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Berkeley Mayor and Council Feels the Heat Over USMC Resolution

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Posted by www 2008-02-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Liberals hiding behind women and children, and trying to get out of the consequences of their actions: why am I not surprised?

Posted by gromky 2008-02-02 00:03|| 2008-02-02 00:03|| Front Page Top

#2 The community has the money to pay the rent and fees on a city center property to keep it vacant for pique, but not to feed its own poor children? I am appalled at their callousness. Never trust The Man!

Posted by trailing wife 2008-02-02 00:19|| 2008-02-02 00:19|| Front Page Top

#3 Fuck Berkley, Lee and Boxer.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2008-02-02 00:47|| 2008-02-02 00:47|| Front Page Top

#4 Boxer, you and your husband are just wrong. Your state is wrong. Berkley is just a disgrace, and that mayor, curse him and the town he rode in on. Bunch of 5 year olds.

Posted by newc">newc 2008-02-02 00:53|| 2008-02-02 00:53|| Front Page Top

#5 let them be cut off until at least 2009 - change of status lost in the mail....

Posted by 3dc 2008-02-02 00:54|| 2008-02-02 00:54|| Front Page Top

#6 Bates, a retired Army captain,

We now know why he was never promoted to major.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-02-02 03:08|| 2008-02-02 03:08|| Front Page Top

#7 Great pics!

Unidentified patriot confronts hippie seditionists outside Berkeley Marine Corps recruiting office.
The Berkeley cops let these saboteurs block the door for 7 1/2 hours before cutting their chains and arresting them.

Unlike faithful Rantburgers, these fifth-columnists have obviously never heard of the Massacre of the Comet Wardens (comment #3)

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2008-02-02 03:18|| 2008-02-02 03:18|| Front Page Top

#8 Wrong choices are life-altering... They are the same California political group who associate with those who challenged (and terminated) the US opportunity toward nuclear energy expansion. (Fonda comes to mind.)

Had they kept their traps shut, perhaps we'd have had an ease from the Middle east today...
(And this might have meant fewer struggles for our troops.)

Posted by MB 2008-02-02 03:25|| 2008-02-02 03:25|| Front Page Top

#9 A pint or so of putrescine poured over their clothes would put an end to this kind of crap.

Posted by gorb 2008-02-02 03:36|| 2008-02-02 03:36|| Front Page Top

#10 Massacre of the Comet Wardens
Atomic Conspiracy, what a great find..

Posted by MB 2008-02-02 03:37|| 2008-02-02 03:37|| Front Page Top

#11 Remember the yokels in the pickup in Easy Rider?
I think they might have been on to something.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2008-02-02 03:40|| 2008-02-02 03:40|| Front Page Top

#12 These nitwits probably think yesterday's 2.7 million gallon sewage spill was an accident.

Think it over, Moonbats.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2008-02-02 03:53|| 2008-02-02 03:53|| Front Page Top

#13 leftist chum

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-02-02 04:03|| 2008-02-02 04:03|| Front Page Top

#14 yesterday's 2.7 million gallon sewage spill
Almost prophetic to see a warning sign in front of (aptly named) China Beach

Posted by MB 2008-02-02 04:19|| 2008-02-02 04:19|| Front Page Top

#15 To contact Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., who wants to pull federal funding from Berkeley:

demint.senate.gov/public

Posted by Icerigger 2008-02-02 07:20|| coonlakebeach.com]">[coonlakebeach.com] 2008-02-02 07:20|| Front Page Top

#16 Quietly, some "right wing wit" like T. Boone Pickens should start buying up properties in Berkeley, then all at once, fill them with surly Iraq war veterans and their surlier spouses.

Start a loud and boisterous veterans' club and auxiliary, pass out patriotic t-shirts, organize them into a political bloc to stuff candidates on to the city council, etc.

It would invariably work, as though outnumbered, their swinish opponents are cowardly and sniveling.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-02-02 09:27|| 2008-02-02 09:27|| Front Page Top

#17 As of 9:13 AM Central Time Saturday morning the city of Berkeley's web site is down.

Either was overloaded and crashed or the city asked it to be taken down. May not be able to handle the email load or trying to hide contact information.

Posted by www 2008-02-02 10:14|| 2008-02-02 10:14|| Front Page Top

#18 To allow the hacks haunting city hall in Berkeley to hide behind the kiddies, cops, medics and the university is even more wrong

just like the Islamists. Boomer cowards still hiding behind mommy's skirt.

Posted by Elminetle Panda5853 2008-02-02 10:27|| 2008-02-02 10:27|| Front Page Top

#19 As of 9:13 AM Central Time Saturday morning the city of Berkeley's web site is down.

Of course it is down; it runs on BSD. ;-) Linux (Linux is no stinking GNU) that is the patriotic choice. :-)

Posted by JFM">JFM 2008-02-02 10:39|| 2008-02-02 10:39|| Front Page Top

#20 here's the contact info for the Mayor and Council - I used it and got a civil reply from Worthington:

mayor@ci.berkeley.ca.us ; lmaio@ci.berkeley.ca.us ; dmoore@ci.berkeley.ca.us ; manderson@ci.berkeley.ca.us ; spring@ci.berkeley.ca.us ; lcapitelli@ci.berkeley.ca.us ; olds@ci.berkeley.ca.us ; kworthington@ci.berkeley.ca.us ; gwozniak@ci.berkeley.ca.us

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-02-02 10:39|| 2008-02-02 10:39|| Front Page Top

#21 The City Council, by giving Code Pink a reserved parking space in front of the recruiting office (to facilitate Coce Pink's ability to have access and therefore demonstrate in front of) has placed itself squarely on the side of the Pinkso. They are knee deep in this and should rightly be made to suffer. Using kids as defacto humans shields is pathetic. Just when I think I cannot possibly despise The Left any more than I do...they provide a reason.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2008-02-02 11:44|| 2008-02-02 11:44|| Front Page Top

#22 These politicians are just doing their job - following the will of their constituents. Sadly, there are many (so-called) Americans today who either agree with the Code Pinkos, or at least sympathize with them, and the USMC and the rest of us have to defend them at the same time we defend the Constitution and ourselves.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2008-02-02 11:47|| 2008-02-02 11:47|| Front Page Top

#23 In an interview Friday, Bates said he has received more than 1,000 e-mails on the resolution, mostly from "the right wing that has really seized up on this and mobilized to pound us."

Ya know why, Tom? Cuz ya make it so fuckin easy...

Posted by tu3031 2008-02-02 11:55|| 2008-02-02 11:55|| Front Page Top

#24 Both the Berkley and Code Pink websites are "unavailable". So much for free speech.

DeMint's website is taking comments, however.

Posted by Bobby 2008-02-02 11:58|| 2008-02-02 11:58|| Front Page Top

#25 So Mayor Bates is a 'retired' Army Captain? Drawing retirement pay after 20, or leaving his enlistment after 6 years is moonbateeze for 'retirement'? Inquiring minds need to know.
Any connection to the Motel magnate Bates'?

Posted by Omung Squank9908 2008-02-02 12:07|| 2008-02-02 12:07|| Front Page Top

#26 Can't even get Bates bio from -

http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/mayor/biography.htm

Not available. Pity.

But the e-mail addresses posted by Frank seemed to go thru all right.

Posted by Bobby 2008-02-02 12:16|| 2008-02-02 12:16|| Front Page Top

#27 Google has a cached copy here.

Looks like he served a few years, made money in real estate & then he and his wife have traded off being in the California legislature and running Berkeley.

Posted by lotp 2008-02-02 12:37|| 2008-02-02 12:37|| Front Page Top

#28 Read about the man in the cached google page. Spent his intire life living off of and spending tax payer money on the state (government postitions) and federal level (army and federal money spent on city and state projects).

Then wants to boot the very people preventing terrorists from attacking and destroying what America built.

Posted by www 2008-02-02 13:34|| 2008-02-02 13:34|| Front Page Top

#29 I was waiting in great anticipation to hear Babs Boxer comment. And, naturally she joins Pelosi on the lefty side of the issue. Thanks Senator, this merely verifies our alraedy high opinion of you.

Posted by Woozle Elmeter 2907 2008-02-02 13:51|| 2008-02-02 13:51|| Front Page Top

#30

Courtesy Michelle Malkin

Link: Numerous young men tried to get past the protesters but the doors were chained. The 'first responders' (police) just stood across the street and watched.

Numerous other legislators are calling Demint to offer support for his legislation.

Posted by www 2008-02-02 14:28|| 2008-02-02 14:28|| Front Page Top

#31 Your state is wrong.

Don't judge California by the Bay area, you yammering nut.

Posted by Pappy 2008-02-02 14:30|| 2008-02-02 14:30|| Front Page Top

#32 Heck, don't judge the Bay Area by Bezerkley.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-02-02 14:47|| 2008-02-02 14:47|| Front Page Top

#33 interesting pictures. usual suspects: bitter- faced, short-haired, self-righteous grandmom. Long-haired, aging hippie in need of a cause to give his life meaning. Placid faced, well meaning pacifist.

The one guy in the back with glasses and well trimmed beard could be a Muslim. (2nd row far right)

Posted by Butch Ununs2831 2008-02-02 18:19|| 2008-02-02 18:19|| Front Page Top

#34 "Numerous young men tried to get past the protesters but the doors were chained. The 'first responders' (police) just stood across the street and watched."

So, let me get this straight. These dickwads masquarading as police officers allowed the second-tier dickwads ("Code Pink") to block an emergency exit with chains?!

This is a serious violation of all Fire codes I know of and, for a "police officer" to knowingly allow this to happen, I believe, would be an accessory to a Felony under state law.

Posted by OyVey1 2008-02-02 18:26|| 2008-02-02 18:26|| Front Page Top

#35 Someone should have arrested the cops who let this happen. Will be interesting to see if ANY charges are pressed. Against anyone.

One sure thing, these pinkos would never protest outside of a mosque!

Posted by Icerigger 2008-02-02 19:20|| coonlakebeach.com]">[coonlakebeach.com] 2008-02-02 19:20|| Front Page Top

#36 Let's see - another approach: Quietly add a set of REAL shackles - to which they don't have the keys - to each of the parasite's restraints. Let them sit there chained in place for a couple of weeks.

Posted by Lone Ranger 2008-02-02 21:02|| 2008-02-02 21:02|| Front Page Top

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