Santa Cruz Hippies Run Off Military Recruiters; IED found under cop cars
Via Geoff, this battle has taken a turn for the worse:
Three recruitment offices announced this week they were backing out of a campus job fair set for Tuesday.Treason, in other words. It's a strike aimed at undercutting America's military effectiveness.The announcement by the Marines and two Army recruitment offices comes after efforts by university officials to make military recruiters and targets of other campus protests feel more welcome and safe on campus.
"We hope that they've finally given up on UC Santa Cruz," said Alex Jabbari, a member of Students Against War. ...
Student activists say their counter-recruitment efforts are the most direct and effective way to make it difficult for the government to wage war.
Here's the infuriating thing: remember that 1989 earthquake in Northern California? Guess who was helping out Santa Cruz:
The roads are mostly open and the National Guard disaster units moved on weeks ago, but for several hundred families near the summit of the Santa Cruz Mountains, the phrase ''returned to normal'' still rings hollow.Frankly, the term "normal" when applied to Santa Cruz always rings hollow. But...you know what the National Guard is going to do Santa Cruz when the next Big One hits?
Why, save their pathetic worthless patchouli-soaked trustifarian hides, of course. Because that's their job, and Santa Cruz, as bitterly embarrassed as they may be to admit this fact, is still part of America that the National Guard defends.
This gives me a chance to give you put up this link as well from a while ago:
A Santa Cruz police officer discovered an improvised explosive device Saturday morning stuck under the front of her patrol car, which was parked in her driveway overnight.Not sure whether it's an anarcho-hippie thing or what, but that would be my guess. After all, they had a problem with Church vandalism on Easter Sunday (h/t Michelle), and it's not the first time, either.
The device - "like a jug" filled with flammable liquid - had a fuse that showed evidence of a burn. "They lit it," said department spokesman Zach Friend, "but we are all fortunate that it did not" explode.
Good thing they won't be armed with nukes, huh?











