Unprovoked war is certainly not wanted by a majority of Americans.

I have written in 1985 for the FREEZE as a volunteer, and had the opportunity to interview what was then named “Beyond War Movement” out of California, locally represented by a Hartford Physician who was a member of the Beyond War movement, and noted the theme “War is Obsolete” due to the technology as being entirely out of proportion and not a proper conflict resolution. At that time, in 1985, “new modes of thinking” was what they claimed was needed.

My layman’s non-expert view, with a pre-eminent attorney, Ralph Nader as a Proper Presidential candidate offering anti-war DIPLOMACY and withdrawal of the troops and humanitarian aid as the immediate need in Iraq–is that sanity (The Freeze in 1985, soon thereafter changed their name to SANE/FREEZE and is now PEACEACTION, and likewise, the Beyond War Movement has changed to Global Community-at my last check, which is not current…the themes are solid…stop the production of nuclear weapons applied to the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. and still DOES! and the theme of the Beyond War movement that WAR IS OBSOLETE, is actually not only long overdue in 1985, but a proper view of human civilization. Civilized people should not expect to declare war, but instead seek diplomacy as the proper view of international policy as a FACT and CONSTANT.

The U.S. is not supposed to be a “warmonger.” We are supposed to be a self-sufficient, self-governing country properly attending to our own affairs.

Iran should be dealt with at the international level, and that is a proper place for attorneys to tender legal diplomacy. The U.N. is a great forum for proper intelligent, civilized, and self-respecting conversations about each country’s proper position in this field of “nuclear weapons” which are supposed to be STOPPED.

Nope. Wrong. The (notice the “T”) University of North Carolina at Greensboro, lol… j/k

Regards,
Peter H.

Of course you would, because you’re a puppet.

But, as Matt made abundantly clear, what the military did was remove unnecessary barriers to admission that had little to no relevance to how good of a soldier one would become.

By your definition, removing DADT would be “lowering the military’s standards”.

That’s why puppets like you, RajIan, are quite worthless to our gay causes — and quite useful to those who oppose us who use you as examples of how gays are hate-filled, irrational, hypocritical bigots who demand of others what they themselves won’t do.

BTW, sounds like Petey’s hero Allen’s not only a racist who sues the N-word but a bald-faced liar too:

http://tinyurl.com/fpxmp

Let’s face it - “machaca” is a made-up derogatory slur. If you’d asked anyone, ANYONE about the definition of the word had Allen not used it, you’d be greeted with the typical libtard reaction to the truth.

Which is to say, a slack-jawed slobbery drooling look as if to say “DUH?”

It only goes to show that certain words with ambiguous meanings (including “niggardly,” “slavish,” et al), when possessed by libtards, can take on dynamically new meanings.

Welcome to Orwell’s version of “doublespeak” and “thinkspeak,” circa 2006.

Allen should not have apologized - he had nothing to apologize FOR.

So go stick that in your macacas.

BUH-BYE.

Regards,
Peter H.

And did you miss for the millionth time… you aren’t worthy of debate? There’s nothing attractive when a greying, old, fat man turns childish raj and you are way beyond that now.

Go spend some time getting thrown off some other sites that care to track you down and block you. You are a tedious bore, at best.

http://tinyurl.com/zhy5e

I usually see it as an option for the beef in a burrito or chimichanga filling as in “machaca beef.” It’s shredded in form and presumably spiced a certain way.

The continued defense of the racist Allen by some here is depressing.

Um, shorter Michigan-Matt: “I don’t like having my own contradictory words thrown back at me, so I’m taking my ball and go home.”

Let’s see. In #25 you effectively denied that the US military lowered its recruitment standards to meet recruiting targets (1st paragraph). In addition, in #25, you effectively admitted admitted that it had. Further, in #25, you admitted that, if he had waited, he could have gotten a waiver to permit him to re-enlist. Further, in #41 you admitted that the DoD had lowered its standards.

I sincerely don’t know how much plainer to make it. You contradicted yourself, when, in # 25, you denied that the US military lowered its recruitment standards to meet recruiting targets, and then later, in #25 and #41, you admitted that it lowered its recruitment standards. If the US military’s lowering of the recruitment standards was not for the purpose of increasing the likelihood that it would meet its recruiting targets, what was the purpose? To hand out signing bonuses to people who are more likely to wash out of training anyway?

I’ll take this as your admission that the US military has, in fact lowered its recruiting standards to achieve its recruiting goals.

As an aside, all you would have needed to do was to admit it, and then provide an explanation as to why the earlier standards were too restrictive. Quite frankly, regarding your nephew, if the military had placed a time limitation on the DUI conviction (re-enlistment possible if the most recent DUI conviction was more than “x” numbers of years prior to the time of re-enlistment) that would have been reasonable. Why didn’t the DoD (and you) argue it that way?

#71: Surely you are not serious. Have you never been to a Mexican restaurant? Did you even notice the difference in spelling? The word is not even pronounced the same as Allen’s - and your - racial epithet. Sheesh!

The Republican apologists around here would stoop to nothing to defend their Republicans. I’ve never seen “Machaca” on the menu of a Mexican restaurant (it doesn’t mean anything, since I didn’t go looking for it), but, from my high school Spanish, you’re quite correct regarding the pronunciation. The “ch” would be a gutteral “h”.

I was just at IHOP this morning (yeah, living in a Red State, I’m a backwards redneck according to the NYT, so I have to embrace that stereotype).

Lo and behold, they had a breakfast item called a “Machaca.” Funny thing is that a lot of black and Hispanics were ordering breakfast there.

I suppose that, if George Allen was using “macaca” to refer to a breakfast, instead of to the dark skinned fellow from the Webb campaign, you might have a point. But since he wasn’t, you don’t.

BTW, if you’re curious–which I doubt–you might take a look at the Wikipedia entry for “Machaca”. They even have a link to a recipe for Machaca con Huevos, “Machaca with Eggs.”

Also, according to the Wiki entry, “Machaca” is used in south Mexico, whereas another word is used in north Mexico. If your IHOP used “Machaca” on its menu, you must have a lot of southern Mexicans in your area.

What about transgender soldiers? Now that the gay groups have accepted transgenders as being in our club, will they insist on the military accepting them.

I think this would be a hard case to make, given that transgendered people usually have various medical needs that would exclude them from serving.

I figure the military can argue and support this exclusion on medical grounds.

I can’t think of anything that would or should preclude a healthy and qualified gay person from serving.

the raj/Ian have now been thrown off or banned at 7 sites which could be described as non-partisan blogs focused on other issues, but these two bullyboi soxpuppets harass, demean, incite and inflame commentators at those sites to the point that other commenters beg –BEG– the blogmasters to end the tedious nonsense and block them.

That’s why raj/Ian have become so adept at twarting blocking mechanisms at other sites and defeat any attempt here to stop them from posting their spew and tripe.

It’s ok raj/Ian soxpuppet… you only prove how desperate your mutual life is when you keep weaseling in here. Injecting your silly taunts, the meaningless banter… you truly are pathetic men with little minds.

Lo and behold, they had a breakfast item called a “Machaca.” Funny thing is that a lot of black and Hispanics were ordering breakfast there.

Wonder if they felt demeaned for doing so, Eva Braun sockpuppet?

Try again.

Regards,
Peter H.

Oh, so let me guess. The fact that Allen was part Jewish was something of a secret when he was asked the question at the debate. If it was such a deep, dark secret, then how would you explain the fact that the (American) Jewish newspaper The Forward was able to publish an article about it several weeks before the Allen/Web debate at which the question was asked?

I’m sorry, but your post and the excuses that I have read for Allen’s actions make no sense whatsoever.

Try again.