Wednesday Morning Open Thread

Good morning.

Yemen. As we end 2009, that's the new word. Yeah, that's the country we'll be hearing a lot about. Joe "Yemen will be tomorrow's war" Lieberman and his merry band of warmongers, the ones who never provided any oversight of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, are already ginning up.

Too bad our military is stretched thin in wars that were never effectively managed. And, it's probably not such a good thing that the U.S. military kicks out Arab linguists -- and other personnel -- just because they're gay. If only we had a President who was committed to ending "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" -- and would actually follow through on that commitment.

Also, for anyone who missed it, the key architect of the campaign to save marriage by attacking the gays, Karl Rove, is abusing the sanctity of marriage and destroying that hallowed institution himself. He's getting a divorce -- another divorce. It's his second. There are many right wing theocrats who think divorce is really the biggest threat to marriage. They have a new poster boy now. Oh, Rove wants privacy as he goes through this process. But, I just think, from a public policy perspective, that can't be the case. Rove made saving marriage a big campaign issue. Unfortunately, I think we need all the details of this sordid destruction of the sacred rite, you know, to see how marriage can be protected from the likes of Karl Rove.

Let's get started...