harumphing

Whenever it does reverse towards freedom from government intrusion, no matter how incremental the reversal, such movement is normally greeted with howls of protest and endless rounds of harumphing.

The Volokh Conspiracy » “It May Be Clever, but It Is Not Constitutional” 2010

Whenever it does reverse towards freedom from government intrusion, no matter how incremental the reversal, such movement is normally greeted with howls of protest and endless rounds of harumphing.

The Volokh Conspiracy » “It May Be Clever, but It Is Not Constitutional” 2010

In short the 1.3% that has his panties in a bunch was clearly a typo, which has been corrected and Roger is misleading his readers, including Ian Castles who also has donned the harumphing regalia.

The Honest Joker EliRabett 2010

Wavering from loud allegations about the legitimacy of his birth, to giving him harumphing silent treatments, to breaking protocol and heckling him during a state of the union address, the Grand Old Party has pooped relentlessly its pants in public.

Steven Weber: Headlines! 2010

The Bunnies have been following with interest the harumphing over at the new place [Roger Pielke Jr.s new blog just about any post] about where the decimal point is in determining whether there is a detectable trend yet in storm damage and flooding [caused by climate change].

Eli Concern Trolls EliRabett 2010

But after intermission Maazel and the Philharmonic turned to Sibelius, which predictably got a thorough workout -- what with all the huffing and puffing, harumphing and galumphing of its broadly built themes, its grandly simple, architectural layout.

Donna Perlmutter: Maazel to the Podium -- Still Collecting Orchestras 2010

There has been an intelligent response to the harumphing chorus.

Rabett Run EliRabett 2009

He is sort of harumphing that blue jeans are our version of the Mao suits 800 million Chinese wore.

George Will is still ranting a rant that has been ranted for 50 years. Ann Althouse 2009

There has been an intelligent response to the harumphing chorus.

Archive 2009-08-01 EliRabett 2009

Can't quite put a name to him at the moment but it was one of those harumphing old Tory grandees who greeted what they saw as the quite perverse election of Margaret Thatcher instead of Ted Heath back in 1975.

Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me 2008