tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post3646414362288857172..comments2024-03-28T16:08:29.578-04:00Comments on Sardonicky: Trump Bans Transgender People From MilitaryKaren Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15612731479365562803noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-33659519328827909232017-07-28T07:59:25.732-04:002017-07-28T07:59:25.732-04:00"...when virile men are at the controls"..."...when virile men are at the controls" you mean 12 year old geeks who know everything? Hey, it's just like a video game only the killing is real!Bill Spraguenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-30325883398039687542017-07-27T21:49:02.105-04:002017-07-27T21:49:02.105-04:00Mr Fish, the resident political cartoonist at Trut...Mr Fish, the resident political cartoonist at Truthdig, sums it up very nicely for some of us here:<br />http://www.truthdig.com/cartoon/item/transgression_20170726<br /><br />Over at the Baffler, a trans speaks for herself on the matter.<br />https://thebaffler.com/latest/trans-ban-crossJay–Ottawahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10360356126450612113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-43642279827285773052017-07-27T16:07:08.821-04:002017-07-27T16:07:08.821-04:00Well here we go. Trump just set the hot button iss...Well here we go. Trump just set the hot button issue for the next election knowing that Dems can't resist identity politics and proud displays of virtue. Elections always seem to end up a culture war. I don't believe that's an accident.annenigmanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-44183721142574946272017-07-27T14:00:25.131-04:002017-07-27T14:00:25.131-04:00A tweet is not government.
The Joint Chiefs have...A tweet is not government. <br /><br />The Joint Chiefs have clearly said there is no change in policy.<br /><br />Whatever Trump tweeted today, he'll tweet something else soon enough, and off he goes.Mark Thomasonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-12594824878714692482017-07-27T11:08:21.143-04:002017-07-27T11:08:21.143-04:00This is good news, people.
If the US ever opts to...This is good news, people.<br /><br />If the US ever opts to get back into old-fashioned wholesale wars, today's most distinguished all-volunteer military, which is limited to retail conflicts with undistinguished results, may fall short of providing enough of the fodder and staying power needed to wage war on an epic scale. In that case the Pentagon will want the nation to revert to universal conscription, i.e., a Vietnam style draft.<br /><br />Once universal conscription is in effect, will our daughters be obliged to follow our brave boys as they begin to flash mob Selective Service offices to sign up for WWIII? If so, Trump's ban of transgenders from the military will turn out to be a good thing, a light at the end of the tunnel, a slight of hand worthy of the Noble Peace Prize.<br /><br />Transgender orientation will become the surest way to openly and legally escape the draft. No longer any need to buy a Greyhound ticket to Canada, no need to grow a wispy goatee, prove you're a vegan or declare you swore a vow to nonviolence since the age of six, no need to get your family physician to build the case for a medical discharge.<br /><br />Selective Service registration comes at about the same time in life as teens begin to discover who they really are. According to respected theorists, sexual orientation is especially in flux during this period. Bottom line: the transgender option may become very, very attractive as a way to skip the opportunity of killing your fellow men, women and LGBTs among the designated enemy du jour.<br /><br />Some of us commenting on this site have long wondered whether Trump is smarter than he lets on. Is he the Manchurian Candidate of the Left supporting our better angels? He just might be playing deep chess, just as did Obama, who was in the habit of making a feint in one direction but, thanks to a series of brilliant but subtle––and often misunderstood––moves, was taking the nation in the opposite direction––and for the most noble reasons. <br /><br />As a deep thinker, Obama led us out of Bush's "unnecessary" wars and back to America's humanitarian ways; he restored the economy to its sound foundation; he saved the environment and so on––details soon available via his presidential library.<br /><br />Well, I'm beginning to suspect that Trump might be a stealth peacenik. How well he covers up the fact. How else explain his exempting transgenders from military service? That's only the first move, with an unsuspected move up ahead towards a new era.<br /><br />Spoiler Alert, here's what comes next: the wisdom of transgender orientation sinks in to the rising generation. Very soon, transgenders will become the majority, resulting in too few young people left to be drafted to continue the wars, the pesky little ones or the big one. No more IEDs, no more collateral damage, no more PTSDs.<br /><br />Just imagine America as a transgender nation, incapable of waging wars. Half the discretionary budget will shift from the Pentagon back to ordinary people and a restoration of the infrastructure. Peace will reign across America, and therefore around the world. The whole rainbow of sexual orientations will be in the streets every Saturday morning cheering Trump for making America great again.<br />Jay–Ottawahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10360356126450612113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-18850728530146715852017-07-26T14:18:04.133-04:002017-07-26T14:18:04.133-04:00What Trump did was wrong. But I am against TGs joi...What Trump did was wrong. But I am against TGs joining the military to get expensive sex change operations. Do we all join imperialist fascist forces of murders, just for free medical care? Is that a Nuremberg defense? Jamienoreply@blogger.com