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A coalition of anti-war groups is vowing to protest this summer’s Democratic National Convention in Denver under the rubric “Re-create ’68,” prompting criticism from some on the left who are loath to revisit what they see as a disastrous time for both the anti-war movement and the Democratic Party. Capping a year that saw the assassinations of both the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, the 1968 Democratic National Convention erupted in violence as thousands of Chicago police officers, supported by U.S. Army troops and National Guardsmen, battled in the streets with activists protesting the Vietnam...

"I guess she learned this childish tactic from her kids," countered David Almasi, executive director of the conservative National Center for Public Policy Research."What's next? Holding her breath until her face turns blue? Lawmakers should not be intimidated into action by force, graft or inane publicity stunts," Almasi told Cybercast News Service. ...well...at least America's Twinkies are safe for the time being. There was a time when Americans marched and protested with respect, honor, and integrity. Today, we get Code Pink and in general a carnival-like atmosphere rather than a Martin Luther King march. This is a sad story though....

Code Pink Fasts for Cheney's Impeachment By Monisha Bansal CNSNews.com Staff Writer February 25, 2008 (CNSNews.com) - Hundreds of anti-war protesters are on a hunger strike, trying to urge House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-Mich.) to begin impeachment proceedings against Vice President Dick Cheney. "I'm really concerned that the Bush and Cheney administration have committed so many impeachable offenses," Leslie Angeline, a member of Code Pink told Cybercast News Service. Angeline and her followers are urging the Judiciary Committee to take up articles of impeachment introduced by former presidential candidate Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) in April. In November, Kucinich...

The predictions for Washington DC this evening were for unrelenting sleet and freezing rain. The temperature in this area during the winter floats at around the freezing point, usually going below freezing at night and warming during the day. When precipitation moves in this means rain during the day and sleet and freezing rain at night. Between this and a few inches of snow, I'll take the latter any time. But you get used to it. Perhaps having learned their lesson several years ago in an incident whereby they did not predict a storm and we got hit hard, the...

he brouhaha sparked by the Berkeley City Council these past couple of weeks demonstrates again that you can be within shouting distance of one of the world's great educational institutions and still be terminally stupid. The council, as almost everybody not in a deep trance must know, voted to send a letter telling the U.S. Marine Corps to, in effect, get the hell out of town. The particular target was a Marine recruiting office on Shattuck Square. Predictably, that got the right-wing bloggers knee-jerking right back, sending them into paroxysms of righteous indignation. It also – and justifiably – upset...

Early last week Buzz Krohn of Columbia, MD discovered That guy called me Horse pucky! That's the nicest thing [sniff] anyone's said to me in a long time! a fundraiser was planned at a nearby community college featuring an awards ceremony honoring members of Code Pink. Trooprally posted this thread to alert FReepers. Buzz played the biggest part in gathering info and getting the counter protest organized. The ceremony and fundraiser was organized by the local chapter of Women in Black. What grand honor were the WIB bestowing on Medea Benjamin, Jodie Evans, and Gael Murphy? VAGINA WARRIOR AWARDS!...

In late January, the Berkeley city council voted 8-1 to declare the Marines working at a local recruiting office “uninvited and unwelcome intruders,” proceeding to express wishes to have said office removed from the city. The resolution further stated that the City of Berkeley applauded residents and organizations that “volunteer to impede, passively or actively, by nonviolent means, the work of any military recruiting office located in the City of Berkeley.” This action is disrespectful and inappropriate. The United States Marine Corps includes some our bravest and most dedicated service men and women. Regardless of whether or not one agrees...

Since the Marine Recruiting Center in downtown Berkeley was locked Friday morning when the World Can’t Wait protesters arrived around 7:30 a.m. aiming to shut it down and risk arrest, the group and its allies from Code Pink and ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War and Racism) went to Plan B. They held a press conference, demonstrated and called out to passing motorists with chants such as, “murder, rape, torture war, that’s what they’re recruiting for.” They chanted beyond the time that their 2 p.m. sound permit ran out, as noted in a press release sent out by the Berkeley...

The City of Berkeley, California HATES the military - all branches and they have absolutely no respect for anyone wearing a military uniform. Mayor Tom Bates and the Berkeley City Council have officially taken that stance. There is no other way to look at it. They can deny it all they want to, but there is no hiding from the public record. Here is the proof. On 29 January 2008, the Berkeley City Council voted to tell the U.S. Marines that its Shattuck Avenue recruiting station "is not welcome in the city, and if recruiters choose to stay, they do...

BERKELEY, Calif. -- As hundreds of protesters on both sides of the Iraq War debate demonstrated in Berkeley Tuesday, the city's mayor told officials with the Marine recruiting office in town they should not expect an apology. "I think it's unwanted," Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates said. "I think it stands (that) we didn't want them here and they came here. And (they are) unwelcome, you know we'd like them to leave voluntarily. So I don't think an apology is in order." At first glance the statement appears to be a "flip flop" from the statement Bates made last week, when...

Berkeley, Calif., has always been considered a Mecca for hippies. Their staunch anti-war views and liberalism have been allowed to flourish there, and when the Marines opened up a recruiting station in the heart of Berkeley, the women who belonged to CODEPINK began choking on their vanilla lattes and vegan muffins. According to its Web site, CODEPINK "is a women-initiated grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end the war in Iraq, stop new wars and redirect our resources into health care, education and other life-affirming activities." While I may believe in some of their viewpoints, the insanity they...

Live talk with Goe Leader Dale Lanham & Freeper Fire Engine Red that were in Brekley for the Protest on Tuesday. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/show.aspx?userurl=frontline&year=2008&month=02&day=17&url=The-Front-Line

Yesterday, February 15, about a dozen or so hard-core leftists gathered outside of the Armed Forces Recruiting Station at 8202 Georgia Avenue in Silver Spring MD, from 4-6pm. There to counter them and support the troops was Free Republic. World Can't Wait staged a series of protests at 6 military recruitment centers across the US. Here's the background on this group from David Horowitz' Discover The Networks website Founded in June 2005 by Charles Clark Kissinger, a longtime leader of the Revolutionary Communist Party, World Can't Wait (WCW) is a direct action movement seeking to organize "people living in the...

The Berkeley Chamber of Commerce has heard from individuals far and wide regarding recent Berkeley City Council actions and we appreciate that the American spirit is alive and robust. The business community was not notified of pending city council action, nor asked for input. We ask everyone to try to separate the actions of the City Council and not harm the good, hard-working small business owners - most of whom do not live in Berkeley and therefore cannot vote in Berkeley. Additionally, we believe that the Berkeley City Council owes an apology to the community and others, whether they be...

Swung by the Code Pink protest in DC today, the one mentioned here, and took a couple of pictures. I don't know how to post them here, but you can see them here.Bunch of nuts!

BERKELEY, Calif. (KCBS) -- Protesters have returned to the Berkeley Marines recruiting center just a day after a showdown between anti-war and pro-military demonstrators before the Berkeley City Council. This time, several dozen members of the peace group CodePink urged people to make love, not war. The Berkeley demonstration is one of 20 “Kiss Don’t Enlist” protests across the country. ”Polls show that the majority of Americans are opposed to the war, and this has given people a chance to really come out and show that. And it’s kind of fun to make out, instead of making war, right?” said...

Here we go again!! Kristinn and the D.C. Chapter of FreeRepublic.com invites all Freepers and lurkers in good standing to join us in defending the Armed Forces Recruiting Center, 8200 block of Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland, opposite Silver Spring Avenue. Friday, February 15, 2008 from 4 PM to 6 PMCode Pink is again targeting that recruiting center. We cannot allow them to get away with this. The anti-American left has not given up, even with the success of the surge, so we cannot let down our guard against them. As always, the D.C. Chapter's rules for protesting will be...

Courtesy Stas Lazarev: An anti-war group sets a U.S. flag on fire during a protest over a Marine recruiting in Berkeley, California. Video at link.

On Tuesday, February 8, 2008, the Berkeley City Council admitted they made a mistake when they passed a law declaring that the U.S. Marine recruiting office was not wanted in Berkeley. They said that the Marines were "unwelcome intruders and should abandon their posts". Adding insult to injury, they gave a coveted parking space directly in front of the Marine recruiting office, to Code Pink. This was interpreted as encouraging Code Pink to continue their repulsive protests. The Berkeley City Council did not anticipate the national reaction, as people across America were infuriated at their contempt for our Military. A...

The D.C. Chapter of FreeRepublic.com invites all Freepers and lurkers in good standing to join us in defending the Armed Forces Recruiting Center at 14th and L St., NW, Washington, D.C., on Thursday, February 14, 2008 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.Code Pink is targeting that recruiting center during that time with a counter-recruitment action. We cannot allow them to get away with this. The anti-American left has not given up, even with the success of the surge, so we cannot let down our guard against them.As always, the D.C. Chapter's rules for protesting will be in effect. Briefly, they...