Posted on 08/24/2005 5:47:20 AM PDT by SmithL
Everyone knows that San Francisco is a focal point for anti-war sentiment. Protests, civil disobedience and other acts designed to show opposition to the war in Iraq are standard fare in these parts. But now it seems that San Francisco anti-war activists have taken their opposition to the war in Iraq a step further.
Not content with simply protesting the war, they've trained their sights on all things military. In an apparent effort to rid the city of any semblance of its military history, various leftist groups, and even some city officials, are trying to erase the military's presence altogether. In short, San Francisco has declared itself a military-free zone.
Following on the heels of their success in sometimes violently shutting down job fairs that include military recruiters on college campuses, the counterrecruitment
movement is now looking to broaden its influence. Instead of merely protesting the existence of military recruiters on campuses, the movement wants to ban them altogether. Proposition I, a measure that will be on the ballot this November, seeks to do just that.
Put together by a group called College Not Combat, the initiative of the same name talks tough on the surface. But it doesn't have any teeth. The nonbinding measure simply asks that individual schools and colleges consider banning military recruiters and denying recruiters access to their student directories, which would violate section 9258 of the No Child Left Behind Act. In the process, these schools could very well have to forgo federal funds. Given that such institutions are unlikely to want to get off the federal gravy train, it's doubtful they will choose to take this action.
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Does mean San Francisco is now vulnerable to an attack from the rear
They can fend for themselves.
Hopefully an earthquake will come soon.
And even loonier is that they consider themselves "mainstream". I would give a few different water based metaphors like off the deep end, going down for the third time, and gone over the falls.
Ambassador Barbara Boxer (or would it be Feinstein)?
Simple. Just have the U.S. Military agree that SF is a "Military Free Zone".
Hope they all like Kimchi and love Allah.
A modern day Sodem and Gamora, cut em off, Put a border around em and let em rot in hell. Of course then we would have another border issue with people trying to get out.
Fine....so we can just ignore them if we're ever invaded, right?
You wonder what men like Rear Adm. Callaghan who died on the USS San Francisco would be thinking right now.
This new slogan will fit well with their "Sanity Free" slogan.
I kind of like the sound of the "City of San Francisco proving grounds."
Guess who'll come a runnin' when the terrorists show up? Oh wait...
And of course the USS Iowa has to go to Stockton as the loonies in SanFran don't want such a militaristic piece of hardware in their bay. Can't we remove this city from the United States of America?
Why don't we just invite that ugly pygmy Kim Jong Il to take over and sodomize San Francisco?
BRAC needs to take a close look and SF.
at SF
San Francisco hosts an annual Fleet Week with visits by many navy ships and the Flying Angels. To the best of my recollection that was and is a pretty large and well run event bringing in millions for the local economy.
Are you kidding? They'd like that!
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