On Wednesday's "The Situation Room," CNN's Carol Costello did a story on Sen. Hillary Clinton's (D-N.Y.) response to Gen. Peter Pace's statement that homosexual acts are immoral.
COSTELLO: You know, Wolf, gay groups have strong denounced General Peter Pace's comments about homosexuality. They're angry, and they expected Senator Clinton to show her anger, too. She didn't.
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COSTELLO (voice over): It has become the controversy that just won't go away.
GEN. PETER PACE, JOINT CHIEFS CHAIRMAN: I believe that homosexual acts between individuals are immoral.
Yes, it just won't go away. It's a story that's been dragging on for all of two days now, since the Chicago Tribune reported the General's comments.
Ms. Costello could have more accurately said: It has become the controversy that those in the mainstream media hope just won't go away. And they'll do their best to make certain it doesn't.
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One Nation under God...Humm
March 14, 2007 - 22:43 ET by upcountrywaterOne Nation under God...Humm UPDATE it's 1/4 Nation under God. Sad squared.
Yo Costello...This story is
March 14, 2007 - 22:51 ET by bigtimerYo Costello...
This story is over...so move on with your other bimbo comments that you always make, haven't you figured out yet that is why you have been moved around more than the deck chairs on the Titanic on CNN...you never have been too swift.....
I remember when this gal was almost crying on CNN...pouting, whimpering, saying... can't we do something anything...get some lawyers on this....boohooooo
It was so deliciously funny, she was referring to when the President won the second time I think...ahhhh... the memories of these leftist talking spinmeisters.
Now, now, bt, isn't it a bi
March 15, 2007 - 05:16 ET by motherbeltNow, now, bt, isn't it a bit sexist to make fun of a woman for getting emotional?? Carol Costello is a "serious journalist', you know.
As for the story being "over", when someone in the MSM says a story "won't go away", that's not an observation, it's a threat.
Bimbo comments
March 15, 2007 - 09:15 ET by Michael M. BatesI remember when this gal was almost crying on CNN...pouting, whimpering. . .
One of my favorite Costello moments was when she flipped out on the weather guy Chad Myers:
Costello: Chad, Chad, Chad...
Myers: Let me talk Carol!
Costello: Translate that for us, I don't know what that means, what does that mean-
Myers: Well if you would let me talk!
Yep, those weather reports can be just so darned confusing.
What I don't get is when libe
March 14, 2007 - 22:59 ET by tracheostomyWhat I don't get is when liberals frequently assert that morals are essentially subjective to the individual, but then they turn around and suddenly get all upset when an individual states his moral opinion. It's all subjective to the individual, right? Why does Gen. Pace even deserve the criticism?
I also am of the opinion that homosexuality is immoral (i.e. "a sin"), BUT I also believe that all sins are equal. . .some are just more destructive than others.
-PJ
"I'm not a theologist. I'm not an archaeologist. I'm a documentary filmmaker." -James Cameron
MSM dictionary
March 14, 2007 - 23:02 ET by nkviking75MSM dictionary: [Some controversy] "just won't go away." Translation: We're going to beat this dead horse until it turns into glue.
Dead horses
March 15, 2007 - 09:16 ET by Michael M. BatesMSM dictionary: [Some controversy] "just won't go away."
Translation: We're going to beat this dead horse until it turns into
glue.
Or until Bush AND Cheney resign, whichever comes first.
Will The Media Force A Resignation?
March 14, 2007 - 23:19 ET by emjem24I totally support General Pace's comments to the Chicago Tribune. In the past, we've had lilly-livered fools like the Army's Shalikashvili to tell us recently how he was wrong about gays and how they should be openly "embraced" by the military.
The military is an organization that operates and succeeds via discipline and regulations. Most of the military (don't count the Military Times as part of the military) doesn't feel too comfy with changing the "Don't Ask Dont Tell" policy. If that ever got repealed, there would be more sexual harassment complaints against gays than against Bubba Clinton!
The media is actively working with the gay agenda to defile another military general because he spoke the truth that most officers in the military would say. Gays can serve in the military (as long as they don't disclose their sexual orientation or get caught "living a lie").
Gays can demonize the military all they want but the real truth is that there is a significant portion in the military who don't trust their true intentions. Would military order remain if the "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy were to be repealed? This military spouse doesn't think so...
The difficult we do immediately; the impossible takes a little longer. Air Force Motto
emjem says: When your brain's stuck on liberalism it self-destructs.
emjem,You said it all!Summed
March 14, 2007 - 23:26 ET by bigtimeremjem,
You said it all!
Summed it all up in a nutshell!
I detest the leftist agenda and their continual talking points...gets soooo boring.
People do see through it though...problem is...they the msm doesn't, they repeat a lie often enough, they start believing it themselves.
LMAO!
Good grief, CNN has turned
March 15, 2007 - 01:57 ET by radiofitz34Good grief, CNN has turned Carol Costello into a monster. I remember the good ol days when Carol was a co-anchor on channel 7 WJLA here in DC. I'm willing to bet she does not like this. I mean seriously Carol being the heavy, that's just stupid on CNN's part. I agree with what General Pace said. No oppoligy necessary.
I, too, remember Carol Costel
March 15, 2007 - 20:03 ET by GalvanicI, too, remember Carol Costello's co-anchor days at WJLA in Washington DC, and she was a bona fide twit. CNN gave her a make-over to sex her up, expect to handle serious subjects, and she comes off as silly. Surprise? Nah.
Don't ask, don't tell
March 15, 2007 - 09:20 ET by Michael M. BatesMost of the military (don't count the Military Times as part of the
military) doesn't feel too comfy with changing the "Don't Ask Dont
Tell" policy. If that ever got repealed, there would be more sexual
harassment complaints against gays than against Bubba Clinton!
Maybe the policy would more aptly be titled, "Don't ask, don't tell, just wink."
Ok, let's see if I can do w
March 15, 2007 - 01:58 ET by sarcasmoOk, let's see if I can do what I failed to do before, and outrage both BD and Balboa with the same post. :)
I think homosexuals should be allowed to honestly serve, but not only would I want the military to ask, and honestly-tell, I'd even want them to segregate. Why? One word: "History."
The lessons of WW2 suggest that a unit like the Tuskeegee Airmen or the 442nd Infantry Regiment gives sarcasmo's precious tax dollars more bang for the buck than more-politically-correct forced-mixing. I don't particularly-care if the politically-incorrect presence of gays in the military upsets people like BD, or if the politically-incorrect act of segregating them into 100%-homosexual units (all featuring "something to prove," of course, like the historical examples I mentioned) upsets Balboa. This would work. If I were an enemy of the United States, I'd very much fear a submarine full of angry lesbians or a "spooky" airplane full of gay men, all with "something to prove" by shooting at me. I wish, for the sake of my tax dollars and the success of the US military, that ONE politician would have the "balls" (and it could be a female) to suggest what I've just suggested, but I'm not holding my breath. Obviously, it's not exactly PC to honestly-discriminate these days...I wonder how Gen. Pace would feel about my idea?
JMR
sarcasmo,Sometimes, just so
March 15, 2007 - 08:35 ET by MightyMouthsarcasmo,
Sometimes, just sometimes, you present a post of pure genius. This is one of those times!
"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...
Oh, crap. I try to post som
March 15, 2007 - 08:45 ET by sarcasmoOh, crap. I try to post something that'll outrage-everyone in a fair & balanced bipartisan way, and someone goes and calls it "genius" instead. I simply can't win! :) But thanks.
JMR
Spooky
March 15, 2007 - 09:22 ET by MightyMouth"I'd very much fear a submarine full of angry lesbians or a "spooky" airplane full of gay men,..."
You're killin' me here, lol...
"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...
Sexual segregation
March 15, 2007 - 09:23 ET by Michael M. BatesI wonder how Gen. Pace would feel about my idea?
At this stage, my guess is he wouldn't touch it with a 10-foot pole. He's got enough drama in his life right now. doncha' think?
Well, it would be understan
March 15, 2007 - 09:38 ET by sarcasmoWell, it would be understandable, but maybe he'd think it's a good idea? Segregation, despite its extreme political incorrectness, might solve Pace's & others' current reluctance to serve "beside" homosexuals, since the "beside" part largely goes away. Longer-term, history suggests the greater performance engendered in units 'having something to prove' might eventually resolve the entire homosexuality issue to more of a "don't care" state.
JMR
Not only is the "don't
March 15, 2007 - 09:42 ET by MightyMouthNot only is the "don't care" good, but just imagine the chic unit patches these soldiers could come up with.
"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...
I was lucky enough to be a
March 15, 2007 - 09:46 ET by sarcasmoI was lucky enough to be a guest on a US Navy ship a little over a year ago, and let me say I can understand the Navy's pregnancy-problems...Some of those female sailors were super HOT!
JMR
Chic unit patches
March 15, 2007 - 09:59 ET by Michael M. BatesNot only is the "don't care" good, but just imagine the chic unit patches these soldiers could come up with.
But what would happen with the first "That's so gay" comment?
My guess is the reply would
March 15, 2007 - 10:20 ET by MightyMouthMy guess is the reply would be "Thanks!'. But having been in the military, I know how they think. A new nomenclature would have to be created for the term "gay" or at least new MOS's. "Eleven bravo" obvioulsy couldn't be used for a gay combat soldier. Something more like "Sixty Nine Pansy" might work better.
"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...
Sorry Micheal, someone shou
March 15, 2007 - 10:22 ET by MightyMouthSorry Michael, someone should have warned you about me! :-)
"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...
Maybe we need a regiment of g
March 15, 2007 - 05:49 ET by old croMaybe we need a regiment of gay warriors like these. ("Not that there's anything wrong with that") pc mode = off. All we need is this brigade and Rushs' brigade of PMS induced females plus a brigade of blue state warriors an we have a new division to send to Iraq. The war will be over in a week or so....
"Beware the Ides of March"
- Soothsayer to Caius Julius Caesar from Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar"
By definition ... any report
March 15, 2007 - 07:37 ET by KC MulvilleBy definition ... any report that begins with the criticism ... and only then mentions what the critic is opposing ... is immediately biased.
When you lead with the criticism, you're not informing. You're coloring the issue before the audience hears the details. So when you hear a news report that begins with the criticism, remember Don Corleone's advice to Michael: whoever does this, he is the traitor.
Homosexuality is a severe pe
March 15, 2007 - 07:50 ET by jonathanandersonHomosexuality is a severe personality disorder. It is a sexual psychosis. It is a sociopathic desire to derive sexual pleasure from anal sex. It is a mental illness that takes its victims to the depths of moral depravity and spiritual disability.
It is murder of conscience, of character, and of the person you knew before ... and if you preach and teach that lifestyle to others, it's genocide.
Hosea 6:9
And as troops of robbers wait for a man, SO THE COMPANY OF PRIESTS MURDER IN THE WAY BY CONSENT : for they commit lewdness.
Costello and CNN are out of n
March 15, 2007 - 08:54 ET by Senior ChiefCostello and CNN are out of news to report, that's why...But what happened to Gen Pace's "freedom of speech"? Oh I forgot, only the demoliftest are allowed free speech. The General was stating his personal opinion. I am with him 100%. If I knew, 24 plus years ago in boot camp that there were plenty of homos in the communal shower that I was in, I probably wouldn't shower for 3 months until these homos stay away from me. Man, "that's gross" you'll say. But that's what the rest of us, heteros, feel.
Without succumbing to politically correctness (I hope I still have my freedom of expressions), here are MY other opinions the demoleftist need to know: no women or homos in a combatant ship, submarines or the front lines. If the military wants, put them all in 1 ship/unit; Heteros should be given equal length of leave/convalescent when their wives get pregnant as afforded to military females. Heteros should be transfer to shore duty billets when wives are pregnant as afforded to military females. I demand equal opportunity, and these are some equal opportunity issues, for starter, that need solutions. I forgot, I don't have freedom of speech because I'm in the military. Gen. Pace rescue me please.
History repeatedly suggests
March 15, 2007 - 09:00 ET by sarcasmoHistory repeatedly suggests (see examples cited above) that one segregated ship/unit with something to prove will kick serious butt. As a taxpayer, I want excellent performance at the least cost, even if that means segregation, which history also suggest will probably be temporary despite -- or perhaps due-to -- the excellent results.
JMR
Sarc, all-women/homos in a si
March 15, 2007 - 12:16 ET by Senior ChiefSarc, all-women/homos in a single unit/ship/front line hasn't been proven yet. The liberals wants it to happen to prove something that it can be done. Yes everything can be done under the sun. The question is: is it militarily sound and effective? Winning war is not adherring to political correctness, it is performing in a war-like manner. This Iraq war should have been won a long time ago with less American lives taken if we in the military, were allowed to do what we're trained to do-to kill and to defeat enemies. My opinion again is that, there are places for women and homos in the military, it's not in the confined spaces onboard ships though. Could we just agree to disagree, here.
Gen. Pace stated his personal opinion and I agree with him, for homosexuality and other deviant sexual acts, coupled with political correctness undersmines good military discipline. This will never win wars.
Carol Costello
March 15, 2007 - 15:17 ET by pocomocoCarol, it's obvious you haven't done a Lexus/Nexus serarch on the subject, because it is old, old, old news from 2000 years ago.