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.
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.
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A$$ Hole came to mind but I fear the wrath of P4 (Periwinkle Posting Police Person). From now on I shall refer to Babs, California's Junior Leftist, as Senator Hole.
CrazyFool, thanks for showing me the path to moderation.
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I think of them more as madams, in a Mustang Ranch sort of way.
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No need to insult the Mustang Ranch, ed.
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I recall people expecting US presidents to use MILITARY protocol in how they give salutes to military people. Whats so wrong with a Senator insisting on Senate protocol?
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A$$ Hole came to mind but I fear the wrath of P4 (Periwinkle Posting Police Person). From now on I shall refer to Babs, California's Junior Leftist, as Senator Hole.
GolfBravoUSMC, you are a delightful silly! I've never been thought of as a multiple before (P4!!!!) -- I shall treasure the thought always. :-) For the record, that A$$ Hole complies perfectly with my point #1, but Senator Hole certainly describes the senator perfectly.
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liberal hawk, title and ma'am/sir are interchangeable,as even the Queen of Great Britain and the Commonwealth is addressed as "ma'am" after the first, full blown "your royal highness" at the beginning of the conversation. It is the senator who is incorrect, although perhaps she'd be better pleased to be addressed by being addressed with the full pomp of "the honourable senator from the state of California."
I suspect this is a bit of egregious bullying by the honourable senator. Else she is the kind of woman who has the Senatorial coat of arms embroidered on all her underthings, like the wife of a newly minted baronet.
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LH, I don't see a problem with either "sir" or "ma'am". Both convey respect and acknowledgement of a position of respect or authority, be that position Senator, General, or Your Royal Majesty.
I confess I don't get what Senator Boxer was reacting to. The General was being respectful and addressed her in a proper way.
If the Senate prefers that Senators be addressed as "Senator" by witnesses at a hearing, they should say that. Then it would be proper to address her as "Senator Boxer" in a hearing, and not "ma'am".
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"LH, I don't see a problem with either "sir" or "ma'am". "
And I have no problem with a Bill Clinton style sloppy salute. What you or I have a problem with really isnt at issue.
I have not had the honor or pain of testifying before a Senate committee, but its always been my understanding that you say "Senator". Period. If that is not the standard protocol, and I am under the wrong impression, I apologize.
Who knows why she is being tetchy, maybe she didnt sleep well. Its odd that the right wing blogosphere is grabbing onto this, when they are quite capable of going on for pages on the importance of military protocol.
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Look on the bright side, at least it wasn't a junior officer who let a "hoooah" instead of a yes slip out in the course of the conversation! That's always embarrassing kind of like someone who accidentily farts in yoga class in a weird posture.
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Boxer had no idea that the General was being respectful. Her "correction" therefore ranks up there with Dan Qualye's potato comment. It's epic stupid from a self-important harpy.
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um, okay LH. Iblis is spot on. Sir or Ma'am works & the Gen was clearly respectful. I've addressed a Gov, a senator, the undersec & and an underdep w/both and none acted like this lady did. It wasn't that she even asked to be addressed as "senator" - though it came off petty - it was the melodramatic comments she made afterwords and the peacocking for the camera. Dressing down your military subordinates and ignorantly insulting them (aka clinton's saluting) is a fine way to earn lasting enmity from us who serve...though I doubt Boxer cares.
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"Else she is the kind of woman who has the Senatorial coat of arms embroidered on all her underthings" Thanks TW I got an image I shall never recover from.
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This is kerfluffle is good for our side. From now on there will be the opportunity to force her to hide her anger in public by calling her 'ma'am'. This helps do to her reputation what Chris Matthews did to his by referring to his tingling legs.
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When Queen Noor of Jordan visited here at Texas Tech back in the 80s, faceless university bureaucrats saw fit to hand out a protocol guide to any of us peasants who might chance to find ourselves in the presence of this august personage. Among other things, it told us to always address the personage as "Your Majesty" rather than as "ma'am." I threw a fit, pointing out that it was entirely proper to address the honest-to-God Queen of England as "ma'am," and if it's good enough for her it should be good enough for Queen Noor, a former airline hostess namedLisa Halaby.
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I'm an American, and Your Majesty is a fine title for some tinpot potentate. The Honorable Senator from California is by far a step above any Majesty, anywhere; however, the Senator should not trifle with any American Citizen, even a General.
PEOPLE for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is upset with US President Barack Obama killing a fly during a televised interview. PETA is sending President Barack Obama a Katcha Bug Humane Bug Catcher, a device that allows users to trap a house fly and then release it outside.
"We support compassion even for the most curious, smallest and least sympathetic animals," PETA spokesman Bruce Friedrich said.
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Maybe Obama should have paused the televised interview with CNBC correspondent John Harwood?
"Excuse me, could someone get over here and remove this fly? I don't CARE if there's a deadline for this interview's completion! This is a living creature that must be taken care of. Much more important than the American Citizens I'm working to help."
Come on! If a fly is ok to protect, then is a mosquito? They are about the same size. Both are irritating and carry diseases, but yes, mosquitos could possibly give Prez Obama the West Nile Virus.
What about slugs in the garden? Does PETA allow the chickens to eat flies and gnats and slugs and tomato hornworms? If hornworms are allowed to live, they WILL find and eat their fill of corn and tomatoes until humans have nothing to eat. So... how is letting the chicken do IT's thing any different that a human taking care of them?
IT'S A BUG!
Has PETA set a limit for their "beliefs"? Their website looks like they are using this to sell some bug-catcher thing. Unbelievable controversy when there are so many more things to think about.
We had a bug problem till the Brown Recluses came in. We harbored some stray cats for 'em now can't get rid of them. Thinking a pack of Dochsunds next...
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Should this one be filed under "Moonbat Fratricide"?
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Methinks the Secret Service should've wrestled this fly to the ground.
Barry chastised for killing flies? PETA might've finally jumped the shark. Even with the usual loons.
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Wonder if He is going to get a shirt that says "I killed 7 with one blow!" Yes I know it was one fly but he could have killed 7 if they were around (sarcasm)
Last August, when Barack Obama introduced Joe Biden as his choice for vice president, he praised the Delaware senator's strength in foreign policy and defense issues -- areas widely thought to be weaknesses in Obama's resume.
"Joe Biden is what so many others pretend to be -- a statesman with sound judgment who doesn't have to hide behind bluster to keep America strong," Obama said at the time.
But five months into his vice presidency, Biden appears to have been pushed into the background, focusing on overseeing the implementation of Obama's $787 billion stimulus package, the creation of jobs and other domestic matters as the president and former rival Hillary Clinton -- and even former Sen. George Mitchell -- deal with the growing crises in Iran and North Korea, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and rewriting the way America deals with a hostile Muslim world.
By comparison, Biden's predecessor, Dick Cheney, was after five months already being called the most influential vice president ever. Even though Cheney didn't face any immediate crises at the outset of the Bush administration, he arguably became a co-planner in the U.S. war on terror after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Five months into the job, as different as Obama is from Bush, there appears to be an even more dramatic difference between Biden and Cheney.
"Joe Biden is Mr. Outside and Dick Cheney was Mr. Inside," said Lee Edwards, a presidential historian at the Heritage Foundation, who described Biden as very visual and vocal while Cheney worked behind the scenes.
"I would say we don't really know how much influence Biden really has, whereas early on we knew Cheney wielded significant power," Edwards said.
Even now -- in "retirement" -- Cheney appears to be grabbing more headlines than Biden as he has repeatedly criticized Obama's national security policies, arguing that they are making the United States less safe.
Biden fired back in April, asserting that Cheney was "dead wrong" and that the exact opposite is true. He added that Cheney had been part of a dysfunctional decision-making system in the Bush administration.
"Look, everybody talks about how powerful Cheney was," Biden said. "His power weakened America, in my view. Here's what I mean by that. What I mean by that was, there was a divided government."
He added that Cheney had his own sort of national security council, in addition to the actual National Security Council, and that Cheney would side with Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in disputes with Secretary of State Colin Powell.
But since then, Biden has slipped back into the background, delivering a few commencement speeches, officiating at a groundbreaking ceremony for the start of his "Road to Recovery" tour, and apparently not being part of the inner circle on foreign policy -- the field of expertise that was the basis for his selection.
Instead Biden has promoted his role in Obama's administration as that of a catalyst to better decision-making.
"The strength of this administration is that the president and I work in concert," he said. "I am very straightforward in my views. I am as strong ... I hold them as strongly as I ever have."
Biden declared early this year that he intended to "restore the balance" of power between the presidency and vice presidency, something he claims Cheney upended.
Instead Biden has been attending economic meetings and taking light-fare overseas trips, including to Germany and Latin America.
Biden also heads the Task Force on Middle Class Working Families. But he's drawn far more attention for his political blunders, including a hotly disputed claim that he privately rebuked Bush when he was president.
In contrast, five months into Cheney's vice presidency, after running Bush's transition team, he was operating out of four offices -- two on Capitol Hill by virtue of his role as president of the Senate.
Cheney also was the point man in two of Bush's biggest pre-9/11 priorities: energy and missile defense. He also was a potential tie-breaking vote in a closely divided Senate.
Shirley Ann Warshaw, a presidential historian at Gettysburg College and author of the new book, "The Co-Presidency of Bush and Cheney," said Biden has been used as vehicle to deliver the Obama administration's message, while Cheney crafted the Bush administration's.
"Delivering the message and crafting the message are very different things," Warshaw told FOXNews.com, noting that Biden was largely excluded from Obama's transition while Cheney hired virtually everyone.
"There will never be another vice president to match Dick Cheney," she said.
Warshaw said Biden doesn't hold as much sway as Cheney did because Obama has a strong team of inside players, led by White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel and senior policy adviser David Axelrod.
"President Bush did not have a political insider as a sounding board to the equivalent of Rahm Emanuel," she said.
And when it comes to foreign policy, considered Biden's greatest strengths, Warshaw said Secretary of State Hillary Clinton "is wary to give him too much leeway."
Another factor, Edwards told FOXNews.com, is that "Biden was and is a creature of Congress, while Cheney is a more skilled practitioner in the executive branch."
"I think Biden, by reason of being a senator, is a loner, even within in the party," he said. "I don't know if he represents a significant part of his party. Cheney still represents a significant part of his party."
Edwards said history will view Biden "as a rather typical vice president, somebody who was chosen because it was felt he would bring some balance and some strength to the campaign and help the presidential candidate win. And that's the case with more vice presidents than not."
But Edwards added that each man was perhaps the best fit for each president.
"I think that Cheney was what Bush needed because he had the experience and the knowledge and could get things done," he said. "I think Obama came to the presidency with the agenda already set. He knew what he wanted to do. In that sense, he hasn't need a strong guy as Bush did."
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my $0.02:
W had the humility and the self-confidence to allow for a Dick Cheney as VP, and give him exceptional power. The left saw that as a weakness on W's part, when it was really a strength based in his grounded sense of self. Cheney also didn't usurp W's power.
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And while the king was looking down,
the jester stole his thorny crown...
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Biden was picked as VP because he is old school DONK. Zero used him to get the rest of the DNC to buy in to his fraud. Now he is pushed to the side, like the pawn he is. Welcome to Detroit politics Biden and the DNC you amatures....
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Government efforts to stop the flow of guns from the United States to Mexico have suffered in recent years from having no clear plan to combat gunrunners affiliated with drug cartels, investigators have concluded. The Government Accountability Office, which is delivering its findings to Congress today, noted that federal agencies only recently began coordinating with Mexican counterparts on ways to stop gunrunning along the border.
Investigators were critical of two agencies - Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives - for not working together. Until early June, the GAO says, "the U.S. government did not have a strategy that explicitly addressed arms trafficking to Mexico."
Investigators said that without a strategy, "individual U.S. agencies have undertaken a variety of activities and projects to combat arms trafficking to Mexico."
Citing ATF data, investigator Jess Ford says that over the past three years, more than 90 percent of the firearms traced after being seized in Mexico have come from the U.S.
"While it is impossible to know how many firearms are illegally trafficked into Mexico in a given year, over 20,000, or around 87 percent, of firearms seized by Mexican authorities and traced over the past five years originated in the United States," Ford says in testimony prepared for a House subcommittee hearing today.
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What was that statistic? Something like only 15% of the guns seized in Mexico are ever traced? So that means 90% of 15% or... 13.5% of guns seized in Mexico can be traced to the U.S. Well now, that's certainly the kind of number that means we should entirely upend how we do things here!
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I cannot even get ammo at my local gun store. Must all be going to Mexican narcotraffickers. Not for a minute do I believe narcoterrorists are getting their guns from the U.S. Why get them from the U.S. when you can buy them from the Mexican military or police? Or from surrounding countries? Or on the international blackmarket? Besides, some of the stuff that has been shown in the news are RPGs, fully-automatic weapons, grenades, etc. things most of us don't have access to.
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Friend of mine before being deployed last mentioned, "I don't understand why we are going to (the northeast) during winter in order to train for our deployment to Iraq. Why not send us off someplace like NM to work the border. We could get used to tough terrain, warm climate, many of us communicating across language and culture differences, approach with the mentality of perhaps getting shot at, and at the same time work protection on the southern border?"
Makes more sense then this crock about responsible gun owners being the fault of Mexican drug and human traffic violence because the government skirts its responsbility to enforce the US border.
What I would like to know is how many of that great number 87% of seized weapons are from ordinary citizens buy guns in the US because the Mexican military and/or trafficers won't sell guns to average citizens for fear of the sheep turning into rams.
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The Myth of 90 Percent: Only a Small Fraction of Guns in Mexico Come From U.S. While 90 percent of the guns traced to the U.S. actually originated in the United States, the percent traced to the U.S. is only about 17 percent of the total number of guns reaching Mexico.
That includes Some guns, he said, "are legitimately shipped to the government of Mexico, by Colt, for example, in the United States. They are approved by the U.S. government for use by the Mexican military service. The guns end up in Mexico that way -- the fully auto versions -- they are not smuggled in across the river."
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Also: 68 percent of the guns that were recovered were never submitted for tracing
You can interpret that 2 ways.
1. Guns submitted for tracing were done so randomly, so if ALL guns were trace, 45% would be found to have US origin, including stolen Mexican military arms.
2. The 2/3 not submitted for trace were done so because many were obviously not American manufacture or import. That would imply that if all were traced, between 17 and 45% passed through US control.
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I guess the optimum question should be whether or not the vast majority of the weapons used or seized are of the AK or M16 family or their derivatives. I have a feeling most of the weapons would be from the M16 class based on the US supplying military weapons to Mexico and her neighbors as well as gun smuggling. I would be more concerned about Mexico being awash in AK's which could mean new destabilizing forces making inroads.
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This attempt by Obama's DHS Secretray and others in the fedeal government to link weapons in Mexico to the US is another stealth attempt to use treaty language and other international mechanisms to inhibit our 2nd amendment. The only problem is, the statistics and innacurate misrepresentations of the truth at best, or flat-out lies at worst.
The statistic is designed to suggest overwhelming weapons seizures are sourced in the U.S. But is really a two-part misdirection:
1. Only the weapons requested for trace are cited, a small percentage of the weapons seized, and only those weapons legal for sale in the US are among those traced.
2. The overwhelming, and alarming weapons seized in Mexico from the narco-traffickers and high caliber auto and semi auto assault rifles, most of which come into Mexico across the souther and sea borders, and are used by cartels, Los Zetas and other participants in the cartels/trafficking organizations.
This is more of the traditional democrat/liberal/progressive tactic of misdirection of actual policy intent and prevaricating with apparent facts.
Since I spend a great deal of my time actually paying some attention to the SW Border, this kind of Washington BS makes me crazy.
Next big lie will be the DHS/FBI/US DOJ focus on white supremacist groups as a major domestic threat. As soon as Obama's polling falls far enough becasue of the American public's overwhelming buyer's remorse at buying a total Manchurian Candidate, they will trot out the "RACIST" and "SUPREMACIST" GROUPS, who are legitimately a minor concern, but recast them as a major threat. Then they will have polling data that dissects these groups and makes them very visible. Why, because polling, especially on sensitive issues, directs public opinion more that it reflects it, especially push polling. All this will keep the One with high approval numbers, grossly misrepresenting what people really think, and maginalizing his critics as racist. Remember, Alinsky taught the big O to focus, polarize and personalize enemies as a tactic to destroy or neutralize them....
Sensing a new "ethic of service" in the country, first lady Michelle Obama says community service and volunteer organizations can thrive and, with mutual support, rise to meet the challenges they face during hard economic times.
"I'm feeling it. People really want to get involved and turn their frustration [about economic challenges] into action," Mrs. Obama said Tuesday as the keynote speaker at the Greater DC Cares Business and Nonprofit Philanthropy Summit and Awards luncheon in downtown Washington.
"Communities are built and rebuilt by regular people," she told about 500 civic leaders, including Brearn Wright, principal of Truesdell Elementary School, and Catherine C. Martens, president and chief executive officer of the local Make-a-Wish Foundation.
Celebrating 20 years, Greater DC Cares trains volunteers, places them with needy organizations, provides professional development for businesses and offers emergency preparation and response.
The organization presented awards Tuesday to businesses and nonprofits that made exceptional contributions.
Bates White LLC was given the Greatest Impact on a Local Nonprofit Award, and Deloitte LLP and the Jewish Social Service Agency of Alexandria were honored with the Community Impact Award.
Tom Raffa, president of Raffa P.C., and Jonelle S. Wallmeyer, executive director of ACT for Alexandria, were presented Social Value Leadership Awards.
Mrs. Obama, a former community worker in Chicago, was quick to thank the attendees for making her and the president feel so welcome "in our second home" since moving into the White House in January. "What day was that again?" she teased.
The first lady said she understood from firsthand experience how difficult it can be to run a nonprofit, especially when fundraising dollars dry up.
She explained to the group that when she ran Public Allies, an AmeriCorps youth program in Chicago, she also struggled with payroll, fundraising and paperwork.
"It's necessary work, but sometimes it can drive you nuts," she said, as many of the community leaders in the group nodded and chuckled in agreement.
Mrs. Obama encouraged the community leaders at the event to support one another, because when push comes to shove, "private counsel" among community leaders means a great deal.
Mrs. Obama heralded the passage of the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, which will triple funding for volunteer organizations.
"In order to make service a priority, we need the capacity to welcome new volunteers," she said.
For her part, the first lady explained that in addition to relying on her peers in the community, she was buoyed while working in Chicago by seeing people from various backgrounds come together.
She said she recruited everyone for Public Allies, from college graduates to ex-felons, and she encouraged the luncheon attendees to learn from her example.
"That's when the magic happened. You see the kid from Harvard and the kid with a GED both so full of promise," she said.
Mrs. Obama closed her remarks by saying that she and the administration will be tapping the talent of the Washington nonprofit community for its ideas and inspiration.
"As tired as you may be, we're going to need you. We can change the way the world sees us."
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Mrs. Obama closed her remarks by saying that she and the administration will be tapping the talent of the Washington nonprofit community for its ideas and inspiration.
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Would these be like those paid volunteers from AmeriCorp CA?
Anyone able to match up gang control with community organizing? If they matched up that would be...interesting. Otherwise it still smells of unionizing neighborhoods which would only further fractionalize urban areas IMHO. Do these organized communities get spiffy uniforms and badges?
Or how bout this:
With the surplus of the service minded funemployed, we have a rail system which could cart out the mandatory volunteers to the hinterlands for crop planting and harvest since, it being against the law to use farm equipment on account of the dirt and exhaust they pollute the atmosphere. Not to worry, all hand non-pointy and safe edged scythes will be made from recycled SUVs and hand stitched hemp tents will be provided, as well as the training for water conservation and digging 6' deep tornado shelters. After 2 sessions of 6 weeks each successful completion ensures government loans. Multiple session completers will qualify for a Biomass Operations Social Service and Environmental Savior position (will be acronymed for newspeak of course) where you will may be issued a horse and upgrade duties to include control of water and gasoline for distribution to emergency and visiting dignitary services. If unfortunately there is an accident your family will be awarded a bag of Service Beans which can be proudly planted in your Urban Community Greenhouse in your honor and dedicated service.
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The comments at the Politico link are pretty much as you'd expect, 'til you reach this gem (Lack of paragraphs and rational thought in the original):
This is a direct attack on Schedulers, not an issue of formalities in regards to salutations! If Elizabeth had been a Richard and the request was sent to ?Dick? I don?t think we?d be reading the same poorly reported hill vomit! Shame on you Anne- for authoring such nonsensically crap, and at the same time thank you for reminding us that bad journalism and reality TV style editing still make the headlines. Scheduling is not for the faint of heart, the really nice, nor the pushovers. The biggest complaint I received while I was Scheduler was that I was too accommodating and nice. The schedulers who are praised and succeed are the ?bad guys? and cover for their Boss, while demanding respect for the crucial role they play. The suggested correlation between calling Elizabeth by a nick-name and not getting a meeting is absurd! The email correspondence that you left out because it was deemed unrelated is a great way of covering your ass, as I?m sure if you actually reported a story with all the facts and information there wouldn?t have been much of a story at all. Only because I have a scheduling trained eye- It is obvious to me that the this request was handled improperly, in that two or more lobbyist were requesting this meeting- were not corresponding with each other, made novice mistakes and/or purposely requested the same meeting to confuse the scheduler and move it for the kill during the mess. It?s the old bait and switch- Lobbyist A: You send the request to the scheduler, then I will send a request as well that looks slightly different. The scheduler will get confused, drop the ball, and then will have to schedule our meeting to make amends. Lobbyist B: Great idea, you address your email to Elizabeth and I?ll address my to Liz Lobbyist C: Great idea guys, and then I call the office and leave 2 voicemails daily, follow up with an 80 page fax and then harass the front desk because I know Elizabeth is there, she just doesn?t want to talk to us. - And yes, it worked! They got a rise out of Elizabeth, most likely their meeting. I would like to make a request that the facts of this article be checked and that Anne Schroeder Mullins? connection with the scheduling world and the lobbyist in this article be reviewed! I am starting to smell a conflict and a smear campaign at the expense of Elizabeth?..Politico take action and responsibility for this misuse of the press to propel a personal agenda! Ethics should include the press taking donations from lobbyist as well! I hope all your paperwork is in line Anne- and that you and your friends are exposed! To my fellow schedulers: Viva La Resistance!
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I wonder where Politico got these emails in the first place. I suspect that the person on the receiving end got ticked off and forwarded the pile to one of his buddies, or maybe a slew of his buddies. If he did, that would be a truly spectacular revenge.
As somebody who commented on the Politico site said, "She forgot that emails are forever."
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
Last August, when Barack Obama introduced Joe Biden as his choice for vice president, he praised the Delaware senator's strength in foreign policy and defense issues -- areas widely thought to be weaknesses in Obama's resume. 
