Doing research for the new blog-post, what's the difference between "pack-rat" and "hoarder?" Also, I'd like some insight into other extreme behavior classifications versus their more moderate contemporary conditions. Also, what's the difference between a teenager and a nympho, etc.
Can't post much more, on my way to Folk in the Park 3, Long's Park, Lancaster, PA. More to follow.
-Peace out, Cubscouts!
Shayna
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Thursday, May 27, 2010
"Don't Ask, Don't Care!"
Admittedly, I stole the idea for the title from Countdown with Keith Olbermann on MSNBC yesterday. On his program yesterday, he had military consultants who were senior military leadership who essentially said that it's sort of ironic, because for the most part the CURRENT philosophy is that not only don't they ask, but nobody cares!
Well the amendment to the Defense act was passed in the house, so as long as the whole kit-n-caboodle makes it through, and the culminating Dept of Defense study, which is I'm sure just a series of "command climate surveys," we will finally have an end to probably the dumbest law ever.
I will now go back and explain a bunch of jargon one may not necessarily be familiar with without a military background. A command climate survey is a battery of annoying emails that get repeatedly forwarded out that almost every participant fills out, but all feel it never actually gets read or tallied on any scorecard ANYWHERE.
I posted a thing on facebook a while back which loosely said, "when did the beeswax of my sex life become the government's sex-life to mind?" I am sick of this even being an issue at all.
Today on Countdown, some moron from the American Family Association, which is, I'm certain another benign title for some Pat Robertson-esque right wing ridiculous regime, actually had the stones to say that if DADT is repealed, we will have a bunch of Cpl Klingers (of MASH) running around and destroying the military.
Seriously? Are you out of your freaking mind? In case you were unaware, I can assure you, when one joins the military, there is no clothing option for drag. Everyone gets issued the same hideous uniform that we all hate collectively. It's ugly, but we're all the same. We come from different cities, backgrounds, education levels, languages, family dynamics, but the only thing that matters is that we all get trained to do the job we volunteered for, and we all wear the clothes that our employer assigned us to wear. Nobody cares who you sleep with, so long as it doesn't conflict with your mission.
I'm traditionally the type of individual who remains remarkably opinionated, particularly with matters that don't concern me, but on this one, get a grip...
Below is my post:
Well the amendment to the Defense act was passed in the house, so as long as the whole kit-n-caboodle makes it through, and the culminating Dept of Defense study, which is I'm sure just a series of "command climate surveys," we will finally have an end to probably the dumbest law ever.
I will now go back and explain a bunch of jargon one may not necessarily be familiar with without a military background. A command climate survey is a battery of annoying emails that get repeatedly forwarded out that almost every participant fills out, but all feel it never actually gets read or tallied on any scorecard ANYWHERE.
I posted a thing on facebook a while back which loosely said, "when did the beeswax of my sex life become the government's sex-life to mind?" I am sick of this even being an issue at all.
Today on Countdown, some moron from the American Family Association, which is, I'm certain another benign title for some Pat Robertson-esque right wing ridiculous regime, actually had the stones to say that if DADT is repealed, we will have a bunch of Cpl Klingers (of MASH) running around and destroying the military.
Seriously? Are you out of your freaking mind? In case you were unaware, I can assure you, when one joins the military, there is no clothing option for drag. Everyone gets issued the same hideous uniform that we all hate collectively. It's ugly, but we're all the same. We come from different cities, backgrounds, education levels, languages, family dynamics, but the only thing that matters is that we all get trained to do the job we volunteered for, and we all wear the clothes that our employer assigned us to wear. Nobody cares who you sleep with, so long as it doesn't conflict with your mission.
I'm traditionally the type of individual who remains remarkably opinionated, particularly with matters that don't concern me, but on this one, get a grip...
Below is my post:
Shayna King: If YOU ran an essentially volunteer organization, whose primary purpose is to "fight and win wars" as we are taught, AND had massive shortages of people, why then would you want to exclude potentially helpful personnel? I love that they liken DADT to the fact that it took 5 years to integrate races. I'd go to war wit...h ANYBODY as long as they could do their job. I personally think that the beeswax of my sex life should never be my boss's burden to mind, REGARDLESS.
See Morenews.yahoo.com
A proposal to step up the repeal of the ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the military but still allow the Pentagon time — perhaps even years — to implement new policies won the White House's backing on Monday after administration officials met with gay rights activists.
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I received only one question from the nearly 450 people who have access to my page. Have I ever been assigned to a line unit or to Division? No, I have not. I'm a reservist, and my job is pretty specific to medical units. I understand that it still happens, but I've only ever been assigned to my reserve unit and to a few medical centers as part of an involuntary activation.
With regard to deployment, when a soldier is deployed, they are instructed not to have sex anyhow, so I really don't see what the homophobic hubbub is all about.
At any rate, I'm going to bed before I have either some form of aneurysm burst or break something. ;-)
Peace,
Shayna