Dancing with Myself

This is SO Gay!(*)

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This is what a Gay vet looks like. Just in case you don't have Gaydar. 

This is Eric Fidelis Alva, the first person wounded in the War in Iraq.  He has a life-partner (Darrell), but they're not married because AMERICANS ARE DICKHEADS for the most part and only one state allows same-sex partners to marry.  Here's an interview with him.

Thanks Bill Clinton.  Don't Ask, Don't Tell, thirteen years later and it still sucks.  It's a chickenshit policy now, it was a chickenshit policy then.  Oh, let's not forget the Defense of Marriage Act, another one of Bill Clinton's legacy gifts to Gays and Lesbians in this country.

(Photo by Lois Raimondo for the Washington Post.)(Post Title courtesy of the Gay Curmudgeon who has an excellent post on the subject of this expression.)

Quote for the Day

"A private school you have to pay for, a public school you have to fund-raise for." - Alison Zilversmit, 10 years old, to her 6-year-old brother, Jacob.

Clinton Refuses to Apologize for her Vote Authorizing the President to go to War in Iraq

Clinton Gives War Critics New Answer on ’02 Vote - New York Times.  The story goes that she's not going to apologize for voting to authorize the President to wage war in Iraq.  I agree with her decision.  I'm just put off by what I consider her true feelings on the subject. 

Hillary's not opposed to the war in Iraq.  She's just opposed to the way Bush is waging it.  I get the impression that she's convinced that if she were in charge, it'd be going a helluva lot differently than it is presently.  She will not apologize for upholding the Imperial Presidency.  She intends to be both President and Imperial.  Therefore, why should she tell Bush how to win the war in Iraq when she can do it herself in another couple of years and get full credit?

As a candidate, Hillary doesn't do shit for me, but if she's the Democratic Party's nominee, I can get behind it completely.  I think Hillary would make an excellent president.  I don't have a real favorite right now.  I like John Edwards because he's so good looking and speaks democratic populism so well.  I think a snowball  has a better chance in hell than he does at getting the nomination.

Among the Republicans, I think Mike Huckaby is seriously cute.  The rest are a bunch of idiots, and he's probably as looney as the best of them.  Regardless of who the nominee is for either party, I would probably vote for a yellow dog as a Democrat before I voted for any Republican under any circumstance.  I hate what I just confessed to, but the truth is what it is.

Maybe it's just me, but...

Doesn't Judith Miller look much better since her face lift?  She still takes no responsibility for being a cheerleader for the Bush Administration rather than a reporter, but I did like how she's identified by Frontline as a "freelance reporter." 

Best Line of the Day

"The biggest red herring in this debate is the constant innuendo that those who don’t support expanding the war are somehow opposing the troops. It’s nothing more than a canard to claim that those of us who struggled to prevent the bloodshed and now want it stopped are somehow less patriotic and less concerned about the welfare of our military personnel."  --Rep. Ron Paul, Republican from Texas

On the floor of the House of Representatives speaking in favor of the anti-escalation resolution.  (Thanks to TPM Cafe.)

A Funny from a Cousin

Congratulations to the Dixie Chicks

Although I am a fan of country music, I never really paid much attention to the Dixie Chicks until the wingnuts started their hysterical rantings and boycotts of them.  Then, of course, I went out and bought all of their albums.  Now I'm on their mailing list and am a loyal and dedicated fan.  I love their new album and this song.

Congratulations, ladies. May you have many more successful songs and albums.

Quote for the Day

''For some reason, the military seems more afraid of gay people than they are against terrorists. They're very brave with the terrorists, and if the terrorists ever got ahold of this information, they'd get a platoon of lesbians to chase us out of Baghdad."  Rep. Gary Ackerman.

Sending Messages to the Enemy

I was watching a group of talking assholes on television the other day, and one one kept saying this stupid shit in reference to the debate in Congress:  "We're sending the wrong message to our enemies and emboldening them.  We're hurting the morale of our troops."

In many ways, our American society and government are very transparent.  Anyone with eyes and ears and the ability to do basic reasoning knows that three-quarters of Americans oppose the war in Iraq.  Most just call it Bush's Misadventure and want to get the fuck out of Dodge.  What message might we be sending?  You want we should pretend to be all for this stupid war?  As for the morale of our troops?  They're professionals.  They understand that they'll be there until they're dead or exhausted.  Hell, they even voted for the asshole who put them there.  My message to them?  Hold on, guys, we're doing all we can to get you home as quickly as possible.

The Constitution gives only Congress the right to declare war.  It takes the entire country working together to wage war successfully.  Fifty-percent plus one is not consensus.  Besides that, the
Republicans used the war to consolidate political power in this country.  That was short-sighted and stupid, like Bush, the midget President. 

I'm liking Harry Reid more every day.  His is a very delicate balance.  All he really needs to do is keep everything in place for two years until the 2008 election.  The Republican Party is in a coffin right now and each of those Republican senators up for election in 2008 are nails, and the Iraq war is the hammer.

Nancy Pelosi is about to get nasty with some Republicans.  The Pentagon, in siding with the Republican whiners, has done itself no good.  Revenge is a dish best served cold.  Watch for Boener's air conditioning to go out this summer.  Give her the plane guys, and lay off trying to smear her by projecting the queen bee image.  We're hip to you.  Your polyester is showing.

I'm more  hopeful than I was.  Hell, the world is still coming to an end, but I'd rather grownups be in charge than a bunch of crooks with the attitude of let's steal as much as we can.  That way we'll be the last to die.   If I'd have been living in Rome when it was burning while Nero was fiddling, I'd have called for his being deposed, too.

Good luck to the grown-ups in our government who still need to worry about our idiot savant President  who still has his finger on the doomsday trigger.

PAY FOR THE WAR NOW

The only thing more offensive than the war in Iraq is the fact that we're doing it on credit.  I demand that Congress raise taxes to pay for it.  Congress should tax corporations who have made money on the war in Iraq.  Congress should tax executives who have received huge compensation packages.  Congress should tax the oil companies who have benefited from the doubling of the cost of oil because of Iraq.

Make the wealthy pay for this war their children do not fight.

TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY BILLION FUCKING DOLLARS FOR AN UNJUST AND IMMORAL WAR IS TOO MUCH!

Sorry, didn't mean to start screaming. 

Oh, I want to scream one more time:

IMPEACH CHENEY!