Thank you, Congress and President Obama, for passing and signing the repeal of DADT.
Thank you, Senate, for ratifying the New START treaty.
Thank you, Senate, for giving 9/11 first responders money for health care.Here are some links to things I’ve been reading:
Amanda Hess writes about Bob Marshall’s reaction to the repeal of DADT
My own Stevens Miller takes a different slant on it
And one of the comments on one of the posts about DADT over on Shakesville really stood out for me.
Finally, a video of a song by Tom Lehrer. It’s not really apropos, but it’s about the military and the bomb, so here goes:
I wish DOMA had been repealed, too. I wish we had a single-payer health care system. I wish women’s health were not constantly used as a bargaining chip. But today, I’m happy with what we got this week.