Thus far, the only one of the many constituencies seduced and abandoned by Obie that seems to be recognizing the fact is gay folks:
Obama Faces Gay Groups' Growing AngerIt's noteworthy that Obie could abolish "don't ask, don't tell" -- another exercise in Clintonian Pecksniffery -- with a stroke of the pen under his very broad "stop-loss" powers, but he hasn't done it. Passing the buck to Congress -- when it's convenient -- seems to be this Administration's style. All hail King Log!
The anger from gay rights advocates toward President Obama is starting to boil over.On Monday, Joe Solmonese, the president of the establishment gay rights group The Human Rights Campaign, sent an angry letter to the president objecting to the decision by the Obama Justice Department to file a brief defending the Defense of Marriage Act.
The Clinton-era Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, mandates (1) that the federal government not recognize same-sex marriages and (2) that states not be forced to recognize same-sex marriages from other states.
Mr. Obama vowed to repeal DOMA as a presidential candidate but he has not taken any action to do so since becoming president. The Justice Department brief calls the legislation a "valid exercise of Congress' power" and says it is "reasonable and rational for Congress to maintain its longstanding policy of fostering this traditional and universally-recognized form of marriage."
... [T]he president has also declined to take action on the "don't ask, don't tell" policy that prohibits gays from serving openly in the military, despite campaign promises to do so. While the administration has suggested it is working with the military to repeal the policy responsibly, the Pentagon says there have not been any serious discussions along those lines.
...On Sunday, John Berry, who is director of Office of Personnel Management and the highest-ranking gay official under Mr. Obama, told The Advocate that the administration plans to take action on both DOMA and "don’t ask," as well as an employment nondiscrimination bill, "before the sun sets on this administration."
Asked if that timeframe included a second term, Berry said, "I say this in a broad sense -- our goal is to get this done on this administration's watch."
You could argue that it's a good thing, in a perverse way. The less president we have, the better. Trouble is he's inconsistent about it. If he were King Log about Afghanistan, now...
Comments (8)
O'Doma staying away from "don't ask don't tell" is probably a good move,...
I really don't think Uncle Sam's rough riders are ready for that. Have you read TRADOC CSM Bruner's bio yet? Next to his Spec. Forces training and NCO positions, he boasts of Rigging School on the education section for Christ's sake! Don't make this F'n guy nervouse!
Infantryman, I promise, don't want to hear about the Commanders 18 yr old piece of boy band ass back home on the other side of tomorrow, while cleaning camel spiders out of their sleeping bags.
Posted by Son of Uncle Sam | July 8, 2009 5:24 AM
Posted on July 8, 2009 05:24
truss me up sarge
build yer own hang man's peg
the ape-itomy of barrrraack's highjinx
Bruner rigs???
he really does got
the geeter for the heater
f the pantomine torture
we're passing by the tit twist here
squadristi
lets straight off
start him with some double fun
i mean we do some serious
wiring diagramatics
a nth generation pinochet eeg/ekg ???
Posted by op | July 8, 2009 9:05 AM
Posted on July 8, 2009 09:05
NEXUS 6 Replicants
Posted by Son of Uncle Sam | July 8, 2009 10:48 AM
Posted on July 8, 2009 10:48
Holy. Fuckin'. SHIT.
That's got to be the best fuckin' alternate short word for the Shepard Fairey poster art ever... and I'm kicking myself for not thinking of it myself. Beeyootiful. Exceeds the standard set by the famous ACT-UP poster of President Bubba with the Pinocchio nose.
You should post this to FAILblog along with the CBS News link.
Posted by Mike Flugennock | July 8, 2009 10:52 AM
Posted on July 8, 2009 10:52
what if king log is a log king
could that help ???
Posted by op | July 8, 2009 11:49 AM
Posted on July 8, 2009 11:49
OFF TOPIC and just for MJS:
"And so the liberal tendency became a habit with Stepan Arkadyich, and he liked his newspaper, as he liked a cigar after dinner, for the slight haze it produced in his head.
Anna Karenina"
(from a friend. Evidently there was an early Democratic party in 19th century Russia.)
Posted by hce | July 8, 2009 7:45 PM
Posted on July 8, 2009 19:45
It's incredible opposition to state-committed or -sponsored mass murder doesn't attract a fraction of this kind of support. Perhaps it's because gay rights don't endanger the fabric of imperial society the way human rights threatens to therefore protesters have less to risk.
Posted by Peter Ward | July 8, 2009 9:33 PM
Posted on July 8, 2009 21:33
Peter -- You make a good point. I usually have little use for identity politics, but it's hard to escape the conclusion that the gay movement has some, er, skin in the game, and the anti-war movement hasn't. That is, gay folks are looking for changes that are likely to make a substantive difference in their lives, but anti-war types are acting on behalf of interests that aren't their own interests. Which is a good thing to do of course but doesn't lend quite such a sense of urgency.
Now if I could only figure out the labor movement....
Posted by MJS | July 9, 2009 2:23 PM
Posted on July 9, 2009 14:23