San Diego's Mayor Filner to be Replaced by . . . (Gasp!). . .a Gay Man!

Todd Gloria, soon-to-be Mayor of San Diego,
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The overly dramatic headline is not meant to disparage the man who is taking the job of Mayor of San Diego. No, it's meant to point out the pearl-clutching of the far right, who are aghast and appalled that the new mayor is gay. Good grief, people, really? Do conservatives not realize that they--almost all of them--have gay people in their families, and circle of friends? You'd think we were aliens or zombies or something, geez.

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San Diego’s New Mayor Is A Gay Man And That’s Making The Right Crazy

With the news of Bob Filner’s resignation bringing an end to a turbulent six weeks of  scandal in San Diego, we discover who will step in to fill the office. His name is Todd Gloria. He is the President of the City Council and will become acting Mayor once Filner’s resignation goes into effect on August 30th. Gloria is from two military families – a common situation in the Navy-oriented city – and his ancestry bears this out: he is Native Alaskan, Filipino, Dutch and Puerto Rican, with all four grandparents making their way to San Diego from vastly different places. That, right there, is enough to make right-wing heads spin but when you add that he is gay… can you hear the heads exploding? . . .

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Military Plane Crashes in San Diego Neighborhood

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I'm kind of surprised nothing like this has happened in Las Vegas, with Nellis Air Force Base so close by. Of course, we do get a few wayward personal planes crashing into houses now and again. But, wow, what a shock if you lived in that neighborhood. Yikes.

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Military jet crashes in California suburb, three dead

Three people were killed and one remained missing after a US F/A-18 fighter jet slammed into a densely populated residential neighborhood in California on Monday, officials said. . .

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Blackwater to Open Site in San Diego?

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If I didn't have so much trust in our government and the Bush Administration, this might worry me. Fortunately, I know they wouldn't do anything that wasn't in the best interests of all Americans. So any worries about hired mercenaries helping enforce martial law would just be a mad fever-dream of a tinfoil hat-wearing conspiracy theorist. Or something. Where is that hat, anyway?

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Federal judge allows Blackwater to open San Diego facility

A federal judge has ordered the city of San Diego to allow military contractor Blackwater Worldwide to begin using a new counterterrorism training facility. . .

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