Boxer and Matthews can both stick it.

Sir and mam are called manners...I was raised that way too...and use those titles.

This was the most despicable display of arrogance and ungratefulness by Boxer I've seen in a long time.... she should be on her knees thanking men like General Walsh, let alone asking for forgiveness.

She is a b!tch...of the utmost....always has been, always will be.

I would give anything just about if somebody would run against this evil, arrogant creature and win...talk about ridding us of one of the biggest enemies in the Senate there are...hope springs eternal...I suppose.

Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart

Contrast this incident with the last election. The national press, in describing Sarah Palin, frequently referenced her as the former mayor of Wasilla, skipping over her office as Governor of the State of Alaska. It killed them to call her Gov. Palin.

Boxer may be a Senator, but she's sorely lacking in social skills.

Accuracy would demand that he address the old witch as "Comrade". 

"Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.

Boxer, Pelosi and Feinstein are criminals
Call them Ms. felons

I would've given her a left-handed salute.

I despise Barbara Boxer she is a blight on the national landscape.  However, I retired from the Army and this is one thing that everyone should know.  During WWII there were 12,000,000 mean and women under arms for this country.  We had 263 flag officers.  Today with less then 2,000,000 men and women under arms we have 20,000 flag ranks.  Generals and Admirals are a dime a dozen.  So if one these glorified Majors gets slapped down I can only say, "oh well".

Jack

"If at age 20 you are a conservative then you have no heart.  If at age 30 you are a liberal then you have no brains."   Sir Winston Churchill

Having retired from a base in her district last year, I can attest to her being not only a pain in the ass, but lording her position of power over the military because the brass would kiss her arse to secure funding (oddly enough) and/or to negotiate land acquisition or the more absurd state hurdles that California placed on bases.

Her attitude may not be welcome or warranted, but it comes as no surprise.  I guarantee she has not worked one tenth as hard for her "title", nor does she possess a quarter of the intellect of ANY general grade officer in the U.S. military.  Those guys are top notch.

I might note that U.S. Army Brigadier General Michael Walsh had respectfully addressed Senator Boxer two times as "Madam Chair," prior to the "ma'am's" calling him out. In fact he didn't call her "ma'am," until just after the "ma'am" had addressed Senator David Vitter as just "David." Senator Vitter did not protest.

Just what we need. A holier than now, egotistical, self serving beauracrat that seems to think they are better than the rest of us. Oh, wait, I thought I was commenting on the dear leader. Sorry.

Yeah, I know, leading subject line...

anyway...

Here's an AP post on Yahoo about the latest North Korean threat and "Gates'" response. I thought it interesting that nowhere in the article do you find the words President, or Obama. Apparently when it comes to affairs of the military, Democrats just can't be bothered. Funny how it's filed under the "Featured Topic(s):" Barack Obama.

Is she competing with Pelosi for most superficial hag?  Gimme a freaking break, Barbara!  You EARNED nothing.  General earned where he is, protecting our nation.  Unfortunately, domestic enemies like you can't be dealt with anymore.  You can take you condescension and cram it with walnut you sociopath.  It's people like Boxer who need to be canned yesterday.  That General should have stuck to his guns and reminded her she is not the one who holds rank in that room.  You are speaking to a General.  Just be happy that you don't have actually look at him for that long because you know you despise our military heroes.

Islamic Religious Services Will Be Held at the Firing Range At 0800 Daily.

that I have never voted for the gal.  Barbara Boxer is an extreme leftist and as such, she will take every opportunity to upbraid the military, which she loathes, even over a matter so trivial as this.  We live in the bluest of blue States so unfortunately, we will be stuck with her for awhile.  Jim Webster

Liberals continually put extremely petty people in leadership positions, resulting in perpetually pathetic behavior similar to that showcased by Chris Matthews.

gloss over this mess, but the fact remains that this little episode clearly illustrates what an arrogant, elitist b#&*h Boxer is...Since when is it inappropriate to refer to a female senator as "ma'am"? If she had brain one in her obviously empty head, Boxer would know that "ma'am's" and "sir's" are the standard addresses used by those in the military, and the fact that the General referred to her as "ma'am" instead of "senator" was not meant in any way to be disrespectful, or to infer a lack of recognition of the fact that she is a senator. Boxer needs to get over herself... 

What a dumb b#&*h!!

"The problem is not that people are taxed too little...the problem is that government spends too much." ~President Ronald Reagan

"Can't Calif voters do any better than this?"   We would love to.  Of all the emails I have sent her I have only gotten one reply.  And that reply pretty much boiled down to, 'FU.  We are not interested in input.  We know what is best.'   I would love to receive from her the amount of respect she demands from others.  If Boxer is reelected in 2010 I will be greatly disappointed by my state.  The way she has reacted to communications from me leads me to suspect that she is not down with the whole concept of legitamacy bring derived from the consent of the governed concept.

......"shut up! ya meathead!"......

 Yes Chris, you moron, it is standard protocol for those in any type of position, to address men as "sir" and women as "ma'am"! 

She is too wrapped up, like every other lib/dem, in the self, instead of the selfless.  ..."It's about me"..."look at me"...

He should have responded to her wenching rant......."yes ma'am...sorry ma'am.............the place would have been rolling!!!

The general was showing respect for her, which is much more than she did for him.  Boxhead is simply another liberal who looks down on and loathes the military.

From now own, I don't want my students to say "yes sir" to me.  I insist that they call me "Band Director".  That's my title, and I've earned it.  "Yes, Band Director", "no, Band Director".  And I, in return, shall call them "Student".

Such silliness.  What passes for intellect in this day and age on Capitol Hill is truly amazing. 

You publicly reward good behavior so as to encourage it. You privately rebuke bad behavior so as not to humiliate the offender.

You would only publicly rebuke someone for egregious behavior such as finding ricky recruit playing with a grenade like it was a softball.

Calling a public official sir or madam certainly ranks right up there with tossing around a hand grenade, huh?

By the by, you refer to someone by their title the first time you meet them in the day. Good morning Senator. Thereafter, sir and/or madam is perfectly acceptable. 

Sincerely,

a Veteran of a 1000 psychic wars.

T.R. Huggins

Sounds like Boxer PMS. Otherwise ma'am Boxer is just plain rude.

Contemptuous bitch.

Notice she did not address him as either Sir OR General in this exchange.

Surprised she didn't say, "Hey you..." 

there is one title that Her Majesty has that she didn't have to work hard for.

Just call her the three Bs.

When I run across a Marine around that calls me sir, I quickly correct them. I tell them I was not an officer but enlisted man jsut like they are. I had to work for a living in the Army! This is just kdding around with them. They have a good laugh and so do I.  

I know that they are trained to say to sir or maam. When I was growing up I was too. You have to remember that Boxer has SF values. She was never brought up to open doors for a lady, pull out their chair, or take their coats. She was a feminazis which any different treatment of a woman from a man was wrong unless you are a conservative woman.

I don't know of any soldier, sailor, Marine or airman that hasn't worked harder for that single strip than she did getting elected.

By the way, if I am right Gen. Walsh is a 2-star general. Assuming he went to West Point, he worked harder the first day there than she has her whole like. He didn't earn those stars by just sitting around correcting men and woman.

Semper suprene nitens

This reminds me of the courtroom scene from 'A Few Good Men' where Nicholson complains about Cruise not calling him Sir or Colonel because he's earned it, and then the judge telling Nicholson that he was to be referred to as Judge or Your Honor, because he believed he'd earned it, too.  I wish the General would have told Boxer that he'd earned his title, too, and deserved just as much respect.  The difference between the two was that the General actually earned his title on his own without riding coattails.

...; shes's a bitch; she is an elitist, she is clueless, but the most glaring thing it shows is that she cares more about her 'title' than the subject being discussed. 

President Obama is nothing more than a lying empty suit; a Hollywood style special effects smoke and mirrors show that has shown itself to be a total fraud.  

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