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Apr 06, 2007

San Francisco Police Department Radio Code Cheat Sheet

All the 10-codes, 11-codes, and other cryptic shit the SFPD uses in their radio communications

Here’s a PDF of the radio codes that the SFPD uses.

Enjoy!

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Feb 14, 2007

Love is in the truck….

Valentines day 2007 in San Francisco

Spotted on my way to work this morning....

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Feb 12, 2007

Happy Birthday Abe!

Photograph of the Lincoln Memorial at night

Happy Birthday Abe! You were a hell of a man!

When I had the good fortune to visit Washington D.C. Last year, one of the things that I was sure to see was the Lincoln Memorial. It was awe inspiring and caused me to reflect on what a significant human being he was and how important he was to our country. Of course I “had” to get pictures of the memorial at night… Sheila was her usual tolerant and patient wife and accompanied me on a night time jaunt through the mall…

I can think of no better time than the anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth to post a picture of the Lincoln Memorial.

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Feb 05, 2007

The answers to my Iraq War Questions of March 2003

Herein I publish answer to my own questions

Sorry, It’s a work in progress. More answers coming soon. Running out of time right now, but wanted to get this posted.

Question:
Does Iraq currently pose a “clear and present danger” to the US?

Answer:
The Bushies sure said it was: In Their Own Words: Iraq’s ‘Imminent’ Threat
Overblown: How Politicians and the Terrorism Industry Inflate National Security Threats, and Why We Believe Them

Question:
Will the world (and the US) be safer without Sadaam running Iraq?

Answer:
From the Washington Post: Spy Agencies Say Iraq War Hurting U.S. Terror Fight
NIE says no

Questions:
Has there been any evidence that Iraq has supported any terrorism?
Has there been any evidence that Iraq has supported any terrorism aimed at the US?

Answers:
From the Washington Post: Iraq’s Alleged Al-Qaeda Ties Were Disputed Before War

Question:
Has there been any proof that Iraq still has WMD?

Answer:
From MSNBC: CIA’s final report: No WMD found in Iraq
From CN: Iraq war wasn’t justified, U.N. weapons experts say

Question:
Can we contain the Iraqi threat *without* war?

Answer
Well, it’s kinda hard to prove what “could have been”, but I think it’s clear that what we did failed:

Answer:

Question:
Who stands to gain financially from war with Iraq?

Answer:
The usual war profiteers

Question:
Do we have a plan for what to do after we topple Sadaam?

Answer:
From the Guardian: US postwar Iraq strategy a mess, Blair was told

Question:
Are we going to be able to put in place a Democratic government in a
country that is populated by hugely different ethnic groups that don’t
like each other, and may lack the societal acumen to make democracy
work?

Answer:
From Foreign Affairs: Was Iraq a Fool’s Errand?
Iraq lacks any of the preconditions academics generally accept as being necessary for democratization to succeed. It has no middle class to speak of independent from the state; oil revenues, the life-line of any Iraqi regime, are notorious for their ability to centralize rather than democratize power; the country has no tradition of limited or responsible government; national identity is weak in the face of rival religious or ethnic loyalties; regional neighbors will do what they can to undermine whatever democratizing movements exist......

Question:
Is the estimated $100 BILLION that we’ll spend on Iraq best spent there?

Answer:
You tell me… From ABC News: Who’s Counting: How Iraq Trillion Could Have Been Spent

Question:
What are the econmic consequences of war, both for the US and the world?

Answer:
Wikipedia is tallying the US: cost

Question:
Could war cause more terrorism, and further alienate us from
Arab/Muslim people?

Answer:
Like Margie said in Fargo, “You Betcha”
From the Washington Post: U.S. occupation has become a potent recruiting tool for al Qaeda and other terrorist groups,

Question:
Is it possible that we aren’t going to get what we think we will from
invading Iraq??

Answer:

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Feb 04, 2007

What I said about Iraq, and when I said it

I’m not one to say I told you so.... But.... in March of 2003....

When I first heard in 2002 that the Bush administration was going to launch a preemptive war against Iraq, I thought to myself that they would never be able to sell this to Americans. We were too smart. We would see through the lies and deception of the Bush administration. We would never waste our brave soldiers lives in such folly. Obviously I was wrong. I underestimated the ability of the Bushies to pander to the fear of terrorism, and deceptively tie Iraq to the attacks of 9/11 by repeatedly mentioning them both in the same breath. Over and over and over again! I underestimated the cowardice of most of the Democratic Party.

However, I don’t think I was too far off the mark with my estimation of how a war in Iraq would play out. I was amazed at the number of people on the two email lists where I posted these messages that shouted me down and insisted that invasion of Iraq was a “good thing”. I knew that time would deliver a quagmire, thousands of dead US soldier, hundreds of thousands of dead Iraqis, Billions of dollars wasted, global instability, and insecurity, nearly universal hatred of the US, and ultimately vindication for those of us that opposed the war.

Here’s snippets from a couple of emails that I wrote in March of 2003, at the start of the war in Iraq (for the full emails, click the “more” link below):

Subject: [SFG] Alternatives to US war against Iraq WAS: Logical -- blah blah blah…
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 19:17:52 -0600 (CST)

The links I posted specifically refered to non-violent options. I'd like
to think that non-violence could solve most conflicts, but reality is
that not all can be solved that way… Maybe violence is required to
overthrow Saddam.  *IF* that is true, I'd much rather see the violence
happen in the context of an uprising by an organized opposition that
is ready to step in and run the country upon victory rather than at the
hands of an occuyping force like the US.

Maybe it's my "Inner Republican" speaking, personal (and societal)
responsibility matters. I think it's important that the US and the world
do not decide who needs help and decide to *impose* help upon them. A
people need to want liberation from a tyranical government bad enough
to move in that direction before outsiders should step in.  I believe
that if a people is unwilling to take action against a dictator, even a
brutal, ruthless, evil dictator like Saddam, any solution imposed upon
them from the outside will ultimately not solve the societal problems
that resulted in the dictator in the first place.  The ability to manage
democracy successfully comes in part from the struggle for it and the
process of earning it..

And some questions that I asked in another email:

From: "Mr. Steve" 
Subject:      War? was:Antiwar Demonstrations
Status: RO
Date: Mar 14, 2003 09:40:07 AM

Does Iraq currently pose a "clear and present danger" to the US?
Will the world (and the US) be safer without Sadaam running Iraq?
Has there been any evidence that Iraq has supported any terrorism?
Has there been any evidence that Iraq has supported any terrorism aimed at the US?
Has there been any proof that Iraq still has WMD?
Can we contain the Iraqi threat *without* war?
Who stands to gain financially from war with Iraq?

Do we have a plan for what to do after we topple Sadaam?
Are we going to be able to put in place a Democratic government in a
country that is populated by hugely different ethnic groups that don't
like each other, and may lack the societal acumen to make democracy
work?

Is the estimated $100 BILLION that we'll spend on Iraq best spent there?

What are the econmic consequences of war, both for the US and the world?

Could war cause more terrorism, and further alienate us from
Arab/Muslim people?

Is it possible that we aren't going to get what we think we will from
invading Iraq??

click “more” for the full text of my emails

More...

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