tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post6691579444772214138..comments2023-12-20T08:18:00.872+10:00Comments on kae's bloodnut blog: Etiquette fail!kaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05819693069445947851noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post-33061806535302629562011-05-30T20:17:46.951+10:002011-05-30T20:17:46.951+10:00Hey Minicapt - still waiting:)Hey Minicapt - still waiting:)1735099https://www.blogger.com/profile/17945140949290600423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post-37054962829360591132011-05-30T19:10:49.889+10:002011-05-30T19:10:49.889+10:001-5 Boy was a Spud Peeler; relevant but ignorant. ...1-5 Boy was a Spud Peeler; relevant but ignorant. Your exposition @ 7:42 above maintains your record and qualifies as "not even wrong".<br /><br />CheersMinicapthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13421626155178200181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post-18718110636829696752011-05-30T13:49:40.040+10:002011-05-30T13:49:40.040+10:00Well I'll be damned, no one I have read here o...Well I'll be damned, no one I have read here or on other blogs has ever bought up the fact that Obama is African-American, except you Numbers.<br />He has been critised for his actions as a President, other times he has been praised, but at no time has anyone bought up that fact.<br />So the conclusion is that it must worry you.Merilynnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post-86697248236635184042011-05-30T08:33:52.744+10:002011-05-30T08:33:52.744+10:00Wow! There's your first relevant comment on th...Wow! There's your first relevant comment on this thread. I'm so excited that I won't even argue with you. Good for you!Richard Sharpenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post-88964831885023093202011-05-30T07:42:41.613+10:002011-05-30T07:42:41.613+10:00When the history of the recent US presidency is wr...When the history of the recent US presidency is written, Barack Obama will be ranked with John Kennedy as a man who changed the world for the better.<br />It's instructive that this kind of trivial personal criticism is the best that the loony Right can muster, and an indication that (whilst they don't have the courage to say it) they believe he is unworthy of the office because of his African-American heritage.<br />He has plenty in common with Kennedy (a Catholic of Irish heritage, by the way) in the way he operates in his role of Commander-in-Chief.<br />Kennedy was criticised for weakness in his handling of the Cuban missile crisis when he overruled General Curtis LeMay who wanted direct military intervention. Obama has had similar criticism for weakness and sacked General Stanley McChrystal,<br />over differences on Afghanistan policy.<br />Both had to struggle with the military industrial establishment and both prevailed.<br />And the Right are greatly dismayed..... Suck it up.1735099https://www.blogger.com/profile/17945140949290600423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post-76850576861194320972011-05-30T05:24:20.500+10:002011-05-30T05:24:20.500+10:00Obama is an embarrassment to America, there's ...Obama is an embarrassment to America, there's no two ways about it. He has no clue about protocol when visiting heads of state, and apparently, neither do any of those other Chicago boors he's surrounded himself with. He thinks showing respect is bowing until his nose touches his shoetips, and that's only for dictators and communists. Heads of democratic states get thrown under the bus, or they get iPods... filled with his speeches.<br /><br />As for the troll here, 17something is it? I recognize you from Blair's old blog (yes, I have that kind of memory). All that blather about the Irish Troubles, etc. is just hogwash. You really couldn't care less, because you have a reputation for seizing on any particular article as an excuse for posting argumentative claptrap to start a fight. But you know what? <br /><br />That is so 1990s.RebeccaHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15113907852048577121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post-37697004582745536642011-05-29T22:22:10.305+10:002011-05-29T22:22:10.305+10:00Back to the original comment; Obama - oaf.Back to the original comment; Obama - oaf.Pedro the Ignorantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post-17889118578577521062011-05-29T20:31:44.879+10:002011-05-29T20:31:44.879+10:00This is why you should never argue with an idiot, ...This is why you should never argue with an idiot, they drag you down to their level and beat you with experience. Before this degenerates to nyah nyah poopypants, I will return to the original point. Obama was a guest at a dinner with another head of state (regardless of whether that head of state personally caused the potato famine and subsequent Irish diaspora, or was only eligible for the job as head of the Anglican Church by not being Catholic). At that dinner he demonstrated a vapid ignorance of how to behave in that setting. It should also be noted that this was not in an environment significantly culturally different to his own. He didn't fluff his lines, he just wouldn't shut his yap. I guess the teleprompter didn't say "pause and wait for music to finish".Richard Sharpenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post-39207178979105290082011-05-29T15:35:44.165+10:002011-05-29T15:35:44.165+10:00Kae, looks like AB is reading your blog. He includ...<b>Kae,</b> looks like AB is reading your blog. He included the full footage of the toasting on this morning's <a href="http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/from_todays_bolt_report_holding_alarmists_to_account/" rel="nofollow">Bolt Report</a> and included a comment about how differently the media would have treated it if Bush had done it.<br /><br /><b>Richard S</b>, thanks for that update. As a 21-y-o Pilot Officer and very much like your classic subbie, I spent an anxious year waiting to be promoted out of Mr Vice territory. <br />Fortunately for me and my fellow officers, I was never chosen.Skeeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15372213190811407871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post-26528178752325113442011-05-29T14:57:12.663+10:002011-05-29T14:57:12.663+10:00How about a Grandson with a weakness for Nazi rega...How about a Grandson with a weakness for Nazi regalia....?<br />On second thoughts - forget it - it's been done - Prince Harry - 2005.1735099https://www.blogger.com/profile/17945140949290600423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post-30128188544154746782011-05-29T13:59:56.436+10:002011-05-29T13:59:56.436+10:00How about a crusty old Hitler Youth alumni with a ...How about a crusty old Hitler Youth alumni with a folded napkin on his head?Richard Sharpenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post-29762646109278659622011-05-29T12:17:23.779+10:002011-05-29T12:17:23.779+10:00I can't think of anything more childish and bo...I can't think of anything more childish and boring than kowtowing to some sweet old dear with a diamond-encrusted teapot on her head.....1735099https://www.blogger.com/profile/17945140949290600423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post-68250006514724191132011-05-29T12:09:10.001+10:002011-05-29T12:09:10.001+10:00It's hardly astonishing that Obama is getting ...It's hardly astonishing that Obama is getting a positive reaction in Western Europe, a region actively pursuing a strategy of self-abasement. What is surprising is how even in a soft-core environment he still manages to make a dick of himself. <br /><br />Again, your personal antipathy to the House of Windsor is irrelevant and frankly boring now. The demonstration of prepubescent wit only reinforces that perception.Richard Sharpenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post-48854404709777859052011-05-29T11:25:13.306+10:002011-05-29T11:25:13.306+10:00The "rat-bag right" eh numbers, and of c...The "rat-bag right" eh numbers, and of course the Left don't have any "rat-bags" right?Merilynnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post-67977102252773839222011-05-29T08:14:46.295+10:002011-05-29T08:14:46.295+10:00Two things are irrelevant - the first is this meme...Two things are irrelevant - the first is this meme, promoted as a distraction by the ratbag Right because of the favourable reception a progressive President is getting in Europe.<br />The second is the British monarchy. As for Godsave - even more irrelevant.<br />As a kid, the words we used to sing in the chorus were "Who needs a Queen?"<br />I also used to sing these words in the ranks, as did many of my colleagues. <br /><br />It's still apt.1735099https://www.blogger.com/profile/17945140949290600423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post-7167693631574193382011-05-28T23:30:06.719+10:002011-05-28T23:30:06.719+10:0017 etc, your personal antipathy to the House of Wi...17 etc, your personal antipathy to the House of Windsor is spectacularly irrelevant to this discussion. Obama's rudeness and ignorance had absolutely zero to do with either the potato famine or the Act of Succession. Despite an army of aides and advisors, he kept talking during his host nation's anthem. Epic fail. All the red herrings you can throw at this will not change it. I thought that it was your lot who pride themselves on cultural awareness?Richard Sharpenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post-71060374667369060682011-05-28T23:17:35.541+10:002011-05-28T23:17:35.541+10:00Skeeter - These days a Mr Vice can be Ms Vice, the...Skeeter - These days a Mr Vice can be Ms Vice, the role is the same. I've no doubt that should Obama have served as an officer in his youth instead of "community organising", he'd have been the subbies friend. A name given to the subaltern (and there is always one) with the unique gift of always saying the wrong thing, at the wrong time, to the wrong person. In so doing, they ensure that the rest of the subbies keep their weekend for themselves by filling all of the adjutant's requirements for a duty officer.Richard Sharpenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post-7440975440503742442011-05-28T20:56:50.324+10:002011-05-28T20:56:50.324+10:00Cav: Mr Vice...that takes me back to the 1950s.
I...Cav: <i>Mr Vice</i>...that takes me back to the 1950s. <br />I doubt that any serving officer, no matter how junior, would stuff up a Royal Toast so badly.<br />In any case, this classic attributed to the Rev Spooner would take some beating: <br /><i>And now, let us glaze our arses to the queer old dean.</i><br /><br />BTW What is <i>Mr Vice</i> called in these unisex days if the officer is a female?Skeeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15372213190811407871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post-66825637667734847632011-05-28T20:51:57.419+10:002011-05-28T20:51:57.419+10:00"is there by accident of birth"
as are y..."is there by accident of birth"<br />as are you unfortunatelyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post-82471001449256924322011-05-28T20:06:01.391+10:002011-05-28T20:06:01.391+10:00Oh yes - The Anthem.
George V changed 'Frustra...Oh yes - The Anthem.<br />George V changed 'Frustrate their popish tricks' into 'Frustrate their knavish tricks', no doubt because he considered it offensive to Catholics.<br />To this day, no Catholic can be King or Queen.<br />That’s a trifle more offensive to the millions of Catholics in the Commonwealth than anything shown here.<br />Again, it clearly highlights your warped perspective.<br />The current occupant, as you call him, was elected by a democratic process. The Queen, on the other hand is there by accident of birth.1735099https://www.blogger.com/profile/17945140949290600423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post-55204476531598356732011-05-28T19:45:18.322+10:002011-05-28T19:45:18.322+10:00Numbers Boy, I was referring to the Current Occupa...Numbers Boy, I was referring to the Current Occupant and His Band of Weasels. I don't think that was unclear. Then again, it didn't exactly fit the agenda for what you wanted to say, did it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post-49935698785626263092011-05-28T17:27:49.859+10:002011-05-28T17:27:49.859+10:00It certainly appears as much more than a fluffing ...It certainly appears as much more than a fluffing of lines. <br />Just after he started talking, the Queen glanced down at his notes, no doubt to see how long he was going to be talking over the top of her song. I'm convinced that the POTUS did not recognise that annoying background music as the national anthem of the USA's oldest and closest ally.<br />Well, not until he looked up from his written speech and noticed that everyone else in the room was standing to attention with un-raised glasses. At that moment, the controlled change of expression that distorted his face said it all. <br /><br />On Tuesday May 24, Paco linked to Allahpundit's where this video had been posted earlier the same day. There, the video played under the ABC (US) logo. Since then it has been played under the banners of the UK Telegraph and here at Kae's under the BBC's.<br />I watched the video being played on ABC (Oz) and some of our commercial channels, but in all cases the early part of the footage had been edited out.<br /><br />Did anyone see the the whole of the Great Gaffesby's embarrassing performance broadcast on Oz TV news?<br /><br />Imagine what the Australian media would have done with it if it had been President Bush "fluffing his lines" like that.Skeeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15372213190811407871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post-11251722989172363452011-05-28T06:46:22.798+10:002011-05-28T06:46:22.798+10:00A progressive American President fluffs his lines ...A progressive American President fluffs his lines - shock; horror.<br />An indifferent British monarchy turns a blind eye to the suffering and deaths of over a million Irish - a fine example of a twisted historical perspective.<br />Grow up - if you weren't so pathetic you'd be funny.<br />Hey Minicapt, I'm still waiting for you to tell me when and where you were under "effective enemy fire".1735099https://www.blogger.com/profile/17945140949290600423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post-63958042892506944072011-05-28T01:20:24.553+10:002011-05-28T01:20:24.553+10:00Yep, an event nearly 300 years ago is certainly ju...Yep, an event nearly 300 years ago is certainly justification for ignorance and rudeness from one head of state to another. This is just another manifestation of 17's Irish Catholic prejudices. Somehow Elizabeth II is not worthy of the respect due a head of state because of 17's ethnic grudge dating back to 1740. For a so called "progressive", he invests an awful lot of energy living in the past without actually reaping the benefit of hindsight.Richard Sharpenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post-75546774506131949562011-05-27T20:39:13.476+10:002011-05-27T20:39:13.476+10:00I love your new blog skin, looks great.
(Now I k...I love your new blog skin, looks great. <br /><br />(Now I know where all those bees went.)Cazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17387674413840435759noreply@blogger.com