Quote of the Week

Quote of the Week

April 23, 2010 - The new United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, Ronald C. Machen Jr., spoke recently at the American Bar Association. Addressing a laughing crowd of defense attorneys, prosecutors and other law school graduates Machen said,

“The more indictments, the more business you get.”

They should be laughing, as taxpayers it is we who will be footing the bills for court costs and extortive awards. Why extortive? See the ME link just below.

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In January, ME had predicted:

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1- Eliminating Bill Clinton's DADT policy will empower [some] unscrupulous gays [and gay pretenders] to file grievances publicly.

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2- Likely grievances will involve lawsuits based on alleged homophobic discrimination in denial of promotions or plum assignments. Since gay servicepeople are currently prohibited from identifying their sexual orientations, such grievances have not been possible.

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3- If/when gays serve openly, civilian military lawyers and JAGs will find groundbreaking ways to sue the DoD, military branches, or the U.S. Government. As taxpayers, you and I will foot the bills, of course.

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Months later, the effort has slowed with due caution. And on March 25th the Pentagon restricted enforcement of DADT (rules preventing gays from serving openly) until Congress can take permanent action. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said the military will no longer open investigations into the sexual orientation of service members based on anonymous complaints, will restrict testimony from third parties and will require high-ranking officers to review all cases.

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Now (April 26th), the American Bar Association has formally urged the U.S. Senate (ABA's official letter -pdf) to end the DOD 's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy.

Submarines are always silent and strange.