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Manning says he wants to live as a woman, be called Chelsea

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Posted by Steve White 2013-08-22 10:18|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top

#1 "It's not going away, it's haunting me more and more as I get older," Manning wrote in the e-mail. "Now, the consequences of it are dire, at a time when it's causing me great pain in itself. As a result, I'm not sure what to do about it."

I think I know what his punishment should include.

Posted by gorb 2013-08-22 11:03|| 2013-08-22 11:03|| Front Page Top

#2 Bad News For Chelsea E. Manning: US Army Won't Provide Hormones, Sex-Reassignment Surgery
Tyler Durden's pictureSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 08/22/2013 10:03 -0400

Some bad news for Pvt. Bradley Chelsea Manning, who was sentenced to spend 35 years in male prison:

U.S. ARMY SAYS IT DOES NOT PROVIDE HORMONES OR SEX-REASSIGNMENT SURGERY AFTER WIKILEAKS CONVICT BRADLEY MANNING SAYS HE WANTS TO LIVE AS A WOMAN

Well, there goes that approach: it seems Chelsea's debut was short-lived.

It is still unclear if the US Army will provide [him|her] with vaseline.

Posted by Uncle Phester 2013-08-22 11:06|| 2013-08-22 11:06|| Front Page Top

#3 No doubt Bubba down in the cellblock will sort all this out in short order and Manning will know exactly what he is destined to be.

Posted by CrazyFool 2013-08-22 11:35|| 2013-08-22 11:35|| Front Page Top

#4 Liberalism is a mental disease.

Posted by Uneaper Spairong8790 2013-08-22 11:59|| 2013-08-22 11:59|| Front Page Top

#5 Doesn't this mean he's not gay anymore?

Posted by Rob Crawford 2013-08-22 12:20|| 2013-08-22 12:20|| Front Page Top

#6 Surely, he is kidding.

Posted by SteveS 2013-08-22 12:57|| 2013-08-22 12:57|| Front Page Top

#7 What will Manning get every night for dessert in prison? Fudgesicle...

Posted by M. Murcek 2013-08-22 13:00|| 2013-08-22 13:00|| Front Page Top

#8 He thinks he's found a "Get out of Jail" Card, just be a female. (A male was convicted) Don't work that way.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2013-08-22 13:17|| 2013-08-22 13:17|| Front Page Top

#9 #6 Surely, he is kidding.

Ah, yep.

Posted by Procopius2k 2013-08-22 13:34|| 2013-08-22 13:34|| Front Page Top

#10 I think Manning was misquoted, its "Paint me blue and call me Susan" (not Chelsea)

Posted by OldSpook 2013-08-22 14:00|| 2013-08-22 14:00|| Front Page Top

#11 I'm sure one of his fellow inmates will oblige him.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2013-08-22 14:03|| 2013-08-22 14:03|| Front Page Top

#12 When he is finally let out he can get a job in San Francisco (where he is probably a hero) and get the city to fund his surgery.

Posted by rjschwarz 2013-08-22 14:30|| 2013-08-22 14:30|| Front Page Top

#13 "Surely, he is kidding."

No, he's not kidding, Steve.

And don't call me Shirley. (But you can call him Shirley. ;-p )

Posted by Barbara 2013-08-22 14:35|| 2013-08-22 14:35|| Front Page Top

#14 The first step in hormone therapy will be a generous dose of potassium chloride.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2013-08-22 14:45|| 2013-08-22 14:45|| Front Page Top

#15 'Though this be madness yet there is method in it.'

If 'Chelsea' doesn't do the trick he could try 'a-wooble' next.

Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2013-08-22 14:58|| 2013-08-22 14:58|| Front Page Top

#16 Nah he's just scared of doing 35 years in Leavenworth with lots of huge guys saying "you sure have a cute butt." He would rather be the top butch in a woman's prison.

Posted by 3dc 2013-08-22 15:36|| 2013-08-22 15:36|| Front Page Top

#17 3dc,
a) There's no way that Manning will do the full 35 years. If we're unlucky, he'll only do seven.
b) Manning really doesn't look like the butch type. He would probably do a lot worse in a women's prison.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2013-08-22 15:48|| 2013-08-22 15:48|| Front Page Top

#18 He'll be getting regular hot beef injections.

Posted by Secret Asian Man 2013-08-22 15:53|| 2013-08-22 15:53|| Front Page Top

#19 He or she is a meat whistle blower.

Posted by airandee 2013-08-22 16:09|| 2013-08-22 16:09|| Front Page Top

#20 In 15 years it'll be oh that Chelsea Manning, now I remember, you were ~~somebody~~ something once?

Posted by Shipman 2013-08-22 17:05|| 2013-08-22 17:05|| Front Page Top

#21 "I'm hoping Fort Leavenworth would do the right thing and provide that," Coombs said. "If Fort Leavenworth does not, then I am going to do everything in my power to make sure that they are forced to do so."
Like what, exactly -- pee on the floor of your cell?

No, he'll sue. And he'll probably win:

Massachusetts judge rules for inmate's sex-change surgery

And that's a federal judge, not one of the liberal hacks that infest the Mass judicial system.
So I'd stay tuned...

Posted by tu3031 2013-08-22 17:58|| 2013-08-22 17:58|| Front Page Top

#22 I hear he's taking up Shakespearean acting, his first character will be "Bottom."

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2013-08-22 18:05|| 2013-08-22 18:05|| Front Page Top

#23 torture him: buy him foul-tasting pillows

Posted by Frank G 2013-08-22 18:38|| 2013-08-22 18:38|| Front Page Top

#24 Eww.

Posted by gorb 2013-08-22 23:38|| 2013-08-22 23:38|| Front Page Top

#25 Compare wid HUFFINGTON POST > TRANSGENDERED AMERICANS STRAPPED FOR COVERAGE [Benefits, Insurance] AS US LAGS "FAR BEHIND" [many World countries] EVEN IRAN.

"Chelsea", ETAL. wants Rights, Recognition, + $$$.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2013-08-22 23:57|| 2013-08-22 23:57|| Front Page Top

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