Boy Scouts Too Pro War

Hey folks,

Good Friday night to you. I just got this via Email. By the way, look for a NEW Behind the OPN Screen coming up on Sunday. Get this.

Meet Marsha Weinerman, a city official from Cambridge, Massachusetts.

She's made news recently because she decided to shut down the Boy Scouts care package collection boxes. You see, the Boy Scouts were sending care packages for our troops to enjoy at the holidays. But Marsha Weinerman said the Boy Scouts actions are 'too pro-war' and ordered law enforcement to remove the care package collection boxes.

The Boy Scout's troop leader is outraged:

"We have never seen anything like this decision in Cambridge before,” Patterson wrote. "The city is changing for the worse if decisions like this are allowed to be made."

Contact Ms. Weinerman and let her know that it is our troops' service that protects the rights of all Americans - including our freedom to vote:

mWeinerman@cambridgema.gov

Or call Ms. Weinerman's office at:

(617) 349-4363

You can show up Ms. Weinerman and those opposed to our troops by sponsoring a Christmas/holiday care package for our troops – and we’ll be more than happy to send it over to Iraq and Afghanistan with love and appreciation:

http://www.thecampaignstore.com/store/default.asp?parentid=378

And here's more on this story:

Melanie Morgan's got more on the story here:

http://www.melaniemorgan.com/

Complete report at Move America Forward's "Daily File Blog"

http://www.moveamericaforward.org/index.php/DailyFile/

Melanie Morgan also references this in her brand new WorldNetDaily column here:

http://www.wnd.com/news/archives.asp?AUTHOR_ID=269

And here are the media stories about Ms. Weinerman’s atrocious conduct:

http://www.breitbart.tv/html/8125.html

http://www.wickedlocal.com/cambridge/homepage/x799506901

http://www.bostonmagazine.com/blogs/boston/2007/11/14/dont-ever-change-cambridge/

This is just the thing that really sets me off. This and the likes of Code Pink. These Idiots have a RIGHT to say whatever they want. They have a RIGHT to protest war, because of War. They have a Right to talk trash about the Military, because the Military DIED for them to have that right. Here is an EXCELLENT open letter to Code Pink from Captain Richard Lund, posted at the Berkeley Daily Planet, 10,02,07

Commentary: An Open Letter to Code Pink
By Richard Lund (10-02-07)

While the protest that you staged in front of my office on Wednesday, Sept. 26th, was an exercise of your constitutional rights, the messages that you left behind were insulting, untrue, and ultimately misdirected. Additionally, from the comments quoted in the Berkeley Daily Planet article, it is clear that you have no idea what it is that I do here. Given that I was unaware of your planned protest, I was unable to contest your claims in person, so I will therefore address them here.

First, a little bit about who I am: I am a Marine captain with over eight years of service as a commissioned officer. I flew transport helicopters for most of my time in the Marine Corps before requesting orders to come here. Currently, I am the officer selection officer for the northern Bay Area. My job is to recruit, interview, screen, and evaluate college students and college graduates that show an interest in becoming officers in the Marine Corps. Once they’ve committed to pursuing this program, I help them apply, and if selected, I help them prepare for the rigors of Officer Candidate School and for the challenges of life as a Marine officer. To be eligible for my programs, you have to be either a full-time college student or a college graduate. I don’t pull anyone out of school, and high school students are not eligible.

I moved my office to Berkeley in December of last year. Previously, it was located in an old federal building in Alameda. That building was due to be torn down and I had to find a new location. I choose our new site because of its proximity to UC Berkeley and to the BART station. Most of the candidates in my program either go to Cal or to one of the schools in San Francisco, the East Bay, or the North Bay. Logistically, the Shattuck Square location was the most convenient for them.

Next, you claim that I lie. I have never, and will never, lie to any individual that shows an interest in my programs. I am upfront with everything that is involved at every step of the way and I go out of my way to ensure that they know what to expect when they apply. I tell them that this is not an easy path. I tell them that leading Marines requires a great deal of self-sacrifice. I tell them that, should they succeed in their quest to become a Marine officer, they will almost certainly go to Iraq. In the future, if you plan to attack my integrity, please have the courtesy to explain to me specifically the instances in which you think that I lied.

Next, scrawled across the doorway to my office, you wrote, “Recruiters are Traitors.” Please explain this one. How exactly am I a traitor? Was I a traitor when I joined the Marine Corps all those years ago? Is every Marine, therefore, a traitor? Was I a traitor during my two stints in Iraq? Was I a traitor when I was delivering humanitarian aid to the victims of the tsunami in Sumatra? Or do you only consider me a traitor while I am on this job? The fact is, recruitment is and always has been a part of maintaining any military organization. In fact, recruitment is a necessity of any large organization. Large corporations have employees that recruit full-time. Even you, I’m sure, must expend some effort to recruit for Code Pink. So what, exactly, is it that makes me a traitor?

The fact is this: any independent nation must maintain a military (or be allied with those who do) to ensure the safety and security of its citizens. Regardless of what your opinions are of the current administration or the current conflict in Iraq, the U.S. military will be needed again in the future. If your counter-recruitment efforts are ultimately successful, who will defend us if we are directly attacked again as we were at Pearl Harbor? Who would respond if a future terrorist attack targets the Golden Gate Bridge, the BART system, or the UC Berkeley clock tower? And, to address the most hypocritical stance that your organization takes on its website, where would the peace keeping force come from that you advocate sending to Darfur?

Finally, I believe that your efforts in protesting my office are misdirected. I agree that your stated goals of peace and social justice are worthy ones. War is a terrible thing that should only be undertaken in the most dire, extreme, and necessary of circumstances. However, war is made by politicians. The conflict in Iraq was ordered by the president and authorized by Congress. They are the ones who have the power to change the policy in Iraq, not members of the military. We execute policy to the best of our ability and to the best of our human capacity. Protesting in front of my office may be an easy way to get your organization in the headlines of local papers, but it doesn’t further any of your stated goals.

To conclude, I don’t consider myself a “recruiter.” I am a Marine who happens to be on recruiting duty. As such, I conduct myself in accordance with our core values of honor, courage, and commitment. I will never sacrifice my honor by lying to anyone that walks into my office. I will never forsake the courage that it takes to restrain myself in the face of insulting and libelous labels like liar and traitor. And, most importantly, I will never waver from my commitment to helping individuals who desire to serve their country as officers in the Marine Corps.

Yes Captain, that's the problem. Most of the time these people do not KNOW the truth. They do not even try to find out what the truth is. They are nothing but Sheeple. Plain and simple. They do whatever they are told.


I personally THANK YOU for your years of service to our Country. Because I know they never will, I THANK YOU for the sacrifices you and the rest of the Armed Services have made to give them the RIGHT to be Idiots.


I'm serious folks, Contact Marsha Weinerman, let her know that you would like to know since when did being supportive of Troops EQUAL Pro-War? Since when does wanting our men and women in the Armed forces to enjoy the Holidays equal something that needs to be stopped? Also you might want to ask her if using the Law Enforcement there to remove the boxes equal Government infringement on Free Speech? Let her know what you think.

Peter