The U.S. Navy announced to the Pentagon this week that it will train personnel on the pending implementation of gay men and lesbians serving openly in the force. The report claims that training will be completed by April 30th of this year. All branches of the armed forces have submitted training strategies and will be receiving a teaching plan from the Pentagon.

Via The Advocate:

Alexander Nicholson, Executive Director of Servicemembers United, said in a statement Friday that the plan is a “comprehensive and deliberate path” to repeal the ban. He added, “In typical military fashion, the plan is quite thorough and some steps may seem unnecessary or redundant, but overall we believe this plan continues to show a good faith effort on the part of the Department of Defense to swiftly move forward with training, certification, and repeal.”

These training initiatives will also be delivered to deployed soldiers in combat zones. While this is a crucial step in the physical aspect of repealing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” precautions must be taken to avoid discrimination within the forces. Feedback mechanisms are in place that require service chiefs to annually meet to voice concerns and progress. I have spoken to active duty soldiers who have admitted that they have worked with gay service members for years and don’t see the repeal as being an issue. While this sounds promising, the only true gauge of the ultime success of the implementation is time.

David Alan Grier as the immortal Don “No Soul” Simmons, hands-down my favorite gag in Amazon Women On The Moon.

We should totally start a charity for GoProud!:

“Gays Without Scruples.”

“Stupid gays, mixed race couples, blended faith pairings, childless unions, and young sluts married to hot older pieces who can’t or won’t have kids — you and your ‘alternative’ marriages ruin everything!”

“It’s your fault our husbands haven’t touched us in years! All they do is drink and stream gay porn!”

“No sacred opposite marriage has ever ended because of money woes, infidelity, abuse, or unnattainable expectations involving princes on horseback or rose petals scattered all over beds! You hear me — ever!”

This has been pointed out elsewhere, but it has occurred to me: if contraception is so anathema to a healthy hetero marriage, then why aren’t there enormous, village-sized families everywhere we look? How many have you personally encountered outside of TLC? Either the rhythm method and pulling out are way more effective than they’re chalked up to be, or pretty much every couple outside of one of those Little House On The Prairie compounds is using some kind of birth control.

Incidentally, I had a little red-headed bitch of an English teacher in high school who constantly gave me this identical eye roll whenever I questioned her.

Clearly, it’s murder on the eyes.

Hat tip to Joe My God.

Why oh why can’t all you soulless, dry-eyed Liberal malcontents feel — as opposed to see or hear — this peerless man’s ineluctable, rousing, inviolate, deific power as the greatest American leader?

Don’t you remember and long for the good ol’ days?

“Oh — you bet!”