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| Tweet Topic Started: Feb 1 2008, 03:59 PM (570 Views) | |
| 8247 | Feb 1 2008, 03:59 PM Post #1 |
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Apparently we look like this now
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| Wichita | Feb 1 2008, 04:59 PM Post #2 |
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A few months back, the protestors defaced the front of the Recruiting office calling the Marines a few choice names having to do with "murder" etc. In response the Recruiting Officer wrote them a great letter - I just wish I could find a copy to post with this story. As I recall, he was not unsympathetic to the concept of protesting - in fact, protecting the right to protest was one of the reasons why, in his opinion, he was a Marine. I'll keep looking. |
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| somerled | Feb 1 2008, 05:38 PM Post #3 |
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Never heard of Code Pink. Does that mean it is OK for Marnines tp gay so long as their CO never finds out ? .... sailor jokes aside for now... :rolleyes: Well, if the parents of the kids who live in Berkeley don't want their kids enlisting in the Marines because they think the wars in Iraq and Afganistan are lost causes and not worth fighting , then it is their perogative to ask the local council to force the recruiting shopfront to go elsewhere. Nothing unpatriotic about that , nor would I think it was unamerican. Since where was bad to ask recruiting stations to leave ? If the recruiters came into my local high school without an invite by the head master and the careers advisor , I think most the parents here (in Gateshead) would be up in arms about it. That kind of thing doesn't happen here. If the kids want to recruit they visit the one and only in Newcastle ADF recruiting shop front in on Hunter Street (our local Main Street), or they do it on-line. |
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| Admiralbill_gomec | Feb 1 2008, 05:59 PM Post #4 |
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Fortunately this is not Australia... As for the cowardly, unAmerican actions of the Berkeley city council, this is typical behavior from them. Note to those who object to the armed forces of your country opening a recruiting office in your town, don't go in. Nothing about a school was mentioned. This was a storefront on PRIVATE PROPERTY. Last I checked, it was not illegal to open a military recruiting office. Since "when is it bad" to harrass your own military in a free society? Ignoring the fact that their mission is to protect you, you tell me. |
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| Data's Cat's Sister | Feb 1 2008, 06:22 PM Post #5 |
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Gah! My post got cut off half way through typing! I respect the right of Code Pink to protest. However I would hope that if a pro recruitment group wished to protest too they would be given the same rights - parking space, liscense etc etc. I can also understand the concerns of the group. I think perhaps (if this isn't already the case) there ought to be a legal requirement for the military to present potential recruits with straight facts about life in service including statistics on death/injury, future employability and legal rights. However I disagree with the group in its attempt to shut down recruitment altogether. I believe that it is essential for a nation to have a military. Therefore recruitment is essential. I have also seen first hand how military service in America can be positive. A friend of mine has an American mother who was born into serious poverty. She joined the American airforce and was able to work her way out of that poverty. |
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| ImpulseEngine | Feb 1 2008, 06:24 PM Post #6 |
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Shame on Berkeley. Fine if you're against the war, but don't take it out on the military who are just following orders and serving their country loyally and courageously. :angry: |
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| somerled | Feb 1 2008, 07:29 PM Post #7 |
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How is it ? I don't see you enlisting to go and fight. Unlike the USA , Australia is not miltarised. Here , the military keep a relatively low profile and you don't often see the miliiary out and about except when they are called out to assist when a desaster has happened. |
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| RTW | Feb 1 2008, 10:55 PM Post #8 |
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| 8247 | Feb 2 2008, 04:22 AM Post #9 |
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Apparently we look like this now
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For one thing, it makes me sick that these jerks want the Marines out. Military service is not required here, so what is the big deal? These quacks are forcing out people who fought, bled, and died for their freedom. Senator Jim DeMint is trying to get the government to deny Berkeley federal money if they say that the Marines can't be there. I knew there was a reason I voted for him. ...Actually, he has been one hell of a senator. I hope he runs for president someday. |
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| Hoss | Feb 2 2008, 12:00 PM Post #10 |
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Wow, the USA is militarized??? Here I have lived here for 37.5 years and hadn't noticed. I need to get out more. To bad that Abrams is blocking the street or I'd go down town. Really though, only those saying stuff that is acceptable to the political left should have freedom of speech. The rest of that stuff doesn't matter. |
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| ds9074 | Feb 2 2008, 12:17 PM Post #11 |
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And I thought all the Loony Left Councils were abolished by Mrs Thatcher in the 1980s
What a bunch of idiots these council member come across as. They should recognise that military policy is not within their remit, unless I have grossly misunderstood the system of government in the US. If they want to protest then they should do so on their own time. The Council should be focusing on what it has resonsibility for and aiming to do a good job at that - leave the Marines to do the job they have been charged with. |
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| RTW | Feb 2 2008, 02:23 PM Post #12 |
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Are you sure she didn't banish them to the ol' penal colony?
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| Admiralbill_gomec | Feb 6 2008, 08:28 PM Post #13 |
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As you already know, I did try to... September 12, 2001. This is quite old news, so I'm going to speculate that this is yet another bait on your part because you can't actually debate the issue. |
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| Sgt. Jaggs | Feb 6 2008, 08:34 PM Post #14 |
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How about a Voyager Movie
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I'm liking this already. I have nothing to add however........ this is gonna get interesting..............
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| Admiralbill_gomec | Feb 6 2008, 08:41 PM Post #15 |
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Not really, Jag. I don't know any regular member on this site who doesn't know that I drove 200+ miles to Corpus the day after 9/11 to re-up. Got politely turned down by a classmate and his CO. Plenty of sub drivers out there. A surplus of both line and staff officers of command grade. So, I turned my talents to the civilian side with organizing troop supply rallies. |
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