I thought this was about the nude scanners you now have to go thru if you want to visit the Pentagon. Because a guy shot people....outside...at the Metro station.

What's their stance on butt pirates?

I bet the derpstorm over at Free Republic is a category 5 right now.

The Pentagon plans to post a video on its Web site Friday morning from Panetta, thanking gays and lesbians for their service and congratulating the military on a smooth implementation of the repeal.

That's pretty cool. But:

Under the 1993 law, gay, lesbian and bisexual troops were prohibited from disclosing their sexual orientation or speaking out about any such relationships while they served in the military, or they would be forced to leave the service. More than 13,000 lost their jobs.

That's not entirely accurate. DADT stopped the military from actively asking you. It was a step forward, it just wasn't far enough.

I thought lesbians were more interested in pink triangles than pink pentagons.

Roger the cabin boy approves.

Seriously? That is so gay.

:D

cgraves67: What's their stance on butt pirates?

Wide.

*slow clap*

Meh...wake me when there's an official gay holiday and I can get a 3 day weekend

Must have been that sudden, unexpected penetration last september, in 2001.

but... they eat da poo poo!

It's always kind of exciting when the Navy crosses that equator for the first time.

publikenemy: Meh...wake me when there's an official gay holiday and I can get a 3 day weekend

I concur! Give me a new holiday.

Will this pave the way for a return of rum and the lash next ?

Good - we should honor those who choose to serve our country regardless of race or sexual orientation.

Now let's work on getting the government out of the marriage business so we can focus other more troubling issues.

To be honest - I hope in a few generations time their won't be gay pride, race pride etc because everyone sees themselves as equals - but that's a pipe dream.

Mr. Potatoass: cgraves67: What's their stance on butt pirates?

Wide.

Bunghole buccaneers?

All hands to the poop deck.

El Freak: I bet the derpstorm over at Free Republic is a category 5 right now.



Mongol General: Hao! Dai ye! We won again! This is good, but what is best in life?

Mongol: The open steppe, fleet horse, falcons at your wrist, and the wind in your hair.

Mongol General: Wrong! El Freak! What is best in life?

El Freak: To crush the homophobes, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of the Freepers.

Mongol General: That is good! That is good.

Posh Naranek: Mr. Potatoass: cgraves67: What's their stance on butt pirates?

Wide.

Bunghole buccaneers?

Rectal raiders?

4 years too late. Summamabiatch.

palelizard: Posh Naranek: Mr. Potatoass: cgraves67: What's their stance on butt pirates?

Wide.

Bunghole buccaneers?

Rectal raiders?

Cornhole corsairs?

Colon colonels?

For the first time, the Pentagon will mark gay pride month just as it marks other events honoring racial or ethnic groups, Defense Department officials said.

Where's my Left-Handed Color-Blind Near-Sighted Norwegians parade?

Rear admiral is such a stupid title. They should've left it as Commodore.

All hands to the poop deck.

Back when Von Steuben was chief training officer, every day was Gay Pride day.

palelizard: I thought lesbians were more interested in pink triangles than pink pentagons.

Weezer agrees.

How did you get that purple heart?
You don't want to know.

Jane Austen knew a thing or two about Rear Admirals and Vice Admirals.

PragmaticSoldier: publikenemy: Meh...wake me when there's an official gay holiday and I can get a 3 day weekend

I concur! Give me a new holiday.

Like really, I need a new holiday to recover from Pride week every year!!

PanicMan: The Pentagon plans to post a video on its Web site Friday morning from Panetta, thanking gays and lesbians for their service and congratulating the military on a smooth implementation of the repeal.

That's pretty cool. But:

Under the 1993 law, gay, lesbian and bisexual troops were prohibited from disclosing their sexual orientation or speaking out about any such relationships while they served in the military, or they would be forced to leave the service. More than 13,000 lost their jobs.

That's not entirely accurate. DADT stopped the military from actively asking you. It was a step forward, it just wasn't far enough.

Very true, however, people began using it to perform witch hunts and took it upon themselves to rat out those they thought were gay.

TheShavingofOccam123: [assets.nydailynews.com image 485x367]

4 years too late. Summamabiatch.

I don't get it.

Wedgies, wet-willies and the dreaded rear admiral.

jjorsett: For the first time, the Pentagon will mark gay pride month just as it marks other events honoring racial or ethnic groups, Defense Department officials said.

Where's my Left-Handed Color-Blind Near-Sighted Norwegians parade?

Yeah, or people of color or exceptional girth?

I'm sorry, but naked, fat, black, crippled dykes are hard to come by.

GoodOmens: Good - we should honor those who choose to serve our country regardless of race or sexual orientation.

Now let's work on getting the government out of the marriage business so we can focus other more troubling issues.

To be honest - I hope in a few generations time their won't be gay pride, race pride etc because everyone sees themselves as equals - but that's a pipe dream.

Don't hold your breath. Too many people have too much invested in defining themselves with a hyphen or being able to portray themselves has a victim.

Can you imagine Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton actually having to find an honest line of work instead of pandering to the victimization crowd?

YodaBlues: jjorsett: For the first time, the Pentagon will mark gay pride month just as it marks other events honoring racial or ethnic groups, Defense Department officials said.

Where's my Left-Handed Color-Blind Near-Sighted Norwegians parade?

Yeah, or people of color or exceptional girth?

I'm sorry, but naked, fat, black, crippled dykes are hard to come by.

Top ten KITH one liner.

PanicMan: The Pentagon plans to post a video on its Web site Friday morning from Panetta, thanking gays and lesbians for their service and congratulating the military on a smooth implementation of the repeal.

That's pretty cool. But:

Under the 1993 law, gay, lesbian and bisexual troops were prohibited from disclosing their sexual orientation or speaking out about any such relationships while they served in the military, or they would be forced to leave the service. More than 13,000 lost their jobs.

That's not entirely accurate. DADT stopped the military from actively asking you. It was a step forward, it just wasn't far enough.

It was as far as we could get at the time. People forget just how widespread homophobia was back then.

GoodOmens: To be honest - I hope in a few generations time their won't be gay pride, race pride etc because everyone sees themselves as equals - but that's a pipe dream

I hope they still have it, but in one day parade form that everyone can use as an excuse to get drunk.

Always take care of your buddies. Let a gay soldier suck your cock. Everybody wins.

hasty ambush: GoodOmens: Good - we should honor those who choose to serve our country regardless of race or sexual orientation.

Now let's work on getting the government out of the marriage business so we can focus other more troubling issues.

To be honest - I hope in a few generations time their won't be gay pride, race pride etc because everyone sees themselves as equals - but that's a pipe dream.

Don't hold your breath. Too many people have too much invested in defining themselves with a hyphen or being able to portray themselves has a victim.

Can you imagine Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton actually having to find an honest line of work instead of pandering to the victimization crowd?

Ha - I know. But strangely enough the world I was referring to is exactly what MLK was taking about. Say that to either Al or Jesse and I'm sure they would try to sue you somehow.

liam76: GoodOmens: To be honest - I hope in a few generations time their won't be gay pride, race pride etc because everyone sees themselves as equals - but that's a pipe dream

I hope they still have it, but in one day parade form that everyone can use as an excuse to get drunk.

Ha - notice I never mentioned national pride? That's exactly what Irish parades are for ;)

When you tell yourself that both parties are the same, that it really doesn't matter who the president is. Remember this item and realize how revolutionary it really is.

YodaBlues: jjorsett: For the first time, the Pentagon will mark gay pride month just as it marks other events honoring racial or ethnic groups, Defense Department officials said.

Where's my Left-Handed Color-Blind Near-Sighted Norwegians parade?

Yeah, or people of color or exceptional girth?

I'm sorry, but naked, fat, black, crippled dykes are hard to come by.

You're just not trying hard enough. I've got three in the basement. Go buy some chloroform, chains, twinkies and a sledgehammer and make your own.

El Freak: I bet the derpstorm over at Free Republic is a category 5 right now.

If you think this little thing set off a derpstorm, get a load of this:

The BBC

PragmaticSoldier: I concur! Give me a new holiday.

Congress has been reticent to add new holidays that are mandatory days off for those outside of government service. We used to have Washington's Birthday and Lincoln's Birthday. To make MLK day, they axed Lincoln's birthday.

I see no reason why they wouldn't do the same again and give you a gay holiday by giving up another.

Independence Day isn't going to be on the chopping block, because the day has national significance.

Christmas holiday isn't going anywhere. The year-end economy runs on that holiday.

Thanksgiving also has historical national significance.

Memorial day or Veterans day could only be proposed or voted for by a member of congress that is tired of being in office.

We erroneously call Washington's Birthday President's day because we gave up the Lincoln's, so don't expect it to be on the chopping block.

Columbus day is already practically unobserved outside of government service.

That leaves us with:
Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr Day
Labor Day

Based on current administration interest group politics

Unions > Gay > Black

... so I'd expect MLK day to be cut.

I don't expect a gay holiday would be approved by a Republican led Congress, due to the social conservative voting bloc, but let's say the gay issue becomes normalized and non-partisan over time and thus a non-factor in social conservatism. If so, Labor day will be cut, for two reasons:

1) The Labor movement, i.e unions, while achieving great things in securing legal protection for workers in the early 20th century, overplayed its hand after that and was one of the most significant factors in the decimation of the US industrial/manufacturing sector, and has been steadily falling out of favor for decades, so its political importance compared to the gay community will be significantly diminished.

2) Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr was a Republican, as was his father before him. Civil rights for blacks was a plank of the Republican party platform from its founding, opposed by the Democrat Party since the civil war until enough northern Democrats joined with the Republicans to pass the Civil Rights Act in 1968. I don't think the Republicans will give up the holiday celebrating the man that symbolizes one of their greatest achievements.

verbaltoxin: Rear admiral is such a stupid title. They should've left it as Commodore.

Until 1983, the rank of Commodore was a one-star flag rank. The two-star rank has always been a Read Admiral. Now we just have two kinds of Rear Admiral, with one star or two.

That means many, many more officer spots for our gay naval personnel!

Are the Rear Admirals Upper Half, Lower Half or all inclusive?

Admirals in charge of the rear.

FTA: Nine months after gays, bisexuals and lesbians were allowed to serve openly in the military, the Pentagon plans to honor them with a gay pride month celebration

Irony gone wrong