Yawl go easy on our brothers on the council, dudes. Like, man, they been getting nothing but bad weed lately which ain't helpfull to the decision making abilities.
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| Senator Wants to Revoke Funding From Berkeley for Vote to Boot Marines |
| 2008-02-01 |
| Hey! Can they, like, do that? Man? WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., says the City of Berkeley, Calif., no longer deserves federal money. DeMint was angered after learning that the Berkeley City Council voted this week to tell the U.S. Marine Corps to remove its recruiting station from the city's downtown. "This is a slap in the face to all brave service men and women and their families," DeMint said in a prepared statement. "The First Amendment gives the City of Berkeley the right to be idiotic, but from now on they should do it with their own money. If the city can’t show respect for the Marines that have fought, bled and died for their freedom, Berkeley should not be receiving special taxpayer-funded handouts," he added. Oh. Like, somebody pays fer..stuff? Gaia doesn't provide it? Like my medicinal marijuana? Like...wow. Man. In the meantime, a senior Marine official tells FOX News that the Marine office in Berkeley isn't going anywhere. "We understand things are different there, but some people just don't get it. This is a part of the military machine that gives them the right to do what they do, but what they are doing is extreme," the official said. ...and we're just there for the hippie pussy anyways. DeMint said he will draft legislation to rescind any earmarks dedicated for the City of Berkeley in the recently passed appropriations bill — which his office tallied to value about $2.1 million. He said that any money taken back would be transferred to the Marines. Thanks, Berkeley! The USMC Appreciate your contribution to THE DEATH MACHINE!!! Thank Code Pink for us, too... DeMint's office provided a preliminary list of items that would be subject to his proposal: — $975,000 for the University of California at Berkeley, for the Matsui Center for Politics and Public Service, which may include establishing an endowment, and for cataloguing the papers of Congressman Robert Matsui. Well, that certainly sounds important... — $750,000 for the Berkeley/Albana ferry service. I'd let them keep that. Would settle for them allowing the ferry to be used for practice F-18 strafing runs. Would liven up those commutes... — $243,000 for the Chez Panisse Foundation, for a school lunch initiative to integrate lessons about wellness, sustainability and nutrition into the academic curriculum. Chez Panisse? Is that a friggin restaurant? — $94,000 for a Berkeley public safety interoperability program. To practice for when they have the Big Earthquake and nobody else shows up. — $87,000 for the Berkeley Unified School District, nutrition education program. Like, eat your sprouts, Moonbeam. The Marine official, speaking with FOX News on Friday, said Marine Commandant Gen. James Conway scoffed at the news, but there are no plans for to protest the City Council's decisions. There are definitely no plans to move the recruiting station either. Yeah, I...ummmmmmmm..."scoff" at it. "Scoff" at it, I tells ya! There are definitely no plans to move the recruiting station either. "To actually put something into law that encourages the disruption of a federal office is ridiculous. They are not going to kick a federal office out of its rightful place there, and this is not going to discourage those young patriots who want to be Marines," the official said. Ah, if only this could actually happen... |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #12 Put DeMint in the Primaries. Vote DeMint! |
| Posted by: jds 2008-02-01 22:18 |
| #11 Thank you Buwaya. I meant that in my impression Berkeley was more hippy, more wacko but also less serious and science oriented than MIT, Caltec and GeorgiaTech. Thinking it better my impression based on the acts of those wackos was perhaps more accurate for describing the people who have studied at Berkeley in the mast years/decades than to people studying at it, now; |
| Posted by: JFM 2008-02-01 18:21 |
| #10 Chez Panisse? Is that a friggin restaurant? Holy shit! It is a friggin restaurant!! And a damn fine chichi one from looking at the menu as I just did! Think you could maybe drop the entree prices down from the eighty five buck range, seeing how you're already raking in a quarter million bucks from the Feds which probably already includes some of mine? Power to the People, right! Unfuckinbelievable...I'll bet Pelosi's in there twice a week when she's in "the district"... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-02-01 17:49 |
| #9 "...I ever had the impression, pehaps from too much watching "The Graduate" that it was the chemically pure paradigm of the university for rich white kids with too much time in their hands. Am I wrong?" Yes, I'm afraid so. The kids there these days are much more likely to be from poor Asian than rich white stock. And, on the whole, they haven't got much time for this silliness, the kids have to work hard at Berkeley. There is a leftoid tint to the place (the university), but not more than at most universities. The City of Berkeley, though, is settled in large part by graduates who never moved away (what does that tell you ?), and these people elect just the kind of time-on-their-hands dilettantes you have in mind. |
| Posted by: buwaya 2008-02-01 17:17 |
| #8 Yawl go easy on our brothers on the council, dudes. Like, man, they been getting nothing but bad weed lately which ain't helpfull to the decision making abilities. |
| Posted by: Cheech and Chong 2008-02-01 16:29 |
| #7 If Sen. Jim THAT will change the city council's mind! |
| Posted by: Cheech and Chong 2008-02-01 16:15 |
| #6 Chez Panisse? Is that a friggin restaurant? Yes, and a self-parody. IIRC, it's about the most insufferable, elitist, patronizing idea for a restaurant ever: the head chef decides on the menu based on what's available from the local markets (organic, whole foods, locally-grown, yada*3) with very little lead time and lots of ridiculous "fusion cuisine" ideas and politically-correct ambiance thrown in. The wait for a table is MONTHS, so you have no idea what will be served when you go. Of course, it costs an arm and a leg+, so you're essentially obligated to love whatever you get. I have no doubt the food can be delicious, but, even if I could afford it, the rest of the shtick would make me lose my appetite. |
| Posted by: xbalanke 2008-02-01 16:06 |
| #5 Just cut off that entire county from all federal funds. They will be bankrupt and unable to do anything in a year. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-02-01 15:51 |
| #4 I know, I know Berkeley has produced several impressive achievements in its science and computi,g departments but I ever had the impression, pehaps from too much watching "The Graduate" that it was the chemically pure paradigm of the university for rich white kids with too much time in their hands. Am I wrong? |
| Posted by: JFM 2008-02-01 15:48 |
| #3 Where's the Boxer Babe & Finestein on this ? This do-do is in their backyard. We can't heeeeaaarrr you ! |
| Posted by: Woozle Elmeter 2907 2008-02-01 14:52 |
| #2 BLOOD is A'BOILING: Oakland Airport is messing with returning Soldiers and Marines. It's an important airport because it's straight across the Bay from SFA and absorbs the overload. CUT every federal dollar to Oakland, Beserkely, and San Fran Freak-O. Every road dollar, school dollar, Food, Teacher dollar, Police, Sherrif, jail, subsidy, Homeland security , BART [subway], Bridge, FireHouse and Fireman etc. If the Federal officals would have the guts to cut even one thousand dollars, these jellyfish fags and pols would scream bloody murder. |
| Posted by: RD 2008-02-01 14:17 |
| #1 I sent out a less-than-civil email (yeah, surprising, I know...) to the entire City Council and Mayor, and got a civil response from Kriss Worthington of the Council: Thanks for your email. Contrary to several newspaper reports, the City Council vote was 6-3 not 8-1. I was one of the NO votes. I expect a correction to appear soon. Kriss W While I'm glad the vote was closer, the effect is teh same. Boycott Berkeley |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-02-01 13:51 |