Posted on 08/27/2017 3:58:36 AM PDT by artichokegrower
GLAAD President Sarah Kate Ellis will walk the red carpet at Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards (VMA) with LGBTQ service members in response to Donald Trump signing a directive banning transgender military recruits Friday evening.
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I used to watch MTV in the mid 80’s and it was pretty good at first. I remember sometimes in the late 80’s I turned it one night and their was some rap duo doing a cover of Aerosmiths Walk This Way. I turned it off and NEVER, not even once, tuned in to MTV even to this day.
Reason #417 I won’t be watching.....
BUT, you've got to give credit where credit is due. Aerosmith was hurting at that time due to Steven Tyler's and Joe Perry's drug use. They had ground their "brand" into the mud by the early 80's, but finally cleaned up their act.
If it weren't for that Run DMC cover and the hit it became, I'm not 100% certain that Aerosmith would have come back. That cover and video got them a "foot in the door", and they leveraged their way back to main event status.
The expression on Joe Perry’s face when he looked through the hole in the wall was priceless.
What Active Duty Members Cannot Do
Cannot - Participate in partisan political fundraising activities, rallies, conventions (including making speeches in the course thereof), management of campaigns, or debates, either on one’s own behalf or on that of another, without respect to uniform or inference or appearance of official sponsorship, approval, or endorsement. Participation includes more than mere attendance as a spectator.
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Cannot - Display a large political sign, banner, or poster (as distinguished from a bumper sticker) on a private vehicle.
Cannot - Display a partisan political sign, poster, banner, or similar device visible to the public at one’s residence on a military installation, even if that residence is part of a privatized housing development.
Cannot - Participate in any organized effort to provide voters with transportation to the polls if the effort is organized by or associated with a partisan political party, cause, or candidate.
Cannot - Sell tickets for or otherwise actively promote partisan political dinners and similar fundraising events.
Cannot - Attend partisan political events as an official representative of the Armed Forces, except as a member of a joint Armed Forces color guard at the opening ceremonies of the national conventions of the Republican, Democratic, or other political parties recognized by the Federal Elections Committee or as otherwise authorized by the Secretary concerned.
Cannot - Make a campaign contribution to, or receive or solicit (on one’s own behalf) a campaign contribution from, any other member of the Armed Forces on active duty.
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DOD Directive 1344.10 - POLITICAL ACTIVITIES BY MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES ON ACTIVE DUTY, extend these same requirements to all individuals on active duty.
Active duty enlisted members and warrant officers who violate these provisions can be charged under Article 92 of the UCMJ, Failure to Obey an Order or Regulation.
https://www.thebalance.com/military-folks-and-politics-3332818
It’s just that these jobs were supposed to be part time and not even paid positions, no?
way way back?
As long as congressmen can make MILLIONS ####ing the country over, it’s gonna be REALLY hard to find 200 plus honest folks to fill our side in the house and senate
He can do what Pinochet did, or sit back and allow the communists to destroy him.
It’s really that simple.
Maybe tens of thousands of use showing up ready to dance if they throw him up.
IS that only a NYC phrase? Dance means fight in this context :)
I only say it because I’ve had to be educated on several southern slangs :)
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