If the Marines are “univited and unwelcomed intuders” then the people arguing this are unwanted and unamerican citizens.

From a retired Marine Gunnery Sergeant and a survivor of Viet Nam, Arabian Gulf and Recruiting Duty; Thank You.

Thanks to all the wonderful people who have kind words of support for those who serve their country.

Your kind words and appreciation of the sacrifices military members make is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

The Gunny

Thank you Jamie, for giving us the opportunity to respond to those who do not appreciate nor understand the value of our military. I believe President Lincoln said it best:

PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN –
“Congressmen who willfully take actions during wartime that damage moral and undermine the military are saboteurs and should be arrested, exiled or Hanged!!!”
(I would expand on this quote to include civilian cults like Code Pink)

President Bush is the Commander In Chief. It is “his” property they are desecrating and “his” troops they are insulting. I sincerely wish he would get all those patriotic congressman together and make it against the law to interfere with the day to day operations of military businesses no matter where they are located.
Thank you,
Arlene
Fresno CA

Jamie Colby,

Are the police sure the fellow using the murdered girls credit card, is wearing a cap with a star?

I think it looks exactly like a helmet, the type the Telephone Co. or Power Co use…

Just an observation.
Thanks, Nancy

I join Code Pink in Berkeley every Wednesday between 12-4. I live in Pittsburh, and take the BART into Berkeley. There are counter-demonstrators, and for the most part, we are all respectful to each other.

To bust a myth (lie) being spread: No one is trying to deny the Marines their freedom of speech. The USMC denies marines the freedom of speech. If you support the war, you can say so. If you oppose it, and think it was a mistake and a farce, you can’t say so without being brought up on charges under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

The Marines recruiters have not left (yet), but frequently close the office. Given the static that they KNOW we’re going to give them, wouldn’t their recruiting mission be better served somewhere OTHERR than Berkeley, where they are unwanted?

I don’t understand the problem there have been recruting places at just about every city for years. I say get the Marines out and when a castrophy happens let them fend for themselves. My husband was in the AirForce and my father in law was with the 101st Screaming Eagles. My family supports the all armed services as a matter of fact my husband and daughter are talking to the Army Recruter at this time It’s a choice my daughter has made and I support her. God Bless our Troups. Thank you recruters for doing your job.

Every American citizen should protest their tax dollars going to people who persecute those giving their lives to protect our freedom.

WOULD YOU APPROVE THE U.S. GOVERNMENT GIVING FEDERAL FUNDS TO REIMBURSE THE COSTS OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED IN THE WORLD TRADE CENTER BOMBINGS?

Then why would you approve those who express disdain for those who have and will continue to sacrifice their lives to prevent another attack on the United States and democracy?

For God’s sake don’t give funding with Federal tax dollars paid by citizens who support democracy, to a city filled with people too weak willed, lacking personal integrity, and willing to allow these lazy fat ass anti-democracy losers on the Berkeley City Counsel to represent them.

Every American citizen should protest their tax dollars going to people who persecute those giving their lives to protect our freedom.

WOULD YOU APPROVE THE U.S. GOVERNMENT GIVING FEDERAL FUNDS TO REIMBURSE THE COSTS OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED IN THE WORLD TRADE CENTER BOMBINGS?

Then why would you approve those who express disdain for those who have and will continue to sacrifice their lives to prevent another attack on the United States and democracy?

For God’s sake don’t give funding with Federal tax dollars paid by citizens who support democracy, to a city filled with people too weak willed, lacking personal integrity, and willing to allow these lazy fat ass anti-democracy losers on the Berkeley City Counsel to represent them.

Members of the Berkeley city council and past members as well may be kickbacks from the 60’s-70’s when Berkeley was the drug mecca for hallucinogens and they may be suffering from flashbacks!!! ONLY idiots who have nothing better to do would think up something as ignorant and insulting. Maybe the Marines should kick their asses out!

junkyarddawg
USMC-VIET NAM
1969-1972

Im shocked I thought that people really respected the soldier.Do you even know how recruiters get a recruiting job? The majority dont even volunteer. First in Washington State and now this? Shame on all who treat those people who sacrifice their family time day in and out in so disrespectfull . They’re just doing their jobs. You want you country defended but please let it not be some one in my family who has to do it. Is that the motto? I sacrifice each and every day for this country , I left my own so my husband could serve his. This really makes me wonder sometimes if I shouldnt have talked him into leaving the military and stay in my country with my family. Im glad I still see people who do aprreciate our boys and girls , the true heroes who are willing to bring that sacrifice. That is patriotism !!!not what happens in Berkeley. Truelly sad!!!

Dear Berkeley City Council,

I would like to take this opportunity to tell you that I am highly disrespected by the anti-military stance your city has taken on issue of marine’s recruiting in your city. Your city council stance is a disgrace to America. How can you slap our armed forces in the face like that? My cousin is risking his life serving in Iraq as an airborne ranger. He is helping to protect the freedoms of this country that we hold so dear to us. The city’s position on this topic shows just how ignorant you and your citizens are. You are a bunch of liberal idiots rebelling without a cause. These marine servicemen are sacrificing their lives fighting to protect our country and its people. It is selfish to alienate the very people that give their lives in order to protect yours. Are you people anti-American? I think you are a bunch of tree hugging Hippies! Grow up you feeble minded children. The sixty’s are over! I will never spend any time or money in your despicable city now. You are a disgrace to fellow Californians, and furthermore Americans. Your anti -military sentiment is only a reflection of how low your intelligence is. I hope all you liberal democrats wake up and realize how dumb you make us look to the rest of the world by not supporting our own nation. If you cannot support our troops and thus government; then why don’t you get the h%*# out of our country then! It just shows me that I should not respect your city or its views. In the name of American troops shedding blood and dying for our country, the city of Berkeley is a disgrace to American culture and society. Your city is an absolute joke! .
Sincerely,

Brian Islava (Proud American)

Marines do not start war. The Department of Defense is the muscle behind our civilian government which chooses when to wage war against the enemies of the United States of America including the city of Berkley. To the city of Berkley, that is your government, air your issues up the chain of command to the civilan authorities who make the decisions. Marine recruiters are performing a good service to your community enlighting its citizens of opportunities to serve Berkley by keeping it safe.

Berkley uses local police to protect them from the small time criminals. Berkley needs the big time state guard and federal troops to protect them from the big time criminals. Recruiters fill those jobs with dedicated professionals. If Berkley, including the protestors and coucil members, wish for each person to fend for themselves, lay off the city police and see how long the citizens feel secure. Soon the vandals will know Berkley is for the taking and it will become the Darfur of the west.

Paul England
Capt. USAFR

13 February 2008

Governor,

Understand, I am the Very Proud Mother of a Soldier on his 4th deployment in the 82nd Airborne. He proudly serves currently in Afghanistan. I have always liked you and supported you and believe you understand the war on terror and the need to fight it.

This is my third communication with your office regarding the situation in Berkeley. The last email I received from your office requesting Federal Marshals be placed out in front of that recuriting station, your office referred me to the Berkeley City Council!!!

Tonight, someone called me from your San Francisco office (as I had called there today), but we were cut off twice. I was unable to call back as the only reference to the call on my cellphone was “Private”.

Governor, I am asking you to come out of your office and help these Soldiers. We cannot ask these fine young Marines to fight there way through these misguided miscreants known as Code Pink, to get into that recruiting station to do the government’s business. If the Berkeley City Council will not rescind the permit they have given the Pinkos, then that means these fine young brave Soldiers have to claw their way in to do the job we ask them to do. It seems to me if they are going to interfere with the government’s business, then they can accomodate these Marines too and allow Federal Marshals out there, at the City Council’s expense.

This is so wrong and it is breaking this mother’s heart to watch these noble Heroes be treated this way. This is your state and I’m asking you to help these Marines. Governor, this is wrong. It is your state, please provide protection for these fine Marines before one of them gets hurt. Your state has accomodated Code Pink, to the detriment of our brave Soldiers.

Please do not refer me to the Berkeley City Council, that is absurd!

Sincerely,
Very Proud Mother of One Tough Soldier,
82nd Airborne, Bronze Star Recipient
4th Deployment, Afghanistan

Beverly Perlson
Founder, The Band of Mothers
Oak Lawn, IL

cc: President George Bush
Senator DeMint
Michelle Malkin
Melanie Morgan
Jamie Colby, Fox News

I love all the pro troops comments…shows how riled up true Americans get over asinine comments such as those from the mayor and the city council. It’s all about treason with this bunch and they should be tried and licked up and all funding cut off.

I only have this to say….sedition & treason..that is what the mayor and city council of Berkley are guilty of. They should be tried and locked up. the nerve of these whack jobs. One day it’s going to get ugly, and anti-American slobs such as the city council and “Code Stink” folks are going be exiled. I wish the govenrment would not only cut off funding to Berkley but put these whack jobs on trial.

Steve Jepson
San Diego, Ca.

The Republic of Berkely again seems to have forgotten why they are even allowed to protest their utterly idiotic liberal views. Berkely, please remember you are part of the United States, one Nation under God, not under your sick city council. I sincerely hope you have no need to be protected from enemies of our country, but if you do, then shut up and do what they tell you and don’t even think of asking for state or governmental help. You’re on your own. That should be in your constitution. You as a community have contributed nothing but drug addicts, panhandlers, and homelessness to the world. I hope your proud of it, because you make me sick as an American.

I would agree for Berkley to go ahead and drop off into the Atlantic. No, that would be mudding the water. Just drop off somewhere!!!!!

How graceless and harsh are the falseness of the charges made by those in Berkley who demean those who serve so well. The case may be made for their right to be against the war but to make such false accusations and such base chargers against the Marines is unforgivable.

I wonder if they have any concept of decency. They may huff and puff but they would be very vulnerable without the military forces of the United States. They try to make a case with vituperation and calumny which fits the profile of graceless dolts.

I hope they enjoy their stupid rants and if they enjoy success perhps they will learn arabic and understand the thrust of Sharia.

As you sow so shall you reap. False witness and baseless charges have been covered elsewhere.
I doubt that these people accept any higher authiority than their small brains. Since it is an academic community I am sure they have an overblown sense of their own brain power.

How in the world has America gotten to the point where we resent the people who man the walls and protect our lives and property? Look at what happened in New Orleans when Law & Order broke down. Maybe all Federal Protection should be removed from Berkeley, as well as funding. I’m not intimidated by the Liberal outrage, so I’ll say it like it is. They are traitors, and don’t deserve the protection the best military force in the world gives them, even though they take it for granted. Difference of opinion in welcome in America, disrespect for our Marines is shameful, shallow and all to trendy for the non thinking psuedo socialists running around wishing it was still the 60’s. Strip Berkeley of all Federal Funds, NOW.

I met an Iraqi woman recently who managed to escape a few months before the war. She told me how Saddam’s soldiers had killed her entire family, including her young sons because he had a financial dispute with her husband. Apparently these America-haters (AKA Anti-war protesters) think that this woman doesn’t deserve justice. If Berkeley wants to reject the military, let them. We should allow North Korea to have their nuclear way with the city. What a better place America would be.

From living in southern California with 12 plus million ILLEGAL aliens flooding highways, public schools, hospital emergency rooms and sucking off all taxpayer services. To here in the East Bay where liberalism is beyond belief; Signs of “Bush Lied”, “9/11 Controlled Demolition”, “Impeach Bush”, “Get out of Iraq NOW”, and “US Military Killing Machine” are commonplace. I am sadden and wonder where America is headed?

Their hate speech is all the same; Berkeley City Council, Code Pink, Berkeley businesses, restaurants, movie theaters, they all should be ashamed. I fully support the federal and state government pulling financial funding from the city of Berkeley.

I’ll take this a step farther, I am no longer going to purchase any product or service in Berkeley and invite all East Bay residents to do the same.

God bless the brave and sacrificing men and women of the US Marines and their families. Thank you for your service to our country.

Chris Mangiapane
Oakland, CA

A pox on you, Mr. Mayor and all the Code Pinkos.for your lies and distortions you have perpetrated agains our fine men and women in uniform. Maybe Al Qaeda will see in your actions an invitation to visit your fine city. You might then find out who your enemies really are. I can assure you it’s not the Marines.

Norma Newman

I am trying very hard to understand how you can do an illegal action, such as blocking the door of a business, with the BLESSING (oops, wrong term for Berklians) of the city council? Has the whole city come under the rule of the idiotic code pink organization? Are you somehow indebted to them? How do you manage to keep the police from “becoming involved” in an illegality? How do you feel so mentally superior to the rest of the country that you think we cannot make up our own minds or make our own choices for ourselves? That you Berklians have the right to choose what the rest of the world should think or how they should act or how they should feel? If you have the right of the first amendment to speak out and protest what you don’t like, does that mean everyone else does not have the first amendment right to speak out and act as they believe is right? And that a company does not have the right to work in their own jobs? (i.e. the Marine Corps in their own offices).
Why don’t you people grow up and get on with your lives, and let everyone else do the same….that is to get on with their lives and their own choices in life.

Robyn Johnson
Fort Myers, FL

Berkly never was a part of the Real USA. American tourists should avoid going there.

The problem with whats going on in Berkely, and in alot of this country that I don’t even recognize anymore is the problem that’s written in your disclaimer for this comment box, if everybody is right then who’s wrong? We have become a country of idiots who have no heart or backbone anymore ,well I for one have always beleived in telling what I percieve to be the truth, and the truth is I couldn’t care less if that whole state fell off into the Pacific Ocean, between the idiots in the 9th circuit court in San Fran to those other idiots in Hollywood it would be a pleasuer not to have to listen to them anymore, They were idiots in the 60’s and now they’re unAmerican idiots in the 21st century. Send them all to Mexico and quickly close the border tightly.

COUNCILMAN PAUL V. MORRIS
1 Alvarado Square, San Pablo, California 94806

February 8, 2008

Mayor Tom Bates
City of Berkeley
2180 Milvia Sreet
Berleley, CA 94704

Mayor Bates & Members of Berkeley City Council:

The profound and blatant display of abuse in your position as Mayor, and by your City Council members as community leaders appalls me. What an astonishingly negative example you have set for our young people, when others in more stable communities spend a great deal of time and thousands of dollars keeping them on the right track.

What a message you send to our brave men and women who volunteer to protect us from our enemies. Men and women who put their very lives on the line so everyone can enjoy the rights and freedoms they enjoy today, - so you can disrespect our Marine Corps as being “intruders” and unwelcome in your city.

What a message you send to our enemies!

What possesses you, Mayor Bates, to vehemently denounce our military when you yourself served in the armed forces? Or was that just because you had to serve?

Is Councilman Anderson still bitter about being thrown out of the Marine Corp. for his improprieties?

What a message to send, that abuse of public funds is O.K. in protecting the new government of Berkeley, Code Pink; a free parking space in front of the Marine Corps. office, free permits to promote their obscene agenda, and this is the worst - police protection. These are the same officers who swore to serve and protect your citizens.

What a cruel joke, You are a national joke.

Mayor Bates, your message was quite clear, and now you try to back-pedal and tell lies about what your message really was. You intended to abuse of your position, your abuse of public funds and public trust, allowing an insane radical organization, Code Pink, to take over your city to disrupt innocent people’s lives – all these put together are grounds for recall.

I believe the voting citizens of Berkeley deserve better, they need to think long and hard about what kind of people they want in the seats you occupy to set policy for your city, Your voters need to think about recalling you all.

The federal government needs to follow through with withholding funding to your city until such time that there are responsible leaders at the helm.

Business people need to think about in what kind of city they are investing, and to pull major projects now on the drawing board.

What are you people thinking? Are you thinking at all? Some council members now feel shame for their vote – well, they should have thought about that before they voted to support that violent, disruptive group, Code Pink, and to disrespect our troops and our veterans. Whatever happened to Berkeley as a “City of Tolerance”?

You have no shame.

I am ashamed to call you a neighbor.

What you are doing is tantamount to pure and utter anarchy. You are weak to pander to these crazy pink people. When will you all grow up?

This is not the sixties when you can get away with sitting around the Haight or Telegraph Avenue smoking strange tobacco – this is 2008 when you now need to be sensible, to “do the right thing”, and make a sincere public apology to our wonderful Marines, the citizens of your city and the American people for your “sixties moment” and your anti-American rhetoric. Try to become the responsible people you were elected to be.

There Marines are not the problem here, you are, the pinkos are.

Think long and hard on that.

God Bless.

Paul V. Morris
Councilman, City of San Pablo

This message is not necessarily the opinion of the City of San Pablo, the Mayor and City Council.

I pity these “useful idiots” in Berkeley. In the event of a real emergency, most of them would be “screaming” for help from the Marines, Army, National Guard, or whoever (including the Boy Scouts).

If they want the Marines out, then ALL federal grants, fundinding, etc., should ne denied them after the Marines leave.

Jamie I do believe in free speech. This is nonsense and the only rational thing code pink could do is go code black. We are facing things in the near future they know nothing about. All the fuss is about the city and the nuts in the council and code pink. Ask them if they have an Al Qaeda FREEE ZONE. I bet they do.

My views are expressed many times over by others writing here. People who think that our military should be insulted and abused are just incredibly stupid. I don’t care that the mayor was an Army Officer. Not everyone who serves in the military understands what it stands for. He obviously doesn’t. I was a Naval Officer and flew missions in Vietnam. My father was a career Army Officer and both my grandfathers were career Army Officers. I understand our heritage and I’ve learned a lot more about it since leaving the service. Fat, dumb and happy describes those who believe that having people ready and able to stand up to aggression or tyranny is distasteful and unnecessary. They are simply so safe that they know nothing of the threats that are real in today’s world. I will defend to the death, the rights and liberties of responsible citizens, but I feel no such obligation to bloodsuckers and fools.

I think the Berkely mayor’s stance against our Marines is disgraceful and almost treasonist.These men are our bravest. Why do these Liberals all seem to blame America first. Why do they all favor socialism.They should be sent to some communist country fo a “vacation”. My husband lived through the Hungarian revolution. All people then lived under Communism for years. All people were forced to give up property rights, and the fruits of their land (vegetation and meats) were relinquished to the government. My husband escaped and is now an American citizen.He cannot understand this liberal movement!! Well I see that our mayor of Toledo pulled a similar stunt. I think these cities should get NO federal money, and no promise of military support!!!!!

I was raised in California during the 60’s and 70’s and as much as California has tried to change, the more it has remained the same. Of course the same stupid people that protested back then are the same stupid people that are now running the city governments so tell me why any of us are surprised by this latest insult. It is for that exact reason why I finally got fed up and moved next door to Nevada, but unfortunately the border between California and Nevada is as open as the border between California and Mexico and just let any body in, so then the same stupid people who ruined California now are doing the same thing in Nevada.

You know what is really GREAT about living in AMERICA? I am free to move away, far far away from the Left Coast and now live in a town that Shows its APPRECIATION every day of the week to the proud, brave and honorable members of our military. My gosh could you imagine living in a town that the local SCHOOL marque’s says “God Bless Our Troops”, “Support Our Troops”. Well you sure won’t find it in California.

Let the idiots stay there and run their local city offices and let the rest of America speak up and act against them by supporting our Troops, supporting our government officials that stand up for our troops and STOP supporting the Left Coast ideology. If it’s made in California, it can stay in California…that includes their movies, their actors/actresses, their music and their state gov’t. Let them fend for themselves. If they speak out against our country, our troops then I have made it a point to boycott their actions by not buyng their music, watching their movies or tv programs. Writers strike has had no affect on my life, because there is nothing left to watch on TV or the movies anymore. Looks like I’ll just have to continue to watch FOX NEWS !!!!

Why should we be upset with Berkeley’s City Counsel? They are just expressing their freedom of speech and supporting their constituants. Who else can get along with Osama Ben Laden, Socialists, and Communists so well as Berkeley’s peaceniks. Why make them look like bad guys. Osama and the others only want to rule the world and would never consider Berleley peaceniks as “useful idiots that contribute to their own destruction.”

Let’s do like Barack Obama said to and go have tea (or coffee) with Iran — even add on North Korea. “Can’t we just all get along.”

I’m so ashamed of those who claim to ensure my freedoms – what right have they got to be around such peaceful people. Berkeley has the right idea. Let’s just “roll over and play possum”. An opossum acts dead when startles it and hopes that a potential attacker (enemy) will just leave it alone. Opossums and Berkeley just want to be left alone and purse peaceful ways.

These days there is no need to defend our families, friends, and country from others. According to many Berkeley people, we are the “bad guys”. Other countries just merely want to get along with us, as they get along with each other. It is all America’s fault!!

Why can’t America just learn that everyone in the world just wants to get along with everyone else - right? We just need to “understand” that we are the terrorists and others (like Osama, N Korea’s Kim Jong II, and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad) are the victims and freedom fighters.

Let’s just get out our 60’s protest outfits and have a peace rally with Osama, Kim Jong II, and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Let’s just get along!!! (maybe even smoke a peace pipe )

As the esteemed scholar, Rodney King, said, “CAN’T WE JUST ALL GET ALONG???”
Right on!!

Needless to say, Berkley has once again shown why the term “Berserkley” was coined.

Are these Leftist dolts aware that whether or not they like it, they’re still part of the United States? And as such, are subject to the same rules and laws as all the rest of us? Or has the heady lotus of the Bay environment (or some other drug) fried what few brain cells they had left?

How about this? No more Marine recruiters, but also no more FBI agents enforcing laws against bank robberies? Sounds like a fair trade-off to me.

I’d simply recommend that all the comrades….er, I mean, citizens… of Berserkly invest in body armor for their trips to the ATM.

Berkley should be fair! If they want the Marine recruiters out they should also close all employment offices, college recruiting offices and anything else that smacks of Choice! Doubt that will happen! Free speech, and freedom of choice is only granted to those who hate this country and embrace the Pink Shirts. As a taxpayer I think that all Federal and State funding should be withheld from Berkley and San Francisco (they who threw the ROTC out of their schools). God Bless America, and God Bless all the men and women who protect this country.

Those commie azzhats from Code Pink should be forced to live in a truly communist country for a long while so that thy are able to see how they like the lack of freedom that the American military has provided them for the past 230+ years. Maybe they will then understand that this wonderful country was founded to have a strong military for protection. I wonder where thes moonbats were the day after 9-11. They were probably hiding under their beds praying that the government protect their candy a$$es from the Islamofacists.

I truly hope that the Federal government recends the entire amount of pork barrel spending that the sick and sorry excuse of a city of Berkley receives.

It’s simple; Berkeley and for that matter, San Fransicso should be forced to succeed from the State and Union. No federal or state monies, no state or national protection, no free trade agreements, no US passport
etc, etc. The last time I entertained a “citizen” from Berkeley at my house, he said something so outrageous, and in my opinion, ARROGANT, that it was all I could do not to throw him off my premises and have him arrested for illegal entry to MY country. They are living in another world, and hence should be forced to do so!

I was a Marine Recruiter during Vietnam. I spent 3 1/2 years in Fl in the early 70’s recruiting on collage campus’s. Whenever we came there would be demonstrators there. We just let our PLC’s and other Military friends on campus take care of it. We never missed our quota and I am proud of this.

What I am seeing now is the same as during Vietnam, and I think that the laws have changed enough since then to be able to have a good court case from a Federal Prosecutor open some eyes in Berkly. From what I have seen in the vidio’s, there are obvious cases of assault, trespassing on Govt property, just as a start. I would also remind them that the next time they call on the Marines because of a forest fire there or some other desaster, that other areas may be more important. Remember, to get respect, you have to give respect. Take all Federal funding away from the city and collage and tell the State that if they do not step in and take State funding from them, it would be easy to move all federal offices, bases and all Federal funding from the entire state seeing as we are not welcome. I think they would get the idea.

As an Air Force career military dependent for 21 years and currently in my senior years this is only more of the same latent hippie peace-nick mentality of “Bezerkley” acadamiaites I have heard for many decades. Best thing to do is not give them ANY news coverage and have the Marines and US goverment open a larger recruiting center on campus with the threat of ALL federal and state taxpayers aid removal if it is harrassed and vilified.
The liberal campus’ of our public education system constantly reinvent history and teach socialism as our future. The public and private colleges that get assistance ALL need to be put on notice for no federal money if they reject recruiting offices on their campus’. Private sector recruiters for graduates are allowed to have contact on the campus’, the careers of the US Military are no less valuable than those of corporate headhunting machines.

Berkley has always loved to be anti- well, whatever everyone else happens to be. It’s their thing. If it is a place that is privately owned and supported then they have that right I guess BUT if it receives federal funding, then they do not have the right to do as they please and continue getting funding. The Military pay taxes just like the rest of us so their money is helping to fund this place that wants them removed. Remove the military and remove the funding. That’s it in a nutshell.

I have nothing but pity for these ignorant pink fools. As a historian, I know Islamic terrorist hate cowards and if these kooks think being an appeaser would save them I am here to tell you the terrorists would not bat an eye as they cut their throats. They do not let cowards live anywhere near them corrupting the bloodlines of hate and destruction. Terrorists can not be appeased, can not be reasoned with, can not be ignored hoping they will go away. They lust for power, for submission and for anyone not like them to be dead. Nothing more–nothing less.

There is nothing surprising in this story to me, other than what took them so long. These people are cut from the same cloth as the 60’s hippies that produced our 42nd President and possibly our next one. Berkley should be exempt from all federal subsidies including Homeland Security protection. The city should also be very closley monitored for terrorist activity.

Mr. Mayor,and Council members, just WHO do you think is going to come in to help rescue your citizens in case of a natural disaster,or terrorist attack? Code Pink? I think not. The military is VITAL to keeping ALL of our citizens free,even those who we may disagree with. I urge you and the others to reconsider your attempts to humiliate the Marine recruiting office into leaving your fine city.

The anti-America crowd has been on the rise for a year or so….Code Pink and others are of questionable motives, generally the destruction of America. “Politically correct” cowards are caving to their whine and shill………..

When will elected politicians realize that our armed forces are not fighting against America but against a ruthless enemy to keep the elected officials at the trough and well fed.

Our Marines in particular, offer their lives, blood, and family sacrifices to keep America free and our elected officials safely and secure in freedom to utter stupid, despicable, distored, fabricated, and in many cases completely false remarks.

I fear American’s willingness to roll over and play dead, ignore the Code Pinks roaming around, is selling out America and contributing to our destruction.

How can we ignore over 200 years of sacrifice ensuring freedom and allow a minority rabble major influence in American policy, and demean, denigrate, and dishonor our nation and warriors?

Not on my watch.

It seems that Berkley is just like the character described in “A Few Good Men”, they sleep and rise under the blanket of freedom that our uniformed troops provide and then question the manner in which it is provided! Berkley, famous for its “tolerance” surely is showing their hypocrisy to the world in their hostility to military recruiters; I wonder what the reaction would be if it were a recruiter for Hezbollah instead of the US Marines.

I guess that life goes on in the People’s Republic of Berkley, where “freedom and justice for all” morphs into “freedom and justice for the PC.”

My wife & I visited many Military installations recently and we also visited Berkely. The personal dedicaction, professionalism, emthusiasm, and politeness of the military outshown the attitudes of the people of Berkely by far. The people of Berkely need the good example the the Marines!!
OUR THANKS TO ALL THE MILITARY!!

Berkeley CA: Red Square West

Jamie Colby of Fox News is soliciting comment on the Fox News Blog concerning the Berkeley CA council’s ongoing attack on Marine Recruiters in their locale. MoveAmericaFoward.org is asking that all who are interested contribute posts on this…

I am a former Marine, wounded in Vietnam, and discharged for disabilities. Until my dying day I will carry with my me, not just the scars of battle, but the bright memory of what it was like to be a member of the United States Marine Corp. Graduating from Parris Island and having the privilege to serve this great country, in a time of need, was a singular period in my life.

The council of Berkeley CA has again demonstrated that they know nothing of the basic duty and responsibility which citizenship requires. They declare themselves above the constitution and I submit that they are therefore outside of its guarantees.

This act is lawless and is, in my opinion, little different from an attempt at succession and rebellion. Their actions are sophomoric in the style of angry adolescents, who in their self-righteous immaturity, fire off a tirade to the school principal. The federal government must act to correct their behavior just as administrators and parents would act in my simile.

I would wager that the recruiters posted to this station would be happy to get back to Iraq or Afghanistan, which is probably a less hostile environment to them. Becoming a Marine is tougher than any recruiter could ever explain, but I find it impossible to believe that anyone could be unfamiliar with the deeds that have made the Marine Corps the elite organization it is today.

I could never fully articulate the contempt that I feel for the Berkeley council and their scurrilous attack on an organization whose bravery, integrity and honor have never been called into question. Semper Fi!

I am a former Marine, wounded in Vietnam, and discharged for disabilities. Until my dying day I will carry with my me, not just the scars of battle, but the bright memory of what it was like to be a member of the United States Marine Corp. Graduating from Parris Island and having the privilege to serve this great country, in a time of need, was a singular period in my life.

The council of Berkeley CA has again demonstrated that they know nothing of the basic duty and responsibility which citizenship requires. They declare themselves above the constitution and I submit that they are therefore outside of its guarantees.

This act is lawless and is, in my opinion, little different from an attempt at succession and rebellion. Their actions are sophomoric in the style of angry adolescents, who in their self-righteous immaturity, fire off a tirade to the school principal. The federal government must act to correct their behavior just as administrators and parents would act in my simile.

I would wager that the recruiters posted to this station would be happy to get back to Iraq or Afghanistan, which is probably a less hostile environment to them. Becoming a Marine is tougher than any recruiter could ever explain but I find it impossible to believe that anyone could be unfamiliar with the deeds that have made the Marine Corps the elite organization it is today.

I could never fully articulate the contempt that I feel for the Berkeley council and their scurrilous attack on an organization whose bravery, integrity and honor have never been called into question. Semper Fi!

Dear Jamie Colby good evenning to you as always telling fox you are one of the best journalist ever in fox, if i was in the great country america i would have been in berkley to support our us troops shame on those who support the code pink and the former citi council member ying lee supporting the pink code and every american who are against our heros our us troops they should be ashamed of themselves pack their bags and go to hugo chavez ahmadinejad daniel ortega fidela casteo all these terrroist government, and they would know that america is the greatest country on earth god bless you jamie god bless our us troops in iraq which i am in contact with them god bless america and our great republican party, as our great hero president ronald reagan was asked about the soviet union by one of his adviser what will you do Mr President about the soviet union Prsident reagan looked at him and said we win they loose, long live our us troops long live our heros and thank you so much to melanie morgan another hero.please feel free to contact me any time you wish ,vote republican my friends so we can get rid of these islamo faccist terrroist who are influencing also our young american generation,with hate stonning women hanging, killing,innocent and spreading anti zionism, israel is our best ally against terrroism i believe with all my heart that israel should hit all the target of the state terrroist of iran the mollahs their nuces and the airport radio and tv station, the most dangerous state in the world is iran military action against the nuces in indeed neede the terrroist state of iran has killed so many of our young soldiers so to you pink heads wake up, to reality you dont like our heros our us troops get out of our great country america very sincerlly yours jamie colby Tirdad,

First off, I hear that the majority of citizens from Berkley do not support the city councils decision and that they love the military. Well I have a comment about that, THEY ELECTED THE CITY COUNCIL!!!” SO APPARENTLY THEY MUST AGREE WITH THEM! Next, as far as I’m concerned, the military should not ever fight for them if by some freak chance, that city is attacked and the same goes for San Francisco, Nancy Pelosi’s home ground. I think we should declare the whole state of Califoria a nation unto it’s self and then declare war on them! I am so sick of these hate America jack offs who want to see us destroyed. They should all have their citiznship stripped from them and deported to a country of their choice, I suggest Iran. This is a disgrace and no federal money should go to that state for the next 5 years! They don’t hate America enough to stop taking our money though, then they are America tolerant. God Bless America and our wonderful brave men and women of the Armed forces!!!!!!

As an American citizen I am enraged by the actions of these city council members, mayor, and the lunatic code pink ladies !! As a mother of a Marine who is deploying next month to Iraq, I am embarrassed and sorry that these monsters cannot show support of our American patriots. We talked with our son at great length about the risks in Iraq and he knows that he could very well die there, but still is willing to serve with his Marine brothers-I applaud him and all of our military for this dedication and loyalty to this great country. I know that these people in Berkeley are only a minority, but we call them a vocal minority and it’s time that the Silent Majority stands up and takes charge here. I totally agree with cutting off federal funds to them-I was appalled when I saw what the funds were for anyway. If Chez Panisse wants to serve gourmet organic meals to the school children, let the taxpayers pay for it themselves or raise your prices at your restaurant. It is a profit making enterprise-there is much better use for all of the federal funding coming your way right now anyway. How about funneling to our wounded military ?
I also think something needs to be done about the police dept in Berkeley–officers who stand around watching while a government building is vandalized, then watch while employees are harrassed and prevented from going to their job should be fired !! That is not police protection-they need to put on their pink t-shirts !

The Marine Corps recruiters in Berkley have more integrity and moral courage in their little fingers that do all the Berkley City Council and Mayor. The city of Berkley seems to have the ‘Jimmy Carter Syndrone’ - we can sit down and have peace with our enemies just by saying we want to. Our enemies love that attitude - all they have to do is wait and hope that the Berkley fever will infect the rest of the US. Thank God for the sensible “real” people in the country. That bunch in Berkley is no more representative of the typical American than the man in the moon. If they would let 65 year olds enlist, I’d be there tomorrow and I’d do it in Berkley.

Jamie:
Thank you for exposing this to the light of day. That is the only way to get these liberal nuts in our part of Caliornia to back down and see reality. All the backlash that is descending on the city council of Berkely is starting to have an effect on them.
The sad thing is that the same anti-war, anti-military teachings that produced this city council and produced the pincos who caused them to take their stand against the military recruiting base in Berkeley, are rampant in our public schools in California. So I am afraid we will only see more of this in the future.
As a substitute teacher I see an anti-military, anti-war bias everywhere I teach.
I actually had to listen to a special guest in one of the high school classes where I taught, who was an attorney and his message was, “How to legally avoid being drafted if there is a draft and how to stay out of the military.” I was shocked at the disrespect that he had for our soldiers and shocked at what he told the students. I was also shocked that any teacher would invite a guest speaker like him to come to a high school class.

Please do not punish the University of California, Berkeley for the disgusting behavior of the Berkeley City Council and the strange protesters. While removing City funding may be helpful, funding for the Matsui Center for Politics and Public Service, honoring our late Congressman Robert Matsui, should not be removed.

The City has also been hostile to the University, supporting the harassment and litigation which has obstructed a program to improve the safety, comfort, and quality of Cal’s athletic facilities.

Military recruiters have been respectfully stationed (as a very welcome sight) at Cal sports events such as football and basketball.

Do not tar all Berkeley residents and employees with the same brush: I feel sorry for the peace officers who must take orders from the currently ruling politicians.

Jamie I want to thank you for bringing these idiots to the attention of the country. I can’t believe that there are so many stupid people that got elected to the City Council of Berkeley. I hope if we ever have an emergency in Berkeley where they need protection we will do nothing to help them. What right do they have to close down the recruiting office? They weren’t elected to interfere with the defense of our country. God Bless the Marines.

Ms. Jamie, I posted this story on my website within minutes after it broke. I was inundated with fierce comments. I was not surprised at the outrage that I read. I followed up with the Marine Corps., the Berkeley Council, etc. Nobody would take my call. So I went on my own. I wrote my post and contacted every military blogger I knew, sent copies to various media outlets and every veteran I could. Before I knew it, I was bombarded. All agreeing more needed to be done. I wrote, I wrote, I wrote. I listened, listened and listened again. The next day, Fox News was the only network that really seemed to care how this was effecting military members around the world. Not just our Marines and their families, but every single branch and their descendants for generations.

The actions of the Berkeley Council Members is representative to generations that have had to live with shame from Viet Nam. This will not be tolerated. Especially by me. I will not stand for it. Not for any American!!! I will stand with the US military. From my past that have served, those that I have lost and those I may in the future.

I would give anything to go to Iraq and stand beside my fellow American heroes. I guess you can only be famous to get there. Me? I don’t think our heroes need somebody famous to tell them and show them they are respected. Just an American Mom who busts her ass to see to it they are supported.

Respectfully,

http://www.patrioticmom.us
pamelareece@patrioticmom.us

Dear Ms. Colby:

I sent an e-mail in protest and disgust to the Mayor of Berkeley only to be told that He is an Army Captain and would know if the Council went too far. All this from a guy who was convicted of stealing newspapers in 2002. I would think he would have more sense than to bring such national attention onto his already questionable grasp on reality.

I will be on a road trip to that city with Marines of all ages to show them what the right to protest is all about.

Sincerely,

A retired Deputy Sheriff and proud friend of the Marine Corps

Berkeley has long been a city of the mentally challenged. It’s in the air up there - drifting across the Bay from San Francisco, a city that has never gotten over the “Flower Children” Era. Maybe we could get both cities to secede from the U.S.

there was a point in time in this country wherein NO ONE in a position of authority would have even DREAMED of making such pronouncements as the traitorous slime referred to as the “Berkley City council”. When did that change. How have the good citizens of this country let that happen. We should be ashamed that we sit here on our asses, paralyzed, fearing to do anything of substance. there are no words to describe the level that this scum have bowed to in slandering our country and our men and women who protect her.

Our President and the Congress (House and Senate) should move quickly and loudly to cut off all federal funds and emergency support, including the withdrawal of federal insurance from banks as long as ANY such proclaimation stands in the city of Berkley or any other municipality or county that approves such an ordinance.

Charles R. Grey

Two comments. Code Pink is one of the most disgusting groups that has ever exhisted. Their far left hate America first agenda is beyond the thinking of most Americans. I would like someone to explain to me how they are allowed to be a 503 C Chairity, exempt from taxes when what they are doing goes against current IRS tax laws. Look it up Makes for interesting reading. Second, if you read the articals of treson, most of the Berkeley City Coucil should be locked up for the next 20 years. Pease take a minute and read the following.
TITLE 18–CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

PART I–CRIMES

CHAPTER 115–TREASON, SEDITION, AND SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES

Sec. 2388. Activities affecting armed forces during war

(a) Whoever, when the United States is at war, willfully makes or conveys false reports or false statements with intent to interfere with the operation or success of the military or naval forces of the United States or to promote the success of its enemies; or
Whoever, when the United States is at war, willfully causes or attempts to cause insubordination, disloyalty, mutiny, or refusal of duty, in the military or naval forces of the United States, or willfully obstructs the recruiting or enlistment service of the United States, to the injury of the service or the United States, or attempts to do so—
Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.
(b) If two or more persons conspire to violate subsection (a) of this section and one or more such persons do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each of the parties to such conspiracy shall be punis