Posted on 02/04/2008 9:48:09 AM PST by Syncro
Sounds like a good time for an old fashioned dungaree leave.
Contact Mayor Bates at mayor@ci.berkeley.ca.us
Home of Free Speech---for liberals only.
U.S. Senator Wants to Revoke Funding From City of Berkeley, Calif., for Vote to Boot Marines
FoxNews.com ^ | Feb 1 2008 | Justin Fishel and Trish Turner
Posted on 02/01/2008 8:26:36 AM PST by TenthAmendmentChampion
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., says the City of Berkeley, Calif., no longer deserves federal money.
Group protests Marine recruiters in Berkeley
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 2/1/8 | Kevin Fagan
Posted on 02/01/2008 7:36:09 AM PST by SmithL
Emboldened by this week's show of support by the Berkeley City Council, anti-war protesters on Thursday cranked up their noisy effort to throw the U.S. Marine Corps recruiters out of town
Marines say they will stay in Berkeley
Contra Costa Times ^ | 2/1/8 | Doug Oakley
Posted on 02/01/2008 4:08:50 PM PST by SmithL
The U.S. Marine Corps said today it would hold its ground in Berkeley
Conservatives target Berkeley as protesters block Marines' door
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 2/1/8 | Steve Rubenstein,Kevin Fagan
Posted on 02/01/2008 7:55:54 PM PST by SmithL
BERKELEY - As the right-wing blogosphere railed and a U.S. senator vowed financial retaliation...
Berkeley, California Throws Out Marines, DeMint to Revoke City's Fed. Funding
Right Wing News ^ | 2/2/08 | John Stevenson
Posted on 02/02/2008 11:20:53 AM PST by Dawnsblood
Fox News gives us some details of Senator Jim DeMint's (R, S.C.) efforts to revoke Federal funding that flows into the town of Berkeley
CodePink Physically Assaults People Visiting Marines, Berkeley Police Allow It
http://www.bayareanewsgroup.com/multimedia/iba/2008/player/?f=0131_codepink ^
Posted on 02/04/2008 8:28:50 AM PST by Doctor Raoul
http://www.bayareanewsgroup.com/multimedia/iba/2008/player/?f=0131_codepink
Where are the Federal Marshals?
**UNREPORTED** FACT ABOUT BERKELEY MARINE ISSUE (CODE PINK)
Berkeley Agenda Item 4b.14 ^ | 02/04/2008 | Peace and Justice Commission
Posted on 02/04/2008 8:12:51 AM PST by Wyatt K
CURRENT SITUATION AND ITS EFFECT
Berkeley Council Tells Marines to Leave (Calls Marines "Intruders") ^
Posted by kristinn
On News/Activism ^ 01/30/2008 4:09:05 PM PST · 99 replies
Contra Costa Times ^ | Wednesday, January 30, 2008 | Doug Oakley
MELANIE MORGAN: ARE YOU READY TO RUMBLE? (Berkeley Mayor - Free Speech Thief)
MelanieMorgan.Com ^ | Feb 2, 2008 | Melanie Morgan
Posted on 02/04/2008 9:29:59 AM PST by Syncro
MELANIE MORGAN: Code Pink has it's Pink Panties in a Twist over Berkeley Boycott
MelanieMorgan.Com ^ | Feb 3, 2008 | Melanie Morgan
Posted on 02/04/2008 9:39:16 AM PST by Syncro
John McCain is endorsed by the New York Times and there’s people on this forum who think that’s a good thing. I’m not joking when I say I’ll vote for Hillary or etc. if McCain gets the GOP nomination. If there is to be a Democrat in the White House I at least want it to be someone who calls themself a Democrat and not a RINO.
I would say that it is WAY past time for a dungaree liberty ...
Where does free speech allow anyone to chain themselves to the entrance of anyone else's building and restrict anyone else's free movement - let alone Federal Property?
Anyone want to imagine what would have happened to anti-abortion protesters who did the same to the entrance of an abortion clinic?
They would have all been summarily arrested. Well, they would never have been allowed that close to the building in the first place.
Maybe we need to ask Neil what the difference would be if the protesters had been anti-abortion folk at an abortion clinic?
I'm surprised at you, Neil!
The only company I know with national reach is Clif Bar. Any other major brands to avoid?
“It’s time for you and your city to secede from the Union that you spit on.
Certainly, there are many of us true citizens and businesses that will ‘blockade’ your, what is now to us, foreign country.
May you reap the rewards you deserve from your traitorous actions.
May it be so.”
I sent it not because I think he’ll give a rat’s rump = but that it might add to the traffic on their site - know what I mean
Correct me if I am wrong, but I thought that the interfering of a Federal employee doing their job was a Federal offence???
Recruiters are basically Federal employees. I did a little bit of recruiting (extra duty while in the service, and home on leave) and believed that was our status when on the clock...
Blocking a Federal employee from access to their office or facility from where they worked from was a no-no...
Of course this is Berkeley, California...And the law means nothing there...
I agree, lets pull the federal dollars away from the cess-pool and let them die on the vine...
Our Marines will be ok, if they need support, I can say we’ll find a way to do so...
A long list of them were posted on a thread the other day, but it was pulled.
The list made the thread unmanageable
If you find some and want to post a link that would work.
"They told me, 'No business as usual today,' " El Giheny said. "It's kind of nutty. It's really an infringement on my rights."
Nah - it would only be an infringement if you were prevented from entering an abortion clinic. Then, the protesters would have been hauled away with EXTRA chains
Since when is it legal to restrict the movements of another citizen????
Why did it take 7 1/2 hours before the police made these miscreants unchain - and still not arrest them?
Why weren't each and everyone who physically pushed back at people trying to enter, guilty of assault?
Wanna bet what would happen to you or I were we to physically restrain the movements of other law abiding citizens?
I just did research on Clif Bar. Apparently they are leaving Berkeley this year due to the anti-business climate. Who knows if there are any businesses there with a national reach...
It’s a time consuming process bringing our public servants to the place where they don’t enforce laws selectively
I believe they still call it “greens liberty”
Here is the link to the berkeley convention center calendar.
http://www.berkeleycvb.com/calendar.cfm
Track down the corporations who are putting up the money to sponser these things and put pressure on them to pull the funding.
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This really hits home with me- there are three Marines in my family (none active). Needless to say I signed the petition.
Now the mayor of Berkley is backpeddling like crazy. Too late scumbag, say goodbye to your federal money!
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