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DannyX
January 24th, 2013
4:11 pm
“bayonet”
I’d almost forgotten about that one. Stupid Republicans.
josef
January 24th, 2013
4:12 pm
A lot of talk about women captives being raped…but… Abu Gharib?
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
January 24th, 2013
4:12 pm
Well, for all you men that claim women are too weak to fight I got two words for you:
The Missus
Have a good night everybody.
oldguy
January 24th, 2013
4:14 pm
Curious,
Yes, but on the battlefield you are not paired by size, you are assigned by squad. If you will check the qualification in basic training now has been “eased” so that women will not be rejected. The same thing holds true for the physical qualifications for firefighters. I’m sorry but it makes it more dangerous for everyone else, and, speaking from a Viet Nam experience, the one imperative of a combat solder is to come back alive.
Recon 0311 2533
January 24th, 2013
4:14 pm
Haven’t enough people on this blog told you it’s been repeatedly debunked that maybe, just maybe, you’d think maybe you’re holding onto something false?
People on this blog…Bwhahahahahha. Nice dodge Paul, I should call you the not so artful dodger.
Well at least you’ve revealed your sources, it’s Jay and his followers who if they don’t have facts they’ll just make some up.
Aquagirl
January 24th, 2013
4:14 pm
then it would be easy to train a 100 lb female to drive those fists or knees straight into the boys.
My goodness, we’re sending a bunch of vulnerable men out onto the battlefield. One nut$hot and they’re incapable of fighting. I propose we restrict combat arms to women who can kick men in the b@lls with 80% accuracy or above!
I know I’d sure love to see that in Afghanistan. Put the highlights on the news every evening and we might be there for the next hundred years.
Fred ™
January 24th, 2013
4:15 pm
Not to be crude but how would a woman handle her “cycle?”
Brosephus™
January 24th, 2013
4:15 pm
Doom
The ladies I know never went for the “boys” when we were training together. Some of the stuff they showed me left me awestruck. We taught them some of the techniques we use that could be adapted to their environment, and they taught us some things that we may be able to adapt. Let’s just say that I will never get the itch to act a fool on a flight, especially if I think any one of them is sitting inside that plane with me.
GT
January 24th, 2013
4:16 pm
td my point exactly! When you need a serial killer or a school yard nut case that overdosed on violent movies you don’t call Katie Curic or Hillary, you call a white gun carrying man.
I do wonder as we see more and more woman going into combat if we will see more going to prison or showing up in school yards after they flipped their wigs. So far that hasn’t happen but who knows. Violent woman may be the new thing.
Brosephus™
January 24th, 2013
4:18 pm
Might want to double check that on Jessica Lynch.
I did. What I read said that her biographer pressured her into including the passages about being raped in her biography. I didn’t search everywhere, but I couldn’t find any instances of her saying that herself. I recall the reporter who was assaulted, but to her credit/discredit, she’s not a trained instrument of government “compliance”.
josef
January 24th, 2013
4:19 pm
FRED
Send ‘em on special ops?
Keep Up the Good Fight!
January 24th, 2013
4:19 pm
Not to be crude but how would a woman handle her “cycle?”
They’ll be even tougher and more hair trigger?
I imagine they could take an entire country by themselves. No kicking… Imagine an army of Lorena Bobbits!
DebbieDoRight - Minister Of Propaganda
January 24th, 2013
4:19 pm
I wasn’t aware you considered laws “special protection.” We’ve treated threats like “I’m gonna rob this bank” quite seriously. “I’m gonna kill you b!tch” hasn’t been treated the same.
Word. You go girl!
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I have no problem with equality in the military and women in combat positions but if we are striving for true equality then it must be equality across the board. In the court room in custody matters, in not affording one sex a special protected
Ummmm let’s just work on getting women equal pay for equal work first. Then we can move on to the next step!
Aquagirl
January 24th, 2013
4:21 pm
Fred is scared of the PMS battalions.
Brosephus™
January 24th, 2013
4:22 pm
Gotta run… Y’all have fun
DebbieDoRight - Minister Of Propaganda
January 24th, 2013
4:23 pm
Not to be crude but how would a woman handle her “cycle?”
Honestly, how old ARE you?
Well, she can handle it like EVERY OTHER WOMAN in the military and around the world…..by preparing for it.
PS: How do men handle their morning hardwood when they are in combat situations? Do they each “salute” each other and take care of their buddies? Just wondering…….
Fred ™
January 24th, 2013
4:24 pm
Aquagirl
January 24th, 2013
4:21 pm
Fred is scared of the PMS battalions.
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i’m not afraid of much of anything Aquagirl. I ask a legitimate question. I was dropped out of an airplane in the desert on a covert mission and picked up 30 days later. We didn’t have showers and baths and other things that I’m under the impression women need to be healthy as they bleed out. I aske d legitimate questions and got the expected dumbass reply.
You folks who have never been in the bush don’t know a god dammned thing about what it’s about, and maybe sometimes should try to learn rather than just say, I am woman hear me roar.
Fred ™
January 24th, 2013
4:26 pm
Violent woman may be the new thing.
Huh? You don’t know MY wife………
josef
January 24th, 2013
4:27 pm
AQUAGIRL
“Fred is scared of the PMS battalions.”
Who wouldn’t be…I work in an overwhelmingly female environment…whoo, whee… and armed with the orders to shoot? I don’t even want to think about it…
DebbieDoRight - Minister Of Propaganda
January 24th, 2013
4:28 pm
I do wonder as we see more and more woman going into combat if we will see more going to prison or showing up in school yards after they flipped their wigs. So far that hasn’t happen but who knows. Violent woman may be the new thing.
The best way to judge is to look at survivors from the wars/upheaval in Africa/S. America where they have child soldiers who are forced to kill their whole families in order to save themselves. Some turn into sociopaths, some don’t.
Another way to look at it is to look at the women from various wars who have been raped and brutalized by the “winning side” when they hit that woman’s town/village. Some women turned to drugs to dull the pain of the memory, and some turned their pain into action and are organizing to try to stop things like this.
I mean, let’s get real here — women in combat is NOT a new thing. In the history of the world nor in the history of the US. There have been lots of women, on the front lines, in various wars; they survived and lived to tell their stories.
I think some are just making MORE of this then they need to. IMO.
Recon 0311 2533
January 24th, 2013
4:28 pm
JHM, you’re shoveling shyte against the tide. Jay can debunk until hell freezes over and you can parrot his attempts but the fact is what Herridge reported turned out to be true.
td
January 24th, 2013
4:31 pm
DebbieDoRight – Minister Of Propaganda
January 24th, 2013
4:19 pm
I have no problem with equality in the military and women in combat positions but if we are striving for true equality then it must be equality across the board. In the court room in custody matters, in not affording one sex a special protected
Ummmm let’s just work on getting women equal pay for equal work first. Then we can move on to the next step!
Either you accept premise of true equality or you do not. Do you are do you not think that these special rights written for benefits should be done away with now since women are now considered equal in the most hostile environment in the world?
Keep Up the Good Fight!
January 24th, 2013
4:33 pm
women in combat is NOT a new thing. In the history of the world nor in the history of the US
Joan of Arc raises her hand.
josef
January 24th, 2013
4:33 pm
Anybody who has any questions about women in front line combat need only read any of a number of accounts of the Soviet women soldiers in the Great Patriotic War or any of the Partisan movements…
DebbieDoRight - Minister Of Propaganda
January 24th, 2013
4:34 pm
Fred, most women’s cycles are expected by that woman and she knows if/when she’ll be “on”.
There are women in the military now, and I’m sure they’ve prepared themselves for the possibility that their cycle is coming and have brought the necessary supplies for it.
If she’s dropped off in the bush, she should be prepared — she should expect her “friend” to come a-calling and bring the necessary supplies.
And if she’s a woman who doesn’t have a “regular cycle” or if she doesn’t want a period for months at a time, there are shots and/or pills to combat that. no pun intended.
Truce?
You’re too cute, (and too good of a cook), to stay angry at me.
And you look soooo pretty in the cute little apron that says, “Kiss the Mac Burger Mac Daddy Cook” that I got you for christmas!
@mazed@the stupidity
January 24th, 2013
4:35 pm
Hillary Clinton successfully faces down angry senators, prompting Leon Panetta to realize that women can be good in combat.
I have no problem with women in combat unless their single mothers. THAT’S a no-go for me.
From what I saw of Hillary’s protestation, it was nothing more than the typical female ploy. What man, when trying to solve a problem, hasn’t seen a woman come back with “I don’t wanna talk about it?” That’s essentially what Hillary did….avoid the unpleasantness of conflict….a cut and run, if you will.
She AND Bill disappoint. They’re coming off as lackeys.
josef
January 24th, 2013
4:35 pm
Women soldiers in the US? Loreta Janeta Velazquez comes to mind…
@mazed@the stupidity
January 24th, 2013
4:35 pm
Make that “their” they’re.
harvey
January 24th, 2013
4:36 pm
Absolutely not. When they starting firing at us, she would be the first to run.
Aquagirl
January 24th, 2013
4:39 pm
We didn’t have showers and baths and other things that I’m under the impression women need to be healthy as they bleed out. I asked legitimate questions and got the expected dumbass reply.
That “dumbass reply” is courtesy of a woman who spent plenty of time in the field. We didn’t have showers or baths either. Nobody died. Nobody got medevaced or sidelined or cried so their mascara ran and ruined the camouflage on their face.
Sounds like you have formed your impressions from Chickenhawks like Newt Gingrich rather than actual women in the military.
Joe Hussein Mama
January 24th, 2013
4:40 pm
Doom — “Might want to double check that on Jessica Lynch. I thought it was reported a couple different ways that she was raped. Not sure.”
My recollection is that she wasn’t raped and that her captors actually took her to a hospital. As I recall, she had several broken bones that weren’t well-set, so she was in a lot of pain and took a long time to recover even after being MEDEVACed back home.
I believe there’s footage of her rescue — from the hospital — floating about on the web. Surely someone can find it.
ken
January 24th, 2013
4:41 pm
NO
josef
January 24th, 2013
4:41 pm
a quick read on the matter….
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_women_in_World_War_II
Joe Hussein Mama
January 24th, 2013
4:43 pm
Recon — “the fact is what Herridge reported turned out to be true.”
No, it hasn’t. Herridge needs to trot out her “unimpeachable source.” Lacking that, she’s a full of it as you seem to think Jay is.
Just to clarify, what I just said to you is colloquially known on the web as “Pics or GTFO.”
DebbieDoRight - Minister Of Propaganda
January 24th, 2013
4:44 pm
Either you accept premise of true equality or you do not. Do you are do you not think that these special rights written for benefits should be done away with now since women are now considered equal in the most hostile environment in the world?
I accept the premise. However, could you please tell me the “special rights / benefits” that having the XX gene has afforded women?
I’m very interested in knowing. Thanks!
Fred ™
January 24th, 2013
4:45 pm
DDR: Even though I grew up with sisters, and have been married for 20 years there are STILL some things I never delved too deeply in lol. I understand in a normal role there would be no problems, nor in anything like a woman combat pilot (I THINK there are studies that show women have faster reflexes and can handle higher G’s and make better combat pilots but I’m not sure). I also know women, like men are very athletic or not according to the person and don’t have any doubt’s about them being able to perform the physical or emotional aspect of combat any better or worse than an equal random sample of men.
I just wonder about extreme harsh conditions that special ops unit’s undergo. I don’t want to be graphic, but don’t you have to change them things occasionally? Sometimes we went days without a break or an opportunity to do something like that. Or is it not such a big health issue as I was lead to believe? THAT would be my only concern. In 99% or military jobs, even combat arms, that wouldn’t be an issue. But in Spec ops? I think it might be.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
January 24th, 2013
4:45 pm
I am still confused about the “concern” over female soldiers being raped…. Is someone claiming that men cannot be raped?
Joe Hussein Mama
January 24th, 2013
4:47 pm
D. DoRight — “If she’s dropped off in the bush, she should be prepared — she should expect her “friend” to come a-calling and bring the necessary supplies.”
I heard one of the drill sergeants in boot camp say that they pushed female trainees to drink lots of water in order to stave off UTIs. Does that agree with your experience?
“And if she’s a woman who doesn’t have a “regular cycle” or if she doesn’t want a period for months at a time, there are shots and/or pills to combat that. no pun intended.”
Ayup. I recall hearing that the implant-style BC device that came out in the 90s was the first such method recommended for women in uniform. I think it backed periods off to once every 90 days or some such.
I can see the utility of that if you’re a female soldier or Marine.
DebbieDoRight - Minister Of Propaganda
January 24th, 2013
4:48 pm
Women soldiers in the Revolutionary war:
DEBORAH SAMSON**
In October of 1778 Deborah Samson of Plympton, Massachusetts disguised herself as a young man and presented herself to the American army as a willing volunter to oppose the common enemy. She enlisted for the whole term of the war as Robert Shirtliffe and served in the company of Captain Nathan Thayer of Medway, Massachusetts.
For three years she served in various duties and was wounded twice – the first time by a sword cut on the side of the head and four months later she was shot through the shoulder.
There is the little known story of Rachel and Grace Martin who disguised themselves as men and assailed a British courier and his guards. They took his important dispatches, which they speedily forwarded to General Greene. Then they released the two officers who didn’t even know that they were women.
http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/femvets.html
Fred ™
January 24th, 2013
4:48 pm
Aquagirl
January 24th, 2013
4:39 pm
We didn’t have showers and baths and other things that I’m under the impression women need to be healthy as they bleed out. I asked legitimate questions and got the expected dumbass reply.
That “dumbass reply” is courtesy of a woman who spent plenty of time in the field. We didn’t have showers or baths either. Nobody died. Nobody got medevaced or sidelined or cried so their mascara ran and ruined the camouflage on their face.
Sounds like you have formed your impressions from Chickenhawks like Newt Gingrich rather than actual women in the military.
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I saw the “harsh” conditions you REMF ass women had in Desert Storm. Wah Wah. Don’t tell ME about the military missy especially not combat arms. I never went back to the rear where you REMF’s were and there wasn’t hot cooked meals and shower points, so don’t try to sound like you are John Wayne, because you weren’t. Maybe in your MIND you were, but you weren’t. Hell, Women weren’t even allowed to pull guard duty at Jump School………….. or in the rear.
Thomas
January 24th, 2013
4:51 pm
I am still confused about the “concern” over female soldiers being raped…. Is someone claiming that men cannot be raped?
They can but men have the ability to mentally control the rape so that it is not a true rape experience according to a study done by Todd Akin.
Joe Hussein Mama
January 24th, 2013
4:53 pm
Thomas — “They can but men have the ability to mentally control the rape so that it is not a true rape experience according to a study done by Todd Akin.”
Since it’s not a “legitimate rape,” the male body has ways of shutting that whole thing down.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
January 24th, 2013
4:55 pm
http://menstruationresearch.org/2011/01/13/menstrual-suppression-for-military-women
Keep Up the Good Fight!
January 24th, 2013
4:59 pm
Well now I understand why Ned Beatty never “really objected” in Deliverance.
Fred ™
January 24th, 2013
5:00 pm
Thanks Keep. As it’s nothing I ever had to deal with, I had no clue. Since it seems like it’s NOT the problem I had been lead in earlier life to believe, I don’t see what the big deal is. If a woman can meet the SAME qualifications of a combat arms job as a man, and she wants to serve in that manner, then let her do it.
I’m sure they can also wizz in a bottle in the same Foxhole as the guys so again there is no problem for when you are under fire and can’t get out of the hole. No one wants to lay in a patch of piss so a bottle is a great alternative.
Thomas
January 24th, 2013
5:01 pm
JHM- exactly- I actually overcame cancer following the Todd Akin “seven ways to shut down those nasty cancer cells program” He is one amazing dude.
BADA BING (imagine an umlaut above the i, I'm trying to class this place up a little)
January 24th, 2013
5:02 pm
No, I would get tired of hearing her singing “Devil with a Blue Dress , Blue Dress On”
DebbieDoRight - Minister Of Propaganda
January 24th, 2013
5:02 pm
Joe: I heard one of the drill sergeants in boot camp say that they pushed female trainees to drink lots of water in order to stave off UTIs. Does that agree with your experience?
Could be true — I’ve never heard of it though. I’ll have to ask some friends about that one.
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Fred: but don’t you have to change them things occasionally?
OMG Fred!! You are such a breath of fresh air!!
Sometimes we went days without a break or an opportunity to do something like that. Or is it not such a big health issue as I was lead to believe? THAT would be my only concern.
Fred, FYI when they go to the “bushes” to use the bathroom, they can change those suckers then. AND they can warm some water in the Kevlar helmets and give themselves a “field bath” if needed.
Thomas
January 24th, 2013
5:03 pm
What fools we all are- Bookman at a “staff meeting” right. We should all do a blog boycott and go hit the ganja. KUTGF- you hosting?
St Simons
January 24th, 2013
5:03 pm
I’m gonna make Hillary an honorary native.
She walked out of that room with a few scalps in her hand.
And I’d whole lot rather have her in the foxhole than
any chickenhawk neo-con.
TBS
January 24th, 2013
5:03 pm
“No, I would get tired of hearing her singing ‘Devil with a Blue Dress , Blue Dress On’ ”
Now that was funny
Welcome to the Occupation
January 24th, 2013
5:04 pm
Just back from a commune meeting.
How’s the smart bunch doing today?
Logical Dude
January 24th, 2013
5:08 pm
Welcome: Just back from a commune meeting.
Jay must still be in his staff meeting.
Staff. . . foxholes. . .”if you know what I mean” (apologies /not really/ about the mind in the gutter)
St Simons
January 24th, 2013
5:08 pm
“…I understand why Ned Beatty never “really objected” in Deliverance”
hey, I saw that documentary on Georgia Public Broadcasting
Logical Dude
January 24th, 2013
5:09 pm
Thomas: so that it is not a true rape experience according to a study done by Todd Akin.
Todd Akin went and did a study. . . wait. . oh. . . nevermind.
DebbieDoRight - Minister Of Propaganda
January 24th, 2013
5:09 pm
They can but men have the ability to mentally control the rape so that it is not a true rape experience according to a study done by Todd Akin.
Too funny!
Fred ™
January 24th, 2013
5:10 pm
AND they can warm some water in the Kevlar helmets and give themselves a “field bath” if needed.
Unfortunately, what we were doing DDR you couldn’t do that. Heat signatures are detectable and even if they weren’t we were rather short on water.
But I have my answer lol. People (not necessarily you) can be SO defensive about a simple question. I guess it’s because so few people actually ask questions for knowledge anymore. They are trying to ask leading questions and score mythical points or something.
I am as guilty as anyone else. I will sometimes give a smart ass answer to a legitimate question because I think someone is trying to “set up” a scenario………
oh well. Have you ever had Osso Buco? I got some awesome looking short ribs at the H-Mart and I’m thinking of trying them that way. Never had it before…….. Gotta go. Have to do the dishes I put off all day today.
http://savoringtoday.com/2011/03/07/osso-buco-style-beef-short-ribs/
BADA BING (imagine an umlaut above the i, I'm trying to class this place up a little)
January 24th, 2013
5:11 pm
Women with PMS make good desert fighters. They are mean as hell, and they retain water.
Aquagirl
January 24th, 2013
5:11 pm
I saw the “harsh” conditions you REMF ass women had in Desert Storm. Wah Wah…..Hell, Women weren’t even allowed to pull guard duty at Jump School………….. or in the rear.
Fred, if you feel cheated because some REMF’s had showers or whatever, I’m not sure what that has to do with anything, besides your wah, wah, wahing that you didn’t have a shower or a hot meal while somebody else did. I guess you could call me a REMF because I wasn’t combat arms (duh) but our unit did not lug around showers and field kitchens and that sort of crap. Often we split off into parts and were parceled out to other units so whatever they got, I got. Quite often that was MRE’s and a cot that strongly resembled a poncho liner anyplace I wouldn’t get run over by a vehicle.
If someone wouldn’t allow females to pull guard duty, why is that the women’s fault? It sounds like some a-hole officer’s fault.
This is an example of the circular reasoning that woman can’t hack it. Men in charge decide women can’t do certain things, then the lower-ranking men all complain because the women are “getting over.” I’m sorry if your sexist pig commanders made you pull extra duty but you really should take it up with them. It sure as hell isn’t MY fault.
DebbieDoRight - Minister Of Propaganda
January 24th, 2013
5:17 pm
Also of note — women pirates. Back in the day there were quite a few women pirates who masqueraded as men. they fought and died alongside their crew and most of the men didn’t even know that they were women.
most famous woman pirates were:
Anne Bonny (1719-1720) Female Pirate of the Caribbean
Mary Read – Famous English Female Pirate of the Caribbean
Lady Killigrew (1530-1570)
Jacquotte Delahaye – Female Pirate of the Caribbean
Anne Dieu-le-veut – Female Pirate of the Caribbean
Charlotte de Berry – Woman pirate
http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/famous-women-pirates.htm
Grace O’Malley – Famous Irish woman pirate who commanded three galleys and 200 men
GT
January 24th, 2013
5:17 pm
Gays wanting to marry, woman wanting to join the Army, one person’s garbage is truly another person’s treasure.
JamVet
January 24th, 2013
5:20 pm
I don’t know what this Kathy Red Herring alledged, but if it was reported solely by Faux News, you gotta figure it is nothing more than made up BS for the America haters…
KUDOS TO MIKE LUCOVICH!
My new name for the Georgia GOP – the Potted Plant Party!
http://blogs.ajc.com/mike-luckovich/2013/01/23/0124-luckovich-cartoon-chips-new-job/?cxntfid=blogs_mike_luckovich
Keep Up the Good Fight!
January 24th, 2013
5:20 pm
When it comes to the stupidity of “argument” why women should not be in combat, here is the conservative list:
http://conservapedia.com/Women_in_combat
Common Sense isn't very Common
January 24th, 2013
5:22 pm
Women in combat?
Sure as long as it’s my ex-wife
Joe Hussein Mama
January 24th, 2013
5:22 pm
D. DoRight — “Fred, FYI when they go to the “bushes” to use the bathroom, they can change those suckers then. AND they can warm some water in the Kevlar helmets and give themselves a “field bath” if needed.”
Hot water? Hell to the naw. Wet wipes, AKA ‘hoar bath.’
And for shaving? Some guys liked the little battery-operated Norelco jobbies, but I thought they got gunked up too quickly with sweat, dirt and camo. So I used disposable razors and a little bit of Vaseline Intensive Care lotion. One of the little 79-cent flip-top tubes would be enough for a whole field exercise, plus enough to share with a buddy or two, depending on how long you were out.
Joe Hussein Mama
January 24th, 2013
5:23 pm
C. Sense — “Sure as long as it’s my ex-wife”
HOOAH
JamVet
January 24th, 2013
5:23 pm
It was just last year that Rick Santorum said, “I do have concerns about women in front line combat… people naturally may do things that may not be in the interests of the mission because of other types of emotions that are involved.”
Like THAT never-served coward would know the very first thing about ANYTHING related to the US military?
No wonder the American electorate kicked him to the curb in such ugly fashion.
Unfit to lead.
Fred ™
January 24th, 2013
5:23 pm
Aquagirl: You are an idiot sometimes. A COT? Heaven. I was Spec ops. We did things you can’t even imagine so like I said, don’t try to tell me about your harrowing military service. Sometimes you can be a jackass. This is one of these times. You have put words in my mouth and attributed thoughts and Ideas to me that are false. Try reading the black stuff on the posts I made. THOSE are my words. read them all before jumping off half assed with ignorant assumptions.
Thank you, have a nice day. Your input on this subject to me is not needed. You added nothing useful anyways.
Buh Bye.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFvU3T7eruA
Voter
January 24th, 2013
5:26 pm
@Common Sense isn’t very Common – “Sure as long as it’s my ex-wife”
I like that idea! Most, not all, but most ex-wife’s should be in combat.
Krystal'sBalls
January 24th, 2013
5:28 pm
A totally stupid argument to have about women in combat, their hormones , cycles and all that nonsense. As one who has trained women in a bootcamp setting, they are well capable. What’s so difficult about having sanitary products in their gear should they need it just like ammo or water? It’s no more inconvenient than having to take a dump. You DO have to wipe your ass right? If you don’t because the scene is hot then so be it. Who cares? I can tell you first hand that when the situation dictates military women work just as hard physically and give less of a damn about the hygiene stuff as the men do.
josef
January 24th, 2013
5:28 pm
THOMAS
Say what? Now that one takes the cake….
FRED
In the Soviet forces women were “preferred” for the tanks by Zhukov…women also were noted for the excellence as snipers…they were, it seems, considered far more focused and, in both cases, better “shots…”
All told, some 400,000 women saw front line duty in the war..,
detritusUSA
January 24th, 2013
5:28 pm
As long as she can help me dig the d@mn thing! And I’m not turning my head when she takes a who res bath out of her steel pot.
Voter
January 24th, 2013
5:28 pm
@Keep up the Good Fight -”When it comes to the stupidity of “argument” why women should not be in combat, here is the conservative list:
http://conservapedia.com/Women_in_combat”
Good list. Well said.
JamVet
January 24th, 2013
5:29 pm
The Republicans are just highly p*ssed off that Osama Bin Laden is at the bottom of the Indian Ocean.
it would be MUCH better for them if he was still alive.
Voter
January 24th, 2013
5:29 pm
While we’re at it, women should play in the NFL, NBA and MLB.
DebbieDoRight - Minister Of Propaganda
January 24th, 2013
5:30 pm
Hot water? Hell to the naw. Wet wipes, AKA ‘hoar bath.’
Hmmm you Fred, Jam and Jackie are supplying me with a lot of “real world” information. I’m trying to write a short story.
Its gonna be about a futuristic kill-bot female who was born and bred as an Army assassin. I figure I can get a few lines down and then get my friend who’s an amateur cartoonist to draw it for me.
You guys have given me LOTS of background for the plot! Thanks!
DISCLAIMER: You will however, not receive a dime. Sorry.
Voter
January 24th, 2013
5:30 pm
JamVet – “The Republicans are just highly p*ssed off that Osama Bin Laden is at the bottom of the Indian Ocean.
it would be MUCH better for them if he was still alive.”
Why would Republican’s be pissed about that?
TBS
January 24th, 2013
5:31 pm
“Now that one takes the cake…”
Some will surely want cake or some other munchies after the “puff puff pass”
Joe Hussein Mama
January 24th, 2013
5:32 pm
Fred — “Aquagirl: You are an idiot sometimes. A COT? Heaven. I was Spec ops.”
Ohyeah? Well, I was Signal Corps, and we slept on a piece of plywood flooring studded with nails that was bolted to the top of the genny set that ran the commo rig. You couldn’t get any sleep because of the noise, the vibration, the diesel fumes and all the little nails poking into ya, but it was all we had!
And we LIKED IT!
Aquagirl
January 24th, 2013
5:34 pm
It was just last year that Rick Santorum said, “I do have concerns about women in front line combat… people naturally may do things that may not be in the interests of the mission because of other types of emotions that are involved.”
I think Fred is a good demonstration why men shouldn’t be in combat…they’re too emotional. Maybe it’s their hormone cycles or something.
josef
January 24th, 2013
5:35 pm
TBS
Baaaaddd…
JamVet
January 24th, 2013
5:35 pm
Ask them about the topic and see exactly what they have to say about it, Voter.
If not so pathetic and ODS demented their replies would be a real stitch.
DDR, good luck! I love Fembots. (But only in a platonic kind of way, in case those jugs go off by mistake during arousal!)
Keep Up the Good Fight!
January 24th, 2013
5:36 pm
While we’re at it, women should play in the NFL, NBA and MLB.
Sounds good to me. Perhaps then the Falcons could get to the superbowl and win and the Mets might once again have a “miracle season.”…. and just for JamVet — Yankees would suck no matter what!
JamVet
January 24th, 2013
5:37 pm
Keep, LOL! Hate the game, not the players.
You Yankee haters are all alike, my brother!
Tanisha Green
January 24th, 2013
5:37 pm
No. She’d be a good fighter, but you couldn’t believe a damn thing she says. And if she were in command, and the position got overrun and you had to retreat…she’d either blame it on everybody else, or just say “What difference does it make?”
josef
January 24th, 2013
5:38 pm
“While we’re at it, women should play in the NFL, NBA and MLB.”
Why not, if they’ve got what it takes…
DebbieDoRight - Minister Of Propaganda
January 24th, 2013
5:39 pm
DDR, good luck! I love Fembots. (But only in a platonic kind of way, in case those jugs go off by mistake during arousal!)
You are sooooo bad!!
Doggone/GA
January 24th, 2013
5:40 pm
I would like to be in a hot tub with Bill and Hillary!
DebbieDoRight - Minister Of Propaganda
January 24th, 2013
5:41 pm
Its been real Guys and Dolls; but I’m out.
have a good night everybody!
DebbieDoRight - Minister Of Propaganda
January 24th, 2013
5:43 pm
I would like to be in a hot tub with Bill and Hillary!
DG why? Why? WHY? The freaking visual DG the freaking VISUAL of those words have made me loose my desire to eat.
You could’ve waited DG — you could’ve waited until I had totally signed off before you posted that. Now, thanks to you, I will be having nightmares for the rest of the week.
Bill AND Hillary in a damn hot tub?!?!
God will get you for that one DG — God will get you for that……….
(shiver)
Orange13
January 24th, 2013
5:49 pm
This administration keeps getting stupider and stupider. This move really surprises me. Enjoy that combat pay ladies.
josef
January 24th, 2013
5:50 pm
DOGGONE
Eeeeewwww…just eeewwww…
Recon 0311 2533
January 24th, 2013
5:56 pm
JHM,
Has all the answers like the Benghazi attack was not a well coordinated terrorist attack it just somehow got out of control while the peaceful libyan muslims were demonstrating against an anti-muslim video. He knows this to be true because Jay said it was true soon after this incident occurred. JHM hasn’t heard that even Hilliary Clinton admits that the original story was incorrect and it was indeed a well planned and executed military style attack. Catherine Herridge of Fox News reported same the day following the attack, Why do I need to provide you sources when the facts show her reporting was correct. Geez I’d give you guys an A for persistence but it would be over ridden by an F for ignorance.
Dumb and Dumber
January 24th, 2013
5:58 pm
Does this mean women will have to register with the selective service like men? (age 18).
Soothsayer
January 24th, 2013
6:04 pm
Has it really been 46 years next month since this was released?
Joe Hussein Mama
January 24th, 2013
6:06 pm
Recon — “JHM, Has all the answers like the Benghazi attack was not a well coordinated terrorist attack it just somehow got out of control while the peaceful libyan muslims were demonstrating against an anti-muslim video.”
It’s a shame when an American military veteran like Recon has to stoop to lying, but there it is. Recon knows I’ve said no such thing.
“He knows this to be true because Jay said it was true soon after this incident occurred.”
Once again, it’s a shame when an American military veteran like Recon has to stoop to lying, but there it is. Recon knows I’ve said no such thing.
“JHM hasn’t heard that even Hilliary Clinton admits that the original story was incorrect and it was indeed a well planned and executed military style attack.”
What do you think you know about what I’ve heard, Champ? You got you mindreading software up and running? (laughing)
“Catherine Herridge of Fox News reported same the day following the attack”
Which doesn’t make her reportage any more accurate. Anyone can *guess.* Once again, who’s her “unimpeachable source?” Or do you just automatically believe whatever she says because she’s on FNC?
“Why do I need to provide you sources when the facts show her reporting was correct.”
Because even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while.
“Geez I’d give you guys an A for persistence but it would be over ridden by an F for ignorance.”
That’s okay. I’m going to give you an A in Dishonesty, an A in Swallowing Propaganda and an A in Useful Tool-ism. Won’t your family be proud of you?
You know, Recon, that source of hers just might make us shut up. Then again, he might be as unreliable as “Curveball” was for the Bush Administration. You sure you want to buy what a mystery man says?
Redcoat
January 24th, 2013
6:07 pm
Funny you would even envision she would be near a foxhole….
F. Sinkwich
January 24th, 2013
6:11 pm
Women in combat?
That’s a tough one. I’d like to hear the opinion of combat veteran officers about that, not social engineers. But they would have be retired since O’bozo would have them in charge of the PX in Hoboken if they dared refute The One.
Half Century Dawg
January 24th, 2013
6:12 pm
“Obviously the posters here who want Hillary in their foxhole are poor people who don’t own a high definition TV.”
JohnnyReb, now that’s funny no matter what your politics are
Big Mama
January 24th, 2013
6:15 pm
Sure, they use bayonets….right after they dismount from their horses.
Keep…. Please don’t use speedo and butt in the same sentence. Now I have an image in my head that will keep me up all night and not in a good way!