At KU, Bloggers Talk...Blogging

While I couldn't call it actually "covering" what was discussed during our hour and a half at Pizza[...]

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Army fires 11 for being gay

Before taking office, President Obama announced The Obama-Biden Plan to outline what his administration will work towards. One of the proposals was to end don't-ask-don't-tell in the military.

But then the administration backpeddled a little and it became less of a priority.

As we all know, Obama was sworn in as President in January (two times!). That same month, the army fired eleven soldiers for being gay.

The Army fired 11 soldiers in January for violating the military's policy that gay service members must keep their sexuality hidden, according to a Virginia congressman.

Democratic Rep. Jim Moran said he has requested monthly updates from the Pentagon on the impact of the policy until it is repealed. In a statement released on Thursday, Moran said the discharged soldiers included an intelligence collector, a military police officer, four infantry personnel, a health care specialist, a motor-transport operator and a water-treatment specialist.

"How many more good soldiers are we willing to lose due to a bad policy that makes us less safe and secure?" asked Moran, a member of the House panel that oversees military spending.

Last November, it was reported that more than 100 retired generals and admirals have called for the repeal of the policy. Earlier than that in July an ABC News poll showed the same trend with average citizens.

An ABC poll in July found that three-quarters of Americans supported allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military compared to 44 percent of Americans who expressed the same support in 1993, when President Bill Clinton approved "don't ask, don't tell" as what he called an "honorable compromise" that nevertheless bitterly disappointed his supporters in the gay community.

Moran is correct. This policy is terrible. Always was, always will be. It prevents American citizens from joining the military based on outdated and bigoted reasoning. Being gay isn't a crime. It isn't illegal. It shouldn't be a roadblock to being in the military. Or anything else, for that matter.

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The Jon Stewart interview with Jim Cramer. It's
not pretty for Cramer.

This is the interview everyone is talking about and it's even getting big coverage in the traditional media: Reuters, The New York Times and the Associated Press titles its piece, "Stewart hammers Cramer on `The Daily Show.'"

Jon Stewart asks questions that no one else asked. The business media was to the economic crisis as the DC media was to the Iraq War and other Bush lies. He has a line to Cramer "you all know what's going on." That's what captures the essence of much of the corporate media.

The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10cJim Cramer Pt. 2

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Stewart tells Cramer what CNBC should have been
doing all along

Sometimes listening to Jon Stewart is like what you'd imagine it would be like to listen to a great journalism professor...except you're laughing so hard you've fallen out of your chair.

In tonight's interview, Stewart makes the case for what CNBC should have been doing over the past few years: actual business reporting, instead of acting like they were an entertainment channel for the stock market.

Here's part 3 of the unedited and uncensored interview (warning: there's an F-bomb or two!). You can also view part 1 and part 2 of the interview on DKTV.

Join the discussion in diaries by mtosner and icebergslim (and SuperbowlXX), and if you haven't seen it yet, catch the Stewart video that started it all and all videos tagged Jim Cramer at DKTV.

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Theres plenty to write about

Thank you Jon Stewart.[...]

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Time Magazine: Can Marijuana Rescue California's
Economy

Time examines legalizing marijuana as a possible solution to California's economic Crisis.By Alison Stateman / Los AngelesCould marijuana be the answer to the economic misery facing California? Democratic State Assembly member Tom Ammiano thinks so. Ammiano introduced legislation last month that would legalize pot and allow the state to regulate and tax its sale ? a move that could mean billions for the cash-strapped state. Pot is, after all, California's biggest cash crop, responsible for...

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The Afghan Endgame Involves Political
Reconciliation

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates gave an interview yesterday to Tavis Smiley of PBS (watch it at PBS) that was refreshingly candid and frank. While the interview was wide-ranging covering topics from Iraq to re-enlistment quotas to intelligence[...]

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Should Hard Times Permit High Times

Advocates of legal pot compare marijuana laws to alcohol prohibition, approved during prosperous times in 1920 only to become unpopular during the Great Depression. Prohibition was finally repealed in 1933, in part due to the cost of reining in illegal booze and the need to recoup lost tax revenue in tough economic times.New America Media, News Report, Marcelo BallvéNEW YORK -- In 1977, President Jimmy Carter asked Congress to decriminalize marijuana possession (it never did). The next...

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Michael Steele too Reasonable to Lead Republican
Party

Michael Steele, the new African American leader of the Republican Party, has gotten himself into a mess by making observations that to everyone - except Republicans - are obvious.  In an interview with GQ Blog, the following question and answer appeared recently:

Question:  You made the comment at the convention about the sea of white faces. And you got a little bit of heat for that.

Steele:  I sure did. And I looked at the people who gave me the heat and said, ?What?s your problem? You tell me I?m wrong. Look at the room. Thirty-six black folks in the room? What, are you kidding me? Out of 4,000 people? Come on!?

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