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Good of you to mention the sordid meeting adjourned by a bunch of very wimpy council members who nodded in agreement to the need for “transparency” in the federal govt. Yes these simple minded rights seekers thought that they justly should have state secrets and that Manning is even being “tortured” in solitary confinement. All this lead by the feeble speaking left over 60’s long-white-haired hippy and SDS’er Meola. Look up the youtubes on him. He now proudly associated as leader of what is now the MDS (movement for a ‘democratic’ society). The media selectively continues to not mention that association to Ayres and Obama. That’s what they consider growing up in Berkeley, I gather.

Yes, I was there. I work nearby and could not avoid dropping in to see what the self-proclaimed “peace and just committee” was up to inspiring international news. Yes, I can just imagine all their anarchist, socialist, communist and jihadist friends must be just dancing in the streets with happiness that Berkeley has a chance to lead the way to submission, I mean islamofascism.

The kids actually think they support the troops by opening information about the “gross injustice of the US war machine ... killing innocent people across the globe”. Yada, yada. No mention of 9-11 here and what it means, no.

I like how the chamber was some kind of schoolroom, filled with the old wooden desks that also came out of the 50’s or 60’s just like the majority, (not all) of the Manning supporters. Yes, children, peace is good.

Overall it was a sad display but did have at least 3 people speak up against it.