Marines Say They’re Not Leaving Berkeley
BERKELEY, Calif. — While anti-war protesters chained themselves outside a Marine Corps recruiting center here, a spokesman said Corps does not plan to abandon the office even though the City Council has officially rolled up the welcome mat.
The Berkeley City Council voted Tuesday to tell the Marines that if its recruiters choose to stay in their rented downtown space “they do so as uninvited and unwelcome guests.”
Gunnery Sgt. Pauline Franklin said Friday that while the Corps respects city officials’ right to free speech, the Marines would not be leaving.
Conservative bloggers and Republican Sen. Jim DeMint, R-South Carolina, lashed out at Berkeley following Tuesday’s resolution. DeMint said he would draft legislation to strip the city of federal money, including funds destined for UC Berkeley, for school lunches in the Berkeley Unified School District and public safety.
“The First Amendment gives the City of Berkeley the right to be idiotic, but from now on they should do it with their own money,” DeMint said in a statement.
Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates who supports efforts to through the Marines out of the city, said he would speak with the Marines’ landlord to see if the recruiters could break their lease early without penalty.
A retired Army captain, Bates also said Friday that he wants the council to amend its resolution because it “did not adequately differentiate our respect and support for those serving in the armed forces and our opposition to the Iraq war policy.”
Berkeley police arrested three of the protesters who chained themselves together and blocked people trying to enter the recruiting station. They were cited for misdemeanors and released.
(AP)
Be respectful of others and their opinions. Inflammatory remarks and inane leftist drivel will be deleted. It ain’t about free speech, remember you’re in a private domain. My website, my prerogative.
If you can't handle using your real email address, don't bother posting a comment.
Does anyone know of an E-mail address for that office? I have looked to no avail. I would sure like to send them some encouraging words.
February 4th, 2008 at 8:34 amWhen are these assholes going to understand that the Marines never run away from a fight?
February 4th, 2008 at 8:37 amThe sound made when shit hits the fan…….
M-A-R-I-N-E……..!!!
February 4th, 2008 at 8:54 amThe sound made when Berkley citizens act like assholes:
“EEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWW! Run away! Run away!”
Limp-wristed, sagging-breasted cowards.
February 4th, 2008 at 9:04 amI love the response the Marines provided…
February 4th, 2008 at 9:34 amNO! We’re not leaving. Deal with it.
I think the Army’s Golden Nights (parachute demonstration team), the Navy’s Blue Angels (F/A-18s), and Air Force’s Thunderbirds (F-16s), should all do an air show over Berkeley on behalf of the Marines. They should write in the sky: FUCK YOU, BERKELEY - USMC!!!
February 4th, 2008 at 9:52 amThe gang of fairies in Berkeley sure as hell couldnt forcibly remove these Marines. They will have to deal with it.
February 4th, 2008 at 9:56 amTime to fix bayonettes. Hell, one of our M1-A1’s with a mine plow on it would do just fine, or even a MCLC.
February 4th, 2008 at 10:02 amAs long as the marines stick to their guns and stay people will start getting sick of the Code Puke protesters and the tables will turn.
February 4th, 2008 at 10:12 amI hammered the Berkley website given last week and had this reply this morning,
Thanks for your email. Contrary to several newspaper reports, the City Council vote was 6-3 not 8-1.
I was one of the NO votes. I expect a correction to appear soon. Kriss W
I responded with a great big thank you to her.
Attached at the bottom of all my emails to berkley was,
“We sleep soundly in our beds at night because brave men stand ready to do violence on our behalf”
February 4th, 2008 at 10:18 amI think everyone who lives near berkely should go down there in pro military shirts with flags and the USMC emblem and see what happens. They would faint from fear, and then insult us.
February 4th, 2008 at 10:45 amThese are the situations that 240G’s, or as I like to call them instantaneous traitorous scumbag dispersal and killing machines, are made for.
February 4th, 2008 at 11:54 amBerkeley city website:
Contact info:
Mayor - Tom Bates
2180 Milvia Street, Berkeley, CA 94704
Email:
TEL: (510) 981-7100
FAX: (510) 981-7199
TDD: (510) 981-6903
Office Hours: Mon-Fri 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
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Linda Maio
Phone: (510) 981-7110
FAX: (510) 981-7111
Email:
Darryl Moore
Phone: (510) 981-7120
Email:
Maxwell Anderson
Phone: (510) 981-7130
Email:
Dona Spring
Phone: (510) 981-7140
Email:
Laurie Capitelli
Phone: (510) 981-7150
Email:
Betty Olds
Phone: (510) 981-7160
Email:
Kriss Worthington
Phone: (510) 981-7170
Email:
Gordon Wozniak
Phone: (510) 981-7180
Email:
City Auditor
Ann Marie
TEL: (510) 981-6750, TDD: (510) 981-6903
Office Hours: Mon-Fri, 8am-5pm
Email:
Have fun boys!
February 4th, 2008 at 2:32 pmI sent the following e mail to the mayor and each council member and have asked my entire address book to e mail them also. I would encourage others to do the same. Let’s show then how the real America feels.
Semper Fi
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Frankly, I don’t think you deserve a respectful salutation, but my mother would come back and haunt me if I were to be impolite.
Just when I think the loonies on the left coast couldn’t possibly do something to surprise me, you, the city council of Berkeley, found a way. Instead of Hollywood or San Francisco being the capitol of The Democratic Peoples Republic of Fruits and Nuts, I now think Berkeley is the logical choice.
From what I’m seeing on the Internet, that is, businesses beginning to boycott your city, I can only hope and pray that the revenue losses will be in the millions perhaps billions. I will write my senator and congressman and urge their support of any and all efforts to deny you federal funds. Our tax dollars shouldn’t support idiots!
Maybe Cindy Shithead and her Code Pinkies will pass the hat on your behalf…maybe not!
I wore our country’s uniform for more than thirty years to give you the freedom to embarrass yourselves and your city. Shame on you all!
William M. Mosley, CMSgt, USAF (Retired)
PS I’m asking my friends that are so inclined to “drop” you all a cyber note. If nothing else, maybe we can shut down your e mail system.
PSS For my e mail friends that I’ve BCC’d, the Berkeley Mayor and City Council Member’s e mail address are in the “To” element.
February 7th, 2008 at 4:45 pmHey Berkley,
why don’t you have a nice cup of shut the fuck up and let the Marines do thier job - you bitching wining pussies
February 9th, 2008 at 7:25 amDoes anyone here know what goes on in bezerkly? California Conservative has a web site that has pictures of some of the “celebrations,” a massive total GROSS OUT! If anyone goes to see it make sure you have your gag reflex under control because it will put a real strain on it!
February 12th, 2008 at 11:41 amAnother quick note….Dingy Harry has stopped DeMints Semper Fi resolution by pulling a parlimentary procedure. I swear, the wrong people always get assinated!
hey what’s with the “click on your name and comment banner” when I submit a comment. What do I do? Thanks
February 12th, 2008 at 11:44 amEqual Protection Clause, part of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, provides that “no state shall… deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” The Equal Protection Clause can be seen as an attempt to secure the promise of the United States’ professed commitment to the proposition that “all men are created equal” by empowering the judiciary to enforce that principle against the states.
fuck those assholes
February 12th, 2008 at 8:46 pm