Peace vote carries price for business (Berkeley Boycott III)

Contra Costa Times ^ | 10/24/01 | By Tom Lochner and Clare Curley

[Real Cynic No More]

Keep those cards and letters coming, folks!

[detsaoT]

1.5 million Iraqi deaths over the last 10 years

But I thought it was "only" 500,000? What gives? Disinformation from the Iraqis again?

:) ttt

[mjk19]

"Spring's original draft resolution, which predicts "Fiscal Implications: None" This woman is a complete idiot. The traitors of Berkeley are so delusional to think that their pro-terrorism sentiment will not lead to a backlash. Just shows you how out of step Berkeley is with the rest of America. Keep the pressure up!!! BOYCOTT BERKELEY!!!

[Coop]

Serves these bleeding hearts right for sticking their noses in where they most definitely do not belong.

Take a few minutes to keep up the pressure, folks!

http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/clerk/charter/charter.htm

[NorCoGOP]

some of the damage could be undone by a "Shop Berkeley" campaign

I'd rather see alternatives to this....i.e. "Support Communism...Shop Berkeley", etc...

[sargon]

Berkely deserves to be boycotted until they come crawling on their hands and knees begging for forgiveness...

[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

CLOSE BERKELEY DOWN NOW! MAKE IT INTO A GHOST TOWN!

[mjk19]

Do any Bay Area Freepers know if KSFO is helping to publicize this boycott? I have not heard any mention of it on the Lee and Melanie show or the Savage nation. I sent a e-mail to Lee asking for their assistance. Thanks

[Redleg Duke]

"Progressives" is that a euphamism for "filthy commies"?

[kylaka]

They don't need to beg for forgiveness. They just need to get the radical regressives off the city council. They can do that most any November at the ballot box.

[Endeavor]

"Progressives" is that a euphamism for "filthy commies"?"

Isn't that the truth? These people hate capitalism anyway. Next time I have to go to Cal/Berkeley for a mtg, I'm not even gonna put money in the parking meter!

[Endeavor]

sorry!

[Moosilauke]

Dean voted for the clause that condemns the Sept. 11 mass murder...

Whoaa! Really going out on a limb with such a courageous vote. Must not be up for re-election for a few years.

[Paul Atreides]

Wait a minute! What is capitalism doing in Berzerkley?!!

I'm sure those "progressives" never, never, never boycott businesses they oppose ideologically.

[gaspar]

Walk up and down Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley and each time you place your foot down you wonder, "will it stick solidly to the cement?" Come to think of it, the University, like Berkeley sidewalks, could use a hosing to clean out the filth.

[Paul Atreides]

LOL! From the looks of the students, soap, shampoo, razors, and deodorant are foreign concepts!!

[ccmay]

If anyone wants to join in the boycott, I posted some -email addresses and an insulting letter to the City coucil on this thread.

-ccm

[Stefan Stackhouse]

The gist of the adopted resolution condemns "the mass murder of thousands of people" Sept. 11 and asks Congress to "break the cycle of violence" and "bring the bombing (in Afghanistan) to a conclusion as soon as possible."

And this news bulletin just in. . .

Herbivore resolution condems mass murder of thousands of innocent animals, asks carnivores to "break the cycle of violence."

No immediate response has been forthcoming from the felines, canines, raptors, and others suspected of terrorizing peaceful, plant-eating species.

[Stefan Stackhouse]

I'd be in favor of a boycott, but that would presume that there were people there who actually PRODUCED something of value. It is pretty hard to boycott people who do nothing but consume resources.