People are rightly mad over AIG's "spa" event for it's executives.
Not only does AIG get into trouble for bad business, they put their lack of business acumen on display by sending executives to a spa AFTER they get a tax payer funded bailout.
I can tell you that I'd like a spa trip at someone else's expense. Maybe Congress will grant me such a boon because after the last eight years, I could surely use a little massage and hot mud...
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Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Don't Ask, Don't Tell nothing more than bigotry. Time to move into the post-modern world.
"Don't Ask Don't Tell" is a stupid idea and anyone who thinks it is workable is stupid.
Here's why.
The ostensible reason for enacting "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" was to prevent disruptions (whatever that means) in the military brought on by openly gay service members.
Now correct me if I'm mistaken, but who would be causing these disruptions? Would it be the gay personnel? Knowing that historically most homosexuals are pretty tight-lipped about being gay in mixed company, I suspect they wouldn't be the disruptive sort.
So who does that leave? The straight service personnel who are uncomfortable by homosexuals. Why would the straight service members be disruptive over serving with the openly gay?
The obvious explanation is simple: The straight service members would create trouble because of their issues.
"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" is nothing more than a bigot-protection policy. The military wants to protect all the bigots within its ranks. At whose expense though? Qualified personnel who just happen to be gay.
The military's position doesn't hold water historically.
Take the Spartans for example: Spartans were known to encourage homosexuality amongst their soldiers. It served to improve unit cohesion if everybody was screwing everybody and everyone cared.
Would anyone in the modern military dare call the Spartans substandard from a military perspective. Hardly.
In the end, "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" came about to give the military adjustment time.
The U.S. military has had 15 years to get used to the reality of gays in the military. It's time to own it.
Here's why.
The ostensible reason for enacting "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" was to prevent disruptions (whatever that means) in the military brought on by openly gay service members.
Now correct me if I'm mistaken, but who would be causing these disruptions? Would it be the gay personnel? Knowing that historically most homosexuals are pretty tight-lipped about being gay in mixed company, I suspect they wouldn't be the disruptive sort.
So who does that leave? The straight service personnel who are uncomfortable by homosexuals. Why would the straight service members be disruptive over serving with the openly gay?
The obvious explanation is simple: The straight service members would create trouble because of their issues.
"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" is nothing more than a bigot-protection policy. The military wants to protect all the bigots within its ranks. At whose expense though? Qualified personnel who just happen to be gay.
The military's position doesn't hold water historically.
Take the Spartans for example: Spartans were known to encourage homosexuality amongst their soldiers. It served to improve unit cohesion if everybody was screwing everybody and everyone cared.
Would anyone in the modern military dare call the Spartans substandard from a military perspective. Hardly.
In the end, "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" came about to give the military adjustment time.
The U.S. military has had 15 years to get used to the reality of gays in the military. It's time to own it.
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