House passes $900 billion defense bill and defunds transgender procedures for military children

Sorry boys and girls, if you somehow were thinking you were born in the wrong body because a grownup convinced you of this, you are going to have to wait and grow up before you can get your genitals chopped off, even if Mommy and/or Daddy in the military want this for you. 

See, the House of Representatives, while approving the annual defense bill of $900,000,000,000, it will ban taxpayer funding for transgender procedures that might cause you kids to become sterile for the rest of your lives.

This year's National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) was passed by the House of Representatives with a vote of 281 to 140, authorizing nearly $900 billion in spending. The vote saw 200 Republicans and 81 Democrats in favor, while 124 Democrats and 16 Republicans opposed it.

Section 708 of the NDAA specifies that “medical interventions for the treatment of gender dysphoria that could result in sterilization may not be provided to a child under the age of 18.” This was first reported by the conservative outlet The Daily Wire on Saturday.

Democrats and left-wing lunatics have claimed that transgender procedures for children are "life-saving" and help prevent suicide. On the other hand, Republicans, including House Speaker Mike Johnson, have strongly opposed these claims, arguing that such procedures can lead to sterilization. They assert that the military should focus on defending the United States rather than facilitating gender transitions for minors. In fact, some data [e.g., the Cass Review] concluded that gender-affirming treatments do not reduce the risk of suicide in children and young people with gender dysphoria. This suggests that there are other factors in play.

“Today’s NDAA is a step toward restoring our armed forces by rejecting the woke agenda and refocusing on military readiness,” said Rep. Michael Cloud of Texas. “This bill bans TRICARE coverage for sex-change surgeries for minors, authorizes National Guard deployments to secure our southern border, and provides a 19.5% pay raise for junior enlisted personnel.”

“While this bill is a net positive, it’s not perfect,” he added. “Thankfully, we will soon have a new Commander-in-Chief who will take the necessary steps to complete what this bill started, fully restore our military’s focus on strength and readiness, and completely end the woke agenda across the federal government. This bill is just the beginning of the work that needs to be done.”

On Saturday, House Speaker Mike Johnson called the NDAA provision a “critical and necessary step” in the fight against “radical gender ideology.”

“Taxpayer dollars should never be used to support procedures and treatments that could permanently harm and sterilize young people,” Johnson told The Daily Wire on Saturday. “In this year’s NDAA, we’re taking a critical and necessary step to protect the children of American service members from radical gender ideology and experimental drugs.”

He further promised: “House Republicans will continue to take action to protect America’s kids.”

But House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member, Adam Smith (D-WA), called the bill “bigoted against the trans community,” claiming it undermined the bipartisan bill.

“The medical profession has no dispute that in some instances, this treatment is crucial to the health and well-being of our children,” he claimed. “And we are now denying that to the children of servicemembers.”

Democratic Mark Pocan of Wisconsin, who chairs the House Equality Caucus, told POLITICO that “Big Brother, big government attacks like those just don’t belong in this bill,” arguing that Republicans prioritized “right-wing extremist dogma over national defense.”

And Republican Congressman Mike Rogers said Tuesday that he disagrees with the move to ban transgender procedures for military children in the NDAA, arguing that President-elect Donald Trump could resolve the issue upon taking office.

“My preference would have been that we just let the president, on Jan. 20, deal with these,” the Alabama Republican told The Hill’s Emily Brooks, “which he’s already indicated he’s going to do.”

Trump “is going to stop all these social, cultural issues from being embedded as policies,” he added. “So my point is, I don’t know why this is in the bill when Jan. 20, it’s a moot point.”

But the language has garnered praise from advocates opposing irreversible transgender transition procedures for children.

American Principles Project president Terry Schilling celebrated the news of the legislation’s passage in a Wednesday statement, saying: “We are grateful for the principled leadership of Speaker Johnson in ensuring this important protection was included in the bill. And we urge Republican leaders in both chambers to continue to prioritize this issue, both for the remainder of this Congress and especially in the next one. Voters this November gave the GOP a mandate to act — now they must follow through.”

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Obama: a double-crosser or just a liar?

Obama invents the 'groin salute'

You've heard the lies by Barack Obama: 

"If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor . . . period." Saying that his position on ISIS being a JV team wasn't referring to ISIS. Saying that "Most young Americans right now, they're not covered [with healthcare]." "Fast and Furious began under the Bush administration." "We've excluded lobbyists from policymaking jobs.""I have not said I was a single-payer supporter." "We import more oil today than ever before." 

For more lies perpetrated by Obama,  go here.  The above lies were just the tip of the iceberg.

Now Robert Gates, former Secretary of Defense under both George Bush and Obama, says that he feels "double crossed" by our current empty suit. The lie, this time, was Obama's promise not to cut the defense budget.

When Fox News asked Gates whether Obama kept his word, Gates responded, "Well, I think that began the fray. 'Fray' may be too gentle a word." 

The defense budget had already been slashed when Gates was told to cut it again to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars. "I guess I'd have to say I felt double-crossed. After all those years in Washington, I was naive."

Gates tried to get Obama to make the defense cuts gradual, but with the Islamic State growing from a "JV team" to "State Champs," our so-called commander in chief thought that less is more. People who have their brains in their nether regions often think backwards.

Fox also spoke with former Gen. Michael Flynn who was director of the DIA under Obama. Flynn too wasn't impressed with Obama's strategy. "Frankly, the United States of America is in a less strong position today because of the readiness and the size of our armed forces," he said, and then added, "I think he sees the military actually as something that is more dangerous to the world. I think that he looks at the United States military and sees it as a threatening application around the world, than actually as a useful tool."

There is no question that Obama does not see the USA as a force for good in the world.

He makes military veterans and other patriots ashamed of having him as the president.




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Words, Not Sticks and Stones

Chuckles HaHaHagel held a press conference today in which he outlined a suicidal strategy of cutting the military every which way but loose. The numbers he is proposing reflect the lowest number of troops since pre-World War Two, and he plans to cut back on our ships and aircraft as well.

After showering with Barack

This strategy shows the same insight the Obama administration has shown with the economy in general, and will show the world that the United States means it when it says, "I'm a little peeved at you, Mr. Putin and Mr. Assad. We need to talk at your earliest convenience, if it isn't too much trouble."

Hagel is suggesting we cut our present military from 520,000 troops to 490,000 and then by 2016 to 450,000. That is about the same size army as Columbia or Turkey. He also wants to ensure that those who would have planned to make the military a career change their mind, by keeping enlisted salaries at the poverty level, freeze wages of high ranking officers, and screw around with healthcare co-pays and benefits.

Just days ago Obama said that the time of austerity is over--he definitely wasn't speaking about the military. Obama sees no problem investing in loser companies like Solyndra, but refuses to give our military what they need to keep our country safe.

If you think Ronald Reagan's notion of peace through strength was wrong, and our enemies will respect us for using diplomacy instead of strength, then I suggest you get your head out of the sand, or that other place you probably have it stuck up in, and get real. Our enemies only respect strength and laugh at weakness. They are wetting their burkas and salwaar kamese over Obama and his lines in the sand.

It's time for all voters to tell their local and state politicians that we need a strong military, and Chuck Hagel is not being honest with us anymore than Susan Rice was back in 2012.

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