-Her nomination for surgeon general requires Senate confirmation.

Hope she's not empathetic.

Uh oh... looks like she's a slightly heavy-set African-American woman.

That should keep Johnson going for days.

"Uh oh... looks like she's a slightly heavy-set African-American woman."

OH...please tell me it's Joycelyn Elders! I have never forgiven Bill Clinton for getting rid of her. She was the most entertaining of all of his administration. All we had for laughs after she was gone was Algore...bummer.

She's developed a new PDI (pins, dolls and incantations) strategery to save money for Obama's stalled healthcare plan. Whatever that is.

Damn girl, please teach those ho's in yo neck of da woods how to use a cucumber or how to teach a buck how to put on a glove. Y'all bout to kill us width add dem youngens...

Just breeding like rabbits....

I read a story about her after Katrina, her clinic was not getting gov. funding and the community ralied to rebuild it aftere the storm. Not sure her qualifications to be SG but she seems like if confirmed she will be the most honest upstanding member of the administration.

Uh oh... looks like she's a slightly heavy-set African-American woman.

#2 | Posted by SanAntonioRogue

Was she from Africa like BHO? Does she have duel citizenship? WTF over?

That made even less sense that your posts usually do... and THAT is saying something.

Uh oh... looks like she's a slightly heavy-set African-American woman.

What Afro woman isn't?

Last week I was on a small Embraer jet from Houston to Savannah. Boarding was almost complete and I was feeling good as I had the exit row seat with its extra leg room (I'm 6'4") on the two seat side with no one else

Just before they closed the doors, a very large black woman with a huge butt and huge tits weighing about 300 lbs came lumbering towards me. She had a denim mini skirt and a grotesquely tight Tshirt that said "Miss Sexy" with a pair of lips. Although I am an an atheist, I prayed that she didn't have the seat next to me.

She did.

I was in 12 B. She asked me, "Is this 12 A?" I lied and said it was the row in front of us (which had no one in 11 A). She looked at it and her boarding pass quizzically and took the seat.

She had to have heard my sigh of relief.

"...a very large black woman with a huge butt and huge tits weighing about 300 lbs..."

Man, if her tits weighed that much she must have been ENORMOUS!

#10

Got me. FF

That made even less sense that your posts usually do... and THAT is saying something.

#8 | Posted by SanAntonioRogue

To you, I'm sure. What country is she from? Africa, or USA? I don't understand all these dual places people are from. I will bet you a dollar to a dog turd she never came from africa.

All these titles or names we have for ourselves are wedges between us and our neighbors. Are we AMERICANS? I am but I'm not too sure about you.

Blah, blah, blah.

The only people that legitimately don't have a hyphen were slaughtered by the hundreds of thousands and moved to shitholes that had no resources.

Feel good about that, Snoopy?

"She had to have heard my sigh of relief."

Did you hear her sigh of disgust?

Did you hear her sigh of disgust?

No. Why would she have been disgusted? Because she didn't get to sit next to me? I'm not really that much of a prize, danni.

Because you were obviously lying to avoid sitting next to an overweight woman. You seem to think that she was stupid. Is that because she was black or because she was overweight?

Because you were obviously lying to avoid sitting next to an overweight woman.

Yes, I was. You apparently have never had to sit next to someone who spilled over into your seat that you paid for. I can't even fit into my own airline seat for reasons I can't help. (I'm tall) It galls me to have to someone spill into my seat for a reason they can avoid (being fat)

You seem to think that she was stupid

???

Really? I didn't know that. Thank the good lord for people like you who tell me what I think. I would not have known this otherwise.

"Really? I didn't know that. Thank the good lord for people like you who tell me what I think."

"She looked at it and her boarding pass quizzically and took the seat."

What did you think when she looked at her pass "quizzically?"
You don't think she was realizing that her seat was next to you but you prefered her to sit in the row ahead, and, trust me here, she knew why. I'm not telling you really what you think but what is pretty obvious about what she thought and it wasn't "what a great guy you are."

Great choice - Clinton should never have fired Jocelyn Elders. This woman is perfect for the job.

Good thing we have a surgeon general. I would never have guessed that cigarette smoking was bad for my health. Then again, somebody forgot to tell Obama.

Another useless position, awarded to someone qualified to do little else.

#19: Conjecture.

"awarded to someone qualified to do little else."

What a suck-ass potshot, at someone who deserves better:

Benjamin has garnered nationwide praise for founding a rural health clinic in Bayou La Batre, Ala. More than 40 percent of the town's 2,500 residents have no health insurance. The physician, who in September received a "genius award" from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur foundation, rebuilt the center three times after it was destroyed by hurricanes and fire. Stories abound of Benjamin making house calls in a muddy Toyota pickup, and accepting buckets of shrimp from patients too poor to pay cash. In 2002, she became the first African American woman to be president of a state medical society when she was appointed to head the Medical Association of the State of Alabama. Benjamin graduated from Xavier University, Morehouse School of Medicine and the University of Alabama School of Medicine

Another useless position,

I actually kinda agree with that. Surgeon General's warnings on tobacco are an insult to the intelligence. Not to mention that it's just another political position; I doubt those are made without the intent that the person occupying the office will echo the opinion of the person who appointed them.

"She's developed a new PDI (pins, dolls and incantations) strategery to save money for Obama's stalled healthcare plan. Whatever that is.

#4 | Posted by cookfish"

Fish at the doctor"s office:

"are you sure it's ok? can you just put a few more fingers in again to make sure?"

How do you go from Sanjay Gupta to Regina Benjamin? There is no consistency in this selection from the previous one. What is Obama saying with Sanjay Gupta and what is he saying Regina Benjamin????

#19: Conjecture.

#22 | Posted by ness_gadol at 2009-07-14 12:50 AM | Reply | Flag:

This is Danni you're talking about. Conjecture is about all she has to go on most days.

She's probably never had to sit in a cramped space with a person that is so heavy it prevents them from being able to practice proper hygiene.

Wot does a Surgeon General do?

Anybody?

Spud honestly doesn't know.

Spud figures it fer a symbolic position.

Health Czar, kinda thing.

One who also is an adviser to the POTUS on medical matters.

As Obama is placing a great deal of emphasis on working on getting more American insured and bringing health care costs down during his administration his SG choice here will prolly be more heavily scrutinised than would usually be the case.

Ergo exit Sanjay Gupta ecce Regina.

In terms of her potential for being an effective symbol, a stirring preacher on the Bully Pupit the position affords her, this inspirational advocate for Health Care reform seems a good choice for SG by BHO.

San Antonio Rogue: Uh oh... looks like she's a slightly heavy-set African-American woman.

That should keep Johnson going for days.

^_^ FF fer Rogue!

Be Well.

/SickWillie gets a WTF?! Flag fer his effort at #5

"She's probably never had to sit in a cramped space with a person that is so heavy it prevents them from being able to practice proper hygiene."

Yeah, in almost sixty years I've never been in such a situation. Amazingly, I've always been seated next to slim, trim, good looking, intelligent folks who make great conversation and who have excellent table manners.

Yeah, in almost sixty years I've never been in such a situation. Amazingly, I've always been seated next to slim, trim, good looking, intelligent folks who make great conversation and who have excellent table manners.

And in those 60 years, sitting beside all of those rude, overweight, smelly, poor mannered people; have you ever wished they'd just sat somewhere else?

I won't wait for your answer to call you a hypocrite.

She's so fat she can only serve as a bad example.

"have you ever wished they'd just sat somewhere else?"

Of course, but I didn't lie to them about where there assigned seat was. It would be too embarrassing when they realized I lied to them and they looked at me with a "quizzacle" look or just came right out and called me a liar.

The only people that legitimately don't have a hyphen were slaughtered by the hundreds of thousands and moved to shitholes that had no resources.

Feel good about that, Snoopy?

#14 | Posted by LetUsPrey

I have no idea what you are talking about.

I did work with an African a couple years back. He was white. In that light, I don't know what an african/American is. Is it a white guy that has dual citizenship or is it a black guy that has never been to Africa.

I don't know what an african/American is. Is it a white guy that has dual citizenship or is it a black guy that has never been to Africa.

#33 | Posted by Sniper

Africa is not a country, Sarah.

Of course, but I didn't lie to them about where there assigned seat was. It would be too embarrassing when they realized I lied to them and they looked at me with a "quizzacle" look or just came right out and called me a liar.

Then you are as dumb as you come across.

Suffering in silence when there is a seat open that could result in both of you being more comfortable isn't honorable. It's dumb.

You have two ways to get the person to sit somewhere else.

A. Lie.
B. Tell them they're huge/rude/smelly.

Africa is not a country, Sarah.

So then why are Americans of Italian decent referred to as Italian Americans while Americans of Kenyan decent are called African-Americans?

Yes, I know Africa is a continent. I'm pointing out that your standard is silly.

You have two ways to get the person to sit somewhere else.

A. Lie.
B. Tell them they're huge/rude/smelly.

#35 | Posted by Axiom

Which one works better on you?

You don't think she was realizing that her seat was next to you but you prefered her to sit in the row ahead, and, trust me here, she knew why. I'm not telling you really what you think but what is pretty obvious about what she thought and it wasn't "what a great guy you are."

Yea, in retrospect, I guess you are right, Danni. I should've have been truthful and said, "I don't want your fat ass next to me and spilling over into my seat. So why don't you take the seat in front of this one that will not have anyone next to you".

Great call, Danni. Is this some of that "compassion" you dems are so famous for?

Yeah, in almost sixty years I've never been in such a situation.

I make four flights a month, considering connections, danni. This is just for work. I'm not including my personal trips. I guess I'm just not as lucky as you. Once in a while I get a fat-ass sitting next to me and I don't like it. I paid (well, my company pays) for my seat. Why should I have to share it with a 300 lb blob?

"She's probably never had to sit in a cramped space with a person that is so heavy it prevents them from being able to practice proper hygiene."

Danni lives in Florida, so I'll have to disagree.

Which one works better on you?

Rude usually works, since I'm not huge or smelly. Well, I might be smelly, but I do bathe once a week whether I need it or not. Sometimes I even use soap.

Great call, Danni. Is this some of that "compassion" you dems are so famous for?

Perhaps the story hit too close to home for Danni and she realizes that she's now met you in person.

Danni lives in Florida, so I'll have to disagree.

There is a reason that Florida has its own tag on Fark.com.

Africa is not a country, Sarah.

#34 | Posted by SanAntonioRogue

NO SHIT!!!! So I guess if someone can be african American, then someone who's ancestors are from North America(Canada, USA, and Mexico) should be called North American-Americans. Oh that's too good.

They're are called "Native Americans".

They're are called "Native Americans".

I'm native to America -- IOW, a native American

san, if you are refering to the American Indians, they haven't been here that long. They came here from Asia. In fact the oldest bones dug up here in the USA (WA state) were of (Kenniwick man) a white man.

Please look up the definition of native. Just like that famous southern general, I am first a native of the state I was born and raised in then the US. But a native of the USA none the less. My grandparents left the old country for a better life here in the US and became citizens, They were not native to the US, but my parents and I am.

"In fact the oldest bones dug up here in the USA (WA state) were of (Kenniwick man) a white man."

Okay, you are definitely a contendah for The Most Consistently Misinformed Source of Misinformation on the DR.

First, Kennewick Man is not the oldest skeleton retrieved in the US. Close, but not the oldest. Try Spirit Cave Man.

Second, Kennewick Man's bone are not those of "a white man." The first anthropologist to give him a gander said he had "caucasoid" traits, not that he was "a white man" (caucasian). Those traits resemble what we see today among the Ainu and reflect what appears to be an early stage of Asian migration into the New World.

From here on, I'm just going to assume whatever you write in the future is bullshit since so much of what you post (and never manage to substantiate) here already falls into that category.

Hang in there, kiddo, 'cause I think you're gonna be a prize winnah!

One of the biggest health crisis issues in America is obesity and dumbass Obama nominates a fat ass to be SG.

What is she going to do? Train America's youth to polish off a bucket of KFC in under 5 minutes?

#48 | Posted by utastaff

Says a bozo who worships at the feet of one of the fattest bastards in showbiz: Rush Limbaugh.

"one of the fattest bastards in showbiz"

'one of the fattest living bastards in showbiz'

Fixed.

I wouldn't live in Florida at 100 times what that moron makes. Texas is bad enough. I've been to Florida and sea levels can't rise enough to suit me.

Says a bozo who worships at the feet of one of the fattest bastards in showbiz: Rush Limbaugh.

#49 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis

First of all Rush Limbaugh is NOT supposed to be a health advocate dumbass. The SG is! But at least Rush has gone on a diet and lost over 60 lbs which is a better health example than that Crisco fying, Kentuck Fried Chicken eatin', pants bustin' fat ass nominated to be SG and head HEALTH advocate for the nation. What a shame!

First dumbass Obama nominates a tax cheat to be Treasury Secretary and then nominates a fat ass obese whale to be the leading health advocate in the U.S. as SG. What's next Obama? A crack addict as the next drug czar?! WTF man WTF!!!!

First dumbass Obama nominates a tax cheat to be Treasury Secretary and then nominates a fat ass obese whale to be the leading health advocate in the U.S. as SG. What's next Obama? A crack addict as the next drug czar?!

Gee it just occurred to me that I'm eminently qualified to head the ATF

Come on, give her a break! If she gets paid in shrimp so much of the time she's got to eat it, doesn't she? Boiled shrimp gets boring real quick. Got to have that breaded, deep fried shrimp, hush puppies, cole slaw made with good mayo, and sweet tea.

I believe the continental naming is because many don't know which country their ancestors hailed from. They were taken as slaves, shipped here, and their cultures and identities erased.

I can point to my country (countries, being a true American--heh heh) with some certainty; many black people in America cannot.

There are many cases of silly-sounding plays on this sort of naming, both real and imagined. We are unlikely to come up with new ones here. (Back in college, I wondered about it: African-Canadians? African-English?)

I'm an American. I'm a native.

It's actually a little empowering to see what Blacks do to Whites mental state.

The physician, who in September received a "genius award" from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur foundation, rebuilt the center three times after it was destroyed by hurricanes and fire.
* * * * *

It takes a good bit less than "genius" to constantly rebuild a clinic in hurricane-prone Bayou la Batre. BLB floods in heavy rainstorms. Why not move five miles inland?

That would be smarter. Just me, though. I'm sure that when she shows up for work in the Obama Administration, she'll be the smartest one in the room, every day.

"Why not move five miles inland?"

Probably because her patients aren't there.