pp:
I think Churchill said that is "a riddle wrapped in a mystery wrapped in an enigma" Thats great, where do you go and shoot.
I thought Churchill was talking about Russia there. Though I suppose some might equate that with God's Country (Davis, that is
) I actually just moved back here last year after living in Grass Valley for 4 years. I still mostly prefer to take my son up to the National Forest and find a landing with a good cutbank. We go down to the Shooting Gallery in Vacaville about once a month, but I prefer outdoors. I have just learned about the range out by the Yolo Co. airport. It's run by a club that you can join and then use the range for very reasonable rates. I'm going to try to get the boy to go out there with me tomorrow to check it out. I might get called away for work, though. Do you know anything about the range in north Davis? It's run by the PD, but I've heard it's available by reservation.
I don't know enough about the Law School to comment, but I came here to study natural resources as a pretty radical leftist. My undergraduate work moderated me a lot, and the professors I had were probably the main influence in that. Maybe you'll have the same good fortune.
Mithrium:
some terms just need some explanation
Fair enuf, I really didn't mean for it to be taken too seriously, just trying to give some flavor of Davis.
civil libertarian - Definitely small L. I mean the whole 10 amendments of the BOR and a few more implied rights such as privacy. Seems to me that folks on the left and right always do the "buffet" thing and choose the ones they like.
free market social democrat - Well, first of all, market forces are real and powerful and shouldn't be messed with unless there is a good reason. On the other hand, when there IS a good reason (I think we can all agree on the military and probably the highway system, maybe not on health care or utilities), then it's equally foolish not to consider the social good. This is stating the obvious, I know, as very few are dogmatic enough in either direction to think that market forces ought to be ignored or followed slavishly. But I think identifying yourself with either end of the spectrum takes a lot of thought out of the decision process. As far as C & G are concerned, I don't consider them different enough from the current den of thieves to notice.
green - Please don't take this personally, but I get frustrated sometimes that some people seem so indoctrinated into the political status quo that they must see any interest other than knee-jerk corporate industrialism as "commies." Please consider that there is a wide spectrum of thought that is not captured well by the simple left-right model. It's really where most people hang out most of the time.
Well, I'd say more, but I've already gone on too long, and don't want this to become about me. Apologies, pp, if I've detracted from your original subject, but since Davis was part of it, I had to bite. Maybe see you at the range some time?
