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Marines unwelcome at Oakland International

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Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-09-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top
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#1 I couldn't get link to work.

This story smells fishy.

Posted by gorb 2007-09-30 03:50|| 2007-09-30 03:50|| Front Page Top

#2 Two marines each with a belt can clear out a bar with thirty men in it.

Airports who spit on Marines...form up the Marines. march them right through the Airport end to end. If you get stopped bounce the guys who stop you. Keep Marching. march all over the place and then if they give you any guff see who the Police support...the airport stooges or the Marines. make it political. Dont hurt 'em too bad. Just lay 'em up for a day or two.

Marines dont have to be PC. Dont like that? Suxj a hotchie.

Posted by Angleton9 2007-09-30 05:00|| 2007-09-30 05:00|| Front Page Top

#3 The San Francisco ~~Bay~~ Gay Area:
back during Vietnam was the worst. Unspeakable. But ever since, there have been insults aplenty.

Mayor Art Agnos and his fellow Lefty travelers blocked battleship Missouri..

They continued to scheme on the Navy/Army/Coast Guard/Marine Real Estate so the Navy & Army finally realized that the SF Bay Area Pols would never negotiate in good faith and decided to dump the Prime stuff.

TI, Treasure Island.
Hunters Point [micro weather is great]
Presidio
Ft Mason
etc.
etc.

What sticks in my craw is that our federal Gubmint HAS NEVER Clobered the a$$hole politicians out here even once.

Of course it would burn/cost we citizens but HEY then these sheep out here NEED a wake up CALL!

Posted by Red Dawg">Red Dawg 2007-09-30 06:05|| 2007-09-30 06:05|| Front Page Top

#4 gorb,

I thought it smelled fishy too, but it came from a credible source and had a name and unit so if someone can disprove it, it should be easy. On the other hand, it is a scurrilous story, if true. I knew the burg would debunk it if false. Enquiring minds want to know.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-09-30 07:26|| 2007-09-30 07:26|| Front Page Top

#5 Oakland is not a part of America--foreign terriroty--weirdo_landistan.

Posted by JohnQC 2007-09-30 09:22|| 2007-09-30 09:22|| Front Page Top

#6 Couple this with the refusal of SF to allow the Marines to film a recruiting video, where the city said they could film as long AS THERE WERE NO MARINES VISIBLE IN ANY OF THE PICTURES!
Yes indeed, Pelosiland and Ron Dellums Commune are alive and well, enjoying the safety the rest of us provide while they piss on our leg every day.....

Posted by JustAboutEnough 2007-09-30 14:12|| 2007-09-30 14:12|| Front Page Top

#7 Michelle Malkin has confirmed the email and the story are accurate.

Posted by lotp 2007-09-30 14:22|| 2007-09-30 14:22|| Front Page Top

#8 No response from my letter thru the "Contact Us" portion.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2007-09-30 14:39|| 2007-09-30 14:39|| Front Page Top

#9 May I suggest the following contacts?

Port of Oakland Contact:

Marilyn Sandifur
Media and Public Relations
(510) 627-1193
msandifur@portoakland.com
or
Harold Jones
Director of Communications
(510) 627-1564
hjones@portoakland.com

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-09-30 14:42|| 2007-09-30 14:42|| Front Page Top

#10 Oakland Airport has made some typical excuses, to the effect that the military charter failed to properly communicate that the flight had cleared the equivalent of TSA screening. It may even be true, but is still an inadequate reason to deny terminal access to the troops.
One wonders, when (not if) the next earthquake hits the Bay Area, the authorities will deny access by the troops unless they have cleared TSA screening.
It sounds to me like the politicians are grandstanding for their base - and that's how the system works. Don't blame them, blame the people who continue to elect the Lees, Boxers, etc.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-09-30 16:48|| 2007-09-30 16:48|| Front Page Top

#11 sorry Glenmore, we can blame both: their asshole moonbat constituents, and their whoring anti-American politicians, who (one would hope) know better, but pander to the diminished intellect of their constituency.

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-09-30 17:14|| 2007-09-30 17:14|| Front Page Top

#12 What is ludicrous to me is the idea that armed Federal Soldiers are considered less trustworthy than TSA ~~losers~~ thugs - and require the "blessing" of the TSA.

Would Oakland "quarantine" a planeload of armed FBI or Secret Service agents? Or a planeload of police SWAT team members? Or even a planeload of big game hunters?

The plane's movement commander who certifies a planelod of troops as "safe" should be esteemed higher than some lowly TSA slug. Actually, he should be esteemed higher than the Oakland Airport Director.

I can almost visualize the same scenario at hurricane Katrina - "Oh, I'm sorry, your troops are not allowed within the city limits - beacause, they are, well, you know, they are DANGEROUS...."

Posted by Lone Ranger 2007-09-30 21:08|| 2007-09-30 21:08|| Front Page Top

#13 but they support our troops....

dumb f**ks

Posted by Jan 2007-09-30 23:05|| 2007-09-30 23:05|| Front Page Top

#14 Vile.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-09-30 23:14|| 2007-09-30 23:14|| Front Page Top

#15 MichelleMalkin validated the story - by contacting the Chaplain who confirmed the story, the unit and the letter.

Posted by OldSpook 2007-09-30 23:31|| 2007-09-30 23:31|| Front Page Top

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