SlappySquirrel commented on Military Heroine Discovers That Saving A Man Doesn't Make Him Respect You

"To me it seems pretty simple: 1."

SlappySquirrel commented on Military Heroine Discovers That Saving A Man Doesn't Make Him Respect You

"@SlappySquirrel: Suffice to say, Shugart and Gordon's actions don't sound particularly productive to me, but their superiors who were there disagree with me and said they deserved a CMH."

SlappySquirrel commented on Military Heroine Discovers That Saving A Man Doesn't Make Him Respect You

"@jodark: My impression from what I've read is that she didn't win the CMH, though."

SlappySquirrel commented on Military Heroine Discovers That Saving A Man Doesn't Make Him Respect You

"@jodark: I didn't get from the wikipedia article what exactly Murphy did to get a silver star, given that he got two silver stars and tons of other medals."

SlappySquirrel commented on The In-Laws: Other Women Are Supposedly Our Worst Enemies

"@RainbowBrite: He is an only child, and I feel torn between admiring him and really wanting him to have a life. I do get that he's doing a wonderful thing for him mom, but when a 40-year-old guy is our houseguest then has to get on the road fairly early when he leaves because "my mother worries if I have to drive in the dark" something seems wrong."

SlappySquirrel commented on Hillary Clinton, Angry Black Women & Questioning The Appropriate Imagery Of Tragedy

"I certainly remember TV coverage of people jumping off the World Trade Center. Shudder. Don't remember what color they were."

SlappySquirrel commented on The In-Laws: Other Women Are Supposedly Our Worst Enemies

"@tscheese: I have a guy friend who IM chats with his widowed mother every single day and spends every holiday trucking across the country to see her. He's a great son, and I've had zero success in trying to get across to him why women find this off-putting."

SlappySquirrel commented on The In-Laws: Other Women Are Supposedly Our Worst Enemies

"(((Apter also claims that "an element of romance" often present in the mother/son relationship is also part of the problem."

SlappySquirrel commented on Blake On Amy's Addiction: It's All My Fault

"I am on the younger end of Rosie's target demographic, and I don't have any kids, but even I didn't spend the night before thanksgiving in front of the TV. It seems really odd to me that they scheduled her special on a night when most of her target demographic* would be either cooking, traveling or hanging our with family. CC * 30+ Suburbanite women, I'm assuming given who watched her talk show."

SlappySquirrel commented on MySpace Trial: Jury Is Close To A Verdict

"@PilgrimSoul: It's a libertarian thing."