We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/ahhh.html Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:18:26 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification "Don't get stuck on stupid, reporters." *grin* PAO Flack: "What the General meant to say was..." "You are stuck on stupid." Get some, Russ. Hoo-ah!?! Update. Snerk. Oliver Willis spanks the Vokdapundit and Instapundit as clueless neanderthal rethuglican crackers (admittedly my words, not his) who've obviously never spoken to a person of color (more specifically, a person of notably dark hue) or, apparently read the Linux boards or used Google to search for everyday city argot. Why? Because they hail LTG Honore's "Stuck on Stupid" line as a "new catchphrase" which apparently annoys Oliver, because, well, because it's a 'black... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/ahhh.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/ahhh.html Tue, 20 Sep 2005 21:54:28 -0600 I plead institutional ignorance. Here in civie world maintenance engineer is a big title for janitor. (not to self, when attempting to channel military personages attempt to use the proper lingo.) http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/ahhh.html#comment-32090 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/ahhh.html#comment-32090 Thu, 22 Sep 2005 12:47:24 -0600 Naw, Ry - I wouldn't make my mechanics do that - it would be the extra-duty/training cohort, under the supervision of their platoon sergeants. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/ahhh.html#comment-32077 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/ahhh.html#comment-32077 Wed, 21 Sep 2005 23:06:23 -0600 Dusty's wishin' for a Patton temper tantrum. Would be fun to watch. 'It's Ivory you no neck geek! Only a New Orleans pimp would carry pearl handled revolvers!' (Blam. Blam. Blam.) 'Damn reporters, no sense of humor and no spine either. Sgt!, get maintenance to clean up the mess.' http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/ahhh.html#comment-32076 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/ahhh.html#comment-32076 Wed, 21 Sep 2005 23:00:42 -0600 LT. Gen. Honore' is the 1st Army CG. At the Boy Scout Jamboree, Maj. Gen. Yingling was the task force commander and Honore' was his boss. Honore' is the type that if you're doing good, he tells you you're doing good, and if you're f*cked up, he will tell you you're f*cked up. And it didn't matter if you were military, civilian or boy scout. A PAO's worst nightmare, and the kind of leader you would follow anywhere. A leader that you don't have to worry about him feeding the troops a line of crap. We need a few more of those... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/ahhh.html#comment-32068 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/ahhh.html#comment-32068 Wed, 21 Sep 2005 16:59:39 -0600 Hokay. Read the transcript and howled with laughter and rubbed my little legs together (I am a Cricket) for the General's timely remarks and not letting the media control the conference. He did the mayor Nobrain of NO a favor and if the mayor had the gall to back a Rethug over Kathleen Blank-o, he will be up to speed and thankful for the timely intervention, the focus of speedy eveacuation in light of the current threat and RUN WITH IT and not make it an issue. And if Oliver Willis has half the brain cells he thinks he has, he will be honest enough to admit that the General was savvy, to the point and get on with the current crisis, not the one that happened three weeks ago. Life goes on people. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/ahhh.html#comment-32061 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/ahhh.html#comment-32061 Wed, 21 Sep 2005 13:30:56 -0600 People tried telling Oliver that his whole blog..well never mind. I dislike his blog because of the politics and the general whining tone of it. I have been to lefty blogs, and so help me, have waded through chomsky-inspired drivel. I just avoid his for aforementioned reasons. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/ahhh.html#comment-32060 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/ahhh.html#comment-32060 Wed, 21 Sep 2005 13:21:15 -0600 "Stuck on stupid..." The Grunt sits back in the corner, laughing hysterically... Gawd, I LOVE it! Semper Fi, General... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/ahhh.html#comment-32058 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/ahhh.html#comment-32058 Wed, 21 Sep 2005 13:18:09 -0600 Excellent set of posts! I love it. Both the General's comments and yours re: Oliver's nonsensical comments. What I really liked most is what I consider a hallmark of the U.S. Army--a cherished tradition, if you will. Folks just pretty much calling it like they see it when there's no time to waste on social grease. You know, the conversations that start with something like "First of all, I'm the one talking, so just put yourself in receive mode, ok... Good for the General. Go Army! And that said, I assure you I will find a way to use DGSOS sometime today. Even if I have to foment a moment... SangerM http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/ahhh.html#comment-32049 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/ahhh.html#comment-32049 Wed, 21 Sep 2005 10:25:54 -0600 Maybe someone should tell Oliver not to get stuck on stupid. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/ahhh.html#comment-32044 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/ahhh.html#comment-32044 Wed, 21 Sep 2005 08:54:37 -0600 Heh. You got time to snark, but not time to post, eh, slacker? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/ahhh.html#comment-32043 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/ahhh.html#comment-32043 Wed, 21 Sep 2005 08:54:15 -0600 was the first person to say, "Ich bin eine Berliner." Everybody else says, "Ich bin Berliner." "Ich bin Berliner" = "I am a Berliner." "Ich bin eine Berliner" = "I am a puff pastry." So the urban legend goes, anyway. But the Berliners understood that he used "eine" for emphasis, and appreciated it. O' course, JFK might've known the colloquialism and figgered it was a perlite way of telling the Sovs, "Bite me."]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/ahhh.html#comment-32040 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/ahhh.html#comment-32040 Wed, 21 Sep 2005 08:42:18 -0600 Well, for Oliver, it's culturo-racial. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/ahhh.html#comment-32038 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/ahhh.html#comment-32038 Wed, 21 Sep 2005 08:36:46 -0600 As far as any racial group having a patent on "Stuck on stupid," it's interesting to read the comments at Vodka pundit. The commenters report encountering it in conjunction with the Marine Corps, a famous ad slogan, and the South in general. It seems to be a rather old catch-phrase. Nobody mentions hearing it in a particular racial context. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/ahhh.html#comment-32035 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/ahhh.html#comment-32035 Wed, 21 Sep 2005 07:54:16 -0600 sounded like the General was tearing into a young staff Major or lite Col. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/ahhh.html#comment-32034 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/ahhh.html#comment-32034 Wed, 21 Sep 2005 06:23:01 -0600 The sidearm was deleted the standard Army officer's uniform around 1914. Shame. Heh. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/ahhh.html#comment-32031 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/ahhh.html#comment-32031 Tue, 20 Sep 2005 22:27:56 -0600