Posted on 11/17/2013 1:01:50 PM PST by Kaslin
Five-year-old cancer survivor Miles Scott recently delighted America when his wish to become Batman was granted by the Make-A-Wish Greater Bay Area Foundation. Social media exploded and the adventures of "#SFBatkid" were followed by millions of people as he saved a damsel in distress and rescued the mascot of the San Francisco Giants. Over 12,000 volunteers helped make Miles' wish come true, and numerous articles were written about how faith in humanity seemed to be restored.
San Francisco city supervisor Eric Mar seems to have missed the heartwarming lesson behind the day, and instead decided to politicize the event. He tweeted and posted the following on Instagram:
Waiting for Miles the BatKid & Wondering how many 1000s of SF kids living off SNAP/FoodStamps could http://t.co/LNNwpDsIsS Eric Mar (@ericmar415) November 15, 2013
SNAP (aka food stamps) is a federally funded program. The Make-A-Wish Foundation is a private charity. While Mar eventually tried to cover himself later that day on Facebook, the fact still stands that he attempted to politicize a childhood cancer patient's special wish. While childhood hunger certainly is a problem (though the SNAP Challenge Mar encouraged people to attempt has been shown to be not that challenging.), there are 364 other days of the year that don't involve a sick child's dream coming true to discuss it. His comment was in very poor taste.
Mar was also behind the effort to ban toys from Happy Meals in San Francisco. It is unknown if Mar is on the League of Shadows' payroll.
I think Robin will be Batwoman as soon as he finished his sex change.
I see they had a couple of Batman characters; the Riddler, the Penquin, a Police Commisioner. Guess what other major enemy of Batman is missing; The Joker. Why? I think a certain shooting gallery event in a Colorado theatre from June of 2012 is the answer. For the time being, The Joker is too closely associated with extreme mayhem and bloodshed, not at all funny. This impulse will pass over time, but it’s too soon right now.
Not to worry, he’ll be re-elected and re-elected and re-elected.
This story probably provided SF with more positive publicity than it’s seen since Tony Bennett cut “I left my heart...” 50+ years ago. What’s happened to that city is nothing short of a crying shame. Mar personifies the decline.
This is the same city that once had Jim Jones on their City Council.
“I think Robin will be Batwoman as soon as he finished his sex change.”
You mean he has been waiting for Obamacare all this time?
I guess masked crime fighter doesn’t pay that well. And you
know that tight wad Batman wasn’t going to spring for it.
Or getting in a drunken stupor and smoking crack...
Eric Mar is my supervisor and to me his comment is so highly illustrative of the liberal mindset. Liberals must always dwell in the land of the glass half empty. There is no joy in their lives. When I first moved to San Francisco, it was a very creative, joyful community. Now it is a dour, politically-correct neo-Soviet Style enclave. What was so great about Batkid was that for a brief time, the “old” San Francisco of my youth had returned. No money was spent on this exercise because so many people volunteered goods and services. Compare and contrast Eric Mar’s silence when Obama rolls into his/my neighborhood to vacuum up campaign contributions from Sea Cliff. The security people are really nasty, harass all the small businesses en route, all that police overtime, etc. Eric doesn’t utter a peep about starving children then.
Frankly, I have never walked down a single street in San Francisco and said, “Gee, that kid is skin and bones. Let’s feed him.” Obesity is the problem here.
Popular ‘Batkid’ caper costs San Francisco $105K
http://www.twincities.com/national/ci_24564901/popular-batkid-caper-cost-san-francisco-105k?source=rss
...the article says Make a Wish is going to pay the city back.
Ah, well. At least Arkham City turned into Gotham City...even if just for one day.
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