Well they may hate marines, but the citizens of Berkley do extend a warm, inclusive welcome to elves and witches to their annual Pagan Pride Day.
Posted on 02/01/2008 5:41:49 PM PST by KTM rider
Hey-hey, ho-ho, the Marines in Berkeley have got to go.
That's the message from the Berkeley City Council, which voted 6-3 Tuesday night to tell the U.S. Marines that its Shattuck Avenue recruiting station "is not welcome in the city, and if recruiters choose to stay, they do so as uninvited and unwelcome intruders."
In addition, the council voted to explore enforcing its law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation against the Marines because of the military's don't ask, don't tell policy. And it officially encouraged the women's peace group Code Pink to impede the work of the Marines in the city by protesting in front of the station.
In a separate item, the council voted 8-1 to give Code Pink a designated parking space in front of the recruiting station once a week for six months and a free sound permit for protesting once a week from noon to 4 p.m.
Councilman Gordon Wozniak opposed both items.
The Marines have been in Berkeley for a little more than a year, having moved from Alameda in December of 2006. For about the past four months, Code Pink has been protesting in front of the station.
"I believe in the Code Pink cause. The Marines don't belong here, they shouldn't have come here, and they should leave," said Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates after votes were cast.
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No Toys for Tots either.
Had a discussion with one of these Hipy-dipy types several weeks ago. Asked him just what he thought we should do, he answered with the following points:
Become isolationist (to him, that meant, leave the rest of the world alone).
Tax to the max and give the surplus to the less fortunate countries.
Abolish the military. If we didn’t have a military, the rest of the world would love us and leave us alone.
He had several other idiotic points, but you get the drift.
I tried to explain the faults in his ideology … he would have none of it and walked off in a huff.
Brain washed to the max … sad. And, he has a PHD!
No border patrol. Oops. They would probably like that.
I don’t want anyone hurt but I wish there was some way for these idiots to realize what this country is up against in the WOT.
Just one more sign of the “infection” that is dangerous and spreading rapidly....
tell him to put down his bong. He might remember some facts of reality.
Not as rapidly as the fascists would like, though.
Piled Higher and Deeper
Who do we send our complaints to? The white house? The congress? And, will anyone listen? Under a Bush administration my answer would be a resounding NO.
LOL! Amen!
I am in total agreement with you. Oh by the way, I am going to be a grandma again!
You forgot to tell Binny that he should be extra sure to take out the University of California-Berkeley.
That’s where all of this stuff started in the early 50’s when the number of communist professors was overwhelming!
San Francisco and Berzerkeley = Sodom and Gomorrah
Hey. Congratulations:’)
Other than his left leaning proclivities, he an exceptional scientist. No bong involved, just years of leftist indoctrination in his early college education.
Hes one of those all book smarts no common sense kinda guys, which equals stupidity in my book.
Institute the draft in any municipality that refuses a recruiting station. There, fixed. ;o)
Thanks,we would like a girl, too many men in this house lol.
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