Stunner: Berkeley Moonbats Vote Against Welcoming Club Gitmo Detainees

Don't worry, though, they've still got their anti-American street cred. They did vote to support Wikileaks traitor Bradley Manning.

In a marathon meeting Tuesday night, Berkeley's City Council split on two controversial resolutions, unanimously approving a measure in support of alleged Wikileaker Bradley Manning, but narrowly voting down one that would invite former Guantanamo detainees to settle in the city.

Neither measure — both of which have drawn national attention, not to mention making Berkeley quite a few friends at Fox News and its ilk — was even discussed before the four-hour mark, but when they were, it was about as much of a nail-biter as a city council meeting can be.

A slightly revised version of the Manning measure, which still called for an end to the alleged mistreatment of the Army private but broadened the language to clarify support for all human rights, not just Manning's, passed unanimously. (That version was itself a revised edition: the original, which was introduced in December, called Manning a "hero," but was since watered down.)

Good thing they support all humans. Except those on the right or who work for the evil Fox News.

The second measure, which called for an end to the US's policy disallowing Guantamo detainees from living in the United States and invited two unspecifiied detainees (who'd been cleared of wrongdoing) to settle in the city, didn't fare so well, however. After another long public comment session, at which all but one person expressed unequivocal support for the measure, Councilmember Linda Maio, with three minutes left on the clock, introduced a substitute that essentially acknowledged the incompatibility between Berkeley's proposed measure and the US government's stance and amended the measure to say that the council would re-examine the matter when it was possible to take action under federal law.

After the meeting, Maio told The Express that she proposed the substitute precisely because of the outsize scrutiny the city and the council has been getting. "I wanted the media to get a message from Berkeley that wasn't a one-liner," she said.

She's misunderstood. Berkeley isn't a one-line. It's a punchline.

Berkeley, Egypt, and Journalism students

Anybody else see the delicious irony in this situation. A journalism student from the University of CA at Berkeley was arrested in Egypt while trying to photograph a demonstration. He has been released but look at the advice he was given from some of his Egyptian friends.

In the meantime, his Egyptian friends, mostly anti-government bloggers, sent him advice, telling him to stay calm and to be an "American bitch."

The student in question is James Karl Buck, a graduate student at the University of California at Berkeley. I wonder if he was looking for some Marines, or did he see the irony of what Code Pink is doing at home versus his experience.
Unfortunately some of life's best lessons are lost on the people of Berkeley.

Kennesaw, GA passes its' own city council resolutions on the military

And they don't agree with Bezerkeley either. Of course since their are no Code Pinko activists slumming around the streets this will get exactly zero attention. Kennesaw is very conservative, you know what Republicans used to be, and they have made news in the past. They passed legislation many years ago requiring the head of every household to own a gun. The results are what is to be expected. You have to look with a magnifying glass to find any crime there. That is where my parents moved to after all of kids were out of the house to live out the rest of their lives.

"The men and women of our armed forces are welcome in Kennesaw to enjoy the fruits of Southern hospitality, honor and respect for their service to these United States of America," the Kennesaw resolution reads.

The council has also asked all Kennesaw residents to fly the American flag today.

Three of the five city council members are military veterans. Councilman Tim Killingsworth is a retired Marine. Councilmen John Dowdy and Bill Thrash served in the Army.

With a population of a little over 50,000 some people might not agree that it is a small town, but it is a nice town.

Civil Liberties Horror: Berkeley Cracks Down on Homeless

You ever notice the practitioners of tolerance and diversity usually take a couple of decades to catch up with the rest of society?

Sure enough, the folks in Berkeley have now passed ordinances to help restore some semblance of sanity to their streets, and it's not just the homeless who are affected. Of course, the San Francisco Chronicle considers it controversial.

The Berkeley City Council approved a controversial plan Tuesday night to reduce unruly behavior in public places.

The new plan cracks down on yelling, littering, camping, drunkenness, smoking, urinating and sex on sidewalks and in parks.

The initiative, known as the Public Commons for Everyone Initiative, will provide more housing, benefits counseling and public toilets for the hundreds of homeless people in Berkeley. It also beefs up enforcement of laws against lying on the sidewalk and imposes a smoking ban in commercial areas.

What if you lie while you're on the sidewalk?

Under the plan, seniors or social workers would walk around monitoring street behavior and either direct homeless people to social services or call the police if necessary.

"There are people on the streets that we as a society are collectively responsible for," said City Councilman Laurie Capitelli. "I think sometimes people need help fixing their lives, and we collectively have to help people do that."

City staff began crafting the initiative earlier this year in response to regular complaints from visitors, merchants and residents that the city's public places were becoming increasingly inhospitable as a result of rowdy behavior.

The original plan, which the council passed in June, called for tougher enforcement of existing laws governing street behavior. Among the suggestions was a crackdown on sitting on the sidewalk, which enraged homeless people and their advocates who said it was overly punitive.

The revised initiative eliminates the sidewalk-sitting language but makes it easier for police to cite people for lying on the sidewalk. Enforcement would be a low priority between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. if no one complained.

Berkeley has had a mixed relationship with its homeless population for decades. Homeless people, the mentally ill, teenage runaways and others on society's fringe have long been drawn to the city for its plethora of social programs, good weather, progressive history and generally tolerant attitude.

But over the years, residents and merchants have developed a more complicated relationship with the city's street population as the city has become increasingly upper-middle-class as a result of soaring home prices, and the homeless population has mushroomed.

Welcome to the real world, you intolerant bastards.