Posted on 01/29/2002 4:15:03 PM PST by Hillary's Lovely Legs
I think Chrissy aspires to have John's hair.
She's being represented by a religious right, extremely socially conservative public interest legal foundation. Far more ideological than, say, Klayman. And you know that there are thousands of feminist law communes that would love to be handling this case.
A big part of her case is that the regulation is a violation of religious freedom. Many on the Left are worried about that, because it would strengthen the "free exercise" clause and provide precedents for religious groups that don't want to be forced to hire gay staff under equal employment laws, etc.
Immediately after she filed suit, five Republican Senators including Jesse Helms petitioned the DOD to drop the regulation.
I'm not entirely convinced that her employer is too upset with this lawsuit.
Agreed! The President gets better all the time.
My impression exactly.
Her primary mission is her military responsibilities. This other stuff is a distraction from that mission. And contrary to some, I am questioning if she followed her Chain of Command on this all the way. Some folks believe she did not and I remember seeing that posted someplace on FR...
I believe her military career is smoked at this point. Maybe not, but that is a hunch...
Run away! Run away!
Hey, Southflanknorthpawsis. I get the impression you like President Bush.
Me too!
And yes, MWR issues are also important, but not to the point of overshadowing why we are in SA. 1) Support and enforce no-fly zones 2) Provide a source of US presence in an area vital to US interests.
This was a great speech, except for about 10 minutes of laundry list stuff. However, I know they have to include that, because if they don't, the press will beat them up with the "no substance" criticism. So that was ok...and otherwise...great speech, inspiring, and W delivered!!
Glad to see Cheney there, glad to see the President so strong and forceful, glad to see Laura humble...all in all, wonderful people!
Thanks again for the thread!
All fathers and mothers, in all societies, want their children to be educated, and live free from poverty and violence. No people on Earth yearn to be oppressed, or aspire to servitude, or eagerly await the midnight knock of the secret police.
If anyone doubts this, let them look to Afghanistan, where the Islamic "street" greeted the fall of tyranny with song and celebration. Let the skeptics look to Islam's own rich history, with its centuries of learning, and tolerance and progress. America will lead by defending liberty and justice because they are right and true and unchanging for all people everywhere. (Applause.)
As far as I can tell, this is a reference to Islam's past, which was sometimes better than its present. It was quite different from the "Islam means peace" business. I think some of the criticism from people like Dan Pipes that the President has no business setting up as an Islamic theologian has gotten through.
In context, he was not so much praising Islam as proclaiming the universality of the principles of liberty and justice - you know, those "self-evident truths". That is an appropriate job for the president. He was saying that these liberty and justice are relevant to all people, they aren't just western cultural constructs, and that means Muslims too, and if you doubt it, look at the celebration of the end of tyrrany in Kabul and look back at the best days of Islam.
In any event, I don't think that that one sentence constitutes "effervescent praise" of Islam. I don't believe it's possible, actually, to effervesce in one sentence.
Jennings asked how many thought Bush's 80+ approval rating was deserved.....all 40 hands went up...unanimous. The he asks how many thought Bush didn't meet expectations in what he covered in the speech....NOT one hand was raised...even blacks like it.
Jennings was speechless...then he recovered enough to add....we'll be going to other areas of the country for reactions on future speeches.... I thought....where can you go to stack the focus group with anti-Bush RATs? Even NY loves Dubya now!
I can't imagine a better man to be in the White House at this time.
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