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Code Pink Protesters Try Witchcraft at Anti-Marine Rallies
FoxNews.com ^ | May 8, 2008 | Jana Winter

Posted on 05/08/2008 12:08:33 PM PDT by madison10

Code Pink is now resorting to witchcraft to beef up the number of its supporters protesting Berkeley's controversial Marine Corps Recruiting Center.

The women's anti-war group has told ralliers to come equipped with spells and pointy hats Friday for "Witches, clowns and sirens day," the last of the group's weeklong homage to Mother's Day.

"Women are coming to cast spells and do rituals and to impart wisdom to figure out how we're going to end war," Zanne Sam Joi of Bay Area Code Pink told FOXNews.com.

The group's week of themed protests, which included days to galvanize grannies and bring-your-daughter-to-protest, appears to have done little to boost its flagging numbers...

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: antimilitary; berkeley; beserkeley; codepink; fodder; witches
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Just WAAYYYY too much ammunition here... LOL
1 posted on 05/08/2008 12:08:33 PM PDT by madison10
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Feminazis, witches, ....


2 posted on 05/08/2008 12:09:35 PM PDT by Leftism is Mentally Deranged
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To: madison10

She turned me into a newt!


3 posted on 05/08/2008 12:10:36 PM PDT by the_devils_advocate_666
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To: Leftism is Mentally Deranged

Is Hillary, Pelosi, or Sheehan expected to appear as Honorary Witches?


4 posted on 05/08/2008 12:10:47 PM PDT by kromike
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To: madison10

“Trick or Treat!”

You just can’t make this stuff up! LMAO

These clowns are certifiable...

Semper Fi,
Kelly


5 posted on 05/08/2008 12:11:01 PM PDT by kellynla (Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots! Semper Fi!)
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To: madison10

THEMED Protests!?!? Aren’t the protests in and of themselves not enough of a theme? Far be it from me to tell these people how to protest, but distracting symbolism which has nothing to do with your message is not the way to go. In this age of 2 minutes attention spans, people will only remember the outrageous costumes not your message.


6 posted on 05/08/2008 12:11:55 PM PDT by contemplator (Capitalism gets no Rock Concerts)
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To: madison10

Counter measure: Bring really big crosses and shout the witches down with things like “The power of Christ compells ye!” and “Begone, witches - you have no power where Christ is!”

That should annoy them. Or scare them, not sure which.

Extra credit: Build a big bonfire with some stakes on top (don’t light it). See if anyone gets the reference. :D


7 posted on 05/08/2008 12:12:25 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: madison10

I suppose railroad ties, would do just as well as stakes...


8 posted on 05/08/2008 12:12:55 PM PDT by DGHoodini ("I never did believe you much, anyway...")
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To: kellynla

Just when you think you’ve witnessed the apex of moonbatery, they go and do this.


9 posted on 05/08/2008 12:13:08 PM PDT by eclecticEel (You can have my gun when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers.)
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To: kromike

Is Hillary, Pelosi, or Sheehan expected to appear as Honorary Witches?

Yes,real witches.


10 posted on 05/08/2008 12:13:55 PM PDT by unkus
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To: Leftism is Mentally Deranged

and communists.

As one of the code pinkos said “what’s wrong with communism?”


11 posted on 05/08/2008 12:13:59 PM PDT by MrB (You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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"Witches, clowns and sirens day,"

Oh well one out of three ain't bad. Glad to see they finally found their place in society.

12 posted on 05/08/2008 12:16:38 PM PDT by ladtx ( "Never miss a good chance to shut up." - - Will Rogers)
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To: Spktyr

funny, but not practical.

wouldn’t want to blaspheme as the first suggestion would probably be,

and the second would be rightly considered a physical threat.


13 posted on 05/08/2008 12:17:00 PM PDT by MrB (You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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To: madison10

They are just bitter women clinging to their religion.


14 posted on 05/08/2008 12:17:00 PM PDT by Tigercap (McCain. For Supreme Court judge nominations and WOT progress if nothing else.)
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To: madison10

Bubble, bubble, toil, and trouble. Oh give me a break.

15 posted on 05/08/2008 12:17:34 PM PDT by bmwcyle (I always rely on God and Guns in that order)
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To: madison10

LOL I just got through reading the article, it’s funny as all get-out. Some of my favorite quotes:
Marine Capt. John Paul Wheatcroft:
“They’re always in pink and wear funny things, half-shaved heads, one side with hair and the other one bald, yeah, I’m pretty much used to anything.”

Kimberly Wagner, Berkeley College Republicans activism chair, when asked if she was planning any special events to counter Code Pink’s theme week:
“We’re just going to stick with our regular thing because we have lives and they don’t.”

“A FOX News camera, which has a 24/7 live shot of the recruiting center’s front door, recorded little action, and the gatherings have, until this point, been ill attended.”

And my favorite:
“Ironically, it’s actually helped us by putting our name out. We’re now well known. And people know who we are, and where we are, and they come in to talk to us about enlisting. They’ve gotten us the publicity that we could’ve never afforded to pay for ourselves,” Wheatcroft told FOXNews.com.
“Just in the last three weeks, 10 people came in looking to apply, looking to become Marine officers, and that’s much higher than normal,” he said.


16 posted on 05/08/2008 12:18:11 PM PDT by visualops (artlife.us . nature photography desktop wallpapers)
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To: kromike

Pelosi turned Newt into a newt already.


17 posted on 05/08/2008 12:19:01 PM PDT by visualops (artlife.us . nature photography desktop wallpapers)
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To: madison10

“Witches, clowns and sirens day. . .”

They mispelled the first word. It should start with a “B.” Other than that it is an accurate description of Code Pink woment. And they are beclowning themselves.


18 posted on 05/08/2008 12:19:46 PM PDT by No Truce With Kings (The opinions expressed are mine! Mine! MINE! All Mine!)
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To: Spktyr

I think it would be even funnier to play their game, and walk up to one and ask for a lock of hair or something LOL prolly scare the bleep out of them LOL


19 posted on 05/08/2008 12:21:00 PM PDT by visualops (artlife.us . nature photography desktop wallpapers)
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To: madison10
They would draw a bigger crowd if they would go with the Goth scene, vampires and all.
20 posted on 05/08/2008 12:21:15 PM PDT by tobyhill (The media lies so much the truth is the exception)
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"Witches, clowns and sirens day"

Well, witches and sirens day, maybe. With them, every day is "clowns day".

21 posted on 05/08/2008 12:22:49 PM PDT by steve-b (The "intelligent design" hoax is not merely anti-science; it is anti-civilization. --John Derbyshire)
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To: madison10

Who is more insane?

These loony &^&*(^%&^&( in Code Pink?

Or

Society for not laughing at them or driving them off with a layer of tar and feathers?


22 posted on 05/08/2008 12:23:21 PM PDT by river rat (Semper Fi - You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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To: the_devils_advocate_666

i got better.......


23 posted on 05/08/2008 12:25:03 PM PDT by joe fonebone (The Second Amendment is the Contitutions reset button)
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To: madison10
Code pink.....women who are stuck in mental swirl of menopause
24 posted on 05/08/2008 12:25:07 PM PDT by Kimmers
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To: madison10
Code pink.....women who are stuck in mental swirl of menopause
25 posted on 05/08/2008 12:25:27 PM PDT by Kimmers
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To: madison10

Zanne Sam Joi

26 posted on 05/08/2008 12:26:22 PM PDT by kcvl
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April 1. 2008

“Today’s staged press conference with ‘Sasha Shamszad’, ‘Marine Officer Peaceovic’, and Medea Benjamin wasn’t just a fun joke; we were enacting the change we want to see in our community,” said Berkeley protest coordinator Zanne Sam Joi. “We can envision a Shattuck Square without the recruiting station, and now we are recommitting to take action to make it happen, with daily protests outside the station, community education, and the zoning initiative... It’s about time that the Marine Recruiters and the building landlord respect the views of peace-loving Berkeley!”

One Berkeley resident baked cookies to give the recruiters in thanks for leaving her city. “I was disappointed to learn they weren’t leaving, but I gave them the cookies anyway, telling them they were baked with love and that I hope they ‘go in peace.’”


27 posted on 05/08/2008 12:29:19 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: madison10

Does this surprise anyone? I’ve thought these women were witches from day one. Big deal.

It is interesting that they would actually come out of the closet to propose this though.

Just dang folks...


28 posted on 05/08/2008 12:31:57 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Who opposes John McCain's leftist agenda? The RNC, Rep Congress members, the Democrats? Good luck!)
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To: madison10
I'm sure they will have no shortage of "pointy hats".


29 posted on 05/08/2008 12:34:15 PM PDT by CougarGA7 (Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone.)
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To: madison10

(B)itchcraft


30 posted on 05/08/2008 12:39:38 PM PDT by Misschuck
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Pretend you are protecting your LIFE and not your LIFE STYLE.

Brainstorm the actions you would take and email me!

Peace, Zanne Sam Joi


31 posted on 05/08/2008 12:40:19 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: madison10

32 posted on 05/08/2008 12:40:47 PM PDT by rdl6989
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As for what's brewing outside his recruiting center this week, Wheatcroft responded, "I think witches won't shock me, but it'll be a change of pace, so that's nice."
33 posted on 05/08/2008 12:43:36 PM PDT by telebob
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To: madison10

WHY is Code Pink allowed to protest at the entrance to the Marine recruiting facility, literally blocking the sidewalk and several parking spaces? Those who would protest the murder of infants at abortion clinics are treated very differently.


34 posted on 05/08/2008 12:44:59 PM PDT by July4 (July4)
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To: the_devils_advocate_666

At least she didn’t turn me into Newt! Well...I got better...


35 posted on 05/08/2008 12:45:22 PM PDT by henkster (I'm a typical white guy.)
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To: madison10

This should broaden their support among mainstream Americans.


36 posted on 05/08/2008 12:45:22 PM PDT by GSWarrior (Proudly posting band-width consuming images since 2000)
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To: madison10
Just hope they dont resort to exposing their Breasts again-that could turn one to stone.
37 posted on 05/08/2008 12:49:58 PM PDT by rwlawrence
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To: madison10

How do the Marine recruiters keep straight faces?


38 posted on 05/08/2008 12:49:58 PM PDT by pabianice
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"Is Hillary, Pelosi, or Sheehan expected to appear as Honorary Witches?"

They are not honorary witches. They are the leaders of the coven.

39 posted on 05/08/2008 12:51:35 PM PDT by blackbart.223 (I live in Northern Nevada. Reid doesn't represent me.)
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They are not honorary witches. They are the leaders of the coven.

lol..."I'll get you, my pretty! Eeeheeheeheehee!"

40 posted on 05/08/2008 12:55:22 PM PDT by kromike
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To: visualops

My favorite:

“As for what’s brewing outside his recruiting center this week, Wheatcroft responded, “I think witches won’t shock me, but it’ll be a change of pace, so that’s nice.

‘Do you think they’ll bring their cauldron?’”


41 posted on 05/08/2008 1:01:45 PM PDT by indcons
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To: visualops

“A FOX News camera, which has a 24/7 live shot of the recruiting center’s front door, recorded little action, and the gatherings have, until this point, been ill attended.”

&&&&&

These pathetic creatures live for whatever publicity they can get. A 24/7 cam !!!Wowie!!!

I happened to pass by the street of their protest a few weeks ago - and saw propped up, dyed deep-pnk sheets with some kind of message painted on them, a few more signs scattered around, and about three sad looking women? in lawn chairs, and a police car at the curb. They looked like a group of homeless folks taking a break from their panhandling.

I did not have time to find out why or who needed the police protection, and who was paying his salary.


42 posted on 05/08/2008 1:02:23 PM PDT by maica (Peace is the Aftermath of Victory)
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"“Feminism is a socialist, anti-family, political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians. - Pat Robertson

Wow, Pat pretty much nailed Code Pink there, didn't he?
43 posted on 05/08/2008 1:08:02 PM PDT by DesScorp
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"lol..."I'll get you, my pretty! Eeeheeheeheehee!"

And your little dog too.

44 posted on 05/08/2008 1:14:44 PM PDT by blackbart.223 (I live in Northern Nevada. Reid doesn't represent me.)
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I’m waiting for “BJs for Peace” day.


45 posted on 05/08/2008 1:25:25 PM PDT by TC Rider (The United States Constitution ? 1791. All Rights Reserved.)
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To: madison10

If they look like a bunch of witches....how would that be different from any other day?


46 posted on 05/08/2008 1:30:01 PM PDT by wbill
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Lets get a water cannon and hose them down and tell them that it’s holy water. Hopefully they’ll melt.


47 posted on 05/08/2008 1:43:06 PM PDT by JimC214
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“I’m waiting for “BJs for Peace” day.”

From them??? A knothole in a picket fence fairs better.


48 posted on 05/08/2008 1:47:54 PM PDT by Larebil (My name is liberal backwards, since they backwards thinking)
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Ooops, forgot to close that sarcasm tag again.


49 posted on 05/08/2008 1:59:26 PM PDT by TC Rider (The United States Constitution ? 1791. All Rights Reserved.)
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To: Leftism is Mentally Deranged

This pathetic group of hideous hags give women a bad name.. I blame OPRAH!


50 posted on 05/08/2008 1:59:40 PM PDT by divine_moment_of_facts
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