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BERKELEY, Calif. (Feb. 13) - City council members who were criticized for telling Marine recruiters they don't belong here have moderated their position, saying they oppose the Iraq war but support the troops. The Berkeley City Council voted two weeks ago to send a letter to a downtown recruitment station advising the Marines they were not welcome. After a marathon session that stretched into early Wednesday, the council decided against sending the letter, saying it recognizes recruiters' right to be in Berkeley. The council members say they still strongly oppose the war and the recruitment of young people, but "deeply...

The tireless Melanie Morgan of Move America Forward, who spearheaded the protests and backlash, shares details of the outrageous behavior of the Pinkos–and the Berkeley police force: If I were a headline writer I would describe the situation as CHAOS AND ANARCHY IN BERKELEY today. Not by our side –by the Marine haters and American traitors. The cops were openly hostile toward the people who showed up at 5:00 a.m., never stepping in to protect the patriots from the assaults that took place against elderly folks, Gold Star parents, Blue Star families and Joe and Jane Citizen who were waving...

This Saturday at Carroll Community College, Maryland, Code Pink will be receiving the Vagina Warriors Award from Women In Black (WIB). (I am serious). We will gather from 6PM til around 9PM at the Carroll Community College Ampitheatre 1601 Washington Rd Westminster, MD 21157 MAP TO Carroll Comm. CollegeWe believe that WIB has scammed the Rape Crisis Centers of Maryland into thinking that this is a bon fida community service event. There is a play to be performed. Sometime before, during intermission or afterward, WIB is to give Code Pink the award. WIB will use the large crowd who came...

February 11th, 2008 10:40 AM EasternBerkeley Military Bashers Meet Marine Supporters by Jamie Colby More than one thousand of you have commented on my post about the Berekely City Council’s request that the Marine Recruiters there hit the road. If you haven’t seen it, click here. You have overwhelming supported the actions of Senator DeMint and hundreds of you cared enough to write Mayor Tom Bates and the City Council members who voted in favor of that resolution ordering the Marines to go. Now I’ve learned you can take your support a step further. Joe Wierzbicki of MoveAmericaForward.org, tells me...

Berkeley Cops refuse to help Patriots under assault in MLK Park. This just sent to us from Catherine Moy of Move America Forward: Berkeley erupted in violence Tuesday morning when the Communist, terrorist-supporting anti-war group crossed into Martin Luther King Park and assaulted pro-troop individuals. Riot police stood by, but did not stop the assaults. Police agencies did not respond to calls for help. Move America Forward, the nation’s largest pro-troop organization, received permits from the City of Berkeley to hold a daylong demonstration in MLK park against the City Council who passed three outrageous resolutions calling U.S. Marines “unwanted...

Senators Introduce Semper Fi Act of 2008. Bill Stops Berkeley Earmarks and Transfers Funds to Marine Corps. The bill would rescind over $2 million in hidden earmarks for Berkeley, California in the 2008 Omnibus Appropriations bill, and transfer the funds to the Marine Corps. U.S. Congressman John Campbell (R-California) is introducing a companion bill in the House of Representatives. Last week, the City Council of Berkeley voted to oust Marine Corps recruiters from their downtown office, saying the Marines were "uninvited and unwelcome intruders." Berkeley officials also voted to give the radical protest group Code Pink space outside the recruitment...

Interview conducted 02/11/08 - Catherine Moy, Executive Director of Move America Forward, and her interview today with Old Glory Radio. topics: The City of Berkeley and their move to remove the Marines from the city. The Rally organized on Feb 12th by Move America Forward in support of the Marines in Berkeley. Code Pink and the demonstration they plan against the Marines.

Mayor kicks Marines out of Toledo 1-24th Marines were scheduled for weekend urban warfare training in downtown Toledo, when Carty gave them the boot By Darsha Philips Posted: Saturday, February 09, 2008 at 2:05 p.m. TOLEDO, OH -- Mayor Carty Finkbeiner on Friday ordered some 200 members of Company A, 1st Battalion, 24th Marines from Grand Rapids, Michigan, out of Toledo just before the unit was supposed to start a weekend of urban warfare training downtown. The mayor’s spokesperson, Brian Schwartz said, “the mayor asked them to leave because they frighten people. He did not want them practicing and drilling...

this is a video i came across on liveleak.com. i did a search for it on FR and did not find any results.

February 1st, 2008 1:15 PM Eastern Berkeley Bashing Our Troops by Jamie Colby UPDATE: SENATOR JIM DEMINT WILL BE ON OUR SHOW THIS SATURDAY BETWEEN NOON AND 2PM EASTERN. POST YOUR COMMENTS AND I WILL READ AS MANY AS I CAN ON THE SHOW. Ralph wrote The Colby Files “how about a blog about Berkeley trying to boot the troops”. To the point, some folks in Berkeley California and the City Council there say it’s no place to recruit. Here’s just the latest on this story from foxnews.com:Friday , February 01, 2008WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., says the City of Berkeley, Calif., no longer deserves federal...

February 9, 2008 The troop-bashers in Berkeley, Calif., are at it once more. But this time, the rest of America lashed back. Message to the Left Coast: It's not the 1960s anymore. On Jan. 29, the Berkeley City Council passed several measures targeting the lone Marine recruitment office in town. The antiwar harridans at Code Pink have been picketing the center for months. Last fall, they defaced the building by slapping a sign that read "assasination" (sic) in the military office window. Instead of rising to defend the recruiters' property rights, the city council and mayor voted to sabotage them...

An Orwellian phenomenon if ever there was one, the “Free Speech Movement” flourished at the University of California, Berkeley, in the 1960s. We call it an Orwellian phenomenon because freedom of speech was the last thing the obstreperous little left-wing snots and their professors who participated in the “movement” were interested in. To the “Free Speech Movement,” free speech meant the right to shriek lame-brain slogans and malicious slanders, throwing in some choice obscenities along the way, and shout down any who didn’t agree with your views. This tradition continues at Berkeley. The Berkeley city council has given its approval...

Popular San Francisco KSFO Talk Host Melanie Morgan & Move America Forward ( moveamericaforward.org ) rally against City of Berkeley for their treatment of Marine Recruitment - protest Tues Feb 12th all day event. Code Pink planning counter protest.

This was a great evening for freeping. The partly cloudy skies gave us a dry Freep and we got more honks and positive reactions from passing motorists than usual. After being gone for a few weeks due to an ankle injury Mary Bell returned with the picture of her grandson Tim, who is serving in Iraq, Mary always holds up the picture along with one of our signs. People always give her the nicest comments when they see her. She is an inspiration to us and we were glad to have her back. Kelly the ever faithful patriot joined us...

GN’s 2008 Space Conference April 11-13, 2008 Omaha, Nebraska See: Agenda Conference Brochure (735KB PDF file) | Conference Flyer (465 PDF file) In 2008, the Global Network will hold its 16th Annual Space Organizing Conference and Protest outside this Strategic Command. Hundreds of people from around the world will come to Omaha from April 11 – 13, 2008 to learn first-hand about this military installation that operates in America’s heartland. For the first time, world citizens will gather to shine a light on what StratCom has become. Located in the heart of the nation, just south of Omaha, Nebraska, the...

Under the weight of a national uproar, two Berkeley City Council members want to rescind an official statement that the U.S. Marines and their recruiting station are "uninvited and unwelcome intruders." Betty Olds and Laurie Capitelli, however, did not move to rescind three other items the council passed last week: giving the protest group Code Pink a free weekly parking space and sound permit; calling on residents to impede the work of any military recruiting station in the city; and asking the city attorney to investigate whether the Marines violate city laws banning discrimination based on sexual orientation. The item...

Society for years has endured the freakish antics of Berkeley dwellers. Naked people streaking in the streets; smelly hippies begging for money as they sing drunken renditions of '60s anti-war songs; adults sitting in trees like a bad zoo exhibit. But the Berkeley City Council and instigators from the extreme left have crossed the line this time. The council Tuesday night passed two anti-military, anti-American resolutions and agreed to send a letter to the city's only Marine recruiting office saying the military are "uninvited intruders." This is treasonous, hateful behavior that steals the First Amendment rights of the Marines, the...

Although this is offered as a gift that will bring chuckles, giggles, and maybe even hysterics that turn to tears, there are times, like this when the message is clear: Your actions may bring you more that you ever dreamed. The reservation and tickets were sent anonymously. The council will received: • Each council member's name entered into The Complete Book of Damned Souls. • A Certificate of Reservation for the council. • A One Way Ticket to Hell on the Express One Stop Hellevator for each member.

The case against the Code Pink activist charged with disorderly conduct for waving her blood-colored hands at Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has stalled in federal court because defense attorneys want Miss Rice to testify. Attorneys for the Georgetown Criminal Justice Clinic have issued a subpoena for Miss Rice to testify in a deposition about what she saw during the Oct. 24 incident at a congressional hearing.