Showing posts with label Proposition 8. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Proposition 8. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Go Moonbeam!!
Way back in 1974, before many relocated themselves to this now-crowded and abused state, California's present Attorney General was elected Governor. His father, Pat Brown governed California for most of the 1960's.
But Jerry Brown was not your average governor. He opposed the Vietnam war, supported migrant laborers, and fought big oil before it was cool. He chose to live in an apartment near the state capitol, and never moved into the governor's mansion. He dated Linda Ronstadt, and appointed poet Gary Snyder to California's art council. Many governmental stuffed shirts found him odd, which he was. Conservatives decided that he was so odd, they labeled him "Governor Moonbeam." Jerry Brown was also the mayor of Oakland, in between being our governor and attorney general. He lost several bids for the presidency. He made some bad decisions and shady deals. In other words, typical politics.
Yesterday, I fell in love with Jerry all over again. He stepped up and stood up to Proposition 8, and seeks to overturn it! It was anticipated that he would go along with the November 4th decision, and instead he blew everyone's minds. Repeat after me: "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness." Thanks, Moonbeam. Brown asks state's high court to overturn Prop 8
Saturday, December 06, 2008
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