Following-in, or - since one never can be quite certain who's leading the bandwagon and who's piling on - perhaps redirecting the footsteps of Amy Hagopian along her anti-military recruiter parade route, San Francisco is apparently vying for their very own 'All-America' status as they "support the troops" by "patriotically" targeting the recruiters.
That's right. Anti-war activists submitted a ballot measure for the November ballot that, if passed, would encourage city officials and school administrators to exclude military recruiters from campuses - even if it means losing federal funding due to the provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act.
Expect the far-left to expedite the circling of the bandwagons on the "failures" of "No Child." Do not, however, expect the near-left to call BS. I mean: Come on! Who likes to jeer at a parade?!
Besides... wouldn't be prudent...
"We do not see George Bush's daughters signing up," says a member of the International Socialist Organization - which seems to be the band leader of this shining moment of pride for San Francisco and soon, again, the People's Socialist Republic of Seattle and Amy Hagopian.
Notice the ISO sign doesn't identify what "lie" recruiters supposedly tell. I'll give you three guesses why.
The initiative must be certified within 30 days by the Department of Elections, but only 10,400 of the 15,000 signatures must be certified. If San Fran is anything like Seattle, then dead people and felons may freely vote (or sign) early and often if it means maintaining their strangle-hold on power. Therefore, we can expect the initiative to be certified - and for Socialists to gain more political standing in another "All-America" city.
Just one more reason my children are going to be home-schooled if vouchers (meaning ::gasp:: competition for my tax-dollars) aren't approved by the time I have children who are school-age.
A News Release from CENTCOM HQ:
July 11, 2005
Release Number: 05-07-07
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan - Afghan National Police officers turned in more then 1,000 rockets and other munitions to U.S. forces near Ghazni on July 7 after having collected them from around the region.
In addition to the rockets, police collected more then 400 mortar rounds, more than 200 recoilless rifle rounds, 150 machine gun rounds, 75 rocket-propelled grenades and four anti-tank mines. Ninety-five percent of the munitions were reported as serviceable and one quarter were still in their original packing materials.
Coalition forces transported the weapons to a nearby base for destruction.
"We are seeing district and provincial governments across the country prepare for the National Assembly Elections in September. Part of that process is vetting candidates who want to run for seats in the parliament," said U.S. Army Lt. Col. Mike Fenzel, deputy commander of the Coalition's Regional Command East. "But in order to be favorably considered as a candidate, former warlords, fighters, and citizens with caches of weapons have to demobilize and demilitarize to even be considered. We've watched a steady flow of weapons and ammunition being turned in and collected by the Afghan National Police around our area of operation, all as part of the democratic process. These are very clear signals that democracy and security are taking hold in Afghanistan.
"Elsewhere in Afghanistan, U.S. Soldiers patrolling near Qalat captured a man believed to be responsible for the detonation of an improvised explosive device that was triggered as their convoy passed July 7. The detonation caused no injuries or damage.
The man believed to be responsible for the attack was being questioned.
U.S. forces pursued a second individual believed to be involved in the attack but were unable to apprehend him.
Comment: Guess who wants to pretend that employing IEDs and hiding in Mosques is the mark of the "winning" side? And - notice his "uniform" then go read the Geneva Conventions.
GLENEAGLES, Scotland (Reuters) - President Bush said on Thursday it was best to let an official U.S. review of the Chinese bid for U.S. oil company Unocal run its course without him getting involved.
"There is a process that our government uses to analyze such purchases. It's best I allow this process to move forward without comment," he said when questioned on the sidelines of a Group of Eight summit at Gleneagles, Scotland.
The Chinese state-controlled energy firm CNOOC Ltd has offered $18.5 billion bid for Unocal Corp., higher than a rival offer from U.S. firm Chevron Corp .
Despite the higher price of CNOOC's bid, it has encountered significant opposition from some U.S. lawmakers who want the Bush administration to review the bid to determine whether the Chinese government-backed offer poses any threat to U.S. national security. (Washington Post)
No, Mr. President. Go ahead and comment. I'm thinking your guidance on National Security issues is necessary - even in free market. It's not a ruling... just guidance.
Ann Coulter puts the SCOTUS ban on the Ten Commandments into perspective with a long list of apparently less-offensive tax-payer funded speech. For example:• A photo of a newborn infant with its mouth open titled to suggest the infant was available for oral sex. —NEA-funded performance
• Korans distributed to aspiring terrorists at Guantanamo. —U.S. military
• "If there was a better, more effective, or in fact any other way of visiting some penalty befitting their participation upon the little Eichmanns inhabiting the sterile sanctuary of the Twin Towers ([ than the attack of 9/11)], I'd really be interested in hearing about it." —Ward Churchill, professor, University of Colorado
• We need "a million more Mogadishus" [referring to the slaughter of 18 American soldiers during a peacekeeping mission in Somalia in 1993]. —Nicholas De Genova, assistant professor, Columbia University
• Close-up photos of women's vaginas plastered all over a portrait of the Virgin Mary (which The New York Times will still not mention when it describes the "art"). —Brooklyn Museum of Art
• A show titled "DEGENERATE WITH A CAPITAL D" featuring a display of the remains of the artist's own aborted baby. —NEA-funded exhibit
And ol' Blue wants you to suppose "Thou Shalt not Kill" is going to corrupt your children's mind...WTF?!
