rob Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 women allowed in combat roles this is probably going to send the christdumbs into a tizzy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevbone Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Nice...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 One guess as to who sued them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Posted January 23, 2013 Author Share Posted January 23, 2013 I'm a big fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevbone Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 One guess as to who sued them... The NRA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 One guess as to who sued them... hugh heffner? titties n' tanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Posted January 23, 2013 Author Share Posted January 23, 2013 titties n' tanks! now that's a platform I could get behind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowlab03 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Awesome... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Posted January 23, 2013 Author Share Posted January 23, 2013 I wonder if they'll finally let women on submarines (no seamen jokes, please!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Wo-man. Woah, man. You've got a gun. Let's have some fun. Look at those Ta-li-ban run... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prole Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 The only thing left now is to figure out how Tvash can claim credit. Oh wait, he already did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denalidave Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 The only thing left now is to figure out how Tvash can claim credit. Oh wait, he already did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 The only thing left now is to figure out how Tvash can claim credit. Oh wait, he already did. as if taking pride in an organization that you devote a bunch of your time to on the occasion of it achieving a great victory is somehow wrong? shit, da aclu's been having a good run of late, what w/ gay-weed n' all, and i for one am damn appreciative of every little black-hearted libturd who's part of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 The only thing left now is to figure out how Tvash can claim credit. Oh wait, he already did. A recurring theme Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 if tvash didn't cut the heart out of hobo's every night, the sun wouldnt' rise in the morning... he also invented the electric car, but the goddamn arabs wouldn't let it live polio vaccine? yup, that was him. the assembly line - brilliant. now if only i can sell him on bacon-bubble-gum... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Perhaps Che can enlist Tommy the Drunken Turtle and the Old Hippy to get his revolution off high center. In the meantime......(yet another) VICTORY PART-AYYYYYY!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 haters gotta hate, and winners gotta win, boys. It's the Song of the Angry Hairless Monkey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bstach Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Wo-man. Woah, man. You've got a gun. Let's have some fun. Look at those Ta-li-ban run... Shock and "awwwwe did you see the rack on the chick with the M-16?!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crux Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 The mysogyny is running strong on Facebook, complete with lamentations from soldiers about pregos and sluts! 2013? Not everybody got that memo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Women will now need to register for the draft. It will be interesting to see whether that has any effect on how carefully we consider going to war. Of course, without an actual draft, the effect may be nada. It hasn't been, um, too careful of late. The draft is an interesting civil rights issue. On one hand, should the state force citizens to kill, and thus violate a basic moral tenet? On the other, and all volunteer force means a true cross section of the population doesn't get to loose their sons and daughters - so why speak up when shitheel projects like Iraq happens? Principles versus practical result. Hmmmmm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share Posted January 24, 2013 On the other hand, the draft didn't stop Vietnam I hadn't heard that women now had to sign up for the selective service.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luna2 Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 DOD was on it's way to making this decision with or w/o the lawyers involvement. Personally I'm not so hot to go on the front line with my sistas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 That's coming soon. Count on it. The draft actually was instrumental in turning public opinion against the war in Vietnam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 (edited) DOD was on it's way to making this decision with or w/o the lawyers involvement. Personally I'm not so hot to go on the front line with my sistas. Not really: NYT "It was unclear why the Joint Chiefs acted now after examining the issue for years, although in recent months there has been building pressure from high-profile lawsuits. In November 2012 the American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit challenging the ban on behalf of four service women and the Service Women’s Action Network, a group that works for equality in the military. The A.C.L.U. said that one of the plaintiffs, Maj. Mary Jennings Hegar, an Air National Guard helicopter pilot, was shot down, returned fire and was wounded while on the ground in Afghanistan, but could not seek combat leadership positions because the Defense Department did not officially acknowledge her experience as combat." The decision does appear to have come from the military itself, still smarting, no doubt, from losing the uber expensive and embarrassing Witt lawsuit, which was won by the ACLU of WA. Uh huh, cuz that's how we roll. Considering that women have already been serving in combat positions for years now. A lawsuit's like a sip of strong coffee and a puff in the morning - it tends to move things along a bit faster. DADT was probably on its way out, too, but it could have lingered for years and years without the Witt case. It's all just part of holding the government accountable to the rule of law. Keeps those retards from eating their own poo as often as they are wont. Soldiers weren't so hot on serving with blacks, either, but things turned out OK. The one thing you can count on in this world is change. Some adapt well to it, others not so much. The first group tends to do better in the long run. Edited January 24, 2013 by tvashtarkatena Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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