Friday, February 8th 2008
Marine Measure makes Drudge; Berkeley Backs off
This article from the SF NBC website which made The Drudge Report details Berkeley standing down from its measure to ban the Marines.
A choice bit from the article:
“Subtly stated in the resolution is perhaps an impugning of the soldiers fighting for us in Iraq and other places,” Berkeley City Councilman Laurie Capitelli. “And that was never the intention but that really needs to be cleared up. As I walked to my car that night I realized I regretted it and I had made a mistake.”
The institution that called the Marines “uninvited and unwelcome intruders” claims this was PERHAPS a subtle impugning. It wasn’t perhaps or subtle, and it was greater than impugnment. It was pretty heinous. Now that the city is threatened with the loss of 2.3 million in federal revenue it is backing off, and who knows if it learned a lesson or not.
Here’s another one:
“Sen. Barbara Boxer and Rep. Barbara Lee said they plan to fight the Republican bill”
Good luck with that, ladies! I’d love to see that day on the House/Senate floor. Also, Wozniak, one of the original dissenters, made a comment that was meant to be an olive branch but does nothing to hide Berkeley’s other forms of crazy:
“Berkeley is supposed to celebrate diversity and free speech and we welcome homeless people here. We welcome illegal immigrants. We give them sanctuary. We should welcome the Marines. I mean they’re basically dedicating their lives to protect their country.”
I’m sure February will provide the community of crazies and those who live with them a wholly new outrage to keep our spirits up. This is one thing that Berkeley has done for me–I won’t expect that anything will ever be strange again.
Heh - you read the drudge report? Here’s a wean-yourself-off-drudge site: drudgetracker.com
Comment by Jimmy L — 2/8/2008 @ 7:09 am
They aren’t actually backing off on any of the meaningful parts of their resolutions. They are still actively trying to get the marines chased out of town.
Comment by Beetle — 2/8/2008 @ 12:37 pm
Old news ( about three days old). but at CP blog, one cannot make new threads here. sad.
Here is something interesting…
“Michael Moore: A Vote for Hillary is Morally Impossible” — CNN; CNN’s Larry King last week.
Let taken an analysis look at this blubba.
While Michael Moore was making F. 9/11, ” The Smoking Gun” uncovered documents relating to Moor’s history of stock-holding in Halliburton (apparently Barbara Streisand held significant shares as well, ironic). More in the goofy-film made a claim that Bush and Halliburton would take over the M.E. Later they uncovered he had registered to vote in two counties in two different states. I listened to how M.M. said Bush would annex Iraq, take the oil fields by force, and began a conquest of the Middle East – a conquest in similar manner of the likes of Roman conquests. Of course, this has not happened, leading to credibility problems for the ‘Sicko’ producer. Yet prior, to F. 9/11, he made another short-goofy film where he complained of White dominance in American history. Therefore, he should be touting voting for Obama, just because the young senator represents the minority of historical repression, and not because Hillary support congressionally the helping out of Iraq’s modernization. M.M. refuses to make another goofy film on the subject of “fatty.” Apparently, that is a touchy and weighty subject to him, while many people in the world do not have enough to eat. However, the left-media loves him for his polarizing aptitudes.
Comment by Anonymous — 2/9/2008 @ 2:09 pm
“This article from the SF NBC website which made The Drudge Report details Berkeley standing down from its measure to ban the Marines. ” — Meg..
Were you writing fast or something? I highly doubt that NBC made drudge do anything.
“made The Drudge Report details Berkeley standing down ” — need some articles to separate those nouns…
…that article did not make the drudge report. I sure Matt would argue he invented it, its format, its concept, its revolutionary-skeletal communication- fulcrum. ( everyone goes to get the latest.)
Comment by Anonymous — 2/9/2008 @ 2:17 pm