A few updates about the Berkley situation, long story short the City Council set off a firestorm by passing a resolution calling Marine recruiters "uninvited and unwelcome intruders."
The Pinkly Clad idiots called Code Pink have also been protesting at the recruiting center, chaining themselves to the doors, physically trying to stop people from entering and Move America Forward is heading down there on February 12, 2008 for the next city council meeting to speak in support of our Marines.
The Code Pinkos will also be there in what promises to be a showdown between those that support our troops and those that call them, publicly, murders and baby killers.
You can catch up, from beginning to present with this situation all on one page right here.
At that page you will see videos of the Code Pinkos barring people from the recruitment office, my exclusive interview with Chairman of Move America Forward, Melanie Morgan, collusion between the city council as well as the Mayor of Berkeley Tom Bates with Code pink and much much more.
Today, thanks to Melanie, I see the SFGate is reporting on the upcoming showdown, calling it the "Battle Royal brewing at Berkeley council meeting".
If you want to get a seat at Tuesday night's Berkeley City Council meeting, you better start lining up now. And you might want to bring earplugs. And a flak jacket.
Hundreds of protesters from across the country and the political spectrum are expected to descend on City Hall with bullhorns, drums, banners and plenty of vitriol in anticipation of the City Council's debate over the Marines' recruiting station in town.
With that said, some more information comes via email about the Code Pinkos in Berkeley.
SHOCKING VIDEO---MORE Outrageous Statements by Code Pink (Via YouTube for those getting this by email subscription that doesn't show the videos)
The email from Move America Forward bring that video to my attention:
Greetings Patriots,
I JUST received a message from my good friend Leigh Wolf with the San Francisco State College Republican club. He and his buddies have been going down to Berkeley every so often to infuriate Code Pink and stir up trouble at their little protests outside the Marine Corps Office in Berkeley.
Well one day these young patriots got some GREAT video of what Code Pink REALLY THINKS, and not just about Bush and the war, but about EVERY Soldier, Airman, Sailor, Marine, and Coast Guardsman.
This is the same Code Pink that has been colluding with the Berkeley City Council to run the Marine Corps out of Berkeley. Berkeley’s Mayor, Tom Bates, has even picketed at the Marine Recruiting Center himself - to chase them out of town. As you recall, the Berkeley City Council voted to give Code Pink preferential treatment and passed THREE resolutions against the Marines.
If this video infuriates you, please JOIN US to tell the Berkeley City Council to APOLOGIZE and tell CODE PINK to GO HOME!
Move America Forward with all our allies will be out in front of the Berkeley City Council chambers ALL DAY LONG on this coming Tuesday, February 12th, DEMANDING a formal and written apology to the USMC and the staff of the Marine Corps Recruiting office on 64 Shattuck, as well as a repeal of every resolution they voted for which attacked our soldiers!
Complete details follow below… and more information is available online at: http://www.MoveAmericaForward.org
Tuesday February 12th
Berkeley City Council Chambers
2134 Martin Luther King Jr. Way
Berkeley, Calif.
You are welcome to come by ANY TIME from 5:00 AM – 7:00 PM
5:00 AM – Move America Forward begins our picketing and demonstration
12:00 Noon – We need larger numbers for the noon news coverage
5:00 PM – The “Main Event” our big rally starts
7:00 PM – City Council Meeting (we need you to join us inside the City Council Chambers)
Theres more!!!!
Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates & Council Member Linda Maio Have Some Explaining to Do.
Despite efforts by Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates and some City Council members to sound conciliatory notes over the recent anti-military resolutions passed by the Council, new evidence has come to light calling into question the sincerity of Council Member Linda Maio and Mayor Tom Bates.
On February 2, 2008, Berkeley City Council Member Linda Maio told the Bay Area News Group’s Doug Oakley:
"I don't think any of us paid enough attention to it, and people want to rewrite it to more accurately portray our sentiments," said Maio, who supported the resolutions. "We really do have a great deal of concern for the people in our military, and we don't want to be critical of the sacrifices they are making."
That concern does not appear to be very sincere.
The pro-troop organization Move America Forward has obtained an email sent out by Council Member Maio who is actively working with Code Pink to stack the Berkeley City Council meeting with anti-military protestors who want to chase the Marines out of Berkeley:
Hi [name redacted], we have received info that the marines and their supporters are gearing up to come to the Feb 12th council meeting to shame us and attack us, in large numbers. Now that Laurie and Betty have put on a recommendation to rescind what we did (on the agenda of Feb 12th) we expect they will jam the microphone with their diatribes. Press will be there in full force. The regular meeting starts at 7 p.m. People need to get there early enough to get in and grab a seat. Pls help pass on the word. The fire dept will not allow more people in than room can hold. Therefore, I am urging people to come early and occupy a seat, and be prepared to speak too and represent our city's values next Tuesday.
Linda
Melanie Morgan, Chairman of Move America Forward (website: www.MoveAmericaForward.org) criticized the double-speak by Council Member Maio.
“Clearly Linda Maio wanted the press to believe that she was somehow unaware of the content of the anti-military resolutions she voted for by saying she hadn’t ‘paid enough attention it.’
“However, now we learn that Maio is actively working with Code Pink to mobilize the very same proponents of the anti-military resolutions to come and stack Tuesday’s City Council meeting. It’s very disingenuous and proves that the City Council is not truly apologetic for their actions,” said Move America Forward’s Melanie Morgan.
Similarly, Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates has told reporters that he felt the Berkeley City Council had perhaps gone “too far” with the three resolutions they passed on January 29, 2008.
But those words appear, like Councilmember Maio’s, to ring hollow, as Move America Forward has discovered that Mayor Bates himself has participated in Code Pink’s protests outside of the U.S. Marine Recruiting Center – in an effort to harass the Marines and force them to leave town.
As of Saturday, February 9, 2008, a photograph of Mayor Bates participating in the protest at the Marine Recruiting Center is posted on the website of Code Pink:
“Mayor Bates’ actions speak louder than words. While he has been trying to quell the uprising against the Berkeley City Council for their anti-military actions, he has been actively working with Code Pink to harass the Marines and chase them out of town.
“If Mayor Bates and the Berkeley City Council want to put this issue to rest they need to rescind all three anti-military resolutions passed on January 29th and issue a formal, written apology, to the U.S. Marine Corps and all military men and women serving this nation,” said Melanie Morgan.
**NOTE: On Tuesday, February 12th, Move America Forward will lead an all-day pro-troop demonstration and protest against the Berkeley City Council outside the Council Chambers at 2134 Martin Luther King, Jr. Way in Berkeley, CA. The protest will begin at 5:00 AM – yes, in the morning – and continue all the way through the Berkeley City Council meeting that night at 7:00 PM.
(Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates joins CODEPINK outside the recruiting station)
**NOTE 2: Move America Forward can provide you with a higher-resolution photograph of Mayor Bates participation in the protests at the Marine Recruiting Center. If you would like a higher-resolution image, email Joe Wierzbicki at: jwierzbicki@rmrwest.com
For more information about the February 12th pro-troop protest against the Berkeley City Council, contact Mary Pearson at Move America Forward at (916) 441-6197 or at: Mary@MoveAmericaForward.org
Folks...if you have not signed the petition that Move America Forward is hand delivering to this next Berkeley city council meeting..... DO IT NOW PLEASE.
NOTE TO MOVE AMERICA FORWARD: After Berkeley, perhaps a little nudge the Toledo Mayor would be in order for kicking the Marines out of Toledo.
Toledo police said they knew about the training and had approved the unit’s use of the Madison Building and the Promenade Park area. The training was scheduled to start Friday afternoon and last until Sunday. Police said the unit’s presence would have a minimal impact on the city. Police issued a press release earlier in the week saying the Marines would be wearing green camouflage uniforms, operate military vehicles, carry rifles, perform foot patrols, and fire blank ammunition during the exercise.
Schwartz said there was a breakdown in communication between police and the Finkbeiner administration that led to the mayor’s action.
“The Marines drilled here three times during the Ford administration and once under the Finkbeiner administration. After the last visit, the mayor told then police Chief Jack Smith, that he did not want the marines back. Smith failed to inform the current police administration of the mayor’s feelings,” Schwartz said.
NBC24 spoke to Jack Smith who recalled that after the Marines last visit, he and the mayor had a heated exchange about the training.
“He told me he did not want them, as he put it, 'playing war in Toledo,'" Smith recalled. "I told him, as a former Marine, that if one young Marine’s life is saved because of training he or she received in Toledo, Ohio, then it was worth the inconvenience.”
Pretty please.
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