Posted by
Bob Siegel on Wednesday, February 13, 2008 4:45:46 PM
Every once in a while, the Left needs to discontinue one of
its tired lines. I guess this week it’s Berkeley’s
turn. Since Berkeley
likes to lead the way with everything else, they should have the honor of being
the first to retire the cliché, “I’m against the war but I support the troops.”
After all, the focus of the news worthy commotion this week
was not a recruitment center for the Iraq
war but rather, a recruitment center in general. The issue now, is whether one should join the
military, period. What the city council
of Berkeley has admitted is that
they are against any war. There
is no use for our soldiers, none at all.
Funny, they don’t seem to mind police protection. Of course, even that idea is dubious, given
that police were not allowed to protect a government building from loud,
obnoxious protestors. That’s right. Men in blue were forbidden to guard men in
green. Under orders from the mayor, Berkeley’s
police were restricted from stopping the illegal, in your face protesting at a
Marine recruitment center (illegal not due to free speech but due to the
trespassing of property) When asked why they weren’t enforcing the law, the
police replied, “We were told not to interfere.” Supposing this had been a Pro-Life intrusion
at an abortion clinic? I’ll just bet good money they’d interfere.
Well, never mind.
I’ll tell you what: If Berkeley doesn’t need our protections or our
laws, then why don’t we just cut off all federal aid to their city? And why
don’t we allow them to secede from the union? After that, we can tip off Russia,
China, Islamo
Nazi’s and anyone else who wants to carve up their own little piece of American
Pie. Why don’t we inform these
benevolent members of the important Global Village that Berkeley
is fair game? Since Berkeleites see themselves as being above America’s
system anyway and since they view the USA
as nothing but a mean, nasty super power, let’s see how they like running
things by themselves. And then, five minutes later, when they are conquered by
the very people whom they have challenged the rest of us to sit down and smoke Peace
Pipes with, we’ll also see how they enjoy living under an alternative super
power.
I can guess what you’re thinking right now: “Bob, we know you must be speaking tongue
and cheek. The idea could never work.
How would other countries get through our boarder, bi-pass all the other
cities and make their way to Berkeley? After all, our boarders are too well
protected for…Oh…Ah…Never mind.”
This is Bob Siegel, making the obvious, obvious.
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