Posted on 03/20/2008 9:11:55 PM PDT by Syncro
Thanks for the ping. This kind of support means allot to our Marines.
Give Berkeley a lesson in patriotism Saturday.
If possible, after report and pics for those of us long distance and out of state, purty please!
The Berkeley City Council is only charitable toward groups protesting the Marine OSO. Troop Support groups are out of the question in their biased anti-war/anti-military approach.
Out of curiosity, what is the cost of the permits in Berkeley? Can you insert a "Pay Pal" button for donations in this thread? It might generate funding from supporters who can't be there.
I'm thrilled to know that some of our MCL members plan to be there. There will also be some bikers who learned of the Rally from the sign posted in our store window. Watch for MO tags. :)
Take lots of pictures! Wish I could be there to stand with all of you, and I'll be there in spirit.
How true.
For those that aren't familiar with the term Marine OSO, it stands for Marine Corps Officer Selection Office, also referred to as the Marine Recruiting Office.
I have seen several posters here and other boards ask why do they have an office in Berkeley, filled with commies, eviromentalwacos and America hating hippies.
It's because they recruit from those going to UC Berkeley...and any others who happen to drop by. A lot of people think there can be no good found in a town like Berkeley, and a school like UC Berkeley, but the Marine are smarter than than...
They also recruit at the local Berkeley High School.
More on that when I update the thread I started Wed about the pinko commie 5 year thingie.
I'm thrilled to know that some of our MCL members plan to be there. There will also be some bikers who learned of the Rally from the sign posted in our store window. Watch for MO tags. :)
Now that's cool, Brat!
Thanks for all you do to make these events so much better.
I do like to make things clear so for those that do not know MCL stands for Marine Corps League, a great reference site for all things Marine.
As far as donations are concerned, you might click on the Eagles Up! West link at the bottom of the article posted at the top of this thread. It will get you to email to Eagles Up and you may find a way to donate there.
Free Republic, because of it's structure and nature, I don't believe would be able to allow a paypal button on a thread to donate to another organization.
bump!
I met a female Marine Staff Sargent last year who was engaged to a Marine who was a recruiter in Berkeley at the time (he may have since been transferred). She was just an amazing woman. During our conversation I said that it must be a very difficult job to recruit out of Berkeley, your fiance must be some guy. She said, “Yes he is. Soft spoken, even tempered, calm, and tough as nails.” She told me that occasionally while passing out cards he would have a Berkeley punk toss the card on the ground in front of him, to which he would say, very calmly, “Pick that up and hand it back to me.” She said smiling, “They always do, and if you saw my fiance you would know why!” We both laughed.
She also said you would be surprised by the quality of the recruits from the area, which is very high. Maybe the good ones are few and far between but they are more sold out and better Marines because they overcome so much by living in that environment.
Drango will B there...and is giving up his March Madness to stand tall for the troops.
We won’t be in Berkeley but we’ll be showing our support at the usual place for our Troops :)
I’m thinking up a clever poster now and maybe a pic of a devil dog chewing pink boa feathers.
OORAH
Capt. Lund who is the recruiter in Berkeley now is an awesome guy too.
I met him a week ago just as he was closing up shop.
Earlier that day when he stepped out to get something to eat, the loony leftists had plastered the windows with notes and little signs with their standard childish slogans on them.
The cops outside told me about that, and how when he came back he ripped them all down.
There is a video on U tube of him doing that.
What I wondered, but didn't think to ask the cops “guarding” the office, why they allowed the pinko sicko’s to vandalize his office, a Federal office at that.
In their defense, the cops there that day were nice guys doing their job just fine otherwise.
That was the day that two pinkos got arrested for vandalizing the inside of the office (well actually for not leaving when instructed to by the police) later when he went into one of the back offices for a minute.
Marines rock.
Read my next post
She did a good plug for tomorrow's Support The Troops Rally.
A couple of things that made me grin were some phrases that I think she has coined.
She referred to the code pink, WCW, ANSWER etc traitors as loony leftists, and Cross Dressing Punks in Pink! The CD Pee Pee’s LOL. (I added the acronym)
She mentioned that info is at eaglesup.us and that many PGR and other bikers are gathering in Emeryville to convoy to the rally site.
The event begins I believe at 10:00 AM, with the speakers starting at Noon.
Drango, see you there!
GET SOME!
NICELY DONE, Syncro.
Thanks for that story Syncro. Captain Richard Lund is one of my heroes after reading his commentary defending the Marines in the liberal Berkeley Daily Planet. For anyone who hasn’t read it:
“Commentary: An open letter to Code Pink” by Captain Richard Lund USMC
http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2007-10-02/article/28139?Status=301
Semper Fi Captain Lund!
Thanx for carrying the flag.
“I’m thinking up a clever poster now and maybe a pic of a devil dog chewing pink boa feathers....OORAH”
Maybe USMC Brat will loan you their devil dog for the day LOL (awesome Bull dog with Boycott Berkeley beneath). I wish I were a computer cartoonist, we could really have some fun.:)
"Maybe USMC Brat will loan you their devil dog for the day LOL (awesome Bull dog with Boycott Berkeley beneath). I wish I were a computer cartoonist, we could really have some fun.:)" - 444Flyer
This is actually two jpeg files.
I've made some t-shirts with iron-on transfers from jpeg's harvested on the internet. (Not this one in particular.) You can buy the iron-on paper at Office Depot and Office Max office supply stores.
You may like this Devil Dog as well.
Reading about that incident when it happened highly ticked me off! Do you have a link to the video?
Here's a great music video message (compilation) to Berkeley
Berkeley Out of America Now! by jonnymordant.
Love it. Maybe Sgt Grit could print up some bumper stickers for us LOL. They carry great stuff.
500 motorcyclists to back Marines
BERKELEY About 500 motorcyclists are expected to converge on the U.S. Marine recruiting center today to support the Marines who have been the target of protests by many anti-war groups for several months.
A group called Eagles Up will gather in Emeryville this morning and buy food, water, gas and other supplies needed for the day. They will keep their receipts and on Monday event organizer Doug Lyvere will present the stack to the Berkeley Chamber of Commerce, he said.
The idea is to penalize Berkeley financially for its recent anti-military vote. On Jan. 29, the council called the military recruiting center “uninvited and unwelcome intruders.”
Amid heavy criticism and threats by Republican lawmakers to withdraw federal funding, council members later moderated their position saying they oppose the war in Iraq but support the troops. Still, they refused to apologize.
Lyvere said they want to send a message of support for U.S. Marines.
“We expect a massive crowd to send a message to the city of Berkeley, CodePink and any other anti-military group that Americans are sick and tired of their hateful, dangerous behavior,” said Doug Lyvere, Eagles Up organizer. People will come from all over the state and beyond, organizers said.
The group is expected to be at the center from about 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Melanie Morgan, chairwoman of Move America Forward, and Catherine Moy, Move America Forward’s executive director, will address the crowd
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about noon.
The Marine recruiting center at 64 Shattuck Square has been the site of anti-military protests from CodePink and the World Can’t Wait: Drive Out the Bush Regime and other groups for about six months. The Council gave CodePink a free regular event permit, sound permit and reserved parking for their weekly protests.
Mayor Tom Bates has offered to extend similar rights to other organizations doing recurring protests of the Marine office.
http://www.insidebayarea.com/timesstar/localnews/ci_8660862
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