1) Obama fucked up by voting to grant telecom companies immunity for illegal wiretapping. The last fucking thing I want to see my next president do is fucking shit on my civil rights right in the middle of his fucking presidential campaign.
This is just great. We hate Bush because he has gone out of his way to try and weaken the Bill Of Rights. Now we have Obama going out of his way to support that. Straight up - Obama has now made clear that he thinks our civil rights are not important. Mr Obama - Why is this a bad idea? And why did you vote against it?
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
Why?
I'll likely vote for the fucker, but he's lost much of my trust. If the president..... THE FUCKING PRESIDENT...... can't abide by the Bill Of Rights, then fuck him.
2) Iran obviously wants us, and Israel, to start bombing them. Isn't that great. Just wonderful.
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Taco Quest - Jul 7th, '08
After the question is asked enough times, "Where is the real good tacos/Mexican food in San Diego", one gets tired of giving the honest and true answer and just decides to settle the damn issue. So here is where we settle it.
The honest and true answer is that there is no answer. As "American food" can be just about anything, SD Mexican food is too broad a topic. And some "real" Mexican food you can find in San Diego, and some you can't. Continuing the analogy with American food - If you go to Boise and ask for great southern chicken fried steak, you may not get it.
And tacos can lead to a translation problem. Most "tacos" in San Diego are two tiny tortillas with a scoop of meat, diced onion, and cilantro. If you want a crunchy taco with cheese that's not real Mexican, although there are several mom and pop Mexican places that serve them.
So....... When people (and by "people" I mean white people who don't need to experience some of the more questionable parts of a pig) ask about good Mexican places in San Diego, I assume they want something authentic but not rustic, and they don't want the style of Mexican most people in San Diego actually eat (i.e. the various -bertos shops, fish tacos, burritos, and carne asada fries).
If we get rid of the above mentioned SD style Mexican food we toss out roughly 65% of the choices. Good, we've narrowed it down. And I think we can all agree to toss out Old Town Cafe and other touristy stuff, as good as it might be. That's another 10% fewer options. So we're left with around 25 of the Mexican restaurants between Del Mar and the U.S. border to sift through. That's a lot.
Again, that's a lot. If you dive down University avenue from Hillcrest to the 15 you'll notice there is a taco shop or mariscos or Mexican something or other on every corner. Even if you assume only 1 in 30 of those is really good you still have plenty of great places to eat just on that one street. Considering that San Diego metro area is about 20 miles across, and seeing as you'll have no trouble listing 3-4 truly great places on just one street........
That's my point - Asking where they great Mexican food is becomes frustrating when there are so many great choices. Especially when many of the choices are things white suburban Americans won't like. Tacos de Buche are 100% authentic. But they are only really good if you like extra fatty pork jowl.
Okay. Enough already. People just want a freakin' answer. You want the Best Mexican in San Diego? Try these.
Tacos El Gordo
The real deal. You can get basically the same thing in the original shop in Tijuana. The menu is small, but it doesn't matter. You want great tacos, and you absolutely get great tacos. There's a woman making your corn tortillas right in front of you, a guy standing in front of a vat of communally stewing meats, and a guy slicing meat off a rotisserie. That's about it. Not being a fan of odd meats I just get the tacos de adobada, and tacos de asada.
Being right off the 5 freeway, this is easy to get to.
Mama Testa
The upscale location in Hillcrest may give you the wrong impression. Rest assured this isn't the yuppy pussified Mexican food it may appear to be from the street.
The choices here are extensive and authentic. The menu is creative and familiar all at the same time. I could go on about this and that, but I think the restaurant is best summed up by a review I read on yelp.com -
"BOMB ASS FUCKIN FOOD!!!
I took a bite of their beans and then I started punching people left and right...cuz the food made me crazy! CRAZY!!!
I finished my plate, threw it on the floor, jumped over the counter...then assaulted the chef...cuz only an alien can make food this good...and I HATE ALIENS!!"
They have a huge salsa selection, but I found it to be a bit meh. However, with food this good one doesn't need much salsa. Parking is a nightmare, just deal with it.
(Many more reviews coming)
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Bad Bad Good - Jul 1st, '08
1) So California's hands-free driving/cellphone law is in effect starting today. Since anyone driving in CA will be regularly pissed off at people driving like idiots while on the phone, this is bound to be a popular law. Problem is, it won't work. Drivers are just as accident prone while talking on the phone whether it's hand-free or not. So we add another useless law to the pile of shit laws which give the US the highest per capita prison population in the world.
2) Obama is now saying he would like to give more of my tax money to church groups. What the fuck? These people run TV shows from churches the size of football stadiums. Explain to me again why they need to be funded by the federal government?
3) A few more choices for "authentic" regional Mexican food in San Diego -
Super Cocina
Ortega's
Carnitas Uruapan
Chilangos Mexico City Grill
Our go-to Mexican places are -
El Agave
Spicy Mexican Grill
BatGrl likes Old Town Mexican Cafe, but frankly I think it's gone downhill in recent years. Certainly not worth the wait with so many other places as good or better.
But frankly, the question of "authentic" Mexican food in San Diego is not answerable. Much of San Diego is sort of an extension of Mexico, and that includes the food. So the various Roberto's clones sprinkled all over the place may be snubbed for not being authentic, but that's silly given that it's mostly Hispanics eating there. And even the restaurants trumpeted as "real" Mexican are going to be simple home cooking which you can get anywhere here - Meat, beans, rice, sauce.
So while San Diego may have more flour tortillas, orange cheese, and lettuce, it's still pretty darn authentic. It's just that this region of Mexico (San Diego) tends towards fish tacos and carne asada burritos. Or, more meat and less sauce.
If that's not the region you're looking for, I suggest El Agave.
But in prep for the parent invasion we'll try all the other places. I doubt BatGrl will object to a definitive search for San Diego's best authentic Mexican food.
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Big Brother Mexican - Jun 30th, '08
1) I doubt this will come as any shock to anyone, but......
Hundreds of police, firefighters, paramedics and even utility workers have been trained and recently dispatched as "Terrorism Liaison Officers" in Colorado and a handful of other states to hunt for "suspicious activity" and are reporting their findings into secret government databases.
Read the story for details, but basically this is just the government asking people to spy on their fellow citizens.
First of all, our Bill Of Rights is suppose to steer our nation away from this crap. The founding fathers didn't want to live in a country where the government tried to stamp out all unapproved behavior. This sort of thing is un-American.
Secondly, this is stupid. There is NO threat present in America that would justify something like this. We are being told to spy on each other for nothing. Fear for fear sake. And taken in context it gets even sillier. Every year 20,000 people are murdered, and another 40,000 die in car crashes. Deaths due to terrorist attack approach zero.
Why do Americans seem to hate liberty and freedom so much?
2) There was some talk of where the best place to eat for some "authentic" Mexican food would be in San Diego. Putting aside that one should probably stay away from food which is truly authentic Mexican food, a co-worker who eats in Mexico a lot recommends -
Marisco's German
Tacos El Gordo
And I also want to try Lolita's Taco Shop
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The Sky Is Falling - Jun 27th, '08
1) I made the claim at the Montana party that I thought the middle class in America was going bye bye. I got a full round of "Jon is insane, that's so sad" looks. Well, I could be wrong, but here's some documentation on the coming atmospheric cave-in, especially this bit.
"Meanwhile, all us normal schmucks will be getting destroyed, because we have to compete with just our labor and basic work products against these enormous fictional supplies of supersize-fake money. We're going to be eating sawdust for breakfast and biking to work, while the government insists that there's no inflation and that everything is just fine. The only people that will do well in this situation are the parasites that caused most of the problem in the first place."
In short, if you thought Iraq and Bin Laden were the only bonfires Bush & Co have been fiddling over, you are in for some nasty news. Rather than take an economic boot to the nuts, Bush has elected to build the house of cards higher and higher.
The system is built to make sure the rich never pay the price for mistakes such as the mortgage crisis. They may have to get used to modest losses rather than 30% returns. But they won't lose their house, and their job won't be outsourced overseas. Better yet, since food and fuel costs are a very low percentage of their wealth, hyperinflasion on groceries and gas will have zero impact.
End result - The middle class is driven to a low standard of living as the rich are only forced to eat less lobster.
I was in La Jolla last night shopping a Bristal Farms. I got a six pack of beer for $10 and two cheeses at $15 a pound. I went home and made chicken marsala with sugar peas and mushrooms. I was thinking to myself, "Probably won't be able to do this much longer." Our only hope is that Obama spends the next few years making the rich pay to save the poor.
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