Berkeley police brace for big anti-war protest

mercurey news ^ | 3/17/08 | Doug Oakley

[Drango]

With any luck...the continued protest will bankrupt Berkeley

[MarineBrat]

I truly wonder if there’s anyone there trying to raise a family who isn’t thinking about how good it would be to escape from that dump.

[RobinOfKingston]

Put up two or three security cameras, give the recruiters the day off, provide the protesters beforehand with plenty of “beverages,” then hold all subsequent trials in berkeley at berkeley’s expense.

[Old Sarge]

Berkeley police brace for big anti-war protest

Brace for it?

Or march with the protestors?

[MaxMax]

Free beer, and no public toilets.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Communists are such a waste of skin. Especially, Berkeley Communists.

[Old Sarge]

I truly wonder if there’s anyone there trying to raise a family who isn’t thinking about how good it would be to escape from that dump.

I doubt it. No American would be living in Berkeley without running the risk of being burned out.

Any families there are Leftists, raising good little Young Pioneers.

[Cindy]

[garyhope]

Where’s a nice cluster bomb when you need one?

[Ultra Sonic 007]

They did pretty well during the last protest. Go check the photos and write-up at zombietime.com.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Three brands of communists on hand. How special!

[JeepInMazar]

Marines in Berkeley video from The Daily Show with John Stewart. Featuring Code Pink.

[I_like_good_things_too]

What’s crazy is that my hubby & I were looking for a home in Berkeley for ourselves (and our baby on the way) several years ago. We were die-hard conservatives, but thought the location was good for our purposes. It seemed like most everyone there was a lesbian.

Thankfully, we didn’t purchase there, we moved instead (up to Seattle— not a whole lot better, but at least I could go to Mommy & Me classes, not Mommy & Mommy & Me). We would have gone completely crazy there.

[tgslTakoma]

Agreed. It's their own damn fault for making life easy for the radical leftist groups to take over the streets, sidewalks and private property, vandalizing and assaulting without consequence.

I also hope the city bankrupts itself over this BS.

[El Gato]

With any luck...the continued protest will bankrupt Berkeley

If someone even remotely like Ronald Reagan was governor, instead of the Governator, there'd be CA National Guard troops in the City of Saint Frances.

But instead of cracked heads, we'll likely get burning flags and bags of ... digestive byproducts thrown at the recruiters and anyone else daring to wear the uniform of the United States.

[LukeL]

I live in the most consevative area of Wisconsin but go to school at UW-Milwaukee and I literally cannot stand going there due to the atmosphere. I know every college campus will be the same but everyday it is nothing but anti-meat, anti-fur, anti-christian, pro-choice, anti-war rhetoric.

I would love to live in "fly over" country, and plan on doing so in the future.

[umgud]

With any luck...the continued protest will bankrupt Berkeley

Damn, I really wanted to reply to this thread, but you posted the most obvious comment.

[dighton]

Suggested role model, Chicago Police of ’68. Not tellin’ them how to do their jobs — just sayin’.

[m3d1um]

Yes, let’s squash their right to free speech just because we don’t agree with their message.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Living in Berkeley and not knowing the politics of its denizens would be like sitting in Obama’s pew for 20 years and not knowing what “Pastor” Wright was preaching. People live there by choice, the same way people continue to be member’s of Wright’s church.