Back again...

I usually wake-up to the radio. Sometimes I latch right on to what they're saying; less often I just want to beat the clock into oblivion. This morning was one of the former. Fricking John McCain was on the radio talking about how we can't end the "don't ask--don't tell" policy re. gays in the military. Not surprising, really. He is both conservative and old (ie. really conservative). But, what reason does he give? Not that it's an abomination or against God or bad for morale or or or. Many things could provide sufficient reason for a conservative to discriminate against ...well... anyone they choose, but no. He says we can't eliminate the policy until we study the problem further--military studies, congressional studies, any studies. Of course he just wants to postpone the inevitable. But, isn't that some shit. He chooses the stereotypically liberal reason. Studies mean people get paid your tax dollars to perform the study--even if it's a sham study (because we know the answer already). Paying people with your tax dollars to waste their time on unwanted useless shit has to be the definition of bad big government. How on earth can he let his mind even go there? Is it the new well-right-of-center congress that might back him? Is he just getting senile? Is it that he is totally broken after being tossed aside for Bush II and then scuttled by his campaign managers who brought-in Sarah Palin? Idunno, but the first thought that came out of my little head this morning was "that's awfully hypocritical."