PDA

View Full Version : In Berkeley, Family Has Our Back!



yellowwing
02-13-08, 09:19 AM
Berkeley City Council moderates anti-Marine position
13 Feb, 2008
By Ed Payne
CNN (http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/02/13/berkeley.marines/)

(CNN) -- The Berkeley City Council voted early Wednesday to rescind a previous vote that said Marine recruiters are "not welcome in this city," but held tight to its anti-war stance.

The vote came after more than three hours of animated citizen input and council debate. More than 100 speakers took turns at the podium. Each speaker was given up to a minute to comment.

In a 7-to-2 vote, the council said it would no longer send a letter to the local Marine Corps Recruiting Station and Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Conway saying recruiters aren't welcome in Berkeley.

Instead, the city is now simply stating it's opposed to the war and the billions spent on it. However, "we recognize the recruiter's right to locate in our city and the right of others to protest or support their presence," the council said.

The council also said it supports and respects the men and women of the armed forces.

Ahead of the vote, passions ran high on both sides of the debate as pro-military demonstrators squared off with anti-war protesters. Berkeley police reported four arrests before the meeting began, all misdemeanors. Police said there were minor scuffles between the anti-war and pro-military camps.

An American flag was set aflame outside the City Council chambers, damaging a pair of bicycles, police said.

Inside, members of the anti-war group Code Pink lined up at the podium to speak. Their salmon-colored signs read, "Berkeley says No to War" and "City Council - We have your back."

But others scolded the City Council. "City Council -- shame on you," said one sign, and "Don't surrender to terrorists," read a T-shirt worn by a Vietnam veteran.

Debbie Lee, whose son Marc was the first Navy SEAL to die in the Iraq war, demanded an apology from the council.

"My son gave up his life for you," Lee told the council as she clutched his framed picture.

"I'm appalled at what you did," she said, referring to the council's vote on Marine recruiters.

"It's despicable what you said about our military," said another military mom, Debbie Parrish. Her son, Victor, currently serves in Iraq.

"It's very, very sad. Shame on you."

But Jean Stewart called the council's stand "courageous and gutsy," saying the war was "immoral." And Judy Christopher said, "We need to stop the war. We need to stop recruitment."

In the measure passed by the council on January 29, Marine recruiters were called "uninvited and unwelcome intruders."

It went on to say the council applauds residents and organizations that "volunteer to impede, passively or actively, by nonviolent means, the work of any military recruiting office located in the City of Berkeley."

Protesters with Code Pink have been camped outside the Marine recruiting office on Shattuck Avenue for the last four months, singing peace songs and chanting slogans for an end to the Iraq war.

Republican lawmakers in Washington fired back last week, threatening to recall more than $2 million of federal funding to the city as well as money designated for the University of California-Berkeley, the campus that became a bastion of liberalism during the Vietnam War.

The Marine Corps has said it has no plans to move its office, which is located about a block from the college campus.

:usmc:

003XXMarineDAD
02-13-08, 03:26 PM
It is a pleasure to have the Marines backs here in the states. We always will, because you have us covered out front on the war on terror.
The code pink's have pulled back a little today they are not stopping people from going into the recruiters office as they did last week.
It probally is because of that short red headed Marine Mom that gave them the eye before she went in today to thank them for putting up with the code pinko's.
;)

CHOPPER7199
02-13-08, 03:41 PM
Ooorah Deb.

jinelson
02-15-08, 05:44 PM
Its refreshing to finally see folks unafraid to confront the liberal media darlings in public. Here are some of the photos brought back by Marine Mom Debbie Parrish. The Peoples Republic Of Beserkeley has been the home of Americas enemies since the sixties. The link below is a the Move America Forward (MAF) after action report gives a great overview of what took place with lots of good photos.


http://www.moveamericaforward.org/index.php/DailyFile/


http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u295/dparris/Berkley%202-12-08/DSC00271.jpg

The moonbat in the cammies supposedly was the first Marine deserter of Operation Desert Storm he wouldnt give his name for verification.

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u295/dparris/Berkley%202-12-08/DSC00141-1.jpg

OORAH!!! The good guys

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u295/dparris/Berkley%202-12-08/DSC00290.jpg

A Marine and his mom Sgt Eamon Kelly USMC stood, a cane holding his battered body on one side, and his mother propping up the other. The young Marine, who had major back surgery only days earlier, needed to make a stand against the Berkeley City Council, which had denigrated the Marines, calling them “uninvited and unwelcome intruders.”



Jim

jinelson
02-15-08, 06:03 PM
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u295/dparris/Berkley%202-12-08/DSC00165.jpg

The silenced Marine poster was held up all day.


http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u295/dparris/Berkley%202-12-08/DSC00228.jpg

Our supporters The Gathering of Eagles, Move America Forward, Leatherneck MC, and Marines and Marine families.

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u295/dparris/Berkley%202-12-08/DSC00299.jpg

The belly of the beast

LeonardLawrence
02-15-08, 09:58 PM
Great pics Mrs. Deb!

jinelson
02-15-08, 11:06 PM
Did you not get the memo from the council we are the good guys!
The Pro Marine ones are the bad ones!
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u295/dparris/Berkley%202-12-08/DSC00297-1.jpg

jinelson
02-15-08, 11:23 PM
Here's the link for the proceedings warning its 4 hours long. Marine mom Parrish is heard at 3:16 and Dale from GOE is heard at 3:22. I couldnt handle the commie code pinkos.

Jim

http://berkeley.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?publish_id=446

jinelson
02-16-08, 04:09 PM
Size does not matter to Marines or Moms.

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u295/dparris/407db7fe.jpg