tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post1749838302517688256..comments2024-03-27T13:32:06.780-02:30Comments on The Other Side of Eighty: Blog JamWisewebwomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-26990263636806471262012-10-20T00:46:24.556-02:302012-10-20T00:46:24.556-02:30Pauline:
I'm with you. It takes a unique ego ...Pauline:<br /><br />I'm with you. It takes a unique ego to run for politics, it really does. And they all seem to be pigs at the trough when they get there. It never fails.<br /><br />Scary.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-29703671242685980412012-10-20T00:45:05.954-02:302012-10-20T00:45:05.954-02:30Anon:
Oh dear the Harperite has turned up to defen...Anon:<br />Oh dear the Harperite has turned up to defend his chum.<br />Anonymously of course.<br /><br />Oh I forgot, I mustn't feed the trolls, silly me.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-59983476729585011452012-10-20T00:43:36.995-02:302012-10-20T00:43:36.995-02:30SAW:
Esspecially when you consider Canadians could...SAW:<br />Esspecially when you consider Canadians could be considered "Americans" as well being that our land mass takes up more space than the US!<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-18559916201037524702012-10-20T00:41:59.780-02:302012-10-20T00:41:59.780-02:30GFB:
And it didn't faze Bush the Lesser in the...GFB:<br />And it didn't faze Bush the Lesser in the slightest, all that brush-cutting, I guess.<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-35076738711319138562012-10-20T00:41:00.185-02:302012-10-20T00:41:00.185-02:30T:
For some reason Ryan reminds of the Manchurian ...T:<br />For some reason Ryan reminds of the Manchurian Candidate, the original which was spellbinding.<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-83131166039195195002012-10-19T20:51:48.157-02:302012-10-19T20:51:48.157-02:30People in general frighten me, their politics notw...People in general frighten me, their politics notwithstanding, but I think if the Romney/Ryan team is selected, many USians will rue the day.Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14555472024981357622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-51157029898692312242012-10-19T09:56:34.703-02:302012-10-19T09:56:34.703-02:30Love your words
Must warn my daughter's
and gr...Love your words<br />Must warn my daughter's<br />and granddaughter's.<br />Always had these thoughts<br />about overly groomed and good looking men....<br />but never shared :)One Woman's Journey - a journal being written from Woodhaven - her cottage in the woods.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12548226150115102345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-79824643588532535242012-10-19T02:46:27.304-02:302012-10-19T02:46:27.304-02:30To lump Prime Minister Stephen Harper and a man li...To lump Prime Minister Stephen Harper and a man like Ted Bundy in the same thought about good looks and ogres is absolutely appaling. What were you thinking! It's easy to rant and complain about those shouldering huge responsibilites on behalf of a nation. Try their job for a day and you may be less inclined to drag their names through the mud. Canada's doing pretty darn well in the midst of world wide financial turmoil - let the man do his job and vote against him at the next election if you wish.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-67379627788107011742012-10-18T19:34:47.491-02:302012-10-18T19:34:47.491-02:30USians made me laugh. And realized that there is ...USians made me laugh. And realized that there is no way to make the US into a person-word. Guess that's why we all say Americans.Secret Agent Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564690116156754219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-25829064224301819502012-10-18T15:51:52.488-02:302012-10-18T15:51:52.488-02:30I ain't been scared of a Romney since the Nash... I ain't been scared of a Romney since the Nash Rambler went belly up.<br /><br />More seriously I note that the strain of being President is showing on Obama by the graying of his hair. His hair will probably be white in four more years.Most Presidents seem to age prematurely while in office except for Bollecker Bill.Government Funded Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14937389348779245666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-82266490200228675932012-10-18T13:04:45.088-02:302012-10-18T13:04:45.088-02:30Of the dismal selection of individuals the Republi...Of the dismal selection of individuals the Republicans coughed up during the primaries Romney seemed the most wooden, and his hair didn't help a bit, for me. Jon Huntsman was the most attractive and most sympathetic-seeming, but was ignored and dropped out early.<br />Probably didn't please The Boys In the Backroom.<br /><br />Ryan's appearance is almost as scary as his proposed policies.<br />his eyes are weird! His hair - meh! ;-)<br /><br />We're still waiting for most of the reds and golds of autumn to appear here - looking forward to it. :-)Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-20998583659155357032012-10-18T11:31:09.379-02:302012-10-18T11:31:09.379-02:30Laura:
Ah hair. Of course. Hair being significant...Laura:<br /><br />Ah hair. Of course. Hair being significant of a good breeder for those who wish that kind of thing in their gene pool.<br /><br />Or perhaps representative of what one would like as one's own attributes?<br /><br />Interestingly enough, studies have been done to show that a high percentage of such presidents and prime ministers have only female children (Nixon, Obama, Clinton, et al).<br /><br />So Mitt with his 5 rather awful boys (according to him) might not have a hope.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-42345721846296250482012-10-18T11:24:48.397-02:302012-10-18T11:24:48.397-02:30'Mannequinish' is the word and the compari...'Mannequinish' is the word and the comparison to Ted Bundy a good one. Then again it ia a well-known fact that bald men seldom succeed in politics - the electorate nearly always demand that their presidents and prime ministers have hair, so perhaps not so surprising that the good looking fare better. I think the 'dead eyes' are indicative of sociopathic tendancies myself though and dead eyes alone can make a technically-handsome man ugly to me.The Poet Laura-eatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779308486569849157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-76173806851477548942012-10-17T21:31:50.836-02:302012-10-17T21:31:50.836-02:30SAW:
I sure hope not, but things are not so full o...SAW:<br />I sure hope not, but things are not so full of hope and change anymore. I just read that USians on food stamps are at a record 45,000,000 and climbing.<br />Something has to give.<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-18138038245993350632012-10-17T21:03:21.531-02:302012-10-17T21:03:21.531-02:30Obama is good-looking and although he isn't pe...Obama is good-looking and although he isn't perfect, he's not the creepy menace that Romney and Ryan are. God, I hope they aren't elected!Secret Agent Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564690116156754219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-2816587512118767512012-10-17T20:38:32.973-02:302012-10-17T20:38:32.973-02:30I don't imagine I'll see it in my lifetime...I don't imagine I'll see it in my lifetime, Nick. Misogyny thrives in the US. You only have to read about Hillary Clinton's hair and none of her outstanding achievements.<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-57748502117066045492012-10-17T18:00:54.680-02:302012-10-17T18:00:54.680-02:30Just imagine if the USA had President Julia Gillar...Just imagine if the USA had President Julia Gillard. That would unsettle all those complacent male politicians a bit....nickhttp://nickhereandnow.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-19768744604972226252012-10-17T17:28:01.702-02:302012-10-17T17:28:01.702-02:30GM:
I throw all sorts of thoughts into one post an...GM:<br />I throw all sorts of thoughts into one post and first of all I thought logjam, like on a river and then I thought (very cleverly) of blog jam.<br /><br />A mix of everything.....<br /><br />No like?<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-28382860121624524512012-10-17T17:11:22.069-02:302012-10-17T17:11:22.069-02:30How many blogs do you need for a pot of jam? ;) So...How many blogs do you need for a pot of jam? ;) Sorry, but that thought comes into my head every time I read that heading. Grannymarhttp://grannymar.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-37535475857008708562012-10-17T16:36:30.841-02:302012-10-17T16:36:30.841-02:30Oh not my type either, saints preserve us!
But th...Oh not my type either, saints preserve us!<br /><br />But they are so perfect, almost alien - maybe they are come to think of it....:)<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-23302036790253109222012-10-17T16:33:34.409-02:302012-10-17T16:33:34.409-02:30Romney is synthetic looking, like a male mannequin...Romney is synthetic looking, like a male mannequin. Ryan looks sick to me. Neither of them look like people I would like to touch, much less snuggle up to! Hattiehttp://hattie.typepad.com/hatties_web/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-43479114283280230662012-10-17T15:08:00.361-02:302012-10-17T15:08:00.361-02:30CC12:
Not to mention the cutbacks on the arts, sea...CC12:<br />Not to mention the cutbacks on the arts, search and rescue, CBC and women's rights.<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-52068493824026999342012-10-17T15:04:13.785-02:302012-10-17T15:04:13.785-02:30I don't think they are good looking at all, th...I don't think they are good looking at all, they always kind of give me the creeps....i look on anything that "seems" perfect that way or seems too smooth. I'm really disturbed with how our government can find money for self-promoting advertising (budget way over) rename museums , but cut things i consider important like environmental, oversight etc. These people are secretive flip floppers and they scare me too.CorvusCorax12https://www.blogger.com/profile/02705986279180729268noreply@blogger.com