July 17, 2006
Language Barriers
In a moment of candor during the supposedly private G8 luncheon, President Bush was caught on an open mike discussing Hezbollah's recent attacks against Israel to British Prime Minster Tony Blair:
"See the irony is that what they need to do is get Syria to get Hezbollah to stop doing this s--- and it's over," Bush told Blair as he chewed on a buttered roll.
It is a probably valid assessment of the situation, but the liberals at Firedoglake actually have the temerity to snip at the President for his choice of words.
Christy Hardin Smith huffed:
It seems that the President of the United States needs a visit from Emily Post.While munching on a roll, George Bush had a conversation with Tony Blair about Hizbollah cutting out their "shit." So much for that born-again veneer…this deciderating and Presidenting is hard work. (And the fact that the curtain gets lifted from the "moral majority" act for public consumption is just a side bonus, I suppose, since neither Bush nor Blair knew the microphone was on. And we continue now in the "do as I say, not as I do" Administration…)
I'm sorry, but did Christy Smith forget which web site she writes for?
Firedoglake is riddled with profanity (most of it from the denizens that comment there, some from the authors), and in the comments to this very post, Christy had to edit out an apparent threat made about poisoning the President's food.
To hear a poster at Firedoglake lecture about profanity is to hear Kennedy lecturing us about sobriety. Quite frankly, you don't know whether to be embarrassed for them, or of them.
Christians curse sometimes, Christy. Even ministers. Even Presidents. That you feign surprise at that, to score some petty points among your sycophants, is perhaps not all that surprising (low hanging fruits, and all), but don't expect anyone outside of your clique to think you are very clever for doing so.
The President of the United States said shit because Hezbollah terrorists—supported and supplied by Syria and Iran—are firing rocket after rocket at Israeli cities in order to kill Israeli civilians. This is something that is—interestingly enough—not profane enough for her to find the words to condemn Hezbollah for in this post.
And she thinks President Bush has the language problem...
Maybe Christy is a fan of Ann Coulter and the commenter referenced the Justice Stevens thing.
"The President of the United States said shit because Hezbollah terrorists—supported and supplied by Syria and Iran"
Evidence? Any number of Islamic nations would be inclined to support Hezzbollah. The fact that Israel says so makes this less believable, if anything. Next we'll be hearing from Judith Miller,whom you were happy to believe, even though she was in the New York Times.
Keep your eyes on the numbers. Who is dying where.
Posted by: skip at July 17, 2006 02:13 PMThis is something that is—interestingly enough—not profane enough for her to find the words to condemn Hezbollah for in this post.
You've laid your finger directly on the sore in the lefty soul.
Tob
Posted by: toby928 at July 17, 2006 02:16 PMIt seems that the President of the United States needs a visit from Emily Post.
I found it refreshing.
I would find it even more refreshing if say Condi were to have a sitdown with Bashir, whip out a .45, aim it at his forehead and demand he stop the shit within the next 30 seconds or get his head blown off. Sort of "Chicago Rules" for politics.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at July 17, 2006 04:01 PMNow there's grounds for impeachment, he said shit instead of poopoo!
Ho hum, wake me up when he's getting a blowjob in the Oval Office as he's talking to a congressman then gets on TV and points his finger in my face and tells me he didn't have sex with that woman Ms. Lewinski.
If its shit you want, think of Clinton.
Oh...poor little skippy got his nose out of joint. LOL. Hey Skippy - Maybe once in a while you could read up on something before you speak. Hezbollah is supported by Syria and Iran. Just look at like the last 20 YEARS OF HISTORY OF THE GROUP. What a maroon.
A while back I blogged about the Rules of Disinformation at my site. But, with more thought I have narrowed the rules down to the following three with regards to leftist bloggers:
1. When confronted by a fact, a lefty will change the subject. They will come up with the most absurd changes in direction to not have to answer someone who actually presents facts.2. If a lefty is confronted with facts again, they will quickly start using swear words and vulgarity. This is an attempt to again deflect the direction of the conversation when the lefty can’t refute the facts.
3. Finally, if you are a lefty site owner, simply ban a commenter that continues to push for real answers. Ala Marc Ash. If you can’t beat ‘em, ban ‘em.
Watch. You will see this over and over again. Now CY runs a pretty clean site and I appreciate that. He however, does warn vulgar posters before he bans them. I will also add the caveat that there are some from the right side of the fence that follow this behavior, but we don't see that often. To get a feel for it, spend an hour reading main posts and comments at DU, KOS, FDL and then spend another hour at CY, JOM, well...take your pick for the right. You will clearly see a difference.
CY - I found it funny that there were comments about "frisching" the President's food. LOL.
Posted by: Specter at July 17, 2006 05:30 PMCY, I am going to have to call Bull, yes I said shit, on you for saying.....
"to score some petty points among your sycophants, is perhaps not all that surprising (low hanging fruits, and all), but don't expect anyone outside of your clique to think you are very clever for doing so"
The pot calling the kettle black.
Posted by: Johnny at July 17, 2006 06:16 PMI'm going to say this once, and once only: the next person uttering profanity on my site gets tossed. Banned. Gone.
Clear enough?
And Johnny, as ever, you are behind the curve and hopelessly outnumbered. Even noted Lefty Ezra Klein is ashamed of the grandstanding over making Bush's language an issue.
Posted by: Confederate Yankee at July 17, 2006 09:39 PMJust to pick a nit here: it's not a curse; that'd be 'may the fleas of a thousand camels infest your armpits'. It's not profane; that'd be a crucifix in a jar of urine. It's a vulgarity; that'd be coming onto someone's blog and doing what you'd been asked not to do, as in rude.
Posted by: Cindi at July 18, 2006 08:29 AM
