Women in the military - and on LJ

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yuki_onna is one of them. ginmar is another.

If you're not reading either of them, you should. They write well and don't scrimp.

From ginmar's this morning:

(She's just gotten home from Iraq on leave...)

People don't matter, I don't think---to some people. I was struck by a thought, too, after finally getting to read Barack Obama's wonderful speech from the DNC. I bitch about the Democrats, and limousine liberals, but people matter to them. To the Republicans who are now ruining the party that I once voted for, money matters.

I'm not talking here about the Republicans who are in the middle, who are what the Party used to be---I'm talking about the ones we have now, who kowtow to whoever offers the most money for the blowjob. My dear professor friend is a moderate Republican, and he, and a bunch of other people are perfect examples of what the Republicans used to be. The Party, however, is not.

I hope she finds her cat. The one her friend's ex's nephew let out yesterday. After she had given her friend one clear directive - keep my cats safe. The ancient, declawed one - that's the one. After the "friend" hadn't even paid rent since February. Uh huh.

Reminds me of when I came home from Switzerland for Christmas and discovered my house had been totally trashed by the people I had trusted to take care of it for me.

I don't loan anything much anymore. I have to put the qualifier in there because, well, yes - I do lend some things. Things I can afford to wave goodbye to and never see again.

And I had thoughts much the same about what really mattered to people.