Only in the Bay Area

[volinbham]

BAY AREA / Berkeley does Guantanamo

On Tuesday, on the recommendation of its Peace and Justice Commission, the Berkeley City Council is set to vote on a resolution to invite "one or two cleared" Guantanamo Bay detainees to resettle in Berkeley.

Peace and Justice Commissioner Rita Maran told me that the idea was to invite to Berkeley "the kind of people you'd like to have living next door to you or dating your cousin."



Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/02/12/BAR61HLNEJ.DTL#ixzz1DyrFnsFq

Awesome!

 

[Vol423]

BAY AREA / Berkeley does Guantanamo



Awesome!

They'll regret it when one of them blows up the Golden Gate and the Bay Bridge.

 

[orangeblooded2]

Their heart may be in the right place, but I think they just disqualified all concerned.

 

[myrobbins7]

Gotta love it..

 

[Burhead]

Peace and Justice Commissioner Rita Maran told me that the idea was to invite to Berkeley "the kind of people you'd like to have living next door to you or dating your cousin."

Seriously?

 

[VOLatile]

notsureifsrs

 

[NEO]

I just read this and honestly what do you say?

Wow. Just wow.

 

[overseasorange2]

Their heart may be in the right place, but I think they just disqualified all concerned.

Their heart may be in the right place, but their brain is on another planet.

 

[Cartervol]

Why is this just not surprising.

 

[hohenfelsvol]

Herd of sheep asking the wolf to come in and make himself comfortable.

 

[droski]

just the fact berkeley has a peace and justice commision tells you all you need to know about the city. they LOVE passing pointless and uninforcable resolutions.

 

[hohenfelsvol]

just the fact berkeley has a peace and justice commission tells you all you need to know about the city. they LOVE passing pointless and uninforcable resolutions.

Superman and Batman would be proud

 

[Weezy]

Harold & Kumar.....

 

[IPorange]

Not everyone in Guantanamo are even terrorists. Some were just at the wrong place at the wrong time, and "have no rights."

 

[BigOrange15]

Not everyone in Guantanamo are even terrorists. Some were just at the wrong place at the wrong time, and "have no rights."

Would you be comfortable with one of them living next door to you?

 

[IPorange]

No, not really. But then, I'm not from Berkeley.