in the meanwhile

In the meanwhile…

*Today in San Francisco the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals is hearing arguments regarding Prop 8, the Proposition in California which banned Same Sex Marriage. Once more Gay and Lesbians who just want to marry the person they love are waiting for a judicial debate, for some higher human power to discuss, dialogue and decide who has the right to love and marry in this country.

In the meanwhile... while at least 1000’s of Gay and Lesbian couples anxiously await a verdict as to the possibility of sharing the same equality as their opposite sex couple friends, the chance to wed…while 1000’s of wedded heterosexual couples are cheating on their spouses, committing adultery, pursuing infidelity…while 1000’s of heterosexual couples chip and tear apart the Institution of Marriage with their indiscretions, 1000’s of homosexual couples want to build some foundation and become a part of that Institution.

*The President may now compromise with the minority Republican/Tea Bag Party hoping to get much needed income for the 2 million unemployed in extending their unemployment checks.

In the meanwhile… compromise is necessary because somehow the Republican/Tea Bag politicians have little compassion for those with no income and too much compassion for those with expendable income. Seems having no money is un-American but being rich is the American way. The wealthy must keep living their lifestyle or else.

*The debate over coming out of a closet for the troops is still being bandied about. Homo- phobia wrapped in religious bigotry, covered in some tarnished red, white and blue patriotism trips off the tips of the tongues of those like John McCain, Lindsey Graham and Jim DeMint. The excuse currently to withhold equal rights is coming out during war will wreck havoc, the same excuse used to even create DADT while there were no wars raging.

In the meanwhile…the same evil closeted homosexuals are sleeping in the same quarters, showering in the same stalls, hunkering down in the same bunkers and the moral, the fortitude, the work of the Troops has not evaporated or gone to hell. The same guys and gals who are a part of the team, covering each and everyone’s back, sharing the load are still doing what they all enlisted to do.

*The START treaty was the perfect way to at least understand the complexities of how many and where nuclear arsenals were located. It fit well into the US trying to control the flow of illegal nuclear warheads, and was the perfect fit for the hard core hawks within the Republican (only we know how to protect America) mantra. That was when America first was not interrupted with the motto Republican’s first.

In the meanwhile…the same Republican Senators who preached we can save America, we know what is best for the safety of this country, we are not the wussy Dems, have a change of heart, and are stopping the START Treaty from being signed sealed and delivered. Perhaps displaying yet more signs of partisans’ over practicality, The Republican/Tea Bag party is risking the proliferation of nuclear weaponry over winning back the White House.

Talk is cheap in this country, probably one of the most inexpensive things around in 2010. Talk it seems has little relevance or nuance to solving much of anything and instead is usually the catalyst for causing everything. People like Palin, and Gingrich talk to FOX Pac but refuse to entertain the “lame street press”. People like Bush talk about their new books but never talk to you and I about what really happened in his 8 years as President. People like Beck talk about doom, gloom, communists and haters never once discussing truth.

And in the meanwhile…we still have division not consensus, we vs. they, them and us, and problems, issues that can not and will not be resolved. We seem to talk about how not to and in the meanwhile need to strive with how we can. I hate the meanwhile!