You did mean- C'mon guys get "my" priorities in order-didn't you Edward.
Appears some of your priorities are taking a hit--looks like the Code pinkies/Libs may have to live with their convictions
Update on articles below
Hit in the Wallet
Reaction has been swift and strong to the decision we told you about Thursday by the city of Berkeley, California ? to declare Marine Corps recruiters "uninvited and unwelcome guests."
Republican Senator Jim Demint is drafting legislation to strip Berkeley of all its federal earmarks in the current budget ? about $2 million worth.
Demint says ? "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."
An official in the office of Marine Commandant General James Conway says there are no plans to move the recruiting office out of Berkeley.
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Issues-military
http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_8120433?source=rss
Hey-hey, ho-ho, the Marines in Berkeley have got to go.
That's the message from the Berkeley City Council, which voted 6-3 Tuesday night to tell the U.S. Marines that its Shattuck Avenue recruiting station "is not welcome in the city, and if recruiters choose to stay, they do so as uninvited and unwelcome intruders."
In addition, the council voted to explore enforcing its law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation against the Marines because of the military's don't ask, don't tell policy. And it officially encouraged the women's peace group Code Pink to impede the work of the Marines in the city by protesting in front of the station.
In a separate item, the council voted 8-1 to give Code Pink a designated parking space in front of the recruiting station once a week for six months and a free sound permit for protesting once a week from noon to 4 p.m.
Councilman Gordon Wozniak opposed both items.
The Marines have been in Berkeley for a little more than a year, having moved from Alameda in December of 2006. For about the past four months, Code Pink has been protesting in front of the station.
"I believe in the Code Pink cause. The Marines don't belong here, they shouldn't have come here, and they should leave," said Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates after votes were cast.
A Marines representative did not respond to requests for comment.
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issues education/values-
Teachers in British schools are being advised by the government to avoid using the phrase "mom and dad" ? and not to assume children have heterosexual parents. It's part of a sweeping new anti-discrimination effort that was produced for the government by a gay rights group.
Other guidance includes familiarizing students as young as four with the idea of same-sex couples. When discussing marriage with older students ? teachers are to instruct about civil partnerships and gay adoption rights. Schools are to encourage gay role models among staff members. And children who use the word "gay" are to be treated the same as racists.
---and long these lines would you agree "fathers day" might be an offinesive term/holiday considering your voting block. Maybe change it to
"Grandparents Day"
duh excuse me-make that "Grand Persons Day"
