An Aaron Proctor Sampler

[first published: August 1, 2008]

Lets take a brief look at Aaron Proctor's blog, and so discover WHY I think it is so wrong that Ann Erdman - our city's lead media representative - was eating ribs with him.

[Note: I had vowed to (and who wants to) not have profanities on my blog, but in this case, I think it is necessary to illustrate the world of Unregulated media - and how this adds to the level of unfiltered hate.]

Aaron Proctor has "only":

• Attacked currently seated city councilmen on his blog with obscenities and graphic sexual references.

examples:
Sid Tyler’s the only person I know who can piss up a rope.

Think of a hot woman. Sid Tyler banged her.

• He has consistently demeaned the Mayor, and admits to sending him crudely hand-drawn comics (which he posts to his blog) to "rattle" him.

example (image above):
I like to send drawings to Mayor Bogaard. I think it annoys him. It cracks me up, though.

• He published obscenities in the Pasadena Weekly* and on his blog about our Superintendent:

examples:
Diaz could have simply contacted me directly to air his grievance. Maybe I should have added “arrogant” to “stupid mother fucker“.

Edwin Diaz, you’re the 2nd Ham And Egger of the week. I think I’ll actually write “You’re a fucking dumb ass” on the award, too.

* In the crazy world of Pasadena media, our Alternative Weekly, is a supporter of Proctor's. Here he openly admits to having Pasadena Weekly's (who gave him a column!) full support:

I also find it hilarious how people think going to reporters at the Weekly to complain about my blog are going to accomplish anything. (Not that Diaz sought out a reporter - I know I just came up in conversation…this time). Maybe they think I’ll get in trouble or something?

• He openly publishes off of hate-monger Rene Amy's blog (who demonstrates his own prissy crudeness here):

So, for decades to come, we’ll be paying off food that’s 30 years old.
Actually, it’s already excrement.
Admins eating off the children’s dime is just the “PUSDville Way,” isn’t it?
Rene

• Aaron Proctor even gives a chest-thumping patriotic Rant on the 4th of July (not surprising):

I’m sick and tired of people thinking that just because you love America, just because you’re happy to live in a country with its many positives (and many follies), you’re some beer-swilling redneck who watches NASCAR. I love America and I’m proud to live here and I’m not embarrassed or ashamed to admit that. I don’t think someone should be admitting they love the country they’re in. There’s NOTHING WRONG with being patriotic.

• And he has a host of right-wing political links on his blog:

* Ann Coulter
* Bill O'Reilly
* Brian Fuller For State Assembly (44th)
* California Republican Party
* Charles Hahn For Congress (29th)
* Colbert Nation
* David Dreier For Congress (26th)
* Indecision 2008
* John McCain For President
* Libertarian Party
* Log Cabin Republicans
* Pasadena Republican Club
* The Liberty Committee

• Finally, a survey of issues discussed on his blog reveals PUSD-bashing has a far lead over any other subject. (Why?)

It is important to remember that Proctor (and other hate-bloggers) have not-all-that-long-ago local, historical predecessors, the John Birch Society (whose former Western Headquarters was on Mission Street).

What Martin Luther King said of the John Birchers in 1965, exactly describes our (alarmingly mobilized*) hate-media today:

The Birchers thrive on sneer and smear, on the dissemination of half-truths and outright lies. It would be comfortable to dismiss them as the lunatic fringe—which, by and large, they are; but some priests and ministers have also shown themselves to be among them. The are a very dangerous group—and could become even more dangerous if the public doesn't reject the un-American travesty of patriotism that they espouse.
Playboy interview, 1965

* Could the lack of regulation have anything to do with it?

And yet, hard to believe, but true! Non other than the Public Information Officer for the City of Pasadena, Ann Erdman, finds herself completely comfortable with openly attending (even being photographed at!) Aaron Proctor's parties.

This is wrong!