From ‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ to ‘Don’t make me repeat this’
Sgt. Major of the Marine Corps Michael P. Barrett addresses Marines in Okinawa, Japan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo)
As military veterans will tell you, the services are run not by the officers but by the senior noncoms, the E-8s and E-9s who set the tone, enforce discipline and get things done. (Right, Dad?) Even most officers, if they’re smart, will defer behind the scenes to their senior enlisted personnel.
Michael Barrett, for example, is command sergeant major of the U.S. Marine Corps, the service’s top non-commissioned officer. Judging from the photograph to the right, Barrett is a man able to grab and hold the attention of anyone within a hundred yards of his voice. And as the Wall Street Journal reports, he has a message that he’s trying to drive home to his fellow Marines:
“Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution is pretty simple,” he told a group of Marines at a base in South Korea. “It says, ‘Raise an army.’ It says absolutely nothing about race, color, creed, sexual orientation.
“You all joined for a reason: to serve,” he continued. “To protect our nation, right?”
“Yes, sergeant major,” Marines replied.
“How dare we, then, exclude a group of people who want to do the same thing you do right now, something that is honorable and noble?” Sgt. Maj. Barrett continued, raising his voice just a notch. “Right?”
Sgt. Maj. Barrett then described conversations with U.K. troops, who saw a similar ban lifted a decade ago, with little disruption. And to drive the point home, he produced a pocket copy of the Constitution.
“Get over it,” he said. “We’re magnificent, we’re going to continue to be. … Let’s just move on, treat everybody with firmness, fairness, dignity, compassion and respect. Let’s be Marines.”
I don’t really think this is going to be a problem.
– Jay Bookman
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Adam
June 21st, 2011
6:00 pm
Completely and wholeheartedly agree
Adam
June 21st, 2011
6:00 pm
ooooo first!
getalife
June 21st, 2011
6:01 pm
“Get over it,” he said. “We’re magnificent, we’re going to continue to be. … Let’s just move on, treat everybody with firmness, fairness, dignity, compassion and respect. Let’s be Marines.”
Best quote I have seen in a while.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
June 21st, 2011
6:01 pm
He’s definitely earned my respect for his stance!
Doggone/GA
June 21st, 2011
6:03 pm
“I don’t really think this is going to be a problem”
and if it IS a problem for some…well, we don’t need them in our Armed Forces anyway. Let ‘em go, and good riddence.
saywhat?
June 21st, 2011
6:03 pm
Can I get a “Semper Fi” about this from our resident former Marines?
Joe Mama
June 21st, 2011
6:04 pm
Each of the services has a senior NCO or chief like Sergeant Major Barrett. And as any former enlisted soldier, Marine, sailor or airman will tell you, when the Sergeant Major says “jump,” you say “HOW HIGH?”
I think Sergeant Major Barrett has explained things just right (as I presume the other senior service NCOs will, too), and I don’t think there’s going to be much of a problem going forward.
Uncle Jed
June 21st, 2011
6:04 pm
Barrett ain’t “light in the boots” is he?
Just don’t go there with me, because you know I’m not serious. And please don’t tell him I said that because he could whip my a$$ six times before I yelled HELP.
Joe Mama
June 21st, 2011
6:08 pm
LOL @ Uncle Jed
Dusty
June 21st, 2011
6:13 pm
“I dont think this is going to be a problem.” So says Bookman.
I wonder why he brought it up then. Trying to throw a few sticks on a dead fire? More posts? Naww, Bookman would not do THAT.
Whatcha mean? HE WOULD???
Uncle Jed
June 21st, 2011
6:14 pm
Yep. Anybody seen my unicorn saddle?
The Drudge Report Tuesday morning cheekily linked to an official White House transcript of President Obama’s remarks from a fundraiser the night before, which noted the audience laughing at his jobs claims.
“Over the last 15 months we’ve created over 2.1 million private sector jobs. (Laughter.)” said Obama per the transcript, emailed to reporters Monday night at around 11:30 p.m.
It did seem a little strange — because why would Obama supporters laugh at job creation? But the matter prompted some informal wagering within the press corps on the over-under for how long it would take the White House to put an end to the laughter — especially after the link appeared at the top of the heavily trafficked Drudge site.
At 4:04 p.m. on Tuesday, the corrected transcript appeared: Laughter changed to applause, and noted with an asterisk. The White House declined comment on the record.
Jen Bendery of the Huffington Post, print pooler for the DNC event at the Mandarin Oriental, said she heard applause, too.
“It was just applause, really,” Bendery said. “I’m guessing the stenographer accidentally plugged in the parenthetical laughter instead of the parenthetical applause.”
http://www.politico.com/politico44/perm/0611/oops_ae99b1c7-1704-4898-a12d-42df04e4b747.html
josef
June 21st, 2011
6:14 pm
Scout? Del? USMC?
And, just call me a softie here, but those comments don’t sound scripted by his superiors…and, yeah, that’s what a leader is…
godless heathen
June 21st, 2011
6:15 pm
How sweet.
arnold
June 21st, 2011
6:18 pm
I spent three years in the US Army 1960-63. We had three fellows who were gay in my squad. There was never a problem. One is still in contact with me and is a friend. Anything else is BS.
Adam
June 21st, 2011
6:22 pm
Dusty: If only it were a dead horse…. bigotry against gays, Muslims, and non-white skin color is still far too prevalent. If it were not so, you would be right.
Adam
June 21st, 2011
6:23 pm
Uncle Jed: AHAHAHAHA woops…. Oh well. I wonder how long wingnuts are gonna run with that one. I wonder if it will match the 57 states flub…
Jay
June 21st, 2011
6:25 pm
By my last count, Adam, “57 states” had been referenced more than 150 times on this blog.
Dusty
June 21st, 2011
6:25 pm
UNCLE JED is the conservative(?) side of REDNECK. RED is a pseudo conservative and the other….we have to find out. If Uncle Jed slips and says his wife weighs 300lbs we know the TRUTH!
Dinner time, and the kitchen is blooming!!
Dusty
June 21st, 2011
6:28 pm
“57″ states has been referenced 150 times??? That must equal the number of Palin blog topics here.
Jefferson
June 21st, 2011
6:29 pm
Those guys will do what they are told. Thats what they do.
josef
June 21st, 2011
6:29 pm
Did any of y’all catch that goomba from Texas and why Obama made that 57 states gaffe? Anderson Cooper (sigh!) last p.m.
godless heathen
June 21st, 2011
6:33 pm
How many times has it been posted that Palin said she could see Russia from her house?
Message from Matti
June 21st, 2011
6:34 pm
I like that handsome Sergeant Major.
Rightwing Troll
June 21st, 2011
6:34 pm
It’s only a problem to the chairborne 101st
Doggone/GA
June 21st, 2011
6:35 pm
“How many times has it been posted that Palin said she could see Russia from her house?”
As many times as it’s been debunked. I know *I* have debunked it everry time I’ve seen it.
getalife
June 21st, 2011
6:38 pm
Obama said 57 States?
Impeach!
BADA BING
June 21st, 2011
6:38 pm
michelle’s Fashion Tips
African Edition: Part Deux
Nothing But Beads…….Surprise your hunter/gatherer tonite at the hut door wearing nothing but beads and a smile
Go topless for that Classic African Style
Barely there sandals made from hides and vines
Bare arms are always in
Go for that long, sensuous neck look, with 35 necklaces at a time
Earrings to die for…….animal bones always accentuate your beautiful ears
Why not try a loincloth made from lion cloth!
Africa! Fashion to die for!
Mighty Righty
June 21st, 2011
6:39 pm
No problem here. No problem with the rank and file. No problem.
Doggone/GA
June 21st, 2011
6:40 pm
“Obama said 57 States?”
Personally, I think he was just predicting the future!
Keep Up the Good Fight!
June 21st, 2011
6:41 pm
josef…not sure what you are referencing…got a link?
@@
June 21st, 2011
6:44 pm
Sergeant Major Barrett is energized by that solar panel atop his head.
OooooYeah!
The sun will come out tomorrow
Bet your bottom dollar
That tomorrow there’ll be sun
Adam
June 21st, 2011
6:46 pm
I read “150 times” and thought… “ONLY that many?” It actually seems like it should be a much larger number than that.
BADA BING
June 21st, 2011
6:47 pm
57 states?
51……Puerto Rico
52…….Kenya
53…… Iraq
54……the UK
55…..Oprahanistan
56……..Chicago
57…….Texas (just for the hell of it)
BADA BING
June 21st, 2011
6:47 pm
57 ….Texas, again
F. Sinkwich
June 21st, 2011
6:47 pm
“Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman’s presidential candidacy is just hours old but he’s already picked up a Democratic endorsement.Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said if he had to choose between the two Mormon Republican candidates running for president, he’d pick Jon Huntsman”
Huntsman: DOA.
Mighty Righty
June 21st, 2011
6:49 pm
Below is Sarah Palin’s actual quote which is a true statement. Only the geographicly challenged have a problem with it. That would be the very same one’s that do think there are 57 states.
Sarah Palin’s most famous quote and the problem of a quote becoming famous in a misremembered form.t
What do you think is Sarah Palin’s most famous quote? My attempt to answer gets me to a quote that I know is not the real quote: “I can see Russia from my house.” I know that’s how Tina Fey spoofed Palin on SNL. The real quote is: “They’re our next door neighbors and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska.”
josef
June 21st, 2011
6:49 pm
good fight…
It was on Anderson Cooper 360 last p.m. (I can’t recall the Congressman’s name) but he said that the gaffe was a slip because Obama was thinking of the 57 Islamic states! For real…from the floor of Congress…Cooper had the clip..Haven’t checked Cooper’s site today to see if it’s on…
If it weren’t so dangerous, it would be funny…
getalife
June 21st, 2011
6:50 pm
Huntsman will bring civility to the debate but he committed a sin the cons will never get over it.
He praised our President on some issues.
Doggone/GA
June 21st, 2011
6:51 pm
“Below is Sarah Palin’s actual quote which is a true statement.”
Yes, MR, we know, we know
josef
June 21st, 2011
6:52 pm
The sad thing is that so many spoofing Sarah are completely unaware that the United States and Russia have a common border…oh, they may know now, but they didn’t know then…
Adam
June 21st, 2011
6:52 pm
Sarah Palin didn’t say she could see Russia from her house. She did, however, get the Paul Revere story wrong, and then went on to insist she was right and she knows her American History. She obviously has a few screws loose, perhaps more than when she supposedly said the Russia thing.
Mighty Righty
June 21st, 2011
6:53 pm
It is pretty clear Michelle is not a clothes horse.
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
June 21st, 2011
6:54 pm
UNCLE JED is the conservative(?) side of REDNECK. RED is a pseudo conservative and the other….we have to find out. If Uncle Jed slips and says his wife weighs 300lbs we know the TRUTH!
Well, I see Bookman’s all for fighting discrimination against gays in the military. But he never says a word when Sister Dusty slams me. And I never done nothing to her.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
June 21st, 2011
6:55 pm
http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2011/06/20/kth-gohmert-resurrects-57-states-remark
Found it….Gomer. – you’re right…..more Obama is not like us…he can’t misspeak when he is tired.
F. Sinkwich
June 21st, 2011
6:56 pm
“Huntsman will bring civility to the debate but he committed a sin the cons will never get over it.
He praised our President on some issues.”
And he said O’bozo loves America.
Clueless.
Mighty Righty
June 21st, 2011
6:57 pm
josef
June 21st, 2011
6:49 pm
good fight…
It was on Anderson Cooper 360 last p.m. (I can’t recall the Congressman’s name) but he said that the gaffe was a slip because Obama was thinking of the 57 Islamic states! For real…from the floor of Congress…Cooper had the clip..Haven’t checked Cooper’s site today to see if it’s on…
If it weren’t so dangerous, it would be funny…
That’s an old story that was repeated at the time he said by many people.
Stupid maybe, dangerous hardly.
F. Sinkwich
June 21st, 2011
6:59 pm
“Among the regulars, Redneck would be the one exception, but I’m not gonna spoil the fun on that one.”
Jay loves Redneck because Redneck reinforces the stereotype libbies have of conservatives: Dumb hayseed single wide dwellers who only come out of their trailers to hit on their cousins. And he’s from the south, which automatically renders him a lunatic; too stupid to know anything except how to crush a can of PBR on his forehead.
Libs seem to be very selective about their outrages.
How about I make some jokes about Akmar Muhammand the Terrorist, Jay? How long would you let me get away with that?
getalife
June 21st, 2011
6:59 pm
“And he said O’bozo loves America.
Clueless.”
Unforgivable.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
June 21st, 2011
7:00 pm
Righty…. Obama’s 57 states is old story…gomer’s latest attack was yesterday with a claim that Obama was really referencing islamic states. Anderson also reminded us of Gomer’s terror baby claim.
getalife
June 21st, 2011
7:02 pm
“Akmar Muhammand the Terrorist”
The comedian with the wooden puppet?
Hilarious.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
June 21st, 2011
7:03 pm
Adam… Sarah got the Revere story wrong immediately after visiting the North Church and when asked that gotcha question: What did you learn today?
Jay
June 21st, 2011
7:04 pm
You’d get away with it longer, Sinkwich, if you were a.) Muslim yourself and thus able to comment intelligently about the foibles of your own faith and people and b.) you were clever about it.
Andy, bless his soul, got away with it for a very long time and he met neither of those standards.
jconservative
June 21st, 2011
7:05 pm
Palin quotes:
“But obviously, we’ve got to stand with our North Korean allies.”
“He who warned, uh, the British that they weren’t gonna be takin’ away our arms, uh, by ringing those bells, and um, makin’ sure as he’s riding his horse through town to send those warning shots and bells that we were going to be sure and we were going to be free, and we were going to be armed.”
. “We used to hustle over the border for health care we received in Canada. And I think now, isn’t that ironic?”
Palin on why she is on top of foreign policy: “As Putin rears his head and comes into the air space of the United States of America, where– where do they go? It’s Alaska. It’s just right over the border.”
I predict Palin will win the Republican nomination.
stands for decibels
June 21st, 2011
7:05 pm
I like that handsome Sergeant Major.
I’m as boringly hetero as they come, but so do I.
(for different reasons, I guess.)
Jay
June 21st, 2011
7:07 pm
The words “see Russia from” have appeared in comments 79 times.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
June 21st, 2011
7:07 pm
Sinkwich….if you can be as funny as Jeff Dunham give it a shot…..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMfVtfqvP34
While you’re stealing acts…I hear there is a opening for “You might be a conservative if…..”
getalife
June 21st, 2011
7:10 pm
Do “birth certificate” Jay.
Doggone/GA
June 21st, 2011
7:11 pm
You might be a conservative if you preach self-reliance and then run crying when you think someone has insulted you.
Nah, doesn’t work. Foxworthy’s Redneck jokes are a LOT funnier
Soothsayer
June 21st, 2011
7:11 pm
You’re a genius!
BADA BING
June 21st, 2011
7:12 pm
do obama, Jay.
midtownguy
June 21st, 2011
7:14 pm
My parter is a former Marine and he is a very happy man today. If this had happened 10 years ago he would probably still be a Marine.
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7:14 pm
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Keep Up the Good Fight!
June 21st, 2011
7:15 pm
Doggone…. Here try these for “You might be a conservative if…” http://www.anvari.org/fun/Political/You_Might_Be_a_Conservative_if____.html
This is one of the best…You believed anything on the previous “You might be a liberal if…” list.
Jay
June 21st, 2011
7:15 pm
Birth certificate: 1,583
long form: 390
Kenya: 1,083
Scout reading this post: Priceless.
BADA BING
June 21st, 2011
7:16 pm
You might be the biased media if you report what michelle is doing, while millions of Americans are unemployed and losing their houses.
Jay
June 21st, 2011
7:19 pm
Bada, I’ll leave that one to the pros:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hfIrag8eXI
kayaker 71
June 21st, 2011
7:19 pm
Perhaps Michelle will discover her African roots and elect to stay in South Africa. Perhaps Bozo will join her after he goes down in flames in Nov 2012. We can only hope.
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7:19 pm
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Doggone/GA
June 21st, 2011
7:20 pm
Keep Up – yep, pretty good! This one caught my eye “You think that Michaelangelo’s David should be wearing boxers at the least.” because it reminded of the flap about the statue of Justice. Can’t remember who it was, but someone in Bush’s cabinet (I think) had her naked breast covered up.
josef
June 21st, 2011
7:21 pm
Righty…
Nope..news…the earlier stuff was not about the 57 Islamic states…
Hillbilly D
June 21st, 2011
7:21 pm
Uncle Jed (from downstairs)
I’ve never grown sunflowers and really don’t know anything about them. Reckon it could be cutworms?
waterstim
June 21st, 2011
7:25 pm
Jay, you and your people (ala YOUR Attorney General) make me want to vomit. You morons have no
clue. BUT, there will be a day of reckoning. You God-less perverts.
Soothsayer
June 21st, 2011
7:26 pm
Turn about is fair play!
mmm, mmm, mmm, Barack the Liar Obama - BEND OVER, Here comes the CHANGE!
June 21st, 2011
7:26 pm
He should have joined the Navy so he could have been torpeadoed!
Liberal Convert
June 21st, 2011
7:27 pm
Hi, everyone.
Thanks to y’all for the bennies! Just got back from the Kroger with my six-pack and some Ho-hos for the kids. That debit card y’all sent me was awesome! Saves me some time and helps me avoid the bad looks I get from people who actually work for a living. LOL!
I been unemployed for a while and my ex-boss called me to see if I’d go back to work for him — what a jerk-wad! He wants to pay me what I get in unemployment that MY president pays me. Go back to work? LOL!
I’ll always vote democrat because they pay me to do nothing! They keep giving me everything for nothing. Obamacare says I get healthcare — those rich bastards pay for it! I love this country.
Maybe I didn’t graduate from high school because I knocked up my baby-mama, well one of them, I lose track.
But I know Jay and others like them here will still give me money.
Have a good day, everyone.
Doggone/GA
June 21st, 2011
7:28 pm
“You God-less perverts”
Jay – should we all start whining now? And who will YOU whine to?
Keep Up the Good Fight!
June 21st, 2011
7:28 pm
Doggone…you mean this? http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/a/ashcroft-breast.htm
Keep Up the Good Fight!
June 21st, 2011
7:29 pm
Seems some perverts are not godless.
Amish sexter busted for buggy sex invite to girl, 12
Doggone/GA
June 21st, 2011
7:31 pm
Keep Up – yep, that’s it. I just couldn’t remember who it was
1811/1801 - 0311/0317
June 21st, 2011
7:37 pm
And ………………… he is getting ready to retire.
DON’T ASS, DON’T TAIL !
josef
June 21st, 2011
7:38 pm
Hillbilly and Uncle Jed
I was thinking cutworms, too…
JAY
That Obama impersonator…I still don’t get it…he hadn’t lost his audience and he was funny…
Now we know who BADA really is…
getalife
June 21st, 2011
7:38 pm
“Jay, you and your people (ala YOUR Attorney General)”
What is the problem tim?
F. Sinkwich
June 21st, 2011
7:39 pm
Gay blog. Obviously no one cares.
Good little liberal
June 21st, 2011
7:39 pm
Thanks Jay.
Jay
June 21st, 2011
7:40 pm
To tell you the truth, I haven’t watched it, Josef.
midtownguy
June 21st, 2011
7:40 pm
… and no one caring is a good thing.
1811/1801 - 0311/0317
June 21st, 2011
7:44 pm
Recon:
THEMPER FI !
getalife
June 21st, 2011
7:44 pm
Time to move on from this issue.
Change.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
June 21st, 2011
7:45 pm
So apparently, according to Scout, retiring marines (but not already retired) are to be discounted for their comment. Or did I misunderstand the post? (Well excluding the silly slogan)
josef
June 21st, 2011
7:46 pm
SCOUT
You’ve got your orders down the chain of command, now fall in!
And while we’re on the subject, I’ve been waiting for a chance to send you this…came from a rabbi buddy of mine the other day…
Sorry, y’all for the long post…but, well, some of you might enjoy
In her radio show, Dr Laura Schlesinger said that, as an observant Orthodox Jew, homosexuality is an abomination according to Leviticus 18:22, and cannot be condoned under any circumstance.
The following response is an open letter to Dr. Laura, posted on the Internet. It’s funny, as well as informative:
Dear Dr. Laura:
Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God’s Law. I have learned a great deal from your show, and try to share that knowledge with as many people as I can. When someone tries to defend the homosexual lifestyle, for example, I simply remind them that Leviticus 18:22 clearly states it to be an abomination … End of debate.
I do need some advice from you, however, regarding some other elements of God’s Laws and how to follow them.
1. Leviticus 25:44 states that I may possess slaves, both male and female, provided they are from neighboring nations. A friend of mineclaims that this applies to Mexicans, but not Canadians. Can youclarify? Why can’t I own Canadians?
2. I would like to sell my daughter into slavery, as sanctioned in Exodus 21:7. In this day and age, what do you think would be a fair price for her?
3. I know that I am allowed no contact with a woman while she is in her period of menstrual uncleanliness – Lev.15: 19-24. The problem is how do I tell? I have tried asking, but most women take offense.
4. When I burn a bull on the altar as a sacrifice, I know it creates a pleasing odor for the Lord – Lev.1:9. The problem is my neighbors. They claim the odor is not pleasing to them. Should I smite them?
5. I have a neighbor who insists on working on the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2 clearly states he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill him myself, or should I ask the police to do it?
6. A friend of mine feels that even though eating shellfish is an abomination, Lev. 11:10, it is a lesser abomination thanhomosexuality. I don’t agree. Can you settle this? Are there ‘degrees’ of abomination?
7. Lev. 21:20 states that I may not approach the altar of God if I have a defect in my sight. I have to admit that I wear reading glasses. Does my vision have to be 20/20, or is there some wiggle-room here?
8. Most of my male friends get their hair trimmed, including the hair around their temples, even though this is expressly forbidden by Lev. 19:27. How should they die?
9. I know from Lev. 11:6-8 that touching the skin of a dead pig makes me unclean, but may I still play football if I wear gloves?
10. My uncle has a farm. He violates Lev.19:19 by planting two different crops in the same field, as does his wife by wearing garments made of two different kinds of thread (cotton/polyester blend). He also tends to curse and blaspheme a lot. Is it really necessary that we go to all the trouble of getting the whole town together to stone them?
Lev.24:10-16. Couldn’t we just burn them to death at a private family affair, like we do with people who sleep with their in-laws? (Lev. 20:14)
I know you have studied these things extensively and thus enjoy considerable expertise in such matters, so I’m confident you can help. Thank you again for reminding us that God’s word is eternal and unchanging.
Your adoring fan,
James M. Kauffman, Ed.D. Professor Emeritus,
Dept. Of Curriculum, Instruction, and Special Education
University of Virginia
Jay
June 21st, 2011
7:47 pm
no one cares, Sinkwich?
It is kind of funny, isn’t it? People cared like hell, predicting all sorts of calamity and catastrophe, fighting it as if the future of the republic depended upon it.
Now that it’s happened, not a problem. On to the next battle line.
stands for decibels
June 21st, 2011
7:47 pm
Gay blog. Obviously no one cares.
F. Sinkwich: Gay as f–k? Is it irresponsible to speculate?
it would be irresponsible not to!
/Our Lady of the Jeebus Dolphinz
josef
June 21st, 2011
7:48 pm
JAY
I hadn’t seen it either until you linked it…I thought it was pretty funny myself and that guy looks just like him, got his speech patterns and gestures down pat..
Brosephus
June 21st, 2011
7:51 pm
Interesting exchange. Not too sure how the retired Marines here will take it, but that’s not for me to get in a dander about.
How about I make some jokes about Akmar Muhammand the Terrorist, Jay? How long would you let me get away with that?
If you’re as good with satire as our resident Redneck, you shouldn’t have a problem with it from Jay. It’s the masses that you’d have to worry about booing you off stage.
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
June 21st, 2011
7:54 pm
Time to move on from this issue.
Change.
Well, I never agree with this radical Getalife, but this time I do. With this crew you can’t bring up what the Bible says and you’re made to look like some heathen if you stick with your church’s teachings. We’ll accept the gays in the military when we say something, but you can’t control what we really think. So I’m for Bookman bringing on something that don’t cause alot of fuss, like Obamacare. Nobody hides what they think about that.
Only thing I can’t figure out is how that guy knowed there was three gays in his Army outfit. Heck, when I was serving they threatened us with prison and everything else and nobody dared to admit to being gay.
@@
June 21st, 2011
7:55 pm
Harry Reid endorses Huntsman, and Chairman Holland puts “The Palin” on him.
“Many Democrats supported his role as ambassador to China, were excited about many of the very moderate and pragmatic positions he took to support the president and support the United States. Now I think they’re disappointed that again, it’s two jobs in a row he just can’t seem to complete,” state Democratic Chairman Wayne Holland said Monday.
Brosephus
June 21st, 2011
8:00 pm
Gay blog. Obviously no one cares.
And yet you’ve posted multiple times. Things that make you say hmmmmmm………
AmVet
June 21st, 2011
8:03 pm
But, but, but espirit de corps!!
And morale!!
And social engineering while we’re at war!!
Cons are as stuck on stupid as they were back in 1993 when Clinton implemented DADT.
They will always go batshiite crazy regarding anything related to homosexuals.
It’s what they do…
Tundra Dude
June 21st, 2011
8:10 pm
JB: Barrett is a man able to grab and hold the attention of anyone within a hundred yards of his voice.
He looks/sounds like a real Meanie.
Didn’t even let the troops vote on it…..
Hootinanny Yum Yum
June 21st, 2011
8:13 pm
Honestly don’t have a problem with gay’s serving in the military. Just don’t want it shoved down my throat.
One other thing, Jay. Agree with what you said about senior enlisted NCO’s in the military. But, if you believe senior enlisted NCO’s at the command level (in the AF that used be Wing Senior Enlisted Adviser) are apolitical, you really don’t have a grip on true military organizational leadership. There is a significant difference between those senior enlisted members who lead in the trenches and those who lead at the command level (or Pentagon).