Fornigate? Or What Do We Call It?
vaccine
Lets vote on the scandal of this week.
My vote goes to: Fornigate
Pile on this posting and vote for your favorite term. Lets not get bent on
our responsibilities!
I VOTE FOR: _________________
-vaccine
L. Shelton Bumgarner
On Fri, 23 Jan 1998 21:41:47 -0800, "vaccine" <vac...@ix.netcom.com>
wrote:
>Lets vote on the scandal of this week.
>
>My vote goes to: Fornigate
I like it.
lee
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Stefan Kapusniak
In alt.religion.kibology, lee...@nottowayez.net (L. Shelton Bumgarner) wrote:
>On Fri, 23 Jan 1998 21:41:47 -0800, "vaccine" <vac...@ix.netcom.com>
>wrote:
>
>>Lets vote on the scandal of this week.
>>
>>My vote goes to: Fornigate
>
>I like it.
AAARRRGGGGHHHH!!!
*scream*
*beating of head against brick*
*beating of brick against head*
ALL 'GATE' SUFFIXES USED TO DENOTE SCANDAL MUST DIE AN HORRIBLE
AND UNUSUAL DEATH. Yes, I dare you to call it 'BillGate', so that
Microsoft can sue your punk ASS!
Watergate, was _a building_. A building in Washington. Therefore
all scandals must be named after buildings in Washington. Therefore
there can be no question that this scandal must be named either:
'THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE'
Or:
'FRANKLIN COMMONS HOUSING PROJECT'
The way you people TRIVIALISE important issues, by simply tacking
GOOFY SUFFIXES on the end of words, rather than getting down
to the HISTORICAL ROOTS just shows that you're all POST-MODERN
SOCIALIST PSEUDO-INTELLECTUALS.
If back in 1866 Otto Von Bismarck had listened to ME and occupied
Holstein we could have had a UNITED GERMAN EMPIRE and the current
RULING CABAL OF FRENCH-IMPRESSIONIST PAINTERS would never have
brought our two nations to this desperate pass.
You people make me sick.
-- Kapusniak, Stefan
Roy W. Haygood III
NoAssAtAllGate...
Edward McF. Johnson wrote in message
<34ca8bfe...@news.mindspring.com>...
>Tail Gate
>
>"vaccine" <vac...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>
>>Lets vote on the scandal of this week.
>>
>>My vote goes to: Fornigate
>>
>>Pile on this posting and vote for your favorite term. Lets not get bent on
>>our responsibilities!
>>
>>I VOTE FOR: __"TAIL GATE"_______________
>>
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>>-vaccine
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John W. Jensen
Kennedy had Camelot, Clinton has Came-a-lot.
Roy W. Haygood III wrote in message <6ae94l$4...@snews3.newsguy.com>...
Edward McF. Johnson
Joseph Michael Bay
How about we call it "shut-the-hell-up-geek-gate"?
WHY must everything at all scandalous be referred to as "*gate"? If
there were another break-in at the Watergate, would it be called
"Watergategate"? I THINK IT PROBABLY WOULD. YES. I DO.
--
Joe Bay Leland Stanford Junior University
I g o t y o u r r e c e p t o r R I G H T H E R E
Putting the "harm" in "Molecular Pharmacology" since 1998
Doug Delorge
Oscar Meyer Weiner-gate
Hornigate
Joseph Michael Bay
Marty Fouts <fo...@null.net> writes:
> >> How about we call it "shut-the-hell-up-geek-gate"?
> >> WHY must everything at all scandalous be referred to as "*gate"?
> Travis> The English suffix "-gate" can now be added to any word to
> Travis> denote a serious presidential scandal related to the word.
Oh, I see. Like Haircutgate and Socksgate!
>Um, I think YM "The amount of creativity applied to naming things in
>Washington is so small that the idea of _not_ applying "gate" to a
>scandal name is beyond the press corp.
Or maybe "gate" is like "fnord". Except that you can see it.
PLEASE SUPPORT
MY GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT TO PURGE OUR LANGUAGE OF THIS "GATE" MENACE
BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE !!!!!!!
Teg Pipes
jm...@leland.Stanford.EDU (Joseph Michael Bay) writes:
> > >> WHY must everything at all scandalous be referred to as "*gate"?
>
> > Travis> The English suffix "-gate" can now be added to any word to
> > Travis> denote a serious presidential scandal related to the word.
>
>
> Oh, I see. Like Haircutgate and Socksgate!
>
>
> >Um, I think YM "The amount of creativity applied to naming things in
> >Washington is so small that the idea of _not_ applying "gate" to a
> >scandal name is beyond the press corp.
>
> Or maybe "gate" is like "fnord". Except that you can see it.
>
>
> PLEASE SUPPORT
> MY GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT TO PURGE OUR LANGUAGE OF THIS "GATE" MENACE
> BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE !!!!!!!
ExpurGate.
Joe Bay loves me!
-Teg
Travis C. Porco
In article <6ah28i$4...@amy7.Stanford.EDU>,
Joseph Michael Bay <jm...@leland.Stanford.EDU> wrote:
>How about we call it "shut-the-hell-up-geek-gate"?
>WHY must everything at all scandalous be referred to as "*gate"?
The English suffix "-gate" can now be added to any word to denote
a serious presidential scandal related to the word. With so many
scandals, we needed a convenient way to designate them. Don't you love
how language grows to fill important needs?
Hope this helps, --Travis
"The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly
is to fill the world with fools." --Herbert Spencer
ICVMCLUCKY
we call it the tailgate, or the jailgate
Riboflavin
On Fri, 23 Jan 1998 21:41:47 -0800, "vaccine" <vac...@ix.netcom.com>
wrote:
>Lets vote on the scandal of this week.
>
>My vote goes to: Fornigate
fnordigate?
--
Kevin Allegood ri...@mindspring.com
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Je ne porte aucun pantalon. Film à 11.
Ich trage keine Hosen. Film bei 11.
Non sto portando alcuni pantaloni. Pellicola a 11.
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Gno mou shiok fu, sap yat tim yau siu sek.
Jag har inga byxor på mig. Film kl 21.00
Pantsless in 8 languages!
RevLurch
On Tue, 27 Jan 1998 11:32:38 -0500, "Riboflavin" <ri...@mindspring.com>
wrote:
>On Fri, 23 Jan 1998 21:41:47 -0800, "vaccine" <vac...@ix.netcom.com>
>wrote:
>
>>Lets vote on the scandal of this week.
>>
>>My vote goes to: Fornigate
>
>fnordigate?
wienergate?
"Swallow the Leader?"
"Intern-ill affairs?"
"Tripp-Wired Boobies?"
ack. gotta quit. makin MYSELF sick
lurch
Dan Day
On Tue, 27 Jan 1998 16:40:03 GMT, z...@mindspring.com (RevLurch) wrote:
>"Swallow the Leader?"
Yes!
--
"Americans don't expect an apostle in the White House.
But they do expect an adult." -- Newsweek, 2/2/98 p.29
Dan Day
Joseph Michael Bay
Sketchy Albedo <rev...@radix.net> writes:
>: >Lets vote on the scandal of this week.
>: >My vote goes to: Fornigate
>"Crossposting Wankers Who Wouldn't Know Which Article Of The
>Constitution Applies Even If It Crawled Up Their Ass And Died"
>Damn shame.
Oh, come on. EVERYbody knows that doinking interns falls under
the definition of "Bribery". Or maybe "Treason".
I forget which.
KENNETH STARR MUST BE GIVEN A DEAD CONSTITUTION ENEMA TO BECOME A
BORN AGAIN DAVID HOROWITZ
Riboflavin
Sketchy Albedo wrote in message <6al7j7$f3a$2...@news1.Radix.Net>...
>"Crossposting Wankers Who Wouldn't Know Which Article Of The
>Constitution Applies Even If It Crawled Up Their Ass And Died"
>
>Damn shame.
Dear Mr. Reflective Amount:
yoU caN gO oN anD oN abouT hoW thE constitutioN iS deaD usinG youR weirD
capitalisatioN anD changinG followupS, buT thE constitutioN iS A livinG
documenT, anD onlY A commiE reD woulD puT iT uP theiR asS. alL oF thE
articleS oF thE uS constitutioN applY tO alL oF uS, anD pretendinG theY
don'T showS youR reaL agendA. I hopE yoU anD youR cohortS realisE hoW
importanT thiS iS.
sincerelY,
George Clinton (imfunked)
RevLurch
On 27 Jan 1998 13:31:59 -0800, jm...@leland.Stanford.EDU (Joseph
Michael Bay) wrote:
>Sketchy Albedo <rev...@radix.net> writes:
>
>>: >Lets vote on the scandal of this week.
>
>>: >My vote goes to: Fornigate
>
>>"Crossposting Wankers Who Wouldn't Know Which Article Of The
>>Constitution Applies Even If It Crawled Up Their Ass And Died"
well, I could say It's article two, section four, for those who are
interested. But I coulda looked it up. Or I coulda known it ever
since I took that history class from that fag teacher who was all
excited about the Originalgate (he spit a lot when he got that way.
was gross) and the prospect of Nixon getting the bum's rush.
>>Damn shame.
>
>Oh, come on. EVERYbody knows that doinking interns falls under
>the definition of "Bribery". Or maybe "Treason".
all it takes is a misdemeanor. Lying under oath qualifies.
Felix The Cat
Things to Do When Your a Lame Duck?
--
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Current headCheese of the ʸ cAbAl, Defender of the
Fakes. The Holy Moses of Shit that Smells Like Roses and
Those Who Walk Behind Them. He Who Wastes Much Time&Space.
Felix The Cat
> fnordigate?
Who. Gerald Fnord?
Joseph Michael Bay
Felix The Cat <fel...@goodnet.com> writes:
>Things to Do When Your a Lame Duck?
When your a Lame Duck what?
--
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I g o t y o u r r e c e p t o r R I G H T H E R E
Putting the "harm" in "Molecular Pharmacology" since 1998
Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting- http://www.igc.apc.org/fair/
Travis C. Porco
In article <6ak101$q...@amy11.Stanford.EDU>,...
>> >> WHY must everything at all scandalous be referred to as "*gate"?
>> Travis> The English suffix "-gate" can now be added to any word to
>> Travis> denote a serious presidential scandal related to the word.
>Oh, I see. Like Haircutgate and Socksgate!
...
> PLEASE SUPPORT
>MY GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT TO PURGE OUR LANGUAGE OF THIS "GATE" MENACE
> BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE !!!!!!!
Wait until we have a less scandal-ridden President, or else linguistic
necessity will result in another, possibly uglier, way to fill the need
to distinguish between so many scandals. :)
Felix The Cat
> When your a Lame Duck what?
Swallow the Leader?
--
~ren, the current Elvis J.R. of the ʸ cAbAl
Threaded
I don't know if anyone's brought this up, but I heard it recently and
got a kick out of it:
Tailgate
The Joquer
I notice that all of these cute names pay homage to good ol' Tricky Dick
himself. Thank you all for keeping Watergate in people's minds. It
helps keep things in perspective.
Joseph Michael Bay
Threaded <thr...@san.rr.com> writes:
>I don't know if anyone's brought this up, but I heard it recently and
>got a kick out of it:
>Tailgate
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA That was funny. That's actually the first time
I heard that -- TODAY!
In fact, it's the first time I've seen "Fornigate" -- TODAY!
Plain and Simple Cronan
The Joquer wrote
>> I don't know if anyone's brought this up, but I heard it recently and
>> got a kick out of it:
>>
>> Tailgate
>
>I notice that all of these cute names pay homage to good ol' Tricky Dick
>himself. Thank you all for keeping Watergate in people's minds. It
>helps keep things in perspective.
What about Kathy Lee?
Riboflavin
Threaded wrote in message <34CFDB27...@san.rr.com>...
>I don't know if anyone's brought this up, but I heard it recently and
>got a kick out of it:
>
>Tailgate
Actually, from a significant news source (well, OK, my father works as a
reporter and has nothing to do with Washington, but hey), apparently Clinton
plans to stick it out in the White House.
IYKWIM.
--
Kevin Allegood ri...@mindspring.com
No estoy vistiendo ninguna pantalones. Película a las 11.
Je ne porte aucun pantalon. Film à 11.
Ich trage keine Hosen. Film bei 11.
Non sto portando alcuni pantaloni. Pellicola a 11.
Eu não estou desgastando nenhumas calças. Película em 11.
Gno mou shiok fu, sap yat tim yau siu sek.
Jag har inga byxor på mig. Film kl 21.00
Uiopy treintity angleksi a retyuivia. Arestada bermany 11.
Pantsless in 9 languages!
RevLurch
On Thu, 29 Jan 1998 13:56:18 GMT, tw...@whatsthepoint.net (Max Sendq)
wrote:
>On Tue, 27 Jan 1998 23:09:50 GMT, z...@mindspring.com (RevLurch) wrote:
>
>>well, I could say It's article two, section four, for those who are
>>interested. But I coulda looked it up. Or I coulda known it ever
>>since I took that history class from that fag teacher who was all
>>excited about the Originalgate (he spit a lot when he got that way.
>>was gross) and the prospect of Nixon getting the bum's rush.
>
>Can they impeach you for taking it up the bum?
>
>>all it takes is a misdemeanor. Lying under oath qualifies.
>
>So, then, they could impeach Clinton for jaywalking. Or jaywalking
>under oath, even. Or illegal VCR disassembly. Gee, why didn't
>somebody think of this BEFORE?
yeah. seems wierd to me, too. But that what it says. "Bribery. treason
or other high crimes and misdemeanors." But I assume the flounderign
fathers meant criminal as opposed to civil misdemeanors. But false
swearing is a felony, anyway, I believe.
>I think we should just start kicking
>presidents out of office before they even make it to the oval office
>door, on the assumption that they're criminals, and if we haven't
>found out what exactly they did wrong YET, well, we'll get around to
>it! I mean, it would've saved us a good five years in this case.
>
>Look, Lurch, the ENTIRE POINT of the Presidency nowadays is to make
>the world think it's not actually run by alien mind control puppets!
>I think the least we can do is give the insignificant patsy a break.
Yeah, I know. And I'd agree with you about giving him a break if if
he wasn't such a gross, slimy, spuddy motherfucker. And I hate that
wolfman hair.
lurch
Dan Day
On Thu, 29 Jan 1998 20:17:27 GMT, sno...@honkytown.com (RevLurch) wrote:
>yeah. seems wierd to me, too. But that what it says. "Bribery. treason
>or other high crimes and misdemeanors." But I assume the flounderign
>fathers meant criminal as opposed to civil misdemeanors. But false
>swearing is a felony, anyway, I believe.
It says a President CAN be impeached for "misdemeanors". It doesn't
say Congress is OBLIGATED to impeach him if they catch him in any
misdemeanor. Clearly, the intent was that it was up to Congress
to decide when a given president had committed a serious enough
crime (misdemeanor or otherwise) to warrant being impeached.
Felix The Cat
Tailgate? he, he.
Them Daily Show peoples is almost as funny as us folks.
Joseph Michael Bay
LEWINSKY OBSTRUCTS INDEPENDENT PROBE. Despite the Midnight Kenneth Star's
promises that she will be respected in the morning, she continues to
[page 4]
MY BABY'S FATHER WAS AN ALIEN. Janis Loopsnatch of Upper Minksy, New York
is 7 months pregnant, impregnated, she claims, by an alien. "He wuz tall
and spoke dis strange language, callin me 'ma peat chair' or 'ma peat
show.'" [page 4]
CLINTON ILLEGAL TAPE RECORDING. The Midnight Kenneth Star has accused
President Clinton of illegal recording telephone conversations. Without a
wiretap order, the Prosecutor pointed out the recording conversations is
generally illegal in most jurisdictions unless both parties are aware it
is being rec- [page 5]
RENO PERMITS GAMBLING. The Midnight Kenneth Star has learned that Reno,
Nevada permits all forms of casino-style gambling. Subpeonas will be
issued [page 17]
MY BABY'S FATHER WAS A PRESIDENT. Lanie Jumpsnatch of Clownscollege,
Arkansas is 7 months pregnant, impregnated, she claims, by a president.
"He sed he wuz from Yoonited Steel or Yoonited Artists or Yoonited
something." Braindead [page 20]
KEYHOLE KOPS? The Midnight Kenneth Star reassured the public that no
keyhole is too small for its crack investigators. Cracks under
investigation [page 23]
WORLD WAITS ANXIOUSLY AS PRESIDENCY SPIRALS INTO SELF-DESTRUCTION. The
Star is relevant. The Star is relevant. The Star is relevant. The Star is
[page 42]
(The Midnight Kenneth Star is published for entertainment purposes only.
The Star does not guarenteee the veracity or validity of its articles.)
(Stolen from smr...@mail.com)
da Rev. Lance Boyle
I call it A Waste Of My And Everyone Else's Time.
--
"We have met the enemy and
they are us and you are
me and we are all together."
- Walt Kelly, John Lennon
and the Beatles
The vivacious Rev. Lance Boyle
RevLurch
On Sat, 31 Jan 1998 06:27:35 GMT, Uni...@sputum.com (Doktor DynaSoar)
wrote:
>RevLurch wrote:
>
>}>Look, Lurch, the ENTIRE POINT of the Presidency nowadays is to make
>}>the world think it's not actually run by alien mind control puppets!
>}>I think the least we can do is give the insignificant patsy a break.
>}
>}Yeah, I know. And I'd agree with you about giving him a break if if
>}he wasn't such a gross, slimy, spuddy motherfucker. And I hate that
>}wolfman hair.
>
>That's his other job, you know -- being the slimy greaseball motherfucker
>that you hate so you can be busy hating him rather than paying attention to
>what he's REALLY trying to do.
Oh, I play PLENTY of attention to the other shit he's done and that
he's trying to do. And you see how far I get when I detail some of the
more egregious examples of domestic strong-arming by him and the
increasingly self-contained, rampaging federal law-enforcement
agencies he and that horrid hag of an attorney general (that now seems
to be willing to serve up his ass on a plate) are supposed to be in
control of.
>The media-grabber shit does its job and you
>don;t catch things like him asking for a 100% increase in the budget for
>BIA cops to take care of "crime on the reservation" when BIA cops don;t
>handle that shit anyway. BIA cops are the ones who occupy places like
>Talehquah, OK and shut down the whole fucking Cherokee government because
>the US doesn't like the fact the principle chief got caught swiping 3/4
>mill. The BIA lost this one and had to back out and so who needs a money
>booster?
I'll admit I didn't catch that particular example, but I really don't
need to go looking for any further proof that preaparations are slowly
but surely being made for martial law. And not just on reservations.
>The president gets a blow job. Big fucking deal.
>When shit like that hits the news, you need to start seeking out other news
>and figuring out what it is they're trying to fill that 22 minute network
>news time slot with.
>He wants to double the forces that beat 310 women and children who were
>sitting down but lost anyway.
>
>Among COUNTLESS other global fuckups.
>
>Get thee hence to BBC World News on short wave every time something "big"
>happens.
>
>The president got a blowjob. The head power monger got what hardly takes
>much effort. SOMEBODY got a BLOWJOB and this is NEWS? Yeah well, only if
>they're trying to hide something.
I don't give a shit about the blow job. And I know getting rid of his
harmless-looking ass won't change anything. As I said, I just don't
like him. And I think the pupetteers can find at least a slightly less
obnoxious and slightly more convinciing liar to do the dirty work
they are trying to do, and I guess, that would at least make us all
feel better about pretending it isn't happening.
lurch
Michael Townsend
In article <34d411a4....@news.mindspring.com>,
yorgle.zipslant.SNORTandHOWL (lurch) wrote:
--> I think the pupetteers can find at least a slightly less
--> obnoxious and slightly more convinciing liar to do the dirty work
--> they are trying to do, and I guess, that would at least make us all
--> feel better about pretending it isn't happening.
Sure. Next time, let's go for a totally computer-generated president we
can all like and believe in.
--
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no regrets
MegaLiz
mtownO...@earthlink.net (Michael Townsend) wrote:
: In article <34d411a4....@news.mindspring.com>,
: yorgle.zipslant.SNORTandHOWL (lurch) wrote:
:
: --> I think the pupetteers can find at least a slightly less
: --> obnoxious and slightly more convinciing liar to do the dirty work
: --> they are trying to do, and I guess, that would at least make us all
: --> feel better about pretending it isn't happening.
:
: Sure. Next time, let's go for a totally computer-generated president we
: can all like and believe in.
Naw. We're doomed to get a totally computer-generated Billie II--dig
those approval ratings.
That is, we're doomed if we're still HERE. Ahem.
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cuthulu
mtownO...@earthlink.net (Michael Townsend) writes:
> In article <34d411a4....@news.mindspring.com>,
> yorgle.zipslant.SNORTandHOWL (lurch) wrote:
>
> --> I think the pupetteers can find at least a slightly less
> --> obnoxious and slightly more convinciing liar to do the dirty work
> --> they are trying to do, and I guess, that would at least make us all
> --> feel better about pretending it isn't happening.
>
> Sure. Next time, let's go for a totally computer-generated president we
> can all like and believe in.
The pupetteers are cowards, but humans are the real cowards, at the core.
Louis Wu for president?
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The Reverend Badass Prez
Michael Townsend wrote:
>
> In article <34d411a4....@news.mindspring.com>,
> yorgle.zipslant.SNORTandHOWL (lurch) wrote:
>
> --> I think the pupetteers can find at least a slightly less
> --> obnoxious and slightly more convinciing liar to do the dirty work
> --> they are trying to do, and I guess, that would at least make us all
> --> feel better about pretending it isn't happening.
>
> Sure. Next time, let's go for a totally computer-generated president we
> can all like and believe in.
Already been done. MTV's Virtual Bill experiment languishes in sorry
attempt to add a witty edge to this twenty-four hour musical sitcom.
-The Reverend Prez
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Half-Mad
Doktor DynaSoar <Uni...@sputum.com> wrote in article
<34f41575...@news.en.com>...
>
> Aw, fuckit. Six months and I'm outta here.
> This planet sucks anyway.
You're not leaving until August?
Peter Hipwell
Doktor DynaSoar wrote:
>
> WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU THINK THEY'RE USING THIS TO HIDE?
Um, removing possible consumer pressure from oil companies that might be
thinking of investing heavily in Taliban-run Afghanistan? What else?
Yeah, right.
--
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uh-oh, he knows too much already!
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