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This woman has no class
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Boxer, the U.S. Senator, Chides Brigadier General for Calling Her 'Ma'am'
The feisty California lawmaker reminds an Army brigadier general of her title after he has the apparent gall to call her "ma'am."
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Thursday, June 18, 2009
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Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., shown here, scolded an Army brigadier general for calling her 'ma'am.' (AP Photo)
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powered by BaynoteIn case you forgot, Barbara Boxer is a senator.
The feisty California lawmaker felt the need to remind an Army brigadier general of that fact Tuesday during a hearing before her Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, where the military officer testifying had the apparent gall to call Boxer "ma'am."
Brig. Gen. Michael Walsh, with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, was testifying on the Louisiana coastal restoration process in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. He began to answer one of Boxer's questions with "ma'am" when Boxer immediately cut him off.
"You know, do me a favor," an irritated Boxer said. "Could say 'senator' instead of 'ma'am?'"
"Yes, ma'am," Walsh interjected.
"It's just a thing, I worked so hard to get that title, so I'd appreciate it, yes, thank you," she said.
"Yes, senator," he responded.
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However, Walsh surely meant no disrespect, as military protocol advises that officers may use "sir" or "ma'am" when addressing anybody higher than them on the chain of command.
"We would call them 'sir' or 'ma'am' or 'senator such-and-such'," Army spokesman Lt. Col. Nathan Banks said. Banks said any of those terms would be "appropriate" when addressing a senator.
According to one guide, the Navy and Coast Guard typically use "mister" or "miss" to address officers below the rank of commander, and "sir" or "ma'am," or a specific title, to address anyone at that rank or higher.
"You can never go wrong by using 'Sir' or 'Ma'am,' but it is a nice touch if you can properly address a senior officer," says the guide, Military Protocol: Uniformed Services.
Tuesday's hearing was hardly the first time a military officer used those terms during sworn testimony.
The same day at a Senate Armed Services subcommittee hearing, two Navy officials repeatedly referred to Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., with the title, "sir."
"Yes, sir," Navy Vice Adm. Bernard McCullough said when answering questions.
Wicker raised no objections.
Click here to watch the Boxer-Walsh exchange
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I know what he should have called her.
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What a bitch...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryEGmkjv8R8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryEGmkjv8R8)
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as military protocol advises that officers may use "sir" or "ma'am" when addressing anybody higher than them on the chain of command.
#1. Boxer is a bitch.
#2. Boxer is a stupid bitch.
As the quote doesn't say it all already, but since he is a Brigadier General and has been in the military for some time now to get that rank, she should have known that it is now habit for him to say ma'am and sir. She really wouldn't like how I would address her if I was given the chance to meet her.
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These shitheads forget that they work for us. It's long past time they be reminded.
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#1. Boxer is a FUCKING bitch skank's mommy part.
#2. Boxer is a stupid FUCKING bitch skank's mommy part.
FTFY.
I don't like the "c" word, but if ever there was a reason to call someone a fucking skank's mommy part, this is it. I loathe her.
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FTFY.
I don't like the "c" word, but if ever there was a reason to call someone a fucking skank's mommy part, this is it. I loathe her.
I love you.
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I love you.
Love you too, dear.
And Nancy Pelosi and Diane Finescum are the other two fucking skank's mommy parts that pop immediately to mind. Compared to them, Hillary is a decent person...
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These shitheads forget that they work for us. It's long past time they be reminded.
No kidding. These shitheads are full of themselves.
I'm glad that someone posted on this, kudos to TigerWench.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHAFmFsb9XM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHAFmFsb9XM)
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That Brig Gen. should have gone all COl. Jessup on her ass... you know he wanted to...
You FSC, we live in a world that has walls and those walls need to be guarded by men with guns. Who's gonna do it? You? You, FSC Pelosi? I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for terrorists and curse the Marines; you have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know: that the death of terrorists, while tragic, probably saves American lives and that my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives. You don't want the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties you want me on that wall, you need me on that wall. We use words like honor, code, loyalty. We use then as the backbone of a life trying to defend something. You use them as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a FSC who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom I provide and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you," and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest that you pick up a weapon and stand a post. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you are entitled to.
Fucking skank's mommy part.
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That Brig Gen. should have gone all COl. Jessup on her ass... you know he wanted to...
You FSC, we live in a world that has walls and those walls need to be guarded by men with guns. Who's gonna do it? You? You, FSC Pelosi? I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for terrorists and curse the Marines; you have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know: that the death of terrorists, while tragic, probably saves American lives and that my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives. You don't want the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties you want me on that wall, you need me on that wall. We use words like honor, code, loyalty. We use then as the backbone of a life trying to defend something. You use them as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a FSC who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom I provide and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you," and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest that you pick up a weapon and stand a post. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you are entitled to.
Fucking skank's mommy part.
Well said, TigerWench; and I see you're using that 'c' word again! Wow.
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Well said, TigerWench; and I see you're using that 'c' word again! Wow.
Sometimes only certain words convey the true feeling of the moment.
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Well said, TigerWench; and I see you're using that 'c' word again! Wow.
It takes an extreme situation, as I have been known to go off on people who use that word in my presence. It still makes me feel all icky, but kind of like Sani said, extreme times call for extreme measures.
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It takes an extreme situation, as I have been known to go off on people who use that word in my presence. It still makes me feel all icky, but kind of like Sani said, extreme times call for extreme measures.
Funny that you should write that phrase; that's how 'Babs' Boxer makes me feel.
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Funny that you should write that phrase; that's how 'Babs' Boxer makes me feel.
She makes me feel ashamed to be female.
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You shouldn't. She may actually have a penis.