tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post3117713326325444345..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: Sarah Palin in the BubbleBryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-38660146446503903052008-09-02T18:23:00.000+00:002008-09-02T18:23:00.000+00:00Hi Jonathan,Nice. Nice Morrison quote.It is more ...Hi Jonathan,<BR/><BR/>Nice. Nice Morrison quote.<BR/><BR/>It is more tied into the power we hand over to our chieftains. When we are under the ether of a candidacy--Superbarack, say--we hand over power so that he may do great things. In Bush's case, we handed extreme power over after he was president, after 9/11. The severe beating he has to take, is in direct proportion to the power he wielded.Rus Bowdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08412920154921512774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-5043355680179367762008-09-02T17:26:00.000+00:002008-09-02T17:26:00.000+00:00'And if we are willing to admit that we cannot get...'And if we are willing to admit that we cannot get the ideal superhuman leaders, that we must get real people like us, can we ever dispense with the barbaric sacrificing?'<BR/><BR/>Great point Rus. Makes me think of a line of James D Morrison's:<BR/><BR/>'We are obsessed with heroes who live for us and whom we punish.'<BR/><BR/>Only I don't think any of us would really, on this side of the pond Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03467412541030183747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-42877769106801892312008-09-02T17:22:00.000+00:002008-09-02T17:22:00.000+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03467412541030183747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-67727018508400066762008-09-02T17:08:00.000+00:002008-09-02T17:08:00.000+00:00Amusing scene in The Wedding Crashers where Christ...Amusing scene in The Wedding Crashers where Christopher Walken's great Secretary of the Treasury is talking about his weird and gay painter son at the family table:<BR/><BR/>Son: [with a resentful look] Dad used to think I'd be a political liability.<BR/><BR/>[hushed, scandalised silence, followed by a cheerful Walken:]<BR/><BR/>Father: Now Todd! Actually, truth be told, polling shows a majority Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-18757089597276677482008-09-02T11:36:00.000+00:002008-09-02T11:36:00.000+00:00Considering the immense popularity of the movie "J...Considering the immense popularity of the movie "Juno" (whose very title summons thoughts of Alaska), I'm surprised there aren't *more* pregnant teens this year. Actually, there probably are: Stats come out later.<BR/><BR/>Not a single spot on the sun this August -- first time in a century. What's it mean, Bryan?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-54616778725414649412008-09-02T10:49:00.000+00:002008-09-02T10:49:00.000+00:00Maybe politicians should be required by law to kee...Maybe politicians should be required by law to keep their families out of sight. Instead the state would pay for an "official family" when occasion demands, drawn from a troupe of specialists rather like the Cirque du Soleil. I doubt the late Ken Campbell would have had much trouble playing a bambino in the morning gurgling happily with his rattle, then switching to a floral dress for the Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06074816573442173758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-31035399280181369822008-09-02T09:57:00.000+00:002008-09-02T09:57:00.000+00:00I notice the chosen one has called off the local p...I notice the chosen one has called off the local press hounds, as his mother has not exactly following the word of the lord :0) the blessed beed will no doubt ignore the facts and corresponding facts across the party lines in order the fulfill their paradigm.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-70720799659984267012008-09-02T09:35:00.000+00:002008-09-02T09:35:00.000+00:00THE KIDS IN BRISTOL ARE SHARP AS A PISTOL,WHEN THE...THE KIDS IN BRISTOL ARE SHARP AS A PISTOL,<BR/>WHEN THEY DO THE BRISTOL STOMP.ken kurphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07490925117335744000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-31258460289114863992008-09-02T09:09:00.000+00:002008-09-02T09:09:00.000+00:00As a friend of mine was often heard to say....they...As a friend of mine was often heard to say....they've been hoisted by their own charade...Richard Havershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309594787689405779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-81246115208159492092008-09-02T08:04:00.000+00:002008-09-02T08:04:00.000+00:00Hi Bryan,Let me separate two of your points, and t...Hi Bryan,<BR/><BR/>Let me separate two of your points, and then re-merge them. One you put well in your last sentence: "And so we get the leaders we deserve - those prepared to sacrifice their families on the altar of their own ambition."<BR/><BR/>A corollary to that point is that we can only have leaders who are willing to do this. There is no way around it. If we could just wish for a vice Rus Bowdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08412920154921512774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-59682154725611602052008-09-02T07:19:00.000+00:002008-09-02T07:19:00.000+00:00Were they all out of baby names books in Alaska or...Were they all out of baby names books in Alaska or was she expecting a train set?<BR/><BR/>You are right! I can remember tory Gummer (for I think it was he) feeding his young daughter a burger on TV.Ian russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11106519805045337505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-81175904267957063212008-09-02T07:01:00.000+00:002008-09-02T07:01:00.000+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03071928294799081845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-8772397574145318602008-09-02T06:56:00.000+00:002008-09-02T06:56:00.000+00:00Mostly I agree with you, but I am very careful abo...Mostly I agree with you, but I am very careful about giving a blanket position on anything. <BR/>A seventeen year old having a baby is tragic if and only if the baby will have a life of hell. And here this is not the case, nor is it outside of the major cities. It is a bit of a glitch, and only that.<BR/>But this little baby may have an odd effect for it displays the split and an America that a Vincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09442327549417743472noreply@blogger.com