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Title: If Mike Were Mayor, This Is What It Would Look Like
Post by: wwwes on June 18, 2009, 02:18:37 PM: Huffington Post: (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/18/carty-finkbeiner-ohio-may_n_217412.html)
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TOLEDO, Ohio — Online video shows an Ohio mayor biking through a city park stepped into a fight to break it up, yelling at the teens and calling one a "fatso."

A video posted on YouTube shows 70-year-old Toledo Mayor Carty Finkbeiner (FINK'-by-nur) wading into the midst of about 20 young people.

He is heard yelling, "Come here, fatso" and "Tubby, get your butt out of here."

And seriously, a thousand thank yous to the people of Toledo for electing a mayor with a name that I believe is an homage to Salute Your Shorts.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GewYDWneAnU[/youtube]
Title: Re: If Mike Were Mayor, This Is What It Would Look Like
Post by: Me! on June 18, 2009, 02:22:57 PM: I don't need any fighting or any slinging of crack here!
Title: Re: If Mike Were Mayor, This Is What It Would Look Like
Post by: Bryan on June 18, 2009, 02:28:10 PM: "What kind of mayor calls a kid a fatass?"

The awesomest kind. This man deserves our congratulations for ridding municipal parks of young fatsos, fatasses and tubbies. He's like Batman, but with fat kids instead of super-villains.
Title: Re: If Mike Were Mayor, This Is What It Would Look Like
Post by: nec13 on June 18, 2009, 02:39:25 PM: This guy deserves a fun pack.
Title: Re: If Mike Were Mayor, This Is What It Would Look Like
Post by: J. Garbage on June 18, 2009, 02:51:53 PM: That kid looked like a dick.
Title: Re: If Mike Were Mayor, This Is What It Would Look Like
Post by: buffcoat on June 18, 2009, 03:03:55 PM: I side with the mayor. It looks like this "don't snitch" bullshit has turned from media panic into something that's actually going on. How fucking depressing.
Title: Re: If Mike Were Mayor, This Is What It Would Look Like
Post by: Chad from Oregon on June 18, 2009, 03:20:36 PM: New Port Richey, Ohio?
Title: Re: If Mike Were Mayor, This Is What It Would Look Like
Post by: Me! on June 18, 2009, 03:43:36 PM: I'm siding with the Mayor too. These kids are acting like shit heads, fighting in a public park. The Mayor happened to be in the area and took matters into his own hands. Good for him.
Title: Re: If Mike Were Mayor, This Is What It Would Look Like
Post by: B_Buster on June 18, 2009, 03:43:37 PM: A mayor who's not afraid to mix it up with some young punks is my type of guy.
Title: Re: If Mike Were Mayor, This Is What It Would Look Like
Post by: Sarah on June 18, 2009, 03:52:40 PM: One could say he's a little reckless: one old mayor against a crowd of kids. Buncha wimps. They could've taken that guy easy.
Title: Re: If Mike Were Mayor, This Is What It Would Look Like
Post by: oilcantim on June 18, 2009, 04:41:40 PM: This guy... this guy is the kind of mayor a town can be proud of. (And that kid is a fatass. Spiritually and physically.)
Title: Re: If Mike Were Mayor, This Is What It Would Look Like
Post by: Me! on June 18, 2009, 05:00:13 PM: That kid is a mental fat ass.
Title: Re: If Mike Were Mayor, This Is What It Would Look Like
Post by: orator on June 19, 2009, 02:42:25 AM: Quote from: buffcoat on June 18, 2009, 03:03:55 PM
I side with the mayor. It looks like this "don't snitch" bullshit has turned from media panic into something that's actually going on. How fucking depressing.

That isn't anything new at all.
Title: Re: If Mike Were Mayor, This Is What It Would Look Like
Post by: Steve in North Hollywood on June 19, 2009, 05:28:30 AM: Quote from: orator on June 19, 2009, 02:42:25 AM
Quote from: buffcoat on June 18, 2009, 03:03:55 PM
I side with the mayor. It looks like this "don't snitch" bullshit has turned from media panic into something that's actually going on. How fucking depressing.

That isn't anything new at all.

I commend that guy. When I was a kid, my friends and I got into tons of trouble, but as soon as any adult showed up and threatened to call the cops, we'd wise up eventually. Sure, we'd give back a healthy dose of sass and verbal abuse, but what kid wouldn't? And we'd definitely never snitch and always give fake names if asked.

Kids will be kids, but adults shouldn't be afraid to confront them. It takes a village, and so forth. He didn't lay hands on them, which is good. He used some insults to get their attention. To that I say "go with what works." Those kids look like trouble-makers of the highest order, and had probably proven (in the parts of the video that we didn't get to see) that they did not deserve respect in that situation.

Nate and his friends would never behave like that... if they knew an elected official was present.
Title: Re: If Mike Were Mayor, This Is What It Would Look Like
Post by: Sarah on June 19, 2009, 07:35:22 AM: Would his using "dumbass" have caused less of a stir, do you suppose?
Title: Re: If Mike Were Mayor, This Is What It Would Look Like
Post by: buffcoat on June 19, 2009, 08:15:27 AM: Slight correction: "It takes a mayor."
Title: Re: If Mike Were Mayor, This Is What It Would Look Like
Post by: Bryan on June 19, 2009, 08:47:03 AM: I think that releasing this video will have the opposite effect that they (i.e. the kids) were hoping. This will clearly not harm the mayor's reputation.
Title: Re: If Mike Were Mayor, This Is What It Would Look Like
Post by: Steve in North Hollywood on June 20, 2009, 04:16:49 AM: Quote from: Sarah on June 19, 2009, 07:35:22 AM
Would his using "dumbass" have caused less of a stir, do you suppose?

Probably not. The kid who posted the video was just looking for any form of abuse to cry about. I grew up overweight. If a kid called me "fatass," I'd offer them a fair fight. If an adult called me "fatass," I'd insult them right back and try to get them to hit me so I could sue (told you I was a trouble-maker).

If an adult called me "dumbass," he was probably my father and I had probably just done something dumb.
Title: Re: If Mike Were Mayor, This Is What It Would Look Like
Post by: Sarah on June 20, 2009, 07:25:45 AM: But this seems to support my theory that, if "dumbass" had been used instead of "fatass," the filmmaker's outrage would have been less.
Title: Re: If Mike Were Mayor, This Is What It Would Look Like
Post by: Fido on June 20, 2009, 08:52:09 PM: From the city that brought us Joe the Plumber!
Title: Re: If Mike Were Mayor, This Is What It Would Look Like
Post by: nec13 on June 20, 2009, 09:02:04 PM: Quote from: Fido on June 20, 2009, 08:52:09 PM
From the city that brought us Joe the Plumber!

Thanks to the great city of Toledo for bringing us this national treasure.

(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20081031/joe-the-plumber-publicist/images/b83022a9-c323-4c2c-a81e-a1ff03cac7f7.jpg)

Bask in his glory, for he is truly one of the great political minds of our time. A man that we can all be proud to call a fellow American.
Title: Re: If Mike Were Mayor, This Is What It Would Look Like
Post by: Chad from Oregon on June 21, 2009, 12:39:30 AM: frickin' hell... Joe The Plumber looks like Lex Luthor the Motivational Speaker.

He would even have his own theme song as he took the stage: "Joooooe The Plummmber... went to the blah-blah-blah", as sung to the tune of Bowie's Joe The Lion.

Man... I used to love that song. Now I just don't know...
Title: Re: If Mike Were Mayor, This Is What It Would Look Like
Post by: nec13 on June 21, 2009, 12:45:54 AM: We are all Joe The Plumber.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DFXzF2lwZs[/youtube]
Title: Re: If Mike Were Mayor, This Is What It Would Look Like
Post by: Joe Rogaine on June 21, 2009, 01:17:35 AM: "fatso" who is their mayor Ralph Kramden?
Title: Re: If Mike Were Mayor, This Is What It Would Look Like
Post by: nec13 on June 21, 2009, 01:20:12 AM: One of these days, fatso. One of these days...
Title: Re: If Mike Were Mayor, This Is What It Would Look Like
Post by: Steve in North Hollywood on June 22, 2009, 02:55:46 AM: Quote from: Sarah on June 20, 2009, 07:25:45 AM
But this seems to support my theory that, if "dumbass" had been used instead of "fatass," the filmmaker's outrage would have been less.

Perhaps you are right then. We'll have to recreate the scenario... Nate!!!!! Get your fattest friend on the phone and have him meet us at the park! Don't tell him the mayor's gonna be there.
Title: Re: If Mike Were Mayor, This Is What It Would Look Like
Post by: Sarah on June 22, 2009, 10:34:27 AM: I bet Nate and a bunch of his buddies, fat or not, wouldn't draw the same kind of ire.
Title: Re: If Mike Were Mayor, This Is What It Would Look Like
Post by: J. Garbage on June 22, 2009, 06:08:54 PM: I thought it was funny how the guy who is, I guess, hosting(?) the video is like "What kind of MAYOR calls a kid fatso??" Maybe it's cause of the area I grew up in, but it seems like calling a kid fatso is one of the least offensive things a mayor can do, as it doesn't even involve extortion or the mafia.
Title: Re: If Mike Were Mayor, This Is What It Would Look Like
Post by: NJL on June 22, 2009, 06:15:42 PM: This guy has got nothing on Scott McPherson.
Title: Re: If Mike Were Mayor, This Is What It Would Look Like
Post by: fonpr on June 22, 2009, 09:06:19 PM: Quote from: NJLA on June 22, 2009, 06:15:42 PM
This guy has got nothing on Scott McPherson.

Got that "right" Pally.
Title: Re: If Mike Were Mayor, This Is What It Would Look Like
Post by: Steve in North Hollywood on June 23, 2009, 08:52:39 AM: Quote from: Sarah on June 22, 2009, 10:34:27 AM
I bet Nate and a bunch of his buddies, fat or not, wouldn't draw the same kind of ire.

I will make sure they never get word of that bet because they will draw ire first and ask questions later.
Title: Re: If Mike Were Mayor, This Is What It Would Look Like
Post by: Julie on June 23, 2009, 09:33:09 AM: What was that kid thinking? No one likes a fatso! I'm kind of ashamed of the mayor for not also calling him "Blimpy" and "Big Boy."