San Francisco Values..Or Lack Of….
James Taranto reports: The San Francisco school board has made good on its threat to abolish the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program, the San Francisco Chronicle reports:
Dozens of JROTC cadets at the board meeting burst into tears or covered their faces after the votes were cast.
“We’re really shocked,” said fourth-year Cadet Eric Chu, a senior at Lowell High School, his eyes filling with tears. “It provided me with a place to go.” . . .
The board’s decision was loudly applauded by opponents of the program.
Their position was summed up by a former teacher, Nancy Mancias, who said, “We need to teach a curriculum of peace.” . . .
Opponents said the armed forces should have no place in public schools, and the military’s discriminatory stance on gays makes the presence of JROTC unacceptable.
“We don’t want the military ruining our civilian institutions,” said Sandra Schwartz, of the American Friends Service Committee, an organization actively opposing JROTC nationwide. “In a healthy democracy . . . you contain the military. You must contain the military.” . . .
“This is where the kids feel safe, the one place they feel safe,” Robert Powell, a JROTC instructor at Lincoln High School and a retired Army lieutenant colonel, said earlier in the evening. “You’re going to take that away from them?”
Opponents acknowledged the program is popular and even helps some students stay in school and out of trouble.
Yet they also said the program exists to lure students to sign up for the armed forces.
“It’s basically a branding program, or a recruiting program for the military,” [board member Dan] Kelly said before the meeting.
This was too much even for Mayor Gavin Newsom, best known for a publicity stunt a couple of years ago in which he issued counterfeit marriage licenses to some 4,000 same-sex couples.
Some people wondered why there was such outrage over John Kerry’s suggestion last month that only uneducated losers join the military. This is why: Antimilitary bigotry is not all that uncommon on his side of the political fence..
November 15, 2006 - 12:49 PM on November 15th, 2006
It is time to cut off San Francisco from all Federal money. It is the law. We’ll see if the “ethical” Democrats execute the law or not.
November 15, 2006 - 12:59 PM on November 15th, 2006
November 15, 2006 - 01:53 PM on November 15th, 2006
We’ll see what SFNan does when Reid goes to jail.
November 15, 2006 - 03:17 PM on November 15th, 2006
It’s the whole civilian-military divide in our nation, in which increasing numbers of people have no connection at all with military life. It’s bad for our nation.
November 15, 2006 - 05:09 PM on November 15th, 2006
At the same meeting they voted to kick out JROTC I’d bet that if someone stood up and wanted to establish a JR NAMBLA organization, there would be some support for it.
San Francisco is the world’s largest mental institution. Competing only with the People’s Republik of Berzerkeley for the title of most collectively insane.
November 15, 2006 - 10:17 PM on November 15th, 2006
My guess is that this won’t last. These people can be voted out of office and the rule can change…IF the voters want it changed.
November 15, 2006 - 10:49 PM on November 15th, 2006
I have a feeling that the rules will change as soon as the feds start pulling the money from the school district for failing to abide by the laws concerning military recruiting on campus.
You know I find it really funny that the same liberals who are trying to block JROTC and ROTC are also the ones that are screaming for a draft. Want to see how to raise the death toll? Replace volunteer professional soldiers with unwilling conscripts. Especially ones who have little or no interest in firearms. I don’t know about you, but from our experiences in Vietnam and other venues, I do not want to have to rely on someone who doesn’t like firearms to cover my back. I saw one inner city college ROTC cadet srewing around with an M16 almost kill a Drill instructor. I want someone who doesn’t have to be told every few hours to clean their weapons.
November 16, 2006 - 08:01 AM on November 16th, 2006
San Francisco and values don’t belong in the same sentance. Truely the generation that fought World war 2 was America’s greatest generation, as others have stated through the years. Sadly that generation has given away to generations, that think the world did’nt exist untill that terrible shameful day thier mothers defecated them into existance. Had such libbies existed during WW2 we would be living under the Japense Shinto regime, or under Nazi’s boots. Of course Libbies value Hitlers idea’s about religion, so they would love it. Imagine, no military strength in the late 30’s and early 40’s. Frisco people probably would’nt have minded, as long as girls could pair off, and the Frisco boys could do the same, and drugs were available, all would be well. Good that God does not bring down his wrath on it, like he did in the Old Testament Days to Sodom and Gomorrah. Frisco is their equal nowadays.
But Hey, don’t worry Libbies, at the Rapture of Jesus Christ, the Liberal left, will far out number the Conservative Right, and for a season you’ll have your way and give in to any wanton behavior, without any morals whatsoever.
November 16, 2006 - 02:00 PM on November 16th, 2006
Its time to boot SAN FRANCISCO out of the USA and make it into a penal colony just like in the movie ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK lets have absolutly nothing more to do with HANOI ON THE BAY and that means not visiting or going to any sporting events and no more patronising any buisnesses there BOYCOTT SAN FRANCISCO:mad:
November 16, 2006 - 02:02 PM on November 16th, 2006
John Galt is not amazed in the least. I would expect this conduct from sissys.
November 16, 2006 - 03:19 PM on November 16th, 2006
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How about resuming underground nuclear explosion testing, along the San Andreas fault line near Frisco? No lose of human life.
November 16, 2006 - 09:34 PM on November 16th, 2006
Would San Fran have an anti-military bias if a Dumbocrat were President? Doubt it!
November 16, 2006 - 11:10 PM on November 16th, 2006
San Francisco is just one of those cities that attracts the weirdos and whackos. Sedona, AZ and Taos, NM attract them as well, but the hardcore fruits, nuts, and flakes end up in the Granola state.
San Francisco is the most unpatriotic city in the US. How else do you describe a city wherein the deviants hold parades, but veterans and military aren’t welcome?
November 16, 2006 - 11:26 PM on November 16th, 2006
Hmmmm…we’re also one of the top tourist destinations in the nation.
Oh, and my representative is THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.
HaHa!
-Nelson
(man, winning feels good.)
November 16, 2006 - 11:36 PM on November 16th, 2006
Oh shut up San Fran:razz:
November 17, 2006 - 10:26 PM on November 17th, 2006
SAN FRANCISCO LIBERAL i guess your as vile as the entire city council and the rotten mayor of HANOI ON THE BAY and yes i did visit the place many yearsa go but i would never ever go there even when i die and maybe return as bird i would just continue flying on:mad:
November 18, 2006 - 03:07 PM on November 18th, 2006
“yes i did visit the place many years ago but i would never ever go there even when i die and maybe return as bird i would just continue flying on”
(#15. sorry, Peejz! couldn’t resist. :wink
November 18, 2006 - 07:34 PM on November 18th, 2006
You have the right to flaunt it in my face:wink:
November 18, 2006 - 09:45 PM on November 18th, 2006
The City of San Francisco has become a cesspool. It is the world’s largest zoo and and insane asylum. I used to love go there as a kid, used to like to go to the theatre, the symphony, or for dinner at the Ft. Mason Officer’s Club. No more. I avoid it like the plague now. If I have to go there, I always go armed. You never know when you’ll have to shoot an AIDS-addled, drug-crazed zombie out of your way.
The tourists…ah, yes…San Francisco lives on it’s reputation built years ago, before it became a cesspool. The tourism shills, like Conde Nast, are still promoting the city worldwide to unsuspecting tourists. Eventually when the world figures out it is a sham, an illusion, a shadow of it’s former self, they’ll stop coming.
Yes there are the historical things and the GG Bridge. Did you know that they were actually talking about charging people to walk across the bridge The money-grubbing bureaucrats that run the bridge district, not content with jacking the bridge toll up to $5 for a comparatively short drive, were seriously considering this. Fortunately the last few remaining sensible people shot it down. I bet it’ll be back.
What’s the rest of the city, after you’ve seen the bridge? Tourist traps, like Fisherman’s Wharf, Pier 39, and Ghirardelli Square. You could go to golden gate park, but be careful not to disturb some of the homeless who’ve taken up residence there or you might find yourself in at least a rude and possibly a violent encounter.
You could stroll through the vaunted Mish (Mission Dsitrict) but be very, very careful, especially after dark. You probably want to be armed, and watch for zombies. About 1 out of every 4 people there are completely insane.
Yep, San Francisco values. A once-great city that has been overrun by fruits, nuts, and flakes.
November 20, 2006 - 07:49 PM on November 20th, 2006
Build a wall around Frisco. Let it secede from the union. All non-fransicians out, don’t left Frisco people out. Place an embargo, no goods in, no goods out. No planes in, none out. In 5 years it would be a ghost town, between AIDS and druggies reusing old needles, because no goods into country, AIDS would kill them too, once all Fricso fruits, nuts, and druggies dead, plow over make it a parking lot. descent people in the US would’nt miss it at all.