Confused about Free Speech...

I read today in the news about something that struck an all too familiar cord with me.

It was in the "San Jose Mercury News" linked ... http://origin.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_8186244

What is sad about this article is that they only stop short of saying "them right-wingers want to kill your children"....

This is how the article starts…

“Several Republicans in Congress are moving forward with an effort to strip Berkeley institutions of federal funds in retaliation for last week's City Council vote telling the U.S. Marines their recruiting station is not welcome in the city.
Meanwhile, Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates issued an apology Wednesday to those who serve in the military for any personal offense taken by the council declaration last week.”

And again I have to say, the media has a clear and set agenda. What is this agenda you ask? It is the constant and ever expanding dissemination of the fascist ideals of the Left. They have no morals. And since they don’t have morals or don’t profess any, they shouldn’t have to be held accountable to any morals. –This makes sense…right?

But I will get back to the subject at hand. You will notice first the insertion of the “bad guys” in this case “several republicans” are trying to unfairly strip (the children of course, or “the greater good”) of much needed money. So basically we have a few things here… Republicans in congress are retaliating against small little Berkley city council. Even after they apologized for their utter stupidity.

I could go on all day about their ignorance but I will not. The story continues by stating...

“Six Republican senators, led by Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., and an Orange County representative on Wednesday introduced companion bills called the Semper Fi Act of 2008 that seek to take away $2.3 million from Berkeley earmarked in the 2008 Omnibus Appropriations bill and give it to the Marine Corps.
The funds are designated for school lunches, Bay ferry service, disability organizations, UC Berkeley and public safety.”

Now we have very subtle overstating of the senators affiliation. After all they second word in the piece of leftist drivel is that, they are republicans. Then the third sentence they state AGAIN that they are republican…(do the jounalists, and that is a loosest of terms, think you are too stupid to remember something from the first sentence to the third?) I have ADD and I have a short attention span. But I remember stuff that I read, even if there is one sentence in between.

So what do we have? Well the article goes on to say where the funds were going… “school lunches” = the children, “bay ferry” = the greater good, “disability orgs” = poor and disadvantaged people, UC Berkeley = the children (those that need assistance, can get it from the socialist peoples party a.k.a. the democrats), and lastly “public safety” = the safety for the greater good of the people.

What can we deduce from this section?… It is simple Republicans hate children and the public, especially the disabled or the poor in schools.

See that was easy. Shall we continue? The article goes on to say…

"Berkeley needs to learn that their actions have consequences," DeMint said in a statement. "Patriotic American taxpayers won't sit quietly while Berkeley insults our brave Marines and tries to run them out of town. Berkeley City Council members have shown complete ingratitude to our military and their families, and the city doesn't deserve a single dime of special pet project handouts."

This is a well spoken statement. Why? Because it is true. Most people (excluding those in Berkley of course) like the Military. Or at least think that the Military is a Good thing.

But wait here comes more libtard drivel…

“Bates and others wondered why the legislators would want to punish institutions that have nothing to do with the city government.
"There's really no correlation between federal funds for schools, water ferries and police communications systems and the council's actions, for God's sake," said Bates, a retired U.S. Army captain. "We apologize for any offense to any families of anyone who may serve in Iraq. We want them to come home and be safe at home." “

Now this is where it gets good, well, stupid, but good for commentary.

Bates and others… who are these mysterious others… is it the infamous “they” or “them” you hear of in so many “informed” arguments. I don’t know how many times I hear… well you know what they say… or… they told me… Usually when you hear this, some one is speaking out of their butt.

So what we have is the mayor and the unnamed persons of mysterious backgrounds, saying is …

Government controls schools, ferry systems and police. But the city councils actions (again government) should not be held against the government controlled stuff in California. And then says “for God’s sake”. Wait isn’t there a separation of church and state in this country?… Oh wait, that is just when it is convenient for the leftists.

Then the story says (of course, to prove he doesn’t hate the Military…right?) he (the mayor) is a retired US Army Captain. This statement has always baffled me. Are we supposed to think that he was a captain in the French, Mexican, or some other Army if they didn’t put on the US part? I love all the “military experts” or “retired military” the left is always trotting out to parade in front of us to help their credibility. But to this I only have one thing to say…

And that is that Benedict Arnold was a war hero too…Well before he sold us down the river that is.

On to the next point…

“A spokeswoman for UC Berkeley noted the university has a long relationship with the U.S. military.
"We think it's unfortunate that these senators would target the University of California simply because the campus is located in the city of Berkeley," Marie Felde said. "We have a long history of ROTC at UC Berkeley, and military recruiters come here to recruit frequently. It makes no sense to punish the campus." “

Here we go again, us evil right-wingers trying to single out schools and children and punish them for the actions of others…

What is sad is that this is a spokesman for the college. And I don’t even know where to start with the utter stupidity in this statement…I thought you were supposed to learn “how” to think in College and University, not “what” to think.

So I will go on.

“Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, who toured Berkeley last month promoting federal funding she had secured for her district, said in a statement that she would "strongly oppose" the bill.
And a spokesman for Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., said she would "vigorously fight any effort to cut funding to these programs." “

Boy it sure is a good thing that you don’t have to be educated to be in congress.

We learn a couple of things from this…
1. Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, does the whole “earmark thing” funding she secured for her district … huh?
2. She strongly opposes the un-funding of stuff she got as an earmark.
3. Barbara Boxer doesn’t get it. And on top of that she doesn’t have time to give her opinion herself. But the most fascinating thing is that her statement given by proxy is that they are going to cut funding of the programs.

What you have to remember is that, this is just the FEDERAL funding of these specific earmarks, no doubt slipped in the back pages of some noble piece of legislation…But what a lot of people fail to remember or know is that California has a larger economy than most countries in the civilized world. (I believe it is about the 4th or 5th largest in the world) So don’t tell me they cant afford it.

On we go...

“Ann Cooper, director of nutrition services for the Berkeley Unified School District, which receives federal funds through the Chez Panisse foundation, called the congressional effort "absurd." “

What with the economy as crappy as it is we should continue to give out free stuff and free money. (how many of these poor disadvantaged children getting these “free lunches” are children of ILLEGAL immigrants that don’t pay taxes? Or only ask what this country can do for them instead of asking what they can do for this country?)

Then this brilliant lady goes on to say this little gem…

“ "Why anyone would want to take healthy food away from children is just beyond me," Cooper said. "We're in the throes of a health crisis due to childhood obesity, and Berkeley is one of the very few cities in America that's actually really working on children's health through school food." “

Again with the Republicans ( or you can substitute the right wingers) want to starve your children. But wait… I thought she said they are in a health crisis because of little fat kids. And that Berkeley is one of the only cities doing anything about it…

Holy bat crap… When did we start teaching people to be stupid, and then put them in charge of nutrition of our children?

If kids are fat. Make them get off the couch, away from the playstation, xbox and just tv in general, and have them do something physical. I mean nutrition is a good start… but eventually they will plateau and will have to get up and move.

And where the HELL are the PARENTS. Our kids being fat is not a school problem, or a government problem, or a public health problem, it IS a parenting problem. And when did the school lunch lady become the parent of all our kids…??

But that goes in line with the socialists agenda… you know… from each according to their means, and to each according to their needs…

I am sure I am being insensitive or close minded… maybe I hate kids or just fat people. Who knows…I mean I watched Rosie when she was on and I liked the show… well at least I did before she got so fat… oh wait… nevermind…

Moving on…

"Bates said the council's declaration was a symbolic act against the war in Iraq, not against the "men and women who serve in the Marines or any other armed force." "

Ok I have two words for you…

The first is the male cow…
The second is exactly that #2

If it was indeed a symbolic act… why the need for a resolution from a governing body? Let’s see if I have this right…
It is against the war…and the Marine recruiters…but not those that chose to join the Marines as a job. Knowing full well that they may have to go to war. You can't criticize a institution but then “not mean any criticism” toward those who identify them selves with that organization. I know this because they tell you when you join. And they tell you that you will have to use a gun too. And we all know that guns kill people right boys and girls?...
..............................................................Well not ani mor than thiz keybord makes mi hav tiepoes.

WOW all I can say is … what stunning intellectualism…

“Two Berkeley City Council members this week said they would ask the council on Tuesday to rescind the item that declares the Marines "uninvited and unwelcome intruders." But Betty Olds and Laurie Capitelli, who wrote the proposal, did not move to retract three other related items the council approved at the same meeting: calling on residents to impede the work of any military recruiting station in the city; asking the city attorney to investigate whether the Marines violate city laws banning discrimination based on sexual orientation; and giving the protest group Code Pink a free weekly parking space and sound permit to protest in front of the Shattuck Avenue recruiting station. “

So now that they are found out, they want to say “do over”… huh funny how that works.
But they still want people to impede the Military’s freedom of speech. Plus what happened to the Clintonov policy of “don’t ask, don’t tell”. I mean you can’t go into the Marine recruiter in a dress(if you are male) and expect to not be found out...
And another thing why is it that people that have morals must compromise to debased behavior and debaucheries, but they don’t ever have to compromise. As if to silence our freedom of speech. Funny how that works.

"Code Pink plans to be at Tuesday's council meeting, as does a pro-military group called Move America Forward, which said Wednesday it is bringing the mother of the first Navy Seal killed in Iraq from Arizona. Move America Forward plans to stage a daylong protest in front the council chambers. "

I wonder if anyone gave them a permit to have noise amplification like they did for “code pink” in front of the Marine recruiters? I doubt that. In fact it is only stifling freedom of speech if you don’t have morals and you speak out.

"The Senate bill was introduced by DeMint, Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga.; Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla.; Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas; Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla.; and Sen. David Vitter, R-La. Rep. John Campbell, R-Newport Beach, introduced the companion bill in the House. "

Staff writer Shelly Meron contributed to this story. E-mail Doug Oakley at
doakley@bayareanewsgroup.com

What can we learn from this article?…

A few things.

Freedom of speech is under fire but only for those on the right.

Freedom of speech is only if you don’t offend someone

Freedom of speech is the freedom to speak out and not worry about being thrown in jail. Not your right for all people in the world to hear you. We don’t have that freedom in the Constitution.

According to the media… democrats love kids, republicans want to starve your children to death.

People in Berkeley, Cal. Want to invoke the freedom of speech issue when it comes to them not getting money from the government, because of something they drafted by legislation by a governing body… but have no problem silencing the voices of the people that don’t agree with them.

That is all for now…