tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post2892658038517935233..comments2024-02-17T04:06:00.805-05:00Comments on Just Not Said: Needed: a gentleman farmerJohn Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-5179258374392748692010-09-27T17:22:03.598-04:002010-09-27T17:22:03.598-04:00C'mon, put 'em up. We all know that pacifi...C'mon, put 'em up. We all know that pacifist = coward. <br /><br />The Bantam RoosterJohn Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-85136272781317987012010-09-27T17:19:08.404-04:002010-09-27T17:19:08.404-04:00Now you've got me laughing. I can't shake ...Now you've got me laughing. I can't shake the image of the comic aggression of the Bantam rooster!<br />What got you in a spiky mood today? Surely not my innocuous sexist jibe? I think you're just spoilin' fer a fight like them tea partiers.<br /><br />But pacifist that I am I shall decline with calm dignity.<br /><br />GAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-29005570546605893582010-09-27T16:53:10.353-04:002010-09-27T16:53:10.353-04:00PS -- I hope you appreciate how I managed to turn ...PS -- I hope you appreciate how I managed to turn this generalized country-insulting discussion into something more personal.John Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-62876765521011763762010-09-27T16:52:10.929-04:002010-09-27T16:52:10.929-04:00Guy --
Wow. I never would have figured you for Iri...Guy --<br />Wow. I never would have figured you for Irish. (Most of the Irish guys I know are pretty tough.)John Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-2461206421078391322010-09-27T16:49:20.850-04:002010-09-27T16:49:20.850-04:00Dublin born. From a family of Irish Quakers. So ev...Dublin born. From a family of Irish Quakers. So even if we had been in wars with the US and Argentina, my forebears wouldn't have done much fighting. Now citizen of the world.<br />(Don't judge a book by its cover. ;))<br />GAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-80157498560368658552010-09-27T16:38:13.040-04:002010-09-27T16:38:13.040-04:00Guy --
At least the sun hasn't set on the Amer...Guy --<br />At least the sun hasn't set on the American empire yet. (By my calculations it's about three in the afternoon for us, we have about thirty or forty more years before China passes us by for good. That should be when I'm well into my dotage, if I'm still alive, so it's not going to bother me either way.) <br /><br />I don't quite get that reference about the Irish. (Are you Irish?)<br /><br />And as far as Nancy Pelosi, if we had a parliamentary system, I suspect the Republicans would still be in power, as she is too hard for even the Dems to stomach. (I've heard, though I've not heard it confirmed, that even Obama hates her.)John Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-86310643321430738952010-09-27T16:18:58.178-04:002010-09-27T16:18:58.178-04:00PS John, I do think you are much too glum about th...PS John, I do think you are much too glum about this. Look on the bright side - if there was a Parliamentary system here Nancy Pelosi would be President. :)<br />GAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-69040388163983663342010-09-27T16:05:42.906-04:002010-09-27T16:05:42.906-04:00I am continually amused at how frequently you Amer...I am continually amused at how frequently you Americans seem to need to raise the war of independence. So much economic, political and military power yet still so little self-esteem? There, there Americans, we really do think you're a nation of BSDs....really.<br /><br />(Of course, the forebears of 99.999% of the Americans who raise this were in Russia or Italy or elsewhere at the time - or most likely on the losing side.)<br /><br />As for loss of empire, you may have to get used to that sooner than you think!<br /><br />As for me, I can't recall wars in which the Irish fought George Washington or Argentina.<br /><br />GAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-1067414424512941942010-09-27T15:42:57.659-04:002010-09-27T15:42:57.659-04:00Guy --
"Men" is merely a matter of liter...Guy --<br />"Men" is merely a matter of literary form, it encompasses both sexes, as you well know. Now stop trying to make trouble. <br /><br />Oh, I get it. You don't like the fact that I used George Washington as an example because you're still angry that you guys lost that war. (Yes, you're that transparent.) <br /><br />I liked Thatcher too....though I'm sure we would have beaten her in a war with equal ease. (At least she was smart enough to pick on Argentina rather than us.)John Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-32009280426247098392010-09-27T15:10:03.002-04:002010-09-27T15:10:03.002-04:00Sexist! How about a committee of wise women? And...Sexist! How about a committee of wise women? And a gentlewoman farmer for President? (I heard that Washington wouldn't have amounted to much without Martha.)<br /><br />On a more serious note, Maggie Thatcher was one of Britain's greatest PMs. Her prim, priggish and schoolmarmish style didn't appeal to many, but her strength of character, conviction in her values and incorruptibility make her a striking contrast to the political lowlifes and bottom feeders so abundant in today's world.<br /><br />GAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com