tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post6320983861677794030..comments2023-10-28T03:14:44.519-07:00Comments on Calhouns Can(n)ons: NewsstandGreghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04099049885765768069noreply@blogger.comBlogger126125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-19758085754309466922009-02-26T10:30:00.000-08:002009-02-26T10:30:00.000-08:00Shark! You are so nice making the assumption that ...Shark! You are so nice making the assumption that wsm actually WENT to college!Sewertoons AKA Lynette Tornatzkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04501351678541088868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-75804938581455418872009-02-26T10:19:00.000-08:002009-02-26T10:19:00.000-08:00Sherlock LeGros wrote:"No Ron, I do not believe on...Sherlock LeGros wrote:<BR/><BR/><I>"No Ron, I do not believe one iota of your conspiracy theory about Pandora."</I><BR/><BR/>Uh, actually, Sherlock, for something to be a "conspiracy," it has to involve more than one person.<BR/><BR/>So, I'm not alleging a conspiracy... yet.<BR/><BR/>I can't, waaaa-AAAy beyond a reasonable doubt, show that there were other people involved in Nash-Karner's cover-up, (although I do have a STRONG journalistic hunch that Hensley, Gustafson, and Buel were... that certainly would explain Gordo's "scorched earthness" since the recall).<BR/><BR/>Nope. It's just her, for now.<BR/><BR/>But, clearly, you didn't/don't know about her cover-up, Richard. That's why you write what you write today.<BR/><BR/>You did/do the trifecta of f-ups: 1) You listen to Nash-Karner, 2) you either don't read, or don't possess the wherewithal to mentally process my tight, tight reporting, AND 3) you don't independently do your own homework.<BR/><BR/>Enormous mistakes.<BR/><BR/>Like I wrote, they just USED you, Richard.<BR/><BR/>Ouch.Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156410299483542733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-12565422173593872112009-02-26T09:31:00.000-08:002009-02-26T09:31:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Richard LeGroshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15209499066835732066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-15525685382298160832009-02-26T08:15:00.000-08:002009-02-26T08:15:00.000-08:00Richard sez:"Of course you want me to go away...Wh...Richard sez:"Of course you want me to go away...<BR/>Why?"<BR/><BR/>Richard, YOU are the one who said you were going away FOREVER, then 24 hours later, here you are back again, and now LYING about it all. Tsk, tsk.Churadogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17701649330085709021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-2039274091180551402009-02-26T06:49:00.000-08:002009-02-26T06:49:00.000-08:00Mark,Did you pass your literature, history and rhe...Mark,<BR/><BR/>Did you pass your literature, history and rhetoric classes in college?Shark Inlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07308339749797881391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-16947807799700441552009-02-25T22:25:00.000-08:002009-02-25T22:25:00.000-08:00Steve wrote: Jindal's response is beautiful ... he...Steve wrote: <BR/>Jindal's response is beautiful ... he criticized Bush!<BR/><BR/>Then I wrote:Steve, <BR/>Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal gave the GOP response to President Barack Obama's address to a joint session of Congress. The following is a transcript of the speech as delivered on Tuesday night. http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/24/sotn.jindal.transcript/<BR/>Please cut and paste the “criticism” you referred to above.<BR/><BR/>Steve opined sans any cut and paste/proof: Using that as an example how government does a poor job is both intellectually dishonest and a blaming of Bush.<BR/><BR/>I Love LO!Watershed Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06717188673263291686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-55892885704868969692009-02-25T21:06:00.000-08:002009-02-25T21:06:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Richard LeGroshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15209499066835732066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-82130399955256254872009-02-25T15:30:00.000-08:002009-02-25T15:30:00.000-08:00Richard, I'm curious, what's your definition of "f...Richard, I'm curious, what's your definition of "forever?"<BR/><BR/>Dr. LeGros wrote:<BR/><BR/><I>"I know you believe what you write."</I><BR/><BR/>Damn straight, I do. And, I'm not the only one that believes what I write.<BR/><BR/>For example, in a previous thread, you wrote:<BR/><BR/><I>"I agree though that her (Nash-Karner's) letter about 'fining the community' (oddly, that included herself too) was mean-spirited"</I><BR/><BR/>Here's where it gets weird for your, <I>"I know you believe what you write,"</I> take.<BR/><BR/>I was the one that first broke that 'fining the community' story, at this link (using nothing but excellent, primary sources, as usual):<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://sewerwatch.blogspot.com/2006/05/contrast.html" REL="nofollow">http://sewerwatch.blogspot.com/2006/05/contrast.html</A><BR/><BR/>So, apparently, YOU believe what I write, too.<BR/><BR/>Her "strategy" to have the entire community of Los Osos "fined out of existence," was much more than just "mean-spirited," it was part of her on-going cover-up, obviously.<BR/><BR/>[<I>"("Please... is there any way to salvage the project??????????????????," and, "We MUST save this project!" Both quotes from, Pandora Nash-Karner, just one day after last September's recall election.)"</I><BR/><BR/>Ricky, when I say, "all... dots... connected," I mean, "ALL... DOTS... CONNECTED."<BR/><BR/>Wait'll you see what I've got in store for the end of my book... you're going to love my "alternative endings" (plural) finish. It's so beautiful.Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156410299483542733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-90133339306096845772009-02-25T11:43:00.000-08:002009-02-25T11:43:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Richard LeGroshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15209499066835732066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-86183749202338605472009-02-25T11:32:00.000-08:002009-02-25T11:32:00.000-08:00Ann wrote:"Ron asks why the ponds of Avalon weren'...Ann wrote:<BR/><BR/><I>"Ron asks why the ponds of Avalon weren't moved to a different site when it was clear they wouldn't work. Excellent question."</I><BR/><BR/>Sure is. And I know the answer to it. In fact, apparently, I'm the ONLY one that knows the answer to it. As <A HREF="http://sewerwatch.blogspot.com/2009/01/tribune-is-suffering-from-memory-loss.html" REL="nofollow">I've reported</A>, if the project HAD been moved at that time, it would have clearly shown that the project that Nash-Karner used to form the LOCSD in the first place, had failed.<BR/><BR/>THAT's why the project was never moved to a different site after Nash-Karner's ponding project failed.<BR/><BR/>She covered it all up... still is covering it all up, actually.<BR/><BR/>And, as I've also written numerous times, including in <I>Three Blocks</I>, had Nash-Karner NOT gone to the cover-up card in late 2000, almost certainly, the project would have just reverted back to the county's 1998 "ready to go" project, and right now, there would be a wastewater facility out by the middle school that would have been in operation for about five years now, at about $70 a month... had Nash-Karner NOT gone to the cover-up card in late 2000.<BR/><BR/>But, I know, I know... <I>I'M</I> the "mentally ill" one.Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156410299483542733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-57044960777923841962009-02-25T10:48:00.000-08:002009-02-25T10:48:00.000-08:00Mark,Perhaps it was because you didn't watch Jinda...Mark,<BR/><BR/>Perhaps it was because you didn't watch Jindal, but as an example of how government doesn't work he cited the FEMA response to Katrina. He also ignored the fact that spending has increased under the Republican watch in the last 8 years far quicker than at any other time in the history of the US ... all while saying that we need less government. How does that work?<BR/><BR/>It seems that during the Republican administration it was big government as usual, but that it was a different sort of government. One where things were "privatized" in such a way that government bore all the risks but private enterprise reaped all the rewards.<BR/><BR/>The FEMA response to Katrina can only be laid at the foot of the Bush administration. Using that as an example how government does a poor job is both intellectually dishonest and a blaming of Bush.Shark Inlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07308339749797881391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-36824164402507508072009-02-25T09:04:00.000-08:002009-02-25T09:04:00.000-08:00Keep on posting Richard... We need your honesty on...Keep on posting Richard... We need your honesty on this blog as we have only been reading BS from Ann, a hack wantabe "journalist" and a snakeoil sales person...<BR/><BR/>Thanks to you Richard, Shark, Realistic, 'Toons, Billy and the others who see thru the obstructionism of those extreme few who wish we would go away... but we won't....!!!!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06093426896476666691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-35834463925189104482009-02-25T08:20:00.000-08:002009-02-25T08:20:00.000-08:00LADY, YOU AIN'T FOOLIN' ANYONE!....AND YOU KNOW IT...LADY, YOU AIN'T FOOLIN' ANYONE!....<BR/><BR/>AND YOU KNOW IT TOO!<BR/><BR/>Of course you want me to go away...<BR/>Why?<BR/>My postings have exposed you for what you are really all about; i.e. that you are a diehard anti-sewer advocate who plays the process not because you want a 'clean process', but in a pathological attempt to prevent Los Osos from coming into compliance with State water laws.<BR/><BR/>Maybe one day you will be honest with your readers and fess up as to what you and your toadies are really doing. <BR/><BR/>-RRichard LeGroshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15209499066835732066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-53212461264163198462009-02-25T08:03:00.000-08:002009-02-25T08:03:00.000-08:00Richard posted: On 1:30 p.m. Feb 22 Richard sez:se...Richard posted: On 1:30 p.m. Feb 22 Richard sez:sez:"Having said my peace, I will bid you forever adieu as you stew in your doo-doo."<BR/><BR/>On 7:39 a.m. Feb 23 I reply: " Promise? "<BR/><BR/>Then, after having said his peace (sic) and bidding us forever adieu, Richard comes BACK on 10:39 a.m. Feb 23 and AGAIN on 11:15 a.m. to reply to Ron. <BR/><BR/>Am I missing something here? I thought "forever" meant, well, like, forever, not 24 hours?"<BR/><BR/>THEN, on 10:11 a.m Feb 24, less than 24 hours later, here's Richard, again, "LOL...chastising members of your own readership and telling them to go away! Where would your blog be if you chased-off all your readers?"<BR/><BR/>See why I say Richard makes stuff up? I didn't tell Richard to go away. He, himself, with his own little typing fingers, promised -- PROMISED -- that we'd heard the last of him FOREVER, then, like a bad penny, there he is again. And again. And again. And Richard calls ME a LIAR? Somebody, please explain to Richard what the word "forever" means. <BR/><BR/>Inlet sez:"A vote for the recall (for example) was a vote to delay paying and to continue polluting for at least four to six additional years."<BR/><BR/>Actually, had the county done what the county is doing now (and, please God everyone keep their fingers off the scale and let the Process work properly) a sewer plant would have been constructed out of town long ago, along with a vote by the community. The doomed Ponds of Avalon led to the doomed Tri W (Ron asks why the ponds of Avalon weren't moved to a different site when it was clear they wouldn't work. Excellent question. One I've asked and wondered about for years.That was the perfect time to do it.) which led to bait and switchy and the recall & etc. Had the original CSD realized they couldn't do what they said and gone back to the community and that resulted in something like what we've got now (i.e. The Process) we'd have had a system long ago.(and Paavo was exactly right when he said that the CSD didn't have the resources to do what the county is doing now.) <BR/><BR/>OH Mah GAWD, here's Richard . . . again . . ."Regarding Mark's latest boorish lessons on 'How to behave like a child; and loss all credibility while doing it', I hope Ann's blog can recover.<BR/><BR/>-R<BR/><BR/>12:42 PM, February 24, 2009" <BR/><BR/>And not even 24 hours have passed. Woa, "forever" keeps getting shorter and shorter. <BR/><BR/>Mark sez:"I’m still waiting for the expose on the SLO City issues, while Morro Bay continues to get a pass while it leaks raw sewage from its failed gravity collection system and underperforming treatment works."<BR/><BR/>the RWQCB was too busy trying and hanging The Los Osos 45 to spend any time putting CDOs and ACLs on the city of Morro Bay.<BR/><BR/>Mark sez:"RL doesn't live in the PZ. He won't be paying for the sewer or the "finacial" cost of ruining the habitat at Tri-W."<BR/><BR/>Please remember that the RWQCB is busily working on their County Stealth Onsite Wastewater Prohibiiton Plans, and once that's complete, I have a terrible feeling that this PZ business will come back to bite Los Osos on the butt and all the folks outside the PZ will end up cursing the day they had their houses stuck outside those lines drawn on that map by those uninformed (?) incompetent (?) clueless (?) folks at the RWQCB who didn't understand "basins." <BR/><BR/>Inlet sez:"Jindal's response is beautiful ... he criticized Bush!"<BR/><BR/>Bwahahahah. Wonder if that'll now be the Republican Mantra: Day Late & Trillions of Dollars Short.<BR/><BR/>Mark sez:"Some solutions only make sense when times are good (for some) like $4.00/gallon gasoline.<BR/>So what else is new?"<BR/><BR/>Actually, Obama's call for a carbon tax/cap&trade/etc is the ONLY thing that will allow capitalism to work in the amazingly spectacular way it can work. Remove the hidden subsidies for coal/oil/carbon based energy via tax breaks for those companies (and the share of military costs to protect those resources, the medical costs associated with burning oil/coal, etc.) then suddenly -- Ka-ZAM -- alternative sources end up being cheaper and then the marketplace can work its wonders. But so long as we keep pretending that gas is "cheap," we'll not change anything, until it's too late.<BR/><BR/>And now, let's start an office pool (or blog pool): How long before the "I'm Leaving You Guys FOREVER Boo-Hoo Richard" logs on AGAIN after PROMISING he was leaving FOREVER, then returning (again and again) to utter a flat-out lie - that I was telling my readers to go away (including him?) which is soooooo Richard. So, what's the guess: 23 hours 15 minutes? 22 hours, 47 minutes? 18 hours, 10 minutes?Churadogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17701649330085709021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-52513165398408292272009-02-24T22:33:00.000-08:002009-02-24T22:33:00.000-08:00In the meantime, plans are lagging for a new gener...In the meantime, plans are lagging for a new generation of factories that were supposed to produce ethanol from substances like wood chips and crop waste, overcoming the drawbacks of corn ethanol. That nascent branch of the industry concedes it has virtually no chance of meeting Congressional production mandates that kick in next year.<BR/><BR/>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/12/business/12ethanol.html?_r=1<BR/><BR/>Due to the current economic situation, some ethanol plants are being forced to close. It is doubtful that the industry will be able to meet production goals that were set by congress.<BR/><BR/>-Some solutions only make sense when times are good (for some) like $4.00/gallon gasoline.<BR/>So what else is new?<BR/><BR/>-ECOfluid USBF™ Technology is energy efficient by design and that my fellow Americans will ALWAYS make sense.<BR/>A Common Sense Solution that delivers real bang for the buck from the first day of the job. <BR/>Great News for those paying to solve their wastewater issues!Watershed Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06717188673263291686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-66484088518365249552009-02-24T22:20:00.000-08:002009-02-24T22:20:00.000-08:00Republicans are ready to work with the new preside...Republicans are ready to work with the new president to provide those solutions. Here in my state of Louisiana, we don't care what party you belong to, if you have good ideas to make life better for our people. We need more of that attitude from both Democrats and Republicans in our nation's capital. All of us want our economy to recover and our nation to prosper. So where we agree, Republicans must be the president's strongest partners. And where we disagree, Republicans have a responsibility to be candid and offer better ideas for a path forward.<BR/>The strength of America is not found in our government. It is found in the compassionate hearts and the enterprising spirit of our citizens.<BR/><BR/>While some of the projects in the bill make sense, their legislation is larded with wasteful spending. It includes $300 million to buy new cars for the government, $8 billion for high-speed rail projects, such as a "magnetic levitation" line from Las Vegas to Disneyland, and $140 million for something called "volcano monitoring." Instead of monitoring volcanoes, what Congress should be monitoring is the eruption of spending in Washington, D.C.<BR/><BR/>We place our hope in you, the American people. In the end, it comes down to an honest and fundamental disagreement about the proper role of government.<BR/><BR/>We have the most innovative citizens, the most abundant resources, the most resilient economy, the most powerful military, and the freest political system in the history of the world. My fellow citizens, never forget: We are Americans. And like my dad said years ago, Americans can do anything.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Steve wrote: <BR/>Jindal's response is beautiful ... he criticized Bush!<BR/>Steve, <BR/>Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal gave the GOP response to President Barack Obama's address to a joint session of Congress. The following is a transcript of the speech as delivered on Tuesday night. http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/24/sotn.jindal.transcript/<BR/>Please cut and paste the “criticism” you referred to above.Watershed Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06717188673263291686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-86550385682052885992009-02-24T21:58:00.000-08:002009-02-24T21:58:00.000-08:00Information is not knowledge.Imagination is more i...Information is not knowledge.<BR/>Imagination is more important than knowledge. <BR/>Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions. <BR/>Albert Einstein<BR/><BR/>So do these.Watershed Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06717188673263291686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-60711844253053276272009-02-24T21:55:00.000-08:002009-02-24T21:55:00.000-08:00Now, if we’re honest with ourselves, we’ll admit t...Now, if we’re honest with ourselves, we’ll admit that for too long, we have not always met these responsibilities – as a government or as a people. <BR/><BR/>I have appointed a proven and aggressive Inspector General to ferret out any and all cases of waste and fraud. <BR/><BR/>Still, this plan will require significant resources from the federal government – and yes, probably more than we’ve already set aside. <BR/><BR/>The only way this century will be another American century is if we confront at last the price of our dependence on oil and the high cost of health care; the schools that aren’t preparing our children and the mountain of debt they stand to inherit. That is our responsibility.<BR/><BR/>We have also made the largest investment in basic research funding in American history – an investment that will spur not only new discoveries in energy, but breakthroughs in medicine, science, and technology.<BR/><BR/>In a global economy where the most valuable skill you can sell is your knowledge, a good education is no longer just a pathway to opportunity – it is a pre-requisite.<BR/><BR/>These words stand out.Watershed Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06717188673263291686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-17947785994781286942009-02-24T21:09:00.000-08:002009-02-24T21:09:00.000-08:00Mike,Oops! Lisa didn't kill any kangaroo rats eith...Mike,<BR/><BR/>Oops! Lisa didn't kill any kangaroo rats either!!!<BR/><BR/>More than I can say for YOU!!!GetRealOsoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11936638912249439168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-20240483115139181422009-02-24T21:08:00.000-08:002009-02-24T21:08:00.000-08:00Hey Mike,At least Lisa didn't destroy ESHA, ruin v...Hey Mike,<BR/><BR/>At least Lisa didn't destroy ESHA, ruin view shed property, dig up bones, destroy the homes of birds, deer, owls, and make way for Jeff's awful shopping center. <BR/><BR/>That's more than I can say for YOU!!!GetRealOsoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11936638912249439168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-86553416279187011492009-02-24T20:15:00.000-08:002009-02-24T20:15:00.000-08:00Hey GRO.... Be sure to also thank Lisa Schicker, t...Hey GRO.... Be sure to also thank Lisa Schicker, the knowledgeable biologist, for not removing/repairing the fence... and she knew back in 2003 just what was required by the Fed Fish & Game... coulda/shoulda got that permit... but in her typically vindictive manner, she simply dumped the mess on the new Board... Oh well, Los Osos is getting a sewer... Maybe in your backyard....????Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06093426896476666691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-73021049853720956082009-02-24T20:14:00.000-08:002009-02-24T20:14:00.000-08:00Jindal didn't really criticize Obama's remarks at ...Jindal didn't really criticize Obama's remarks at all. It seems like his reply was written before Obama talked and they didn't bother rewriting anything afterwards.<BR/><BR/>Jindal did the usual Republican shtick ... big government and spending bad ... health care bad ... debt bad ... The problem is that if one was gonna pick apart Jindal's response, the Republicans could be blamed as much for the problems he cited if not more than the Democrats ... heck, Jindal cited Katrina as evidence that government doesn't work.Shark Inlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07308339749797881391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-64984267855025485682009-02-24T20:07:00.000-08:002009-02-24T20:07:00.000-08:00MIKE, Why so angry? You are confused if you think ...MIKE, <BR/>Why so angry? You are confused if you think I represent a collection system. SHEESH.<BR/><BR/>It is way past time for you to come on out of that closet and get some fresh air.<BR/><BR/>Did Jindal have anything besides criticism to offer?<BR/><BR/>I'll read both speeches when I have time.Watershed Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06717188673263291686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-39487190003246171712009-02-24T19:29:00.001-08:002009-02-24T19:29:00.001-08:00Realistic-Tri-W ESHA was view shed, had Indian rem...Realistic-<BR/><BR/>Tri-W ESHA was view shed, had Indian remains (is that why the dirt was hauled off in the dark to a creek and dumped? Hmmmm...) has (had) kangaroo rats, and the trees were home to many birds and owls.<BR/><BR/>Only a fool would want a park next to a treatment plant breeding immune pathogens. (I bet these same people are in favor of imported mercury water too!!)<BR/><BR/>Yes, now Jeff Edwards can build his shopping centers with new houses next door (unless the County really does want Tri-W and it looks like they do from the "survey")<BR/><BR/>Jeff could HAVE NEVER cleared out the Tri-W ESHA land without Pandora's help (and Julie Tacker of course--the "same sewer out of town working for Jeff all along girl") and the recalled board destroying ESHA for a treatment plant.<BR/><BR/>P.S. If this LO sewer project is the largest project in the County's history, how could they expect a small town's CSD to accomplish such a job???<BR/><BR/>P.P.S...and Mark is right about the Tri-W site, it looks so awful and was quite stunning before they cut the trees down, the land HAS eroded -- and fools wanted a treatment plant there? What fools!!GetRealOsoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11936638912249439168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-36178603683887227652009-02-24T19:29:00.000-08:002009-02-24T19:29:00.000-08:00Mark,Jindal's response is beautiful ... he critici...Mark,<BR/><BR/>Jindal's response is beautiful ... he criticized Bush!Shark Inlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07308339749797881391noreply@blogger.com