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February 2, 2010

I don’t know what this has to do with eBooks, but I’ll blog it anyway

By Thoreau

The Defense Secretary and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff are asking Congress to allow gays and lesbians to serve openly.  The biggest stumbling block at this point is a fear that if the draft is ever re-instated this policy would make Republican Congressmen and televangelists draft-eligible.

Posted by Thoreau @ 5:42 pm, Filed under: Main

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12 Responses to “I don’t know what this has to do with eBooks, but I’ll blog it anyway”

  1. Comment by chris y —
    February 2, 2010 @ 6:24 pm

    Once every few years, there is a blog post which is so perfect that to comment is almost sacrilegious. And then some idiot like me comes along and ruins it.

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  3. Comment by Chad Orzel —
    February 2, 2010 @ 9:02 pm

    Please accept this trophy in the shape of a miniature Internet.

  4. Comment by Thoreau —
    February 2, 2010 @ 9:09 pm

    the shape of a miniature Internet

    OMG! It’s a miniature series of tubes!

  5. Comment by Jim Henley —
    February 3, 2010 @ 12:52 am

    I’m comforted that someone here has an eye out for those odd little happenings that don’t involve book-pricing. Wars; economic upheavals; political turmoil. Isn’t there football this weekend?

  6. Comment by Walt —
    February 3, 2010 @ 5:00 am

    No, they canceled the football in honor of the suffering copy editors of Macmillan.

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  8. Comment by David Ehrenstein —
    February 3, 2010 @ 10:08 am

    The biggest stumbling block to the removal of DADT is the obesssion of heterosexual males with anal intercourse. Gay men are nowhere near as interested in it as straight men — who go on and on and on and on about it in giddy fearful tones.

    As for the whole gays-in-the-military “issue” here are my thoughts — and remembrances.

  9. Comment by VikingMoose —
    February 3, 2010 @ 2:45 pm

    Doktor T: evil fiziks type fulll of win

  10. Comment by max —
    February 3, 2010 @ 11:22 pm

    The biggest stumbling block at this point is a fear that if the draft is ever re-instated this policy would make Republican Congressmen and televangelists draft-eligible.

    Well, I think the sadomasochism would disqualify them.

    max
    ['Until the Bushies come back.']

  11. Comment by Bic —
    February 4, 2010 @ 11:11 am

    I wish I had said that!

    Second best, I linked to it.

    http://bicsplace.blogspot.com/2010/02/best-observation-on-repealing-dadt.html

  12. Comment by Nell —
    February 4, 2010 @ 11:47 pm

    Best. Thoreau post. Ever.

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