February 04, 2011

OK, that's pretty bad [Fritzworth]
— Open Blogger

Followed a Drudge link to an article about what a wretched ambassador one large Obama donor has turned out to be and loved this passage:


Things got so bad, the report says, that staffers asked for transfers to Afghanistan and Iraq due in part to "a climate of acute stress" at the embassy.

Which embassy, you ask? Why, Luxembourg. Yep, as cushy and civilized a posting as a dedicated Foreign Service employee could ask for, and they're begging to transfer to Iraq and Afghanistan to get away from this woman. As Glenn would say, Heh. ..fritz..

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1 Does she have green eyes?

Posted by: David Lo Pan at February 04, 2011 12:47 PM (NS2Mo)

2

OT: Enquirer and libs are now trying to turn Boehner into a horndog like Gingrich

Posted by: The Q at February 04, 2011 12:47 PM (AXHCj)

3

Oh my, She must be from Seattle.

Posted by: Catlady at February 04, 2011 12:50 PM (CyPWX)

4 O/T:  Watching bill and melinda talking to maria at davos.  All I can say is the parable about the rich man and the eye of the needle and the camel came to mind.  Still don't believe these billionaires have pledged to give up all of their wealth.  This has to be the brainchild of some brilliant tax attorneys who earn their fees..it's not genuine, it's got to be something that helps them.

Posted by: curious at February 04, 2011 12:51 PM (p302b)

5 Sure she's a c*nt, but she's a c*nt who donated to my campaign, so that makes it okay!

Posted by: Barry Soetero at February 04, 2011 12:53 PM (6h6W6)

6 So Obama even fucked up Luxembourg?

Posted by: USS Diversity at February 04, 2011 12:54 PM (DLxD/)

7 Imagine what would happen if these people were actually vetted before confirmation instead of just pushed through?

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at February 04, 2011 12:56 PM (6h6W6)

8 Liechtenstein is the place you want to go. They even have a McDonalds. And a fricken castle you can rent out for parties.

Posted by: Spank at February 04, 2011 12:56 PM (UvAYo)

9   Ummmm, we'd still be waiting for an appointment?

Posted by: irongrampa at February 04, 2011 12:57 PM (ud5dN)

10

Yup, 500 large buys you an ambassadorship in Luxembourg. 

I mentioned her earlier as one of our most recently "funemployed" in the unemployment thread.  I love how she gave the excuse she was leaving the post to "spend more time with my family."  Of course, this scrunt is from the city across the Lake from me, Seattle.

Posted by: runningrn at February 04, 2011 12:57 PM (ihSHD)

11 Luxembourg got slapped!

Posted by: grognard at February 04, 2011 12:57 PM (NS2Mo)

12 It's a Trap!

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at February 04, 2011 12:58 PM (3ZAFB)

13

Oh that Stroum. Of course. It's amazing how in such a socialist progressive place as Seattle we still basically have nepotism and royalty who get what they want due to their connections and check books.

p.s. curious, you are right to be suspicious of Bill & Melinda Gates. As he gets older, Bill seems like he wants to more and more emulate George Soros, maybe not actually be a politician, but be the puppet master that pulls the strings. And oh how everyone dances for him and his philanthropic dollars.

Posted by: ParanoidAndAsleepInSeattle at February 04, 2011 12:58 PM (RZ8pf)

14 Well runningrn, it is auction season here in Seattle, she is needed for all the glittering parties.

Posted by: ParanoidAndAsleepInSeattle at February 04, 2011 12:59 PM (RZ8pf)

15 C'mon, this should really be no surprise.  Look at the choices Obama has made with the other women in his life/administration.

Posted by: Fritz at February 04, 2011 01:00 PM (GwPRU)

16 Look at me, you lowly worms!  I'm a fucking ambassador.  Hey!  Where'd everybody go?

Posted by: Cynthia the Great at February 04, 2011 01:00 PM (DdFn0)

17

OT: Enquirer and libs are now trying to turn Boehner into a horndog like Gingrich

 

Yeah, cause that Todd Palin smear story really worked out well for them.  It really is sad, but the media can say anything it wants.  Sensationalized headlines always grab attention, tiny (if they're even put in at all) little corrections do not. 

So, was Boehner the third piece of bread in the Kennedy/Dodd waitress club sandwiches?  Yeah, unbelievable.

Posted by: runningrn at February 04, 2011 01:00 PM (ihSHD)

18 They should have transferred to us, we're union now!

Posted by: Testicle Searchers of America, TSA at February 04, 2011 01:01 PM (xdHzq)

19 "Chipotle told to expect new immigration inspections after crackdown led to hundreds of workers fired - Reuters"

At Christmas I bought some chipotle gift cards.  Little token things.  The manager told me if I spent just 5 bucks more I would get a free meal that I had to purchase before the end of the year.  So I gave each person the register receipt for the free meal.  Every single one of them told me that the manager of their chipotle refused to honor the free meal.  I was so embarrassed that I ended up buying them all starbucks giftcards too.   And I went back to my chipotle and asked, if these people followed the rules, why didn't you honor the receipt, still attached to the gift card, for their free meal.  They basically embarrassed me in front of everyone in the store, told me they would not honor it as it had to be honored when they decided and then told me it had to be honored on certain days and hours.   I will never buy chipotle again.   So couldn't happen to a nicer company.

Posted by: curious at February 04, 2011 01:01 PM (p302b)

20 I bet she dresses up in leather and spanks people with balls tied in they moufs.

Posted by: USS Diversity at February 04, 2011 01:01 PM (DLxD/)

21

Well runningrn, it is auction season here in Seattle, she is needed for all the glittering parties

 

I hear she has several thousand dollars worth of liquor she can auction off.

Posted by: runningrn at February 04, 2011 01:02 PM (ihSHD)

22 Not only the requests for transfers to Iraq and Afghanistan, but the fact that the State Department has allowed this report to get out without any kind of defense for the former Ambassador speaks volumes as to horrible this person was.
Where does this trash come from? Why would this woman think this behavior was acceptable? Talk about a stereotype.

Posted by: Museisluse at February 04, 2011 01:03 PM (u/Nbu)

23 Posted by: runningrn at February 04, 2011 05:00 PM (ihSHD)

I so wish boehner would come out in front of the cameras with a veritable harem and his wife and say, It's cook, what's your problem.  And then have todd and sarah come out and say the same.

I'm so sick of the double standard that the dems/libs employ.

Posted by: curious at February 04, 2011 01:04 PM (p302b)

24 Read her bio - she's a member of "Emily's List". So, this behavior could have been expected - typical.

Posted by: Rocky at February 04, 2011 01:05 PM (lKFKq)

25 At least she didn't order a General to fetch her a glass of wine *cough* Valerie Jarrett *cough*


Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 04, 2011 01:05 PM (UOM48)

26 I just want to go home

Posted by: Luxembourg Embassy Staffer at February 04, 2011 01:07 PM (BAtLQ)

27 It's a MAN, Baby!

Posted by: Man of Mystery at February 04, 2011 01:08 PM (3ZAFB)

28 I keep picturing her as Dean Wormer's wife.  Only nasty like the wicked witch of the west. 

Posted by: grognard at February 04, 2011 01:08 PM (NS2Mo)

29

Where does this trash come from?

Sadly, Seattle. To be fair, her parents Sam & Althea Stroum were amazing philanthropists in Seattle, they funded a lot of Jewish charities not to mention cancer research, libraries, art. The city of Seattle owes a lot to them for their good works, which never seemed to be out of ego but rather based on a genuine desire to contribute to their community.

Posted by: ParanoidAndAsleepInSeattle at February 04, 2011 01:08 PM (RZ8pf)

30 O/T: actual press release: "Obama Administration Celebrates Black History by Winning the Future"

(via Andy Levy on Twitter)

Posted by: Ian S. at February 04, 2011 01:09 PM (p05LM)

31 Id hit it.

Posted by: Mr Pink at February 04, 2011 01:09 PM (9oRC6)

32 #21

And talk about an overpriced stock too. Short the piss out of that one if you want to make some $$$.

Posted by: Navin R Johnson at February 04, 2011 01:11 PM (HpT9p)

33 In her defense, I hear the hiking in the mountains of Iraq is spectacular.  And the ski resorts in Afghanistan are amazing.

Luxembourg is so.....civilized.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 04, 2011 01:11 PM (UOM48)

34 Leftist projection leads her to believe that she's now arrived as a ruling elite and the proles must kowtow.

Shocka.

Counterpoint this to this story about Ronaldus Magnus.

Posted by: nickless the still-banned (99.174.64.43) at February 04, 2011 01:11 PM (qdtoY)

35

 she's a member of "Emily's List".

O/T but sorta related to crazy feminist women, I've been looking for new books to read and one of the book catalogs I get recommended a series of mysteries where the main character owns an herb shop in Texas. They were selling 3 for a reasonable price. So, I get the books and start the first one and the main character is a seriously belligerant feminist who doesn't want to be a mom, only needs a man for sex once a week, and supports NOW. I'm thinking "what'd I get myself into" flip the book over and read about the author--dammit she's a former Berkeley professor who now lives in Austin. Caveat Emptor I guess.

Posted by: ParanoidAndAsleepInSeattle at February 04, 2011 01:12 PM (RZ8pf)

36 Pelosi, Hillary, Theresa Heinz, this scrunt.... liberal women are the most obnoxious, vicious, self-entitled, power hungry and incompetent clowns on the face of the earth.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 04, 2011 01:13 PM (TMB3S)

37 Crucify her ... crucify her ... give us Barabus!

Posted by: Paladin at February 04, 2011 01:13 PM (mCOPv)

38 Someone just needs a good hard lay is all. Id do it to avoid going back to Iraq. These guys got fucked up priorities.

Posted by: Mr Pink at February 04, 2011 01:13 PM (9oRC6)

39 Put him on the tree of woe.

Posted by: Thulsa Cynthia at February 04, 2011 01:15 PM (9oRC6)

40 Oh yes, you know it. And it was fantastic.

Posted by: Will Folks, Cocksman at February 04, 2011 01:15 PM (3YYhR)

41 Why would this woman think this behavior was acceptable?

Because it got her about ninety fucktillion dollars, access to the the whole Machine™ from her hometown to D.C. to Brussels, and she'll be in cush no-work gigs for life, because no matter how shitty an ambassador she was, it says "Ambassador" right there.

I said good day.

Posted by: oblig. at February 04, 2011 01:16 PM (xvZW9)

42

This liberals who care sooooooo much about the welfare of others are always the biggest assholes in the world to everyone around them

Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 04, 2011 01:16 PM (1Jaio)

43

Posted by: ParanoidAndAsleepInSeattle at February 04, 2011 05:12 PM (RZ8pf)

Did you ever see how it's selling on Amazon? Just for kicks...

Posted by: Canadian Infidel at February 04, 2011 01:16 PM (GKQDR)

44

Sadly, Seattle. To be fair, her parents Sam & Althea Stroum were amazing philanthropists in Seattle, they funded a lot of Jewish charities not to mention cancer research, libraries, art. The city of Seattle owes a lot to them for their good works, which never seemed to be out of ego but rather based on a genuine desire to contribute to their community.

Then spoiled the hell out of the daughter and sent her to journalism school in Califonia.

A shame really.

Posted by: dagny at February 04, 2011 01:17 PM (7oMSd)

45 Hey, we're not at war with Luxembourg, so she must have done something right.

Posted by: Cicero at February 04, 2011 01:18 PM (ZV0Vn)

46 This is pretty common. Ambassador positions to non-critical first world countries and vacation spots have always been political plums awarded to friends and sponsors.

Usually, the staff acts as a babysitter, and if the Ambassador causes trouble, word gets back to the President, and the idiot is removed.

Took an awful long time for Hillary to get permission from Obama to remove this idiot ... that is the really embarrassing part.

Posted by: Kristopher at February 04, 2011 01:18 PM (atS82)

47 Nominee: Cynthia Stroum.
Post: Ambassador to Luxembourg.

Contributions, amount, date, and donee:

 1. Cynthia Stroum: -$1,000, 09/24/09, Democratic National Committee (refunded 02/19/08 contribution); 250, 05/29/09, Citizens For Arlen Spector; 1,800, 03/06/09, People For Patty Murray U.S. Senate; 10,000, 12/25/08, Presidential Inaugural Committee; 100 10/29/08 Darcy Burner for Congress; 1,000, 08/04/08, Friends of Rahm Emanuel; 500, 07/10/08, Darcy Burner for Congress; 1,500, 06/21/08, AIPAC (paid by Stroum Enterprises); 28,500, 05/28/08, Democratic White House Victory Fund (see below); Democratic National Committee (rcvd funds); 1,000, 05/12/08, Adam Smith for Congress; 1,000, 03/11/08, Friends of Maria (Cantwell 2006); 1,000, 02/23/08, Inslee for Congress; 1,000, 02/19/08, Democratic National Committee; 250, 02/18/08, Tester for U.S. Senate; 70, 11/18/07, AIPAC; 1,000, 11/13/07, People For Patty Murray U.S. Senate; 1,000, 11/15/07, Democratic National Committee; 5,000, 06/14/07, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee; 1,500, 05/24/07, AIPAC (paid by Stroum Enterprises); 1,000, 04/04/07, Friends For Barbara Boxer; 2,500, 03/29/07, Obama For America; 500, 03/25/07, People For Patty Murray U.S. Senate; 2,300, 03/01/07, John Edwards for President; 2,100, 01/16/07, Obama For America (Exploratory Committee); 500, 10/25/06, Washington State Democratic Central Committee (Victory 2006); 65, 10/23/06, AIPAC; 250, 10/12/06, Adam Smith for Congress; 100, 09/29/06, Darcy Burner for Congress; 1,500, 09/11/06, AIPAC (paid by Stroum Enterprises); 5,000, 07/31/06, Washington Senate Victory (see below); Washington State Democratic Central Committee (rcvd funds); 1,000, 03/31/06, Stabenow for Senate; 1,000, 03/21/06, People For Patty Murray U.S. Senate; 1,000, 03/20/06, Hopefund; 1,000, 01/24/06, Friends of Hillary (Senate 2006); 2,000, 12/11/05, Friends of Joe Lieberman; 250, 11/07/05, Citizens For Harkin; 250, 10/26/05, Friends for McDermott; 1,500, 09/14/05, AIPAC (paid by Stroum Enterprises); 65, 09/13/05, AIPAC; 55, 09/01/05, AIPAC; 500, 05/07/05, People For Patty Murray U.S. Senate; 5,000, 03/23/05, Washington Senate 2006 (see split below); Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee $3,800; Friends of Maria (Cantwell Senate 2006) $1,200.


*ka-ching!*

  

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 04, 2011 01:19 PM (L8y7Q)

48

@ 3

Oh my, She must be from Seattle.

Where the Left is so Left they think it's Right. 

 

Posted by: SomewhereSouthWest at February 04, 2011 01:19 PM (CyPWX)

49 So Obama even fucked up Luxembourg?

Restoring our standing in the world!!

Posted by: Filly at February 04, 2011 01:20 PM (JgtuS)

50

An example of the Ambassador's management skills from the OIG report:

"The Ambassador believes her major contribution is in the area of public diplomacy.  This generally takes the form of responding to representation opportunities in this highly pro-American society or attending diplomatic community events. (The public diplomacy section of this report should be read in this context.)

She has had a high school outreach project on the missionÂ’s agenda for some months, but its execution has been delayed by a lack of guidance and coordination, for which she accepts no responsibility, as well as the absence of clearly defined project goals."

[my emphasis added]

Apparently, she thinks all she has to do as Ambassador is show up and mingle at cocktail parties and attend some ribbon cutting ceremonies like a Chamber of Commerce rep.

Thank you 52% for installing Unserious People in leadership positions spouting empty platitudes like, "Yes, we do Big Things like Build Stuff and Invent Stuff!"  <Spit> <Spit> <Spit>

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 04, 2011 01:20 PM (XBM1t)

51 Yeah, things started to go downhill immediately when she wanted us to address her as "Douchess" as we got off the plane in Brussels...

Posted by: Former Cynthia Stroum Staffer at February 04, 2011 01:21 PM (ihSHD)

52 You people just don't realize my magnificence.  Hey you!  Call George Soros.  He'll get this shit straightened out.

Posted by: Cynthia the Great at February 04, 2011 01:21 PM (DdFn0)

53 I'd be happy to trade jobs with any staff member from the Luxomburg Embassy...

Posted by: Alex at February 04, 2011 01:21 PM (yO2tH)

54 ...Luxembourg...

Posted by: Alex at February 04, 2011 01:22 PM (yO2tH)

55 This liberals who care sooooooo much about the welfare of others are always the biggest assholes in the world to everyone around them

They honestly believe everyone is like that (greedy, dishonest, racist, too). They claim a moral high ground position against it, but, ultimately, they behave badly because they actually believe everyone does it (and they've done penance with their 'enlightened' stance).

Posted by: nickless the still-banned (99.174.64.43) at February 04, 2011 01:23 PM (qdtoY)

56

 

She got da 80's hair.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at February 04, 2011 01:23 PM (QMtmy)

57 I never have understood the appeal of going to a trophy store and buying yourself a first place trophy.

Posted by: Nim the Chimpanzee'12 at February 04, 2011 01:23 PM (GTbGH)

58 9 Liechtenstein is the place you want to go. They even have a McDonalds. And a fricken castle you can rent out for parties.     Okay, but do they have High Speed Rail?

Posted by: B Obama at February 04, 2011 01:24 PM (mQMnK)

59 Lefturds loooove "little people." But only in the abstract. If you're a flesh-and-blood person standing between a lefty elite and something he/she wants, you're dead.

Posted by: Cicero at February 04, 2011 01:24 PM (ZV0Vn)

60 What's your job as Ambassador to Luxembourg? Simply to be the ambassador to Luxembourg. A figurehead. Not even the current ambassador to the US, Barack Obama, could fuck that up.

Posted by: t-bird at February 04, 2011 01:25 PM (FcR7P)

61

Maybe she speaks Luxembourgish?

Ech verstinn net.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at February 04, 2011 01:27 PM (QMtmy)

62 She was just cranky because Bergdorf's was closed.

Posted by: dagny at February 04, 2011 01:28 PM (7oMSd)

63 OT From Drudge. The US secretly agreed to give the Russians sensitive information on BritainÂ’s nuclear deterrent to persuade them to sign a key treaty, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.

Balls. This feckless fuckweasel has got to go in 2012. Brilliant idea Barry. Let's take our most staunch ally and sell them out to the Effing Russians who couldn't be trusted to drink water in the desert. Unfarking beleiveable.

Posted by: Bruce The Robert at February 04, 2011 01:28 PM (FDomG)

64

 I'd be happy to trade jobs with any staff member from the Luxomburg Embassy...

 

I prefer Buxomturd, myself.

Posted by: Barnee Franque at February 04, 2011 01:29 PM (ihSHD)

65 A figurehead. Not even the current ambassador to the US, Barack Obama, could fuck that up.

You should be careful underestimating my ability to f**k things up. I have a pretty good track record and it's just way down on my list.

Posted by: Barry the lightworker at February 04, 2011 01:29 PM (tf9Ne)

66 If she'd only taken my advice and planted a garden......

Posted by: Michelle O at February 04, 2011 01:29 PM (UOM48)

67 Maybe that's why he said France was our greatest ally. He knew he had fucked Britain but hadn't fucked France yet. He really has a thing for England doesn't he?

Posted by: dagny at February 04, 2011 01:30 PM (7oMSd)

68 @65

Payback's a bitch, baby.  Kiss my ass, limeys.

Posted by: Barack the O, dictator for life at February 04, 2011 01:31 PM (UOM48)

69 JOURNOLIST 2.0: Soros Sites Hold Con Call To Map Strategy for Planned Parenthood Defense: I... http://bit.ly/hhja5K

Posted by: dagny at February 04, 2011 01:32 PM (7oMSd)

70

4

Ric Ocasek... +1000

Seriously though, how stupid in the head and an utter waste of skin do you have to be to F-up an ambassadorship to Luxembourg??  Maybe there isn't a God...

 

 

Posted by: the forgotten man at February 04, 2011 01:32 PM (yd08d)

71

56 ...Luxembourg...

Posted by: Alex at February 04, 2011 05:22 PM (yO2tH)

That's some really stinky cheese.

Posted by: Ed Anger at February 04, 2011 01:32 PM (7+pP9)

72 Posted by: Bruce The Robert at February 04, 2011 05:28 PM (FDomG)

and people are wondering why Israelies are nervous.

Posted by: curious at February 04, 2011 01:33 PM (p302b)

73

Yeah, it takes a special talent to fuck things up this bad  in a little over a year (confirmed as Ambassador  in November 2009) to where State Dept. personnel will bid on an open postings to Afghanistan & Iraq so they can get the hells out quicker and with much higher chances of being transferred.

 

She's had 7 people in as the Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) since being confirmed in November 2009.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 04, 2011 01:33 PM (XBM1t)

74 70 Maybe that's why he said France was our greatest ally. He knew he had fucked Britain but hadn't fucked France yet. He really has a thing for England doesn't he?

Posted by: dagny at February 04, 2011 05:30 PM (7oMSd)

wasn't there some story about the dad or grand dad he allegely barely saw having a huge problem with England.  And they said that GWB was finishing what his father screwed up.

Posted by: curious at February 04, 2011 01:34 PM (p302b)

75  Lefturds loooove "little people." But only in the abstract. If you're a flesh-and-blood person standing between a lefty elite and something he/she wants, you're dead.

Posted by: Cicero at February 04, 2011 05:24 PM (ZV0Vn)

 

No shit! 

Posted by: Zombie Vince Foster at February 04, 2011 01:35 PM (DdFn0)

76 I wonder if MI-6 has any info in their files that we (or he) wouldn't care to see in public view...

Posted by: nickless the still-banned (99.174.64.43) at February 04, 2011 01:35 PM (qdtoY)

77 How the Obamas fell for Seattle's Fran's Chocolates

It was first revealed in a New York Times article in May: Barack Obama loves Seattle-based Fran's Chocolates. And so, apparently, does his wife. At a fundraiser in Seattle Thursday, Michelle Obama told the crowd that while her husband melts for their smoked salt caramels in milk chocolate, she prefers the dark chocolate variety.

Who got the Obamas hooked on Fran's? The same person who keeps them well supplied - Seattle businesswoman Cynthia Stroum.

"It's become our shtick," said Stroum, lead fundraiser for Obama's national finance committee. "He sees me and before he even says hello, he puts out his hand - 'OK, where are they?' "

It all started a year and a half ago, at a Seattle campaign stop. To welcome the candidate to the Emerald City, Stroum put together a welcome basket. In went a box of her favorite Fran's milk chocolate salted caramels.

"He had it backstage before he came out to make his speech," she said. "As he was entering the stage, he saw me and whispered in my ear, 'Oh my, what were those? Those are phenomenal. I want more.' So that became my little treat for him."

It wasn't too long before Stroum learned of Michelle's fondness for dark chocolate. Now, not an event goes by where Stroum doesn't greet the Obamas with their new favorites. She gave Michelle another box yesterday.

"The competition is fierce," Stroum said. "'Cause (Barack) doesn't like to share them. The Secret Service started bugging me for them."

07.2008



So, Obama hooked her up with the ambassador gig because she's his dealer.

Makes sense..

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 04, 2011 01:36 PM (L8y7Q)

78

Brietbart:

The majority of the call was spent discussing ways to discredit Rose because of her funding. They surmise that some group which donates to her pro-life magazine is a group donated to by a group given money by the Koch Brothers. So says people who just cashed a $1 million-dollar check from George Soros.

Posted by: dagny at February 04, 2011 01:36 PM (7oMSd)

79 that's interesting.  The guy on Beck is using the language "the twin towers" to describe I ran and Egypt.

Posted by: curious at February 04, 2011 01:37 PM (p302b)

80 He really has a thing for England doesn't he?

Barack ObamaÂ’s grandfather was imprisoned and brutally tortured by the British during the violent struggle for Kenyan independence, according to the Kenyan family of the US President-elect.

It's a tribal thing, they tend to hold onto these kind of vendettas for generations.

Posted by: Buzzsaw at February 04, 2011 01:37 PM (tf9Ne)

81

It wasn't too long before Stroum learned of Michelle's fondness for dark chocolate.

So many comments..........take it away

Posted by: dagny at February 04, 2011 01:38 PM (7oMSd)

82 She sounds like a total ginger.

Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 04, 2011 01:38 PM (SJ6/3)

83 She is a rich kid using her dads money to "invest" in.  A typical democrat who "cares" for the poor.  She bought her job.  No wonder why the working stiff cant stand her. 

Posted by: Hous Bin Pharteen at February 04, 2011 01:39 PM (nRF6+)

84 I'll step up and give this woman her due:

She is from a family that puts a premium on public service and altruism, and usually the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree. I'd say she doesn't deserve the abuse she is getting over this.

She obviously has a strong personality, a fair amount of self confidence, and hadn't learned the leadership skills necessary to prepare her for the job. I've seen a lot of new managers in a similar position. Heck, I've been the new manager in that position.

You would think that someone in the administration would sit her down and give her a bit of guidance, but the Obama administration doesn't seem too good about building leaders or helping people grow.

Posted by: SweetLou at February 04, 2011 01:39 PM (xqe1j)

85

Money can but love, for some...

 

http://tinyurl.com/5rulal

Posted by: If your interested at February 04, 2011 01:39 PM (CyPWX)

86 Berlitz doesn't have a Luxrmburgish Pack.

Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 04, 2011 01:39 PM (SJ6/3)

87 They surmise that some group which donates to her pro-life magazine is a group donated to by a group given money by the Koch Brothers.

I didn't realize that where she got her money had any bearing on the wrongness of the shit PP was caught doing.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 04, 2011 01:40 PM (p05LM)

88 She obviously has a strong personality, a fair amount of self confidence, and hadn't learned the leadership skills necessary to prepare her for the job.

You would think that someone in the administration would sit her down and give her a bit of guidance, but the Obama administration doesn't seem too good about building leaders or helping people grow.

Dude, you've just described Obama.

Posted by: nickless the still-banned (99.174.64.43) at February 04, 2011 01:41 PM (qdtoY)

89 Michelle's fondness for dark chocolate. Must...resist...

Posted by: t-bird at February 04, 2011 01:41 PM (FcR7P)

90 When you've lost the embassy staff in Luxembourg, you've lost ...

Posted by: ya2daup at February 04, 2011 01:41 PM (7GfKM)

91 Snowing once again in OKC.  Snow in the forecast.  Damn that global warming.  We're all going to die.

Posted by: Soona at February 04, 2011 01:42 PM (DdFn0)

92

You would think that someone in the administration would sit her down and give her a bit of guidance, but the Obama administration doesn't seem too good about building leaders or helping people grow.

 

It's way beyond their skill set.  They are all a bunch of unqualified social justice hacks who have never worked a day in the real world/private sector (the number of people in Obama's cabinet who have worked in the private sector is like a single digit percentage).  They are all in way over their paygrade, which reiterates just how screwed we all are.  I yearn for the days when we had some actual adult supervision in the Oval Office.  Shoot, even Bill Clinton looks like a fricking statesman next to Obowmao.


Posted by: Barnee Franque at February 04, 2011 01:42 PM (ihSHD)

93 Rember kiddies.  Murdoch of Fox News was awestruck in meeting him during the 08 run for the democratic party.  He had tingling in his leg too. 

Posted by: Hous Bin Pharteen at February 04, 2011 01:43 PM (nRF6+)

94 NRO: The Corner has a number of wonderful articles (remembrances, interviews, etc.) about Reagan today, along with some other great articles on other topics.

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at February 04, 2011 01:43 PM (sZ+lP)

95 94 Wait till the power fails and the natural gas runs out.

Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 04, 2011 01:44 PM (SJ6/3)

96 Looking at the headline on Drudge.  Man, Odipstick really has a deep down hatred for the UK.

Posted by: Guy Fawkes at February 04, 2011 01:44 PM (xdHzq)

97 Michelle's fondness for dark chocolate.

Must...resist...

Posted by: t-bird at February 04, 2011 05:41 PM (FcR7P)

Hard isn't it.

 

Posted by: dagny at February 04, 2011 01:44 PM (7oMSd)

98 26
Read her bio - she's a member of "Emily's List". So, this behavior could have been expected - typical.
Posted by: Rocky at February 04, 2011 05:05 PM (lKFKq)

Evil mutha is like a yeast infection?

Posted by: ya2daup at February 04, 2011 01:45 PM (7GfKM)

99

 Miss'80sBaby at February 04, 2011 05:43 PM (sZ+lP)

I had to stop reading them. Kept crying.

Posted by: dagny at February 04, 2011 01:45 PM (7oMSd)

100 16 And it says that, counter to regulations, "At the end of FY 2010, the mission scrambled to use up its representational funding by bulk purchasing $3,400 in wine and liquor."

Shoot, a fellow could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff.

pfffft.  I call that happy hour. 

Posted by: Charlie Sheen at February 04, 2011 01:45 PM (P18+/)

101

It was first revealed in a New York Times article in May: Barack Obama loves Seattle-based Fran's Chocolates. And so, apparently, does his wife. At a fundraiser in Seattle Thursday, Michelle Obama told the crowd that while her husband melts for their smoked salt caramels in milk chocolate, she prefers the dark chocolate variety.

 

Fran's Chocolates are really yummy.  I used to give them out as Christmas gifts all the time til they tore down the store closest to me.  Fran's husband, Peter Bigelowe was the CEO of the first hospital I worked at here in Seattle.  She went into the chocolate biz sort of lateish in life.  He ended up retiring first.  My cousin's wife used to keep the  books for Frans (when it was a much smaller operation), and she said Fran was a very warm, down to earth woman.  Her hubby did a good job as CEO of our hospital.  I can't fault the Obamas for loving Frans.  The macadamia nut gold bars are especially good.



Posted by: Barnee Franque at February 04, 2011 01:47 PM (ihSHD)

102  Wait till the power fails and the natural gas runs out.

Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 04, 2011 05:44 PM (SJ6/3)

 

Nah.  NG is something we have plenty of.  We're not afraid of coal either. 

Posted by: Soona at February 04, 2011 01:47 PM (DdFn0)

103 Poop!  Darn old stinky Barnee sock!

Posted by: runningrn at February 04, 2011 01:48 PM (ihSHD)

104 32
O/T: actual press release:
"Obama Administration Celebrates Black History by Winning the Future"

Posted by: Ian S. at February 04, 2011 05:09 PM (p05LM)

That headline makes no sense whatsoever (and yes, I know WTF is Preznint Splutnik's new mantra).

Posted by: ya2daup at February 04, 2011 01:48 PM (7GfKM)

105 Cynthia Stroum earned a Bachelor of Arts in public relations and journalism from the University of Southern California...

must be THEIR problem, not hers.

Posted by: Depressa Brewer at February 04, 2011 01:48 PM (APaTx)

106 105 AZ and NM are jonesin for natural gas.

Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 04, 2011 01:48 PM (SJ6/3)

107 The only one left in the WH is guess who?  (of the original three stoogies, the ax, the ram and ....?)

Posted by: curious at February 04, 2011 01:49 PM (p302b)

108 Barnee Franque sounds familiar......

lol

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 04, 2011 01:49 PM (UOM48)

109 It already is here, Thanks to I Won.

Posted by: SomewhereSouthWest at February 04, 2011 01:49 PM (CyPWX)

110 What no black history month threads? I hates every iota of a cracker. Racists!.

Posted by: Nation of Pisslam at February 04, 2011 01:50 PM (SJ6/3)

111

@2: "OT: Enquirer and libs are now trying to turn Boehner into a horndog like Gingrich"

On your fashe, I have shkeeted.

Posted by: John *hic* Boehner channeling Yoda at February 04, 2011 01:50 PM (xy9wk)

112 Not to diss the Luxembourgois, but why do we need an embassy in Luxembourg?  Can't they outsource it to France like they do for their electricity?

Posted by: bad cat robot at February 04, 2011 01:51 PM (65lpa)

113 wait big sis is running the super bowl too?  BO has to be going by surprise then.

Posted by: curious at February 04, 2011 01:51 PM (p302b)

114 Luxembourg fucking had it coming.

Posted by: That Old Bitch Living Under the Delusion That She's Hot at February 04, 2011 01:51 PM (TXKVh)

115 37
Posted by: ParanoidAndAsleepInSeattle at February 04, 2011 05:12 PM (RZ8pf)


That's why you read reviews. Read especially those giving a work a low rating, because as dissatisfied customers they aren't willing to pussyfoot around trying to be a priggish, cute and serious critic - they go straight for the jugular.

Posted by: ya2daup at February 04, 2011 01:52 PM (7GfKM)

116 116 Wasn't there a movie in the '70s about a terror attack at the superbowl or something? I get all those poseiden, towering inferno, grizzly movies mixed up.

Posted by: dagny at February 04, 2011 01:52 PM (7oMSd)

117 1 Does she have green eyes?
Posted by: David Lo Pan

"This pisses me off to no end!"

Posted by: Dang at February 04, 2011 01:52 PM (TXKVh)

118 Barack Obama loves Seattle-based Fran's Chocolates. And so, apparently, does his wife.

But that rancid scrunt can tell the rest of us what we can and cannot eat because "dessert is not a right."

Posted by: HeatherRadish at February 04, 2011 01:52 PM (TUpD9)

119 Some of those Egyptian Police vans have really sh&%%y drivers.

Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 04, 2011 01:53 PM (SJ6/3)

120 All those people who are currently experiencing electricity shortages (New Mexico, TX, CA, UT, etc.), what's going to happen when everyone is driving around in those stupid electric cars?  Rush had a great segment on how Bill Richardson imposed a moratorium on natural gas drilling and how it's come back to bite the people of NM in the butt now with all this cold, freezing weather.

Posted by: runningrn at February 04, 2011 01:54 PM (ihSHD)

121 i heard he loves chocolate covered bananas.  Does she sell chocolate covered banana?

Posted by: curious at February 04, 2011 01:54 PM (p302b)

122

I heard the Luxembourgers are going to riot.

Hopefully Anderson Cooper won't get pungeoned again.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at February 04, 2011 01:54 PM (QMtmy)

123

116 Wasn't there a movie in the '70s about a terror attack at the superbowl or something? I get all those poseiden, towering inferno, grizzly movies mixed up

 

Dagny, wasn't that "Black Sunday"?

Posted by: runningrn at February 04, 2011 01:55 PM (ihSHD)

124 109 105 AZ and NM are jonesin for natural gas.
  It's a ploy to Jack up the price. Supply & Demand, because demand is high...

Posted by: SomewhereSouthWest at February 04, 2011 01:55 PM (CyPWX)

125 Oops, I mean "Bloody Sunday"?

Posted by: runningrn at February 04, 2011 01:55 PM (ihSHD)

126 So, how quickly can the new governor of NM get that natural gas ban reversed?

Posted by: HeatherRadish at February 04, 2011 01:56 PM (TUpD9)

127 127 I think BP shut the pipeline down for several months.

Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 04, 2011 01:56 PM (SJ6/3)

128 so mexico said they would give electricity and then they said f**k you, now we're not giving it to you?

Posted by: curious at February 04, 2011 01:57 PM (p302b)

129  AZ and NM are jonesin for natural gas.

Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 04, 2011 05:48 PM (SJ6/3)

 

Let the liberal fucks in Albucuerque and Flagstaff freeze.  This is what they've all been fucking advocating anyway.  Let them save the planet. 

Posted by: Soona at February 04, 2011 01:57 PM (DdFn0)

130

Ambassador kept her shoulder to the wheel, nose to the grindstone, eyes on the ba...... Oh look! A shiny yellow American school bus in Luxembourg  Whee!! (more from the OIG report):

"During the inspection, staff was working to finalize plans for the Ambassador and select embassy and public affairs staff to tour high schools throughout the country in a typical American yellow school bus. The Ambassador conceived of the project in May, but it had yet to come to fruition. Although the project can be seen as a legitimate example of outreach to a younger audience, the amount of time spent on it has prevented the public affairs officer and the section from concentrating on other, more substantial work, including establishing professional contacts in the media, educational, and cultural sectors; developing an effective alumni network or organization; establishing regularized follow-up with exchange candidates, including those from the International Visitor program; and ensuring that the Fulbright Exchange program is on track and has a robust recruitment process."

 

IOW, let's all take a ride on the Magic School Bus and leave all that boring grunt work for another time.  Focus on the Big Things, people!

Libs & Progs:  Replacing what works with what feels good since 1932.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 04, 2011 01:58 PM (XBM1t)

131

@60: "Okay, but do they have High Speed Rail?"

Fuck ja ve do!  It can get you all zee vay across zee country in under 5 minutes.

Posted by: Lichtenstein Reichsbahn Ministerium at February 04, 2011 01:58 PM (xy9wk)

132 Twenty-eight five to the Democrat "White House Victory Fund" and twenty-eight five to ACTBLUE in May 2008.

Posted by: Campaign Money dot com at February 04, 2011 01:58 PM (APaTx)

133 Out of power? Build another windmill Sancho.

Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 04, 2011 01:58 PM (SJ6/3)

134

so mexico said they would give electricity and then they said f**k you, now we're not giving it to you?

 

Rush said it was more like Mexico was going to give TX electricity til they realized "crap, if it's cold in TX, it's cold here."  So because of their own domestic need, the deal was off.


Posted by: runningrn at February 04, 2011 01:59 PM (ihSHD)

135

So, how quickly can the new governor of NM get that natural gas ban reversed?

 

I don't know, but it was signed in by executive order. Nice that Bill Richardson isn't around to deal with the aftermath of his fricking decision.


Posted by: runningrn at February 04, 2011 02:00 PM (ihSHD)

136 What was Pharaoh's big announcement?

Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 04, 2011 02:01 PM (SJ6/3)

137 Oops, sorry for the double post--my fingers go faster than usual when I'm irritated.  These libtard jackwads really piss me off!

Posted by: runningrn at February 04, 2011 02:01 PM (ihSHD)

138 All aboard the short bus...

Posted by: Dr. Varno at February 04, 2011 02:02 PM (QMtmy)

139 Posted by: Lichtenstein Reichsbahn Ministerium at February 04, 2011 05:58 PM (xy9wk)

Ya, unt choo can valk it in fumf minuten, too.

Posted by: Pidgen doitch at February 04, 2011 02:02 PM (APaTx)

140 I don't speak Luxemgibberish.

Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 04, 2011 02:03 PM (SJ6/3)

141 Michelle's fondness for dark chocolate.

Well, it is possible to go back if you've never been there yet (IYKWIMAIKTYD).

Posted by: ayup, couldn't resist! at February 04, 2011 02:03 PM (7GfKM)

142 She's had 7 people in as the Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) since being confirmed in November 2009. Posted by: Count de Monet For the Dept to change a DCM 7 times means this woman is/was hell on wheels. No offense, Sweet Lou, but this woman is not merely "strong-willed." She's a fucking bitch. Plus, she willingly falsified reimbursements, and demanded vouchers for non-reimbursable items. She's a walking Waste/Fraud/Mismanagement poster. Changing a DCM is not easy, it's expensive, and if they did it 7 times in the space of the year, this post was a nightmare.

Posted by: moki at February 04, 2011 02:03 PM (dZmFh)

143

Out of power? Build another windmill Sancho

 

Sounds like a plan, San. 

During the most recent record cold spell in UK, none of the power was generated by any windmills.  The Brits are beginning to think they may have to rethink that goal to have about a quarter of their electricity be produced by wind power. 

Green energy, green jobs--biggest hoax foisted on the world evah!

Posted by: runningrn at February 04, 2011 02:03 PM (ihSHD)

144

Then spoiled the hell out of the daughter and sent her to journalism school in Califonia.

A shame really.

Posted by: dagny at February 04, 2011 05:17 PM (7oMSd)

Hey hey HEY!

California is supposed to SEND liberal assholes to other states, not import more!

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2011 02:04 PM (z1N6a)

145 That Brazillian Beef is vile.

Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 04, 2011 02:05 PM (SJ6/3)

146 139
What was Pharaoh's big announcement?
Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 04, 2011 06:01 PM (SJ6/3)

Enjoy your stay in the friggin' Sinai, you pesky Joooos!

Posted by: verses found only in Exodus, the director's cut at February 04, 2011 02:05 PM (7GfKM)

147

@142: "Ya, unt choo can valk it in fumf minuten, too."

Hokay, you know zumtink of our geographie.  Herr Obama probably does not.

Posted by: Lichtenstein Reichsbahn Ministerium at February 04, 2011 02:05 PM (xy9wk)

148 Miss'80sBaby at February 04, 2011 05:43 PM (sZ+lP)

I had to stop reading them. Kept crying.

Posted by: dagny at February 04, 2011 05:45 PM (7oMSd)

Now read some Obama quotes. Then you'll REALLY be crying.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2011 02:07 PM (z1N6a)

149

@146: "Green energy, green jobs--biggest hoax foisted on the world evah!"

Dude! We have aliens living in volcanoes!

Posted by: Scientology at February 04, 2011 02:07 PM (xy9wk)

150 Oops, I mean "Bloody Sunday"?

Posted by: runningrn at February 04, 2011 05:55 PM (ihSHD)

Right the first time, Black Sunday. With the blimp hitting the tower.


Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2011 02:08 PM (z1N6a)

151 Then spoiled the hell out of the daughter and sent her to journalism school in California.

Not just any school in California, but the University of Spoiled Children, buckeroos.

Posted by: ya2daup at February 04, 2011 02:08 PM (7GfKM)

152

Green energy, green jobs--biggest hoax foisted on the world evah!

Posted by: runningrn at February 04, 2011 06:03 PM (ihSHD)

 

And so many, so called, "intelligent people" have fallen for it.

Posted by: Soona at February 04, 2011 02:09 PM (DdFn0)

153 I have been in Luxembourg (with veterans of the 9th Armored), and it is a lovely country. Bring money. They have a very high standard of living.

I don't think I'd hold $3400 against anyone there. At about $100/bottle for embassy-quality quaffing wine, and OMG have you ever bought whisky in Europe, that would fit in the trunk of a Fiat easily.

Now the sleazy nasty c*nt part, that right there's a problem. Those people are friends of ours. Why should they have to put up with that?

Posted by: comatus at February 04, 2011 02:09 PM (hrwMe)

154 Hrm.  An executive order replacing the old executive order shouldn't be difficult.

Of course, physically it will take some time for companies to get product moving again, and I'm sure the media will make that her fault.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at February 04, 2011 02:09 PM (TUpD9)

155

I seem to remember there was something about John Bolton's temperament that made him unsuitable for the U.N.

Posted by: Matt at February 04, 2011 02:09 PM (Ou5cA)

156 Now the sleazy nasty c*nt part, that right there's a problem. Those people are friends of ours. Why should they have to put up with that?

Posted by: comatus at February 04, 2011 06:09 PM (hrwMe)

Our OTHER friends in Europe have missiles they can fire at us, that's why.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2011 02:10 PM (z1N6a)

157 That's right, I think he raised his voice at someone once.

Posted by: Matt at February 04, 2011 02:11 PM (Ou5cA)

158 Is it true that people who live in Luxembourg have to go into France to fold their sheets?

Posted by: Cicero at February 04, 2011 02:12 PM (QKKT0)

159 153
Right the first time, Black Sunday. With the blimp hitting the tower.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2011 06:08 PM (z1N6a)

A feat that a stumbling drunk Meghan "McCans" McCain will undoubtedly recreate in Cowboys Stadium this coming Sunday. Cue the cameras ...

Posted by: ya2daup at February 04, 2011 02:12 PM (7GfKM)

160 Now the sleazy nasty c*nt part, that right there's a problem. Those people are friends of ours. Why should they have to put up with that?

Posted by: comatus at February 04, 2011 06:09 PM (hrwMe)

 

They're not.  Not now anyway.

Posted by: Soona at February 04, 2011 02:13 PM (DdFn0)

161 Can high speed rail run on ethanol?

Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 04, 2011 02:15 PM (SJ6/3)

162  Can high speed rail run on ethanol?

Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 04, 2011 06:15 PM (SJ6/3)

 

Nope.  High speed rail will run on the left's good intentions.........and skittles.

Posted by: Soona at February 04, 2011 02:18 PM (DdFn0)

163

Hokay, you know zumtink of our geographie.  Herr Obama probably does not.

Posted by: Lichtenstein Reichsbahn Ministerium at February 04, 2011 06:05 PM (xy9wk)


Ya, unt it is auch eine 1,000,000 vatt disco radio station.

Posted by: Pidgen doitch at February 04, 2011 02:19 PM (APaTx)

164

Nope.  High speed rail will run on the left's good intentions.........and skittles.

Posted by: Soona at February 04, 2011 06:18 PM (DdFn0)

High speed rail can cover Luxembourg without ever leaving the station!

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2011 02:34 PM (z1N6a)

165 How do you fuck up the Luxembourg embassy? 

"Stroum left the embassy last month, saying she wanted to spend more time with her family in Seattle"

Be a fucking commie liberal shitbag hippie, that's how.

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2011 02:38 PM (x3YFz)

166

hmmm, she raised only half a mil for that gig?

i know i can get a cool mil for Teh Sarah!

if you're reading this Mrs. Palin, i would love to be the ambassador to italy in two years

Posted by: navycopjoe at February 04, 2011 02:56 PM (uIQK6)

167 I don't think luxemburg even has an airport.

Posted by: Douglas at February 04, 2011 03:12 PM (YKOnu)

168 @Douglas,

I bet the DoS staff would have built one with their bare hands if it would have gotten this bitch out faster.  I am surprised we are not having a "Mouse Who Roared" moment right now, given if she was this much of a bitch to the help, imagine how she treated the locals.

Posted by: Penfold at February 04, 2011 04:02 PM (N15Tc)

169 This type of woman used to be called a "queen bee".  Controlling to the max.  No one, no one could do their job correctly.  She always had to step in and show them how.  Very abrasive.  I worked for one some years ago.  She liked me.  So much that when she decided to transfer the busines to another city and state she took it for granted I would go with her.  Not that she asked me, mind you.  When I declined, everything changed.  I think she thought she owned me.  I decided then and there neve to work for a woman again.

Posted by: BarbaraS at February 04, 2011 04:05 PM (VVXDE)

170

Luxembourg is one dull, boring little country. Pretty to look at but very dull. On the other hand, Amsterdam isn't too far away.

Posted by: Stillers at February 04, 2011 04:48 PM (FMzmJ)

Posted by: Bingee at February 04, 2011 04:59 PM (mfWu+)

172 if you read the ambassador's bio it would seem that her only claim to fame has been an investment in Starbucks.  Perhaps when she got to Luxembourg and didn't find a Starbucks she went all batshitty.  It isn't her fault that Starbucks has been cutting back their franchises

Posted by: Bingee at February 04, 2011 05:00 PM (mfWu+)

173 No wonder they tried to get away from her. She was buying over
$3K in booze per day.. Quite a drunken broad evidently. Wonder is she could stay on her feet in a drinking contest with Pigloshi and the Weasel Hillary, both heavy drinkers as long as the taxpayers are paying the bar bills? It appears a large part of the O'Dumbo regime should be in AA.

Posted by: Scrapiron at February 04, 2011 09:44 PM (LdYR+)

174 Added: O'Dumbo is the first president in history to be ordered by the doctors at WR to stop smoking and drinking so much.

Posted by: Scrapiron at February 04, 2011 09:46 PM (LdYR+)

175

Gov't service is loaded w/ these predatory psychobitches. 

As Dan Ackroyd  used to say ''Cynthia, you ignorant slut!  Who did you sleep with to get this job!?

We know she donated to worst politicians, like Specter and Hitlery.

So we know who's screwing America at any rate.

Posted by: unclesugar at February 04, 2011 11:40 PM (x861a)

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