An Ol’ Broad’s Ramblings
Bottom Feeders
U.S. Senator Wants to Revoke Funding From City of Berkeley, Calif., for Vote to Boot Marines
U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., says the City of Berkeley, Calif., no longer deserves federal money.
DeMint was angered after learning that the Berkeley City Council voted this week to tell the U.S. Marine Corps to remove its recruiting station from the city’s downtown.
“This is a slap in the face to all brave service men and women and their families,” DeMint said in a prepared statement. “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.”
“If the city can’t show respect for the Marines that have fought, bled and died for their freedom, Berkeley should not be receiving special taxpayer-funded handouts,” he added.
Some of the funds that SHOULD be pulled:
— $975,000 for the University of California at Berkeley, for the Matsui Center for Politics and Public Service, which may include establishing an endowment, and for cataloguing the papers of Congressman Robert Matsui.
— $750,000 for the Berkeley/Albana ferry service.
— $243,000 for the Chez Panisse Foundation, for a school lunch initiative to integrate lessons about wellness, sustainability and nutrition into the academic curriculum.
— $94,000 for a Berkeley public safety interoperability program.
— $87,000 for the Berkeley Unified School District, nutrition education program.
Personally, I don’t believe one single penny of MY tax dollars should to go that cesspool of communism!
The Marine official, speaking with FOX News on Friday, said Marine Commandant Gen. James Conway scoffed at the news, but there are no plans for to protest the City Council’s decisions. There are definitely no plans to move the recruiting station either.
Ooops. Too late. Protests are already being staged on the internet. Big Dog’s Weblog is already calling for a boycott on this boil on the butt of humanity. Also, Disgruntled Truck Driver! is having some interesting ‘conversations’ about Berkeley’s latest lunatic actions.
The Berkeley City Council this week voted to tell the Marines their downtown recruiting station is not welcome and “if recruiters choose to stay, they do so as uninvited and unwelcome guests,” according to The Associated Press.
The council also voted to explore whether a city anti-discrimination law applies to the Marines, with a focus on the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy that prevents open homosexuality in the military.
The council also voted to give the antiwar group Code Pink a parking space in front of the recruiting office once a week for six months, as well as a protest permit.
The Marine recruiting office in Berkeley has been open for about one year, but has been the subject of recent protests by Code Pink members.
When Code Pink starts protecting MY 1st Amendment rights, I’ll give them a little respect. Until then, they should be down on their knees thanking those Marines, and every military man and woman, who has given so much for their right to be assholes!
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Thanks for the mention. We really should make them hurt as much as possible from a fiscal point of view. The economy is in a slump now and we should make it worse for them.
I agree with Sen. DeMint and wholly support cutting ALL federal funding.
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excellent find girl!:)
U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint is correct…
Yes, Fred, he absolutely is correct! Perhaps we should be contacting our reps in support of DeMint?
Thanks Angel