Yesterday, Toledo's Mayor kicked a group of United States Marines out of the city of Toledo while they were conducting urban warfare training here. They had the full cooperation and knowledge of the police and fire departments. Apparently the mayor was upset that HE was not notified. Let us consider for a moment the ramifications of his actions.
1. These marines may very likely find themselves deployed to Iraq in the near future.
2. Urban warfare is a huge part of the mission they would be carrying out.
Their lack of training time while stateside will almost certainly lead to an increase in fatalities and injuries when they get to Iraq where inexperience is deadly.
The result of Mayor Finkbeiners actions may very likely lead to the death of our fine young men and women. This is unexcusable in a public leader. The democratic party and the citizens of Toledo should demand his immediate resignation for such a gross lack of judgement.
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The Secular-Progressive "Peace"
Movement, and it's anti-military
posture is now nation-wide. It's not just Berkeley or San Francisco any more.
The Irony of 1st Amendment Free Speech Is...that our Volunteer
Military takes an Oath to Defend
the Mayor!
Logically, the voters will take care of it in due course. reb
The problem with the idea of "logically, the voters will take care of it" is that Toledo is an entirely Democrat controlled town. During Mayorial races the Republicans dont even bother putting up a candidate. Thus it seems unlikely that he will recieve enough pressure to step down and the dumb voters here will forget all about this attrocity by election time.
Unfortunately for you, son, is that you see the 'D' behind the mayor's name and then jump to your right-wing talking points without knowing much more.
Here's what you don't know: Finkbeiner comes from a Republican family and he first entered politics running on the Republican ticket for Congress in Ohio's 5th District.
As this district includes Toledo, he was soundly defeated.
After that loss, he became an 'independent' Republican and lost his next race.
Finally, after realizing that it is difficult to win office as a Republican, he 'switched' to calling himself Democrat. To achieve this, he and a band of followers overthrew the leadership of the established Democratic Party in Toledo and set themselves up as the 'legitimate' Dems.
The Toledo Democratic Party is now split between the A and B wings. Right now, Finkbeiner and his 'Dems' are in power, but the City Council is dominated by the real Democrats withwhom he fights at every turn.
'A little knowledge is dangerous.'
what does the mayors' past political history have to do with his horrible leadership? The answer is absolutely nothing. If he had an R behind his name I still wouldnt like the dumb things he constantly does.
I'd forgotten that I had been here before --I must've tried to go once when your blog wasn't set up yet and that stuck in my mind.
I knew Carty's history as a republican--and yes, it is irrelevant. He has since acted like a real liberal democrat, opposing the military and approving domestic partner registration.
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