The Nerve Of That Woman!
Posted on June 18th, 2009 by Tintin
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Sen Boxer Instructs Brigadier General Not to Call Her ‘Ma’am’
- “Would Boxer respond with the same tone and inflection if she were responding to, say, a spokesman from Planned Parenthood?” No, of course she wouldn’t! She’d say, there’s no need for you to call me Ma’am or even Senator, just call me yo “beyotch.” And what if Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called her “ma’am”? Well, she’d be in a burqa, on her knees, kissing his feet, saying he needn’t call her anything at all, that he could just point in her direction and say “you, there, foul sewer-rat!” In fact, the only reason that Boxer made the Brigadier General say “Senator” instead of “Ma’am” was to spit on his valiant military service, to denigrate his manhood, to snip off his testes and wave them in the air hooting and shrieking like a lesbian Amazon warrior before slicing them into morsels, deep frying them and serving them with a remoulade sauce on a silver platter to Perez Hilton, Osama Bin Laden, Hugo Chavez and Cindy Sheehan. Respond to my post, libs.
Her title is “Senator”. This is how all Senators must be addressed and they are within their rights to insist on it. To call her “Ma’am” is a bit of an insult.
Not that I blame the General or think he was being sexist. “Ma’am” is the term of art in the military.
Yeah, I think ma’am is perfectly ok – I’d probably use that term, and call a male senator “sir.”
But again, who really cares.
I call most of the assholes
To be fair, I’m sure the general had no idea he was speaking to Senator Boxer, as he was staring at her tits at the time.
them, I meant them
Are wingnuts not the most whiny, milk-baby, wussy, weak-tea worms on the planet or what? Is he seriously complaining about an inflection?
And just for the record, if I were a female senator and all the boys were getting called “Senator”, I’d insist on the title too.
Didn’t this happen to Laura Roslin in an episode of the new Battlestar: Galactica?
If that writer doesn’t watch out, he’ll frighten Chuck Norris again.
When you go to boot camp the manual/handbook you are issued tells you how to address various government officials. QED
Didn’t this happen to Laura Roslin in an episode of the new Battlestar: Galactica?
It was also a classic scene from A Few Good Men.
I do love that he protects his eardrums from the pistol’s noise, but treats Old Glory like his beer and Funyuns-stained wife beater.
In other news, the Washington Post continues its descent into obscurity by firing Dan Froomkin:
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/06/18/froomkin/index.html
I CALL EVERYBODY “MA’AM”, AS I AM VERY POLITE.
Down here, any woman you’ve just met is “ma’am”. Then it’s whatever the woman asks you to call her. If she’s a senator and asks to be addressed as such, it’s only good manners to address her so.
The right freaks out on what people want to call themselves all the time, then whine when we point out they’re a bunch of pig-ignorant hillbilly Jesus freaks.
What gives?
Slow day at Chez Greg, eh?
From Greenwald’s post, linked to above:
Notably, Froomkin just recently had a somewhat acrimonious exchange with the oh-so-oppressed Krauthammer over torture, after Froomkin criticized Krauthammer’s explicit endorsement of torture and Krauthammer responded by calling Froomkin’s criticisms “stupid.” And now — weeks later — Froomkin is fired by the Post while the persecuted Krauthammer, comparing himself to endangered journalists in Venezuela, remains at the Post, along with countless others there who think and write just like he does: i.e., standard neoconservative pablum. Froomkin was previously criticized for being “highly opinionated and liberal” by Post ombudsman Deborah Howell (even as she refused to criticize blatant right-wing journalists).
I wish I subscribed to the Post, so I could cancel.
All of which means there’s only one solution to all of our problems: more XTC.
It all goes back to when they usta call them col’leds “boy”. Then th’ uppity ones started gettin’ pissy ’bout it.
This kind of thing reminds them of that.
Shorter wingnuttia:
“Basic politeness and civility are oppressive! Wharrgarbl! Fuckfuckfuckfuck! Jizzmop!”
ComAth,
What? No Nigel????
Well, she’s a Democrap, a democRAT, totally undeserving of respect or common courtesy. I mean, it’s not like any Republicans would vote against funding the troops…
Oh wait…
M
I say M-O
M-O-P
M-O-P-P
Mop
M-O-P-P
Mop Mop Mop Mop
J
I say J-I
J-I-Z
J-I-Z-Z
Jizz
J-I-Z-Z-M-O-P-P
Jizzmop!
Doo-doo-doo-DAH-dee-ah-dah…
Wrapped in the flag, bearing a
crossrevolver. That outfit is one wetsuit away from being acceptable to Republicans.Tempest in a pisspot. “Senator” is the right term when you’re in their workplace – even a bright child knows this stuff. Oh yeah, I forgot – wingnuts believe in “going with your gut” – & they’ve got an awful lot to go on – as opposed to all that faggy socialist “thinking” stuff.
Mmm, love the pop-up for Glenn Beck’s Common Sense – because one sure-fire sign of a literary masterpiece is that it’s a free online giveaway within moments of its release.
Last time I saw comments that idiotic it was on YouTube. I’d quote one, if there was one worth quoting.
Love that song, actor. Anyone know what the reference to “British Steel” at the end of the song is about?
XTC from British TV in 1978, with bonus appearance from Peter Cook:
Is this flag-desacrationst trying to imply that the “womb-baby murderers” of Planned Parenthood are equivalent to the military murderers of actual live human babies?
Objectively, I mean.
What’s even more outrageous is that a few seconds later, the Brigadier General said “Surely you can’t be serious, Senator.”
And Sen. Boxer replied, “I am serious. And don’t call me Shirley.”
OK. Who blarted?
That outfit is one wetsuit away from being acceptable to Republicans.
TWO WETSUITS AND A DILDO, IF YOU PLEASE MA’AM. EXCUSE MY FIN-GAHS!!!
Is this flag-desacrationst trying to imply that the “womb-baby murderers” of Planned Parenthood are equivalent to the military murderers of actual live human babies?
Objectively, I mean.
Objectively pro-baby-killer?
Of course, everyone knows that Boxer takes her marching orders from ACORN, not PP.
That photo reminds me of when I wrapped a flag around my neck like that and pretended I was Captain America just like Madam Hengler is doing: Of course I was eight years old at the time.
Er…the correct phrase is SCUSE MY finGAHS!!!!
SCUSE MAH finGAHS!!! is an accepted variant.
Thank you for your attention.
I bet he’s wearing Captain America underpants under those jeans.
That photo reminds me of when I wrapped a flag around my neck like that and pretended I was Captain America just like Madam Hengler is doing: Of course I was eight years old at the time.
Now give the boy credit. It could be cold. He could still BE only eight. They growed them up early down in Bugfuck, Tennessee…
And all the while Greg slept on,
Dreaming of a world where he could do just what he wanted to.
That photo reminds me of when I wrapped a flag around my neck like that and pretended I was Captain America just like Madam Hengler is doing.
That’s Senator Hengler to you.
I bet he’s wearing Captain America underpants under those jeans.
Actually, they’re either Spongebob, Snoopy, Garfield, Harry Potter, Veggie Tales, Casper or Polly Pocket, depending on what day of the week the photo was taken. He prefers to wear the Captain America briefs over his jeans, to get the full “superhero” effect.
My brain asploaded when I read that idears blog at TheAtlantic during lunch. I think there was some rightwinger telling me to divorce my wife because all women hate men, and I’ll never be happy so–Hold UP! Megan McArdle’s got idears, too!
I bet he’s wearing Captain America underpants under those jeans.
My money’s on frilly lace panties.
Dear Lord, this makes me hate everyone.
Or at least any man whose dick is so tiny he tries to compensate by wearing a flag as a cape and posing with a pistol that would knock his ass into last month if he actually fired the thing.
Er…the correct phrase is SCUSE MY finGAHS!!!!
SCUSE MAH finGAHS!!! is an accepted variant.
MA’AM, I REFUSE TO PLAY ALONG WITH YOUR LIBERAL FASCIST INTERNET TRADITIONS AS THEY CLEARLY FOSTER COMMUNISM AND OR NAZIISM!!! AS A WOUNDED VETERAN OF THE BADGER WARS, I CLAIM MY G-D GIVEN RIGHT TO USE MY OWN VARIANT!!!
I CLAIM MY G-D GIVEN RIGHT TO USE MY OWN VARIANT!!!
I call spoof. RiM would spell it VARRIANT.
I like Boxer. Her exchange with that asshat from Okalhoma was priceless.
“Elections have consequences.” lulz.
I call spoof. RiM would spell it VARRIANT.
HARDY-HAR! I’VE BEEN GOING TO NIGHT CLASSES AT THE ARYAN CHILDREN’S HOME SCHOOLING SCHOOL THAT IS NOT AT HOME AND THE PROOF IS IN THE GREAT STRIDES I’VE MADE IN SPEELLING.
Wow, I guess Boxer forgets Christmas morning 2006 when she was incredibly rude to my friend in San Fran, who, and correctly in my opinion, told her “Go fuck yourself Boxer!”
Here’s one for you Senator, because you worked so hard being a duplicitous shitbag to get and remain elected, could you kindly ask the other honorable shitbags you serve with to provide the same basic health care coverage you have provided for yourself to the rest of us? I won’t even say Ma’am you simpering twit, I’ll call you Senator and everything because we all know that’s the most important fucking thing happening at this moment.
Everyone’s happy on Spaghetti Day, kid. Everyone!
Well. To quote that great American, Richard Milhous Nixon, let me say this about that.
What are my credentials to say this about that? 24 years in the United States Army. 8 years duty in Washington, D.C. 3 years duty as a protocol officer. Dastardly liberal pinko leftistsocialistObamaist. Reg’lar Joe.
“Sir” and “Ma’am” are categorically, absolutely, without question, 100% appropriate forms of address for an elected politician. When addressing a letter to the Senator from California, one would write “Senator Barbara Boxer…Dear Senator.” In speech, particularly when answering a question, one would say “Yes, sir; no, ma’am.”
This holds for the military, as well. When addressing a General, a Colonel doesn’t say, “Yes, General;” the Colonel says, “Yes, Ma’am” or “Yes, Sir.”
Senator Boxer was within her rights to demand to be called “Senator,” but that was both petty and stupid and simply served to detract from the focus of the day.
NOW
As to this catastrophically stupid imbecile in the photograph, desperately (and none-too-successfully) attempting to ape Hunter S. Thompson (there exists a photo out there of HST wearing a flag as a cape while firing a much-larger caliber pistol than this pissant is waving around), United States Code Title 4, Chapter 1, Section 8(d) reads: “The flag should never be used as wearing apparel… It should never be festooned, drawn back, nor up, in folds, but always allowed to fall free.”
So go screw yourself, you disloyal f*ck!
Wow, I guess Boxer forgets Christmas morning 2006 when she was incredibly rude to my friend in San Fran, who, and correctly in my opinion, told her “Go fuck yourself Boxer!”
Were any flocks of wild parrots involved?
Still, I believe the preferred term of address for a member of the Senate is “F***wad”.
And the preferred term of address to a member of the House is “S***head”
I think Babs was flirtin’ with that guy.
Fucking Clownhall uses NOT ONLY the obnoxious floating pop-up with Glen Beck’s ugly Muppet face on it, BUT ALSO opens pop-under ads! The only site I’ll tolerate pop-unders from is Snopes. Dammit.
commie, great song. still one of my favorite bands evah.
HOEKSTRA@TWITTER: I ENTERED A STALL THAT HAD JUST BEEN VACATED BY MITCH MCCONNELL. NOW I KNOW WHAT THE CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY EXTINCTION EVENT WAS LIKE…
My money’s on frilly lace panties.
With the days of the week on them. He’s still wearing “Monday.” By Sunday he almost has to chisel them off.
‘My money’s on frilly lace panties.”
or maybe Barbara Boxers.
Nah, tightie-righties.
“Wharrgarbl!”
Sounds like a murloc
Context is everything. If the General (or whatwhoeverthing it was) addressed any male Senator as “Senator” but “ma’amed” her, I wouldn’t bat an eye at her bristliness*.
Herr Hengler’s attack of the vapors about it, that’s teh funnay!
PS – FY Opera 10. Finally you do spell check (well, maybe I had it turned off in 9.6) and right off the bat tell me “bristliness” isn’t a word! You may call me “pedant.” I’ve worked hard for that title and I deserve it.
If taking your money requires touching frilly lace panties, well, two birds with one stone and so forth.
A thong with with the back of Palin’s head on the crotch.
British Steel was the nationalized company that was screwed over by the conservatives and now the owner is the richest man in:
UK/EUROPE/INDIA/THE WORLD/UNIVERSE
I forget which.
Help! the normal computer chair is broken and I’m sitting on a substitute (non-adjustable) and now I can’t spell, puncuate or read properly anymore, and feel like I’m about 1/2 mile above the monitor peering down at the rest of the world?!? I feel like the new kid at the office with the dodgy pneumatic chair that people swap around for lulz after lunch/bathroom breaks.
A picture of Palin’s head, not her actual head. Also, I meant Sarah but who knows, maybe he prefers Bristol or Willow.
Heh indeed.
http://www.blogginginamerica.com/sarah-palin-underwear-for-sale/
http://www.stylelist.com/blog/2008/09/04/hottest-trend-in-underwear-since-obama-palin-panties/
My Mac’s global spellcheck tells me “fuck” is a word, but “fucker” isn’t.
The back of Palin’s actual head on the panties is funnier.
well, two birds
with one stonein one bush and so forth.Fickled.
Is that Greg Hengler in that picture, desecrating that flag?
SHAME on him.
He saves the Confederate battle flag for big dress-up days. US flag’s only for target plinking.
When did Rugged in Montana start yelling at us?
That American Flag robe goes so well with his black undies showing under his beer belly!
Redneck GOPs are the height of style and should dictate manners to all… NOT!!!
If your ear would remain attached maybe things would be different.
“When did Rugged in Montana start yelling at us?”
When his stack of WWII surplus saltines toppled over and trapped him in mom’s basement.
The back of Palin’s actual head on the panties is funnier.
LOL!
Sexist.
By Sunday he almost has to chisel them off.
Since “rub one off” does not sound sufficiently macho.
No snickering about the big penis-compensation gun yet? You disappoint me, Sadly.
From teh source:
What’s the point of having a big military if you don’t wave it around now and then?
There is nobody better aware of the protocols of how to address whomever their interlocutor happens to be than military brass. It’s not unreasonable to assume not calling her “Senator” in the first place was a deliberate snub he intended to snicker about later over drinks with some buddies. Whether it was deliberate or not, there is nothing wrong with politely correcting him, but with a high ranking military guy, Boxer had no reason to assume his use of titles was anything other than perfectly deliberate. I’d like to see the look on the same general’s face if Anderson Cooper 360 addressed him as “Hey buddy” or “Listen, dude”….
Christ….it’s not like she demanded that he call her mistress or anything?
Christ….it’s not like she demanded that he call her mistress or anything?
“You WILL call me Mistress Barbara, you inadequate little toy soldier. Now, kneel down and lick my boot heels, worm.”
You disappoint me, Sadly.
Your wish is my command. I swear this has never happened to me before!!
Anyways, back to Mr. My-Gun-Is-So-Big-I-Need-Both-Hands
WTF?! He has a problem with associating small militaries with peaceful countries?
As someone has undoubtedly pointed out already, the cute little wingnut is probably heng like a hearse.
As someone has undoubtedly pointed out already, the cute little wingnut is probably heng like a hearse.
He has nice little man-nipples, though.
In other news, the Washington Post continues its descent into obscurity…
At Sully’s request, I went and checked out what’s on washingtonpost.com
Sully is, much to my relief, wrong (I was finding myself agreeing with the idiot way too much). There is a front page link to one Iran story. But, take a look and see if you can’t detect any ideological slant to their news coverage.
One story about Obama headlined “Finding Cracks in Obama’s Armor”
One story about the Ensign Affair – with a photo of Eliot Spitzer
One story about Healt Care reform – and how it’s being scaled back
One story about David Letterman and whether his apology was enough
If I was E.J. Dionne, I’d start calling up contacts at other papers. If I was Fred Hiatt, I’d fucking kill myself.
I’d like to revise my previous comment.
Make that “heng like a hemster.”
When his stack of WWII surplus saltines toppled over and trapped him in mom’s basement.
I ATE MY WAY OUT (BURP!)!!!! (NOM….EISENHOWER ERA CRACKERS).
If I was E.J. Dionne, I’d start calling up contacts at other papers. If I was Fred Hiatt, I’d fucking kill myself.
If I had ONE MILLION DOLLARS I would start a print/web news organization and hire people like Krugman, Froomkin and Thomas Frank from the print media and people like Digby, Roy Edroso, Brad Reed, Dave Neiwert (add your favorite blogger here) and pay them a shitload of money to give their opinions about everything under the sun. The Post, Times et al suck ass right now and are barely worth reading for editorial content, and their new is pretty sucky too.
Yeah….I’d tap that…..I like ’em stoopid
Yeah….I’d tap that…..I like ‘em stoopid
Also, the potent combination of fear, inhibition and homophobia would almost certainly make his hole nice ‘n’ tight.
I’m getting vulgar in my old age. I like it.
Yeah….I’d tap that…..I like ‘em stoopid
Yer welcome to it. Stoopid is okay but sometimes they open their mouths to speak. *shudder*
Stoopid is okay but sometimes they open their mouths to speak.
And that’s why God invented the ball-gag.
You mean the donkey punch, don’t you?
I think that may be the purpose of the gun.
And that’s why God invented the ball-gag.
And on the Eighth Day, God got kinky.
“You WILL call me Mistress Barbara, you inadequate little toy soldier. Now, kneel down and lick my boot heels, worm.”
Now, this may just be my media-influenced stereotype of our military speaking here, but I have the feeling they probably pay people to say this to them.
An entire military trained to be submissive bottoms, is it any wonder why they always freak out about gay people in it?
Oh, you wacky twink-chasers. At least when you pick someone up at a frat you’ve got a guarantee they’ve graduated high school.
Off-topic: to mix a subject dear to me and one I’ve been trying to avoid, evidently the fired US attorney who is trying to turn minor misconduct by Kevin Johnson into another Whitewater – a Bush appointee from the other side of the country – is a lifelong Federalist Society hardliner, and as director of the Center for Individual [Slave Ownership] Rights a repeat recipient of money from the Pioneer Fund, which is a primary wingnut welfare institution for academic racists.
Even leaving aside the obvious conflict of interest between the kind of person who represents Mark Levin and an independent investigation of a prominent black man (and, hell, the prominent problem with appointing someone like that US Attorney of any state but Wyoming), the probes started when the current mayor became a candidate, they’re extreme in their zeal and offered no exculpatory evidence whatsoever in a case in which abundant such evidence exists (a fairly blatant violation of policy), and has been pushing the case well after it was settled in order to gain publicity and try and wake up America to the fact that the President is a nig.
This is one of the big reasons I’ve been holding off on any serious judgement of Obama as President. Flushing out the garbage Bush poured into the system will take more than a full term. You just don’t fucking appoint a crusading racist US Attorney.
well, two birds with one stone in one bush and so forth.A hand in the bush is worth two on the bird.
I know, I know…Puttin’ on my vagina suit, goin’ to the mall…
On the main story, I like how this guy’s primary concern is that civilians are getting too uppity with the military. And on the flip side of the coin, the habit of demanding reverence for the “commander in chief” from civilians mysteriously ending in November.
to snip off his testes and wave them in the air hooting and shrieking like a lesbian Amazon warrior before slicing them into morsels, deep frying them and serving them with a remoulade sauce on a silver platter
“Sometimes, Señor, the bull wins.”
Military jargon
MAAM = Made-up Assertion Arriving Momentarily
SIR = Shit I Repeat Smoothly
Hear it a lot.
commie atheist said,
June 18, 2009 at 22:33
In other news, the Washington Post continues its descent into obscurity by firing Dan Froomkin:
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/06/18/froomkin/index.html
I’d encourage people to go to Dan’s last post, and wish him well.
Also, it’s therapeutic to add your thoughts with regards to Fred Hiatt and his house of failed neocon chickenhawk liars.
~
“Flag Etiquette- Standards of Respect: The flag should not be used as part of a costume or athletic uniform, except that a flag patch may be used on the uniform of military personnel, fireman, policeman and members of patriotic organizations.”
Learned that in the third grade, but then, I’m a public school educated liberal.
so let me get his staight- Boxer was rude to someone who told her to go fuck herself?
straight
From this day forth I will refer to Sarah Palin as Governor Daughter-Pimping Lipstick-Pig ‘Tard Factory. If she doesn’t like it I await this guy’s column condemning her.
If your gonna have poor flag etiquette, at least do it right (nsfw)
(nsfw)
Which work is that not safe for? They were all fully, um, painted.
This shockingly unshocking act of Boxer’s also spittled at wizbang –
http://wizbangblog.com/content/2009/06/18/quote-of-the-day.php
Quite an echo chamber in the toilet bowl.
But who am I talk? I keep going back to look at it, because I can’t believe the things other people proudly left there.
United States Code Title 4, Chapter 1, Section 8(d) reads: “The flag should never be used as wearing apparel
Can we have this written into the Constitution, please?
An entire military trained to be submissive bottoms, is it any wonder why they always freak out about gay people in it?
Well somebody has to play daddy!
O/T
Moh, I think I have an answer for you!
It seems that noontide as well as publishers, are also booksellers. Fateful Triangle was offered in one of their catalogues for sale, but they were not the publishers, you have the correct US publisher in your first post, with the latest edition being printed in 1999?
This smear seems to originate from frontpage/Horowitz , who being wingnuts and not being able to read or reason, have decided that Chomsky having his book sold by nazi’s, (but definately not published by them) amounts to his supporting them.
“Off-topic: to mix a subject dear to me and one I’ve been trying to avoid, evidently the fired US attorney who is trying to turn minor misconduct by Kevin Johnson into another Whitewater”
Actually alec, fired Inspector General who answers to the Bush appointed US Attorney who also thinks he abused his office and deserved to be fired. Otherwise you are spot on.
Aww, I bet he quit sniveling after he loosed numerous fusillades of deadly accurate vengeance, scrteeched his Maxima to a halt at the ammo store for more and cozied up to that good familiar man-sweat while wrestlin with his buds for brewskis down at the “pub.”
My favorite right wing comment:
“United States Code Title 4, Chapter 1, Section 8(d) reads: “The flag should never be used as wearing apparel”
I always thought that the more often you wore a flag lapel pin, the less patriotic you were. I have been proven right.
“An astounding statement from a public servant who was ELECTED to her status… and directed toward a Brigadier General who achieved his position via merit.”
Only a fascist bootlicker could make that statement.
Only a fascist bootlicker could make that statement.
I was born and raised on military bases. Followed the family tradition and joined and volunteered for combat in another war. It’s easier to rise to flag rank via ass-kissing and politicking than it is through merit. In some services, particularly the Army, merit can be an inhibition to promotion.
Fair point Dennis. My point was more that he thinks congress should be subservient to the military. In fact he is astounded that anyone would think otherwise.
Fascism is a lot more about militarism than the military, big on Supporting The Troops and not so big on the actual troops.
The fundamental image of chickenshit American militarism I want to find a way to convey to people not familiar with what’s wrong with it is row upon row of jackasses at the Republican National Convention stiff and martial as they can hold themselves, hand raised to forehead or brim (or in a few cases, to forehead underneath a Stetson) as “The Star-Spangled Banner” plays.
Everything about the military operates within certain moral boundaries and is repugnant outside of them. To be a militarist in the American style is to be completely ignorant of those boundaries but still big on the idea.
Well, since anyone can join the military (except out gays, of course), that means that having a military dictatorship would actually be MORE democratic than having elections.
There is a certain element in any society that have an almost sexual and sometimes overtly sexual need to be ordered around. The former for lack of a better word we can call wingnuts (from the Latin “wingus” meaning “douche” and “nutus” meaning “bag”. The later obviously are known as S&M submissives.
Of course, there is much overlap between the two categories.
[2nd draft]
There is a certain element in any society that will be afflicted with a quasi-sexual and sometimes overtly sexual need to be ordered around. The former for lack of a better word I shall call wingnuts [from the Latin “wingus” meaning “douche” and “nutus” meaning “bag”] The later are referred to in common vernacular as S&M submissives. Studies have shown that there is a huge overlap between the two categories. This in fact is central to my point.
Senator Boxer was within her rights to demand to be called “Senator,” but that was both petty and stupid and simply served to detract from the focus of the day.
First of all, I didn’t see Boxer “demand” anything. I saw her express her preference for the title of Senator. She also explained her preference for that title: that she had worked very hard to attain it (a perfectly understandable and honorable motive). If she were being haughty or imperious, she would not have offered an explanation; she would just have made the bare demand.
In fact she owed him no explanation. She gave him more than his due.
Second, what you’ve written is double-talk. As a matter of protocol, she’s either “within her rights to demand” to be addressed as Senator, or she isn’t.
Of course she has no occasion to make the demand except when addressed as other than “Senator,” as in this instance.
If her asserting herself in this instance is considered is a faux pas, then her right as a matter of protocol to be addressed as Senator is void in practice.
To have the right to be addressed as “Senator” according to her preference, but also the obligation to remain silent, on pain of social censure, when addressed otherwise, is an absurdity.
Her right to be addressed by her preferred title is necessarily identical to her right to assert the title without censure when she finds herself addressed otherwise.
Shooting unarmed beer cans is teh manly. Helps chuck Norris sleep at night
125 comments and I’m the first one to bring up NO MA’AM?
Weird.
An entire military trained to be submissive bottoms, is it any wonder why they always freak out about gay people in it?
I like it better when the stupidest comment comes from the wingnut, not in the Sadly, No! comments. Makes me despair.
The flag & gun outfit is a knock off of the original by the late gr8 Hunter S Thompson of Woody Creek, CO. Cap Included. No shirt.
To be entirely fair, I have heard this exact incident played out with pronouns and capitals more than once.
Snarla,
Makes me despair.
I’m curious as to why you think the statement is stupid. Let’s take a look at it:
An entire military trained to be submissive bottoms,
Let’s see, chain of command, strict enforceable discipline, highly ritualized behaviors flavored with hierarchical control structures,
costumesuniforms. Perhaps entire military may be a bit of a stretch, but then again – you were comparing to birther rants. Incidentally “trained to be submissive bottoms” ain’t an insult. Seriously, don’t knock it till you’ve tried it. Mistress.Context is everything. If the General (or whatwhoeverthing it was) addressed any male Senator as “Senator” but “ma’amed” her, I wouldn’t bat an eye at her bristliness*.
My suspicion is this is precisely what happened. This was clipped from a much longer taping, and I’d be willing to bet ever man-ator was addressed “Senator”.
“You WILL call me Mistress Barbara, you inadequate little toy soldier. Now, kneel down and lick my boot heels, worm.”
Interest, subscription to mailing list…
Ah, if the East Coast office workers are here, it’s safe for me to go to sleep now.
Enjoy your wknds., slackers.
My guess is that Hengler’s pecker is modest and unassuming, and that he worries about it constantly.
You best hope I never move to LA, Bouf. You’ll be jet lagged and never leave home.
Lamest. Costume. Ever. Don’t bring that shit to Gotham City, son… oh, you know what? On second thought, do.
1. If “Ma’am” is good enough for the Queen of England, it’s good enough for a fuckin’ public servant in a republic, at least to start with. If the public servant expresses a civil preference for “Senator” and she is, in fact, a senator, only a bounder and a cad would turn red and refuse.
Americans are so fucked up over titles. The Honorable John Smith, addressed by name, is Judge Smith. The Reverend John Jones, similarly, is… Mister Jones. Please don’t get me started on everyone who falls over dead if you don’t call them “doctor” because it’s just too much.
If a jumper on a 10th story ledge wants to be called “Your Holiness” it’s easier just to do it, while remembering he’s not actually the Pope.
2. That asshole needs to be pistol-whipped for wearing the flag like a beach towel, but if he can hit the target reliably with his chrome hogleg, let him have it. It’s like the “light truck” thing: if you regularly haul big loads over rough terrain, and can afford the fuel costs, go for it.
I’ve come to the conclusion that the smallest penises of all belong to those whose 4.5″ barrel automatics are always carried with a 20-round mag in the grip and two more in reserve. Length matters if you can use it, and if you CAN use it, why would you ever fire a handgun 60 times during a single engagement?
Fixed. But I’m a namby pamby peacenik like that.
I don’t think the officer was doing anything wrong by addressing Boxer as Ma’am (particularly given that that is the formal way of addressing a superior female military officer).
The problem, and one which Boxer knew to address, is that often military officers are so used to being in charge and only answering to other military authorities, and having this view accepted by the public and other politicians. And in a way, Senator is a higher rank than military officer.
When I was in the military, we were taught to address Congressmen and Senators and the head of our department (i.e., DOD or DOT) in the manner of addressing the highest ranking military officers.
Civilian officials need to remind the “Commander In Chief” obsessed politicians and public that in this country, civilian officials are in charge.
So, yes it was kind of pissy sounding from Boxer, but I agree with the strategy in general. (Ha, “in general”!)
“You WILL call me Mistress Barbara, you inadequate little toy soldier. Now, kneel down and lick my boot heels, worm.”
Sign me up.
why would you ever fire a handgun 60 times during a single engagement?
Depends. Did she fire first?
So, yes it was kind of pissy sounding from Boxer, but I agree with the strategy in general. (Ha, “in general”!)
You speak more than a colonel of truth.
Well said, Private Public! I will convey your message to General Specific.
C’mon guys, keep it private.
If the S.N! overlords p’shopped Hengler in the same style as some of the regular wingodeme, he would be a loo tenant.
he would be a loo tenant.
ow
Early in my career as a male lawyer, I addressed a female judge as “ma’am.” She politely but firmly instructed me to address her as “Your Honor” or “Judge” (much as Jack Nicholson was instructed by the judge in “A Few Good Men”). I was thus properly reminded that I was an officer of the court in a formal proceeding, and that the person I was addressing was the presiding judge, as distinguished from any random woman whom I might address with customary gender-specific courtesy. It was a good lesson.
Yeah, that one was painful even for me.
Speaking of going OT, there’s an ad at TPM from some anti-EFCA group. Please take a moment to bring up the TPM page and click the link. It costs the advertiser money and puts a few pennies in Josh’s account. I make a habit of doing this sort of thing, btw. You should too, it’s fun.
These puns are pretty rank.
he would be a loo tenant.
finGAHS! SCUSE my finGAHS!
I think that the issue is whether or not anyone should receive corporal punishment for this major breach of etiquette. As a general matter, a senator should be referred to as such. As always, actor 212 has a colonel of truth. Please keep this point private between you and me.
My editor needs an editor.
It costs the advertiser money and puts a few pennies in Josh’s account.
Does it have an ethical basis, in other words, is the admiral?
At least The Senator didn’t flip the bird, Colonel.
“Does it have an ethical basis, in other words, is IT admiral?”
Actor 212 also needs an editor. You can have mine, he is useless.
Also, how could I miss admiral as a pun worthy rank.
Gocart,
Is the “ad moral”….:-)
Question: Should I proofread first and then hit submit, or should hit submit first and then proofread? I always get those two mixed up.
All silly aside, I like La Boxer…..as her voting record shows, she’s consistently fought the good fight…(she was the only senator to protest the certification of the Ohio vote after the 2004 election…a AAA rating in perpetuity, in my books) That said, she does sometimes “whore” for the camera a bit, (though chaste in comparison to some of her male republican colleagues) It’s about the only thing that would diminish my admiration for her.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m gazing at the miracle of the Lord’s Prayer inside my crystal “Prayer Cross™!” and I’m getting a little verklempt.
g. m., It doesn’t much matter – WP will fuck you anyway.
To answer your question actor 212, if the ad clearly states that if your erection lasts for more than four hours, you should consult your doctor, yes it is moral.
WTF? You some kind of grammar-commie? Always post first, ask questions later. Carp a dime!
if the ad clearly states that if your erection lasts for more than four hours
Ah! Major Priapsis…
“In fact, the only reason that Boxer made the Brigadier General say “Senator” instead of “Ma’am” was to…”
And the only reason anyone says “black” instead of nigger is to…
“WTF? You some kind of grammar-commie? Always post first, ask questions later. Carp a dime!”
Yes, I am a grammar-commie but more of a Woodie Guthrie style commie rather than a Stalin type commie who as we all know was more of a pendant.
You were wearing that Suzy Quattro t-shirt yesterday, kid. The Lunch Lady is very concerned.
If Hengler shot ten beer cans in a row would that make him a “cap ten”?
I love how these uber-patriots never seem to get the idea that wearing the flag (other than as insignia on a uniform) is extremely disrespectful.
Or at least it used to be back when the hippies did it. I seem to vaguely recall someone actually getting arrested over it back in the ’60s.
Did someone sat Suzi Quatro?
5 F& words and still a typo.
5 F& words and still a typo.
UR DOIN DUBULL PLOSS GOOTLY!!! Especially considering that photo still blighting the top of the page.
These puns are rank. People of all stripes condemn them. I’ve been sergeant high and low for something to add…
PENIS!
Seaman!
Too much fucking punning, Not enough fucking swearing! Get with the motherfucking program, fuckwits!
OT-ish. It is still about Ensign.
The plot thicks like the stuff that congealed on the left-over lamb you pulled out of the fridge (gross and greasy, but tasty as hell).
It’s got Promise Keeper adultery, and now Megyn Kelly too!
I was born and raised on military bases. Followed the family tradition and joined and volunteered for combat in another war. It’s easier to rise to flag rank via ass-kissing and politicking than it is through merit. In some services, particularly the Army, merit can be an inhibition to promotion. – Dennis SGM
I happen to know of a certain admiral in the Queens navy who, before he was an admiral, the only ship he ever saw was a junior partnership. 😉
This sort of thing has a long and storied tradition (e.g. it’s why the Navy has warrant officers in the first place).
*
BTW — to the person who commented on the, er, shortness of a certain person … isn’t that why the post title is “longer …”
Also, to actor212: I sometimes feel I need to be more forceful in getting people who call me “Mr. DAS” to call me by my proper title “Prof. Dr. Bunnypants”
The awesome thing is that Ensign still managed to beat Fox to the scoop.
I happen to know of a certain admiral in the Queens navy
The Brooklyn Navy kicks the Queens Navy’s ass.
Wait a minute, MeObGyn Kelly of Fox News is having an affair with Senator (don’t call me M’am) Ensign? Did I get that right?
He was a big swinging prescriptivist.
This sort of thing has a long and storied tradition (e.g. it’s why the Navy has warrant officers in the first place).
Funny you should mention that. Dad was a CWO4 when he retired from the Navy. I served only one hitch, largely because my volunteering landed me in the Navy’s riverine force down in the Delta. My wife and I have forbidden our son to serve and so a tradition that stretches back to Concord Bridge ends with us. Enough is enough.
More from Greenwald on the firing of Froomkin by the WaPo:
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/06/19/washpost/index.html
Also, to actor212: I sometimes feel I need to be more forceful in getting people who call me “Mr. DAS” to call me by my proper title “Prof. Dr. Bunnypants”
I totally respect that, Dr Mrs Bunnypants.
The Brooklyn Navy kicks the Queens Navy’s ass.
You have the Gowanus Canal to practice manuevers in. We have the muthafucking Newton CREEK!
Wait a minute, MeObGyn Kelly of Fox News is having an affair with Senator (don’t call me M’am) Ensign?
If true, my opinion of Ensign just popped up.
Wait. Not of Ensign. I get that way when I see Megan Kelly…
The Brooklyn Navy
klicks the Queens Navy’s ass.F’d.
Gee whiz. I wonder if The Atlantic needs a blogger?
Gee whiz. I wonder if The Atlantic needs a blogger?
Do they currently have any?
Speaking of The Atlantic, here’s Fallows on Froomkin:
Negative journalistic development of the week: the Washington Post’s insane decision to fire its media-political blogger Dan Froomkin. (I know Froomkin only through his work, not personally.) We all have heard the reasons that the press is under pressure by forces not of its making. This is an example of a self-inflicted wound. Are papers like the Post under suspicion for being too insidery and old-media-y? How does it make sense get rid of an independent minded, new media, presumably not-that-expensive, non-Washington-cliquey voice on politics and the media and leave… well, the full opinion and media lineup the Post is sticking with? Some people tell me that it’s a mistake to say that the Post’s editorial page (and the weight of its op-ed lineup) has “become” neo-con and establishment-minded under its current editor, Fred Hiatt; the argument is that this is the Post’s long tradition, which its anti-Nixon crusade concealed. I don’t know. But I would have liked to have heard the argument about why Froomkin was the necessary next person to cut.
http://jamesfallows.theatlantic.com/archives/2009/06/sigh_out_of_range_again.php
Fallows (and maybe Coates) aside, I don’t think that Froomkin is young enough or stupid enough to qualify for being hired being the Atlantic, given their recent track record.
Gee whiz. I wonder if The Atlantic needs a blogger?
Only if he promises to take the opportunity to spit in McArdle’s face.
Fresh meat!
The fact is, this story is not that good and I have been waiting all day for you libs to update your site. Here in the heartland, real Americans want at least three updates a day, even if they are just Atrios style “this guy is a wanker” link. Also, explain to me this libs, where is the vault copy?
Or, it could just be that millions more people thought that Letterman’s joke, while crude and uncalled for and way over the line, was not worth getting him fired for, you whining little shit!
Ziegler. Hrmph. Amidst that cornucopia of scare quotes, he fails in scare quote usage.
Original: The fact that I’ve needed to correct the record every time I’m involved in some sort of media […]
Where’s the scare quotes around correct? What about media? And how can he have missed involved? [purely rhetorical question, I know the answer involves a word with two ‘0’s.]
Ziegler “reminds” me of that “character” in “Up ‘The’ Down ‘Stair’Case” who used to “put” everything in “scare” quotes, and “then” say, “This is ‘the’ last ‘time’ ‘I’ am ‘writting’!”
Fresh meat!
Damn, RB, that fellow sure does devote a lot of verbiage to explaining how big a failure he is.
EXCUSE MY FINGERS, MISS SUZI QUATRO!!
ON A SIDE NOTE, I APPLIED FOR A JOB WITH THE BOZMAN CITY COUNCIL AND THEY WATERBOARDED MY PASSWORD TO THIS SITE OUT OF ME, THEREFORE I MAY NOT BE ME AND I MAY BE AN IMPOSTER!!! JUST GIVING YOU A HEADS UP!!!
why would you ever fire a handgun 60 times during a single engagement?
zombie mob attack.
zombie mob attack
OBVIOUSLY, SOMEONE’S NEVER BEEN THROUGH A PELICAN DEATH STORM!!!
Speaking as a pistol shooter, I’m wondering why this jerk has both an incorrect grip and an incorrect stance for what is obviously a .357 magnum pistol. A ten-year-old Girl Scout can fire a .357 mag single-handed and she would probably have the common sense to turn herself at a right angle to her opponent so as to present the least profile. Real men shoot the .480 Ruger Magnum or the estimable .454 Casull, both of which do require a two-handed grip and neither of which require draping yourself with an American flag to fire.
Nazi zombie mob attack.
They have pelicans in Montana? What do they do, drop badgers from 1,000 feet up?
However, the Nazi-zombie battalion haunting the mountains surrounding the aptly named Øksfjord
Clearly. I mean, what else could you name it?
Come on, don’t do this. Don’t leave this stale-ass post up all weekend. {cracks Magical Whip of Market Demand +1} Gimmeh teh fresh lulz!
VCR,
This is a Jack Bauer thing…the clock is ticking down to 24 hours….
I happen to know of a certain admiral in the Queens navy who
I believe the correct spelling is “Queen’s Naveee”. Meanwhile,
I’m “awake” again, but I’m jet-lagged. Maybe I should take a nap.
You CAN’T MAKE ME LIKE THEM.
The Limey ship captain is right. B. S. are the devil’s.
I say they’re Brussels Sprouts, & I say the hell w/ them!!
if you regularly haul big loads over rough terrain,
The Frau Doktorin objects when I put it like that.
and can afford the fuel costs, go for it.
Hmmm, black pudding.
Dragon King,
Let’s see, chain of command, strict enforceable discipline, highly ritualized behaviors flavored with hierarchical control structures, costumes uniforms. Perhaps entire military may be a bit of a stretch, but then again – you were comparing to birther rants. Incidentally “trained to be submissive bottoms” ain’t an insult. Seriously, don’t knock it till you’ve tried it. Mistress.
I know all about the army but extremely little about BDSM, so this is a territory I don’t want to go into, but since there’s no new post…
I can’t recall one single soldier I’ve ever known who could be categorized as a submissive bottom in his or her public persona. Who knows what they do on their own time. Fact is, the military trains people to be leaders.
They have pelicans in Montana? What do they do, drop badgers from 1,000 feet up?
YOU KIDS KNOW NOTHING THESE DAYS! DO WE HAVE PELICANS?? TRY HIDING IN AN ALLEY IN MY BEAUTIFUL BUTTE WHEN THE MIDDAY SKIES ARE BLACKENED BY THE ENORMOUS FLOCKS OF RABID PELICANS!!! THEY ATTACK IN HUNTING TEAMS OF 40-50, TRYING TO PLUCK YOUR EYES OUT WITH THEIR RAZOR-SHARP BEAKS, SO THAT THEY CAN LEISURELY GUT YOU WHILE YOU’RE HELPLESS!!! WHAT IS YOUR PRECIOUS BLACK MESSIAH DOING TO HELP THOSE OF US IN THE HEARTLAND WHO ARE SUBJECTED TO THIS ONGOING WARFARE?? NOTHING, THAT’S WHAT!! HE’S WAITING UNTIL WE ARE SO WEAKENED BY STRESS AND FEAR THAT HIS U.N. TROOPS CAN SWOOP IN AND CONVERT US TO MUSLAMISM, BEFORE FLYING US OFF TO FEMA CONCENTRATION CAMPS (WHERE WE’LL BE DOSED WITH CHEMTRAILS FROM BLACK HELICOPTERS)!!
I can’t recall one single soldier I’ve ever known who could be categorized as a submissive bottom in his or her public persona. Who knows what they do on their own time.
I can assure that yes, all jarheads are ravenous bottoms. Well, all the ones in my sample, that is.
Names and other data may be omitted to protect the innocentTRY HIDING IN AN ALLEY IN MY BEAUTIFUL BUTTE
I’m really trying to forget that image now…
Don’t tell RUGGED IN MONTANA about the black peniscopters.
OMG that’s not a chemtrail.
Channeling Ruppert there a bit? In any case, I don’t think it’s a stretch to say that the military trains people to be obedient to authority.
I snort chemtrails for breakfast.
In any case, I don’t think it’s a stretch to say that the military trains people to be obedient to
authorityAUTHORITAH!.Fleishhacked.
The military exposes people to situations that demand obedience, discipline and thankless, unpleasant work. If that’s what it takes to bring out your qualities as a leader, then yeah, ok.
WHAT IS YOUR PRECIOUS BLACK MESSIAH DOING TO HELP THOSE OF US IN THE HEARTLAND WHO ARE SUBJECTED TO THIS ONGOING WARFARE
Barack Obama has instructed the nation how to deal with dangerous flying beasts. It is now up to the citizens to follow his lead against these winged menaceses. Also.
Barack Obama has instructed the nation how to deal with dangerous flying beasts. It is now up to the citizens to follow his lead against these winged menaceses.
OH THAT’S REAL CUTE!! HE WANTS US TO “NEGOTIATE” WITH THEM WHEN THE ONLY THING THEY UNDERSTAND IS THE THUNDER OF A .50 CAL!!!
I got a gun in my hand and
I feel like a man
I’m the pope of my generation
I got to push myself
Over your goddamn walls
I don’t listen to your condemnation
Can’t you see the
Is the only cause of everything
That you wish to stop
And bring to an end
But it only makes me hate you more
Careful what you wish for
It can only bring you down
keep your spirit on the ground
Emptiness the only sound
I know what it takes to break you down
And I’ll kill everything that made you
(I know what it takes to break you down)
Take everything you tried to teach me
It don’t add up to a pile of shit
All the methods you use
As you tried to reach me
They don’t matter a single bit
I’m alright inside
I’m just trying to hide
From all the propaganda
You want to choke me with
keep your face away
keep your hands away
Don’t want your fingers
In and out of my life
I know what it takes to break you down
(I know what it takes to break you down)
And I’ll kill everything that made you
(I know what it takes to break you down)
I know what it takes to break you down
And I’ll kill everything that made you
Love the comments on this lame-ass excuse for an ombudsman’s post on the Froomkin firing:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ombudsman-blog/2009/06/post_axes_froomkins_white_hous.html
Damn, where’d everyone go? I opened the windows, so it shouldn’t smell too bad in here.
AN ALLEY IN MY BEAUTIFUL BUTTE
Butte, Mon-taaaaaa-nah, The Richest Hole on Earth!!
Real men shoot the .480 Ruger Magnum or the estimable .454 Casull
If my .357 is so wimpy how come nobody’s ever volunteered to go down range and catch one?
C.A.: The comment stream is amazing in its steady condemnation of the Froomkin firing. I found two comments supporting it. And maybe a hundred ( I didn’t count) opposing it. Long-time readers were canceling subscriptions. Bookmarks were being deleted. Dan Froomkin wins in a landslide.
Years ago I was blackballed from a local news round-table show by reporters from the dailies and TV because I made them uncomfortable. They threatened to boycott the show if I was not kicked off the list of regular panelists.. The Froomkin firing smells like a blackballing from the Neocon columnists en masse. “Wapo shoots hole in bottom of Lifeboat, film at Eleven!”
I snort chemtrails for breakfast.
God, they go straight to my hips.
I snort chemtrails for breakfast.
God, they go straight to my hips.
Funny, they make me all tingly!
If my .357 is so wimpy how come nobody’s ever volunteered to go down range and catch one?
Guess my irony module was malfunctioning. The .357 is a good round.. If that were not so then the .40 S&W (Which replicates the .357’s exterior ballistics) wouldn’t have been adopted by the CA Highway Patrol and numerous police departments. That said, as far as accuracy I prefer my .44 magnum handloads using Winchester 290 rifle powder. I use a Ruger Blackhawk with a 10.5 length barrel for metallic silhouette shooting. The extra length of the Balackhawk’s cylinder allows you to use trimmed down .307 rifle brass to make pistol rounds that are roughly .1 inch longer than the standard .44 mag round. OTOH, my carry gun is an old Charter Arms Bulldog Pug chambered for .44 Special.
I wish I subscribed to the Post, so I could cancel.
Just console yourself with thinking of the few hundred thousand who also don’t subscribe.
I use a Oxter-&-Sinclair “Warwolf” trebuchet with a 12-m beam and a 300-kg payload.
Me, I use a hand-loaded .212 Badgers-N-Stuff wolverine with the optional Pelican grip.
PUSSIES!! I USE A .69 CAL BLUNDERBUSS!! A SINGLE SHOT FROM THAT WOULD SEVER THE SLING WEIGHT OF YOUR SIEGE ENGINE BEFORE YOU COULD GET OFF A SINGLE SHOT!!!
The Froomkin firing smells like a blackballing from the Neocon columnists en masse. “Wapo shoots hole in bottom of Lifeboat, film at Eleven!”
Not Looch, it certainly appears that WaPo, or at least that asshole who runs their ediotorial page whose name escapes me rightnow, has willingly turned over their operation to the thoroughly discredited, wrong-about-everything neocon branch of the Republican party, even though THEY LOST THE LAST FUCKING ELECTION. By a landslide.
Also, from one of Greenwald’s readers, this comment:
As of this moment the post on the WaPo Ombudsman’s blog about Froomkin has 395 comments (most in support of Froomkin). His previous post, on Howard Kurtz, has 9. The post before that has 25. The one before that 0, as in none [and the 3 posts prior to that have 3 each, and the one prior also has zero]. Genius of the WaPo to get rid of the writer who readers are most passionate about.
PUSSIES!!
How did you know I use a cat gun? Haven’t seen a squirrel in ages.
How did you know I use a cat gun?
Do you wear a catsuit when you use it?
Appropos of nothing in particular:
You try walking around the mall in a catsuit!
Fred Hiatt – that’s the guy I was thinking of, one of the leaders of the WaPo’s march into irrelevance.
I use a smaller trebuchet to dispose of cat poos from the litter box, by flinging them over onto the golf course during the night.
It’s a scatapault.
You try walking around the mall in a catsuit!
I do all the time. You just don’t see me ’cause I’m a NINJA!
(it does chafe a little)
It’s a scatapault.
Well that was a crappy pun.
Do you wear a catsuit when you use it?
I couldn’t convince any of the dapper little kitties to undress.
You gotta admit, “Barbara Boxer” is a pretty damn good porn name.
Your poor, poor wife.
The cat was running around like a maniac this morning so I was awake at 5am. At 5:15 I hauled myself out of bed after hearing that squishy galumphing noise to chase him to some safe area before he could vomit on the carpet. After this exercise I headed back to bed. Then the kid starting marching around. I gave in and got up and started making breakfast. From the kitchen I could peek out and see that the kid was on the carpet, putting her finger in something…and yes, tasting. My friends, it was indeed cat vomit, but specially loaded with gore and feathers, as the sneaky beast had somehow managed to snag a birdie from the tree outside our fourth floor window.
Well that was a crappy pun.
My trebuchet keeps firing off at the wrong time.* I suspect that it’s possessed by a catapoultergeist.
* And not because RIM “severed the sling weight of my siege engine before I could get off a single shot.” **
** Is that what the young kids are calling it these days?
RB, at least your cat actually ate the bird. Ours just torture the damn things (both birds and mice) before losing interest.
There is also consolation in my daughter eating the vomit I suppose.
An economy on a downward trend. Record unemployment. The specter of inflation. An American automaker in bankruptcy. A weak-kneed President bending over for the Mad Mullahs in Iran.
Sound familiar?
There is also consolation in my daughter eating the vomit I suppose.
Bedam if I can see what it is, but I applaud your positive attitude.
Do any of the events of the past six months look..well…familiar. ?
An American automaker in bankruptcy, the specter of inflation, record unemployment, an economy on a downward trend, and weakness towards the Iranian Mullahs.
This should sound familiar to any thinking person.
There is also consolation in my daughter eating the vomit I suppose.
I’ve eaten worse.
This should sound familiar to any thinking person.
Yep. Fucking Republicans fucked us over again.
The Democrat Party controls the Presidency and 59 Senate Seats*. Who do they have to blame but themselves?
*Al Franken still hasn’t been seated. Bet that pisses you off.
My trebuchet keeps firing off at the wrong time. I suspect that it’s possessed…
I suspect it’s getting flabby. It needs to be exorcised.
…and weakness towards the Iranian Mullahs.
Right on bro! Let’s do like St. Ronnie and sell them weapons. That will bring them to heel tout de suite. On the other hand, what’s not for conservatives to like about an unaccountable theocracy running the nation it governs into the ground?
My kitty brought me a headless baby rabbit last week.
Two days later, she brought up another baby rabbit, this one still alive though with a cut on its back, presumably from her horrid fangs. It pissed her off, but I put her in the house to give it a chance to get away. Poor thing was so frightened it just went and hid under the grill on the porch, so finally I loaded it up onto a box top and put it into a good hiding place in the flower bed. I don’t know if it survived or not. I know kitty didn’t get it, because when I let her back out she was fixated on the areas where she could get its scent on the patio, and it wasn’t in the hiding place I left it in the next morning. If she had gone and finished it off, it would have been back on the patio. I’m fairly sanguine about the cat’s predation – her ratio of rats/mice to all other animals is about 3 to 1, and I can’t expect her to not kill small furry rodents just because they’re the cute kind that don’t cause any trouble.
My trebuchet keeps firing off at the wrong time
I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM UNTIL I STARTED USING A NUMBING CREAM!!!
Obama is the new Carter, and we are in the midst of the New Late ’70s.
Soon we will have a New Reagan, and a New 1980s.
I like how he has to evoke the SPECTER of inflation. Because, you know, the main thing that caused the malaise hasn’t actually happened or on the verge of happening. BUT INFLATION COULD RISE TO 12% AGAIN ANY DAY NOW.
*Al Franken still hasn’t been seated. Bet that pisses you off.
Bet you think it’s just peachy for millions of citizens to go without representation just so a Republican tool can carry on a hopeless battle for a seat he lost. Then again, you guys have never been big on democratic principles.
“. Because, you know, the main thing that caused the malaise hasn’t actually happened or on the verge of happening.”
The Fed is printing TRILLIONS in worthless paper dollars to fund BO’s “stimulus” package. That is going to render your piss-ant savings worthless wants the inflation comes. It can happen ANY DAY now.
Soon we will have a New Reagan, and a New 1980s.
OH CRAP, THAT MEANS WE’LL HAVE A NEW BILL CLINTON AND A SUPER ECONOMY AGAIN………I DON’T KNOW IF I CAN HANDLE THAT AGAIN!!!
From 1993-1994, Bill Clinton governed like a lib.
But from 1995-2001, he governed like a moderately conservative Republican. Tthat is why the economy boomed.
he governed like a moderately conservative Republican
LOOK BUDDY, I’M ON YOUR SIDE BUT…WHAT IN THE HELL IS A MODERATELY CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN???
Soon we will have a New Reagan, and a New 1980s.
Oh goody. Does that mean that we’ll have a new S&L meltdown and a new Iran/Contra? I’m sure that Granada is up for a new invasion as well. Who will be the new Ollie North and will Carrie Prejean be your new Fawn Hall?
It’s interesting that of the past Republican presidents you douchenozzles keep pining for Reagan. But then, being confused, muttering slogans whose meaning he no longer understood and taking credit for things he didn’t do while forgetting the lamentable things he did do is SOP for Republicans.
scuse my finGAHs!!!
Soon we will have a New Reagan, and a New 1980s.
Oh goody, this means we’ll get to tax the obscenely rich at 50% again!!! And they’re ever so much more obscene now than they were in the Old 1980s.
Hey troofie – Shakira’s butt!
(Hey, it worked to get rid of trollypants once before.)
Soon we will have a New Reagan, and a New 1980s.
Why would we need a new Reagan? The old one would make as good a president as he did before.
Who do you libs “pine” for? Carter? Johnson?
They sucked cock, fucksticks.
I pine for Carter’s Johnson
And I yearn for Reagan’s rod
A poke from Nixon’s nightstick
And I’m shouting out “Oh GOD!”
They sucked cock, fucksticks.
As opposed to Nixon, Reagan, Bush…who also swallowed.
I PINE FOR HOOVER (SIGH), WITH THAT DREAMY ASS OF HIS………(COUGH), I MEAN, BECAUSE OF THE SOUNDNESS OF HIS ECONOMIC PRINCIPLES.
Snarla,
…I can’t recall one single soldier I’ve ever known who could be categorized as a submissive bottom in his or her public persona. Who knows what they do on their own time. Fact is, the military trains people to be leaders.
I suppose you can’t name one single soldier who could be categorized as a transvestite in their public persona either. Therefore, much like how there are no gays in Iran, there are no transvestites in Teh Armee. How about you think about how many non-military folks you know that are subs. It’s not the sort of thing you put at the end of your posting name.
Fact is, the military trains people to be leaders by getting them to understand discipline and authority. Fact is, the reason it works is that military people have to go through so much following orders that they can’t help but learn a thing or two about giving them. Fact is, most of the best tops and doms have spent some time on the other end of the leash.
Look, learning to respect authority beyond reasonable levels, well past the range of “normal” experiences – that’s subbing. Following orders even when they seem to be completely capricious and are given solely for the reason of reinforcing the control structure is boot-lickingly BDSM bottoming.
I mean, in the name of the Invisible Pink Unicorn (blessed be her unseeable, yet blatnantly pink hooves) – they call it Boot Camp!
Mistress.
Fuck deh Trool.
Speaking of Iranian mullahs and weakness thereto, thanks to Roy at Alicublog, I can honestly say that I AIN’T GONNA PLAY SUN CITY!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjWENNe29qc&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Falicublog%2Eblogspot%2Ecom%2F&feature=player_embedded
Love that video – where else can you see something that starts with Miles Davis and ends with Clarence Clemmons, features the terrible trio of John Oates, Ruben Blades and Lou Reed, and has Jackson Brown singing along with his soon-to-be human punching bag, Darryl Hannah? And Teh Boss, too! Good times, good times.
“Someone tell me why are we always on the wrong side?”
OK, now everybody ignore the troll and go watch this video NOW:
http://healthcareforamericanow.org/page/invite/recission
Well, since all of this crap except the “Iranian Mullahs” part took place on Nixon/Ford’s watch, yeah, it does sound tiresomely familiar.
Sad news: RIP Ali Akbar Khan.
http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_12648985
took place on Nixon/Ford’s watch
HEY, WISE GUY, I STILL WEAR MY “WHIP INFLATION NOW” BUTTON!!!
HEY, WISE GUY, I STILL WEAR MY “WHIP INFLATION NOW” BUTTON!!!
I always knew inflation was a sub.
Soon we will have a New Reagan, and a New 1980s.
Our day in the sun is soon to come!
A New 1980s can only mean one thing: A NEW MR. T !!!!!
Who do you libs “pine” for? Carter? Johnson?
I dunno, maybe a shitbox tonguejacking?
A New 1980s can only mean one thing: A NEW MR. T !!!!!
We’ll have to settle for a Mr Teabag!
That being said, here’s an obligatory 80’s music video.
FYWP!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fst5IyUQKA4
If this band had released their debut album six years later, they’d have become a household name.
HEY, WISE GUY, I STILL WEAR MY “WHIP INFLATION NOW” BUTTON!!!
You already won that fight. It’s called Viagra.
Who do you libs “pine” for? Carter? Johnson?
You haven’t been paying attention about the whole “liberals aren’t authoritarians” thing, have you?
Go watch Shakira’s butt.
And now for something completely different: best covers ever. I nominate Cowboy Junkies’ Sweet Jane http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHRFZFmEq9o
John Mellencamp accompanied by the incomparable Me’Shell Ndegeocello
on “Wild Night” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glm7cVBZjqw
Raw Story reports “On Thursday, the Washington Post confirmed it had fired liberal online columnist Dan Froomkin. On Friday, they gave a guest column to Bush war architect Paul Wolfowitz.”
http://rawstory.com/08/news/2009/06/19/as-post-fires-froomkin-wolfowitz/
We also presided over endless economic downturn, rapid inflation, and foreign policy weakness. Yeah, we were real retarded pussy bitchies.
Best covers ever? I’m kina partial to this one.
Funny thing about that…we presided over the policies that caused economic calamity. And you wanna talk retarded? After we drove the bitch into the shit moat, we continued to insist that more of the same would fix our clusterfuck.
And yet no matter how bad all those Democratic presidents were individually or even considered en masse as some sort of Democratic presidential Voltron, Bush was soooo much worse. That’s gotta sting.
Hey troofie – Shakira’s butt!
He never knew that he could wank like this.
She makes Tw00fie wanna speak Spanish.
He’s pulling and he’s stroking,
He’s tied up and he’s choking.
Oh, Tw00fie prays in fright
That the knots untie, but he’s made them very tight.
Knows his mom will find him later
Sees where he’s put her vibrator.
Raw Story reports “On Thursday, the Washington Post confirmed it had fired liberal online columnist Dan Froomkin. On Friday, they gave a guest column to Bush war architect Paul Wolfowitz.”
So WaPo has now become the official mouth organ of the Republican rissorgiomento. Good luck with that, bitches. My guess is that they’re presenting like a female mandrill for a takeover by the Washington Times.
tontocal, SomeNYGuy – young, dumb, and full of come.
Obama is the new Carter, and we are in the midst of the New Late ’70s.
Excellent!!! I for one look forward to the release of new Parliament/Funkadelic albums!
tontocal, SomeNYGuy – young, dumb, and full of come.
I wish. Oh, you mean Hengler.
May I suggest that a “hengler” is a gobbet of mucus and sputum dangling from John McCain’s chin after he makes one of those terrible “HENNNGGGGHH!” sounds he makes to simulate laughter? It’s a neologism that might come in handy.
Lance Corporal Winfredhid Marget’s Speechless Seadragon Chowder
I’m not 100% sure of this recipe. I will check with the person who taught me how to make it and get back to you. This is what I remember:
Ingredients:
1 tablespoon seadragon, preoccupiedly glazed
1 can coconut cream, mimickingly stuffed
1 pint unitary St. Nectaire cheese, venally stretched
7 bags shortnose chimaera leg, internally stirred
1 gallon salt
1 bag fat
The first thing you are going to want to do is let the seadragon soften. I recommend cutting it into little squares to let it soften quicker. Then you are going to roll the St. Nectaire cheese with the coconut cream out onto a 15 X 9 (roughly) cookie sheet. Bake the dough at 375 F for 10 minutes. YOU MUST LET THIS COOL BEFORE PUTTING ANYTHING ON TOP OF IT. Let it cool for at least 1/2 hour. You can chop up whatever frustrates you while waiting for it to cool and make the seadragon center. For the center, mix the shortnose chimaera and the seadragon. You can use Commander Croybopayquployc Synopsis-Bylaws’s King-of-the-Salmon Nose but shortnose chimaera is better for this recipe as you want more of a taste. Mix it with a blender until it is very creamy and there are no lumps. Then add in the salt to the seadragon mix. Spread the seadragon mix over the cooled St. Nectaire cheese bottom. I recommend putting it in dollups over the dough, so you can spread it around easier. Try not to touch the St. Nectaire cheese bottom as you are spreading it. The reason why the St. Nectaire cheese bottom has to be very cool is because otherwise it will start to lift up as you are spreading the St. Nectaire cheese. Make sure to get all spots where the St. Nectaire cheese shows. After this is done, sprinkle the fat on top. Don’t try cutting it until you have let it cool in the refrigerator for at least an hour. Before putting it in the refrigerator though, run a knife over the outside of the whole thing, so it is easier to get out later. If you try cutting it into slices before it is cool, the St. Nectaire cheese and the seadragon will run along the knife with you.
Scuze mah henGLAHS!!!!
Please wiipe that hengler off your face, Sen. Graham, before Sen. Lieberman licks it off.
Hey, it’s not Wolfowitz’s fault the media discriminates against him, only carrying his rambling, false accusations in print six days a week. MSM! MSM!
How abortion protestors are handled in Canuckistan
Canada doesn’t allow abortion protesters within 50 metres of an abortion clinics, hassling people going in and out.
Canada doesn’t allow abortion protesters within 50 metres of an abortion clinics, hassling people going in and out.
That seems entirely reasonable, given the history of violence those people have.
As I was getting at earlier, there’s a reason that the Army is obsessed with submissive behavior – because when coupled with effective and open-minded leadership it produces positive results on the battlefield.
In the context of the military, there’s nothing wrong with following orders given for their own sake, but that’s because by joining the military you’re essentially agreeing to be inducted into a Stalinist regime for the sake of democracy / your family / a paycheck and college. When thought of that way there’s nothing wrong with it.
However, the steady militarization of American society (generally tracing its lineage to the Southern Strategy and the Republicans’ new obsession with law-and-order bullshit) has produced a tendency for people to treat the rules of the military as something with objective rather than conditional value.
Drill sergeants are an excellent way to get people to behave in an undignified, unituitive way so that they make good soldiers. They’re absolutely repellant to the most basic principles of American society. Part of American fascism is turning them into unconditional heroes. We need discipline, order, and a star-spangled Daddy whether or not that daddy is necessary or qualified, and we have to toil and cringe in terror regardless of the actual threat. We are all Gomer Pyle now.
the fact is
My pick for best cover ever…
And Gary Ruppert is full of number two.
tontocal, SomeNYGuy – young, dumb, and full of come.
Worst. Pickup line. Ever.
Still no new post? Christ, I pay you sons of bitches good money. Get on the ball. There had better be a Gavin post here next time I check or feathers are going to fly.
You could always lurk around here for unprecedented amounts of right-wing crazy while you wait for a new post.
http://www.dammitfreehaven.com/
Click on the “United States of Eagleland” and nowhere else. Totally NSFW.
The bonus is that not only are they wingnuts, they are also “furries”. Y’know, like that cigar-smoking skunk guy who demanded Barack Hussein X Marx Obama to show his true Kenyan roots because HE’S BLACK, that’s why.
Sirius Lunacy, good one! Other than Stevie Ray Vaughn’s cover of “Little Wing,” I know of no other Hendrix covers. Thank you!
Well, I could post the Red Hot Chilli PIPERS doing Voodoo Chile on the bagpipes, but I’m not that mean.
Well, I could post the Red Hot Chilli PIPERS doing Voodoo Chile on the bagpipes, but I’m not that mean.
Och!
Actually, I am that mean. I just couldn’t find a link. But there is this…
Well, I could post the Red Hot Chilli PIPERS doing Voodoo Chile on the bagpipes, but I’m not that mean.
How bout this?
Let me try again.
Very nice chimpevil. Now I give you Deep Purple covering Beatles
“…hearing that centered on her frustration with how Brig. Gen. Michael Walsh addressed her.
“Walsh with the Army Corps of Engineers had addressed male senators on the Environment and Public Works Committee as ‘Sir’ during the Tuesday hearing. When the time came to speak with Boxer, the panel’s chairwoman, he called her ‘Ma’am.’
“When the general addressed Boxer as ‘Ma’am,’ she stopped him and pointedly said, ‘Do me a favor, could you call me senator instead of ma’am? It’s just a thing, I’ve worked so hard to get that title, I’d appreciate it. Thank you.’
” ‘Yes, senator,’ the general responded.”
Kinda snippy. I mean, it’s not like she just got elected or anything. And the Army Corps of Engineers isn’t even the “actual” Army. It’s like the Surgeon General — honorific.
Thank you Don Surber for the headline:
What Gomer Pyle could teach Sen. Boxer
Now I give you Deep Purple covering Beatles
Man, i expected that to be funny, but that was the shit! Oh that reminds me of the albums my old hippie uncle has–man he’s kept them in nice condition, I bet the’yre worth a fortune–oh but I love some of those jams, by Hendrix of course and the Doors and a lotta psychedelic shit like Chambers Bros, Love, jefferson Airplane, early Zappa–damn that stuff rocked–and there is nothing like it today–oh but one of my favorites was this band, speakin of sweet ass covers (i think it’s Temps or 4 tops original)–
What Gomer Pyle could teach Sen. Boxer
Oh no he DIN’T!
Yes. Yes, he did. Surber is the gift that just keeps on fucking giving, ain’t he?
Now I know why evrybody says FYWP!
Here’s the fucking link (it’s not takin the html things for some reason. . .)
Oh my friend said it was by the Supremes, oh and lookie there it did take the links–I repeat FYWP! OK I need a drink! Catch up with you all later on the tintin thread (looks like MF’in comic gold there!)
A winger is referencing Gomer Pyle?
IIRC, Gomer Pyle would have been kicked out of the marines thanks to discriminatory policies supported by Surber and his ilk.
When an officer is sent to Capitol Hill, the one things he’s told to get right is calling a Senator “Senator”. That’s just Grownup 101. He was doing a deliberate dig and deserved to be slapped down. And if it had been KB Hutchison, the Republicans would have leaped to her defense.
SomeNYGuy – well, yeah, I did mean Hengler, and given that rightwingnuttia has a way of spawning neologisms (Santorum being the best-known, but Hoekstra’s behind by a nose, as it were), I think that’s a great suggestion. Has John McCain always made such noises or is’t an effect of recent medication?