Category: Don't Ask Don't Tell
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Oct 18, 2009 in Andrew Sullivan, Bamboozling, Bill Clinton, Bloggers, Campaign promises, Civil Liberties & Rights, Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Democrats, Don't Ask Don't Tell, GLBT, Gay Rights, Hoodwinking, Human Rights, John McCain, Obama's Broken Promises, President Barack Obama, Rev. James Meeks | 30 Comments
Well, Obama is pandering to the GLBT community again. He gave a speech to the Human RIghts Campaign Friday, October 9th. Personally, I think he was trying to ward off the big-ass march planned against him in DC byt the GLBT community. It didn’t work, I might add. Seems some folks [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Oct 5, 2009 in Afghanistan, Bamboozling, CNN, Civil Liberties & Rights, Current Affairs, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Hillary Clinton, Hoodwinking, Obama Comrades, Obama's Broken Promises, President Barack Obama, Rev. James Meeks, Soldiers/Veterans | 35 Comments
That’s the headline I saw Monday morning at AOL . Of course my response was, “Whaaa” For real?? How fortuitous since General McChrystal is saying we need more troops in Afghanistan! Is this true??” And then I read the article. The short answer is, “No.”
Here is the [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Sep 19, 2009 in Ayers, Campaign promises, Congress (House & Senate), Congressional Black Caucus, Current Affairs, DNC, Don't Ask Don't Tell, FISA, Hillary Clinton, Israel, Jimmy Carter, Misogyny, Political Correctness, President Barack Obama, Public Finance, Qualifications, Race Card, Racism, Rev. James Meeks, Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., Rules and Bylaws Committee, Tony Rezko, White Guilt | 78 Comments
By now, most everyone has heard that President Carter claimed people who don’t support Obama do so because they are racists. Wow. Obviously, this is shocking on the face of it. If you have not heard this, the video is below. I also recommend two very good posts on this topic, one [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Sep 12, 2009 in ABC News, ACORN, Associated Press, Bailouts, Bank Bailouts, CNN, Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Democrats, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Fox News, Media Handling of Story, NBC/MSNBC, New York Times, Obama's Broken Promises, President Barack Obama, Republicans, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Soldiers/Veterans, Washington Post | 29 Comments
Yes, it is a Numbers Game today. My blogging buddy, Diamond Tiger at Logistics Monster had this video at her blog today, which I am shamelessly stealing (hey - she’s on HI time - she is up when we East Coasters are dead asleep, even though she is at the March on Washington. [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Aug 16, 2009 in Bill Clinton, Campaign promises, Civil Rights, Current Affairs, Democrats, Dept. of Justice (Obama), Don't Ask Don't Tell, Gay Rights, Obama's Broken Promises, President Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton | 78 Comments
At the Netroot Nations ‘09 meeting recently, there was an interaction between President Bill Clinton and a member of the audience. During Clinton’s speech, this man stood up to ask him some questions. I mean in the middle of Clinton’s speech. Major H/T to my NQ fellow writer, pm317 for the following video. [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Aug 10, 2009 in Barney Frank, Campaign promises, Current Affairs, Don't Ask Don't Tell, FISA, George Bush, New York Times, Obama's Broken Promises, President Barack Obama | 44 Comments
You know that during the Campaign, I said a number of times that Obama was the REAL Bush II, not Clinton, and not McCain (for instance, here, here, and here). Many of us saw that writing on the wall as one similarity after another came out.
Well, here is another one: Signing Statements. Yes, the [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Aug 4, 2009 in Chelsea Clinton, Crime, Current Affairs, DNC, David Shuster, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Flip Flopping, Gay Rights, Gender Bias, Hate Speech, Hoodwinking, Media, Media Bias, Media Handling of Story, Misogyny, Obama's Broken Promises, Obama's Priorities, President Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Sexism, Washington Post | 16 Comments
You may have seen this report of Gay youth who were murdered in Tel Aviv:
The spontaneous march in response, the solidarity evident, brought tears to my eyes.
While we are on the subject of the GLBT community, as of this writing, according to the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, 332 service members have been dismissed under DADT [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Jul 30, 2009 in Current Affairs, Don't Ask Don't Tell, New York State, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Soldiers/Veterans, US Senate, Women and Children | 22 Comments
I got an email recently from an organization that has impressed me, VoteVets.org. As their name implies, they work hard on behalf of our veterans. They work not just on behalf of our veterans, but all those currently serving in the military. The email was on the issue of “Don’t Ask, Don’t [...]
By Bronwyn's Harbor on Jul 30, 2009 in Armed Services Committee, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Current Affairs, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Father Michael Pfleger, Gay Rights, Rev. James Meeks, Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., Rev. Otis Moss | 16 Comments
The only reason I’m writing this story about gays in the military instead of the true expert, Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy, who’s hammered President Obama for not carrying through with his campaign promises to revoke “don’t ask don’t tell” — is that I happened to catch a segment on upcoming Armed Services hearing to [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Jun 19, 2009 in Backtrack Obama, Bamboozling, Current Affairs, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Flip Flopping, GLBT, Gay Rights, Health Care, Hoodwinking, Obama's Broken Promises, Pandering, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, State Department, Universal Health Care | 24 Comments
Oh, the irony is just too rich. Some of you may have heard that President Obama decided the other day, after getting hammered by the LGBT community over DADT and DOMA, to grant LGB federal employees partner benefits by Executive Decision. Kind of. First, it begs the question, if he could have [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Jun 14, 2009 in Bamboozling, Campaign promises, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Current Affairs, Dept. of Justice (Obama), Don't Ask Don't Tell, GLBT, Gay Rights, Hoodwinking, Pandering, President Barack Obama, WORMs | 52 Comments
(bumped up from earlier yesterday)
Oh, boy. Well, Obama recently showed his true colors on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” (see this, this, and this) and he has REALLY shown them on “DOMA” (Defense of Marriage Act). I’m sorry to keep harping on this, but hey - it IS Pride month, after all, and what [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Jun 12, 2009 in Abortion, Backtrack Obama, Bamboozling, Campaign promises, Crime, Current Affairs, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Economy, Fox News, GLBT, Gay Rights, Harry Reid, Human Rights, Media, Muslim, Obama's Broken Promises, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Terrorism, Women | 29 Comments
(bumped up from yesterday)
As some of you know, my mother suffered a stroke recently. I am currently in my home town spending time with her and getting her house in order. As a result, I rushed a recent post on “DADT” I wrote in order to get to the nursing center in a timely [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Jun 10, 2009 in Civil Liberties & Rights, Commander in Chief, Democrats, Don't Ask Don't Tell, GLBT, Gay Rights, Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, Obama's Broken Promises, Soldiers/Veterans, Speaker Nancy Pelosi | 79 Comments
“This Guy” being President Obama, and the ones making excuses for him are people in the LGBT community. In this particular instance, I mean over “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” Yes, the Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to “DADT” in the case of Infantryman, and JAG officer, James Pietrangelo II (H/T to Soldier4Hillary [...]
By Ani on Jun 3, 2009 in Backtrack Obama, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Bush/Cheney, Current Affairs, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Flip Flopping, GLBT, Gay Rights, Hillary Clinton, Obama's Broken Promises, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton | 56 Comments
While I have long thought VP Dick Cheney was the devil incarnate, no one ever said he wasn’t a smart guy. Cheney was also arguably our most unpopular Vice President evah! He looked to be hiding out in a bunker most of the eight years President Bush was in office, and was probably [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on May 29, 2009 in California, Current Affairs, Don't Ask Don't Tell, GLBT, Gay Rights, Hate Speech, Hillary Clinton, Human Rights | 46 Comments
The other day, I wrote a post about Proposition 8 being upheld by the California Supreme Court. In response to that post, faithful reader, SFIndie, made this comment, which I want to share with you here. She does, in fact, live in San Francisco, and knows whereof she speaks. Anyway, I thought [...]
By SusanUnPC on May 20, 2009 in Campaign promises, Censorship, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Flip Flopping, Hoodwinking, Human Rights, Obama's Broken Promises | 66 Comments
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I don’t know how anyone can watch the above video and not be both sickened and infuriated. It’s bad enough that, every day for 18 years, this man had to live a lie and keep a secret — that dishonesty and subterfuge are [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on May 20, 2009 in Backtrack Obama, Bamboozling, Campaign promises, Civil Liberties & Rights, Don't Ask Don't Tell, GLBT, Gay Rights, Human Rights, Obama's Broken Promises | 25 Comments
Once again, Obama has found a way to NOT let the buck stop with him - he is proving to be quite adept at finding a way to not take a stand on stands he has previously taken. I know - it makes my head hurt, too, but that’s the reality of it. [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on May 10, 2009 in Backtrack Obama, Bamboozling, Barack Obama, Civil Liberties & Rights, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Flip Flopping, GLBT, Gay Rights, Hillary Clinton, Hoodwinking, Obama's Broken Promises, Pandering, Political Correctness | 14 Comments
The issue of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” is in the news again after the dismissal of a gay Army Arabic linguist recently (H/T to American Girl in Italy), as Steve Clemons mentioned in his post, “Do Obama’s Private Promises on Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Matter?“). Below is an interesting history of how the act [...]