SFist: Crying Girlgate 2008: the Film

SFHope

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:35:46 -0800

Well, barely legal in the majority of the U.S. too, at least? Not legal in California though, sorry.

fizzandpop

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:48:10 -0800

It's up now

fizzandpop

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:15:02 -0800

Sorry the Youtubes fucked it all up

Joel

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:35:23 -0800

@joel: sense of humor, can u haz 1???? The thing is, it wasn't particularly funny. Then again, you do apparently find lolcats amusing.

bluecanary

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:34:47 -0800

Give me a break. She was on the verge of a breakdown from the minute she opened her mouth. She was upset about the animals and clearly nervous. For anyone to blame this on Daly (and I'm not a huge fan of his) is just ridiculous.

jacksevanroo

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:57:20 -0800

""trenchant" and "edifice of democracy" were my faves." +1 hahaha

Chris Weekly

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:51:07 -0800

What a shock!!!! Daly and Peskin are just serial liars who will say and do anything to extracate themselves from a messy political jam. The laugher is that people actually believe these morons. Another great civics lesson from our BOS.

anopneumous

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:08:56 -0800

Also, where's that video with the footsteps and door slam that was promised? http://www.youtube.com/user/DalyhatesAmandaWong gives me nothing.

anopneumous

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:48:14 -0800

@auweia1, thanks for the link. I haven't really been following this whole Chris Daly thing, but I have to admit, if I had to sit for two hours and watch that guy talk I'd probably cry out of frustration too.

Brock Keeling

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:36:03 -0800

"trenchant" and "edifice of democracy" were my faves.

spidra

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:34:10 -0800

I like sfist.com but I get very tired of the cynicism and simple meanness that meant to pass for humor and trenchant commentary. It's really easy to be bitchy. Schoolkids are capable of it at quite an early age. It's perfectly acceptable to point out that public officials often goof off or blow off the public commentary period. Cynics respond with "What else is new?" but the fact is that it's another chisel at the edifice of democracy and if you don't take it seriously, you're part of the problem. The public comment period should be listened to by our representatives and the length of each person's comments shouldn't be arbitrarily snipped. Yet this stuff happens all the time. I've witnessed it at Berkeley City Council meetings and at the MTC meetings about planning the rebuilding of the Bay Bridge. You should be happy that a teen cares enough and is civic-minded enough to wait and wade through the process hurdles in order to speak her mind at a City Council meeting. Instead you make fun of her. This country needs MORE civic involvement by average citizens, not less.

bernsteinbears

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:31:50 -0800

nubile, barely legal? Filthy, and sick comment. Dude, seek help.

LisaLives

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:22:58 -0800

"Nubile, barely legal," hilarious!! @joel: sense of humor, can u haz 1????

Jerry Jarvis

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:51:26 -0800

What an actress. Please, give me a break.

auweia1

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:14:16 -0800

Yeah, there's more to this, and Nevius definately had a point. I have 3 more clips up now, same place http://www.bluoz.com/blog/index.php?/archives/448-Amanda-Wong-speaks-on-the-Zoo-issue.html

peej66

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:57:31 -0800

That settles it for me - Chris Daly is just a bastard. Oh god, the government is crushing us...oh mercy! Quick! Someone call CW Nevius! This is a scandal!!

auweia1

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:48:23 -0800

oh I see..this all started about 45 minutes before Amanda spoke....there's more clips coming

Aventinus

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:17:42 -0800

I'm sorry, where exactly were we supposed to see proof of Daly's presence? Didn't he say the vid would prove he wasn't there before or after she started speaking? Poor kid. She's all passionate and shit.

anopneumous

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:04:31 -0800

I love the bitch laughing in the background.

mariconsoy

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:25:18 -0800

maybe she's crying because she only got 1 minute of her 15 minutes of fame...

fizzandpop

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:16:10 -0800

It's still processing, but if you want to see the real film (unedited by evil Daly minions) then go here: http://www.youtube.com/user/DalyhatesAmandaWong If it's not there yet, check back. It's the Zapruder film of 2008! (Rickroll-free)

Generic

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:12:26 -0800

Also: that girl is "barely legal" ... in Thailand. Otherwise 4 plus 12 equals 16.

Generic

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:08:55 -0800

seriously, I was in the middle of mine, too. i was torn between the comical "barn door" creak-slam offered on Apple Soundtrack or a more imposing "steel safe" thud-slam.

fizzandpop

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:57:28 -0800

uploading it right now (meeting cancelled)

Brock Keeling

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:47:56 -0800

i'm sorry.

Joel

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:45:55 -0800

nubile, barely-legal teen Why be a dick?

fizzandpop

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:23:35 -0800

Can someone please overdub some comically-loud footsteps and a creaking door onto this? I've got to go to a meeting.

iris

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:13:14 -0800

nerves + being tired + exposure to the ridiculousness that is city government = makes anyone cry