Is anybody else really bothered by the use of the word “bemusement” in the article linked in the OP? It doesn’t mean the same thing as “amusement,” and I get the feeling the writer doesn’t understand that.
I can’t tell if you’re being tongue-in-cheek or not. In either case, she did use bemusement correctly. She didn’t intend to say that Delgaurdio made people laugh with his weird comments, but that he made people say, “What the fuck are you on about?”
But I kind of figure you’re pointing out that he’s laughable and I just killed the joke, so I’ll leave now. 
If you don’t mind slightly used (but very low mileage) I one of each that I’m not really using for anything and I might consider selling.
My impression was that she intended something more like the former than the latter, such that she meant “bemused” in a “black-humor funny because it’s so completely inexplicable” way. I could just be overly sensitive to the use of the word though.
The usage is the same for either meaning, so it could go one way or another, but the original meaning does still make sense given the context. Bafflement is the least of the possible responses to this idiot.
It’s my understanding that you’re patted down by a member of the same sex. So as much as I’d love to give Alison Brie a good, thorough pat down, I have to settle for Ralphie May.
[QUOTE=Eugene Delguadio]
That means the next TSA official that gives you an ‘enhanced pat down’ could be a practicing homosexual secretly getting pleasure from your submission.
[/QUOTE]
Well, as long as they are only practicing…
Maybe we shouldn’t toss Eugene Delguadio’s idea to the side so quickly. If the TSA made one little change in policy, maybe you could get your hands on Alison Brie. Hell, I’d change jobs if I could play with Annie’s Boobs.
“Sorry, Alison, I found your contraband. How about you hide it a little better and try again?”
I got the same vibe as you, Shot From Guns – it seemed to me like the author made a mistake, since surely it would make more sense to describe the reaction he provoked as amusement rather than bafflement. Nobody is bewildered or confused by what this guy is saying – they’re just laughing at his insanity.
Not to stray too far from the OP’s intended topic, but “bemusement” sounds fine to me, too, in the article. I thought the author was going more for a word meaning “head-scratching” more than “hilarilty.”
Just here to add my vote to the “Author’s use of the word ‘bemusement’” Poll.
Author used it correctly.
Who taught that motherfucker to read?
It’s TSA, not HSA.
TransSexual != HomoSexual!
Well, at the very least, when Eugene Delgaudio is caught giving head to a rent boy in an airport bathroom next year, we’ll all recognize his name.
Sharia don’t like it
Frockin’ the assbarn
Frock the assbarn
hangs head in shame
“He described a visit to a factory where ‘long-haired, earring-pierced men’ were printing thousands of ‘pro-homosexual petitions’ to send to Congress.” …Silly Delgaudio. Surely even at the Gay Factory, workplace safety dictates hair should be pulled back and secured and piercings removed.
Incidentally, for those interested, here’s the fund-raising letter where that line comes from.
Oh, and speaking of ani-gay nutcases and Sharia, recently Christian minister Bradlee Dean claimed that Representative Keith Ellison (D-MN), who is Muslim, is a supporter of gay rights so that he can overthrow the Constitution and implement Sharia law.
Oh, it gets so much better!
Is there any place I could read this homosexual agenda, because it seems like they are involved in nigh everything.
That link up above on the Homosexual Agenda presented QUITE a hilarious time line. It’s definately worth a scrolling down to read it.
You guys scoff at Delgaudio but he was warning us last year that Congress would enact the Homosexual Agenda in 2010:
And as you can see, every one of these things has happened.
Who would have believed a year ago that it would happen here in America? Oh, Eugene, if only we had listened to you (and sent you the twenty five dollars you asked for).
Maybe it is just me, but, speaking as a straight male, I think I would actually be more uncomfortable if I had to pat down an attractive woman than I would for a man or an unattractive woman (though I would not like doing it to any of them). It would be much worse to be actually turned on in a circumstance where you cannot do anything about it, and must not show it.
I would imagine it would be similar for gay people. That is patting down an attractive member of the sex you are attracted to is, quite generally, likely to be more uncomfortable than patting down someone you are not attracted to.
All in all, I doubt whether many TSA employees are getting their rocks off from these patdowns, regardless of their sexual orientation.
As a non-American who flies to the USA occasionally, may I request that the gay-rights lobby do not spent too much effort on combating this particular case of idiocy? I’m sure there are plenty of more important battles to fight.
If Mr. Delguadio manages to convince a significant number of Republicans of this idea, and gets them to remember that they are supposed to be the party of “don’t tread on me” and therefore they ought to be opposed to having to allow government hands into their underwear every time they want to take a plane flight, then perhaps we have finally found the silver lining to the right-wing homophobia cloud?