San Francisco city council's stated reasons for there anti military bigotry on our troops
this one they say because traffic control but every month they let this little thing called Critical Mass that snarls traffic for the rest of the night and they are very militant attacking motorist if they don't get there way.
also stated reasons for there stance is the disagreement with the war(s)
the military stance on the gay issue.
saying they don't want to seem like war mongers for allowing the military to be in the city
JROTC shut down…
[ROTC opponents’] position was summed up by a former teacher, Nancy Mancias, who said, “We need to teach a curriculum of peace.”
USS Iowa turned away…
“But also, it’s a warship and it’s got guns on it. It fires things. You know, you can’t deny what it is.” Gerardo Sandoval, Memeber of San Francisc Board of Supervisors
Killing officers is OK…
If there’s one slogan that’s come to represent the anti-war movement in its current incarnation, it’s one that appeared on a banner in a March 15 [2003] demonstration in San Francisco. It bore the message,“We Support Our Troops, When They Shoot Their Officers.” This banner has been seen around the world and cited in more than 400 publications.
Blue Angels not welcome…
The annual aerial show by the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels — a San Francisco tradition dating back to 1981 that pumps millions into the local economy — is running into opposition from three local peace advocacy groups that are calling for a permanent halt to the popular Fleet Week flyover.
CodePink, Global Exchange and Veterans for Peace, Chapter 69, are working with Supervisor Chris Daly on a Board of Supervisors resolution to address concerns over the Blue Angels.
And now, the United States Marines are denied permission to film a recruiting commercial in the city…
“It’s insulting, it’s demeaning. [Film Commission Executive Director Stefanie Coyote] is going to insult these young heroes by just arbitrarily saying, ‘no, you’re not going to film any Marines on California Street,” said Captain Greg Corrales of the SFPD Traffic Bureau.
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