Archive for February, 2010
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A recent Newsweek article states that seventy-five percent of Americans favor the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. This federal law requires Lesbians and Gays to be discharged from the military of it comes out that they aren’t straight. Yet fifty percent of those same people still don’t think Lesbians and Gays should be “allowed” to get married. The article goes on to give three “reasons” for the change of heart about Lesbians and Gays in the military. And while I understand what the author, Sarah Kliff, is saying, it’s straight out BULLSHIT!
The first reason is that discharging military experts because of their sexual preference is a National Security Risk. I remember when DADT was being drafted, some of the lame arguments for not allowing Lesbians and Gays in the military were that we weren’t “tough enough” or would try and “recruit or sexual attack and harass other soldiers.” DADT didn’t stop us from serving in the military. It stopped us from talking about our sexual orientation. So exactly how did DADT prevent that from occurring? It didn’t! That argument was another red herring in the lies told by bigots to prevent Lesbians and Gays from openly serving in the military.
The ironic thing about this issue is that many of the soldiers discharged because of DADT are people we can ill afford to lose at this time. They are Arabic linguists. And to bring even more light to this issue, an Out and Proud Gay Arabic linguist, Daniel Choi, was discharged from the military because of DADT. He was recently brought BACK INTO THE MILITARY and is waiting to be deployed because his skills are in demand, but few people have them.
The second reason for the changing opinions about DADT is because other Super Powers allow Lesbians and Gays to serve openly in the military. And have been doing so for DECADES! That alone proves that DADT was silly when it was created and that the “experiment” to see what would happen if Lesbians and Gays served in the military has been completed. The outcome? The decision to lift the ban on homosexuals had no impact on military performance, readiness, cohesion or ability to recruit or retain.” REALLY? Go figure!
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I’ll admit it. I don’t like nor respect Sarah Palin. She’s a hypocritical simpleton who needs to go back to being a “soccer mom” and stop trying to be a politician. She seems to put her foot in her BIG MOUTH on a regular basis seemingly to keep her name in the news. But this last one is so funny that when I read it, I couldn’t stop laughing. At a Tea Party convention where Palin was a speaker, it was found that she had written crib notes on the left hand!
I have never done any real public speaking even though I am a ham. A family trait I might add. But I can imagine that in preparing for a speech, you might want to hit a few highlights. In this case, the highlights consisted of just three topics, “energy,” “tax cuts” and “lift American spirits.” So I’m guessing she was going to “blow smoke” in between these three topics. The thing that made me laugh was the fact that she couldn’t remember 6 words? I know. She’s a mama. And I’ve heard that kids take years off of their parent’s lives and working cells from their brains. But she couldn’t remember 6 words? And I thought being able to “see Russia from her back door” was bad!
As I said before, she’s not a person who I give a damn about. So this is confirmation of just what a LOSER she really is. She didn’t have the brains to hide it well. She was caught looking at her hand during the speech. During her speech, Ms. Palin had savaged President Obama as a “charismatic guy with a teleprompter” — a line that got one of several cheering ovations from the audience. I guess with the recession, the Republican Party can’t afford a teleprompter. They use the “old school” teleprompter, HANDS! Hell, even children in school know how to show more finesse in cheating on a school test!
I hope this is the “great white hope” of the Republican party because she makes them look “real good” almost every time she steps out into the public!
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I would wager to guess that most people who weren’t die hard Indianapolis Colt’s fans were rooting for the New Orleans Saints to win the Super Bowl. Nothing against the Colts. It’s just that most people have at least heard of “Naleans‘ “, the Mardi Gras, and the French Quarter. And even more people remember Hurricane Katrina and the devastation that it brought to that city. The images of dead floating bodies, people wadding through water up to people’s shoulders, people trapped on their roofs waiting for help, and the Super Dome that had become a defacto home for tens of thousands of people. The city is still trying to rebuild itself from the storm. So for a lot of people the Super Bowl “needed” to go the the Saints. And with the win, another thing happened. The Golden Boy, Peyton Manning, showed himself to be not quite the Role Model we all thought he was!
With 31 seconds on the clock and after throwing the interception that sealed the loss for the Colts, Peyton Manning left the field. He didn’t what has become a tradition, congratulating the winning quarterback on the field. The same tradition he was the beneficiary of just a few seasons ago. This “class act” and “all around good guy” refused to show humility and thank the winners. I guess Peyton decided to take advice from Lebron James and disrespect the game, the tradition, and the other team and not shake hands with the winners. Is this what our so-called role models have turned into, POOR SPORTS?
During the press conference after the game, he still refused to give the Saints the respect they deserved. He stated a few times that the Colts beat themselves. Not that the Saints played an almost perfect game. Both offensively, defensively, and on Special Teams. It was a TEAM EFFORT and the better team won. What is so hard about giving the winning team Props?
This is just desserts. Drew Brees should have won the MVP this season but it went to Manning. But the creator has a way of righting the wrongs of us mere mortals. Because the Saints won and Brees was named the MVP of the Super Bowl!
Personally, only the creator could have written this script. His plan was to take down one more false idols, reward the city of New Orleans for its pain, right the wrong of the league MVP, and give it to the true owner, Drew Brees. God is god, ALL THE TIME!!!