Berkeley kicking the Marines out

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Berkeley City Council Condemns Our Soldiers

 

 

You may not be aware of the situation in Berkeley, California. The mainstream media has not been reporting on it. Here is the situation. The Berkeley City Council has told the Marine Recruiting Office to get out of Berkeley.

 

Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina has put together a video that shows you explicitly what the City Council members of Berkeley said about our Marines and the effort to force the recruiters to leave the city. They include comments from the Mayor who says that the Marines "don't belong here in Berkeley."

 

These people aren't just against the war, they are against our soldiers who are fighting and dying in that war.

 

The video also includes rebuttal by veterans of this nation who are outraged by the conduct of this city council. I hope you will send the letter and forward it to friends and family. The letters will go straight to the Mayor and City Council members.

 

Click here to watch the video.

http://www.afa.net/activism/berkvideo020808.html

Read the letter from Debbie Lee, whose son was killed in action.

http://www.afa.net/activism/berk_letter020808.html

Read the statement from U.S. Senators DeMint, Cornyn, Vitter, Coburn, Inhofe, and Chambliss.

http://www.afa.net/activism/sen_020808.html

TAKE ACTION send e-mail to the Mayor and City Council members.

https://secure.afa.net/afa/activism/takeaction.asp?id=306

[PoGo]

Apparently, the city of Berkeley wants to rescind.

 

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=n...ocal&id=5940135

 

Local News

Berkeley shames troops, Congress retaliates

Wednesday, February 06, 2008 | 11:58 PM

 

By Alan Wang

BERKELEY, CA (KGO) -- What's more important: a political statement or food for children?

 

That's the choice for the Berkeley City Council on Thursday, after its attempt to run the military out of town, back-fires.

Lawmakers in Washington are furious about Berkeley's stand against a marine recruiting office on Shattuck Avenue Council members have found out the hard way that their politics has a price.

 

The Berkeley city council gave the protesters permission to demonstrate in a parking space right in front of the marine recruiting center. The council also waived a sound permit fee allowing them to use bullhorns, and it approved a letter to be sent to the marines calling them: "unwelcome and uninvited intruders."

 

"I voted for it. I voted for it, and it retrospect it was a mistake," said Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates.

But now Mayor Tom Bates and the council are having second thoughts; especially now that a South Carolina senator has launched a bill threatening to yank $2.1 million dollars in Berkeley's Federal funding.

 

"You know, sometimes when you're out there on the cutting edge, sometimes you go too far," said Mayor Bates.

"You pick this kale from the bottom up so you can see the kids have been picking it and eating it," said Berkeley Schools Nutritional Director Ann Cooper.

 

About $300,000 dollars could be taken away from the Chez Panisse Foundation which provides nutritional education and lunches for students.

"What did the kids do wrong? This is ridiculous. We're taking good food away from the children, and the education we're doing nationally about our program because there's a fight about Marines and Berkeley. That's ridiculous. It's shameful," said Cooper.

The Semper Fi bill threatens to take away about a million dollars from UC Berkeley, and another million from a proposed ferry service and public safety.

 

"If the people on the Berkeley council want to address Federal issues than perhaps they should run for Congress," said Joe Wierzbicki from Move America Forward.

 

Supporting the bill is Joe Wierzbicki and a grass roots organization called "Move America Forward."

"Apparently, the Berkeley city council thinks free speech only goes one way. Well, nuh uh! That doesn't work, and we're going to make our voices heard on Tuesday," said Wierzbicki.

 

That's when the council is slated to vote on a motion to rescind the letter. Move America Forward says it will hold a rally to encourage a "yes" vote and call for a formal apology to the men and women of the armed services.

 

(Copyright ©2008 KGO-TV/DT. All Rights Reserved.)

[Aint2nuts]

Good for Congress.