today's rant: "the pleasure of the president", originally 3/27/07

i've been hearing a lot of the same words in the past month from people in government.  one such is "embolden the enemy".  everyone seems to be saying it.  i'd like to know who coined that nifty little phrase so i can kick him in the nuts.  i don't mean to be sexist:  maybe it was a woman who coined the phrase.  in that case, i'd like to kick her in the ovaries.  in any case, whoever said that should not have the ability to reproduce ever again, and a swift kick to the junk is just what the doctor ordered.

then there's my favorite, "serve at the pleasure of the president".  i've heard mccain say it, rumsfeld say it, hell, i've even heard bush say it.  think about it.  he has now gotten to the point that he is referring to himself in the 3rd person.  the next thing you know, he's going to be at wrestlemania, raising his eyebrow and shouting at the top of his lungs "If you smeeeeeelllllllll....what the president....is bombing!" (for those of you who do not watch wrestling, that was an allusion to dwayne "the rock" johnson, see the movies "the rundown" and "gridiron gang" for more info)

now, is it just me, or is that phrase, "serve at the pleasure of the president", the gayest thing you've ever heard 60+ year old men say on news networks?  i assume that rumsfeld made a habit of walking out of the oval office and into a news conference while wiping the jizz off his face before saying on camera "i just served at the pleasure of the president."  now, when georgy boy says it, that says oodles about the sex life between him and his wife.  it's like openly saying "laura don't serve my pleasure anymore, but i got these folks in the oval office that take care of me just fine.  they better, 'cause if they don't, i'm a gonna push that red button!"  for a man that claims to be a born-again christian, you'd think he would've caught that and said "you know, that phrase sounds a bit iffy to me."  then again, it's not like we're dealing with a fucking einstein in the white house.  he's definitely a few cans short of a 6-pack.