BEWARE OF "WINNING" PRIZES ON RADIO CONTESTS !!

DEAR FELLOW RADIO LISTENER,
JUST A LITTLE MORE CAVEAT EMPTOR, THIS TIME ABOUT "WINNING
PRIZES ON RADIO SHOWS,,,
MY PARENTS WERE IN THEIR 70'S AND LISTENING TO A POP RADIO STATION ONE OF THE 4 KIDS LEFT ON THE KITCHEN RADIO,,,WHEN S.F. BAY AREA RADIO STATION 101.3 FM ANNOUNCED THEY WERE GIVING
AWAY A JACUZZI SPA TO THE SOME NUMBER CALLER TO PHONE IN,,,SO MY MOM, THE LESS CONSERVATIVE , PHONED IN AND WON,,,AMAZING,,,
WHAT LUCK,,,SHE ALMOST NEVER ENTERS "FREE" CONTESTS,,,AND SHE WON A BIG NEW HOTTUB,,,WOW,,,
THAT WAS UNTIL SHE TRIED TO COLLECT HER SO CALLED "PRIZE",,,
THE RADIO STATION HAD CONTRACTED WITH ONE OF ITS ADVERTISERS SWAPPING AIR ADVERT TIME FOR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF HOTTUBS TO GIVE AWAY, TO INCREASE THEIR AUDIENCE,,,HAPPENS ALL THE TIME,,,
WELL, THE COMPANY THAT HAD "PAID" IN HOTTUBS FOR RADIO ADVERTISING ON 101.3FM WAS NOT VERY REPUTABLE,,,IN FACT, WAS ABOUT TO GO OUT OF BUSINESS, IN EMERYVILLE,,,NO MORE HOTTUBS,,,
SO MY ELDERLY PARENTS WENT THRU THE HASSLE OF GOING OVER TO THIS SLEAZOID BUSINESS OF HOTTUBS IN EMERYVILLE AND TRIED TO PICK UP ONE OF THEIR LAST HOTTUBS,,,AMAZINGLY, THEY GOT ONE OF THE LAST ONES,,,AND HAD IT PLACED IN THEIR BACK YARD , ON A BIG SLAB OF CONCRETE THEY HAD TO HAVE POURED,,,NOW SOME WOULD SAY THEY MADE OUT LIKE BANDITS, SO FAR,,
BUT AS I SAID , THIS WAS NOT A GREAT, OR GOOD, OR EVEN AVERAGE QUALITY AND REPUTATION HOTTUB COMPANY, SO THE HOTTUB THEY GOT WAS A NON-STANDARD BRAND,,,AND BROKE DOWN
ALMOST IMMEDIATELY,,,SO MY FOLK MAY HAVE FIRST THOUGHT THEY HAD WON, BUT THEN REALIZED THEY HAD ACTUALLY LOST, WHEN A QUALITY HOTTUB REPAIR COMPANY TOLD THEM WHAT A PIECE OF JUNK
THEY HAD "WON" AND HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST TO REPAIR, BESIDES THE COST OF THE CONCRETE PAD ALREADY PAID FOR,,,
SOME OF YOU COCKEYED OPTIMISTS ARE PROBABLY STILL, STILL SAYING, HEY DUDE THEY WON,,,WHELL, NOT REALLY,,,AS THE HOTTUB
BROKE DOWN AGAIN,,,AND AGAIN,,,AND AFTER LESS THAN A YEAR OF USE, NOW JUST TAKES UP SPACE IN THE BACKYARD,AS A PIECE OF LOW QUALITY CRAP THAT SOME BIG FAMOUS RADIO STATION PAWNED OFF ON ITS UNSUSPECTING LISTENERS,,,I HAVE OFFERED TO TAKE IT OUT FOR FREE,, , AND EVEN BUY ONE OF THE TOP QUALITY BRANDS TO REPLACE IT, AS MY DAD NEEDS WEEKLY CHIROPRACTIC MEDICAL TREATMENTS FOR A PULLED BACK MUSCLE NOW,,,BUT THEY SAY NO,,,AS WHY BOTHER WITH ANOTHER "FREE" HOT TUB THAT MAY BRING WITH IN ALL KINDS OF ADDITIONAL EXPENSES AND REPAIRS,,,
I KNOW THIS KIND OF THING HAPPENS ALL THE TIME IN AMERICAN CORPORATE LIFE. THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT IT IS OK. SINCE MOST OF US TAKE TV DOSES FOR REALITY, BE IT COP DRAMAS INSTEAD OF THE REAL THING, OR COURT DRAMAS, OR MILITARY DRAMAS THAT HAVE LITTLE OR NOTHING TO DO WITH THE REAL INTERNAL CULTURE OF THAT SEGMENT OF OUR WORLD.
OH, AND THERE ARE OTHER RADIO STATIONS THAT DO THE SAME OR WORSE. ONE BIG SOUTH BAY/SILCON VALLEY FAMOUS ROCK RADIO STATION DOES THE SAME ADVERT SWAP WITH A LIMO COMPANY THE OLD LIMO DISPATCHER TOLD ME ALSO SOLD ILLEGAL DRUGS. BUT THE BIG FAMOUS ROCK RADIO STATION DOES NOT CARE ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THE COMPANIES THAT ADVERTISE ON ITS STATION NOR DO THEY CARE THEY SAID ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THE LIMO COMPANY "PRIZES" THEY REGULARLY GIVE AWAY. IT IS JUST BIZ.
MY WEAKNESS IS THE "WEST WING". PRESIDENT BARTLET IS SUCH A GOOD PRESIDENT , PERSON, AND FATHER !!! BUT SAM SEABORN RECENTLY SAID ON ONE OF THE SHOWS THAT MOST SMALL BUSINESS FAIL BECAUSE OF EMPLOYEE THEFT. AND THAT SKEWED STAT CERTAINLY NEEDS CLARIFICATION. IMAGINE A LOWLY EMPLOYEE STEALING PENS AND PENCILS WITH THE COMPANY NAME ON THEM THAT GET RECIRCULATED OUT IN THE MARKET. OR MAYBE THE EMPLOYEE USED THE COMPANY CAR TO GET LUNCH, AS I HAVE DONE MANY TIMES, SINCE SO MANY OF THE COMPANIES I HAVE WORKED FOR FEEL THEY DON'T NEED TO GIVE EMPLOYEES TOILET BREAKS OR A MEAL BREAK IN 8-18 HOURS.
NOW LET'S LOOK AT ENRON AND WORLDCOM. AS SAM SAID, THESE WERE SUITS STEALING, AND TOP MANAGEMENT SUITS. ALSO MAY I REFER YOU TO THE NOW AMERICAN CORPORATE FORGOTTEN S+L SCANDAL, WHERE HUNDREDS OF FEDERALLY GUARANTEED S+L s WERE BOLDLY FLEECED AND ROBBED BY MANAGEMENT SUITS. LOCALLY, I USE TO USE A MECHANIC RECOMMENDED BY "CONSUMER CHECKBOOK" UNTIL THE 3RD VISIT WHEN THE GARAGE OWNER ON N. LINCOLN AVENUE SAID THEY HAD AGAIN FORGOTTEN TO KEEP MY REPLACED PARTS,LIKE AN EXPENSIVE TIMING BELT AND FILTERS, SO I COULD NOT ONLY SEE THE WEAR BUT MAKE SURE THEY REPLACED THE OLD "WORN OUT PARTS" LIKE SPARK PLUGS. ANOTHER LOCAL SF BAY AREA EXAMPLE IS A LIMO COMPANY THAT WAS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED BY "VALUE STAR", AND AS AN EMPLOYEE I KNEW THEY TREATED THEIR WEDDING AND FAMOUS CLIENTS LIKE DIRT AND MADE A TON OF MONEY IN THE PROCESS. CAVEAT SUIT EMPTOR. THE LIMO COMPANY OWNER REGULARLY WOULD SWITCH THE STRETCH'S COLOR ON BRIDES, SO THAT ASIAN BRIDES WOULD GET WHITE STRETCHES AND CAUCASIAN BRIDES WOULD GET BLACK STRETCHES. I WOULD OBJECT BUT SHOW UP ON TIME AT THE CHURCH OR HOME IN THE DEFINITELY WRONG COLOR STRETCH LIMOUSINE, AND THE BRIDE AND MOTHER WOULD BE IN TEARS AND THE FATHER WOULD BE STEAMING MAD. I WOULD ASK IF THEY PAID BY CREDIT CARD AND PUT THE COLOR REQUESTED AND "LESS THAN 3 YRS OLD" AND SIZE SINCE A "6 PACK" ONLY COMFORTABLY SEATS 4 AND A "10 PACK" MAY ONLY COMFORTABLY SEAT 7,,,AND THEY WOULD USUALLY SAY "NO, WE PAID BY CHECK". AMERICAN CORPORATE SCREWED, AS USUAL, WEEKEND AFTER WEEKEND, THE OWNER MADE HIS HUGE PROFIT THO HE WAS NOT FOLLOWING STATE LAW IN PAYING HIS DRIVERS OVERTIME, JUST AS MOST LIMO AND CHARTER/TOUR BUS COMPANIES DONT LEGALLY OBEY THE LAW BUT PUT REGULAR STRAIGHT HOURS IN THE TIME AND A HALF OVERTIME BOX AND THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA LETS THOUSANDS OF COMPANY OWNERS, NOT LOWLY HOURLY SLAVES LIKE ME, STEAL BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM THE WORKING POOR AND DECLINING MIDDLE INCOME CLASS IN CALIFORNIA ALONE. SO SAD THAT WE ALLOW OWNERS AND MANAGERS AND MANAGEMENT TO STEAL FROM EMPLOYEES AND FROM AMERICAN CONSUMERS, AND THEN TO TOP IT OFF WE LET THEM DECLARE AN OFFSHORE TAX HAVEN SO THEY DON'T PAY ANY FEDERAL TAXES,AS IF THIS WAS THE ONLY WAS AMERICAN COMPANIES COULD SUCCEED AND PROFIT, BY OUTRIGHT LAWBREAKING, FRAUD, AND THEFT. OUR CULTURAL ELITE WILL STEAL.
SO REGARDLESS OF THIS LIE TOLD IN BUSINESS SCHOOLS AND ON OUR "REALITY" FANTASY TV, IT IS THE SUITS THAT HAVE ALWAYS,OFTEN WITH THE HELP OF GOVERNMENT, STOLEN MORE AND CAUSED MORE BUSINESSES TO FAIL, THAN THE LOWLY HOURLY EMPLOYEE. OH, SO MANY EXAMPLES, BUT HERE IS JUST ONE MORE,,,I WAS IN "MISAD" FAMOUS MUFFLER SHOPS ,BUT FOR BRAKE DISC PADS, AND I HEARD A COUNTER GUY TELL A HOUSEWIFE WITH A STATIONWAGON THAT "MISAD" COULD NOT LET HER LEAVE WITHOUT ALL NEW 4 BRAKES AS HERS WERE SO WORN AS TO BE UNSAFE...!!!,,,HA,,,SHE BOT IT,,,AND DO YOU THINK CORPORATE "MISAD" OR CALIFORNIA STATE CONSUMER PROTECTION AGENCY DID ANYTHING CORRECTIVE ABOUT IT, ,,YOU ARE IN FANTASY LAND.

MANY TRAVEL WEBSITES, LIKE "HOTWIRE", ARE DECEIVING S.F.-BOUND TRAVELERS

GO TO ALMOST ANY TRAVEL WEBSITE AND PUNCH IN THAT YOU WANT A HOTEL SEARCH OF "SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, USA", AND YOU WILL NOTICE THAT MANY WEBSITES, LIKE "HOTWIRE" AND MANY OTHERS, ARE MAKING UP A NEW NAME FOR THE NIGHTTIME- SCARY NEIGHBORHOOD THE "TENDERLOIN" OF PROSTITUTES AND DRUG DEALERS AND DAYTIME SOUP KITCHEN LONG LINES AND NEVER ENOUGH COPS WALKING THE DANGEROUS STREETS. THEY ARE CALLING IT THE "WESTERN UNION SQUARE" NEIGHBORHOOD , JUST AS SOME IN THE PAST WITH MONEY TO MAKE IN DECEPTION, CALLED IT THE "LOWER NOB HILL" NEIGHBORHOOD. DO NOT BE CONNED, HOODWINKED, TRICKED, OR DECEIVED BY THIS ALL TOO COMMON PRACTICE.
I CAN NOT TELL YOU HOW MANY FOREIGN TOURISTS I HAVE MET WHO HAVE BOOKED A HOTEL AND VACATION IN SAN FRANCISCO THROUGH ANY WEBSITE AND HAD TO SUFFER THE BASIC WEB MARKET DISHONESTY OF CHOOSING A HOTEL WITH ONLY ITS PRICE AND NUMBER OF STARS/QUALITY TO GO ON. NO ADDRESS BEFORE PURCHASE COMMITMENT AND IN MANY INSTANCES A FRAUDULENT NEIGHBORHOOD OR CITY AREA DESCRIPTION. MANY TRAVEL WEBSITE LIST MOTELS AND HOTELS IN THE NEIGHBORING COUNTY OF SAN MATEO AS BEING IN A S.F. MOTEL/HOTEL SEARCH, MAYBE BECAUSE THEY ARE NEARER TO S.F.'S SFO AIRPORT, WHICH IS OUTSIDE S.F. CITY AND COUNTY LIMITS. IMAGINE THE HORROR WHEN PEOPLE ARRIVE IN S.F. AND DISCOVER THAT MOST TRAVEL WEBSITES HAVE DECEIVED THEM EVEN FURTHER BY INTENTIONALLY MISNAMING THE BAD NEIGHBORHOOD ,THE "TENDERLOIN", AS SOME PAP EUPHEMISM LIKE
"LOWER SNOB HILL" OR " WESTERN NEEDLESS MARKUPS UNION SQUARE" ?
TRAVEL IS S.F.'S NUMBER ONE BUSINESS AND YET THERE IS NO CENTRAL RESERVATION OFFICE AS IN MANY MORE CIVILIZED WESTERN EUROPEAN CITIES. NOR IS THERE A CENTRAL CITY TAXI DISPATCH SO FINDING A CAB IN S.F. IS USUALLY VERY DIFFICULT,AS THEY PREFER LIKE IN SEATTLE TO DO THE SFO AIRPORT RUN,,,SPEEDING OR JUST DRIVING RECKLESSLY. MOST OF THE COPS IN SUCH A CITY SEEM TO HAVE FORGOTTEN THEIR MANNERS, BUT NOT THE USUAL SCOWL AND A FEW FOUR LETTER WORDS. AND DOUBLE PARKING IS NOT JUST A TICKET BUT A MOVING VIOLATION GOING ON YOUR TRAFFIC RECORD AND AGAINST YOUR INSURANCE. AND YOU, OUR GUEST, THE TOURIST IS PAYING THROUGH THE NOSE FOR SUCH TREATMENT.
ALL TRAVELLERS SHOULD BEWARE OF MOST TRAVEL WEBSITES THAT SEEM TO THINK SUCH TRICKERY AND SLIGHT OF HAND AND COMMON BUSINESS DECEPTION AND MISREPRESENTATIONAL FRAUD ARE SOMEHOW "OK" FINE. MORE ON TRAVEL TIPS FOR S.F. IN A LATTER ARTICLE.
BUT FOR NOW, DO BEWARE OF THESE FLASHY "SALE, SALE, SALE" CAMERA STORES THAT SELL SECOND RATE CAMERA AS FIRST RATE, AND GET AWAY WITH IT FOR DECADES, EVEN THO I BELIEVE IT WAS "60 MINUTES" THAT WARNED US OF THIS NEW YORK AND SAN FRANCISCO UNSAVORY COMMON BUSINESS PRACTICE WAY BACK IN THE 1990s.
RATHER, IF YOU WERE MY RELATIONS, I WOULD RECOMMEND YOU SEARCH THE NORTHERN NEIGHBORHOOD OF "COW HOLLOW", BETWEEN RICH SELFISH BASTARDS OF PACIFIC HEIGHTS, PROBABLY MOSTLY REPUBLICANS, AND THE VERY NORTHERN EDGE, THE "MARINA DISTRICT", ANOTHER RELATIVELY SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD OF RICH SELFISH BASTARD REPUBLICANS,,, AND LOTS OF YUPPIES. YOU HAVE THE TWO SHOPPING AND DINING STREETS OF CHESTNUT AND UNION AND MANY MANY MOTELS AND HOTELS IN RELATIVE CLEAN SAFETY FOR LESS THAN $100 US /NIGHT FOR TWO. THERE ARE QUIETER STREETS IN "COW HOLLOW" BUT FOR $69-79 US/NIGHT/DOUBLE LAST SUMMER 2004, THE COMFORT INN IS ONE OF MANY GOOD BUYS IN THIS WELL POSITIONED NEIGHBORHOOD.
HAPPY TRAILS AND TRAVEL SAFE !!

"AMAZON.COM" DOES NOT LABEL ITS BOOK TITLES AS "FICTION" OR "NONFICTION",,,HOW NONSENSICAL IS THAT!!?!!

RECENTLY I PURCHASED A FEW BOOKS FROM "AMAZON.COM", AND AFTER RECEIPT WAS TOLD THAT I HAD TO LOOK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WEBPAGE OR SOME OTHER STRANGE PLACE TO FIND THAT THO I WANTED NONFICTION IN THIS BOOK SEARCH, ONE OF THE BOOKS I HAD BOUGHT WAS A BOOK OF FICTION WITH A TITLE MASQUERADING AS NONFICTION, AND NO CLEAR TITLE LABEL BY "AMAZON.COM" THAT THIS BOOK I CLEARLY WAS NOT INTERESTED IN WAS AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN TITLE LABELED "FICTION".

THIS POLICY MAKES NO SENSE AND "AMAZON.COM" DOES NOT HAVE THE EASIEST POLICY ON RETURNS IN CLEARCUT CASES LIKE THIS WHEN THE PRODUCT SOLD HAS BEEN CLEARLY MISREPRESENTED.

THEREFORE, BEWARE OF THE "AMAZON.COM" WEBSITE...!!

SAFEWAY'S "IS IT FRESH ?" FISH, BIG STINKING LIE

Back in the late 1980s, not so long ago, i worked at a Safeway fish counter in Silicon Valley. And i couldn't eat fish without wanting to retch for years.
One of the first strange rules of Safeway was and may still be is that all the fish arrives at stores frozen and yet we employees were forbidden to say that the fish was "frozen". There was a big, huge stainless steel sink with hot water that we would thaw the fish frozen blocks in every morning, to add to all the fish that we could not throw away from the refrigerator and the rusty stainless steel rack and dirty plastic rack cover. So when a customer asked, and we had Playboy bunnies and computer geeks and executives at the counter, "Is this fish fresh?" , meaning has it never been frozen and was it caught and shipped recently, Safeway told us to always answer "Yes, this fish is fresh." A huge lie, but American employees do such things normally in almost every job and field , every day.
Safeway boss told us that they had done a study that if we put out more and bigger stacks of fish, customers would buy more, so we did. But it was so disgusting how we were told to do it. When we thawed frozen new "fresh" fish, we were told to put in on the bottom of the stack of that kind of fish, under all the days and weeks old slimy smelly fish that we might rinse daily,or not.
Gross ? It gets worse. Out in the display trough on ice chips we had a huge 'brown' trout that went out there week after ,,,week,,,and eventually turned to brown flesh mush that we could not even handle. Have a vomit big trashcan nearby, cuz the floor was so disgustingly dirty greasy, and under the fish counter were all these prawns and shrimp what were growing mold afros cuz we were only allowed about 15 minutes to set up and 15 minutes to tear down, so no time to pick up and soap and scrub the floor.In fact we were not allowed to clean the floor even on our own time as it was against Safeway policy.
So, where were and are the public health departments to stop this ? Where were and are our elected representatives to protect us from such common private enterprise fraud and deception and public health risk? Business as usual.

Amtrak, why did Congress design you to fail ??!?

Amtrak, the press says , is threatened,weak, and about to be cut/killed/downsized by Congress.
So what is wrong with Amtrak ?
If you have ridden Amtrak across the USA you might know the real answer. If you are in Congress, you probably couldn't /wouldn't find the truth because of politics,even with something as important as a national railroad service. The USA is so far behind more civilized and culturally advanced Western Europe as far as public mass transportation goes. Who would even think of privatizing the USA Interstate Highway System with gas prices going higher than $3/gallon than those ivory tower fools in Congress ? And who has made sure Amtrak will sooner or later fail ? Our private campaign dirty money funded Congress.
Ask any passenger who has ridden Amtrak long distances and they will tell you what is wrong with
Amtrak, more honestly than Congress. Ask any Amtrak conductor what is wrong with Amtrak and even as employees they will probably tell you what is chronically fatally wrong with Amtrak.
I asked a conductor why this good idea is failing, after all the millions of square miles of land we gave the private railroads on either side of the tracks to build us a state of the art passenger and freight national railroad system. And all the millions in overpayment that the US railroads and people like Stanford stole from us. Think we would have had a /any less than perfect Interstate Highway System if we had gone a similar overspend and allow to steal privatization route ? Not a greedy chance.
The conductor told me that Amtrak has a terrible rough ride and the trains are often late due to being forced onto a sidetrack by a slow freight train. The USA and Amtrak rent the tracks from these same US railroad theives who have been stealing the USA blind for decades and the private railroad trains have the right-of-way on lousy bumpy freight train tracks. The conductor said Amtrak will never succeed unless it owns the tracks and can upgrade them to passenger smoothness, comfort and safety. The private railroad bastards don't care about passengers period. And he said Amtrak must have the right-of-way. Makes sense.
Now why does our overpaid and overpensioned and over quality medical plan and out-of-touch Congress fail to see or fix this obvious simple problem ?
As a California tour and charter bus driver, i can tell you that Congress and it's Amtrak are wasting millions and billions of dollars on feeder bus company contracts whether or not there are any bus-Amtrak passengers, these buses are crisscrossing this state and probably every other state , as a buy off to the bus industry. This should be pork barrel stopped immediately. And these bus companies get away with putting their oldest and least well maintained buses and worst driving record drivers on the Amtrak paid daily runs. Such a waste.
It does not seem to matter who is put in Amtrak, like a seemingly honorable recent Democratic national presidental candidate, as Congress from the get go has designed intentionally Amtrak to fail.
And we lazy-citizenship Americans, foolish with our national trust, are going to just sit by and let Amtrak fail it seems. It isn't a crying shame, but it is such a stupid waste of USA taxpayer billions and the effort of so many. Get ready for $4 and $5/gallon gas and even more obscene gas company profits than we are seeming now at over $2/gallon.

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO PRICE-OUT AMERICA'S WORKING POOR AND SHRINKING MIDDLE CLASS ?!?!

I WORKED IN YOSEMITE VALLEY FOR 10 YEARS, FROM 1974 TO 1984, SO BESIDES LOVING JOHN MUIR'S CATHEDRAL, I HAVE SOME MORE THAN PASSING CAR TOURIST INSIGHT,,,
SO WHY DOES THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE,,, AND THE U.S. FEDERAL GOVERMENT,,,AND THE MAIN PARK CONCESSIONAIRE DELAWARE NORTH,,,WANT TO RAISE PRICES IN YOSEMITE SO DRASTICALLY AND REMOVE MANY OF THE LOWER PRICED ACCOMODATIONS THAT HAVE THE EFFECT OF KEEPING HARD WORKING AMERICAN CITIZENS, THE WORKING POOR AND THE STILL DECLINING MIDDLE CLASS, FROM VISITING AND ENJOYING ONE OF THE BEST NATIONAL PARKS IN THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES,,,?
WELL, IT IS JUST A GUESS, BUT I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO BLAME THE PARTY OF THE RICH, THE REPUBLICANS, AND THE PARTY THAT HAS FORGOTTEN THE NON-RICH, THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL PARTY.
THEN I WOULD LIKE TO BLAME ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE NATIONAL PARK CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION, THAT TAKE IN ABOUT 60 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR FROM WELL INTENTIONED MOSTLY FOLKS WHO WANT TO HELP THE NPS DOUBLE MISSION OF PROTECTING THE PARKS AND PROVIDING FOR THEIR ENJOYMENT BY THE GREATER PUBLIC, AND YET HAVE THEIR MONEY SPENT BY A BOARD OF RICH SPOILED BASTARDS, YES I HAVE MET THEM, WHO SUBVERT THIS WELL-INTENTIONED HUGE DONATION TO A STATED CAUSE OF "ELIMINATING CARS FROM YOSEMITE COMPLETELY", WHEN THEY KNOW OR SHOULD KNOW THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE FROM A PRACTICAL STANDPOINT AND UNFUNDABLE FROM A RED INK FEDERAL STANDPOINT, BUT SEEM TO HAVE THE UNSPOKED DESIRE TO RETURN YOSEMITE TO THE EXCLUSIVE, VS INCLUSIVE, PLAY GROUND OF THE RICH,,,MID-PRICE LODGING AT YOSEMITE LODGE IS BEING REMOVED AND INEXPENSIVE ACCOMODATIONS OF THE 2 BEST CAMPGROUNDS, UPPER AND LOWER RIVER HAVE ALREADY BEEN PERMANENTLY CLOSED, AND MORE AT CURRY VILLAGE ARE TO BE CLOSED BECAUSE " THEY ARE ON A NATURAL FLOOD PLAIN" WHEN THE VALLEY FLOOR HAS ALWAYS BEEN A NATURAL FLOOD PLAIN !, WITH OR WITHOUT THE WHITE MAN DYNAMITING THE NATURAL TERMINAL MORAINE AT EL CAPITAN, OR THE RECENT REMOVAL OF THE POWER DAM JUST BELOW BRIDALVEIL FALLS AT THE JUNCTION OF HWY 140 AND 120,,,YOU DON'T SEE ANY REMOVAL OF CABINS BEHIND THE EXPENSIVE AHWAHNEE HOTEL THAT ARE ON THE VALLEY'S NATURAL FLOOD PLAIN, DO YOU, RICH BASTARDS ?
AND I WOULD LIKE TO BLAME OUR CALLOUS AND HEARTLESS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN IT'S CURRENT ADMINISTRATION,,,THE YNP GATE FEE JUMPED SEVERAL YEARS BACK FROM $5 /CAR TO $20/CAR IN ONE HUGE STEP,,,MONEY SIPHONED OFF THE WASH,D.C., NO DOUBT,,,AND MONEY TO KEEP THE WORKING POOR AMERICAN CITIZENS AND SHRINKING MIDDLE CLASS THAT NO ONE SEEMS TO CARE ABOUT ANYMORE AWAY,,,
PLUS OTHER PRICES INSIDE YOSEMITE ARE SKYROCKETING ,NOT THAT THE 20-30 % RICH BASTARDS OF THE "UNITED" STATES WOULD EVEN FEEL IT,,,A BREAKFAST AT THE AHWAHNEE HOTEL OF PANCAKES USE TO BE AN AFFORDABLE TREAT FOR THE AMERICAN CASH UNDERCLASSES AT LESS THAN $12-15,,,,NOW IT IS ABOUT $20 IF YOU JUST ORDER PANCAKES, THE CHEAPEST ITEM ON THE BREAKFAST MENU,AND FREE TAP WATER,,,OUTRAGEOUS ELITISM !! THERE HAVE BEEN FOR DECADES THESE NPS-INAPPROPRIATE SIGNS INSIDE THE AHWAHNEE HOTEL THAT THE "HOTEL IS FOR THE HOTEL GUESTS",,,AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF AMERICANS ALLOW THIS CODDLING OF THE RICH, WHEN WE SHOULD BE TAXING THE HECK OUT OF THEM AND THOSE SCURRILOUS "AMERICAN" CORPORATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO AVOID ALL FEDERAL TAXES BY MOVING THEIR HEADQUARTERS OVERSEAS/OFFSHORE TO CORRUPT BURMUDA OR THE CAYMAN ISLANDS,,,
LASTLY I WOULD LIKE TO BLAME THE REGISTER AND NOT REGISTERED AMERICAN VOTER FOR BEING SO LAZY WITH ITS CITIZENSHIP RESPONSIBLITY,SPENDING ALL ITS FOCUS ON MAKING MONEY AND SELFFISH PERSUITS OR TAKING CARE OF THEIR FAMILIES, AND FORGETTING TO VOTE RESPONSIBLY EVERY TIME AND TAKE CARE OF THIS GOVERNMENT OF THE RICH, BY THE RICH, FOR THE RICH REVOLUTION THREAT TO OUR AMERICAN PUBLIC DEMOCRACY.
PLEASE, WAKE UP AMERICA, AND SMELL THE RICH ROTTING OF OUR TREASURES AND ACCESS TO SPECIAL PLACES LIKE YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK.
WE MAY BE A NATION OF WANTA- BE -RICH BUT WORKING POOR AND MIDDLE INCOME PEOPLES, BUT HOPEFULLY WE HAVE NOT SUCCUMBED TO THE SICK ANTI-DEMOCRACY ELITISM OF COUNTRIES LIKE ENGLAND AND INDIA, WHERE THERE ARE THE RICH AND THE "UNTOUCHABLE" COMMON WORKERS ,WITH LITTLE OR SHRINKING MIDDLECLASSES.

JANUARY 2005 AND THE I.R.S. IS KNOWINGLY OVERCHARGING INDIVIDUAL AMERICAN TAXPAYERS !!!!!

DEAR FELLOW AMERICANS,
I RECENTLY HAD TO REDO MY 2002 FEDERAL TAXES BECAUSE I DID NOT FILL OUT THE SCHEDULE D PROPERLY FOR THE SALE OF MUTUAL FUNDS, STOCK, AND AN IRA THAT THE MGMT CO. DECIDED TO NOT MANAGE ANY MORE,,,I PAID THE $1518 NEW BILL AFTER GOING TO H+R BLOCK TO PAY $120 TO A FEDERAL RETIREE WHO WAS IN A ROOKIE PANIC AND KEPT ASKING HIS 2 SENIORS AT THE BASCOM-VALLEY MED OFFICE WWWHAT DO I DO NOW,,,BEWARE OF ROOKIES AND INCOMPETENCE AT H=R BLOCK !!,,,THEN I GET ANOTHER BILL FROM THE FEDS IRS THAT I OWE $1638,,,SO I GO BACK TO THE SAME STUMBLING FUMBLING UNPROFESSIONAL H+R BLOCK OFFICE AND THE MANAGER TAKES A HALF HOUR TO FIGURE OUT THAT THE FEDS IRS JUST WANTS THE DIFFERENCE OF $118, THE INTEREST ON THE DUE $1518 SINCE 2002 !!,,,
NOW HERE IS THE KICKER,,,THE IRS SAY THAT THEY RECIEVED THE $1518, BUT DID NOT ACCOUNT FOR IT ON THE SECOND BILL AS A PAYMENT BECAUSE IT IS 2=3 WEEKS BACKLOGGED IN DATA ENTRY AND THUS IS KNOWINLY OVERCHARGING MANY AMERICANS ON THEIR TAXES BY NOT QUICKLY ENTERING PAYMENTS !!,,,
THE FEDS IRS IS A MESS AND NOT GETTING ANY BETTER AS ONE CONGRESS AFTER ANOTHER ,WETHER DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN, SHIRKS ITS RESPONSIBILITY TO DO THE HARD WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE EACH YEAR, WHILE STILL GETTING FULLY PAID,,,THERE ARE NOT ONLY LOOPHOLES, BUT "RIFLESHOTS" OF SPECIFIC IRS EXEMPTIONS OF INDIVIDUALS AND COMPANIES THAT DESERVE TO PAY TAXES,,,AND NOW WE HAVE BUSH43 WHO LETS AMERICAN AND MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES DOING BIZ IN THE USA MOVE THEIR "HEADQUARTERS" TO A FOREIGN COUNTRY LIKE BURMUDA AND THE CARRIBEAN CORRUPT GRAND CAYMAN TO AVOID PAYING ANY TAXES ON HUGE USA BIZ AND HUGE PROFITS,,,CRAZY,,,AND MEAN SPIRITED,,,THIS CURRENT PUSH TO HAVE THE RICH WITH MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO DO WITH PAY LESS TAX OR NO TAX THAN THE SHRINKING MIDDLE CLASS/CASH AND THE WORKING POOR GROWING PERCENTAGE OF THE USA IS GOING TO BE OUR RUINATION,,,GOING BACK TO GOVERNOR AND PRESIDENT REAGAN WHO SUCCESSFULLY GOT THE FED TAX RATE DOWN FROM 70% OF THE TOP CREAM AND FOAM OF THESE MULITMILLION DOLLAR SALARIES TO JUST A TOP PERCENTAGE OF THAT TOP INCOME FOAM OF 28% HURT THE USA MORE THAN THE REPUBLICANS OR DEMOCRATS ARE WILLING TO TALK ABOUT,,,WE NEED GOOD HONEST GOVERNMENT AND GOOD INFRASTRUCTURE FROM SAFE HIGHWAYS AND COPS ON THE STREET NOT IN CRUISERS OR HIDING IN OFICES AND ALL THAT IS EXPENSIVE AND THE RICH SHOULD PROGRESSIVELY, NOT SOCIALISTIC BUT SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLY, PAY A MUCH GREATER PERCENTAGE OF THEIR INCOME AND WEALTH FOR THE PRIVILEDGE OF WORKING AND LIVING IN THE USA,,,DID NOT GOVERNOR REAGAN DURING HIS TERM IN CALIFORNIA WATCH THE CLOSING OF BOTH S.F. BAY AREA MENTAL HOSPITALS, AGNEWS IN THE SOUTH BAY SILICON VALLEY AND SONOMA MENTAL HOSPITAL IN THE NORTHERN WINE COUNTRY ?,,,THAT IS JUST CALLOUS MEANNESS BY THE SELFFISH RICH REPUBLICANS AND NEGLECT BY THE DEMOCRATS,,,AND NOW MANY A S.F. TOURIST ESPECIALLY THOSE ON CORPORATE CONVENTION JUNKETS COMPLAIN ABOUT CRAZY DIRTY PEOPLE LIVING ON THE STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO THAT IS FEEDING IN SOUP KITCHENS AND CLOTHING AND HOUSING THESE SAME MENTALLY ILL PEOPLE THAT WERE KICKED OUT OF THESE TWO HUGE S.F. BAY AREA MENTAL HOSPITALS WHERE THEY GOT MUCH BETTER CARE,REGARDLESS OF THE RIGHTS WEAK EXCUSE OF THE CONSTITUTION AND BILL OF RIGHTS LIMITING KEEPING INCAPABLE PEOPLE IN CAREGIVING INSTITUTIONS,,,SOME OF MY CONSERVATIVE TALK SHOW LISTENING FRIENDS TELL ME THAT FORMER GOVERNOR PAT BROWN IS NOW BEING BLAMED FOR CLOSING HUGE AGNEWS AND SOMONA, BUT THE RNC IS FULL OF LIARS ,PAID OR JUST WACKED LOYAL ANTI-AMERICAN ,WHO WILL LIE LIKE A RUG, ALA THE SWIFT BOAT VETERANS WHO SMEARED THE WEAK SENATOR KERRY WITH A WOUNDED VIETNAM BATTLEGROUND RESUME',VERSUS A PREZ BUSH43 WHO WAS AN ADMITTED DRUNK WELL INTO ADULTHOOD AND HID OUT IN THE USA DURING VIETNAM PROBABLY NOT EVEN GOING TO ARKANSAS OR TEXAS TO FLY A JET OVER THE USA,,,NOW HOW MANY RED BLOODED AMERICANS WOULD HAVE PASSED ON THAT DURING VIETNAM !!?,,,LET'S SEE, YOU CAN GO TO SOUTHEAST ASIA AND FIGHT AND KILL THE PEOPLE THE PENTAGON IS NOW CALLING GOOKS OR YOU CAN FLY A JET OVER ARKANSAS AND TEXAS ?,,,BOY, THAT IS A TOUGH ONE,,,MAYBE I JUST GET DRUNK AND LET MY RICH DADDY ,BUSH41,PROTECT ME,,,NO WONDER THE RED STATES IDENTIFY WITH SUCH A LOSER AS BUSH43,,,HE IS THE INTERNATIONAL LAUGHING STOCK OF ALL OUR FORMER ALLIES LIKE ENGLAND AND GERMANY AND WESTERN EUROPE, NOT TO MENTION FRANCE'S PEOPLE,,,
WHERE DO WE GET SUCH NATIONAL LOSERS AS BUSH43, FORD, NIXON,PSYCH.HUGE -FLAWED CLINTON THE LIAR, AGNEW,REAGAN THE PHONY SHALLOW DIMWIT HOLLYWOOD ACTOR BUT HANDSOME, AND ON AND ON BACK INTO OUR NATIONAL HISTORY ?!?MAYBE IT IS THE FATAL FLAW OF THE JUST 2 NATIONAL PARTIES,,,
WATCH OUT FOR THE IRS AND H+R BLOCK, NEIGHBORS,,,
ISN'T IT INTERESTING THAT AS SOON AS SOMEONE GETS RICH, AND I HAVE LIMO DRIVEN A TON OF CELEBS AND MULIMILS, THEY GET VERY SELFISH AND HEARTLESS AND GREEDY AND LOSE THEIR COMPASSION AND AMERICAN DUTY TO THE LESS FORTUNATE, UNTIL THEY ALMOST DIE AND THEN THEY START A FOUNDATION IN THEIR OWN NAME FOR TAX PURPOSES AND PROBABLY A LOT OF SMOTHERED GUILT OVER PAST MISDEEDS AND UNSCRUPULOUS FORMER FULL LIFETIME OF BUSINESS ACTIVITY, LIKE LELAND STANFORD OF STANFORD U. ,,,?

BEWARE !! A $399 BLAUPUNKT NEW BUT DEFECTIVE CAR STEREO,,,AND AN UNREASONABLE ONLY 30 DAY LIMIT ON RETURNS OF DEFECTIVE/LEMON TO CRUTCHFIELD CATALOG

DEAR FELLOW CONSUMERS,
THIS IS A REAL HORROR STORY,,,MY EXPENSIVE ACURA 's CAR STEREO JAMMED CDs IN THE SECOND YEAR ,,,SO I TELEPHONED CRUTCHFIELD CATALOG TO MAIL ORDER A REPLACEMENT THAT I THOT WAS A STANDARD SIZE,,,WORKING AS A SAN FRANCISCO CHARTER AND TOUR BUS DRIVER 7 OR 6 DAYS A WEEK WITH SOMETIMES ONLY 6-4 HRS OFF TO GO HOME TO SLEEP, IT TOOK ME MONTHS TO DECIDE AFTER MANY ATTEMPTS AND WITH ONLY HIGH SCHOOL ELECTRONICS CLASS EXPERIENCE THAT I HAD TO HIRE A PRO INSTALLER AT FROM $100-$200 TO PUT THE NEW $399 BLAUPUNKT AND 4 NEW SPEAKERS IN,,,I WATCHED FOR AN HOUR AS THE TECH TOOK OUT PART OF MY CARBONFIBRE DASH AND PUT IN SOME CHEAP BLACK PLASTIC BIG FACING AND THEN HAD TO JAM 2 OF THE WRONG SIZE SPEAKERS INTO SMALL SIDEWALL RECESSES,,,RIGHT AWAY THE BRAND NEW BLAUPUNKT CAR STEREO STARTED MALFUNCTIONING BY CHANGING FM STATIONS AND CD TRACKS AUTOMATICALLY,,,I TRIED TO RATIONALIZE THAT IT WAS JUST CALIFORNIA'S NOTORIOUSLY BAD BAD POTHOLE AND CRACKED PAVED ROADS AND HIGHWAYS, THE NATIONS WORST FOR YEARS,,,HOW COULD I BE SO UNLUCKY AS TO GET A LEMON ?!?,,,AND THEN IT HAPPENED EVEN WHEN I WAS AT A STOP,,,SO I PHONED CRUTCHFIELD AND ASKED IF I COULD SEND IT BACK AND THEY SAID I COULD RETURN IT , AT MY COST, FOR POSSIBLE REPAIR , BUT UMDER BLAUPUNKT'S WARRANTY,,,I SENT IT INSURED AND HAVE JUST GOTTEN IT BACK WITH A NOTICE SAYING "NO PROBLEM FOUND" ON THE CUSTOMER COMPLAINT OF "TUNER DOESN'T TUNE STATIONS AT ALL",,,RATHER A POOR DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM AND NO WONDER THE BENCH TECHS COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG,,,CRUTCHFIELD SAYS THEY WILL NOT GIVE MORE THAN 30 DAYS FOR RETURN OF DEFECTIVE/LEMON ELECTRONICS,,,SO BUYERS BEWARE OF CRUTCHFIELD !!,,,IF I WAS RETIRED AND AN ELECTRICIAN maybe maybe I COULD HAVE INSTALLED AND TESTED THAT NEW BUT DEFECTIVE $399 BLAUPUNKT CAR STEREO !!,,,CRUTCHFIELD SAYS THEY WILL PAY SHIPPING TO HAVE IT SENT TO THE REPAIR TEK AGAIN,,,BUT NO WAY WITH THEY ADMIT THAT IT IS DEFECTIVE OR THEY ARE BEING UNREASONABLE,,,I HAVE CONTACTED TV CHANNELS 4 AND 7 IN S.F. AND THE SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS ACTION LINE COLUMN,,,LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS,,,UNTIL THEN,,,"WOE , AND CAVEAT EMPTOR, BEWARE OF CRUTCHFIELD !!",,,AND "WOE, AND CAVEAT EMPTOR, BEWARE OF BLAUPUNKT !!",,,

GOOD NEWS !!,,,THE CHEAPEST GAS STATION IN THE S.F.BAY AREA,SOUTH BAY,SILICON VALLEY,SAN JOSE AREA,,,!!

DEAR GAS HUNTERS,
I WOULD LIKE TO,,,(un) RECOMMEND THE ARCO GAS STATION AT BRANHAM AND JARVIS IN SOUTH CENTRAL SAN JOSE AS THE CHEAPEST GAS STATION USUALLY IN THE ENTIRE BAY AREA, ESPECIALLY SILICON VALLEY...(whell,now they have gotten greedy and selfish,so forget this gas station for midgrade and premium !!!!)............THE OTHER DAY PREMIUM,AS UNFORTUNATELY CARS LIKE ACURAs AND MINI COOPERs ONLY TAKE IT, WAS $1.979 AND REGULAR UNLEADED WAS $1.779 ,,,EVEN COSTCO IS USUALLY 10-12 CENTS MORE,,,FROM HIGHWAY 85 EAST OR WEST, TAKE THE CAMDEN-BRANHAM EXIT AND GO EAST ON BRANHAM,,,OR FROM HIGHWAY 87 OR THE ALMADEN EXPRESSWAY GOING NORTH OR SOUTH , TAKE BRANHAM OR THE CAPITOL EXPRESSWAY EXITS WEST TO JARVIS ,WHICH RUNS NORTH-SOUTH.
WHY PAY A MID-PENINSULA ARCO GAS STATION 20 CENTS MORE PER GALLON ??
HAPPY GAS PRICE HUNTING !!,,OH, AND THEIR SMOG STATION IS VERY BUSY AND TRUSTWORTHY I THINK. THO 60 MINUTES SAYS WE COULD CONTROL POLLUTERS BETTER BY ON-RAMP SMOG SENSORS AND CAMERAS,,,IF YOU REMEMBER THAT SHOW,,,VERSUS ALL THIS TAX AND CERT HASSLE FROM THE STATE OF CAL.,,,HEAVY ON THE HASSLE. AND 20% OF L.A.s SMOG IS CREATED BY SHIPS AT THEIR PORTS THAT ARE NOT HOOKED UP TO AN ELECTRICAL LINE, BUT DO YOU SEE THE MAYOR OF LA-LAND OR THE GOVERNATOR DOING ANYTHINK,,,?!?

CALIFORNIA PUBLIC SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY TEACHERS BEWARE OF THE STATE INVOLUNTARILY DOWNGRADING YOUR MEDICAL COVERAGE TO KAISER WHEN YOU RETIRE !!

DEAR CALIFORNIA PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS,

BEWARE !!, OR THE STATE MAY DO TO YOU AS IT DID TO MY FATHER , AFTER MORE THAT 35 YEARS OF TEACHING AT SAN JOSE STATE !!
HE DID NOT DESERVE SUCH A STAB IN THE BACK FROM THE STATE.
AND HE CERTAINLY DID NOT EXPECT IT.
HE WENT FROM CHOOSING THE BEST DOCTORS IN THE AREA, LIKE EYE DOC (SP?) IANTOSKA,,,TO THE MEDIOCRITY ONE USUALLY FINDS AT KAISER, OR WORSE !!
I TOOK MY SISTER IN FOR MIGRAINES AND FIBROID TUMORS TO KAISER ONE DAY WHEN SHE COULD NOT DRIVE. SHE WAS IN SO MUCH PAIN , THAT SHE CURLED UP ON THE WAITING AREA FLOOR IN THE FETAL POSITION ,CRYING, FOR ALMOST AN HOUR, AND COULD I GET ANY CONSIDERATION OR TRIAGE FROM KAISER ? FORGET ABOUT IT. A VERY CLOSE FRIEND BROKE A RIB IN A NIGHT TIME BATHROOM-WALK FALL IN THE DARK,,,ONE LUNG WAS PUNCTURED,,,HE WAS TAKEN TO KAISER,,,AND SOON DIED OF A NASTY HOSPITAL INFECTION.
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

NEW NATIONWIDE CAMPAIGN TO BAN THE USE OF IDENTICAL LOOKING 3s,6s,8s, and 9s !!

Fellow American comsumers !,
Aren't you tired of squinting at you atm bank receipts,,,and your cash register receipts,,,and the newspaper,,,and the magazine,,,EVERYWHERE !!, and wasting time and effort to see the difference between THE SAME OUTLINE of 3s and 6s and 8s and 9s ??!! This style of font numbers is not so offensive, but most ,especially associated with computers, are !!
So lets start a nationwide demand to our legislators and businesses that we want more legible/readable number fonts/styles used in most public commerce. I am not talking art: it can be as obscure as they want.
I noticed SAVE-ON STORES used a hard to read style of numbers, so i wrote a complaint -suggestion form. Their employee, Donna F. , of Idaho said that it was impossible to change the style of numbers they use. I talked to my bank, BANK OF THE WEST, and the Burlingame, California manager said probably nothiing could be done to make their chosen style of numbers on their atms and receipts more readable. Do not give up ! If we all ask , maybe something will be done for the benefit of all of U.S. !!

KQED, WE GIVE YOU $$$$$ MILLIONS ,EVEN THO YOU HAVE GONE TO PAID COMMERCIALS, SO WHY DO YOU NOT WANT TO TAKE OUR TELEPHONE SUGGESTIONS ?!

DEAR FELLOW BAY AREA 88.5FM -KQED LISTENERS,
I USE TO GIVE YEARLY TO KQED. NOW WE HAVE SEVERAL TV-RADIO PRIVATE AND NOT REALLY PUBLIC-GOVT STATIONS CONSTANTLY BEGGING FOR MONEY IN THE BAY AREA. ADMITTEDLY, THE PROGRAMMING IS USUALLY BETTER THAN THE MAJORS LIKE ABC, CBS, NBC, AND FOX. BUT SOME OF THESE STATIONS ARE VERY EXPENSIVE AND JUST RE-BROADCAST OTHERS PROGRAMS WITHOUT CREATING ANYTHING ORIGINAL ,OR VERY LITTLE, FROM THE CULTURALLY RICH AND DIVERSE COMMUNITIES OF THE SF BAY AREA. AS FOR KQED, I MISS THE LOCALLY PRODUCED "NEWSROOM" SHOW FROM THIER EARLY DAYS.
RECENTLY I TELEPHONED KQED TO SUGGEST MORE DISCUSSION ON THE 2004 ELECTION INSTEAD OF GHOST SITES IN THE USA. I RECIEVED 3 STRANGE VOICE MAILS THAT WERE IRRITATED THAT I WAS BOTHERING THEM DURING REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS, THAT THEY WERE NOT SET UP FOR LISTENER-VIEWER INPUT UNLESS YOU COULD GET YOUR CALL ANSWERED ON THE AIR,THAT MORE VOLUNTEERS WERE NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, THAT WITH A BUDGET LIKE $60 MILLION PER YEAR THEY WERE VERY RESTRICTED, THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE TIME TO ARGUE OVER THE PHONE (??),AND THAT THEY DID NOT DO POLITICS ANYMORE(BOY, I BET ALL THE WEAK AND WORSE LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS JUST LOVE THAT!!),,,ALL OF WHICH SOUNDED LIKE SOMETHING FROM A MAJOR COMMERCIAL MEDIA CORPORATION, THAT DID NOT BDG FOR AND TAKE IN $ MILLIONS FROM THE LOCAL PUBLIC RADIO LISTENERS AND TV VIEWERS.
SO I AM GLAD I NO LONGER CONTRIBUTE TO KQED, IF IT CHOOSES TO BE SO DISINTERESTED IN AND IMPOLITE TOWARD IT'S LOCAL AUDIENCE,,,AND DOES NOT WANT TO DO LOCAL POLITICS WHEN IT DID COVER IT WELL INITIALLY. I NOW KNOW HOW TYPICALLY CORPORATE AND PRIVATE BUSINESS KQED IS. I WILL NOT CALL EVER AGAIN TO COMPLIMENT OR SUGGEST A SHOW OR TOPIC IF THAT IS THE WAY THEY FEEL...I LISTEN TO THEIR COMMERCIALS, AS I HAVE TO ON THE MAJORS,,,WHY ARE SO MANY AMERICAN COMMERCIALS STUPID AND INSULTING AND ANNOYING , LIKE THE" DITECH" ONE , AND SO MANY OTHERS !??,,,SO I DO PAY FOR KQED THAT WAY. TOO BAD THEY DO NOT SEEM TO APPRECIATE US OR HAVE BETTER MANNERS. MORE OF THAT JUST- BUSINESS-AS- USUAL- US ATTITUDE,,,SAD, CONSIDERING WHAT KQED COULD BE, COMPARED TO OTHER SUCH STATIONS.

WHAT THE HE-LL HAPPENED TO CALIFORNIA?!

WE USE TO BE IN THE TOP RANKING OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS JUST 20-40 YEARS AGO,,,AND NOW WE ARE DOWN ON THE BOTTOM,,,
CAN'T JUST BE THE DEM OR REP GOVERNOR'S FAULTS,,,ALSO THE STATE LEGISLATURE, EH ?
WE USE TO HAVE 30-40 YEARS AGO THE BEST MAINTAINED HIGHWAYS AND LANDSCAPED EDGES, AND NOW WE HAVE FOR 3-4 YEARS IN A ROW THE WORST ROADS IN THE USA,,,
WE USE TO HAVE A GOOD STATE BOND CREDIT RATING,,,BUT NOW WE ARE DOWN THERE WITH THE LIKES OF LA AND NY,,,
BEFORE SANTA CLARA VALLEY BECAME SILICONE VALLEY, THE MAJOR POLLUTION WAS THE 1600S OLD MEXICAN-SPANISH MERCURY QUICKSILVER MINES OF ALMADEN LEAKING INTO THE S.F. BAY,,,THAT THE CITY OF SAN JOSE AND THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA AND THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA STILL DO NOT WANT TO FIX AND CLEAN UP,,,BUT NOW WITH ALL THE EARLY SERIOUSLY TOXIC CHEMICALS OF THE EARLY COMPUTER INDUSTRY THAT HAVE LEAKED INTO THE GROUND WATER TABLE, THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER SAYS THIS AREA HAS THE GREATEST CONCENTRATION OF TOXIC, TOXIC, SUPERFUND SITES OF THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES !! AND YET HOUSING PRICES ARE ALMOST AS RIDICULOUS AS SAN FRANCISCO,,,,AND THE TRAFFIC IS NOT SO BAD WITH SO MANY UNEMPLOYED AND LEAVING,BUT IF IT WAS A HOT ECONOMY THE POOR TRAFFIC PLANNING WOULD MEAN A CAR PARKING LOT TO WORK,,,AND BART IS SUCH AN ENGINEERING AND GOVT FIASCO OF A FAILURE, CONSIDERING IT IS NOT EVEN CLOSE TO BEING CUTTING EDGE TECH--WE SHOULD HAVE JUST PLUGGED IN A BULLET TRAIN--AND THE OUTRAGEOUS COST TO OPERATE THIS BASTARD SYSTEM,,,
THE STATE POLS ARE GIVING AWAY OUR WATER RIGHTS AGAIN,,,GOING FROM PUBLIC TO PRIVATIZED=FAILURE,,,TO PUBLIC AND NOW BACK TO SELLING OUT PRIVITAZATION OF THE WATER THE STATE CONSTITUTION SAYS BELONGS TO ALL CALIFORNIANS,,,
WHAT THE HE-LL HAPPENED IN CALIFORNIA !?!?

WHAT IF THE REPUBLICAN AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAD SECRETLY MARRIED?

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE DNC AND THE RNC ?
NOT MUCH, IF ANY,,,
CLINTON WAS FOR "FREE TRADE",,,AND SO IS BUSH 1 AND BUSH 2,,,
AND LOOK WHAT A TERRIBLE DEATH SPIRAL THAT HAS US IN ?!?
FIND ME ONE NATIONAL REPUTABLE LAZY- POLITICIAN WHO CAN TELL US WHERE WE ARE HEADED IN 10 YEARS, 20 YEARS, 50 YEARS, 100 YEARS,,,REMEMBER, THERE IS NO FREE LUNCH,,,
ALL SMOKE AND MIRRORS,,,LIKE THE LAST GREAT U.S. MYTH, THE COLD WAR, THAT BENEFITED THE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL CONGRESS COMPLEX OF EISENHOWER'S FAMOUS WARNING,,,AND LEFT US SOCIALLY AND CIVILIZATION- WISE IN THE DUST OF WESTERN EUROPE,,,
SO WHAT IS THE PENALTY FOR VOTER FRAUD AND ELECTION FRAUD AND ALL THE BAD STUFF THAT GOES ON ALL THE TIME IN THE U.S. THAT THE BLUE STATE VOTERS ARE TOO FEEBLEMINDED AND FOOLISH TO WANT TO LOOK AT ? WHAT , A MISDEMEANOR ?
A FEW YEARS AGO, WHAT 2000, THERE WERE NEWSPAPER REPORTS OF S.F. BALLOT BOXES FLOATING IN THE BAY OFF S.F. THE DAY AFTER TO ELECTION,,,
AND DIDN'T GENERALLY HONORABLE FORMER PRESIDENT CARTER SAY RECENTLY THAT GORE WON FLORIDA IN 2000, IN HIS OPINION ? BUT GORE DID NOT ASK THE 10 VITAL COUNTIES FOR A RECOUNT,,,HE JUST ROLLED OVER,,,
AND THERE WERE NOT ENOUGH VOTING MACHINES IN OHIO AND KERRY COULD HAVE CONTESTED 10 VITAL COUNTIES AND PROBABLY WON,,,BUT HE ROLLED OVER,,,
BOTH EDWARDS AND DR. DEAN WERE MUCH MUCH BETTER PULIC SPEAKERS THAN KERRY,OBVIOUSLY, BUT THE DNC CHOSE THE WEAKER
POSSIBLE CANDIDATE, SENATOR KERRY,,,
WHY DID THE NATIONAL MEDIA KEEP THE SWIFT BOAT ASSOC. STORY ALIVE FOR WEEK, AFTER WEEK, AFTER MONTH,,,,IF IT WAS WORTHLESS,,,? AND THE SWIFTIES WERE CONS FOR THE RNC ?
MOST PEOPLE AND MOST MEDIA DO NOT WANT TO LOOK INTO THE DARK DIRTY LITTLE CORNERS OF THE 2004 ELECTION,,,,WHY ?
EVERYBODY CAN'T BE THAT SMALL "C" CHRISTIAN BLUE,,,
THIS ISN'T A CHURCH-STATE YET, IS IT ?,,,!!

DID SAN JOSE POLICE OFFICERS CIRCLE THEIR CRUISES AND SLEEP ON THE JOB FOR HOURS?

BACK IN THE LATE 1960'S I WENT FOR A RIDE-ALONG WITH A SAN JOSE POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICER,,,AFTER A FEW HOURS OF CRUISING THE WEST SIDE OF SAN JOSE, WE PULLED BEHIND A SCHOOL ON THE ASPHALT PLAY AREA AND JOINED A CIRCLE OF SEVERAL OTHER POLICE CRUISERS,,,MY COP SAID THEY WOULD SLEEP AND ONE WOULD STAY AWAKE ON THE NIGHT SHIFT TO LISTEN TO THE RADIO,,,I SLEPT AND IN A FEW HOURS THE COP DROVE ME HOME,,,
SO THAT IS WHY WE PAY THESE S.J.P.D. OFFICERS SO MUCH !

FRAUD AND STUPID UNSAFE MANAGEMENT?,,,MUST BE THE SALT LAKE OLYMPICS !!

I WAS ASKED TO DRIVE A BUS FROM SF TO SALT LAKE FOR THE 2002 OLYMPICS BY THE SLOC 'S TRANSPORTATION CONTRACTOR,,,HE TOLD US IT WOULD BE PROFESSIONAL AND SAFE AND WE WOULD GET MORE THAN THE FEDERAL MANDATED 8 HOURS OFF EACH NIGHT FOR SLEEP, PLUS TIME TO ENJOY DOWNTOWN SALT LAKE CITY,,,HE SAID IT WOULD BE A MAXIMUM OF 10 OR 12 HRS ON DUTY EACH DAY FOR $168 EACH DAY,,,AFTER WE SPENT 2 DAYS DRIVING TO SLC WE CHECKED INTO A RUN DOWN APT BLDG THAT SOME WELFARE FOLKS HAD VACATED FOR US ,,,WE GOT 2 SHEETS AND ONE BLANKET THAT WINTER,,,I DROVE AROUND SLC TRYING TO FIND AN ELECTRIC BLANKET, BUT MOST OF THE CHEAPER DEPARTMENT STORES LIKE JCPENNEYS AND KMART ETC HAD ALREADY REMOVED THEIR ELECTRIC BLANKETS AND IN WINTER WERE JUST PUTTING OUT SWIMSUITS !!...A BEAUTIFUL MOTHER OF 3 TOOK PITY ON ME AND HAD ONE OF HER FAMILY'S ELECTRIC BLANKETS DELIVERED TO ME,,,
THEN WE SPENT 3 DAYS DRIVING ALL THE POTENTIAL BUS ROUTES BECAUSE MOST OF THE MAPS THE SLOC TRANSPORTATION CONTRACTOR HAD PREPARED WERE WRONG AND WE HAD TO RE -DRAW ROADS AND LOT ENTRANCES,ETC.,,,
THEN I WAS TOLD THAT WE ALL WOULD BE WORKING 20 HOURS PER DAY WITH ONLY 4 HOURS OFF THE CLOCK TO SLEEP,,,EVERY DAY,,,,SO ILLEGAL AND SO UNSAFE AND SO GREED- STUPID,,,FOR THE SAME $168/DAY,,,
BEFORE LEAVING SF WE ALL WERE TOLD BY THE SLOC T.CON NOT TO BRING SNOW CHAINS TO SLC ,IN THE WINTER ,BECAUSE THE ROADS WOULD BE SO CLEAN,,,THE FIRST DAY IT SNOWED AND SNOWED TO ABOUT 3" ON THE ROAD IN PARK CITY,THEN 4",,,AND THERE WAS ONLY ABOUT 2 FEET OF SNOW PACK FOR THE OLYMPIC SKIERS !! WHAT A LOUSY WINTER,,,AND NO PLOWS,,,SO THIS DRIVER FROM THE DC AREA HAD NO CHAINS BUT I DID AND HE LED OFF WITH A BUNCH OF SPONSORS AND THEIR WEALTHY GUESTS,,,AS WE DROVE UPHILL TO DEER VALLEY(?) SKI AREA BOTH OF OUR MINIVANS STARTED TO LOOSE TRACTION,,,HIS WAS FISHTAILING ALL OVER THE ROAD FROM THE RIGHT LANE TO THE LEFT LANE AND HE FINALLY HAD TO STOP AS HE DIDN'T BRING CHAINS,,,MY PASSENGERS WERE VERY QUIET SEEING HOW HE WAS LOOSING TRACTION JUST IN FRONT OF US,,,I HAD 3 DIFFERENT RADIOS AND TRIED TO CALL FOR A PLOW,,,CARS WERE PASSING US ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD,,,NO COPS FOR MILES,,,FINALLY THE PLOWS CAME DOWN AND CLEARED THE RIGHT SIDE AND THEN THE LEFT SIDE OF THE 2 LANE ROAD,,,WE MADE IT THE MILE OR SO UP TO THE HIGHER SKI VILLAGE,,,RUMOR WAS THAT NIKE WAS THE BEST SPONSOR BY FAR TO DRIVE FOR AS THEY GOT YOU INTO RESTAURANTS FOR MEALS INSTEAD OF SCROUNGING FOR OURSELVES AND THEY EVEN GOT THEIR BUS DRIVERS INTO SOME OF THE EVENTS,,,I WANTED TO PAY FOR THE OPENING CEREMONY BUT COULDN'T SEE PAYING OVER $200,,,SUCH A CORPORATE VS PUBLIC EVENT,,,SO SAD,,,I WOULD TURN THE APT HEATER ON AND MY ROOMMATE WOULD TURN IT DOWN OR OFF,,,ONLY ONE PROVIDED BLANKET,BUT I HAD BOUGHT A QUILT AND A FOAM BLANKET FOR GOUGE PRICES,,,
AFTER ALMOST A WEEK OF THIS INSANE SCHEDULE OF DRIVING AND WORKING 20 HOURS PER DAY, FROM 6AM TO 2AM, I QUIT AND TURNED IN MY OFFICIAL BADGE, THAT HAD MY DAD'S NAME ON IT ,NOT MINE,,,GREAT SECURITY,,,,SHOULD HAVE KEPT IT FOR A SOUVENIR,,,MY BOSS IN SF FIRED ME CUZ HE SAID HE SOLD ME TO THE SLOC UNDER CONTRACT,,,WHAT A JERK,,,,RUMOR WAS THAT LOTS OF DRIVERS AND FULL COMPANIES WERE QUITTING LEFT AND RIGHT DUE TO THE INCOMPETENT SLOC MANAGEMENT,,,DESPARATE SCHOOL AND COMMERCIAL DRIVERS FROM THE MID-US WERE BEING ROUNDED UP,,,I AM GLAD NIKE TOOK SUCH GOOD CARE OF ITS DRIVERS,,,BUT NEVER AGAIN,,,I HEARD FROM OLDTIMERS THAT THE L.A. OLYMPICS AND ATLANTA OLYMPICS WERE JUST AS BUS- HOUR INSANE,,,U.S. BUSINESS, AS USUAL !!
OH, AND THE 4 MAJOR NEWS MEDIA TV WERE DEFINITELY NOT INTERESTED IN THIS STORY,,,,GEE, ABC, NBC, CBS AND FOX ALL COVERING UP ANOTHER BIG UGLY U.S. SCANDAL ??? MAYBE NOT SO STRANGE,,,

DOES THE N.P.S. COVER -UP BUILDING ARSON FIRES INSIDE YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK?

I WORKED IN YOSEMITE FROM 1974 TO 1984, AND THE FIRST TWO YEARS AT THE OLD CURRY VILLAGE MOUNTAIN SHOP. I BELIEVE THAT THE BUILDING WAS TORCHED,I DO NOT KNOW BY WHOM, BUT THAT THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND THE FEDS HAVE NEVER DONE A PROPER ARSON INVESTIGATION, BUT WRITTEN THE FIRE OFF TO SQUIRRELS CHEWING ON ELECTRICAL WIRES,,,
HERE ARE THE FISHY FACTS,,,THE RETAIL DEPT HEAD FOR THE CONCESSIONAIRE( CALL IT THE "CON"),THE MAJOR BUSINESS CONTRACTOR IN YOSEMITE COMES IN ONE DAY WITH THE NEW ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS OF THE NEW MT. SHOP AND CURRY CAFETERIA AND GIFT SHOP. HE SAID THEY NEEDED N.P.S. APPROVAL TO GO AHEAD.,, AFEW DAYS LATER , I HEARD THAT N.P.S. HAD SAID NO TO THE NEW BUILDING PLANS.,,, THE MANAGER OF RETAIL CAME IN AND SAID THAT N.P.S. DISAPPROVAL DID NOT MATTER AND THAT THE CON WOULD GET ITS WAY. AGAINST THE FEDS AND THE N.P.S.,,,?!?? NO WAY!?,,,WEEKS AND MONTHS PASSED AND THEN THE SHOP MANAGER CAME TO US AND SAID HE HAD ORDERS TO OVER -ORDER NO JUST A LITTLE BUT 200-300 % OVER LAST YEAR, FOR THE YEAR,,,BUT WHERE ARE WE GOING TO PUT ALL THIS CAMPING GEAR AND CLIMBING GEAR AND QUALITY HAND MADE ITALIAN PIVETTA HUGE SIZE AND MODEL VARIETY OF QUALITY--NOT CHINESE--BOOTS AND "GO CLIMP A ROCK" T-SHIRTS,,,??? IN THE WAREHOUSE,,,???,,,WE WERE TOLD , NO, ALL WOULD BE STORED IN THE MT. SHOP, EVEN IN THE AISLES,NOT JUST THE ADJOINING SMALL STORE ROOM,,!!,,,WHAT, THAT IS CRAZY!,,,WE WERE TOLD TO JUST DO IT,,,
THE ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF MERCHANDISE WAS ORDERED AND DELIVERED TO THE VALLEY WAREHOUSE AND THEN TO THE MT. SHOP,,,WE COULD BARELY MOVE IN THE STORE BECAUSE THE PLACE WAS PILED HIGH AND WIDE,OVERSTOCKED FOR SURE,,,THEN AND FEW NIGHTS LATER, A FIRE STARTED AND BURNED DOWN THE MT. SHOP AND ALOT OF THE NEARBY ADJOINING BUILDING COMPLEX,,,I WAS TOLD THE CON WAS PAID THE INSURANCE FOR ALL THE YEARS PLUS MERCHANDISE AT RETAIL,NOT WHOLESALE COST,,,SO THE CON JUST ORDERED MORE SUPPLIES AND MADE AN ENORMOUS PROFIT THAT YEAR OFF THE BURNED STUFF AND NEW STORE STUFF,,,I KNEW THE CON'S FIRE DEPT WAS A JOKE, FULL OF A BUNCH OF AMATEURS, JUST LIKE THE GARAGE THAT ALLOWED TOW TRUCK DRIVERS THAT HAD NO TRAINING AND NO BUSINESS BUT DID WORK ON MANY PRIVATE AUTOS WITH BAD BRAKES AND OTHER PROBLEMS THAT PROBABLY ONLY WERE MADE WORSE BY THE INCOMPETENTS THE CON USUALLY HIRED,,,I HAD JUST BEEN PASSING THRU WHEN I WAS HIRED,,,
THE MT. SHOP WAS REBUILT JUST LIKE THE CON WANTED,,,AND I WAS NEVER ASKED ABOUT THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF WHAT WHEN ON BEFORE THE FIRE/ARSON BY THE N.P.S. OR THE FEDS OR THE F.B.I. ,,,BUSICKNESS AS USUAL,,,,
I KNOW , SOME OF YOU BLUE STATERS ARE SAYING , NO , THE N.P.S. COULD NEVER NEVER NEVER LAND DO SOMETHING SO CONTRARY TO PRIMARY POLICY OF PROTECTING THE PARK AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLIC'S ENJOYMENT OF THE PARK,,,NOT THE SAME AGENCY THAT A FEW YEARS AGO SUGGESTED BUILDING A MULTI-STORY PARKING GARAGE IN THE VALLEY,,,OR THE SAME AGENCY THAT NOW PROPOSES TO REDUCE ACCESS AND LODGING AVAILABILITY BY TAKING OUT THE NORTH SIDE DRIVE AND TAKING OUT THE LESS EXPENSIVE ACCOMMODATIONS AND CAMPGROUNDS LIKE UPPER RIVER AND LOWER RIVER IN THE VALLEY SO THAT MOSTLY THE RICH WILL HAVE YOSEMITE TO THEMSELVES AND WONT HAVE TO SEE OR DEAL WITH THE GREATER GERERAL PUBLIC,,,NOT THE SAME AGENCY THAT JACKED THE ENTRANCE FEE FROM $5/CAR TO $20/CAR IN ONE MOVE THAT WILL KEEP MANY LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME PEOPLE AWAY FROM ENJOYING THE FIRST U.S. PARK,SET ASIDE BY PRES. LINCOLN IN 1864/5,,,
WELL, WAKE UP BLUE STATE SINNERS,,,THE N.P.S. ALLOWED THE CON TO ONLY POST ROUND TRIP TOUR PRICES AT THE 4 VALLEY PICKUPS OF CURRY VILLAGE, YOSEMITE VILLAGE, THE AHWAHNEE HOTEL, AND THE YOSEMITE LODGE,,,SO WHEN THE PULIC GUESTS ASKED HOW MUCH A ONE WAY TICKET TO GLACIER POINT WAS SO THEY COULD HIKE DOWN , THE CON'S AGENT WOULD SAY THAT ONLY ROUND TRIP TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE,,,THE PUBLIC GUESTS WOULD OVER PAY BY THE $$$ THOUSANDS AND END UP NOT USING THE RETURN TICKET,,,WHAT A RIPOFF,EH,,,AND WHAT DID THE GOLDEN N.P.S. DO WHEN I WROTE THE SUPERINTENDENT THAT THIS WAS GOING ON ?,,,NOTHING, BUT PASS THE LETTER TO THE EXECUTIVE OF THE CON WHO HAD MY MANAGER CHEW ME OUT THE VERY NEXT DAY,,,IT WAS LIKE THE CON, NOT THE N.P.S. RAN THE PARK,,,WHY DID THE CON THEN GET TO DO THE $$$ HUGE PROFIT RAFT RENTAL AND SHUTTLE THEN, WHEN NO CON SINCE HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO OFFER THAT SERVICE ? AND THE NATIONAL PARK CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION GIVES WHAT ABOUT $60 MILLION PER YEAR TO THE N.P.S. AND IS SET ON GETTING "THE CAR" OUT OF YOSEMITE VALLEY ,WITHOUT ANY GOOD ALTERNATIVE, AND THE RICH WILL HAVE MORE ROAD TO WEAVE ON,,,WHAT, DIESEL BUSES,,THEY ARE SO DIRTY POLLUTION -WISE AND USUALLY GO EMPTY ON THE RETURN,,,I KNOW, I DRIVE THEM ALL THE TIME,,,

DO NOT, REPEAT, DO NOT COME TO CA. TO WORK !!

DEAR FELLOW BLUE COLLAR WORKERS,
STAY AWAY FROM CALIFORNIA !!
I AM 56 AND THIS STATE HAS A MISERABLE RECORD OF NOT ENFORCING THE CAL-OSHA WORKPLACE SAFETY LAWS AND ALSO OF NOT ENFORCING THE ON- THE- BOOKS OVERTIME PAY LAWS,,,LATELY, SOFTWARE DESIGNERS ARE COMPLAINING OF NOT GETTING OVERTIME FOR WORKING 80 HOURS PER WEEK, JUST STRAIGHT TIME PAY,,, WELL , I AM FROM THE TRUCKING, LIMOUSINE AND CHARTER BUS BUSINESSES, AND ALTHO COMPANIES IN SAN FRANCISCO AND THE S.F. BAY AREA ARE MAKING TONS OF MONEY AND PROFIT , THEY AND THE STATE POLITICIANS SEE NO POINT IN GENERALLY AND FAIRLY ENFORCING THE STATE LAWS SO THAT IN THESE ECONOMIC DOWN TIMES, WE LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME WORKERS CAN LEGALLY SHARE IN THESE PROFITS,,,I KNOW, THE NATIONAL MEDIA AND THE REPUBLICANS ARE FULL OF THIS STORY THAT THE ECONOMY IS IMPROVING, YEAR AFTER YEAR , FOR OVER 5 YEARS, WHEN IT IS THE RICH GETTING RICHER AND CHEATING ALL THE REST OF US INTO POORER STRAIGHTS,,,FOR INSTANCE, THE DMCs/DESTINATION MANAGEMENT COMPANIES OF SAN FRANCISCO ARE MAKING 50-33 NET PROFIT OFF ARRANGING BUSES AND RESTAURANTS AND SIGHTEEING FOR CONVENTIONS AND CORPORATIONS,,,SO LET'S SAY THAT IBM COMES TO TOWN AND SPENDS 10 MILLION DOLLARS ON THESE DMCs,,,3 MILLION MIGHT BE ALL PROFIT,,,I WONDER IF STOCK SHAREHOLDERS KNOW HOW THEIR INVESTMENT IS BEING WASTED ??,,,
IN THE LIMO BUSINESS, ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMPANIES IN THE LATE 1980'S WOULD ROUTINELY SWITCH STRETCHES ON S.F. BAY AREA BRIDES SO THAT ASIAN BRIDES WHO MIGHT EVEN HAVE COME IN TO SELECT THE SPECIFIC BLACK STRETCH LIMO WOULD GET A WHITE CAR ,,, AND CAUCAUSIAN BRIDES WHO HAD ORDERED A WHITE STRETCH FIND ON THEIR WEDDING DAY A LONG BLACK STRETCH OUT FRONT OF THE CHURCH OR THEIR HOUSE,,,THE BRIDE AND MOTHER ARE USUALLY IN TEARS AND THE FATHER IS STEAMING MAD,,,BUT THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO,,,MAYBE THEY DID NOT PAY BY CREDIT CARD,,,MAYBE THEY DID NOT WRITE ON THE CREDIT CARD RECEIPT "WHITE STRETCH FOR 10 ADULTS,LESS THAN 3 YEARS OLD CAR",,,AND A DRIVER WITH A CLEAN RECORD,,,NEVER INCLUDE A GRAT FOR THE DRIVER AS MOST COMPANIES PROBABLY STEAL SOME OR MOST,,,I DO NOT KNOW OF ONE LIMO COMPANY IN THE S.F. BAY AREA THAT PAYS OVERTIME ,BY LAW,,,THEY WILL ALL SAY THAT FED RULES APPLY,,,WHELL, I TOOK MY LAST BOSS TO THE STATE LABOR COMMISSIONER AND WAS TREATED LIKE A FELON VS VICTIM, BUT I WON, AND THEN WAS FORCED TO SIGN A SETTLEMENT WITH GAG ORDER, BUT I GOT 3 YEARS BACK PAY AND INTEREST AND PENALTY,,,A GAG ORDER JUST LETS THE CRIMINALS REMAIN HIDDEN FROM THE PUBLIC,,,YOU MUST HAVE ALL EVIDENCE IN YOUR OWN HANDWRITTING,NO CO. PAPERWORK, LIKE TIMECARDS,,,CONVERT TO YOUR OWN HANDWRITTING AND ESTIMATE IF YOU NEED TO,,,SOME LAW FIRMS LIKE LA RAZA WILL DO THE LEGAL PAPERS FOR ONLY $20,,,AND ASK FOR A CUT, ESPECIALLY IF YOU LET THEM PUSH YOU TO SETTLE FOR JUST THE LEGAL O.T. PAY,,,AT MY NEXT JOB, BUSES, MY CAR WAS HIT AND RUN 3 TIMES PARKED ON THE STREET,,,SUCH IS THIS WILD WEST LAWLESS OR UNENFORCED BADLAND,,,
WITH CHARTER BUSES, I KNOW 5TH DOWN IN SENORITY COMMERCIAL DRIVERS WHO WORK 125 HOURS PER WEEK, EVERY WEEK,,,WAY WAY ILLEGAL,,AND UNSAFE,,, AND THE STATE CHP COPS WILL TELL YOU HOW TO FORGE -FALSIFY YOUR FED DOT LOGBOOK SO THAT YOU CAN USE ALL YOUR LEGAL DRIVING HOURS AND YOUR LEGAL STANDBY HOURS AND THEN USE YOUR OFF DUTY HOURS AS MORE STANDBY HOURS,EVEN THO WE ARE TO HAVE 10 HOURS OFF THE CLOCK,,,AND IT USE TO BE JUST LAST YEAR ONLY 8 HOURS OFF THE CLOCK, THO IT IS NOT WELL ENFORCED,,,THUS EVERY BIG BUS YOU SEE ON THE ROAD OR FREEWAY IS A HIGHLY POTENTIAL SLEEPY BOMB, BECAUSE THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WILL NOT GENERALLY AND UNIFORMALLY AND FAIRLY ENFORCE EXISTING OVERTIME LAWS,,,
NOW SOME WILL SAY WE GOT RID OF GOVERNOR DAVIS BECAUSE HE AND THE STATE LEGISTATURE AND THE ENERGY INDUSTRY MISLED AND LIED TO US ABOUT THE BENEFIT AND REDUCED COST (LIE) OF ENERGY DEREGULATION,,,I AM GLAD HE WAS THE FIRST EVER GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA TO BE RECALLED BECAUSE HE TOOK AWAY OUR 9TH HOUR OF OVERTIME IN A COWARDLY FASHION BACKROOM COMMITTEE,,,THO WE STILL HAVE THE 41 HR OF OVERTIME, THO IT SEEMS TO BE IN NAME ONLY,,,
THERE ARE CHARTER AND TOUR BUS COMPANIES THAT GET AWAY WITH NOT REPLACING 2 LUG NUTS ON THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL ,,,FOR WEEKS,,,IN CALIFORNIA,,,,AND THERE WAS A BEER DELIVERY COMPANY IN SAN FRANCISCO THAT WOULD NOT PAY A MECHANIC TO DO PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE ON THEIR FLEET OF LARGE BEER TRUCKS ,,,TO SAVE MONEY, MORE PROFIT,,,SO THAT I HAD 2, TWO RUNAWAY LARGE BIG 3 BRAND BEER TRUCKS ON THE HILLS OF SAN FRANCISCO, WITH NO WAY OF STOPPING,BECAUSE THE REAR AIR POT DIAPHRAGMS WERE TOO OLD AND SHOT FULL OF HOLES TO FUNCTION,,,
HOPEFULLY, SOME OTHER STATE TAKES BETTER CARE OF ITS RESIDENTS AND TAXPAYERS, THAN CALIFORNIA,,,

BEWARE of SPRINT and AT=T CELLULAR !!

DEAR FELLOW CONSUMER,
PLEASE BEWARE OF SPRINT CELLULAR AND AT+T CELLULAR CONTRACTS,,,I WAS CLOCKING INTO WORK AFEW YEARS AGO AND THERE WAS THIS LONG TABLE WITH THE SPRINT BANNER "SIGN UP, NO ANNUAL CONTRACTS, AND NO TERMINATION FEES",,,I ASKED MY EMPLOYER IF THIS WAS TRUE ,ON HIS PROPERTY, AND HE SAID "YES, SIGN UP,YOU HAVE TIME",,,I SIGNED THE PAPER AND TOOK A PHONE AND WAS TOLD BY THE SPRINT- LABELED EMPLOYEE THAT BILLING WOULD BE MONTH TO MONTH,,,AND WENT TO WORK.
MONTHS LATER I WAS TOLD BY SPRINT THAT I WOULD HAVE A CHANGE IN MY CONTRACT SO THAT I WOULD HAVE TO USE MY MINUTE ALLOTMENT TO FIND OUT HOW MANY MINUTES I HAD LEFT , WHERE BEFORE THERE WAS NO MINUTE CHARGE,,,SO I ASKED TO CANCEL MY SPRINT CONTRACT AT THE END OF THE MONTH,,,THE PHONE CUS.SER.REP. LAUGHING, LAUGHING SAID I HAD SIGNED A 2 YEAR CONTRACT AND THERE WAS A LARGE CANCELLATION PENALTY !!
WORK MUST HAVE KNOWN.
AFTER THE FULL 2 YEARS AND TERIBLE, RUDE , INDIFFERENT PHONE CUS.SER. , I PHONED TO CANCEL AND WAS TOLD THAT I HAD TO CALL A SPECIAL DEPARTMENT IN SPRINT, THE CANCELLATION DEPARTMENT, TO CANCEL, NOT CUSTOMER SERVICE,,,OH, AND THAT THE CANCELLATION DEPARTMENT WAS VERY BUSY HELPING THE CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT SO THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ANSWER THEIR SEPARATE PHONE NUMBER,,,AND I THUS WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO CANCEL, EVEN AFTER A FRAUDULENT 2 YEARS !!
SO I WENT INTO A SPRINT STORE AND THE MANAGER IN SAN JOSE, CA. AND SILICON VALLEY SAID THAT HE COULD SIGN ME UP AGAIN, FOR ANOTHER 2 YEARS, BUT THAT HE AND ALL THE OTHER SPRINT STORE EMPLOYEES COULD NOT CANCEL MY CONCLUDED 2 YEAR CONTRACT,,,
THE SHOPPING MALL OWNERS OFFICE SAID THAT THEY DID NOT CARE WHAT SPRINT DID OR HOW IT TREATED ITS CUSTOMERS, WESTFIELD MALL,,,MIGHT AS WELL ALLOW MUGGERS AND CAR JACKERS !! I PICKED UP THE STORE RED CUSTOMER PHONE AND TOLD THE SPRINT REP. AT THE OTHER END THAT I HAD HAD IT WITH SPRINT AND THAT THIS WAS THE END,EVEN THO THIS SPRINT REP INITIALLY TOLD ME I COULD NOT END OR CANCEL ,,,
LATELY, T.U.R.N. HAS SAID THAT THE CALIFORNIA STATE PUC/PUBLIC UTILITES COMMISSION HAS RULED THAT IF YOU SIGN A CELLULAR CONTRACT IN CALIFORNIA, THE COMPANY CAN CHANGE THE TERMS AT ANY TIME, WITHOUT CONSIDERATION TO YOU,,,THUS, ANY CELLULAR CONTRACT IN CALIFORNIA IS JUST A LICENSE TO STEAL.....!!! ,,BEWARE,,,
SO, I SIGNED A ONE YEAR CONTRACT WITH AT+T CELLULAR ,BEFORE LEARNING THIS,,,THE FIRST MONTH ON GSM WENT OK, NOT FINE RECEPTION , BUT JUST OK,,,BUT IN THE SECOND MONTH , I NO LONGER COULD MAKE OR RECEIVE-HEAR ANY PHONE CALLS AND HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER OR OFF THE FREEWAY TO A SIDE STREET AND STOP BEFORE I COULD MAKE A CALL ,,,GUESS WHAT, AT+T CELLULAR AFTER SEVERAL COMPLAINTS DOES NOT SEEM TO CARE,,,THE CONTRACT ENDS IN MARCH, AND THAT WILL BE THE END OF AT+T AND CINGULAR WHO ALSO REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING TO IMPROVE THIS LOUSY SERVICE,,,BEWARE,,,BEWARE,,,

FRIENDS ON VERIZON SAY THIS NEVER HAPPENS TO THEM,,, AND THEN THERE IS METRO, THO SMALL IN SERVICE AREA,,,

soil amendment that works better than gypsum !!

A few years ago i was looking for a way to loosen the sticky wet poor-drainage clay soil of Santa Clara Valley,aka Silicon Valley,California. For over 40 years i had tried gypsum and steer manure and chicken manure and peat moss and redwood compost and ,,,mushroom compost,,,back when you could drive up to the commercial mushroom factory and they would give you a trailer full,,,One day i was in OSH, now owned by Sears and KMart, and asked an old-timer in the garden department what i should try. He said they had a new product in , SCHULTZ-PROFILE-CLAY SOIL CONDITIONER, and i should give it a try. The results were amazing, tho it costs about $20 for a 40#bag. I have done 4 of my family's yards now and highly recommend this soil amendment. I get no kickbacks. OSH has stopped carrying it, but it is aviailable at Summerwinds, and probably other places. Ask your newspaper garden expert to try it out. It vastly improves the tilling of the soil and makes weed pulling and hoeing so much easier. So you can buy gypsum and fertilizer and compost for 40 years and more,,,or you can try this new product. Happy gardening !!