Posted on 02/15/2008 10:36:37 AM PST by SmithL
BERKELEY -- Citing the absence of U.S. Marine recruiters at their Shattuck Avenue station this morning, anti-war protesters looking to keep up the momentum of this past week's demonstrations claimed victory.
Anti-war groups -- including World Can't Wait, Code Pink, the ANSWER Coalition and Veterans for Peace -- descended upon the station to prevent people from entering. Some protesters said they planned to chain themselves to the door.
But the 20 or so protesters who showed up around dawn have yet to see a single recruiter.
"If this is all it takes to shut down the Marine recruiting center, we've succeeded," said Oakland resident Sabrina Martin of World Can't Wait, which organized the protest.
While there is still the possibility of recruiters showing up later in the day, World Can't Wait organizer Giovanni Jackson was already putting the morning's effort in the win column.
"We're declaring victory if they don't show up, and it looks like they haven't," Jackson said.
This morning's protest follows Tuesday's daylong demonstration leading up to the City Council meeting, where members voted to rescind a statement that called the Marines "unwelcome intruders" in what was intended to be a vote against the war in Iraq.
That topped about two weeks of controversy garnering national media attention and moves by Republican congressmen and senators to strip the city of federal funds.
That controversy came to a head Tuesday night, when council members rescinded the "unwelcome" statement but did formally apologize to the Marines.
One man was on hand this morning to protest the protesters. He did not speak, electing to hold up a sign saying, "The U.S. Marine Corps: Defending Berkeley's right to be a laughingstock since 1775."
Bravo, Halo-JM! No, Bravisimo!!!!
I wish I could do the same to those traitors! I am angry they are breathing Free air!
If the Marines move out, wouldn’t it be a major-sized hoot if somebody rented the place as a meeting place for a troop of Mormon Boy Scouts?
These clowns don’t deserve to be on the same soil that the Marines protect.
It makes me sick that so many decent people around the world would kill to be a US citizen and these idiots throw it away.
Don’t they realize that their right to protest is BECAUSE of the military?
The Communist party infiltrators have descended on this one protest, like starving vultures to a corpse.
No one shows up to protest against. Today.
It’s a long weekend.
When the camera crews leave, due to lack of anything ‘newsworthy’ to film, the protestors will quickly follow.
Smart move by the Marines.
“”We’re declaring victory if they don’t show up, and it looks like they haven’t,” Jackson said.”
(what he didn’t say)
Besides, it’s Friday. If we call it a win, then we get the weekend free. Nothing interferes with our weekends.
That’s the site of these people. Sorry, I missed posting it in the original post I made.
Berkeley protesters declare early victory over Marines?
Didn’t the Japanese do the same thing in Guadalcanal and Tarawa in ‘43?
The petition
We, the undersigned condemn the Berkeley City Council’s treasonous attack on US Marine Recruiters stationed in their city. We ask that Congress cut off funds from any and all municipal entity within the confines of the city of Berkeley, California, until such time as the city council withdraws it’s action.
The City Council has voted to tell the Marines their downtown recruiting station is not welcome and “if recruiters choose to stay, they do so as uninvited and unwelcome guests.”
The measure passed last week by a vote of 8-1.
The council also voted to explore enforcing a city anti-discrimination law, focusing on the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.
In a separate item, the council voted, also 8-1, to give the Marxist protest group Code Pink a parking space in front of the recruiting office once a week for six months and a free sound permit for protesting once a week.
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/cutoffberkeleynow
If you wish to, please share with your friends or e-mail to your address books. You DO NOT have to donate at the petition site, there will be a page asking for one for the site after you sign, just back out or exit. Your signature will already be on the petition.
http://www.fourfriedchickensandacoke.blogspot.com
I sent a thank-you to him.
Nah, the Marines are overkill. Just send in the supporters of them. That’s certainly enough
At the top of their web page, they have in bold lettering “Drive out the Bush Regime”. I almost sent them an email telling them what a great job they are doing., and if they really put the pressure on, they can have him out by 1/20/09! </s>
LOL
I posted that quote here:
http://www.meetspot.com/forum_read.php?f=1&id=1143579
Let’s see what the Liberal/Socialists/Communists that make up the majority of that website say.
This is part of the Marines “city hopping” strategy.
You’re not kidding...or a “We Love Ronald Reagan” Fan Club place...Feel the love........
Well, it might just be a training holiday, like it was here for our troops!
I'm sure the fine members of World Can't Wait, Code Pink, the ANSWER Coalition and Veterans for Peace will step in and more then make for any financial loss caused by this action.
Hee-hee, snort, bwhaaaaaaaaaaa!!
Sorry, had to laugh at my own joke!! Hippies w/ money! ha-ha-ha
Point #2: The US Marines defend ALL of American, every inch of it, and every American, all the time, 24/7, 356 days a year, from anyone, any time under any circumstances. Count on that.
Point 3: Semper Fidelis isn't conditional, its an absolute.
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