Not only are you misplaced Tom, you are literally ignorant. I am not calling you stupid, just that know not what of you speak.
On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 1:24 PM, Tommy News <[email protected]> wrote: > Your homophobia is quite evident in these filthy minded, offensive > statements. > Heteosexuals are far,far more lewed and vulgar in and out of the > barracks than most well behaved gays are. > > On 12/19/10, THE ANNOINTED ONE <[email protected]> wrote: > > Like I have said TommyTomTom once this gets implemented and Gays start > > drawing DDs and BCDs for being openly Gay in the barracks (as was the > > case before DADT) you and they will seek "special rights" such as DADT > > offered. There is no room in the UCMJ for those "special rights" that > > you and the other liberals will seek when this starts to happen. > > > > I wish you well. > > > > On Dec 19, 10:39 am, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Tom, > >> > >> As we have established, you cannot point to any example of where I have > >> demonsrated any hateful lie or smear. We all sit here, atwitter with > >> excitement and anticipation, for you to point to any post where I have > >> done > >> so. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 10:00 AM, Tommy News <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > No, you stop your hate smears and lies, Little Keithie. > >> > >> > On 12/19/10, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > Stop the hate, smear and lies Lil Tommy!! > >> > >> > > <Grin>!! > >> > >> > > On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 11:27 PM, GregfromBoston > >> > > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> > >> > >> Like we told you a long time ago. Bring it up by itself and it > will > >> > >> pass > >> > >> ------------------------- > >> > >> > >> Yes we did. > >> > >> > >> Ready to move on Tom, or would you like a list of democrats who > voted > >> > >> against extending UI benefits, using your criteria? > >> > >> > >> On Dec 18, 11:20 pm, dick thompson <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> > You really are a dipsh*t. We told you long ago bring it up by > >> > >> > itself > >> > >> > and it will pass. They finally did and it passed. Doesn't > >> > >> > matter > >> > >> > what else you say, that is what happened. Now to see that the > >> > >> > rest > >> > of > >> > >> > these bills continue getting voted down. None of them are worth > >> > >> > passing. > >> > >> > >> > On 12/18/2010 10:02 PM, Tommy News wrote: > >> > >> > >> > > Wrong again. > >> > >> > > What I saw was that 31 Republican Senators voted against DADT > >> > >> > > repeal > >> > >> > > based upon their stand alone misguided homophobia which has now > >> > >> > > been > >> > >> > > plainly exposed. We must now campaign to vote all 31 of them > out > >> > >> > > of > >> > >> > > office to get ENDA, UAFA, and AEB passed, and DOMA repealed. > >> > >> > > 2012, > >> > >> > > Bring it on. > >> > >> > >> > > On 12/18/10, dick thompson<[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > >> Like we told you a long time ago. Bring it up by itself and > it > >> > will > >> > >> > >> pass. Instead you kept trying to blame the votes against the > >> > Omnibus > >> > >> > >> earmark bill on the DADT alone. Someday you might learn > >> > >> > >> something > >> > >> but > >> > >> > >> I kinda doubt it. Now maybe you will accept that some of the > >> > votes > >> > >> > >> against the Omnibus krep bill were against something other > than > >> > DADT. > >> > >> > >> Although I doubt that too. You are far too wedded to blaming > >> > >> > >> anything > >> > >> > >> that goes against what you want as being homophobic alone. > >> > Obviously > >> > >> > >> that is not so. > >> > >> > >> > >> On 12/18/2010 09:43 PM, Tommy News wrote: > >> > >> > >>> Victory! Senate Repeals �Don�t Ask, Don�t Tell�, > >> > >> > >>> Despite > >> > 31 > >> > >> Republican > >> > >> > >>> No Votes and John McCain's Fillibuster Attempt. This is a > long > >> > >> overdue > >> > >> > >>> victory for Civil Rights equality. Repeal of DOMA and Passige > >> > >> > >>> of > >> > >> > >>> ENDA > >> > >> > >>> and UAFA, and introduction of The American Equality Bill for > >> > >> > >>> Civil > >> > >> > >>> Rights are next. > >> > >> > >> > >>> Senate Repeals �Don�t Ask, Don�t Tell� > >> > >> > >> > >>> Drew Angerer/The New York Times > >> > >> > >>> Senator Joseph I. Lieberman gave the thumbs up as Majority > >> > >> > >>> Leader > >> > >> > >>> Harry Reid spoke at a press conference after the �don�t > >> > >> > >>> ask, > >> > >> don�t > >> > >> > >>> tell� vote. > >> > >> > >> > >>> By CARL HULSE > >> > >> > >>> nk WASHINGTON � The Senate on Saturday voted to strike down > >> > >> > >>> the > >> > >> > >>> ban > >> > >> on > >> > >> > >>> gay men and lesbians serving openly in the military, bringing > >> > >> > >>> to a > >> > >> > >>> close a 17-year struggle over a policy that forced thousands > of > >> > >> > >>> Americans from the ranks and caused others to keep secret > their > >> > >> sexual > >> > >> > >>> orientation. > >> > >> > >> > >>> Clockwise from left, Senators Mark Udall, Joseph I. > Lieberman, > >> > Susan > >> > >> > >>> Collins and Kirsten Gillibrand after a news conference on the > >> > repeal > >> > >> > >>> of �don�t ask, don�t tell.� > >> > >> > >> > >>> By a vote of 65 to 31, with eight Republicans joining > >> > >> > >>> Democrats, > >> > the > >> > >> > >>> Senate approved and sent to President Obama a repeal of the > >> > >> > >>> Clinton-era law, known as �don�t ask, don�t tell,� a > >> > policy > >> > >> critics > >> > >> > >>> said amounted to government-sanctioned discrimination that > >> > >> > >>> treated > >> > >> > >>> gay, lesbian and bisexual troops as second-class citizens. > >> > >> > >> > >>> Mr. Obama hailed the action, which fulfills his pledge to > >> > >> > >>> reverse > >> > >> > >>> the > >> > >> > >>> ban, and said it was �time to close this chapter in our > >> > >> > >>> history.� > >> > >> > >> > >>> �As commander in chief, I am also absolutely convinced that > >> > making > >> > >> > >>> this change will only underscore the professionalism of our > >> > >> > >>> troops > >> > >> > >>> as > >> > >> > >>> the best-led and best-trained fighting force the world has > ever > >> > >> > >>> known,� he said in a statement after the Senate, on a > >> > preliminary > >> > >> > >>> 63-to-33 vote, beat back Republican efforts to block final > >> > >> > >>> action > >> > on > >> > >> > >>> the repeal bill. > >> > >> > >> > >>> The vote marked a historic moment that some equated with the > >> > >> > >>> end > >> > of > >> > >> > >>> racial segregation in the military. > >> > >> > >> > >>> It followed an exhaustive Pentagon review that determined the > >> > policy > >> > >> > >>> could be changed with only isolated disruptions to unit > >> > >> > >>> cohesion > >> > and > >> > >> > >>> retention, though members of combat units and the Marine > Corps > >> > >> > >>> expressed greater reservations about the shift. Congressional > >> > action > >> > >> > >>> was backed by Pentagon officials as a better alternative to a > >> > >> > >>> court-ordered end. > >> > >> > >> > >>> Supporters of the repeal said it was long past time to > abolish > >> > what > >> > >> > >>> they saw as an ill-advised practice that cost valuable > >> > >> > >>> personnel > >> > and > >> > >> > >>> forced troops to lie to serve their country. > >> > >> > >> > >>> �We righted a wrong,� said Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, > the > >> > >> > >>> independent from Connecticut and a leader of the effort to > end > >> > >> > >>> the > >> > >> > >>> ban. �Today we�ve done justice.� > >> > >> > >> > >>> Before voting on the repeal, the Senate blocked a bill that > >> > >> > >>> would > >> > >> have > >> > >> > >>> created a path to citizenship for certain illegal immigrants > >> > >> > >>> who > >> > >> > >>> came > >> > >> > >>> to the United States at a young age, completed two years of > >> > college > >> > >> or > >> > >> > >>> military service and met other requirements including passing > a > >> > >> > >>> criminal background check. > >> > >> > >> > >>> The 55-to-41 vote in favor of the citizenship bill was five > >> > >> > >>> votes > >> > >> > >>> short of the number needed to clear the way for final passage > >> > >> > >>> of > >> > >> > >>> what > >> > >> > >>> is known as the Dream Act. > >> > >> > >> > >>> The outcome effectively kills it for this year, and its fate > >> > beyond > >> > >> > >>> that is uncertain since Republicans who will assume control > of > >> > >> > >>> the > >> > >> > >>> House in January oppose the measure and are unlikely to bring > >> > >> > >>> it > >> > to > >> > >> > >>> a > >> > >> > >>> vote. > >> > >> > >> > >>> The Senate then moved on to the military legislation, > engaging > >> > >> > >>> in > >> > an > >> > >> > >>> emotional back and forth over the merits of the measure as > >> > advocates > >> > >> > >>> for repeal watched from galleries crowded with people > >> > >> > >>> interested > >> > in > >> > >> > >>> the fate of both the military and immigration measures. > >> > >> > >> > >>> �I don�t care who you love,� Senator Ron Wyden, > Democrat > >> > >> > >>> of > >> > >> Oregon, > >> > >> > >>> said as the debate opened. �If you love this country enough > >> > >> > >>> to > >> > >> > >>> risk > >> > >> > >>> your life for it, you shouldn�t have to hide who you > are.� > >> > >> > >> > >>> Mr. Wyden showed up for the Senate vote despite saying > earlier > >> > that > >> > >> he > >> > >> > >>> would be unable to do so because he would be undergoing final > >> > tests > >> > >> > >>> before his scheduled surgery for prostate cancer on Monday. > >> > >> > >> > >>> The vote came in the final days of the 111th Congress as > >> > >> > >>> Democrats > >> > >> > >>> sought to force through a final few priorities before they > turn > >> > over > >> > >> > >>> control of the House of Representatives to the Republicans in > >> > >> > >>> January > >> > >> > >>> and see their clout in the Senate diminished. > >> > >> > >> > >>> It represented a significant victory for the White House, > >> > >> > >>> Congressional advocates of lifting the ban and activists who > >> > >> > >>> have > >> > >> > >>> pushed for years to end the Pentagon policy created in 1993 > >> > >> > >>> under > >> > >> > >>> the > >> > >> > >>> Clinton administration as a compromise effort to end the > >> > >> > >>> practice > >> > of > >> > >> > >>> barring gay men and lesbians entirely from military service. > >> > >> > >> > >>> Saying it represented an emotional moment for members of the > >> > >> > >>> gay > >> > >> > >>> community nationwide, advocates who supported repeal of > >> > >> > >>> �don�t > >> > >> ask, > >> > >> > >>> don�t tell� exchanged hugs outside the Senate chamber > after > >> > the > >> > >> vote. > >> > >> > >> > >>> �Today�s vote means gay and lesbian service members > posted > >> > >> > >>> all > >> > >> around > >> > >> > >>> the world can stand taller knowing that �don�t ask, > don�t > >> > >> tell� will > >> > >> > >>> soon be coming to an end,� said Aubrey Sarvis, an Army > >> > >> > >>> veteran > >> > and > >> > >> > >>> executive director for Servicemembers Legal Defense Network. > >> > >> > >> > >>> Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona and his party�s > >> > >> > >>> presidential candidate in 2008, led the opposition to the > >> > >> > >>> repeal > >> > and > >> > >> > >>> said the vote was a sad day in history. > >> > >> > >> > >>> �I hope that when we pass this legislation that we will > >> > understand > >> > >> > >>> that we are doing great damage,� Mr. McCain said. �And we > >> > could > >> > >> > >>> possibly and probably, as the commandant of the Marine Corps > >> > >> > >>> said, > >> > >> and > >> > >> > >>> as I have been told by literally thousands of members of the > >> > >> military, > >> > >> > >>> harm the battle effectiveness vital to the survival of our > >> > >> > >>> young > >> > men > >> > >> > >>> and women in the military.� > >> > >> > >> > >>> He and others opposed to lifting the ban said the change > could > >> > harm > >> > >> > >>> the unit cohesion that is essential to effective military > >> > >> > >>> operations, > >> > >> > >>> particularly in combat, and deter some Americans from > enlisting > >> > >> > >>> or > >> > >> > >>> pursuing a career in the military. They noted that despite > >> > >> > >>> support > >> > >> for > >> > >> ... > >> > >> read more » > > > > -- > > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > > > * Visit our other community at > > http://www.PoliticalForum.com/<http://www.politicalforum.com/> > > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > > > -- > Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time. > Have a great day, > Tommy > > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at > http://www.PoliticalForum.com/<http://www.politicalforum.com/> > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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