Wednesday, April 12, 2006
On this day:

Expel them

The intolerant left rears its ugly head at the University of California-Santa Cruz:
(San Francisco Gate) Four military recruiters hastily fled a job fair Tuesday morning at UC Santa Cruz after a raucous crowd of student protesters blocked an entrance to the building where the Army and National Guard had set up information tables.

Members of Students Against War, who organized the counter-recruiting protest, loudly chanted "Don't come back. Don't come back" as the recruiters left the hilltop campus, escorted by several university police officers.

"The situation had degraded to the point where there was a possibility of injury to either a student or law enforcement officer. We certainly didn't want that to happen,'' said Capt. Will Griffin, one of the Army recruiters. ...

...the Army's Griffin said he sensed that some of the students were "looking for action" and decided to pack up their table before things got out of hand and someone got injured.

Students Against War members said they were pleased that their counter-recruiting effort forced the military personnel off campus, at least for the time being.

Counter-recruiting effort, huh? The adults at UC-Santa Cruz (assuming that there are any) should teach these thugs and thugettes that threats and intimidation are not acceptable modes of behavior in a civilized society. As Ronald Reagan used to say back when he was campaigning for Governor of California, "Obey the rules or get out."