COUNTERING MILITARY RECRUITMENT
Articles: Counter-Recruitment: General
Treason in Berkeley
Melanie Morgan, WorldNet Daily
February 1, 2008
Society for years has endured the freakish antics of Berkeleydwellers. Naked people streaking in the streets; smelly hippies
begging for money as they sing drunken renditions of '60s anti-war
songs; adults sitting in trees like a bad zoo exhibit.
But the Berkeley City Council and instigators from the extreme left
have crossed the line this time. The council Tuesday night passed two
anti-military, anti-American resolutions and agreed to send a letter
to the city's only Marine recruiting office saying the military are
"uninvited intruders."
This is treasonous, hateful behavior that steals the First Amendment
rights of the Marines, the very group that protects our
constitutional rights. What galls me most is that Berkeley is the
birthplace of the modern free-speech movement and now it is has drawn
battle lines in the war against the First Amendment.
The first resolution says that the Marine Corps recruiting station
"is not welcome in the city, and if recruiters choose to stay, they
do so as uninvited and unwelcome intruders."
The socialist council also gave the anti-American Code Pink a
designated parking space in front of the recruiting station once a
week for six months and a free sound permit for protesting once a
week from noon to 4 p.m. The goal is clear to harass the Marines
until they are forced out of Berkeley.
Nice misappropriation of public funds.
Business people are sick of the Code Stinkos, who make noise, disrupt
business with their aggressiveness and "yoga moves," and generally
pollute the area.
"My husband's business is right upstairs, and this (protesting) is
bordering on harassment," Dori Schmidt told the council. "I hope this stops."
The only councilman who showed restraint and a scent of common sense
was Gordon Wozniak. He opposed giving Code Pink a parking space
because it favors free speech rights of one group over another.
"There's a line between protesting and harassing, and that concerns
me," Wozniak said. "It looks like we are showing favoritism. We have
to respect the other side and not abuse their rights. This is not
good policy."
I have dealt with these beasts up close and they are one scary bunch
to confront in person. The pro-troop organization I lead, Move
America Forward, went to Berkeley in October with more than 400
patriotic Americans to support our Marines, who opened their
recruiting center in Berkeley about a year ago. We waved our American
flags, sang "God Bless America" and "The Star Spangled Banner," spoke
out in support of our troops, and showed love and respect for our
military while a paltry gathering of Code Pinko's burned flags and
yelled anti-American epithets.
Code Pink was so embarrassed that patriotic Americans outnumbered
them in their own backyard that they wanted a rematch. A
representative from Code Pink e-mailed and asked if I would debate
Medea Benjamin, a socialist who loves Cuba's dictator, Fidel Castro.
She is also responsible for sending more than $600,000 to terrorists'
families in Iraq.
I said I would be happy to take on Benjamin, but only after we agreed
to certain details that would protect against an ambush from the left
such as having a fair moderator, a proper venue and inclusion of a
representatives from the Marines. Code Pink reneged on this agreement
and proceeded to go out and lie about my involvement. Even after I
explicitly told them I would not debate Benjamin based on their
failures to live up to our agreement, Code Pink continued to tell the
media and the public that there would be a debate on this issue.
Code Pink demonstrated once again why they cannot be trusted by any
fair and reasonable person interested in honest debate on the
important issues facing our nation, especially when it relates to our
military. All Code Pink was interested in was orchestrating a ploy to
raise money for their treasonous activities.
To make matters worse, Code Pink has now kicked off a campaign for an
initiative that would restrict recruiting centers in the same way
cities contain pornography shops. Comparing our military to
pornography peddlers is slanderous and outrageous. What is really
obscene is the conduct of Code Pink and their allies.
Berkeley Councilman Max Anderson has pushed the idea of giving
special favors to Code Pink, which has done so much to cripple
America's efforts to protect herself against radical Islamic
jihadists. Yet Anderson had the nerve to say that our Marine's are
committing "barbarity."
Anderson should take a look at Saddam's torture and rape chambers if
he wants to see real barbarity. His libel against our troops is
unacceptable, and decent people across America should let him know
that this degradation of our troops will not stand.
You can do your part by registering your outrage with the city of
Berkeley, contacting officials via e-mail and phone.
Meanwhile, the feds should cut off federal funds to Berkeley faster
than the warmed-over hippies can say "barbarity."
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