Well, that does it. The Senate has finally voted (the house previously) to eliminate that pesky military policy that has been the law for 17 years..."Don't ask, don't tell" when it comes to gays serving in the United States military. From now on, once the president signs the new law, openly gay men and women will be able to serve in all the military branches. Mark my words, there will be some changes, changes you can believe in, starting with the before and after uniforms above. Not that the original Marine Corps (corpse to Mr. President) was ever all that butch what with the gold and red and blue but things are going to get even more interesting. I Understand that along with Martin Marietta, Haliburton, and American General (maker of the Humvee, which may take on a whole new meaning) there is a big government contract going out to Hunter-Douglas and Levolor. The Star Spangled Banner will be sung by Barbra Streisand. And the military "blouse (shirt for you civilians)" for women soldiers will be made of flannel. Whatever you may think about unfairness and segregation in the "old" army, it just was not true. I remember the first day at basic training and the drill sergeant saying "There are no black people in the Army. There are no white people in the Army. There are only GREEN people. Now I want the dark green people to stand over here, and the light green people to stand over there." There are way too many clever things to say about sneaking in behind enemy lines, so I shall just end this post here and let you think up the next joke.
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