The Crone - Rants, News, Opinion from the old lady 

My response to the Washington Post Article:

http://bit.ly/bw63Rp

Here comes the first of the stories that will inundate America for months unless we chose to speak out about more and more people who are loosing benefits, homes, hope, faith in this Country.

Please contact your local news paper(s), congress people, anyone you can think of. More and more people are falling off the unemployment statistics making them invisible to everyone. Except to those who want them anywhere but in their towns, want them to have no food or help from groups nongovernmental or governmental. The people who are screaming about the lowering of property values from "bums" walking around or trying to catch a little sleep.

They are called smelly and dirty. They are. They have no where to bathe or clean their clothes. They are called parasites who are sucking "us" dry because they are lazy and don't want to work. They are called disgusting because they dumpster dive for food so they don't starve.  The are called crazy and they should be locked up.  Spend a year on the streets and then talk about all of the above.

What will those very Unchristians people say when their families their friends and they themselves wind up on the streets? Will they insist they aren't like "those people"? I'm sure they will.  What will they say about getting a job when they can't keep themselves and their clothes clean? What will they say when they try to get help at all those government agencies who's budget they radically cut, who they wanted closed and they are turned away because "we just don't have the funds any more?"

All of the "jobs" that are allegedly being taken by illegal aliens aren't taken by  Americans when they fall open but that will change. Scrubbing toilets for minimum wage is better than the alternatives.

I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take anymore. When someone starts blaming illegals and lazy people who don't want to work, I will give them facts and figures. When politicians say what ther polls say they should instead of the truth I will speak out with facts and figures.

                                          WILL YOU?

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There's a movement coming, rising slowly but steadily.  It is a reaction to those who's virulent hatred is spewed  all over the papers, television and radio.  As a result, repeal of DADT is so very close to passage. It isn't over due, it's a never should have been.

John McCain, in a very tight race to stay in his job, has promised to filibuster until it goes away.  Just for the record, he's a former supporter of the bill. http://bit.ly/aA8IAZ

In the meantime, the right wing wants the law completely repealed; apparently on the assumption that Americans will rise up and force it's reinstatement out of fear loathing and bigotry. For the first time in who knows how long, the right and left agree on something!  Hurray.

I read an article from April of this year, about the end of the stupidity that’s DADT will destroy military chaplaincy. http://bit.ly/da7IqH.  How sad for the chaplains who believe it and the people they will abandon as a result.

Chaplains are trained to serve all sorts of religions in the service.  Jewish Rabbis definitely aren't Christian but function and minister/priest when need.  Catholic priest are suppose to be anti-every other faith including what they consider heretics, i.e. any other church that claims to be Christian, yet they perform services for Methodist, Baptist, Buddhist etc.

Frankly I'm convinced they are afraid.  They are apparently too old to be flexible.  Curiously they are flexible for other beliefs.  It would seem that's as flexible as they can get.  But they aren't the only chaplains in service.  It seems it’s just the ones who are retired and those who disagree.

Wouldn't you love to know the number of active chaplains who oppose ending DADT?  I surely would. What about the number of Senators who are running scared of loosing their seats?

Yes, I’m agitating – again. Deal with it.