What a week. First we were absolutely thrilled to see the San Francisco Giants win the World Series over the Texas Rangers. And the parade on Wednesday! That feeling of elation everywhere.
The San Jose Mercury News called it “a party for the ages.” We couldn’t agree more.
Did the parade take the edge off Election Day results this week? Perhaps.
President Obama’s picture on the front page of yesterday’s New York Times was rather shocking, his “shellacking” notwithstanding.
We recommend an article by Timothy Egan, also published in the Times’ Web site, “How Obama Saved Capitalism and Lost the Midterms.”
Snip: “For no matter your view of President Obama, he effectively saved capitalism. And for that, he paid a terrible political price.”
On a completely other note, we received an e-mail from a reader who asked about Suzy Suburbanite. We’ve linked to Suzy’s main site for a long time and didn’t realize she hadn’t been too active. We found “Suzy’s Travel Blog” but there hasn’t been a posting for years. Hmm.
Anybody know where Suzy has gone? Is she okay? Let us know, and we’ll update you next time.
Victory – Obama Signs Repeal
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010For members of the military who have, in essence, remained in the closet for the last decade plus, today is a new day. President Barack Obama signed the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” repeal. No longer will openly gay men and lesbians be barred from serving in the U.S. military.
There will no separate showers or other facilities. As we listened to the news this morning, the notion of separate showers called up one image in particular, that of desegregation of the U.S. military in 1948. There will be no benefits for partners of gays and lesbians–and gay marriages will not be acknowledged under this repeal. Still, it’s a start.
Kudos to the U.S. Congress and President Obama for moving the military forward into the 21st century.
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