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Vice President Joe Biden had his “oops” moment Wednesday speaking in a 49er-crazed SF when he told a crowd at a city political fundraiser that “the Giants are on their way to the Super Bowl.” - SF Chronicle, 1-18-12
Berzerkeley strikes again
The SF Chronicle reports on how the Berkeley City Council will vote tonight on whether or not to become the first city in the US to “independently try to comply with U.N. treaties on torture, civil rights and racial discrimination” (via Dan Riehl):
The measure would require the city to file biennial reports to the United Nations on how – or whether – the city meets international human rights standards. In Berkeley, that could include its record on homelessness, the achievement gap among different racial groups at Berkeley High and the presence of John Yoo, a UC Berkeley School of Law professor and Berkeley resident who authored the Bush administration’s justification for torture.
“It’s critical that cities and counties, not just nations, make these reports to the U.N.,” said Ann Fagan Ginger, head of the Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute in Berkeley. “To relate directly to the U.N. is the closest way we have of supporting the rights spelled out in these treaties.”
Unpaid law students at Ginger’s institute and volunteers on the city’s Peace and Justice Commission would compile most of the city data for the United Nations. City staff would chip in if more work is needed, according to the city manager.
Berkeley would be the first city in the country, and possibly the world, to submit its compliance records to the United Nations, said Yves Sorokobi, a U.N. spokesman in New York.
“We welcome citizen participation in trying to uphold these treaties, but in general they are directed toward countries,” he said. Berkeley “has taken the lead here.”
I have a better idea: Why doesn’t Berkeley just secede from the state of California and this country, and become a member state of the UN? That way, if this country is ever attacked on the left coast, they’ll have to rely solely on the UN for defense. That way, whenever this country does something that goes against the socialistic ideals of the fruitcakes in Berkeley, they no longer have to dramatically reaffirm how “ashamed” they are to be “Americans.” That way, when a caravan of Berzerkeley citizens travels overseas in support of the “Palestinian cause” the US military will not have the authority to rescue them when they get in over their heads. That way, the next time they get involved in something spectacularly stupid, I don’t have to feel embarassed over something stupid and self-serving another American city is doing in the name of “human rights.”
Shall I continue?
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We’ve tried, we’ve tried. But each time they tear down the wall and fill in the moat.
That’s the northern epicenter of craziness here, by the way. I fully expect The People’s Republic of Soviet Monica (aks Santa Monica) next door to me to try it next.
Those in Berkley are nuts, just talked to a lady today a far lefty who named her daughter “Berkley” after that “not so great” school.
When Nanc Pelos talked about being worried about hate speech, I was shocked that no bloggers recalled the vulgar language used by Berkeley H.Schoolers last year in front of the Recruiting Station… and the chasing of people against their position.
As a Cal alum, I have nothing against forced secession, but am partial to the idea of carving up the city so that Cal itself remains part of the U.S. while the rest of that dreadful city does not. UC Berkeley is loony-left, sure, but not all that much more so than your typical university; certainly no worse than Harvard or Duke. What makes Berserkeley the laughingstock that it is, is not so much the university as the freaks on Telegraph Ave. who could never get into that school, or any other accredited one for that matter. Them and the commies who have no connection to the university but choose to live in Berkeley anyway because it’s … well … Berkeley.
If we can’t arrange a secession that leaves UCB in the union, so be it. Just hold off until October 12, when I’m safely back from my law school reunion. I really don’t want to end up on the wrong side of the border.
Those fools in Berserkley don’t have a clue that they’re just preaching to the Hate-America choir when they send their ominous report on “human rights” to the Hate-America Nations.
I wonder what they’d do if their local leaders ever forced them to get real, productive jobs down there? You know, the kind where they actually produced something besides vitriol. And if their glorious national hater forced those same leaders to do that themselves, since they don’t mean a hill of beans to him?
Oh if only it could be true that Berkeley would succeed from the Union. Maybe one of their heroes like Chavez or Castro would annex them. But then they would all have to give up their BMW, Mercedes, and Lexus and take the people’s transportation (bus, walk) to work…..that is, if they had any jobs.