"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" parts Privates, others for 15 years

Happy 15th Anniversary of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell!"

The message of hiding one's self despite one's impeccable record or one's service to one's country makes this one furious. It's bad enough that one could not even bring up the fact of one's sexuality without the risk of losing one's job. That one little slip up could make one serving one's country and ex-one. But with the government's solution to one's sexuality v. serving one's country, one thing is clear. One person kicked out of the military not only hurts one's unit, one's brigade, one's country, but it also makes it a military for none. Because the military is supposed to not fight for one type of American, but All. And how ironic that in a time where the military needs as many qualified people as possible and is hurting big time for recruits, they continue to kick out the one's that dare to be themselves. Congratulations "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." Continue weakening our military and our country.

Dave Tripper

From the book of DUH: Bush admin. lied, study finds

Shocking. Well, not really.

A study by two non-profit journalistic organizations found that the Bush administration gave 'false statements' on 935 occasions in the two years following 9/11 leading up to the Iraq War.But, what was equally as heinous was that the media, who many people TRUST for news, issued an "our bad," stating that they as a whole were not as critical as they could have been in that time period.

Let's see...the government allegedly lying and the media allegedly playing along. Ya, that's a good combination for a democracy. The lesson here: Be a critical thinker. Read multiple news sources, inside and outside the country. Trust is an endangered species, so until the government and media get their acts together, you have to protect yourself with the best defense of all: information. Read and listen between the lines. When the rhetoric gets too bloated, there are two rules: follow the money and figure out who benefits from the decision.

Dave

Awwwww...Poor, Poor, Poor Britney video

Brrrrrrrrrr...

So very, very cold...here's a video to warm you all up :)

I blab on Britney's future hosting duties at a private party in Beverly Hills in mid-February. Hilarity does ensue.

Stay in and enjoy some Dave Tripper LIVE! luuuuuuv.

Dave

Cruising at 20,000 leagues

Wow.

Took a glance at the video of Mr. Top Gun. One word: Stonecutters. His 'help'-ful rant, where he repeated the word seemingly like taking a next breath, reminded me of the Simpsons 'Stonecutter' episode. The difference was that the Simpsons are intentionally funny. With all his chatter about this secret code and how only his guild of -ologists would understand how to 'help' people, I think my cerebellum called up the Simpsons episode as a way to deal with how on a loop Mr. Cocktail spoke and how with Eyes way too WIDE OPEN he rambled on and on and on. Ah, this Risky Business didn't quite reek of Magnolias, but he did accomplish the mission impossible---making himself look even loonier. At least with the Simpsons episode, you knew it was satire. But in the video clip, where was the coded handshake? Is there an initiation and does it include the Paddling of the Swollen Ass? Better yet, what about the 'Sacred Parchment?' And Steve Guttenberg. Won't somebody PLEASE think about Steve Guttenberg!

Anyhoot, it was just another thing we'll eventually forget about. It's reality TV at its worst.

Do We Have A New President Yet?

Exit poll, stage left (or right)

Alright, now everyone can exhale. The 2nd full Presidential primary (sorry Wyoming) is over, and the breathless media coverage is still babbling on, so here I am at 11:24pm.

I don’t know what’s more useless, the insipid debating of the BCS College Football controversy or trying to determine the frontrunners for the next President of the United States after only 2 primaries. Save it. Talk to me after Super Tuesday next month, when a huge number of states have their primaries.

Oh, and from the school of DUH, don’t listen to polls. Senator Obama was a runaway winner by double digit percentage points, according to the polls 24 hours ago. Then, the primary happened. Tonight, he’s a runner-up. And unlike Howard Dean, who in 2004 may have lost the Democratic nomination based on an emotional outburst, Hillary Clinton in 2008 might have ’saved’ her shot at the Democratic nomination with hers. On the other side of the aisle, John McCain seems to be the Cher of the Republican Party (ahhhhh…love using a gay icon reference toward a party that doesn’t support the community). McCain just keeps coming back and coming back. And boy, the President of 9/11 (per political pundit Stephanie Miller) Rudy Giuliani finished way back in the pack…although not as far as Fred Thompson, who’s probably asking for a cameo on Law and Order, of course once the writers come back

But anyway, with the writers waiting for a fair deal, politics may be the best reality TV out there, because it’s actually REAL. So just enjoy it for the entertainment it is…for now.

Dave