On Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:27:50 -0400, Gene Kearns
wrote:

On Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:13:32 -0700, jps penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

|On Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:05:38 -0400, Gene Kearns
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||Turns out Democratic senator Boxer was wrong. Protocol DOES say a
||military person should address a superior as either "Sir" or Ma'am".
||The pentagon says they will not get in the middle of this but I say it
||is a great example of the arrogance of Dems.
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|I don't think so. I don't care for her, either, but she isn't his
|"superior" and he should have referred to her as senator....
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|just as one would address a female judge as "judge _____" or "your
|honor"?
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|I don't think it was as big a deal as she made out.
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|Ma'am is the same as sir in my book and that seems to be an adequate
|term of respect for a senator.
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|Don't know what got her goat, his testimony, tone or she was just
|having a temporary hormone imbalance (men have them too so don't
|accuse me of bigotry) -- but it sure seem blown out of proportion.
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|I wonder if Letterman will dedicate some jokes to her going off. Maybe
|she needs a dose of Alex Rodgrigez more than the Palin tweener.

Here's another hormone laced rant....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI-ficXX_ag

Saw that on Olbermann's show last night. The woman is a candidate for
hormone replacement therapy, no matter the health risks.

The rec.boats dolts will fail to recognize that Olbermann is slagging
the assistant of ultra-lib Representative Jim McDermott from my state.

Or should I say they won't give him credit for spreading the wealth.