#BringBackOurBalls (cont.) [Mark Steyn}

steynonline.com ^ | May 12, 2014 | Mark Steyn

[neverdem]

At the risk of damning Mrs Obama with faint praise, I have to acknowledge that the First Lady's is not quite the lamest Hashtag of Western Impotence pose. That honor belongs to the gentleman at right - the Rt Hon David Cameron, PC, MP. Michelle Obama is merely the wife of the head of government; Mr Cameron is an actual head of government. So who exactly is he calling on to do all this "bringing back" he's so in favor of? Activist celebrities pull these stunts to put pressure on government. Who are all these government celebrities meant to be pressurizing?

One can also make the case that to Mr Cameron these are "our girls" in a way they're not, not really, to the First Lady. Nigerians are Commonwealth citizens and, as a point of British immigration law, not "foreign". Thus, the Prime Minister is, in his feeble passivity, reminding us that if anyone ought to go get 'em it ought to be the SAS. Whatever one feels about his predecessor as Downing Street Glamour Boy, when faced with his own West African kidnapping - the seizure of members of the Royal Irish Regiment by Sierra Leone rebels - Tony Blair acted decisively and flew in the SAS, who freed the hostages and killed the men holding them...

[Fungi]

Cute, no cigar.

[JLS]

Mark Steyn ping.

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Thanks for the ping neverdem.

[Tax-chick]

If we could send Delta Force in, kill a few dozen terrorists and rescue the girls, I’m good.

I don't think it would be so bad if we just sent in Delta Force (or the SAS, using a broader "we") and killed a few dozen terrorists, period (or full stop, to be inclusive).

[Elsie]

Besides, if we eliminated Fun, you would be just “gi.”

And then, if you were ZOTTED! - you'd be Ex-gi.

(Not to be confused with ExGeeEye)

[Elsie]

Pity the poor mushroom.

Never can get a date,

even when those attempting to

fix him up declares that he’s

a real fun guy.

[ExGeeEye]

That would be Dr. Egon Spengler, as portrayed by the late Harold Ramis.

“Venkman” was Bill Murray’s character.

[ExGeeEye]

< Lurch Voice> You rang?

[Mrs. Don-o]

[Utilizer]

Oh, you're right. It was Egon, not Venkman. :)

Ah, well, you know what they say: the memory is the second thing to go. *grin* Thanks for the correction.

[RicocheT]

Thanks, Styne can really make us laugh at society’s present insanity.