Bad News For Pinkos

My GOD, this is about time!:

Finally, a member of Congress has announced a laudable plan to do something about the abusive behavior of demonstrators of the anti-war left. Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, has introduced legislation to deal with what he has described as “a growing number of our fellow citizens [who] are abusing their right of free expression through vandalism and violent protest aimed at military recruiters and those who wish to serve.”

A prime example occurred in January, when leftist agitators gathered signatures on a petition demanding that the Berkeley, California, City Council shut down a local Marine Corps recruiting office. Playing to the radical “Code Pink” group that organized the protest, all but one of the City Council members voted to send a letter to the Marines, asking them to leave the city. The Council’s letter derided the Marines as “unwanted, unwelcome intruders.” The arrogant insult drew national attention and motivated hundreds of local counter-demonstrators, led by California talk show host Melanie Morgan and others who support the military.

The Berkeley City Council’s proclamation set aside a parking spot for Code Pink’s weekly demonstrations in front of the Marines’ office, which emboldened the anti-war demonstrators. Taking advantage of the favored treatment, they reportedly blocked entry to the Marine recruiting station and vandalized it. Similar incidents of harassment and property damage have occurred on college campuses and in cities nationwide. Last March, a bike-riding bomber hit a military recruitment center in New York’s Times Square.

Read more about it at The Tank.

This is excellent timing for such legislation. Let’s see how many Democrats are brave enough to vote against it during an election year.

Rep Arkin is a former Army officer with two sons in the military and one at the U.S. Naval Academy. God bless him.