It will be interesting to see what happens with the election results in San Francisco tomorrow. I think you will see a conservative backlash in the election results. And when I say a conservative backlash, I mean a move to the center and moderation and away from the left and the progressives. This is San Francisco after all, and if you're a moderate and in the center you're considered a conservative.

The left and progressives are so impractical to me. They want to throw money at social problems, thinking that money will solve problem, and you know what it hasn't solved anything. So much of left and progressive policy is rooted in ideology. Ideology only works in theory, in a vacuum, in an ideal world. And I'm sorry, there is no place on this earth that is ideal.

Take the homeless issue. If you take the progressive/left policy of giving money to the homeless and apply it to the family unit, you'd be thought of as a horrible parent. Imagine having a homeless child who is unable to find a job, and may or may not have substance abuse problems. As a parent, wouldn't you want to help them to get out of their situation? You don't just give your child money and expect to fend for themselves. You don't just throw money at your children, and then walk away. But that's exactly what San Francisco's homeless policy does. We have laws here where you can't find out anything about the homeless, you can't ask them their life story to find out what they need, why they live the way the do, etc. The left and progressives still think it's the 60's and the homeless are just hippies who like living on the street, and the city should support them in their chosen lifestyle.

I don't know. It just seems that if left/progressive policymakers would base laws on how they would treat a family member, then maybe we'd solve many of our city's problems. It makes you wonder how the left/progressive types were treated at home as children and how they are as parents, doesn't it? Then you have to think of John Walker Lindh's parents, and start to really wonder.

The post below was an email post I sent last night. It seems to take a day for an email post to get into Blogger. That's a heck of a long time, isn't it?

I'm listening to The Cure - Bloodflowers cd, and wishing I could dive into Robert Smith's voice and music and never come out. I love the music, I love the words, and I love his voice. The Cure's songs are so well produced, so well layered musically, and the words are so divine!

A Test from Craig’s List – Missed Connections
eye color: dark brown with a dark ring
what's under your bed: dust bunnies
favorite color: all
height: 5' 4"
what are you wearing: khakis, turtleneck, cashmere vneck sweater, argyle socks, Josef Seibel shoes, all perfectly matched in colour of course.
do you like cats: yes, but allergic
favorite mexican wrestle: don’t know any
weight: 155 lbs
hairstyle (note: this is really important): shoulder length bob
pumas or adidas: adidas
last show you went to: Baz Luhrmann’s La Boheme
last movie you went to: Rivers and Tide: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time
do you have back hair: no
favorite drug: love
puppies or kittens: both
coke or pepsi: diet pepsi
last book you read: Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie – still reading
five bands you dig: The Cure, Puddle of Mudd, System of a Down, Linkin Park, The Grateful Dead
last person you sent a postcard to: girlfriends while in West VA
did you buy any andy warhol stamps: no
if you could share a popcicle with benicio del toro or tom waits, who would you pick: benicio del toro
favorite smell: men, good food, KL by Karl Lagefeld, Coco by Chanel (my two fave perfumes)
favorite sound: rain, church bells
vodka or gin: vodka , gin and I had a falling out in college
jesus or buddha: both, but JC is my fave
favorite superhero: Spiderman
favorite hot sauce: Tapatio, Tabasco