http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog news and views from uc berkeley Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:05:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Aren't we all tired of the same old politicians? The ones for whom the stereotypes are tailormade, the ones who say one thing yet do another...the ones who not only say one thing and do another, but who say one thing to one group of people, and then say the ... http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2008/07/06/change-we-can-believe-in/ The recent ruling of the California Supreme Court has brought one big question to my mind: Why the heck is gay marriage even an issue? It makes no sense. With a tanking economy, a war to fight, and a pathetic public education system, the government and the American citizen body ... http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2008/05/31/alternate-view-on-gay-marriage/ According to a recent article in the Politico, some strategists--Republican and Democrat alike, predict that--despite the strong odds against the Republican Party right now, McCain has a fairly strong chance at taking the Presidential election in November. This optimistic prediction assumes that Obama will receive the nomination from the Democratic Party, ... http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2008/05/24/mccain-has-a-chance-at-a-blowout-victory/ In a sadly true sentence, the San Francisco Chronicle reports: But the Republican governor's stance on same-sex marriage has been curious and confusing to many people. This is only confusing if you understand the structure of the United States government less than an Austrian immigrant, which apparently is true for the vast ... http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2008/05/17/civic-ignorance/ As most of you have probably heard, the California Supreme Court has ruled (PDF) that the California constitution guarantees a right to marry to same sex couples. Eugene Volokh has one of many summaries you could find on the intertubes. I imagine there are many folks who are not particularly ... http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2008/05/16/gay-marriage/ You know a person has contempt for an idea as he pays lip service to it when he describes it in quotation marks. Take this column in the East Bay Express by Robert Gammon. Gammon writes a feature column which calls for Berkeley Law Professor John Yoo to be fired ... http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2008/05/14/academic-freedom/ Some time around 3:45 this afternoon, someone was shot in the Southside Top Dog parking lot. I was at La Burrita next door at the time, I believe, but didn't hear anything or notice anything amiss until I saw the cops running by as I was leaving. Later, I saw ... http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2008/05/13/another-local-shooting/