I see the latest issue of ‘Internet Tough Guy’ magazine has reached certain people’s mailboxes.
I would simply like to say thank you for the tremendous belly laugh you just gave me.
Every time I read that phrase I start laughing. You’ve written OP orders before.
Regards,
-Bouncer-
It wouldn’t frighten me, because I can usually pacify the mildly retarded with sweets.
Yeah, pretty much, because you are such a pussy my kid sister could take you down.
Is that the sister who hunts grizzly bear with a baseball bat?
Is that some strange for of military English where the words don’t occur in the proper sequence.
(For work, I read a lot of contract. I know that Legalese is a special form of English but I’ve never come across this).
Constantly? Hardly. Only when similar behavior in white presidents didn’t result in the same kind of outrage that results when Obama does anything the least bit…presidential.
Sorry that it pisses you off that it’s actually worthy of discussion that America has its first non-white president.
Still being a jackass, I see, since others have already explained that Marines holding an umbrella for the president is not worthy of outrage, or even mild ‘feh.’
I’m female. And I insulted you not to feel like “a real man,” but because you are worthy of insult.
Come at me, bro.
Or not. I’ll wait to see if the mods respond to such a ridiculous display of tiny penis syndrome.
Great cite. And entirely predictable: normal people understand that it’s hardly unusual for Presidents to be surrounded by helpers, particularly during diplomatic functions.
The Atlantic Monthly observes: Presidents look like doofuses in the rain:
They report that Umbrellagate is a bit of wet squib:
“Umbrella, black nylon, folding, 1 each. Government issue. All previous editions obsolete”
Exactly this. Does the OP think the umbrellas appeared by magic?
It is pretty obvious that the marines were told “be ready to hold an umbrella if it starts raining,” and that the President was told “the marines will hold an umbrella if it starts raining.”
Many people–I suspect the OP among them–have this really exaggerated authoritarian view of how things get done by people in charge, entailing that every decision starts from the top. But that just ain’t how it is. The president sets the agenda, but concerning details (and indeed, some of the president’s “details” are the stuff careers are made of) he’s shuffled around from place to place just like many of the rest of us.
I saw what you did there. 
It makes us feel like real users of the Pit forum, which exists precisely in order that Dopers may cuss and rant and be mean to each other in a contained environment.
Honestly, honey, I’m no fan of messageboard aggression in general, but when you complain about having to endure personal insults in the Pit, it just makes you look like you don’t know your way around these boards yet. “You pusillanimous jackass” is basically just Pit-speak for “I disagree with your opinion for the reasons stated below”.
She’s switched to a 7 iron. Something about her rotator cuff.
Remember when President Bush was sending Marines to die in Iraq in a War based on lies?
Pepperidge Farm remembers.
Would that be the M12A2 umbrella with the “release, button, manually activated”? I really want one of those bad boys.
I suppose if Jesus were holding the umbrella for president Obama, that would be a sin, too.
But then again, if he were the black messiah, you’d still be angry–because he’s black.
Enjoy gnawing on your own soul, Doggo. I’m finished with you.
It’s not Kung Pao Cringing Mantis? I think I ordered that by mistage once.
Sounds like I can get an old Mil Spec umbrella down at the Army-Navy store, but I suppose I’ll need to clean off the cosmoline. I hear the DOD over-ordered before Desert Storm, having been misinformed about the amount of rain Kuwait gets.
ETA: Nothing. I was going to fix the typo but I think it adds a continental flair.
And what continent would that be?
Atlantis, I’m guessing.
Limited to your phone? What happened, was that all you could fit in there with your head so far up your ass? Damn, you are one stupid sack of shit. Good thing your kind isn’t running the executive branch anymore.
Not possible without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humour. With apologies to Poe’s Law: