Your California Tax Dollars at Work
by Paragon SC on Mar 3, 2009 7:00 PM PST
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PrintThis raised an eyebrow earlier today...
Hat tip to Adam Rose of All Things Trojan...
The U.S. House of Representatives will consider a resolution today to honor USC for their 2008 season, which culminated in a victory over Penn State in the Rose Bowl.
Written by Los Angeles-area Congresswoman Diane Watson, the bill has 10 co-sponsors from California; three from Georgia, New York and Ohio; two from North Carolina; and one from New Jersey, Oklahoma, Florida, Nevada, Texas, Michigan and Washington.
And none from Pennsylvania.
Here is the kicker... California Congresswoman Diane Watson who put this in motion seems to be missing a very important fact (emphasis added)...
Representative Watson attended Birdie Lee Bright Elementary School (formerly 36th Street School), Foshay Junior High School, and Dorsey High School. After graduating from High School, Congresswoman Watson attended Los Angeles City College and matriculated at UCLA, where she received a B.A. in Education. She also holds a M.A. in School Psychology from California State University, Los Angeles, and a Ph.D. in Educational Administration from the Claremont Graduate School.
Unbelievable...I think its safe to say that she is not a true Bruin and that her complimentary membership at BN has been revoked.
Honestly Congresswoman don't you think there are few more important things to tend to in Washington?
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Hasn't Rep. Watson done this before?
I think she has, and if you take a look at her District map, it’s clear why: SC’s in there – just and no more, with the western boundary of the district at Figueroa, but still.
Wow, now that's bandwagon
Yeah so we’re in her district, but we only won the Rose Bowl! I’ve just gotta say it again though, that Penn State team was a real football team. And I say that with the utmost respect. They deserved their earlier high rankings/placings. We gave up too much yardage to them in the second half, our guys just didn’t play with enough discipline.
She went to CSLA and Ucla? And she wants pork for USC? That’s just rich!
Comer4tide to Nico2.0: "How come I've never heard of any of your random songs?"
Todd to Comer: "Because if you had, he wouldn't listen to it. BOOM. Roasted."
Nico to Todd: "Shouldn't you be off voguing somewhere?"
Congress does this all the time
Almost everyday, in fact, and they’ve been doing it for years, decades. It takes like what, five minutes, max, out of a day. Stuff like that plays well in each member’s district.
Back in another life, I was a cub reporter for a Midwestern Suburban Daily, and, natch, I was assigned to the exciting beat of municipal board meetings: sewer, streets and sanitation commissions, liquor commissions, school boards. Every single public meeting began with some kind of commemoration or honor. The liquor commission was particularly entertaining. They always began each meeting with recognizing some little kid or old lady who put together a program warning of the evils of demon rum, after which some wiseguy, Tony-the-Clown type would ask for a variance so he could open a new strip club.
I understand why some people think that what Watson did is a “waste” of taxpayer money, but I really have to disagree with that assessment, since people have lost elections over this kind of stuff. It’s necessary politics.
Its hilarious
what the hotheads over at BN spend their energy complaining about. Its funny because I don’t think Dianne Watson gives a rip about football. All she is doing is trying to call attention to her district, which happens to contain the Trojans. Any good PR for the team, and her attention to USC and its fans equals votes. Its completely stupid to call someone out for trying to bring national attention to their constituents. Good luck BN trying to make a dent in this issue.
Wait, what?
I thought we were all having a little chuckle that if the folks at BN had nothing much else going on, they might get their knickers in a twist about this. Am I to understand that they are really truly upset about this low-scale pandering?
That’s dedication I suppose.
Yeah they have their panties in a twist
They have a thread about it. Its pretty damn funny to say the least.
At the end of LS's "Bay Area Beatdown"
, , ,post- there’s this “related on SB Nation” topics: one of them is a post from BN dated June 2008 regarding the IRS, the FBI, and you name it all about the OJ2 brouhaha. There was like 32 comments about how USC was REALLY GONNA GET THIS TIME!
Guys, I was just cracking up at Fox11, Mexi-Bruin, BruinBabe (probably a dude a drag), Class of 66 and all those other tin-foil hat wearing knuckleheads talking about how this and that was bound to happen to us and that the world will FINALLY realize what kind of cheap-shot, thug-populatin’, Cheaty-Peaty-coaching, low down, good for nothing school WE REALLY ARE!
I’ll bet those are some of the commenters on this Watson conflaguration too, hah?
Star Trek convention over there, lemme tell ya.
Comer4tide to Nico2.0: "How come I've never heard of any of your random songs?"
Todd to Comer: "Because if you had, he wouldn't listen to it. BOOM. Roasted."
Nico to Todd: "Shouldn't you be off voguing somewhere?"
by BixBeiderbecke on Mar 5, 2009 6:03 AM PST up reply actions
Bix aren't those guys just special!
I can see it now Congress forgets about nation and takes care of Bruin Nation, stating that those poor little bruins need some love. I just wish those junkies would just remember to take their meds, I mean its a state school don’t they get them for free.
Paul D. Kelley
by so.cal.native1952 on Mar 5, 2009 8:37 AM PST up reply actions
Became re-acquainted with. . .
. . . a word I read on that www dot politico website that was linked from Wolf’s blog. A commenter wrote “monomania”- and once I read it, I was like, “that’s the word!”
I had been trying to remember a few words that come to the forefront of my mind when I think of BN, Nestor, and the rest of the clowns over there.
Monomania is/was one of them.
(a noun: obsession of the mind by one idea or interest)
invidious
vindictive
impotent
acrimonious
philippic
are a few other words that have come to mind as well. (there are others, but I’m still not sure what they are. if you want to help out, there’s a word – I believe it starts with an “r” – and it’s definition is “using disparaging remarks or utilizing extreme criticism to make oneself appear intelligent or intellectual”)
They are “special”, as you say. Quite special, in their own way. (what’s scary? they have to know their impotence- yet they keep spouting and spouting. they must know they’re hateful, petty, and philippic? so why continue proving it and re-proving it day in and day out? are they trying to out-hate each other? what would even be scarier is, IF THEY HAVE NO IDEA THE REST OF THE BLOGOSPHERE CONSIDERS BRUINS NATION AND THEIR REGULARS AS COMPLETE ASSHATS WHO ARE NEVER TAKEN SERIOUSLY? And at this point, we probably never will)
Comer4tide to Nico2.0: "How come I've never heard of any of your random songs?"
Todd to Comer: "Because if you had, he wouldn't listen to it. BOOM. Roasted."
Nico to Todd: "Shouldn't you be off voguing somewhere?"
by BixBeiderbecke on Mar 5, 2009 12:49 PM PST up reply actions
You all are so blind...
I mean I go to USC, AND EVEN I HAVE SEEN THE TRUTH!
They are an interesting community though. I would say sub-culture, but that kind of thing could turn into an indictment of my my intelligence and university as a whole despite being a relatively innocuous remark. Wait, did I just second guess myself about something I almost said but actually half said? Is this what they call meta non-fiction?
by Laughing Stock on Mar 5, 2009 2:46 PM PST up reply actions
Was she scantilly-clad? Truth? What did she look like?
I haven’t seen her, and OMIGOD !!!!!!! I so, so, very, very, much really want to.
And what’s with meta non-fiction? Damn! I really have to get out much. I just barely started to live around here more lately, but still???
You are a funny funny man LS!
Comer4tide to Nico2.0: "How come I've never heard of any of your random songs?"
Todd to Comer: "Because if you had, he wouldn't listen to it. BOOM. Roasted."
Nico to Todd: "Shouldn't you be off voguing somewhere?"
by BixBeiderbecke on Mar 8, 2009 6:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Okay, my hour's worth of morning web time is almost up
And this, I gotta comment on.
So I read a link from Scott Wolf’s blog entry, “USC vs. UCLA (Congress Edition). In it, there’s a link to ”http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/0309/Watson_caught_in_USCUCLA_war.html" target="new">this website. The comments are spot on. Give it a read, especially the people who have nothing to do with USC or fUcla. It’s just awesome.
Comer4tide to Nico2.0: "How come I've never heard of any of your random songs?"
Todd to Comer: "Because if you had, he wouldn't listen to it. BOOM. Roasted."
Nico to Todd: "Shouldn't you be off voguing somewhere?"
What's really funny is
They will do it. They will write letters and emails of complaint to Watson. That fact just floors me.
LOL, how about BN clowns ask Nestor
about wasting taxpayer’s money? After all, spending 1/2 day blogging on congressional salary is a perfect example of wasteful spending…
So I guess I need to over to his office and take him out to lunch?
Paul D. Kelley
by so.cal.native1952 on Mar 5, 2009 10:11 PM PST reply actions
He's no longer at Reid's office
But he’s been officially outed.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2009/03/usc-ucla-watson.html
No need to pretend otherwise.
Interesting that someone so involved in “progressive” politics has an alter ego, Nestor, whose hate and ugliness is more appropriate on Little Green Footballs, than as, say, being heavily involvement in Howard Dean’s 2004 campaign.
I think its a stretch
to attach someone’s fanatic view of USC to how they conduct their real life. Nestor enjoyed the “anonymity” of the internet and tends to run further with the facts about USC than the truth would show, but that’s his line. I would find it hard to believe that he wouldn’t have any friends that went to USC. Growing up in Santa Monica, at least half of my lifelong friends are ucla fans and alumni. I still have a deep “disdain” for the bruins, but it never goes to that ugly place where Nestor and his pals go frequently. I just don’t get people who can’t separate people and sports.
I commented on bruinsnation 1 time, and nestor called me a pathetic excuse maker. All I did was point out that Pete Carrolls “I don’t think anyone can beat the Trojans this year” statement was not a slight against Oregon State because it was made on January 1 2009, and the Trojans were and still are undefeated in 2009. Nestor, a lawyer, didn’t like my version of the facts, and called me pathetic. To me I was making a lighthearted joke. Its sad that he can’t communicate with the opposition without being a twit. He could have had fun with me, and I would have enjoyed blogging on his site, but the bottom line is, he just doesn’t want any USC perspective at all over there.
That is correct about this guy and with his attitude he could never be a practicing lawyer.
The funny thing is that he actually puts some interesting thoughts out there, but his downfall is he can’t seem to take constructive criticism. I don’t know how he can hold a job even in the political forum.
Paul D. Kelley
by so.cal.native1952 on Mar 9, 2009 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Nice find...
Mushroom… errr. Nestor has no business of having “waste taxpayer money” talk on his blog.
Not such a stretch
Character is what you are in the dark.
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