California: home of towns that are an insult to the U.S. military
The more I hear of the laws and issues promoted in towns across California, the more I wonder what happened to their gene pool out there. Actually that might not be fair, as Southern California seems to have its head on its shoulders as opposed to stuck up an orifice, most of the time.
The issue at hand this time are laws passed to restrict military recruiters. 2 towns, Eureka and Arcata, voted to restrict recruiters from speaking with those under the age of 17. There was nothing preventing the minors from contacting the recruiters first though. Of course the federal law is that no one can join the military under the age of 18, except those 17 with parental permission. And theAppeals Court have just shot these laws down as unconstitutional.
But my point is that why would anyone attack the military in such a manner. As if it is a terrible thing to defend one’s country. To voluntarily step up and support the Freedoms and Rights the majority of Americans take for granted every day. In passing these laws these towns had made joining the military seem as if it were akin to joining a gang or an illegal activity, or somehow shameful.
And it’s not as if the laws regarding military recruitment have changed in the past 30 years of so. Thus I am led to believe that the people in these towns are cowards, disrespectful, and ungrateful. This is a political action, pure and simple. It’s a statement directed at the wrong people for the wrong reason.
It’s no surprise that this happened in California. A State where in the Northern half Marines returning home from Iraq are asked not to enter the public ways of the airport. Where the Navy is asked to not allow any leave when coming into port. Where institutions proposing to offer higher learning describe Marines as “unwelcome intruders”.
They make me almost wish that an enemy army were to attack them, because you know they would be screaming for the very same military they do not support or respect to come to their rescue.
I’m sure Nancy Pelosi is proud of these insulting actions by her fellow Northern Californians. They reflect the views and actions she and Sen. Harry Reid have shoved onto the American people via their control of the Congress, and now White House. Too bad that North Korea and Iran agree with their views as well. Thus their nuclear weapons programs are going full tilt.
I wonder how unwelcome Marines would be if North Korea shoves a missile up San Francisco’s ass.
But to the point at hand. Maybe it’s the veggie burgers, or the health fanatics. It could be the liberal use of drugs (since the 60’s through to today with medical marijuana). Or it could be all that sunshine and earthquakes alternately baking and then shaking the brains of those in California. Whatever it might be, they are an affront to those that make the choice, especially in these difficult times, to offer to defend this nation with their lives.
I wonder if Obama’s Stimulus package can be used to provide Eureka and Arcata with one-way tickets to Venezuala so they can live under Hugo Chavez. That at least would be worth the money.
July 8th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
Perhaps the inhabitants of Northern California perceive that the U.S. Military is not so much defending this country as it is attacking other countries, and that makes all the difference.
It’d be nice if Obamas stimulus package invested in home grown, clean, sustainable, energy production and that way the U.S. wouldn’t have to slaughter thousands of innocent Iraqis to steal their oil.
July 10th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
Richard,
I disagree with your view of the military completely.
As for the Obama stimulus package (the first one, another is being planned already) it is a failure. As it was structured to be.
Green energy is a pipe dream that is infeasible, unproven, and unsustainable at this time. It sounds great but does not work. Ethanol (as used in the U.S.) spikes food prices, and is less efficient than gas thus requiring more and defeating it’s “clean” benefits. Biomass produces too little fuel and requires more energy than it produces, geothermal is inefficient, solar cannot produce enough to be viable at this time, and wind energy requires so much space to generate inconsistent energy as to be a joke. But it is this “sounds great” philosophy that is allowing Democrats and the Obama Administration to fail to properly address the energy concerns of America.
Lastly, and more on the point, the American military does not, nor has it ever, slaughtered anyone. To say that they have is a blatant lie, and a disservice to the men and women of the military. It is the worst kind of propoganda, unsubstantiated, and crude. In addition the American military has never stolen anything; again to say such is to spread propoganda and lies.
If the people of Northern California are basing their actions on the lies and propoganda you suggest, then they are fools of the worst sort. I believe that there must be another reason as I expect that Northern Californians are more intelligent than to believe such idiocy.