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-Warren Beatty gave a speech in front of a Nurses' organization and lit into the Governator, accusing him of running a government "by show, by spin, by cosmetics and photos ops." Beatty wouldn't say if he intended to run in 2006, but people just don’t talk in front of nurses' organizations because they have nothing else better to do. In response, a flunky for the Governor responded: "we don't care that much about Warren Beatty, and based on his ticket sales from the past generation, I doubt anyone else does either." We think nothing sums up the current state of state politics like two candidates sniping at each other over box office receipts.
-So you're thinking that when the Big One hits, we'll be okay because everyone can rush into town and put out whatever fire comes our way. Guess again. Turns out that we're so special, we have different fire hydrants than everyone else in California. Yep, while everyone in the state has 2 1/2 inch-hoses, San Francisco has 3-inch hydrant openings. Which means that when all those fellow firefighters come to help us out, they're hoses ain't gonna work. The reason is because of the number of hydrants in the city and water pressure and things like that which we couldn't really understand because we sucked at science. And because we just don't understand why we have to have a different type of hydrants than anyone else even though we’re living on top of a big-ass fault. Officials say they have plans to hand out adapters to visiting fire crews and that they've never had a problem before, including in 1989, but they also say that if there’s a really big fire…
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-Speaking of disasters, pressure is mounting against Annemarie Conroy, our director of Office Emergency Services. According to people throughout the state, as well as Gavin and all the Department heads, she's doing a good job, but people are skeptical iin that in her wide-ranging career, she has not one dollop of experience in emergency disaster coordinating. In fact, she's pretty much made a career out of being a political appointee. Due to recent events, people are a little skittish about people being put into disaster coordinating type jobs without any experience and people are skittish about her. Among those being skittish is Chris Daly, who called for her to step down on his blog.
-If the Giants were a character on "Lost," they’d be Hurley? Aren't the A's the one's who are obsessed with numbers?