White House spokesman is in Wiki-la-la land
Appearing on “Fox and Friends” Wednesday, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs tried to downplay the damage done by the WikiLeaks disclosures, remarking, “We should never be afraid of one guy who plopped down $35 and bought a Web address.”
If negligible amounts of money is what signifies a threat to government insiders, then the Nixon-era White House needn’t have been concerned about penny-a-sheet pieces of paper that went through an ordinary photocopier (those sheets became the Pentagon Papers), and the Clinton White House didn’t have to fret about an intern’s cocktail dress bought at the Gap.
The Obama White House again has shown it doesn’t look at key facts when judging priorities.
David P. Hayes
Washington
Social experiment will destroy world’s greatest military
Re: “Pentagon says gays won’t hurt military,” Dec. 1
I served two years in Winter Harbor, Maine, during the Vietnam War. It was a small communications base with 200-plus naval personnel and felt like a family away from home. There were many social activities in and out of uniform, including movies, dances, sports and social events that usually included wives and girlfriends. It was typical to see couples dancing, holding hands, kissing, etc.
I assume that if gays are allowed to serve openly, they will have the same rights and privileges as other service personal. But I’m having a very hard time picturing two Marine sergeants holding hands or two admirals dancing together at a social event on our military bases across the world.
Why would we try to destroy the finest military the world has ever seen for a social experiment while we are fighting two wars. Has everybody in Washington, D.C., lost their mind?
Robert R. Jacobs
Phoenix, Ariz.
Congress is already a part-time job
Re: “Make Congress a part-time job,” Nov. 30
While I usually do not disagree with Cal Thomas, his suggestion that members of Congress should consider that their duties as a part-time job, and that they should also have a full-time position outside as our Founding Fathers did, has already been achieved. One need only look at the time spent in the hallowed halls of Congress, particularly for members of the House of Representatives, and the hours spent on the full-time job of getting re-elected.
Unfortunately, this is not was meant by our Founding Fathers, nor by Cal Thomas. But the evidence is clear. From the very day that they win an election, members of Congress start campaigning to win the next one.
Nelson Marans
Silver Spring
