By Sarah Phelan

Photo by Sarah Phelan
George "Naked Yoga Guy" Davis started to strip off in City Hall, yesterday, shortly after filing his mayoral papers.
Homeless taxi driver and mayoral candidate Grasshopper Alec Kaplan has already removed the numbers from beleagured "D4" supervisor Ed Jew's alleged house in the Sunset District.
Fellow mayoral challenger and fierce blogger H. Brown has been shooting his mouth off about politics for years.

And then of course there is artist Chicken John Rinaldi, who pronounces his name Ri-NAL-di.

But supporters of Dr. Ahimsa Porter Sumchai are accusing the Chronicle of being in Newsom's back pocket after the daily managed to omit all mention of Sumcahi from its August 11 coverage of the race.

Ahimsa outside City Hall on August 10, shortly before filing her mayoral papers.
True, Dr. Sumchai was 20 minutes late for her own August 10 press conference--a tardiness she put down to having to travel by public transit.
But Sumchai's name is clearly on the list of mayoral candidates, and she has been talking about her candidacy since January, when Lennar's failure to properly monitor and control asbestos dust at Hunters Point Shipyard inspired her to enter the race.

Josh Wolf, who is also running for mayor, says his decision wasn't about payback. (Readers may recall that Newsom refused to add his signature to a Board resolution that publicly protested federal interference into an investigation into who assaulted an SFBD officer during a G8 protest turned violent --interference that enabled authorities to circumvent state-approved shield laws and thus keep Wolf in jail for 7 months for refusing to give up his video outtakes of the protest.
"But I'm shocked that Newsom refused to accept a cap on his relection campaign contributions , which have already surpassed $1.6 million," said Wolf. "What's he afraid of?"

Free at last, Wolf files for Mayor of San Francisco
Meanwhile, with rumor having it that Newsom wanted to use Eminem's Lose Yourself as his 2003 election jingle, what would be an appropriate theme song for Newsom's 2007 reelection bid,?
Oh, and just in case you are wondering, the Naked Yoga Guy...

...didn't take it ALL off. At least not this time around.
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Comments (2)
THE END OF DEMOCRACY, AND OUR CONSTITUTION:
THERE IS NO PLACE FOR POLITICS IN GOD'S HOUSE:
MINISTERS OR POILITICIANS IN THE PULPIT:
Can you believe it. The republicans still will tell
you , God told them to kill more people in the world
then what will vote for them in any coming election. To profit from WAR and give the Church
10% to invest in more WAR equipment.
To assist Israel in their genocide of Palestinians,
and to ignor the suffering in Sudan.
To create more and more widows, orphans, and
disabled people so the drug companies can sell
more goodies. Paid for by the middle class tax
payer, certainly nothing from the Church, except
in alms from the poor congregations.
I certainly hope that the christian people don,t fall for the deceptions of the Republican party again.
I hope they realize what separation of church & state means. I hope they pay attention and stay home
praying for change in the world. Listen to their
GOD tell them not to concern themselves with the
business of government and corruption. It will
always demoralize its people.
Where in your BIBLE does it say to involve yourselves in Ceasar's business.
Where does it say you should not pay taxes, and
should invest your funds in WAR.
NO MORE PUBLIC FUNDS, TAX DOLLARS, FOR ISRAEL SUPPORT !
We as citizens of the United States request that
no further funding of a religious state with Our
public funds continue. We request that no further military aid be given to a religious state. We also
request a return of our funds. From the "Jewish State of Israel".
Our constitution specifically separates church & state. NONE of our tax dollars should be used in support of any religious institution, government or
annex of such state.
They may have declared themselves a separate State, but our constitution strictly forbids using
our public money or tax dollars from supporting such,
and we demand that such practice discontinue immediately.
OXYMORONS:
DEMOCRACY----BUSH REGIME
OCCUPYING-----LIBERATE
CHRISTIAN--------REPUBLICAN
ETHICS --------=- CARL ROVE
Fourteen Characteristics of Fascism :
1. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism - Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.
2. Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights - Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of "need." The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, long incarcerations of prisoners, etc.
3. Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause - The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: racial , ethnic or religious minorities; liberals; communists; socialists, terrorists, etc.
4. Supremacy of the Military - Even when there are widespread domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.
5. Rampant Sexism - The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional gender roles are made more rigid. Divorce, abortion and homosexuality are suppressed and the state is represented as the ultimate guardian of the family institution.
6. Controlled Mass Media - Sometimes to media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation, or sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Censorship, especially in war time, is very common.
7. Obsession with National Security - Fear is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.
8. Religion and Government are Intertwined - Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government's policies or actions.
9. Corporate Power is Protected - The industrial and business aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.
10. Labor Power is Suppressed - Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed.
11. Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts - Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to higher education, and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts and letters is openly attacked.
12. Obsession with Crime and Punishment - Under fascist regimes, the police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego civil liberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations.
13. Rampant Cronyism and Corruption - Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.
14. Fraudulent Elections - Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by smear campaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.
WE HAVE WITNESSED ALL 14 OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS.
THE CONTROLLED ELECTRONIC VOTING
WILL BE THE LAST, AND END TO DEMOCRACY AND OUR CONSTITUTION..
"Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of State and corporate power."
"Fascism is coming to America in the name of national security."
The above fourteen point definition of fascism clearly describes the current state of the United States of America, particularly under the second Bush Administration - a regime awash in corruption, secrecy, theocracy, militarism and election fraud. Never before in the history of this country have the people as a whole been rendered so powerless by a ruling, corporate, elite and gang of "Project For a New Century" imperialists.
Given the media control by a handful of powerful and unelected few, never before has the need for radical reforms been so necessary, and yet so difficult to mount.
It is very apparent, that the Fascism-anti-christ, has taken over the Christians already.
Posted by Allen D Post | August 12, 2007 08:58 PM
Allen, I think you should run for mayor. Your obvious lack of an education and inability to accurately grasp concepts you overhear in the news make you the perfect idiot to shout liberal slogans whenever the opportunity presents itself. If worse comes to worse you can always be a supervisor for the Mission District. It's a good thing that you're still on Bush's trail over all those fraudulent elections he won. All those suckers at public policy think tanks and newspapers gave up too easily at finding the fraud. Your 14 characteristics of fascism are fantastic, you must have spent weeks upon weeks smoking crack and eating paint chips to come up with that ridiculous pile of shit.
Good luck in your political career, I hope you solve all problems that face you. Beginning with your dementia, and the inability to think before speaking.
P.S. the suppressed labor unions had a presidential forum and bought the loyalty of democrats for another election cycle.
Posted by Yura Phag | August 13, 2007 10:24 AM