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Thursday, September 05, 2013

Crackpot du Jour

I think the American "Family" Association breeds them, with Bryan Fischer as the donor. Sandy Rios is trying really hard to fill his shoes. Her thoughts (such as they are) on intervention in Syria:

It’s getting more exaggerated. This is the nature of John Kerry, he always does this; he’s not to be trusted. This is the reason why I think we have to be concerned about going into Syria because the people that we’re looking at to lead us are untrustworthy people. There’s a second reason and that is military readiness. When I looked at those battleships going into the Mediterranean, supposedly getting ready for battle in Syria, I couldn’t help think about all the stories I’ve read about how women now are in the ranks of the Navy, getting pregnant at exponential numbers; when I think about the folding in and the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell and the homosexual takeover of so much of our military I’m not sure how effective those naval ships will be.

If you can get through the word salad on John Kerry -- and who should we trust? Dick Cheney? Donald Rumsfeld? -- this little screed is close to hysterically funny. The funniest part is Rios pretending that she has any sense whatsoever of our military readiness. Women in the ranks of the Navy "getting pregnant at exponential numbers"? Huh? I'd love to see the statistics on that. As for DADT repeal and the effectiveness of the Navy, I have news for Ms. Rios: the Navy has always been very gay. Those ships are going to be just as effective as they've always been, probably more so, since no one has to lie about who they are any more to do their duty.

(A side note: the "Christian" right is trying, apparently, to push the idea that, since the repeal of DADT, gays are flocking to join the Armed Forces. I've seen no indication that there are more than there have always been. Of course, if you're a professional paranoid, the vast gay conspiracy to take over the country has to start somewhere. Let's just not tell them how many gays and lesbians work on Wall Street.)

There's audio at the link, if you can stand to listen. I can't.

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