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Thursday, April 03, 2008 Posted By:Catherine MoyPermalinkBerkeley Buckling After Attack on Marines The Berkeley City Council supports this type of confrontation The San Francisco Chronicle today wrote a story about the financial hardships Berkeley has suffered since it called the Marines “unwelcome” and “uninvited.” The pushback from (Move America Forward and other pro-troops groups is having the desired effect: Groups are canceling trips to Berkeley; hundreds of thousands of dollars have been spent on police overtime; businesses have left; outsiders will no longer do business in Berkeley. The Chronicle reports:  Berkeley is finding that having its own foreign policy isn’t...

Tuesday, April 01, 2008 Posted By:MAF Blogger DannyPermalinkMove America Forward Press Conference at US Attorneys Office in San Francisco Yesterday Move America Forward went to San Francisco to deliver a letter drafted up by our lawyers to the US Attorneys office questioning the legality of the actions of the Berkeley City Council in supporting Code Pink as well as some concerns about what we had to deal with on February 12th. There was a press conference scheduled for 10 AM at the federal building on 450 Golden Gate which is also the building where we held our rally during the...

BREAKING NEWS! Written by Melanie Morgan    Thursday, 27 March 2008 Move America Forward, the largest pro-troop grassroots organization in the country, is going on ‘offense’ in the situation involving our Military Recruiters in Berkeley, Ca. and across the United States.  It is long past time for the US government to involve itself in finding, arresting, and prosecuting those people responsible for attacking our service men and women involved in recruiting efforts to protect our country.   This Monday, we are going to the office of US Attorney Joseph Russoniello (First District of Northern California) to demand immediate action. It...

Move America Forward has fielded a new Ad For Television which debuted a couple of days ago.The Network News stations have commented on it and also have reported that two America/Military haters have been arrested for violating the law in Berkeley.This is quite an important occurance, as the police have up until now been instructed to let the anarchist America haters break the law with no reprecussions whatsoever.After Military supporters were assulted by code pink, etc at the Rally in Berkeley on the 12th of Feb, the police hung up on the Exuctive Director of Move America Forward when she...

Berkeley Code Pink Out-Gunned By Move America Forward Pro-Troop Supporters February 12, 2008 - Berkeley, CA - PipeLinenews.org - As the nine member Berkeley City Council prepared to decide the fate of the city’s Marine Corp Recruiting Center, Move America Forward - the nation’s largest grassroots pro-troop organization - took to the streets, confronting a rag-tag group of counter culture lefties, including members of Code Pink, a group much in favor with California Democrat legislators. Starting at 5am conservatives streamed into the notoriously radical city of 100,000, carrying the dual themed but unified message of support for both our...

Wednesday, February 13, 2008 Posted By:MAF Blogger DannyPermalinkBerkeley Report - Protest of the City Council PATRIOTS IN BERKELEY:  AFTER-ACTION REPORT We had someone holding up our silenced marine sign all day MONDAY – February 11thFor Move America Forward staff, our pro-troop demonstration against the Berkeley City Council actually started the day before when we sent off MAF Director of Operations Ryan Gill in a 10-foot moving truck. His mission was to secure supplies, and pick up MAF spokesperson and Gold-star mom Debbie Lee who flew in from Arizona to the Oakland airport. The remaining staff spent the day in Sacramento...

Senators Introduce Semper Fi Act of 2008. Bill Stops Berkeley Earmarks and Transfers Funds to Marine Corps. The bill would rescind over $2 million in hidden earmarks for Berkeley, California in the 2008 Omnibus Appropriations bill, and transfer the funds to the Marine Corps. U.S. Congressman John Campbell (R-California) is introducing a companion bill in the House of Representatives. Last week, the City Council of Berkeley voted to oust Marine Corps recruiters from their downtown office, saying the Marines were "uninvited and unwelcome intruders." Berkeley officials also voted to give the radical protest group Code Pink space outside the recruitment...

February 1st, 2008 1:15 PM Eastern Berkeley Bashing Our Troops by Jamie Colby UPDATE: SENATOR JIM DEMINT WILL BE ON OUR SHOW THIS SATURDAY BETWEEN NOON AND 2PM EASTERN. POST YOUR COMMENTS AND I WILL READ AS MANY AS I CAN ON THE SHOW. Ralph wrote The Colby Files “how about a blog about Berkeley trying to boot the troops”. To the point, some folks in Berkeley California and the City Council there say it’s no place to recruit. Here’s just the latest on this story from foxnews.com:Friday , February 01, 2008WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., says the City of Berkeley, Calif., no longer deserves federal...

Feb 08 Join me on a trip to Berkeley, CABriefings, Guest Author 1 Comment » Feb 07 Calling all Eagles - Colorado Caravan to BerkeleyBriefings, Events, Motivation 1 Comment » BERKELEY - Facing off over Marine Corps 3 war opponents chain selves to door of recruiting station, and right-wing blogosphere goes ballistic— —Berkeley Marine Protest: Video Shows Confrontation as Cops Remain ‘Neutral’“We’re trying to remain neutral as possible.” Calling all Eagles - Colorado Caravan to Berkeley Yes you guessed it, we’re “NOT NEUTRAL” and lean more towards ballistic.We Leave at 05:00 am Monday 2/11/2008 - Parking lot , Littleton CO.Destination...

Monday, February 04, 2008 Debbie Lee, Gold Star Mom - An Open Letter to the Mayor Of Berkeley In response to the resolutions passed by the Berkeley City Council, and the outrageous arrogance of the Mayor of Berkeley in pompously offering to “help” the Marine Recruiters get out of their lease, Debbie Lee has written a letter addressed to Mayor Tom Bates, demanding an apology. Move America Forward will head to Berkeley on February 12th to demand an apology from the City Council in person, and also to rally with other patriots from the bay area to show the City...

Berkeley Attacks U.S. Marines - MAF Responds!PROTEST OF BERKELEY CITY COUNCIL * TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2008 * 2134 MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. WAY – BERKELEY, CA - CLICK HERE for MAP * Council Meeting Begins at 7:00 PM (We are asking people to be there early, however – if possible, start arriving by 5:00 PM) ** Also… If you can, please join us for our “picketing” of the City Council Chambers. We will be out there at 2134 Martin Luther King, Jr. Way beginning at 5:00 AM for the morning news. We will have a presence all throughout the day...