The idiots at Berkley could have avoided the whole issue if they would have turned down the Marines request to place a recruiting station there.

Instead they choose to let the Marines set up there and now they want to change their minds about it?


If these peace organizations are so much behind getting rid of the Marines, why aren't they offering to give Berkley the money that it might loose due to their protest?

Can't these hippies come up with a couple milliion from all of their followers?

Originally posted by COOL HAND
Instead they choose to let the Marines set up there and now they want to change their minds about it?

Well, if it was their "choice" to begin with, then they have every right to "choose" to change their mind.

Originally posted by jerico65
"Let's go down and pick up our food stamps, slide on over and get the welfare check, stop at the soup kitchen for a free lunch, and then meet up at city hall to protest the system."
[edit on 8-2-2008 by jerico65]

That is the absolute BEST thing I have read on here all day.

That is the EXACT thing that is wrong with our country isn't it?

As far as I am concerned that story about the hippies at UCB was an uninvited thought...so how do I ask the thought to leave?

Some much for the hippie wannabes to protest, such little time ( and public assistance ) for them.

Dorian Soran

Originally posted by Griff
Well, if it was their "choice" to begin with, then they have every right to "choose" to change their mind.

Not if there is a contract involved.

Unless contracts in CA are written with opinions in mind.

They now get to choose if they want federal money or not.

Perhaps that is the problem? They can't handle all of these decisions at Berkley.

[edit on 8/2/08 by COOL HAND]

Now, I can agree Cool Hand if there was a contract. Is there one? Who signed it? How long does it cover? Etc.

I think the federal government is right in this case. While no one should force Berkley to maintain or welcome recruiting stations, I also don't think the rest of the country should feel obligated to subsidize them.

In fact, its more than a little bit hypocritical. Its like saying you hate a dead family member because you thought he was greedy, but go to court to fight for a piece of that $20 million estate of his when your name is left off the will.

[edit on 8-2-2008 by vor78]

Originally posted by Griff
Now, I can agree Cool Hand if there was a contract. Is there one? Who signed it? How long does it cover? Etc.

There would have to be, since the Marines leased the office space.

I haven't seen the contract itself, but maybe someone can dig it up?

I hear this thing about support the troops but not the war. Instead of taking on the U.S. govt. they taking it on the Marines. Why support the troops when you know they are in the business of killing?

Yet, I am sure they'd welcome some one like amhadeninedjinut to come speak at their college... We have got to get rid of these types of people who live and take advantage of the benefits of living in America, yet, they despise it. They have to go.

[edit on 8-2-2008 by SpeakerofTruth]

Originally posted by SpeakerofTruth
Yet, I am sure they'd welcome some one like amhadeninedjinut to come speak at their college... We have got to get rid of these types of people who live and take advantage of the benefits of living in America, yet, they despise it. They have to go.

This type of response worries me more than the Code Pink protesters. Sure, when I see them protesting I think they are a joke, and when I listen to them speak I think most of them are clueless idiots, but it is still their American right to protest. I worry more about those who want to silence unpopular speech more than I do the small groups of wackos who run around causing a scene. If they think the war is unjust and that the marines are bad guys they have ever right to say so. Other groups can counter debate this groups arguments with their own but no one should have the right to silence this group or force them out of America. America is a country founded on the questioning of government.




[edit on 8-2-2008 by zerotime]

I like the JS Mill quote the marines posted on their door. Solid quote.