Well, it's been two days since the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and the world hasn't come to an end. The Big Biker hasn't rained death and destruction down on the US, and I bet that just chaps Fred Phelps' and the rest of the Westboro Baptist Church's ass, huh? Sucks to be them...
And speaking of the homosexual community, here's a perfect example of a group of people not being satisfied with what they've gotten. Within 24 hours of the repeal of "DADT," a group called "The Servicemember's Legal Defense Network" announced that it will begin a campaign to have all of the discharge records of those who were discharged for homosexuality prior to the repeal of "DADT" amended to remove any reference to their homsexuality. The group is led by Aubry Sarvis, who in an interview said: "We need to remove the homosexual characterization that is on those discharge papers. That is very important."
'Scuse me, Aubry, but why is that "very important?" Are you and your clients trying to hide your homosexuality after winning a victory that got positive press worldwide? Are you now trying to say that you're ashamed that you're homosexual, when just two days ago you were saying you were proud of it? The point all along is that homosexuals are just as capable of serving as heterosexuals, and by trying to remove the 'homosexual' annotation from past records it seems like you're trying to hide your sexual orientation again. Doesn't make sense to me. Besides, changing the discharge records now just because the reason they were discharged then is not binding now is like setting a bank robber who's in prison free because robbing a bank isn't illegal anymore. Sorry, that doesn't wash. Why can't you just be happy with what you achieved this week and be done with it?
And on the flip side of the coin in an incident which just stinks to high heaven for a number of reasons, a violation of someone's Constitutional rights being #1 on the list, a school in Fort Worth, Texas gave an honor student with a spotless record a one day "in school" suspension and a two day "out of school" supsension for telling a friend of his that he thought homosexuality was wrong. Seems that the honor student is a devout Christian, and while in his German class the conversation which was being led by the teacher turned to the topic of homosexuality in Germany. (What that has to do with learning to SPEAK German I'll never know.) At one point the honor student turned to the kid behind him and said that he was a Christian and thought homosexuality was wrong. Well, the teacher overheard him and went ballistic. He wrote the kid up, sent him to the principal's office, and the principal in what can only be described as the biggest lapse of common sense in the history of the Forth Worth school system, handed out the punishment of a three day suspension.
All this because the honor student voiced his opinion, as he is free to do under the First Amendment to the US Constitution.
Kinda gets you to wondering what got the teacher so riled up, huh? Well, it seems that this teacher - who was teaching a NINTH GRADE class, by the way - has a history of intermingling homosexual topics into his classes. He posted a picture of two men kissing on the "world wall" in his classroom, which naturally offended a lot of students. He also told the students that homosexuality "is happening all over the world and you just have to accept the fact that homosexuality is a part of our culture now."
A part of YOUR culture, maybe, but not mine. And anybody wanna place a bet as to the sexual orientation of the teacher? I'm guessing he's a homosexual, how about you? I've said all along that I really don't care if someone is homosexual or not, but just don't shove it in my face and tell me I have to accept it. I don't have to accept a damned thing, and what this teacher did is wrong, plain and simple. And the asshole needs to have his teaching license yanked and ripped up into little tiny pieces.
I don't know about you, but I was kinda looking forward to hearing the former executives of Solyndra - you know, the now-bankrupt solar energy company tht NObama touted as the wave of the future when he rolled out his big stimulus program last year - testify in front of Congress as to just what they did with all of the millions of dollars they got from Uncle Sam. And to top it all off, they got not one but TWO lumps of cash from NObama and his band of merry idiots! So yeah, I was really looking forward to hearing what they have to say - and then, in the best Mafioso fashion, they get up in front of the panel and plead the fifth. And all that does is make it look like they're trying to hide something, which I'm quite sure they are.
I don't know about you, but I have a feeling this whole Solyndra thing is going to turn into NObama's own personal Watergate. Between this and the ATFE's failed "Fast and Furious" disaster, this could very well spell the end of any chance at all that The Great Pretender has of getting re-elected.
Which would please me to no end.
And no, I didn't watch the debate last night. Why? Well, because none of the present candidates impress me, that's why. Besides, I had a house full of company from out of state and had more important things to do.
And now I hear a pizza and a few bottles of beer calling my name...
IHC
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