tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post3743735929216320326..comments2024-02-26T00:59:26.907-08:00Comments on Ana the Imp: Vive le Président!Anastasia F-Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-76033628106963331692010-10-28T15:34:14.119-07:002010-10-28T15:34:14.119-07:00Yes, indeed, dear Ortho! How superb to hear from ...Yes, indeed, dear Ortho! How superb to hear from you after all this time. I hope all is well with you. :-)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-2270783642165431952010-10-28T04:36:48.666-07:002010-10-28T04:36:48.666-07:00Sarkozy will be reelected, because French vote for...Sarkozy will be reelected, because French vote for they want on the first tour, but against the one they hate on the second tour; and many are male chauvinist!<br />At Nanterre its only smokers of hashish who they came and brake all they could (Hotel,court...) and certainely make children in their school ,just near the court, affraid for a long time.But when Police came , rioters gone out cowardly as their habits...<br />I live in Nanterre for a whileOrthohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08517853533318889765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-10058170219276092182010-10-21T16:18:04.779-07:002010-10-21T16:18:04.779-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-26403099190747989162010-10-20T15:56:20.613-07:002010-10-20T15:56:20.613-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-22671668794770898112010-10-20T09:02:23.889-07:002010-10-20T09:02:23.889-07:00In reality, Sarkozy is not 'short'; it is ...In reality, Sarkozy is not 'short'; it is his imagination that diminishes him. We do not laugh at his stature, but at his obsessive futile attempts to conceal it from the camera.Calvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10640148105202971907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-71215069719666613612010-10-20T04:13:44.689-07:002010-10-20T04:13:44.689-07:00Sarko can't help being a dwarf, but he makes h...Sarko can't help being a dwarf, but he makes himself look silly by trying to hide it.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12833152757060762914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-83817771207950302652010-10-20T04:07:54.913-07:002010-10-20T04:07:54.913-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-11349012038880634992010-10-20T03:53:20.460-07:002010-10-20T03:53:20.460-07:00OMG, I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going ...OMG, I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore! Once again the observation was about pomposity and vanity, not about alleged 'disability.'Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-62557211490434089062010-10-20T03:31:02.181-07:002010-10-20T03:31:02.181-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-52347292669157684492010-10-20T03:29:25.876-07:002010-10-20T03:29:25.876-07:00Adam, it's not a joke as in the "did you...Adam, it's not a joke as in the "did you here the one about?" style. I was simply using a verbal needle to prick pomposity, something I do on a regular basis. Oh, never mind; never explain a joke...or a technique!Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-43793100818854501202010-10-20T03:13:16.919-07:002010-10-20T03:13:16.919-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-46341342002631558042010-10-20T03:12:24.289-07:002010-10-20T03:12:24.289-07:00David, Oh la la. :-))David, Oh la la. :-))Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-65349552270572518932010-10-20T03:11:23.165-07:002010-10-20T03:11:23.165-07:00Yes, I rather thought caricature and satire were c...Yes, I rather thought caricature and satire <i>were</i> comic affairs, but maybe it's just a harmless puppet show! For goodness sake, I'm not attacking short people, I'm not a 'heightest'; I'm using comedy for comic effect, for satirical effect, an ancient practice. If politicians want to make themselves look absurd then who am I to stop them. :-))Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-46611060182865952522010-10-19T21:49:47.761-07:002010-10-19T21:49:47.761-07:00Of course Sarkozy is right. Even so remarkable a p...Of course Sarkozy is right. Even so remarkable a people as the French cannot live on bombast and fresh air alone. Reality is for everyone - even the Frogs.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12833152757060762914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-57669401569194991472010-10-19T18:55:11.624-07:002010-10-19T18:55:11.624-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-84523962938906436892010-10-19T18:53:23.375-07:002010-10-19T18:53:23.375-07:00Oh, Adam, that would also include Spitting Image, ...Oh, Adam, that would also include <i>Spitting Image</i>, of which you are so fond. :-) Nite, nite.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-18250146995128180512010-10-19T18:51:29.910-07:002010-10-19T18:51:29.910-07:00France, let's see? Le Alizee,Le Superbus Thats...France, let's see? Le Alizee,Le Superbus Thats about it.anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02931330128135957439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-43185404487110531372010-10-19T18:51:20.096-07:002010-10-19T18:51:20.096-07:00Calvin, but he tries so hard!
You are absolutel...Calvin, but he tries so hard! <br /><br />You are absolutely right about the welfare state: it has done more to suck the vitality and life out of European culture and society than anything else I can think of. Welfarism is a disease. Now I really do have to go to bed.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-38143826283427869592010-10-19T18:48:00.872-07:002010-10-19T18:48:00.872-07:00Adam, I am me; I am not you. I will use all the w...Adam, I am me; I am not you. I will use all the weapons in my intellectual armoury, including invective and satire. Politicians are a ridiculous breed in general. If they got out of their way to make themselves look more ridiculous, if they go out of their way to draw attention to their absurd personal vanity, then all is fair in war and war. Taking your path we would never have had satire, never had Swift, or Hogarth, or Cruikshank or all of the others right up to the present day who preserve our sense of proportion by pointing to the absurdity of so many in public life.<br /><br />Now it’s most awfully late and I’m on my way to Bedfordshire. :-))Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-61475243073113090132010-10-19T18:41:41.241-07:002010-10-19T18:41:41.241-07:00Poor stubby Sarkozy! He would look so much taller ...Poor stubby Sarkozy! He would look so much taller if he stood on his principles - but he appears to have none to stand on.<br /><br />We really need to redefine what these issues are about: State control breeding dependency that saps individual responsibility. But should the state be involved at all? Perhaps, but not using the model almost universally adopted during the 20th Century.<br /><br />There's nothing to prevent anyone retiring any time they wish - if they can afford it. What is really being changed is the age of eligibility for a state pension. We all know that universal state pensions were invented in a time when the structure of society was very different. Are they still appropriate, or have they so distorted our sense of our selves that they have become a problem in themselves? I hear horrifying stats all the time that 80 percent of Americans in their 50s have made zero provision for retirement, and that a further 10-15 percent have saved less than $50,000 . . . yet they are driving SUVs worth more than that. Insanity.<br /><br />The worst effect of the welfare state is that so many people have been kept in a perpetual juvenile state, never really learning or accepting the responsibilities of adulthood. I think we all need to grow up.Calvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10640148105202971907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-72537256572989916902010-10-19T18:34:20.458-07:002010-10-19T18:34:20.458-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-10237092734054874122010-10-19T18:33:26.730-07:002010-10-19T18:33:26.730-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-3198425250728594022010-10-19T18:30:32.893-07:002010-10-19T18:30:32.893-07:00Let me see now. He went to a meeting in a factory...Let me see now. He went to a meeting in a factory, one that was to be televised, arranging for people even smaller than him to be placed behind him. He wears built up shoes just to even out the difference between him and Carla. If there is a photo opportunity at the Élysée he stands on the first step while she stands on the ground. He stood on tiptoe for a photo opportunity with the Obamas. So, does his height matter? No, quite clearly it does not. :-)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-84720086036958078522010-10-19T17:09:56.256-07:002010-10-19T17:09:56.256-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-9518847635719083072010-10-19T17:03:13.593-07:002010-10-19T17:03:13.593-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.com