Gays (not) in the military
Am I just stating the obvious? If you need people to fight your war, but get rid of a substantial portion of your army, aren’t you dooming yourself to lose your fight for lack of personnel? The “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy doesn’t work if someone asks or someone tells, which apparently happens enough to let hundreds of people go, which says to me that it’s a silly policy.
The straight people who really want to be in the army are already in the army. If you want to beef up your numbers, reaching out to young people in America won’t help if you’re not including everyone. And if gay people passed all your tests to get in the army in the first place, haven’t they already proven themselves? Again, I might be stating the obvious, but I feel it needs to be said.
Matt Bors, who pens the comic Idiot Box has a “well duh!” comment. Go check out his archive, he has some really good stuff.
8/14/2006
Too bad…
Too bad this asshole with a permanant stick up her ass soured a perfectly good day by being incredibly rude on the subway and not giving a shit.
Too bad there were too many people and not enough time to confront her, ’cause I would have, even (especially) if it meant kickin’ her ass.
Too bad I’m a lover, not a fighter.
Too bad I didn’t have a witty retort for her at the time.
Too bad I figured one out later.
Too bad it probably wouldn’t have made a difference.
Too bad she’s probably used to getting her own way and therefore has all the grace of a hedgehog.
Too bad she looked like a hedgehog.
And too bad that every summer, I turn into a gimp with bad knees and can’t avoid this by walking to and from work!