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TherealNickyboy
And Dubya Bush used to regularly salute holding his dog in his arms. Where was the outrage then from the right? Stupid non-issue.
StarrryNight
And that man is your democratically elected President of your country. How about you show HIM some fucking respect you fuckwit.
bucketmouse
This whole entire thing is completely un news worthy. What is Jon Stew's obsession with FOX. Get over it.
RyanH42
"What is Jon Stew's obsession with FOX?" They provide him with material to work with.
degenerator
"Boobs on the ground." Courtesy of "head up the arse."
analpetrusion
how can you be obligated to salute someone, everyone is equal, the fact he does salute them shows he respects them, fuck your cliches!!!
jonbristow
They make me so angry and Im not even an american
GrassStains
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrqaw7lB76c This is the original FOX News report, it's actually the biggest piece of shit I've ever seen
mswarson
Chief doesn't need to salute, the fact he salutes is already a showcase of respect.
StarrryNight
Exactly. Why don't people get that. He's at the top of the tree. Shit doesn't flow up hill. He's like the ultimate person that needs saluted
twosummers
"The buck stops here" indeed.
unremarkableasterisk
As Colbert put it: "it's not the boobs on the ground, it's the pair in the air"
TraitorousTrump3
Fox News. Not even once.
cattywumpus
What is the military protocol for saluting in regards to civilians? I thought it was rude to salute if you didn't serve.
aspiringgoodenoughist
I'm prob wrong, but I think pres has some sort of military ranking since like he decides when to go to war etc. Not sure though???
twfeline
You are essntially correct, but it's a matter of protocol and etiquette, and those kinds of things evolve or are judgement calls.
DigitalGods
A President or any civilian is not supposed to salute. It is a privilege reserved for military members in good standing.
winnertakesall
Oh hell no. Lmao Presidents are too be saluted. Go google up 600-25 army regs, the AFI 1-1, and all the other branches shit.
d7g7
As a European... Meh.
CuckooBizarre
Europeans say 'meh'?
eructator
When we're talking about American politics, yeah. Often, it's the only apt word to describe your clown-car-disguised-as-national-politics.
ChefHannibal
*mic drop*
procrastinatingagain
Jon Stewart was spot on.
FourCatsAndSevenMemesAgo
And also scoring points.
CarrotsandKale
I agree. Not a fan of his but he really hit the nail on the head here
he2lium
*is
ILostIt
i would vote for him as pres
nintendude84
As always.
HansSlave
As usual.
StarkRG
Didn't think I'd say this when he took over but: Jon Stewart is WAY better than Craig Ferguson. There, I've said it.
sayerplayer
That was Craig Kilborn, not Ferguson....
KingGambitB
I always wonder why I never hear about their responses to Stewart when they get called out like that. I'd love to see them try.
ragekritz
they do respond but they usually just dismiss him as a comedian. Which he is. but they don't understand that doesn't actually discredit him.
doihearanamen
See... there are boots. And there's ground. So once you put the boots on the ground, you have BOOTS ON GROUND.
asotzen
This is how I imagine the father from "My big fat greek wedding" would describe things.
schizznatt
He said BOOBS.
QuantumSupersexposition
Weird cause that refers to deploying an army. And this was an aerial attack
VeteranKamikaze
That's what bothered me the most, she's air force, boots on the ground refers to infantry, so his stupid joke doesn't even make sense.
ParsleySage
Yeah, fuck that guy, I'm definitely not voting for him next time!
twfeline
My first chuckle of the day. Thank you.
ParsleySage
I mean, a latte? I'd have thought he'd have had better taste in coffee than that!
JuniperVera
srsly. only a macchiato for commander in chief.
shootxthexmessenger
I don't know how Jon has done this for so long. My stress levels would be through the fucking roof, wading through this shit all the time.
drapester
Money money money money. MONAY!
CarolinHR
respect
MarkRizznHopkins
He wades through the same shit as most of us, but he gets paid to make jokes about it.
FunkyPanda
Hey Fox,
CarolinHR
http://thenewsjunkie.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/SIMPSONSFOXNEWS3.jpg
CaliOrigin
Yeah! Fuck that guy!
MrChurch
Even as a conservative, I really hate Fox News.
BurtReynoldsSaysHeLovesYou
As a Libertarian... I don't. I just understand they're not a news organization.
gbw767able
any one notice him kinda extra angry the past few nights
longdarkteatimeofthesoul
That's Stewart's secret. He's always angry.
itsamazing
Thank you for not giffing it
BANANAFLAKE
-sincerely, mobile users.
adhominem
As a Finn, I salute you!
listerssisterthefisterresister
As a non-mobile user, I find gifs very annoying, especially when the subtitles change throughout the gif. It just makes it hard to read.
Ihatewhenpeopledonotspacebetweenwords
You are the hero mobile users need.
ihavequestions
It's pronounced jiffing.
cbjfan
NO IT'S NOT YOU UNCULTURED SWINE
misskinzy
LOL ...giffing...
macroharddoors
COFFING!
CptKoolaid
yiffing...
betamale
I'm currently redownloading Skyrim and totes thought they were just taking forever to load.
Nightley
TimTheScifiGuy
He should've had that pepsi cup in his hands.
garthhh
For once, I can actually read one of these posts
beancrayons
some people just dont gif a f***
NijorntheblackViking
...a chance
CarolinHR
I do what I can
[deleted]
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CarolinHR
more or less
DefinitelyAYoshi
You da real MVP
Lupine1982
Its sad that has to be pointed out
cheesentoast
Ramone?
NormalNorman
You are my hero
khora
No, you didn't. And we thank you.
nothonjoudesu
Out of respect, I latte-salute you.
CarolinHR
SO DISRESPECTFUL OMG
getoffmytrain
Make love to us Randy pls.
CarolinHR
Was that a TPB reference?
getoffmytrain
Southpark reference.
llamallary
You da real mvp
SlightlyNormal
Imgur, where we thank people for not fucking up the basics.. Jesus fuck, who cares.
itsamazing
politeness and courtesy gets you a long way.
SlightlyNormal
That's more like some retardation "hurr durr thank you for wiping your ass".
poppeleseed
Every mobile user
kenspiration
okay, i have not seen the actual salute until this gif and that was nowhere near as bad as i thought it would be.
kenspiration
i guess i can kind of see how some military serviceman might have something to say about that. but EXTENSIVE MEDIA COVERAGE? no.
EnterDMZ
I don't even understand why some servicemen would be mad. He's the superior officer and isn't even required to salute them.
brennanandbooth
Yeah you would think he threw the coffee in their face and back handed a bald eagle by how outraged they all are. fuckin-a
ImJustHereSoIDontGetFined
What DOES "boobs on the ground" mean? Ignoring the blatant sexism, it doesn't even make any fucking sense. She wasn't on the ground...
viciouscycleboy
Colbert "It's 'Pair in the air' "
dinojr
Exactly. If you're going to make an arrogant disgusting just atLEAST make God damn sense
themanthemyththecharles
A poorly executed, far reaching jab at 'boots on the ground'. A shitty jab at a woman flying a jet.
Escheron
especially far reaching considering "boots on the ground" means any soldier NOT in a plane (or on a ship)
thebillyofthewest
that's the joke
APairofDocks
And even if she were her boobs wouldn't be
FRX51
It makes sense if you consider the fact that Eric Bolling (and everyone on The Five) is a fucking moron.
POOTERS
Plus, she was flying, so it should be "boobs in the air."
CarolinHR
right! if you're going to make a tasteless joke at least make it a good one
Shadow3343
Or better yet, don't make one at all!
HolyShitIThinkIJustBrokeThatOtherGuysRecordForLongestUsername
Even Stephen Colbert made a joke (sarcastically) "That's obviously a pair in the air."
jadespider
it means "I'm 12...hehe boobs"
opad
Those guys aren't deep thinkers 'boobs sounds sort of like boots' is the extent of the thinking. Also -can't make legible websites
CreativeEgo
I'm NOT defending the douche, but it's a wordplay on "boots on the ground". It's probably his idea of humor.
Seaofdave
Pretty sure the guy was a comedian just making a joke, he wasnt really being serious.
EhhhWhatsUpDoc
the wordplay is obvious, but that doesn't mean it makes any sense.
damadamagoyolur
the *attempt* at wordplay is obvious, since it didn't really succeed at being clever.
Rev0lver0celot
If it were anyone but fox news, I'd say no one would make that bad a word play.
HeyOP
"Nobody would make that bad a word play." You don't Imgur much, do you.
AShadeOfFuchsia
The point of airstrikes it that it's not "boots on the ground". They were aiming for the lowest hanging fruit and still missed
MarkPenrice
If she was part of the infanty and pinned down in a foxhole, it might at least have made a small shred of sense, although no less offensive.
detocroix
ah.. I thought it was like she left boobs away on the ground and became a man on the sky like she was worthless as a soldier before.
StarrryNight
And if her boobs were on the ground she would be crawling around on the floor. Hardly an effective fighting technique. Guy's a twat.
Mcknizzle
It should be a pair in the air!
ManLegit
See this guy gets it
TheSteenalizer
Yeah he stole it from Colbert, and he gets it, so yeah
TheSteenalizer
-Stephen Colbert
Mcknizzle
upvote
whiskeyandwomen
Source: http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/b7hxzd/the-way-we-war
whiskeyandwomen
Starts about 4:30
PastaIsLife
Dang they got rekt. Too bad the gifset doesn't just who this whole thing. It was brilliant.
briedis
Thanks! I always hate trying to read/understand so many GIFs at one.
Rewaco
"We're sorry, but this video isn't available in your location." Well, fuck you too
whiskeyandwomen
Seems like you've fund the source Cymist has provided so I hope you're good now.
whiskeyandwomen
*found
cinnamonster
Use Google Chrome with the Hola extention! Then you can access everything anywhere :)
eructator
Use a proxy to pretend to be in the US -- I use Hola, a plugin for Firefox. Also lets me watch Doctor Who on BBC's website. :-)
tasteslikechaos
Yes really? Self reading this in your comments gallery,you can watch Dr. Who!! Read this comment chain
Cymist
sauce for all us non-Mericans that can't watch C-C streams https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=4RS-gxxPWCE#t=261
Rewaco
You rock
FeelsTrain
thank you!
castlecrasher8490
You da real MVP son
minkmankser
i salute you, latte or no
seasonsofclarity
As an ex-serviceman, fuck that guy and fuck yeah Jon Stewart!
Yesnomaybeyes
I'm a Conservative, What Branch were you in?
seasonsofclarity
USAF, and I'm a moderate independent.
Yesnomaybeyes
Kinda weird, Marines,Navy, and most Army I see are Conservative, Air Force, Coast Guard, are more liberal...Fuuuunky :o
seasonsofclarity
I can see it. It does pay to differentiate fiscal or social conservative too. I'm fiscally conservative, socially liberal.
Yesnomaybeyes
Indeed. I can see it.
CarolinHR
I appreciate your service, man!
seasonsofclarity
As you'd been downvoted, I think you have a downvote troll on you.
CarolinHR
Oh phew, I was worried that you had downvoted it because I offended you in some way. Downvote trolls I can handle
seasonsofclarity
One of the other servicemen got downvoted, so maybe it's just a troll on this image. It's hard to offend me!
seasonsofclarity
This is also why I hate Fox News with a passion. Fucking twats.
CarolinHR
and your opinion hehe
KeytarPlatypus
For real. As a current seviceman, I don't give a shit that he didn't salute properly. Also, fuck Fox and everything they stand for.
sayerplayer
Someone downvoted this, they must like Fox.... I pivoted to pull it back up.
CarolinHR
love it mr. platypus
KeytarPlatypus
I love you internet stranger, have a great day.
CarolinHR
aww you too!
BananaNotToScale
*Faux News
MrFNSunshine
Veteran chiming in here. You are obligated to salute a superior officer when you see one and not half-ass it. 1/2
CarolinHR
appreciate your service and for your insight
bioblurt
The CIC is the superior officer, right?
gmfunkd
The CIC is THE Superior Officer for Armed Forces
MrFNSunshine
2/2 That officer is not obligated to salute you back especially if he is preoccupied.
BuggritMilleniumHandandShrimp
Thanks for the info and your service! :) My dad said the same thing but wasn't sure if it applied w/ American military (vietnamese vet)
seasonsofclarity
Funny how many don't know that. But I suppose that's one of the little details being in the service teaches you.
seasonsofclarity
Also, thank you for your service!
desertodie
Agreed, and to further add the president isn't an officer but a civilian. thanks for you service!
sayerplayer
I was thinking that was the case. It would take forever for a general to walk around if he had to salute everyone.
winnertakesall
Actually. It states in AFI 1-1 and army regs 600-25 that when saluted to return the salute. But thats for military, not civis like pres.
solomine
Isn't the president the commander in chief though? He is military.
TheSierra
Actually he is considered a civilian: http://www.texasgopvote.com/military-salute/it-proper-president-render-military-hand-salute-002816
ChomskyWouldnt
A salute is a sign of mutual respect. In the air force at least, the officers always salute back. That rule doesn't apply for civilians 1/2
ChomskyWouldnt
like the SecDef or President. We salute them, but they are under no obligation to return that salute because they aren't military.
captainsuperdawg
Eisenhower didn't salute when he was president. And he used to be a general in the military. Regan was the first to salute troops.
Yesnomaybeyes
That's cus Reagan is badass.
aHumbleVaudevillianVeteran
The tradition of always saluting was started by Reagan. Eisenhower did salute when he was addressing many troops, not to random soldiers.
summerreyn
So the tradition started with an actor?
SAWhowhatnow
An actor who may have been well into a descent into Alzheimer's.
ILikeThisPlanetYouGetOff
Since the president is the commander in chief, isn't everyone else in the military lower ranking? Meaning he doesn't need to salute?
GeneralWho
http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2014/sep/24/rachel-maddow/rachel-maddow-not-even-old-gen-eisenhower-saluted-/
CplTrizz
Pretty sure you're wrong about this. Eisenhower was a military officer, he saluted.
seemarkspitz
He also oversaw Iran Contra.
cooplander
You watched Real Time last night, didn't you.
Tiiimmmaayy
They definitely watched Real Time last night.
princessrnpl
http://blogs.reuters.com/talesfromthetrail/2008/12/24/to-salute-or-not-to-salute-thats-obamas-question/
opad
And had arguably less military experience then many previous presidents. Almost like he was an actor.
EmileLewis
Well, the GOP worships Reagan, so...
Seipheris
Eisenhower understood, as a military man, that as POTUS you don't have to salute anyone.
lawrus
but he did salute soldiers. frequently. this is still dumb though.
ihavealteredmyusernameagainprayidontalteritanyfurther
The thing here is superior officers are not required to salute, but people watch a lot of movies, and they always salute in the movies.
CarolinHR
lot of movies, not a lot of books. there's the problem
TheMoustache
Eisenhower DID salute. That he didn't is a myth. He didn't salute all the time but he did salute.
Imonlydoingthisforthefoodporn
He saluted only on special occasions but in general didn't want to salute because he wasn't in uniform.
321Guesswho
I could understand why he didn't always salute he was a general before then even. Saluting everyone has to get old after awhile.
SAWhowhatnow
If the president or even just a general took the time to properly return salutes they wouldn't have any time to do their jobs.
kidshady45
Plus he was the top dog in the military. I'm sure he could get away with not saluting.
FloodingWaters
You'd think but even supreme commander subordinates to CIC. And here obama is catching pointless hell for it.
blaghart
Because Regan was an idiot. You never salute out of uniform and civies never salute ANYONE.
CplTrizz
That is not true. The president is in uniform every day. It's called a suit.
blaghart
That's patently wrong. That's not a uniform for one, and two it's not THE uniform. As in a military one.
warick
For me it's either do it, or don't. He just gives a half ass one.
warick
My second most downvoted comment. Congrats to me, I guess.
ImJustHereSoIDontGetFined
Ugh.
MarcoPoloOnPollo
Ha. I've seen military officers provide the shittiest salutes. I've seen cell phone salutes and latte salutes as well. Get over it.
warick
So have I. But considering his position, considering he's always being watched, he should set the standard, and be beyond reproach.
whateversomethingdifferentiguessfkit
Salutes are done more lazily by people much lower down the chain. If you had served, you'd know this.
warick
I have served, and considering Obama's at the top of the chain his should be asking the least lazy.
whateversomethingdifferentiguessfkit
I sincerely doubt it.
warick
*among, not asking
Nutella420
I can agree with this.
HaberdasherInGold
Whoa there, friend. You have to be careful not to agree with unpopular opinions. Wouldn't want you thinking for yourself <_<
warick
Thank you.
lonetarget
My thinking is that over-saluting is killing the meaning behind it. He's POTUS, others are supposed to salute him. Chain of command. (1/2)
fatrustyfarts
He's saluting back.
lonetarget
I prefer the more minimalist approach by DDE. The rest is all for show and for votes. (2/2)
8bitTunes
Officers are supposed to return the salute. Nobody likes to salute anyway, officers hate it as much as enlisted
8bitTunes
And civilians doing it can sometimes feel a bit demeaning. He made a mistake, who cares, those marines could probably give a shit
lawrus
That's actually not true; he did on many occasions. This is still dumb though.
BuggritMilleniumHandandShrimp
Thanks for this tidbit, genuinely interesting :)
demonqs
just to clarify to you: the presidents dont salute troops first. they return salutes. so troops didnt salute the presidents until Reagan
dsfounis
Wait, aren't you supposed to only salute when you've got a cap with the national symbol on it, isn't the salute supposed to honour that?
MillerLitesaber
Only if you have a military uniform. People in the chain of command that aren't military (like the pres or secdef) have different rules
Imonlydoingthisforthefoodporn
Nah, it's descended from the old knight-lifting-his-visor gesture. And you're only supposed to do it in uniform, but can be done without hat
MyNameIsJohnDaker
Thank you for bringing thus up. Also, the presidential salute is not required even after Regan started it.
TittyMcButt
That is because being part of the military he knew that you were only supposed to salute if you were in uniform.
villlllle
I wish you guys could have someone like Eisenhower to run things again.
LupusYonderboy
Last good president, IMO.
lawrus
JFK, FDR, Clinton?
eructator
FDR predated Eisenhower. JFK was objectively a worse president (albeit popular), and Clinton... well, maybe.
LupusYonderboy
Got us into Vietnam, predated Ike, generally bad at foreign policy (good domestic though).
flounderflound
The right would just scream "Socialist!" at him. Apparently his public highway system is too 'liberal' for them.
villlllle
Yeah damn socialist roads, imprisoning people in the freedom of driving where ever they want.
flounderflound
Yeah, how dare that guy try to connect the cities of the US for easy transportation!
TheBiggestAsshat
Yo, imgurite, I'm real happy for you, and I'mma let you finish, but @IWannaHaveSexWithEveryone had the best comment of all time. 1/2
TINYRIIIIICK
Awww, you shouldn't have <3
spot217
Hate to do this to ya, but Roosevelt saluted troops before Reagan.
Horus175
Eisenhower probably didn't salute because he wasn't in uniform. You cannot render a salute while in civvies but you can receive.
demonqs
and no president would salute his subordinates at all, they return salutes.
missmaryMACKMACKMACK
Commander in chief is the head of the military in uniform and out. Not arguing against you, just saying it's different for the president.
Ayzmo
Under the Constitution the president is considered a civilian leader of the armed forces. He is not considered military.
MillerLitesaber
Adding to that the president doesn't even have a uniform so the uniform rules of saluting are different. He can do whatever he wants, really
Horus175
The point I was trying to make though was in the military they tell you not to salute out of uniform. It could have been force of habit.
demonqs
yeah, as in hes not subject to the ucmj?
yjk924
Just wanted to clarify "a general in the military." He was Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Europe during WW2. What a title.
Shven
Only in Wolfenstein would you not want to be called that. Pretty much the guy who blew it for everyone in that world. I need to get out more
MajorLeagueFister
The modo planned, organized, and executed d-day. The only people he should ever have to salute are Medal of Honor recipients. Like a boss.
EhhhWhatsUpDoc
Why did I think for a MOMENT that I'd be the 1st one to point that out. Thank you, sir.
VexingEldritch
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d1d1t4t3hlulz0hl4wdy
The only thing I heard in my mind when I read your comment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJFRLGfuZto&feature=player_detailpage#t=75
Moan2
Oooh man. I just had a thought... What if the UEF was started by Eisenhower? Oh shit son!
dougmr
Sounds cool, like 2nd in command next to the CiC.
suborbitalplotwithintheeventhorizon
I like Ike.
kragor85
Everybody likes Ike.
Robopengy
George Washington still automatically outranks him :P
diphenhydraminehcl50mg
Was there a Supreme Commander in the Pacific?
yjk924
Technically it was Louis Mountbatten, a British Admrial, but the top American admiral in the pacific was Douglas MacArthur.
irishprincess1990
There were two: Admiral Chester Nimitz & General Douglas MacArthur: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Theater_of_Operations
Aelinsaar
Five stars... yowza.
JacenSolo
whoa! bad ass! that's the title i get when i save the world from the soviets in red alert! i did not know that it actually existed!
docileirish
red aleeeerrttt
SaintMaceToTheFace
It STILL exists. No one has really needed to fill the command. Is traditionally only occupied by a five star general
yjk924
The current NATO Supreme Allied Commander of Europe is USAF General Phillip Breedlove.
KillerKolonelz
YEAH! Red alert!
NephCohen
that brings up a good point, though... why is the president- the commander-in-chief- saluting at all? doesn't he outrank literally everyone?
MillerLitesaber
He does outrank everyone, that's why everyone HAS to salute him first, and he can either return one or not. He doesn't HAVE to, but he does
demonqs
he returns the salute the same way a commanding/any officer would.
idonthaveagoodnameinmind
subordinate initiates the salute out of respect for his superior. The superior returns the salute out of respect for the subordinate. simple
Ayzmo
According to the Constitution, the president, while CIF, is a civilian.
CplTrizz
Did you mean CIC - Commander-in-Chief? And please cite that part of the Constitution?
CplTrizz
I think you meant Commander-in-Chief...and you should cite that part of the Constitution. Because I think you're incorrect.
UncleWashy
It's murky. In uniform, you salute superiors and return them out of respect. Out of uniform, it's still respectful to return a salute. 1/2
UncleWashy
Gate guards will salute officers who are in cars and out of uniform. It feels odd, but it's a little rude to not return that salute too. 2/3
UncleWashy
If you're going to salute, however, it shouldn't be half-hearted, because that looks far worse. Either salute properly, or don't at all. 3/3
eatingketchupchips
fox is so blatantly sexist and racist idk why/how anyone watches that shit.
Sadeeyore
Because they're racist and sexist. They fucking love that shit.
Aquare
Because people are dumb and are unable to think for themselves.
bittenkitten813
If you've been watching it for a while, you don't notice. My dad watches and my mom has to hear it, and she stopped noticing
procrastinatingagain
Colbert calls them the "Cocks on Fox."
dedradawn
Because it reinforces their sexist and racist views. They're preaching to the choir at this point.
Drpurrpurrpurr
You do realize the US still has a lot of racists and sexists, right? They love this shit, it tells them they're right.
DogChasingCars
because there are a lot of sexist and racist people
RIPFuturama
There are a lot of incredibly stupid Americans, which is why those news networks still exist even though they're absolute trash.
SamMan
Mostly to confirm their own personal sexist & racist beliefs.
CarolinHR
church. also ketchup chips are my jam
31415926535897932384626433832795028841971
Chips or crisps? French fries or potato chips?
CodependantHumpDeBumps
Are you British? Pretty sure he meant ketchup flavored potato chips. No offense.
bouttreefiddy
ALL American 24hr news programming is biased, sexist and perpetuate racism and fear. They are all worthless shit stacks
eatingketchupchips
yeah, my post was coming from a Canadian perspective, where our News stations seem to be at least a little more subtle and way more liberal
repulzz
Yes
ukatox
ragekritz
I'll ask my parents next time I visit. They read everything Bill O-Riley makes.
Temzilla
I personally watch it as parody, and then feel kind of sad later because some people don't realize that 99% of the show is for the ratings.
Nutella420
There's this ~70 yr old woman who crawls on the treadmill and turns all the T.V.s to Fox "news". She blasts this racist propaganda at 1 mph
theflyingnun
I live in the bible belt and there is always one TV in the cardio section of my gym on FOX, but ALL the TVs? ALL OF THEM?! For fuck's sake.
ThatGuy112
I work for the USMC in New Orleans. That's the default website on most computers and Fox is on ALL TVs in the hallways.
sbare
FTFY: For fox' sake.
Imroy
Old white guys. Seriously, Fox's age demographics are skewed heavily to the high end.
dedradawn
My dad watches it every day. He's 84. Your logic checks out.
snuffcarcass
And their wives and widows.
StarrryNight
Because your country has a high population percentage of blatant sexists and racists. So they pander to those brainless fuck sponges.
dedradawn
Off-topic, but I actually have fuck sponges in my medicine cabinet.
baronridiculous
First, I agree with you. But second, the US is the LEAST racist country I've ever been to, and I've traveled a bit.
TraitorousTrump3
Sadly true. Most also consider themselves good religious people.
eatingketchupchips
hey i'm canadian! aka why i'm so bewildered by this. our most conservative party is in gov rn, and it's still more liberal than US democrats
StarrryNight
defined as an unelectable far right candidate. Nearly everyone in US politics would when transposed in to the UK system.
StarrryNight
Their country** The Americans are nuts. Even though Obama is considered "ooh evil liberal socialist" in the US. In the UK he would be
eatingketchupchips
Right?! Literally half of America and their views terrify me. They're all about freedom, but are against basic human rights. so infuriating
Ihazcheeseburger
Same reason people watch MSNBC. People like to be told what they want hear and told that their beliefs are the right ones.
MRBEEFCAKE
Comparing MSNBC to Fox News is like comparing marijuana to meth.
Ihazcheeseburger
http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2013/12/is-msnbc-worse-than-fox-news-179175.html
MRBEEFCAKE
MSNBC is slanted left, I don't dispute that. But Fox is vile, hateful, blatantly racist and sexist, and thus IMO in a category of their own.
Ihazcheeseburger
MSNBC has been busted countless times editing audio tapes and videos to push an agenda. They have given blatant racists like Al Sharpton 1/?
Ihazcheeseburger
his own show! They have manipulated stories to incite race conflict and to inflame and promote violence. They are both disgusting. 2/?
rustedaxe
msnbc does not boldfaced lie though. obama is a muslim. obama is a black militant. obama is communist. ACA death panels. all fox lies.
Ihazcheeseburger
I think you have to ask yourself if you've fallen in to the same trap those fox news viewers have.
Ihazcheeseburger
http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2013/12/is-msnbc-worse-than-fox-news-179175.html
baronridiculous
MSNBC is certainly biased, yes. But Fox makes shit up in a way MSNBC does not. So, bias? Sure. Overt disdain? Sure. Blatant invention? No.
Ihazcheeseburger
MSNBC has been busted countless times with doctoring videos and audiotapes to push agendas. They absolutely tell downright falsehoods. 1/?
Ihazcheeseburger
I want to be clear. Fox news if not equally bad, certainly very close. But the idea that msnbc isn't as bad is just insane 2/?
kaniksu
I have a feeling you've never actually watched fox news.
Dmbass
As someone who has watched Fox News, they make allegations like this often enough for criticism to be valid. The viewers are much worse.
Ihazcheeseburger
Fox news in indefensible. But what scares me are the people that recognize that, but think MSNBC is defensible. How will we ever improve 1/?
Ihazcheeseburger
when people don't recognize hypocrisy that is so obvious, simply because it agrees with them. 2/?
Ihazcheeseburger
Studies have shown MSNBC to be even worse than Fox. They are both horrible and neither deserve your defense.
paisduokhiliades
jaypeg
ah, the old 'studies have shown' line of bullshit. how about linking to these studies
Ihazcheeseburger
I linked to an article that has links to the pew research studies...
LurkMasterP
It's a perfect network for the important racist and sexist demographic.
lotsofnothing
So most old people
MeowAlert
The Republicans?
ImNotMrLebowskiYoureMrLebowskiImTheDude
Yeah, it's not too surprising that Fox News are big in a country full of stupid people, racists and sexists.
IgnatiusJReilly2601
*parts of a country
fissnoc
Actually they are everywhere in the US. And as we have seen in recent events - everywhere in the world.
afkael
Really? Because I live in big gay multiracial California and this shit is still pervasive like you wouldn't believe.
OnaraKaminari
*most of the country
AnaphylacticShark
American imgurians, just so I'm clear.. you guys aren't actually offended by him saluting whilst holding a fucking drink right?
Tzaot
I'm not offended at all, I think not saluting someone is a closer human-to-human relation than all this Etiquette crap...
JabberwockJedi
Unfortunately, I know a lot of people that really are. Every time they bring it up I just say "who cares."
GgghostBeard
See an officer carrying food outside? Salute that dude. See an officer with a piss cup in his hand? Salute. I say bonus points for prez.
kungfuman
No, only idiots. The right-wing portion of idiots, to be precise.
baihewawa
I'm not.
WarJesus420
No its just some of the conservative dbags (I don't think all conservatives are dbags btw) saying anything neg they can about Obama
UpDooot
Honestly I don't get it. He doesn't need to salute them. HE is the commander in chief. If anything it's very nice he tried to.
MillerLitesaber
Absolutely correct. The superior has the option to salute, he's showing respect by making the effort, latte or no
WhiteWolfSix
I have a ton of friends in the armed forces. Not a single one of them is offended.
PicklerOnTheRoof
My coworker is exmarine and he's kind of upset, but he acknowledges that presidents aren't required to salute. He mostly just dislikes Obama
NobodyHasToReadThisCrap
Good lord, no.
YellowDrank
It only matters how the people he was saluting feel about it i think. I don't think I have the right to be offended or not.
justmagicalgirlthings
But... but getting offended for other people is what we DO these days!!!
seasonsofclarity
As I said, being ex-service, I'm not. But there are a lot of retards who want any excuse to be offended by Obama. Any. Excuse. Possible.
AshleyFosf8
Maybe our opinion his salute has nothing to do with our opinion of him in other regards.
seasonsofclarity
Bringing you out of the negatives. While that may be true, that just means you aren't one of those people I'm talking about.
UnspokenX
He's president of the Fuggin U.S.A. And he's showing MAD respect by saluting the men and women who serve. I dun care HOW full his hands are.
dumbledoresdimwits
No, not even a little bit.
PinkyOut
Yeah, I'd like to know this. As a Brit, this just seems ridiculous.
AnaphylacticShark
Agreed.
OhHowTheTurntablesHave
We're not offended at all. This is what happens when a political party owns a news station and their only job is contradict the president.
winnertakesall
Some people in the military are, only because if you give a salute don't half ass it. But most aren't, due to the simple fact he is a civi.
walter2010
NO. I'm Midwest America and I say he's fucking busy. He's simply acknowledging their presence. It doesn't need to be perfect. Fox sucks.
whyintheheck
no
ChomskyWouldnt
As somebody who's currently on active duty in the US military: no.
VerdantDargon
Only a tiny bit. Salute right or not at all IMO.
magenta687
The only ones that are offended are the ones that hate him in the first place. It's just the latest manufactured outrage.
VanessaBabie
Fuck no, both his hands were obviously full. Iwgaf if he didn't salute at all, either.
dardar2002
Most of them are not. The rest are crazy.
LeeroyTheBird
While I'm not fond of Obama, so fucking what? This isn't newsworthy. Obama holding a coffee is not newsworthy.
rudejohn
Two idiots on Fox News made a big deal and liberal news and Jon Stewart are milking it as though it's a huge deal so they get ratings.
adjacentengels
Everyone that is staunchly Republican in my feeds (FB, etc) are making a huge deal about it. But explain why Bush was okay to do the same.
Branex
certain people in the US are. Imgur is majority leftist so you will not get the general feeling of the entire US. I would say some ppl are.
Branex
I am a teacher, I asked my students and they were 50/50 on the "issues" honestly it is overblown but that is the news media in us
twfeline
Surprise ANYone with a quick question, and you'll almost always get a 50/50 response. Ask your class about women's suffrage. You'll see.
DrShrinker
Just like ALL the American media outlets. it's deflection and misdirection. It's inconsequential and should have been ignored.
Tehadam
yuuuup, the media is set out to pit us against each other. Its how to weaken us.
Tiskel
I can't stand this statement - not all media outlets play this game. PBS, PRI and NPR *do not* do this.
DrShrinker
PBS and NPR are just as bias as the rest, but not as petty. PRI is international.
Tiskel
Have their own biases? sure. Just as biased as commercially supported media? I wholeheartedly disagree with this statement.
UsePNGnotJPEG
Those all have a P in them, which I assume means Public. So they don't have the financial motivation to be trash that the others do.
Equinox13
All of them have political bias, but at least they show it through political issues, not by flailing because someone was holding a coffee.
Dumbledurr
Nope. But all of the main ones do. They blow up these pointless social issues to distract the sheep from the main problems.
counslor
Nope. I'm offended that there are actually Americans that approve of the Fox News channel.
winnertakesall
I'm not offended that he fucked it up. He's a civi, he hasn't gone through training on a "proper" salute and nor should he have too.
AshleyFosf8
Disagree; the commander in chief should be trained on some military protocol.
winnertakesall
He should know protocol. But saluting isn't a requirement of the president. Reagan more or less made it tradition.
VulcanP90
shhh, she doesn't know that.
GgghostBeard
Not at all. Getting anyone to awkwardly return a salute was a great game we played all the time. Officer carrying files? Salute him. 1/2
Syntrick
Not at all, but I wish I could remember because I think in this same discussion Jon shows Bush doing the same thing while holding his dog.
SAWhowhatnow
No, we aren't. Some idiots *are* offended that our president is black, though.
Darksyde74
I hate laziness like this. It seems to me that the people who bring race up the most (like tou) are the racists.
BurtReynoldsSaysHeLovesYou
Except for all of those people who legitimately think he's a terrible president, and don't consider his skin color in the equation at all.
hencethequeef
I think he honestly believed he'd get in and turn things around only to realize he didn't have the means. Makes me sad :/
UnspokenX
Same. I voted for him thinking he'd stop most of the illegal NSA spying- MFW he doubled their budget day 1. >.>
opad
Except he is too freaking moderate to generate any really hate. I mean they act like he's Bernie Sanders. He isn't bc if he was i'd be happy
SAWhowhatnow
Yes, except for those three whole people.
julzmb
I wish I could upvote this a million times.
DarkCrawler901
Buchanan, Harding or Bush were TERRIBLE. Obama is "meh" at best. He hasn't done much that he promised. But no equivalents of ACW, etc.
habslove
As a general rule, ignore everything Fox News says or does.
SHARKFIGHTERS
Or post all of it here every time like always.
Equinox13
As a conservative, please ignore it. We aren't all that way.
TimothyTRiG
I'd be curious to see some intelligent conservative media. Challenging my views would probably be good for them.
tomhiddlestonsthirdtesticlewhyyesyoucantouchmeallyouwant
As a liberal, yay <3
Equinox13
Totally unrelated, but that's quite the username you have there.
tomhiddlestonsthirdtesticlewhyyesyoucantouchmeallyouwant
Thanks. It's usually tomhiddlestonsthirdtesticlewhyyesyoucantouchmeallyouwant ... but yoga pants.
EnterDMZ
As a moderate, yay <3