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Seems to me this is corporate sponsored....and you're just stirring up hate here...

Michelle Malkin » Miller Beer steps in it again: The Folsom Street Fair fiasco

When last I wrote about Miller Beer, the company was cluelessly sponsoring illegal alien protests and spinning furiously. Doesn’t look like they learned to stay away from radical politics. Miller went ahead and sponsored the “Folsom Street Fair” in San Francisco…billed as the “world’s largest leather event.”

Here’s the Catholic-denigrating promotional poster for the Miller-backed fair via CNSNews.com, depicting the Last Supper as a gathering of S&M enthusiasts:



Take a closer look. The bread and wine at the supper table are replaced with sex toys. Swell.

In response to complaints from Christian groups, Miller has asked for its logo to be removed. And the Folsom organizers are now disingenuously arguing that they neeeever meant to offend:

There was no intention to be particularly pro-religion or anti-religion with this poster; the image is intended only to be reminiscent of the ‘Last Supper’ painting. We hope that people will enjoy the artistry for what it is - nothing more or less. Many people choose to speculate on deeper meanings.
The NYSun reports that while Miller requested that the poster be changed, it’s still sponsoring the event:

As of yesterday, the Miller Light and Miller Genuine Draft logos, are still on the poster on the fair’s Web site. It also lists the beers as “presenting sponsors” of the event, along with two “hardcore” pornography sites, Nakedsword.com and TitanMen.com.
Take a gander at the NSFW website for the Folsom Street Fair. Here are a few of the runner-up promotional posters…

Do you righties really think your lies impress anyone?

Originally Posted by Cookie Parker

Your source? Let's see the link and the cost...

This is my source for anything I post for you Cookie

www.fuckyoucookieparker.com

Originally Posted by nathanbforrest45

This is my source for anything I post for you Cookie

www.fuckyoucookieparker.com

It is a pisser to be caught lying with your socks...LOL!!!!

Just ain't the brightest bulb anywhere, huh?

Originally Posted by Cookie Parker

It is a pisser to be caught lying with your socks...LOL!!!!Just ain't the brightest bulb anywhere, huh?

Not so fast......there Cookie,

The Folsom Street Fair, which is expected to draw more than 300,000 people from around the world on Sunday, lists among its "Supporting Sponsors" two government departments: Grants for the Arts and SF Environment.

On its Web site, Grants for the Arts (GFTA) lists its goal as "to promote and support the widest possible variety of arts and culture activities in the city to both visitors and residents."

And on its page describing funding provided to parades and celebrations, the Web site states that the department has provided $22,000 for the Folsom Street Fair.

That's roughly the same amount GFTA gives to the organizers of the local St. Patrick's Day Parade and Cinco de Mayo celebration, but nowhere near the $78,000 the San Francisco Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Parade receive.

GFTA receives its funding through what's called the "transient occupancy tax" or "hotel tax," a 14 percent charge assessed on every person who stays at any hotel within the city/county.

According to the San Francisco Convention and Visitors' Bureau Web site, the city/county has 32,822 available hotel rooms as of last January, and in the 2005/06 fiscal year, the hotel tax generated $179 million in revenue. That money was used to fund "services from schools to police, the arts and affordable housing."

The other government entity that serves as a sponsor of the weekend event is the San Francisco Department of the Environment - or SF Environment - which states on its Web site that it "works with community groups and city agencies to actively promote and increase the quality of life for residents."

Once again here is a list of sponsors..make sure to avoid their products:

Miller Lite/Miller Genuine Draft
NakedSword
TitanMen.com
GLOSS
RECON
Hot House Entertainment
Elbow Grease
Mr. S Leather
Maximus Vodka
Steamworks
BigMuscle.com
Blow Buddies
Dungeonbeds
Leatherpost.com
Joie de Vivre Hospitality
Powerhouse

Now mind you all this is taking place on city streets..just a partial list of the things that were taking place all against laws regarding decency and child abuse:

Large numbers of men walking on public streets either fully or partially naked;

Groups of men engaging in sex acts on the street as crowds walked by and snapped pictures and police officers merely watched;

Theatrical sadomasochistic whippings and floggings - drawing blood and turning the willing "victim's" skin bright red;

Flaunting of female nudity and real or simulated sexual acts;
"Master-slave relationships" in which a man or woman "walked" a subservient "slave" with a collar and chain;

Anti-Christian imagery in the form of the "Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence" - men dressed in drag mocking Catholic nuns - greeting incoming attendees at Folsom; and

Originally Posted by migueld

Not so fast......there Cookie,

The Folsom Street Fair, which is expected to draw more than 300,000 people from around the world on Sunday, lists among its "Supporting Sponsors" two government departments: Grants for the Arts and SF Environment.

On its Web site, Grants for the Arts (GFTA) lists its goal as "to promote and support the widest possible variety of arts and culture activities in the city to both visitors and residents."

And on its page describing funding provided to parades and celebrations, the Web site states that the department has provided $22,000 for the Folsom Street Fair.

That's roughly the same amount GFTA gives to the organizers of the local St. Patrick's Day Parade and Cinco de Mayo celebration, but nowhere near the $78,000 the San Francisco Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Parade receive.

GFTA receives its funding through what's called the "transient occupancy tax" or "hotel tax," a 14 percent charge assessed on every person who stays at any hotel within the city/county.

According to the San Francisco Convention and Visitors' Bureau Web site, the city/county has 32,822 available hotel rooms as of last January, and in the 2005/06 fiscal year, the hotel tax generated $179 million in revenue. That money was used to fund "services from schools to police, the arts and affordable housing."

The other government entity that serves as a sponsor of the weekend event is the San Francisco Department of the Environment - or SF Environment - which states on its Web site that it "works with community groups and city agencies to actively promote and increase the quality of life for residents."

Once again here is a list of sponsors..make sure to avoid their products:

Miller Lite/Miller Genuine Draft
NakedSword
TitanMen.com
GLOSS
RECON
Hot House Entertainment
Elbow Grease
Mr. S Leather
Maximus Vodka
Steamworks
BigMuscle.com
Blow Buddies
Dungeonbeds
Leatherpost.com
Joie de Vivre Hospitality
Powerhouse

Now mind you all this is taking place on city streets..just a partial list of the things that were taking place all against laws regarding decency and child abuse:

Large numbers of men walking on public streets either fully or partially naked;

Groups of men engaging in sex acts on the street as crowds walked by and snapped pictures and police officers merely watched;

Theatrical sadomasochistic whippings and floggings - drawing blood and turning the willing "victim's" skin bright red;

Flaunting of female nudity and real or simulated sexual acts;
"Master-slave relationships" in which a man or woman "walked" a subservient "slave" with a collar and chain;

Anti-Christian imagery in the form of the "Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence" - men dressed in drag mocking Catholic nuns - greeting incoming attendees at Folsom; and

Where are the funds?

I don't find any links that indicate the funding...just your print...

And what of the government funding movies on religion?

The Dangers of Government-Sponsored Art [incl. Aminah Beverly McCloud, Omid Safi, "America at a Crossroads"] - Campus Watch

So it was that in March 2004 these three men joined forces to enter a competition to write, direct and produce a documentary for PBS on the inability of "moderate Muslims" to be heard in or out of their own communities because the Jihadists either murder them, threaten to do so, or join forces with the PC Elite to silence them as "too westernized" to be real Muslims. The name of this film was to be Islam vs. Islamists.

When CPB announced the competition to receive proposals for documentaries to examine "America at a Crossroads", promoted as a means to begin a national dialogue on America's war against Islamic terror, there were an unprecedented 440 entries. CPB was to commit 20 million US taxpayer dollars to fund the final 20 or so winners. PBS would air the top 11 as a series over a one week period in mid-April 2007 during prime time.

To understand this proposal correctly, the reader should know that CPB was created at the height of the Great Society push of the Johnson administration. In 1967 Congress created CPB as a "non-governmental" non-profit corporation which Congress would fund to create the physical and financial infrastructure for what has become the nationwide network of public television and radio stations most of which are members of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). Today, CPB receives $400 million annually from US taxpayers and is seeking an increase to $440 million in the form of an advance for fiscal year 2010. PBS receives hundreds of millions of dollars worth of broadcast rights paid for by CPB. In other words, the taxpayer funds PBS.

On January 30, 2006, CPB announced that the PBS

Originally Posted by Cookie Parker

I don't find any links that indicate the funding...just your print...

You don't see the hyper links?.... you just want to believe want you want to..thats cool. i don't have to prove this anymore, the facts are there if you choose to see them.

And I'll tell you what, anybody else that reads this post can plainly see where the money is coming from and see that you are just trying to ignore the facts...your looking like a real idiot on this one.


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Parades and Celebrations Funding: 2007-08

*Denotes new recipient this year

Aloha Festival
$9,100
Carnaval
$93,500
Castro Street Fair* $10,000 Cherry Blossom Festival
$44,000
Chinese New Year Parade
$78,000
Cinco de Mayo $22,500 Columbus Day Celebration
$43,500
Comedy Day
$7,000
The Dyke March
$5,000
El Grito Ceremony
$9,100
Fiesta on the Hill
$5,000
Folsom Street Fair
$22,000
Greek Flag and Cultural Day Celebration and Parade
$4,500
Korean Day Festival and Parade
$9,000
Pistahan Festival
$16,400
Min-Sok Festival
$8,100
Nihonmachi Street Fair, Inc.
$16,000
Parol Lantern Festival and Parade
$5,000
Russian Festival
$8,300
Samoan Flag Day
$11,100
San Francisco Chinatown Autumn Moon Festival
$24,500
San Francisco International Dragon Boat Festival
$9,000
San Francisco Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Parade
$77,200
St. Patrick's Day Parade
$22,000
Vietnamese Lunar New Year Celebration
$10,700
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sfenvironment.org: our city's programs: Zero Waste

ZERO WASTE PROGRAM
GRANT AWARDS - 2006

Introduction

The Zero Waste program of the Department of the Environment issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) on October 24, 2005, and received twenty-nine proposals on January 19, 2006. The Zero Waste program coordinated the schedule of these dates with the Department’s Environmental Justice Program. The Residential and Special Projects Recycling staff spent over 500 hours reviewing written grant proposals, interviewing applicants and then evaluating each proposal. Grants were evaluated with recommendations from the Controller incorporated in the scoring. The grant awards were approved by the Commission on the Environment on May 23, 2006.

San Francisco Food Bank will increase recovery of food destined for landfill through their Local Fresh Rescue Program perishable food recovery program. This will add 150 tons to the 1100 tons diverted by the Food Bank. Amount of award: $60,000.

Folsom Street Events will increase their zero waste efforts at Folsom Street Fair and Up Your Alley. In the past they have diverted 78% and with this funding they proposed to reach over a 90% diversion rate. Amount of award: $19,000.

Goodwill Industries will increase diversion with the purchase of a horizontal baler, which will allow them to market 156 tons of stuffed animals, 16 tons of leather belts, 31 tons of purses and 11 tons of hats. Amount of award: $40,000.

Children’s Book Project will divert children’s books from San Francisco’s waste through their redistribution efforts to low income families and school teachers. In addition they will educate their 5,000 clients on the curbside composting program. Amount of award: $10,000.

San Francisco Bike Coalition will activate their membership and the motivate the greater 50,000 person San Francisco bike community on how to maximize their recycling and use the curbside composting program through a “Cycle & Recycle” campaign. Amount of award: $44,000.

Supportive Housing Employment Collaboration will create the Employment Readiness Program to train and place formerly homeless clients in waste diversion jobs at special events and to promote recycling in supportive housing sites where they live. Amount of award: $25,000.

Haight Ashbury Neighborhood Council will add a vermicomposting unit to their operation of a drop-off recycling and Zero Waste center at 780 Fredrick St. where they divert 1350 tons of material annually. Amount of award: $60,000.

Planet Drum Foundation will incorporate a requirement for home composting into the curriculum of their Bioregional Education Program for over 150 participants and promote the composting and recycling programs to their extensive membership and Green City Calendar outreach. Amount of award: $6,000.

San Francisco Clean City Coalition will increase reuse efforts at Gigantic 3, the monthly recycling and disposal event. In addition Clean City will conduct outreach to 2,000 households each month regarding recycling/composting programs and provide recycling technical assistance to special events in San Francisco. Amount of award: $80,000.

Garden For the Environment (GFE) will continue the highly successful Gardening Composting Educator Training Program activating the 600 graduates to promote composting. GFE will also provide free backyard composting classes to San Francisco residents, students, and community gardeners and maintain the Garden for the Environment located at 7th and Lawton Street. Amount of award: $99,000.

San Francisco Conservation Corps will help residents increase recycling and composting at San Francisco Housing Authority’s Alice Griffith Housing Development. This pilot project takes ad-
vantage of recent improvements at the community garden and green resource center at the Double Rock community. Amount of award: $50,000.

Urban Sprouts School Gardens will provide garden based education to schools within OMI/Excelsior, Sunnydale, Visitation Valley and Bayview and teach students to promote waste reduction and composting in their homes, schools, neighborhoods and communities. Amount of award: $10,000.

Charity Cultural Services Center will conduct outreach to the Chinese speaking communities in the Sunset, Richmond and Chinatown districts in order to maximize recycling/composting efforts. Progress will be tracked by calculating the diversion rate for each route. Amount of award: $60,000.

Scroungers’ Center for Reusable Arts Parts (SCRAP) will capture and reuse an additional 30 tons, for a total of 180 tons, of materials that do not currently have a recycling market for redistribution to artists, teachers and residents for use in art and educational projects. Amount of award: $30,000.

San Francisco Community Recyclers (SFCR) will operate the City’s only full-scale used building material reuse yard, Building Resources, and will expand their innovative glass remanufacturing project Red Shovel Glass. In addition SFCR will operate donation drop-off centers for a total diversion of 2,160 tons. Amount of award: $112,000.

Black Rock Art Foundation will organize neighborhood public art projects utilizing used materials and activate about 75,000 residents to increase awareness and use of the recycling and composting programs. Amount of award: $50,000.

Under One Roof will salvage resaleable materials from the convention and showplace industry waste stream in San Francisco to directly benefit AIDS support organizations and will encourage customers, clients and community members to increase participation in the composting and recycling programs.
Amount of award: $45,000.

It's simply a percentage of local taxes for a local community event as part of an overall financial support of a San Francisco area event. Are you from San Francisco?

If not, so what. It's community funds being used in reflection of that said community.

It's fine with me. Why should I get all flustered out how a local community uses their local funds?

Seems kind of hypocritical to Libertarian leanings to me.