Code Pink Vs. The U.S. Marine Corps

First it was phone-in-the-tears mom, AKA Cindy Sheehan, taking on the Secret Service and local law enforcement authorities of Crawford, Texas.  Amazing though it was to leftists, reason and order prevailed and the President was not forced shamefaced from his legal residence.

Ultimately, he didn't even have to kiss Cindy's ring.  This insult remains in the minds of the elite, even as the protagonist has evaporated from their exalted and endless matrix of concern and caring.

Now the City of Berkeley is seeking revenge, attempting to win one back for the griper by driving the Marines from among their enlightened and superior midst.  Noble as this action "on behalf of our children" may be, I fear it is no less doomed than Cindy's crusade.  The votes of city councils do not in any way supersede the Constitution of the United States of America, even when the actions of those councils give frissons of ecstasy to their cannabis-addled constituents.

Berkeley can guarantee Code Pink a perpetual parking space in front of the Marine recruiting station and give the Pinkies all the protest permits they want, but my money is still on the Marines.  They have better uniforms, bigger guns, and they actually stand for something.

The Pinkies are only against things - BushCheneyHitler, children being deprived of their right to have two mommies with no daddies allowed, price increases at the all-you-can-eat buffet.  They're sampled the smorgasbord of nanny state idiocies and found none of them worth focusing on, and all of them worth their vague whining support; at least as long as the press is snapping pictures and the Taco Bell next door is open.

Berkeley has once again forced its way to the head of the parade of foolishness that passes for civic activity on the west coast.  Of course we expect no less from them.  Good going, guys.

Meanwhile, if there are any clear headed people with video cameras in Berkeley, could you please film the planned "eviction" of the Marines?  Pinks will throw milkshake cartons and threaten to uncover their sagging chests, local courts will bluster and local police will wisely keep their heads down.  Now that would be an indie film truly worth watching.

Semper Fidelis.