It's the annual Best Of post, the one post in the year where I get to use the first person singular! Hooray! From the Starbucks (not really a) bomber in January to the opening of the Daiso in December, it was certainly one heck of a year, wasn't it? There was BUSH TER DOWN; the Chron's series about police brutality getting upstaged by their misidentification of the cop in question; Kimberly Guilfoyle's new boyfriend,......

Okay, we've really only got two things to say in this post, but we're so mad at ourselves for not referencing There's Something About Mary in discussing the Great Gavin Gel Gambol, so, um.... Gavin's still using gel! Next up: Bush Ter Down! As promised, those wacky World Can't Wait kids tied up traffic on Market Street protesting the war. As our waggish commenters noted, it did indeed rain -- but no word on whether......

It's that anti-war protest time of the year again! Traffic in the city will be tied up tomorrow as your favorite scruffy kettle-drum wielding and peace-flag waving World Can't Wait-ers march up and then down Market Street at noon. Oh, we love The World Can't Wait folks -- remember Bush Ter Down? This is part of an international 190-city protest against the Iraq War (with 70 of the cities are in states that voted for......

See that guy over there on the right? That's Barry Goldwater, accepting the Republican nomination for president in our fair city back in 1964, in the same venue where we now try out American Idol contestants! Why we bringing up old stuff? Well, because, as SFGate's Politics Blog reports, San Francisco has been asked, along with 30 other cities, to submit an application to host the 2008 Republican National Convention! Goldwater's visit was the very last time we hosted the GOP -- and as you may recall, that race featured the famous little girl getting blown up by a nuclear bomb TV ad, one of the greatest Republican losses of the 20th century (Goldwater lost 44 states and only received 38.4% of the vote.) Hey, if the RNC wants to come back, who's gonna stop them? Plus, just think of all the fun protests we'd have if the Republicans actually showed up! Bush Ter Down! And won't it be fun if we catch any closeted gay red-staters buying tina in the Castro? Say no more -- SFist is voting YES! for San Francisco submitting a bid! Let's get on that, SFGOP! ...