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Last week’s Vietnam flashback was courtesy of the mixed nuts in Berkeley who took it upon themselves to label the local Marine recruiters “intruders” and “unwelcome.” Some people will do anything for a feelgood liberal headline.
1 posted on 02/22/2008 4:18:39 AM PST by hilaryrhymeswithrich
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Wow, I didn’t know the SDS was still around. I figured the ones not sitting in jail had probably overdosed by now........Then again, they probably did and this new crop are just the inexperienced Wanna-be’s from the upscale suburbs........


2 posted on 02/22/2008 4:34:40 AM PST by Hot Tabasco ( Don’t go messing with Smokey Taylor. He just bought a whole bunch of fresh ammo.)
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Send around!


4 posted on 02/22/2008 5:07:11 AM PST by hilaryrhymeswithrich (Gathering of Eagles....its our turn.....)
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I just checked Jim's "Excerpt Only" list, and Human Events is not restricted; so here's the article in its entirety:


Berkeley-Like Incident in DC
by Katie O'Malley
Posted 02/22/2008 ET

Last week’s Vietnam flashback was courtesy of the mixed nuts in Berkeley who took it upon themselves to label the local Marine recruiters “intruders” and “unwelcome.” Some people will do anything for a feelgood liberal headline. But we were heartened by the overwhelming numbers of proud and patriotic Americans standing by our defenders. And, typically for liberals, Berserkely kinda backed down under their pressure. (Hey, Mrs. Obama: plenty of folks manage to find lots to be proud of in America.)

While we were distracted by the Berserkely street theater, a much more disturbing scene was unfolding in our Nation’s Capital. On Friday, February 15, members of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) stormed a recruiting office at 14th & L and laid siege while Metro Police stood by. In a protest entitled “Funk the War” these children delighted in an act of civil disobedience that is as pathetic as it is chilling. Didn’t see that on Keith Olbermann’s report? I wonder why.

These spoiled privileged brats are the tools of some of the most disturbing figures on the Left. At Friday’s event, the sagging hags of Code Pink stood off to the side while cheering on the SDS kidz’ action. You can almost see their petuli-addled brains whirling, “If we send the children to do our dirty work, the police will be hesitant to make arrests.”

I have to believe that the police would find joy in hauling one of those old prunes off to the clink. But getting your photo in the paper arresting a white, fresh faced college student? Not so much.

According to witnesses, Code Stink and the other aging hippies stood by the side and sent the children to the front lines, and ultimately into the recruiting station. Yet another technique the Left has borrowed from the Viet Cong.

I struggle to find the relevance of trashing a recruiting station. What message is this collection of mush trying to impart by vandalizing the station? These men and women are doing their jobs for a volunteer military. They do not set policy. The White House and Congress are only blocks away, kiddies, go where the decisions are made. Methinks the Secret Service would be less accommodating than the Capital Police.

Like a toddler who calls his parents to the bathroom after a successful event on the potty, these minions captured their dirty work on the web and proudly crowed,

“Prior to ripping up all their *&^%-but (sic)inside at 14th and L recruiter. After many previous protests had found the 14th st recruiter 'closed' at 5PM, Funk the War found them open, and the door unlocked at nearer to 6Pm and promptly exploited the situation by demonstrating to them first hand how an occupying force behaves.

After a loud commotion inside while outnumbered cops watched, recruiters finally managed to get protesters to leave-but not before literature and full-body length cardboard displays in the street window area were destroyed. In addition, hundreds more "Funk the War" stickers were plastered all over just about everything that would take them. By the time everyone was out it looked like a tornado had swept through the lobby.”

Not content at this destruction, they turned to the DC GOP headquarters but found the door locked. Apparently the deterrent was a locked door, not the presence of police. How telling.

And calling themselves an occupying force? Their delusions of grandeur are staggering. Please. These twits took no risk. They know that they have friendly ears with the powerbrokers in DC. They know that the Mayor and the Police do not want images of little Johnny and Susie being hauled away in handcuffs. They know mommy and daddy went to school with the folks who now run the ACLU and that steady donations are coming from the family checking account. Wow. Super-brave. In the minds of these idiots, they are as brave as the Marines walking the streets of a struggling Iraq, helping to liberate an entire people while avoiding terrorists trying to blow them to pieces.

If only the SDS’rs could realize how completely absurd they really look.

My initial calls to the police were fruitless as were repeated calls to the Mayor’s office. Each person I spoke with expressed surprise when told of the events. The few return calls I did get were too little, too late.

I find it mind-boggling that an incident of domestic terrorism holds so little importance in the eyes of those charged with public order in our Capital.

The military has been battling thugs like SDS and others for decades. For obvious reasons, the mainstream press has not chosen to cover it. It might make their peeps look bad. Recruiter’s cars have been torched, their offices vandalized, bricks have been thrown through windows and these fine men and women have literally been chased from high school and college campuses.

The internet and the foolish bravado of these malcontents has made official reporting unnecessary. The Left gleefully posts the evidence of their dirty work (with pictures that the police should be able to use to id some of them) and their hatred for all to see. They gleefully call the recruiters pedophiles and these lovers of peace post threats and make harassing phone calls to those who stand opposing them. Do as I say, mews the little flowerchild, not as I do.

Like a bad STD, SDS has reemerged from the mindlessness of the 60’s under a new banner with the same old tired socialist mindset. They join other parasites like the IVAW who fancy themselves the new Winter Soldiers. Both groups are powerful reminders of the danger of a diseased and troubled mind. Unlike their counterparts in the 1960’s, these tools of the Left face a powerful, vocal and committed opposition.

As success in Iraq and in the War on Terror continues to expand, expect to see more public temper tantrums from these groups. Their irrelevance chafes at their tender hides and they will continue to ball their pudgy little fists and scream into the night.

I was just a child when my step-father returned from Vietnam. He and his brothers-in-arms were treated like dirt. I was unable to comprehend the horror of it or to protect him from it. Despite my age at the time, I carry a veil of shame at what some of my fellow Americans did to those men and women. Never again is not an empty platitude for me.

Nor is it an empty platitude to the folks who stand outside Walter Reed Hospital every week or to the folks who will surely stand outside 14th & L this Friday to let our heroes know that this time, they are not alone.

5 posted on 02/22/2008 5:25:10 AM PST by tgslTakoma
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And in Minneapolis, too.........

“Mpls. Army recruiting center targeted by vandals”

Police are searching for the vandals who destroyed a Twin Cities Army-recruiting center Wednesday.

Officials said three heavy concrete bricks were hurled repeatedly until the windows of the U.S. Army recruiting center in south Minneapolis shattered.

“You’re going to have to have a deliberate plan to do this sort of a thing,” said Capt. Mark Gunther of the U.S. Army recruiting company.

It is the sixth break-in during the past 18 months.

The vandals have dumped paint on the sidewalks and windows or left vulgar graffiti in the past.

“It frustrates me. Because we’re just not the right people,” Gunther said.

The Army thinks someone upset about the Iraq war may be to blame.

“We’re here and we’re here to stay. We’re not going to let the few, so to speak, kind of try to run us out of the area,” Gunther explained to 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS.

The restaurant across the street, It’s Greek To Me, also had a window smashed recently.

“People think they can go smash a window or tag or something like that. It costs everybody in the long run,” said It’s Greek co-owner, Denise Aramadjis.

Of all the recruiting stations from Buffalo to Wisconsin, this is the only one vandalized so far this year.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Minneapolis Police at (612) 348-2345.

http://kstp.com/article/stories/S353039.shtml?cat=206


6 posted on 02/22/2008 5:59:09 AM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight.)
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They know that the Mayor and the Police do not want images of little Johnny and Susie being hauled away in handcuffs.

If the DC police are up for it, I offer to beat these children with a baton until they get some common sense. No charge.
8 posted on 02/22/2008 6:12:57 AM PST by Vision ("If God so clothes the grass of the field...will He not much more clothe you...?" -Matthew 6:30)
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Says it all:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/lindilu/codepink.jpg


12 posted on 02/22/2008 9:24:26 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (http://www.fourfriedchickensandacoke.blogspot.com)
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Cross reference post with comments

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1974550/posts


14 posted on 02/23/2008 1:15:00 PM PST by Syncro
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