Facebook posts show WikiLeaks suspect’s anger over military’s gay ban – Yahoo! News

Facebook posts show WikiLeaks suspect’s anger over military’s gay ban – Yahoo! News

hmmmm.

repealed by Congress but still in place.
The military -and Big Ears Obama – need to get on board.
The American people have given them and order and they need to do as they are told and get over the sexuality issue before any more damage is done to the readiness of our troops.

NationalJournal.com – As Obama Visits Ireland, JFK’s Shadow Looms – Monday, May 23, 2011

NationalJournal.com – As Obama Visits Ireland, JFK's Shadow Looms – Monday, May 23, 2011

While I’m still giddy about the press…

Reagan made only passing reference to what was known in Ireland as “the Troubles.” But Clinton embraced the quest for peace between the two warring communities. When he granted a long-denied visa to Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams in 1994—in part at the urging of Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass.—the British were furious. The Irish were delighted.

…Clinton threw himself into the Irish peace process, visiting Ireland twice more and becoming the first president to visit Northern Ireland, going there all three times. He also appointed George Mitchell to oversee the peace talks that resulted in the Good Friday Agreement. And when he left office, Clinton had reached a level of popularity with the Irish people that matched Kennedy’s, in large part because they knew that he had bucked the advice of the entire foreign policy establishment to end the bloodshed on their island.

Think of what you could do in terms of building goodwill towards the US if you could mimic this sort of thing somewhere else. Ah, the possibilities if you turn over a competent leaf…

Obama receives rock star reception in Ireland – CNN.com

Obama receives rock star reception in Ireland – CNN.com

Gee-zus, Joseph and Mary!
I’ve been waiting to see this out of you.
A boxing reference even? Brilliant!

/putting aside the nagging thought that goes something like this, ‘can you please do it when you’re not campaigning? Please? Other Democrats have to be elected, your base has to retain its enthusiasm and dang it all man, we need the moderates and the independents stop talking down to the middle class!’

OK, maybe not so much with the sucessfully putting it aside but still…

It never hurts to be a little Irish when you’re running for the presidency of the United States of America,” Obama joked during a campaign stop in 2008.

Well done man, well done.