In the TV series “Due South”, a Canadian production, the term was "Snowback’. Can’t get more official than that.
Unless you work for the military or the federal government, in which case he is superior but in rank only.
Nah…I hate everybody equally. 
Until he takes a shower anyways…
Except just try telling a Yupik or Inupiaq that they should call themselves “Inuits” instead of “Eskimos.” Apparently the older blanket term of “Eskimo” is less offensively condescending than being forcibly lumped in with the Canadian Inuit, which these groups do not identify themselves as.
I discovered this myself when I mistakenly used the term “Inuit” in a conversation with an Inupiaq associate. He kindly informed me that the movement promoting the notion of “Eskimo” as a derogatory term is in fact a cultural conspiracy on the part of “those Inuit bastards.”
Is it me, or has the Humpy Dance now begun, and the thread is being avoided by the OP since Tom showed that he’s full of it?
Every eskimo I’ve every known refered to themselves as “eskimo”. Sometimes they’d say, “I’m Yupik eskimo”. Or “native”.
Credentials: I grew up in Fairbanks, Alaska.
He works hard to underwhelm. He actually made a similar comment in IMHO last month.
Boy, I heartily agree with this. There’s little on the board as entertaining as one of Clothahump’s pit threads.
Although I do suspect a put-on. Maybe even an admin playing a role to spice up the board. If so, you’re doing a fine job, whoever you are!
Shit, he was warned about it too in that thread, and seemed to be on the edge of banning. I hope we haven’t seen the last of our entertaining friend. Dammit.
Fair is fair, tom was the second to post that link, bup (IIRC) was first.
but yes, I believe the probability of Clothy revisiting a thread he started in approaches zero once it’s demonstrated once again that he’s full of shit. I’m sure one of the more algorithmic members here can produce the proper equation.
Interesting:
Yeah, I can’t imagine anyone ever trying something like that again, given the love of America that Bush has spread around the world. No doubt all anti-American terrorist groups worldwide look to 9/11 as an abject failure, never to be imitated.
So it certainly makes sense to credit Bush for preventing any further terrorist attacks using aircraft, such as the ones successfully carried out during his first term. Of course, it’s only common courtesy to ignore the first 3000 or so civilian casualties during a President’s administration, out of respect for the office. And, of course, No One Could Have Predicted Such A Thing[sup]TM[/sup].
No, he’s actually right there. Terrorists love the element of suprise, something which flying hijacked planes into buildings no longer has.
yea, which is why you never hear about folks strapping bombs to themselves and walking into pizza parlors, on busses and so on.
Good point. Now that I think about it, we probably don’t need to worry about anthrax being distributed through the mails ever again, do we? I feel safer already. How the hell did I ever muster the courage to leave the house before the Homeland Security Advisory System was instituted?
Maybe if we’re really lucky, Bush will be able to ensure that we’ll never have to worry about a nuclear attack on a major metropolitan area ever again, either.
Right, so we shouldn’t expect another attack like that… which is just what the terrorists want us to think!!!
Just speaking for myself, here, I think it would take quite a few more planes flown into buildings before I ceased being surprised by that sort of thing.
Suicide bombers are an entirely different situation. They just want to kill, they’re not particularly interested in creating terror.
Well, yeah. Those who handle mail know what to look for.
“Again”? Weren’t the only nuclear attacks on major metropolitan areas done buy us?
bullshit.
Really? On what do you base that assessment?
I think the “again” referred to worrying, not attacks.