Ann VanderMeer knows …
Mermaid - A: “No, for the obvious reasons.” EM: “What if you marry one? Is that kosher? Will a rabbi marry you?” A: “Kosher is a term about eating, not about sex.” EM: “I’m not talking about sex–I’m talking about marriage!” A: “If the mermaid is Jewish, the rabbi will probably marry you. But only if you’re Jewish too. But you’ll definitely have to find the right rabbi…”
Mongolian Death Worm - A: “No, because you cannot eat anything that crawls on its belly.” EM: “Does that mean an injured kosher animal that is crawling along isn’t kosher any more?” A: “Yes, because you can’t eat an animal that’s been injured or is sick.” EM: “It’s a wonder you haven’t all starved to death.”
April 21st, 2008
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I have hardly ever agreed with McCain on the issues, but I don’t think I have every held him in contempt. Until now
Disappointingly, Sen. John McCain, presumptive Republican candidate for president, so far declines to back the measure. He seems to be responding to concerns of the military brass that enhanced educational opportunities could negatively affect retention rates. Not only is it wrong to want people to stay in the military because they have no alternatives, but such thinking ignores the advantages enhanced educational benefits offer in recruitment. To meet recruitment goals, the military has offered bonuses and lowered some of its standards. Imagine being able instead to promise possible recruits a first-class college education.
these are combat veterans we are talking about. We owe these men and women every bit of help adjusting back to civilian life we can possibly give them and we certainly owe them the chance to improve their station in life. Unlike McCain, not every vet is going to be able to marry an heiress. But McCain doesn’t support this bill? Why: becasue he thinks it will hurt retention. McCain is afraid that if we actually reward soldiers who have risked their lives in the service of their country that they wont have any incentive to stay for extra tours.
McCain is afraid, at the end of the day, that if we treat our veterans with the decency they deserve and provide them with the opportunities due them from a grateful nation that he won’t have enough soldiers left to stay in Iraq for a hundred years or fight the wars he apparently confuses with “national greatness”. And so tough luck boys and girls: Johnny McCain needs you back on the front lines, not home with your families and certainly to in a college classroom backing a better life for you and yours.
April 21st, 2008
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