Comments on: Honestly, the only way for the protesters to get the Google bus out of the Mission is for them to stage a pedestrian getting run over by one http://www.missionmission.org/2014/01/22/honestly-the-only-way-for-the-protesters-to-get-the-google-bus-out-of-the-mission-is-for-them-to-stage-a-pedestrian-getting-run-over-by-one/ Saluting San Francisco's Mission District Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:23:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Brink http://www.missionmission.org/2014/01/22/honestly-the-only-way-for-the-protesters-to-get-the-google-bus-out-of-the-mission-is-for-them-to-stage-a-pedestrian-getting-run-over-by-one/#comment-98626 Brink Tue, 04 Mar 2014 07:49:55 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=51885#comment-98626 > Some people are prospering but it is not trickling down.

Talk to the manager of your bar and ask them to raise the prices and raise your wage. Blaming the patrons for your shitty pay isn’t going to get you anywhere.

]]> By: Brink http://www.missionmission.org/2014/01/22/honestly-the-only-way-for-the-protesters-to-get-the-google-bus-out-of-the-mission-is-for-them-to-stage-a-pedestrian-getting-run-over-by-one/#comment-98625 Brink Tue, 04 Mar 2014 07:41:25 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=51885#comment-98625 Are you contrasting against the way that tech workers in other cities are “forced out” because they work in the tech industry, of which other cities may not have enough employment available? Or “forced out” because they are gay/female/non-white and work in the tech industry, superficial qualities of which other cities are not so tolerant?

We should all just stay in the place we started, our “rightful” places, regardless of our path and direction in life? As if that’s the goal? Regardless of what we have to contribute to society?

If your primary contribution to your community is your excellent work as a barista, so be it… but can you please not shame the people who’ve busted their ass for a better future for themselves, their families, their communities, and often — for everyone — by taking on higher-level skills that address social issues at scale, all the while leveraging such to be paid enough money to contribute it back to the local communities they live in, whether by direct spending, or by funding or participating in arts, policy, and community culture?

Entitlement for its own sake is a rather disgusting form of conservative oppression.

]]> By: Daniel http://www.missionmission.org/2014/01/22/honestly-the-only-way-for-the-protesters-to-get-the-google-bus-out-of-the-mission-is-for-them-to-stage-a-pedestrian-getting-run-over-by-one/#comment-97868 Daniel Tue, 28 Jan 2014 16:35:30 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=51885#comment-97868 This is what I want to say to the dudes at 16th St. Bart trying to get signatures for a proposal to require voter approval for waterfront development over height restrictions.The conflation of progressivism and NIMBYism is depressing as hell.

Even in SF, housing demand is not unlimited. Increase supply and rents will be more reasonable.

I’m more ambivalent about rent control. Seems like subsidizing rent for those who need it is a better economic alternative to the weird distortions of rent control, though probably politically infeasible.

]]> By: m http://www.missionmission.org/2014/01/22/honestly-the-only-way-for-the-protesters-to-get-the-google-bus-out-of-the-mission-is-for-them-to-stage-a-pedestrian-getting-run-over-by-one/#comment-97779 m Fri, 24 Jan 2014 21:56:53 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=51885#comment-97779 This is clearly Max Bell Alper…

]]> By: troll http://www.missionmission.org/2014/01/22/honestly-the-only-way-for-the-protesters-to-get-the-google-bus-out-of-the-mission-is-for-them-to-stage-a-pedestrian-getting-run-over-by-one/#comment-97763 troll Fri, 24 Jan 2014 16:50:40 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=51885#comment-97763 Exhibit B right heeeyah. Thanks for warning me! I’ll be ok, I don’t commute to the Pen everyday, nor do I ever take MUNI. I appreciate your concern though!

]]> By: Brian http://www.missionmission.org/2014/01/22/honestly-the-only-way-for-the-protesters-to-get-the-google-bus-out-of-the-mission-is-for-them-to-stage-a-pedestrian-getting-run-over-by-one/#comment-97760 Brian Fri, 24 Jan 2014 07:53:17 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=51885#comment-97760 Except there’s really nowhere else for them to come from. All this bashing on people, who are doing the community a SERVICE by taking something other than their car, is going to lead to these types of responses.

Taking a swipe at the response and calling them holier than thou illustrates this perfectly. I suppose no good deed goes unrewarded…

Be careful what you all wish for, and Google, Yahoo, Genentech, Apple, et al discontinue their shuttles, and all of those people start DRIVING their cars to work. You think your commute on the 48 sucks balls now? Just wait.

]]> By: Brian http://www.missionmission.org/2014/01/22/honestly-the-only-way-for-the-protesters-to-get-the-google-bus-out-of-the-mission-is-for-them-to-stage-a-pedestrian-getting-run-over-by-one/#comment-97759 Brian Fri, 24 Jan 2014 07:33:33 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=51885#comment-97759 You do realize that the “abuse” means less wear and tear on the roads in the city, less pollution, fewer accidents, and actually is a net gain for the city financially, right?

No, you wouldn’t want to actually think something through on your own, now, would you?

]]> By: I can't wait http://www.missionmission.org/2014/01/22/honestly-the-only-way-for-the-protesters-to-get-the-google-bus-out-of-the-mission-is-for-them-to-stage-a-pedestrian-getting-run-over-by-one/#comment-97758 I can't wait Fri, 24 Jan 2014 05:16:31 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=51885#comment-97758 I find the whole discussion juvenile. The protesters and the attendant commentators have arrested development. It got me thinking, isn’t this really a problem with San Francisco that predates the recent round of idiocy? I finished Gary Kamiya’s book and am about to start Season of the Witch. Maybe it illuminate San Francisco’s inability to grow up.

Anyway I can’t wait until the whole master plan comes to fruition. When the highly compensated have pushed the hoopleheads out of San Francisco once and for all. I’ll rejoice at our annual Bohemian Grove meeting that we’ve done ourselves a great service.

]]> By: timbo http://www.missionmission.org/2014/01/22/honestly-the-only-way-for-the-protesters-to-get-the-google-bus-out-of-the-mission-is-for-them-to-stage-a-pedestrian-getting-run-over-by-one/#comment-97755 timbo Thu, 23 Jan 2014 23:14:01 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=51885#comment-97755 They’re not exactly out just yet, due to the phased implementation. But you’re right in that I should have referred to both.

In any case, how do you know how I voted? Was that you peeking over my voting booth in 2012?

]]> By: two http://www.missionmission.org/2014/01/22/honestly-the-only-way-for-the-protesters-to-get-the-google-bus-out-of-the-mission-is-for-them-to-stage-a-pedestrian-getting-run-over-by-one/#comment-97754 two Thu, 23 Jan 2014 22:43:54 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=51885#comment-97754 OK, I look forward to seeing your proposal for doing away with Proposition 218.

]]> By: 94103er http://www.missionmission.org/2014/01/22/honestly-the-only-way-for-the-protesters-to-get-the-google-bus-out-of-the-mission-is-for-them-to-stage-a-pedestrian-getting-run-over-by-one/#comment-97753 94103er Thu, 23 Jan 2014 22:34:22 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=51885#comment-97753 Yep. Word to that. Also, apparently Facebook is just about out of parking. So they need to be running even more shuttles until Menlo Park’s city council gets their heads out of their asses and fast-tracks approval for housing developments nearby and advocates to SMCTA for transit-only lanes and safer bike infrastructure! This is such a joke, blaming the car-free in SF and the tech companies themselves.

]]> By: Ian MacKaye http://www.missionmission.org/2014/01/22/honestly-the-only-way-for-the-protesters-to-get-the-google-bus-out-of-the-mission-is-for-them-to-stage-a-pedestrian-getting-run-over-by-one/#comment-97749 Ian MacKaye Thu, 23 Jan 2014 21:35:04 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=51885#comment-97749 Al Jazeera covers it better:

http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/live-news/2014/1/battle-of-the-shuttlebusesrollsoninsanfrancisco.html

]]> By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable http://www.missionmission.org/2014/01/22/honestly-the-only-way-for-the-protesters-to-get-the-google-bus-out-of-the-mission-is-for-them-to-stage-a-pedestrian-getting-run-over-by-one/#comment-97748 Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable Thu, 23 Jan 2014 21:28:26 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=51885#comment-97748 Yup, and they should have to pay, as well. So should any private bus line using public bus stops, be it commuter buses, jitney buses, casino buses, tourist buses, or WHATEVER.

]]> By: Ben http://www.missionmission.org/2014/01/22/honestly-the-only-way-for-the-protesters-to-get-the-google-bus-out-of-the-mission-is-for-them-to-stage-a-pedestrian-getting-run-over-by-one/#comment-97745 Ben Thu, 23 Jan 2014 21:02:51 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=51885#comment-97745 Right, and for very good reason. You could upgrade Caltrain to provide BART-like levels of service (defined as: dedicated funding, higher frequency, transfers, grade separation) for a third of what it would cost to run BART down the peninsula.

]]> By: SF Born http://www.missionmission.org/2014/01/22/honestly-the-only-way-for-the-protesters-to-get-the-google-bus-out-of-the-mission-is-for-them-to-stage-a-pedestrian-getting-run-over-by-one/#comment-97744 SF Born Thu, 23 Jan 2014 20:44:42 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=51885#comment-97744 It is BS. Sorry.

I’m just saying that many of the anti-gentrification, “keepers of the flame” types are from other places themselves.

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