H the K wrote:
Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:
What do you think about Sen. Barbara Boxer being addressed as "ma'am"
rather than as "Senator" by a U.S. brigadier general during a Senate
hearing? Was this really a breach of protocol?
"Let us not go looking for insults -- or assume stupidity, which it
would be for anyone to insult a senator at a senatorial hearing.
Miss Manners assures you that "ma'am" is, like its masculine
equivalent, "sir," a highly respectful form suitable for addressing
any female, including a president, a monarch and your own mother."


You just heard about this, right? You do know this happened some time
ago...

Generals, by the way, are a dime a dozen. U.S. Senators cost a bit more,
since there are so few of them.

They should be even more valuable now that Teddy is taking a dirt nap.
Too bad he didn't hand over the reins while he was alive. Now his poor
state has to make do, for a while, with only one flaming asshole in the
senate.