tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10166090.post7138004339115441244..comments2024-02-17T07:59:18.705-08:00Comments on Grad Student Madness: God's Angry MenRufushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17762279210783841414noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10166090.post-55210459670341981112008-04-08T13:09:00.000-07:002008-04-08T13:09:00.000-07:00That one line about how Wilson would stand before ...That one line about how Wilson would stand before Congress and "thunder like Jehovah" was priceless. According to Freud, he was one sick puppy, with some really serious daddy issues.<BR/><BR/>He seemed to want to run the country more like he was Prime Minister, and Congress should have acted like Parliament. <BR/><BR/>I can't help but wonder what Freud would think of Bush and some of the other characters we've got now.SecondComingOfBasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03336586430250490679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10166090.post-82025281683251145252008-04-08T09:14:00.000-07:002008-04-08T09:14:00.000-07:00Holly: I think the best way to describe why the Fr...Holly: I think the best way to describe why the French are already sick of Sarkozy is that he's "a little douchy". He recently announced that France is sending more troops to Afghanistan... while in England without having mentioned this to the French government or letting them vote on it. So he's that way with the French too.<BR/><BR/>But, yeah, it's weird. I get a number of students who write these essays that make me think that they honestly believe that every other country in the world is just a little pathetic by comparison to the US. Honestly, I just don't notice much difference quality-wise anywhere I've been. Of course, I've only been to three countries.<BR/><BR/>Patrick: Yeah, I actually just discovered it in the French National Library and read it during a break. It's a lot more fun than most books I've read about Wilson.Rufushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17762279210783841414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10166090.post-76414200577965119902008-04-07T14:38:00.000-07:002008-04-07T14:38:00.000-07:00That's a great book about Wilson, by Freud and a g...That's a great book about Wilson, by Freud and a guy named William Bullitt. I still have it, and recommend it highly. You're right, there are a lot of parallels to Wilson and Bush. <BR/><BR/>As for McCain, you have to worry about a guy who tells you in a speech he's going to bomb another country to the tune of a Beach Boys song.SecondComingOfBasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03336586430250490679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10166090.post-88686061625111561482008-04-07T11:41:00.000-07:002008-04-07T11:41:00.000-07:00Somehow in your last paragraph you've jarred loose...Somehow in your last paragraph you've jarred loose something that's been bugging me for a while about Americans and that international status thing... it's that America has that same attitude about that, that Sarko had toward the guy at the fair. "What, you don't like my style? Well, fuck you, pal! Who the hell are you, anyway?"<BR/><BR/>Sure, the president of France pulled this with some guy, but Americans are pulling it with, oh, the rest of the world. It's a scale thing. Sarkozy doesn't need that one guy; America doesn't have shit without the rest of the world to lord it over.Hollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10593117152792976823noreply@blogger.com