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Not surprisingly, the Council appears now to be backpedaling their asses off.

Some of the more interesting bits:

"Councilwoman Linda Maio said the council should have read the item asking the Marines to leave more closely before it acted."

So, you voted on it before actually reading and comprehending it? Isn't that the same jack-assed bullshit excuse a bunch of senators and representatives used when voting on the authorizations for the war in the first place?

At least have the stones to stand by your decisions, for Christ's sake. 

Maio sticks her foot even farther into her mouth with these gems:

Councilwoman Linda Maio: "I don't think any of us paid enough attention to it, and people want to rewrite it to more accurately portray our sentiments."

and

"We really do have a great deal of concern for the people in our military, and we don't want to be critical of the sacrifices they are making."

Yeah. I got that vibe from the resolutions.

Councilman Max Anderson said, "People are trying to spin it that we're against the troops, but what we're talking about is this hideous war."

I can at least buy that, but how's about taking your fight to someone who can make a difference? Well, because you can't chain yourself to Capitol Hill and use a bullhorn in the Rotunda, can you? 

Yes, this issue just flat pisses me off, because it's sanctioned by the city government. What the hell is that? 

The mayor, Tom Bates, is incredibly magnanimous: "We are against the war in Iraq, and when you put a recruiting station in our midst, people are going to use that symbol as a way to oppose it," Bates said. "If pro-war people want to come here, we'll give them a permit, too."

It's not about being "pro-war," you idiot. I'm no more pro-war than I am "anti-life" because I support a woman's right to choose what's done with her own body. What we're on about here is that it's about being pro-men and women who swear an oath to protect your way of life and your rights to say and do idiotic things, so how's about not treating them like they're selling kiddie porn and crystal meth on the corner?

And before anyone asks, I'm not for the idea of "stripping federal funding" or any of that stupid horseshit. Federal money goes for a lot of programs that have nothing to do with the military or the moronic actions of a City Council who seems to be in possession of more free time and energy than common sense and common civility.