DNC:Two Ways to Tell if the Democrats Coming toTown

Two signs the Democrats are about to descend on your city
* Hair-prefect Homeless
* Outbreak of Boll Weevil Democrats







You say you're homeless and in Denver for the Democrat National Convention?

Have a haircut--on the house!

It seems to be a first -- don't move the homeless, clean them up. That was the work of one salon and the recipients didn't even seem to care if the Democrats were coming to town. Sly's Salon at 17th and Grant was offering free haircuts to the homeless Monday.

"To give them haircuts and make them all spiffed up for the Democratic National Convention, because they are part of our community as well," said Ghandia Gohnson, co-owner of Sly's Salon.

RidesAPaleHorse observes, "We're not gonna hide 'em..we're gonna clean 'em up and act like they're productive citizens."

Productive or not, the haircuts seem to be proof of the old adage, "Look good, feel good!"

One homeless man agress.

Rusty Johnson hasn't had a haircut in three-to-four months. He said his appearance during the convention made no difference to him.

"I just want to look good and feel good for myself, that's all," Johnson said.

Denver is also restricting airspace during the convention.






The feds are closing airspace over Denver during the convention, even if the plane has no engine or no pilot at all. The Federal Aviation Administration is also warning pilots--or model enthusiasts--that any who stray into the restricted area "result in the use of force".

The details — spelled out in a "notice to airmen," or NOTAM, issued by the Federal Aviation Administration — also restricts everything from hang-gliders to model airplanes during the convention, which opens Aug. 25 at the Pepsi Center and runs for four days.

"How many pounds of TNT can a Cessna carry? How many pounds of nitroglycerine can a model plane carry?" Fergus asked. "We don't know, but the point is the risk is there."

Of course, one might ask the question--assuredly rhetorical: Why would terrorists blow up the convention of a party who has professed it would rather talk than fight?

It seems an unlikely scenario.

Previously, most terrorists have not been known for being giants of logic. Don't voice that thought at the Dem Denver event, however.

It most likely would be branded "sterotypically racist" by the denizens of the Pepsi Center.

The Rocky Mountain News also reports that the restriction will affect "crop dusters, hot air balloons and model rockets."

Crop dusting?

Sounds like Boll Weevil Democrats might thrive in Denver.

by Mondoreb & RidesAPaleHorse
images: RAPH

Liberal San Francisco Changing Views?

[BBC photo]
by Mondoreb
Oh no! Say it ain't so!

It wouldn't be the same with San Francisco to kick around anymore. One need look no further than the 'City by the Bay' to see the daily replays of Leftism-Gone-Wild. But is that about to change?

From the San Francisco Chronicle:
San Francisco - the liberal, left-coast city conservatives love to mock - could be undergoing a transformation when it comes to homeless people. Although the city would still be a poor choice for a pep rally for the war in Iraq, indications are that residents have had it with aggressive panhandlers, street squatters and drug users.

"Maybe there has been an epiphany," says David Latterman, president of Fall Line Analytics, a local market research firm. "People have realized they can hate George Bush but still not want people crapping in their doorway."

Whew! For a moment, visions of San Franciscans tuned to Fox News and celebrating Karl Rove's birthday with a prayer in their schools danced in one's head. Boston's a poor second when it comes to cataloging Liberalism's excesses: Irish-Catholics are a bit more conservative in outlook than Gomorrah-by-the-Bay's Folsom Street Fair community. As one fellow explained:

"I don't expect it to be Cow Hollow or Pacific Heights," [David Kiely, who has lived in the South of Market area for 18 years his wife, Jenny, and their three boys, ages 7, 4 and 1.] says. "But the other day Jenny is bringing the kids back from the park, and some guy is standing on the corner throwing up on himself."

Although the boys are at the age when someone else throwing up spurs a debate on how 'gross' or 'cool' it is, it's not a picture they want to take to "show and tell".

Like their name implies, conservatives hate change. The traditional has value, even the traditional that became radical forty years ago. It brings a peace to know that Right Wing Madmen will have San Francisco to make fun of for a bit longer. An old friend is staying put.

Even if he happens to be throwing up on himself.
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