Dancing with Myself

Truth is a Defense Against Slander

Orange County, Florida:  After watching Orange County Sheriff Beary allow himself to be shot with a taser gun, Alice Gawronski wrote the Orlando Sentinel and said that Sheriff Beary looked to be in an obvious state of distress, appeared overweight and suggested that if deputies were more fit, they might not need to resort to zapping suspects.

Sheriff Beary, apparently in violation of a law that disallows obtaining personal information from drivers license for non-law enforcement purposes, obtained Alice's home address and wrote accusing her of slander.  At 5'10" and weighing 290 pounds, it obviously wasn't being called "fat" that troubled the Sheriff, but that she said he in an obvious state of distress.

Hey, Beary!  Are you sure it wasn't the "fat" remark that annoyed you? 

"If I were her, I'd sue and get him in front of a jury. He'd probably get laughed out of the courtroom," said Chris Hoofnagle, the senior counsel for the Electronic Privacy Information Center.

And the wingnuts think that it's the Left that is making a mockery of the court system in this country.

Houston We have a Problem

From SF Gate

Magazine names ... Houston as fattest

All of the 10 fittest cities are in the West. Following Seattle were Honolulu; Colorado Springs, Colo.; San Francisco; Denver; Portland, Ore.; Sacramento, Calif.; Tucson, Ariz.; San Diego, Calif.; and Albuquerque, N.M.

Houston was named the fattest city for the fourth time in five years,...

Notice fit Seattle was followed by three California cities, my own included.    Oh, I know I live in Oakland, but I work in S.F., party in S.F., go to the gym in S.F. I think that entitles me to San Francisco bragging rights.