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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: zilla on March 13, 2008, 07:58:38 PM
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This little clip speaks for itself. WTG Marines. Keep it up.
http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=163653&title=marines-in-berkeley
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I wish we could kick Berkly outta the country.This is the same group who's city council vetoed hanging the US flag on rescue vehicles after 911 because it might "offend" someone.
And the line about having a group to defend free speech to the hippy douchbag and her saying that was a good idea....priceless to the clueless. :rofl :rofl :rofl
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there are pockets of puss everywhere .. berkley is one of them
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Dam Less Beans
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too funny! thanks for the link
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That was nicely done. It really show cased the feeling that they consider themselves more equal than everyone else. :rolleyes: Freaking morons. :huh
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It's amazing how stupid people can be.
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This is the same group who's city council vetoed hanging the US flag on rescue vehicles after 911 because it might "offend" someone.
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The way I look at that is if the U.S. flag offends anyone here in this country, then they are in the wrong country....and can bite me.
Even our little Podunk FDs have taken to flying the flag from the trucks. Looks too cool.
We also fly the flag from our scoots on PGR missions. If folks don`t like it I am willing to make the first donation to their plane fare elsewhere.
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It's amazing how stupid people can be.
It goes way beyond stupid. Just take a look at one of the demagoges.
(http://www.stoptheism.com//ImageUploads/Medea.jpg)
It really takes a sick woman to change her name from Susan Benjamin to Medea after the Greek mythological virago who murdered her own children.
*Founder of Global Exchange
*Has said that living in Castro’s Cuba made her feel “like [she] died and went to heaven.”
*Organizer of Iraq Occupation Watch (support for killers of US troops)
*Sent $600,000 to Iraqi resistance as they fought US marines in Fallujah.
Anti-war activist Medea Benjamin was born in 1952 (with the name Susie Benjamin) and was raised as a self-described "nice Jewish girl from Long Island," New York. During her freshman year at Tufts University, she renamed herself after the Greek mythological character Medea. After one year at Tufts, she dropped out of school and spent some time hitchhiking across Europe and Africa, supporting herself by teaching English, working in African refugee camps, and doing a variety of other odd jobs. She thereafter returned to New York, passed some undergraduate equivalency tests, and went on to receive master’s degrees in public health (from Columbia University) and economics (from the New School for Social Research).
Ms. Benjamin then lived for some time in Fidel Castro’s Communist Cuba with her first husband, who was the coach of that country's national basketball team. (Reflecting later on her years in Cuba, she said she had felt "like I died and went to heaven.") Cuban authorities deported Ms. Benjamin, however, after she wrote an anti-government article in the government-run newspaper for which she worked.
Benjamin moved to San Francisco in 1983 to work for Food First / The Institute for Food and Development Policy.
In 1988 she co-founded (with Kevin Danaher) the activist organization Global Exchange, which devotes its resources and manpower to a variety of leftist causes -- most notably an anti-war, anti-capitalist agenda.
Benjamin was one of the principal architects of the 1999 protests in Seattle where rampaging anti-globalization activists burned cars, smashed windows and generally sowed disorder in a failed bid to shut down a conference of the World Trade Organization. Benjamin hailed the riots, which caused millions of dollars in property damage, as “a battle cry.”
In Benjamin's view, America's declared war on terror is itself a form of terrorism. She asserts that President Bush "has responded to the violent attack of 9/11 with the notion of perpetual war ..."
Late in 2002, Benjamin led a group of Americans, each of whom had lost loved ones in the 9/11 attacks, to Afghanistan to meet people whose relatives had perished in the U.S. bombing campaign there. "We must insist that governments stop taking innocent lives in the name of seeking justice for the loss of other innocent lives," she said.
In November 2002, Benjamin co-founded -- along with Jodie Evans, Diane Wilson, and a radical Wiccan activist calling herself Starhawk -- the anti-war group Code Pink for Peace.
Also in 2002, Ms. Benjamin exhorted Americans to examine "the root causes of resentment against the United States in the Arab world -- from our dependence on Middle Eastern oil to our biased policy towards Israel." "We [she and her fellow activists] are ... determined," she said, "to stop the U.S. government from unilaterally dictating to other people -- be they Palestinian, Iraqi or Venezuelan -- who their leaders should be. This is for the people themselves to decide."
In 2003 Benjamin was a signatory to the widely publicized Not in Our Name (NION) anti-war statement, which asserted that the U.S. war on terror posed "grave dangers to the people of the world" in the form of "[w]ar and repression" that "has been loosed on the world by the Bush Administration ... [in] a spirit of revenge."
In April 2003, Benjamin wrote that "military spending robs our schools, hospitals and housing programs," and she stressed the importance of "making common cause with immigrant and ethnic groups that have found themselves under attack in the wake of September 11 ... [and countering] the erosion of our civil liberties."
In 2004 Benjamin co-founded -- along with Leslie Cagan, the longtime pro-Castro communist who established United for Peace and Justice -- the organization Iraq Occupation Watch, whose express mission is to encourage widespread desertion by "conscientious objectors" in the U.S. military.
During the last week of December 2004, Benjamin announced that Global Exchange, Code Pink, and Families for Peace would be donating a combined $600,000 in medical supplies and cash to the families of the terrorist insurgents who were fighting American troops in Fallujah, Iraq. Said Benjamin, "I don't know of any other case in history in which the parents of fallen soldiers collected medicine ... for the families of the 'other side.' It is a reflection of a growing movement in the United States ... opposed to the unjust nature of this war."
In March 2006, Benjamin and other members of Code Pink brought a delegation of six Iraqi Muslim women to the United Nations in New York and to the Capitol in Washington, DC, where they lobbied senators and congressional representatives, met with the leaders of NGOs and think tanks, and delivered a petition (with more than 100,000 signatures from people around the world) calling for an end to the Iraq War.
In November 2006, Benjamin and Cindy Sheehan together traveled to South Korea on a mission designed to publicly condemn a U.S. government plan for expanding an American military base near Seoul. The Benjamin/Sheehan visit was strongly supported by pro-North Korean groups, hard-Left student movements and labor organizations, and Communist sympathizers.
In January 2007, Benjamin and Sheehan jointly traveled to Cuba to publicly call for the closing of America’s Guantanamo Bay detention center there.
According to Ms. Benjamin, the economic policies of Venezuela's communist President Hugo Chavez have placed his country at "the center of a new, progressive model of socioeconomic development that is shaping Latin America’s future." "There are few countries," she says, "where everyday people actually receive the benefits of cooperation with multinationals: a redistribution of oil profit, a guarantee for healthcare written into the constitution, and record-breaking achievements in education. ... Venezuela has embarked upon some of the most innovative regional programs that Latin America has ever seen."
"When most Americans hear of human rights abuses, they likely think of atrocities in some far-off country in a forgotten corner of the globe," says Benjamin. "…[But] abuses against individuals' basic rights also occur regularly here in the United States, and our money-saturated political system hardly deserves the title 'democracy.'"
Ms. Benjamin is currently married to Kevin Danaher. She has developed a nice capitalist sinecure for herself by running the non-profit Global Exchange at the expense of the US taxpayer.
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*Organizer of Iraq Occupation Watch (support for killers of US troops)
*Sent $600,000 to Iraqi resistance as they fought US marines in Fallujah
Is that legal?
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Is that legal?
Doubtful, but there's dozens of co-conspirators for 9/11 that never got indicted. This is just a drop in the bucket. Even if the government did press charges, they'd be crucified in the media for picking on an anti-war protester.
Reality very seldom has anything to do with protests in America. That's just how it goes.
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Doubtful, but there's dozens of co-conspirators for 9/11 that never got indicted.
You are paranoid ?
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"Medea Benjamin", a few here probably look up to her as a hero. :(
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You are paranoid ?
Never heard of CAIR? They're just one of over 300 groups on that list.
People that are paranoid are the 9/11 "Truthers" and sweetheartbags who run around at protests with bandanas on their face because "big brother will come and lock them up!". :lol
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why don't all of you shut the hell up. I know there are some crazy people in berkeley, but there are also crazy people EVERYWHERE!
why don't you all actually go over there and see what it's like!
its not all a bunch of protestors saying everything is diddlyed up, the show took just one point of view and then just bashed it to death for comedic humor. also if all the news you get is from COMEDY CENTRAL you need to take a good look at yourself and say where the hell did i go wrong!
im disgusted at the fact that all of you just take 1 stance due to something you saw on T.V. and then think it's true. if everything on t.v. is true, then japanese people CAN shoot lasers out of their hands and other roadkill stuff like that is true
go and research the whole story and then talk, until then, Shut the bloody hell up you rightwing nut-jobs
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Gowan, are you saying the the city of Berkeley did not try to get rid of the Marines?
Last week, the Berkeley City Council agreed to send a letter to the Marines stating their recruiters were not welcome in the city and that those who stayed would be considered "uninvited and unwelcome intruders."
The council also applauded people who "impede" the recruiters' work and awarded a free parking permit to Code Pink, an anti-war group that demonstrates daily outside the Marine recruiting office in the
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN1058361420080210 (http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN1058361420080210)
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Gowan, perhaps if you realised that all major news stations now are nothing more than entertainment value that is designed to sell items advertised by their corporate sponsors you would not get so worked up over the fact that many view berkeley as a bastion of all that is wrong liberalism.
It was in fact the berkeley city council that voted to tell the Marine Corps Recruitment Station to leave. They in fact did say, that "the Marines should know better than to come here." The very fact that many people in berkeley support terrorist nut jobs more than they support our troops is enough reason for me to intensely dislike the city that supports that view point.
I sincerely wish the US Government would look a little deeper in to the activities that go in berkeley from private protest groups to the city government. While Constitution of this nation does support the right to free speech, it does not support treason, especially during times of war.
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why don't all of you shut the hell up. I know there are some crazy people in berkeley, but there are also crazy people EVERYWHERE!
why don't you all actually go over there and see what it's like!
its not all a bunch of protestors saying everything is boinked up, the show took just one point of view and then just bashed it to death for comedic humor. also if all the news you get is from COMEDY CENTRAL you need to take a good look at yourself and say where the hell did i go wrong!
im disgusted at the fact that all of you just take 1 stance due to something you saw on T.V. and then think it's true. if everything on t.v. is true, then japanese people CAN shoot lasers out of their hands and other bullpoop stuff like that is true
go and research the whole story and then talk, until then, Shut the bloody hell up you rightwing nut-jobs
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I do go to protests. Been assaulted by "peace activists" on more occasions than you have fingers and toes.
Would you like a legit discussion of the leaders of these protests? "Medea"? Barbara Lubin? Jess Ghannam? Joseph Anderson? Scott Kennedy?
Beware, I have more ammo for this discussion than you have nerd-rage.
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I think we found our new ordinance testing sight.
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hell, i just hope that skuzzy knows better than to let these political threads keep going, its sad that almost everyone on this planet says one thing and does another on a regular basis, myself included. this is all just screwed up and i hope to god that this thread and others like this get locked
after this post, im going to withdraw myself from any politics in any part of the internet, it's sort of sad really
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why don't all of you shut the hell up. I know there are some crazy people in berkeley, but there are also crazy people EVERYWHERE!
why don't you all actually go over there and see what it's like!
its not all a bunch of protestors saying everything is boinked up, the show took just one point of view and then just bashed it to death for comedic humor. also if all the news you get is from COMEDY CENTRAL you need to take a good look at yourself and say where the hell did i go wrong!
im disgusted at the fact that all of you just take 1 stance due to something you saw on T.V. and then think it's true. if everything on t.v. is true, then japanese people CAN shoot lasers out of their hands and other bullpoop stuff like that is true
go and research the whole story and then talk, until then, Shut the bloody hell up you rightwing nut-jobs
Whoa, don't go blowin' a gasket.
It's hardly just one looney left antic Berkley is guilty of. Berkley has been known for extreme left bizarity for decades.
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hell, i just hope that skuzzy knows better than to let these political threads keep going, its sad that almost everyone on this planet says one thing and does another on a regular basis, myself included. this is all just screwed up and i hope to god that this thread and others like this get locked
after this post, im going to withdraw myself from any politics in any part of the internet, it's sort of sad really
Our political diuscussions are usual more civil. It's not too often that someopne loses their cool and tells everyone to "shut the hell up". Perhaps it's only some that shouldn't participate?
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why don't all of you shut the hell up. I know there are some crazy people in berkeley, but there are also crazy people EVERYWHERE!
why don't you all actually go over there and see what it's like!
its not all a bunch of protestors saying everything is boinked up, the show took just one point of view and then just bashed it to death for comedic humor. also if all the news you get is from COMEDY CENTRAL you need to take a good look at yourself and say where the hell did i go wrong!
im disgusted at the fact that all of you just take 1 stance due to something you saw on T.V. and then think it's true. if everything on t.v. is true, then japanese people CAN shoot lasers out of their hands and other bullpoop stuff like that is true
go and research the whole story and then talk, until then, Shut the bloody hell up you rightwing nut-jobs
Touched a nerve there did we Gowan? How does if feel to know the folks on your side hate this country so much? Was that you in the pink wig?
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Considering that the show in question has a tendency to make light of everything BUT the liberal side of politics I find it interesting that they would take such a hard shot at Berkley.And also quite telling. :rolleyes:
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Berkley should be bulldozed to the ground and used as a military gunnery range :furious
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WoW! Major Snapage!
Someone's mom or girlfriend goes to Berkley!
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Berkley should be bulldozed to the ground and used as a military gunnery range :furious
Hell why waste time bulldozing it? Weapons hot works just fine. :rofl
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i just hope that skuzzy knows better than to let these political threads keep going
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Yeah!!!!! dope smoking hippies for free speech.
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..and advocating Berzerkly be bulldozed or shelled advocates free speech?
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..and advocating Berzerkly be bulldozed or shelled advocates free speech?
:rofl
No, I believe that would be the right to bear arms.
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Berkley has it's purpose. Makes a good example for parents as to why kids should not do drugs.
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No, I believe that would be the right to bear arms.
Guns are banned in Berkeley. ;)
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hell, i just hope that skuzzy knows better than to let these political threads keep going, its sad that almost everyone on this planet says one thing and does another on a regular basis, myself included. this is all just screwed up and i hope to god that this thread and others like this get locked
after this post, im going to withdraw myself from any politics in any part of the internet, it's sort of sad really
It actually would be sad if you withdrew from the discussion. Instead why don't you come back with a reasonable, well thought out argument to express your view on the issue. You don't seem to have a problem with code pink demeaning our armed forces, now tell us why and try to persuade us to agree with you. ;)
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why don't all of you shut the hell up. I know there are some crazy people in berkeley, but there are also crazy people EVERYWHERE!
why don't you all actually go over there and see what it's like!
its not all a bunch of protestors saying everything is boinked up, the show took just one point of view and then just bashed it to death for comedic humor. also if all the news you get is from COMEDY CENTRAL you need to take a good look at yourself and say where the hell did i go wrong!
im disgusted at the fact that all of you just take 1 stance due to something you saw on T.V. and then think it's true. if everything on t.v. is true, then japanese people CAN shoot lasers out of their hands and other bullpoop stuff like that is true
go and research the whole story and then talk, until then, Shut the bloody hell up you rightwing nut-jobs
..actually, it IS
http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,229597.0.html
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Berkeley, California is more crazy than your average town. The city council there did not outlaw public nudity until 1993. And that was only because they became under increasing pressure from citizen complaints about the infamous "Naked Guy" walking all over town in the nude. He even organized some nude protests, in favor of getting public nudity accepted in Berkeley.
Reluctantly, after debating for several months, the Berkley city council finally outlawed people being totally nude in public.
So if you now visit Berkeley, you have to keep your genitals covered up while in public.
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So if you now visit Berkeley, you have to keep your genitals covered up while in public.
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Yup. Just one more reason not to visit Berkeley.
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The irony of someone with a peace symbol for their avitar opening a post by telling everyone to shut the hell up is not lost on this thread where blonde left wingers are being quoted as saying "they have more free speech rights than others". Hell... it adds an exclamation point to the whole thing.
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Guns are banned in Berkeley. ;)
Yup. Just one more reason not to visit Berkeley.
You know it was the crack down on bath-house sex that has you so upset. But go ahead and pretend it was the gun ban.
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Free speech is important, and I would defend to the death Gowan's right to tell everyone else to shut up.
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Free speech is important, and I would defend to the death Gowan's right to tell everyone else to shut up.
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Same here, along with everyone's right to tell him how foolish he looks doing it.
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You know it was the crack down on bath-house sex that has you so upset. But go ahead and pretend it was the gun ban.
How ironic- the Marine recruiting office in Berkeley used to be a gay bath house.