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Looking to honor the forty-third President of the United States of America, George W. Bush, the recently formed Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco is looking to change the name of the Oceanside Wastewater Treatment Facility. It seems the group would like to rename the SF Zoo adjacent facility to the "George W Bush Sewage Plant."
Genius.
The local grassroots movement, helmed by "Wayne Pickering," is proposing an ordinance initiative for the November 2008 San Francisco ballot in order to get the poop/pee/vomit plant's title changed. Why? To honor our current leader of the free world with an "appropriate and enduring legacy, for no other president in modern American history has accomplished so much in such a short time.
We think this is an excellent idea.
Would you like to help out with this effort? Help collect signatures? Host meetings or social gatherings? Then, join the effort by visiting Presidentialmemorial.org. So far, there are only six members, which we find inexcusable. Together we can make a difference and setup a constant reminder of what was, arguably, the worst administration in the history of our glorious country. God bless America and God bless the Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco.
Update: Read our interview with the chairman of the Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco here.
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I'll be voting NO on this along with most other propositions in November. Mission Accomplished.
I'm having a hard time telling how much tongue is in what cheek.
My ex-girlfriends will not be surprised by this.
All winking aside, the Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco is very serious about getting the name changed.
Oh dear. The satire just writes itself.
Love the tags...
I vote no.
How are we going to be able to distringuish the "George W Bush Enormous Stinking Cesspool of Shit" from all the other enormous sinking cesspools of shit he has left behind?
I joined. We're now at 16 members. He does have a legacy, after all. Let's celebrate it in our own way.
Beautiful, simply beautiful. Sign me up!
Just about anyone can get anything on the ballot now since turnout sucked last year (Thanks to the progressives for that epic fail, and a shout out to Matt G. as well!)
Heck SFist should sponsor a contest to come up with the most wackadoodle "advisory measure" ever, and see what people come up with.
Greg-
No fictional contest could ever top the Global Peace Center at Alcatraz. Ever.
I love! It was kind of an (dis)honor to live through the Worth-President-In-The-History-Of-America-And-Fuck-It-The-History-Of-The-World. The idea of SFers sending our shit to Georgie from here to all of eternity is moving actually. I just shed a tear. :*-)
Just say no to the initiative process.
Ha!
Keep an open mind and remember that these plants process much more than shit.
Think urban waste:
vomit chunks
syringes
fetuses or is that fetusi
tampons
etc
A good memorial
I think it's "feti."
Thanks SFist, I got my ab workout laughing myself sick at this. And I joined.
A few days later, 157 members and counting...
Why don't you guys burn some flags or spit on some soldiers? SanFran, what a terrible place to call home.
We don't. We call it "San Francisco."
And we fuck our soldiers, we don't spit on them. Unless they ask.
I'll vote for this as soon as you name one of your local whorehouses after bill clinton.
houses of ill repute are privately owned; the sewage treatment center is not.
The Washington Post has picked up the story. Expect more members.
Surely we can do better - can't we find a Superfund toxic waste dump somewhere to honor our Disaster-in-Chief??
This should go national - let every shit tank farm in the country bear the name of that idiot asshole.
Please pick out the pages to the "CONSTITUITION" so We can restore it..
Why doesn't San Fransisco just succeed from the union. That seems to be a better solution then hating the rest of the United States, Federal Government, Catholics and the military. Dissent is different than hate.
I hope you dont succeed BTW!
Francisco, my bad.
Secede, my friend. And last time someone tried that, 61,8000 or so Americans died. You may have noticed that we are *anti* war.
To be clearer, 618,000 were killed, not 61K. Brock, we totally need an edit comment function.
Can't we find a Superfund toxic waste dump somewhere to honor our Disaster-in-Chief??
No! Save the toxic waste dump for Cheney: "The Cheney Memorial Toxic Waste Dump"
(And don't forget an Edward Teller memorial radioactive waste dump.)
My thoughts...
A treatment facility might have worked before it became a problem;
Reprocessing politicians still leaves a tainted product and the stink never does quite go away - don't they have some kind of solid waste disposal for them that they could use instead? Something that wouldn't pollute the countryside?
Considering the huge amounts of heated gases that are expelled at both ends, they might be considered as major contributors to global warming as long as they evade any control measures.
Disposal at sea might pose a problem as well since, considering the advanced intelligence of cetaceans, it might be reasonable to see an increase in the beaching of whales and porpoises.
>^.Karl!
P.S.
Reprocessing them as a protein additive to silage might not work very well either and could very well contribute to Mad Cow Disease.
>^.K!
This is pretty juvenile and ranks up there with Freedom Fries. Guess it shows both sides are pretty stupid. And it only invites retaliation. How about the William Jefferson Clinton Center Free Clinic?
SF is really pathetic. We know what to do after the November revolution.
Thanks, SF. You serve as an excellent benchmark for those of us in Boston. We thought WE set the standard for whining ingrates but we are mere dilettantes compared to your level of intellectual discourse.
(BTW, Brock:"And we fuck our soldiers, we don't spit on them. Unless they ask." So you fuck them WITHOUT asking? Stay the hell out of Boston!)
I guess the "in thing" is to still bitch and complain and insult a president right up until the end of his term how about shuting the heck up for once and leaving the guy alone
No, the "In" thing would be to investigate then impeach his worthless ass, then send him to jail for his obvious war-crime, including the most recent discovery that his adminsitration ordered torture.
But, until the creatures in Washington DC evolve a spine, that isn't going to happen.
He should thank whatever it is he prays to, that this is the worst that can happen to him. So far.
And I'll shut up about President Failure when President Failure is in jail.
And it's really the fault of the average Red Voter, isn't it? Without you people we wouldn't be in this mess right now.
Arrest and incarcerate Red-Voters! That would solve alot of our problems right there.
653 Members as of today. What's up with the mouthy-frothy comments? We simply want to change the name of a municipal facility to honor a notable politician. Totally our prerogative. Go see if you can find "The Google" and then see if you can lose a few million emails. Then talk.
What a great idea. Is there any way we can run cheney or bush thru the process and get gray-water out of them?
What an awesome idea! I just don't like the fact that people will be working there. That's not fair to the employees, what did they do to deserve it?
I don't know what is sillier. The whole changing the name thing, as it is asinine, considering the expense, the time wasted, the assets having to be re-allocated for a few very small peoples pet project or the fact that the people running the show have wasted taxpayer money getting an education. I am sure there were a few grants and government funded scholarships in there somewhere. You repay the country with what? Asinine, elitist, adolescent behavior. Don't you think it would be a benefit to all to grow up a little. By the by, you may get away with bragging to your neighbors about these efforts but it is probably unwise to leave your little Sanctuary and brag elsewhere. There are a lot of us that believe the ingrates responsible for this nonsense need a strong dose of manners and many of us are more than willing to beat them into you.
OMG! Bruce!, did this neanderthal just threaten us! The brute, I am excited! Ewwhh!
How much do you believe any one will care for your health causes when you behave this way. No one in my small town has AIDS but being good people we care about those people who do. This adolescent behavior on your part makes it all the more difficult to be concerned over your plight when other groups,for example those with cerebral palsy, cancer, Alzheimers, etc are also in need of help and not so abrasive. In short, GROW UP and don't associate with those that refuse to.What was the last thing any of you did that actually benefited the United States of America? Hanging streamers or walking in the Gay Pride Parade does not count. Do better.
REPREHENSIBLE. You don't like George - fine. You disagree with his policies - you are wholly entitled to, but don't deficate on the Office or the Officer - else you deficate on the Democracy he represents and you deficate on yourself as part of that system. Buck up; grow up. I won't ever visit SF again with simplistic, vindictive AR's like this. I'm a native CA but I'm ashamed of this rhetoric and behavior. Your arrogance is insolance.
T
Keep 'em coming, red-staters (if not in fact then in heart)! We need the laughs.