To the Rest of California, We Apologize!
As a former mayor of this city, I'd like to apologize to the entire State of California for our city having sent "Hurricane" Jackie Goldberg to the State Legislature.We'd take a lot of your time detailing all the oddball legislation that this severly less than qualified elected official has introduced over the years, but we couldn't let the most recent go unnoticed.
Assembly Democrats have passed Hurricane's latest bill, one that outlaws textbooks longer than 200 pages for children in California. I didn't know this was a crisis.
I was thinking we should make a list here of all the great works that are over 200 pages and then add them to Hurricane's banned book list.
And I thought she was supposed to be a liberal! Banning books indeed!
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Posted by Mayor Sam @ 6/06/2005 11:40:00 AM
33 Comments:
I agree Mayor Sam, while its been nice having Jackie gone from City Hall, it is too bad we foisted her on the rest of the state.
We do miss her from City Hall. Especially those famous vest-shirts? To paraphrase Rob from Swingers: She's so money and doesn't even know it.
Man I can't imagine what it would be like to be that old and still be as liberal as a 20 year old. Sad.
Jackie needs to retire.
Some other Goldberg "achievements":
Living Wage
AB 112, which would provide that only serious or violent felony offenses be considered a "strike" for California's Three Strikes and You're Out
AB 858, which would prohibit public schools (K-12), from using the term "Redskins" as a school or athletic team name, mascot or nickname.
Is Jackie Goldberg Howard Berman's cousin?
Is this pick on Jackie Day? She's been a good liberal. Take a look at her advocacy for children and education. She also spearheaded the effort to stop schools from using rascist Indian mascots.
Who Gets to Play Indian?
By David Yeagley
FrontPageMagazine.com | February 17, 2004
Indians have been outlawed in California. Jacki Goldberg, the great white “Indian killer,” finally pulled off a coup. The California Assembly just passed a law (AB 858) that will make it illegal for all public schools in the state to use the name “Redskins” in any context, for any reason. No Redskins allowed in Central Valley.
At least, no white people will be allowed to play Indian anymore.
But if you have “black” skin, you might get by with it. OutKast, the hip-hop group, performed “Hey Ya” just last week, as they received the Album of the Year award at the Los Angeles Grammy awards. And their “Indian” outfits were more inauthentic and insulting to Indians than any mascot that has ever been banned.
Did Assembly member Ms. Goldberg not write up that law quite accurately? Is there some confusion over who can play Indian and who can’t?
Goldberg has been trying to ban the use of American Indian names, mascots, and logos for two years. In 2002, she couldn’t find enough Indians to protest. But Indians simply weren’t offended. Later, her AB 2115 called for the elimination of any name or image that could possibly be associated with American Indians, like “chiefs,” “warriors,” and even “braves.” When it was voted down, Indian students and tribal elders of the Pala Reservation rejoiced. Their Fallbrook Union High School has used the name “Warriors” since 1936.
But Goldberg is relentless. She doesn’t want a single visible sign of Indians in her state. She revived her first failed bill, AB 858, and began another onslaught. This time she scored. The bill passed January 29, 2004, and may be implemented in 2006. Goldberg doesn’t want another nickel of public funds used to preserve Indian names or images.
In her imagination, Indian images are irreparably damaging, humiliating, and derogatory, and must never again be seen in public.
In her “white” judgment, Goldberg doesn’t even want Indians to play Indian at our own schools, or schools where many Indians attend. She turned a deaf ear to the Pala Reservation elders before, but, to get her AB 858 passed this time, she conceded that schools located near “Indian-controlled land,” whose Indians mascots had been endorsed by Indians, would be allowed to keep their own image. A noble gesture, Jackie.
However, Jackie is not even commenting on the Grammy number put on by OutKast. Their African-American style of music, dance, and vocalization in “Hey Ya” was as opposite of true American Indian culture as the east is from the west. And the history of African Americans bears no resemblance to Indian history, nor is there any similar ethos.
OutKast put on a low level, vulgar, gaudy act, hideous in Indians’ eyes, outrageously fake and terribly offensive.
So why can’t the white race enjoy the honors of Indian warrior images on its schools?
The white race alone made nation-to-nation treaties with the American Indian. The white race alone had the strength and valor to physically displace the American Indian. Yet white people, at least in California now, may never allow their white children to play Indian at school. White children must never be allowed to use Indian names, images, or clothing at any time, for any reason. It’s “denigrating” to Indians, we are told by white liberals like Jackie Goldberg.
But it’s apparently okay for the American Negro to play Indian. Indians are not to feel the slightest bit offended. Why, Negroes have dark skin, just like Indians. Why, isn’t it wonderful how all non-white “darkies” of the world are all just alike, and can all dance the same dance?
I think Jackie Goldberg is a model for all liberals who truly hate Indians, who truly wish to erase any distinction between indigenous cultures. Skip Hayward did it for the Mashantucket Pequot “Indians” in Connecticut. There are no Indians in his “federally recognized tribe.” They’re “black.” Goldberg and OutKast are doing it in California. White people can’t play Indian. Black people can. Indians ourselves have no say.
I wonder what Goldberg would have thought if the Grammys had hung an outdoor advertising banner in Los Angeles with the OutKast Indian gig on it? I wonder if her hatred of the Indian image would have been so relentlessly consistent? She approves of ad banners, despite the fact that they’re illegal there. Well, as long as they don’t depict white people dressed like Indians; that’s offensive, she assures us.
No, but she's the love child between Bella Lugusi and Bette Davis.
Say what you will about her. Her liberal stripes are impressive and she's always been an eager beaver.
I don't know if 10:14 meant to but he/she sure countered 10:13 with his cutting and pasting. Now that I read this I do remember that the rank and file Native Americans were not in favor of this.
Does the Jaxter have a cutting and pasting crew of her own?
Is this true what I hear is that Jackie and Gil want to swap seats to get around term limits?
Jackie is giving out free lightbulbs:
http://democrats.assembly.ca.gov/members/a45/Press/p452001001.htm
Is Jackie related to the wrestler Goldberg?
That is indeed utterly flatline, braindead legislation--but are you suggesting that Tom LaBonge is more qualified?
Just askin'.
How about Linda Tripp friend Lucianne Goldberg?
Mailander,
A while back, we had a "Dumbest Councilmember" poll.
Had it not been for the CD14 blogging crew padding the votes, Tom LaBonge would have handily won.
Oh well.
What are you basing dumb on? Legislation? Intelligence?
You know what was really sad, was Tom LaBonge and Two Bill Gil forcing Mayor Hahn to walk precincts. At one house they went to, the lady was just getting home with her groceries, and while LaBonge and Cedillo were chatting issues with the lady, the Mayor went off on his own to carry her groceries into the house.
What the hell does that have to do with Hurricane?
The term limit ban is on serving in the house not in the district. So, Gil only has 4 more years. He also lives in the 46th. Jackie, I believe, lives in Frommer side of the Mt.
I hear Jackie is going to run against Cedillo?
Man, that's a conundrum for Hal Netkin!
I like Jackie Goldberg. Too bad I don't live in her district or else I would definately vote for her.
I think this bill is a mistake though because I don't think it really adresses the textbook concerns of the students. However, not every thing a good politician does is brilliant.
isn't she like all other so call liberals that are out to band everything that does not agree with simple common sense?
She is a big fat socialist pig.
What about Jackie running for the hills?
This kind of legislation really makes us liberals look like we are afraid to challenge our kids.
Thanks alot Jackie. Maybe you should have thought about banning books that are too SHORT instead.
I think she spends more time in City Council than she does in her own chambers in the Assembly.
I swear she's there all the time. What gives?
You know it doesn't really matter these days if books are heavy cause all the kids have those rolling bookbags now, like luggage. They're not like the canvas, over the shoulder book bags or even backpacks we had in school.
Good going GOLDBERG!
How about having our kids use the "cliff notes" version of the textbooks.
or give them a one sheet of ebonics.
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