The Pink Menopausal Cows of Berkistan
Feb 13th 2008RavenAnti-America & IdiOt Lefties & Raven
Out in Berkistan CA the city council has issued a clarification of their recent demand that the USMC leave the city grounds.
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - City council members who were criticized for telling Marine recruiters they don’t belong here have moderated their position, saying they oppose the Iraq war but support the troops.
The Berkeley City Council voted two weeks ago to send a letter to a downtown recruitment station advising the Marines they were not welcome.
After a marathon session that stretched into early Wednesday, the council decided against sending the letter, saying it recognizes recruiters’ right to be in Berkeley. The council members say they still strongly oppose the war and the recruitment of young people, but “deeply respect and support” the men and women of the armed forces.
Some on the council had pushed for issuing an apology. Others rejected that, saying they just wanted to clarify their position.
I have yet to see any letters telling the Code Pink Menopause Cows they are not welcome either. Oh wait…old hags wearing pink aren’t a part of the USMC…I stand corrected. The harassment of young people who wish to join the Military is Code Pink’s motto, the noisy protests and embarrassing tactics are A OKAY for Berkistan, we know. The quiet and orderly office a USMC recruiting officer is a royal taboo.
Code Pink for Peace, headed by Castro-loving neo-communist and perennial anti-U.S. activist Medea Benjamin, orchestrates the direct-action segment of the counter recruitment movement with the Ruckus Society, an off-shoot of the eco-terrorism group Earth First!
Benjamin’s history with the Ruckus Society goes back to the late 1990s when she helped it plan and execute the violent riots that occurred during the 1999 World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting in Seattle, Washington. As part of Code Pink’s counter-recruitment drive Benjamin has enlisted the Ruckus Society to provide training camps for potential 18-22 year old counter-recruiters.
Ruckus Society training camps provide activists with the tools to organize street protests, shut down recruitment offices and avoid arrest. Those attending the camps are exposed to a constant barrage of anti- capitalist, anti-war, anti-U.S. propaganda. Ruckus also advertises its training camps through its front group, Not Your Soldier, a counter-recruitment organization whose website marquee features an angry looking young man reading a book titled, “History of U.S. Imperialism.â€
Freedom. It’s what America is about. When the Pink Menopausal Cows scream and shout, people like me wonder just WHAT is being accomplished. A city like Berkistan is forever stained with the antics of it’s aged hippies and pot smoking citizens…I would be to shamed to live there. Really- are these anti American anti war groups doing any good? No. They are a huge waste of time and money. Maybe the goal is to keep a national spotlight upon the region? It’s a negative light that’s for sure.
Bless the normal women who must reside out there as well. We need to keep them in our minds and not allow the Pink Cows to tarnish them.
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3 Responses to “The Pink Menopausal Cows of Berkistan”
sandy on 13 Feb 2008 at Wed 13 February 2008 13:24:07 #
These women have a right to their opinion. But honestly, GET A LIFE.
They should not be allowed to harass the Marines on a daily basis.
Until Berkeley apologizes to the military and revokes their special
parking permit, i will never spend one dime in that city.
Do they know how ridiculous they come across? It can’t help their
goals at all.
Robert Hallett on 13 Feb 2008 at Wed 13 February 2008 14:32:25 #
I’ve read many articles and blogs on this issue and it seems as if most people are missing the point. If Code Pink wants to protest against the Marines, whatever. I guarantee you the Marines really don’t care. But what Code Pink and more importantly, the City Council who gave them free parking, have demonstrated is their ignorance on issues of governance and policy. That would worry me more if I was a Berkley resident. (Thank God, I’m not) The Marines and other servicemembers serve a civilian government that carries out policy. This is not a miltary running amuck! If you truly want to change the policy, vote! Or if you feel a need to protest, protest in front of the Capital Building, not in front of some recruiting office. Again the Marines could care less - they’ve recruited, served and died for this country for over 200 years and will continue to do so for another 200. God bless ‘em and all who serve. These protestors and the city council have embarrassed themselves by showing how ignorant they are about how this country is run. I laugh at them, not for what they believe - that is their right as Americans but how they go about it. I’d recommend that they revisit their endstate and how they want to get there. Get smart - read the Constitution and then come see me when you’re ready. Another fine example of how incredibly dense our elected officials really are - think about that when you vote next time!
Raven on 13 Feb 2008 at Wed 13 February 2008 17:44:46 #
Robert of course the Marines don’t give two shits about the pink cows…Marines deal with real enemies not feminine hasbeens…
The point is the misdirected anger these (menopausal) women have; the other point is their antics DO NOTHING for their cause. I guess if it makes them all FWEEL better, go for it. But what a waste of time. The war hasn’t ended. Young men and women still enlist.
Sandy I went to the Berkistan Chamber of Commerce website and noted each company listed as part of this awful city. I won’t do any business with a one of them. Economic sanctions from individual people DO have an impact. Esp when the word is spread….heh. Some may think it’s mean to punish all the buisnesses in that city for the action of the council. Bite me. It’s all about choice. The companies have a choice- they can pack up and move out.