
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Saturday, October 18, 2008
Mayor's economic stimulus plan
Submitted to SF Chronicle Friday, 10/17/08
Editor,
The first step in the mayor’s proposed economic stimulus plan for the City should be to remove the $5 million in the budget that is designated to fund campaigns of political candidates. These tax dollars should be used to protect vital human services that face cuts because of the expected losses in tax revenues and state funds. Candidates that take public funds are taking from vulnerable seniors, the disabled and the needy. San Francisco does not need public financing to keep candidates honest, we simply need honest candidates, and they are all honest.
Mike DeNunzio
San Francisco
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12:48 PM
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Wednesday, October 8, 2008
New "Videos" page on my website
My videos are now in one place on my website. Click Videos to see recent ones:
Comcast Newsmakers interview September 2008
Mike on SFVotes2008 September 15, 2008
D3 Supervisor Debate June 16, 2008
Comcast Newsmakers interview September 2008
Mike on SFVotes2008 September 15, 2008
D3 Supervisor Debate June 16, 2008
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