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(Newsday) Amusing Obama considering first openly gay head of the Navy, prepares for onslaught of "seamen" jokes   (newsday.com) divider line 153
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gustakooka [TotalFark] 2008-12-19 10:16:22 AM  
I guess no one wants to touch this....

 
The Dreaded Rear Admiral [recently expired TotalFark] 2008-12-19 10:17:08 AM  
weblogs.newsday.com

Long and hard and full of seamen?
/popcorn this thread I'd say.

 
i ate my crayon 2008-12-19 10:17:23 AM  
It's funny because seamen and semen are homophones

 
The RIchest Man in Babylon 2008-12-19 10:17:28 AM  
cache.bordom.net

 
PizzaJedi81 2008-12-19 10:17:37 AM  
gustakooka: I guess no one wants to touch this....

Oh, I'm sure hat by the end of the day, there'll be about 400 comments. Mostly about how teh gheys is the DEBIL!

I don't ever expect a rational discussion about homosexuality in a Fark thread. But I'm always hopeful.

 
Lusiphur 2008-12-19 10:17:47 AM  
I thought joining the navy in the first place was the same as coming out of the closet.

 
PizzaJedi81 2008-12-19 10:18:13 AM  
i ate my crayon: It's funny because seamen and semen are homophones

Heh...you said homo.

 
Schadenfreude ist die schoenste Freude [TotalFark] 2008-12-19 10:18:27 AM  
Good thing he chose a California pastor who is a strong supporter of proposition 8 for his inauguration invocation.

 
vernonFL [TotalFark] 2008-12-19 10:18:56 AM  
I doubt he's really the first.

The annual Army Navy football game is in Baltimore some years, and *every* time its in town the gay clubs are crazy. Its so much fun. I wish I could go every year.

 
Abner Doon 2008-12-19 10:21:14 AM  
vernonFL: I doubt he's really the first.

The annual Army Navy football game is in Baltimore some years, and *every* time its in town the gay clubs are crazy. Its so much fun. I wish I could go every year.


First openly gay head of the Navy. Headline has your point covered.

 
turtleking 2008-12-19 10:22:05 AM  
seamen ?


huh

dont get it , whats so funny about "seamen".


/man gravy

// baby batter

/// tummy butter

//// crack spackle

///big daddies patented two ball root juice

// crotch snot

/ got nuthin

 
gustakooka [TotalFark] 2008-12-19 10:22:36 AM  
We can expect The Village People to see a bump in residuals if this happens, right?

 
Kazuya 2008-12-19 10:23:24 AM  
My Cousin is in the Navy a year now and the gay jokes just don't stop, I thought everyone would get bored but they just keep going.
God bless you sailors;)

 
INeedAName 2008-12-19 10:23:45 AM  
This centrist shiat is going to get him killed. First he elects someone to piss off the social conservatives, then he has a social conservative at his innauguration to appease them. Then he appoints this guy.

Fabulous.

 
vernonFL [TotalFark] 2008-12-19 10:24:26 AM  
Abner Doon: First openly gay head of the Navy. Headline has your point covered.

Oops. You are right

 
guilt by association 2008-12-19 10:25:01 AM  
♫ In the navy
Yes, you can sail the seven seas
In the navy
Yes, you can put your mind at ease
In the navy
Come on now, people, make a stand
In the navy, in the navy
Can't you see we need a hand
In the navy
Come on, protect the motherland
In the navy
Come on and join your fellow man ♫

 
Phil Moskowitz 2008-12-19 10:25:38 AM  
img440.imageshack.us

 
tartie_pants 2008-12-19 10:25:54 AM  
gustakooka: We can expect The Village People to see a bump in residuals if this happens, right?

In the naaavvvveeeee you can sail the seven seas in the naaaaavvveeee you can set your mind at ease.....

great there is a lovely ear worm for the rest of the day.

 
Lord_Baull 2008-12-19 10:26:54 AM  
Have the Village People been notified?

 
frizzle65 2008-12-19 10:27:16 AM  
gustakooka: We can expect The Village People to see a bump in residuals if this happens, right?

Is that what we're calling it these days? I'm planning on getting my residuals bumped tonight.

PARTAY!!!!!!

 
unyon [TotalFark] 2008-12-19 10:28:09 AM  
i ate my crayon: It's funny because seamen and semen are homophones

I always knew you were homophonic.

 
Lord_Baull 2008-12-19 10:28:32 AM  
AAARRRGGGHHH!!

Damn all you quick-witted FARKers that beat me to the punch!

 
bmasso 2008-12-19 10:29:11 AM  
OK, obligatory offensive joke about the Navy......

Q : Why does the Navy have Marines on every ship?
......
A : Because sheep would be too obvious.......

 
TheKnownUniverse [TotalFark] 2008-12-19 10:30:30 AM  
Mmmmm rum, sodomy and the lash....

 
Dorf11 2008-12-19 10:31:17 AM  
i ate my crayon: It's funny because seamen and semen are homophones

So you talk through one and end up sounding FABULOUS on the other end?

 
Manfred J. Hattan 2008-12-19 10:31:59 AM  
I dunno, looking at this campaign contributions it looks like he was a PUMA. Gave to Clinton (lots of Democrats over the years, in fact) and then to McCain. I understand bringing in Clinton, but I'd be careful about arming her with too many PUMAs in high places.

 
WorldCitizen [TotalFark] 2008-12-19 10:32:03 AM  
FTFA:

Elaine Donnelly, president of the Center for Military Readiness, a nonprofit policy organization that opposes service by gays, said "he has done a lot of good for military families."

But she said his appointment would complicate the debate in Congress over gay men and women serving in the military, and whether a 1993 law prohibiting that should be repealed. She said having White named to the post "would make it more difficult for Congress to look at this issue rationally."


You mean, my dear, that it would make it more difficult for Congress to continue to look at this issue with bigotry. Rationality has VERY little to do with keeping gays out of the military.

 
thersites122000 2008-12-19 10:32:54 AM  
"Don't talk to me of naval tradition; it's nothing but rum, sodomy and the lash."
Winston Churchill

/reportedly

 
DrillSergeantPoopyPants 2008-12-19 10:33:04 AM  
www.70disco.com
Approves.

 
Spade 2008-12-19 10:33:33 AM  
I'm so glad they're considering a guy who's got great experience running non profits and a museum.

Can somebody tell me his position on LCS? Sea Basing? For or against cutting down the 1000 program and building more 51s? How about the Sea Basing concept?

Christ, the way they talk about him in the article makes it sound like he'd be great for the VA. "He's done so much for veterans!" Yes, and that is what makes you qualified for the VA, not SECNAV.

 
abb3w [TotalFark] 2008-12-19 10:34:35 AM  
people.virginia.edu

 
Xerxes99 2008-12-19 10:37:35 AM  
Get ready for a Jan 20th mass exodus from the military!

 
bearded clamorer 2008-12-19 10:37:37 AM  
The only thing gayer than this guy would be the Under Secretary of the Navy.

 
fosborb 2008-12-19 10:38:48 AM  
Spade: Can somebody tell me his position on LCS? Sea Basing? For or against cutting down the 1000 program and building more 51s? How about the Sea Basing concept?

Do you like Sea Basing?

 
priestrape 2008-12-19 10:39:18 AM  
Xerxes99: Get ready for a Jan 20th mass exodus from the military!

no problem...we'll replace them with douchebag chickenhawks like you

 
eddiesocket 2008-12-19 10:40:42 AM  
bearded clamorer: The only thing gayer than this guy would be the Under Secretary of the Navy.

Heh.

 
monoski 2008-12-19 10:41:43 AM  
Pirate sex?

 
LikeTheSearchEngine [TotalFark] 2008-12-19 10:42:26 AM  
Well, after the Warren thing, Obama really needs to throw the gay crowd a bone. The main thrust of the idea is to penetrate all the friction he is getting. He feels like he needs to show them his administration isn't going to cock-up their movement, and alleviate their gag reflex over his inauguration speaker. Obama's already in deep with them, because his attempt to reach around to all of the fundie groups left a bad taste in their mouths and really felt like it hit them all in the face. Bukkake.

/so to speak

 
GavinTheAlmighty 2008-12-19 10:42:43 AM  
bmasso: OK, obligatory offensive joke about the Navy......

Q : Why does the Navy have Marines on every ship?
......
A : Because sheep would be too obvious.......


The Navy. Where, on a submarine, 100 men go down, but 50 couples come up.

 
Xerxes99 2008-12-19 10:43:34 AM  
priestrape: Xerxes99: Get ready for a Jan 20th mass exodus from the military!

no problem...we'll replace them with douchebag chickenhawks like you


/And once again a lib dislikes what they read they lash out in an emotionally immature manner with personal attacks... keep proving my point!

 
maniacbastard [TotalFark] 2008-12-19 10:45:23 AM  
I am certain that this will be a well thought out and mature discussion regarding gays and the military.

 
Stryyder 2008-12-19 10:45:27 AM  
Spade: I'm so glad they're considering a guy who's got great experience running non profits and a museum.

Can somebody tell me his position on LCS? Sea Basing? For or against cutting down the 1000 program and building more 51s? How about the Sea Basing concept?

Christ, the way they talk about him in the article makes it sound like he'd be great for the VA. "He's done so much for veterans!" Yes, and that is what makes you qualified for the VA, not SECNAV.


I came here to say something like this glad someone else did. SECNAV appointees need more than 'administrative skills'.

 
barneyfifesbullet 2008-12-19 10:46:14 AM  
Spade: I'm so glad they're considering a guy who's got great experience running non profits and a museum.

Not only unqualified for the job, but a gay quota hire. If Obama wants to be absolutely despised by military, this is a perfect way to start.

 
the opposite of charity is justice 2008-12-19 10:46:18 AM  
guigo666.free.fr

 
TwistedFark 2008-12-19 10:46:19 AM  
INeedAName: This centrist shiat is going to get him killed. First he elects someone to piss off the social conservatives, then he has a social conservative at his innauguration to appease them. Then he appoints this guy.

Fabulous.


It's funny that what you call "appeasement" I call bridge building.

I guess loaded words are the preferred caliber for narrow minds.

 
Hung Like A Tic-Tac [recently expired TotalFark] 2008-12-19 10:48:10 AM  
Xerxes99: priestrape: Xerxes99: Get ready for a Jan 20th mass exodus from the military!

no problem...we'll replace them with douchebag chickenhawks like you

/And once again a lib dislikes what they read they lash out in an emotionally immature manner with personal attacks... keep proving my point!


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Schadenfreude ist die schoenste Freude: Good thing he chose a California pastor who is a strong supporter of proposition 8 for his inauguration invocation.

A pastor against gay marriage? The hell you say.

 
Phil Moskowitz 2008-12-19 10:49:15 AM  
priestrape: Xerxes99: Get ready for a Jan 20th mass exodus from the military!

no problem...we'll replace them with douchebag chickenhawks like you


1. Place troll on ignore list
2. Enjoy a fresher, less pointless fark.com

 
stuffaloosa 2008-12-19 10:50:02 AM  
What a homophone may look like:
www.polkadotmittens.com

/linked like the pink... HOT!

 
The Ghost of Freedom 2008-12-19 10:50:51 AM  
thersites122000: "Don't talk to me of naval tradition; it's nothing but rum, sodomy and the lash."
Winston Churchill

/reportedly


Naval Tradition is based on an album by The Pogues? You learn something new every day it seems.

 
DROxINxTHExWIND [recently expired TotalFark] 2008-12-19 10:51:54 AM  
Schadenfreude ist die schoenste Freude: Good thing he chose a California pastor who is a strong supporter of proposition 8 for his inauguration invocation.

I know, it's a lot better to surround yourself with drones who think exactly like you do so that people like you can biatch about how partisan and close-minded they think you are.

 
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