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Re: McChrystal's Social Liberalism and the Integration of Gays in the Military - Politics - The Atlantic

slobone — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:14:07 -0000

I'm way past being impressed by how many close personal gay friends these "elite" people always seem to have. Historically, gay men and women have been very useful to people in the upper ranks of power. Think of all the gay congressional staffers (including one of Rick Santorum's staffers!), gay aides-de-camp in wartime, walkers for their wives, etc.

Not to mention that Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Mike Mullen grew up in Hollywood as the son of Ann-Margret's publicist. So he's probably known gay men all his life. Which hasn't stopped him from announcing that he intends to fully enforce DADT until it's repealed.

The thing is, it's all too easy for these guys to say, "I don't personally have anything against gay people, some of my best friends blah blah blah. But I have to consider the feelings of my troops, and many of them would be very uncomfortable with blah blah blah..."

Re: McChrystal's Social Liberalism and the Integration of Gays in the Military - Politics - The Atlantic

slobone — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:06:58 -0000

He's a troll, duh...

Re: the ragbag - the royal line the other day, me and my three...

slobone — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 11:39:15 -0000

COED says a sovereign is "1 a king or queen who is the supreme ruler of a country. 2 a former British gold coin worth one pound sterling." So I don't think Richard Cromwell belongs on that list.

Hey, somebody's gotta pick the nits.

Re: the ragbag - in hot pursuit of the most deceptively named...

slobone — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:21:38 -0000

Sea anemone is in the same boat as sea cucumber.

Re: the ragbag - because you know, as far as pocky goes, i prefer...

slobone — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:00:42 -0000

Actually I've had them and they're quite tasty. They also come in Milk flavor, which I guess sounds pretty exotic in that part of the world...

Re: the ragbag - paging dr. schadenfreude because the range of...

slobone — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:19:06 -0000

Makes me want to do the macarena for some reason...

Re: a character study

slobone — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:16:53 -0000

Christian?

Re: the ragbag - a janus phrase public service announcement: the...

slobone — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:22:24 -0000

"Lime" can refer to either an acid or a base. Same with "soda". Are these contronyms?

Re: words wholly related

slobone — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:28:29 -0000

I believe the correct derivation is that if you swore you weren't ticklish someone would give you a test tickle...

Re: the ragbag - opera… in the year 2000 what do you imagine going...

slobone — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:44:17 -0000

And you have to love the Art Nouveau railing!

Re: the ragbag - dik-dik the reaon i like the dik-dik is not...

slobone — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 18:29:30 -0000

Donkey?

Re: the ragbag - roy g. biv has a posse laura, my former badminton...

slobone — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 12:48:31 -0000

I can take it or leave it.

Re: the ragbag - roy g. biv has a posse laura, my former badminton...

slobone — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:01:47 -0000

Not to be tiresome, but your order looks more like Roy V. Bgbg to me...

But it's always good to meet a Dawn Powell fan...

Re: the ragbag - front matters i love me a good old timey title...

slobone — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:51:20 -0000

Further guggling reveals that it's probably a pseudonym for Charles Carrington, well-known publisher of erotica, especially flagellation novels. But in fact his real name was Paul Harry Ferdinando, which I think is much cooler...

Re: the ragbag - front matters i love me a good old timey title...

slobone — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:23:51 -0000

"Viscount Julian Smithson" is highly dubious. You would never use somebody's Christian name in a title of that sort, and the definitive list of past and present viscountcies in Wikipedia says nothing about Smithson...