Steve Freedkin and his site http://www.progressiveportal.org/steve/
Posted on 02/04/2008 9:12:32 AM PST by Wyatt K
The Marines vs Berkeley: The Peace and Justice Commission behind the actions - How bad is it? Read it here
To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Peace and Justice Commission
Submitted by:Steve Freedkin, Chairperson
Subject: Marine Recruiting Office in Berkeley
RECOMMENDATION
(1) Direct the City Attorney to investigate and report back to Council within 60 days on City options for enforcing Chapter 13.28 of the Berkeley Municipal Code, prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, with respect to military recruiting offices in Berkeley; (2) direct the City Manager to send letters to the Marine Corps Recruiting Station at 64 Shattuck Avenue and to General James T. Conway, Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, advising them that the Marine recruiting office is not welcome in our city, and if recruiters choose to stay, they do so as uninvited and unwelcome intruders; and (3) encourage all people to avoid cooperation with the Marine Corps recruiting station, and applaud residents and organizations such as Code Pink, that may volunteer to impede, passively or actively, by nonviolent means, the work of any military recruiting office located in the City of Berkeley.
Note: Since when does a City Commission encourage civil disobedience? Just curious...
FISCAL IMPACTS OF RECOMMENDATION
Staff time to research the City's options for enforcing Chapter 13.28 of the Berkeley Municipal Code, discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, with respect to military recruiting offices in Berkeley.
CURRENT SITUATION AND ITS EFFECT
The United States has a history of launching illegal, immoral and unprovoked wars of aggression and the Bush Administration launched the most recent of those wars in Iraq and is threatening the possibility of war in Iran. These wars have produced catastrophic loss of human life, both civilian and military, as well as physically maiming and deforming and psychologically destroying countless numbers of civilians and military personnel.
The United States Marine Corps is being used as one of the means of perpetrating and prolonging illegal, unconstitutional and unnecessary wars of the United States. Military recruiters are sales people known to lie to and seduce minors and young adults into contracting themselves into military service with false promises regarding jobs, job training, education and other benefits. Many enlisted persons never see the benefits they are promised and find out they are not eligible for the educational benefits due to loopholes and they did not receive the training promised or it did not qualify them for jobs outside the military.
The United States military discriminates by refusing to hire gays, lesbians, or bisexuals. By ordinance (BMC § 13.28.030; Ord. 5106-NS § 1 (part), 1978), the City of Berkeley prohibits such discrimination; requires employers to post a notice that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is prohibited by law; and provides for a fine of up to $50 per offense for failure to do so.
Steve Freedkin, Chairperson, Peace and Justice Commission, (510) 595-4626
Robert Meola, Peace and Justice Commission, (510) 644-1102
Manuel Hector Jr., Secretary, Peace and Justice Commission, (510) 981-5110
If you call the people who wrote the above, try to show them we are more intelligent and keep it dignified.
These people are grade A turds. Let them go to Saudi Arabia, Iran, North Korea, or even venezuella and try ANY of the crap they pull here. Land of the Free BECAUSE of the BRAVE! These people are cowards.
Steve Freedkin and his site http://www.progressiveportal.org/steve/
Steve Freedkin = Traitor!
Remember the Alamo.
Steve Freedkin =traitor dwarf
What amazes me is how many times we get sh@@ thrown in our face and nothing is done. America is failing.
(4) Check into the replacement of over 2 million dollars of federal funds lost because of the stupidity of the city council.
The City Manager takes no position on the recommendations of the Commission. However, it is unlikely that the City has the ability to enforce Chapter 13.28 against the United States military.
Looks like the City Manager understands the situation; just not going to do anything about it.
I wish I knew how to put up a website. I would love to build one called America’s Traitors and list all of these idiots and the embarrassing statements they make so that in 20 years people will remember!
SEE PETITION ON JIM DEMINT.COM
Bob Meola on left in 1969, he looks the same now but much older, and still looks like bum.
Already signed it per a previous thread about this shameful incident. Thanks! I hope DeMint gets the funding removed from these ungrateful un-American un-patriotic boneheads in Berkeley!!
As I’ve said, the Military can put any city “Off Limits” for the safety of its troops. I saw this happen in the deep south. Even people in the reserves, or people living in the town that were in the military, couldn’t go there. The town was crying in 30 days and almost starved to death in 60 days. Probably wouldn’t work that way in Berkely but it would be worth watching.
Remind them again of their "non-violent" mantra.
Help them to their feet.
Hit 'em again.
Repeat until they get the idea...
This is exactly how the Nazis took over Germany. They did it town by town and worked their way up. I wonder how common these commissions are in cities and towns? Things like this are common on college campuses, but I never knew they were trying to spread it into real life.
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