Category Archives: Military

Berkeley anti-Marine Update: a petition and more

More news about the anti-American, anti-military types at Berkeley, courtesy of Michelle Malkin: Move America Forward has a petition you can sign to protest Berkeley’s City Council’s resolution to force the Marine recruiting station out of town; the site had been down earlier but was online as I wrote this post Senator Jim DeMint of [...]

Shameless and shameful Berkeley (updated)

Berkeley’s at it again: The City of Berkeley, California has passed two resolutions attacking the United States Marine Corps, calling the Marines, “uninvited and unwelcome intruders in the city.” The Berkeley City Council voted to condemn the Marines on Tuesday night (January 29th) as part of a campaign by anti-war activists to shut down a [...]

Jerkeley anti-military, anti-American Berkeley

This item, via Michelle Malkin, has me (a proud Army veteran) seeing red: In response to a Marine Corps recruiting office established in Berkeley last year, local activists are trying to make it more difficult for future recruiting centers to open in the city. If passed by a majority of Berkeley voters, a proposed initiative [...]

UPDATE: Grodner=Guilty!

The military-hating lawyer I blogged about in yesterday’s post, Jay Grodner, had his day in court today and here’s what happened according to a reader at Michell Malkin’s blog: Long story short, he has to pay $600 to a Semper Fi Fund (Marine [Corps] fund for the wounded) and he has to report for Social [...]

Troop-bashing lawyer faces the music tomorrow

As a veteran (Army) myself, this story rankles me. Sgt. Michael McNulty, a 26-year-old Marine from Chicago, had his car keyed allegedly by a jerkball lawyer as he visited a friend before he left for his second tour in Iraq. Charges against the lawyer, 55-year-old Jay Grodner, might be upgraded to a felony, and there’s [...]