Comments on: Goethe had flare

By: CoolDMZ

CoolDMZ — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 16:20:11 +0000

you know what would be great, is if we could rename Turty Squip “that guy everybody voted to be shot into space in a rocket”

By: Turty Squip

Turty Squip — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 15:56:23 +0000

Yeah! We can rename all things named after historical figures who may have done “bad” stuff in the past! Especially when the NEW names are of fleeting minor, but more PC, figures. Hindsight is grand, huh?! Must get rid of all names involving Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Adams- the whole lot of people who might have known others how owned slaves, or dumped their trash in the woods, or hunted foxes, etc. Next- Roosevelt, Kennedy, Eisenhower. I’m sure they poured motor oil on the ground or something. Hell- just get rid of the whole “founded by white males” concept. Really looking forward to imposing another name change and fun blight on people living on the new “Jessie Jackson Way” (JJ Way?), replacing the formerly named Jefferson Ave.
Idiots. What the heck did Rosa Parks do for Sacramento anyway? Why wasn’t “T.A. Edison School”

By: RunnerGirl

RunnerGirl — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 03:33:46 +0000

UPDATE: This school will be renamed to honor Rosa Parks

http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/235754.html

By: RonTopofIt

RonTopofIt — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:02:55 +0000

News10.net picked up on the story, too.

She said learned of Goethe's disturbing past when researching the school's name on on-line. She came across a research paper written in 2004 by Tony Platt, a professor emeritus at California State University, Sacramento.

Platt is traveling from his home in Berkeley to Sacramento tonight to speak before the school board.

"He (Goethe) would be turning in his grave if he saw all of the young scholars at this school," said Platt.

Who shot who in the what now? Was he a youngscholarist, too?

By: RonTopofIt

RonTopofIt — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 17:41:00 +0000

More fun with Goethe:

The name of one Sacramento school may be changed because of its connection to a white supremacist. Officials at Charles M. Goethe Middle School are trying to remove its racist roots.

Watch the video, too. It appears this name change may be fast tracked.

By: fauxpaws

fauxpaws — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 11:16:44 +0000

On my way home, I noticed the sign on facing J Street no longer mentioned Geothe — it now says “University Arboretum.” I never would have noticed if you hadn’t pointed it out. Thanks for a great post.

By: Alex P. Keaton

Alex P. Keaton — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 10:48:07 +0000

“By ‘us’, do you mean republicans?”

What’s wrong with that?!

By: lowpost

lowpost — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 15:19:02 +0000

“Posted by and your point is..? on 09/13/06 at 08:15 AM

“..compulsory sterilization of the ’socially unfit’”

Like most of us haven’t fantasized about that for years?”

By “us”, do you mean republicans?

By: fauxpaws

fauxpaws — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 12:16:27 +0000

I think I would be more in favor of compulsory sterilization for idiots, but they seem to do a pretty good job taking their own fine idiot selves out of the gene pool, ref: The Darwin Awards. http://www.darwinawards.com/

By: and your point is..?

and your point is..? — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 12:15:40 +0000

“..compulsory sterilization of the ’socially unfit’”

Like most of us haven’t fantasized about that for years?

By: pointfinder

pointfinder — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 11:08:10 +0000

How ’bout that compulsory sterilization of the ’socially unfit’ part? Not as fun as the “how to pronounce” game, I know, but sure does seem to be relevant here…

By: norm

norm — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 05:35:22 +0000

There is a Goethe Junior High at the end of Tamoshanter in south Sac right near where the cluster of homicides went down recently. It’s where I would have gone to Jr. High had I not spent my pre- and early teen years being beaten by nuns.

Growing up, we always pronounced it GAY-dee. As in, “Tom’s going to GAY-dee next year. His white ass is going to get jumped.”

Also, here is a little nugget that I’ll offer to the Sacrag for free:

After attending Goethe Jr. High, most students go on to attend Luther Burbank High School (or, just “Burbank”). Luther Burbank was into selectively breeding plants. Coincidence? (Maniacal laughter)

By: adamant

adamant — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 03:11:20 +0000

According to the local historian who was lecturing on the american river parkway at the Sacramento zoo:

It’s pronounced gay-thee.

William B. Pond was an actual person. It’s not a pond named after William B. like I always thought.

The river used to be really polluted and ugly before the restoration in the late 60’s.

By: cooldmz

cooldmz — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 02:37:40 +0000

what’s wrong with Kearny? as we all learned on Sunday night, he went to the third grade with Otto. also, one of the top 5 greatest Simpsons quotes ever, we know he has a child who sleeps in a drawer. doesn’t he deserve our pity?

but seriously, what’s wrong with Captain Stephen Kearny, father of the US Calvary?

By: sac-eats

sac-eats — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 01:45:28 +0000

Snark aside, if they still haven’t changed “Kearny Street” in San Francisco, the odds of getting Goethe park renamed are slim.

By: sac-eats

sac-eats — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 01:39:06 +0000

I should think that the renaming of soon-to-be “Durda Park” will be a snap once we get our hands on some of that new oil company tax money that prop 87 will collect.

By: RonTopofIt

RonTopofIt — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 00:42:29 +0000

Sounds good to me, CoolDMZ.

Should be an easy sell, right? Who doesn’t love a polymath, anyway?

By: cooldmz

cooldmz — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 00:24:39 +0000

I think we should start a movement to convince everybody that the park is actually named after the “cool” Goethe, Johan Wolfgang Von, author of Faust and Sorrows of Young Werther.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Wolfgang_Von_Goethe