As a gay man who served proudly in the highest levels of the
Pentagon during the JFK days - and with the highest security clearance
as well - Tommy could not be more wrong. There were many gays serving
then. We just did not parade around our sexual identity. We did our
jobs to the best of our abiity and when we were off duty did our own
thing. No problem at all. We also did not hit on the other soldiers we
served with but then that is good practice in all business situations.
Remember - never get your spread where you get your bread.
Y You are putting out lots of misinformation about what the military
is about. You need to get better information other than what your
"progressive" masters are shoveling to you before you open your mouth.
On 09/22/2010 01:53 PM, Keith In Tampa wrote:
On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 1:48 PM, Tommy News <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
*mark** *(Tommy) * says: *
*McCain is an idiot. Not repelaing Dont ask dont tell is a slap to
every red bloooded american who wants to serve his/her country but
cant becuase they are gay. How stupid arew you Mccain. thank god you
werent elected president.*
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So, under this presumption, no Gay men (or women) have ever served in
the United States military. Ya might want to tell that to the proud
Gay men and women who have served their Nation, since 1776.
No Tom, the United States military will never be a place for you to
hold parades, fashion shows, and sport your assless chaps and boas
around, in order to sell your agenda. Just won't work there.....
*Thanks, John McCain -- Military Now 100 Percent Straight*
By Patrick Connors
<http://blogs.sfweekly.com/email.php?to=1817&author_name=Patrick%2BConnors&story_url=http%253A%252F%252Fblogs.sfweekly.com%252Fthesnitch%252F2010%252F09%252Fdadt_repeal_fail_military_now.php&story_title=Thanks%252C%2BJohn%2BMcCain%2B--%2BMilitary%2BNow%2B100%2BPercent%2BStraight&blog_name=The%2BSnitch>,
Wed., Sep. 22 2010 @ 7:55AM
John McCain. grimacejpg.jpg
<http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/John%20McCain.%20grimacejpg.jpg>
What's Sen. McCain thinking? Don't ask.
The Senate was unable to stop Sen. John McCain's filibuster of
the military authorization bill on Tuesday, which means that --
among other things
<http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2010/09/republicans_vote_against_takin.php>
-- the greatest democracy in the world is unwilling to stop the
military from discharging LGBT personnel.
Not that the so-called repeal language included in the bill would
have repealed the policy anyway. This military spending bill
<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:H.R.5136:> allows
Don't Ask Don't Tell (DADT) to be repealed after Dec. 1, 2010
following a review and certification of the plan to cease
enforcement by three bigwigs -- and then wait another 60 days --
(and stand on your left foot and extend your right arm) and then
the policy will no longer be enforced.
Even a lousy repeal failed. Who gets the credit for the mess?
We know that there are gay people serving in the armed forces. We
know that, as of 2009, more than 13,000 LGBTs have been
discharged. We know that women and racial minorities
<http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/09/17/Gender_Race_Still_Influence_DADT_Discharges/>
are targeted more than white men under the policy.
We know from a CNN poll in May 2010 that 78 percent of Americans
surveyed favored repeal
<http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/99689-poll-78-percent-favor-repealing-dont-ask-dont-tell>
of the policy. And yet we also know that military personnel don't
want the gays to be open
<http://dailycaller.com/2010/02/01/polls-show-service-members-oppose-gays-in-military-as-gates-and-mullen-prepare-to-testify-on-dont-ask-dont-tell/>
and they are scared that the bill could be repealed -- or not
enforced.
There are two sides to the anti-gay military coin: One side wants
gays to serve in the closet and the other side wants them rooted
out and discharged.
This dynamic leaves America's political leaders' panties in a bunch.
gay-army.jpg <http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/gay-army.jpg>
President Barack Obama said in his January 2010 State of the
Union address <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1z3_TlYfbQ> that he
would repeal the policy. But he didn't do much to help to end
McCain's filibuster
<http://www.washingtonblade.com/2010/09/21/doubts-persist-as-todays-dont-ask-cloture-vote-approaches/>
-- no phone calls, no arm-twisting -- and yet he did find time to
call the WNBA champions to congratulate them.
<http://gay.americablog.com/2010/09/president-didnt-call-wavering-senators.html>
John McCain did his part too. Not only did he arrange this
filibuster, he also stammered and freaked out and wet himself
during a press conference following the Senate vote
<http://www.truthwinsout.org/blog/2010/09/11432/> on Tuesday where
he repeated incessantly that the military is NOT seeking out gay
personnel to be discharged. That is not the policy. That is not
the policy! Get off my lawn!
So, what are we to believe then, Senator McCain? Should we then
assume that 13,000 people over the course of 17 years accidentally
revealed their sexual identity? Is that how all those people were
discharged?
They either volunteered the info or thousands and thousands of
people just kept having "oopsie" moments during the Iraq
occupation and shouted out "I suck cock!" as Saddam Hussein was
chased out of his rabbit hole, right? Not likely.
Obama is clearly of very little worth to the LGBT population. He
can't manage to speak the words that Lady Gaga
<http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/lady-gaga-equality-prime-rib-america-11685268?&clipId=11685268&cid=embedded>
has the courage to say -- that the bigots should be discharged,
not the gays with the clean record. Rachel Maddow knew to speak
with Major Mike Almy <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJ6hgFYB1aM>
who was discharged during the Iraq war after the military went
through his personal e-mail and discovered he is gay. Why wouldn't
the Commander-in-Chief want to stand by his wronged soldier
instead of allowing a discriminatory policy to stand?
The policy could be repealed after the election in November during
a lame duck session but don't hold your breath. Frankly, I don't
know what keeps an LGBT soldier serving in silence. Sure, there
are benefits and the investment of time and energy to a military
career would make it difficult to walk away. And there is that
whole duty thing that I don't understand either.
If we really want to see the policy end, all the gays in the
military need to start opening up the door of the closet -- just
as McCain wants us to believe they already are doing anyway -- and
out themselves to someone in command. Fuck 'em. Make the military
conduct an investigation, spend money and do what they think is
necessary to maintain good morale.
Make John McCain an honest man. Out yourselves. Nothing else is
working. It's up to you.
More:
http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2010/09/dadt_repeal_fail_military_now.php
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Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
Have a great day,
Tommy
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