If Not Now, When?

This article is a well written one and directed mainly toward our Republican lawmakers in the hope of ending this discrimination and injustice of “don’t ask, don’t tell.” Many of us are fearful of what we don’t understand or of what we might learn if we open up our hearts and minds. No soldier in his right mind would be offended if a homosexual in the military would save his life from the enemy. I’m sure that when the plane crashed into the IRS building on February 18 that those trapped inside the building would turn down help from an openly gay man and say to him, “no thanks, we will wait for a heterosexual to come recue us.”
The leader of the House Republicans, Representative John Boehner indicated that now is not the right time to change the policy with two wars under way. So the question for you Representative John Boehner is when is the time right to change the “don’t ask , don’t tell” policy? Since 1993 thousands of men and women have been discharged from the United States armed forces under this law.
Many law makers may refuse to open themselves up to see this law as discriminating. The military could take the lead and open the door for the United States to legalize same sex marriages in the future. According to the Equality in the Military, the polls show that Americans broadly support repealing the law. Perhaps we should write to our congressional representative to let him/her know how we feel about the “don’t ask, don’t tell” law.
President Obama is keeping his word on trying to get Congress to repeal this “don’t ask, don’t tell” law. Why are we fighting two wars abroad and many wars domestically?

Asleep on the Phone

If you have a cell phone, then it will benefit you to read this article to see how and what your government is trying to do with your cell phone information.
Did you know that your every move can be monitored in real time while you are using your cell phone? Now the government wants free access to this information from the carries while civil liberty groups say that this information should only be handed over through a search warrant. Cell phone Privacy
Turning your cell phone off may not be enough. In the movie Eagle Eye the statement is made that “the only way that you cannot be tracked by your cell phone is to take the battery out of it.”
Even now there are some phone services where you can track members of your own families who are on you phone plan. Many crimes have been solved because of the tracking ability of phones by the use of cell towers but only after the proper authorities obtained a search warrant.
Giving the government free access to our phone information will only bring us closer to Big Brother by taking away our right to privacy.