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By: Sadly, No! » Bite me, Fred Hiatt

Sadly, No! » Bite me, Fred Hiatt — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:46:00 +0000

[...] commentary. After all, this is the same guy who regularly publishes Kathleen Parker’s rants demanding that women be banned from serving in the armed [...]

By: Retro Fashion

Retro Fashion — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 07:51:42 +0000

I don’t understand why so many women go crazy for Manolos.

By: Links... « 4&20 blackbirds

Links... « 4&20 blackbirds — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 21:38:22 +0000

[...] Washington Post agrees with Iran on the proper role of women, and is worried that the Muslim world thinks weâ€™re all [...]

By: ironicname

ironicname — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 20:23:11 +0000

Jillian said,
April 7, 2007 at 18:57
Children in their tender years are the tastiest.
After that point, theyâ€™re just stewers…
I love kids! I just can’t finish a whole one.

By: MCH

MCH — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 15:47:29 +0000

males are biologically driven to go out and hunt giraffes

Is that why I keep doing that, then? Damn.

Why the West has seen it necessary to diminish motherhood so that women can pretend to be men

This is simply the completion of the process begun at the Globe Theatre, whereat The Bard’s casting regularly diminished fatherhood. See also “Flying Circus” and “Hasty Pudding.”

By: Qetesh the Abyssinian

Qetesh the Abyssinian — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 10:29:01 +0000

And sadly I hear that men often bleed in combat situations too.

But only in a very manly way, and never in a swamp. That’s for girlies.

Not to mention a good, reliable strap-on.

Do you have a license for that thing?

By: Douglas Watts

Douglas Watts — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 02:13:45 +0000

Many folks have found it very frustrating to try to find the kind of clothing that would honor the Lord.

Not to mention a good, reliable strap-on.

By: tigrismus

tigrismus — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 00:30:39 +0000

Not just tampons but also menstrual cups, and I hear there are these little pills called, if I remember correctly, “birth control pills,” that can keep one from menstruating entirely for very long, um, spans of time, several months even, and allow one to choose a relatively swamp-free time in which to menstruate. I know it’s buh-leading edge technology and all, so folks might not have heard of them, though. Sheesh.

And sadly I hear that men often bleed in combat situations too.

By: MzNicky

MzNicky — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 23:59:10 +0000

When I hear things like “…weaning men of their intuitive inclination to protect women…”, I always have to ask: Protect women from what? oh, right — other men. (Unless there are bears or sharks around, I guess.)

By: DannyInLA

DannyInLA — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 23:53:31 +0000

I have two friends who are married and both in the Army. Three months after she gave birth to their first son, it was decided that she should be sent off to Iraq because her skill-set was more useful to their purposes than her husband’s. The Army had no problem taking a mother away from a newborn because (for medical reasons) she wasn’t able to breastfeed. That’s the reason she was given. And sure enough, eight weeks later, she’s off in Iraq.

By: owlhouse

owlhouse — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 23:34:17 +0000

Wow. The Post sure knows how to support the troops.

If nothing else, you’d think Fred Hiatt would have seen this line as particulalry problematic-
“What kind of man, one shudders to wonder, is willing to allow his countryâ€™s women to be raped and tortured by men of enemy nations? ”

Could this mean that REAL MEN only allow the men of other countries to be raped and tortured? Maybe the whole artice is just a message in support of Abu Ghraib-style detention. No, that can’t be quite right… that would make the Iranians sissy-boys for letting the British off so lightly.

Does Kathleen Parker even believe her own ignorant line of reasoning- or is this just more attention grabing. Maybe she and Hiatt should buddy up in their own reality TV show and leave the Post to journalism with op-eds by informed and/or experienced folks. Let’s lend them a hand- any thoughts on names for their show?

By: Kuda Bux

Kuda Bux — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 22:28:47 +0000

“I am reminded of a man I dated when I lived up in Alaska- he was an ex-Navy Seals and he responded to my questions about women in combat like this- â€œThey fought well. Better than we thought. In fact, we were afraid of what they might do. But they bleed. Thatâ€™s not good when you have to slog through a swamp.â€? wondered then if the navy knew about tampons.”

Their monthlies attract bears! That’s the last thing you need in combat – bears.

Also sharks.

By: Jonny

Jonny — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 19:55:35 +0000

Hey….Who let Kathleen out of the kitchen??

And where did she get those shoes????

By: Qetesh the Abyssinian

Qetesh the Abyssinian — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 15:22:48 +0000

Ewwwww, even more ewwwwww! That’ll take more than just a hairball…

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 15:22:31 +0000

children in their tender years are dependent on their mothers in unique ways. Thereâ€™s not enough space here to go into all the ways that this is true

Translation: It probably then isn’t really true.

By: Moxie

Moxie — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 12:10:27 +0000

Sorry. It was the wine talking. Although now that I think about it…given the manhands and the Adam’s apple, Coulter slash pairings would probably be more likely to involve the likes of Hannity, Limbaugh, and O’rally. Although who would be the top in those pairings is anyones guess…

By: Qetesh the Abyssinian

Qetesh the Abyssinian — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 11:50:13 +0000

Ewwwwwww, Moxie, I’m gonna have to cough up a hairball to get the taste out of my mouth. Just the thought of Coulter slash makes me throw up, just a little.

By: Moxie

Moxie — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 08:34:22 +0000

Er, I haven’t actually read any of that. It was sort of an idle boast. And the question is who, not what, she would be slashed with. Malkin, Atlas, Althouse…use your imagination. And bring a barf bag and don’t forget to recite the Litany Against Fear.

Although I must say, Ann/Hermione has possibilities…

By: Jrod

Jrod — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 08:11:12 +0000

Ann Coulter slash? Dare I ask what exactly she’d be slashed with? Like the Thundercats maybe? Or Harry Potter?

By: Shana

Shana — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 06:55:00 +0000

I am reminded of a man I dated when I lived up in Alaska- he was an ex-Navy Seals and he responded to my questions about women in combat like this- “They fought well. Better than we thought. In fact, we were afraid of what they might do. But they bleed. That’s not good when you have to slog through a swamp.” I wondered then if the navy knew about tampons.