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Ever since SFist first reported on the Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco's plan to re-name the Oceanside Wastewater Treatment Facility in honor of our current POTUS, George W. Bush, it has spread--in the words of T. Wayne Pickering, chairman of the unofficial "Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco--like an "intestinal bug on a Carnival cruise ship." So far Wonkette and the Washington Post caught wind of it. A FOX interview is in the works, which is set to air tomorrow.
Before the commission's baptism by FOX, we asked Pickering (not his real name, we should mention) a few questions about his plans for getting the initiative on the November ballot. Here's what he said about his efforts at changing the name of the San Francisco poop plant, Bush's greatest moment over the last eight years, and more.
Aside from the obvious, what sparked the decision change the name of the sewage plant?
It all started at a bar. We were discussing how to pay tribute to George W Bush. Regardless of where you are on the political spectrum, you have to agree that the magnitude of his accomplishments must be remembered. We picked the sewage plant because Bush's greatest legacy, apart from the Global War on Terror, is his attention to the nation's infrastructure, such as the levee system that protected New Orleans so well during Hurricane Katrina.
And how do you plan on doing this?
We are submitting an ordinance initiative for the November ballot. If it passes by a simple majority, the facility will be renamed on Inauguration Day.
Have you talked to any local SF politicians about this yet? If so, what were their reactions?
Yes, we've talked to a several members of the board of supervisors and other officials. We can't speak on their behalf, but we can say there is not much institutional opposition to the idea.
Have you received any hate mail yet since it was first reported?
Not yet, Fox News should take care of that for us. We'll be on the John Gibson talk radio show Friday afternoon (details TBA)
How real are your expectations of getting it on the ballot and getting it passed?
We need to collect about 8000 signatures by July 7th to qualify for the ballot. That's the main challenge. If it gets on the ballot, we think it is likely to pass.
Name your least favorite moment over last eight Bush-filled years?
Hurricane Katrina. "You're doing a heckuva job Brownie".
Anything else you want SFist readers to know about the Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco's plans?
This is not a hoax.
To sign up, volunteer, or know more about the name change, visit Presidentialmemorial.org for more information.
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So where do I sign to help get this on the ballot?
http://www.presidentialmemorial.org/
Republicans are sad; an angry tragedian…the worst America has to offer…
We have yet to endure the tactical and strategic blunder that the war in Iraq really is.
I know! Why don't we bomb other countries that have schools, water, power, and police for their people? We can quickly lower the population, while creating enemies for our industrial military complex?
How's that sound Republicans?
Bush Sees "Defining Moment" In Iraq
He saw WMD, Al Qaeda; mobile weapons labs, terrorist training facilities, missiles that could reach New York, 45-minute ready chemical weapons, none of which were there.
What he will see is his legacy and his Parties demise, but at least I got my $600 “tax-rebate” check from China!!
You wanna get some?....lets go.........other wise go sit in the corner with your talking point spewing fallacy of a constituency.....
I want someone like Apostacy commenting on Fox News, who can articulate the anger behind this idea (I assume there is geniune anger).
It's a humorous response to a serious train wreck and it should be addressed as such.
We're getting $600 from China? I'm going to cheer that torch parade, yes sir!
I am mad.......you want more......
After years of attacks and insults from Republicans, I am really going to enjoy watching their implosion. The Republicans have only themselves to blame for their “fall from grace”. The childish manner at which they insult anyone who disagrees with them, while they rubber stamp any policy that Republicans create shows a true lack of cognitive ability that I think should be required for a position in government.
As I compared the constructs of the Democrats and Republicans, I see differences that matter to me. (1) The Democrats are “pro” things; pro-choice, pro-civil-rights and liberties, pro-consumer, pro-environment. (2) Democrats also seem to have many more moderate and conservatives than the GOP has liberals or progressives. To me this shows an ability on the part of the Democrats to have diverse ideology while still working compromises with members of the GOP. Working together to solve the problems Americans face is crucial to success. In the last 8+ years the Republicans have shown me that they don’t want to work together with facts and logic, they just want you to know that they are right.
That’s why I’m voting for Democrats in this next election. Hil or O or both......Dems in 08....
ooohhhh...........you though I was done?
Hell no.......
It is perfectly true that a quick Iraq withdrawal will require something very painful: admitting a colossal strategic mistake. This is the #1 unbearable disgrace for Republicans and all other core backers of the war and occupation. The #2 disgrace would be payment of reparations to Iraq through a UN or World Bank trust. #3 would be the outrage of the post-occupation Iraqi government resolving the oil issue on its own terms, possibly contracting French, Russian, and Chinese firms, while leaving US or UK firms on the sidelines.
Self-denial, vanity, fear to face the music, and greed are at play. It has nothing to do with US security. The fiasco has made us less secure, drained lives and money, and now we are the laughingstock of much of the world.
Don't believe in polls? Well, how about the value of the US dollar on world exchanges?
Let Iraqis rule Iraq, whether by federation, partition, or unitary state. Any model we impose will crumble the day we leave, whether that occurs now or in 100 years. Iraq will not be pro-US, pro-Israel, or pro-anything we favor so long as we occupy them, or as long as we contrived to have privileged access to their oil.
Medieval Europeans wasted 250 years on their venture. Better to learn from them, plus from Britain's troubles in Iraq in the 1920s onward, rather than repeat a futile imperial exercise.
The trillion plus we waste in Iraq could have done so much more for our security or economy if spent on just about anything else.
"be as careful getting out as we were careless getting in" – who said that?
ok then.
On highway 24 there is a property owner memorializing every US service death in Iraq. Yes, there are literally 4000 crosses on their property. They represent to me the tragedy that can be the MIS-USE of our military. The Vietnam memorial means the same to some from that era. The WW2 memorials mark a time of unification of the world to bring down two empires-to-be.
What will the Iraqi war memorial look like?
How many names are going to be on it?
Will we obfuscate the reasons for the fallen for our own historical gratification?
Meanwhile......
The deception metastasizes as the months and causalities mount...............
The President who was never deigned to go to Dover Air Force Base to salute the fallen who are coming home says no photographs of their coffins can be permitted because that would hurt the feelings of the families. This is false, tragically false; the real reason is that day after day the photos would starkly reveal the price of Bush’s folly.
Good night........
“God bless America.” This phrase is used correctly when it conjures an image of God helping people cope with the great losses they have incurred, when it pulls members of the nation together to help and serve one another, and when it asks for the healing of our brokenness that only God can offer. This phrase is used incorrectly when it implies that God should bless our nation at the expense of others, that the United States should enjoy special privilege in the sight of God, or that the lives of Americans are inherently more valuable than the lives of any other people in the world."-unknown
Why sully a perfectly good sewage treatment plant (and the poor folks that work there)with that nom de la merde.
"So far Wonkette and the Washington Post caught wind of it."
Ha!
I took a shit this morning and named it George Bush...I sent him off swimming in the sewers if SF.
ApostasyUSA: but what are your thoughts on yaoi?
I hope the first enemy nuclear explosion to happen in the USA takes place in San Francisco.
It's going to happen somewhere, so it might as well be there. Who needs the place?