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John Yoo bad-mouths Berkeley
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 3/31/10 | Aileen Yoo

Posted on 03/31/2010 12:38:44 PM PDT by SmithL

John Yoo, the infamous torture memos author and Cal prof who is dogged by protests, bad-mouthed Berkeley in a recent interview with the LA Times. And one blogger for the Daily Californian, the university's newspaper, is not amused.

"Add trash-talking our city to the reasons Berkeley residents don't like Boalt Hall School of Law professor John Yoo."

The former Bush Administration lawyer and current Berkeley resident told reporter Carol J. Williams:

"I think of myself as being West Berlin during the Cold War, a shining beacon of capitalism and democracy surrounded by a sea of Marxism."

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Government; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: berkeley; beserkeley; yoo
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YYMB!
1 posted on 03/31/2010 12:38:44 PM PDT by SmithL
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To: SmithL
"I think of myself as being West Berlin during the Cold War, a shining beacon of capitalism and democracy surrounded by a sea of Marxism."

The people of Berkeley were offended by being called Marxists? There's more hope for them than I thought.

2 posted on 03/31/2010 12:41:00 PM PDT by Pollster1 (Natural born citizen of the USA, with the birth certificate to prove it)
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To: SmithL

So what does YYMB mean . . .?


3 posted on 03/31/2010 12:41:21 PM PDT by Woebama (Never, never, never quit)
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To: SmithL
"I think of myself as being West Berlin during the Cold War, a shining beacon of capitalism and democracy surrounded by a sea of Marxism."

That's not bashing that's just stating the obvious. I would think that the Berklyites would take that as a compliment.

4 posted on 03/31/2010 12:42:26 PM PDT by marlon
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To: SmithL

Whining about trash talking from the people who’ve invented the art.


5 posted on 03/31/2010 12:45:23 PM PDT by YHAOS (you betcha!)
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To: Pollster1

They are offended by the reference to a shining beacon of capitalism and democracy.


6 posted on 03/31/2010 12:45:50 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (VP Biden on Obamacare's passage: "This is a big f-ing deal". grumpygresh: "Repeal the f-ing deal")
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To: SmithL

Ha,ha, the Marxists in Berkeley don’t like being called Marxists.


7 posted on 03/31/2010 12:47:03 PM PDT by A message
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To: SmithL

Hilarious. Those hippies don’t know what hit ‘em


8 posted on 03/31/2010 12:49:37 PM PDT by rightbrained
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To: SmithL

Yoo for Supreme Court Justice


9 posted on 03/31/2010 12:50:01 PM PDT by Falcon28 (Allen West - 2012 * For a list of conservative candidates in 2010, see my profile)
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To: SmithL
"Liberals can understand everyone except those who don't understand them."

— Lenny Bruce

10 posted on 03/31/2010 12:51:18 PM PDT by Constitution Day
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“the infamous torture memos author”

LOL! Is that like Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn, the infamous conspirators who tried to overthrow American society?


11 posted on 03/31/2010 12:58:24 PM PDT by popdonnelly (I'm so old, I remember when free enterprise was praised, and communism was shunned.)
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To: SmithL

Is he infamous like university professor Angela Davis?


12 posted on 03/31/2010 1:00:10 PM PDT by popdonnelly (I'm so old, I remember when free enterprise was praised, and communism was shunned.)
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a news article over A BLOGGER who was displeased


13 posted on 03/31/2010 1:01:59 PM PDT by 4rcane
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To: SmithL

As one who visited Berlin during the Cold War, I totally understand how John Yoo feels there at Berkeley.

What a h*llhole! Been that way since mid sixties!


14 posted on 03/31/2010 1:04:50 PM PDT by CaliforniaCon
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To: SmithL

This man excels at speaking with humor, moderation and reason.

Those who don’t like rational dialog should be afraid, very afraid.


15 posted on 03/31/2010 1:06:31 PM PDT by Tax Government (First they ignore you. Then ridicule you. Then fight you. Then you win. = Gandhi, paraphrased)
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Yoo for Supreme Court Justice

Everything I read about about this guy makes me more of a fan. He is unwavering and unapologetic in his core principals.

16 posted on 03/31/2010 1:10:43 PM PDT by Tex-Con-Man
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YYMB?

Hmmm... The article was written by Aileen Yoo. Relation?


17 posted on 03/31/2010 1:12:02 PM PDT by upchuck (Subjects to citizens to subjects in less than 250 years.)
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To: Pollster1
"The people of Berkeley were offended by being called Marxists?"

Probably too general a term. They may prefer "Stalinist" , "Maoist", "Anarchist", or "Dead-Head" (The latter, for middle-aged faculty members, may well be the most descriptive on several levels.....)

18 posted on 03/31/2010 1:13:42 PM PDT by Reo
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But, but they are Marxists.


19 posted on 03/31/2010 1:26:23 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: CaliforniaCon

Berkeley around Christmas time; no lights, no cheer, not a thing. The only red and gold you’ll see is on the flags.


20 posted on 03/31/2010 1:36:07 PM PDT by yooling ( FUBO)
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