Introduction

This is an opinion site. I am exercising my 1st Amendment Right of free speech. If you don’t like.. please… LEAVE.. or leave an intelligent rebuttal.

“Debate on public issues should be uninhibited, robust, and wide-open, and may well include vehement, caustic, and sometimes unpleasantly sharp attacks on government and public officials.” - Justice William J. Brennan Jr. -1960 New York Times Co. v. Sullivan case, which extended the First Amendment’s guarantee of free speech to prevent citizens from being sued by public officials.

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“Protections for anonymous speech are vital to democratic discourse. Allowing dissenters to shield their identities frees them to express critical, minority views . . . Anonymity is a shield from the tyranny of the majority. . . . It thus exemplifies the purpose behind the Bill of Rights, and of the First Amendment in particular: to protect unpopular individuals from retaliation . . . at the hand of an intolerant society.” - Much-cited 1995 Supreme Court ruling in McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission.

Put that in your pipe and smoke it, Breton.

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Background

Joe Sacramento was created in 1967. In 2008, Joe began posting opinion pieces about Sacramento politics, notably in opposition to 3rd term hopeful Mayor Fargo, after being bombarded with radioactive rays from character assassination smears being shot around the city by well funded business people and monopolistic newspapers.

Joe considers his pieces the “B side” to the Sacramento “Bee side.”

Need to talk to Joe: joejoesacramento at gmail dot com.

QA with Joe

Why do you despise Fargo so much?
I don’t despise Heather Fargo the person at all; I disapprove of Heather Fargo the self-serving politician who hides her pitbull political agenda behind a mask of false cordiality. This woman serves a very small segment of residents in the city that support her political agenda and no one else. Read her 2008 State of the City address that took place in the Sac State Ball Room and cost $90 a head IF you could get in. Give me a break. This is the most diverse city in California and it DEMANDS a leader who is cognizant of that and serves us all equally. The days of Fargo’s boutique agenda have passed. Time for Sac to grow up. Does the EPA have a position for Fargo? She would serve the state well there.

Are you a KJ operative?
NO! But I am proud to say several Fargo fanatics have said my site is under investigation for being an illegally funded campaign site. Exciting. I keep waiting for the free publicity, but it hasn’t arrived yet. I don’t know KJ, and he has nothing to do with my site. I think I have written articles critical of KJ and apparently he has read them given his “they said we mismanaged the campaign” statement (a topic I believe I was the only one to broach). When KJ is mayor of Sac, I’ll be his biggest fan.. and biggest critic… all for the good of the city.

Why don’t you reveal your identity?
I don’t see any value in doing that. I didn’t start the site to draw attention to myself, I started it to draw attention to our community, particularly the outlying areas that are being neglected. Anonymous political writing is a highly effective form of persuasion; in fact it was so effective it inspired the U.S. Constitution. ” The tradition of anonymous speech is older than the United States. Founders Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay wrote the Federalist Papers under the pseudonym “Publius,” and “the Federal Farmer” spoke up in rebuttal. The US Supreme Court has repeatedly recognized rights to speak anonymously derived from the First Amendment.”

Will you ever reveal your identity?
Only if someone approaches me to help them in some way and it is inevitable. Even if I did, it would be no big deal and would be met with a collective yawn as I am just another face in the crowd here in Sac. People who value free speech should be fighting for me to remain anonymous, not calling me a “chicken.”

Why do you want Sac to be like LA?
I don’t. I love small towns. I grew up in a great one. I just want all people and neighborhoods to be treated equally. I am sick of the council’s favoritism and broken commitments. I also want more focus on public safety and social programs for at risk people (not just kids), and less focus on environmentalism and designing a Sex in the City lifestyle downtown for our singles.

Democrat or republican?
I vote for the best person for their job. Both parties have their share of nut jobs. I think the system needs an overhaul, frankly.

Obama or McCain?
Obama. Our country has changed. We need a fresh set of eyes, and preferably a set belonging to someone other than a white male who gets his jollies invading defenseless countries. I’m ashamed of the Bush administration and I fear McCain is cut from the same fabric. Bring the troops home already!

Are you a ni**er lover? (actual question asked of Joe)
Yes.

What do you do for a living, and where do you find the time to do this?
My job is unique in that it is a blend of technology and art. I use both sides of my brain heavily on a daily basis. I’m a good multi-tasker.

How do I start a blog like yours?
Just go to wordpress.com and set up an account. It really is that easy. I have also pointed people to a book called Worpress for Dummies. I looked through it at Borders and it has a lot of valuable info.

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TERMS & CONDITIONS

“Debate on public issues should be uninhibited, robust, and wide-open, and that it may well include vehement, caustic, and sometimes unpleasantly sharp attacks on government and public officials.” Justice William J. Brennan Jr. explaining rationale for extending 1st Amendment Free Speech to protect citizens from libel lawsuits brought by public officials. - Case precedence: 1960 New York Times Co. v. Sullivan

Don’t visit my site if you have a problem with free speech.

Glossary of Terms

Words, phrases, philosophies, and colloquialisms from Joe’s active gray matter..

Sacramento Election

• Fargo Cargo: Heather Fargo’s baggage
• St Grope: closed police file alleging KJ’s hands went where they shouldn’t have
• Mayor’s green challenge - Race to raise $200 MILLION DOLLARS to save the city from bankruptcy
• Dilla - Leonard Padilla, bounty hunter
• Fongo - what happens when the mayor and a city councilman have the same political consultant
• Political gangbangers - ruthless politicians who will use character assassination as a means to achieve political objectives
• HATCHet ACT - abusing one’s government power to defame one’s opponent

Media

• Mamarazzi: Spouse of Paparazzi, mother of Babarazzi
• Dig-Dugs: Cartoonish reporters who dig in random patterns underground

Politics & Culture

• Dim Bulb Environmentalism: Excessive focus on environmental issues and not enough on people
• Bbbbmer: A endangered species of militant separatists who don’t care about anything or anyone but themselves and their owned gated communities.
• Genexican: a GenX voter who associates with neither major political party

Unclassified

• Joe Sacramento: An every day joe blow who wants Sacramento citizens to start demanding more of its paid public sevants.

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