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November 23, 2012

Feel Good Story Of The Holiday- Self-Proclaimed Douchebag Gets Fired
— DrewM

Remember Lindsey "I Gotta Be Me And Disrespect The Tomb Of The Unknown Soldiers" Stone? Well now comes word that for some reason her employer doesn't want to have someone on their staff who is crass enough to do that and dumb enough to tell the world about it.

The gang at This Ain't Hell broke the original story and argue it's about more than one idiot who just has to be an idiot.

If there had been social media in the middle 70s, and a photo like this had been taken and spread around, it would have got guffaws and applause. Probably right up through the eighties, that photo would have elicited that response. The country had lost itÂ’s way in the late sixties. People like John Kerry were heroes. Morals didnÂ’t exist in the popular culture. Jimmy Carter awarded the folks who ran out on their responsibilities a pardon his first day in office. There were no consequences for bad acting.
What happened to Lindsey Stone this week had nothing to do with Â“blind adoration of the militaryÂ”, it had to do with a line being drawn in the sand of the culture war. It turns out that some Americans are tired of the Â“OccupyÂ” generation. Their outrage over this picture has been building in the last several years.

Posted by: DrewM at 07:45 AM | Comments (122)
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1 First to say "Heh"?

Posted by: Jim Sonweed at November 23, 2012 07:48 AM (riIMi)

2 What a complete thunder-cunt...

Posted by: navybrat at November 23, 2012 07:48 AM (r1ty1)

3 Free speech! (her getting fired that is..,)

Posted by: Sean Bannion at November 23, 2012 07:48 AM (vnW7s)

4 Thin the herd. And let it burn.

Posted by: BuddyPC at November 23, 2012 07:51 AM (jfUIE)

5 Happy ending.

Posted by: Bomber at November 23, 2012 07:51 AM (84w+B)

6 I guess I'm the only one who thinks her apology was good enough. She really didnt mean anything by it. It was stupid, she is stupid, but it's not like shes an anti Anerican nut running around disrespecting the country. And now she's fired.Woop de da doo! Wow I feel better now. Justice has been served and all our lives have improved.

Posted by: soothsayer at November 23, 2012 07:54 AM (J+M4l)

7 Who's sorry now?

Posted by: Dick Smack at November 23, 2012 08:00 AM (wIgpo)

8 She really didnt mean anything by it.

So?

Its unnatural in the grand scheme of evolution for stupidity to persist with no repercussions. Normally, stupidity in a species is rewarded with extinction.

She demonstrated to her employers that she was too stupid and too much of a future liability to keep on.

The 1st amendment only says you can say something, which she did without restraint. It has never guaranteed freedom from consequences. Ever.

Posted by: @PurpAv at November 23, 2012 08:01 AM (rP/0q)

9 If she had been at a university in a tenure track position, she would have been granted full tenure yesterday.

Posted by: Anchovy at November 23, 2012 08:01 AM (sv7CT)

10 @9 Yes the universities are crammed full of nut bags like her. Come to think of it so is Hollywood and MSNBC.

Posted by: Buffalobob at November 23, 2012 08:06 AM (x+7qA)

11 I guess I'm the only one who thinks her apology was good enough. She really didnt mean anything by it. It was stupid, she is stupid, but it's not like shes an anti Anerican nut running around disrespecting the country. ---------- Eh. If she didn't have a job where a large part of it is setting an example for impressionable people she cares for (she works with adults who have intellectual and developmental disabilities) or if she'd been off the clock from that job, I'd agree. The coverage of this has just been atrocious. People don't seem to get that she's not being fired for something she did on her own time, or even just for making the company look bad on *their* time. Her actions really call into question how well she was performing at that very minute when the photograph was being taken. She was either deliberately going against posted rules and acting inappropriately in front of a group of adults who probably have some difficulty with appropriate public behavior (hence, they had to have other neurotypical adults supervising them on this field trip) or she and her coworker had gotten far enough away from their clients that they were out of sight---which would kind of make it hard to be supervising them, wouldn't it? Try this scenario again picturing Lindsey Stone as a teacher on a field trip, because that's very similar.

Posted by: Jenny Tries Too Hard at November 23, 2012 08:06 AM (2KBjW)

12 Being a dumbass is not an EEOC protected class ... unless you get a note from your doctor proclaiming that you really ARE a retard.

Posted by: Kristophr at November 23, 2012 08:07 AM (wYVte)

13 Usually this stuff pisses me off, but this dummy is just a reflection of a culture that has been teaching kids for 40 years that America is just a country like any other. Just like Iran. Or Nazi Germany. We started with genocide and then slavery. We're nothing special.

Posted by: The Mega Independent[/i] at November 23, 2012 08:08 AM (S/Qzt)

I don't think the employer had a choice considering that the reason these two were in DC in the first place was to represent the company. Actions have consequences. She wanted to be a rebel, now she'll have all the time in the world to take pictures that question authority.

Posted by: Lurker who needs a new nickname at November 23, 2012 08:08 AM (tl7W6)

Social media proves one thing for sure. There are a lot of stupid people out there with no judgement and no sense of personal restraint.

I think that is related to the welfare-dependency gene.

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch is Eddie Willers at November 23, 2012 08:09 AM (Md8Uo)

16 soothsayer: I guess I'm the only one who thinks her apology was good enough.

No, it isn't. Any customer that googles her name will see that photo.

If she wants a job, she will probably have to get a legal name change, and then pretend her prior employers do not exist. Or go work for some group of communists who think what she did was laudable behavior.

Posted by: Kristophr at November 23, 2012 08:09 AM (wYVte)

17 Her claim that "obviously" they didn't mean anything by it was total bullshit. That's what every moral coward claims when they get caught acting like more of an asshole than society accepts. It's the equivalent to claiming "it's just a joke, can't you take a joke?" when the offending party meant exactly what they said or did, they just didn't like the response that it got.

Posted by: digitalbrownshirt at November 23, 2012 08:09 AM (eHwT1)

18 Being a dumbass is not an EEOC protected class ...

Oh, realllllly

Posted by: CBC at November 23, 2012 08:09 AM (6TB1Z)

19 CBC: Really. If you want protected status as a dumbass, you really do need to get medical certification of your mental retardation.

Posted by: Kristophr at November 23, 2012 08:11 AM (wYVte)

20 Being a dumbass is not an EEOC protected class ... unless you get a note from your doctor proclaiming that you really ARE a retard.

Posted by: Kristophr at November 23, 2012 12:07 PM (wYVte)

However, under Obamacare, if you voted for Obama twice, you get an automatic EEOC Retard sticker for your forehead!

Posted by: Hrothgar - L.I.B or SMOD for the Children at November 23, 2012 08:11 AM (Cnqmv)

21 soothsayer: I guess that firing her is the closest that we can come in our enlightened world to placing her in the stocks on the public green for 24 hours, which would be much more fitting. Maybe I'm a closet Puritan, but I believe that in any sort of viable society, there is a line of douchebaggery that should not be allowed to be crossed without consequences being attached. YMMV.

Posted by: That SOB Van Owen at November 23, 2012 08:12 AM (xZ8Ay)

22 Why does this bus window taste like Weetard spit?

Posted by: Lindsey Stone at November 23, 2012 08:13 AM (wYVte)

23 Respect my authoritay!

Posted by: Chef at November 23, 2012 08:13 AM (7nu1g)

24
She got exactly what she earned by her actions.

Nobody denied her free speech, just as no one denied her the consequences of that speech.

Made me smile a bit.

Posted by: irongrampa at November 23, 2012 08:13 AM (SAMxH)

"OBVIOUSLY we meant NO disrespect to people that serve or have served our country," she wrote. "This is just us, being the d---- that we are, challenging authority in general."

Sure sounds sincere doesn't it? F that cow and her cow buddy.

Posted by: digitalbrownshirt at November 23, 2012 08:15 AM (eHwT1)

26 Because Tar and Feathers are so outrÃ©

Posted by: Tmitsss at November 23, 2012 08:16 AM (h2xSE)

27 Tmitsss: With this new facebook thingy, I can tar and feather myself, without anyone else's help!

Posted by: Lindsey Stone at November 23, 2012 08:17 AM (wYVte)

28 She doesn't belong in the job she had. That's clear enough. Your employer has a right to not have you disrespecting the nation while on its time.

That being said, Drew being who he is, posts a headline that reflects on him. If this makes you feel good, you have problems, dude.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 23, 2012 08:18 AM (BeSEI)

29 I love happy endings.

Posted by: @ParisParamus at November 23, 2012 08:18 AM (kmCnJ)

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 23, 2012 08:18 AM (kFnmp)

31 No, it isn't. Any customer that googles her name will see that photo. ------------- Ugh, it's silly to pull all this about customers, because who googles name of a random employee when they pick who they do business with? And who thinks this is the only "Lindsey Stone" on the interwebz? And finally this company doesn't really compete for customers the way others do---assisted living for adults with special needs isn't the same as Target. No, the real outrage isn't "customers might be turned off by your douchebaggery" its "the people you were being paid to supervise were either left unsupervised, or were exposed to douchebaggery that could well get them beat up if they innocently copied it." An adult with special needs who goes around giving people the finger because he sees Miss Lindsey do it could very well be in for a world of hurt if he slips away from his group on an outing.

Posted by: Jenny Tries Too Hard at November 23, 2012 08:18 AM (2KBjW)

32 No sympathy. I don't believe for a moment that she didn't mean any offense. She's like any number of leftist cockholsters that we've seen every day, who think that its admirable to shit all over the US and folks who value US traditions. It's especially reprehensible that she did it on company time, dragging them into it. Think of this. She was working for an org who helps developmentally disabled folks, it wouldn't surprise me to find out that she got her jollies playing cruel pranks on her charges and LIFE was glad to finally have an unassailable excuse to can her ass.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 23, 2012 08:18 AM (c2oll)

33 "This is just us, being the d---- that we are, challenging authority in general."

Because "challenging authority" sounds so much better than "being an asshole".

Posted by: pep at November 23, 2012 08:18 AM (6TB1Z)

34 D'oh, hit enter too soon.

I look at it this way. She's probably some leftist Obama backer who calls GOPers racists, sexists, etc. It's time to draw a line in the sand with these people before we're overrun.

Fuck her and everyone who looks like her.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 23, 2012 08:20 AM (kFnmp)

35 Being a douchebag should have negative consequences.

Before we got all over-lawyered, this type of behavior resulted in a severe ass kicking. Lindsay and her buddy got off light.

Posted by: butch at November 23, 2012 08:22 AM (nK2Sx)

Jenny, you are trying too hard.

Yes, this Lindsey Stone woman is a pretty unsavory person. She certainly couldn't be trusted with a double - bladed axe, so why should she be trusted with the care of mentally impaired adults?

I'm sure that someone with her personal skills could find gainful employement at Arby's or Subway.

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch is Eddie Willers at November 23, 2012 08:26 AM (Md8Uo)

Posted by: soothsayer at November 23, 2012 11:54 AM (J+M4l)

its all well and good that she apologized, its also right for people to forgive her. however, she tell needs to be held responsible for her actions and pay a price. apologies and forgiveness dont negate consequences,

Posted by: chas at November 23, 2012 08:27 AM (Dpiaa)

38 She's an arrogant ignorant dumbass who thinks that she's so outrageously funny and being like that she probably voted for Barry. Now the stupid cow can try to be funny in the unemployment line

Posted by: TheQuietMan at November 23, 2012 08:28 AM (lmTRT)

Posted by: digitalbrownshirt at November 23, 2012 12:09 PM (eHwT1)

+1!!

its all about "speaking truth to power" until the bill comes due.

Posted by: chas at November 23, 2012 08:28 AM (Dpiaa)

40 Yes, this Lindsey Stone woman is a pretty unsavory person. She certainly couldn't be trusted with a double - bladed axe, so why should she be trusted with the care of mentally impaired adults? I'm sure that someone with her personal skills could find gainful employement at Arby's or Subway. Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch is Eddie Willers at November 23, 2012 12:26 PM (Md8Uo) ------------ Huh? That's kind of exactly what I'm saying. I think the reporting has framed it as "she's been fired because the company looks bad" when really it should be "she's been fired because she just proved to us that she's either acting like a douche in front of clients who may emulate that, or she's running off and neglecting her clients to take pictures"

Posted by: Jenny Tries Too Hard at November 23, 2012 08:28 AM (2KBjW)

41 Fifty Shades of Chick-fil-A.

Posted by: Fritz at November 23, 2012 08:30 AM (d8K+M)

42 She did wrong, she got bitch slapped for it, & hopefully she will learn from it. It does no good to make excuses for her behavior or to demonize her (unless she reoffends then all bets are off).

Posted by: Walkers! at November 23, 2012 08:30 AM (TYO2p)

43 anyaway... Sam Walton's stupid liberal heirs are getting theirs shoved up their asses. SEIU will break them. And to think I used to come to the defense of these Obama donatin corporate ninnies.

Posted by: soothsayer at November 23, 2012 08:33 AM (J+M4l)

44 Well put Drew, Jane Fonda is still getting awards and never had any consequenses for her actions (neither did Kerry for that matter), but those days are gone. As the quote above AoSHQ says "Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats." Yep Yep Yep

Posted by: bern at November 23, 2012 08:33 AM (CFiSM)

45 I'm sure that someone with her personal skills could find gainful employement at Arby's or Subway.

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch is Eddie Willers at November 23, 2012 12:26 PM (Md8Uo)

Even there, she would be the poster child that led to the requirement that an "Employees Must Wash Hands Before Leaving Restroom" be prominently displayed.

Posted by: Hrothgar - L.I.B or SMOD for the Children at November 23, 2012 08:34 AM (Cnqmv)

46 Lindsey, please look up the meaning of circumspect.

Posted by: Amalgamated Cliff Divers, Local 157 at November 23, 2012 08:34 AM (BHM5V)

47 Even there, she would be the poster child that led to the requirement that an "Employees Must Wash Hands Before Leaving Restroom" be prominently displayed. ------------- Eeeew. I don't want to think of what the picture of her "challenging authority" next that that sign would look like. Her whole deal was doing the opposite of what a sign told her to do.

Posted by: Jenny Tries Too Hard at November 23, 2012 08:35 AM (2KBjW)

48 My mommy won't let me look up dirty words.

Posted by: Lindsay Lohan at November 23, 2012 08:36 AM (G5lOH)

49 "Their outrage over this picture has been building in the last several years"

Hope springs eternal.

Posted by: PJ at November 23, 2012 08:37 AM (ZWaLo)

50 Ya rolls the dice and takes the chances. Snake eyes!

Posted by: Amalgamated Cliff Divers, Local 157 at November 23, 2012 08:37 AM (BHM5V)

51 SEIU will break them. And to think I used to come to the defense of these Obama donatin corporate ninnies.
Posted by: soothsayer at November 23, 2012 12:33 PM (J+M4l)

Bad time to be a non-union employer with Obamao running the show.

The good news is that if we ever have another election, there will be far fewer campaign contributions to Dems from big corporate management.

The bad news is that the union contributions to Dems from forced dues will be substantial.

Posted by: Hrothgar - L.I.B or SMOD for the Children at November 23, 2012 08:37 AM (Cnqmv)

52 Jenny: Is there some way I can make my next employer not use google to on my name before my next job interview?

This consequences thing just sucks!

Posted by: Lindsey Stone at November 23, 2012 08:38 AM (wYVte)

53 And now she's fired.Woop de da doo! Wow I feel better now. Justice has been served and all our lives have improved.

Posted by: soothsayer

I do feel better. There are still people with principles. Also, she was "working" and while acting like an ass, she wasn't paying attention to the disabled adults she was supposed to be watching.

Posted by: Cheri at November 23, 2012 08:39 AM (G+Wff)

54 off, sock ...

Posted by: Kristophr at November 23, 2012 08:40 AM (wYVte)

55 I think the crux of this is did her continuing series of "dissin' the man" photos have an element of self-depreciating humor associated with them, or were they merely posted as is? If the first, then there in fact was no harm, because at the end of the day the joke was on herself, and deliberately so (i.e., "it's only funny because I'm not claiming the person in the photo is really acting properly"). If the first, then her acts actualy reinforce societal norms--or what should be societal norms. If the second, then this is yet another case of society having trained people that they never have to leave adolescence behind. I remember when I met the first adult in charge of something who in some important ways hadn't progressed beyond her teenage years--it was 2005 or so. It was shocking at the time-esp. as she was in her mid to late 30s. If it is in fact the second, this lady is representative of a serious disease in society. Because this is the kind of immaturity you are supposed to be expected to leave behind once you graduate high school or get beyond your sophomore year of college. Callow America. Speaking of which---Hey, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert how ya doing today? Even if you can pull off the trick of knowing when to finally be an adult (although I have my doubts), others can't.

Posted by: G. at November 23, 2012 08:40 AM (3h9xL)

56 Well, if she gets documentation for her obvious mental retardation, she can still be supervised by her former employer.

Posted by: Kristophr at November 23, 2012 08:41 AM (wYVte)

57 This may not be hers and the other girls first offense. They could have been crappy or mediocre employees to begin with and this just pushed their employer to do what was inevitable to begin with.

Posted by: Walkers! at November 23, 2012 08:41 AM (TYO2p)

58 Any blacks on Twitter lose their job or welfare bennies for #ImaAssassinateMittRomney tweets? Yeah, thought not. For you sympathetic types, we didn't start this game of acting with extreme prejudice over real and perceived butthurts. The Left has been playing that game for years.

Posted by: Scales Of Justice? at November 23, 2012 08:42 AM (wcb4h)

59 Speaking of retards and douchebags, those competent and scrupulous voters in Illinois may have to pony up some serious cash for one of the uber-entitled AA dynastic class, namely J Jackson Jr, formerly known as Congressman Jackson.

http://tinyurl.com/a32mhfo

Posted by: Hrothgar - L.I.B or SMOD for the Children at November 23, 2012 08:43 AM (Cnqmv)

60 osted by: Lindsey Stone at November 23, 2012 12:38 PM (wYVte) ------ Employers are not the same as customers. Employers do google prospective employees names. Enjoy the job hunt, Lindsey-poo! But customers usually don't google the name of an employee at a large company. In any case, read what I actually wrote---the real reason she should be fired is because she obviously did a shit job caring for her charges by either showing them that flipping the bird is a-okay or neglecting them by being out of sight long enough to take her douchey pics.

Posted by: Jenny Tries Too Hard at November 23, 2012 08:43 AM (2KBjW)

61 Walkers!: This is why I advocate getting a copy of your local voter's registration list when making hiring and firing decisions.

If you quietly remove Democrats from the workplace, they won't embarrass you , sue you, or slack off like the monkeys they are.

Posted by: Kristophr at November 23, 2012 08:43 AM (wYVte)

62 Jenny: that entirely depends on the customers.

If a relative of one of those mentally disabled persons wants to sue over alleged abuse, you can bet their lawyers WILL google up employee names.

Posted by: Kristophr at November 23, 2012 08:45 AM (wYVte)

63 Jenny: that entirely depends on the customers. If a relative of one of those mentally disabled persons wants to sue over alleged abuse, you can bet their lawyers WILL google up employee names. Posted by: Kristophr at November 23, 2012 12:45 PM (wYVte) ---------- Yes, now. But not before they choose (if there even is a choice, in many areas there's not) this facility over another. I think I'm reacting more to people acting as though she's being fired because she may have tarnished the "brand" in some way, aside from job performance, like that Chick-fil-A guy. Which I (as a parent) really hope wasn't the case. I *hope* she was fired because her actual performance sucked.

Posted by: Jenny Tries Too Hard at November 23, 2012 08:48 AM (2KBjW)

64 I have 4 relatives buried in Arlington and if anybody punches this Dbag will have my greatest thanks.

Posted by: Patrick at November 23, 2012 08:51 AM (6WpNC)

65 Is it unacceptable to pretend to receive fellatio from my Commander in Chief chia pet?

Posted by: IBT at November 23, 2012 08:53 AM (2t6Gz)

The comparison with Hanoi Jane Fonda is apt.

Jane has paid some consequence, as she has gotten fewer and fewer acting roles over the years. But the consequences should have been....more severe. Treason is a bit more.....disturbing. The more you know about Hanoi Jane, the more unsavory she actually becomes. But that is actually pretty typical of a great majority of Hollywood and entertainment types.

And John Kerry could very well be the Secretary of State of the United States.

Some consequence, huh?

Jenny @ 40: I was just teasing you a bit on your nick.

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch is Eddie Willers at November 23, 2012 08:56 AM (Md8Uo)

67 Is it unacceptable to pretend to receive fellatio from my Commander in Chief chia pet?

Sounds OK, just don't pictures on FaceBook. Trust me.

Posted by: The Fabulous Miss Lindsey! at November 23, 2012 08:57 AM (z9HTb)

68 Jenny @ 40: I was just teasing you a bit on your nick. Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch is Eddie Willers at November 23, 2012 12:56 PM (Md8Uo) ---------- Ah, never mind then. I'm probably just cranky because I have to go to Wal-Mart today of all stupid days.

Posted by: Jenny Tries Too Hard at November 23, 2012 08:57 AM (2KBjW)

69 6 soothsayer, Had she been interrupting a function other than veneration of combat dead Military I would have joined the "meh." I am a lot more bothered by democrat attacks on our foce structure and benefits than a member of Jackass nation acting the ass. Arlington is Arlington though.

Posted by: sven10077 at November 23, 2012 08:58 AM (liCSh)

70 Sorry, guys, Obama was re-elected by the same pin-headed, braying hyenas who went after this girl's job. If giving the finger to a tombstone upsets you that much, go kill an ambassador over it. And arrest the photographer who took the picture of her too.

Posted by: Average Joe at November 23, 2012 08:59 AM (Zegef)

71 Employers can't afford to have people on staff that make them look bad. Especially ones that provide adult care.

And some folks will investigate providers. This company's name will now show up on a google search with Lindsey Stone's name and wonderful photo attached to it.

So what the fuck else can the employer do about it?

Posted by: Kristophr at November 23, 2012 09:00 AM (wYVte)

72 LOL!

Posted by: abyss of hate at November 23, 2012 09:00 AM (Kflw4)

73 The condition this situation is indicative of is worse than just disrespect of the military. The culture at large has become one of never ending mockery of all things regardless of their inherent value.

It is horribly unhealthy for society and promotes the attitude that nothing is more important than self.

Posted by: typo dynamofo at November 23, 2012 09:02 AM (+VMZ0)

74 43 Soothsayer, Yup I did my par on two fronts. 1) I signed a petition for them at the evil W here in SC 2) I resisted the urge to buy two 199 buc xbox 360 bundles to donate to charity thereby keepimg 400 in my pocket. Screw the nation and working poor for backing Giggles

Posted by: sven10077 at November 23, 2012 09:03 AM (liCSh)

75 Testing new tablet

Posted by: sandman now with extra hate at November 23, 2012 09:03 AM (zxaA2)

76 old laptop test

Posted by: sandman is now 9.5 at November 23, 2012 09:04 AM (zxaA2)

77 Too bad these lamer fakebook users have no clue about employers and clients checking out employee's page. Privacy is a thing of the past in the golden collective rainbow utopia. Read a page earlier about an app finding all rayciss tweets and thoughtcrime and posting those up for all to see. Welcome to the glorious rainbow utopia comrades.

Posted by: got comrade? at November 23, 2012 09:04 AM (Kflw4)

78 @ 70

Kindly go fuck yourself--sock or not--that stupid twit is reaping the consequences of her action.

Just as everyone is obligated to do.

Posted by: irongrampa at November 23, 2012 09:04 AM (SAMxH)

79 There's bisexual, bilingual and now...buy-digital,y'all...

Posted by: sandman now with extra hate at November 23, 2012 09:05 AM (zxaA2)

80 73 Typo Dyfanamo, The nation is done. The blue quit in 2001 or 1968. I quit in 2012. No more one hand clapping. Run Red

Posted by: sven10077 at November 23, 2012 09:05 AM (liCSh)

81 @78 That will applied on a national level thanks to Nov. 6.

Posted by: THX1138 at November 23, 2012 09:07 AM (Kflw4)

82
Being a vet, this is particularly egregious to me. Got relatives buried there, it's hard to articulate the depth of contempt felt here.

Time to grab the lab and get away from this and remember how special this Thanksgiving was.

Posted by: irongrampa at November 23, 2012 09:08 AM (SAMxH)

83 70: Because her losing her job is exactly the same thing as murdering 4 people in your world. Kindly fuck yourself for the comparison.

Posted by: digitalbrownshirt at November 23, 2012 09:10 AM (eHwT1)

84 If this was but more than one person, Obama and Clinton would never have been elected, and Kerry would never have been a contender. The country isn't sick of Occupy. They elected them to run the govt.

Posted by: Baldy at November 23, 2012 09:13 AM (opS9C)

85 The abominations never cease get ready for Kerry for Sec-of-defense in twilight zone bizarro world.

Posted by: Yoda at November 23, 2012 09:15 AM (Kflw4)

"OBVIOUSLY we meant NO disrespect to people that serve or have served our country"

Odd. Because OBVIOUSLY that's precisely what she did. But not simply to those who serve or who have served - to those who died in that service.

Posted by: Steve Skubinna at November 23, 2012 09:17 AM (HoGA+)

87 very unimportant Meh

Posted by: occam at November 23, 2012 09:19 AM (71sq+)

88 This is also part of the permanent adolescence phase of the culture we're in.

26 year-old "kids" on their parents' health insurance and 30-ish year old chicks "mocking authority" need to grow the fuck up.

Posted by: Andy at November 23, 2012 09:23 AM (OZPoa)

89 Sorry. Suffered Nutsack Friday crowds to find a replacement tablet using Hemorrhoid 4.0 Shiite Sandwich.

Perusing ESPN, the Extreme Stupid People's Network, it seems necessary to say the following:

Broads there are not bad looking but do better reading from CARDS/prompters. Nothing impromptu...

Steven A Smith is a tool. Buy or Sell? BUY!!!

Skippy Bayless is clueless and horrendous to listen to. He rambles and is completely a tool, albeit an untalented and unaware tool.

Teddy Brueschi needs his mike cut off and his forehead thumped with a 2 x 4.

Anything with uber-leftist tool Magic Johnson should carry obligatory warning about "Stupid ass on board".

Their entire NFL commentary staff sucks wind, and Brent Musty Burger should be retired and sent to 60 minutes: they need a leftist twat to replace the ravings of Comrade Rooney.

And the bitch who flipped off the Unknowns should be unable to find gainful employment outside of prostitution at interstate truck stop gloryholes.

And now, I'm done.

Thanks for letting me vent from afar.

God, do I have plenty of spleen to vent since the re-coronation of King Twat, defamer of the Realm, shiitehead and American HemorrhoidÂ©. I literally can't stand the sound of his reedy ramblings, his Mussolini-esque posturing or his endless BS spew.

hatred, I gots some...

Posted by: sandman is now 9.5 at November 23, 2012 09:26 AM (zxaA2)

90 "I'm sure that someone with her personal skills could find gainful employement at Arby's or Subway." She probably got fired from there for lecturing the customers about how the turkeys and cows were raped.

Posted by: WarrenMuhfugginHarding at November 23, 2012 09:28 AM (dpaZU)

91 When all evils are adjudged equal, it becomes really hard to determine the right and moral path.

Thanks to the teachers and enablers of douchebags and scum like this, many people apparently cannot even find behaviour like this to to be too far beyond the pale. Fortunatley, it seems like the same over-worked 47% still understand despicable actions and are willing to say so publicly.

Somehow, if she did this at Obama's inauguration, I don't think there would be anything but universal condemnation in the press, and it would never be called a "momentary lapse of judgment"!

Posted by: Hrothgar - L.I.B or SMOD for the Children at November 23, 2012 09:28 AM (Cnqmv)

And John Kerry could very well be the Secretary of State of the United States.
Some consequence, huh?

The Swiftboat vets are gearing up again to protest against Lurch getting this position.

Posted by: Cheri at November 23, 2012 09:37 AM (G+Wff)

93 @Cheri: they're saying Secretary of State now? Last I heard it was Secretary of Defense, which would be even worse.

Posted by: WarrenMuhfugginHarding at November 23, 2012 09:38 AM (dpaZU)

94 The Swiftboat vets are gearing up again to protest against Lurch getting this position.

Posted by: Cheri at November 23, 2012 01:37 PM (G+Wff)

Time to contribute to the Swiftboat Vets again. Kerry's real record is just another story that vanished down the MFM rathole.

Posted by: Hrothgar - L.I.B or SMOD for the Children at November 23, 2012 09:38 AM (Cnqmv)

95 Jane has paid some consequence, as she has gotten fewer and fewer acting roles over the years. But the consequences should have been....more severe. Treason is a bit more.....disturbing. The more you know about Hanoi Jane, the more unsavory she actually becomes. But that is actually pretty typical of a great majority of Hollywood and entertainment types.

And John Kerry could very well be the Secretary of State of the United States.
Some consequence, huh?

Jenny @ 40: I was just teasing you a bit on your nick.

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch is Eddie Willers at November 23, 2012 12:56 PM (Md8Uo)

Consequences? Not hardly. The minute she got back to the States she should have been put in front of the nearest firing squad.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at November 23, 2012 09:42 AM (lmTRT)

96 It pains me to see how few people understand what the 1st Amendment is all about. It gives you the freedom to say stupid shit and not get put in jail for it. It doesn't give you the right to say stupid shit and not have any consequences in your personal life as a result.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 23, 2012 09:43 AM (xR/ya)

97 CAIRO (AP) Â— Thousands of opponents of EgyptÂ’s Islamist president clashed with his supporters in cities across the country Friday, burning several offices of the Muslim Brotherhood, in the most violent and widespread protests since Mohammed Morsi came to power, sparked by his move to grant himself sweeping powers

Perhaps Obama would rethink His support of Morsi _MB?

of course He won't.
@Times of Israel

Posted by: willow at November 23, 2012 09:43 AM (hX8cq)

98 I'd love to see once, just once, one of these brave ironic hip liberal fucks pull this off at a mosque. How about giving the finger to Mohammed Lidnsey?

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 23, 2012 09:45 AM (xR/ya)

99 Posted by: willow at November 23, 2012 01:43 PM (hX8cq)

Unfortunately, I think Obama is taking notes on Morsi's technique and plans to use the in the next four years!

Nothing smells quite like a muslim spring!

Posted by: Hrothgar - L.I.B or SMOD for the Children at November 23, 2012 09:46 AM (Cnqmv)

100 as for the post.
The women represented He employers on that 'rad trip'
if they donot want to be paintd with her ideological idiot brush, they have a right not to be.

She Was at Working.

would be the same if any of us insulted others for plitical reasons while on the company dime.

Posted by: willow at November 23, 2012 09:47 AM (hX8cq)

101 Don't worry about her. She'll probably get a teaching position somewhere. Or somebody will pay her to write a book.

Posted by: katya the designated driver at November 23, 2012 09:48 AM (DoZD+)

102 Hrothgar,
I still love that 'days of rage' getting the new improved name face lift. to 'arab spring'

how cute that was. because as we know it was about freedom and hippy love-peace and self determination ..

women being put in ankle bracelets to be monitored by their men. lovely fresh and inspiring.

Posted by: willow at November 23, 2012 09:51 AM (hX8cq)

103 I had reda elsewhere she was a public servant ?
true?

Posted by: willow at November 23, 2012 09:53 AM (hX8cq)

104 dyslexic fingers sorry.

Posted by: willow at November 23, 2012 09:54 AM (hX8cq)

105 Hanoi Jane's film career going down the crapper had NOTHING to do with her treason, Hwood lurves them some treason against the US. It had everything to do with her being a crap actress who got most of her accolades from her last name. Not to mention the fact that she's old as dirt and there's a dearth of roles for desiccated old crones.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 23, 2012 09:54 AM (c2oll)

106 I had reda elsewhere she was a public servant ? true? Posted by: willow at November 23, 2012 01:53 PM (hX8cq) ---------- The facility she works for almost certainly depends heavily on government funds, so sort of. She's definitely someone that your tax dollars were paying for via Medicare, Medicaid and MHMR programs, but she's technically employed by a private company that contracts (as far as I understand it) with the government to provide these services.

Posted by: Jenny Tries Too Hard at November 23, 2012 10:01 AM (2KBjW)

107 Free speech: said dingbat is not currently in police custody for doing what she did.

Also free speech: her employer is free to no longer associate with her, since she's an embarrassing fool.

Now, compare and contrast with the case of Crappy- Mohammed-Youtube-Video-Guy...

Posted by: Stu-22 at November 23, 2012 10:19 AM (k4bdL)

108 "It had everything to do with her being a crap actress who got most of her accolades from her ~~last name~~ incredible body. Fixed that for you.

Posted by: EveryOtherGuyInBangorME at November 23, 2012 10:27 AM (dpaZU)

109 She sowed that whirlwind and then she reaped that whirlwind. Nuff said. Pretty soon this entire self-indulgent nation gets to reap the Barky whirlwindÂ® the Leftand its useless idiotsÂ© voted for...again. In time the economy will collapse under its own ponderous weight and Barky or whatever tool succeeds him will get to pay down the debt with hyper-inflated dollars and institute a hyper-wondrous full fledged King Putt Wunnerful Soshul-Joostis Fascism State.

Then it'll be ignorant, self approving idjits like this sorry cow who welcome their new ethnically enhanced Fascist Overlords...and folks like me who are not so welcoming.

Posted by: sandman is now 9.5 at November 23, 2012 10:39 AM (zxaA2)

110 Any conservatives cheering this one on will have only themselves to blame when the stories come out about people getting fired from their jobs for posted anti-Obama/Union/Big Bird statements on FaceBook. Stupidity has never been a crime. Mob justice, in contrast, usually has been. This young woman was juvenile. The people calling for her firing were bullies. And her employer is a coward. Enjoy the new normal. And careful what you post here. The internet has a long memory. Hope you haven't written anything a mob of angry liberals would try to have you fired for...

Posted by: fwiw at November 23, 2012 10:43 AM (+5R2D)

111

Posted by: fwiw at November 23, 2012 02:43 PM (+5R2D)

GFY, Sideways!

Posted by: Amalgamated Cliff Divers, Local 157 at November 23, 2012 11:04 AM (BHM5V)

112 There's a verifiable difference between speaking your mind, in print, like this.
And making a known, vulgar hand gesture in public, photographing it and then bragging about it...in relation to a company sponsored work outing. That is not so much covered by free speech as it was not her time but their time involved.

So if an employer tried to fire someone for using their 1st amendment rights because it was opposite of the company's opinions, well that there is a good case to take to court.

Defending a vulgar gesture and accompanying snark to a jury? Probably not so much.

Statements of opinion are not the same as public displays of unacceptable behavior on someone else's dime.

FWIW, you're a shiitehead. Please [picture appropriate rude hand gesture here...

Posted by: sandman is now 9.5 at November 23, 2012 11:35 AM (zxaA2)

113 According to her 'apology', she derives amusement from taking these 'edgy, hip pix' and posting them to Facebook. I am amused playing golf, and skiing. I know that there is a cost associated with each activity. Before I indulge in either, I see what it will cost me. THat helps me decide what CHOICE I make. She is simply paying the price for her 'amusement'. Because she is a liberal butt-munch, as are her parents, she made her choice without cost consideration. Now, I am not normally a 'cold' person, but in this case I hope her parents lose their jobs, then home and find themselves unable to qualify for Aid and starve on the streets. All three of them. Have a GREAT day, everyone(else)!!!

Posted by: The Ghost of a pimple on the ass of Milton Friedman at November 23, 2012 12:26 PM (wnBJK)

114 Here,here, Sir Ghost of...you may have a Thai tranny Hooker from the AOSHQÂ® line gratis...

Posted by: sandman is now 9.5 at November 23, 2012 12:42 PM (zxaA2)

115 Her apology was basically 'I'm sorry you can't take a joke,' combined with a rather transparent lie about her intentions. Also I think the 70s are poorly represented here. Sure, the hippies dominate our memory, but they weren't the majority they always claim to be.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's mobile at November 23, 2012 12:54 PM (iYNTB)

116

"What happened to Lindsey Stone this week had nothing to do with Â“blind adoration of the militaryÂ”, it had to do with a line being drawn in the sand of the culture war. It turns out that some Americans are tired of the Â“OccupyÂ” generation. Their outrage over this picture has been building in the last several years."

Ha...What a laugh. The cultural battle is long lost. If this loser's name, birthdate, hometown, and employer would have instantaneously been known to the entire world in the 60's (like today) this dumbshit would have been fired then too. Why do you people continually deceive yourselves with this dumb ass stupid false hopes and bravado? Quit your ways and face reality Â– We Lost a long time ago. Get over it and quit the RNC/GOP.

Join the true epublicans. (If you have to ask you're part of the problem.)

Posted by: jacke at November 23, 2012 01:28 PM (5Cwv4)

117 I can't say I'm terribly sympathetic. Sure, people do stupid things all the time, and apparently a lot of people out there don't seem to understand that if you want to be somewhat anonymous on Teh Intarbutts, don't use your real name/Facebook/Twitter to do stupid things. But I've been fired for less, doing things in a he-said/she-said scenario where someone just plain didn't like my personality. That's just the way it is. She should have known better, and actions have consequences. Other people have been fired too, and not even for things that they were responsible for. So I have no tears at all for people who've earned their lot. I'm not holding out a lot of hope that anyone from the Entitlement Generations will actually learn that rather basic lesson, but seeing what they like to airily call "karma" in action is a rare joy to behold, like seeing that guy who cut you off in traffic get pulled over by a cop. She'll live, but life will be just a little harder...perhaps for the first time in her life. If she actually learns from it, fantastic. If not, at least I got to see someone get what she had coming.

Posted by: The Ghost of Flannery O'Connor has no pity at November 23, 2012 01:43 PM (WE5bx)

118 Yesterday, hubby and I were walking across a parking lot to enter a local eatery when we observed a couple walking out with Junior, who looked to be somewhere around 14 years old. Junior was wearing a pair of satin NBA basketball shorts and was carrying his sandals, choosing to walk barefoot across a dirty, gum ridden, who knows what object strewn parking lot. Mom and Dad were yukking it up with Junior, no concern whatsoever as to either his attire or his barefoot stroll-despite the fact it was in the forties and we do not live within a 1000 miles of a beach. Hubby and I agreed that Junior 1. has no rules other than what he decides. 2. Junior's parents maintain an excuse list for Junior's behavior that would read on for hours. 3. Junior probably has siblings in rehab or a liberal arts college. And we wonder where the Lindsay's of this world come from.....

Posted by: Jen at November 23, 2012 02:22 PM (xIY82)

119 @118-Jen. You're exactly right! It's the parents. When my kids, now aged 34, 32 & 29 were young, they couldn't believe that when their friends did something wrong they got sent to their room while my kids got a whoopin'. That's exactly the same way I was raised. At 30 I would never have thought of doing something like that. At 30 my kids would never think of doing something like that. It's the parenting.

Posted by: Yat Yas 1833 at November 23, 2012 06:52 PM (83ICy)

120 So when liberals mount online lynch mobs to get conservatives fired for THEIR opinions, you're in favor of that too? You incredible dumbass.

Posted by: Rollory at November 24, 2012 03:42 AM (R0QI6)

121 @Rollory,

Look up "actions" and "opinions" and get back to us, ok?

Posted by: MarkD at November 24, 2012 05:52 AM (iYBP2)

122 Free speech is officially dead in America.
Douche bag, or not, free speech is speech that one disagrees with, yet is allowed.
Almost came to blows over this at T-day dinner.

I'll miss you America.

Posted by: FreeSpeechDied at November 24, 2012 12:28 PM (DXQ6h)

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