Why Fund Anti-Americans?

That is the question US Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina is asking. In the wake of the anti-American Berkeley City Council passing a bill that informs the United States Marines that they are not welcome in Berkeley, and their attempts to place the Marine recruiting office into the same legal category as porn shops, DeMint is planning to propose legislation that will revoke all federal funding from the City of Berkeley. Said DeMint,

"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.

To me this seems entirely appropriate. If the City of Berkeley cannot support the United States Marines, why are we American taxpayers forced to support the City of Berkeley with our money? And the same argument can be made for any other city or municipality that cannot support the United States Armed Forces. They are absolutely free to be idiotic, as Senator DeMint commented, but there is no right for them to receive our money.

Unfortunately, I do not think that the prospects for Senator DeMint's bill are strong, especially with the San Francisco Democrats like Nancy Pelosi running Congress. However, if enough of us put pressure on Congress, maybe there is some chance. I urge all my US readers to contact your Senator or Congressman and urge them to support this legislation of Senator DeMint's. Let's send a message to the People's Republic of Berkeley- you may be idiots, but speech does have consequences and idiocy can as well.

Pro-Military Supporters Outnumber Protestors in Berkeley- Will MSM Report This?

The mainstream media (ABC, NBC, CBS, New York Times, CNN, etc) have made their opposition to the US campaign against Islamic terror, particularly the current Iraq campaign a centerpiece of their coverage almost since the beginning. Current headline stories include complaints that not enough bodies are available to graveyards and complaints that not enough US soldiers are killing their commanders, a practice known as 'fragging'. Further examples of the media's partisanship include their constant hero-worship of people like Cindy Sheehan and their ignoring of other soldiers' parents who still support the campaign and the President.

Today, a group of Code Pink protestors assembled in front of Berkeley's Marine recruiting office to protest, but unfortuantely for them, they were far outnumbered by pro-military supporters, who gathered across Shattuck Avenue. As the COntra Costa Times reported,

Protests in Berkeley are nothing new.

A protest of a protest is unique -- even in Berkeley.

On one side of the street was CodePINK, Grandmothers Against the War, Berkeley East Bay Gray Panthers, Women in Black and other peace groups holding "no war" signs and chanting "out of Iraq."

On the other were military veterans, mothers and fathers of soldiers, members of the UC Berkeley College Republicans and Melanie Morgan, whose conservative talk show airs on KSFO. They waved American flags and chanted "USA, USA, USA."

To their credit, the Contra Costa Times led its story with the report that the pro-military group vastly outnumbered the anti-American Code Pink. However, I have yet to see a single mainstream media organization pick the story up other than Drudge. I won't hold my breath- reporting this story would force media organizations to acknowledge that their constant protrayal of Iraq and the war against Islamic terror as hugely unpopular is not as representative of the truth as they would like. Cross-posted on NewsBusters.