Comments on: Code Pinkoids continue war on Marine recruiting center in Berkeley

By: forest hunter

forest hunter — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:35:01 +0000

I know exACTLY what you mean Tango. Even the Marines were having issues with what I considered non-starters, w/regard to race especially. In boot it was all about the color green after that….not so much. They seemed to have sorted it out by the late 70’s.

By: Tango

Tango — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:01:54 +0000

Forest Hunter: you were one up on me. I didn’t see the movie Billy Jack until 1975 (after I’d left the Navy). Lot of us ‘Nam types not quite sure how we felt about things right about then.

Funny, with all the money that film made – the only actor that appeared in it and went on to have a great career was Howard Hessman. Go figure!

By: Lorica

Lorica — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 23:05:56 +0000

Former President Carter publicly stated on international television that the head of every Middle Eastern nation has told him personally that Bush has no intention of getting out of Iraq, and American troops will still be occupying Iraq for the oil well beyond the year 2020.

Well this certainly hasn’t worked out all that well for us, since we now talking 100.00 per barrel of oil. Even this concept is completely idiotic thinking and not inline, in anyway, with reality. If Iraq was going to be an oil colony then wouldn’t oil be at say 10.00 a barrel??? Also, wouldn’t it be easier and cheaper to just drill in ANWR??? If this statement by Carter is true, I will not morn in any way when his turn to have a national holiday happens, unlike for Reagan or Ford. – Lorica

By: forest hunter

forest hunter — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 22:51:57 +0000

My English teacher showed it in class. (The movie GWR! The movie) The first time I saw it was…… lemme see, three carry the five add uh, oh heck four years before I joined the USMC.

What! Where’s the sticks? I been practicing with my whoppin’ stick and…..oh rifle….. cool…..yep, sure beats a stick!

Tango regarding your #5 comment: Amazing we managed to see what was important and useful, able to glean accuracy and fact w/o becoming a whack job (pun unintended). Education and indoctrination was getting real fuzzy right about then (late 60’s/early 70’s).

By: Tango

Tango — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 22:01:38 +0000

PCD – I always thought Billy Jack (the first movie) was good viewing, especially for the times (thirty years ago, more or less). The sequel wasn’t awful – but it lacked the vision (I thought) of the orginal.

By: Sister Toldjah

Sister Toldjah — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:12:17 +0000

PCD, I just did a quick look at his website. If this doesn’t sound like a typical anti-war lefty,I don’t know what does:

New Exit Strategy for Iraq

87% of Americans regardless of Party favor this Plan

Oil! Oil! Oil!

Exiting Iraq Successfully is all about Oil!

Once the Way In is Decoded,

The Way Out Becomes Crystal Clear

A New, Realistic, Immediately Available Exit Strategy vastly superior to anything being discussed today, including Redeployment and Gradual Withdrawal, or “Stay the Course” â€¦ yet no one ever discusses it or even mentions the word “Oil.”

The Betrayed 2006 Voters “Stop the Iraq War” Exit Plan â€¦

Give back the oil â€“

Replace our Troops Immediately
This is the only Plan that can possibly Stop the Escalating Nuclear Crisis and spreading War in the Middle East

Long before 9/11 â€“ even before Bush was sworn in in 2000 – he had already approved Cheney and the Neo-Cons’ Plans to Invade and Occupy Iraq as an Oil Colony

Former President Carter publicly stated on international television that the head of every Middle Eastern nation has told him personally that Bush has no intention of getting out of Iraq, and American troops will still be occupying Iraq for the oil well beyond the year 2020.

Not only every leader, but everyone in the Middle East knew it was all about oil:

“Every ten-year-old school boy in our village knows that America won’t get out of Iraq and let the UN in because Bush wants to keep Iraq as an oil Colony from which he and Cheney can control all the oil in the Middle East. The whole war has always been about oil.

– Iraqi Merchant, Mahmoud Dulaimi

Tango’s right.

There’s much more at that site, including video on the page I linked to.

By: Sister Toldjah

Sister Toldjah — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:06:55 +0000

PCD, again, I am talking about the movies. Not Billy Jack personally.

By: PCD

PCD — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 19:53:59 +0000

5, Tango, Last I talked to Heather’s husband, he said his brother was noting like his movie character, except for all the martial arts.

6, some pacifist, ST. He used violence to make his points. Laughlin was a good business man. He knew what kind of movie would sell. His sequel didn’t do as well, nor did his “prequel”, “Born Losers”.

By: Sister Toldjah

Sister Toldjah — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:43:44 +0000

PCD, I’m talking about the mindset of the Billy Jack movies, which to me epitomized the pacificst mindset of the anti-war left both then, and now.

By: Tango

Tango — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:34:32 +0000

…having said that, I should also note that I have always admired the Billy Jack character. I think Mr Laughlin brought a sense of honor and quiet dignity to the (fictional) Indian veteran.

But Laughlin’s personal political views are another matter entirely…

By: PCD

PCD — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:15:41 +0000

Hmm, Tango, I’ll have to talk to his brother again.

By: Tango

Tango — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 16:30:15 +0000

….at age 76, Tom Laughlin (Billy Jack)would appear to be among the leading moonbats. Read the totally over-the-top stuff on his website.

By: PCD

PCD — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:53:12 +0000

Sister don’t include “Billy Jack” in on this. I haven’t heard that he’s a nutcake like code pink.

My 1st cousin’s daughter is married to “Billy Jack’s” brother.

By: NC Cop

NC Cop — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 03:40:27 +0000

Do you think that if a Marine is punished for something they send him/her to the Berkley recruiting station. Just a thought.