She made me do it ....

I came across this item when I was perusing the sports wires. Apparently the former caddy of LPGA golfer Jackie Gallagher Smith is saying the she seduced him to get pregnant, making him "an involuntary sperm donor." He is now suing her for an untold amount of damages.

Caddy Gary Robinson alleges that the golfer, who has been married since 1992, used him to get pregnant. The suit says Gallagher-Smith, who gave birth last month, put him in the position of being an unwitting sperm donor. He says that he cannot find a job, especially in the LPGA and is trying to make it as a professional golfer.

He's 26 and she's 37. They were both adults (well chronologically at least) when the alleged sexual relationship occurred last year. Robinson says that Gallagher-Smith told her husband and that he forgave the two of them. But he is still suing her for "emotional pain and suffering."

What about the emotional pain and suffering of her husband? Did you forget that part or did that not make the leap when you entertained the idea of making money off an affair you had with your boss? Or were you indulging that young man fantasy of being with an older woman.

But nobody forced this guy to have sex. He wasn't raped. Assuming his version of events is even true, it appears he went into it with eyes -- and apparently trousers -- wide open.

And what about the child? Florida law says that a child born into a marriage is deemed to be the result of the marriage and therefore DNA testing cannot be forced and Robinson has no legal right to the child.

Gallagher-Smith's attorney Edwin Belz said the caddy is trying to extort money out of her. For her part -- because she was pregnant -- Gallagher Smith has not played on the tour this year and has made no money. He has one career victory and career earnings of about $1.1 million.

Honey, can we talk....

So Jennifer Wilbanks had cold feet. She didn't want to go through the situation of a 14-person wedding party, and all the other b.s. that goes with a wedding with 600 guests. Now CNN has weighed in with all the experts and pundits and other idiots talking about why she did it. Can you imagine?

"She put her family through hell, she put her friends through hell, she put the community through hell, she should be ashamed, she has lied to authorities and we are calling it a mistake. That's what one "expert" Pat Brown a criminal profiler said on CNN. She said Jennifer did it to get the attention.

Have you ever tried to host a wedding with that many people in it? Maybe Jennifer and her fiancé should have talked about things before she went jogging. But her family thought she was dead or kidnapped (a story she made up) but what she was most was scared.

But this offers her fiancé a unique opportunity: to express forgiveness. But he's also got to be thinking whether this was such a good idea to begin with. Not to mention the expense of the wedding -- caterers, the church, the minister, the gown, the ring, the brides maid(s) dresses, the rented tuxes, the cake, the flowers, the photographer or videographer, the reception, and all the other bulls*** that goes with a modern wedding.

Here in Washington, the average cost of a wedding is $25,000! It's like putting on a freakin' Broadway show. But her fiance, John Mason, says he has no hostile feelings towards his once and future wife. But he does have a wedding story to tell the grandkids.

Look for the media lizards to milk this for all it's worth. There will probably be a "Law and Order" episode on it or maybe "Without a Trace."

Operation Truth

Operation Truth is a blog written by people who served in the Iraq war. It features issues that concern them -- and us -- in the war on terrorism. It also talks about something that is just a shame to our country:the lack of sufficient armor for HUMVEES.You might remember, when Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld visited there a while back he was confronted in Kuwait by a reservist who asked basically "why do our humvees not have enough armor?" The secretary's answer was typically evasive. The problem remains.

In one post from Operation Truth, an Iraq War veteran wrote:
"...In Baghdad our vehicles we to be turned in for low armor, light skin HUMMVVs. We had been taking fire for some time and the vehicles were too unequipped for the missions that we performed. We lined our vehicles with sandbags and proceeded with our missions. Toward the end of our rotation in Iraq we were performing a routine TCP mission when a small truck swerved in front of one of our squad leader's vehicles and dropped an IED [Improvised Explosive Device, or roadside bomb]. It exploded immediately, tore through the sandbags, shattering both of the squad leaders legs and sending shards of metal into the head of his driver. That is just one example of many where an up-armored HUMMVV would have saved these soldiers from injury..." -- Futomara, an Infantryman who served in Iraq.

In the face of a lack of supply, the soldiers are having to jury-rig stuff call "Hillbilly Armor" from old vehicles (some of which were destroyed because they didn't have enough protection). With all the talk about sending care packages to our troops and making sure that they have what they need, and what we are doing for the Iraqi people, let's press our elected representatives to give them what they need to keep from getting killed.

The Congress acknowledged the problem. In the text of a bill on military appropriations (s.871) it reads:

(1) United States military personnel serving in Operations Iraqi Freedom have experienced significant shortages of critical equipment, such as body armor , aircraft survivability equipment, and armored trucks, including up-armored High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles. In many cases the shortages have lasted several months. For example, the individual body armor needed for protecting every member of the Armed Forces and Department of Defense civilians in Iraq was not produced and fielded until February 2004, 11 months after Operation Iraqi Freedom was launched. Shortages of armor for Army trucks still existed as of the beginning of 2005.(emphasis mine)

(2) Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom have taken a substantial toll on military equipment of the Armed Forces. The commanding general of the Army Material Command estimated in 2004 that the Army is wearing out its equipment in Iraq and Afghanistan at a rate that could be up to 10 times faster than the rate at which it wears out its equipment elsewhere during peacetime, and there are no significant reserve stocks of that equipment remaining. (again my emphasis)

(3) It is a solemn obligation of the United States Government to ensure that, whenever the Armed Forces are called into battle, the military personnel fighting or supporting the battle are provided with the safest, most effective technology and equipment.

So the Senate did the right thing and voted for more money. Read more at USATODAY.com, but one of my senators, John Warner of Virgina, voted "Nay" while George Allen voted "Yay". Kind of makes me wonder what my vote will be the next time they come up for reelection. I have worked for the Federal Government for 16 years now. If I don't have what I need to do my job, I might miss an interview, or I might not be able to make copies, or might need new batteries. If the guys (and gals) in Iraq don't have what they need, they get their asses shot off. That's not right! D.

Chloe Capped the Bad Man!

Chloe Capped the Bad man! Dweeby little Chloe on "24" whose main protest was "I'm not a field agent" caps the smack out of this bad guy hired by the terrorists to kill the girlfriend of one of their operatives. Chloe, little dweeby Chloe who is about as whiny and snotty as any federal employee I know and whose p***ing matches with Edgar are about the most realistic thing on the show, empties the clip at this scumbag and the show ends.

Another semi-realistic thing on this week's show was the President being a woos bag and ordering the Secret Service to go after Jack Bauer. The bad guys got away because of this little episode of Bureaucratic illumination, which was about par for the Feds. Most of the time the government seems to do the thing that costs the most and makes the least amount of sense.

But The season is drawing to a close and the black guy who used to be president is now back. That's where it gets to be fantasy. They don't call it the White House for nothing.

But hey, it's entertainment. It's not supposed to be real. Check out Dave Barry's take on the whole thing here Dave Barry's Blog

Later. D