Comments on: Little Bo Peep And Lieberman’s Sheep http://firedoglake.com/2006/10/17/little-bo-peep-and-liebermans-sheep/ Firedoglake weblog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:00:36 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: ojshfd http://firedoglake.com/2006/10/17/little-bo-peep-and-liebermans-sheep/#comment-340981 ojshfd Thu, 19 Oct 2006 03:46:06 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/10/17/little-bo-peep-and-liebermans-sheep/#comment-340981 <p>“The Dems aren’t pussies by any means.”</p> <p>I’m sure that Jane agrees.</p> “The Dems aren’t pussies by any means.”

I’m sure that Jane agrees.

]]> By: ojshfd http://firedoglake.com/2006/10/17/little-bo-peep-and-liebermans-sheep/#comment-340978 ojshfd Thu, 19 Oct 2006 03:45:04 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/10/17/little-bo-peep-and-liebermans-sheep/#comment-340978 <p>Gosh.</p> <p>Without Joe Lieberman, would Jane even have a job?</p> Gosh.

Without Joe Lieberman, would Jane even have a job?

]]> By: TJ http://firedoglake.com/2006/10/17/little-bo-peep-and-liebermans-sheep/#comment-340638 TJ Thu, 19 Oct 2006 00:14:56 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/10/17/little-bo-peep-and-liebermans-sheep/#comment-340638 <p>Hey, you slap a real pussy(cat) around, and you find cat-crap in your shoe. The Dems aren’t pussies by any means. Theyre LESS!</p> Hey, you slap a real pussy(cat) around, and you find cat-crap in your shoe. The Dems aren’t pussies by any means. Theyre LESS!

]]> By: Fro http://firedoglake.com/2006/10/17/little-bo-peep-and-liebermans-sheep/#comment-339954 Fro Wed, 18 Oct 2006 14:56:35 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/10/17/little-bo-peep-and-liebermans-sheep/#comment-339954 <p>Doormat works for me.</p> Doormat works for me.

]]> By: floyd casey http://firedoglake.com/2006/10/17/little-bo-peep-and-liebermans-sheep/#comment-339928 floyd casey Wed, 18 Oct 2006 14:12:24 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/10/17/little-bo-peep-and-liebermans-sheep/#comment-339928 <p>well,<br /> I dont approve of the use of the word pussy.<br /> it denigtrates something I hold in higher reguard than LIEberman.<br /> and I am a gay man.</p> well,
I dont approve of the use of the word pussy.
it denigtrates something I hold in higher reguard than LIEberman.
and I am a gay man.

]]> By: Blackjack http://firedoglake.com/2006/10/17/little-bo-peep-and-liebermans-sheep/#comment-339835 Blackjack Wed, 18 Oct 2006 08:09:43 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/10/17/little-bo-peep-and-liebermans-sheep/#comment-339835 <p>As for describing Joe Lieberman, can we use lap-dog,suck-up, vichy,quissling,never was a DEMOCRAT. As for the torture bill I can not believe that this is my country to have any PERSON to vote for this BILL is like BEING in the old USSR. FROM what my old high school history TEACHER us to say about the USSR.</p> As for describing Joe Lieberman, can we use lap-dog,suck-up, vichy,quissling,never was a DEMOCRAT. As for the torture bill I can not believe that this is my country to have any PERSON to vote for this BILL is like BEING in the old USSR. FROM what my old high school history TEACHER us to say about the USSR.

]]> By: Nathanael Nerode http://firedoglake.com/2006/10/17/little-bo-peep-and-liebermans-sheep/#comment-339704 Nathanael Nerode Wed, 18 Oct 2006 05:39:32 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/10/17/little-bo-peep-and-liebermans-sheep/#comment-339704 <p>“Wimp” is still very effective, as is “wuss”.</p> <p>“Gutless wonder”? I always liked that one.<br /> “Spineless wonder” works too.</p> <p>“Had a spine-ectomy” is a bit too cutesy.<br /> Don’t forget “Invertebrate”.</p> <p>“Glutton for punishment” is strong and accurate, but perhaps conveys slightly different connotations.</p> <p>Actually, “masochist” is similarly correct.</p> <p>“70-pound weakling” for those who remember that ad about getting sand kicked in your face.</p> <p>Actually, since he’s being taken for a ride, he’s also a “rube”.</p> <p>“feeble” and “pathetic” and “weak” are all nicely traditional.</p> <p>“Pussy” is actually a pretty bad choice no matter how you slice it. Apart from the sexist connotations, cats are pretty fierce little creatures who don’t stand for any nonsense.</p> <p>Edit: I forgot an even more insulting one. “Gimp”.</p> “Wimp” is still very effective, as is “wuss”.

“Gutless wonder”? I always liked that one.
“Spineless wonder” works too.

“Had a spine-ectomy” is a bit too cutesy.
Don’t forget “Invertebrate”.

“Glutton for punishment” is strong and accurate, but perhaps conveys slightly different connotations.

Actually, “masochist” is similarly correct.

“70-pound weakling” for those who remember that ad about getting sand kicked in your face.

Actually, since he’s being taken for a ride, he’s also a “rube”.

“feeble” and “pathetic” and “weak” are all nicely traditional.

“Pussy” is actually a pretty bad choice no matter how you slice it. Apart from the sexist connotations, cats are pretty fierce little creatures who don’t stand for any nonsense.

Edit: I forgot an even more insulting one. “Gimp”.

]]> By: fahrender http://firedoglake.com/2006/10/17/little-bo-peep-and-liebermans-sheep/#comment-339674 fahrender Wed, 18 Oct 2006 05:02:28 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/10/17/little-bo-peep-and-liebermans-sheep/#comment-339674 <p>whatever happened to Evil Parallel Universe? i miss Her.</p> <p>as for the mot du jour, leave it to our Jane. she knows how put a twist in the collective knickers, don’t she? hahahaha 707! yes!</p> <p>a word is a word, yes? power! the context empowers it. meaning! the more facets, the more meaning, and power. </p> <p>Pussy. wow! a head-turner. how to get a man’s attention! no other word has more power than that one. and like some other very powerful words, pussy has more than one powerful meaning. and like at least one other powerful word, a near alphabet neighbor, some people have more ownership of it than others. </p> <p>it’s not all logic and properness that makes for expressive and useful language. calling a man a dick works fine. calling a woman a dick? it just doesn’t have the same effect. calling a man a pussy? big put down. calling a woman a pussy, ermmm, ineffective.<br /> PC police are so often the Keystone Cops. language becomes sterile when we try to make it too logical. or discourage or forbid certain usages.<br /> if Harry Reid doesn’t want to be called a pussy, he knows what he can do. and we’ve already waited far too long.</p> whatever happened to Evil Parallel Universe? i miss Her.

as for the mot du jour, leave it to our Jane. she knows how put a twist in the collective knickers, don’t she? hahahaha 707! yes!

a word is a word, yes? power! the context empowers it. meaning! the more facets, the more meaning, and power.

Pussy. wow! a head-turner. how to get a man’s attention! no other word has more power than that one. and like some other very powerful words, pussy has more than one powerful meaning. and like at least one other powerful word, a near alphabet neighbor, some people have more ownership of it than others.

it’s not all logic and properness that makes for expressive and useful language. calling a man a dick works fine. calling a woman a dick? it just doesn’t have the same effect. calling a man a pussy? big put down. calling a woman a pussy, ermmm, ineffective.
PC police are so often the Keystone Cops. language becomes sterile when we try to make it too logical. or discourage or forbid certain usages.
if Harry Reid doesn’t want to be called a pussy, he knows what he can do. and we’ve already waited far too long.

]]> By: JohnSwifty http://firedoglake.com/2006/10/17/little-bo-peep-and-liebermans-sheep/#comment-339647 JohnSwifty Wed, 18 Oct 2006 04:47:48 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/10/17/little-bo-peep-and-liebermans-sheep/#comment-339647 <p>“Pusillanimous Punk” or just “punk”….but, you know, you really can’t beat “pussy” for shear effectiveness.</p> “Pusillanimous Punk” or just “punk”….but, you know, you really can’t beat “pussy” for shear effectiveness.

]]> By: angelina http://firedoglake.com/2006/10/17/little-bo-peep-and-liebermans-sheep/#comment-339553 angelina Wed, 18 Oct 2006 03:02:29 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/10/17/little-bo-peep-and-liebermans-sheep/#comment-339553 <p>I have a friend who refer to men who screw up or who are wimps as dickless. Almost the English equivalent of castrata. I think the term fits.</p> <p>I hate the the term pussy or the c word.</p> I have a friend who refer to men who screw up or who are wimps as dickless. Almost the English equivalent of castrata. I think the term fits.

I hate the the term pussy or the c word.

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