Meanwhile, back in San Francisco…
You’ll be thrilled to know that despite economic uncertainty and panic over the failed bailout, San Francisco’s infamous Folsom Street Fair went off over the weekend without a hitch. Or rather, with plenty of hitches. And the whitewashers at the San Francisco Chronicle lapped it all up:
S.F. kinky naked romp a spanking success
They held the world’s biggest celebration of leather, bondage and sexual fetish in San Francisco on Sunday, and due to the event’s interactive nature, many people are now walking gingerly.
“Enough is enough,” said Lowell Clark, pulling up his blue jeans after emerging from one of dozens of spanking booths at the 25th Folsom Street Fair.
Clark, a 30-year-old San Francisco waiter, conceded he was a novice at the booths, where men and women in search of stimulation were struck with whips, paddles or bare hands. Clark was last spanked at the age of 6 at the hands of his mother in Oklahoma. A stolen pack of chewing gum was involved.
“I still don’t think I’ll steal anything,” Clark said. Still, he called the spanking a “stinging pleasure” that he would try “maybe once a year.”
It was just another scene from the city’s most unabashed bash – a public display of all things kinky that covered 13 blocks in the South of Market neighborhood and drew hundreds of thousands of people, many of them not wearing leather in key places.
There were naked people selling bondage gear and naked people seeking support for measures on the Nov. 4 ballot. There were naked people with cameras, taking pictures of other naked people.
One man wore only an 11-foot Burmese albino python, which curled around his waist. The arrangement seemed risky.
The fair is fun but also important, said Al Waddell, a 58-year-old entrepreneur from Oregon whose Paddle Daddy flogging implements were available in mahogany, hickory and walnut.
“It brings kink out of the closet,” he said as he tried to coax visitors a step further – onto his $645 leather sex sling, complete with metal frame and stirrups.
Previous Folsom Street Fair blogging.
And an unvarnished, not-safe-for-work look from Zombie at what really happens on the public streets of San Francisco during these “fairs” here and here.
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Sick beyond description. Pelosi is the ideal Rep for these degenerates.
I’ll take a pass on the uncensored stuff. I’m trying to eat, for goodness sake!
Sodom and Gomorrah, Michelle do we really have to see pictures of a naked mans behind?
If they did that here 65% of them would contract poison ivy.
Disgusting pieces of garbage. If they want to do this degrading crap at home fine… but not in public, ever. To those who disagree.. get bent.
Check please and bring a barf bag while you’re at it.
Mean while, San Fran Nan gets crotched kicked in DC vote yesterday.
I think we need to bring them into Pelosi’s chamber at the Capital and let her and Barney Fife romp with them.
Pelosi’s “town hall” meetings must look like the bar scene from Star Wars.
These people need their own city. oh wait. neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeevermind.
disgusting pigs.
i cannot believe that this is considered a normal way of life and presented in the public square. you can call me a prude and old fashioned, but you know what i kinda like me just the way i am. when i see that, i don’t feel so dysfunctional anymore. but, i do worry about our future as a nation, with all of this dysfunction being rammed in our faces and influencing the youth i do hope that Jesus Returns soon. Come Lord Jesus, Come!
Nero fiddled…
This is why civilized folks have walls and doors, people. Some things are just supposed to stay private.
I’ve now been put off of lunch, and maybe dinner too. Freakin deviants.
Posting this crap on your blog only drags you down in the gutter with the perverts in Sick Francisco, Michelle.
Where is Child Protective Services? Why are they not pulling these kids away from these perverts?
And they do all this demented and depraved behavior on a Sunday? Oh, that’s right, they are the unwashed Godless ones who have no beliefs other than “If it feels good do it”.
What ever happened to the Vice Squad and their heavy wooden clubs?
7thson
I disagree…. the people need to see that this sickness is prevalent and to hide one’s eyes to it is wrong.
“Stinging Pleasure”
Sound like the title of Barney Franks new book
I’m at a loss of understanding why I should even bother to attempt doing the right thing anymore. Due to a 85% reduction in income, we’re in the process of losing everything. I’m having healt problems, but can’t afford any treatment, and can’t get insurance even if I could afford it.
I’m leterally scoping out where it’s safe to park my car in order to sleep once we’re out of our house (no family backup – they’re deceased.)
Meanwhile these idiots are having sex in the streets as a demonstration of their “rights,” our politicians are bailing out everyone that made a bad financial decision during the last 5 years – with OUR former $ – and sanctuary cities abound with a clear message that only some people need to obey the laws of U.S.
Yet we’re getting nothing but contempt from all quarters. If I had been born in Mexico instead of the U.S., and were living in the U.S. illegally the Government would totally cover us.
Instead, after nearly 30 years in the workforce, and 2 college degrees, I’m ending up homeless – with the Government and community organizers spiting in my face (literally – someone actually did in response to what the felt I believe) and telling me I’ getting what I deserve.
So I’m suppossed to suppport whom?
With all due respect, the people know. We don’t need to get down in the gutter to know it stinks.
Why would CPS do that? In Kalifornia, this is what is taught in the public
indoctrination facilitiesschools as a normal alternative lifestyle. The saddest part is I’m not kidding.of course you are a homophobic bastard if you don’t agree and embrace this diversity. obviously san fran has no obscenity laws. sounds like barney frank’s next hometown.
Can whip Nancy and Barney and Dodd?
A special prayer out to you my friend. A giant prayer for our country. Our nation has prospered from strong people like you, who make the effort to get educated and better yourself. Things will always get better. Good luck and I pray for the best in your future.
Throughout my life I’ve always been told that I never had to get down and dirty to fight what I thought was wrong… Well, those who advised me are now either sheeple or dead. I will get into the mud and fight as nasty as I can… I will wallow in the mire to show the slime for what it is… the high ground is for cowards at certain times. these are those times. with all due respect, as well.
Perfesser: seriously, come to utah. 3.5% unemployment, cheap housing….
It’s only child abuse if the parents are Christian and vote republican.
Otherwise, it’s “free speech.”
So that’s where Nanny Pelosi was this weekend!
MNUSMCDavid, I will get down in the slime right by your side to fight the scum that is ruining our country. My objection was that we don’t need pictures to know who to fight.
BTW, thank you for your service.
and thats why her and Barney needed the 700 billion dollars!
Assuming from the Zombie reports that all SF street fairs are for males only, is this the key to why public sex is allowed? Does the SF city charter disallow female/female and female/male activities?
What is the perverted logic of Gavin Newsom and his cronies (and apparently a large portion of his constituents) that treats gay sex as non-sex, while (apparently) female involvement is not condoned?
I am not condoning public sex of any kind – just curious how SF evolved to the point that strictly gay public sex is allowed. I wonder if SF police would arrest a heterosexual couple performing similar acts at that same fair. And what would Gavin do about it? I would love to see Miller and Gavin in court testifying why they promote/condone gay sex but not allow heterosexual sex in public.
Such a case may be the only way to see an end to Sodom and Gomorrah by the Sea.
I wish they’d change the name of that town to “New Sodom” or something. St. Francis of Asisi deserves better.
7thson
I understand your point and accept same. I guess I’m getting a little frustrated as our country sinks, the country I fought so hard for, and thank you for your kind words.
Can there be any doubt what Speaker Pelosi’s vision for this country is?
This poster is telling the truth here Professor…until recently, the unemployment rate was 2.8%. I am a laboratory manager in a local hospital corporation…it is nearly impossible to find new employees. If you can’t find work in Utah…uhhh, well you damn well don’t want a job.
This is so disgusting, one could have fantisies of walking through the place with a 12 gauge and putting these monsters out of commission……but I obviously can’t, but I cannot see why child protective service won’t go in and charge these pigs with something for exposing these children to their “crap sandwich”.
Barney Frank would have a great time there, slobbering and lisping his way down the block. Sort of a Frank Christmas, you might say.
One thought: Americans should fund AIDS research so they can act this way?
They obviously don’t care (not a condom in sight) so why should I?
I seem to recall reading about such things happening before.
“For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural, and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error. And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper, being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, without understanding, untrustworthy, unloving, unmerciful; and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also give hearty approval to those who practice them.” Romans 1:25-32
It’s only child abuse if the parents are Christian and vote republican.
Otherwise, it’s “free speech.”
And homeschoolers.
FWIW, a lot of gays loathe stuff like this. Believe it or not, there’s a culture war in the gay community too.
90% of them Obama supporters no doubt.
Yeah, these people are making all the regular gay people look bad. Anyone who’s naked in public should be arrested, period, and anyone who thinks little kids should be there is out of their minds.
You are correct…I know a gay man here in my work group who has seen this stuff and would not have the slightest hesitation about hauling these pigs to the pokey for child abuse.
I quickly scanned through the first part of zombie’s report and came to the conclusion I have no reason to visit San Francisco….ever.
It seemed to me that all of the pictures were of sad, ugly, old men.
So much for San Francisco’s vaunted “diversity”.
Yech!! I’m getting a sudden urge to go take a shower – with the door CLOSED!!
Isn’t this WHY we created the Neutron Bomb?
It is not just inside America that we see the world turing to evil. However, we will see more fires, stronger storms, more earthquakes, and wierd things going on in the Sun because of it.
Like Sodom, we have earned the wrath of that which made us for believing a lie, and not accepting the truth.
I happened to be in SF this past weekend and attended the fair. I have to admit that on the list of things that bother me about San Francisco this festival is not one of them.
It is obvious to everyone where the festival is taking place. If you don’t want to participate don’t go. There is a perimeter around the festival – a few blocks away from the weirdness – that you have to pass through. You would have to really really mess up to end up there.
In addition – I found everyone at the festival to be very nice and positive to deal with. I am a straight, married, male who is not into any of the lifestyle stuff on display there but I do support having safe, sane fun.
I guess socal99, from your post you see it is OK for men to suck each other off in public, as well as urinating on tolets back as long as there is a fence to keep children, and good people from seeing such abomations.
What a putz.
To Leatherneck:
Thanks for calling me a putz – much appreciated. I have to say that while I was at the festival none of the people there called me a putz or any other name.
To answer your question – I don’t personally want to see men suck each other off nor do I want to see a man and woman engaged in public sex. That said, I don’t want to stop other people (adults) from doing their thing, either.
Like I said – if you don’t want to be a part of it don’t go. I mentioned the fences because my only objection would be if some unsuspecting person (child, whatever) could stumble into this “festival”.
An additional thought – I have similar objections to the liberal blathering at movie festivals and award shows. That stuff is actively offensive to me but I wouldn’t try to stop it, either. I can just chose to avoid it (and I do).
It was reported that Nancy Pelosi wore a studded leather Little Bo Peep outfit and carried a six foot cattle prod as she hosted the wildly popular animal husbandry tent at this year’s festival.
real men
vote present in ‘08
If the shoe fits.
I do not want Americans murdered by illegal aliens driving drunk.
I do not want NAMBLA fondaling little boys.
I do not want men to suck each other off in public.
According to you socal99, as long as I am not in the area of said three examples then it is OK. Let us not stop men and women from doing what they want.
Secular humanism is where it is OK as long as it feels good. There is no good, or evil.
We can disagree Leatherneck and thanks for your opinion.
Specifically I don’t want to limit what adults do. I don’t think that your other two examples are the same thing and, fwiw, I completely agree with you on the other two.
One thing that was funny and made me wish that I had a camera was that there were tons of these naked dudes walking around with Obama stickers, err, stuck to their persons. Would have made a great photo.
Is this what they mean by “hedonism”?
(sarcasm off)
Of course we disagree socal99. But, it is not my opinion. It is against the Law.
Ahhhhh, these sanfran types are soft core wannabes… wanna see a real spanking? just wait till you see what main street is gonna do to wall street…
I remember when San Fran (aka “Frisco”) was a fun place with most of the gay stuff still safely in the closet–this was in the early 1960’s. Us Nevada college students met some pretty nice girls (I think!) there–I would be afraid to have anything to do with a date in S.F. now. The aids rate must be through the roof by now–none of the participants seemed afraid of diseases in the photos.
It must really suck (sorry–bad choice of words!)to be straight and single in Frisco.
John Bibb
that city needs to have all the decent people cleared out, then have a few MOABs dropped on it.
unbelievable. shocks me every time.
I don’t disagree with you, but this should get wide public coverage once.
It would show many in America the absolute depravity that many on the left support.
For those who claim they only want the same rights to marry their
“life” partnerlatest romp, it shows what they are really after. No restrictions on their depravity in any venue, and you forced to support it.…it also shows what politicians in the Democrat party have no problem with…
CPS is likely all tied up with home visits to two men or two women who have decided they want to play house, and adopt.
You know, to give some kid a “normal” life.
/sarc
What the…? Where is the sarc/? Safe, sane fun? If you really believe that, you need more help than this blog can give you. Yuck.
Meanwhile, the left wants universal health care, your share will be rationed to cover activities such as this, and others such as the Perfesser will continue to go without care.
Oh yeah…we hear about it all the time.
rolls eyes.
Let me get this straight (pardon the pun). You don’t personally want to see men suck each other off. Then why are you there? And you said “if you don’t want to be part of it, then don’t go.” So that must mean you were a part of it? You are a straight married man? How does you wife feel about this? You are one wierd dude.
As a gay man, I think this street “fair” is disgusting and these people (mostly men but some women) are perverts. Most gays and lesbians are “just plain folks” who want to lead normal lives but these sickos get all the press.
There are straight people just as perverted as these characters – the only difference is that, anywhere but SF, you’d be arrested on the spot for performing in public. What a hellhole SF must be; couldn’t pay me enough to live in a place like that.
What consenting adults do in private is one thing but in public?!?!
I hate to admit it but it’s scenes like this that have me thinking that the “God is punishing America” people might have a point.
(And most of the people in the pictures should keep their clothes on!)
Now where did I put the eye bleach?
#65: actually, it’s true… there are gays (mostly conservative – admittedly a small number – and some liberals) that rant against obscene excess like this. You’d be surprised.
You don’t “hear about it all the time” because 1) gay conservatives are somewhat rare (although the gay GOP presidential vote is around 25-30 percent) 2) the media has little interest in gay conservatives and 3) the conservative press doesn’t spend much time with our message – although that is changing given the number of conservative gay bloggers (including at Pajamas Media).
Unrestrained behavior has a corrosive effect on individuals, communities, and society at large.
I’ve got to be honest with you people. I secretly wear a leather belt. EVERY DAY!
I hope every single one of the attendees gets infected with HIV and dies of full “blown” AIDS.
MICHELLE…CLEAN UP IN AISLE 70!