I am ashamed

I haven’t blogged in quite a while now.

Things have been busy here, but mostly I just didn’t have anything important to say.  I’m still here at the academy, currently in “summer school” for gymnastics, which I failed this semester.  It’s going a lot better.  I’ve already got almost as many points as I had at the end of my first attempt at the class.

Some fairly important stuff in the news today.

First, Iran sent 6 warships into international waters.  Lovely.   I’m thinking that we should probably do something about Iran, but that’s just me.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,521730,00.html

Next, North Korea tested more missiles.  I’m loving all these crazy dictators we have running around with substantial amounts of weaponry…and quite possibly nuclear ones.  I don’t see how the US and the UN giving them a slap on the wrist and saying, “bad” is going to solve the issue.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,521730,00.html

And my final note (not that there isn’t a lot of other craziness going on right now) is that the California Supreme Court, which I actually once had the opportunity to witness in session, has ruled that the Proposition 8 ban on gay marriage in the state is constitutional and will remain.  As much as this follows my own personal beliefs, I’m fairly concerned about the backlash that will come out of this.  If you read back in some of my blogs, you’ll see the response, specifically against the LDS (Mormon) church while all this was going down initially.  I doubt we’ve seen the last of this.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/05/26/california-high-court-rule-gay-marriage/?test=latestnews

On the personal front, once I finish my class here on 5 June, I’ll head home until the 17th.  Then I’ve got Cadet Field Training in the fabulous Camp Bucker (A.K.A. Bucknam, Buckraq, Buckghanistan, Buckmalia, etc.) for 4 weeks.  Then I’ll finish out the summer with Advanced Medical Training here in the <sarcasm> ever beautiful </sarcasm> West Point.

That’s enough out of me for today.  You stay classy…all three of you reading this.

Michael

Activists Target Mormons for Gay-Marriage Ban’s Success in California

Here is a link to the article: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,459544,00.html

So, here is my take on things.

• Opponents of the now passed Proposition 8 Gay-Marriage Ban in California claim that the hierarchy of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is directly responsible for the passing of the the ban.
• The Church made NO donations with church funds to the Yes on 8 campaign.
• Members of the Church made donations and helped with the campaign, but not under requirement from Church officials.
• Proposition 8 aligned with our religious beliefs, so of course, many members would support it.
• Many other groups supported the ban, obviously, since it passed.
• 70% of African-American voters and more than half of Latino voters voted yes.
• As of 1 OCT 2007, there were just over 750,000 LDS members in the state of California, compared to the 36.5+ MILLION residents of California.
• Response by activists has been ridiculous, with defacement of church property and even hate crimes through the burning of our sacred scripture.

So, those are just a few points that make this whole thing drive me nuts.  I find it incredibly difficult to even consider their point of view when they attack us so vehemently and in such obscene ways.  I’m sorry, but I just can’t handle that.

Michael