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OT: Madeleine Albright To Be Awarded The Medal Of Freedom By Obama

I don’t know when or why the Albright meme was started, but…

The first female secretary of state, a former astronaut, and a musical pioneer are among this year’s recipients of the Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor.

President Barack Obama will award the medals at the White House later this spring.

Among this year’s recipients are former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, the first woman to hold the nation’s top diplomatic post; John Glenn, the third American in space and the first American to orbit the Earth; and legendary musician Bob Dylan.

Gamingboy Posted: April 28, 2012 at 08:19 PM | 48 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
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1. Best Regards, L.M. Posted: April 28, 2012 at 08:25 PM (#4118729)

BTF Wiki Gonzalez

Madeleine Albright is an academic, a former U.S. Secretary of State under Bill Clinton, a published author, and a current poster girl on Baseball Think Factory.

How did that happen? The story behind this, as best as we can know:

One day in the Primer Lounge, posters were casually discussing their preferences in beautiful women by linking to their pictures (a process that would eventually result in the Beautiful Women Hall of Fame).

A trickster, perhaps Bernal Diaz, supplied a naked link in the Lounge to what allegedly was a very sexy photo, but in fact was a photo of a very non-naked Madeleine Albright.

At the time this was considered a cheap trick to derail the Lounge thread, not unlike the "Rickrolling" fad elsewhere on the Internet, but Albright's inner beauty has won over many Primates since then. In later Lounges, Bernal Diaz dubbed this type of misleading link an "Albright."

TVerik has developed a reputation for being the most likely Primate to perform an Albright linking to something ostensibly on-topic, usually during Saturday morning Lounges. Jeff K. has pulled this trick more than a few times, but he always makes sure to credit TVerik. In March of 2007, HCO changed the logo of this Wiki to an Albright.

The use of Albrights has become so prevalent that many posters, particularly Bernal, label some links NAA ("Not An Albright") to reassure Primates that the link is what it claims to be.

An 8x10 glossy photo of Madeleine Albright is considered the perfect gift for Primer posters who have enough flannel shirts in their wardrobe to last a lifetime. One portrait of her has adorned the BTF wiki for years (see Logo history).

2. Loren F. Posted: April 28, 2012 at 08:49 PM (#4118743)

Can we start a Rich Lederer type campaign to get Medals of Freedom awarded to Mike Piazza and Admiral Ackbar?

3. Best Regards, L.M. Posted: April 28, 2012 at 08:54 PM (#4118746)

Are you the biggest idiot ever?

4. Gonfalon Bubble Posted: April 28, 2012 at 08:57 PM (#4118748)

This is truby a great honor.

5. Pasta-diving Jeter (jmac66) Posted: April 28, 2012 at 09:00 PM (#4118752)

I hate it when statespersons like Madeline Albright and Albert Belle win Medals of Freedom

6. tshipman

Posted: April 28, 2012 at 09:00 PM (#4118753)

Can we start a Rich Lederer type campaign to get Medals of Freedom awarded to Mike Piazza

Shouldn't we be shooting for a commission as a Rear Admiral?

7. Infinite Joost (Voxter)

Posted: April 28, 2012 at 09:19 PM (#4118761)

Never saw her diplomatize.

8. TVerik Posted: April 28, 2012 at 09:31 PM (#4118767)

Reading the excerpt, I thought that Madeline space-walked and then recorded a concept album.

9. Guapo Posted: April 28, 2012 at 09:39 PM (#4118772)

Thread is useless without pictures

10. Infinite Joost (Voxter)

Posted: April 28, 2012 at 09:45 PM (#4118775)

Thread is useless without pictures

Behold!

11. nick swisher hygiene Posted: April 28, 2012 at 09:59 PM (#4118783)

10--Dude, c'mon, that should've been, like, Bo Derek topless or something....

12. Pat Rapper's Delight Posted: April 28, 2012 at 10:05 PM (#4118784)

Three years later, mediatin' in Japan.
How's the knee???
How's the knee???

13. President of the David Eckstein Fan Club Posted: April 28, 2012 at 10:08 PM (#4118785)

10--Dude, c'mon, that should've been, like, Bo Derek topless or something....

Agreed, reversing the meme is fun. It's not Bo Derek, but still pretty risque so warning; NSFW

14. Bitter Calculus Instructor Posted: April 28, 2012 at 10:15 PM (#4118787)

Albright would listen if Obama called.

15. Morty Causa Posted: April 28, 2012 at 10:16 PM (#4118788)

Aw, I thought that would be Rupert Murdoch prestidigitating SS troops in a puff of magic.

16. Infinite Joost (Voxter)

Posted: April 28, 2012 at 10:21 PM (#4118789)

10--Dude, c'mon, that should've been, like, Bo Derek topless or something....

It was all I could do to graft on a second meme. Howzabout this?

Behold!

17. DA Baracus is gritty and hits with RISP Posted: April 28, 2012 at 10:22 PM (#4118790)

Never saw her free anyone.

18. Edmundo got dem ol' Kozma blues again mama

Posted: April 28, 2012 at 10:24 PM (#4118792)

#13 is double reverse funny or something

19. cercopithecus aethiops Posted: April 28, 2012 at 10:26 PM (#4118794)

...what allegedly was a very sexy photo, but in fact was a photo of a very non-naked Madeleine Albright.

Well thank God for that.

20. mex4173 Posted: April 28, 2012 at 11:01 PM (#4118806)

6th best Secretary of State?

21. Howie Menckel Posted: April 28, 2012 at 11:16 PM (#4118813)

Never saw her topless.

I'm careful.

22. Tom Cervo, backup catcher Posted: April 28, 2012 at 11:21 PM (#4118815)

Boy, I can't wait to see her on the Yankees.

23. DA Baracus is gritty and hits with RISP Posted: April 28, 2012 at 11:26 PM (#4118816)

Never saw her topless.

I'm careful.

So you saw her pantless.

24. Neutral Milk Dotel (Dan Lee) Posted: April 28, 2012 at 11:55 PM (#4118829)

A trickster, perhaps Bernal Diaz, supplied a naked link in the Lounge to what allegedly was a very sexy photo, but in fact was a photo of a very non-naked Madeleine Albright.

I have it on good authority - namely, TVErik and Bernal - that Erik was the creator of The Albright.

Never saw him create a meme. I'm just passing along what they both told me.

25. Bitter Calculus Instructor Posted: April 29, 2012 at 02:23 AM (#4118874)

Ichiro could have won the Medal of Freedom if he wanted to.

26. The Clarence Thomas of BBTF (scott) Posted: April 29, 2012 at 03:04 AM (#4118879)

Zbigniew Brzezinski had a higher WARSS.

27. Loren F. Posted: April 29, 2012 at 04:39 AM (#4118890)

Good thing this was posted now; Albright's sh** doesn't work in the postseason.

28. FancyPantsHandle glistening with foreign substance Posted: April 29, 2012 at 04:49 AM (#4118893)

Thread is useless without pictures

Aww, I came here to post that...

29. gef the talking mongoose Posted: April 29, 2012 at 08:47 AM (#4118904)

She should have her diplomatic accomplishments taken away.

30. thok Posted: April 29, 2012 at 08:50 AM (#4118905)

This seems like a blatant attempt to get into the monthly basketball thread's header.

31. Bernal Diaz has an angel on his shoulder Posted: April 29, 2012 at 09:49 AM (#4118916)

TVErik was the first to post a redirect to Albright. And I do have a personalized 8x10 glossy. The holy grail is to have your picture taken with Madam Secretary and to have her record your voice mail greeting.

32. Greg Franklin Posted: April 29, 2012 at 11:00 AM (#4118940)

The holy grail would be for her to join the site and make a post. If she got in trouble, Nomar Garciaparra would rescue her.

33. bobm Posted: April 29, 2012 at 11:31 AM (#4118951)

ALBRIGHT NO WOMAN OF (THE NATION'S HIGHEST CIVILIAN) HONOR, MR. PRESIDENT

34. Bitter Calculus Instructor Posted: April 29, 2012 at 12:34 PM (#4118982)

And yet, I'm left wondering what this has to do with Frank Tanana.

35. Pat Rapper's Delight Posted: April 29, 2012 at 01:07 PM (#4118997)

And Mike Crudale.

36. BourbonSamurai, vassal of the Harpsburg Empire Posted: April 29, 2012 at 01:16 PM (#4119005)

I was in her consulting firm's offices a few weeks ago when she walked by in the hall. I had no time for a deke photo.

I feel like one of those guy's who spends their life looking for bigfoot, and then he shows up when they are changing the battery in the camera or something.

37. BWV 1129 Posted: April 29, 2012 at 02:52 PM (#4119078)

The greatest Albright of all time was pulled by SJ/Big Train.

38. Tom Nawrocki Posted: April 29, 2012 at 02:57 PM (#4119081)

I saw Albright speak at my wife's high school a few years back. I think it was before the meme, though. On that day, she wasn't topless.

39. TVerik Posted: April 29, 2012 at 03:07 PM (#4119087)

There's a "meme" tag?

What are you referring to, BWV? I am inclined to agree, but I don't remember it.

40. BWV 1129 Posted: April 29, 2012 at 03:07 PM (#4119088)

He embedded one in a fake house listing on Craigslist, for an area where someone was looking for a house.

41. Downtown Bookie

Posted: April 29, 2012 at 03:07 PM (#4119089)

I saw Albright speak at my wife's high school a few years back. I think it was before the meme, though. On that day, she wasn't topless.

Yeah, but was Albright?

DB

42. zonk Posted: April 29, 2012 at 03:10 PM (#4119093)

<strike>What does this have to do with Frank Tanana?</strike>

DAMMIT...

OK... has anyone tried Option J yet?

43. fra paolo Posted: April 29, 2012 at 03:56 PM (#4119139)

Sure, she'd listen if Jim Furtado called.

44. Athletic Supporter gangnam style Posted: April 29, 2012 at 04:00 PM (#4119147)

41 is RDF.

45. RoyalsRetro (AG#1F) Posted: April 29, 2012 at 04:09 PM (#4119163)

Albright received a Medal of Freedom, and among the other honorees? Who else - Octavio Dotel.

46. Delino DeShields & Yarnell Posted: April 29, 2012 at 06:03 PM (#4119301)

OK... has anyone tried Option J yet?

Is that even legal?

47. zonk Posted: April 29, 2012 at 06:36 PM (#4119326)

OK... has anyone tried Option J yet?

Is that even legal?

It's OK - my father IS THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY.

48. Dan The Mediocre Posted: April 29, 2012 at 06:42 PM (#4119332)

It's OK - my father IS THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY.

What are his thoughts on risking a patient's life?

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