The San Francisco Citizen

How did famous blogger Mayhill Fowler get inside that recent controversial Obama event in San Francisco that some people are calling a miracle for Hillary Clinton? From Matier and Ross:

Just how the MP3-wielding Fowler managed to secure an invite to the $1,000 a head fundraiser at the San Francisco home of developer Alex Mehran wasn’t immediately clear - but Obama campaign higher-ups were said to be livid, with fingers pointing at a local fundraising consultant for the slip-up.

Everyone was all smiles in San Francisco at this event last year, anyway

Without getting some more information, it’s hard to say just what went wrong. Perhaps the official invitation to the event holds a clue.

Who is the person that’s being held responsible? Check it out, after the jump.

Update: Is Mayhill referred to as a roach under a sofa here on barackobama.com? You make the call.

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Check out this jam of traffic leaving San Francisco via the Great Highway as this past weekend’s balmy weather came to an end a bit too soon. A few hours earlier, these people were enjoying the sun at Ocean Beach:  

When you have so many people visiting the City, things can get out of hand. How did these fellows get bloodied on the Great Highway near Judah? It’s hard to say why so many cops were there or what put a hole through one of the car’s windows, as reports of this incident are hard to come by.

All that was left of the crowd at the end of the day is shown in this photo, entitled The Aftermath of a Sunny Weekend in San Francisco. Leaving garbage and recycling next to a full trash can isn’t necessarily impolite, but apparently a “ton of trash” was left on the beach as well.  Bad form.

Let’s do better the next time we have a great weekend of sun. Of course, that will probably be in about six months or so. Oh well. 

Enjoy the fog!

The phrase getting the boot can mean a few different things. In San Francisco, the primary definition relates to your car getting a big yellow Denver Boot. You can see it attached to the front left wheel of this aging Range Rover Classic SUV. Why would the authoritahs pick on you this way? Well, not paying five or more parking tickets is one good reason.

The scene below was reason enough for Flickr contributor permanently scatterbrained to change his vote to Mike Huckabee: 

Well, someone just lost my vote. Not only are these liberal thugs flaunting basic local traffic laws, but they’re doing so in a gas-guzzling, terrorist-enabling SUV behemoth that’s not even American made. Huckabee ‘08! 

permanently scatterbrained via Flickr

In defence of the operator of this vehicle, Obamamania has infected the entire Bay Area, so paying those pesky and expensive $50 parking tickets issued by DPT (or MTA or whatever they call themselves this month) might seem to many like a chore worth putting off.

Also while it’s true this vehicle was made in merrie olde Englande, it has a Buick engine (mas o menos) and maybe even a Chrysler transmission, so factor that in before you start the hatin’.

And, what looks like red paint on the curb is actually indicates a “pink zone” where some people park without fear of getting ticketed. Take a look at the very same curb here on MapJack. See? The red zone starts at the stop sign, don’t you think?

So, things aren’t as bad as they seem in this photo.  Let’s have a little sympathy for this youthful supporter of the next president(?) of the United States!